Daily Archives: September 2, 2021

2021-09-02: News Headlines

_____ (2021-09-02). Why the U.S. Still Suffers from Covid. popularresistance.org The United States is as much a failed state now as it was when the pandemic began. Temporary unemployment benefits end in September, and millions of people were denied these funds when republican state legislatures decreed that they wanted people back at work. The Supreme Court struck down the eviction moratorium and 90% of the funds allocated to pay for rent relief remain unspent. Millions of people face the prospect of becoming unhoused.

Staff (2021-09-02). Headlines for September 2, 2021. democracynow.org Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Texas Anti-Abortion Law While Legal Challenges Proceed, Hurricane Ida's Remnants Bring Tornadoes, Flooding and Record Rainfall to Northeast, Gulf Coast Faces Shortages of Food, Water and Energy Days After Hurricane Ida's Landfall, U.N. Says Fivefold Increase in Extreme Weather Events Caused Over 2 Million Deaths Since 1970, Taliban Parade U.S.-Made Military Hardware as Refugees Gather at Afghanistan's Borders, New York Extends Eviction Moratorium Halted by U.S. Supreme Court, Texas School District Cancels Classes After 2 Teachers Die of COVID-19, Colorado Grand Jury Indicts 3 Cops, 2…

Fight Back (2021-09-02). 51st anniversary of 1970 Chicanx Moratorium celebrated with march and rally. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Hundreds took to the streets on August 29 to commemorate the 1970 Chicano Moratorium that took place 51 years ago. The Chicano Moratorium demanded an end to the war in Vietnam and an end to discrimination against Chicanos. | This year the crowd listened to speakers at a kick-off rally at Atlantic Park in East Los Angeles, before marching along the historic Whittier Boulevard. Demands of "Community control of the police," "Google LASD gangs," "We will never forget," "Jail killer sheriffs," and "Legalization for all" were carried by the marchers on posters and banners. Chants of "Chicano power!" "

Hamza Abu Eltarabesh (2021-09-02). Displaced by Israeli aggression, families angry at UN response. electronicintifada.net Thousands remain homeless after the destructive Israeli assault on Gaza in May.

Anonymous (2021-09-02). Palestine in Pictures: August 2021. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Global Research News (2021-09-02). Selected Articles: Never Has a Vaccine Harmed So Many. globalresearch.ca By Israel has blocked vaccinating the Palestinians because Israel doesn't want to help the remnants of the original population of Palestine as they are in …

It's Going Down (2021-09-02). This Is America #147: Anti-Frat Action Goes Wild; Daryle Lamont Jenkins on Current Terrain; Philly ABC; Organizing Offline. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This is America, September 1st, 2021. On today's episode, first we speak with Daryle Lamont Jenkins about his recent travels to New York for an antifascist film festival and Portland for a mass convergence against the Proud Boys. We talk about fighting the far-Right in a post-J6 world, the need to build alternatives…

WSWS (2021-09-02). Hitler admirer and congressman Madison Cawthorn threatens "bloodshed" at pro-Trump rally in North Carolina. wsws.org The 26-year-old freshman congressman repeated Trump's "stolen election" lies, threatened civil war and supported efforts to "bust out" fascists and militia members imprisoned for their role in the storming of the US Capitol on January 6.

_____ (2021-09-02). Organizing Against Militarism From Israel To Europe. popularresistance.org This whole process is one in which both EU security agencies and European states purchase military equipment, including small arms, drones, ships and cybersecurity technology as part of their border security policies — much of which is sourced within the EU. This is also where the Israeli arms industry comes into the story. As the Israeli Database of Military and Security Equipment (DIMSE) shows, Israeli arms play a significant role in the militarization of EU borders.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-02). French defense chief meets with compatriot, head of NATO's U.S. command. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and French Chief of the Defence Staff discuss NATO 2030 On Friday 27 August 2021, General Thierry Burkhard, the French Chief of the Defence Staff, met with General André Lanata, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. During the meeting, the Chief of the Defence Staff had the opportunity to discuss the …

Paul Von Blum (2021-09-02). James Loewen's Crusade for Real History Is More Necessary than Ever. progressive.org The late author's "Lies My Teacher Told Me" changed the way we think about learning history; his voice is essential now that discussing racism in classrooms is coming under attack.

WSWS (2021-09-02). Near-total abortion ban goes into effect in Texas. wsws.org The law went into effect after the US Supreme Court declined to act on an emergency request.

