Daily Archives: September 5, 2021

2021-09-05: News Headlines

Marjorie Cohn (2021-09-05). SCOTUS Ruling Allows Texas to Deputize Citizens as Anti-Abortion Police. zcomm.org Donald Trump's installation of three radical right-wing "justices" on the Supreme Court is paying off for the forces trying to overturn Roe v. Wade…

Refuse Fascism et al (2021-09-05). Sunday 9/5: Protest Texas Abortion Law. indybay.org War Memorial Opera House | 301 Van Ness | San Francisco…

ecns.cn (2021-09-05). China, Russia vow to uphold correct view on WWII. ecns.cn Chinese and Russian foreign ministers sent messages respectively to an event on Friday to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2021-09-05). US Supreme Court Ruling Allows Texas to Deputize Citizens as "Anti-Abortion Police" globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-05). New Mexicans Fought For Abortion Access And Won. popularresistance.org Indigenous and Chicanx/Latinx people, who comprise nearly 50% of New Mexico's population, have been subjected to generational and current day racist reproductive policies under the United State's federal- and state-funded legacy of forced sterilization and coercive reproductive control. Yet New Mexicans, including Indigenous people, Black people, people of color, and people of faith have built and fought for safe and legal access to reproductive health for centuries to protect our own loved ones.

12 days to go (2021-09-05). 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.

_____ (2021-09-05). 'Chilling The Press Has Consistently Outraged Me'. popularresistance.org The last photographs Tirado took with her camera before she was shot in the face with a rubber-jacketed bullet show Minneapolis police aiming at her during the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the killing of George Floyd. Her lawsuit argues that her civil rights were violated by the police and city, but if she wins, it has broader implications for journalists in a time of police violence against the press.

ecns.cn (2021-09-05). Xinjiang housing renovations further debunk genocide claims. ecns.cn Residents of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday used their personal experiences to debunk the lies of politicians from certain Western countries concerning human rights violations in the region.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-05). Patriotic Snitch: Bob Hawke as US Informant. dissidentvoice.org Larrikin is a word often, and inaccurately used, in Australian political lingo. Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, was known as one such figure. He was praised as the great communicator and healer between the forces of labour and capital, enjoyed imbibing, his sports and varied female company. He could also be vain …

Capire (2021-09-05). Bartolina Sisa: an Aymara fighter against the Spanish Empire. peoplesdispatch.org Bartolina Sisa was an Indigenous Aymara woman, a trader, and a guerilla fighter who led a number of battles in the uprising against Spanish colonialism, alongside her partner Tupac Katari, an insurgent leader, Inca King of the Aymaras and Vice King of the Inca Empire. Indigenous groups in the region challenged the Spanish rule and fought against the oppression their people were subjected to. | The Spanish invasion of the American continent introduced violence and exploitation as practices marked by patriarchy, racism, the development of capitalism, and slavery. Bartolina was one of the women who took charge of th…

teleSUR, SH (2021-09-05). Corte salvadoreña habilita posible reelección de Nayib Bukele. telesurtv.net Sectores de la oposición repudiaron el dictamen de la Sala Constitucional que es controlada por jueces afines al presidente salvadoreño.

Editor (2021-09-04). WW condemns Texas anti-abortion law — editorial. workers.org Workers World condemns in the strongest terms the Supreme Court of the United States 5-4 ruling Sept. 2 that refused to restrict a Texas law banning abortion procedures as early as six weeks into a person's pregnancy. The Texas statute also codifies the right for anyone, including a complete stranger, . . . |

_____ (2021-09-04). Shadow Docket Supreme Court Decisions Could Affect Millions. popularresistance.org Traditionally, the process of getting an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court takes months and those rulings are often narrowly tailored. Emergency orders, especially during the court's summer break, revolve around specific issues, like individual death penalty cases. Since Aug. 24, that truncated process known as the shadow docket has moved at astronomical speed, producing decisions related to immigration, COVID-19 and evictions and, most recently, abortion.

Anand Naidoo (2021-09-04). The Heat: Taliban government and Texas abortion law. america.cgtn.com Just days after the last U.S. forces left the country, the Taliban are preparing to announce a new government. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is expected to be appointed as president and Haibatullah Akhundzada will continue as the supreme leader of Afghanistan. It's unlikely there will …

