Monthly Archives: September 2020

2020-09-30: News Headlines

Staff (2020-09-30). COVID U.S. Death Toll Tops 205,000 & 7M Infections as Trump Mocks Biden's Mask, Attacks the ACA. democracynow.org During the first presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden repeatedly criticized President Trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 205,000 people in the United States — the highest death toll in the world. Trump mocked Biden for wearing a mask, while claiming that a vaccine would be available within weeks. "It was very bizarre," says Marc Lamont Hill, author and professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. "The idea of not erring on the side of caution is representative of the entire Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-09-30). Assange's Sixteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Special Administrative Measures, Unreliable Assurances and Espionage. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange's defence team spent the day going over, reemphasising and sharpening the focus on what awaited their client should he, with the blessing of Her Majesty's Government, make his way to the United States. Not only will he confront …

Craig Murray (2020-09-30). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 20. globalresearch.ca Tuesday has been another day on which the testimony focused on the extreme inhumane conditions in which Julian Assange would be kept imprisoned in the USA if extradited. The prosecution's continued tactic of extraordinary aggression towards witnesses who are patently …

Staff (2020-09-30). Kate Aronoff: The Climate Crisis Can't Take 4 More Years of Trump. We Must Push Biden from the Left. democracynow.org After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff writer at The New Republic, says she didn't expect climate change to come up, but was unsurprised by the responses. "We've known for years that Donald Trump denies the science of climate change," she says. "And we know that Joe Biden doesn't support a Green New Deal."

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-09-30). 5G Technology Cooperation Between Germany and China Is a Major Blow Against American Interests. globalresearch.ca In Germany, a major blow is being delivered against the United States in the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Despite pressures, Berlin is opting for cooperation with China on 5G technology, refusing to impose any sanctions against Huawei, ignoring …

Eds. (2020-09-30). Online Charter schools are not a solution to education in a pandemic. mronline.org Nicholas Trombetta, the founder of Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which is unaffiliated with K12, received just 20 months in prison in 2018 for tax conspiracy after he moved $8 million from the school to a network of businesses he created and failed to pay $437,632 in taxes.

Melvin Goodman (2020-09-30). Thanking the Founding Fathers for Our Constitutional Mess? counterpunch.org "On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H.L. Mencken "Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage." — H.L. Mencken We cannot blame the Founding

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-30). Discussions Between Greece and Turkey Over the East Mediterranean Will End Before They Begin. globalresearch.ca The tensions between Greece and Turkey that became a geopolitical crisis in the East Mediterranean appears to be finally subsiding after Ankara withdrew from Greece's maritime space the Oruàß Reis Turkish research vessel and the warships escorting it. Since Turkish …

Johanna Ross (2020-09-30). Slipping into Totalitarianism? UK Government Tries to Shut Down Socialist Teaching. globalresearch.ca We remember with horror the stories of Nazis burning books in the 1930s — it's one of the first signals that you're living in a totalitarian regime, when education is targeted. Yet it was reported that last week, that Department …

South Front (2020-09-30). Video: Azerbaijani-Armenian War: Turkish F-16S Enter the Game. Armenia Threatens to Use Iskander Missiles. globalresearch.ca The Armenian-Azerbaijani war continues raging in the South Caucasus. | As of September 29, the Azerbaijani advance in the Nagorno-Karabakh region struck the Armenian defense and Azerbaijani forces were not able to achieve any military breakthroughs. Armenian troops withdrew from several …

Asad Ismi (2020-09-30). Vietnam: Virus Contained, Inequality Let Loose. globalresearch.ca Vietnam won international praise for its response to COVID-19. But the country's intensifying capitalist restructuring may leave its people sicker and more impoverished. | *** | As of the first week of August, official records showed that 10 people had died of …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-09-30). America in Trumpland, Down the Rabbit Hole. globalresearch.ca Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland (1865) sadly resonates so well today. | This writer in November of 2016 emphasized with Alice as she fell down that rabbit hole. | The unlikely co-conspirators in this 21st Century Amerikan novel were, as …

Drago Bosnic (2020-09-30). Exposed: US Occupation of Syria Now Official. globalresearch.ca The United States has now sent more occupying forces into Syria in clear violation of international law. The Pentagon regime officials claim the deployment of additional occupying forces allegedly came due to a series of "incidents" between US occupying forces …

WSWS (2020-09-30). 700 Greek schools occupied by students protesting unsafe return to classes. wsws.org Given that it is mainly secondary education impacted, more than one in five of the country's 3,168 high schools have been occupied.

