Monthly Archives: September 2020

2020-09-28: News Headlines

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.

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 German Doctor, Co-founder of ACU — German Extra-Parliamentary Commission for (Covid) Investigation, Arrested — and Swiss Parliament extending the Swiss Covid Emergency Law until End of 2021. | *** | United Kingdom | The scene looks like true fascism out of Hitler's playbook …

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, 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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…

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 …

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.

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 …

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… |

_____ (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.

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

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 …

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 …

Yes on Prop 16 (2020-09-28). Wednesday 9/30: Back to School Rally: Students for Yes on Prop. 16! indybay.org Online…

_____ (2020-09-28). The Menace of Far-Right Historical Revisionism. strategic-culture.org The impeached U.S. President, Donald Trump, has taken a step never attempted by any of his predecessors. Trump, who every day is exposing his fascist policies and intentions, has announced that he is establishing a "1776 Commission" to re-write American history and force-feed it to every public and certain private school students throughout the United States. Trump's move is intended to counter the 1619 Project of the New York Times, which is designed to place slavery and the slave trade in a central context in dealing with the history of pre- and post-colonial America. | Trump's designs on America's history book…

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-28). Holy Defense Research & Document Center unveils new works. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — In a ceremony on Monday, the Holy Defense Research & Document Center unveiled its new works. The event held at the place of Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum, was attended by IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-28). Imperial students win big at Mayor's entrepreneurship competition. imperial.ac.uk Three out of four of this year's Mayor's Entrepreneur Programme awards were given to Imperial student teams.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-28). 'Blue Planet II' may not have caused a change in plastic preference. imperial.ac.uk The BBC documentary 'Blue Planet II' raised environmental awareness, but may not have discouraged people from choosing plastic, says new research.

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2020-09-28). Weaponizing the Term "Conspiracy Theory": Disinformation Agents and the CIA. globalresearch.ca First published on May 11, 2016 | 'Conspiracy theory' is a term that strikes fear and anxiety in the hearts of most every public figure, particularly journalists and academics. Since the 1960s the label has become a disciplinary device that has …

yenisafak (2020-09-28). 'Planet is dying,' India's 8-year-old climate crusader warns. yenisafak.com When 8-year-old Indian climate change activist Licypriya Kangujam is older, she wants to launch a solo mission to the moon to research ways to save planet earth.One of the world's youngest climate change activists, Kangujam was inspired by the devastating scenes she witnessed in Nepal in 2015, where as a four-year-old she helped her father deliver aid to victims of huge earthquakes that killed some 9,000 people and destroyed one million homes.Now she is leading a youth movement calling for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian lawmakers to pass a new law aimed at capping carbon emissions in the world's third la…

Global Research News (2020-09-28). Selected Articles: Why Germany's Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Is Necessary? Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning. globalresearch.ca If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a

Julian Rose (2020-09-28). High Treason in UK Suffocates Democratic Governance. globalresearch.ca My home country, the United Kingdom, once known for its promotion of libertarian causes, has been taken-over and its citizens utterly betrayed. The last vestiges of parliamentary democracy have been buried, so that the Prime Minister, members of the Cabinet …

Newsclick (2020-09-27). Wildfires show that climate change will not impact just the global south. peoplesdispatch.org In today's Talking Science and Tech, Prabir Purkayastha talks about the wildfires in California and how it can no longer be denied that climate change is the underlying cause. He also talks about the Paris climate accord and where different countries stand in achieving its targets.

The Canary (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…

Steve Topple (2020-09-27). A private student housing company calling the cops on a Labour MP is peak 2020. thecanary.co On 26 September, a student housing company called the police on a Labour MP and protesters. This was because they were picketing outside one of the company's properties. And this story, as well as the one behind the demo, are peak 2020. | Coventry's "greedy" landlord: | The Canary previously

Franklin Frederick (2020-09-27). The Climate Strike Movement in Switzerland. globalresearch.ca In the early hours of Monday 21 September, a large number of young people from the Swiss Climate Strike movement occupied the Federal Square in Bern, opposite the Federal Palace — hence its name — seat of the Swiss Government …

