In COVID Era, Artists Are Generating Hope and Illustrating Pandemic Inequities
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-31
Almost immediately after the coronavirus began to spread throughout New York City, art historian Han Hongzheng, an immigrant from China, started seeing anti-Asian slurs on social media. | Then he experienced the hatred at close range. | "One day in early March, my partner, who is white, and I were walking our dog on the Upper West Side of Manhattan," Hongzheng says. "All of a sudden, this guy on skates got very close to us and screamed the word 'traitor' at my partner." | Hongzheng describes…
truthout.org/articles/in-covid-era-artists-are-generating-hope-and-illustrating-pandemic-inequities/
People's Convention Scores a Hit!
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-08-31
August 31, 2020 | MPP Media | media@peoplesparty.org | Detroit — Hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life joined The People's Convention yesterday, sending it rocketing to #2 trending nationally on Twitter and keeping it top trending throughout the full 5-hour program. The digital Convention was viewed over 400,000 times on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. At the conclusion of the program, an overwhelming 99 percent of viewers cast the historic vote to form a major new political party in America in 2021. | Speakers included former Berni…
peoplesparty.org/peoples-convention-scores-hit/
Modi's Monthly Radio Address Programme Becomes Victim of "Dislikes" on YouTube
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-31
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hosting a monthly radio programme, "Mann Ki Baat", since October 2014, wherein he addresses his countrymen on state-owned All India Radio. The recording of the same is shared on Modi's YouTube channel along with the BJP and Press Information Bureau.
sputniknews.com/news/202008311080324079-modis-monthly-radio-address-programme-becomes-victim-of-dislikes-on-youtube-/
Trump Signals to His Followers That Violence Is His Best Hope for Reelection
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-31
President Trump was having a normal one on Sunday morning, tweeting and retweeting 89 times over the course of three and a half hours. Many of them were tweets of polling numbers from obscure firms showing him in the lead after the Republican convention. But most of the tweets and retweets were incitement to violence among his true believers and complaints about "Democrat cities," an ongoing mantra which he seems to think is a slam dunk to get him re-elected. | He repeatedly insulted and mock…
truthout.org/articles/trump-signals-to-his-followers-that-violence-is-his-best-hope-for-reelection/
Trump slams Biden's response to 'anarchists'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-31
US President Donald Trump has criticized Democratic nominee Joe Biden for not controlling the "Anarchists, Thugs Agitators in ANTIFA," underlining the necessity of National Guard in protests-rocked states and cities that are mostly under the rule of Democrats. "When is Slow Joe Biden going to criticize the Anarchists, Thugs Agitators in ANTIFA?" Trump tweeted late Sunday. "When is he going to suggest bringing up the National Guard in BADLY RUN Crime Infested Democrat Cities States? Remember, he can't lose the Crazy Bernie Super Liberal vote!"Antifa, short for "antifascist," is a far-left anti-fascist political ac…
yenisafak.com/en/world/trump-slams-bidens-response-to-anarchists-3538057
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-31
Former Indian president and the country's renowned political leader Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday at the age of 84."With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri #PranabMukherjee has just passed away inspite of the best efforts of Doctors of RR Hospital prayers ,duas prarthanas [prayers] from people throughout India ! I thank all of You," his son Abhijit Mukherjee made the announcement on Twitter.Mukherjee was admitted to Army Hospital Research and Referral (RR) Hospital in the capital New Delhi for brain surgery earlier this month.He served as the country's President from 2012 to 2017 and was a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/former-indian-president-pranab-mukherjee-dies-at-84-3538070
Turkish top diplomat meets inter-parliamentary head
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-31
"We support parliamentary diplomacy as an effective tool of foreign policy," Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter.Cavusoglu added that Turkey is ready to work with the IPU in multilateral platforms, including the UN.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-top-diplomat-meets-inter-parliamentary-head-3538081
Report says top Facebook executive in India openly backed Modi on internal company group
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-31
