(2023-09-20). Lula takes a stand before Joe Biden by condemning the embargo on Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's speech and that of US President Joe Biden at the opening ceremony of the 78th United Nations General Assembly shared many similarities: they talked about hunger in the world, social inequality, extreme environmental events such as climate change and the need to democratize the UN and global governance as a whole. But one topic was approached in quite different terms by the two presidents: the Caribbean countries, particularly the embargo on Cuba. | "Brazil will continue to reject measures taken without support from the UN Charter, such as the economic and financial…
(2023-09-21). Biden's UN General Assembly Speech Aimed at Russia Exposes US Hypocrisy. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-21). Seymour Hersh: Ukraine Has Lost in its War with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com BAND OF BROTHERS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, US Climate Envoy John Kerry, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listen as President Joe Biden addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. / Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via…
(2023-09-21). Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History. indybay.org No Remorse…
(2023-09-21). Headlines for September 21, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Chief Warns Climate Ambition Summit, "Humanity Has Opened the Gates of Hell", Biden Announces Climate Corps as Activists Demand He Declare Climate Emergency, Study Finds Climate Change Made Libya Flood Catastrophe 50 Times More Likely, U.N. Warns Fighting Between Sudan's Rival Military Factions Is Sickening and Killing Children, CNN: Ukraine Likely Behind Drone Strikes on Wagner-Backed Paramilitary in Sudan, Nagorno-Karabakh Residents Seek Security Guarantees as Peace Talks Get Underway, Patients Billed Up to $190 for COVID-19 Shots That Insurance Plans Are Required to Cover, Senate Confirm…
(2023-09-21). Lift the Blockade on Venezuela & Cuba: Colombian President Petro Warns U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Migration. democracynow.org 
In Part 3 of our interview with leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro, he describes how hard-line U.S. policies are preventing the Americas from addressing issues like migration, calling on the Biden administration to "open up a plural dialogue" to bring the region closer together. He notes many people moving through Latin America to seek asylum in the United States are from Venezuela, a country that has been devastated by U.S. sanctions. He calls for an end to punitive economic sanctions against both Venezuela and Cuba, both to slow migration and to address historic injustice. "The scars of…
(2023-09-21). The Danger that Lawfare against Trump Presents to the Progressive Movement. dissidentvoice.org Many have noted that the indictments of Trump ring of lawfare by the Biden administration. Donald Trump has now been indicted four times, and in blatant overkill, now faces 91 criminal charges. In New York alone he was hit with 34 felonies for the payments to Stormy Daniels. Trump also faces felony charges for claiming …
(2023-09-21). Biden's UN war speech paves way for direct clash with Russia. wsws.org The United States used Tuesday's meeting of the United Nations General assembly as a platform to launch a full-throated tirade against Russia, of the kind made by countries before they declare war.
(2023-09-21). Right-wing political theater at House hearing for Attorney General Garland. wsws.org While Republicans screamed and yelled about Hunter Biden, Democrats barely mentioned the far greater crimes of Donald Trump.
(2023-09-20). Land-Grant HBCUs Underfunded by $13 Billion, Biden Administration Says. truthout.org Two cabinet secretaries from the Biden administration have sent letters to 16 U.S. governors, informing them that, over the past three decades or more, their states have drastically underfunded Historically Black Colleges and Universities that receive land grants. The letters were sent on Monday by Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack… |
(2023-09-20). Report: Next Arms Package for Ukraine to Include More Cluster Bombs, No ATACMS. news.antiwar.com President Biden will announce a new weapons package for Ukraine when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington on Thursday, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Sources told Reuters that the package will be worth $325 million and is expected to include the second tranche of widely-banned cluster bombs in the form of 155mm artillery shells. The US …
(2023-09-20). Norman Solomon: Biden Is the Latest President To Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History. scheerpost.com 
By Norman Solomon / Original to ScheerPost When Joe Biden flew out of Hanoi last week, he was leaving a country where U.S. warfare caused roughly 3.8 million Vietnamese deaths. But, like every other president since the Vietnam War, he gave no sign of remorse. In fact, Biden led up to his visit by presiding over a …
(2023-09-20). Patrick Lawrence: The Question About Biden. scheerpost.com 
(2023-09-20). Is Lavrov's claim that America is at war with Russia 'exaggeration'?>. infobrics.org Even if we don't count statements made by top-level US officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin's admission that Washington DC wants to see a "strategic defeat" inflicted on Russia and President Joe Biden's Freudian slip that "Putin cannot stay in power", the evidence that supports Lavrov's claim is simply overwhelming and we're seeing it every single day.
