24 September 2020
Protests erupt over whitewash of police murder of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky
By Niles Niemuth, 24 September 2020
Neither of the two officers who fired the fusillade of 22 bullets that killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her Louisville, Kentucky home were charged by the grand jury convened by state authorities.
Police repression continues during national strike in Colombia
By Andrea Lobo, 24 September 2020
Police violently broke up the mass demonstration in Bogotá, confirming the continued drive of the Ivan Duque administration and the entire Colombian ruling class toward dictatorship.
Teachers across the US engage in sickout strikes to close schools
By Emma Arceneaux, 24 September 2020
This week, educators in South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and Wisconsin have responded to the unfolding crisis with sickouts, in some cases compelling entire school districts to suspend in-person instruction.
“We are just numbers on a spreadsheet”
Detroit students organize protest over school reopening plans
By Genevieve Leigh, 24 September 2020
A twenty-year-old student dies from COVID-19 at California University of Pennsylvania
By Samuel Davidson, 24 September 2020
Iran: Reopening of schools fuels resurgence of coronavirus
By Jean Shaoul, 24 September 2020
Germany’s school openings throw fuel onto the pandemic’s fire
By Marianne Arens, 24 September 2020
India’s health minister downplays raging pandemic to conceal ruling elite’s criminal “herd immunity” policy
By Saman Gunadasa, 24 September 2020
With the economy now largely reopened, the government has placed all responsibility for containing the virus onto working people.
The Senate holds a COVID-19 hearing as US tops 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
By Benjamin Mateus, 24 September 2020
Las Vegas health reports detail spread of COVID-19 in casinos
By Adam Mclean, 24 September 2020
Senate confirmation hearing for Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf reveals bipartisan support
By Jacob Crosse, 24 September 2020
Democratic as well as Republican senators thanked Wolf for his “service,” neglecting to question him on unconstitutional kidnappings, the mass incarceration of immigrants, and the state assassination of a Portland protester.
Homelessness to soar as UK eviction ban ends
By Julia Callaghan, 24 September 2020
On Monday, the Conservative government gave the green light for those suffering the worst financial effects of the pandemic to be forced out of their homes.
“Lear is hell”: Workers speak out as COVID-19 outbreak at Indiana auto parts plant worsens
By Marcus Day, 24 September 2020
The WSWS recently spoke with two workers from Lear’s Hammond, Indiana, plant who had tested positive for COVID-19.
UK: Labour schools spokesperson confirms bi-partisan “malign neglect” policy on COVID-19
By Julie Hyland, 24 September 2020
Remarks by Labour Party education spokesperson Kate Green and the panicked response of her frontbench colleagues have underscored the policy of “malign neglect” shared by Tory and Labour alike on COVID-19.
Canada’s military forced to admit growing number of far-right extremists in armed forces
By Matthew Richter, 24 September 2020
In July, a heavily-armed Canadian Armed Forces’ Ranger crashed through the gates of the temporary residence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in what had all the hallmarks of an assassination attempt.
As Creek Fire become the largest in California history, farmworkers continue to labor without protection from smoke
By Aditya Veeraiah and Evan Winters, 24 September 2020
Even though plans were announced over a month ago to distribute hundreds of thousands of N95 masks to Fresno area farmworkers, few have received these masks, which provide a high level of protection against both air pollution and COVID-19.
Further revelations about sterilizations and medical malpractice at ICE detention facility in Georgia
By Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 24 September 2020
The latest revelations, including the naming of the doctor who performed them, strengthens the account given in a recent whistleblower complaint, while giving lie to the US government’s dismissals.
Japan’s Democrats merge to launch new, right-wing opposition party
By Ben McGrath, 24 September 2020
The Democrats have carried out their merger in an attempt to block an explosion of social anger over rising economic inequality and the ruling elite’s drive to war.
Huge tax cuts for the wealthy trigger nervousness in Australian ruling elite
By Mike Head, 24 September 2020
The October 6 budget will give a dual-income household on $400,000 an annual tax cut of $23,280, while millions of people will have their JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments slashed.
