Daily Archives: August 31, 2020

2020-08-31: News Headlines

Andrew Korybko (2020-08-31). Is Russia Backtracking on China's "Belt and Road" (BRI)? Moscow's Balancing Act Between China and India. globalresearch.ca The critical assessment of China's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) last month by the influential Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies coupled with India's eagerness all summer to court the Eurasian Great Power into …

Ben Norton (2020-08-31). US Sanctions Russian Research Institute that Developed COVID-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Russia won the race to develop the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The United States has responded by slapping sanctions on a Russian research facility involved in creating it. | The US government has blacklisted several Russian scientific institutes, including …

Stephen Lendman (2020-08-31). US Elections 2020: Hillary Tells Jo Biden Don't Concede if You Lose. globalresearch.ca War goddess Hillary never left the political stage gently into that good night. | Eager to avenge her loss to Trump in 2016, she keeps resurfacing instead of fading away like old soldiers. | With Biden holding a commanding lead in most …

Stephen Lendman (2020-08-31). Manufactured Pandemic and Economic Collapse a Boon for Billionaires. globalresearch.ca There's nothing natural about US-engineered coronavirus and economic collapse that made the dismal state of the nation much worse. | Things are unlikely to return to their former state when the current storm passes that won't happen any time soon. | Improvement …

Stephen Lendman (2020-08-31). EU Supports US Coup Plot Against Belarus, Imposes Illegal Sanctions. globalresearch.ca Nearly always, EU countries are subservient to Washington's geopolitical agenda — no matter how unlawful. | Support by Britain, France, Germany (the E3), and Brussels for Iran's right to buy and sell conventional arms once the UN embargo on the practice …

Stephen Lendman (2020-08-31). Battleground South China Sea? Growing US Hostility toward China. globalresearch.ca US hostility toward China's growing political, economic, technological, and military prominence risks possible direct confrontation between both nations. | China seeks peace and cooperative relations with other countries in stark contrast to Washington's aim for unchallenged dominance by whatever it takes …

Colin Todhunter (2020-08-31). From Cotton to Brinjal: Fraudulent GMO Project in India Sustained by Deception. globalresearch.ca Insecticidal Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton is the first and only GM (genetically modified) crop that has been approved in India. It has been cultivated in the country for more than 20 years. In a formal statement to the Supreme Court …

Prof. Carlos Mendoza Potella (2020-08-31). Venezuela's Oil Industry Between Sanctions and Strategic Blunders: A Conversation with Carlos Mendoza Potella. globalresearch.ca Carlos Mendoza Potella is an economics professor at Venezuela's Central University and advisor to Venezuela's Central Bank. He recently spoke to Venezuelanalysis about the origins of the crisis in the country's oil industry and what that means for its future….

WSWS (2020-08-31). New York City teachers union holds strike authorization vote amidst mass opposition to school reopening. wsws.org The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) aims to block rank-and-file educators from taking independent initiative against the policy or reopening schools.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-08-31). Video: Robert F Kennedy Jr. in Berlin: COVID-19 Is Destroying Us All, Making the Powerful Elites More Powerful!! globalresearch.ca By the Children's Health Defense Team | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke to hundreds of thousands in the streets of Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2020. | With Groàüer Stern Square and the Siegesà§ule Monument as a backdrop, Mr. Kennedy talked about …

Orinoco Tribune (2020-08-31). China Warns of "Accidental" Military Confrontation with US. globalresearch.ca China's military has warned of an unintentional military confrontation with the US if it does not halt its naval operations in the South China Sea, insisting that recent US activities in the region are instigating such hostilities. | The warning came …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-08-31). Who Will Win November's US Presidential Elections? … Israel? globalresearch.ca The US presidential elections coming this November will determine whether the current President Donald Trump or the Democratic nominee Joe Biden (if his mental capabilities are still intact) will run the White house. | But whether Trump or Biden becomes president, …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2020-08-31). KOVID-19: "Virus Terrorism" in Korea? How Powerful Is the "Virus Weapon"? Who Will Win? globalresearch.ca South Korea has been the object of praise and envy of the world for its great success in anti-virus war, off-line presidential election despite the virus crisis and the best performance in GDP growth among the OECD countries. In fact, …