(2023-09-20). Bakehouse Workers In Chicago Fight For Independent Union. popularresistance.org Despite the Biden administration's decision to terminate the national Public Health Emergency Declaration on May 11, COVID-19 has continued to spread and mutate, leaving millions dead around the world and millions of others chronically ill, permanently disabled, and/or immunocompromised. The pandemic itself, and the botched responses to it by powerful state and market actors (including, and especially, the United States), have inflicted irreversible damage upon our societies, and that damage has been disproportionately felt by marginalized, poor, and working-class people. But the many injustices working people ha…
(2023-09-20). The 'Biden Phase' Of The Ukraine War. popularresistance.org The ground war in Ukraine has run its course, a new phase is beginning. Even diehard supporters of Ukraine in the Western media and think tanks are admitting that a military victory over Russia is impossible and a vacation of the territory under Russian control is way beyond Kiev's capability. | Hence the ingenuity of the Biden administration in exploring Plan B — counseling Kiev to be realistic about loss of territory and pragmatically seek dialogue with Moscow. This was the bitter message that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken transmitted to Kiev recently in person. | But President Volodymyr's Zelens…
(2023-09-20). 'Biden's Phase' of Ukraine War Is Beginning. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar — Sep 17, 2023 | The ground war in Ukraine has run its course, a new phase is beginning. Even diehard supporters of Ukraine in the western media and think tanks are admitting that a military victory over Russia is impossible and a vacation of the territory under Russian control is way beyond Kiev's capability. | Hence the ingenuity of the Biden Administration to explore Plan B counselling Kiev to be realistic about loss of territory and pragmatically seek dialogue with Moscow. This was the bitter message that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken transmitted to Kiev recently in person.
(2023-09-20). 'Biden's Phase' of Ukraine War Is Beginning. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar — Sep 17, 2023 | The ground war in Ukraine has run its course, a new phase is beginning. Even diehard supporters of Ukraine in the western media and think tanks are admitting that a military victory over Russia is impossible and regaining territory under Russian control is way beyond Kiev's capability. | Hence the ingenuity of the Biden Administration to explore Plan B counseling Kiev to be realistic about loss of territory and pragmatically seek dialogue with Moscow. This was the bitter message that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken transmitted to Kiev recently in person. | But Presi…
(2023-09-20). Elliot Abrams Was a CIA Agent According to Daughter of CIA-Mafia Liaison By: Jeremy Kuzmarov. midwesternmarx.com Appointment of Abrams to Public Diplomacy Commission Shows President Biden's Close Ties to the CIA In September 1998, Desiree A. Ferdinand gave a sworn deposition, in a case filed with the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, detailing the career of her father, Colonel Albert V. Carone, an army intelligence officer in World War II who she claimed was a CIA liaison with organized crime.Ferdinand testified in a civil suit brought against the CIA and then-Vice President and fo …
(2023-09-20). Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History. indybay.org No Remorse…
(2023-09-20). The Question About Biden. popularresistance.org A friend and colleague wrote in an unusually sage commentary a couple of years ago that Ukraine would prove "NATO's Waterloo." | He called the brewing conflict there "a debacle-in-waiting." This was two months before the U.S. provoked the Russian intervention in February 2022. Now that is prescience. | Ukraine, indeed, has revealed NATO somewhat in the way of the old pun: No action, talk only. As Scott Ritter argued in a recent speech, it now appears the alliance is incapable of waging war in Ukraine or anywhere else in Europe. | But let's set NATO's surprising weakness aside for now and consider who, as the Ukra…
(2023-09-20). Headlines for September 20, 2023. democracynow.org Ceasefire Announced in Nagorno-Karabakh After Azerbaijani Military Operation Kills 100, Israelis Kill at Least 5 Palestinians in Last 2 Days as Gaza Blockade Tightens, Biden Meeting with Netanyahu in New York as U.S. Pushes for Saudi-Israeli Normalization, Houthi and Saudi Negotiators Wrap Another Round of Talks on Possible End to Yemen War, Volodymyr Zelensky Warns Russian War on Ukraine Threatens the World, Iranian President Calls on U.S. to Recommit to Nuclear Deal, Says "Americanization" of World Failed, Latin American Nations Challenge Old World Order at UNGA and G77, Gov't Shutdown Inches…
(2023-09-20). Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on U.S. to End the "Totalitarian" Prosecution of Julian Assange. democracynow.org 
A delegation of Australian lawmakers has arrived in Washington, D.C., to urge the Biden administration to halt its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. More than 60 members of Australia's Parliament from across the political spectrum have called for Assange's release. We speak to Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who co-founded the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, about the growing Australian movement to free Assange and its implications for U.S.-Australia relations. Whish-Wilson warns that Assange's extradition to the U.S. to stand tr…
(2023-09-20). The Danger Lawfare Against Trump Presents to the Progressive Movement. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Sep 19, 2023 | Many have noted that the indictments of Trump ring of lawfare by the Biden administration. Donald Trump has now been indicted four times, and in blatant overkill, now
(2023-09-20). Biden, Zelensky, and US generals call for expansion of war with Russia. wsws.org The United States launched a full-court press to promote the escalation of the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, with simultaneous appearances by US President Joe Biden at the United Nations and America's top military leaders at Ramstein, Germany, who pledged to continue the war "as long as it takes."
