(2021-09-14). Headlines for September 14, 2021. democracynow.org Donors Pledge $1.2B in Aid to Afghanistan as U.N. Warns of Looming Humanitarian Catastrophe, Secretary of State Blinken Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1 Million Public School Students Return to New York City Classrooms Despite COVID-19 Surge, Departing FDA Scientists Blast Biden's Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters, Pressure Mounts on Germany to Support COVID-19 Patent Waiver as WTO Panel Meets, Public Citizen: Biden Could Share Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Recipe with the World, Hurricane Nicholas Brings Storm Surge and Heavy Rain to Gulf Coast, Biden Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Crisis After Tourin…
(2021-09-14). The United States' Recent Failures in War and Fighting Racism Should Serve as a Warning to Its Allies. counterpunch.org On May 26, 2021, President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to produce "analysis of the origins of COVID-19" within 90 days. This move followed weeks of speculation surrounding the claim that the virus had escaped from a Chinese laboratory, usually identified as the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Having rightly rejected this claim for more
(2021-09-14). Democrats, Abortion and Phony Politics. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Sep 08, 2021 | Democratic party leadership are as uninterested in fighting for abortion rights as they are in addressing anything else their members need and want. | Most leftists in this country still remain loyal to the Democratic Party despite decades of deception, overt collusion with ruling class interests, and support of U.S. imperialism. The Democrats use a variety of means to keep the support of millions of people who yearn for something other than the excuses and double dealing they are constantly offered. | Pointing to Republicans as the embodiment of all evil is one of thei…
(2021-09-14). Why Congress Must Codify Roe. indybay.org With all eyes on Texas Thursday [Sept 9] as the U.S. Justice Department sued the Lone Star State over its new abortion ban, Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt held a ceremonial bill signing for nine so-called "pro-life" measures he approved during this year's legislative session—highlighting the need for Congress to protect reproductive rights at the federal level.
(2021-09-14). "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire": Deepa Kumar on How Racism Fueled U.S. Wars Post-9/11. democracynow.org 
According to the Costs of War Project, the wars launched by the United States following 9/11 have killed an estimated 929,000 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. The true death toll may never be known, but the vast majority of the victims have been Muslim. "Racism is baked into the security logic of the national security state in the U.S., as well as in terms of how it operates abroad," says Islamophobia scholar Deepa Kumar, a professor of media studies at Rutgers University. "The war on terror was sold to the American public using Orientalist and racist ideas that these societies a…
(2021-09-14). In Video: Kurdish Factions Lose No Chance To Hit Turkish-Backed Militants In North-Western Syria. southfront.org 
(2021-09-14). Milwaukee: Activists rally to say 'Hands off Afghanistan' on 20th anniversary of 9/11. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – A group of anti-war students and community members gathered in downtown Milwaukee in the early afternoon of September 11 to protest continued U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. Speakers acknowledged the significance of the withdrawal of U.S. troops, but pointed to history and actions taken since the evacuation of the U.S. embassy as a sign of things to come. | "It's a good thing that the U.S. has removed its forces, but we know that they're not going to allow the unimpeded expression of Afghan self-determination," said Ryan Hamann, speaking on behalf of Freedom Road Socialist Organization – Wisconsi…
(2021-09-14). 9/11's Border Legacy: Razor Wire, "Smart" Surveillance, and Billions in Security Contracts. counterpunch.org Along the 20-foot border wall in Nogales, Arizona, six lines of coiling razor wire blanket the rust-colored bollards from top to bottom. Shortly after Joe Biden was inaugurated in January, Nogales mayor Arturo Garino asked that it be cut down. Although the wall itself predated the Trump administration, the razor wire was installed by the
(2021-09-14). Science Doesn't Support Third Shot, Say Officials Who Left FDA in Spat with Biden over Boosters. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-14). Twitter dodges election-meddling complaint over suppressing 'unsubstantiated' Hunter Biden laptop story. rt.com 
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has reportedly rejected a Republican complaint claiming Twitter gave Democrats an in-kind contribution by blocking a New York Post story about Joe Biden's son Hunter ahead of the 2020 vote. | The New York Times, which broke the news of the FEC decision on Monday, editorialized by describing the story as "unsubstantiated." The commission has yet to officially publish the ruling or any explanations. | NEWS: The FEC has dismissed claims that Twitter acted illegally when it blocked users from posting an unsubstantiated Hunter Biden article. | Decision not public yet but sets a…
(2021-09-14). Children's Health Defense Responds to Biden's 'Declaration of War Against Unvaccinated'. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-14). AOC's Stupid Dress and a Discussion on Opportunism. anchor.fm In this episode I use the stupid fucking dress that AOC wore to the gala the other night as an example as to how the ruling class elites use popular sentiment and slogan nearing to try to convince the masses that they actually intend on changing things. But in fact we as communists know that as contradictions rise and consciousness begins to heighten the re-formation and re-organization of the ruling class is necessary, and this is precisely what is happening in front of our eyes. They are not changing, they are restructuring. As Joe Biden said, " nothing will fundamentally change." And this is also the case when…
(2021-09-14). Selected Articles: 220,000 Military Service Members Say 'No' to Biden's Forced COVID Injections. globalresearch.ca 
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(2021-09-14). China And U.S. Are On the Brink of War. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Zuesse, exclusively for SouthFront. | Right now, the neocons that Biden has surrounded himself with are threatening to accuse him of having 'lost Taiwan' if Biden backs down from his many threats to China, threats that the U.S. Government will reverse America's "One China" policy, which has been in place ever since the 28 February 1972
(2021-09-14). Biden's Feed From Idaho Cut Off by White House and We'll Never Know What He Had to Say. sputniknews.com White House staffers earlier told Politico that they prefer muting President Joe Biden during his public speeches over anxieties that he may divert from the pre-planned course too much.