S. Brian Willson (2020-08-31). Video: The USA and Nicaragua Now: Brian Willson. globalresearch.ca Tortilla con Sal: We're here with Brian Willson, Viet Nam veteran and onetime criminal lawyer. Brian has written extensively about US imperialism and its effects around the world and what people in Nicaragua are especially interested in right …

Frank Scott (2020-08-31). "Billionaires Lives Matter", Far More than Yours… The Capitalist Pandemic, Fake Democracy Goes Live? globalresearch.ca As we stagger towards the ultimate expression of our fake democracy in November it's important to acknowledge what won't be changing a bit whichever of the two parties of capital come out ahead with a minority of the American electorate's …

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2020-08-31). Teachers Expect UFT to Vote on Whether to Authorize a Strike Over School Reopening. zcomm.org The New York City teachers union wants to ensure good ventilation in schools and access to Covid-19 testing…

Jessica Corbett (2020-08-31). Lawsuit against Trump Administration over 'Reckless and Unprecedented' Gutting of Bedrock US Environmental Law. globalresearch.ca A coalition of 27 U.S. states, commonwealths, territories, counties, and cities filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration's "unlawful, unjustified, and sweeping revisions" to a 50-year-old law that the president claimed would "streamline" infrastructure projects by limiting …

Thomas Klikauer — Nadine Campbell (2020-08-31). The New Class War of the Managerial Elite. counterpunch.org Ever since Frederic Taylor's falsely labelled "Scientific Management", the managerial elite has been on a stratospheric rise. Rather cunningly and often even deceitfully, Taylor named his book "scientific" even though it does not contain a single scientific experiment. What he presented was an engineering ideology — not science. Despite this and together with French factory

Media Lens (2020-08-31). 'A Perpetual Motion Machine Of Killing': Alleged Cover-Up of Civilians Murdered by UK Special Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca On August 1, a rare in-depth investigative

Josh Owens (2020-08-31). Saudi Troops Join U.S. Base in Oil-Rich Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Twenty Saudi soldiers arrived this week at a U.S. military base close to an oilfield in northeastern Syria, according to At the end of last year, Saudi …

Asa Winstanley (2020-08-31). Israel's Characteristic Beirut Hypocrisy. globalresearch.ca The massive explosion which devastated Beirut earlier this month was nothing short of a catastrophe. Some 220 people lost their lives and,

Jack Davis (2020-08-31). CDC Now Admits that 94% of COVID Deaths Had "Another Cause of Death" globalresearch.ca What this CDC report suggests is that at the outset of the pandemic it had been instructed to change the methodology with a view to artificially inflating the numbers of "Covid deaths". This is confirmed by the H. Ealy, M. …

Tasnim News Agency (2020-08-31). Trump's Hotel in Vancouver Files for Bankruptcy. globalresearch.ca The Trump International Hotel in Vancouver has closed permanently just three years after opening, and the management company that owns it has filed for bankruptcy, The Hill reported. | Hotel operator TA Hotel Management Partnership Ltd. filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, …

Paul Larudee (2020-08-31). Education is a Public Obligation and Individual Right. dissidentvoice.org Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX. The system of education in the US is failing at every level except for private, heavily endowed or extremely costly institutions for the wealthy and privileged. Students of all ages are increasingly viewed as "profit …

Dr. Trita Parsi (2020-08-31). What Trump's Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Means for Ending America's Endless Wars. globalresearch.ca The

Jon Cohen (2020-08-31). Here's How the U.S. Could Release a COVID-19 Vaccine before the Election—and Why that Scares Some. globalresearch.ca When President Donald Trump accepted his party's nomination for another term last night at the Republican National Convention, he pledged that the push by his administration's Operation Warp Speed to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine would succeed "before the end of …

WSWS (2020-08-31). New York City teachers union postures as though preparing to call strike. wsws.org By posing as though it supports calling a strike, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) aims to block rank-and-file educators from taking independent initiative.