(2023-09-20). Auto strikes spread as Biden and UAW struggle to contain rank-and-file movement. wsws.org The strike by 200 parts workers in Alabama shows the rank-and-file movement has tremendous potential power, but everything is being done by the corporations, the political parties and the UAW bureaucracy to hold the rank-and-file back.
(2023-09-20). Axis Of War: The Japan-Korea-US Alliance. counterpunch.org Peter Kuzinick, director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, has described the US as "the most war-making country" in the world. Case in point is the newly-minted Japan-US-Korea alliance (JAKUS), which is being lauded as a historic step toward peace and stability by the Biden administration, but in fact fuels the rising danger
(2023-09-20). Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History. counterpunch.org When Joe Biden flew out of Hanoi last week, he was leaving a country where U.S. warfare caused roughly 3.8 million Vietnamese deaths. But, like every other president since the Vietnam War, he gave no sign of remorse. In fact, Biden led up to his visit by presiding over a White House ceremony that glorified the war
(2023-09-21). The Korean War Continues With Biden's Renewal of Travel Ban to North Korea. socialistproject.ca 
On August 22, the US State Department
(2023-09-21). Biden administration launches the American Climate Corps. nationofchange.org According to the White House, in its first year, the American Climate Corps will put more than 20,000 young people on career pathways in the fields of clean energy, conservation and climate resilience.
(2023-09-21). Biden, Brazil's Lula unveil joint deal to promote workers' rights. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—When Brazil's President Luíz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, replaced Jair Bolsinaro, the "Donald Trump of the Global South," as president of his country, the Biden administration had high hopes of being able to work with the newly-elected president. It has turned out that Biden and Lula, who leads his country's Workers Party, see eye …
(2023-09-21). Biden y Lula presentan acuerdo conjunto para promover los derechos de los trabajadores. peoplesworld.org 
NUEVA YORK—Cuando el presidente de Brasil, Luíz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, reemplazó a Jair Bolsinaro, el "Donald Trump del Sur Global", como presidente de su país, la administración Biden tenía grandes esperanzas de poder trabajar con el recién elegido presidente. Resultó que Biden y Lula, que dirige el Partido de los Trabajadores de su país, …
(2023-09-21). Biden is the latest president to tout the Vietnam War as proud history. nationofchange.org Efforts to portray the U.S. government's military actions as well-meaning and virtuous are incessant. The pretenses that falsify the past are foreshadowing excuses for future warfare.
(2023-09-21). Alabama Election Map "Redistricting": The Erosion of Voting Rights for African Americans. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-21). New Zealand election debate points to bipartisan agenda of austerity and war. wsws.org The televised leaders' debate underscores that both the incumbent Labour Party and the opposition National Party are committed to strengthening New Zealand's role in the US-led war drive against China and Russia, while slashing spending on public services amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis.
(2023-09-21). Former Capitol Police chief blasts Pentagon officials for delaying deployment of National Guard during January 6 coup. wsws.org Steven Sund's testimony before Congress confirms that the Democrats are covering up the complicity of military brass and police and intelligence officials in Trump's fascist assault on the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election.
