(2021-09-29). Big Money's War on the Build Back Better Plan. otherwords.org Right now, corporations and the ultra-rich are spending millions to derail President Biden's Build Back Better plan. Behind the scenes, they're hard at work to keep our elected officials from helping our country recover from the pandemic. | Poll after poll tells us that Biden's plan is full of things people want: lower drug costs, greater access to health care, a green economy, and restorative investments in our communities.
(2021-09-29). How the Park Service Sold Out Point Reyes National Seashore to the Livestock Industry. counterpunch.org Thirteen ranchers won a sweeping victory this week, defeating the interests of three million annual visitors to Point Reyes National Seashore, by securing a plan amendment that extends their commercial livestock operations on Park lands for at least 20 years. The plan amendment — the first epic public lands fail by the nascent Biden administration — sells out native ecosystems, rare wildlife, and the beachgoing public. The plan extends beef and dairy operations well beyond the terms well Congressional intention for the Seashore's establishment in 1978, which prescribed livestock leases for "a definite…
(2021-09-29). People's Action and Dƒìmos Unveil Report Revealing Corporate Sabotage of Biden's Build Back Better Agenda. peoplesaction.org New Report Exposes Corporate Push to Derail Popular, Progressive Provisions in $3.5T Budget Package Johanna Kichton, j.kichton@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 Colleen A. Roache, croache@demos.org, 862.400.5099 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and Dƒìmos today unveiled an incriminating report that reveals the depths of corporate sabotage of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. Just 20 corporations or groups representing them have …
(2021-09-29). Why Did A U.S. Envoy Meet With The Head Of A Fascist Militia in India? fpif.org The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn't factored into the Biden administration's approach to the "world's largest democracy."
(2021-09-29). The Failure of Intervention. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden's remarks to the United Nations struck a positive tone in international relations, a tone that has not been heard for several years from an American president. This is happening as United States allies criticize the president for not having consulted them when the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. This dismal experience shows the
(2021-09-29). Violent deportations of Haitian refugees expose Biden's record on migrant rights. peoplesdispatch.org The violent expulsion of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, at the behest of the Joe Biden administration, has put a spotlight on the president's record of continuing Trump-era laws to expel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants…
(2021-09-29). Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole: Biden's Reconciliation Bill. $3.5 Trillion Allocated to "Human Infrastructure and Climate Change" globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). Biden's spending bill, infrastructure, and a looming government shutdown: What the hell is going on? therealnews.com 
Even people who follow DC politics closely are struggling to keep up with this week's political drama. Between a looming government shutdown, the need to raise the debt ceiling by next month, and the Democrats' intra-party fight over infrastructure and the Build Back Better Act, a tangled political mess is unfolding on Capitol Hill—and the results will directly impact the lives of everyday people. In this installment of The Marc Steiner Show, Sarah Anderson of the
(2021-09-29). Se resquebraja el consenso neoliberal y Biden pide más impuestos para los superricos. globalizacion.ca Durante las últimas semanas crecieron las dudas sobre una recuperación virtuosa de la economía global: importantes economistas hablan de una amenaza de estanflación y advierten que la combinación actual de políticas monetarias, crediticias y fiscales persistentemente laxas estimulará en exceso…
(2021-09-29). 'We Had a Deal': Warren Joins Sanders and House Progressives in Fight for Biden's Agenda. commondreams.org
(2021-09-29). The US May Have Lost the Military War in Syria, But Has Won the Propaganda War at Home By Portraying its Murderous Invasion as a Moral Crusade. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Sep 22, 2021 | As It Did with Castro in Cuba and Noriega in Panama, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" of U.S. Propaganda Defused Antiwar Sentiment by Painting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a Brutal Animal Who Had to Be Removed. | In 1991, famed MIT linguist Noam Chomsky published a political pamphlet called Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, which provided an examination of U.S. war propaganda and its success from Woodrow Wilson's World War I Creel Commission to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq. | According to Chomsky, "Propaganda is to democracy what the bludgeon is to a totali…
(2021-09-29). SEP (Australia) electoral members condemn anti-democratic legislation as "both cynical and sinister in intent" wsws.org "More than anything the ruling class and the political parties that support it want to prevent a socialist perspective and Marxist analysis being presented in elections."
