
Links 9/12/2020
How Will the Fashion Industry Ever Recover? Treehugger
Chiefs, Texans booed as racial justice stand sparks outrage AP
A Line of Fire South of Portland and a Yearlong Recover Ahead NYT
Oregon officials concerned wildfires could be a ‘mass fatality incident’ after they burn more than a million acres San Francisco Chronicle
Officials battle online misinformation along with wildfires AP
The Crisis in the Skies of San Francisco New Yorker
Trump Is Conveniently Ignoring the Climate-Fueled Fires Raging in the West Truthout
California Can’t Afford to Wait for Climate Action New York Magazine
Israel, Bahrain agree to establish full diplomatic ties Al Jazeera
Six Questions Looming Over the New Season in Europe NYT
#COVID-19
Opinion: The COVID-19 pandemic is about to enter its most treacherous phase MarketWatch
French prime minister calls for prudence in order to avoid ‘general lockdown’ Euronews
Statistics, lies and the virus: Tim Harford’s five lessons from a pandemic FT
In Worst-Hit Covid State, New York’s Cuomo Called All the Shots WSJ
Lucy Kellaway heads back to school — anxiously FT
Hong Kong facing 13 new Covid-19 cases, reaches grim milestone of 100 deaths SCMP
New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas Pro Publica
Indoor Dining Returns Soon. Here’s Why Some Restaurant Workers Are Terrified. Grub Street. I was chatting on the ‘phone today to my foodiest NYC friend, and even she says she will eschew indoor dining for the foreseeable future. And this is a woman who has dined out several times a week for the last several decades. But she’s 70+, and has escaped the virus so far, and wants to preserve that state of affairs. She is keen on outdoor dining. But it will soon get cold in NYC.
Coronavirus: Avoid ‘party weekend’ ahead of new restrictions, public told BBC
Pubs and bars packed as Brits go on final blowout before new ‘rule of six’ Metro UK
England brings in more local restrictions as COVID-19 rate soars Reuters
Class Warfare
Revisiting the spectacular failure that was the Bill Gates deposition Ars Technica
Who Gets Hurt When the World Stops Using Cash NYT
From Hoovervilles to Trumpvilles: Homeless Crisis Deepens Counterpunch
Justice delayed is justice denied. This case should have been brought many, many years ago, but the sooner the better. https://t.co/H83jNNw75i
— Sally Hubbard (@Sally_Hubbard) September 11, 2020
Google uses its size to bully competitors, snuffing them out with mergers & demoting their products. We must hold Google accountable & #BreakUpBigTech. That means allowing @TheJusticeDept’s antitrust investigation to continue without political interference.https://t.co/VS0dyOAa1t
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 10, 2020
Wonder if Koch Industries still sponsors NPR https://t.co/EP2VxsgVfn
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) September 11, 2020
Julian Assange
Your Man in the Public Gallery – Assange Hearing Day 8 Craig Murray
The Assange Trial, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Caitlin Johnstone
Also note: when Lula — declared by Obama to be the world’s most successful leader — want to praise Assange & denounce his prosecution, he spoke with RT, because the pathological McCarthyite obsession with Russia doesn’t exist in rational countries:https://t.co/ez0Q2kVH6T
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 11, 2020
India
India taps Iran as new options open up in region Asia Times
Coronavirus: Why is Pakistan doing so much better than India? Scroll
Coronavirus: Inside the Indian company betting big on vaccines BBC
Brexit
EU lawmakers to block EU-U.K. trade deal if Brexit divorce treaty not fully implemented – official Reuters
Refugee Watch
America’s war on terror that followed 9/11 has displaced 37 million people – this is the true cause of Europe’s refugee crisis Independent. Patrick Cockburn.
The Moria Catastrophe and the EU’s Hypocritical Refugee Policy Der Spiegel
New polling confirms the ‘Trump effect’: Americans increasingly love immigrants AlterNet. Hmm.
Syraqistan
The ending of the Jamal Khashoggi case has left a number of questions – but it was always going to Independent. Robert Fisk.
2020
Rent Control Advocates Ramp Up Electoral Efforts Capital & Main
Here’s how Joe Biden would combat the pandemic if he wins the election WaPo
The Memo: Trump needs more than his base Politico
Night and Day New York Review of Books
The Democrats’ Great Surrender On Foreign Policy American Conservative
ELECTION 2020: As Concerns Mount Over Integrity of US Elections, So Does Support for International Poll Monitors Consortium News
Biden is favored to win the election FiveThirtyEight 2016 redux?
Antidote du jour (via)
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