Daily Archives: September 11, 2021

2021-09-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-09-11). New York Democrats reopen schools, order 280,000 city employees back to in-person work. wsws.org In lockstep with Biden's moves to fully reopen the economy amid soaring infections and deaths, all of New York City's municipal workers have been ordered to report to their offices and work locations on Monday morning.

WSWS (2021-09-11). Nabisco workers strike enters second month, as company and BCTGM union plot attacks on pay and health care. wsws.org While Nabisco workers have faced harassment from police and private security on the picket line, BCTGM President Anthony Shelton was fêted at the White House this week along with other top union executives, whom Biden is promoting as a bulwark against a growing rebellion by workers.

WSWS (2021-09-11). California pediatric hospitalizations surge as Newsom boasts about handling of pandemic. wsws.org The sharp rise in pediatric hospitalizations after the return to in-person learning illustrates the devastating cost the Democrats are asking workers and children to bear as they "learn to live with the virus."

Chuck Collins (2021-09-11). Boost workers and tax billionaires. zcomm.org Congress should pay for infrastructure and other investments in a way that lifts up workers and reduces democracy-distorting wealth inequality…

WSWS (2021-09-11). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blames men and not fascist Republicans for the Texas abortion ban, covering for Democrats' inaction. wsws.org Ocasio-Cortez spent her time on CNN Tuesday burying the central political issues involved in the abortion ban and adapting herself to the needs of the Democratic Party establishment.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-11). SDF Released Footage Of Deadly Tunnel Bomb Attack On Turkish Post In Northern Syria. southfront.org Screen grab from the video released by the SDF. | On September 10, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) shared a video documenting its recent attack on a Turkish military post located in the Syrian village of al-Yashilly next to the Turkish-occupied town of al-Bab in the northern countryside of Aleppo. | The attack, which took place on September 7, was carried out by the SDF's main formation in the northern Aleppo countryside, the al-Bab Military Council (BMC). | During the attack, the BMC blew up the Turkish post with what app…

Staff (2021-09-11). CIVIL RIGHTS arm of US Department of Education launches investigation into Florida governor's ban on obligatory masks in schools. rt.com Just as a Florida appeals court reinstated Governor Ron DeSantis's ban on school mask mandates, the Department of Education has announced a probe into the opt-out policy, claiming it may hurt disabled students. | US President Joe Biden's administration seemingly did not waste time in responding to the Republican governor's recent

Anonymous103 (2021-09-11). Biden Overstates by 700% Effectiveness of Covid Vaccines. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Zuesse. | The White House said on September 9th that Its announcement fails to link to any source on that allegation. However, if Biden got that estimate from the New York Times, then he was definitely overstating it by 700%. And America's 'news…

WSWS Repost (2021-09-11). Democrats flood California with campaign surrogates and cash to back Governor Gavin Newsom. indybay.org Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned with Newsom Wednesday, and President Biden is expected Monday, ahead of the September 14 recall vote.

WSWS Repost (2021-09-11). Biden doubles down on reopening schools as child COVID-19 cases surge. indybay.org By insisting on full reopening of schools in the midst of a deadly pandemic, the US president will be responsible for countless deaths of students, teachers and their families.

William rivers Pitt (2021-09-11). As Delta Surges, Other Variants Wait in the Wings. Biden Must Take Action. zcomm.org Put simply, there is deep fear within viral research circles that the mutations found in Mu may allow the variant to defeat our vaccine-enhanced immunity…

Anand Naidoo (2021-09-11). The Heat: Xi-Biden talks and 9/11: 20 years on. america.cgtn.com Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden have a lengthy phone conversation. And, 9/11 twenty years on — how the terror attacks forever changed the United States and the world.

WSWS (2021-09-11). Greek government appoints right-wing extremist Athanasios Plevris as health minister. wsws.org The Greek government under the right-wing New Democracy party is reacting to the social tensions escalated by the pandemic with a further shift to the right and is bracing itself for a confrontation with the working class.

