Daily Archives: September 16, 2021

2021-09-16: News Headlines

Karla Correa (2021-09-16). Pro-choice activist arrested at Manatee County Commission meeting. liberationnews.org On Sept. 14, activists gathered outside of the Manatee County Commission chambers to protest a county commission meeting where they would be discussing potential abortion restrictions similar to the Texas Heartbeat bill, which ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Rebecca Nathanson (2021-09-16). Life can be different: 10 years ago, Occupy Wall Street changed the world. zcomm.org The movement launched a generation of leftist activists —and gave them a vision of real change…

_____ (2021-09-15). Charges Dropped Against Activists Who Fought For Justice For Elijah McClain. popularresistance.org The last remaining charges have been dropped against three activists in the US who were involved in organizing protests seeking justice for Elijah McClain. On September 13, Monday, John Kellner, the 18th Judicial District Attorney for the Arapahoe County in Colorado State, announced the dropping of all the 12 remaining charges against Joel Northam, Lillian House and Terrence Roberts, nearly a year after their arrest. Northam and House are members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL). | While the decision to withdraw all charges against House and Roberts was taken on Monday, the motion to clear Northam…

Judy Greenspan (2021-09-15). Soledad rally supports prisoner lawsuit against racist brutality. workers.org Soledad, Calif. Sept. 12 — Activists held a press conference and rally today outside Soledad Prison, California Training Facility (CTF) to support a legal complaint by prisoners inside. Prisoners filed the lawsuit to expose the racist "cell extraction" of 200 Black prisoners last July and the subsequent criminalization of the . . . |

Sam Francis (2021-09-15). Chicago protesters demand end to mass incarceration on 50th anniversary of Attica uprising. liberationnews.org Activists from organizations throughout Chicago used the event to uplift the names of those who have fallen victim to the criminal justice system.

Michael Kidder (2021-09-15). It Took a Village of Hippies: the Founding of Greenpeace. counterpunch.org A great deal has been written about the beginnings of Greenpeace. The running gag being that you can find a founder in every bar in Vancouver. I would posit: that is not far from the truth. Without the strength of the counterculture in Vancouver and the various communities of activists engaged in numerous causes coalescing

Steph Smith (2021-09-15). Louisville protest brings abortion rights fight to SCOTUS Justice Barrett, Sen. McConnell. liberationnews.org On September 12, activists in Louisville took to the streets to march in outraged response to the Texas SB 8 anti-abortion bill that went into effect on September 1.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-15). Activists in Tunisia reject calls by president to amend constitution. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied had last week indicated his intent to bring changes to the 2014 constitution. This is months after he sacked the prime minister and suspended the parliament in what many called was a 'presidential coup' to wrest total power in the country…

_____ (2021-09-15). Climate Change Is the Symptom, Capitalism Is the Problem. commondreams.org "Newsom's victory belongs to the environmental activists and constituents who delivered their support when it mattered most," Alexandra Nagy, California director of Food & Water Watch, said in a statement. "Newsom must return that support to Californians in the midst of this climate crisis."

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-15). Migrants in Mexico demand solution to migration and refugee crisis. peoplesdispatch.org For the past two days, Central American and Haitians migrants stranded in Mexico and migrant rights activists have been carrying out an indefinite hunger strike in the Tapachula municipality to demand authorities respect their rights…

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2021-09-15). Disorderly Retreat from Afghanistan: The U.S. Has Become an Overextended Military Empire Posing a Serious Threat to Its Long-term Security. globalresearch.ca

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-15). News Corp Turns Climate Change Inactivist. dissidentvoice.org The faux Damascene converts have been doing the rounds in the Murdoch empire of late, stirring interest in matters green and attempting to shift, if ever so slightly, discussions on climate change. Known for being a stable of environmental vandals and fossil fuel standard bearers, News Corp has gone for a green turn of sorts. …

Patrick Mazza (2021-09-15). Though Cracks Appear, Empire Remains in the DNA of the U.S. counterpunch.org Again choppers land on an embassy roof to evacuate people in the face of an unexpectedly rapid enemy advance. The Kabul 2021 collapse, so reminiscent of Saigon 1975, has spurred speculation about the end of the U.S. empire. The lost U.S. war in Afghanistan seems a coup de grace, piled onto another lost war in Iraq,

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