_____ (2020-08-31). Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation. popularresistance.org The nomination of Senator Kamala Harris to the position of Vice President of the United States has been widely recognized as a triumph for Black and Asian women in the country. Something similar happened twelve years ago when then-Senator Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President. | There is no doubt that representation in the media, politics, education, corporate leadership, sports, among so many other areas, matters. However, the more crucial questions are how does representation matter as well as for whom and for what does it matter. Without addressing these questions, representation can easily succum…

Staff (2020-08-31). White Supremacist in the White House: Ibram X. Kendi on Trump's Calls for "Law & Order" in Kenosha. democracynow.org In Part Two of our interview with Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, we air excerpts from the families of Jacob Blake and George Floyd at the massive protest marking the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, and discuss President Trump's planned visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he blames Democrats for violence during protests there and in Portland, Oregon. "Racism has spread to every part of the body," says Kendi, comparing U.S. racism to cancer, "and then we have a president who is claiming that it doesn't exist."

sputniknews (2020-08-31). Mama Mia! NASA Tracking Asteroid Nearly Double the Diameter of Roman Colosseum Approaching Earth. sputniknews.com The so-called 'Near-Earth Object', classified as such by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was first discovered by astronomers in 2010, and is set to cross Earth's orbit on Sunday.

Staff (2020-08-31). Schools Are Preparing for a Mental Health Crisis Amid COVID. truthout.org The calls started at 6 a.m., and Patrick McCauley was ready, having retreated to the privacy of his garage where he sat waiting for Angelenos to share how they're coping with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic. | For the last 14 years, McCauley has worked as a mental health counselor and consultant in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In April, he began staffing a new hotline the district created to reach students, parents and teachers in need of mental health supports and other services as the v…

Staff (2020-08-31). Trump Is Denying the US's Racism While Stoking Its Flames in Kenosha. truthout.org In Part Two of our interview with Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, we air excerpts from the families of Jacob Blake and George Floyd at the massive protest marking the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, and discuss President Trump's planned visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he blames Democrats for violence during protests there and in Portland, Oregon. "Racism has spread to every part of the body," says Kendi, comparing U.S. racism to cancer, "a…

Energie Service Zentrale Mitte (2020-08-31). Video: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Demo Berlin on August 29, 2020. globalresearch.ca * | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above or below. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc….

yenisafak (2020-08-31). Who is the leader of the Muslim world? Egyptians say 'Turkey' all the way. yenisafak.com Despite all the smear campaigns launched against Turkey in Egypt under the administration of putschist Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the people of Egypt continue to stand by Turkey and have deemed Erdogan the leader of the Muslim world.A poll conducted with the participation of 1,047 Egyptians by Turkey-based research company Areda Survey yielded quite the shocking results and shed light on how the people of Egypt really feel towards Turkey.When asked, "Who is the leader of the Muslim world besides your own country?", 31,4 percent of respondents answered "Turkey," with Saudi Arabia lagging far behind with only 10,4 perce…

yenisafak (2020-08-31). Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84. yenisafak.com Former Indian president and the country's renowned political leader Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday at the age of 84."With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri #PranabMukherjee has just passed away inspite of the best efforts of Doctors of RR Hospital prayers ,duas prarthanas [prayers] from people throughout India ! I thank all of You," his son Abhijit Mukherjee made the announcement on Twitter.Mukherjee was admitted to Army Hospital Research and Referral (RR) Hospital in the capital New Delhi for brain surgery earlier this month.He served as the country's President from 2012 to 2017 and was a…

yenisafak (2020-08-31). India's GDP shrinks by nearly one-fourth. yenisafak.com India's economy contracted by nearly a quarter from April to June, when the country went into complete lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to official figures released Monday.According to the Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank a record 23.9% in comparison to last year.The ministry's National Statistical Office released the data for the first quarter, which starts on April 1 and ends on June 30, of the 2020-21 fiscal year.India's construction sector contracted 50.3% from last year, while the manufacturing sector registered…

WSWS (2020-08-31). Australian report reveals accelerating social inequality in education. wsws.org The data exposes the fraud of the Gonski funding model, commissioned by the last federal Labor government, ostensibly to overcome the socioeconomic divide.