(2023-09-20). Ecuador's leftist presidential candidate Luisa González denounces attempt on her life, files complaint. peoplesdispatch.org González is the winner of the first round of presidential elections in Ecuador. She said that with the complaint, she not only intends to safeguard her life and shed light on the plan aimed at physically eliminating her, but also draw attention to the impunity in the country…
(2023-09-21). Argentina: candidates for vicepresidents held debates. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) A debate, held on Wednesday, between the candidates for vice presidents of the five parties that will compete in the general elections on October 22nd in Argentina, was focused on inflation, security, work, the role of the State, the defense of human rights and the impact of the debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
(2023-09-21). Friday 10/27: Election kickoff meeting: Volunteer for the March 2024 election (3 dates to choose from). indybay.org
(2023-09-21). Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Resolution Apologizing for 1973 Chilean Coup. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and several other U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution on Thursday that formally commemorates the 50th anniversary of the deadly 1973 military coup in Chile and apologizes for the role the United States played in the toppling of the Latin American nation's democratically elected government. The resolution also calls for the declassification of… |
(2023-09-20). Confessions of a besieged Trumper. nationofchange.org Only patriots with righteous causes/ Defy bad laws, like daring outlaws.
(2023-09-20). Far-right Republicans block short-term funding proposal, increasing chance of government shutdown. wsws.org Political warfare between Trump-aligned members of the House Freedom Caucus and Speaker Kevin McCarthy over proposed spending cuts is driving the government towards a shutdown at the end of the month.
(2023-09-20). Cuba returns to Harlem to honor Malcolm X. peoplesdispatch.org Ahead of his address at the UN General Assembly, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel payed tribute to Malcolm X in Harlem. The ceremony marked 63 years since the historic meeting between Malcolm X and former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
(2023-09-21). President of Honduras at the UN condemns US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com United Nations, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, condemned during her speech at the high-level segment of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, describing it as "long" and "cruel".
(2023-09-21). Honduras insta a cesar medidas restrictivas unilaterales. telesurtv.net Demandó la eliminación de la guerra económica contra Venezuela y Cuba.
(2023-09-21). Cubans recall 65th anniversary of First Congress of Peasant in Arms. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Cubans, and especially the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), commemorate on Thursday the 65th anniversary of the First Congress of Peasant in Arms , held in one of the fronts of Fidel Castro's Rebel Army.
(2023-09-21). Let's Get Creative With Congressional Dress Codes. counterpunch.org As of September 17, Axios reports, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has "directed the Senate's Sergeant at Arms to no longer enforce the chamber's informal dress code for its members." A dress code that's enforced by the Sergeant at Arms doesn't sound very "informal" to me. The long-time standard, per the New York
(2023-09-21). Thousands of Greek workers take to the streets in national strike against government's anti-labor bill. peoplesdispatch.org 
Unions organized a country-wide strike against a bill introduced by the conservative New Democracy government in Greece. The bill seeks to increase daily and weekly working hours, among other changes…
(2023-09-21). Democracy Is a Fugitive. Julian Assange: "Resistance is Timely and Necessary" globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-21). At UN General Assembly Session, Global South Leaders Call For Urgent Reforms in Multilateral Institutions. orinocotribune.com Reforms in multilateral institutions, both political and financial, must reflect the need of the changing world which is multipolar and against hegemonic practices, leaders from the Global South said at the UN General Assembly said | On the first day of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19, countries from the Global South raised the demand for urgent reforms in multilateral institutions, both political and economic, for a just and democratic world order. | The session was addressed by UN General Assembly chair Dennis Francis, UN Secretary General António Guterres, and leaders of va…
(2023-09-21). Tel Aviv's Losing Brands: The Israeli 'Coup' and the Death of False Democracy. mintpressnews.com The task of marketing Israel as "the only democracy in the Middle East" is no longer an easy sell. With the 'democracy' pillar crumbling, the 'stability' pillar is falling apart, as well. And without stability, investors simply run away.