Justin Nyanshwa (2020-09-30). Politics of Betrayal: Divorce Looms in Kenyan Jubilee Coalition. globalresearch.ca Early campaign hostile statements and divisions in Jubilee Coalition are sparking a storm of confusion and fear in Kenya's politics. Some analysts argue that this environment should awake Kenyans, the region and international community to work hand in hand to …

Pepe Escobar (2020-09-30). The Global Semiconductor Market: China Deploys Sun Tzu to Prevail in the Chip War. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on Let's cut to the chase: with or without a sanction juggernaut, China simply won't be expelled from the global semiconductor market. | The real amount of

Celine Akigwe (2020-09-30). Nigerians in Diaspora Hope for Biafra's Political Autonomy. globalresearch.ca Several reports indicate that Nigeria has reached critical level in its development as there are numerous problems including frequent ethnic and religious attacks, deep-seated corruption, ineffective federal system of governance despite been referred to as the Giant of Africa. Nigeria …

Generation180 & Sierra Club Climate Parents (2020-09-30). Thursday 10/1: Students Lead the Charge for Clean Energy Solar Power Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom. FOR MORE INFO link / Web link to event: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aTi6…

Generation180 & Sierra Club Climate Parents (2020-09-30). Tuesday 9/29: Students Lead the Charge for Clean Energy Solar Power Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-30). Solar Orbiter's first science data shows the Sun at its quietest. imperial.ac.uk Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's instruments, including Imperial's magnetometer, have released their first data.

sputniknews (2020-09-30). French Energy Giant Total Predicts End to Oil Era. sputniknews.com According to oil and gas titan Total, its business focus, as well as that of its European peers, will shift towards low-carbon energy sources in the next few years, as the oil market becomes increasingly obsolete.

yenisafak (2020-09-30). What you need to know about the coronavirus right now. yenisafak.com Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Vaccine hopesResults from an early safety study of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralizing antibodies at levels similar to those seen in younger adults, with side effects roughly on par with high-dose flu shots.The findings are reassuring because immunity tends to weaken with age, Dr. Evan Anderson, one of the study's lead researchers, said in a phone interview.Meanwhile, the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest maker of vaccines, said she was optimistic the industr…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-09-30). Explosive Gas Pipeline in the Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca In the Eastern Mediterranean, where large natural gas offshore fields have been discovered, a bitter dispute is underway for the definition of exclusive economic zones, up to 200 miles from the coast, where each of the coastal countries has the …

Natalie Ravis (2020-09-30). Too Many Young Voters Are Drowning in Student Debt. thenation.com Too Many Young Voters Are Drowning in Student Debt…

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-29). Trump Is Hellbent on Provoking a New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It's not just China that's victimized by Trump's MAGA strategy but Russia as well despite Trump's opponents continuing to claim that he's under the influence of Moscow. | *** | Trump's famous promise to "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) should have come …

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-29). The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. globalresearch.ca This weekend's resumption of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh has led to an explosion of news narratives about the conflict. This objective of this article is to clarify a number of important issues. | Nagorno-Karabakh is back in the news after this weekend's …

Craig Murray (2020-09-29). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 19. globalresearch.ca Today was the worst day for the defence since the start of the trial, as their expert witnesses failed to cope with the sheer aggression of cross-examination by the US Government and found themselves backing away from maintaining propositions they …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-29). Video: The Covid-19 "Second Wave". "Red Zones", Travel Bans, Quarantines, "Red Lists" globalresearch.ca "Red zones", travel bans, quarantines, "red lists". A "Second Wave" has been announced. The fear campaign has gone into overdrive. Drastic state measures are contemplated, including restrictions on social gatherings, marriages, funerals, the closing down of restaurants and bars, the …

F. William Engdahl (2020-09-29). Gates Vaccine Spreads Polio Across Africa. globalresearch.ca Microsoft founder Bill Gates has made himself the global vaccine czar as his foundation spends billions on spreading new vaccines globally. While much attention has been given to the role of Gates behind the corrupt WHO in promoting radical untested …

W.T. Whitney Jr. (2020-09-29). Colombia-U.S. Axis: Hitting at Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Colombian President Iván Duque, meeting in Bogotá on Sept. 20, talked about "managing the COVID-19 response … narcotraffickers … and [President] Maduro's illegitimate regime," according to the

