(2021-09-18). Climate crisis fuels class war: 2020 hits record number of environmental activists murdered. liberationnews.org 
As the climate crisis intensifies globally so does the class war under the capitalist world order. Since 2012, Global Witness has been documenting the murders of environmental and land defenders who were attempting to halt corporate plunder of the planet and displacement of indigenous communities. (Globalwitness.org) The report states: "We tend to associate the climate …
(2021-09-18). Tally 19 commemorate anniversary of arrests. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On September 5, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) held an event in remembrance and solidarity for the #Tally19, a group of Black Lives Matter activists arrested for protesting in favor of the indictment of the officers responsible for the deaths of Tony Mcdade, Wilbon Woodard and Mychael Johnson. These three men were murdered by Tallahassee's police department and none of the police responsible have faced any real punishment for their crimes. | Community members gathered at the Smokey Hollow Memorial and discussed the ongoing events of the Tally19 cases and their struggle to get…
(2021-09-18). El Salvador: Bitcoin Machines Burned And Thousands Take The Streets. popularresistance.org Workers, students, union and peasant organizations, feminist groups, human rights activists, and even judges took to the streets on Wednesday in El Salvador. It was the country's largest mobilization in decades. | Among the issues being protested were the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele's decision to double the number of military troops under the pretext of fighting violence and crime. In reality, it's about gaining support and surrounding himself with the armed forces. | In addition, Bukele's Bitcoin law has been widely rejected by people all over the country. The law makes Bitcoin legal tender across the coun…
(2021-09-18). Five children orphaned after parents die of COVID-19 in California's Inland Empire. wsws.org This tragedy is the outcome of the unsafe policies adopted by states and governments across the country that have reopened full-fledged to prioritize profits and the economy, despite the immediate danger it presents to workers and their families.
(2021-09-18). 'United Slaves' — Facts About the US Collapse. orinocotribune.com Journalist and RT's Washington DC correspondent Helena Villar has recently published her book titled United Slaves. The Other Face of the American Dream. Through analysis of hard data, Villar portrays the reality of the United States in different social aspects: health policies, the military industrial complex, the collapse of the country's infrastructure and, in general terms, the decadence of the US society resulting from the life regulating policies implemented by the corporate elites with bipartisan support from consecutive governments. | La amarga y despiadada cara B del "sueño americano" | Próximo desembarc…
(2021-09-17). Activists denounce AUKUS alliance as a possible new Cold War and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the military pact signed between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States; the sanctions against the leaders of Guinea's military junta announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); the fines imposed against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in the US state of Minnesota for violating environmental laws; and the growing agribusiness sector in Brazil as deforestation in the Amazon reaches record levels.
(2021-09-17). Activists, anti-war groups slam trilateral security alliance AUKUS as anti-China move and a return to Cold War. peoplesdispatch.org China too slammed the move calling it an "extremely irresponsible" act which may lead to an arms race. It also said that the move reflects "Cold war mentality and ideological biases"
(2021-09-17). Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars. zcomm.org Interview on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan won't change US imperialism, the many war crimes of George W. Bush, and why he still believes in average people's ability to push back against the war machine…
(2021-09-17). Thousands Call For Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. popularresistance.org More than 2,000 academics from around the world signed an open letter calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as the United Nations' 76th General Assembly kicks off its annual meeting. | Mobilizing meaningful action on climate change is one of the UN's top priorities this year, and it was just last month that UN Secretary General António Guterres said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report "must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet." | The hope many academics, researchers, and activists have is that an international agreement to prevent th…
(2021-09-17). In Turning Point for US Media, Time Recognizes Palestinians Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd as among 100 "Most Influential" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In what may be a turning point for American media, Time magazine has chosen twin Palestinian activists from the endangered East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Mohammed and Muna el-Kurd, as among the 100 most influential people in 2021. "Through online‚ÄØposts and media appearances, sibling activists Mohammed (@m7mdkurd) and Muna …
(2021-09-17). Lawyers, activists file petition seeking revocation of Israel's observer status at African Union. peoplesdispatch.org Israel was admitted to the African Union (AU) as an observer state in July this year, a decision that came as a shock to several member countries, given Israel's sustained and ongoing repression of the Palestinian people…
(2021-09-17). 40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency. commondreams.org "That was not a 'mistake,'" said journalist Anand Giridharadas. "War crimes are not oopsies."
(2021-09-17). America: Monumental problems, no solutions, caught up in a state of regression. nationofchange.org "All empires end. That is an indisputable fact." And, "All empires end from within."
(2021-09-17). Mexico on the Bicentennial of Its Independence: Closer than Ever to Our America and Further Away from Empires. orinocotribune.com 
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet — Sep 16, 2021 | Mexico is a lot more Mexico now. It does not mince words. Everything is big here. If a proof was needed, the celebration of the Grito de Dolores in the year of the Bicentennial was the proof. | Dazzling play of lights and fireworks lit the night before, in the central Zócalo square, brimming with pre-Hispanic images and symbols and also with figures of national heroes animated by video projection while all kinds of popular songs were heard, reflecting the various regions of the country. | There was not a spectator in the Plaza because of the COVID 19 epidemic, but…
(2021-09-17). Historian Woody Holton launches 1619 Project-inspired attack on the American Revolution. wsws.org The University of South Carolina historian holds that the American Revolution was launched to defend the institution of slavery against the British Empire.