(2023-09-21). Colombian President Gustavo Petro Denounces U.S. Intervention in Americas, from Chilean Coup to Drug War. democracynow.org 
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the U.S.-backed coup in Chile 50 years ago, when General Augusto Pinochet deposed socialist President Salvador Allende, left a lasting scar across Latin America. Many progressives took up arms against corrupt governments, often led by "Nazis," Petro says, fueling decades of conflict that is only now beginning to fade. "Today, having closed out that cycle of weapons and violence, we need to rethink democracy," Petro told Democracy Now! in an exclusive interview this week at Colombia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He also d…
(2023-09-21). World Must Decarbonize Before "Point of No Return" on Climate Crisis: Colombian President Gustavo Petro. democracynow.org 
In Part 2 of our interview with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, he says climate change is a "vital matter" the world must address collectively. But unlike world trade, which is governed by a set of common rules, there is no organizing rubric for decarbonizing the world economy in time to prevent catastrophe. "There's no courts for this. There's no justice. So everybody can just slip by," Petro says. He says the amount of money rich countries have provided to hasten the clean energy transition falls far short of commitments made in the 2015 Paris Agreement and is a drop in th…
(2023-09-21). Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Ukraine, Palestine & Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy. democracynow.org 
Colombian President Gustavo Petro joins Democracy Now! for an exclusive broadcast interview after his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he spoke of the need to end wars and stop the climate crisis. Petro is the first leftist to ever govern Colombia. He was elected in 2022 after campaigning to fight inequality and poverty, increase taxes on the wealthy, expand social programs, restore peace and end Colombia's dependence on fossil fuels. He is a former M-19 guerrilla who went on to become the mayor of Bogotá and a senator before rising to the presidency. In Part 1 of the interv…
(2023-09-21). Impacto del discurso del Comandante Hugo Chávez en la ONU de 2006. telesurtv.net El líder de la Revolución Bolivariana advirtió en la ONU que EE.UU. busca imponer una falsa democracia con acciones armadas.
(2023-09-21). Comic-actor Russell Brand lynched by media mob after sexual assault allegations. wsws.org Legal and democratic rights must be defended to put an end to the situation where public figures can be torn down on the basis purely of allegations.
(2023-09-20). Assassination of Sikh Leader in Canada Highlights Modi's Embrace of Authoritarianism in India & Abroad. democracynow.org 
We speak to Arjun Sethi, a Sikh community activist, civil rights lawyer and professor at Georgetown Law, about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public accusations that the Indian government arranged the assassination of a prominent Sikh leader and Canadian citizen outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in June. India has denied the allegations. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a prominent leader in the Khalistan movement, a Sikh separatist movement that advocates for the formation of an independent Sikh homeland in the northwest Indian state of Punjab. He had been designated a terrorist by India's…
(2023-09-20). Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Charges Against Julian Assange Are "Mockery of Freedom of Press" democracynow.org 
At the United Nations General Assembly this week, multiple world leaders voiced support for the imprisoned founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro. We air an excerpt of Democracy Now!'s exclusive interview with Petro, who calls Assange's continued incarceration "the greatest mockery of freedom of press … brought to bear by the country that built the concept."…
(2023-09-20). "I'm Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is": Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action. democracynow.org 
A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. In a landmark opinion, Judge Leslie Metzen affirmed the protesters' free speech rights, writing that "to criminalize their behavior would be the crime." We go to…
(2023-09-20). DPRK founding anniversary celebrated in other countries. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Events to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have taken place in several countries, state news agency KCNA reported today.
(2023-09-21). Facts and Fiction About Oppenheimer: the Decision Bomb Japan With Atomic Weapons. counterpunch.org As he was a close friend of Truman, Byrnes' first assignment was to act as the President's personal advisor. Byrnes, the most prominent right-winger in the Democratic Party, was among the few politicians taken into confidence regarding the work on the atomic bomb. So, in their very first meeting, under the new setting in mid-April
(2023-09-20). What Happened to the Left in the U.S. Labor Movement? counterpunch.org Many people in the U.S. Left feel disoriented following the end of the UPS contract campaign. For the several hundred members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), other socialist organizations, and independent radicals in the Teamsters, the sudden announcement of a Tentative Agreement (TA) between the Teamsters and UPS on July 25 caught many off guard.
(2023-09-21). UN coordinator calls for safeguarding peace and democracy in Lebanon. plenglish.com Beirut, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) On International Day of Peace, United Nations Special Coordinator in Lebanon Joanna Wronecka called, on Thursday, to safeguard the country as a space for democracy, human rights, and freedoms.