23 September 2020
Students occupy schools across Greece to protest unsafe return to classrooms
By Robert Stevens, 23 September 2020
Video footage exposes police shooting of 13-year-old autistic boy in Salt Lake City
By Niles Niemuth, 23 September 2020
Hundreds of Kenosha, Wisconsin teachers call in sick to force schools to close
By Renae Cassimeda and Evan Blake, 23 September 2020
Democrats capitulate as Republicans secure votes to install far-right justice on Supreme Court
By Barry Grey and Jacob Crosse, 23 September 2020
Trump delivers anti-China tirade to United Nations
By Bill Van Auken, 23 September 2020
The CDC retracts its guidance that stipulated the airborne danger of the coronavirus
By Benjamin Mateus, 23 September 2020
Johnson’s bogus agenda for combating the escalating pandemic will cost tens of thousands of lives in UK
By Chris Marsden, 23 September 2020
Facebook plans political censorship in anticipation of “chaos” and “violence” in the 2020 US elections
By Kevin Reed, 23 September 2020
UK Educators Rank-and-File Committee holds second meeting
By our reporters, 23 September 2020
Los Angeles educators form rank-and-file safety committee to oppose unsafe school reopening
National Education Union letter to Boris Johnson: A total surrender to herd immunity
By Tania Kent, 23 September 2020
Massachusetts education commissioner demands “low-risk” districts resume in-person learning
By Will McCallis, 23 September 2020
Strike by 4,000 service workers at University of Illinois at Chicago enters its second week
By Andy Thompson and Fabian Salgado, 23 September 2020
Strike by 4,000 University of Illinois at Chicago workers reaching critical juncture
Who runs the University of Illinois?
Two workers killed in fire at North Carolina paper mill
By Cordell Gascoigne, 23 September 2020
After ordering Ford Canada workers to ignore strike deadline, Unifor announces job-cutting agreement
By Roger Jordan, 23 September 2020
Brazil’s mayoral elections expose major parties’ rightward lurch
By Miguel Andrade, 23 September 2020
UNICEF condemns New Zealand’s child poverty as inequality grows
By Harry Hall, 23 September 2020
New in Chinese
菲共（CPP）创立者西松重新吐出针对托洛茨基主义的斯大林主义谎言
作者： Peter Symonds, 2020年9月24日
西松在第二次采访中为他在政治上破产的“半殖民地，半封建”的论点辩解。这是孤注一掷的一着棋，目的是阻止对CPP的支持的大量流失，并打压来自其队伍中的一切质疑。
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Trabalhadores brasileiros deflagram greves contra volta às aulas
Tomas Castanheira, 19 setembro 2020
O fascistoide Bolsonaro declarou: "somos o país com o maior número de dias em lockdown nas escolas. Isso é um absurdo".
Anunciamos o relançamento do World Socialist Web Site
em 2 de outubro de 2020
Uma declaração de David North,
presidente do Conselho Editorial Internacional
David North, 19 setembro 2020
Na sexta-feira, 2 de outubro de 2020, o World Socialist Web Site será relançado com um design totalmente novo e sua funcionalidade fortmente aprimorada.
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La capitale québécoise devient un épicentre de la pandémie de COVID-19 au Canada
Hugo Maltais, 24 septembre 2020
Les agissements du gouvernement Legault au début de cette «deuxième vague» ne sont que la continuation des politiques criminelles adoptées par l’élite dirigeante québécoise et canadienne depuis le début de la pandémie.
Des élèves occupent des écoles dans toute la Grèce pour contester le retour dangereux dans les salles de classe
Robert Stevens, 24 septembre 2020
En Grèce, la colère des jeunes face au retour forcé à l'école dans un contexte de pandémie de COVID-19 fait rage.
