Monthly Archives: September 2021

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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2021-09-25: News Headlines

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."

Fight Back (2021-09-24). Continued resistance to FBI repression, 11 years later. fightbacknews.org On September 24, 2010 the FBI raided seven homes of anti-war activists and the office of the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee. 23 activists were subpoenaed to a Chicago-based grand jury that claimed to be investigating "material support for terrorism." None of those targeted ever stopped resisting this attempt to repress our movement and no one appeared before any grand jury. As time went on, the FBI continued their attack on anti-war and international solidarity activists by targeting important veterans of the movement who worked with the Anti-war 23, including Chicano activist Carlos Montes in Los Angeles and Pal…

Staff (2021-09-24). Headlines for September 24, 2021. democracynow.org Haiti Envoy Resigns over Mass Deportations, Blasts "Catastrophic" History of U.S. Interventions, Immigrant Rights Activists Demand an End to ICE Jails on Day of Nationwide Action, CDC Dir. Walensky Approves Pfizer Boosters for High-Risk Workers, Overruling Agency Panel, South African and Bolivian Presidents Highlight Global Vaccine Inequity at UNGA, Guyana's President Calls Out Disproportionate Effects of Climate Crisis on Small Island Nations, EPA Slashes Use of Industrial Chemicals Widely Used in Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, House Approves Increased $768 Billion Pentagon Budget, Rejecting Bids to Rein In Mi…

Anish R (2021-09-24). How health activists got Australia to back patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines. peoplesdispatch.org Months-long campaigning and advocacy efforts have played a large part in mobilizing public opinion in favor of a TRIPS waiver for the vaccines. Australia was among the few member-nations in the WTO to oppose the waiver…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-24). Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs 'Native Informants'. counterpunch.org Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul International Airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidating their control over the capital, raised many questions, leading amongst them: who are these people and why are they running away? In the US and other Western media, answers were readily available: they were mostly

_____ (2021-09-24). Global Peace Activists Warn of Dangers of US-Led Anti-China Pacts. commondreams.org "I'm glad to see President Biden speak out about the mistreatment of Haitian asylum-seekers. But his administration's use of Title 42 to deny them the right to make an asylum claim is a much bigger issue."

Nicky Reid (2021-09-24). Afghanarchism: What American Radicals Can Learn From the Pashtuns. counterpunch.org There is a narrative commonly held by observers in the west that the Afghans are a people defined by perpetual warfare. Like many stereotypes, this one comes with a cornel of truth. After all, the people of Afghanistan just got done throttling the bare hind quarters of the greatest empire Satan ever devised for the

Editor (2021-09-24). Borders, Blackness, and Empire. mronline.org The spectacle of violence against Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border needs to be seen in light of ongoing U.S. imperialism in Haiti.

Linda Ford (2021-09-24). Patriarchy: The Struggle Continues. counterpunch.org In a day when America is ruling over a global Empire maintained with violent enforcement to insure universal subordination to its will; and in a day when a military-style domestic police state relentlessly makes sure anti-government protest and dissent is contained, the patriarchal part of that America has been enhanced and strengthened. Feminist movements have

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-09-24). U.S. Militarism's Toxic Impact on Climate Policy. counterpunch.org President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a "point of no return," and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. "We will lead not just with the example of our power but, God willing, with the power of

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