(2023-09-21). '6ixtynin9': Sex, drugs and rock and roll! peoplesworld.org 
No one is safe from mockery in the smart, funny Thai black comedy 6ixtynin9. Against the backdrop of Thailand's energetic pro-democracy, anti-corruption, student-led demonstrations, writer-director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang has fashioned a droll lampoon of police corruption, corporate mismanagement, feckless random drug gang violence, vapid youth culture and working-class frustration. Ratanaruang has taken his surprise hit film …
(2023-09-21). Tel Aviv's Losing Brands: The Israeli 'Coup' and the Death of False Democracy. mintpressnews.com From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability. The main target audience for this brand has been powerful Western states that wielded disproportionate political, economic and military powers. These Western governments, along with their influential mainstream corporate media, did …
(2023-09-21). Workers at UAW Local 900 holding the line at Michigan Assembly. peoplesworld.org 
DETROIT—With picket signs in hand, United Auto Workers with Local 900 Region 1A in Wayne, Mich., occupy the gates at the large assembly plant just off Michigan Avenue across from their union hall. These workers have been out on strike since early last Friday at midnight when the union announced the first facilities to be …
(2023-09-20). Republicans Try to Manufacture Disingenuous Pro-Worker Branding Amid UAW Strike. truthout.org Every few years, the public is force fed another manufactured attempt to rebrand the GOP as a party that is "no longer in lockstep with corporate America" and is "newly focused on winning over more of the working class." Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) triumphantly announced in Nov. 2020 that Republicans "are a working class party now. That's the future." Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has repeatedly heralded the… |
(2023-09-20). Ohio Ed Board Members Sue State Over Law Creating New, Separate Education Agency. truthout.org Several members of the Ohio state Board of Education have filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio and Gov. Mike DeWine (R), alleging that recent changes by him and the Republican-controlled state legislature violate the state constitution. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by seven members of the board, claims that aspects of the bill usurp the constitutional authority of the Board of Education by… |
(2023-09-20). WI GOP Lawmaker Holds University Pay Raises Hostage in Order to Eliminate DEI. truthout.org Wisconsin's highest-ranking Republican lawmaker has demanded that the state's public university system eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions within the institutions it oversees, or risk losing over $100 million in already-approved pay raises for every employee over the next two years. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said in an interview this week that, unless DEI positions are… |
(2023-09-21). Presidente dominicano insiste en llamar a intervención en Haití. telesurtv.net Luis Abinader llamó a redoblar los esfuerzos para lograr el despliegue "inmediato" de la fuerza multinacional en Haití.
(2023-09-21). The Political Rise of a New White Nationalism. counterpunch.org Despite the all-too-obvious convergence of the perspectives of the Republican far right and the white supremacists of the Klan, as well as other avowed racists, Republican party leaders continue to vehemently deny any identification with the KKK or its views. In the process, they regularly issue obligatory statements rejecting bigotry, racism, and anti-semitism, while passionately disavowing Duke and others like him — all disingenuous and empty gestures of the first order.
(2023-09-21). House GOP unveils budget with trillions in cuts to medicaid, food benefits, and more. nationofchange.org The Republican proposal would cut federal discretionary spending by nearly $5 trillion over the next decade.
(2023-09-20). Lab Created Nipah Clones Connected To Wuhan/Clade X & NIH's mRNA Nipah Injection Started In 2022. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (9/20/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-09-20). US Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal For Ukraine. popularresistance.org Secret Pakistani arms sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, with confirmation from internal Pakistani and American government documents. The arms sales were made for the purpose of supplying the Ukrainian military — marking Pakistani involvement in a conflict it had faced U.S. pressure to take sides on. | The revelation is a window into the kind of behind-the-scenes maneuvering between financial and political elites that rarely is exposed to the public, even as the pub…
(2023-09-20). U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout with Secret Arms Deal for Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-20). Stop the unjust disciplinary measures against Warren Truck workers! For an all-out strike against Stellantis, GM and Ford to win our demands! wsws.org We say to all our fellow autoworkers: an all-out strike is the only way for the auto companies to know that we're not playing.
(2023-09-21). Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life. mronline.org 
The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
(2023-09-20). Tomb of ancient emperor found in Shaanxi. ecns.cn File photo taken on Oct. 16, 2022 shows a relic unearthed at the tomb of Yuwen Jue, the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581), in Beihe Village, Weicheng District of Xianyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
(2023-09-20). World Technology Fair in China promotes food security. plenglish.com Beijing, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) More than 1,500 exhibitors from some 39 countries and regions are participating in the 30th China Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair on Wednesday, under the theme "Soil Health and Food Security."
(2023-09-21). Tomb of ancient emperor found in Shaanxi. ecns.cn File photo taken on Oct. 16, 2022 shows a relic unearthed at the tomb of Yuwen Jue, the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581), in Beihe Village, Weicheng District of Xianyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