WSWS (2021-09-11). Defeat Australia's new anti-democratic electoral laws. Hands off the name "socialist"! wsws.org These laws seek to restrict and control the use of "socialist" and "communist"—names associated with the strivings and struggles of the working class internationally for two centuries.

India Walton (2021-09-11). Pro-Corporate Policies Have Failed Buffalo. zcomm.org Interview with India Walton, a Democratic Socialists of America—endorsed candidate for mayor of Buffalo. Her campaign staged a major upset to defeat four-term incumbent Byron Brown…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2021-09-11). 2021 National Black Agriculture Breakfast Forum. indybay.org A 21st Century notion may help increase the current reality of @ 1% of United State Agriculture Producers of African Descent in both Urban Agriculture and Rural Agriculture Agribusiness…

WSWS (2021-09-11). Republicans plan fascist rally on September 18 in Washington D.C. to back jailed January 6 insurrectionists. wsws.org Organized by a former Trump campaign staffer, Matt Braynard, the rally in defense of fascist militia members arrested for their actions on January 6 is a continuation of the Republican Party's defense of Trump's attempted coup.

WSWS (2021-09-10). The role of the trade unions: Biden's fairy tale vs. reality at Dana. wsws.org On Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden gave a Labor Day speech that presented a fairy tale version of the role of the trade unions. The brutal reality is playing out across more than 15 Dana auto parts plants as the UAW and USW attempt to force through concessions contracts that workers overwhelmingly voted down.

John Wojcik (2021-09-10). Biden's sweeping mandates curb COVID and right-wing Republicans. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Joe Biden put his reputation as a president committed to protecting his people on the line Thursday by lining up all the powers of the presidency in a full frontal attack on COVID-19 and on Republican obstructionists determined to derail his administration at any cost. Biden is betting that vaccination mandates will curb the delta …

Staff (2021-09-10). Headlines for September 10, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Orders Vaccine Mandates for Federal Workers and Large Employers, International Flights Resume from Kabul Airport; Taliban Torture Journalists Covering Protests, Syrian Army Enters Daraa, Birthplace of Uprising Against Assad a Decade Ago, Biden Admin Extends TPS for 400,000 People Through 2022, Whistleblower Details Abuse of Migrant Children at Fort Bliss Base in Texas, SCOTUS Stays Execution of Texas Death Row Prisoner, DOJ Sues Texas over Unconstitutional Abortion Ban , Biden Withdraws Gun Control Advocate as ATF Nominee, Names Ally to Big Polluters for Key Energy Post, EPA Seeks Permanent Block on Pebble…

_____ (2021-09-10). 'Have At It': Biden Welcomes GOP Challenges to New Vaccine Mandates. commondreams.org Assembly Bill 701 would bar companies from using quotas that impede workers' health and safety.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-10). Attack With 'Precision-Guided Munitions' Targeted US Base In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Late on September 8, a base of the US-led coalition located to the north of the Syrian town of al-Shaddadi in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah came under attack. | Military sources in the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces told the North Press Agency (NPA) that two precision-guided 120 mm munitions were fired at the base. One of the munitions landed near the fence of the base, while the second struck a vehicle maintenance facility inside the base. | The attack didn't result in any casualties. H…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-10). US Military Aid Will Not Break The Bond Between Lebanese Army And Hezbollah. southfront.org Washington hopes that the Lebanese military will supplant Hezbollah's influence and power. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Travelling to Lebanon last week U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy had promised to find additional means "to support" the population and the Lebanese army. On September 7, Murphy came good on his promise after U.S. President Joe Biden authorized Secretary of State Antony Blinken to raise a total of $47 million to provide aid for the Lebanese military. | It appears that the…

