PDF of October 15 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-10-15
Download the 12-page PDF. Viral capitalism: Racist, sexist bosses kill jobs Answer to fascist threat? Working class struggle! ALSO: Indigenous Peoples' Day; ICE targets VietLead activist; Book Review 'Capitalism on a Ventilator'; Cops & white supremacists. TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Racism & federal executions; Jalil Muntaqim home! Free Kao Saelee! . . . | Continue reading PDF of October 15 issue at Workers.org…
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes among hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary medical center and receiving antiviral, antimalarials, glucocorticoids, or immunomodulation with tocilizumab or cyclosporine: A retrospective observational study (COQUIMA cohort)
Pablo Guisado-Vasco, Sofia Valderas-Ortega, Maria Maravillas Carralón-González, Ana Roda-Santacruz, Lucia González-Cortijo, Gabriel Sotres-Fernández, Eva María Martí-Ballesteros, José Manuel Luque-Pinilla, Elena Almagro-Casado, Félix J. La Coma-Lanuza, Ruth Barrena-Puertas, Esteban Javier Malo-Benages, María José Monforte-Gómez, Rocío Diez-Munar, Esther Merino-Lanza, Lorena Comeche-Casanova, Margarita Remirez-de-Esparza-Otero, María Correyero-Plaza, Manuel Recio-Rodríguez, Margarita Rodríguez-López, María Dolores Sánchez-Manzano, Cristina Andreu-Vázquez, Israel John Thuissard-Vasallo, José María Echave-Sustaeta María-Tomé, Daniel Carnevali-Ruiz | thelancet.com | 2020-10-15
In a real-clinical setting, inhibition of the calcineurin inflammatory pathway, NF-κΒ, could reduce the hyperinflammatory phase in COVID-19. Our findings might entail relevant implications for the therapy of this disease and could boost the design of new clinical trials among subjects affected by severe COVID-19.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey blames 'poor communication' in Biden story takedown, downplaying Big Tech 'censorship' scandal
rt.com | 2020-10-15
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has blamed "bad communication" and a "lack of context" in response to public outcry over his platform's censorship of a New York Post story on alleged backroom dealings of the Biden family. | "Our communication around our actions on the [New York Post] article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we're blocking: unacceptable," Dorsey tweeted on Wednesday, hours after Twitter began blacklisting the story.
rt.com/usa/503542-dorsey-poor-communication-censorship/

WATCH: Sunrise Movement Makes 'Most Explicit Pitch to Fossil Fuel Workers' Yet With Ad for US House Candidate Mike Siegel
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-14
Following its viral video promoting Sen. Ed Markey's Democratic primary campaign, the Sunrise Movement released an ad in support of another vocal Green New Deal champion—Mike Siegel, who is running to oust Republican Rep. Michael McCaul in Texas' 10th congressional district. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/siegel_yt_thumbnail.png …
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Facebook Bans Ads Questioning Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-14
Mark Zuckerberg has clearly had enough of being hauled in front of Congress and hectored by a gang of senior citizens and listening to the head of the ACLU slam his company as a vessel for violent hate speech. Because …
globalresearch.ca/facebook-bans-ads-questioning-safety-covid-19-vaccines/5726592

Skills For Revolutionary Survival: Communications
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-14
Face the facts. We are tied to our devices in ways that are incredibly useful for organizing, but that also expose us to isolation should the state and companies take away these technologies. Cell phones and the internet rely on corporate infrastructure and is subject to both government surveillance and service denial. What do we do when social media bans anti-capitalists and anti-colonialists? What do we do when our cell phones fully become monitoring devices we willingly keep by our side, all to the benefit of state intelligence services?
popularresistance.org/skills-for-revolutionary-survival-communications/

Outrage Ensues After Facebook, Twitter Block Sharing of New York Post's Hunter Biden Story
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-14
After the New York Post dropped a bombshell story about Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden's son Hunter's Ukrainian business dealings on Wednesday, social media giants Facebook and Twitter rushed to limit its spread, prompting accusations of censorship and in-kind aid to Joe Biden.
sputniknews.com/us/202010141080772445-outrage-ensues-after-facebook-twitter-block-sharing-of-new-york-posts-hunter-biden-story/