(2021-09-29). The Perils of One-Party Rule. counterpunch.org We find ourselves in a strange situation right now with one-party rule by Democrats at the national level and one-party rule by the Republicans in Montana. Of course there are tremendous benefits to holding the majority — primarily, not being overly concerned with the travails of the minority party. But there are also perils because there's
(2021-09-29). New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reneges on pledge to vote against bill funding Israeli war crimes. wsws.org After initially voting "no," the Democratic Socialists of America member released a long letter apologizing for her abrupt reversal.
(2021-09-29). COVID-19 outbreaks and staff resignations deepen crisis in Southwest US schools. wsws.org Teachers in school districts in the Southwest, whether in states run by Democrats or Republicans, are confronted by overwork, inadequate COVID-19 measures, fear and lack of transparency.
(2021-09-29). In OtherWords: September 29, 2021. otherwords.org It's crunch time for the Democrats' jobs and infrastructure package, also known as the reconciliation bill or the Build Back Better plan. | There's a big debate in Congress right now between members who support a more ambitious package a handful of moderates and conservatives trying to pare it back. But there's not much debate among the American people, as Sondra Youdelman explains this week. In fact, the bill's main provisions — more health and child care, green jobs, lower drug prices, and the like — are really, really popular. So is the idea of funding them by reversing big tax cuts for the wealthy…
(2021-09-29). Europe After Angela Merkel: Is the Atlantic Era Over? independentmediainstitute.org Just what shape Germany's governing coalition will take is still unclear in the aftermath of the September 26 election, which saw the Social Democrats (SPD), led by finance minister Olaf Scholz, come away with just over a quarter of the vote, at 25.7 percent. The balance of power in Germany is now held by the …
(2021-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2021. democracynow.org Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act, Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction, U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge "Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning, Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term, Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ, Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency, Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister, R…
(2021-09-29). Fired And Jailed For Speaking Out After Fighting For "Democracy" In Afghanistan. southfront.org 
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(2021-09-29). We Need to Talk More About China's Socialist Democracy. orinocotribune.com 
By Roland Boer — Sep 26, 2021 | We need to talk more—much more—about China's socialist democratic system. Why? There are many reasons, but the main reason is that we should not let the criticisms of China from the small number of "Western" countries set the agenda. So let me propose the following thesis: China's socialist democratic system is already quite mature and superior to any other democratic system. Actually, this is not my proposition, but that of a host of Chinese specialists. They are very clear that China's socialist democratic system is already showing its latent quality. Obviously,…
(2021-09-29). "Hold the Line!": Can Progressives Force Passage of $3.5T Package to Expand the Social Safety Net? democracynow.org 
Progressives in the House of Representatives say they will oppose the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would seek a vote on the measure separately from the Build Back Better Act, the $3.5 trillion bill that expands the social safety net and combats the climate crisis. Conservative Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who receive major donations from financial institutions, fossil fuel companies and other industries, continue to oppose the $3.5 trillion package. While the $1 trillion infrastructure bill is "kind of a half-measure," the Build Back Better Act…
(2021-09-29). Yanis Varoufakis on Angela Merkel's Legacy, European Politics & the "Sordid Arms Race" on the Seas. democracynow.org 
The center-left Social Democratic Party in Germany has narrowly claimed victory in an election that marks an end to the 16-year era of Angela Merkel's conservative chancellorship. We look at what this means for Europe and the world with Yanis Varoufakis, a member of the Greek Parliament and the former finance minister of Greece. The SDP's narrow victory should be viewed critically, says Varoufakis, noting that the party "ruthlessly" practiced austerity in 2008 and 2009. "Not much has changed," Varoufakis says. "It's not as if an opposition party won."
(2021-09-29). Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline? Part 2. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith and Roger D. Harris — Sep 25, 2021 | PART 2: MILITARY AND IDEOLOGICAL FORMS OF DOMINATION | The US regards as its Manifest Destiny to rule the world. The US bosses equate their national security interests with global security interests; no place or issue is insignificant. The US sees its role as defending the world capitalist order even if narrow US interests are not immediately and practically involved. | The Question of a US Military Decline | The second central element of the waning US empire argument is based on the US armed forces failures in the Middle East wars. However, they overl…
(2021-09-29). Morrison's tour of deception. greenleft.org.au Scott Morrison's prehistoric approach to climate change may not have been clocked by US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, but will the advertising man get away with it? Binoy Kampmark reports.