Trump sur la pandémie de coronavirus: «pratiquement personne» n’est touché
Joseph Kishore — candidat du PES au poste de président des États-Unis, 24 septembre 2020
L’indifférence exprimée par Trump face aux morts en masse exprime non seulement sa vision personnelle mais encore la politique sociale de la classe dirigeante.
Le New York Times et Nicole Hannah-Jones abandonnent les principales affirmations du Projet 1619
Tom Mackaman et David North, 24 septembre 2020
Le Times a abandonné, sans aucune annonce ou explication, la thèse centrale que 1619, et non 1776, a été le moment de « la véritable fondation » des Etats-Unis
Assange fait face à un «risque très élevé de suicide», selon un expert médical
Thomas Scripps et Laura Tiernan, 24 septembre 2020
Les preuves de Kopelman confirment les avertissements faits depuis novembre 2019 par les médecins d’Assange selon lesquels Assange souffre de «torture psychologique» et «pourrait mourir en prison».
Diatribe anti-Chine de Trump aux Nations-Unies
Bill Van Auken, 24 septembre 2020
L’ouverture annuelle de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU s‘est tenue sous la menace de la pandémie de Covid-19 et celle croissante de la guerre impérialiste
Après avoir ordonné aux travailleurs de Ford Canada d’ignorer la possibilité d’une grève qui se présentait
Unifor annonce une entente de suppression d'emplois
Roger Jordan, 24 septembre 2020
Le président d’Unifor a refusé de fournir des détails sur l’entente de principe – ce qui fait croire que le syndicat a accepté de nouveaux reculs et des pertes d’emplois.
New in Spanish
El acuerdo de Trump sobre Oriente Próximo y el callejón sin salida del nacionalismo burgués
Bill Van Auken, 19 septiembre 2020
Los dizque acuerdos de “paz” entre Israel y las dos monarquías árabes firmados en el jardín de la Casa Blanca el martes fueron tan solo las más recientes de un largo historial de traiciones contra el pueblo palestino.
Anuncio del relanzamiento del World Socialist Web Site
el 2 de octubre de 2020
Una declaración de David North,
presidente del Consejo Editorial Internacional
David North, 19 septiembre 2020
El viernes 2 de octubre de 2020, el World Socialist Web Site será relanzado con un diseño completamente nuevo y una funcionalidad vastamente mejorada.
Cofundador de Iraq Body Count: WikiLeaks expuso a una audiencia global las víctimas civiles masivas
Thomas Scripps y Laura Tiernan, 19 septiembre 2020
John Sloboda dijo que los registros de la guerra de Irak habían sido llevados "a la mayor audiencia global de cualquier publicación". No ha habido revelaciones comparables en la última década.
Exdirector de la CIA Leon Panetta: estamos procesando a Assange para intimidar a otros
Oscar Grenfell, 19 septiembre 2020
Los comentarios de Panetta confirman el carácter mafioso de la imputación estadounidense contra Assange, su naturaleza políticamente motivada y desprecio patente por el derecho internacional.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud advierte sobre el resurgimiento "alarmante" de COVID-19 en Europa
Alex Lantier, 19 septiembre 2020
Con más de 300.000 infecciones semanales, las autoridades europeas están confirmando más casos de COVID-19 cada semana que antes de los cierres de esta primavera.
Maestros brasileños convocan huelgas contra la campaña de regreso a clases
Tomas Castanheira, 19 septiembre 2020
El presidente fascistizante Bolsonaro de Brasil declaró: “Somos el país con la mayor cantidad de días con cierres de escuelas. Es absurdo”
Las mentiras de Trump sobre el COVID-19 involucran al partido español Podemos
Alejandro López, 19 septiembre 2020
Aunque tenía acceso a informes de inteligencia sobre el peligro mortal de la pandemia, Podemos adoptó una política criminalmente negligente.
Aumentan las huelgas en medio de brotes de COVID-19 en cientos de escuelas españolas
Alice Summers, 19 septiembre 2020
Los sindicatos españoles se han negado a convocar a los trabajadores de la educación a una lucha unificada contra la reapertura de las escuelas, limitando la acción a protestas esporádicas y de corta duración.