Carla Stea (2020-09-27). The Weaponization of Human Rights. globalresearch.ca China's Communist "Dictatorship" Lifts 700 Million Chinese Citizens Out Of Poverty: Yet India is Adored by Western Pundits, While China is Demonized and Sanctioned | *** | "The first human right is the right to life." Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign …

Michael J. Talmo (2020-09-27). The Plain Truth About Face Masks. globalresearch.ca People have been using masks for a long time. The

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-27). Greek workers stage massive protests against government policies. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, September 24, massive and militant demonstrations were organized across Greece by the workers from different sectors on a variety of demands. | In the education sector, teachers and students' unions, along with parents' organizations, held demonstrations. The Public Hospital Doctors' Federation (OENGE) observed a national strike and held demonstrations in all major cities of Greece. Their main demands were immediate measures to support doctors and healthcare workers in public hospitals against the pandemic. Maritime workers went on strike in Greece's biggest port, Piraeus, protesting the attempt of t…

Fight Back (2020-09-27). UW-Milwaukee SDS rallies to get cops off campus. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of September 25, organizers with the recently re-formed University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a rally in Spaights Plaza on campus. More than 20 students and supporters gathered to demand that the university disarm, defund and ultimately disband the campus police. | "This event was held to formally announce our demands of UW Milwaukee, which includes defunding the UWM campus police entirely and redistributing those funds to programs such as ethnic studies and mental health services," said Veronica Roll, a leader with UWM SDS. "I am overjoyed wi…

Michael Welch (2020-09-27). Coronavirus: Killer Virus or Common Flu? globalresearch.ca "Implementation of the current draconian measures that are so extremely restrict fundamental rights can only be justified if there is reason to fear that a truly, exceptionally dangerous virus is threatening us. Do any scientifically sound data exist to support …

Andy Sernatinger (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.

Leon Kunstenaar (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…

Massoud Nayeri (2020-09-27). Towards "Totalitarian Governance" in America. globalresearch.ca American "democracy" is neither dead nor defeated; it is simply decaying day by day. This reality is the reflection of an exhausted and worn out capitalist system on a global scale. Facts surrounding the 2020 Presidential Election in the U.S. …

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (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…

Andrew Korybko (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 …

Andrew Korybko (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 …

WSWS (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.

2020-09-27: News Headlines

The Canary (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…

Andy Sernatinger (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.

Leon Kunstenaar (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…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (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…

Andrew Korybko (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 …

Andrew Korybko (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 …

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Dr. Martin Feeley (2020-09-26). 'You Can't Postpone Youth': Those Least at Risk from COVID Pay Highest Price, Says Doctor. globalresearch.ca The senior Dr

Dr. Russell Blaylock (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, …

WSWS (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.

Beda M Stadler (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.

teleSUR (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…

Julian Rose (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 …

Dr. T. P. Wilkinson (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 …

Dean Baker (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…

Earth Day Initiative (2020-09-26). Friday 9/25: Climate Week 2020: Full Day of Climate Teach-ins w/ Earth Day Initiative. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Daniel Fernando, Terrance Gardet (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.

Suresh Reddy, Seema Arora, Ravi Kolli, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (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.

Geoff Watts (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.

Rebeccah Slater, Fiona Moultrie, Ralph Bax, John van den Anker, Aomesh Bhatt (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).

Ikram Ahmed Tunio, Syed Mohammad Qaisar Sajjad, Pakistan Medical Association (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.

Richard Horton (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.

Mehr News Agency (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.

The Canary (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…

The Canary (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…

Max Parry (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 …

James ONeill (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 …

Manlio Dinucci (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 …

Liz Kimbrough (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 …

Craig Murray (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 …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (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.

Health workers & nursing students (2020-09-25). Sunday 9/27: Vigil to Honor Migrant Women and Human Rights Defenders. indybay.org Lake Merritt Amphitheater…

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Jon Hochschartner (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

Whitney Webb (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…

Johanna Ross (2020-09-25). Hack Reveals UK's Propaganda Campaign to Drive Syrian Regime Change. globalresearch.ca When I

Stephen Lendman (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….

Stephen Lendman (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 …

Prof. Paul Kirkham (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 …

Celia Farber (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, …

Amanda Mills (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."

Pepe Escobar (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 …

WSWS (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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Unnamed Nurse (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 …

teleSUR (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…