Otis Grotewohl (2021-09-10). Workers commemorate centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain. workers.org Charleston, W.Va. United Mine Workers (UMWA) members retrace steps of striking miners 100 years later, Sept. 3-5, West Virginia. Throughout West Virginia, mine workers, activists and workers from around the world commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain over the Labor Day weekend. There were over 30 . . . |

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold (2021-09-10). How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare? juancole.com By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies | — ( Code Pink | — Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age of innocence for America. The Cold War was over and our leaders promised us a "peace dividend." There was no TSA to make us take off our shoes at airports …

_____ (2021-09-10). 'The Tide Has Shifted': Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels After a Decade of Pressure. commondreams.org

Monica Moorehead (2021-09-09). The legacy of Black August & Attica lives on. workers.org The following edited remarks were made on a Sept. 2 live broadcast, "50 Years of Resistance: Black August & Attica," sponsored by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Moorehead is a WW managing editor and a member of the PSC. For many revolutionaries and activists of my generation, . . . |

_____ (2021-09-09). 'Coup Pusher' Bolsonaro Increasingly Isolated In Brazil. popularresistance.org The far-right leader did not achieve the tide in his favor that he himself expected to gather to commemorate Independence Day. However, the center of Brasilia, and especially Sao Paulo (125,000 demonstrators), were filled with fervent followers dressed in green and yellow, the national colors. | "Despite his isolation, the president has shown that he is still capable of mobilizing a noisy minority," wrote journalist Bernardo Mello Franco in the daily O Globo. | The marches saw a heterogeneous mix of far-right activists, pro-gun supporters, evangelicals, bikers, conspiracy and anti-vaccine activists. | The fact th…

Lauren Gambino (2021-09-09). Biden Vowed to Make Racial Justice the Heart of His Agenda — Is It Still Beating? zcomm.org The lack of progress has frustrated civil rights leaders and activists who charge that the president isn't taking the fight for voting rights seriously enough…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-09-09). How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare? dissidentvoice.org Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age of innocence for America. The Cold War was over and our leaders promised us a "peace dividend." There was no TSA to make us take off our shoes at airports (how many bombs have they found in those billions of shoes?). The government could not …

Monica Moorehead (2021-09-09). The legacy of Black August & Attica lives on. workers.org The following edited remarks were made on a Sept. 2 live broadcast, "50 Years of Resistance: Black August & Attica," sponsored by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Moorehead is a WW managing editor and a member of the PSC. For many revolutionaries and activists of my generation, . . . |

Lauren Gambino (2021-09-09). Biden Vowed to Make Racial Justice the Heart of His Agenda — Is It Still Beating? zcomm.org The lack of progress has frustrated civil rights leaders and activists who charge that the president isn't taking the fight for voting rights seriously enough…

Fight Back (2021-09-08). Tampa activists rally to stop evictions, invest in housing not police. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On September 5, about 25 protesters from Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC), community members and other activists rallied to demand an extension to the eviction moratorium that was abruptly ended by the United States Supreme Court. In Tampa alone, 5000 units are due to be evicted in the near future. The protesters also demanded the cancelation of late rent payments over the course of the pandemic and for the city to invest in the community, not the police. | In addition to the looming evictions, many studies have shown that Tampa is the city with the fastest growing rent costs in the count…

Cynthia Papermaster (2021-09-08). Sunday 9/12: CODEPINK Yard Sale for Afghan Women + Shut Down Creech. indybay.org Corner of Hearst and McGee Ave., Berkeley…

Michelle Maldonado (2021-09-08). Los Angeles organizers say 'Shut 'Em Down' in prisoner solidarity rally. liberationnews.org On September 4, a powerful group of 60 local activists, organizers and community members took over the corner sidewalks across from the Los Angeles County's Men's Central Jail.

Rosalío Muñoz, Janice Rothstein (2021-09-08). Republican-instigated recall vote of Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom: D-Day is Sept. 14. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — Efforts to stimulate a maximum voter turnout in the Sept. 14 California recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom is hitting the home stretch. Get-out-the-vote activists are conducting contact-safe voter outreach, holding rallies, writing postcards, door-to-door canvasing, human billboarding at major intersections and thoroughfares, as well as conducting widespread digital and internet GOTV …

Michelle Maldonado (2021-09-08). Los Angeles organizers say 'Shut 'Em Down' at prisoner solidarity rally. liberationnews.org On September 4, a powerful group of 60 local activists, organizers and community members took over the corner sidewalks across from the Los Angeles County's Men's Central Jail.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-08). Chinese Billionaire Given 18 Years In Prison For 'Provoking Trouble'. moguldom.com A billionaire Chinese pig farmer was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in China, a charge commonly used against activists and protesters. Sun Dawu, chairman of Dawu Agriculture Group, was arrested earlier this year after 300 police officers raided his offices, according to the …

Staff (2021-09-08). Some Anti-Maskers Present a Real Threat of Violence. truthout.org Not all opponents of mask mandates and anti-vaccine activists are alike. They constitute a diverse and heterogeneous group. But a certain segment of the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers comprise extremists who represent a violent and nefarious influence in our country as we work to defeat this seemingly endless pandemic. | There is a small but loud and forceful group of people who object to wearing masks.

Gabriel Kuhn (2021-09-08). Sápmi: Resisting Green Colonialism. counterpunch.org On June 23, a coalition of Sámi and environmentalist activists erected a protest camp in Nussir, the projected site of a gigantic copper mine in Sápmi, the traditional homeland of the Sámi people, northern Europe's indigenous inhabitants. Today, Sápmi is divided by the borders of four nation states: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. None of

Tom Engelhardt (2021-09-08). The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire. zcomm.org What Really Matters in the U.S. of A…