New in German
Trumps Nahost-Deal und die Sackgasse des bürgerlichen Nationalismus
Bill Van Auken, 19. September 2020
Das sogenannte „Friedensabkommen“ zwischen Israel und zwei arabischen Monarchien, das am 15. September auf dem Rasen des Weißen Hauses unterzeichnet wurde, reiht sich ein in unzählige Verrätereien am palästinensischen Volk.
Assange hat „sehr
ernstes Muster wirklicher Kriegsverbrechen“ aufgedeckt
Daniel Ellsbergs Aussage im
Auslieferungsprozess
Thomas Scripps, 19. September 2020
Ellsberg widersprach jedem Versuch, ihn selbst als positives Gegenbeispiel gegen Manning und Assange zu benutzen.
Weltgesundheitsorganisation warnt vor „alarmierendem“ Anstieg der Corona-Fälle in Europa
Alex Lantier, 19. September 2020
Die europäischen Behörden bestätigen mittlerweile mehr als 300.000 Neuinfektionen pro Woche und damit mehr als vor dem Lockdown im Frühjahr.
Lufthansa erwägt Verdoppelung des Stellenabbaus
Gustav Kemper, 19. September 2020
Nach weitgehenden Zugeständnissen der Gewerkschaften hat Lufthansa-Chef Carsten Spohr den Abbau von Tausenden weiteren Arbeitsplätzen angekündigt.
Ehemaliger Spiegel-Journalist widerspricht Behauptung, Assange habe Informanten gefährdet
Laura Tiernan, 19. September 2020
Die Lüge der Trump-Regierung, Assange habe das Leben von US-Informanten aufs Spiel gesetzt, wurde in John Goetz' Zeugenaussage klar widerlegt. Tatsächlich haben allein die von Assange und WikiLeaks aufgedeckten Kriegsverbrechen Menschen in Gefahr gebracht.
Joseph Scalices Vortrag über die CPP (Redigierte
Abschrift)
Das erste Mal als Tragödie, das zweite Mal als
Farce: Marcos, Duterte und die Kommunistischen Parteien der
Philippinen
Joseph Scalice, 19. September 2020
Diesen Vortrag zur Rolle der Kommunistischen Partei der Philippinen (CPP) hielt Dr. Joseph Scalice am 26. August an der Nanyang Technological University in Singapur. Er befasst sich mit der Unterstützung der CPP und politisch verwandter Organisationen für den philippinischen Präsidenten Rodrigo Duterte im Jahr 2016.
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Трамп о пандемии коронавируса: «Практически никто» не пострадал
Джозеф Кишор — кандидат в президенты США от ПСР, 24 сентября 2020 г.
Проявленное Трампом безразличие к смерти в массовом масштабе выражает не только его личное мировоззрение, но и социальную политику правящего класса.
COVID-19: Веб-сайт французской Новой антикапиталистической партии Révolution Permanente присоединяется к политике Макрона по повторному открытию школ
Энтони Торрес, 24 сентября 2020 г.
Фракции Новой антикапиталистической партии Франции, связанные с аргентинской Социалистической рабочей партией, молчаливо поддерживают политику возвращения в школы, подвергая опасности миллионы людей.
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Trump’s coup d’état election
24 September 2020
Trump has publicly declared that he will not transfer power peacefully if he loses the November 3 election.
Featured Commentary
Trump on coronavirus pandemic: “Virtually nobody” affected
By Joseph Kishore—SEP candidate for US President, 23 September 2020
The New York Times and Nikole Hannah-Jones abandon key claims of the 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman and David North, 22 September 2020
Jacobin magazine embraces Trump administration’s murderous “herd immunity” policy
By Andre Damon, 21 September 2020
Announcements
Announcing the Relaunch of the World Socialist Web Site on October 2, 2020
A statement by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board
David North, 18 September 2020
On Friday, October 2, 2020, the World Socialist Web Site will be relaunched with an entirely new design and with vastly enhanced functionality.