Twitter BLOCKS sharing links to NYPost's Hunter Biden emails story, invoking 'HACKED MATERIALS' policy for first time ever
rt.com | 2020-10-14
Twitter has one-upped Facebook's censorship regarding a story based on alleged emails from Democratic candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter about his Ukraine dealings, blocking all users from sharing it via tweet or direct message. | Twitter users were blocked on Wednesday from sharing the New York Post story critical of the Bidens published just that morning. The decision was based on a never-before-invoked "hacked materials policy" that Twitter announced hours after Facebook had stomped on the same story.
rt.com/usa/503531-twitter-bans-share-biden-nypost/

The corporate press pack just descended into disgraceful farce
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-10-14
The corporate media descended into farce on Tuesday 13 October. Because the public were once again subjected to the worst kind of journalism. It's one where supposed professional reporters are little more than Tory lapdogs. | Client journalism in full swing: | As 'Client Journalism' Expert pointed out, several corporate journalists shared similar tweets. It was a comment by one of those now-infamous 'government sources'. The quote was in response to Labour leader Keir Starmer's press conference: | pic.twitter.com/QOMx47yAB…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/10/14/the-corporate-press-pack-just-descended-into-disgraceful-farce/

The corporate press pack just descended into disgraceful farce
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-10-14
The corporate media descended into farce on Tuesday 13 October. Because the public were once again subjected to the worst kind of journalism. It's one where supposed professional reporters are little more than Tory lapdogs. | Client journalism in full swing: | As 'Client Journalism' Expert pointed out, several corporate journalists shared similar tweets. It was a comment by one of those now-infamous 'government sources'. The quote was in response to Labour leader Keir Starmer's press conference: | Looks like they're all in…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/10/14/the-corporate-press-pack-just-descended-into-disgraceful-farce/

Why did Amnesty UK, Bellingcat and White Helmets sabotage Roger Waters webinar on corporate pollution?
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-13
The Grayzone obtained audio of a call in which Roger Waters confronted Amnesty leadership over efforts by Syria regime-change operatives — including its own staff — to sabotage an Amazon Watch webinar on Chevron's pollution of Ecuador. The campaign manager of Amnesty International UK, Kristyan Benedict, appears to have removed an Amnesty International tweet announcing an Amazon Watch webinar to raise awareness both of Chevron's pollution of an indigenous region of Ecuador and the company's ruthless persecution of environmental lawyer …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/12/amnesty-uk-bellingcat-white-helmets-sabotage-roger-waters-amazon-watch/

Those Who Do Not Learn From History are Condemned to reTweet It
Mitchel Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-13
ìThe first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy Ö one of the first and most important tasks of the militant proletariat. î Karl Marx & Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto My aim is to reinvent the wheel. My goal…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/13/those-who-do-not-learn-from-history-are-condemned-to-retweet-it/

Protests at Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Rail Against GOP Power Grab
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-13
Image Credit: Twitter: @CPDAction | Hundreds protested outside the Senate Monday against the confirmation hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. At least 21 were arrested after staging a sit-in to oppose the Senate pushing through Barrett's nomination in the middle of the presidential election. Senate Democrats warn the federal judge's record suggests she would overturn the Affordable Care Act and threaten reproductive rights if she takes the seat left vacant by the l…
truthout.org/video/protests-at-amy-coney-barrett-hearing-rail-against-gop-power-grab/

Viral capitalism: Racist, sexist bosses kill jobs
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-10-13
Another 1.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits during the week of Sept. 28, adding to the ranks of the 12 million workers still jobless due to the pandemic. They and their families have lost health insurance, not provided by this ruthless capitalist government. Evictions and homelessness are on the . . . | Continue reading Viral capitalism: Racist, sexist bosses kill jobs at Workers.org…
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Educating the Washington Post on Section 230
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-10-13
In an article on a contribution by Facebook to support efforts to administer the election, the Washington Post noted that Donald Trump recently tweeted "REPEAL SECTION 230!!!." The piece then described Section 230 as "a part of U.S. law that protects social networks from litigation for their decisions regarding content moderation." Actually, Section 230 has …
cepr.net/educating-the-washington-post-on-section-230/

