2021-09-07: News Headlines

Henry A. Giroux (2021-09-07). Attacks on Critical Race Theory Seek to Insert Fascist Politics Into Education. zcomm.org This attack on critical race theory is part of a broader attack on the wider issues of critical pedagogy, critical thinking, dissent and civic consciousness…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-06). Patriotic Snitch: Australia's Long Serving Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke as US Informant. globalresearch.ca

Prabhat Patnaik (2021-09-06). Why neoliberalism needs neofascists. mronline.org It has been four decades since neoliberal globalization began to reshape the world order. During this time, its agenda has decimated labor rights, imposed rigid limits on fiscal deficits, given massive tax breaks and bailouts to big capital, sacrificed local production for multinational supply chains, and privatized public sector assets at throwaway prices.

Editor (2021-09-06). Editorial—WW condena la ley antiaborto de Texas. workers.org Workers World/Mundo Obrero condena en los términos más enérgicos la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos, de 5 a 4, del 2 de septiembre, que se negó a restringir una ley de Texas que prohíbe los procedimientos de aborto a partir de las seis semanas de embarazo. La . . . |

_____ (2021-09-06). Dear Joe Manchin: $3.5 Trillion Is Not Much Money. commondreams.org The absurdity and lawlessnessof the Supreme Court's procedural decision in the Texas abortion case could, if turned around on the GOP, have the benefit of getting more people vaccinated.

_____ (2021-09-06). Supreme Court's Attack on Abortion Rights Opens Door for Vigilante Lawsuits Against the Unvaccinated. commondreams.org By refusing to block the Texas law, "the Supreme Court of the United States has chosen to trample on the protection of women's reproductive rights," said one expert.

The New Arab (2021-09-06). Israel Razes Palestinian Bedouin Village for '192nd' Time, Activist Says. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-06). Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israeli prison by digging a tunnel out of their cell. peoplesdispatch.org Five of the prisoners were associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and one with the Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. Their escape was hailed by sections across Palestine with many terming it a blow to the occupation…

Thomas Klikauer (2021-09-06). Germany's Identitarian Movement. zcomm.org Germany's semi-fascist Identitarian Movement, like all right-wing extremists and adjacent Neo-Nazis, rejects the democratic order of Germany fighting with public stunts and violent force against democracy…

WSWS (2021-09-06). Fascist militias threaten officials, force shutdown of schools in Washington state. wsws.org Three Vancouver, Washington schools were locked down for over an hour after some 50 Proud Boys and anti-mask supporters attempted to escort a maskless student into school.

Titleplease, Call It What It Is: Fascism (2021-09-06). Please, Call It What It Is: Fascism. commondreams.org "The people of Brazil have struggled for decades to secure democracy from military rule, Bolsonaro must not be permitted to rob them of it now."

Global Research News (2021-09-06). Selected Articles: Hard Data from Israel Reveals Vaccine Failure. globalresearch.ca By All through this year Israel has been praised and admired for the efficiency of its vaccination drive. Today it is one of the …

Vasko Kohlmayer (2021-09-06). Recognizing the Obvious: Hard Data from Israel Reveals Vaccine Failure. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-06). Open letter to state parties of Arms Trade Treaty calls for arms embargo on Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The signatories, which include rights organizations and members of civil society, called on the signatories of the Arms Trade Treaty to end the supply of conventional arms, munitions, parts and components to Israel…

_____ (2021-09-06). A Unified Story For A Divided World. popularresistance.org Wars of position rage between "race reductionists" who insist on the political primacy of race and their "class reductionist" counterparts. But some of us, especially those of us who make use of racial capitalism as a set of frameworks, insist that such debate is tired. In Golden Gulag, Ruth Wilson Gilmore offers an intricate definition of racism: "the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death." It follows that races are divisions of populations into hierarchies of vulnerability to premature death (the likely fate of the materially insecure…

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-06). War Is a Racist Enterprise. globalresearch.ca

Ken Moak (2021-09-06). Why majority of Americans support costly foreign policies. asiatimes.com Democrats and Republicans may be at each other's throats when it comes to domestic policy, spending and the size of the US government. But they are on the same page on foreign policies, protecting American supremacy or stifling any country that is in a position to challenge US interests. In doing so, the US government …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). Celso Amorim, Former Foreign Minister: "A Climate of Civil War is Being Created in Brazil". libya360.wordpress.com Héctor Bernardo Supporters of Brazil's ultra-right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have called for marches on Tuesday, September 7, against the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Faced with an almost certain electoral defeat to the former president Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro is putting pressure on the other branches of government to delegitimize the elections scheduled for 2022. Rumors…

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2021-09-06: News Headlines

Prabhat Patnaik (2021-09-06). Why neoliberalism needs neofascists. mronline.org It has been four decades since neoliberal globalization began to reshape the world order. During this time, its agenda has decimated labor rights, imposed rigid limits on fiscal deficits, given massive tax breaks and bailouts to big capital, sacrificed local production for multinational supply chains, and privatized public sector assets at throwaway prices.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-06). Patriotic Snitch: Australia's Long Serving Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke as US Informant. globalresearch.ca

The New Arab (2021-09-06). Israel Razes Palestinian Bedouin Village for '192nd' Time, Activist Says. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-09-06). Fascist militias threaten officials, force shutdown of schools in Washington state. wsws.org Three Vancouver, Washington schools were locked down for over an hour after some 50 Proud Boys and anti-mask supporters attempted to escort a maskless student into school.

