(2020-09-27). Let university students go home for Christmas, Labour urges government. thecanary.co 
University students must be allowed to return home to their families at Christmas, Labour has said. It comes amid fears that coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreaks could keep young people in halls when term ends.Scared and confused: Meanwhile, thousands of students are currently confined to their rooms following a surge in cases at institutions including Glasgow, Manchester Metropolitan and Edinburgh Napier.Students at Manchester Metropolitan University described being scared and confused as their accommodation was locked down without warning.Hundreds of students at the university have been told to stay in their…
(2020-09-27). The most important week of our profession. zcomm.org Five members of the Movement of Rank and File Educations (MORE) caucus spoke to Tempest on September 15th about the struggle over safe teaching and learning conditions in the New York City school system.
(2020-09-27). High School Students March Against Chevron in Climate Strike. indybay.org Richmond High School Students in "March For Our Future" protest assail Chevron…
(2020-09-26). 'Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution': New Paper Outlines Vision for Climate Action. commondreams.org "Data from farming and grazing studies show the power of exemplary regenerative systems that, if achieved globally, would drawdown more than 100% of current annual CO2 emissions," the new research says. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-09-26). Eurasian Geopolitics: US' Hybrid War on Russian Energy Targets Germany, Belarus, and Bulgaria. globalresearch.ca The US is ruthlessly waging an intense Hybrid War on Russian energy interests in Europe by targeting the Eurasian Great Power's relevant projects in Germany, Belarus, and Bulgaria, banking on the fact that even the partial success of this strategy …
(2020-09-26). Taiwan's 'Self-Defense' Claim against China: Euphemism for US-Backed Aggression? globalresearch.ca It's important to explain the context of the island leadership's provocative comments in order to better understand why everything isn't as simple as they try to make it seem. | Taiwan's self-described "Ministry of National Defense" released a statement on Monday …
(2020-09-26). Lessons of the University of Michigan graduate student strike. wsws.org Throughout the course of the strike, many students admirably asserted that their fight was not only about the health and safety of themselves, but of the community as a whole.
(2020-09-26). Thousands at UK universities infected with coronavirus as new term opens. wsws.org The former regional director for public health in northwest England, Professor John Ashton, said it was "almost inevitable" that the return of students would lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
(2020-09-26). Detroit students stage sickout in opposition to the district's back-to-school plan. wsws.org While the demands laid out by the students are limited to immediate measures, there is no doubt that they are motivated by much broader issues.
(2020-09-26). Pennsylvania nursing students demand refunds, financial support due to COVID policies. wsws.org Students say their calls for adequate support and transparency, quality education, reduced costs and licensing accommodations have been met with indifference and hostility from university administrators.
(2020-09-26). 'You Can't Postpone Youth': Those Least at Risk from COVID Pay Highest Price, Says Doctor. globalresearch.ca The senior Dr
(2020-09-26). Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on May 26, 2020 | "By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain." — Russell Blaylock, …
(2020-09-26). Tennessee parents and educators speak out against unsafe school openings. wsws.org The teachers and parents often shared similar complaints about the unsafe conditions in schools and pressure to accept the reopening policies.
(2020-09-26). Coronavirus: Why Everyone Was Wrong. It is Not a "New Virus". "The Fairy Tale of No Immunity" globalresearch.ca So: Sars-Cov-2 isn't all that new, but merely a seasonal cold virus that mutated and disappears in summer, as all cold viri do — which is what we're observing globally right now. Flu viri mutate significantly more, by the way, and nobody would ever claim that a new flu virus strain was completely novel.
(2020-09-26). Mexico: Still No Justice for the 43 Ayotzinapa Students. telesurenglish.net Family and friends of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who disappeared on September 26, 2014, Friday gathered outside the facilities of the Attorney General's office in Mexico City to demand an acceleration of the investigation process. | RELATED: | "Six years after the disappearance of our loved ones, there is still no justice as the investigations are revealing nothing new," the relatives complained. | Guerreros Unidos's cartel m…
(2020-09-26). Manufactured Pandemic: Testing People for Any Strain of a Coronavirus, Not Specifically for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on March 27, 2020 | The following is from a medical forum. The writer, who is a widely respected professional scientist in the US, prefers to stay anonymous, because presenting any narrative different than the official …
(2020-09-26). Inferno and the "Fourth Circle". The American Empire and the 2020 Pandemic. globalresearch.ca In 1973, the world economy was brought almost to a halt by a supposed shortage of oil. The ostensible trigger for this alleged shortage was the so-called Yom Kippur War in which the armed forces of the Anglo-American Empire's settler-colonial …
(2020-09-26). It's Not Vaccine Nationalism, It's Vaccine Idiocy. zcomm.org The pandemic gave us an extraordinary opportunity to experiment with an alternative mechanism for financing research that could have enormously benefitted public health…
(2020-09-26). Friday 9/25: Climate Week 2020: Full Day of Climate Teach-ins w/ Earth Day Initiative. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-09-26). [Correspondence] The recent interest of medical science in Black lives. thelancet.com We read with great interest the important Editorial1 about racism in medicine and medical science. Despite an eagerness to agree that Black lives must matter more, particularly given the historical disrespect for Black lives,2,3 and the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12, 2020, during demonstrations against the cruel murder of George Floyd, we argue that Black lives matter like any other lives matter; neither more nor less, because anything else will lead to the same conundrum that we are trying to overcome.