Eve Ottenberg (2021-09-10). Biden Was Right to Leave Afghanistan, But Sanctions are for Sore Losers. counterpunch.org Afghanistan now joins a very big club, including Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and others, of those the U.S. aims to starve into regime change. How's that going? Well might you ask. It appears to be utterly ineffective at anything aside from tormenting ordinary people. In the face of sanctions, leaders clutch at power more ferociously than ever, because they see themselves endangered, while cancer patients can't buy chemo. In short, these sanctions will break Afghanistan financially, probably cause famine and will doubtless engender huge emigration, while serving no purpose besides random cruelty, because sanctions are w…

_____ (2021-09-10). 'America's Longest War' Is Not Over! popularresistance.org On August 31, President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. stepped up to the White House podium, squared his shoulders, looked the American public straight in the eye — and told them the biggest lie of his Presidency (so far). | What he said was: | "Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan—the longest war in American history." | But the U.S. war on Afghanistan did not end on August 31. It has only adapted to technological advances and morphed into a war that may be less visible—and therefore more politically sustainable. | It will also continue to destabilize the Middl…

Staff (2021-09-10). Shared Grief After 9/11: Sister of WTC Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost 19 Family Members in U.S. Attack. democracynow.org On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we revisit a conversation we hosted in January of 2002 between Masuda Sultan, an Afghan American woman who lost 19 members of her family in a U.S. air raid, and Rita Lasar, a New Yorker who lost her brother in the World Trade Center attack. Lasar would become an active member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Masuda later wrote the memoir, "My War at Home."

Staff (2021-09-10). Barbara Lee, Who Voted Against 9/11 "Forever Wars," Calls for Afghan War Inquiry. truthout.org Twenty years ago, Rep. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against war in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 9/11 attacks that killed about 3,000 people. "Let us not become the evil that we deplore," she urged her colleagues in a dramatic address on the House floor. The final vote in the House was 420-1. This week, as the U.S. marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Rep. Lee spoke with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman about her fateful vote in 2001 and how her worst fears abou…

Staff (2021-09-10). Rep. Barbara Lee, Who Cast Sole Vote After 9/11 Against "Forever Wars," on Need for Afghan War Inquiry. democracynow.org Twenty years ago, Rep. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against war in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 9/11 attacks that killed about 3,000 people. "Let us not become the evil that we deplore," she urged her colleagues in a dramatic address on the House floor. The final vote in the House was 420-1. This week, as the U.S. marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Rep. Lee spoke with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman about her fateful vote in 2001 and how her worst fears about "forever wars" came true. "All it said was the president can use force forever, as long as that nation, individual or org…

Mir Ali Hosseini (2021-09-10). Why We Shouldn't Congratulate Biden on Afghanistan. counterpunch.org The media criticizes Biden for the wrong reasons, but it doesn't mean he should be praised. Biden's decision to pull the American troops from Afghanistan put a bitter end to his honeymoon with the liberal press. But only because the mainstream press seems to be pulling the rug from under the President's feet doesn't mean

_____ (2021-09-10). U.S. Plan B for Afghanistan? Screw Up China. strategic-culture.org For U.S. imperial strategists, the notorious Afghan graveyard of empires is not an entirely deadbeat loss. As President Biden noted gleefully and cryptically this week, "China has real problems… it will be interesting to see what happens." | The United States may have suffered a shameful, historic defeat in Afghanistan, but there is still a silver lining in this cloud for the imperial planners in Washington. | The destruction, anarchy and trillions of dollars wasted in prosecuting a 20-year war can deliver a consolation prize for the United States. Namely, by making Afghanistan a cauldron of destabilization for…

Staff (2021-09-10). Pressley Urges $30B for Public Transit After "Inadequate" Infrastructure Bill. truthout.org Representatives led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) are urging party leaders to include additional funding for public transportation on top of the "wholly inadequate" investment allotted in the bipartisan infrastructure bill. | In the letter, Pressley and Democratic colleagues, including 61 cosigners, urge Democratic leaders to add $30 billion for public transportation to the $3.5 trillion bill. This would be in addition to the $39 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill that…

ecns.cn (2021-09-10). Xi holds broad strategic communication with Biden. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday morning took a phone call from his U.S. counterpart, Joseph R. Biden, and the two leaders held candid, in-depth and broad strategic communication and exchanges on bilateral relations and relevant issues of shared interest.

