Daily Archives: October 8, 2020

2020-10-08: News Headlines

Andre Vltchek (2020-10-08). The Uyghur Issue: How Can the U.S. Dare Lecturing China About the Rights of the Muslims? globalresearch.ca This article by the late Andre Vltchek was first published in 2019. | In 2019, I have written a long analysis about "the Uyghur issue"; analysis which will be soon published as a book. | For some time, I have been warning …

Andrew Korybko (2020-10-08). Does Damascus Regard the Syrian Armenians Reportedly Fighting in Azerbaijan as Traitors? globalresearch.ca The Turkish reports alleging that the Kurdish-allied Syrian-Armenian militia "Nubar Ozanyan Brigade" is fighting in Azerbaijan on the side of the separatists prompt questions about exactly how Damascus regards this armed group, but if Syria's official statements pertaining to the …

Media Lens (2020-10-08). 'None of It Reported': How Corporate Media Buried the Assange Trial. globalresearch.ca One of the most imposing features of state-corporate propaganda is its incessant, repetitive nature. Over and over again, the 'mainstream' media have to convince the public that 'our' government prioritises the health, welfare and livelihoods of the general population, rather …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-10-08). What is Covid-19, SARS-2. How is it Tested? How is It Measured? The Fear Campaign Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca The data and concepts have been manipulated with a view to sustaining the fear campaign. The estimates are meaningless. The figures have been hyped to justify the closure of the national economy. Covid-19 is a public health concern but it is NOT a dangerous virus.

Global Research News (2020-10-08). Selected Articles: Assaulting Science in the Name of Science. globalresearch.ca By In The Globalization of War, Michel Chossudovsky writes of the process of "manufacturing dissent," which functions to channel the anger and frustrations of the …

Bianca Muniz (2020-10-08). Fires Raze Nearly Half of Indigenous Territories in Brazil's Pantanal. globalresearch.ca In September, 164 fires were recorded across Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world's biggest wetland. In August, there were more than 200. Nearly half of the certified Indigenous areas in the region have already been subject to fires …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-10-08). Juan Guaidó Creates a Parallel Consulate in Brazil. globalresearch.ca A "parallel" Venezuelan Consulate in Brazil was condemned in a recent statement by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. In late September, supporters of the Venezuelan opposition leader, the self-proclaimed "interim president" Juan Guaidó, announced that they would form …

Staff (2020-10-08). Science denial runs deep in the GOP. therealnews.com Back in 2012, climate science denial created an A month before Hurricane Sandy reached landfall first in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and then New York City, killing 37…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-10-08). Evo Morales' Ally Has Real Chance of Winning Bolivia's Upcoming Elections. globalresearch.ca A corrupt, manipulative and indolent government in Bolivia, coupled with problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, has only exacerbated the many issues the country has faced since Evo Morales was ousted from power on November 10, 2019. Interior Minister Arturo …

Peter Koenig (2020-10-08). The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020" globalresearch.ca WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.

South Front (2020-10-08). Video: Armenians Fight Back Against Azerbaijani Advance, Strike Strategic (BTC) Oil Pipeline. globalresearch.ca Armenian forces launched a missile attack on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, according to Azerbaijan. The country's prosecutors said that Armenian forces had carried out the attack, which was prevented by the Azerbaijani military, on the pipeline in Yevlah at …

Freedom News (2020-10-08). Greece: Golden Dawn Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict. globalresearch.ca The heavily guarded Court of Appeals of Athens delivered the verdicts today in a five-year-long Golden Dawn trial. | Thousands gathered in an antifascist rally outside of the court this morning to await the ruling. The trial, widely covered in Greek …

Prof. Charles McKelvey (2020-10-08). The Construction of an Alternative to "Manufactured Dissent" globalresearch.ca In The concept of manufacturing …

WSWS (2020-10-08). Tennessee educator speaks out on unsafe conditions in schools. wsws.org While the state's governor proclaims schools are safe, the teacher reveals how her school has been unable to contain the spread of the virus and the impact this has had on educators and students alike.

John C. A. Manley (2020-10-08). Resisting Corona "New Normal" Oppression: Every Civil Rights Movement Begins with a Shunned 5%. globalresearch.ca After a TV interview on

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2020-10-08). Assaulting Science in the Name of Science: Exploring the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020. globalresearch.ca There is a battle going on over who and what most credibly represents science. As the months pass, the contest over science is integral to the acrimony concerning the nature of COVID-19. In February of this year the UN's World …

Dr. Margarite Griesz-Brisson (2020-10-08). COVID-19 Masks Are a Crime Against Humanity and Child Abuse. globalresearch.ca The following is a

WSWS (2020-10-08). SUNY students face budget gap in Excelsior Scholarship program. wsws.org With a $62 billion budget gap, some SUNY students have been charged full tuition and are unsure when their scholarship credits will be applied.