The Canary (2020-09-29). 'Let us out': Isolating students hang window protest signs. thecanary.co Students isolating in their university halls of residence have been communicating with the outside world via signs in their windows saying "Let us out" and "Send beer".Unrest: Thousands of students have been forced to self-isolate following a surge in cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) at universities including Manchester Metropolitan, Glasgow, and Edinburgh Napier.1,700 people were told to stay in their rooms at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls for 14 days after 127 tested positive for the virus.The signs have called on people to send help and food (Peter Byrne/PA)Studen…

RT (2020-09-29). Progressive Democrats denounce Biden's 'shift to left' with 'Bidenomics' as nothing more than REAGANOMICS. rt.com Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's attempt to woo estranged left-leaning voters with an economic plan presented as a 21st-century New Deal has been slammed by progressive voters as too little, too late. | The Democratic challenger's economic policy, dubbed "Bidenomics" and aimed at propping up the country's ailing healthcare, education, and infrastructure with a hefty infusion of taxpayer dollars, has triggered a backlash from the Left, after a detailed explainer on it appeared in Financial Times on Monday. | The plan, which Biden earlier linked to the New Deal deployed by former president Franklin…

RT (2020-09-29). Scientists gain DARK ENERGY insight while calculating how much matter there is in the entire universe. rt.com A team of experts have achieved a major cosmology goal by precisely measuring the total amount of matter in the entire universe. The research reveals that more than two thirds of everything is made up of 'dark energy.' | We've long known that the universe is really, really big. More recent research has indicated that it was made from three components: matter, dark matter and dark energy. However, unravelling exactly how much of each of these components there is has been extremely difficult to figure out. | But a team of cosmologists from the University of California, Riverside, believe they have finally done i…

RT (2020-09-29). Did BoJo steal 'build back better' tagline from BIDEN? Fact checkers can relax, as BOTH repeat an old UN slogan from JAPAN. rt.com UK PM Boris Johnson promised to 'build back better' with a new education program, which prompted suggestions he swiped a tagline of US presidential candidate Joe Biden. But did both plagiarize it from somewhere else? | Speaking at the Exeter College in Devon on Tuesday, Johnson

Mark Gruenberg (2020-09-29). Trump court nominee Barrett tied to group advocating criminalization of homosexuality. peoplesworld.org A major national union, the American Federation of Teachers, is exposing Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, for her connections to a hate group espousing criminalization of homosexuality. Barrett has apparently been paid for speeches she delivered to the right-wing hate group, the "Alliance Defending Freedom." In its statement, at www.aft.org/press, AFT President Randi …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-29). Turkish Claims that the PKK Is Operating in Nagorno-Karabakh Set Dangerous Precedent. globalresearch.ca Conflict sparked up again yesterday in Artsakh, or more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh, when Azerbaijan launched an offensive against Armenian forces. Although the Republic of Artsakh is not recognized by any state, including Armenia, and it is still internationally recognized …

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-29). Trump Confirms U.S. Is Israel's "Protector" globalresearch.ca For many years the security framework in the Middle East has been described as a bilateral arrangement whereby Washington gained access to sufficient Saudi Arabian oil to keep the energy market stable while the United States provided an armed physical …

South Front (2020-09-29). Video: Armenian-Azerbaijani War Rages in South Caucasus. globalresearch.ca On September 27, a new regional war in South Caucasus arose from the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. | Pro-Armenian forces captured the region in the early 90s triggering an armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Further development of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-29). Trump Regime Bans Technology Exports to China's Leading Chip Maker. globalresearch.ca Last week, the Trump regime accused China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) — its largest chip maker — of being an "unacceptable (national security) risk." | Claiming technology shipped to the company could be used for military purposes is code language …

Aruna Rodrigues (2020-09-29). Bt Cotton in India Is a GMO Template for a 'Monumental Irreversible Catastrophe'. globalresearch.ca Cotton is the only genetically modified (GM) crop that has been officially approved in India and has been cultivated (illegally then legally) in the country for more than 20 years. Although GM mustard has been approved for commercial cultivation by …

WSWS (2020-09-29). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Protesting health care workers in Chile and teachers in Mexico faced police repression while call center workers in Cordoba, Argentina and transit workers in Recife, Brazil have launched strikes.

