(2020-09-18). Assange's Eighth Day at the Old Bailey: Software Redactions, the Iraq Logs and the Extradition Act. globalresearch.ca The extradition trial of Julian Assange at the Old Bailey struck similar notes to the previous day's proceedings: the documentary work and practise of WikiLeaks, the method of redactions, and the legacy of exposing war crimes. In the afternoon, the …
(2020-09-18). After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program… globalresearch.ca The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
(2020-09-18). Nature, Science and Revolutionary Struggle. counterpunch.org 
Working my way through John Bellamy Foster's magisterial "The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology," it dawned on me that there was a gap in my knowledge. I knew that Marx and Engels were consumed with ecological problems, even though the word wasn't in their vocabulary. To a large extent, my awareness came from reading
(2020-09-18). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca …
(2020-09-18). Brazilian teachers call strikes against back-to-school drive. wsws.org Brazil's fascistic President Bolsonaro declared: "We are the country with the highest number of days of lockdown of schools. This is absurd."
(2020-09-18). Israel, the UAE, & Bahrain Didn't Sign Peace Deals, They're Military Alliances to Counter Iran. globalresearch.ca Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington on Tuesday. Brokered by the Trump administration, these deals represent two of the most broadly popular developments for both Trump and Netanyahu in many …
(2020-09-17). The View from Above: How Do We Know What's Really Burning in the Amazon? globalresearch.ca This year's Amazon fire season is one of the most serious ever, even though it's not attracting near the media attention as last year. More than one thousand major fires have already been
(2020-09-17). The 'Israeli'-Emirati Alliance: Geopolitical Impact on Africa. globalresearch.ca The misleadingly described "peace" deal between "Israel" and the UAE will enable the self-professed "Jewish State" to use the latter's military and civilian port infrastructure in the Gulf of Aden, thus challenging recent Turkish inroads in this part of the …
(2020-09-17). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 10. globalresearch.ca The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing
(2020-09-17). UN Report on Venezuela "Abuses" Written by Investigators Who Never Visited Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The Western media is touting the results of a so-called "Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" conducted through the United Nations. | AFP in an
(2020-09-17). Twilight in the Desert for Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman? globalresearch.ca It appears as if Saudi de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is on a mission to destroy the world oil giant by one after the other ill-conceived economic decisions. Now, as MBS orders yet new desperation cuts in …
(2020-09-17). Hope and Fear: Refugees on Greece's Samos Island, September 2020. globalresearch.ca Roger came by the house yesterday evening. In his early 20s Roger is from Gaza. He's full of energy and ideas and has been like this since he arrived in Samos over a year ago. His days are full of …
(2020-09-17). Arctic Heat Wave: Block of Ice Twice as Big as Manhattan Breaks Off Greenland's Largest Ice Shelf, Goes into Ocean. globalresearch.ca A Danish scientists are speaking ominously of …
(2020-09-17). US Strategist and Senior Adviser to Trump Elected President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). globalresearch.ca The appointment of Mauricio Claver Carone (an American citizen) as president of the Inter-American Development Bank is generating many controversies across Latin America. For the first time in its more than 60 years of existence, the IDB will be chaired …
(2020-09-17). Charter against Bahrain-UAE-Israel normalisation deal signed by one million. middleeasteye.net 
Charter against Bahrain-UAE-Israel normalisation deal signed by one million | Emirati and Arab NGOs launch an online campaign in solidarity with Palestinians | Thu, 09/17/2020 – 13: 54 | The launch of the charter by the UAE Anti-Normlisation Association comes the same week as both the UAE and Bahrain officially signed normalisation agreements with Israel (AFP) | Over one million people hav…
(2020-09-17). Capitalism in free fall: Six straight months of record job losses. liberationnews.org 
For the 26th week in a row, the Department of Labor released weekly employment statistics showing massive job losses. Slightly over 1.5 million people filed for unemployment benefits over the last week — 860,000 through the traditional program and 659,000 through the newly-created Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefit. Unemployment has exploded for six months straight as …
(2020-09-17). Iranian press review: Execution of wrestler Navid Afkari sparks outrage. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Execution of wrestler Navid Afkari sparks outrage | Meanwhile, candidates bribed officials to facilitate vetting process in parliamentary elections and the education minister is under fire for excluding girls from a textbook image
| Thu, 09/17/2020 – 11: 30 | A woman holds a portrait of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari during a demonstration on the Dam Square in…
(2020-09-17). Federal data: One of five workers claiming jobless benefits. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—One of every five U.S. workers—to be precise, 20.37%—are still seeking or claiming state and federal jobless benefits, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Those 29,768,326 jobless workers getting aid included 13.28 million who got regular state aid, and 14.47 million who got federal pandemic unemployment assistance, as of the end of August, …
(2020-09-17). 'Abject incompetence': NYC mayor postpones school opening at last minute AGAIN, triggering parental rage. rt.com 
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has postponed school reopening for most students a second time, just days before kids were set to return. Parents and teachers who already planned their lives around the schedule aren't happy. | Instead of returning to the classroom on Monday, elementary school students will come back on September 29, de Blasio announced in a Thursday press briefing, enraging parents and teachers alike with the eleventh-hour delay. Middle and high school students won't return until October 1 under the new schedule. | It's not the first time de Blasio has pushed school reopening dates forward.