teleSUR (2021-09-04). El Salvador: Top Court Opens the Way for Bukele's Reelection. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Supreme Court (CSJ) reversed a 2014 ruling that banned presidential re-election, thus opening the way for President Nayib Bukele's second term in office in 2024. | RELATED: | The ruling specified that incumbent presidents might only compete in the electoral race if they have not occupied the presidential position immediately before their election. | Since Bukele did not hold office in the 2014-2019 period, he is now eligible f…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-09-04). Syria air defense downs 21 missiles fired by Israeli regime. en.mehrnews.com 21 out of 24 missiles fired by the Israeli regime's fighter jets at targets in Syria were downed by Syria's air defense forces, said deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-04). Syria Approves US Plan To Provide Gas, Electricity For Lebanon. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | Syria had approved a plan that will allow Egyptian gas and electricity produced in Jordan to pass through its territory to crisis-struck Lebanon, Secretary-General of the Lebanese-Syrian Supreme Council Nasri Khoury announced on September 4. | Khoury made the announcement during a press conference that followed a meeting between senior Syrian officials and a delegation from Lebanon's caretaker government. The meeting represented a breakthrough in teh relations between the two countries which de…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-04). Military Situation In Syria On September 4, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 3, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 35 times: 19 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On September 3, Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at Damascus city from Lebanese airspace. | On September 3, Syrian air defenses destroyed 21 out of 24 Israeli missiles that were fired at targets near Damascus, according to the Russ…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-04). Syrian Air-Defenses Intercepted 21 Israeli Missiles During Last Attack On Damascus. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) interpreted 21 out of 24 missiles fired by Israeli warplanes during the most recent According to kulit, the Israeli missiles were intercepted…

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-04). Israeli Soldiers have Killed 73 Palestinian Children this Year: When will the Siege of Civilians in Gaza End? juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — So much for the Israeli army supposedly wanting to "reduce" the number of Palestinians it shoots. An Israeli soldier shot and killed another Palestinian child in the besieged Gaza Strip on 21 August. Omar Hasan Abu Al-Nil was just 13. The boy succumbed to his wounds last Saturday. According to …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-04). Israeli forces kill one and injure dozens of protesters as Palestinians demand end of Gaza blockade. peoplesdispatch.org Firing by Israeli forces on weekly protests in the occupied Palestinian territory started last month and has so far killed three people, including a 12-year-old…

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-04). War is a Racist Enterprise. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Sep 1, 2021 | Racism is an unspoken rationale for U.S. imperialist actions. | The U.S.'s failure to prevent the Taliban from retaking political power in Afghanistan sparked feelings of panic in the foreign policy establishment. Warmongers and their loyal servants made endless demands for the twenty-plus year occupation to continue indefinitely. Familiar faces from

Paul Mason (2021-09-04). The new alliance between anti-vaxxers and the far right is a deadly threat. zcomm.org The claim that vaccines are being used to commit genocide is an echo of the white supremacist "Great Replacement Theory".

Carlos Aznarez (2021-09-04). Peru: Defending Vladimir Cerrón Against Fascism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Aznarez — Aug 29, 2021 | His name is Vladimir Cerrón and he is the target of a fierce attack by the narco-Fujimorista right wing in Peru. This is no wonder as Cerrón, head of the Perú Libre party—the same organization that made it possible for Pedro Castillo to become president—is an important figure when it comes to ideological reaffirmation, critical in order for the process of popular rebellion to not amount to nothing, as it did with Ollanta Humala. | Cerrón has a long history of fighting for the Revolution and socialism for Peru. He is young but at the same time a veteran stoker of…

Staff (2021-09-04). Attacks on Critical Race Theory Seek to Insert Fascist Politics Into Education. truthout.org The right wing in the United States is waging a war against critical race theory. Republican governors such as Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brad Little in Idaho and Greg Abbott in Texas, among others, claim that teaching about the history of racism, mentioning race in the classroom, or addressing social justice issues amount to a form of propaganda that victimizes white students. In this view, teaching about racial justice is a form of racial injustice. Wedding this reactionary ideology to power,…

Steve Lalla (2021-09-04). Chinese Not Welcome: Canada's Political Elite Rekindles Long History of China-Hating. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla — Aug 2, 2021 | In the runup to its federal election on September 20, Canada's leading parties have leaned heavily on anti-China rhetoric, as they have done since the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Sadly, these unscrupulous attempts to appeal to Canadian voters' basest motives may find fertile ground in a political landscape dominated by spineless parties jostling for support from one of the world's most Sinophobic electorates. | The political economy of genocide | Earlier this year, Canada followed disgraced US President Trump and spuriously declared the Chinese Communist Party'

Staff (2021-09-04). Police Unions Are Leading the Opposition to Vaccine Mandates for Public Workers. truthout.org Police unions, among several other professional labor unions, across the country are fighting back against possible vaccine mandates in Democratic-led states, many of which are considering a requirement for all city employees — including police officers — to be inoculated against COVID-19. | The head of the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents some 355,000 members, recently compared vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany — now a…

_____ (2021-09-04). Wanted: Another Bob Dole to Save Voting Rights. commondreams.org When it comes to corporate vision, there are no reflections; it is only about the dollars.

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