(2020-10-02). The Leahy Laws: Why Biden's Promise to Israel is Illegal. counterpunch.org 
While co-hosting an interview on the Palestine Chronicle, I asked Dr. Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, about his thoughts on Kamala Harris' promise to maintain unconditional aid to Israel. "I am disappointed of course by the Harris-Biden positions on Israel. I would have hoped for something closer to what Bernie
(2020-10-02). How the U.S. Military Deformed Science. counterpunch.org 
Any discussion of American science includes, perforce, the military. Physics? Nuclear weapons. Biology? Germ warfare. Chemistry? Poison gas. While the wonders of science extend far beyond these blights, the military and its money have distorted scientific inquiry, to say the least. And where the Pentagon hasn't co-opted any given discipline, capitalism has swooped in. Just
(2020-10-02). China's Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us? globalresearch.ca Translated from Chinese for Global Research; first published in January 2020. | Enough is enough. Enough hypocrisy for this one world. | What do you want from us, anyway? What Do You Really Want from Us? | When we were the sick man …
(2020-10-02). Billionaires Love Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org From the very beginning, more than 35 years ago, the idea and practice of charter schools was conceived and gradually executed by those with abundant cultural, social, political, and economic capital. Charter schools are not the product of grass-roots forces, as the public has often been led to believe. They never have been. Charter schools …
(2020-10-02). September's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca …
(2020-10-02). Two Imperial 'research visionaries' win Academy Chairs in Emerging Technologies. imperial.ac.uk The Royal Academy of Engineering has appointed two Imperial engineers as Chairs in Emerging Technologies.
(2020-10-02). Cover Up: Fauci Approved Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine 15 Years Ago to Cure Coronaviruses; "Nobody Needed to Die" globalresearch.ca This article was first published in May 2020. | Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose "expert" advice to President Trump has resulted in the complete shutdown of the greatest economic engine in world history, has known since 2005 that chloroquine is an …
(2020-10-02). US schools in suburbs, small cities reopening without COVID spike; big cities up next. yenisafak.com U.S. schools from kindergarten to high school have avoided a spike in COVID-19 cases, early data show, but medical experts say the real test is coming as students in large densely-populated cities such as New York and Miami return to classrooms.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week said more than 270,000 COVID-19 cases had been reported in children aged 5-17 since March. Cases in school-age children ticked slightly higher in mid-September as more schools reopened, but remains well below the peak set in mid-July.Over 700 primary, middle and high schools that have at least partially reopened, rep…
(2020-10-02). Thailand's 'Bad Students' demand education reform. yenisafak.com The school demonstrations are part of an anti-government protest movement that has been growing since July and is also demanding greater democracy. Some campaigners seek reforms to the powerful monarchy too."Stop the harassment of students, cancel outdated rules, and give us comprehensive education reform," said Laponpat Wangpaisit, an activist from the group that calls itself "Bad Student" outside one Bangkok school.From behind school gates, pupils cheered the protesters, sang songs mocking school rules and gave the three-finger salute of pro-democracy campaigners. At one school, pupils put a sign on the gate sa…
(2020-10-01). US Presidential Debate Presented China As the Scapegoat. Blaming China for Covid-19. globalresearch.ca American democracy would best be served by focusing more on domestically relevant facts than rhetorical attacks against foreign countries like China. | *** | The …
(2020-10-01). Letter from London: The Surreal US Case Against Assange. globalresearch.ca The fox is guarding the henhouse and Washington is prosecuting a publisher for exposing its own war crimes. Alexander Mercouris diagnoses the incoherence of the U.S. case for extradition. | *** | Following the Julian Assange case as it has progressed through …
(2020-10-01). Assange's Seventeenth Day at the Old Bailey: Embassy Espionage, Contemplated Poisoning and Proposed Kidnapping. globalresearch.ca Today will be remembered as a grand expose. It was a direct, pointed accusation at the intentions of the US imperium which long for the scalp of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. For WikiLeaks, it was a smouldering triumph, …
(2020-10-01). Lawyers, Politicians and Diplomats for Assange. globalresearch.ca Since brutally dragged from Ecuador's London embassy in April last year, confined to maximum security imprisonment, and subjected to guilt by accusation extradition hearings, establishment media have been largely silent about his state-sponsored crucifixion for the "crime" of truth-telling journalism….