Cody Fenwick (2021-09-02). Justice Sotomayor writes a furious dissent. zcomm.org Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a clearly furious dissent late Wednesday night to the majority's order allowing a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to stay in force…

_____ (2021-09-02). Sotomayor Rips Right-Wing Justices as Supreme Court Effectively Overturns Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org

Natasha Lennard (2021-09-02). The Supreme Court Will Not Save Us From the Decimation of Abortion Rights. zcomm.org With Texas all but banning abortion and endorsing a repugnant vigilantism, we need to look for other ways to protect access to abortion…

Staff (2021-09-02). RIP Roe v. Wade? SCOTUS Won't Block Texas Abortion Ban That Is "Clearly an Unconstitutional Law". democracynow.org The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to let stand a new anti-abortion law in Texas, which bans all abortions in the state after six weeks — before most people even realize they are pregnant — and allows for private citizens to sue anyone who "aids and abets" a person in getting an abortion. Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, says, "It is clearly an unconstitutional law" that must be reversed. "It's absolutely an abomination," says Northup, who urges Congress to pass new legislation protecting reproductive rights as legal challenges to the Texas law continue.

Staff (2021-09-02). Supreme Court Makes "Stunning" Ruling Refusing to Block Texas Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org In a split decision issued late on Wednesday night, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not place a stay on a Texas law designed to limit abortion in the state to no later than six weeks after a person becomes pregnant. | Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative,

Staff (2021-09-02). The Texas abortion ban is even more extreme than you think. therealnews.com Texas just enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. Senate Bill 8, which went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, effectively bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, before most people who can give birth know they're pregnant. One harrowing feature of the bill is that it deputizes private citizens as vigilante enforcers of the law, enabling them to sue anyone they believe to have "aided or abetted" someone getting an abortion after six weeks. | On Wednesday night, just before midnight, the US Supreme Court declined to block the law based on an emergency application for a writ of inju…

Staff (2021-09-02). It's Not Just Abortion: Texas GOP Quietly Rolled Back Other Rights on Sept. 1. truthout.org While the big news from Texas this week was about the Supreme Court A total of 666 new laws were rolled out on Wednesday. Many of them, if they had been implemented individually, would have r…

12 days to go (2021-09-02). Vote No on Recall vs Supreme Court's Anti-Abortion Decision. indybay.org Taliban Texas was aided by the Taliban US Supreme Court on 9/2/21 with its 5-4 decision supporting banning abortion at 6 weeks and supporting vigilante justice, while California's anti-abortion Republican Party threatens to attack abortion, mandating your NO Vote on the Recall TODAY.

The Socialist Program (2021-09-01). Time to Abolish the Supreme Court? Why "Private Property" Should Not Be Supreme. liberationnews.org Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal eviction moratorium and putting 11 million people at risk of being thrown onto the streets in the middle of a pandemic.

Staff (2021-09-01). Headlines for September 1, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Signals End to U.S. Nation-Building Through War, Louisiana Gov. Tells Hurricane Ida Evacuees "Do Not Return" Amid Power Outages, Lack of Services, Texas Enacts Near Total Ban on Abortions, the Most Draconian Anti-Choice Law in the Country, Texas Legislature Passes Voter Suppression Bill, Sending Measure to Governor's Desk, Pennsylvania, New York Announce New Measures to Curb COVID Transmission in Schools, NYC Housing Advocates Call for Extension of Eviction Moratorium, EU Vaccinates 70% of Adults; Israel Rolls Out Booster Shots; Filipino Health Workers Protest Gov't…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-01). After Supreme Court ruling, a tsunami of evictions is set overwhelm US. peoplesdispatch.org Following a Supreme Court ruling that ended the moratorium, evictions are resuming in the United States. Eugene Puryear talks about the impact of this judgement on millions who might face a housing crisis even as the pandemic continues to rage on…

Tamara Nassar (2021-09-01). Palestinian baby about to be born in Israeli prison. electronicintifada.net Israel refuses to let family members be with Anhar al-Deek when she gives birth.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-01). Israeli forces shoot dead a Palestinian. peoplesdispatch.org The Palestinian man who was newskilled was identified as 39-year-old Ra'ed Jadallah. Israeli army soldiers attacked him while he and other Palestinian workers who work in Israel tried to cross the Israeli apartheid wall to go back home…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-01). Israeli forces shoot dead a Palestinian father on way home from work. peoplesdispatch.org The Palestinian man who was newskilled was identified as 39-year-old Ra'ed Jadallah. Israeli army soldiers attacked him while he and other Palestinian workers who work in Israel tried to cross the Israeli apartheid wall to go back home…

_____ (2021-09-01). How Amilcar Cabral Shaped Paulo Freire's Pedagogy. popularresistance.org Amílcar L Cabral was born 12 September 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of Portugal's African colonies. He was murdered on 20 January 1973 by fascist Portuguese assassins just months before the national liberation movement, in which he played a central role, won the independence of Guinea-Bissau. | Cabral and the other leaders of the movement understood that they were fighting in a larger anticolonial struggle and global class war and, as such, that their immediate enemies were not only the colonial governments of particular countries, but Portuguese colonialism in general. For 500 years, Portuguese colonialism…

