Daily Archives: October 11, 2021

2021-10-11: News Headlines

Rebekah Entralgo (2021-10-11). The Care Movement Fights Back. zcomm.org Care workers and disability rights activists make a powerful case for expanded care infrastructure.

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-11). Brigada médica cubana recibe Premio a la Paz de los Pueblos. telesurtv.net Durante la pandemia de la Covid-19, más de 50 destacamentos médicos cubanos han colaborado en unos 40 países.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-11). Mock Election a Complete Success — 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com Pedro Calzadilla, president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), congratulated the people of Venezuela, the workers of the CNE, and the members and leadership of the country's political parties, as he stated that the electoral simulation held this Sunday, October 10, was a complete success. | The president of the CNE, in his statements to the media on Sunday afternoon, said that the mock election has been one of the most significant preludes to the nationwide regional elections scheduled for November 21. | He added that the electoral rehearsal serves to measure enthusiasm, the functioning of the worki…

Staff (2021-10-10). "Boycott Tour" demands justice and liberation during Vancouver Palestine Action Week. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 6 October, activists marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, as part of the Boycott Tour, drawing attention to the complicity of corporations, universities and government institutions in Canada in the ongoing colonization, occupation and apartheid throughout occupied Palestine. The march took place as part of Palestine Action Week, five days of collective action in […] | The article

Staff (2021-10-10). Disability Activists Say Schools Failed to Accommodate Students Amid COVID. truthout.org When Drew Basile was born in 2004, he was diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia, a congenital condition that can lead to visual impairment. Now 17, the Brooklyn, New York, high school senior is legally blind. "I am supposed to get front-row seating in all of my classes but the teacher still has to repeat what is written on the board," he told Truthout. "Hearing the information aloud helps me learn and retain the material." | COVID-19 upended this arrangement. | "From March until June [2020], I…

Paul Street (2021-10-10). What Happens in the Red States. counterpunch.org Nationally focused progressive intellectuals and activists might be more willing to confront the fact the United States is being overtaken by a creeping, homegrown Amerikaner fascism if they paid more attention to state-level politics, the soft underbelly of what's left of bourgeois democracy in the not-so United States. | The left tendency to neglect and avoid what's happening in the states is foolish. For one thing, state-level policy has significant direct impacts on a vast swath of the nation's population. From highly populated jurisdictions like Texas (home to 30 million) and Florida (22 million) to small…

Jim McIlroy (2021-10-10). International peace activists slam AUKUS pact. greenleft.org.au An international peace webinar drew speakers and an audience from across the world who condemned the new Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) alliance. Jim McIlroy reports.

Staff (2021-10-10). Loopholes Are Exempting Oil and Gas Industry's Radioactive Waste From Regulation. truthout.org Pittsburgh — In the wake of growing concerns over the oil and gas industry's handling of radioactive waste, activists and policymakers are working to change laws that exempt the industry from safety regulations. | For decades, national environmental organizations have tried unsuccessfully to close federal loopholes that exempt the oil and gas industry's radioactive waste — which has been linked to elevated cancer rates — from regulation. Industry and government reports

Anonymous007 (2021-10-10). Military Situation In Yemen On October 10, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 155 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On October 9, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 13 airstrikes on the Jubah district | On October 9, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 16 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On October 9, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 12 airstrikes on the Abdiyah district | On October 9, Saudi-led coalition warplanes…

MEE, agencies (2021-10-10). Yemen: Deadly blast targets Saudi-backed government convoy in Aden. middleeasteye.net Yemen: Deadly blast targets Saudi-backed government convoy in Aden | Governor and environment minister survive car bomb, but others killed near seat of Yemeni government power | Sun, 10/10/2021 – 11: 49 | People look at the scene of a blast, where the bodies of victims are covered with a blanket, in Aden, Yemen, on 10 October 2021 (Reuters) | At least five people were killed by a car-bomb…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-10). Yemeni Agriculture Minister, Aden Governor Survive Assassination Attempt With Car Bomb (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from a video released by al-Arabiya al-Hadath. | On October 10, Agriculture Minister in the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, Salem al-Socotri, and the Governor of the southern Yemeni province of Aden, Ahmed Lamles, survived an assassination attempt that left ten people dead or wounded. | A car bomb targeted the Yemeni officials' motorcade as it was passing in al-Mualla street the center of Aden city. Al-Socotri and Lamles survived the explosion. However, five people, including four of their bodyguards, were killed…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-10). As crisis with Iran worsens, Azerbaijani warships engage in Caspian Sea drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan Naval Forces to conduct command and staff exercises Starting from October 11, command and staff exercises of the Naval Forces will be held in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea…. The exercises, involving warships and naval special forces, will focus on the protection and defense of energy infrastructure in the sector of the …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-10). Atlantic Council on Iran, Azerbaijan and NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Two excerpts. The rest of the article is what one would expect given the source. Iranian war games on the border with Azerbaijan were really a message to Israel [T]he Zangezur corridor [is] proposed by Azerbaijan to connect the rest of the country with its Nakhchivan enclave via Armenia's southern Syunik region. According to Iranian …

Editor2 (2021-10-10). Cuba Commemorates the 54th Anniversary of Death of Ernesto Guevara. orinocotribune.com Havana, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba evokes the altruism and reaffirms the validity of the revolutionary thought of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of his capture and subsequent execution in Bolivia. | The tribute to the Guerrillero Heroico, as he is also known, will be held on this occasion especially in virtual settings, but the remembrance of his life and work will preside over meetings and lead to discussions also in work and educational centers throughout the country. | A traditional exchange of flowers will take place in Santa Clara, which 'Che' helped liberate, in the Mausoleu…

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-10). Brigada médica cubana Henry Reeve recibe Premio a la Paz de los Pueblos. telesurtv.net Durante la pandemia de la Covid-19, más de 50 destacamentos médicos cubanos han colaborado en unos 40 países.

Helen Jaffe (2021-10-10). Green Left Show #17: What's happening in Cuba? greenleft.org.au Helen Jaffe, Sujatha Fernandes and Ian Ellis-Jones discuss the the July 11 protests in Cuba, the corporate media's distortions of them and what is happening in that country now.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-10). Borrell's Comments on Venezuela's 21N Elections Condemned. orinocotribune.com Recent statements made by the high representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, in regard to Venezuela's November 21 elections, have generated multiple reactions of rejection and condemnation from government authorities as well as Venezuelan social media users. | After the issue became known with the Venezuelan government officially establishing its position through a statement published on Friday, October 8, Venezuelan social media users as well as authority figures started posting on various social networks, demanding respect, explanations and apologies from Borell for the people of Venezuela people and…

Staff (2021-10-10). Venezuela Evaluates Traffic Light for Health Scheme to Allow Entry to Public Spaces. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 8, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that a technological platform that would allow the progressive normalization of commercial life in the country during the pandemic, is being evaluated. This platform, called "traffic light for health," will make it possible to determine whether anyone who wants to enter certain public areas, such as restaurants, have been vaccinated or have recently tested positive in a PCR test. | At a working meeting in the Miraflores Palace, the president explained that this traffic light "will be green when you are vaccinated; yellow when you are not v…

Staff (2021-10-10). Venezuela and Turkey Sign Three Cooperation Agreements. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, October 9, the foreign affairs ministers of Venezuela and Turkey held a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, in which they signed three bilateral cooperation agreements for the benefit of the peoples of both countries. At a joint press conference, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia informed that the cooperation agreements are in agriculture, tourism and construction sectors. | | These new agreements have been added to the already existing 44 bilateral agreements, and are part of a the plan to strengthen…

Staff (2021-10-10). Colombia-Venezuela Border Reopening on Hold: Freddy Bernal's Latest Update. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 8, Freddy Bernal, the head of the protectorate of Táchira, reiterated that the Venezuelan government has all the political will for the progressive commercial reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border in a biosecure manner. | "We have all the political will, as said President Nicolás Maduro, for a progressive and biosecure commercial opening of the border," said Bernal in a video posted in his Twitter account. "We wait, with all due respect, for the response of the Colombian authorities. Facts and not words. Meanwhile, we go on working for the prosperity, unity and peace of the state of Táchir…

teleSUR, JGN (2021-10-10). Gobierno y oposiciones de Venezuela se reúnen el 17 de octubre. telesurtv.net Ambas delegaciones, en su más reciente reunión, condenaron los actos de xenofobia cometidos contra migrantes venezolanos.

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