Thomas Klikauer (2021-09-06). Germany's Identitarian Movement. zcomm.org Germany's semi-fascist Identitarian Movement, like all right-wing extremists and adjacent Neo-Nazis, rejects the democratic order of Germany fighting with public stunts and violent force against democracy…

Global Research News (2021-09-06). Selected Articles: Hard Data from Israel Reveals Vaccine Failure. globalresearch.ca By All through this year Israel has been praised and admired for the efficiency of its vaccination drive. Today it is one of the …

Vasko Kohlmayer (2021-09-06). Recognizing the Obvious: Hard Data from Israel Reveals Vaccine Failure. globalresearch.ca

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-06). War Is a Racist Enterprise. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). Celso Amorim, Former Foreign Minister: "A Climate of Civil War is Being Created in Brazil". libya360.wordpress.com Héctor Bernardo Supporters of Brazil's ultra-right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have called for marches on Tuesday, September 7, against the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Faced with an almost certain electoral defeat to the former president Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro is putting pressure on the other branches of government to delegitimize the elections scheduled for 2022. Rumors…

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 …

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.

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…

_____ (2021-09-05). America Is Now an Insane Country. strategic-culture.org Covid isn't just a matter of private health, but it is especially a raging matter of public health; but, if Americans don't care about the health of anyone but themselves, then what else can this be but an insane country? | On the one hand, America's Supreme Court is so concerned about the alleged 'right to life' of non-conscious early-stage human fetuses as to dictate to any woman in whose body such an object is being formed, "That is state property and you have no right to terminate it." But, on the other hand, America's public are so little concerned about their own and actual "right to [conscious] life" as to…

_____ (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). 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.

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.

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.

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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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2021-09-04: News Headlines

12 days to go (2021-09-04). 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.

Jake Johnson (2021-09-03). Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction. zcomm.org By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to kick out vulnerable families."

Anonymous669 (2021-09-03). Israel Struck Syrian S-200 Air-Defense System In Response To Missile That Reached Tel Aviv. southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli airforce pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016.. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) | The Israeli military struck an S-200 long-range air-defense system of the Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) whose fire reached the Israeli capital Tel Aviv early on September 3, according to Israel's

Anonymous669 (2021-09-03). Israel Struck Targets Near Damascus, Syrian Air Defense Fire Reached Tel Aviv (Videos, Photos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | Early on September 3, a series of Israeli strikes targeted the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). | A source in the Syrian military told the state-run news agency that the strikes were launched from the airspace of neighboring Lebanon. | "At about 1: 26 am today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from southeast of Beirut, targeti…

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-03). Palestinian woman spared horror of Israeli prison birth. electronicintifada.net Following appeals, Anhar al-Deek is back home, though under house arrest.

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-03). Labour reverses ban on Palestine Solidarity Campaign speaker. electronicintifada.net Activists receive an apology after being blocked from youth event.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-03). DHS, CNN Scramble To Flip Biden Afghanistan Narrative Back To Domestic 'White Supremacists' Threat. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Originally published on President Biden had a disastrous August. His poll numbers

Graziella Pogolotti (2021-09-03). "Derrotamos la ultraderecha fascista, dirigida por el imperialismo" globalizacion.ca En este importante momento de transición para la revolución bolivariana, que está dialogando con la oposición golpista, ante las megaelecciones del 21 de noviembre, entrevistamos a uno de sus cuadros políticos más representativos, el exministro Eduardo Piñate, miembro de la …

Lance Johnson (2021-09-03). Israel Now Has More COVID Infections Per Capita Than Any Country in the World, Even as "Booster Shots" Are Being Widely Administered There. globalresearch.ca

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-03). How Owen Jones justifies Labour's purge of socialists. electronicintifada.net Guardian columnist ignores history of Nazi-Zionist collaboration.

Badri Raina (2021-09-03). The Questionable Patriotism of Indian Industry. zcomm.org They Do Not Invest in Jammu and Kashmir…

WSWS (2021-09-03). The Texas abortion ban: A massive assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The US Supreme Court's decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect September 1 must be opposed by the entire working class. The right to free, safe and legal abortion is a fundamental democratic right.

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2021-09-03: News Headlines

Jake Johnson (2021-09-03). Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction. zcomm.org By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to kick out vulnerable families."

Anonymous669 (2021-09-03). Israel Struck Syrian S-200 Air-Defense System In Response To Missile That Reached Tel Aviv. southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli airforce pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016.. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) | The Israeli military struck an S-200 long-range air-defense system of the Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) whose fire reached the Israeli capital Tel Aviv early on September 3, according to Israel's

Anonymous669 (2021-09-03). Israel Struck Targets Near Damascus, Syrian Air Defense Fire Reached Tel Aviv (Videos, Photos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | Early on September 3, a series of Israeli strikes targeted the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). | A source in the Syrian military told the state-run news agency that the strikes were launched from the airspace of neighboring Lebanon. | "At about 1: 26 am today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from southeast of Beirut, targeti…

Ali Abunimah (2021-09-03). Palestinian woman spared horror of Israeli prison birth. electronicintifada.net Following appeals, Anhar al-Deek is back home, though under house arrest.