(2020-10-01). The 1st Presidential Debate: Worse Is Yet to Come. globalresearch.ca The 1st Presidential debate of 2020 held last night, September 29, was a reflection of the growing systemic social crisis in the USA. This is what we saw: | 1) a refusal of the representatives (Trump & Biden) of the two …
(2020-10-01). Why the US Is Falling — and Faster than You May Expect: A 40-year-old Prediction Coming True. globalresearch.ca The unique, dominating position of the United States in…
(2020-10-01). Latest jobs data give the lie to Trump's 'great economy'. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Some 18.16% of U.S. workers—almost one of every five—got state or federal jobless benefits in the latest week of available federal data, ending Sept. 12, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. That's 524,856 more people than in the week before, BLS's table showed. That increase in total unemployment aid beneficiaries does not count the 1,437,062 …
(2020-10-01). The Next Steps in Eviction Defense. counterpunch.org 
A few thoughts on intentions, tactics, and building eviction defense networks 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
(2020-10-01). Russia's FSB detains Siberian nuclear scientist suspected of passing classified technologies & state secrets to China. rt.com 
A Russian physicist is being accused of divulging state secrets, after conducting research at a physics lab in China. He couldn't return to his work there due to Covid rules and had recently been working at Tomsk State University. | The Urals-based news site Znak identified the suspect as 64-year-old nuclear physicist Alexander Lukanin. Znak reported that Lukanin was arrested for disclosing classified information belonging to the Russian government, but there has been no official confirmation of this. The outlet also reported that the scientist is currently in a pre-trial detention centre, and that the FSB has…
(2020-10-01). 'Life on Venus' plot thickens as new discovery indicates NASA may have found phosphine as far back as 1978, but didn't realize it. rt.com 
Researchers poring over archives from previous missions to Venus claim that NASA may have first detected phosphine signatures (indicating potential microbial life) back in 1978, and they just went unnoticed for the past 42 years. | On September 14, the world was rocked by the announcement that phosphine, a toxic gas that might indicate microbial life, had been detected in the clouds above Venus. There are no known natural processes that might explain the volume of the gas found. | While it's still too early to definitively state there is life on Venus producing the gas, the bombshell announcement briefly wrest…
(2020-10-01). One in 200 in England has Covid-19, but growth of new cases 'may have slowed' — new study. rt.com 
A large-scale study has showed that the UK government's efforts to control the pandemic may be working, as those infected are passing the virus on to fewer people. However, the overall number of infections has increased. | Researchers from Imperial College London tested more than 80,000 volunteers between September 18 and 26. The results, compiled by the polling organization Ipsos MORI, showed the infections had "increased substantially across all age groups and areas of the country." | More than one in 200 people in England has Covid-19, the study concluded. This is a higher figure than that produced via the…
(2020-10-01). Covid-19 infecting our DREAMS, says study — and researchers claim it hints at 'some form of SHARED MINDSCAPE'. rt.com 
Many of us consider it a living nightmare and, now, new research proves the Covid-19 pandemic is invading our dreams too. Moreover, it concludes that the similar themes of its test subjects' dreams point to a "shared" mindscape. | Researchers in Finland used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the recent dreams of several hundred people, details of which had been recorded on a database. They found that Covid-19 had 'infected' over half the dreams that the participants described as 'bad'. The resulting
(2020-10-01). UAE police chief accused of torture 'frontrunner for top Interpol job'. middleeasteye.net 