Netizens Crack Design, Conspiracy Jokes as Apple Unveils New iPhone 12
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-13
The new model presented on Tuesday has faster 5G connectivity and comes in a new design which is, as many have noticed, much similar to the iPhone 5 because of the shape of its body.
sputniknews.com/viral/202010131080762429-netizens-crack-design-conpsiracy-jokes-as-apple-unveils-new-iphone-12/

DoJ Ignores Trump Call to Declassify All Russiagate Docs After Failing to Receive Official Order
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-13
Lawyers from the US Department of Justice told a federal judge on Tuesday the department had no intention of totally declassifying documents related to the Russiagate investigation, despite US President Donald Trump's tweets to that effect, since it hadn't been given an official order to release unredacted files.
sputniknews.com/us/202010131080762595-doj-ignores-trump-call-to-declassify-all-russiagate-docs-after-failing-to-receive-official-order/

Lack of interpreter at coronavirus briefings leaves deaf 'isolated and misinformed'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-13
Deaf people have said the lack of a sign language interpreter at coronavirus briefings in England is leaving the community "isolated" and allowing misinformation to spread.Lacking: British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters attend briefings in Scotland, Wales, and the north of Ireland, but have yet to appear with experts and politicians in England. The BBC provides a superimposed translator on the BBC News channel during briefings, who also appears on Downing Street's live Twitter feed.An interpreter from the BBC is used for Downing Street's Twitter feed of the coronavirus briefing (Screengrab/Twitter)Howeve…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/13/lack-of-interpreter-at-coronavirus-briefings-leaves-deaf-isolated-and-misinformed/

An 'accidentally-cut cable' brings down entire voter registration system in Virginia right before deadline to register
rt.com | 2020-10-13
Virginia's entire voter registration system has been felled by a rogue cable, according to the state's info-tech agency, which blamed an "accidentally-cut" line for an outage that may stop procrastinators from voting altogether. | The 'Citizen Portal' that allows Virginian residents to register online to vote in the 2020 election was knocked out on Tuesday morning — the last day state residents were allowed to register, the Virginia Board of Elections has revealed, posting notices to its website and Twitter account. | This morning we were alerted by VITA that a fiber cut near the Commonwealth Enterprise S…
rt.com/usa/503400-virginia-voters-system-crash-deadline/

Twitter punished for multiple campaign finance violations with $100k fine… after earning almost TWICE as much in process
rt.com | 2020-10-13
Washington state has fined Twitter $100,000 for 'multiple campaign violations,' for failing to keep records of political ads public. Critics have noted the platform made nearly twice as much advertising for 38 different entities. | Twitter has been ordered to pay $100,000 to the state of Washington for repeatedly violating election transparency laws, the state's Attorney General Bob Ferguson revealed in a press release on Tuesday. | The judgment concerns…
rt.com/usa/503378-twitter-washington-fine-pennies/

Anti-vaxx ads BANNED on Facebook as social media platform pledges to promote vaccines
rt.com | 2020-10-13
Facebook will encourage users to get the flu jab and ban ads that "discourage people from getting a vaccine." The ban is the latest effort by the firm to restrict fringe content, after banning Holocaust denial and QAnon posts. | The social media giant announced its new policy in a blog post on Tuesday, saying that "enforcement will begin over the next few days." Advertisements about vaccine policy and legislation will still be allowed, but the funders of such ads will be clearly labeled o…
rt.com/news/503397-facebook-bans-anti-vaccine-ads/