(2021-09-29). Estados Unidos: Reflexiones dramáticas en voz alta. globalizacion.ca En Estados Unidos están ocurriendo algunas cosas sorprendentes, la presidenta de la cámara de representantes Nancy Pelosi durante un evento en Londres ha admitido que el capitalismo "no ha servido a nuestra economía tan bien como debería". | Asumiendo la diferencia…
(2021-09-29). Republicans Plotting Against America. counterpunch.org "Oh, what men dare do! What men may do." — William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing." The Republican Party with Donald Trump as its leader is trying to destroy America as we know it. It's becoming clearer as more details emerge that the Jan. 6 Trump-inspired mob uprising against the government appeared to be a
(2021-09-29). HelloFresh workers demand a union. liberationnews.org 
If these workers win their union, they would be the first in the food-kit production and delivery industry.
(2021-09-29). Mark Zuckerberg's "Metaverse" Is a Dystopian Nightmare. zcomm.org The Facebook founder intends to usher in a new era of the internet where there's no distinction between the virtual and the real — and no logging off…
(2021-09-29). Liverpool mobilizes against the AOC Europe arms fair. zcomm.org After two decades of war in Afghanistan, there is no option but to protest a conference for companies complicit in human rights violations…
(2021-09-29). Liverpool Mobilises Against The Europe Arms Fair. popularresistance.org A national protest against an upcoming arms fair took place in Liverpool on 11 September with over 3,000 people in attendance. Jeremy Corbyn and Maxine Peake were among those who showed support. In his speech to the gathered crowd of protestors Corbyn urged, 'let's turn the page and learn the lessons from the past. Let humanity prevail.' | AOC Europe, the Association of Old Crows' electronic warfare conference, is set to be hosted by the city's ACC Exhibition Centre between 11 and 13 October. For an event of this nature to occur in the wake of US withdrawal from Afghanistan, feels particularly offensive. The ongo…
(2021-09-28). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. zcomm.org The Biden administration, with the overwhelming support of the foreign policy establishment, seems determined to start a new Cold War with China…
(2021-09-28). Black college funding slashed, what else will right-wing Dems strip from education plan? peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (AP)—As Democrats push ahead with President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan, they're promising historic investments across the arc of an education—from early childhood to college and beyond—in what advocates describe as the most comprehensive package of its kind in decades. The education provisions in Biden's "Build Back Better" proposal would serve as a bedrock for schooling …
(2021-09-28). In Height of Hypocrisy, Nuclear-Armed Israeli PM Bennett slams Iran, which has no weapons or program, for "crossing all red Lines" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, ignored the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and focused instead on the issue of Iran. He alleged that the Iranian nuclear program had "surpassed all red lines," asserting that Iran …
(2021-09-28). Three Lessons to Chart a Path Forward in Solidarity With Afghan Women. commondreams.org "Physical infrastructure is important," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "but the needs of working families and combating climate change is more important."
(2021-09-28). Danny Glover Under Cover for Big Pharma and Insurance Companies. counterpunch.org Ask your liberal friends about Danny Glover. They will say — superstar actor featured in the Lethal Weapon film series. Civil rights activist. Democracy Now regular. Supporter of Bernie Sanders for President and for single payer national health insurance. But ask older Americans who watch a lot of cable television about Danny Glover, and they
(2021-09-28). Winning the Tax Game: Tax Stock Returns. cepr.net President Biden efforts to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy has been getting seriously bogged down in recent weeks. More conservative Democrats have objected to the 28 percent corporate tax rate he proposed. Others seem to have nixed plans for raising the estate tax by making the capital gains held by large estates taxable. And, the Republicans working on the bipartisan infrastructure package were adamantly opposed to increasing the resources available to the I.R.S. so that it could better crack down on tax cheats. | Sometimes, when a particular game is not going well, the best way to turn things aroun…
(2021-09-28). Here's What You Need to Know About the White House's Plan to Promote Voting Access. aclu.org Today on voter registration day, the Biden administration has a crucial opportunity to promote voting access. This past March, the Biden administration issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to put together plans to promote voting access through voter registration. The federal agencies will submit their plans to the White House this month. Especially with the innumerable attacks on the right to vote — more than
(2021-09-28). Joe Biden Could Be Tempted to Reach for the Platinum Coin. cepr.net Other than Denmark, our country is alone in the world in having a self-imposed limit on the amount of money it can borrow. In other countries, legislatures approve spending and taxes, and governments borrow to cover any gaps.