(2020-09-17). Nashville officials hid stats showing low coronavirus transmission in bars & restaurants, emails reveal. rt.com 
Coronavirus transmission in bars and restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee was so low the mayor's office opted to hide it from the public, recently-leaked emails show. The statistics throw ongoing shutdowns elsewhere into question. | The Nashville Mayor's office swept bar and restaurant transmission numbers under the rug because they were too low, emails obtained by local media suggest. The conversation between the mayor's office and the local health department appears to show the figures were deliberately kept from the public to justify the shutdowns that put many Nashville residents out of work. | Also on rt.c…
(2020-09-17). Princeton president's letter decrying 'racism' of institution BACKFIRES as Dept of Education announces investigation of university. rt.com 
The Department of Education has announced it will investigate Princeton University after President Christopher Eisgruber wrote a letter decrying his school's "racism" and the US's "anti-blackness." | A formal records request has been sent to the university to make sure they are not using racist practices and violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says that no person "on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." | If found…
(2020-09-17). Noam Chomsky: 'We Are Facing End of Organized Human Life on Earth'. sputniknews.com Noam Chomsky, 91, is a renowned US linguist, philosopher, and political activist and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is also a Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(2020-09-17). Covid-19: The Great Reset — Revisited. Scary Threats, Rewards for Obedience… globalresearch.ca The Great Reset book is full with predictions of things that will or may happen, and threats, like the world will never be the same again, and we are just at the beginning of the Reset, worse is to come — or the Great Transformation, as the IMF calls what is coming.
(2020-09-17). Trump Regime Illegally Imposing Snapback Sanctions and Arms Embargo on Iran. globalresearch.ca In defiance of world community sentiment and SC Res. 2231 — that's binding international and US constitutional law — the Trump regime will unilaterally reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted when the JCPOA took effect. | According to Trump regime …
(2020-09-17). Continued German Support for Nord Stream 2 Completion? Towards a Shift in Russia-Germany Relations? globalresearch.ca Construction of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany is about 94% completed. | The project is all about supplying Germany and other European countries with readily available low-cost Russian natural gas — around 30% cheaper than US liquified natural …
(2020-09-17). A Huge Number of Medical Doctors Ask for a Reassessment of the Corona Measures. globalresearch.ca Globally, we are seeing a massive campaign of disinformation on the main stream media that sets aside all the principles of a democratic state governed by the rule of law. | While a great number of colleagues doctors present with different …
(2020-09-17). Open Letter from Medical Doctors and Health Professionals to All Belgian Authorities and All Belgian Media. globalresearch.ca We, Belgian doctors and health professionals, wish to express our serious concern about the evolution of the situation in the recent months surrounding the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We call on politicians to be independently and critically informed in …
(2020-09-17). Students return to UK universities: Build campus safety committees! wsws.org Campus safety committees must ensure safety procedures are put in place to protect the health of students and staff alike, and fight for increased testing on campuses.
