2021-09-05: News Headlines

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.

Shane Quinn (2021-09-05). Chile, September 11, 1973: The Horrors of 'the First 9/11' Are Routinely Overlooked. globalresearch.ca On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende's democratic government in Chile was ousted by US-backed forces in one of the Cold War's defining moments. Allende himself was killed during the coup while his presidential palace, La Moneda, was extensively bombed.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-05). Moroccan authorities crack down on pro-democracy protests ahead of elections. peoplesdispatch.org The Moroccan left-wing organization the Democratic Way launched a call to boycott the upcoming elections on Wednesday September 8, 2021. This past weekend, members of the organization participated in protests in major cities across the country such as Casablanca, Mohammedia, Tangier, Kenitra and others to spread awareness of their campaign and to condemn the undemocratic electoral process. | Their protests however were met with brutal repression by the state authorities and several members of the organization were beaten, arrested, and had their personal information taken down. The Democratic Way reported that th…

Labor Video Project (2021-09-05). The Newsom Recall & Labor: Candidates Joel Ventresca & Dennis Richter. indybay.org What is the role of labor in the recall. Two candidates Joel Ventresca and Dennis Richter talk about the issues and their program and the history of Gavin Newsom and the Democrats.

Michael Harris (2021-09-05). Thursday 9/9: California Admission Day for All. indybay.org California State Capitol – North Steps…

Daniel Raventós, Julie Wark (2021-09-05). Republicanism For The Anthropocene. counterpunch.org Image by You don't have to read the almost 4,000 pages of the grim new IPCC Climate Report to know the gravity of Earth's situation where

WSWS (2021-09-04). Video: Defeat anti-democratic electoral laws—become an electoral member of the SEP! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (Australia) has launched a social media campaign calling on the working class to take up a fight against new laws designed to protect the political establishment.

_____ (2021-09-04). VIDEO: Biden-Zelenksy Meeting Shows U.S. Learned Nothing From Afghanistan. strategic-culture.org The Biden-Zelensky meeting proves that America has learned nothing from Afghanistan. Watch the video and read more in the

Staff (2021-09-04). The Squad Joins Line 3 Pipeline Protests in Support of Fight Against Enbridge. truthout.org Members of the progressive "Squad" held a press conference in Minnesota on Friday to draw attention to the Indigenous-led fight against Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline, which water protectors and environmentalists have been battling on the ground and in court. | Hosted by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the press conference also featured remarks from U.S. Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as well as Minnesota state Sen. Mary Kunesh (DFL-…

Branko Marcetic (2021-09-04). Bernie Sanders Is Making His Pitch to Swing Voters. zcomm.org Bernie Sanders, who's fighting to pass his ambitious $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill in the Senate, spent the past weekend on the road, doing something his Democratic colleagues seldom do: selling his ideas in swing states…

Dean Baker (2021-09-04). Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump. cepr.net The August jobs report was somewhat disappointing. The economy added only 235,000 jobs for the month, just 48,000 more than the 187,000 pre-pandemic monthly average under Trump. Seriously, most of us did expect more jobs (my number had been 500,000), but after two months where job growth averaged more than 1 million, some falloff should …

Staff (2021-09-04). Environmental Groups Sue Biden Admin to Block Record Offshore Oil Lease Sale. truthout.org This story originally appeared in Environmental groups have joined together to challenge a controversial decision to lease out millions of acres of public waters for…

Jake Johnson (2021-09-04). 'Catastrophe' Feared as 35 Million People Are Set to Lose Jobless Aid. zcomm.org Millions of jobless workers are set to lose critical unemployment benefits—and neither Congress nor the Biden administration seem prepared to do anything about it…

WSWS (2021-09-04). After disastrous jobs report, Biden doubles down on reopening schools, ending pandemic relief. wsws.org The report shattered the administration's claims of a surging economy and booming labor market, the pretext for ending vital benefits for the working class while continuing to pump $120 billion every month into the financial markets.

WSWS (2021-09-04). Biden visits storm-struck Louisiana as Hurricane Ida death toll continues to rise. wsws.org The president's visit came a day after news broke that four nursing home residents died this week in a warehouse shelter that had been packed with over 800 people.

Staff (2021-09-04). 'More data needed': Top health officials reportedly urge White House to 'follow science' & DELAY vaccine booster plans. rt.com Top US health officials have called on the White House to pump the brakes on plans to administer Covid vaccine booster shots to millions of Americans later this month, pointing to insufficient data, according to multiple reports. | While President Joe Biden's administration already moved ahead with its

Julia Conley (2021-09-04). Under pressure from victims' families, Biden orders release of 9/11 documents. nationofchange.org Last month, nearly 1,800 family members told the president to stay away from anniversary events unless he ordered the declassification of documents.

Staff (2021-09-04). Bolivia: Victims of Coup Massacres Demand Justice. orinocotribune.com On Friday, September 3, families of victims and survivors of the massacres that took place in the Bolivian towns of Senkata and Sacaba after the 2019 coup marched in the capital, La Paz, demanding justice for these and other acts of violence that were perpetrated by Jeanine àÅñez's de facto government. | November 2019 is remembered by Bolivians as one of the most violent in the recent history of their country, due to the extreme repression unleashed by the police and military under orders of the coup administration that had usurped the government at the time, overthrowing the democratically elected governme…

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…

A Guest Author (2021-09-04). Alex Saab remains defiant. workers.org By Roger Harris These are the opening paragraphs of an Aug. 26 update on the struggle to free Alex Saab, published in Resumen LatinoAmericano. See Alex Saab's own letter on his struggle, 'No retreat, No surrender!' in Workers World, Aug. 23. Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 . . . |

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,…

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