Five Things Mark Zuckerberg Must Do If He's Serious About Preventing Election Violence
Jessica J. Gonz√°lez, Igor Volsky | commondreams.org | 2020-10-13
Facebook has the power, and the responsibility, to stop violence from these armed groups before it starts.(Photo: Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mark_0.jpeg …
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A Strong Step Toward an Antitrust Revival
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2020-10-13
A Strong Step Toward an Antitrust Revival…
thenation.com/article/politics/monopolies-facebook-google-tech/

Bolivia: Leftist Parliamentary Candidate Brenda Segovia Arrested
telesurenglish.net | 2020-10-12
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) denounced the arbitrary detention of the parliamentary candidate, Brenda Segovia, in Santa Cruz on Monday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Violent Pro-Coup Extremists Assault MAS Canvassers | "We repudiate the coup-born regime's political violence. The political movement demands the immediate release of our militant," MAS presidential candidate Luis Arce tweeted. | A week ahead of Bolivia's elections, Arce also urged "an end to the far-right-wing attacks…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Leftist-Assembly-Candidate-Brenda-Segovia-Arrested-20201012-0006.html

Israel-UAE deal: Vast majority of Arabic social media posts on pact negative, says report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-12
Israel-UAE deal: Vast majority of Arabic social media posts on pact negative, says report | Report says posts were 'part of an organised campaign' by pro-Palestinian groups to denounce the deal | MEE staff | Mon, 10/12/2020 – 11: 40 | Representatives of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed a normalisation agreement in Washington, DC on 15 September (AFP) | A study of Arabic-language social media conducted b…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-uae-deal-bahrain-arab-social-media-against-normalisation

Kuwait deports three Egyptian dissidents to Cairo: Report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-12
Kuwait deports three Egyptian dissidents to Cairo: Report | The dissidents have reportedly shown support for anti-Sisi protests that erupted across rural Egypt in September | MEE staff | Mon, 10/12/2020 – 13: 30 | Kuwait has reportedly handed over three Egyptian dissidents to Interpol over charges of 'incitement to chaos and calls for protests through social media' (AFP) | Kuwait has deported to Cairo three Egyptians who…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/kuwait-egypt-dissidents-deportation-cairo-report

Turkey asked to halt deportation of Turkmen activist
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-12
Turkey asked to halt deportation of Turkmen activist | Dursoltan Taganova is at risk of arbitrary detention and torture if deported, human rights campaigners have warned | MEE staff | Mon, 10/12/2020 – 12: 28 | Social media picture of Dursoltan Taganova (Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights) | Human rights organisations have condemned plans by Turkish authorities to deport an activist to Turkmenistan, where they fear she w…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-turkmen-activist-dursoltan-taganova-deportation

Holocaust denial content banned by Facebook following longstanding criticism
rt.com | 2020-10-12
Facebook has expanded its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that "denies or distorts the Holocaust." The social media platform explained the move by the rise in ant-Semitism around the globe. | The decision "marks another step in our effort to fight hate on our services," Monika Bickert, Facebook vice president of content policy, said in a statement released on Monday. | The restrictions are being imposed due to a "well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people," Bickert explained. | She also referred to a recent su…
rt.com/news/503292-facebook-ban-holocaust-denial/

FAKE 'official' drop boxes pop up in California, as local Republicans try to defend practice on Twitter
rt.com | 2020-10-12
Containers labeled "official ballot drop-off box" have been recently noticed in Southern California by local media alleging voter fraud, and their installment might have been illegal. | The metal containers were first spotted earlier this week by Orange County Register and KCAL, who rep…
rt.com/usa/503289-fake-drop-boxes-california/

'Furor' at New York Times after union attacks paper for going after 'one of its own,' but then deletes tweet saying it was 'error'
rt.com | 2020-10-12
The New York Times is facing more controversy after a union representing over 1200 employees attacked the paper in a tweet that is now deleted, saying they went after one of "their own" with a scathing article on the 1619 Project. | …
rt.com/usa/503295-new-york-times-1619-project/

Labor dirty tricks targets Greens over 'Mean Girls' tweet
ALEX | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-12
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