(2020-09-17). Why Has the World Been Shut Down? What is the "New Normal"? Clampdown on Civil Liberties in the Name of "Fighting the Virus? globalresearch.ca [T]he great majority of people will not die from this [virus] and I'll just repeat something I said right at the beginning because I think it's worth reinforcing: | Most people, a significant proportion of people, will not get this virus …
(2020-09-17). "Mass Sterilization": Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine? globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | In October 2014, the conference of Catholic bishops in Kenya released a The issue was subsequently addressed by Kenya's Catholic Doctors Association. …
(2020-09-17). 'Ecological Disaster on Massive Scale': Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Migratory Birds in Southwest Linked to Wildfires, Climate Crisis. globalresearch.ca A combination of factors—all related to the climate crisis—is believed to be behind one of the largest mass bird die-off events in recent memory in the Southwest, according to biologists. | Scientists say thousands of dead migratory birds have been found …
(2020-09-17). How U.S. Response to COVID-19 Could Precipitate Second Great Depression. Massive Unemployment. globalresearch.ca On
(2020-09-17). How John Lewis's Message of 'Good Trouble' Is Inspiring Change in Education. progressive.org In his final days, Congressman John Lewis wrote a letter aimed at carrying forward the fight against injustice—now, that call is being taken up in Minneapolis schools.
(2020-09-17). Cyprus Victim of External Efforts to Drag It into Rival East Mediterranean Orbits of Russia, US. globalresearch.ca Cyprus has become the victim of fresh external push-and-pull efforts with the aim of dragging the island republic, a European Union (EU) member, into one or other of the rival East Mediterranean orbits of Russia and the US. | Cyprus received …
(2020-09-17). American Federation of Teachers shuts down University of Michigan graduate student strike. wsws.org The end of the strike occurred less than 24 hours after the American Federation of Teachers assumed control of negotiations and produced an agreement that was virtually identical to the one overwhelmingly rejected just a week ago.
(2020-09-17). Spontaneous Initiative that Unites Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers and Free Citizens from All over the World. globalresearch.ca The independent studies of various scientists have highlighted several issues on the virus. Many inconsistencies have emerged from many points of view which are summarized in these two letters. The reflections start from two complementary approaches and ask for explanations …
(2020-09-17). Parents and teachers nationwide join together demanding Congress pass $250 billion bill for current and future students. nationofchange.org "When the coronavirus pandemic began, parents, teachers, and child care providers stepped up."
(2020-09-17). COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, new study finds. news.un.org The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty — deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water — a new UN study has found.
(2020-09-17). Strikes mount as COVID-19 breaks out in hundreds of Spanish schools. wsws.org Spanish unions have refused to call out education workers in a unified struggle against the reopening of schools, limiting action to sporadic, short-term protests.
(2020-09-17). University of Wisconsin-Madison and La Crosse quarantine students after infections. wsws.org The affected students were given the choice of returning to their families or remaining on campus in the crowded and COVID-infested residence halls.
(2020-09-17). The COVID-19 Vaccine. The Imposition of Compulsory Vaccination with a Biometric Health Passport? globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 vaccine… Is this THE final goal of this crisis, to impose a compulsory vaccination on everyone, with a biometric health passport and without it, the impossibility to move, to buy, to eat? The near future will tell.
(2020-09-17). COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, finds new study. news.un.org The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty — deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water — a new UN study has found.
(2020-09-17). Housing Activists Make Plans to Fight Looming Mass Evictions. globalresearch.ca A recent moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided a window of relief to millions facing evictions due to payment arrears on their rents and mortgages. | Perhaps as an election ploy by the current …
(2020-09-17). In and against, and outside, the party. zcomm.org Following major defeats, the left on both sides of the Atlantic must urgently get stuck into community organising, movement building and political education…
(2020-09-17). The "Broken Windows" Approach to Teaching. zcomm.org We cannot continue to promote the same unjust and oppressive educational structures that have endured for centuries…
(2020-09-17). Meet the Students Trying to Organize the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union. zcomm.org Inside the groundbreaking student organizing drive at Kenyon College…
(2020-09-17). Army uni. students' graduation ceremony in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) — The graduation ceremony of the students of Imam Ali (PBUH) Military University was held in Tehran on Thursday, with top Army commanders in attendance.
(2020-09-17). Physiotherapy 'gaming' platform could help patient recovery. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial medical student has created a new platform that gamifies physiotherapy and helps patients to recover.
(2020-09-17). US COVID-19 transmission driven by ages 20-49, research finds. imperial.ac.uk Resurging COVID-19 transmission in the US is being driven by ages 20-49 and targeted measures are needed to control the epidemic as schools re-open.
(2020-09-17). Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have tested whether gold nanoparticles could be toxic to cells, finding how they affect lipid membranes depends on their size.