Brandon Turbeville (2020-09-29). What's the Conflict Between Greece and Turkey All About? globalresearch.ca The majority of people tend to think of the concept of history as if it is something relegated only to the past. As if they are not living through what will become history in the future. Doing so allows them …

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-09-29). Russia and Iran in Syria; Iran Prepares a Move on the Israeli Borders. globalresearch.ca There has been a lot of talk about a Russian-Iranian conflict of interest in Syria and the differences of priorities, goals, and about the deployment of the Iranian forces in different Syrian provinces, in particular in the south of Syria …

_____ (2020-09-29). The Next Steps In Eviction Defense. popularresistance.org Oregon – Here in Portland, there are signs that the movement for Black lives and the movement for actually affordable housing are increasingly intersecting in all kinds of ways. Among the networks engaged in popular education and resistance organizing efforts around housing issues, you'll find groups normally focused on the massive problems of killer cops and institutional racism, such as Don't Shoot PDX. Outside of the home of a family facing foreclosure in North Portland on Mississippi, you'll find people who have long been involved with the daily protests that have been going on in Portland since the murder of…

TRT World (2020-09-29). US Misleading Canada in Extradition Case: Huawei Executive's Lawyer. globalresearch.ca Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers have returned to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing that the United States, by omitting key facts, blatantly misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her arrest. | The …

Black Alliance for Peace (2020-09-29). Racism, Militarism and Materialism = AFRICOM. globalresearch.ca A year before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered, he declared the United States was the greatest purveyor of violence on the planet. | Some people today focus on the moral implications of this statement, disconnected from the …

WSWS (2020-09-29). Teacher protests surge in Southern California as schools reopen. wsws.org In Orange County, California, educators in at least four school districts are taking part in courageous protests against returning to work under unsafe conditions in defiance of their own unions' recommendations.

news.un (2020-09-29). COVID-19: 'Legitimate concerns' must be heard, and fears addressed over misinformation. news.un.org Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN officials are keen to stress the legitimacy of concerns, listen carefully to citizens around the world, and help them distinguish between misinformation and accurate information, based on science.

John W. Whitehead (2020-09-29). The Election Has Already Been Hijacked and the Winner Decided: 'We the People' Lose. globalresearch.ca "Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves." ― Herbert Marcuse | Republicans and Democrats alike President Trump is convinced that

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-29). Families continue to demand justice for the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa. peoplesdispatch.org September 26 marked 6 years since the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. These six years have also marked absence of justice, and have been a reminder of the impunity enjoyed by politicians and security forces involved in this case.

2020-09-29: News Headlines

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-29). Trump Is Hellbent on Provoking a New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It's not just China that's victimized by Trump's MAGA strategy but Russia as well despite Trump's opponents continuing to claim that he's under the influence of Moscow. | *** | Trump's famous promise to "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) should have come …

The Canary (2020-09-29). 'Let us out': Isolating students hang window protest signs. thecanary.co Students isolating in their university halls of residence have been communicating with the outside world via signs in their windows saying "Let us out" and "Send beer".Unrest: Thousands of students have been forced to self-isolate following a surge in cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) at universities including Manchester Metropolitan, Glasgow, and Edinburgh Napier.1,700 people were told to stay in their rooms at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls for 14 days after 127 tested positive for the virus.The signs have called on people to send help and food (Peter Byrne/PA)Studen…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-09-29). Trump court nominee Barrett tied to group advocating criminalization of homosexuality. peoplesworld.org A major national union, the American Federation of Teachers, is exposing Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, for her connections to a hate group espousing criminalization of homosexuality. Barrett has apparently been paid for speeches she delivered to the right-wing hate group, the "Alliance Defending Freedom." In its statement, at www.aft.org/press, AFT President Randi …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-29). Turkish Claims that the PKK Is Operating in Nagorno-Karabakh Set Dangerous Precedent. globalresearch.ca Conflict sparked up again yesterday in Artsakh, or more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh, when Azerbaijan launched an offensive against Armenian forces. Although the Republic of Artsakh is not recognized by any state, including Armenia, and it is still internationally recognized …

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-29). Trump Confirms U.S. Is Israel's "Protector" globalresearch.ca For many years the security framework in the Middle East has been described as a bilateral arrangement whereby Washington gained access to sufficient Saudi Arabian oil to keep the energy market stable while the United States provided an armed physical …

