Paul Street (2021-08-24). Eight Key Points on America's Defeat in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org The humiliating defeat of the American Empire in Afghanistan — replete with "near identical images" of frantic evacuation helicopters atop a US Embassy as in Saigon in 1975 — poses a dilemma for left anti-imperialists. We must always welcome and applaud setbacks suffered by the empire, which oppresses the world with its giant global network of bases and troops and its relentless exploitation and pollution of the world natural and human resources.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Palestinian Authority suppresses protests demanding justice for Nizar Banat. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian security forces arrested several well-known Palestinian political activists and civil society figures in protests demanding justice for an activist slain while in custody of the PA…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Myanmarese rights organization reports over 1,000 deaths since February coup. peoplesdispatch.org The Assistance Association of Political Prisoners also said 7,338 people, including political leaders, activists, students and unionists, have been arrested. As many as 5,730 people remain under detention across the country…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Activists demand to stop the Line 3 pipeline project. peoplesdispatch.org The pipeline is expected to take away rights of indigenous people to hunt, fish and gather along the proposed routes and native American communities have been at the forefront of the protests demanding to stop the construction of the pipeline.

Staff (2021-08-24). WATCH 50+ arrests made after Extinction Rebellion protest shuts down London street. rt.com Dozens of environmental activists with Extinction Rebellion were arrested after taking to the streets of London for a major protest, chaining themselves to objects — and each other — to shut down a busy junction in the city. | The environmentalist group gathered near London's Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, four-meter tall structure carrying the words "Come to the table." Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. | With a demand to immediately stop fossil fuel investment, the Impossible…

sputniknews (2021-08-24). Police Arrest More Than 50 Activists During Extinction Rebellion Protest in London – Photos. sputniknews.com The protests are scheduled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference and Biodiversity Conference this fall and will continue until a demand to "stop all new fossil fuel investment immediately" is met.

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-08-23). Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored? counterpunch.org America's corporate media are ringing with recriminations over the humiliating U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan. But very little of the criticism goes to the root of the problem, which was the original decision to militarily invade and occupy Afghanistan in the first place. That decision set in motion a cycle of violence and chaos that

Morning Star (2021-08-23). LGBTQ activists hold Pride marches in Poland, defying right-wing attacks. peoplesworld.org Pride marches in Poland took place under heavy police presence over the weekend, with homophobic counter-demonstrations threatening violence. Marches for LGBTQ rights were held at the foot of Czestochowa's Jasna Gora Catholic monastery in southern Poland as well as in Gdansk on the Baltic coast. The demonstrators were surrounded by officers, including on horseback, while …

Fred Gardner (2021-08-23). The Sub-Prime of Ms. Jane Brody: Still Ignoring the Science on Medical Marijuana. counterpunch.org We are coming up on the 25th anniversary of the Election Day on which California voters legalized marijuana for medical use. Expect a wave of self-congratulation from the activists who went on to legalize the herb for "recreational" and "adult" use in the Golden State and beyond. To these proud reformers, "legalization" —which means 10

Adam Barnett (2021-08-23). Extinction Rebellion blockade Central London street to kick off Fortnight of Protests. nationofchange.org Activists have blocked Garrick Street by attaching themselves to a van parked across the road.

Chris Jenkins (2021-08-23). Extinction Rebellion activists treated as terrorists. greenleft.org.au Extinction Rebellion activists were raided by an anti-terrorist outift for chalking a protest sign against oil and gas giant Woodside Energy, which has recently been given the go-ahead for its Scarborough gas project. Chris Jenkins reports.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-08-23). Lingering Peculiarities: Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Empire. dissidentvoice.org The question does not bear asking, but in a global economy greased by what has been termed disposable people, the past's previous examples of the same may be a country worth visiting. The prod along for such a journey came with the discovery of yet another gem from the ruins of Pompeii. The news headlines …

Kenn Orphan (2021-08-23). The Myth of Empire and the Real Message of Dune. counterpunch.org This fall, the much-awaited remake of Frank Herbert's science fiction epic Dune will hit theatres. Dune tells the complex and multi-layered tale of a feudal interstellar empire in the future, where noble houses compete, often violently, for dominance over the planet Arrakis, a desert world that possesses the only source of a substance called the