A report by Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook's policy head for the region, Ankhi Das, had said in an internal post "We lit a fire to his (Modi) social media campaign and the rest is of course history"
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/31/report-says-top-facebook-executive-in-india-openly-backed-modi-on-internal-company-group/
Turkey slams Islamophobic act by 'modern barbarians'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-30
"They shamelessly burn the Qur'an, the sacred book of Islam, in the middle of Europe. They then claim to be the paragons of reason, logic, freedom and justice," Ibrahim Kalin said in a tweet."They label anyone not like them as anti-reason bigots and retros. Modern barbarians know no limits in primitive mindset."The incident took place in the Swedish city of Malmo on Friday evening, where far-right activists of the anti-Muslim group Stram Krus (Hard Line) burned a copy of the Quran at a rally in the largely migrant neighborhood of Rosengard.The Turkish Foreign Ministry has also vehemently criticized the incident,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-slams-islamophobic-act-by-modern-barbarians-3537999
TikTok ban and Trump's extortionist policies
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-30
China sees the US demand for opening their and others' markets, while ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok, as another version of the Opium War. If TikTok owning the data of its users is dangerous to national security, so is Facebook and Google owning their users' data…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/30/tiktok-ban-and-trumps-extortionist-policies/
Wisconsin Man Who Says He Marched With Rittenhouse in Kenosha Was Immersed in White Supremacist Propaganda
splcenter.org | 2020-08-30
Ryan Balch, a 31-year-old Wisconsin man who joined Kyle Rittenhouse and a contingent of militia conducting armed patrols in Kenosha, used his social media accounts to link to a Nazi propaganda video, amplified white nationalist Richard Spencer, and uploaded symbols associated with the so-called boogaloo movement, Hatewatch determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/08/30/wisconsin-man-who-says-he-marched-rittenhouse-kenosha-was-immersed-white-supremacist
Saturday 8/29: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
Monterey Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-08-30
Monterey Peace & Justice Center YouTube livestream: www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1w-ymh_t13xi8y4WoYK7Q | Or join in the event via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k1NGi-bkSaaGulDZ4pUvPw…
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The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-30
A whole ecosystem has grown up around the radical right as it has surged in visibility this century. The radical right can lay claim to its own stable of media personalities and political superstars, not to mention the social media platforms and political parties that cater to them. Its growth has been powered, in part, by some of the same social institutions that characterize and support mainstream culture: the political system itself, where many radical right parties attempt participation and in many countries field candidates; and the culture of social media, where followers can number in the millions. At time…
popularresistance.org/the-many-faces-of-the-radical-right-and-how-to-counter-their-threat/
Italy evacuates dozens from overcrowded Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat after crew accuses Europe of 'IGNORING' emergency calls
rt.com | 2020-08-29
Some 50 people were evacuated from the migrant rescue boat Louise Michel that got stranded off Malta's coast after taking more than 200 people aboard. After one person died, the crew accused Europe of ignoring its pleas for help. | The vessel, which reported rescuing a total of 219 people from the sea over the past few days, including "many women and children," had become so "overcrowded" that a life raft was attached to its side, and it lost its ability to maneuver. The crew's Twitter feed suggests they have been desperately sending distress signals and making calls to various European maritime authorities to…
rt.com/news/499419-banksy-migrant-rescue-ship-stranded/
Argentine government declares cell phone, internet and pay television as essential services
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-29
Argentine President Alberto Fernández, on August 21, announced that cell phone, internet and pay television services will be considered essential public services. He also anticipated that the rates of these services will be frozen until December 31. "In the face of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, no one should give up a part of their income to face the increases in the prices of these services," said Fernández. | In a tweet, Fernández announced that "Education, access to knowledge, culture and communication are basic rights that we must preserve. That is why we have ordered that from now on there are in…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/29/argentine-government-declares-cell-phone-internet-and-pay-television-as-essential-services/