(2021-09-28). Biden's UNGA Speech Does Not Absolve the U.S. of Violence. strategic-culture.org How has the U.S. changed, when it is still advocating for violence and determining which countries are worthy of U.S. support, based upon subservience to imperialism? | U.S. President Joe Biden's speech made a big deal of portraying his administration as different from that of his predecessor. But apart from rejoining and engaging with UN institutions, there is little to account for a change in U.S. foreign policy. Running contradictory statements, particularly around the U.S. terror narrative and military violence, is not the way to convince an audience, particularly countries which have been targeted by U.S. in…
(2021-09-28). Biden official meets Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing. middleeasteye.net 
Biden official meets Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing | National security adviser Jake Sullivan discussed the war in Yemen and will later visit United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 33 | National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House on 23 August 2021 (AFP) | US national security adviser Jake Sullivan held talks ab…
(2021-09-28). US Tired Of Ukraine And Will Not Defend Kiev's Interests In Talks With Russia. southfront.org 
Thomas GrahamFormer White House adviser believes Washington will stop discussing the Ukrainian issue during dialogue with Moscow. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Ties between the US and Ukraine seem gradually more uncertain. Analysts believe that Washington is "tired" of Ukraine and that the intention of the Biden government from now on is to maintain the status quo and not put the Ukrainian issue on the agenda in bilateral negotiations between the US and Russia, considering the low probability of both countries come to a common unders…
(2021-09-28). Veterans to President Biden: Just Say No to Nuclear War! globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-28). Headlines for September 28, 2021. democracynow.org As Government Shutdown Looms, Senate GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government and Raise Debt Ceiling, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Solicits Funds from Lobbyists Opposing Democrats' $3.5T Spending Bill, R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking Trial, Biden Receives COVID-19 Booster, Urges Unvaccinated to Get First Shots, New York National Guard May Fill Roles of Healthcare Workers Who Refuse Vaccinations, CIA Pushed Trump Administration to Kidnap or Assassinate WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, International Criminal Court Probe on Afghanistan War Crimes Excludes U.S. and Allies, Taliban Tightens Restrictions on Afghan Wo…
(2021-09-28). Texas Reduces Black and Hispanic Majority Congressional Districts in Proposed Map, Despite People of Color Fueling Population Growth. latinorebels.com The proposed congressional map also increases the number of districts where Trump would have had a majority of voters over Biden in 2020 and protects Republican incumbents who might have been vulnerable by packing their districts with more Trump voters.
(2021-09-28). Frustrated Tribal Leaders Urge Biden to Immediately Restore Bears Ears Monument. commondreams.org "Backtracking on this reconciliation bill means people will continue to die at the hands of the climate crisis," said one Sunrise Movement activist.
(2021-09-28). Biden Rule to Shield DREAMers Seeks to Bypass Congress. latinorebels.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy's legality.
(2021-09-28). Biden official to meet Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing. middleeasteye.net Biden official to meet Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing | National security adviser Jake Sullivan left the US on Monday to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 33 | National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House on 23 August 2021 (AFP) | US national security advis…
(2021-09-28). Nuclear submarine pact uses Australian people as pawns in new Cold War. peoplesworld.org 
People's World recently reported on the nuclear submarine deal concluded between Australia, the United States, and Britain and the danger it represents to peace in the Asia-Pacific region. Below, we present a guest op-ed from analyst Anna Pha, who writes regularly for The Guardian, a weekly socialist newspaper in Australia. U.S. President Joe Biden, British …
(2021-09-28). Afganistán, bajo el fascismo yihadista. globalizacion.ca En Arlington, cada ataúd norteamericano recibe en homenaje una salva de 21 cañonazos. Así lo hicieron con los últimos trece marines llegados desde Afganistán a finales de agosto de 2021. El presidente Biden, que había recibido compungido los féretros en…
(2021-09-28). DPRK envoy denounces U.S. hostile policy. ecns.cn The permanent representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the United Nations (UN) on Monday denounced U.S. hostile policy against his country, describing Washington's hostility as a "clearest expression in its military threats" against Pyongyang.