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-03). Labour reverses ban on Palestine Solidarity Campaign speaker. electronicintifada.net Activists receive an apology after being blocked from youth event.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-03). DHS, CNN Scramble To Flip Biden Afghanistan Narrative Back To Domestic 'White Supremacists' Threat. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Originally published on President Biden had a disastrous August. His poll numbers

Graziella Pogolotti (2021-09-03). "Derrotamos la ultraderecha fascista, dirigida por el imperialismo" globalizacion.ca En este importante momento de transición para la revolución bolivariana, que está dialogando con la oposición golpista, ante las megaelecciones del 21 de noviembre, entrevistamos a uno de sus cuadros políticos más representativos, el exministro Eduardo Piñate, miembro de la …

Lance Johnson (2021-09-03). Israel Now Has More COVID Infections Per Capita Than Any Country in the World, Even as "Booster Shots" Are Being Widely Administered There. globalresearch.ca

Asa Winstanley (2021-09-03). How Owen Jones justifies Labour's purge of socialists. electronicintifada.net Guardian columnist ignores history of Nazi-Zionist collaboration.

Badri Raina (2021-09-03). The Questionable Patriotism of Indian Industry. zcomm.org They Do Not Invest in Jammu and Kashmir…

WSWS (2021-09-03). The Texas abortion ban: A massive assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The US Supreme Court's decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect September 1 must be opposed by the entire working class. The right to free, safe and legal abortion is a fundamental democratic right.

12 days to go (2021-09-03). 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.

_____ (2021-09-02). 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 By the end of 2020, a total of 82.4 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes according to the UNHCR. The number of forcibly displaced persons globally has doubled since 1990 and is likely to increase significantly in the coming decades due to a convergence of factors, including armed conflict and other forms of violence, as well as climate breakdown, which will compound pressures to migrate. | Displacement occurs in the context of a capitalist economic system in which profits are made both through the sale of arms that are instrumental in causing conflicts and wars, and through the mi…

_____ (2021-09-02). Patriotic Millionaires Launches New Campaign to Boost Fight for Economic Justice. commondreams.org "Joe Manchin is using debt as a weapon and aiming it directly at your job, directly at your children, directly at our futures."

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.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2021-09-02). 'Fearing the Black Body' uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality. peoplesworld.org One author is using history to expose some of the racist roots in public healthcare. In Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia author Sabrina Strings, Ph.D., argues that fat phobia isn't about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice. The …

Andrew Wright (2021-09-02). Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida. peoplesworld.org New Orleans Police put in place a curfew after Ida left the city "vulnerable" to looting. The proclaimed vulnerability is in part due to the massive power outages that left over 800,000 people without electricity. The city itself is under a heat advisory as temperatures near 90 degrees again. Many residents are without or have …

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). Slamming 'Cowardly' Supreme Court, Pelosi Announces Vote on Abortion Rights Bill. commondreams.org "While I'm so glad for the young people who are fighting this climate crisis," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., "I realize that many of us who are now older, in our third act, we're still needed."

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.

_____ (2021-09-02). Supreme Court Attack on Roe Reignites Demand to 'Kill the Filibuster'. commondreams.org Under this law, anyone, anywhere in the United States, can sue anyone who helps a patient in Texas access abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

C.J. Atkins (2021-09-02). Supreme Court lets Texas kill Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org Women banned from accessing abortions before they even know they're pregnant. Bounties of $10,000 paid out of public money for anyone who takes court action to stop an abortion. Those are just a couple of details of a draconian new law attacking women's reproductive health in Texas which the Supreme Court allowed to take effect …

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). 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). 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…

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…

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.

_____ (2021-09-02). Sotomayor Rips Right-Wing Justices as Supreme Court Effectively Overturns Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org The Republican from Maine "will forever be the U.S. senator who gaslit a nation and her constituents and voted to install Brett Kavanaugh," said one critic.

WSWS (2021-09-02). Texas passes bill restricting voting rights after collapse of Democratic walkout. wsws.org Following the failure of a walkout by Texas Democrats, the state legislature passed a restrictive bill that will further curtail voting rights for working and poor people.

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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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2021-09-01: News Headlines

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…

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…

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.

_____ (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.

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…

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. |

_____ (2021-09-01). Roe v. Wade in Grave Danger as Supreme Court Lets Texas Abortion Ban Take Effect. commondreams.org "That the Biden administration seeks to reward Emanuel with an ambassadorship is an embarrassment and betrayal of the values we seek to uphold both within our nation and around the world."

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.

Staff (2021-08-31). Headlines for August 31, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks, Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis's Ban on Mask Mandates, Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake, Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees, U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline, Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads, Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act, Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Co…

Ben Slowey (2021-08-31). Milwaukee activists, artists campaign to increase Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions awareness. liberationnews.org BDS activists have launched a Milwaukee-wide Palestine solidarity letter encouraging artists and creatives of all kinds to endorse the cultural boycott of Israel.

Editor (2021-08-31). Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics — Book Review. mronline.org "Except for Palestine" is a remarkable little book. Within it, the authors Hill and Plitnick present the larger picture that the self-proclaimed progressive "universal" values of the United States are argued for in many troubled spots of the world, except for Palestine.