Significant support for Joseph Scalice's lecture on the Communist Party of the Philippines
wsws.org | 2020-08-29
Overwhelmingly the comments and posts on social media have been supportive of the lecture and opposed to the slanderous attacks of CPP founder Jose Maria Sison on Scalice.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/29/scal-a29.html
Government agency minutes reveal at least 40 active COVID-19 outbreaks at UK food processing plants
wsws.org | 2020-08-29
The information is not available in the news section of the Food Standards Agency's website or its social media accounts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/29/couk-a29.html
Saturday 8/29: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
Monterey Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-08-29
Monterey Peace & Justice Center YouTube livestream: www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1w-ymh_t13xi8y4WoYK7Q | Or join in the event via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k1NGi-bkSaaGulDZ4pUvPw…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/28/18836240.php
Stand with Anarchist Publishers Banned by Facebook
Agency | indybay.org | 2020-08-29
Sign our open letter to oppose Facebook's "both sides" narrative as they align with the Trump administration to suppress the voices of activists and media producers associated with left protest movements.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/27/18836209.php
Gay Trump Supporter Claims He Was Assaulted by 'BLM Protesters' Hurling Homophobic Abuse
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-29
Gay social media activist Brandon Straka and his two colleagues were just the latest victims of harassment by protesters outside the Republican National Convention in Washington DC, where an elderly couple were assaulted and a podcaster and his wife were followed for a mile.
sputniknews.com/viral/202008291080313136-gay-trump-supporter-claims-he-was-assaulted-by-blm-protesters-hurling-homophobic-abuse/
Condolences pour in as 'Black Panther' star & 'Wakanda king' Chadwick Boseman dies after prolonged battle with cancer
rt.com | 2020-08-29
Actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Marvel superhero hit 'Black Panther,' has passed away at the age of 43 after a years-long battle with colon cancer, which had progressed to stage four. | "It is with immeasurable grief that we can confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman," reads a statement from the actor's family, shared to his Twitter account. | pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai– Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 | "A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through i…
rt.com/usa/499386-wakanda-chadwick-boseman-dies/
Condolences pour in as 'Black Panther' star & 'Wakanda king' Chadwick Boseman dies after prolonged battle with cancer
rt.com | 2020-08-29
Actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Marvel superhero hit 'Black Panther,' has passed away at the age of 43 after a years-long battle with colon cancer, which had progressed to stage four. | "It is with immeasurable grief that we can confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman," read a statement from the actor's family, shared to his Twitter account. | pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai– Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 | "A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it…
rt.com/usa/499386-wakanda-chadwick-boseman-dies/
Sadistic Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page
Ali Abunimah | zcomm.org | 2020-08-28
Things are difficult enough for Palestinians in Gaza. Facebook must stop contributing to their misery by censoring vital health information.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sadistic-facebook-shuts-down-gaza-health-ministry-page/
We Gawk at Nonsense Political Theater While the Real Enemies Go Unnoticed
Lee Camp | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-28
Donald Trump speeches. Celebrity tweets. Corporate news repetition. Chaos. Vapidity. Manufactured dissent. Graphic fighting sports. This is what fills our field of vision. It consumes our thoughts, overflows our brains with anti-intellectual mud. Yet most of these things are the bug splatter across the windshield. They are not the actual highway, the path forward, actually…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/28/we-gawk-at-nonsense-political-theater-while-the-real-enemies-go-unnoticed/
Kenosha Shooting Spurs Social Media Surveillance
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-28
The Atlantic Council wants you to know that the armed vigilantes coming out to patrol the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin after the violent protests sparked by brutal police shooting are organizing online.