(2021-09-28). America's Fate: Oligarchy Or Autocracy. popularresistance.org The competing systems of power in the United States are divided between oligarchy and autocracy. There are no other alternatives. Neither are pleasant. Each have peculiar and distasteful characteristics. Each pays lip service to the fictions of democracy and constitutional rights. And each exacerbates the widening social and political divide and the potential for violent conflict. | The oligarchs from the establishment Republican Party, figures such as Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, George and Jeb Bush and Bill Kristol, have joined forces with the oligarchs in the Democratic Party to defy the autocrats in the new Repub…
(2021-09-28). Reconciling The Reconciliation Bill: A Preview. popularresistance.org This past week maneuvers within the Democratic party intensified over the content and magnitude of the two pending fiscal stimulus bills—the Infrastructure Bill (with $550B of net new spending) and the Reconciliation Bill ( with initial $3.5T 'human infrastructure & climate change' spending). While the maneuvering appears as a deep difference of views between progressives in the US House and Senate demanding both bills pass simultaneously and Democrat Senators, Manchin and Sinema in that body blocking both bills in current form, the actual conflict is really between the corporate wing of the Democratic…
(2021-09-28). HBO's Anti-Maduro Propaganda Is Cruder Than Venezuelan Oil. popularresistance.org HBO Max began streaming a documentary on September 15: A La Calle ("To the Street"). It portrays US-backed opposition leaders in Venezuela as pro-democracy heroes battling a brutal dictatorship—a total reversal of the truth. A Daily Beast article (9/13/21) promoting the film is headlined "Capturing Venezuela's Descent Into Socialist Hell," which succinctly conveys the film's slant, and suggests why it found a big corporate platform like HBO Max, a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia. | From the trailer alone, it's obvious that A La Calle depicts Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López as a noble democ…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's Justice First Blames Guaidó's Popular Will Party for Misuse of National Assets Abroad. orinocotribune.com Justice First [PJ/Primero Justicia] conveniently omitted any mention of its own complicity in the crimes against Venezuela. | As negotiations progress between the government of Venezuela and the opposition in Mexico City, it is becoming increasingly evident that there is practically no consensus remaining in the well-known G4 coalition (PJ, Democratic Action, Popular Will, and A New Era) for the false "interim presidency" of Juan Guaidó. | Earlier today, the Justice First [Primero Justicia] party published a statement in which it washed its hands of the seizure and misuse of the assets of the Venezuelan State abr…
(2021-09-28). After Pelosi Breaks Dual-Bill Promise, Progressives Are Now in the Driver's Seat. truthout.org 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has On Monday night before a private gathering of the Democratic caucus, Speaker Pelosi announced that she will no longer support the policy she had promised to back since June — to bring the infrastructure bi…
(2021-09-28). Christian Democrats face setback as Social Democrats and Greens gain in German federal polls. peoplesdispatch.org The center left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) emerged as the single largest party in the German federal parliament, surpassing German chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right CDU/CSU alliance…
(2021-09-28). Want a democratic KPFA/Pacifica? Vote for the RESCUE PACIFICA slate of candidates. indybay.org If listeners and supporters of Pacifica and KPFA want a democratic KPFA/Pacifica they should support Rescue Pacifica's slate.
(2021-09-28). Flotilla Protest at Manchin's Yacht Tells Right-Wing Democrat: 'Don't Sink Our Bill'. commondreams.org While Uganda's Nakate said humanity "cannot adapt to extinction," Thunberg from Sweden said lack of action is "a betrayal of all present and future generations."