This Week in Fascism (2021-08-31). This Week in Fascism #118: Anti-Vaxx & Anti-Mask Movement Gets Violent; Communities Confront Proud Boys; Anti-Immigrant Trump Supporter Threatens DC with Bomb. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! We're back again with another action packed column. We bring you antifascist campaign reports from up and down the west coast and beyond, a roundup of news, analysis, and also a look at how the anti-vaxx and anti-mask movement is accelerating into violence. Plus, new doxxes, a call to action in Eugene,…

Fight Back (2021-08-31). Chicago march of reactionaries and fascists marks 'renewed independence' of Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On Sunday, August 29, there was a parade commemorating the 30th anniversary of the "renewed independence" of Ukraine. While this may at first glance seem to be no threat to labor, progressives and anti-racists, the true character of the event is revealed by the Nazi-coded language used in a letter written by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America inviting other Ukrainian organizations to participate. | So who is the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America? It's basically the Ukrainian version of the pro-Nazi German-American Bund. It was founded in 1940 to conduct propaganda in the U.S. in…

Paul Street (2021-08-31). Reflections on a Double Standard: the Right Absurdly Calls Democrats Socialists, but Liberals Can't Correctly Call the Right Fascist. counterpunch.org I hope I am not the only one who has noticed a curious double-standard in American media-politics culture: right wing politicians and commentators are free to inaccurately and routinely describe corporate Democrats as "socialists," "Marxists," and even "communists" but it is exceedingly rare for politicos, pundits, and talking heads to properly describe the Amerikaner right

Anonymous103 (2021-08-31). The mRNA Vaccine's Poisonous Potions: Medical Malpractice or "Slow Motion Genocide"? southfront.org Raw photo from Pixabay, edited by Global Research | Written by "Transparency a…

Philip Giraldi (2021-08-31). Always Another War: America and Israel Together Against Iran. globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Hempel (2021-08-31). Organizing against militarism from Israel to Europe. zcomm.org The EU has invested billions in Israeli arms companies to further militarize its border agency Frontex. Building a global antimilitarist movement is essential…

WSWS (2021-08-31). Israeli filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's The Viewing Booth: Changing hearts and minds? wsws.org Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's 2019 documentary explores the notion that exposing pro-Israeli viewers to videos depicting the brutality of the military occupation of the West Bank alone can alter consciousness.

Staff (2021-08-31). Biden calls black senior adviser Cedric Richmond a 'boy' during FEMA briefing. rt.com President Joe Biden has faced criticism for yet another 'racial' stumble, after calling a black man who serves as a White House senior adviser a "boy" during a FEMA briefing on hurricane damage in Louisiana. | "I'm here with, uh, my senior adviser and, uh, boy who knows Louisiana very, very well, man, and New Orleans, Cedric Richmond," Biden said on Monday as he prepared to begin the FEMA press briefing. Calling a black man a "boy" is considered a racist pejorative, rooted in insulting references to slaves. | The comment quickly sparked criticism on social media. The critics included Republican Party spokes…

RobertAlvarez (2021-08-31). We Must End the Housing Crisis. ips-dc.org The nation is on the brink of a severe housing disaster. | More than The U.S. Supreme Court's

Editor (2021-08-31). China's top court says grueling '996' work schedule illegal. mronline.org The Supreme People's Court published a set of labor-related disputes to clarify legal standards of working hours and overtime wages.

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2021-08-31: News Headlines

Ben Slowey (2021-08-31). Milwaukee activists, artists campaign to increase Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions awareness. liberationnews.org BDS activists have launched a Milwaukee-wide Palestine solidarity letter encouraging artists and creatives of all kinds to endorse the cultural boycott of Israel.

Staff (2021-08-31). Headlines for August 31, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks, Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis's Ban on Mask Mandates, Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake, Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees, U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline, Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads, Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act, Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Co…

Editor (2021-08-31). Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics — Book Review. mronline.org "Except for Palestine" is a remarkable little book. Within it, the authors Hill and Plitnick present the larger picture that the self-proclaimed progressive "universal" values of the United States are argued for in many troubled spots of the world, except for Palestine.

This Week in Fascism (2021-08-31). This Week in Fascism #118: Anti-Vaxx & Anti-Mask Movement Gets Violent; Communities Confront Proud Boys; Anti-Immigrant Trump Supporter Threatens DC with Bomb. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! We're back again with another action packed column. We bring you antifascist campaign reports from up and down the west coast and beyond, a roundup of news, analysis, and also a look at how the anti-vaxx and anti-mask movement is accelerating into violence. Plus, new doxxes, a call to action in Eugene,…

Paul Street (2021-08-31). Reflections on a Double Standard: the Right Absurdly Calls Democrats Socialists, but Liberals Can't Correctly Call the Right Fascist. counterpunch.org I hope I am not the only one who has noticed a curious double-standard in American media-politics culture: right wing politicians and commentators are free to inaccurately and routinely describe corporate Democrats as "socialists," "Marxists," and even "communists" but it is exceedingly rare for politicos, pundits, and talking heads to properly describe the Amerikaner right

Anonymous103 (2021-08-31). The mRNA Vaccine's Poisonous Potions: Medical Malpractice or "Slow Motion Genocide"? southfront.org Raw photo from Pixabay, edited by Global Research | Written by "Transparency a…

Philip Giraldi (2021-08-31). Always Another War: America and Israel Together Against Iran. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-08-31). Israeli filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's The Viewing Booth: Changing hearts and minds? wsws.org Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's 2019 documentary explores the notion that exposing pro-Israeli viewers to videos depicting the brutality of the military occupation of the West Bank alone can alter consciousness.

Jonathan Hempel (2021-08-31). Organizing against militarism from Israel to Europe. zcomm.org The EU has invested billions in Israeli arms companies to further militarize its border agency Frontex. Building a global antimilitarist movement is essential…

Staff (2021-08-31). Biden calls black senior adviser Cedric Richmond a 'boy' during FEMA briefing. rt.com President Joe Biden has faced criticism for yet another 'racial' stumble, after calling a black man who serves as a White House senior adviser a "boy" during a FEMA briefing on hurricane damage in Louisiana. | "I'm here with, uh, my senior adviser and, uh, boy who knows Louisiana very, very well, man, and New Orleans, Cedric Richmond," Biden said on Monday as he prepared to begin the FEMA press briefing. Calling a black man a "boy" is considered a racist pejorative, rooted in insulting references to slaves. | The comment quickly sparked criticism on social media. The critics included Republican Party spokes…

Editor (2021-08-31). China's top court says grueling '996' work schedule illegal. mronline.org The Supreme People's Court published a set of labor-related disputes to clarify legal standards of working hours and overtime wages.