South Front (2020-09-29). Video: Armenian-Azerbaijani War Rages in South Caucasus. globalresearch.ca On September 27, a new regional war in South Caucasus arose from the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. | Pro-Armenian forces captured the region in the early 90s triggering an armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Further development of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-29). Trump Regime Bans Technology Exports to China's Leading Chip Maker. globalresearch.ca Last week, the Trump regime accused China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) — its largest chip maker — of being an "unacceptable (national security) risk." | Claiming technology shipped to the company could be used for military purposes is code language …

Brandon Turbeville (2020-09-29). What's the Conflict Between Greece and Turkey All About? globalresearch.ca The majority of people tend to think of the concept of history as if it is something relegated only to the past. As if they are not living through what will become history in the future. Doing so allows them …

news.un (2020-09-29). COVID-19: 'Legitimate concerns' must be heard, and fears addressed over misinformation. news.un.org Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN officials are keen to stress the legitimacy of concerns, listen carefully to citizens around the world, and help them distinguish between misinformation and accurate information, based on science.

Black Alliance for Peace (2020-09-29). Racism, Militarism and Materialism = AFRICOM. globalresearch.ca A year before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered, he declared the United States was the greatest purveyor of violence on the planet. | Some people today focus on the moral implications of this statement, disconnected from the …

John W. Whitehead (2020-09-29). The Election Has Already Been Hijacked and the Winner Decided: 'We the People' Lose. globalresearch.ca "Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves." ― Herbert Marcuse | Republicans and Democrats alike President Trump is convinced that

_____ (2020-09-29). The Next Steps In Eviction Defense. popularresistance.org Oregon – Here in Portland, there are signs that the movement for Black lives and the movement for actually affordable housing are increasingly intersecting in all kinds of ways. Among the networks engaged in popular education and resistance organizing efforts around housing issues, you'll find groups normally focused on the massive problems of killer cops and institutional racism, such as Don't Shoot PDX. Outside of the home of a family facing foreclosure in North Portland on Mississippi, you'll find people who have long been involved with the daily protests that have been going on in Portland since the murder of…

Aruna Rodrigues (2020-09-29). Bt Cotton in India Is a GMO Template for a 'Monumental Irreversible Catastrophe'. globalresearch.ca Cotton is the only genetically modified (GM) crop that has been officially approved in India and has been cultivated (illegally then legally) in the country for more than 20 years. Although GM mustard has been approved for commercial cultivation by …

TRT World (2020-09-29). US Misleading Canada in Extradition Case: Huawei Executive's Lawyer. globalresearch.ca Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers have returned to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing that the United States, by omitting key facts, blatantly misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her arrest. | The …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-29). Machine learning to automated daydreaming: Imperial academics map future of AI. imperial.ac.uk Imperial academics have plotted the roles that AI could play in our future society in a new map that connects reality to science fiction.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-29). Scientists plan new groundbreaking facility to transform UK cancer treatment. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have unveiled designs for a facility intended to make cheaper, more flexible proton beam therapy for cancer treatment a reality.

yenisafak (2020-09-29). Europe is 'screwed' if its parliament sits only in Brussels, says Macron. yenisafak.com Europe is "screwed" if the European Parliament ceases sitting in the French city of Strasbourg once a month and convenes only in Brussels, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday."At the moment I'm fighting tooth and nail for the idea that the European Parliament should convene in Strasbourg," Macron told university students in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius."If we accept that the European Parliament only gathers in Brussels, we're screwed, because in 10 years time everything will take place in Brussels and people will only speak amongst themselves in Brussels," he added.Macron complained in a letter to…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-09-29). Gasdotto esplosivo nel Mediterraneo. globalresearch.ca Les véritables enjeux en Méditerranée orientale sont à la fois géopolitique et géostratégique, et impliquent les grandes puissances mondiales…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-09-29). Gasoduto explosivo no Mediterrâneo. globalresearch.ca No Mediterrâneo Oriental, em cujas profundezas foram descobertas grandes jazidas offshore de gás natural, está em curso um contencioso acirrado sobre a definiàßà£o de zonas económicas exclusivas, dentro das quais (até 200 milhas da costa) cada um dos países costeiros …

Scott Michelman (2020-09-29). Punished for Reporting Sexual Harassment: How One Law School Almost Got a Student Survivor Banned From the Bar. aclu.org George Washington University law student Dorea K. Batté saw the texts, missed calls, and voicemails pour into her phone by the hundreds. When she blocked the number they were coming from, her stalker found a way to use different numbers to contact her. She kept blocking the numbers; he kept reaching her using new ones. Feeling helpless and overwhelmed and after warning her stalker twice to stop contacting her — to no avail — Batté finally went to her law school's Title IX office to get help. As a reminder, Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination — including sexual harass…

Jasmine Norden (2020-09-29). The government is quietly trying to destroy freedom of speech in our schools. thecanary.co The Department for Education has updated its PSHE stands for 'personal, social, health and economic education'. It teaches children skills intended to prepare them for adult life, as well as knowledge about keeping themselves healthy and safe. | But the new guidelines amount to a direct attack on freedom of speech. And many education professionals have expressed concern about how this will affect their fr…

Katrina vanden Heuvel (2020-09-29). Trump Paid Less in Taxes Than a Schoolteacher or a Nurse. thenation.com Trump Paid Less in Taxes Than a Schoolteacher or a Nurse…

Andrea Germanos (2020-09-28). Trump Moves to Finalize 'Catastrophic' Stripping of Key Protections for Largest National Forest in US. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration on Friday moved closer to its

WSWS (2020-09-28). Free Julian Assange! The political issues confronting educators in the fight for freedom of information. wsws.org "Teachers and educators are among those owing a debt to Assange and to the whistleblowers who courageously decided to leak classified information in the public interest."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-28). The Covid-19 Numbers Game: The "Second Wave" is Based on Fake Statistics. globalresearch.ca "Red zones", travel bans, quarantines, "red lists". A "Second Wave". Millions of people are lining up for Covid-19 testing. The "Numbers Game". How statistics and "estimates" are used by politicians to justify the closure of the national economy and the derogation of fundamental civil rights.

Mike Whitney (2020-09-28). Betrayal, Infuriating Betrayal. Russiagate and the Democrats. globalresearch.ca GR Editor's Note | This article does not mention explicitly that the grassroots of the Democratic Party has been misled and betrayed by high ranking members of their Party. We publish this article because it presents an important viewpoint which must …

Mark Gruenberg (2020-09-28). Trump Labor Dept. would turn more workers into 'independent contractors'. peoplesworld.org

Peter Koenig (2020-09-28). Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe? globalresearch.ca He spoke Truth to Power, about the covid-lie and what it did to humanity and to the global economy. And then he was suddenly arrested by police, handcuffed, pushed into a police car and driven to Wandsworth Custody Center, were he was detained for 22 hours, simply for telling the truth about covid-19.

Philip Giraldi (2020-09-28). Trump's "Enemies Lists" on Display at the United Nations. globalresearch.ca The opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York each September is generally notable for its two weeks of speeches by heads of state, foreign ministers and other government officials addressing their own fellow citizens through the medium …

South Front (2020-09-28). Video: US Is Preparing Military Response to Wave of Iranian-backed Attacks on Its Forces in Iraq. globalresearch.ca Over the past months, attacks on convoys of the US-led coalition moving military equipment and supplies have become an ordinary development in Iraq. Local Iranian-backed resistance groups demanding a US military withdrawal from the country have conducted over two dozen …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-28). China May Block TikTok/Oracle/Walmart Deal. globalresearch.ca On Thursday, state-owned China Daily called Trump regime actions against ByteDance's TikTok video-sharing firm "banditry," adding: | Beijing "is unlikely to condone the White House's strong-arm acquisition…(N)o deal is better than (one) made under duress." | Trump falsely accused TikTok of threatening …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-28). China, Trump's Public Enemy Number One: US Judge Halts TikTok Ban. globalresearch.ca Both right wings of the US one-party state consider China public enemy No. One for its growing prominence on the world stage. | Notably from Obama's 2013 Asia pivot that's all about asserting Washington's Indo/Pacific military footprint to Trump's war on …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-28). Trump Nominates Right-Wing Ideologue for Supreme Court of the United States. globalresearch.ca On Saturday, Trump nominated US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS. | If confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate as expected pre-November elections, it'll shift the High Court to a far-right 6 — 3 majority, potentially for …

Zero Hedge (2020-09-28). NYT Publishes 10,000 Word Summary of 20 Years of Trump Tax Returns; President Calls It "Totally Fake News" globalresearch.ca With the news and outrage cycle in need of a fresh Trump reset now that the first presidential debate is just two days away, on Sunday afternoon — almost exactly two years after the NYT first published a report alleging …