Sarah Lazare (2020-10-08). US Military Bases Are Key Pieces of the Global War Machine. globalresearch.ca We don't hear about them very often, but the estimated 800 US military bases around the globe have played an essential role in turning the whole world into a bloody battlefield. Any effort to roll back US empire has to …

Center For Biological Diversity (2020-10-08). US Agriculture Department's 'Wildlife Services' Killed Approximately 1.2 Million Native Animals in 2019. globalresearch.ca The arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture known as The multimillion-dollar federal wildlife-killing program targets wolves, coyotes, cougars, birds …

Dr. Bischara A. Egal (2020-10-08). Corruption Inc. — Somalia Style. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in February 2020. | Political corruption is so rampant in Africa and Somalia in particularly since the civil war 1991. Resource-rich African countries such as Angola, Algeria, DRC, Libiya, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan suffer from the …

Fight Back (2020-10-08). Tampa students rally against university budget cuts. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On October 5, members of Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered near the University of South Florida (USF) to protest the university's recent budget cuts. University administration recently announced budget cuts amounting to $36.7 million, with instruction taking the bulk of the cuts and various student services comprising the rest. | Tampa Bay SDS protested these budget cuts, which would adversely affect students and workers on campus, with chants calling for USF administration to instead take significant pay cuts and to defund the university police department (USFPD). Speeches no…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-10-08). Racism and the Death Penalty. globalresearch.ca Christopher Vialva, 40, was executed by the United States government on September 24 in Terra Haute, Indiana. | Vialva was the first Black person put to death by the federal criminal justice system since the resumption of executions by Washington earlier …

Keith Lamb (2020-10-08). What's Wrong with Development? The Geopolitics of The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). globalresearch.ca The Belt and Road Initiative seeks to bring development to the world. Why is this a problem for the USA and some of its Western allies? Keith Lamb explains why. | *** | The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a series …

Miriam Berger (2020-10-08). Teachers unions around the world clash with governments over school reopening plans. zcomm.org "We are now at a crisis moment where all over the world people are realising the centrality of public education"

_____ (2020-10-08). Research Project Gave Homeless People $7,500 Each. popularresistance.org The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes about people "living on the margins." | The New Leaf project is a joint study started in 2018 by Foundations for Social Change, a Vancouver-based charitable organization, and the University of British Columbia. After giving homeless Lower Mainland residents cash payments of $7,500, researchers checked on them over a year to see how they were faring.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-10-08). Imperial part of London Alliance offering 20,500 more COVID tests a day by March. imperial.ac.uk The Alliance, set up by life science cluster MedCity, brings together world-leading London organisations to meet a need for expanded testing capacity.

Nauman Sadiq (2020-10-08). The Biden Doctrine: Cheerlead Wars, Feign Ignorance Later. globalresearch.ca If we look at the track record of Joe Biden during his political career first as a senator and then as Obama's vice president, he is a typical establishment Democrat who has played into the hands of the US national …

The New Arab (2020-10-08). Libya Refuses to Take Up Arab League Presidency Following Palestinian Walkout. globalresearch.ca Libya on Tuesday refused to assume the presidency of the current session of the Arab League, after Qatar …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-10-08). Matters of International Justice: Challenging Trump's ICC Sanctions. globalresearch.ca On September 2, US sanctions — the sort normally reserved for fully fledged terrorists and decorated drug traffickers — were imposed on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda and her colleague Phakiso Mochochoko, head of …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-10-08). Students organize amid fresh pandemic outbreak in British universities. peoplesdispatch.org Over the past few weeks, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in universities in the United Kingdom. Student activists talk about the challenges they face and the kind of organizing that is happening…

Aaron Mate (2020-10-07). Video: Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony that US, UK Blocked at UN. globalresearch.ca At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW's first Director General, on the chemical watchdog's Syria cover-up scandal. The Grayzone has obtained Bustani's prepared statement and is publishing …

Alan MacLeod (2020-10-07). UK Court Decision on Venezuela Gold Deals, Blow to Regime Change Efforts. One Billion Dollars of Country's Gold to be Released. globalresearch.ca A UK court ruled that the administration of Boris Johnson's position that Juan Guaidó is the legitimate ruler of Venezuela is far from equivocal, paving the way for over $1 billion of the country's gold to be released. | *** | A…

Mitch Stoltz (2020-10-07). House Antitrust Report Is a Bold Prescription for Curing Big Tech's Ills. commondreams.org Following a year of hearings and research, the staff of the Subcommittee on Antitrust found that Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple all have either significant market power or outright monopoly power in a variety of markets. (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Andrew Korybko (2020-10-07). The Kyrgyz Compromise: Submitting to the Color Revolution or Pragmatic Move for Peace? globalresearch.ca The Kyrgyz government's decision to annul the results of the latest elections which were exploited as the "trigger event" for the preplanned Color Revolution against it might be interpreted by some as submitting to that regime change operation even though …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-10-07). COVID-19 Coronavirus: The Crisis. "You Simulate and Then You Go Live" globalresearch.ca On January 30th 2020, the WHO Director General declared a Public Health Emergency (PHEIC) in relation to China's novel coronavirus. This far-reaching decision was taken without the support of expert opinion. There were 150 confirmed cases outside China, when the decision was taken. 6 in the US, 3 in Canada, 2 in the UK, etc.