UAE police chief accused of torture 'frontrunner for top Interpol job' | Nasser Ahmed al-Raisi, accused of serious human rights abuses, could be named Interpol president in December | Thu, 10/01/2020 – 14: 26 | UAE police chief Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi (L), pictured in 2018 (Wikicommons) | A United Arab Emirates security chief accused of presiding over the "torture" of a British student is at…
(2020-10-01). Selected Articles: The 2020 Election: Nothing Will Change. globalresearch.ca 
By The Western European democratic revolutions of the late eighteenth century sought to establish more just societies through replacement of monarchies with …
(2020-10-01). "The Vaccine Should be Tested on Politicians First. If They Survive, the Vaccine Is Safe. If They Don't, Then the Country Is Safe." globalresearch.ca Polish Author, Monika Wisniewska, suggests that "The vaccine should be tested on politicians first. If they survive, the vaccine is safe. If they don't, then the country is safe". | Sounds like a joke, but it isn't. It is dead-serious. One …
(2020-10-01). The Insanity of "Sustainability". Towards "Global Capitalism Painted Green" globalresearch.ca "Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War" — Plato | This wisdom is as valid today as it was 2,500 years ago. Wars go on and on. They are exactly the anti-dote of sustainability. Though, they may be the …
(2020-10-01). Russia vs. US Imperial Aims in Syria. globalresearch.ca Former NATO commander General Wesley Clark earlier explained that the US underwent a post-9/11 transformation. A "policy coup" occurred. | With no public debate or acknowledgement, hardliners in Washington usurped power. | Days after 9/11, Clark learned from Pentagon commanders that plans …
(2020-10-01). A Trump Regime Middle East October Surprise Coming? globalresearch.ca Trailing Biden by an average of 6.8 points — according to Real Clear Politics as of late September — do Trump strategists intend an October surprise to improve his reelection prospects? | On Monday in response to phony US Middle East …
(2020-10-01). The 2020 Election: Nothing Will Change. globalresearch.ca With the first of three scheduled presidential debates (aka brawl) between President Donald Trump and his opponent, former vice-president Joe Biden, now history, the pundits will fall all over themselves to determine what it all means. Who won? Did …
(2020-10-01). Stop the spread of COVID-19! Build rank-and-file safety committees to save lives! Prepare a nationwide strike to close unsafe schools! wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of middle and high school students in New York City are being sent back to classrooms for in-person instruction today as the pandemic continues to spread throughout the school system and the city.
(2020-10-01). In face of government threats, Zimbabwe's teachers continue to stay off work. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers in Zimbabwe whose salaries have declined from the equivalent of US$550 to a mere US$30-35 over the past two years launched a protest on Monday. The government has threatened to replace them…
(2020-10-01). Russia-Turkey Agreement over Idlib Faces Collapse. globalresearch.ca Hayat Tahir Sham (HTS), formerly known as Jibhat al Nusra, the Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, began demanding the evacuation of civilians in Agrabat in the Idlib province recently, or they would be moved by force. HTS is supported by …
(2020-10-01). Video: Faulty Covid-19 PCR Testing Procedure Triggers False Positives: Ontario MP Randy Hillier. globalresearch.ca Randy Hillier, (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) questioned the Premier on concerns being raised all over the world about the reliability of PCR tests for COVID. | "We know high false positive rates are due to high CTs (cycle thresholds) and Canadian and world …
(2020-10-01). Four US school employees and two college students killed by COVID-19 this week. wsws.org At least 30 school teachers and staff have died from COVID-19 since late July, when schools began to reopen en masse, sending millions back into unsafe classrooms across the US.