SEP US presidential election campaign
The Persecution of Julian Assange
Medical evidence shows devastating impact of decade-long state vendetta against Assange
By Thomas Scripps and Laura Tiernan, 24 September 2020
What UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer described in May 2019 as the “public mobbing” and “psychological torture” of Assange has had the desired effect.
Assange’s partner Stella Moris calls for Australian government to intervene in his defence
By Oscar Grenfell, 24 September 2020
“This is not something that the Australian government can just hide its head in the sand and say ‘nothing to do with us.’”
Assange faces “very high risk of suicide,” medical expert tells court
By Thomas Scripps and Laura Tiernan, 23 September 2020
Explosive evidence from Trump insider
Assange dragged from embassy “on the orders of the president”
By Laura Tiernan and Thomas Scripps, 22 September 2020
Thirteen former national presidents demand an end to the British show-trial of Julian Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 22 September 2020
More on the campaign to defend Julian Assange »
Commentary
Forty-eight years since Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines
By John Malvar, 23 September 2020
The Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines played a key role in suppressing opposition to Ferdinand Marcos’ imposition of martial law in 1972, by subordinating the mass movement of workers and youth to rival factions of the bourgeoisie.
The global campaign to reopen schools drives COVID-19 deaths past one million
By Genevieve Leigh, 22 September 2020
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
By Tom Carter, 21 September 2020
Trump’s Middle East deal and the dead end of bourgeois nationalism
By Bill Van Auken, 18 September 2020
No to a Greek-Turkish war in the eastern Mediterranean!
International Committee of the Fourth International, 12 September 2020
SEP (US) Congress resolution
The global pandemic, the class struggle, and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
1 August 2020
Defend Dr. Joseph Scalice against Stalinist slanders
Joseph Scalice responds to Stalinist Sison’s lies that he is a “CIA agent”
By Joseph Scalice, 24 September 2020
“Unable to respond to any of the substantive historical points raised in my scholarship, [Sison] has taken to repeatedly slandering me as a ‘CIA agent,’ a claim for which he has not a shred of evidence.”
Philippine students and academics defend Dr. Joseph Scalice against Communist Party founder Sison’s “lies and obfuscation”
By our reporters, 24 September 2020
“Scalice’s approach has always been scholarly and evidence-based. His conclusions cannot be countered with lies and obfuscation.”
Philippine Maoist leader Sison seeks alliance with military against Duterte
By Tom Peters, 22 September 2020
Australian and Sri Lankan academics defend Dr Joseph Scalice from Philippine Stalinist attacks
By our reporters, 21 September 2020
Video exposing Philippine Stalinist leader Sison’s Big Lie that the CPP never supported Duterte
By our reporters, 19 September 2020
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan SEP holds online lecture on how to fight Rajapakse’s dictatorial moves
By our correspondents, 23 September 2020
The online lecture has been viewed by more than 14,000 people since it was live-streamed earlier this month.
Form independent rank-and-file safety committees to oppose the deadly reopening of schools!
By the Sosyalist Eşitlik, 23 September 2020
The Turkish government is overseeing the resumption of in-person teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the support of bourgeois opposition parties and trade unions.
Australian ruling elite moves to junk coronavirus safety measures—the working class must intervene to answer the pandemic threat!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 17 September 2020
Stop the dangerous “routine operation” of schools in Germany! Prepare a nationwide general strike!
Set up independent action committees for the safety of teachers, pupils and parents!
By the Action Committees for Safe Education, 14 September 2020
Arts Review
Toronto International Film Festival 2020: Part one
76 Days: The drama of the Wuhan lockdown
Under the Open Sky from Japan, The Best Is Yet to Come from China
By David Walsh, 23 September 2020
This year’s event presented some 60 feature films, a sharp decline from the more than 330 screened in 2019, with the festival organizers forecasting a 50 percent decline in revenue throughout 2020.