Lisa Newcomb, staff writer (2020-08-31). DeVos Slammed for Arguing Pandemic Ultimately a 'Good Thing' for US Public Education. commondreams.org "Calling Covid-19 a 'good thing' for our schools just goes to show you how divorced this administration is from reality." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-08-30). Fraudulent Covid Data: Inflating the Numbers. "Double-Counting", Manipulation of Test Results. globalresearch.ca According to a "Ministers have quietly wiped 1.3million Covid-19 swabs …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-08-30). September 11, 2001: "The Global War on Terrorism" is Fake. Al Qaeda is "Made in America" globalresearch.ca Next week, at the height of the Covid crisis, we will be commemorating 9/11. It was 19 years ago. It was a criminal undertaking and a Big Lie. It was a pretext and justification to initiate the "Global War on …

Juan Cole (2020-08-30). Chadwick Boseman's Wakanda: Afro-Futurism is in the Present. zcomm.org In one of his many achievements, Boseman (along with the MCU creative team) deployed the tropes of science fiction to create new images of Africa, but African scientific and technological advance is in the present…

Juan Cole (2020-08-30). Chadwick Boseman's Wakanda: Afro-Futurism Is in the Present. commondreams.org Skyline of the business district in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city with a population of over 12 million. (Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Mark Taliano (2020-08-30). Video: Canada Anti-Civid Measures Rally in Ottawa on Parliament Hill, Against the Mask and Social Distancing. globalresearch.ca In the first video, Pastor Henry Hildebrandt of the Church of God, in Aylmer, ON., decries the government's infringement of Canadians' Constitutionally-enshrined freedoms to assemble and to worship. | He sees the government-imposed COVID measures as a form of social conditioning….

Karla Reyes (2020-08-30). Vote will decide if 180,000 NYC teachers strike over unsafe re-opening. liberationnews.org We draw the line at dying because the city is focused on buildings but people are the ones who carry the virus, people are the ones dying, people are the ones losing their jobs.

Dave Welsh (2020-08-30). SF School bus drivers: 'Don't throw us under the bus!'. workers.org For 50 years, the San Francisco school bus drivers union has led the fight for safe — and unionized — transportation of children to and from school. Now the school district and its bus contractor First Student are threatening to lay off 260 drivers and strip them of their healthcare . . . |

Betsey Piette (2020-08-30). Trump's COVID-19 Rx: Less science, more politics. workers.org On the eve of the Republican National Convention, on Aug. 23, Trump took to the airwaves to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment. The previous day, Trump had accused the FDA of delaying the rollout of . . . |

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-08-30). U.S. Control of Alexandroupolis Port Will Not Help to Protect Greece from Turkey. globalresearch.ca The Greek Private Asset Utilization Fund (HRADF) will sell a 67% stake of Alexandroupolis Port in northern Greece near the border with Turkey and Bulgaria. Two American companies are believed to be interested in the deal. Selling a port of …

Fight Back (2020-08-30). Kenosha march demands justice for Jacob Blake and victims of killer Kyle Rittenhouse. fightbacknews.org Kenosha, WI – On the evening of August 28, more than 200 people gathered outside the Kenosha Municipal Court building to demand justice for Jacob Blake and the victims of killer Kyle Rittenhouse. The rally was called for by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, with support from UW-Parkside Students for a Democratic Society, Kenosha EquiTeens, Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the Chicago Alliance. Many in the crowd held signs that read "Stop police crimes! Demand a civilian police accountability council!" | "I am tired. I am tired of seeing my people dying at the hands…

South Front (2020-08-30). Video: UAE and Israel Plan to Create Intelligence Bases on Yemen's Socotra Island. globalresearch.ca Israel and the United Arab Emirates are going to create a military intelligence-gathering infrastructure on Yemen's Socotra Island, according to Arab and French sources. | The 3,650km2 island, located south of the Yemeni mainland in the Indian Ocean, overlooks the Bab …

Miri Wood (2020-08-30). Syria's Pharmaceutical Industry Develops Cure to Fight Covid. globalresearch.ca Thameco Pharmaceutical has begun domestic manufacturing of azithromycin as part of Syria's fight against the COVID pandemic. Dr. Fida Ali, the company's General Manager, made this exciting announcement in an interview with SANA. | Dr. Ali noted that Thameco has …