Ann Brown (2021-09-10). Report: Biden's IRS Plan Would Allow Surveillance Of Small Bank Accounts, Venmo, PayPal, And Crypto. moguldom.com The average U.S. citizen wants to know why President Joe Biden plans to allow the IRS to snoop into bank accounts, Venmo, PayPal and crypto transactions, among other things. The Biden administration says this type of surveillance is needed to prevent tax evasion. A key pillar of Biden's proposed plan to pay for the Democrats' …

Mark Muhich (2021-09-10). Biden Nuclear Posture Review Must Examine Ballistic Missile Defense. counterpunch.org The Biden Administration begins its Nuclear Posture Review amidst growing threats of nuclear weapons conflict, described by many experts as more dangerous than the Cold War. The U.S. Department of Energy current budget for nuclear weapons is already double it Cold War budget. The NPR will lay out the course for future expansion of the

Jake Johnson (2021-09-10). Nearly 18 million US adults couldn't afford a prescription medication this year: Study. nationofchange.org The finding came as the Biden administration unveiled its plan to allow the government to negotiate drug prices directly with Big Pharma.

Megan Redshaw (2021-09-10). Biden to Lay Out 6-Prong Plan for More COVID Vaccine Mandates and Restrictions Targeting Unvaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2021-09-10). La ´guerra globale al terrorismo ª. globalresearch.ca Due notizie pubblicate in questi giorni dal Washington Post — ´Le famiglie dell'11 Settembre dicono che Biden non è il benvenuto agli eventi commemorativi a meno che non rilasci le prove in mano al governo ª e ´Biden firma un ordine …

WSWS (2021-09-10). Biden, Democrats prepare to gut their own social welfare bill. wsws.org With deadlines looming this month, the process of corporate manipulation and watering down of the already inadequate social welfare measure is moving into high gear.

Staff (2021-09-10). Biden's 6-Point Plan on Vaccines Will Affect Roughly 100 Million Americans. truthout.org As mutant coronavirus strains surged across the United States, Dr. Rochelle Walensky was alarmed. | "I'm going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom," Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

_____ (2021-09-10). Public Health Experts Praise Biden's New Vaccination Requirements. commondreams.org "The bottom line is this: We have the scientific tools we need to turn the corner on this pandemic."

Staff (2021-09-10). The Far Right Calls Biden a "Tyrant" Over Vaccine Rules Most Americans Back. truthout.org President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a number of new strategies to address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including vaccine requirements for companies with more than 100 employees, resulting in right-wing media and conservative lawmakers making outlandish and hyperbolic statements in response. |

WSWS (2021-09-10). Close New York City schools! Fight to eradicate COVID-19! wsws.org Our committee condemns the plans to open schools by New York City's Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, September 13, and calls for fully remote learning as part of a broader strategy to eradicate COVID-19.

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-09-10). Democrat Hollywood Announces Show Called 'The Activist,' Playing Games With Real Activism. moguldom.com A new celebrity-hosted competition show slated to put activists and their causes at the forefront is getting pummeled on social media. Entitled "The Activist," the five-week reality series is set to premiere at 8 p.m. on Oct. 22 on CBS, Deadline reported. Produced by Global Citizen — an international education and advocacy organization — "The …

Editor2 (2021-09-10). Wake up Chile! All Power to the Convention. orinocotribune.com By Manuel Cabieses Donoso — Sep 7, 2021 | Once again, the oligarchic frond is trying to cheat and confuse everyone. It intends to undermine the prestige and moral authority of the Constitutional Convention, which is the last hope for a peaceful and democratic change that will put the country on the path of social justice. | Civil, military and religious institutions are sinking into the swamp of corruption while citizens are increasingly distancing themselves from them. However, the social and political force to organize and guide real change has yet to emerge. This is where the work of the Convention can he…

laopinion (2021-09-10). We reject the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom: A guest editorial. peoplesworld.org (August 23, 2021) — The Republican impeachment campaign against California Governor Gavin Newsom would seem like a sham were it not for the fact that it is a serious undemocratic attempt to subvert our government and install a representative of a shrinking minority into power. Ballots for the Sept. 14 special recall election are already …