Controversy over Mulan film used to further Washington’s anti-China agenda
By Ben McGrath, 23 September 2020
US accusations of human right violations in Xinjiang are highly selective, meant to further US imperialist interests and to provide a pretext for military aggression.
King’s Disease: Beware the nostrums of Nas
By Erik Schreiber, 22 September 2020
The Stranger on Netflix: A world of secrets, unraveled
By Carlos Delgado, 21 September 2020
80 Years Since the Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky’s Last Year
Part six
By David North, 8 September 2020
An appraisal, on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination, of the work of the great theoretician and strategist of World Socialist Revolution during the final year of his life.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
Workers Struggles
Ten thousand Quebec home daycare workers strike; Mexican professors demand back wages
Workers Struggles: The Americas
22 September 2020
India: Chennai garbage workers strike; Sri Lankan bank workers protest over contracts; Australian waterfront workers walkout
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
19 September 2020
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
University of Melbourne student union enforces club affiliation requirement amid pandemic
By Eric Ludlow, 21 September 2020
Military research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
By Gregor Link, 18 September 2020
Science
Catastrophic wildfires, corporate air pollution, and COVID-19: A collision of crises
By Henry Hakamaki, 21 September 2020
Trump administration continues assault on endangered species
By Adria French, 19 September 2020
The precedents for disease eradication through international cooperation
Part two
By Frank Gaglioti, 16 September 2020
The precedents for disease eradication through international cooperation
Part one
This week in history: September 21-27
25 years ago: Former Italian Prime Minister Andreotti goes on trial
On September 26, 1995, seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti went on trial in Palermo, facing charges of serving as a longtime front man for the Sicilian Mafia.
50 years ago: New Haven teachers strike ends
After more than two weeks on the picket lines, a strike by teachers in New Haven, Connecticut, was ended on September 22, 1970. The strike was defeated by a combined crackdown on workers by the court system and the police, with the complicity of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
75 years ago: Vietnamese Stalinists launch murderous campaign against Trotskyist movement
This week in September, 1945, the Vietnamese Stalinists, led by Ho Chi Minh, escalated a vicious campaign aimed at the liquidation of the Vietnamese Trotskyist movement.
100 years ago: Workers battle troops in Turin
On September 23, 1920, workers occupying factories in Italy’s industrial center of Turin were confronted by troops of the Royal Guard. Workers responded in force and fought back with rifles and hand grenades.
Book Review
Book Review
Wilmington’s Lie: The 1898 white supremacist coup in North Carolina
David Zucchino, Atlantic Monthly Press, 336 pages
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Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (US) Political Committee, 9 September 2020
University of Michigan graduate students take a stand for life against profit
By Joseph Kishore - Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president, 11 September 2020
Supreme Court refuses to hear SEP challenge to Michigan ballot access denial
By Kevin Reed, 9 September 2020
The politics of oligarchy: Federal appeals court blocks SEP challenge to anti-democratic ballot access laws in California
By Joseph Kishore—Socialist Equality Party candidate for US President, 8 August 2020
The Socialist Equality Party denounces Trump’s mass arrest of 2,000 immigrants!
By Norissa Santa Cruz—SEP candidate for US vice president, 4 September 2020
The socialist answer to the paltry $600 million Flint settlement
By Joseph Kishore—SEP Presidential Candidate, 24 August 2020
History
The lessons of the 1953 mass uprising (hartal) in Sri Lanka
By Saman Gunadasa, 2 September 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic, the crisis of capitalism and the tasks of the SEP
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Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
Free Julian Assange! Defend Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden!
SEP (Australia) holds successful fifth national congress
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Now available
The Fourth International and the Perspective of World Socialist Revolution: 1986–1995
12 August 2020
The paperback edition of this critical book on the history of the Fourth International is now available.
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Open Letter from WSWS Chairman David North to Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai
31 July 2020
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