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2020-11-03: News Headlines

_____ (2020-11-03). 'The Coming War On China' — Watch John Pilger's Powerfully Relevant Documentary. strategic-culture.org Caitlin JOHNSTONE | "The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may well be on the road to war, and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable," Pilger says in his 2016 documentary The Coming War on China, which "In a few years China has become the world's second-biggest economic power," Pilger's introduction continues. "The United States is the world's biggest military power, with bases and missiles and ships covering ever…

Annerieke Daniel (2020-11-03). Pandemic's Toll on Young Black Women. progressive.org Structural racism, discrimination, and poverty—which have historically left Black people out of the healthcare system — are leaving leave us more vulnerable to a serious and deadly virus.

Raul Diego (2020-11-02). Freedom of Speech on the Internet is all but Extinct: Facebook's New "Free Speech Court" Is Anything but Independent. globalresearch.ca Freedom of speech on the Internet is all but extinct, and on the eve of the 2020 US elections, a de facto "free speech court" is going to make sure it never comes back. On Facebook at least. | ***…

Heidi Shierholz (2020-11-02). Thanks to Mitch McConnell, 30 Million Workers Head Into Election Day Unnecessarily Hurting. commondreams.org It is both cruel and terrible economics that Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell adjourned the Senate last Tuesday with no COVID relief. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mcconnell_unemployment.jpg

Jasmine Norden (2020-11-02). Calls for Universal Basic Income increase as government support fails those most in need. thecanary.co Elected representatives across the UK have called on the government to prevent poverty by trialling Universal Basic Income (UBI). | On 30 October, 520 MPs, councillors, peers, mayors and members of devolved assemblies, In the letter, organised by UBI Lab Network, the elected representatives said: Millions of people have fallen through the cracks of the government's support packages. The pandemic has left countless families facing po…

WSWS (2020-11-02). Who bears responsibility for the Canadian ruling elite's catastrophic handling of the COVID-19 pandemic? wsws.org By systematically prioritizing corporate profit and investor wealth over human lives, Canada's governments have created conditions for a second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths even bigger than the first.

Fight Back (2020-11-01). Stocks fall for second month in a row as economic storm clouds gather. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – For the second month in a row, U.S. stocks fell in October. The drop in stock prices sped up, with both October and the last week being the worst month and week for the stock market since March. The broadest stock market index, the S&P 500, is now down nearly 9% from its record high in early September. | Despite some positive economic news on unemployment claims and Gross Domestic Product this past week, the economy still remains in a deep hole. There are still more than 22 million people getting government aid for unemployment, more than 12 times the number before the recession began. GDP remains…

Kairos Center, Poor People's Campaign (2020-11-01). Sunday 11/1: Dia de los Muertos & All Saints Day: The Lives Lost to Pandemics of COVID, Poverty, Racism. indybay.org Online via livestream…

The Canary (2020-10-31). Unions call for more measures to protect jobs as furlough scheme ends. thecanary.co Fears have been raised that people will be pushed into in hardship as government coronavirus support schemes end.Unions are calling for more measures to protect jobs as the furlough scheme ends, saying the new support plans are "not adequate", while poverty campaigners have concerns about the end of mortgage holidays.With no certainty about whether Covid-19 can be brought under control in the near future and millions of UK people living under further restrictions, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey called on the Government to bring forward clear plans for the protection of health, jobs and incomes.Mr McCluskey…

Labor Creates All Wealth (2020-10-31). Labor Gen Strikes re 11/3/20 Election Urged by 3 Labor Groups. indybay.org As we enter this Get Out The Vote (GOTV) 4 Days, 10/31-11/3/20, three labor organizations have called for a General Strike to protect the vote and demand Nazi Trump leave office when defeated. They are from Rochester, NY, Seattle, WA and Western Massachusetts. Where is the San Francisco Labor Council resolution demanding a General Strike?>

Virginia Rodino (2020-10-30). Why I'm Voting Green in 2020. globalresearch.ca Author's note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …