MEE staff (2021-09-30). Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem | Jenin town and its environs have become a source of worry for Israel as Palestinian militants clashed with its forces for the second time in a week | Thu, 09/30/2021 – 12: 30 | Palestinian women mourn at the funeral of Alaa Zayoud, 22, member of the military wing of Islamic Jihad, reportedly killed in clashes at his village of Silat al…

Jesse Jackson (2021-09-30). The US Needs a Deep Reassessment of Its Immigration Policies. zcomm.org The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination…

WSWS (2021-09-30). Quebec bans far-right anti-vaccine protests at hospitals to cover up its own criminal mishandling of the pandemic. wsws.org Workers must respond to the provocations of the far right by employing their own methods of class struggle—by mobilizing independently to fight capitalist austerity and the ruling elite's drive to keep the "economy open" amid a deadly pandemic.

WSWS (2021-09-30). Congressional Armed Services committee hearings skirt January 6 coup attempt. wsws.org In the first public hearings in which Gen. Mark Milley has testified under oath since the publication of books detailing his fears that Trump would stage a fascistic coup, both Democrats and Republicans skirted the issue.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Warning: explicit images. Azerbaijani video shows Israeli, Turkish drones used against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan Army Drone Strikes against Armenian Army || Bayraktar TB2 & Israeli Harops || 16 OCT-2020…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-30). Hezbollah Shot Down Never-Seen-Before Israeli Drone Over South Lebanon (Photos). southfront.org A Hezbollah fighter stands at a watch tower at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border. Photo: REUTERS | On September 30, Hezbollah announced that its fighters had shot down an Israeli drone over its heartland, South Lebanon. | In a statement, Hezbollah said that the drone was targeted with "suitable weapons" while it was flying over Maryamen valley near the town of Yater. | The Lebanese group shared photos of the small drone that was clearly made up of commercially-available parts. The drone is powered by five elec…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-30). The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided. counterpunch.org The political division in Palestinian society is deep-rooted, and must not be reduced to convenient claims about the 'Hamas-Fatah split', elections, the Oslo accords and subsequent disagreements. The division is linked to events that preceded all of these, and not even the death or incapacitation of the octogenarian, Mahmoud Abbas, will advance Palestinian unity by

AT Contributor (2021-09-30). Kim's sister named to top NKorean government body. asiatimes.com North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister has been appointed to the country's top government body, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday. Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission amid a raft of changes approved by the Supreme People's Assembly, the …

This Week in Fascism (2021-09-29). This Week in Fascism #120: Neo-Nazis No Shows in Texas; J6 Rallies Flop, Neo-Nazis Build Coalition with Proud Boys; Epik Leaks. itsgoingdown.org photo: @EFJBGC Welcome fellow antifascists! We have so much to cover this week. In Texas, neo-Nazis and KKK groups were a no show, while in DC, a much hyped pro-J6 rally was a total dud. Despite this, Proud Boys activity across the US has been steady, as the far-Right has maintained a constant presence within…

_____ (2021-09-29). Over 20 Newly Extinct Species in US Offer 'Sobering Reminder' of Humanity's Wreckage. commondreams.org At a panel on Tuesday, officials condemned vaccine apartheid, rising food insecurity, and other markers of inequality that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Editor (2021-09-29). Labour members overwhelmingly back motion in solidarity with Palestine. mronline.org The move comes as another grassroots rebuke to the party leadership and marks the first time a major British political party has aligned itself with the UN definition of Israel as an apartheid state.

Basav Sen (2021-09-29). Why Did A U.S. Envoy Meet With The Head Of A Fascist Militia in India? fpif.org The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn't factored into the Biden administration's approach to the "world's largest democracy."

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-29). Iraq resists push for ties with Tel Aviv. electronicintifada.net Outrage over Erbil conference sponsored by Israel lobby group.

Steve Watson (2021-09-29). Videos: Israelis Rise Up Against Vaccine Passports After Being Told More Shots Needed to be Considered 'Fully Vaccinated'. globalresearch.ca

MEE staff (2021-09-29). Nearly 700 European financial firms backing businesses involved in Israeli settlements. middleeasteye.net Nearly 700 European financial firms backing businesses involved in Israeli settlements | Deutsche Bank and HSBC among the largest backers of 50 businesses involved in settlements highlighted in report | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 14: 20 | Israeli settlements on land taken by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war are illegal under international law (AFP) | Nearly 700 European financial institutions have financial relations…

MEE staff (2021-09-29). Several Palestinians injured as masked settler mob attacks Hebron villages. middleeasteye.net Several Palestinians injured as masked settler mob attacks Hebron villages | A three-year-old Palestinian boy was injured in the head when an Israeli settler threw a stone at him while he was asleep inside his home | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 11: 39 | A Palestinian woman reacts as Israeli authorities demolish her shack in the southern West Bank village of Khirbet Jinba in Masafer Yatta area in Hebron, 2 September 2020…

WSWS (2021-09-29). New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reneges on pledge to vote against bill funding Israeli war crimes. wsws.org After initially voting "no," the Democratic Socialists of America member released a long letter apologizing for her abrupt reversal.

MEE staff (2021-09-29). West Bank: Israel's High Court postpones hearing on demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. middleeasteye.net West Bank: Israel's High Court postpones hearing on demolition of Khan al-Ahmar | Israeli government requests six month delay, citing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the fragile coalition government, and the volatile security situation in the West Bank | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 14: 38 | Palestinian Bedouin men in the village of Khan al-Ahmar, which is threatened with demolition, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 29…

MEE staff (2021-09-29). France to slash visas for North African citizens over immigration spat. middleeasteye.net France to slash visas for North African citizens over immigration spat | Citizens from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco will face tougher restrictions following diplomatic spat | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 12: 01 | Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is pictured during a press briefing with his Israeli counterpart, in Rabat on August 11, 2021 (AFP) | Morocco has criticised a move by the French government to toughen th…

Staff (2021-09-29). Samidoun Spain joins the celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain. samidoun.net From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (Samidoun España) were present at the Fiesta festival, marking the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain, in the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid. The presence of Samidoun Spain was crucial during these important days, which […] | The article

Staff (2021-09-29). 2 October, Stockholm: Irish-Palestinian Solidarity Pub. samidoun.net Saturday, 2 October 6: 00 pm to midnight Kafe 44 (Tjà§rhovsgatan 46) Stockholm, Sweden Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/406984994332312 Welcome to an Irish-Palestinian pub of solidarity! On the 2/10 Samidoun Stockholm and Irlandinformation (a group for solidarity with Irish freedom fighters) invite you all to a pub night in support of national liberation movements. Palestinian food, cheap drinks, revolutionary […] | The article

Jonathan Cook (2021-09-29). Labour's Palestine motion means Keir Starmer's war on the left is not over. dissidentvoice.org Labour leader Keir Starmer hoped he would hammer the final nails into the coffin of support for his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn and his left-wing policies at the party's annual conference in Brighton this week. But delegates had other ideas. With a resounding slap to Starmer's face, the conference voted in favour of a motion declaring …

Tony Pecinovsky (2021-09-29). Honors for Hugh Mulzac, the captain who fought Jim Crow, Hitler, and McCarthy. peoplesworld.org BALTIMORE—"Hugh Mulzac opened my eyes to another part of the sea…he opened my eyes to another part of life in this country, to racism," Jeremy Hope, International Vice President of the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Union told over 200 World War II Merchant Marine veterans, their families, and union members here for a Sept. 24 …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-29). 20 Years After Durban: Africans and Afro-Descendants Colonized or Emancipated? libya360.wordpress.com Mireille Fanon Mendes France The 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) is an opportunity to analyze the state of African descended people. Reparations for centuries of crimes against humanity must still be paid. At the end of the Durban -2001- conference, the international community, many NGOs, social movements and members of what…

Amanda Yee (2021-09-29). NYC Chinatown workers protest exploitation and racist violence. liberationnews.org Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Manhattan Chinatown on Sept.26 to demand an end to displacement and racial violence against the community's working class. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of groups including the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, Youth Against Displacement, and …

Editor (2021-09-29). Open the borders! Reparations for the Haitian people! workers.org Workers World Party salutes the inspiring bravery of the Haitian people — in Del Rio, Texas, and in Haiti, now and for over two centuries. WWP also salutes the solidarity expressed in the streets by the political movement worldwide including inside the U.S. for the Haitian people. The racist brutality . . . |

_____ (2021-09-29). Judge Refuses To Extend Court Injunction At Fairy Creek. popularresistance.org A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to extend an injunction that was granted to prevent protesters from impeding logging operations at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island. | Justice Douglas Thompson ruled the reputation of the court outweighed the economic interests of the logging company, Teal Jones. Thompson pointed to the RCMP's enforcement of the court injunction as the main reason for the court's tarnished reputation. | "The methods of enforcement of the court's order have led to serious and substantial infringement of civil liberties, including impairment of the freedom of the press to a marked degree," wrot…

Kathy Durkin (2021-09-29). WW commentary: Unite for reproductive justice. workers.org Protest against Texas abortion ban, Austin. Over 600 marches and rallies are being organized to take place across the country Oct. 2, two days before the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes for its fall term. The right to legal abortion is at stake. On Dec. 1, the case of Dobbs v. . . . |

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). Ukraine lowers threshold for all-out war in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine's top military commander lifts all restrictions on return fire in Donbass — media Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny issued a special directive allowing Ukrainian servicemen to return fire in the conflict zone of Donbass without prior approval from their supreme commanders…. "Commanders were authorized to use all available weaponry. Commanders …

Mark Gruenberg (2021-09-29). Voting rights 'compromise' allows state lawmakers to trash voter choice. peoplesworld.org The Senate's Freedom to Vote Act, a compromise alternative to the House-approved For the People Act, contains some provisions that expand voting rights but fails to prevent Republican legislators, in states they control, from throwing out election results they don't like. Failure to pass the original bill backed by the House could turn voting in …

Editor (2021-09-29). Labour members overwhelmingly back motion in solidarity with Palestine. mronline.org The move comes as another grassroots rebuke to the party leadership and marks the first time a major British political party has aligned itself with the UN definition of Israel as an apartheid state.

Basav Sen (2021-09-29). Why Did A U.S. Envoy Meet With The Head Of A Fascist Militia in India? fpif.org The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn't factored into the Biden administration's approach to the "world's largest democracy."

WSWS (2021-09-29). New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reneges on pledge to vote against bill funding Israeli war crimes. wsws.org After initially voting "no," the Democratic Socialists of America member released a long letter apologizing for her abrupt reversal.

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-29). Iraq resists push for ties with Tel Aviv. electronicintifada.net Outrage over Erbil conference sponsored by Israel lobby group.

Steve Watson (2021-09-29). Videos: Israelis Rise Up Against Vaccine Passports After Being Told More Shots Needed to be Considered 'Fully Vaccinated'. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-09-29). Samidoun Spain joins the celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain. samidoun.net From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (Samidoun España) were present at the Fiesta festival, marking the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain, in the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid. The presence of Samidoun Spain was crucial during these important days, which […] | The article

Staff (2021-09-29). 2 October, Stockholm: Irish-Palestinian Solidarity Pub. samidoun.net Saturday, 2 October 6: 00 pm to midnight Kafe 44 (Tjà§rhovsgatan 46) Stockholm, Sweden Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/406984994332312 Welcome to an Irish-Palestinian pub of solidarity! On the 2/10 Samidoun Stockholm and Irlandinformation (a group for solidarity with Irish freedom fighters) invite you all to a pub night in support of national liberation movements. Palestinian food, cheap drinks, revolutionary […] | The article

Jonathan Cook (2021-09-29). Labour's Palestine motion means Keir Starmer's war on the left is not over. dissidentvoice.org Labour leader Keir Starmer hoped he would hammer the final nails into the coffin of support for his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn and his left-wing policies at the party's annual conference in Brighton this week. But delegates had other ideas. With a resounding slap to Starmer's face, the conference voted in favour of a motion declaring …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-29). The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided. zcomm.org The era of one party and a single individual dominating all others must be left behind and, this time, for good…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-29). 20 Years After Durban: Africans and Afro-Descendants Colonized or Emancipated? libya360.wordpress.com Mireille Fanon Mendes France The 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) is an opportunity to analyze the state of African descended people. Reparations for centuries of crimes against humanity must still be paid. At the end of the Durban -2001- conference, the international community, many NGOs, social movements and members of what…

_____ (2021-09-29). Judge Refuses To Extend Court Injunction At Fairy Creek. popularresistance.org A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to extend an injunction that was granted to prevent protesters from impeding logging operations at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island. | Justice Douglas Thompson ruled the reputation of the court outweighed the economic interests of the logging company, Teal Jones. Thompson pointed to the RCMP's enforcement of the court injunction as the main reason for the court's tarnished reputation. | "The methods of enforcement of the court's order have led to serious and substantial infringement of civil liberties, including impairment of the freedom of the press to a marked degree," wrot…

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). Ukraine lowers threshold for all-out war in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine's top military commander lifts all restrictions on return fire in Donbass — media Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny issued a special directive allowing Ukrainian servicemen to return fire in the conflict zone of Donbass without prior approval from their supreme commanders…. "Commanders were authorized to use all available weaponry. Commanders …

Titledroning on In This Hellfire World (2021-09-28). Droning on in This Hellfire World. commondreams.org The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination.

Apoorva (2021-09-28). 20 years of Durban Declaration: Commemorating a signpost of global solidarity. peoplesdispatch.org A global rally was organized on September 25 by the Global South Response network to commemorate the NGO Forum Durban Declaration of 2001, which had brought together movements and struggles against racism and multiple forms of discrimination…

Jeff Shantz (2021-09-28). Far right gains in Canada's election. greenleft.org.au Neoliberal austerity, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided fertile ground for the rise of the far-right in Canada's recent federal election, reports Jeff Shantz.

Curt Wechsler (2021-09-28). Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! indybay.org The Refuse Fascism Bay Area Chapter will feature a Handmaid's Tale contingent for the Women's March. Costumes will be available. | Assemble 10: 30am | West side of Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco…

Higinio Polo (2021-09-28). Afganistán, bajo el fascismo yihadista. globalizacion.ca En Arlington, cada ataúd norteamericano recibe en homenaje una salva de 21 cañonazos. Así lo hicieron con los últimos trece marines llegados desde Afganistán a finales de agosto de 2021. El presidente Biden, que había recibido compungido los féretros en…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-28). Genocide of Seniors Continues as FDA and CDC Recommend 3rd Booster Shot to Age Group with Highest Amount of Deaths following COVID-19 Shots. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-09-28). The COVID-19 "Vaccine" and the Nuremberg Code. Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide. globalresearch.ca The health authorities, Big Pharma, the WHO, the Rockefellers and the Gates foundation are fully aware that the vaccine has resulted in countless deaths and injuries, including blood clots, infertility, brain damage, myocarditis, etc.

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-28). Israel kills six Palestinians in 48 hours. electronicintifada.net Arrest raids met with armed resistance.

Editor2 (2021-09-28). Syria Slams the IAEA for Ignoring Israel's Illegal Nuclear Activities. orinocotribune.com Syria highlighted the double standards carried out by member states of the United Nations nuclear proliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA when it comes to the continuous demands and calls for strict implementation of its monitoring on law-abiding countries while ignoring the nuclear activities of Israel. | Syrian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Hasan Khaddour highlighted the implementation of the Safeguards Agreement in Syria as an example of 'some member states' exploitation of the IAEA, he is referring to the acts of member states led by the NATO representatives in the agency and how th…

Juan Cole (2021-09-28). In Height of Hypocrisy, Nuclear-Armed Israeli PM Bennett slams Iran, which has no weapons or program, for "crossing all red Lines" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, ignored the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and focused instead on the issue of Iran. He alleged that the Iranian nuclear program had "surpassed all red lines," asserting that Iran …

Prof. Juan Cole (2021-09-28). Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas's Pledge to Take Israel to Int'l Criminal Court as "Historic" and Roadmap. globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-28). Pakistan, U.S., Israel commiserate with Azerbaijan on anniversary of war against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pakistan Monument illuminated with Azerbaijani flag he Pakistan Monument, a symbol of Islamabad, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has been illuminated with a special design on September 27 — Remembrance Day…. ==== US ambassador pays respects to Azerbaijani martyrs of Karabakh conflict US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger paid his respects to …

MEE staff (2021-09-28). Opponents of US funds for Israel's Iron Dome system 'antisemitic or ignorant', says Israeli ambassador. middleeasteye.net Opponents of US funds for Israel's Iron Dome system 'antisemitic or ignorant', says Israeli ambassador | Eleven US lawmakers voted against or abstained a bill renewing US funding to the Israeli defence system last week | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 06 | A picture taken on 15 June 2021 shows an Iron Dome air defence battery on the outskirts of Jerusalem (AFP) | An Israeli ambassador has denounced American politicians…

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-09-28). Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel | Meanwhile, prominent Egyptian journalist goes on hunger strike, Saudi Arabia sees 8.5% fall in foreign workers and hundreds of Kuwaitis fall victims to cyber | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 26 | Audience voting at the UK Labour Party's conference in Brighton on 26 September 2021 (Reuters) | Abbas says Labour…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-28). Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties. middleeasteye.net Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties | Move to replace obsolete Soviet-made weapons follows Prague's opening of the Jerusalem office of its embassy in March | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 08: 39 | The air defence system, used to protect cities, nuclear power plants and other potential targets, will be supplied by 2026 (Wikimedia) | The Czech defence ministry said o…

Dania Akkad (2021-09-28). 'Like nothing happened': Protesters slam NSO Group's presence at UK-backed fair. middleeasteye.net 'Like nothing happened': Protesters slam NSO Group's presence at UK-backed fair | After dozens of UK citizens identified as alleged hacking victims, demonstrators are disappointed that the Israeli firm is among exhibitors at the London event | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 12: 05 | A protest by human rights advocates outside the International Security Expo in London on 28 September, 2021 (MEE/Dania Akkad) | Human ri…

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-28). Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention. middleeasteye.net Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention | A dozen Palestinians imprisoned by Israel have been staging various forms of strike in protest of a policy denounced as violating their rights to fair trial | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 36 | Palestinian Ghazanfar Abu Atwan speaks to members of the media in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on 9 July 2021, shortly a…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-28). Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border. middleeasteye.net Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border | Over the past year Israeli attacks have concentrated on border areas between Syria and Iraq with heavy presence of Iran militias | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 23 | Syrian soldiers stand guard atop a military vehicle at the border-crossing between Albu Kamal in Syria and Al-Qaim in Iraq on 30 September 2019 (AFP) |

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-09-28). Iran not to hesitate to defend itself against any threat. en.mehrnews.com In response to the baseless allegations of the Israeli Prime Minister, the Iranian diplomat at the United Nations said that Iran does not hesitate at any time to defend itself against any threat.

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-28). Spectacular defeat for Israel lobby at Labour Party conference. zcomm.org In a spectacular defeat for the Israel lobby, delegates to Britain's Labour Party conference overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Monday condemning the "ongoing Nakba in Palestine.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-09-28). Al-Aqsa: Thousands of Israeli settlers break into mosque over one week. middleeasteye.net Al-Aqsa: Thousands of Israeli settlers break into mosque over one week | During the seven-day Jewish holiday of Sukkot, nearly 3,600 settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 13: 11 | An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and a woman walk in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem's Old City overlooking Al-Aqsa Mosque, 10 September 2021 (AFP) | Thousands of…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-09-28). Scandinavian Governments Announce "COVID Is Over," Israel Announces the Vaccine Doesn't Protect. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). New Hype: Belarus Opposition Member Filmed Him Killing KGB Officer (Video, 18+). southfront.org Illustrative Image | On September 28, an officer of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB) was killed during a special mission in Minsk. | According to the Investigative Committee, the shooting took place in an apartment when KGB officers were checking addresses of those potentially involved in terrorist activities. | A man in the apartment opened fire with a hunting rifle, killing one of the Belarusian state security officers. The shooter was eliminated by return fire. Click to see full-size image | According to several reports, the man killed in his apartment was an employee of the US EPA…

Margaret Kimberley (2021-09-28). COVID Funds Spent on Police and Prisons. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Sep 22, 2021 | Systemic racism and weak movement politics allow states and cities to spend relief funds on police and jails. | The health and financial impacts of the covid pandemic have been enormous. More than 42 million people have been infected and 679,000 have died in this country. Individuals, businesses and every level of government have suffered as they lost income and revenue. Many workers are unemployed and certain sectors of the economy still suffer disproportionately. There is an easy case to make in favor of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) which was passed in…

G. Dunkel (2021-09-28). Encampment cleared in a racist rush — Haiti still tottering. workers.org After images of the U.S. Border Patrol agents using long reins as whips against Haitians camped in Del Rio, Texas, trying to get into the U.S., spread worldwide, a top-level decision was made to shut the Del Rio camps down. Haitian migrants crossed the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico . . . |

_____ (2021-09-28). Nations Petition Supreme Court To Protect Indian Child Welfare Act. popularresistance.org Cetan Sa Winyan, director of the American Indian Movement's Indian Territory Oklahoma chapter, said all tribes — not just the four already petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court — should stand together against potential changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case the court has been asked to review. | "They closed the boarding schools and opened up CPS (Child Protective Services), but it's the same thing — they're still coming in and taking our children," Winyan said. | The ICWA was enacted in 1978 to help keep Indigenous children in Indigenous homes. In ICWA cases, the first preference for placement is that…

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis (2021-09-28). Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement. progressive.org Today's voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.

Apoorva (2021-09-28). 20 years of Durban Declaration: Commemorating a signpost of global solidarity. peoplesdispatch.org A global rally was organized on September 25 by the Global South Response network to commemorate the NGO Forum Durban Declaration of 2001, which had brought together movements and struggles against racism and multiple forms of discrimination…

Titledroning on In This Hellfire World (2021-09-28). Droning on in This Hellfire World. commondreams.org The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination.

Jeff Shantz (2021-09-28). Far right gains in Canada's election. greenleft.org.au Neoliberal austerity, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided fertile ground for the rise of the far-right in Canada's recent federal election, reports Jeff Shantz.

Curt Wechsler (2021-09-28). Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! indybay.org The Refuse Fascism Bay Area Chapter will feature a Handmaid's Tale contingent for the Women's March. Costumes will be available. | Assemble 10: 30am | West side of Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco…

Higinio Polo (2021-09-28). Afganistán, bajo el fascismo yihadista. globalizacion.ca En Arlington, cada ataúd norteamericano recibe en homenaje una salva de 21 cañonazos. Así lo hicieron con los últimos trece marines llegados desde Afganistán a finales de agosto de 2021. El presidente Biden, que había recibido compungido los féretros en…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-28). Genocide of Seniors Continues as FDA and CDC Recommend 3rd Booster Shot to Age Group with Highest Amount of Deaths following COVID-19 Shots. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-09-28). The COVID-19 "Vaccine" and the Nuremberg Code. Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide. globalresearch.ca The health authorities, Big Pharma, the WHO, the Rockefellers and the Gates foundation are fully aware that the vaccine has resulted in countless deaths and injuries, including blood clots, infertility, brain damage, myocarditis, etc.

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-28). Israel kills six Palestinians in 48 hours. electronicintifada.net Arrest raids met with armed resistance.

Editor2 (2021-09-28). Syria Slams the IAEA for Ignoring Israel's Illegal Nuclear Activities. orinocotribune.com Syria highlighted the double standards carried out by member states of the United Nations nuclear proliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA when it comes to the continuous demands and calls for strict implementation of its monitoring on law-abiding countries while ignoring the nuclear activities of Israel. | Syrian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Hasan Khaddour highlighted the implementation of the Safeguards Agreement in Syria as an example of 'some member states' exploitation of the IAEA, he is referring to the acts of member states led by the NATO representatives in the agency and how th…

Juan Cole (2021-09-28). In Height of Hypocrisy, Nuclear-Armed Israeli PM Bennett slams Iran, which has no weapons or program, for "crossing all red Lines" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, ignored the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and focused instead on the issue of Iran. He alleged that the Iranian nuclear program had "surpassed all red lines," asserting that Iran …

Prof. Juan Cole (2021-09-28). Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas's Pledge to Take Israel to Int'l Criminal Court as "Historic" and Roadmap. globalresearch.ca

MEE, agencies (2021-09-28). Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties. middleeasteye.net Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties | Move to replace obsolete Soviet-made weapons follows Prague's opening of the Jerusalem office of its embassy in March | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 08: 39 | The air defence system, used to protect cities, nuclear power plants and other potential targets, will be supplied by 2026 (Wikimedia) | The Czech defence ministry said o…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-28). Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border. middleeasteye.net Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border | Over the past year Israeli attacks have concentrated on border areas between Syria and Iraq with heavy presence of Iran militias | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 23 | Syrian soldiers stand guard atop a military vehicle at the border-crossing between Albu Kamal in Syria and Al-Qaim in Iraq on 30 September 2019 (AFP) |

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-28). Spectacular defeat for Israel lobby at Labour Party conference. zcomm.org In a spectacular defeat for the Israel lobby, delegates to Britain's Labour Party conference overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Monday condemning the "ongoing Nakba in Palestine.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-09-28). Iran not to hesitate to defend itself against any threat. en.mehrnews.com In response to the baseless allegations of the Israeli Prime Minister, the Iranian diplomat at the United Nations said that Iran does not hesitate at any time to defend itself against any threat.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-09-28). Scandinavian Governments Announce "COVID Is Over," Israel Announces the Vaccine Doesn't Protect. globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-28). Pakistan, U.S., Israel commiserate with Azerbaijan on anniversary of war against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pakistan Monument illuminated with Azerbaijani flag he Pakistan Monument, a symbol of Islamabad, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has been illuminated with a special design on September 27 — Remembrance Day…. ==== US ambassador pays respects to Azerbaijani martyrs of Karabakh conflict US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger paid his respects to …

MEE staff (2021-09-28). Opponents of US funds for Israel's Iron Dome system 'antisemitic or ignorant', says Israeli ambassador. middleeasteye.net Opponents of US funds for Israel's Iron Dome system 'antisemitic or ignorant', says Israeli ambassador | Eleven US lawmakers voted against or abstained a bill renewing US funding to the Israeli defence system last week | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 06 | A picture taken on 15 June 2021 shows an Iron Dome air defence battery on the outskirts of Jerusalem (AFP) | An Israeli ambassador has denounced American politicians…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). New Hype: Belarus Opposition Member Filmed Him Killing KGB Officer (Video, 18+). southfront.org Illustrative Image | On September 28, an officer of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB) was killed during a special mission in Minsk. | According to the Investigative Committee, the shooting took place in an apartment when KGB officers were checking addresses of those potentially involved in terrorist activities. | A man in the apartment opened fire with a hunting rifle, killing one of the Belarusian state security officers. The shooter was eliminated by return fire. Click to see full-size image | According to several reports, the man killed in his apartment was an employee of the US EPA…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-28). The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided. dissidentvoice.org The political division in Palestinian society is deep-rooted, and must not be reduced to convenient claims about the 'Hamas-Fatah split', elections, the Oslo accords and subsequent disagreements. The division is linked to events that preceded all of these, and not even the death or incapacitation of the octogenarian, Mahmoud Abbas, will advance Palestinian unity by …

Margaret Kimberley (2021-09-28). COVID Funds Spent on Police and Prisons. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Sep 22, 2021 | Systemic racism and weak movement politics allow states and cities to spend relief funds on police and jails. | The health and financial impacts of the covid pandemic have been enormous. More than 42 million people have been infected and 679,000 have died in this country. Individuals, businesses and every level of government have suffered as they lost income and revenue. Many workers are unemployed and certain sectors of the economy still suffer disproportionately. There is an easy case to make in favor of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) which was passed in…

_____ (2021-09-28). Nations Petition Supreme Court To Protect Indian Child Welfare Act. popularresistance.org Cetan Sa Winyan, director of the American Indian Movement's Indian Territory Oklahoma chapter, said all tribes — not just the four already petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court — should stand together against potential changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case the court has been asked to review. | "They closed the boarding schools and opened up CPS (Child Protective Services), but it's the same thing — they're still coming in and taking our children," Winyan said. | The ICWA was enacted in 1978 to help keep Indigenous children in Indigenous homes. In ICWA cases, the first preference for placement is that…

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis (2021-09-28). Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement. progressive.org Today's voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.

Joe Gill (2021-09-27). Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid'. middleeasteye.net Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid' | The motion, not backed by the leadership, recognised that Israel has implemented apartheid system and demands end to UK arms trade with Israel | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 13: 26 | A delegate in the audience wearing a Palestine flag face mask takes his seat during the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton, 25 September 2021 (AFP) | L…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-27). The Laura Flanders Show: Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks? roarmag.org A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racism. Many made sweeping promises to support Black-owned businesses, but now, over one year later, have they kept those promises? | In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests to discuss the widening racial wealth gap in America, the role banks play in perpetuating systemic racism, and how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can help communities of color build wealt…

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Venezuela Demands Respect for Migrants in Chile. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, President Nicolas Maduro's administration demanded that the Chilean authorities respect the human rights of Venezuelan migrants who were victims of violent acts of discrimination. | RELATED: | "Venezuela repudiates xenophobia and aggressions against its migrants and demands that the Chilean national and subnational authorities respect the physical and psychological integrity of our fellow nationals,"

Alan MacLeod (2021-09-27). Is Brazil About to Face a Military Coup? Brian Mier on Brazil's March Towards Fascism. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Sep 24, 2021 | Whispers are turning into shouts about a military-backed coup in Brazil before next year, as the ailing Bolsonaro — trailing Lula by 15-20 points in the polls — seeks to hang on to power. | Brazil, the world's fifth-largest country, is at a political crossroads. Heading into next year's presidential elections, the country's 211 million people are faced with choosing between social democrat and anti-imperialist Lula Da Silva (president between 2003 and 2010) and far-right populist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. | But many are worried they will not even be allowed to…

Peter Koenig (2021-09-27). COVID Vaxx Certificates — Borderless Genocide. globalresearch.ca Ever since …

_____ (2021-09-27). Palestine Action Targets The Landlords Of War Criminals. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have taken action at the London offices of LaSalle Investment Management, and at two other sites of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), demanding an end to their facilitation of Elbit Systems' contributions to Israeli war crimes. Elbit Systems' drones, military hardware, surveillance tech and more are used extensively in Israel's repression of the Palestinian people, and their UK headquarters is in LaSalle's building at 77 Kingsway, London. This operational hub is where Elbit's manufacturing of drones and arms in Britain is organised, with LaSalle thus complicit in the war crimes committed with these produ…

Juan Cole (2021-09-27). Israeli Youth Protest Israel-UAE Oil Pipeline that Endangers Climate, Key Coral Reefs: The Dark Side of "Abraham Accords" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The so-called Abraham Accords, which take the patriarch's name in vain, were about many things, but genuine peace was not one of them. The were a series of bilateral horse trades with no implication for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Now it turns out that they were in part a plot against the …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in occupied territories days after Mahmoud Abbas calls for peace talks. peoplesdispatch.org Two people were killed in Jenin in the West Bank and three others in the Beit Anan village in Jerusalem when Israeli forces stormed Palestinian villages early in the morning…

_____ (2021-09-27). Israeli PM Naftali Bennett Mentions Palestinians Exactly Zero Times During UN Address. commondreams.org Reasonable people can disagree, and a university should be a place where those disagreements are celebrated. That would be a good starting point for a Liberty Institute.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-27). One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi. counterpunch.org Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on September 6, tunneled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. Zubeidi was recaptured a few days later. The large bruises on Zubeidi's face told a harrowing story, that of a daring escape and of a violent arrest. However, the story does not

Staff (2021-09-27). Headlines for September 27, 2021. democracynow.org Haitians Condemn Mass Deportations and Inhumane Treatment by the U.S., Social Democrats to Form Coalition Gov't in Germany After Edging Out Merkel's Long-Standing Bloc, Israeli Forces Kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Political Leader Khalida Jarrar Released from Prison, Mahmoud Abbas Gives Israel One Year to End Occupation, Vanuatu to Ask for ICJ Opinion on Climate Crisis, Activists Take to Streets for Global Climate Strike, PG&E Charged with Manslaughter over 2020 Zogg Fire as Wildfires Rage in California, Al-Shabab Suicide Attack Kills at Least 8 People in Mogadishu, Canada's Catholic Bishops Apologize for Abu…

MEE staff (2021-09-27). Israel intensifies crackdown after killing of five Palestinians in West Bank. middleeasteye.net Israel intensifies crackdown after killing of five Palestinians in West Bank | Clashes after Israeli forces arrest five Palestinians from Biddu village, northwest of Jerusalem, and call others in for questioning | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 12: 44 | Palestinians gather next to the site where three Palestinian where killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Beit Anan, northwest Jerusalem, 26 September…

MEE staff (2021-09-27). UN General Assembly 2021: Here's what Middle East leaders said on final day of summit. middleeasteye.net UN General Assembly 2021: Here's what Middle East leaders said on final day of summit | Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett began day of speeches that included remarks by officials from Syria, Yemen and UAE | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 21: 40 | Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak addresses 76th session of UN General Assembly on 27 September 2021 (AFP) | World leaders spoke at the sixth and last day of the…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar released after nearly two years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Khalida Jarrar was arrested in October 2019 and convicted in March 2021 on charges including being a member of a banned organization and involvement in the killing of an Israeli teenager, based on secret, withheld evidence…

MEE staff (2021-09-27). Al-Aqsa: Settlers storm mosque and raise Israeli flags. middleeasteye.net Al-Aqsa: Settlers storm mosque and raise Israeli flags | Nearly 800 Israeli settlers, accompanied by security officers, broke into the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem on Monday | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 14: 21 | A settler holds an Israeli flag at al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on 27 September 2021 (Facebook\AlQastalps) | Hundreds of

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Fire Hit IRGC Research Self-Sufficiency Center. US&Israeli 'Plan B' On Iran In Action? southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the evening of September 26, a fire broke out at one of the Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) research center near the Iranian capital, Tehran. | As a result of the incident, three IRGC members were injured and taken to the nearby hospital. Two of the injured died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident. | The victims were identified as Seyed Mortaza Karimi and Hossein Abadi."On Sunday evening a fire broke out in one of the IRGC … research centers in the west of Tehran. Three people were injured and the fire has been contained." — IRGC officials confirmed the report…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-27). Russia's FSB Arrested 5 Neo-Nazis Preparing Terror Attack In Ufa. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia's security — the FSB stopped a terrorist attack in Bashkiria, and detained five members of a neo-Nazi group from Ufa, the press service of the department reported. | Five residents of the city of Ufa, aged 17 to 20, are suspected of preparing a terror attack. | These local residents were born between 2001-2003; she was planning an attack on "one of the objects of law enforcement agencies." | According to the investigation, the 19-year-old suspect involved four local resident…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-09-27). Democratic lawmaker smears anti-racist faculty at Rutgers University. electronicintifada.net Students for Justice in Palestine defend professors, demand safety from harassment.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). Protests and blockades across India as farmers' struggle marks 10 months and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the countrywide shutdown in India to mark 10 months of the farmers' struggle, the release of Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar from prison, and more…

Fight Back (2021-09-27). Activists to hold 2nd conference of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – One year after playing a leading role in the George Floyd Rebellion that swept the U.S. in the summer of 2020, the Black-led National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is convening again in Chicago. The storied organization, originally founded in 1973 from the National Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, was reestablished in November 2019. According to Frank Chapman, Executive Director of NAARPR, "We have 13 cities in which there is organizing against police crimes and for community control of the police." | The weekend after the murder of George Floyd, NAARPR…

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-27). Racist brutality against Haitian migrants sparks outrage. workers.org The whole world has responded with horror and anger at images of Haitian migrants being whipped and terrorized by U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback. Parallels have been drawn with chattel slavery in the Western Hemisphere, which was first ended in Haiti when enslaved Africans carried out a successful revolution. . . . |

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Racist Policies May Prevent Kiev From Joining NATO. southfront.org Ukrainian patritos from "Azov" battalion are ready for EurointegrationHungarian government criticizes the Ukrainian government's racial attitudes and claims that Kiev should not be admitted to NATO | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Ukraine's entry into NATO is again facing a severe barrier due to Kiev's insistence on implementing racist and anti-humanitarian policies. Recently, the Hungarian government has severely criticized the way Ukraine has been dealing with the issue of ethnic minorities and stated that the country cannot be admitte…

Katie Glenn (2021-09-27). Alternatives to Incarceration: Alabama needs a reformed justice system, not new prison construction. splcenter.org

Wendell Griffen (2021-09-27). White Supremacy, Immigration Hypocrisy, and Haiti. counterpunch.org Recent news coverage of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing asylum-seekers from Haiti who tried to enter the United States at Del Rio, Texas is disturbing. The images harken back to a time when white slave patrols used horses and dogs to capture enslaved Africans who tried to escape the brutalities suffered from white

Julia Conley, Common Dreams (2021-09-27). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. indybay.org Abortion rights advocates geared up for a major fight as the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will soon hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case in Mississippi which poses a direct challenge to Roe vs. Wade.

Betsey Piette (2021-09-27). Housing: A global human right demanding a socialist solution. workers.org The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced millions onto unemployment rolls and drastically reduced family incomes, has exacerbated an existing housing crisis. The U.S. Supreme Court made matters worse Aug. 26, when it ruled against the federal eviction moratorium which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had issued. This vote . . . |

Wendell Griffen (2021-09-27). White Supremacy, Immigration Hypocrisy, and Haiti. counterpunch.org Recent news coverage of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing asylum-seekers from Haiti who tried to enter the United States at Del Rio, Texas is disturbing. The images harken back to a time when white slave patrols used horses and dogs to capture enslaved Africans who tried to escape the brutalities suffered from white

MEE staff (2021-09-27). Israel intensifies crackdown after killing of five Palestinians in West Bank. middleeasteye.net Israel intensifies crackdown after killing of five Palestinians in West Bank | Clashes after Israeli forces arrest five Palestinians from Biddu village, northwest of Jerusalem, and call others in for questioning | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 12: 44 | Palestinians gather next to the site where three Palestinian where killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Beit Anan, northwest Jerusalem, 26 September…

Joe Gill (2021-09-27). Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid'. middleeasteye.net Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid' | The motion, not backed by the leadership, recognised that Israel has implemented apartheid system and demands end to UK arms trade with Israel | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 13: 26 | A delegate in the audience wearing a Palestine flag face mask takes his seat during the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton, 25 September 2021 (AFP) | L…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-27). The Laura Flanders Show: Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks? roarmag.org A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racism. Many made sweeping promises to support Black-owned businesses, but now, over one year later, have they kept those promises? | In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests to discuss the widening racial wealth gap in America, the role banks play in perpetuating systemic racism, and how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can help communities of color build wealt…

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Venezuela Demands Respect for Migrants in Chile. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, President Nicolas Maduro's administration demanded that the Chilean authorities respect the human rights of Venezuelan migrants who were victims of violent acts of discrimination. | RELATED: | "Venezuela repudiates xenophobia and aggressions against its migrants and demands that the Chilean national and subnational authorities respect the physical and psychological integrity of our fellow nationals,"

Curt Wechsler (2021-09-27). Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! indybay.org The Refuse Fascism Bay Area Chapter will feature a Handmaid's Tale contingent for the Women's March. Costumes will be available. | Assemble 10: 30am | West side of Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco…

Peter Koenig (2021-09-27). COVID Vaxx Certificates — Borderless Genocide. globalresearch.ca Ever since …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-27). One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi. counterpunch.org Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on September 6, tunneled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. Zubeidi was recaptured a few days later. The large bruises on Zubeidi's face told a harrowing story, that of a daring escape and of a violent arrest. However, the story does not

Juan Cole (2021-09-27). Israeli Youth Protest Israel-UAE Oil Pipeline that Endangers Climate, Key Coral Reefs: The Dark Side of "Abraham Accords" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The so-called Abraham Accords, which take the patriarch's name in vain, were about many things, but genuine peace was not one of them. The were a series of bilateral horse trades with no implication for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Now it turns out that they were in part a plot against the …

Staff (2021-09-27). Headlines for September 27, 2021. democracynow.org Haitians Condemn Mass Deportations and Inhumane Treatment by the U.S., Social Democrats to Form Coalition Gov't in Germany After Edging Out Merkel's Long-Standing Bloc, Israeli Forces Kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Political Leader Khalida Jarrar Released from Prison, Mahmoud Abbas Gives Israel One Year to End Occupation, Vanuatu to Ask for ICJ Opinion on Climate Crisis, Activists Take to Streets for Global Climate Strike, PG&E Charged with Manslaughter over 2020 Zogg Fire as Wildfires Rage in California, Al-Shabab Suicide Attack Kills at Least 8 People in Mogadishu, Canada's Catholic Bishops Apologize for Abu…

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-27). Spectacular defeat for Israel lobby at Labour Party conference. electronicintifada.net Resolution passes calling for sanctions to end "ongoing Nakba."

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Fire Hit IRGC Research Self-Sufficiency Center. US&Israeli 'Plan B' On Iran In Action? southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the evening of September 26, a fire broke out at one of the Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) research center near the Iranian capital, Tehran. | As a result of the incident, three IRGC members were injured and taken to the nearby hospital. Two of the injured died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident. | The victims were identified as Seyed Mortaza Karimi and Hossein Abadi."On Sunday evening a fire broke out in one of the IRGC … research centers in the west of Tehran. Three people were injured and the fire has been contained." — IRGC officials confirmed the report…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-27). Russia's FSB Arrested 5 Neo-Nazis Preparing Terror Attack In Ufa. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia's security — the FSB stopped a terrorist attack in Bashkiria, and detained five members of a neo-Nazi group from Ufa, the press service of the department reported. | Five residents of the city of Ufa, aged 17 to 20, are suspected of preparing a terror attack. | These local residents were born between 2001-2003; she was planning an attack on "one of the objects of law enforcement agencies." | According to the investigation, the 19-year-old suspect involved four local resident…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-09-27). Democratic lawmaker smears anti-racist faculty at Rutgers University. electronicintifada.net Students for Justice in Palestine defend professors, demand safety from harassment.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Racist Policies May Prevent Kiev From Joining NATO. southfront.org Ukrainian patritos from "Azov" battalion are ready for EurointegrationHungarian government criticizes the Ukrainian government's racial attitudes and claims that Kiev should not be admitted to NATO | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Ukraine's entry into NATO is again facing a severe barrier due to Kiev's insistence on implementing racist and anti-humanitarian policies. Recently, the Hungarian government has severely criticized the way Ukraine has been dealing with the issue of ethnic minorities and stated that the country cannot be admitte…

Julia Conley, Common Dreams (2021-09-27). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. indybay.org Abortion rights advocates geared up for a major fight as the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will soon hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case in Mississippi which poses a direct challenge to Roe vs. Wade.

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's 'genocide' accusations lay bare hegemonic mindset of anti-China forces: white paper. ecns.cn The accusations of "genocide" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region conjured up by the anti-China forces in some countries such as the United States lay bare their hideous double standards, hypocrisy, and hegemonic mindset.

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-26). Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during raids near Jenin and Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during raids near Jenin and Jerusalem | Israel is reported to be holding the bodies of four of the Palestinians after operation in which two Israeli soldiers were critically injured | Sun, 09/26/2021 – 09: 32 | Mourners carry the body of Osama Sobh, a Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes near Jenin, during his funeral in the village of Burqin i…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-26). UAE-Israel Relations Risk Being Built On Questionable Assumptions. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE's initiative that led three other Arab countries to also formalise their relations with the Jewish state will prove to be correct in the medium and long term. | UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed laid out the strategic assumptions underlying his establishment of diplomatic relations, as well as its tim…

_____ (2021-09-26). UN Chief Warns Humanity Is 'Unacceptably Close to Nuclear Annihilation'. commondreams.org Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to take Israel to the International Criminal Court if its squatter-settlements aren't withdrawn within a year.

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-26). Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during military raids near Jenin and Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during military raids near Jenin and Jerusalem | Israel is reported to be holding the bodies of four of the Palestinians after operation in which two Israeli soldiers were critically injured | Sun, 09/26/2021 – 09: 32 | Boys check the scene where three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during a raid in Beit Anan in the occupied West Bank (Reuters) | Is…

_____ (2021-09-26). Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas' Pledge to Take Israel to ICC as 'Historic'. commondreams.org The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-26). Four Palestinian Fighters Killed, Two Israeli Soldiers Seriously Wounded In West Bank Raids (Video, Photos). southfront.org File image. | Early on September 26, Israeli forces carried out a series of raids in the West Bank targeting the members of a Hamas cell that was supposedly preparing to carry out an attack. | The raids were carried out by a joint force of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Shin Bet security service, Israel Police and Border Police. | "Security forces operated tonight against Hamas terrorists who were about to carry out terror attacks in the immediate timeframe," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said commenting on the rai…

Staff (2021-09-26). Christianity Is Empty If It Doesn't Address the Racist Carceral State. truthout.org Religion becomes an empty theological exercise if it does not address human suffering — and this includes the anguish wrought by systems of mass incarceration and policing. | I believe this deep down as a philosopher whose religious sensibilities are informed by an African American prophetic tradition that emphasizes courageous speech, deep lamentation, and outrage in relationship to those who undergo social and existential agony. | Forms of religiosity that fail or refuse to concern themselves…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-26). Turkey hails Nagorno-Karabakh war as genesis of Brotherhood axis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani lands were liberated from occupation thanks to the strength of the army and the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev — Turkish Ambassador It is very important to talk about the 44-day war….National leader Heydar Aliyev bequeathed to liberate Karabakh, and thanks to the strength of the Azerbaijani army under the leadership of the Supreme …

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-26). Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during military raids near Jenin and Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net Israeli forces kill five Palestinians during military raids near Jenin and Jerusalem | Israel is reported to be holding the bodies of four of the Palestinians after operation in which two Israeli soldiers were critically injured | Sun, 09/26/2021 – 09: 32 | Boys check the scene where three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during a raid in Beit Anan in the occupied West Bank (Reuters) | Is…

Curt Wechsler (2021-09-26). Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! indybay.org The Refuse Fascism Bay Area Chapter will feature a Handmaid's Tale contingent for the Women's March. Costumes will be available. | Assemble 10: 30am | West side of Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco…

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's 'genocide' accusations lay bare hegemonic mindset of anti-China forces: white paper. ecns.cn The accusations of "genocide" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region conjured up by the anti-China forces in some countries such as the United States lay bare their hideous double standards, hypocrisy, and hegemonic mindset.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-26). UAE-Israel Relations Risk Being Built On Questionable Assumptions. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE's initiative that led three other Arab countries to also formalise their relations with the Jewish state will prove to be correct in the medium and long term. | UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed laid out the strategic assumptions underlying his establishment of diplomatic relations, as well as its tim…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-26). Four Palestinian Fighters Killed, Two Israeli Soldiers Seriously Wounded In West Bank Raids (Video, Photos). southfront.org File image. | Early on September 26, Israeli forces carried out a series of raids in the West Bank targeting the members of a Hamas cell that was supposedly preparing to carry out an attack. | The raids were carried out by a joint force of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Shin Bet security service, Israel Police and Border Police. | "Security forces operated tonight against Hamas terrorists who were about to carry out terror attacks in the immediate timeframe," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said commenting on the rai…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-26). Turkey hails Nagorno-Karabakh war as genesis of Brotherhood axis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani lands were liberated from occupation thanks to the strength of the army and the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev — Turkish Ambassador It is very important to talk about the 44-day war….National leader Heydar Aliyev bequeathed to liberate Karabakh, and thanks to the strength of the Azerbaijani army under the leadership of the Supreme …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams (2021-09-26). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. indybay.org Abortion rights advocates geared up for a major fight as the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will soon hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case in Mississippi which poses a direct challenge to Roe vs. Wade.

Pia Sarkar (2021-09-25). 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines. zcomm.org "No one is safe unless we are all safe." That message was repeated throughout the day to world leaders assembled at the UN, as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus…

WSWS (2021-09-25). The international significance of Germany's federal election and the campaign of the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org The contradictions of world capitalism, which the German ruling class tried to resolve in the 20th century by means of war and fascism, are violently reemerging.

WSWS (2021-09-25). Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks socialism and COVID-19 lockdowns at UN. wsws.org Bolsonaro praised the recent fascistic demonstrations in Brazil and defended his criminal "herd immunity" policy that has caused nearly 600,000 COVID-19 deaths.

Staff (2021-09-25). AOC torched over 'barely comprehensible' statement attempting to explain 'present' vote on $1bn Iron Dome bill she opposes. rt.com New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was roasted after issuing a long press release to explain why she didn't vote 'no' on a bill to fund Israeli's anti-missile shield, calling herself a victim of "unjust" procedures. | Having changed her 'no' vote to 'present' at the last minute on a $1 billion bill to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system the day prior, AOC took to Twitter on Friday with a vast, 900-word missive attempting to justify the move to her constituents. While she stated the bill "should have been opposed," she went on to argue that it was brought to the House floor through…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-25). Baghdad condemns Iraq-Kurd forum in Erbil promoting normalisation with Israel. middleeasteye.net Baghdad condemns Iraq-Kurd forum in Erbil promoting normalisation with Israel | The federal government says event is 'illegal,' while powerful Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr urges authorities to 'arrest all the participants' | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 16: 27 | The event in Erbil was the first of its kind in Iraq and attended by more than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders (Wikimedia) | Baghdad has co…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-25). Israel normalisation: Bennett to meet UAE, Bahrain ministers in New York. middleeasteye.net Israel normalisation: Bennett to meet UAE, Bahrain ministers in New York | The meeting will mark the first time Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has met with Gulf leaders since taking office earlier this year | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 22: 18 | The flags of US, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on 15 September 2020 (AFP/File phot…

Fareed Taamallah (2021-09-25). 'We will overcome': Jenin's rebellious history as told by its elders. middleeasteye.net 'We will overcome': Jenin's rebellious history as told by its elders | Residents recount memories of defiance in West Bank city where family stories and revolution go hand in hand | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 10: 06 | Khadra Abu Sariyyi, now 84, has lost her family home in Jenin Camp twice to Israeli army demolitions (MEE/Mohammad Ateeq) | Long before six Palestinian prisoners dug their way out of…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-09-25). Pdte. de México pide a Israel extradición de Tomás Zerón. telesurtv.net Este viernes un juez federal negó a Tomás Zerón, un amparo contra la orden de aprehensión por los presuntos delitos de tortura y desparición forzada de los 43 normalistas.

Gershon Baskin (2021-09-25). Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The questions to be answered at the table. zcomm.org The reality is that as the non-viability of a two-state solution becomes increasingly clear, we will all have to become a lot more serious in the collective search for other solutions…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-25). Palestinian Authority urges Sudan to hand over confiscated assets. middleeasteye.net Palestinian Authority urges Sudan to hand over confiscated assets | Sudanese authorities took control of investments and companies accused of sending funds to the Hamas movement after president Omar al-Bashir was ousted | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 18: 41 | A Palestinian youth walks past a building that was destroyed in May during Israel's 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip, on 23 September (AFP/…

Rima Najjar (2021-09-25). Wanted: A Palestinian Front for All Seasons. globalresearch.ca

Allan Fisher (2021-09-25). Saturday 9/25: Free Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Editor (2021-09-25). Heads roll as Biden policies move to the Right. mronline.org The Washington Post has a piece on the current deportation of Haitian migrants from the U.S. and how it is charged with racism.

Gloria Rubac (2021-09-25). Changing racist name of prisons is 'like putting lipstick on a pig'. workers.org Outrage over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 was immediate. This righteous anger took many forms, from marches and rallies to toppling racist statues, shutting down highways and even setting fire to police stations. The disgust was palpable and widespread. W. F. Ramsey prison farm in . . . |

Staff (2021-09-25). References to the "Texas Taliban" Are Racist and Colonial. Here's Why. truthout.org Earlier in September, two significant events occurred that would shape women's rights. First, the U.S. finally withdrew from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year war and occupation. Second, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 not to block a Texas law that prohibits

Editor (2021-09-25). Heads roll as Biden policies move to the Right. mronline.org The Washington Post has a piece on the current deportation of Haitian migrants from the U.S. and how it is charged with racism.

Pia Sarkar (2021-09-25). 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines. zcomm.org "No one is safe unless we are all safe." That message was repeated throughout the day to world leaders assembled at the UN, as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus…

WSWS (2021-09-25). Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks socialism and COVID-19 lockdowns at UN. wsws.org Bolsonaro praised the recent fascistic demonstrations in Brazil and defended his criminal "herd immunity" policy that has caused nearly 600,000 COVID-19 deaths.

WSWS (2021-09-25). The international significance of Germany's federal election and the campaign of the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org The contradictions of world capitalism, which the German ruling class tried to resolve in the 20th century by means of war and fascism, are violently reemerging.

Staff (2021-09-25). AOC torched over 'barely comprehensible' statement attempting to explain 'present' vote on $1bn Iron Dome bill she opposes. rt.com New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was roasted after issuing a long press release to explain why she didn't vote 'no' on a bill to fund Israeli's anti-missile shield, calling herself a victim of "unjust" procedures. | Having changed her 'no' vote to 'present' at the last minute on a $1 billion bill to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system the day prior, AOC took to Twitter on Friday with a vast, 900-word missive attempting to justify the move to her constituents. While she stated the bill "should have been opposed," she went on to argue that it was brought to the House floor through…

Gershon Baskin (2021-09-25). Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The questions to be answered at the table. zcomm.org The reality is that as the non-viability of a two-state solution becomes increasingly clear, we will all have to become a lot more serious in the collective search for other solutions…

teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-09-25). Pdte. de México pide a Israel extradición de Tomás Zerón. telesurtv.net Este viernes un juez federal negó a Tomás Zerón, un amparo contra la orden de aprehensión por los presuntos delitos de tortura y desparición forzada de los 43 normalistas.

Rima Najjar (2021-09-25). Wanted: A Palestinian Front for All Seasons. globalresearch.ca

Allan Fisher (2021-09-25). Saturday 9/25: Free Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Gloria Rubac (2021-09-25). Changing racist name of prisons is 'like putting lipstick on a pig'. workers.org Outrage over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 was immediate. This righteous anger took many forms, from marches and rallies to toppling racist statues, shutting down highways and even setting fire to police stations. The disgust was palpable and widespread. W. F. Ramsey prison farm in . . . |

Michael F. Brown (2021-09-24). Democrats abandon Rashida Tlaib to racist onslaught. electronicintifada.net House floor sees most personal anti-Palestinian attack in its history over apartheid charge.

_____ (2021-09-24). African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'. commondreams.org

news.un (2021-09-24). Mexico calls for respect for migrants' rights, and 'true international solidarity'. news.un.org In his address to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Marcelo Ebrard, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, reaffirmed his country's commitment against discrimination and hate speech and called for more solidarity.

_____ (2021-09-24). To Build Back Better, Congress Must (Finally) Invest in Black Caregivers Like Us. commondreams.org The racist underpinnings of Texas' crusade to hold back the tide of social and demographic change that threatens to upend the far right's hold on power should not be a surprise in a state that was founded by white slave owners. | We cannot confront or disband the links between structural racism and poor job quality in long-term care and create an equitable caregiving system for all without intentionally investing in a critical workforce that is majority women-of-color.

Harvey Lemmings (2021-09-24). Matthew Heimbach is Not the Wallet Inspector. counterpunch.org David Rovics, a folksinger and long-term anarchist/leftist, has recently been criticised, including on It's Going Down, for some questionable decisions, and especially his decision to interview Matthew Heimbach, the Traditionalist Workers' Party leader and supposedly ex-fascist. He's now responded to his critics, but unfortunately his response still seems pretty confused on some points of major importance. To

Adán Chávez Frías (2021-09-24). América Latina y el Caribe — Conciencia antiimperialista. globalizacion.ca I | En días recientes se conmemoraron 48 años del golpe de Estado fascista en contra del Presidente Mártir Salvador Allende; un acontecimiento que devino en su vil asesinato y que dio paso a un sinfín de atrocidades por parte de…

WSWS (2021-09-24). Australian police exploit extreme right-wing, anti-vax rallies to deploy new repressive weaponry. wsws.org The real target of the repressive build-up is not the extreme right—many of the fascists enjoy close relations with sections of sympathising police—but the working class.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). Is Brazil About to Face a Military Coup? Brian Mier on Brazil's March Towards Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod Brazil, the world's fifth-largest country, is at a political crossroads. Heading into next year's presidential elections, the country's 211 million people are faced with choosing between social democrat and anti-imperialist Lula Da Silva (president between 2003 and 2010) and far-right populist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But many are worried they will not even be…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-24). One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi. dissidentvoice.org Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on September 6, tunneled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. Zubeidi was recaptured a few days later. The large bruises on Zubeidi's face told a harrowing story, that of a daring escape and of a violent arrest. However, the story does not begin, …

Ann Brown (2021-09-24). Here Are The Black Members Of Congress Who Voted To Send $1 Billion To Israel For Its Iron Dome. moguldom.com Correction: The images that originally accompanied this article incorrectly listed one of the four people photographed as a Congressman who voted on the Iron Dome funding. This has been corrected and updated. The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve a bill that will provide funding for Israel's Iron Dome defense system despite opposition led by …

Adri Nieuwhof (2021-09-24). "Don't fail justice," victim of Israeli war crimes tells Dutch court. electronicintifada.net Ismail Ziada is appealing ruling that gave immunity to Israeli commanders.

David Cronin (2021-09-24). Why Ireland's pandering to Israel is treason. electronicintifada.net Dublin government tries to muzzle human rights lawyer.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-24). US lawmaker proposes bill to formalize US policy towards Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org The bill comes a day after the US congress approved USD 1 billion additional funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, despite proposals to cut its military aid to Israel…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). International Lawyers Challenge the African Union to Revoke "Israel's" Observer Status. libya360.wordpress.com Robert Inlakesh A group of international lawyers and researchers have launched a legal complaint with the African Commission on Human and People's rights, in order to have "Israel's" observer status in the African Union (AU) revoked. A group of international lawyers and researchers have launched a legal complaint with the African Commission on Human and…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-24). Iran's Spymaster Threatens "American & Israeli" Bases In Iraqi Kurdistan. southfront.org A file photo of Iran's IRGC forces in a parade. Source: PressTV | On September 24, Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib warned terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and their sponsors against destabilizing Iran. | "I warn terrorist elements and the sponsors of these groups in the region that any breach of Iran's security will be met with a firm response by the Iranian armed forces and security services," the newly-appointed minister told reports, according to RT. | Khatib went on to warn what he called "Ame…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-24). Pegasus: Israeli spyware likely used to surveil activist Alaa al-Siddiq before death: Report. middleeasteye.net Pegasus: Israeli spyware likely used to surveil activist Alaa al-Siddiq before death: Report | Along with the Emirati activist, the Israeli malware allegedly also targeted phones of French ministers and President Macron's advisor between 2019 and 2020 | Fri, 09/24/2021 – 12: 16 | Alaa al-Siddiq lived in the UK after fleeing the UAE, where she had risked arrest for her activism (Supplied)

Rayhan Uddin (2021-09-24). AOC faces backlash for crying, but not voting, over bill to fund Israel's Iron Dome. middleeasteye.net AOC faces backlash for crying, but not voting, over bill to fund Israel's Iron Dome | New York congresswoman took neutral stance during House bill that approved $1bn in new funding for Israel's missile defence system, sparking accusations of 'cowardice' | Fri, 09/24/2021 – 17: 10 | Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was accused of 'political calculation' after voting present in a bill to fund Isra…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-24). Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank. middleeasteye.net Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank | 27-year-old Mohammed Ali Khabisa was killed on the sidelines of an anti-settlement protest | Fri, 09/24/2021 – 16: 23 | Palestinian protesters confront Israeli security forces following a demonstration against settlements in the West Bank village of Beita, on September 24, 2021 (AFP) | Israeli security forces have shot dead a P…

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-09-24). Arabic press review: Hamas claims 'fundamental development' in prisoner exchange talks. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Hamas claims 'fundamental development' in prisoner exchange talks | Meanwhile, Saudi imports from UAE show steep decline, and Norway remains hopeful the Oslo Accords' two-state solution is still feasible | Fri, 09/24/2021 – 18: 04 | A member of the Israeli forces stands guard at the Gilboa prison in northern Israel on 18 September 2021 (AFP) | Hamas: Progress in prisoner…

sputniknews (2021-09-24). Palestinians to Harvest Olives But They're Wary of Settlers, Here's Why. sputniknews.com Mohammed al-Khatib has set up an initiative that aims to protect Palestinian farmers while they hand-pick olives. The group, made up of locals and foreigners, also makes sure that their trees are not burned down or uprooted.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). Baku to adopt declaration on prototype "frozen conflict" war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com With the remainder of Nagorno-Karabakh and perhaps Armenia, Abkhazia, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, South Ossetia and Transdniester to follow. Possibly Kaliningrad, western Belarus and Gagauzia as well. Azerbaijani Parliament to adopt declaration on anniversary of beginning of Patriotic War The Azerbaijani Parliament will adopt a declaration on the occasion of the anniversary of the beginning of …

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Where Flowers Find No Peace Enough to Grow. dissidentvoice.org Milwa Mnyaluza 'George' Pemba (South Africa), New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, 1977. On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance. …

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Where flowers find no peace enough to grow: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2021). mronline.org On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance.

Kenya Elliott (2021-09-24). Congress lets racist cops off the hook as police reform talks end in failure. liberationnews.org Police reform negotiations conducted by members of the House and Senate have officially ended without advancing any legislation in a striking example of Congress' failure to meet the demands of the people. Last summer's uprising had clear demands — the defunding of police, more community and mental health services, and for resources to go to …

_____ (2021-09-24). Black Alliance For Peace Condemns Biden Administration's Order To Deport Haitians. popularresistance.org When a white Fox News reporter used a drone to film the thousands of Haitian and other Black asylum seekers camped beneath a bridge spanning the Rio Grande and linking Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuña, in the Coahuila state of Mexico, he immediately (and deliberately) brought a stereotypical image of Black migration: That of the teeming, African hordes, ready to burst the borders and invade the United States. Such images are as cheap as they are racist. And, typically, they erase the larger question: Why are so many Haitians at the U.S. border? | But before that question could be addressed, the Biden administration…

_____ (2021-09-24). Echoes of the Past Are Present in Texas' Latest Racist Attack on Education. commondreams.org "No to military alliances and preparation for catastrophic wars," anti-war campaigners from over a dozen nations write in a letter decrying the new AUKUS agreement. "Yes to peace, disarmament, justice, and the climate."

Esther Schrader (2021-09-24). Redrawing the Map: Grassroots organization trains Black college students and young professionals on the importance of redistricting. splcenter.org

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). "I am here to serve NATO": Yugoslav, Iraq, Afghan war veteran now head of U.S.-based command. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Welcomes new Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Gen. Philippe Lavigne relieved Gen. André Lanata as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation during a change of command ceremony in downtown Norfolk, Va. Sept. 23. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presided over the ceremony…. **** General Lavigne, former Chief of Staff for the French Air Force, began his career …

_____ (2021-09-24). Biden Decries 'Outrageous' Treatment of Haitians at Border—But Keeps Deporting Them. commondreams.org "The solution is to blow up the filibuster at least for debt limit votes, just as Mitch blew it up to pack the Supreme Court for his big donors."

Michael F. Brown (2021-09-24). Democrats abandon Rashida Tlaib to racist onslaught. electronicintifada.net House floor sees most personal anti-Palestinian attack in its history over apartheid charge.

_____ (2021-09-24). African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'. commondreams.org

WSWS (2021-09-24). Australian police exploit extreme right-wing, anti-vax rallies to deploy new repressive weaponry. wsws.org The real target of the repressive build-up is not the extreme right—many of the fascists enjoy close relations with sections of sympathising police—but the working class.

Harvey Lemmings (2021-09-24). Matthew Heimbach is Not the Wallet Inspector. counterpunch.org David Rovics, a folksinger and long-term anarchist/leftist, has recently been criticised, including on It's Going Down, for some questionable decisions, and especially his decision to interview Matthew Heimbach, the Traditionalist Workers' Party leader and supposedly ex-fascist. He's now responded to his critics, but unfortunately his response still seems pretty confused on some points of major importance. To

Adán Chávez Frías (2021-09-24). América Latina y el Caribe — Conciencia antiimperialista. globalizacion.ca I | En días recientes se conmemoraron 48 años del golpe de Estado fascista en contra del Presidente Mártir Salvador Allende; un acontecimiento que devino en su vil asesinato y que dio paso a un sinfín de atrocidades por parte de…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-09-24). One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi. dissidentvoice.org Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on September 6, tunneled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. Zubeidi was recaptured a few days later. The large bruises on Zubeidi's face told a harrowing story, that of a daring escape and of a violent arrest. However, the story does not begin, …

Adri Nieuwhof (2021-09-24). "Don't fail justice," victim of Israeli war crimes tells Dutch court. electronicintifada.net Ismail Ziada is appealing ruling that gave immunity to Israeli commanders.

David Cronin (2021-09-24). Why Ireland's pandering to Israel is treason. electronicintifada.net Dublin government tries to muzzle human rights lawyer.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-24). Iran's Spymaster Threatens "American & Israeli" Bases In Iraqi Kurdistan. southfront.org A file photo of Iran's IRGC forces in a parade. Source: PressTV | On September 24, Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib warned terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and their sponsors against destabilizing Iran. | "I warn terrorist elements and the sponsors of these groups in the region that any breach of Iran's security will be met with a firm response by the Iranian armed forces and security services," the newly-appointed minister told reports, according to RT. | Khatib went on to warn what he called "Ame…

sputniknews (2021-09-24). Palestinians to Harvest Olives But They're Wary of Settlers, Here's Why. sputniknews.com Mohammed al-Khatib has set up an initiative that aims to protect Palestinian farmers while they hand-pick olives. The group, made up of locals and foreigners, also makes sure that their trees are not burned down or uprooted.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). Baku to adopt declaration on prototype "frozen conflict" war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com With the remainder of Nagorno-Karabakh and perhaps Armenia, Abkhazia, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, South Ossetia and Transdniester to follow. Possibly Kaliningrad, western Belarus and Gagauzia as well. Azerbaijani Parliament to adopt declaration on anniversary of beginning of Patriotic War The Azerbaijani Parliament will adopt a declaration on the occasion of the anniversary of the beginning of …

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Where Flowers Find No Peace Enough to Grow. dissidentvoice.org Milwa Mnyaluza 'George' Pemba (South Africa), New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, 1977. On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance. …

Ann Brown (2021-09-23). Black America Cites Anti-Black Biden Policy Towards Haitian Migrants, Leaders Write Biden For Investigation. moguldom.com Black America is outraged over the U.S. government's treatment of Haitian migrants who have been crossing the Mexican border into Texas over the last few weeks. President Joe Biden's administration has deported thousands of the estimated 14,000 Haitians who have entered the U.S. fleeing turmoil and political unrest in Haiti. Black leaders are not just …

_____ (2021-09-23). Peru's Leftist President Calls for Global Agreement to End Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org Even Trump voters like the idea of a modest extra tax on multimillionaires.

_____ (2021-09-23). 'A Choice Point for Humanity': Women Demand Visionary Shift at UN Climate Talks. commondreams.org One rights group thanked Tlaib "for speaking truth to power" while being attacked "for simply insisting that Palestinians are human beings who deserve safety, security, and freedom from Israeli apartheid."

Victor Grossman (2021-09-23). Germany's Who With Whom Elections. counterpunch.org In German elections — like the coming ones, as always on a Sunday — all you have to do is present the registration paper mailed to every citizen, then make crosses on a paper ballot. No trouble with the boss, no missing work, long lines or quarrels about fraud or discrimination. It sounds easy. But those ballots

_____ (2021-09-23). As Bids to Slash Pentagon Budget Fail, US Military Spending Slammed as 'Height of Absurdity'. commondreams.org The racist underpinnings of Texas' crusade to hold back the tide of social and demographic change that threatens to upend the far right's hold on power should not be a surprise in a state that was founded by white slave owners.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-23). Syria: Turkey's genocide against Armenians "one of the most heinous crimes against humanity" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On 30th anniversary of Armenia's independence… Armenian-Syrian relations based on mutual respect Damascus -Armenia celebrates on Tuesday the 30th anniversary of its independence at a time when it seeks to establish relations based on open partnership and dialogue, enhance its security, maintain external conditions for the development of the country, ensure the interests of its …

Ahmed Abu Artema (2021-09-23). Palestinians will always punch holes in Israel's walls. electronicintifada.net Prison escape reinforced sense of national identity. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | …

Ann Brown (2021-09-23). Bronx Democrat Ritchie Torres: Send US Tax Dollars To Israel For Iron Dome Defense, Don't Remove From Budget. moguldom.com Some progressive Democrats have successfully pushed to have $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system stripped from a proposed spending bill, angering pro-Israel Democrats including Bronx Democrat Ritchie Torres. The controversial funding of the Iron Dome was shot down by the so-called "Squad" of freshman House members led by Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib. They threatened to oppose …

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-23). EU forced to admit it can block trade with Israeli colonies. electronicintifada.net Citizens' initiative takes step forward after Brussels loses court fight.

_____ (2021-09-23). Praised for 'Braving the Smears,' Tlaib Votes Against $1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel. commondreams.org The vote, said Rep. Ro Khanna, "sent a clear message to the Saudis: end the bombing in Yemen and lift the blockade."

Umar A Farooq (2021-09-23). Israel-Palestine: US progressives slam bill promoting two-state solution. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine: US progressives slam bill promoting two-state solution | Legislation recognises illegality of settlements, but ignores Israel's systemic human rights abuses, pro-Palestinian and progressive Jewish groups say | Thu, 09/23/2021 – 15: 00 | Congressman Andy Levin's bill would require that products made in the Palestinian territories be labelled as either 'made in West Bank' or 'made i…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-23). Military Situation In Syria On September 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 26 times: 11 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On September 23, a car bomb explosion was reported in the city of Afrin | On September 23, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Tadel area | On September 22, an Israeli drone reportedly was shot down by SAA air defens…

MEE correspondent (2021-09-23). Iranian press review: Where is Hassan Rouhani? middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Where is Hassan Rouhani? | Meanwhile, Iranian officials are cautious of Israel's U-turn over nuclear deal, and more couples divorce to receive government's financial aid | Thu, 09/23/2021 – 12: 30 | A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on 14 July 2021 shows Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Tehran (AFP) |

The Testimonies Project (2021-09-23). Video: Israel's Testimonies Project: Platform for Those Affected by the Covid-19 "Vaccine" globalresearch.ca

MEE staff (2021-09-23). Gaza: Palestinian fishermen disappeared at sea found detained in Egypt. middleeasteye.net Gaza: Palestinian fishermen disappeared at sea found detained in Egypt | The two men had gone missing off the coast of Gaza three weeks earlier | Thu, 09/23/2021 – 14: 00 | Palestinian fishermen pull a boat along a beach in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis on 22 September 2021 (AFP) | Two

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). Chinese envoy regrets absence of U.S., other Western countries at UN anti-racism meeting. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday regretted the absence of the United States and some other Western countries from an important UN anti-racism meeting.

Workers World Party (2021-09-23). Stop racist terror against Haitian refugees! Stop the deportations! workers.org Workers World Party salutes the inspiring bravery of the Haitian People — in Del Rio, Texas, and in Haiti, now and for over two centuries. The racist brutality of the United States is on worldwide display, with pictures of their border guards using whips — which the Border Patrol calls . . . |

Staff (2021-09-23). Headlines for September 23, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Pledges More Vaccine Donations as Poorer Nations Demand Patent Waivers for COVID-19 Shots, Alaska Hospitals, Overwhelmed by COVID-19, Begin Rationing Care, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Taps Anti-Mask Vaccine Skeptic as Surgeon General, DHS Looks to Expand Immigrant Detention at Guantánamo as Humanitarian Crisis at Border Grows, Black Congressmembers Condemn Inhumane, Racist Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers, Over 300 Migrant Children Still Separated from Their Families, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Calls for an End to Sanctions, Respect for International Law, Adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z…

Ruth Conniff (2021-09-23). Wisconsin State and Federal Courts Are Set to Draw Voting Maps. progressive.org The state's Supreme Court has taken a redistricting case that could allow it to draw the next round of voting maps.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-23). NATO chief swears in French Air and Space Force commander as new head of U.S. command. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General welcomes new Supreme Allied Commander Transformation NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in the Change of Command at Allied Command Transformation in the United States on Thursday (23 September 2021) . At the ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, General Philippe Lavigne of the French Air and Space Force took over from General André …

Staff (2021-09-23). Florida Republican Proposes Texas-Style Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org A Republican state lawmaker in Florida is proposing a bill that would copy the state of Texas's restrictive new anti-abortion law, which has so far avoided scrutiny from the United States Supreme Court by allowing enforcement of its provisions to be carried out by private citizens. |

Workers World Party (2021-09-23). Stop racist terror against Haitian refugees! Stop the deportations! workers.org Workers World Party salutes the inspiring bravery of the Haitian People — in Del Rio, Texas, and in Haiti, now and for over two centuries. The racist brutality of the United States is on worldwide display, with pictures of their border guards using whips — which the Border Patrol calls . . . |

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). Chinese envoy regrets absence of U.S., other Western countries at UN anti-racism meeting. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday regretted the absence of the United States and some other Western countries from an important UN anti-racism meeting.

_____ (2021-09-23). Peru's Leftist President Calls for Global Agreement to End Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org

Victor Grossman (2021-09-23). Germany's Who With Whom Elections. counterpunch.org In German elections — like the coming ones, as always on a Sunday — all you have to do is present the registration paper mailed to every citizen, then make crosses on a paper ballot. No trouble with the boss, no missing work, long lines or quarrels about fraud or discrimination. It sounds easy. But those ballots

Ahmed Abu Artema (2021-09-23). Palestinians will always punch holes in Israel's walls. electronicintifada.net Prison escape reinforced sense of national identity. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | …

The Testimonies Project (2021-09-23). Video: Israel's Testimonies Project: Platform for Those Affected by the Covid-19 "Vaccine" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous007 (2021-09-23). Military Situation In Syria On September 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 26 times: 11 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On September 23, a car bomb explosion was reported in the city of Afrin | On September 23, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Tadel area | On September 22, an Israeli drone reportedly was shot down by SAA air defens…

Staff (2021-09-23). Headlines for September 23, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Pledges More Vaccine Donations as Poorer Nations Demand Patent Waivers for COVID-19 Shots, Alaska Hospitals, Overwhelmed by COVID-19, Begin Rationing Care, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Taps Anti-Mask Vaccine Skeptic as Surgeon General, DHS Looks to Expand Immigrant Detention at Guantánamo as Humanitarian Crisis at Border Grows, Black Congressmembers Condemn Inhumane, Racist Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers, Over 300 Migrant Children Still Separated from Their Families, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Calls for an End to Sanctions, Respect for International Law, Adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z…

_____ (2021-09-22). Experts to Biden: Strongarm Big Pharma to Erase 'Moral Stain' of Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org "We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis, then wonder why our planet is on fire."

Moderator (2021-09-22). Thaddeus Stevens and John Marshall: Mythical American Figures Who Still Loom Large. scheerpost.com Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary by Bruce Levine | John Marshall: The Final Founder By Robert Strauss | Reviewed by Allen Barra | During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate General Jubal Early demolished an ironworks near the town. The factory's owner was Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens who, Early was disappointed to find, wasn't present at the time of the raid. The General, writes Bruce Levine in his highly readable biography, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, thought Stevens "had inflicted more harm on the Confederacy than any other in the U.S. Congress." | A Pennsylvania congre…

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-22). Women's soccer players want Equal play Equal pay. workers.org Discrimination on the basis of sex has been illegal since the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed. Yet somehow, in the world of sports, pay equity is almost nonexistent. Women's National Basketball Association athletes make a fraction of what NBA male players are paid. While the income gap has narrowed . . . |

_____ (2021-09-22). 'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guant√°namo Bay. commondreams.org Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is pushing for an international accord to "guarantee universal access to vaccines for all people on the planet, with no discrimination on the basis of privilege."

Suzanne James (2021-09-22). NSW Greens MP challenges 'in good faith' discrimination. greenleft.org.au Greens MP for Newtown Jenny Leong spoke to Suzanne James about how bullying and toxic politics have been used to suppress democratic outcomes in the ongoing religious freedom bill debate in New South Wales.

Staff (2021-09-22). To Fight the GOP's Radicalized Base, We Have to Push Left. truthout.org "Fascist ideologies really rely on systems of bordering and ordering, of deciding who has the right to life and under what conditions," says Harsha Walia. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly Hayes examines the state of right-wing power in the United States, and engages with commentary from authors Shane Burley and Sarah Kendzior, writer and organizer Harsha Walia, and President of the Texas Civil Rights Project Mimi Marziani. | TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-22). US deportations of Haitian migrants could violate international law and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border where thousands of Haitian migrants continue to be stranded; protests by Herero and Nama peoples in Namibia ahead of a parliamentary vote on Germany's $1 billion deal in recognition of the 1904-1908 genocide; a ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court ordering the resettlement of families affected by encroachment drives in the city of Karachi; and Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech in the 76th UN General Assembly.

Fight Back (2021-09-22). Dallas protest stands in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On September 19, about 50 people gathered in Belo Garden Park in Downtown Dallas to support six Palestinian political prisoners who recently escaped from Israeli detention, and to call for the freedom of all Palestinian political prisoners. The rally was organized by Palestinian Youth Movement, American Muslims for Justice in Palestine, and Students for Justice in Palestine. Chants included "Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!" "We don't want two states! We want '48!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." | Speeches followed the chants. Jhad Villena of Malaya Move…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-22). Israeli Army Says It Lost Drone Over Syria Due To 'Technical Failure'. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A Skylark drone on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On September 22, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had lost a drone over Syria territory as a result of a "technical failure". | According to the IDF, the drone crashed during "routine operational activity". An investigation into the incident has been launched. | Local sources in…

Jisr Collective (2021-09-22). The Palestinian Refugee and Diasporic Community Denounces Unconditional Aid for Israel. counterpunch.org On July 29th, H.R.4373 committed to providing Israel $3.3 billion in unconditional military aid after it passed in the House in a close bipartisan vote of 217-212. The Palestinian refugee and diasporic community residing within the so-called United States is outraged by this bill that embodies all the funding mechanisms for US interference in Palestine. We center

Nadya Tannous (2021-09-22). Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization. zcomm.org The tide is clearly shifting in the US…

sputniknews (2021-09-22). Axis of Resistance Killed US, Israeli Commanders in Revenge for Soleimani's Assassination – Report. sputniknews.com General Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, along with al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi, was killed in a US targeted drone strike at Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-22). Why is Owen Jones defending a Nazi collaborator? electronicintifada.net Guardian columnist defends his support for purge of Ken Loach's left-wing group.

Chris MacIntosh (2021-09-22). Global Economic Chaos? BlackRock and Citi Get on Board the "Climate Train" globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-22). Latin America: 2021 has been a year of struggle. workers.org Mass demonstrations and strikes targeting unpopular governments and foreign business interests are taking place all over Latin America. Throughout 2021 Argentinians have been in the streets, opposing everything from unemployment to fracking to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. A Sept. 4 march, in memory of those lost to COVID, protested . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-22). Latest triumphalist tirade from NATO partner Azerbaijan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The beginning of the Patriotic War went down in history as the road to the Great Victory "…Today, the Azerbaijani Army is dealing crushing blows to the enemy on Azerbaijani soil….What does an Armenian soldier do in our land?! What is the Armenian army doing in our land?!…" These thoughts are from the historical address …

_____ (2021-09-22). Racism Denies Common Prosperity In The United States. popularresistance.org Mainstream U.S. media frequently depicts China as a "closed off" country that treats ethnic minorities with contempt and oppression. The New York Times took this baseless accusation further in an op-ed published on September 9 that claimed China was closing itself off from the world and rejecting the English language. No verifiable proof was offered beyond reforms to the education system that seek to address economic and social stressors faced by Chinese families. | The op-ed argued that China's decision to place tighter regulations on its private tutoring and examination process is a sign that the country is clo…

_____ (2021-09-22). In Central York, Kids Rose Up To Save Books From Their Parents. popularresistance.org The mess in the Central York School District, which includes several suburban townships just north of York, in a county where Donald Trump won 62% of the vote, started after some parents and teachers had hoped to bolster the curriculum around anti-racism in the wake of the George Floyd protest marches in spring 2020. The move backfired when some parents started complaining about the reading list proposed by a committee. "I don't want my daughter growing up feeling guilty because she's white," one parent, Matt Weyant, told a recent school board meeting. Then, panicked school board members imposed "a freeze" on stu…

_____ (2021-09-22). I'm Fighting For Ethnic Studies So My History Won't Be Erased. popularresistance.org Last year, as a massive uprising against systemic racism swept across the world, activists fighting for Black liberation and racial justice put radical demands against institutional racism on the table, such as abolishing and defunding the police. Another key step toward challenging institutional racism is the push for ethnic studies and teaching about systemic racism in U.S. schools. I am part of that fight in California. | Last year, Pittsburg, California's school board passed an ethnic studies resolution and tasked an ethnic studies committee with implementing curricula for the school district. Pittsburg is a…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-22). How the Nation of Islam fought white supremacy with pie. roarmag.org Apples fall from trees and berries grow on bushes, but food is not given by nature. It is a construct and, as such, conveys meaning. Although most foods affirm the status quo, there are also foods that register discontent with the dominant social order and hopes for an alternate future. They are part of the foodscape and remind us that dissidents have always contested the food system at the deepest level. | Consider the Nation of Islam's navy bean pie. This dense, amber-colored dessert embodied a sweeping anti-racist narrative and was a weapon in the group's battle against white supremacy, evoking the possibility…

_____ (2021-09-22). Texas, Big Oil Target Indian Children In Bid To End Tribal Sovereignty. popularresistance.org If the Supreme Court overturns the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — a federal law that keeps Native children with Native families — tribal sovereignty could soon be a thing of the past in the U.S. Should the Supreme Court rule in the plaintiffs' favor in the case of Brackeen v. Haaland, we could quickly see a return to blatant, pre-1978 genocidal practices — when Native babies were legally stripped of their families, culture, and identities. | It's critical that every one of us take immediate action. Before you do anything else today, sign our petition telling President Biden and the Department…

Ted Kelly (2021-09-22). Free abortion on demand for ALL Genders! workers.org The writer (she/her) is a transgender lesbian in Philadelphia, Pa. The Texas abortion ban — which went into effect Sept. 1 with U.S. Supreme Court approval — was a declaration of war against everyone oppressed on the basis of their gender. But if we're going to fight this war . . . |

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2021-09-22). Friday 9/24: Virtual Forum: Is it Time to Abolish the Supreme Court? indybay.org Virtual event…

OtherWords (2021-09-22). A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women. juancole.com ( Otherwords.org) — For now, the Supreme Court has allowed Texas to sic bounty hunters on women seeking constitutionally protected abortions. By Martha Burk | September 8, 2021 Back in the 19th century, Texas was awash in vigilante groups. In those dark years, various self-appointed "law enforcers" modeled after the Texas Rangers embarked on a …

Suzanne James (2021-09-22). NSW Greens MP challenges 'in good faith' discrimination. greenleft.org.au Greens MP for Newtown Jenny Leong spoke to Suzanne James about how bullying and toxic politics have been used to suppress democratic outcomes in the ongoing religious freedom bill debate in New South Wales.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-22). US deportations of Haitian migrants could violate international law and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border where thousands of Haitian migrants continue to be stranded; protests by Herero and Nama peoples in Namibia ahead of a parliamentary vote on Germany's $1 billion deal in recognition of the 1904-1908 genocide; a ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court ordering the resettlement of families affected by encroachment drives in the city of Karachi; and Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech in the 76th UN General Assembly.

Jisr Collective (2021-09-22). The Palestinian Refugee and Diasporic Community Denounces Unconditional Aid for Israel. counterpunch.org On July 29th, H.R.4373 committed to providing Israel $3.3 billion in unconditional military aid after it passed in the House in a close bipartisan vote of 217-212. The Palestinian refugee and diasporic community residing within the so-called United States is outraged by this bill that embodies all the funding mechanisms for US interference in Palestine. We center

Fight Back (2021-09-22). Dallas protest stands in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On September 19, about 50 people gathered in Belo Garden Park in Downtown Dallas to support six Palestinian political prisoners who recently escaped from Israeli detention, and to call for the freedom of all Palestinian political prisoners. The rally was organized by Palestinian Youth Movement, American Muslims for Justice in Palestine, and Students for Justice in Palestine. Chants included "Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!" "We don't want two states! We want '48!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." | Speeches followed the chants. Jhad Villena of Malaya Move…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-22). Israeli Army Says It Lost Drone Over Syria Due To 'Technical Failure'. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A Skylark drone on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On September 22, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had lost a drone over Syria territory as a result of a "technical failure". | According to the IDF, the drone crashed during "routine operational activity". An investigation into the incident has been launched. | Local sources in…

Nadya Tannous (2021-09-22). Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization. zcomm.org The tide is clearly shifting in the US…

sputniknews (2021-09-22). Axis of Resistance Killed US, Israeli Commanders in Revenge for Soleimani's Assassination – Report. sputniknews.com General Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, along with al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi, was killed in a US targeted drone strike at Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-22). Why is Owen Jones defending a Nazi collaborator? electronicintifada.net Guardian columnist defends his support for purge of Ken Loach's left-wing group.

Chris MacIntosh (2021-09-22). Global Economic Chaos? BlackRock and Citi Get on Board the "Climate Train" globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-22). Latin America: 2021 has been a year of struggle. workers.org Mass demonstrations and strikes targeting unpopular governments and foreign business interests are taking place all over Latin America. Throughout 2021 Argentinians have been in the streets, opposing everything from unemployment to fracking to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. A Sept. 4 march, in memory of those lost to COVID, protested . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-22). Latest triumphalist tirade from NATO partner Azerbaijan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The beginning of the Patriotic War went down in history as the road to the Great Victory "…Today, the Azerbaijani Army is dealing crushing blows to the enemy on Azerbaijani soil….What does an Armenian soldier do in our land?! What is the Armenian army doing in our land?!…" These thoughts are from the historical address …

_____ (2021-09-22). Racism Denies Common Prosperity In The United States. popularresistance.org Mainstream U.S. media frequently depicts China as a "closed off" country that treats ethnic minorities with contempt and oppression. The New York Times took this baseless accusation further in an op-ed published on September 9 that claimed China was closing itself off from the world and rejecting the English language. No verifiable proof was offered beyond reforms to the education system that seek to address economic and social stressors faced by Chinese families. | The op-ed argued that China's decision to place tighter regulations on its private tutoring and examination process is a sign that the country is clo…

_____ (2021-09-22). In Central York, Kids Rose Up To Save Books From Their Parents. popularresistance.org The mess in the Central York School District, which includes several suburban townships just north of York, in a county where Donald Trump won 62% of the vote, started after some parents and teachers had hoped to bolster the curriculum around anti-racism in the wake of the George Floyd protest marches in spring 2020. The move backfired when some parents started complaining about the reading list proposed by a committee. "I don't want my daughter growing up feeling guilty because she's white," one parent, Matt Weyant, told a recent school board meeting. Then, panicked school board members imposed "a freeze" on stu…

_____ (2021-09-22). I'm Fighting For Ethnic Studies So My History Won't Be Erased. popularresistance.org Last year, as a massive uprising against systemic racism swept across the world, activists fighting for Black liberation and racial justice put radical demands against institutional racism on the table, such as abolishing and defunding the police. Another key step toward challenging institutional racism is the push for ethnic studies and teaching about systemic racism in U.S. schools. I am part of that fight in California. | Last year, Pittsburg, California's school board passed an ethnic studies resolution and tasked an ethnic studies committee with implementing curricula for the school district. Pittsburg is a…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-22). How the Nation of Islam fought white supremacy with pie. roarmag.org Apples fall from trees and berries grow on bushes, but food is not given by nature. It is a construct and, as such, conveys meaning. Although most foods affirm the status quo, there are also foods that register discontent with the dominant social order and hopes for an alternate future. They are part of the foodscape and remind us that dissidents have always contested the food system at the deepest level. | Consider the Nation of Islam's navy bean pie. This dense, amber-colored dessert embodied a sweeping anti-racist narrative and was a weapon in the group's battle against white supremacy, evoking the possibility…

_____ (2021-09-22). Texas, Big Oil Target Indian Children In Bid To End Tribal Sovereignty. popularresistance.org If the Supreme Court overturns the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — a federal law that keeps Native children with Native families — tribal sovereignty could soon be a thing of the past in the U.S. Should the Supreme Court rule in the plaintiffs' favor in the case of Brackeen v. Haaland, we could quickly see a return to blatant, pre-1978 genocidal practices — when Native babies were legally stripped of their families, culture, and identities. | It's critical that every one of us take immediate action. Before you do anything else today, sign our petition telling President Biden and the Department…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2021-09-22). Friday 9/24: Virtual Forum: Is it Time to Abolish the Supreme Court? indybay.org Virtual event…

Ted Kelly (2021-09-22). Free abortion on demand for ALL Genders! workers.org The writer (she/her) is a transgender lesbian in Philadelphia, Pa. The Texas abortion ban — which went into effect Sept. 1 with U.S. Supreme Court approval — was a declaration of war against everyone oppressed on the basis of their gender. But if we're going to fight this war . . . |

OtherWords (2021-09-22). A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women. juancole.com ( Otherwords.org) — For now, the Supreme Court has allowed Texas to sic bounty hunters on women seeking constitutionally protected abortions. By Martha Burk | September 8, 2021 Back in the 19th century, Texas was awash in vigilante groups. In those dark years, various self-appointed "law enforcers" modeled after the Texas Rangers embarked on a …

Editor (2021-09-21). Big Pharma and vaccine apartheid. mronline.org The webinar on 'Vaccine Imperialism: Scientific Knowledge, Capacity and Production in Africa' which took place on 5 August 5, 2021, was organized by the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) in partnership with the Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa).

Ann Brown (2021-09-21). MAGA's Pompeo Tries To Connect UN Conference On Reparations To Anti-Semitism. moguldom.com World leaders are scheduled this week to discuss reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent during the United Nations General Assembly at an event that has been boycotted by the U.S. and slammed by MAGA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as "laced with anti-Semitism." One of the U.N. General events, planned in …

_____ (2021-09-21). UN Chief Tells World Leaders To Their Faces That Vaccine Apartheid Is 'An Obscenity'. commondreams.org Bold climate policies cannot include doling out billions in dirty energy handouts.

Victor Grossman (2021-09-21). Will the Left advance with a Social Dem win in Germany? peoplesworld.org BERLIN — In German elections — like the coming ones, as always on a Sunday — all you have to do is present the registration paper mailed to every citizen, then make crosses on a paper ballot. No trouble with the boss, no missing work, long lines or quarrels about fraud or discrimination. It sounds …

_____ (2021-09-21). Zionists Rewrite Palestine's Story. popularresistance.org Palestine – As these words were being written, the final two Palestinian freedom prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison were caught by the Israeli authorities. Palestine is still reacting to this courageous escape and the consequent re-capture of the six political prisoners who escaped and defied the entire Israeli security apparatus. However, even though they managed to free themselves from this high-security prison, they found a world that doesn't care. The rest of the world did not step up to save these brave men and did not provide them with sanctuary, and so they were caught. | One of the great tragedies o…

Amjad Ayman Yaghi (2021-09-21). Terror throughout the night. electronicintifada.net Israel's May attack on Gaza is regarded as its cruelest to date.

Editor2 (2021-09-21). Burned in Car Fire, Falsely Accused of Terrorism, Palestinian Mother Imprisoned without Medical Care. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Sep 15, 2021 | "This is all part of the deliberate medical neglect policy that the Israeli occupation uses. They don't feel like they have an obligation toward Palestinian detainees and prisoners regarding their health care." — Milena Ansari, Addameer | OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM —In 2018, Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis appeared in court to appeal her sentence. Israa had been convicted of attempted murder — accused of blowing up her car near an Israeli military checkpoint — and sentenced to 11 years in 2016. The car accident left her completely disfigured, with fi…

WSWS (2021-09-21). New York Times revels in remote-control assassination of Iranian scientist. wsws.org Last November's US-Israeli state murder of Iran's top nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was recognized at the time as a potential trigger for a catastrophic war in the Middle East.

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-09-21). Pfizer Admits Israel Is the Great COVID-19 Vaccine Experiment. globalresearch.ca

MEE staff (2021-09-21). 'Dangerous implications' for Palestinian refugees in new US funding plan: Report. middleeasteye.net 'Dangerous implications' for Palestinian refugees in new US funding plan: Report | The agreement signals a reawakening of pro-Israel policy, argues the Palestine Return Centre | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 14: 53 | Palestinians collect food aid at a distribution centre run by Unrwa for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City on 26 July 2021 (AFP) | A

Nur Ayoubi (2021-09-21). Italian boxer of Moroccan origins beats rival with Nazi tattoos for title. middleeasteye.net Italian boxer of Moroccan origins beats rival with Nazi tattoos for title | Hassan Nourdine's victory has been hailed, while Italy's boxing federation has come under fire for allowing his opponent to compete in the title match | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 16: 23 | 'Beating someone with those tattoos is a victory worth double,' said Hassan Nourdine, Italy's new super-featherweight boxing champion (Screengrab/Twitter)…

_____ (2021-09-21). Yimby Movement Is Not The Answer To Housing Crisis. popularresistance.org There is a battle raging in U.S. cities around land and who controls it. It is fought with zoning laws and red lines. Its battlefields are neighborhood associations and local elections. Across the country, racist reactionaries square off against capitalist developers in a struggle to determine the future of the housing market. In these types of battles, whoever wins, tenants lose, according to housing organizers working to halt the damage wrought by both developers and racist politicians. | The U.S.'s housing crisis began long before COVID eviction moratoria brought the problem into the spotlight. Median rent in…

Editor2 (2021-09-21). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Biden Administration's Order to Deport Haitians as Illegal and Racist (Statement). orinocotribune.com By The Black Alliance for Peace — Sep 18, 2021 | When a white Fox News reporter used a drone to film the thousands of Haitian and other Black asylum seekers camped beneath a bridge spanning the Rio Grande and linking Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuña, in the Coahuila state of Mexico, he immediately (and deliberately) brought a stereotypical image of Black migration: That of the teeming, African hordes, ready to burst the borders and invade the United States. Such images are as cheap as they are racist. And, typically, they erase the larger question: Why are so many Haitians at the U.S. border? |

Fight Back (2021-09-21). Minneapolis referendum on policing: Vote No on Question 2. fightbacknews.org Just last year, the halls of power in Minnesota shook when people answered the murder of George Floyd by rising up. We marched on the State Capitol, the county attorney, the state attorney general, the police federation and the interstate highways. Day and night, for weeks on end, we faced riot police, tear gas, National Guard troops and white supremacists. The Third Precinct police station was burned, as were hundreds of other buildings. And fires here sparked protests across the world and transformed the political landscape. | Today, when Minneapolis is in the midst of its first local elections since the uprisi…

Umar A Farooq (2021-09-21). US journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem files Supreme Court petition over 'kill list' lawsuit. middleeasteye.net US journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem files Supreme Court petition over 'kill list' lawsuit | Lawyers say case raises questions about legality of US air strikes and an American citizen's right to due process | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 12: 49 | Bilal Abdul Kareem believes he was targeted five times by US air strikes in 2016 (Facebook) | Bilal Abdul Kareem, an American journalist based in opposition-held northwe…

Staff (2021-09-21). "We Are Troy Davis": 10 Years After Georgia Execution That Galvanized Anti-Death Penalty Movement. democracynow.org Tuesday marks 10 years since the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis for a crime many believe he did not commit. He was put to death despite major doubts about evidence used to convict him of killing Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail, including the recantation of seven of the nine non-police witnesses at his trial. As the world watched to see whether Davis's final appeal for a stay of execution would be granted by the U.S. Supreme Court, Democracy Now! was the only news outlet to continuously broadcast live from the prison grounds in Jackson, Georgia. We revisit parts of our six-hour special report,…

Amanda Mills (2021-09-21). Supreme Court has set a date to hear Mississippi's abortion case. nationofchange.org "The fate of Roe v. Wade and legal abortion is on the line."

Staff (2021-09-21). Civil Rights Activists Prepare for Sit-Ins If Manchin Won't Budge on Filibuster. truthout.org Civil rights activists and faith leaders say they are readying a campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against Sen. Joe Manchin for his opposition to voting rights and expansive spending bills backed by Democrats. | Leaders of the Poor People's Campaign are calling on Manchin to ditch the filibuster so Democrats can pass voting rights legislation and drop his opposition to a $15 minimum wage and $3.5 trillion in new social and climate investment. | All eyes have been on the conservative…

WSWS (2021-09-21). The Freedom to Vote Act: Another capitulation to the Republican assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The new bill kneels to the demands of right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin while failing to reverse the most serious Republican attacks on voting rights.

WSWS (2021-09-21). New York Times revels in remote-control assassination of Iranian scientist. wsws.org Last November's US-Israeli state murder of Iran's top nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was recognized at the time as a potential trigger for a catastrophic war in the Middle East.

WSWS (2021-09-21). The Freedom to Vote Act: Another capitulation to the Republican assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The new bill kneels to the demands of right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin while failing to reverse the most serious Republican attacks on voting rights.

Fight Back (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). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parliamentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. commondreams.org Either Joe Biden and Democratic senators actually stand for the principle that "Black Lives Matter" or they stand for Rahm Emanuel. They can't stand for both.

Fight Back (2021-09-20). SDS at Texas A&M demands takedown of Confederate statue. fightbacknews.org College Station, TX – On September 16, Students for a Democratic Society at Texas A&M University held a protest against the continued presence of a Confederate statue on their campus, racial profiling in the surrounding community, and how TAMU continually fails to meet the needs of Black students on campus. | Roughly 60 students, faculty and community members demonstrated in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, calling for it to be taken down. Protesters chanted, "Hey, ho, ho, Sully Ross has got to go!" | Amorae' Shamberger, from the organization Round Table Talks, spoke about her experiences as an Africa…

Victor Grossman (2021-09-20). Who with whom elections: Berlin Bulletin, no. 194, September 20, 2021. mronline.org In German elections—like the coming ones, as always on a Sunday—all you have to do is present the registration paper mailed to every citizen, then make crosses on a paper ballot. No trouble with the boss, no missing work, long lines or quarrels about fraud or discrimination. It sounds easy.

Thomas Kilkauer — Meg Young (2021-09-20). Germany's New Neo-Nazis: The Reichsbàºrger. counterpunch.org Only a few weeks ago, a Reichsbàºrger in Germany shot a police officer with a crossbow during a house's search in a remote town called Linden, in the north of Hessen. The Reichsbàºrger is accused of attempted manslaughter and he was sent to a prison until his court hearing. Violent attacks by the right-wing extremist Reichsbàºrger is nothing out of the ordinary in Germany. Germany's antisemitic and semi-fascistic Reichsbàºrger, also known as sovereign citizens — were at the forefront when a mob of right-wing extremists attacked Germany's parliament, the Bundestag in August 2020. Like man…

Peter Koenig (2021-09-20). COVID Vaxx Certificates — Borderless Genocide. globalresearch.ca Ever since …

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2021-09-20). Animal suffering from Israel's May assault both tragic and costly. electronicintifada.net Livestock and pets suffered along with their human companions as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza.

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-20). Israel captures last two escaped Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Two men had managed to cross into the occupied West Bank.

Children's Health Defense (2021-09-20). Political Commentator Kim Iversen Unpacks 'Alarming and Shocking' COVID Data from Israel. globalresearch.ca

Ron Jacobs (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

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-20). Palestinian grandmother blocked from retrieved land seven years after court order. middleeasteye.net Palestinian grandmother blocked from retrieved land seven years after court order | The landowners were planning to return to their land on Saturday, 30 years after it was confiscated to build an illegal settlement | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 23 | Palestinian woman Mariam Hassan Hammad, 80, blocked by Israeli soldiers from reaching her land in the Thahr al-Mazare' area, northeast of Ramallah in the occ…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-20). US begins mass deportations of thousands of Haitian migrants in Texas and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the deportation of thousands of Haitian migrants in the US, protests in Gaza as Israeli forces recapture all Gilboa escapees, and more…

MEE staff (2021-09-20). Israel Knesset members urge US to reopen East Jerusalem consulate. middleeasteye.net Israel Knesset members urge US to reopen East Jerusalem consulate | The Arab Joint List's letter to Blinken stressed that East Jerusalem is the 'capital of the State of Palestine' | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 12: 24 | The entrance to the US Consulate in Jerusalem on 18 October 2018, before its operations were merged with Israel's US embassy (AFP) | The Arab Joint List, a political alliance representing Palestinian citi…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-20). Israel re-captures last two escapees of Gilboa prison; Palestinians continue solidarity protests. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians are opposing the Israeli administrative detention policy under which prisoners are kept behind bars for long durations without charge or trial. They are also protesting the recent punitive measures imposed after six prisoners escaped Gilboa prison…

Dania Akkad (2021-09-20). Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians. middleeasteye.net Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians | A report by the tech giant's oversight board was 'unexpected' for digital rights advocates, who wonder whether the company will follow the recommendations | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 00 | A woman uses social media on her mobile phone to support Palestinian protests at the Israel-Gaza border, in Gaza City 14 April 2018 (Reu…

Dania Akkad (2021-09-20). UK asylum case of Israeli student adjourned in wait for Yiddish interpreter. middleeasteye.net UK asylum case of Israeli student adjourned in wait for Yiddish interpreter | Lawyers for student say they are 'disappointed' court attempted to proceed in Hebrew | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 11 | An Israeli soldier looks across the border to Lebanon where pro-Palestinian protesters rally next to a Palestinian flag (AFP) | The asylum case of a young Israeli who says he fears he will be conscripted and forced…

Fight Back (2021-09-20). °Lucha por el derecho a votar! fightbacknews.org Desde 2013 cuando la Corte Suprema con mayoría conservadora debilitó la Ley de Derecho al Voto de 1965, Republicanos y derechistas han intentado pasar más y más restricciones jurídicas al voto. El objetivo principal de estos esfuerzos es reprimir los votos de afroamericanos, quienes llevan mucho tiempo luchando en contra del racismo del Partido Republicano moderno. Estos esfuerzos han incrementado tras la derrota electoral de Donald Trump en las elecciones presidenciales del 2020 y la victoria de un senador afroamericano en Georgia. Las mentiras de Trump y sus aliados acerca de fraude electoral se han unido a la…

Fight Back (2021-09-20). Climate Justice Committee marches to end Line 3 Oil pipeline. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — On September 18 nearly 100 people rallied and marched to call for an end to the Line 3 oil pipeline. The Climate Justice Committee organized the rally to continue pressure on President Biden and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to end the permits for Line 3. | Michael Johnson, an indigenous youth organizer with the Bloomington Anti Racist Coalition, started out the rally telling organizers, "As a young person, it's difficult to let your voice be heard. But I say our time is here and now. If you truly label yourself as an indigenous ally, use your voice, sign petitions, show up at rallies a…

Staff (2021-09-20). US main cause of Saudi aggression against Yemeni nation. en.mehrnews.com The head of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council said that the United States is the main cause of the aggression against Yemen and other countries are its executive tools.

Staff (2021-09-20). Justice Department Fights Back Against Texas Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org The Supreme Court's greenlighting of the most draconian anti-abortion law in the country has had the right wing's "desired effect of deterring abortion providers from offering virtually any abortions" in Texas since September 1, S.B. 8 prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before most people even know they're pregnant. S.B. 8 is thu…

_____ (2021-09-20). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org "The state of Minnesota simply cannot meet our carbon reduction targets if this pipeline goes through," said the Democratic congresswoman. "Our future is on the line."

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-20). Victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief Aliyev hails strategic partner Putin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On September 20, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a telephone call to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Emphasizing the successful development of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia based on strategic partnership in various fields, the heads of state discussed issues related to the prospects of cooperation.