Tony Murphy (2021-08-30). Workers Assembly Against Racism: Union rights, cancel rent! workers.org On Labor Day weekend, show solidarity with Workers Assembly Against Racism, Chris Smalls and workers fighting to organize Staten Island's Amazon facilities. They are demanding union rights, passage of the PRO Act and a permanent eviction moratorium. Join them at their rally at 5: 00 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 4, at Union . . . |

Editor (2021-08-30). Supreme Court ended eviction moratorium, but pandemic has shown road map for fighting back. mronline.org The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC's eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.

teleSUR (2021-08-30). Israel Killed 9 Palestinian Children and Wounded 556 Others. telesurenglish.net Between May 7 and July 31, 2021, Israel killed nine Palestinian children, injured 556 others and detained at least 170 children in occupied Al-Quds, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) denounced. | RELATED: | In a report published last week, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) also denounced that Israel targeted 116 private kindergartens and destroyed 140 public school…

Tamara Nassar (2021-08-30). Gaza child shot in neck by Israeli sniper dies. electronicintifada.net Occupation forces have killed 73 Palestinian children so far this year.

Staff (2021-08-30). Frankfurt Palestine stand highlights struggles of imprisoned Palestinian women. samidoun.net Samidoun Deutschland organized a Palestine Stand in central Frankfurt on Sunday, 29 August 2021. The action, organized at Hauptwache, highlighted the cases of several Palestinian women prisoners, including Israa Jaabis, Anhar al-Deek, Fadwa Hamadeh and Yasmin Jaber. Organizers set up a display of photos and calls to action highlighting imprisoned Palestinian students and calling for […] | The article

Editor2 (2021-08-30). Palestine's Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really 'Winning' Africa? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Aug 24, 2021 | The To answer the above questions, one has to appreciate the new Great Game u…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-30). Islamic State claims rocket attack on Kabul airport and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at reports of civilian casualties after a US drone strike in Kabul; protests against police brutality by farmers in India as the struggle crosses 9 months; protests by Palestinians in Gaza against the crushing 14 year long Israeli siege; the March on Washington for Voting Rights in the US to demand better protections against voter suppression laws in the US; and a warning issued by the Executive Committee of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (APDHB) of coup leader Jeanine Anez's possible escape from prison.

Staff (2021-08-30). Headlines for August 30, 2021. democracynow.org Up to 10 People Killed in U.S. Strike in Kabul, Rockets Fired at Airport as Withdrawal Deadline Nears, Hurricane Ida Slams into Louisiana, Killing One Person, Cutting Power to Entire City of New Orleans, Florida Judge Says Schools Can Impose Mask Mandates; Dr. Fauci Banks Vaccine Mandates for Students, Rev. Jesse Jackson Transfers to Rehab as Wife Moves to ICU; Conservative Radio Hosts Die of COVID-19, Thousands Rally for Voting Rights on Anniversary of March on Washington, 30 Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Attack During Military Exercise, Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Gaza; Soldiers Use Live Fire on Palestinian P…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-08-30). 'Blood for Blood': On Jenin and Israel's Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion. counterpunch.org The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, on August 16, is a consequential event, the repercussions of which are sure to be felt in the coming weeks and months. The four Palestinians — Saleh Mohammed Ammar, 19, Raed Ziad Abu Seif, 21,

Morgan Artyukhina (2021-08-30). Protest outside White House as Israeli PM seeks assurance of U.S. support for apartheid. liberationnews.org Protesters rallied outside the White House Aug. 26 as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Editor2 (2021-08-30). How Amílcar Cabral Shaped Paulo Freire's Pedagogy. orinocotribune.com By Curry Malott — Aug 26, 2021 | Frantz Fanon's influence on Paulo Freire's thought is well known, but the Brazilian educator also drew considerably from Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary intellectual from Guinea-Bissau. | This is a lightly edited excerpt from an article originally published by 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 ass…

Editor (2021-08-30). On the road to dictatorship? mronline.org Where there is smoke, there is fire, goes the popular saying. Most Brazilians and world public opinion know that Brazil is governed by a man of fascist convictions. Bolsonaro always praises the torturers of the military dictatorship implanted in Brazil in 1964 and regrets that "at least 30,000 subversives" were not shot.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-30). Israel suppresses weekend Gaza protests with violence, airstrikes; injures close to 30. peoplesdispatch.org Gazan have been holding demonstrations to demand the lifting of the 14-year-long Israeli blockade and resolved to continue protesting until their demands are met…

Sahand Yazdanyar (2021-08-30). It's Time for the US to Reassess Its Relationship With Israel. counterpunch.org In April 1996, Israeli artillery shells rained down on a United Nations compound where hundreds of civilians were taking refuge. As the shells exploded and the building collapsed, 106 civilians died and another 116 were injured. The attack, now known as the Qana Massacre, was part of a larger Israeli offensive known as Operation Grapes

