(2021-09-09). Hashtag "Untie_Our_Hands": How Many More Palestinians Must Die for Israel's "Security"? dissidentvoice.org 
A large Israeli army campaign is taking social media by storm. The unstated aim of what is known as the "#Untie_Our_Hands" initiative is the desire to kill, with no accountability, more Palestinian protesters at the Gaza fence. The campaign was motivated by the killing of an Israeli sniper, Barel Hadaria Shmueli, who was reportedly shot from the …
(2021-09-09). 100 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Soldiers in West Bank. telesurenglish.net At least 100 Palestinian protesters were injured on Wednesday in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the villages of Beita and Huwara near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. | RELATED: | The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that ten people were shot, including nine with rubber-coated metal bullets and 90 others suffered suffocation after inhaling teargas fired by…
(2021-09-09). Algerian Judoka Suspended for 10 Years After Refusing to Face Israeli Athlete. orinocotribune.com 
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended the Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach from participating in any activities or competitions organized by the body for 10 years after refusing to face Israeli athlete Tohar Butbul, at Tokyo 2020. | Nourine was due to face Sudanese player Mohamed Abdalrasool, on July 24, in his first match in the round of 64, and would have been paired with Israeli Tohar Butbul in the round of 32 in the men's 73kg weight category. | The International Olympic Committee took the decision to suspend Fethi Nourine for 10 years over his support of the Palestinian cause and r…
(2021-09-09). Headlines for September 9, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Calls for Halt to COVID Booster Shots in 2021, Says Vaccines Should Go to Poorer Countries, COVAX Cuts 2021 Vaccine Forecast; Australia Joins Call for Waiver on Vaccine Patents, Los Angeles Schools Poised to Require Vaccinations for Students 12 and Older , Afghanistan Evacuations Continue as Taliban Reestablishes Ministry of "Virtue and Vice", Main Suspect in 2015 Paris Attacks Tells Court He Was a Soldier for the Islamic State, Human Rights Campaign President Fired in Latest Fallout from Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe, Virginia Removes Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, 17 Patients Die as Floods Hit…
(2021-09-09). Guantanamo Past the Point of All Shame. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 9, 2021 U.S. high schools should teach courses on Guantanamo: what not to do in the world, how not to make it even worse, and how not to compound that catastrophe beyond all shame and recovery. As we tear down Confederate statues and continue brutalizing victims in Guantanamo, …
(2021-09-09). ARCAS: An AI-Powered Assault Rifle That Turns Killing Into A Video Game. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Israeli weapons developer Elbit Systems claims to have solved one of the key issues related to using an assault rifle: aiming. | On September 9th, the company unveiled the ARCAS. It is an in-built computerized Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered system that interfaces with the rifle's Electro-Optical (EO) sight, with a helmet-mounted eyepiece and with the rifle's assemblies, providing soldiers with real-time intuitive actionable combat information. | It quite literally mak…
(2021-09-09). United States: The racist War on Terror after 9/11. greenleft.org.au After the attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, United States president George W Bush gained unlimited powers to fight "forever wars", writes Malik Miah. Meanwhile, Arabs and those who "looked Muslim" — especially Iranians and South Asians — became domestic targets at home.
(2021-09-09). Atlantic to eastern flank: NATO's "biggest adaptation since the Cold War era" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com JSECS Road to Full Readiness Reaches Its Final Milestone As a result of its biggest adaptation since the Cold War era, NATO celebrated the foundation of a new full operational Headquarters in Ulm on September 8, 2021. The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Tod D. Wolters, declared the Joint Support and Enabling Command's full readiness …
(2021-09-09). NATO's new Drang nach Osten command declares full operational capability. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Joint Support and Enabling Command declares Full Operational Capability On 8th September 2021, Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) declared Full Operational Capability (FOC) and marked the occasion with a ceremony presided over by its Commander, Lieutenant General Jàºrgen Knappe. Distinguished guests included, Supreme Allied Commander Operations, General Tod Wolters, German State Secretary, Thomas Silberhorn, …
(2021-09-09). Biden Vowed to Make Racial Justice the Heart of His Agenda — Is It Still Beating? zcomm.org The lack of progress has frustrated civil rights leaders and activists who charge that the president isn't taking the fight for voting rights seriously enough…
(2021-09-08). Patriotic Snitch: Bob Hawke as US Informant. counterpunch.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
(2021-09-08). Tampa activists rally to stop evictions, invest in housing not police. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On September 5, about 25 protesters from Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC), community members and other activists rallied to demand an extension to the eviction moratorium that was abruptly ended by the United States Supreme Court. In Tampa alone, 5000 units are due to be evicted in the near future. The protesters also demanded the cancelation of late rent payments over the course of the pandemic and for the city to invest in the community, not the police. | In addition to the looming evictions, many studies have shown that Tampa is the city with the fastest growing rent costs in the count…
(2021-09-08). America's Housing Crisis Is About to Get Much, Much Worse. zcomm.org The Supreme Court has chosen to side with landlords over the millions of renters on the edge of eviction. The tidal wave of pain that will soon descend on the nation is hard to comprehend…
(2021-09-08). Mexican Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled against the criminalization of women who abort in the first stage of pregnancy. | RELATED: | Unanimously, the supreme judges declared unconstitutional the Penal Code of the Coahuila State, which imposed up to three years in prison on either the woman who voluntarily performs an abortion or the person who helps her to have an abortion. The SCJN decision sets a binding precedent for all the…
(2021-09-08). Mexico Court Says Criminalising Abortion Unconstitutional. popularresistance.org Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to penalise abortion, a major victory for women's health and reproductive rights that comes amid a "green wave" of abortion decriminalisation in Latin America. | The Mexican court's decision on Tuesday follows moves to decriminalise abortion at the state level, although most of the country still has tough laws in place against women terminating their pregnancy early. | "This is a historic step for the rights of women," said Supreme Court Justice Luis Maria Aguilar. | The court unanimously annulled several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a stat…
(2021-09-08). Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in landmark ruling and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the landmark ruling issued by Mexico's Supreme Court to decriminalize abortion services; the indictments announced against 14 Palestinian security officers for the custodial killing of activist Nizar Banat; counter-protests organized across Brazil against rallies held by far right President Jair Bolsonaro; parliamentary elections in Morocco amid continued demands for political and democratic reforms; and a recent study on mask-wearing conducted in Bangladesh and the urgent changes needed in the public health response to COVID-19.