(2021-09-14). US Congress Exempts Itself from Experimental Gene Therapy "Vaccine" libya360.wordpress.com Niko House: The Biden administration has enforced its COVID vaccine mandate on companies as it blames the unvaccinated for rising cases of infected. Yet at the same time, the US Congress and judicial branch have been exempt from the rule.
(2021-09-14). UT Austin students rally to stop police crimes and racism. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On the evening of September 9, a small group of students rallied in front of the University of Texas at Austin's Littlefield Fountain to protest against police crimes and racism. Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) called the rally as part of the national SDS day of action to stop police crimes. | Students demonstrated both against police crimes and also against the university's practices that uphold racism on campus, with an emphasis on the need to organize and demand change. | In their speech, SDS member Soaring Falcon said, "After thousands of students petitioned last year to stop…
(2021-09-14). Denver students demand defunding and disarmament of ACPD. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – About 50 students and campus community members gathered at Tivoli Commons for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) National Day of Action: "Cops Off Campus, Black Lives Matter!" Demands included the disarmament and defunding of Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) and more information regarding their participation in the Federal 1033 Program. Members of SDS and Freedom Road Socialist Organization gave speeches about strategies for community control of police and recounted stories of police violence, all while leading chants of "Down with mass incarceration, up, up with education!" and "Blac…
(2021-09-14). Fairy Creek: Indigenous-Led Blockade of Old-Growth Logging Is Now Canada's Largest Civil Disobedience. democracynow.org 
Tension is rising between Canadian police and activists who have been staging a months-long anti-logging resistance in Vancouver Island's ancient forests. The protest has been underway for two years, led by environmental and First Nations activists, and is considered to be Canada's largest act of civil disobedience ever. Canadian authorities have arrested nearly 1,000 people at Fairy Creek in British Columbia, and the protests show no sign of slowing down. "We have a long history of asserting ourselves as coastal people, where our inherent right is not only based in our relationship to our communities but is base…
(2021-09-14). Tulsi Gabbard Uses 9/11 Anniversary to Spread Islamophobic Message of Hate. counterpunch.org Tulsi Gabbard on Saturday used the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to promote an anti-Muslim message, the latest in a series of moves by the former congresswoman aimed at courting the right-wing.
(2021-09-13). The United States' Recent Failures Should Serve As A Warning To Its Allies. popularresistance.org On May 26, 2021, President Joe Biden ordered US intelligence agencies to produce "analysis of the origins of COVID-19" within 90 days. This move followed weeks of speculation surrounding the claim that the virus had escaped from a Chinese laboratory, usually identified as the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Having rightly rejected this claim for more than a year as a Trumpian conspiracy theory, centrist and liberal commentators in the West have breathed new life into the "lab leak" hypothesis, taking cues from allegations and claims made by US state leaders and corporate media. Meanwhile, Facebook and other social m…
(2021-09-13). In Netherlands, students protesting housing crisis occupy Groningen University building. peoplesdispatch.org On September 9, Thursday, Dutch progressive youth and student groups occupied the academy building of the University of Groningen to protest the acute housing crisis faced by students in the city. Several groups, including the Democratic Academy Groningen (DAG), Groninger Studentenbond, Communist Youth Movement (CJB), Groningen Feminist Network, ROOD Groningen, and International Socialists Groningen, among others, organized the campaign called Shelter Our Students (SOS), demanding that the municipality and the university immediately provide free emergency housing for all homeless students in the city. More than 1…
(2021-09-13). Headlines for September 13, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Marks 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks, FBI Releases First Declassified Document on Saudi Links to 9/11 Hijackers, George W. Bush Compares "Violent Extremists at Home" to 9/11 Attackers , Capitol Police Want to Reinstall Fencing Ahead of Far-Right "Justice for J6" Rally , Taliban Government Orders Segregated Schools and Dress Codes for Women, No Evidence of Bomb in Vehicle Hit by U.S. Drone Strike That Killed 10 Afghan Civilians, Appeals Court Sides with Florida Gov. DeSantis, Reinstates Ban on Mask Mandates, Lebanon Announces New Government Headed by Former Prime Minister, Wildfires Rage in Spain and Califo…
(2021-09-13). Palestinian Prisoners Give IPS Until Friday To End Punitive Measures. popularresistance.org The Palestinian Captive Movement has given the Israeli prison service (IPS) until next Friday to renounce its repressive measures against the prisoners in its jails, warning that they would take mass protest steps if its violations persisted. | This came during a pro-prisoner sit-in organized on Monday by Palestinian factions outside the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City, with the participation of ex-detainees and human rights groups. | Addressing the attendees, senior official of the Democratic Front Ibrahim Mansour said that "the Palestinian prisoners are being exposed to mass punitive measures that violate a…
(2021-09-13). Biden Exits Afghanistan, Heads in the Wrong Direction. counterpunch.org A major motivation for getting out of Afghanistan is to give the US a freer hand to bring down China and Russia. And this is not to be a peaceful "Pivot." The US has surrounded both countries with military bases, and the Pivot to Asia pioneered by Obama/Hillary/Biden sees 60% of America's naval forces ending up in China's neighborhood.