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-10-07). Trump Scuttles a Fiscal Stimulus—Again! globalresearch.ca This past week Pelosi and Mnuchin had reportedly been quietly negotiating toward …

Telesur (2020-10-07). Neo-McCarthy Policies: US Bans Communist Immigrants from Ever Becoming US Citizens. globalresearch.ca New guidance on immigration laws released Friday by the United States Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) makes it almost impossible for members of a Communist or similar party to be granted permanent residence or U.S. citizenship. | *** | In a policy …

Mike Whitney (2020-10-07). Gates, Kissinger and Our Dystopian Future. The Political Side of Covid. globalresearch.ca "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." George Orwell | Can we agree that there are two types of Covid-19? | The first type, is Covid-19 ,"The Virus", which is a fairly …

Yasmina Allouche (2020-10-07). Nearly half of young Arabs have considered leaving their country. middleeasteye.net Nearly half of young Arabs have considered leaving their country | Economic woes, government corruption, education opportunities and security driving youth from the Middle East, new survey shows
| Wed, 10/07/2020 – 10: 59 | Lebanese youth recorded the highest numbers stating a desire to leave at 77 percent, followed by 69 percent of Libyans, 66 percent of Yemenis and 65 percent of Iraq…

Paul Bentley (2020-10-07). History Teachers and "Patriotic Education" counterpunch.org We might wonder what would happen if a teacher took a knee during the daily playing of the national anthem in schools? Colin Kaepernick could afford the repercussions of his action, but the high school history teacher can only take so many reprimands before she loses her job. How is she to defend against this assault on her professional integrity and livelihood?

Walter Smolarek (2020-10-07). National strike: Indonesia rises up against new anti-worker law. liberationnews.org Hundreds of thousands of workers and students in Indonesia have taken to the streets in a powerful wave of strikes and demonstrations opposing the enactment of a new set of laws that would dramatically weaken the rights of the working class and environmental protections. The government of president Joko Widodo pushed through this "omnibus" act …

RT (2020-10-07). Traits like 'objectivity' and 'perfectionism' signs of RACISM and white supremacy, elementary school kids taught. rt.com A screenshot of a lesson apparently taught to elementary school kids claiming characteristics like "perfectionism" and "objectivity" can signify racism has sparked outcry, with many ridiculing the concept as being racist itself. | The presentation slide, shared on Twitter by author James Lindsay on Wednesday, showed a list of 15 traits by which the young students could identify "white supremacy culture." It appeared to be a rough

G. Dunkel (2020-10-07). Greek workers tell Pompeo: 'Go home'! workers.org Protest against austerity by Greek union confederations in Thessaloníki on Sept. 5. Students and teachers at over 700 schools and universities throughout Greece walked out the first week of October. Thousands of workers marched in Thessaloníki, both at the beginning and at the end of September. Workers and other progressives . . . |

Global Research News (2020-10-07). Selected Articles: From Great Lockdown to Great Transformation. The COVID Aftermath. globalresearch.ca By Selected Articles: From Great Lockdo…

Aaliyah Harris (2020-10-07). Without study abroad, I would have struggled to make it through third year. thecanary.co I recently expressed the words above to friends as we reminisced about our four-year degree journey.For many students, these past few months have involved countless overnight study sessions, hours of self-teaching as lecturers took part in

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-10-07). NATO Increased Warship Presence in Black Sea by 33% Compared to 2019. globalresearch.ca By strengthening the presence of warships from non-Black Sea NATO members in the Black Sea, the military bloc is attempting to demonstrate its dominance in the region and the Alliance's desire to neutralize and pressurize Russia's influence in the area. …

Philip Giraldi (2020-10-07). Netanyahu's Dirty Laundry Tells All. globalresearch.ca Staff in Washington D.C.'s Blair House, where the U.S. president houses his V.I.P. foreign guests, report that they have begun counting towels and robes after visitors depart. Soap and shampoo resupply is also being closely monitored and a metal detector …

Stephen Lendman (2020-10-07). Trump Halts Talks on New Economic Stimulus. globalresearch.ca At a time of dire economic conditions — worse than during the Great Depression with real unemployment at 26.9% and likely to rise ahead — Republicans and Dems remain at odds over federal aid to jobless Americans, small businesses, states, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-10-07). OPCW Rubber-Stamps Novichok Poisoning of Navalny Hoax. globalresearch.ca Operating as an imperial tool, the chemical watchdog OPCW transformed itself into a pro-Western lapdog. | Abandoning its mandate for higher priorities, the organization no longer can be taken seriously. | Replacing the OPCW with an independent chemical watchdog — free from …