(2021-09-08). Mexico decriminalizes abortion in historic ruling. peoplesdispatch.org Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the laws that penalize women and pregnant persons for terminating their pregnancy are unconstitutional. With the historic decision, the country's top court decriminalized abortions across national territory…
(2021-09-08). A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women. otherwords.org 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 Thanks to the Supreme Court, the state is now unleashing another wave of newly minted bounty hunters — this time on women. | The Supreme Court has let stand the Lone Star State's latest attack on women — a law t…
(2021-09-08). Brazil: Over 4,000 Participate in National March of Indigenous Women. libya360.wordpress.com Photo: Andressa Zumpano/CPT NacionalPhoto: Andressa Zumpano/CPT Nacional Participants of the II Indigenous Women's March follow the trial of the "Temporary Framework" in Brasília. This Wednesday 8th, the trial continues in the Federal Supreme Court (TSF) to decide on the "Temporary Framework" to establish the legal limit on the demarcation of indigenous lands. More than four…
(2021-09-08). Israel seeks revenge after Palestinian Great Escape. electronicintifada.net Tunnel from Gilboa prison punches hole in occupier's invincibility.
(2021-09-08). IDF Carry Out Raids Looking For 6 Escape Palestinians In Occupied West Bank. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Israeli forces stormed dozens of areas across the occupied West Bank district of Jenin, looking for the 6 escaped Palestinians. | Media sources in Jenin said dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Arraba plain area and conducted searches in Palestinian communities. | According to Palestinian media outlets, the Israeli forces raided the homes of the six escaped prisoners and began to arrest their relatives. | They invaded Arabbuna village northeast of Jenin and sto…
(2021-09-08). Ocasio-Cortez to Kellyanne Conway: 'Don't Let the Fascist Victim Complex Hit You on the Way Out'. commondreams.org Highlighting recent damage from extreme weather, one group said that "30-year timelines are completely unrealistic."
(2021-09-08). Bolsonaro rehearses fascistic coup on Brazil's Independence Day. wsws.org The September 7 demonstrations were a high point of a dictatorial turn advanced ever more frantically by Bolsonaro.
(2021-09-08). Bolivia: General Montero Arrested for Senkata Massacre. telesurenglish.net Former Commander-General of the Bolivian Police Rodolfo Montero was arrested on Tuesday after giving his statement about the episodes of violence occurred in the Senkata massacre on Nov. 19, 2019. | Related: | "The Public Prosecutor's Office has determined the arrest of the former Commander of the Bolivian Police, Rodolfo Montero, for the crimes of genocide, homicide, and serious injuries in relation to the Senkata…
(2021-09-08). 21N Regional Elections: Diosdado Cabello Presents Report on Chavismo Nominations — Eduardo Samán Excluded. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Monday, September 6, Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported that 183,806 persons were nominated by the party's bases to be candidacies for the regional elections of November 21. In this regard, he explained that all the candidacies of the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP) have already been registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE). | "All the nominated candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole are already registered, in all governorates, in all municipalities and in all municipal councils," informed Cabello. | Yout…
(2021-09-08). US DOJ Probes Raytheon's Alleged Bribery Payments to Qatar Armed Forces Contractor: Report. sputniknews.com Over the past seven years, Raytheon has reportedly signed a number of hefty defence contracts with Qatar worth more than $7 billion, including those related to building and servicing the US Patriot missile system.
(2021-09-08). The Race Class Narrative Can Win. popularresistance.org We're glad to be at a point in American political discourse where the question being posed is how to talk about race and class, rather than whether to do so. For too long, many on the left, especially white progressives, have shied away from talking directly about race and racism. Talking about race, they have argued, is divisive and costs us electoral victories. This approach centers the experiences of white voters, who don't feel the direct impact of racism in our economy or democracy, and neglects the concerns of people of color, who make up a large portion of our base. It also ignores the fact that race is al…
(2021-09-08). The Movement To De-Cop The Campus. popularresistance.org Police abolition has become a national conversation since the George Floyd uprisings. Many university police chiefs are encouraging the misconception, however, that campus police are somehow different from other police forces‚Äâ—‚Äâdespite their long history of racist violence. | To take just one example, a campus police officer at the University of California, Los Angeles shot and wounded a Black man he assumed was unhoused in 2003; in 2009, that same officer repeatedly used a Taser on an Iranian American student studying in the library. | But police violence is not confin…
(2021-09-08). Coalition fights Texas voter repression law the moment it's signed. peoplesworld.org 
The ink from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's pen approving a new voter repression law didn't even have time to dry Tuesday before a massive coalition filed suit to overturn this latest racist Republican attempt to block people from casting ballots. Immediately after Abbott signed the bill, officially designated SB 1, a joint case was filed …