(2021-09-28). Child Labor: Which Side are Democracies On? counterpunch.org Two years ago, when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro favorably promoted the idea of labor for children as young as eight or nine, his minister for Human Rights, Family, and Women shot back: "Let us be clear that for children to work is a violation of their rights, something that cannot be allowed." The Brazilian National Forum for
(2021-09-28). Economic Update: Socialism & Worker Co-ops. roarmag.org Twentieth-century socialism is now behind us. Socialists continued to evaluate both its achievements and failures via extensive self-criticism. A changed socialism has emerged, focused on a transition of workplaces from top-down hierarchical capitalist structures into democratic worker cooperatives. The powerful appeal of worker co-ops as grounding a new 21st century socialism is presented. | You can support this show on
(2021-09-28). Democrat's Inept Messaging: It's Not a $3.5 Trillion Bill But $350 Billion a Year. commondreams.org
(2021-09-28). The Plot to Kill Julian Assange: Report Reveals CIA's Plan to Kidnap, Assassinate WikiLeaks Founder. democracynow.org 
Did the CIA under the Trump administration plan to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a shootout in London? That is one of the explosive findings in a new exposé by Yahoo News that details how the CIA considered abducting and possibly murdering Assange while he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid being extradited to Sweden for rape allegations, charges that were dropped in 2017. More than 30 former officials say former CIA Director Mike Pompeo was apparently motivated to get even with WikiLeaks following its publication of sensitive CIA hacking tools, which the age…
(2021-09-28). Protest at Manchin's Yacht Demands End to His Obstruction of Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org 
West Virginia activists in kayaks and electric boats converged on Sen. Joe Manchin's yacht in Washington, D.C. on Monday to protest the right-wing Democrat's continued "West Virginians have been trying to reach Sen. Manchin every way w…
(2021-09-28). The struggle for reproductive rights is global. peoplesdispatch.org Capitalism's need for the reproduction and care of the labor force was institutionalized during the creation of the modern state, which legislated the biological determinism of women towards the home, motherhood and the private sphere of social reproduction. Since then, the women of the world have been organized, fighting for a concept of citizenship that does not exclude women, migrants, LGTBQ or racialized people. In this struggle, they have widened the path of democracy and brought forth revolutions, as well as broadening the theory and practice that transform the world. | This path has been one of twists and…
(2021-09-28). 'Sickening Betrayal': Panel Finds 83 Cases of Alleged Abuse During WHO's Ebola Work in Congo. commondreams.org "The agreement from the beginning was that all the pieces would move together," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "I don't want to see that deal broken."
(2021-09-28). Sunrise Movement Warns of 'Betrayal' as Pelosi Bends Toward Corporate Democrats. commondreams.org This time we can stand with Afghan women on their own terms, by asking them what they want and working hand-in-hand with them to support their leadership and meet their communities' needs.
(2021-09-28). The week of two high-stakes games of chicken. nationofchange.org Neither of these games of chicken would be as fraught if Democrats were united.
(2021-09-28). El Milagro Tortilla Workers Walk Out to Demand Fair Wages & Workload Amid Staff Shortage, COVID Deaths. democracynow.org 
We go to Chicago for an update on workers at El Milagro tortilla plants who staged a temporary walkout last week to protest low pay, staff shortages and abusive working conditions, including intimidation and sexual harassment. El Milagro claims an ongoing tortilla shortage is due to supply chain issues, but organizers say the company has lost staff due to their poor treatment of workers, including their mishandling of the pandemic, resulting in dozens of infections and five deaths. Workers gave El Milagro management until this Wednesday to respond to their demands. "The company, instead of offering better wages a…
(2021-09-28). Tunisian parties launch movement against President Kais Saied's power grab. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisian parties launch movement against President Kais Saied's power grab | Democratic Current, the Republican Party, Afek Tounes, and Ettakatol pledged to do whatever is required to restore the constitution | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 20: 05 | Ghazi Chawashi (L), from the Democratic Current Party, Khalil Zaouia from the Ettakatol Party, Fadhel Abdelkefi from the Afek Tounes Party and Issam Chebbi (R), of the Republi…
(2021-09-28). Wide support for farmers' all-India mobilization against Modi's pro-agribusiness laws. wsws.org The farmers' protest is an indication of mounting opposition to the Modi government over its assault on working people's social and democratic rights and its criminal mishandling of the pandemic.