mintpressnews.com/kenosha-shooting-spurs-social-media-surveillance/270927/
Protesters clash with police in downtown Minneapolis, mayor summons National Guard
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-28
Minneapolis, MN – Three months after the murder of George Floyd, and days after the cowardly shooting of Jacob Blake in the back in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the simmering anger in Minneapolis boiled over last night, Wednesday, August 26, after dozens of people witnessed what they believed was another police murder of a Black man. | In the early evening, word spread across social media that police had shot and killed a Black man on a crowded street here. Members of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar were on the other side of downtown, at a memorial march for Lionel "Twan" Lewis who had been killed by police year…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/27/protesters-clash-police-downtown-minneapolis-mayor-summons-national-guard
12 Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic
OffGuardian | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-28
First crossposted in March. | Below is our list of twelve medical experts whose opinions on the Coronavirus outbreak contradict the official narratives of the MSM, and the memes so prevalent on social media. | *** | Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist …
globalresearch.ca/12-experts-questioning-coronavirus-panic/5707532
Clear Markers and Dark Delusions
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-28
"If anyone but me takes over… there will be a Market Crash the likes of which has not been seen before!" — Trump tweet You could say that this tweet is President Trump's prediction or prophecy with some rational basis to it but the refrain "which has not been seen before" is one that the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/28/clear-markers-and-dark-delusions/
Stand with Anarchist Publishers Banned by Facebook
Agency | indybay.org | 2020-08-28
Sign our open letter to oppose Facebook's "both sides" narrative as they align with the Trump administration to suppress the voices of activists and media producers associated with left protest movements.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/27/18836209.php
Beijing on Possible US Ban of WeChat: 'There'll Be No Reason Why Chinese Should Keep Apple Products'
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-28
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced numerous bans on business dealings with the Chinese social media platforms TikTok and WeChat via executive orders set to take effect on 15 September, citing national security risks.
sputniknews.com/business/202008281080305469-beijing-on-possible-us-ban-of-wechat-therell-be-no-reason-why-chinese-should-keep-apple-products/
From Obama's Birth Certificate to Dancing Coronaviruses: Twitter Edits Melania Trump's RNC Dress
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-28
The first lady's pick of wardrobe is rarely ignored by eagle-eyed netizens, and even more so if it truly stands out not only for its design, but for its colour.
sputniknews.com/viral/202008281080304196-from-obamas-birth-certificate-to-dancing-coronaviruses-twitter-edits-melania-trumps-rnc-dress/
Top Turkish diplomat regrets Japan PM's resignation
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-28
The Turkish foreign minister on Friday expressed sorrow at the resignation of the Japanese prime minister due to health issues.In a Twitter post, Mevlut Cavusoglu said Shinzo Abe made a great contribution in the sense of improving diplomatic ties between Turkey and Japan.Cavusoglu thanked Abe for his efforts in this regard and wished him recovery.Earlier, the 65-year-old Japanese premier announced his resignation due to health concerns, saying: "I have decided to step down as prime minister as poor health should not lead to wrong political decision."The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold a poll of se…
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-diplomat-regrets-japan-pms-resignation-3537915
US Rep. senator says he was 'attacked by angry mob'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-28
US Republican Senator Rand Paul said Friday he was "attacked by an angry mob" of more than 100 people near the White House, where he attended President Donald Trump's nomination convention."Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House," Paul said on Twitter in the early hours of today."Thank you to DC Police Dept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob," he added.In a video that emerged on social media, Paul and his wife Kelley are seen being escorted by police through a rowdy crowd of protesters.The motive of the confrontation is not clear yet.
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-rep-senator-says-he-was-attacked-by-angry-mob-3537889
Democrats Wage #TrumpChaos 'War' Campaign via Billboards in DC Amid RNC Convention
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-27
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched the Twitter hashtag #TrumpChaos, fueling both offline and online campaigns against US President Donald Trump, attacking the president for how he uses the coronavirus pandemic and condemning him for attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
sputniknews.com/us/202008271080288395-democrats-wage-trumpchaos-war-campaign-via-billboards-in-dc-amid-rnc-convention/