(2020-09-26). [Correspondence] Finding common ground in Kashmir. thelancet.com The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), representing the interests of approximately 80‚Äà000 practicing Indian physicians and 40‚Äà000 medical students, residents, and fellows in the USA, is disenchanted and disappointed with your Editorial.1AAPI, along with its counterpart in India and globally, denounces the Editorial not only as premature but biased and reprehensible for lack of due diligence in research and consultation with proprieties or stakeholders.
(2020-09-26). [Obituary] Noel Richard Rose. thelancet.com Leading pioneer of autoimmune disease research. He was born in Stamford, CT, USA, on Dec 3, 1927, and died of a stroke in Brookline MA, USA, on July 30, 2020, aged 92 years.
(2020-09-26). [Comment] Preterm health: time to bridge the evidence gap. thelancet.com Despite the development of revolutionary life-sustaining advances in neonatal medicine, medications are frequently administered in an ad-hoc and suboptimal way. Most drugs prescribed in neonatal care have not been submitted to the stringent regulatory processes of drug licensing that are standard in adult medicine.1 Although clinical research and licensing regulations differ between countries, the scarcity of licensed medications and inevitable use of off-label drugs in neonates are universal problems1 (countries reporting these issues include the USA, Japan, China, the Netherlands, Australia, India, and Brazil).
(2020-09-26). [Correspondence] End curfews in Kashmir. thelancet.com The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) is a national organisation representing medical fraternity of Pakistan. PMA works for the betterment of patients and physicians, and it acts to achieve the highest possible standards of medical care, ethics, education, and health-related human rights for all people.
(2020-09-26). [Comment] Offline: COVID-19 is not a pandemic. thelancet.com As the world approaches 1 million deaths from COVID-19, we must confront the fact that we are taking a far too narrow approach to managing this outbreak of a new coronavirus. We have viewed the cause of this crisis as an infectious disease. All of our interventions have focused on cutting lines of viral transmission, thereby controlling the spread of the pathogen. The "science" that has guided governments has been driven mostly by epidemic modellers and infectious disease specialists, who understandably frame the present health emergency in centuries-old terms of plague.
(2020-09-26). Iranian short 'Talker' wins at Tirana Intl. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) — Iranian short film, 'Talker' directed by Mehrshad Ranjbar, has won the best film award at student film competition in the 18th edition of the Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) in Albania.
(2020-09-26). Lockdown stretched the learning gap for disadvantaged pupils to 'a gulf'. thecanary.co The learning gap between financially disadvantaged and better off pupils in England "has become a gulf", a leading educator has warned. | Falling behind: | Oasis Community Learning founder Steve Chalke says recent research suggests disadvantaged children fell further behind during the lockdown than more affluent pupils. Oasis is responsible for 31,500 children at 52 academies across England. Now Chalke is calling on the government to treble the pupil premium funding used to boost the education of the nation's most disadvantaged pupils. | Chalke told the BBC: Government should respond to the need before it…
(2020-09-26). Glasgow University to refund one month's rent after coronavirus outbreak. thecanary.co Glasgow University will refund all students in halls of residence one month's rent, along with a £50 payment for food. | The return of students to campuses across Scotland has seen a spike in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. It's forced hundreds into self-isolation, and led to the Scottish government and Universities Scotland to ask that students do not socialise in hospitality venues this weekend. | Outbreak: | At Glasgow University, 124 cases of the virus were reported on Thursday 24 September, with the number expected to rise. | As a result, a test centre was established at the Murano Street halls o…
(2020-09-26). The False Flag Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, aka 'Russia's Trump'. globalresearch.ca On August 20th, Russian opposition figure and self-styled "anti-corruption" activist Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill while in mid-flight from Tomsk, Siberia to the Russian capital. The Moscow-bound plane was abruptly re-routed to make an emergency landing in the Siberian city …
(2020-09-26). Australia Ill-Equipped to Face the Challenges of the Emerging New World Order. globalresearch.ca The American writer Mark Twain once observed that there were three kinds of lies. Lies, damn lies and statistics. In the 21st century that list might usefully be added to and include lies of omission. The modern mainstream media do …
(2020-09-26). Guerra del Gas: La Mancata Politica Energetica Sovrana Dell'italia. globalresearch.ca 23/09/2020. Continuano nel mar Mediterraneo orientale, a largo delle coste greche, cipriote e turche, le tensioni militari tra la Grecia e la Turchia, due paesi facenti parte della NATO. Nell'area, dove sono stati scoperti giacimenti di gas naturale, gli Stati …
(2020-09-25). As the Amazon Burns, What Happens to Its Biodiversity? globalresearch.ca Studies show that where fire is on the increase in Amazonia, biodiversity is altered, with unique rainforest flora and fauna — and vital ecological services — diminished. | *** | The number of fires burning in standing Amazon rainforest spiked dramatically in …
(2020-09-25). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 16. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday the trap sprang shut, as Judge Baraitser insisted the witnesses must finish next week, and that no time would be permitted for preparation of closing arguments, which must be heard the immediate following Monday. This brought the closest …
(2020-09-25). American Space Force Installs Military Base in the Persian Gulf to Monitor Iran. globalresearch.ca The sixth and newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces now has an overseas base. A squadron of 20 soldiers has been sent to an air base in Al Udeid, which is in a desert in Qatar, where the first …
(2020-09-25). California Schools Launch Anti-Racism Plan. popularresistance.org Sacramento, CA – The California Department of Education announced new anti-racism lessons and teacher training for school districts on Monday, days after President Donald Trump decried the notion of teaching slavery as a founding tenet of the U.S. and called for a more "patriotic education." | Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond pointed to the police killing of George Floyd in May, bullying of Asian American students amid the coronavirus and a spike in anti-immigrant rhetoric and antisemitism since the 2016 election as reasons for the project.
(2020-09-25). Sunday 9/27: Vigil to Honor Migrant Women and Human Rights Defenders. indybay.org Lake Merritt Amphitheater…
(2020-09-25). Farm Worker tells lawmakers about undocumented, but essential, workers. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Vincente Reyes is a 20-year-old DACA recipient. He's also a United Farm Workers activist, a college student, and an "essential" worker in this era of the coronavirus pandemic. And he brought his story, and that of his parents, to a virtual congressional hearing via Zoom, declaring all of them should be able to stay in …
(2020-09-25). What is to Be Done for Animals. counterpunch.org 
In the present moment, animal liberationists' top priority should be making cultured meat less expensive and making slaughtered meat more costly. The former can be achieved by public subsidies and funding for research. The latter can be accomplished by taxation and cutting subsidies. Obviously, the goal of both is to make cellular agriculture more appealing
(2020-09-25). Engineering Contagion: UPMC, Corona-Thrax And "The Darkest Winter" thealtworld.com 
Researchers at a BSL-3 lab tied to the organizers of the 2001 Dark Winter simulation, DARPA, and…
(2020-09-25). Hack Reveals UK's Propaganda Campaign to Drive Syrian Regime Change. globalresearch.ca When I
(2020-09-25). Trump Regime War on Cuba by Other Means. globalresearch.ca Unlawful US sanctions on nations, entities and individuals are weapons of war by other means. | Since taking office in January 2017, Trump imposed sanctions on numerous countries extrajudicially, including Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba….
(2020-09-25). Mounting Unemployment in America: Over One Million UI Claims for 27 Straight Weeks, Unprecedented US Economic Collapse. globalresearch.ca Nothing remotely like what's gone on since January ever happened before in the US. | For the 27th straight week, over one million working-age Americans filed claims for unemployment insurance (UI). | Numbers for the past week include 870,000 who applied for …
(2020-09-25). Covid-19: How Likely Is a Second Wave? globalresearch.ca Executive Summary | Evidence presented in this paper indicates that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic as an event in the UK is essentially complete, with ongoing and anticipated challenges well within the capacity of a normalised NHS to …
(2020-09-25). Does the PCR Test Detect the Virus? globalresearch.ca "Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it." —Kary Mullis, Inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction | In the US, …
(2020-09-25). Trump's EPA dismisses dangers of chlorpyrifos on children's brain downplaying agency's own findings. nationofchange.org "The EPA is ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, it's neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides."
(2020-09-25). Sinophobia, Lies and Hybrid War": The Nation which Unleashed This Plague…" according to Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly, And then …
(2020-09-25). Report demolishes government claims that reopening UK schools reflects concern for disadvantaged children. wsws.org The education of poorer children is of as little concern for the Johnson government as the health of the working class.
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(2020-09-25). An Anonymous Nurse Speaks Out: The RT-PCR Test is Totally Unreliable, It Does not Detect the Virus. globalresearch.ca An Anonymous Nurse SPEAKS OUT! Just a shame they can't put their name to it out of fear of losing their job. | This is from a nurse. | *** | I work in the healthcare field. Here's the problem, we are testing …
(2020-09-25). China: Three Dead After Massive Fire at Huawei Facility. telesurenglish.net Local authorities said Friday that three people had been found dead after a massive fire broke out at an unfinished research facility belonging to Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies in southern China. | According to the city government, the fire started at a building still under construction on Alishan Road, where the company is developing a research base in the industrial city of Dongguan. | RELATED: | The local fire b…