2021-09-26: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2021-09-26). SF Solidarity With Haitians On US Border & US Out of Haiti Now! indybay.org Community activists rallied against the attacks by US ICE agents on Hatians in Texas.

_____ (2021-09-26). Biden's DOJ Sleight of Hand on Police Reform. popularresistance.org The radically spontaneous uprisings in response to the murder-by-cop of George Floyd in Minneapolis that rocked the entire country during the spring and summer of 2020, compelled a response from the feds. Any response by the feds, however, can't address the root causes of the problem. So Biden's DOJ is doing it's part to dress up the empire in a costume of genuine responsiveness to police reform.

teleSUR (2021-09-25). 'Absent State', LGTBI+ Community Activists Yell in Uruguay. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Hundreds of activists took to the streets in Uruguay to celebrate the traditional March for Diversity to defend the LGTBI+ community's rights in this South American nation. | RELATED: | Under heavy rain and chanting, thousands of people marched from the Libertador and Paysandu avenues to 1ro de Mayo square in the capital Montevideo. | This parade was promoted under the slogan "Absent State" to make visible…

Staff (2021-09-25). Unions and Climate Activists Find Common Cause in Opposing Airport Expansion. truthout.org "Are you scared you're going to lose all your jobs 'cause there will be no planes?" | The audience chuckled at MSNBC host Chris Hayes's first question for Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, at a March 2019

Candice Bernd (2021-09-25). Activists Ramp Up Pressure on Biden Administration Ahead of UN Climate Talks. zcomm.org "It's a really important report because it could very well serve as a blueprint for regulatory action for federal agencies if it's bold and meets the Biden administration's rhetoric on climate."

Dan Cohen (2021-09-25). Eric Schmidt Cashes in on Artificial Intelligence Arms Race. orinocotribune.com By Dan Cohen — Sep 21, 2021 | As the Pentagon drives a hi-tech arms race to maintain its global military superiority, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the man at the center. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen investigates how the US empire's drive to control the world using Silicon Valley technology creates the possibility of a devastating war. | The United States is leading a new artificial intelligence arms race that could spell the end of humanity. | Back in 2014, a few years before he died, Stephen Hawking

_____ (2021-09-25). What I Know After 50 Years of Covering Foreign Policy: War and Empire Are Bad. commondreams.org "The U.N. has finally made it clear what 'multilateralism' is all about—paying lip service to the people while skewing priorities for the interests of imperialists and monopoly capitalists."

_____ (2021-09-25). These GOP Grifters Will Be the Death of This Republic. commondreams.org After half a century studying the issue, here's lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.

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