(2021-09-28). SEP national committee member interviewed on radio about Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org Grenfell said Australia's new electoral laws imposed by the dominant parliamentary parties were a blatant attempt to bolster the two-party system.
(2021-09-28). Despite Our Despair, There's a Reality Worth Fighting For. commondreams.org Democrats are misrepresenting the size of their own reconciliation package to their own detriment.
(2021-09-28). Progressives Warn Democrats Against Means-Testing Reconciliation Bill to Death. commondreams.org "Your record gives me grave concern," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Jerome Powell. "Over and over, you have acted to make our banking system less safe."
(2021-09-28). Sinema Will Hold Fundraiser With Groups Lobbying Against Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org 
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a conservative Democrat from Arizona, is slated to hold a fundraiser courting lobbyist groups that are vehemently opposed to the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, which aims to widen the country's social safety net and address climate disruption. | The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and its PAC, the National Grocers Association, lobbyists for roofers and electrical contractors, and a conservative-leaning group called S-Corp Political Action Committee used S…
(2021-09-28). Justice for Black Women & Girls: R. Kelly Found Guilty in Sex Crimes Case After Decades of Abuse. democracynow.org 
R&B singer R. Kelly is guilty of a series of charges, including racketeering based on sexual exploitation of children, kidnapping, forced labor and transporting people across state lines for sex. Jurors in the federal trial returned their verdict Monday after 11 accusers — nine women and two men — and 34 other witnesses detailed Kelly's pattern of sexual and other abuse against dozens of women and underage girls for nearly two decades. "He just became more egregious, more bold, with the kind of crimes that he was committing against Black girls and women," says dream hampton, executive producer of the…
(2021-09-28). Top Rutgers Biology Professor Suggests EcoHealth Is 'Cut Out' For US Government, Involved In Potential Wuhan Lab Leak. moguldom.com A well-respected Rutgers University professor said that the international nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, which has been under increased scrutiny over its ties to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, is a "cut out" — a word used in espionage — for the U.S. government to spy on China's bioweapons research. According to Military Wiki, a cut out …
(2021-09-28). Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline? Part 1. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith and Roger D. Harris — Sep 25, 2021 | It is almost taken for granted, if not an article of faith, in the progressive milieu (e.g., First, it is essential not to confuse the ongoing decline of the living conditions of US working people with a decline in the power of the US corporate empire. T…
(2021-09-28). Activists Confront Pelosi at Fundraiser, Demanding She 'Hold the Line' on $3.5 Trillion Package. commondreams.org "This is the biggest finding of sexual abuse perpetrated during a single U.N. initiative in one area or one country during the time-bound period of a U.N. response effort," said one campaigner.
(2021-09-28). 'We Aren't Bluffing': Progressives Hold the Line as Pelosi Moves Ahead With Bipartisan Bill. commondreams.org
(2021-09-28). 4 Hip-Hop Figures Pardoned By Donald Trump On His Way Out. moguldom.com Before leaving office, former President Donald Trump went on a pardoning spree and some of the recipients were from the world of hip-hop. Presidential pardons were issued to Trump adviser Steve Bannon, former Republican National Committee chairman Elliott Broidy, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Ken Kurson. Here are four hip-hop figures who were pardoned …
(2021-09-28). GOP Threatens Economic Disaster by Refusing to Raise Debt Limit Before Shutdown. truthout.org 
On Monday, Senate Republicans voted against raising the U.S.'s debt limit, rejecting a measure that would have avoided a government shutdown and provided billions for disaster aid and Afghan refugees. If Congress continues its deadlock, economists project that the looming shutdown and debt default could lead to an economic crash. | Though some Republicans had
(2021-09-28). Science advice key to solving global challenges, says interim Vice-Provost. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's interim Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise), Professor Mary Ryan, spoke at the Labour Party conference on the government use of science.
(2021-09-28). Opposing His Renomination, Warren Calls Fed Chair Powell 'A Dangerous Man'. commondreams.org Assassins-in-Chief and their brood.