WSWS (2020-09-28). Vote "No" on the Detroit Federation of Teachers contract! wsws.org The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) and the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) is seeking to ram through a one-year contract as part of the preparation for a return to full in-person learning.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-28). In Austria, student groups protest higher fees for non-EU students. peoplesdispatch.org The University of Applied Arts Vienna has decided to enforce the Tuition Fee Ordinance 2019 as directed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research…

teleSUR (2020-09-28). Peru: 3,000 Volunteers Added To Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Tests. telesurenglish.net In Peru, the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) and the Cayetano Heredia University Sunday announced that some 3,000 volunteers joined the third phase of clinical studies of two inactivated COVID-19 vaccines prepared by the China Sinopharm company. | RELATED: | After the registration process, the Sinopharm researching team would determine the volunteers' eligibility and contact the ones who suit as candidates. | Research…

_____ (2020-09-28). How The Far Right Took Over The Mainstream. popularresistance.org In European politics, extensive statistical research has demonstrated that male working class voters tend to hold a much stronger propensity to vote for far-right political parties. While we need to be worried by disaffected white male voters in both modern far-right parties and in extremist political organisations, it is also important to note that the contemporary far-right in Europe (particularly the populist radical right) has sought to become more 'diversified' in attracting a wider section of voters in society, and in focusing on different issue areas.

Charles Ellison (2020-09-28). Black voters know climate justice is racial justice. nationofchange.org Research suggests that people of color may be more concerned than Whites about climate change.

Editor (2020-09-28). Patriotic History is Fake History. scheerpost.com By Jim Mamer / Original to Scheerpost On September 17, 2020, in a speech at the first White House Conference on American History, Donald Trump said something that I agreed with; he declared that we must teach our children the "truth about our country." Then he quickly reversed himself by explaining that "We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional… |

John Scales Avery (2020-09-28). The Ecological Impact of Militarism. counterpunch.org Against the Institution of War As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and technological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis. Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from

Adeyinka Makinde (2020-09-28). History: Nasser and Black Africa. globalresearch.ca President Gamal Nasser (1918-1970), the Egyptian leader who as a young army colonel led the Free Officers Movement that overthrew King Farouk, was not only a force for Pan-Arabism, he was also a believer in African unity in which sphere …

Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning (2020-09-28). Video: Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning Arrested for Speaking The Truth on Covid-19. Trafalgar Square London Protests. globalresearch.ca Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning, one of the founders of Doctors for the Truth which is an association of thousands of medical doctors around the world, said that the measures of the governments regarding COVID-19 are absolutely inappropriate. | "I would also …

Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning (2020-09-28). Why Germany's Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Is Necessary? Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning. globalresearch.ca Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning: | Dear fellow citizens, | Welcome to the ACU, the Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee. If Parliament does not do it, we, the citizens, are called upon to do it ourselves. | As the Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, we will investigate …

Ben Lilliston (2020-09-28). Don't Grant Global Meat Corporations Immunity, Hold Them Accountable for COVID-19 Failures. globalresearch.ca As the Senate reconvenes this week, a lobbying blitz to grant corporations special immunity protection is ramping up. Global meat companies are helping lead the charge, and it's easy to see why. The

Kendra Klein (2020-09-28). Organic Food Is a 'Human Right', Says Leading Food Scientist. globalresearch.ca To stamp out pesticides from our fragile food systems is to protect those most prone to ill health, Friends of the Earth's senior staff scientist, Kendra Klein explains to Yasmin Dahnoun. | *** | From seed to harvest, the food that arrives …

Walter Molino (2020-09-28). Walter Molino's Painting in 1962 Depicts Life in 2022. globalresearch.ca This painting by Italian artist Walter Molino was published in the Italian newspaper La Domenica del Corriere in 1962. | He imagined the Singoletta as the solution to traffic congestion. | But more than just being the future of mass transportation, doesn't …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-09-28). Dean Jones: Life of a Cricketing Entertainer. globalresearch.ca He was very much one of those cricketers who made the pulse race, a figure for the advocates of a faster variant of the game. Nothing of the solid blocker in the man, though he could, if needed, linger at …

Gary D. Barnett (2020-09-28). The State's Response to this 'Virus' Is Nothing More than a Weapon of Mass Submission. globalresearch.ca "The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2020-09-28). Japan After Abe Shinzo: Suga Has Inherited Abe's "Beautiful Japan". What Will Happen to It? globalresearch.ca On August 28, Abe Shinzo resigned from his eight year rule of Japan as prime minister to be succeeded by his former Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, who became the prime minister of Japan on September 16. The world …