(2021-09-21). Behind the attack on the CFMEU office. greenleft.org.au Conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers, far-right activists and some union members have attacked the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union office in Melbourne over mandatory vaccinations for construction workers. Sue Bolton reports.
(2021-09-20). US Citizens Must Stand in Solidarity with Chavista Revolution (Orinoco Tribune Interviews Rainer Shea). orinocotribune.com September 17, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In the US, a working-class revolution and the rule of the proletariat "can only happen through an incremental deconstruction of US imperialism worldwide," said Rainer Shea in a recent conversation with Orinoco Tribune. "The dismantling of the US empire is going to happen on the peripheries." | During a discussion with Orinoco Tribune editor Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza, for an event titled "Propaganda, Corporate Censorship, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat," Shea urged US social movements to organize patiently and practice internationalism. He spoke about the prosp…
(2021-09-20). Highway bannering keeps Palestine solidarity in focus. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On September 16, thousands of rush-hour commuters on Interstate 94 saw banners with slogans like "Free Palestine," "End apartheid" and "End ethnic cleansing" hung from the Loring Park footbridge, amid a sea of Palestinian flags. Activists from American Muslims for Palestine – Minnesota (AMP-MN), the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) then rallied in the park with chants and speeches. | The occasion was the anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre in Lebanon, when an invading Israeli army encouraged local right-wing militias to murder thousands of Palesti…
(2021-09-20). Met Gala Protest: Interview With An Activist. popularresistance.org A photo-journalist and activist who was at the Met Gala told Left Voice about the brutal police attack on protesters and gives a perspective on AOC's participation in the event. | The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute that is also a gathering of celebrities, politicians, and the wealthy and well connected took place on September 13. The bourgeois press coverage focused on the celebrity spectacle, nearly ignoring the horrific police attack on abolitionist activists protesting outside the event, many of whom were arrested. Left Voice spoke with Prince, a photo-journalist…
(2021-09-20). Why Lindsey Graham is Trying to Rescue Rahm Emanuel. counterpunch.org This is not the first time Rahm Emanuel has turned to Republicans for rescue. The GOP rescued him in 1993, when he was a key White House aide, as the Clinton administration rammed the NAFTA trade pact though Congress. Most Democrats in Congress — responding to the base of the party, including union and environmental activists — voted no on NAFTA. Years later, Emanuel was still bragging about his role in NAFTA's passage.
(2021-09-20). YIMBY Movement Is Not the Answer to Housing Crisis, Grassroots Activists Say. zcomm.org "Housing has become an investment for global financial actors, and has more in common with the stock market than it does with shoes."
(2021-09-20). City Council Resolution to Support BDS Movement Fails in Burlington, VT. counterpunch.org Earlier this year (2021), Ben and Jerry's ice cream decided to quit selling its ice cream in the illegal settlements built by Israel in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. This decision was reached after years of letter-writing, leafleting, editorializing, and other forms of pressure organized in large part by the anti-occupation group called Vermonters for
(2021-09-20). Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror — Excerpts From the Online Event. projectcensored.org On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizations, including Project Censored, held an online seminar on the worldwide toll…
(2021-09-20). 'Climate Clock' Shows Rich Nations Still Owe $90 Billion a Year to Global Green Fund. commondreams.org We must unite and dismantle this American Empire before it dismantles us.