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). Far-Right Ideology Has Cemented Itself In Ukraine Under Zelensky. southfront.org "Democratic" torch march in KievZelensky is incapable or unwilling to deal with the Ukrainian Far-Right. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was believed to be a reformer and a liberal when he took over the presidency from Petro Poroshenko. The billionaire former president is part of the corrupt oligarchy who from 2014 relied on neo-Nazis to fight and kill Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens in Donbass (Eastern Ukraine). Zelensky, a comedian and actor before b…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). Ukrainian Military Propaganda: Patriots Training To Fight Enemies In Kiev Forests (Photos 18+). southfront.org Viktor Pilipenko | Ukraine is firmly following its Western partners, especially in promoting the LGBT community. The Ukrainian army could not avoid this trend, and its LGBT troops provoked another scandal. | The head of Ukrainian LGBT troops Viktor Pilipenko chose not the best way to promote inclusiveness among the soldiers who are fighting alleged Russian threat on the frontlines. | Viktor Pilipenko is an officer who served in the infamous punitive Donbass Batallion. He publicly confessed his homosexuality. Having gained po…

WSWS (2021-08-30). The ideological foundations of Critical Race Theory. wsws.org While genuine Marxists oppose the drive by the Republicans to purge the schools of "unpatriotic" literature, critical race theory has absolutely nothing in common with Marxism.

_____ (2021-08-30). The Radicalism Of 'Race Today'. popularresistance.org In 1974, former Black Panther Darcus Howe became editor of Race Today, transforming it from a formal academic journal, run by the institute of Race Relations, into a campaigning collective whose activities extended far beyond journalism. | Race Today morphed into the Race Today Collective, forging a holistic approach to activism that weaponised journalism as a powerful campaigning tool. This symbiosis, coupled with the Collective's consistently global and intersectional outlook, pioneered a new form of anti-racist campaigning as well as a new era of radical journalism, reaching a pinnacle in 1981 with the Black P…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-08-30). Masses march on D.C. for voting rights. peoplesworld.org Join the fight for voting rights. Text the word PLEDGE to 89799 on your mobile phone. WASHINGTON—From Anchorage to Washington, masses of people marched again on Aug. 28—the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington—for one of the same causes of that long-ago day, voting rights. Tens of thousands, most prominently a crowd augmented by …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-30). Thousands hit the streets across the US to defend voting rights. peoplesdispatch.org As the right-wing Republican Party has pushed legislation in different states to curb access to voting in the United States, thousands across the country came to the streets to defend it. On August 28, Saturday, massive protests and demonstrations were held in the US capital, Washington DC, and several major cities across the country demanding federal legislation to protect voting rights. | According to an estimate by one of the organizers, around 20,000 people participated in a rally in Washington DC, while large crowds gathered in cities like Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston and Miami, among other places. The nationwi…

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2021-08-30: News Headlines

Editor (2021-08-30). Supreme Court ended eviction moratorium, but pandemic has shown road map for fighting back. mronline.org The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC's eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-08-30). 'Blood for Blood': On Jenin and Israel's Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion. counterpunch.org The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, on August 16, is a consequential event, the repercussions of which are sure to be felt in the coming weeks and months. The four Palestinians — Saleh Mohammed Ammar, 19, Raed Ziad Abu Seif, 21,

Staff (2021-08-30). Frankfurt Palestine stand highlights struggles of imprisoned Palestinian women. samidoun.net Samidoun Deutschland organized a Palestine Stand in central Frankfurt on Sunday, 29 August 2021. The action, organized at Hauptwache, highlighted the cases of several Palestinian women prisoners, including Israa Jaabis, Anhar al-Deek, Fadwa Hamadeh and Yasmin Jaber. Organizers set up a display of photos and calls to action highlighting imprisoned Palestinian students and calling for […] | The article

Staff (2021-08-30). Headlines for August 30, 2021. democracynow.org Up to 10 People Killed in U.S. Strike in Kabul, Rockets Fired at Airport as Withdrawal Deadline Nears, Hurricane Ida Slams into Louisiana, Killing One Person, Cutting Power to Entire City of New Orleans, Florida Judge Says Schools Can Impose Mask Mandates; Dr. Fauci Banks Vaccine Mandates for Students, Rev. Jesse Jackson Transfers to Rehab as Wife Moves to ICU; Conservative Radio Hosts Die of COVID-19, Thousands Rally for Voting Rights on Anniversary of March on Washington, 30 Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Attack During Military Exercise, Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Gaza; Soldiers Use Live Fire on Palestinian P…

Editor2 (2021-08-30). Palestine's Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really 'Winning' Africa? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Aug 24, 2021 | The To answer the above questions, one has to appreciate the new Great Game u…

Allan Fisher (2021-08-30). Saturday 8/28: Free Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…

Morgan Artyukhina (2021-08-30). Protest outside White House as Israeli PM seeks assurance of U.S. support for apartheid. liberationnews.org Protesters rallied outside the White House Aug. 26 as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Editor (2021-08-30). On the road to dictatorship? mronline.org Where there is smoke, there is fire, goes the popular saying. Most Brazilians and world public opinion know that Brazil is governed by a man of fascist convictions. Bolsonaro always praises the torturers of the military dictatorship implanted in Brazil in 1964 and regrets that "at least 30,000 subversives" were not shot.

