Daily Archives: September 27, 2021

2021-09-27: News Headlines

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 …

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