Joachim Hagopian (2021-09-01). Three Mass Trauma Events Used to Destroy America: JFK Murder, 9/11 and COVID-19 Genocide. globalresearch.ca

sputniknews (2021-09-01). Investigators Open Probe Into Nazi Executions of Civilians in Western Russia During WWII. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A criminal probe has been launched into civilian executions by Nazi firing squads and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War in the western Russian region of Oryol, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

Ann Brown (2021-09-01). Patriots Drop Bomb On NFL And Release Cam Newton, Mac Jones Named Starting QB. moguldom.com Cam Newton is out. Mac Jones is in as the new New England Patriots quarterback. The team released the veteran quarterback Newton on Aug.31, putting rookie Jones as the starter. While Newton started every preseason game, he didn't play as much overall and finished the preseason 14-of-21 for 162 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Jones, meanwhile, finished the preseason …

Staff (2021-09-01). President Maduro: Perfect Alliance Has Been Achieved Between PSUV and GPP for 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com The head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Nicolás Maduro, led a working meeting within the framework of the party's Candidate Training Workshop. This is part of the political preparation of the PSUV representatives who are going to contend in November's regional and municipal elections. | President Maduro announced that a perfect alliance has now been achieved with the political forces of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP), and GPP will support all PSUV candidates in their electoral campaigns. | "We went from an internal PSUV selection process to an overall agreement in the GPP," commented the PSUV…

Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza (2021-09-01). How Paul Kagame Lies to the World — Rwanda's Neoliberalism and Pleasing Private Capital. orinocotribune.com By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza — Aug 30, 2021 | Rwanda is often touted as a "success story" in international media coverage, with the architect of such "success" being its president, Paul Kagame. But little is said about Kagame's ideological standpoint, one that has widened income inequalities in Rwanda. The country's political elite amass wealth unabatedly while the majority are mired in endless cycles of poverty. This is coupled with Kagame's insatiable appetite for power under the dictates of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). | The almost miraculous transformation of Rwanda is laudable. Here is a co…

Staff (2021-09-01). Texas passes voting bill that Democrats sought to block by fleeing the state to Washington. rt.com The second-largest US state has passed a voter integrity bill that Democrats denounced as racist and sought to block by escaping to Washington, DC. Republicans say the law will make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. | On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott hailed the passage of Senate Bill 1 in the emergency session of the state legislature and said it was now on its way to his desk for signature. The law will "solidify trust and confidence in the outcome of our elections," said Abbott, thanking its sponsors and everyone involved in making sure it was adopted. | The Texas election integrity bill is on its way t…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-09-01). AFL-CIO lawyer warns of incoming fire from High Court majority. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the top U.S. Supreme Court case in the tribunal's 2020-21 term directly affecting workers, they dodged a right-wing bullet. But a veteran pro-worker attorney, AFL-CIO General Counsel Craig Becker, warns workers to expect more hostile incoming fire from the High Court bench. Speaking from his decades of labor law practice, the former National Labor …

Staff (2021-09-01). "Blanket Unconstitutional" Texas Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Major Setback for Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org In a major setback for reproductive rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law to go into effect that bans abortions after six weeks — before most people even know they are pregnant. Until now, no other six-week ban has ever gone into effect in the United States. The law is seen as a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and allows private citizens to file civil suits against abortion providers or anyone who "aids or abets" an abortion after six weeks. "What Texas has done is blanket unconstitutional," says Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

_____ (2021-09-01). Roe v. Wade in Grave Danger as Supreme Court Lets Texas Abortion Ban Take Effect. commondreams.org "Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."

Staff (2021-09-01). 6-Week Abortion Ban in TX Goes Into Force as Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene. truthout.org A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday after the United States Supreme Court chose not to enjoin it from being enforced. |

Staff (2021-09-01). 6-Week Abortion Ban in TX Goes Into Effect as Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene. truthout.org A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday after the United States Supreme Court chose not to enjoin it from being enforced. |

_____ (2021-09-01). As Texas Guts Voting Rights, Progressives Ask: Will Biden Fight to Save US Democracy? commondreams.org "Strengthened action is urgently required to prevent further species extinctions and restore damaged and degraded ecosystems."

_____ (2021-09-01). Climate-Driven Weather Disasters Increased Fivefold Over Past 50 Years: UN Agency. commondreams.org "President Biden, it is time to call on the Senate to end the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation before it is too late."

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