(2020-10-01). Military Personnel Outnumber Civilian Scientists in US Vaccine Program. globalresearch.ca Military personnel outnumber civilian scientists in the United States government's Operation Warp Speed vaccine program. With the military so heavily involved in the distribution of this vaccine, is it any surprise that most Americans don't want anything to do with …
(2020-10-01). The Unfinished People's Revolution: From Philadelphia to Havana, and Back Again. globalresearch.ca The Western European democratic revolutions of the late eighteenth century sought to establish more just societies through replacement of monarchies with republics and the elimination of hereditary class distinctions between nobles and commoners. This dynamic reflected the interests of the …
(2020-10-01). Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. "Hatemonger" globalresearch.ca Donald Trump was quite amazing, but considering his impact on current events domestically and globally probably not truly surprising. Unable to …
(2020-10-01). Widespread Condemnation in Kentucky Grand Jury Cover-up of Breonna Taylor Police Killing. globalresearch.ca A grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky has legally absolved of criminal responsibility the police officers, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cogrove, involved in the shooting death of 26-year old Breonna Taylor, who was gunned down in her home on March …
(2020-10-01). Trump's Corporate Bailout Spurs $100 Billion Fossil Fuel Borrowing Binge. globalresearch.ca Trump Administration's Corporate Bailouts Aided Failing Fossil Fuel Companies; Stands in Contrast to Lack of COVID-19 Assistance for Ailing American Families | *** | Oil and gas companies have issued nearly $100 billion in new bonds since the Trump administration's COVID-19 corporate …
(2020-10-01). Black Alliance for Peace: International Day of Action on AFRICOM. globalresearch.ca We demand: | The complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Africa, | The demilitarization of the African continent, | The closure of U.S. bases throughout the world, and | The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM's …
(2020-10-01). Write-In Bernie Sanders for U.S. President. globalresearch.ca After the first U.S. Presidential nominees' debate, which occurred on September 29th, it is clear that America's two mainstream political Parties failed disastrously to provide the nation's voters with adequate options for the U.S. Presidency. Trump is a proven failure …
(2020-10-01). Can the World Tolerate Another Four Years of Donald Trump? globalresearch.ca Good news or bad, he dominates the headlines and front pages of newspapers, he leads tele-vision coverage, and populates the shelves of book shops. He doesn't seem to mind what is said about him as long as he is in …
(2020-10-01). The Pandemic That Never Was. globalresearch.ca On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. When I think of this scary word it conjures up heartbreaking images of vast numbers of people suffering, precipitated into abysmal poverty. The WHO used to agree with …
(2020-10-01). Coronavirus: Killer Virus or Common Flu? globalresearch.ca First published on September 27, 2020 | "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 …
(2020-10-01). Are far right groups really just about spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation? zcomm.org Research finds that far right tactics are less about misinformation than looking for community support by highlighting societal inequalities…
(2020-10-01). The Day the World Stood Still: A Story of the First Atomic Bomb and Our Perpetual Cold War. strategic-culture.org Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; | And thus the native hue of resolution | Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, | And enterprises of great pith and moment | With this regard their currents turn awry, | And lose the name of action. | — Shakespeare's Hamlet Act III, scene I | [This paper works as a follow-up to a previous article titled, " Upon discovery of such an…
(2020-10-01). How materials science can be harnessed to reach net-zero CO2 emissions targets. imperial.ac.uk Imperial materials scientists have contributed to two Henry Royce Institute-led roadmaps detailing how net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
(2020-10-01). Video game helps players get fit by fighting through immersive fantasy game. imperial.ac.uk Students from Imperial College London have developed a video game to help players get fit as they take on opponents in a fantasy world.
(2020-10-01). Smoking and obesity increase risk of severe COVID-19 and sepsis. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have identified genetic evidence to support a causal link between smoking and obesity and an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and sepsis.
(2020-10-01). 'Serious Threat': Trump is Biggest Source of COVID-19 Misinformation, Study Finds. sputniknews.com A recent analysis by Cornell University researchers of 38 million articles regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has determined that US President Donald Trump is the largest driver of misinformation when it comes to the deadly respiratory illness.
(2020-10-01). Mali Military Junta Issues Charter for Transition Period – Reports. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The military junta that seized power after a military coup in Mali has published a charter for the transition period that establishes a procedure of handing over power to a civilian government, the Journal du Mali website reported on Thursday.