WSWS (2021-09-10). Video: Attend SEP public meeting opposing Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org SEP Assistant National Secretary Max Boddy warns that the new laws are an attempt to deregister political parties and suppress widespread opposition among working people towards the political establishment.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-10). Participative Democracy Under Siege: A Conversation with Luis Britto García. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina A highly regarded Venezuelan intellectual reflects on the vicissitudes of the Bolivarian Process' political model. Luis Britto García is Venezuela's most highly regarded living writer. He has penned numerous plays, novels, historical works, essays, and film scripts, and is a keen political commentator. In this VA interview, Britto García contraposes the contradictory…

Jen Kirby (2021-09-10). Brazil Escaped a January 6-Style Insurrection — For Now. zcomm.org Bolsonaro's September 7 rally made clear the crisis of Brazilian democracy isn't over…

WSWS (2021-09-10). Germany's Left party intensifies campaign for government coalition with Social Democrats and Greens. wsws.org The Left Party, which has been looking for a government alliance with the SPD and the Greens since the beginning of the federal election campaign, is aggressively promoting a red-red-green alliance.

_____ (2021-09-10). On 9/11 Anniversary, Anti-War Group Says 'Cut the Pentagon for People, Planet, and Peace'. commondreams.org If the Democrats are not able to pass both a substantial Democratic "infrastructure" bill and a very substantial voting rights bill, it is quite likely that the entire country will soon be Texas.

_____ (2021-09-10). This Republican Party of Anti-Democratic Vigilantes Is an Existential Threat. commondreams.org Addressing those who call such policies attacks on personal freedom, one doctor said that "people also have a right to be able to go to work and not get infected and not get sick and not die."

Pavan Kulkarni (2021-09-10). Swaziland's pro-democracy protesters demonstrate outside UN. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters demonstrated outside the UN office in Swaziland's capital, Mbabane, on Friday, September 10 to demand an end to the absolute rule of King Mswati III. | Ten representatives of the Political Party Assembly (PPA), a coalition of five banned political parties, met with the UN Resident Coordinator, Nathalie Ndongo-Seh. In the meeting, representatives of the PPA raised the grievances of the people against Africa's last absolute monarch, including the urgent issue of brutality by his security forces. | "The United Nations continues to stand in solidarity with the people of Eswatini […

Staff (2021-09-10). Texas governor branded hypocrite after signing anti-Big Tech free speech bill, having cracked down on Israel critics. rt.com Republican Governor Greg Abbott has been slammed as a hypocrite after he signed an anti-Big Tech censorship bill on Thursday, with critics pointing out that he's cracked down on Texans who've protested against Israel's actions. | In a video on Thursday, Abbott claimed "freedom of speech is under attack in Texas," before revealing he would be signing a law that "prevents social media companies from banning users based upon the user's political viewpoints." He said it would allow Texans to file lawsuits against "dangerous" Big Tech platforms that wrongfully suspend their right to post. | Conservative viewpoints…

WSWS (2021-09-10). Maskless Tennessee governor hands out free shoes as children face growing COVID-19 infections. wsws.org As parents, teachers and staff demand protection against the spread of COVID-19, Republican Governor Bill Lee went to one of the poorest counties in the state to hand out shoes as part of the effort to force children to return to unsafe schools.

Titlewe Still Need a Post-9 (2021-09-10). We Still Need a Post-9/11 Reckoning. commondreams.org Republican governors vowing to sue over new vaccine rules are being "cavalier" about their constituents' health, said the president. "This isn't a game."

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