Editor2 (2021-08-30). How Amílcar Cabral Shaped Paulo Freire's Pedagogy. orinocotribune.com By Curry Malott — Aug 26, 2021 | Frantz Fanon's influence on Paulo Freire's thought is well known, but the Brazilian educator also drew considerably from Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary intellectual from Guinea-Bissau. | This is a lightly edited excerpt from an article originally published by 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 ass…

Joris Leverink (2021-08-30). Organizing against militarism from Israel to Europe. roarmag.org Israeli soldier launches a skylark drone near the border to Gaza. Photo: By the end of 2020, a total of 82.4 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes according to the

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-30). Israel suppresses weekend Gaza protests with violence, airstrikes; injures close to 30. peoplesdispatch.org Gazan have been holding demonstrations to demand the lifting of the 14-year-long Israeli blockade and resolved to continue protesting until their demands are met…

Sahand Yazdanyar (2021-08-30). It's Time for the US to Reassess Its Relationship With Israel. counterpunch.org In April 1996, Israeli artillery shells rained down on a United Nations compound where hundreds of civilians were taking refuge. As the shells exploded and the building collapsed, 106 civilians died and another 116 were injured. The attack, now known as the Qana Massacre, was part of a larger Israeli offensive known as Operation Grapes

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). Far-Right Ideology Has Cemented Itself In Ukraine Under Zelensky. southfront.org "Democratic" torch march in KievZelensky is incapable or unwilling to deal with the Ukrainian Far-Right. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was believed to be a reformer and a liberal when he took over the presidency from Petro Poroshenko. The billionaire former president is part of the corrupt oligarchy who from 2014 relied on neo-Nazis to fight and kill Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens in Donbass (Eastern Ukraine). Zelensky, a comedian and actor before b…

WSWS (2021-08-30). The ideological foundations of Critical Race Theory. wsws.org While genuine Marxists oppose the drive by the Republicans to purge the schools of "unpatriotic" literature, critical race theory has absolutely nothing in common with Marxism.

_____ (2021-08-30). The Radicalism Of 'Race Today'. popularresistance.org Race Today morphed into the Race Today Collective, forging a holistic approach to activism that weaponised journalism as a powerful campaigning tool. This symbiosis, coupled with the Collective's consistently global and intersectional outlook, pioneered a new form of anti-racist campaigning as well as a new era of radical journalism, reaching a pinnacle in 1981 with the Black People's Day of Action.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-30). Thousands hit the streets across the US to defend voting rights. peoplesdispatch.org As the right-wing Republican Party has pushed legislation in different states to curb access to voting in the United States, thousands across the country came to the streets to defend it. On August 28, Saturday, massive protests and demonstrations were held in the US capital, Washington DC, and several major cities across the country demanding federal legislation to protect voting rights. | According to an estimate by one of the organizers, around 20,000 people participated in a rally in Washington DC, while large crowds gathered in cities like Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston and Miami, among other places. The nationwi…

Liberation Staff (2021-08-29). "Congress must act!": Supreme Court evictions ruling sparks protests nationwide. liberationnews.org With less than 24 hours notice, Cancel the Rents called for emergency protest rallies that were held in 20+ cities across the United States August 27 in response to the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn the federal eviction moratorium.

Natasha Lennard (2021-08-29). Supreme Court Ended Eviction Moratorium, but Pandemic Showed Road Map for Fighting Back. zcomm.org The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC's eviction moratorium, but the pandemic already showed the most effective way to fight back: direct actions…

Editor2 (2021-08-29). Dozens of Palestinians Injured in Israeli Crackdown on Protests. orinocotribune.com Tens of Palestinians were wounded as Israeli troops attacked several anti-settlement protests across the occupied West Bank on Friday. | Two Palestinians were hit by rubber bullets fired by the Israeli troops at a weekly anti-settlement rally in the flashpoint town of Beita, south of Nablus. The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service said 26 others suffered breathing difficulties due to inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli forces. | Since May, Beita has seen intensified clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting against a settlement outpost that has been recently established on Sobeih Mountain…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-29). New Escalation In Gaza: Israel Struck Hamas Positions Following Violent Protests (Photos, Videos). southfront.org FILE PHOTO: Israeli F-15 fighter jet © Reuters | Early on August 29, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to what was called "riots" by Palestinian protesters. | In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the airstrikes hit a military compound used for manufacturing weapons and training as well as an entrance to a tunnel of the Hamas Movement, the de-facto ruler of Gaza. | "The strikes were in response to Hamas launching incendiary balloons into Israeli territ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-29). Peru: Defending Vladimir Cerron against Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez His name is Vladimir Cerrón and he is the target of a fierce attack by the narco-fujimorist right wing in Peru. No wonder, Cerrón, as head of the Peru Libre Party, the same party that made it possible for Pedro Castillo to become President, is a fundamental figure when it comes to ideological…

Action4Canada (2021-08-29). Legal Action in British Columbia Supreme Court, To Hold Multiple Parties Accountable for their Actions with respect to COVID-19 Measures. globalresearch.ca

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2021-08-29: News Headlines

Natasha Lennard (2021-08-29). Supreme Court Ended Eviction Moratorium, but Pandemic Showed Road Map for Fighting Back. zcomm.org The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC's eviction moratorium, but the pandemic already showed the most effective way to fight back: direct actions…

Editor2 (2021-08-29). Dozens of Palestinians Injured in Israeli Crackdown on Protests. orinocotribune.com Tens of Palestinians were wounded as Israeli troops attacked several anti-settlement protests across the occupied West Bank on Friday. | Two Palestinians were hit by rubber bullets fired by the Israeli troops at a weekly anti-settlement rally in the flashpoint town of Beita, south of Nablus. The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service said 26 others suffered breathing difficulties due to inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli forces. | Since May, Beita has seen intensified clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting against a settlement outpost that has been recently established on Sobeih Mountain…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-29). New Escalation In Gaza: Israel Struck Hamas Positions Following Violent Protests (Photos, Videos). southfront.org FILE PHOTO: Israeli F-15 fighter jet © Reuters | Early on August 29, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to what was called "riots" by Palestinian protesters. | In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the airstrikes hit a military compound used for manufacturing weapons and training as well as an entrance to a tunnel of the Hamas Movement, the de-facto ruler of Gaza. | "The strikes were in response to Hamas launching incendiary balloons into Israeli territ…

Allan Fisher (2021-08-29). Saturday 8/28: Free Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…

Staff (2021-08-28). Supreme Court Ruling Against Eviction Moratorium Could Facilitate Surge in COVID. truthout.org On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court overwhelmingly ruled against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) most recent extension of the national eviction moratorium passed on August 3. This ruling will leave potentially millions of working class renters without any protections against eviction, particularly in southern states without statewide moratoriums, where the delta variant is still surging. | Despite the potentially catastrophic nature of the decision, the ruling no…

WSWS (2021-08-28). Millions face loss of their homes in wake of US Supreme Court ruling overturning eviction moratorium. wsws.org According to data from a Census Bureau survey, 6 percent of renters nationwide—more than 3.5 million people—say they are unable to pay their full rent due to the pandemic and are "likely" or "very likely" to face eviction.

Katy Ramsey Mason (2021-08-28). CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: Four questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert. nationofchange.org The ruling, by a divided court, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority in continuing a moratorium on evictions after Congress failed to pass new legislation.

Staff (2021-08-28). More Labor Unions Are Answering the Call for Solidarity With Palestine. truthout.org This article was originally published at In May, Palestinian workers urgently appealed for international solidarity against a sharp escalation of Israeli violence. Their appeals have been met with an unprecedented response — even in the United States, where labor officialdom has long supported the world's last remaining apartheid regime. | This dramatic shift is reflected in statem…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-28). Nuclear Deal, Afghanistan & U.S. Wolves: Khamenei's First Speech To New Iranian Government. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On August 28th, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had his first formal meeting with the incoming cabinet of President Ebrahim Raisi. One of his main calls to the new government was to "repair" the public's damaged trust in government. Speaking about the foreign policy, Khamenei also blamed the U.S. for "shameless behavior", describing U.S. Presidents as "predatory wolves". | Supreme Leader asked Raisi's cabinet not to waste time, to be aware of public perceptions and to uphold publi…

Rainer Shea (2021-08-28). Mercenaries in US Borders: A Sign of a Rapidly Declining Empire. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 27, 2021 | More keeps getting revealed about the contractors from the mysterious mercenary company—or, as we've found out, companies—that have shown up in Minneapolis during this summer's Black Lives Matter protests. The most widely recognized of these companies, whose contractors have been reported to profile, inflict head trauma upon, grab, and surveil peaceful demonstrators, initially didn't have its name known to the public due to the contractors refusing to reveal what their employer is called. But as I've seen reported by one Minneapolis resident who has personal experi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-28). Brazil: On the Road to Dictatorship? libya360.wordpress.com Frei Betto The military has published 13 manifestos in favor of Bolsonaro in the last two weeks. Where there is smoke, there is fire, goes the popular saying. Most Brazilians and world public opinion know that Brazil is governed by a man of fascist convictions. Bolsonaro always praises the torturers of the military dictatorship implanted…

_____ (2021-08-28). Iran Can Respond To America's 'Other Options'. popularresistance.org US President Joe Biden said the US can turn to "other options" should negotiations with Iran fail. A senior Iranian official responded, saying it's an illegal threat and that Tehran has the right to respond in kind. | The warning from Tehran was voiced on Saturday by the secretary the Supreme National Security Council, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, who tweeted it in Farsi, English, Hebrew, and Arabic. He noted the "emphasis on using 'Other Options' against Iran" expressed during a meeting between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday. The signal was "an illegal threat to…

Staff (2021-08-28). Parole board votes to release Robert F. Kennedy's assassin following his 16th parole hearing. rt.com A California parole board has voted to release Sirhan Sirhan — who killed US Senator Robert F. Kennedy — from prison after more than 50 years behind bars. The 77-year-old has said he shot the lawmaker over his support for Israel.

Brenda Norrell (2021-08-28). O'odham Voice Against the Wall Releases New Report on Elbit Spy Towers. indybay.org O'odham Voice Against the Wall demands a halt to the destruction and surveillance underway by Israel's Elbit Systems on the Tohono O'odham Nation and an end to the militarization by the U.S. Border Patrol, in a new 81-page report released to the world today.

_____ (2021-08-28). Sanders Pitches $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Thousands at Indiana Town Hall. commondreams.org The persistent opposition to masks and vaccines is "as if the population of London would argue with Churchill against taking shelter in the underground during Nazi air raids because it interfered with tea time. It's that incomprehensible."

Staff (2021-08-28). PSUV Ready to Enroll Candidates to Participate in Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is ready to register all the candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole who will participate in the regional elections scheduled for November 21, when "the revolutionary forces will achieve a considerable electoral victory," announced the president of the Electoral Commission of the red party, Diosdado Cabello, during a press conference offered this Friday August 27. | "Today, there are not only conditions for the November 21 elections, there is time for (the opposition) to prepare, and get ready, because on November 21 the revolutionary forces are going to beat them," s…

_____ (2021-08-28). 58 Years After Historic Rally, Thousands March on Washington for Voting Rights, DC Statehood. commondreams.org The Pentagon reported that Friday's drone strike killed two ISIS-K targets, while an elder in Jalalabad said several civilians had been kiiled.

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