(2021-09-13). Neoliberal Order Breakdown and the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan. counterpunch.org Politicians across the North Atlantic are losing their minds over Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, and the subsequent disintegration of the US-backed government in Kabul. This is happening despite there being bipartisan support among the US public to withdraw troops from the region, and over two-thirds of the public believing the "the United States mostly failed in achieving its goals in Afghanistan." This leads us to a curious question: Why are neoliberal capitalists having a meltdown over something liberal and conservative citizens actually support—not to mention Afghan citizens,…
(2021-09-13). Saving $3.5 Trillion on Prescription Drugs to Pay for Bernie Sanders's Big Agenda. cepr.net 
Arguably, the full cost of the $3.5 trillion (1.2 percent of GDP) package could be covered by savings on prescription drugs alone.
(2021-09-13). US Chamber of Commerce Asks Biden to Modify Illegal Sanctions Policy Towards Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, September 9, the US Chamber of Commerce released a statement asking the US government to modify the illegal sanctions policy against Venezuela. The statement called the implementation of coercive measures a "failure" that has deeply affected Venezuela's energy sector. | However, the statement still relies on the same anti-Chavista US narrative that led to the application of these measures in the first place. "While well-intentioned in their aim to rid the longsuffering Venezuelan people of Maduro, the ultimate failure of sweeping cross-sectoral sanctions to spur quick democratic transition unleashed…
(2021-09-13). Biden Doctrine Appears in Persian Gulf. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-13). FBI Report Reveals New Connections Between 9/11 Hijackers And Saudi Officials. popularresistance.org The 2016 report was released late Saturday night under an executive order from President Joe Biden, who promised to make it public no later than the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 2,977 people and injured more than 6,000 others. The 16-page document was a final inventory of circumstantial evidence and leads from the FBI's investigation of Saudi ties to the plot; it was heavily redacted. | Nonetheless, lawyers for families of the 9/11 victims, who are suing the Saudi kingdom in federal court, said the document provided important support to their theory that a handful of Saudis connected to th…
(2021-09-13). Biden as Dictator in Chief, Imposes Nationwide Compulsory Covid-19 Vaxx Mandate. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-13). 220,000 Military Service Members Say 'No' to Biden's Forced COVID Injections: File Lawsuit Claiming They Already Have Natural Immunity. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-13). Biden to Host First In-Person Quad Summit With Eye on China. news.antiwar.com President Biden will The Quad, also known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, was first started in 2007. But the group was disbanded shortly after its formation, as some members feared sending the wrong message…
(2021-09-13). Zelensky: Biden says Ukraine should be in NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky tells of Biden's stance on Ukraine's NATO membership issue Zelensky "very directly" asked Biden about Ukraine's NATO accession prospects. The Ukrainian president said Biden's response to this question and the issue of the Alliance in general took 20 to 30 minutes. "He said, 'I think that you have to be there, but it's not …
(2021-09-13). US Gov't Unveils Revised Immigrant System for Central American Children – State Dept. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration has approved and is starting to implement this week its revised application program to legally allow the children of Central American refugees to enter the United States, the Department of State announced on Monday.
(2021-09-13). There Is a Problem With the Infrastructure and Budget Bills — They're Too Small. truthout.org 
The United States is an outlier among advanced democratic countries in terms of societal well-being. In the
(2021-09-13). Biden Says He Will Push Senate on Filibuster Reform Over Voting Rights. truthout.org 
In a push to protect voting rights, President Joe Biden is planning to pressure conservative Democrats in the Senate to support filibuster reform in order to pass voting rights legislation. | According to three people briefed on the situation,
(2021-09-13). Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Washington Strikes Out. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. What is it about this country and enemies? It can't even pretend to do without them. Of course, it just lost one enemy, the Taliban, in a humiliating fashion, even as President Biden bragged that no country had …
(2021-09-13). Farmers And Civil Society Reject Corporate UN Food Systems Summit. popularresistance.org The World Economic Forum and Gates Foundation are convening a food summit through the United Nations on September 23. Global farmer, peasant and fishing coalitions have called a boycott of the summit for its pro-corporate agenda, refusal to include the human right to food and exclusion of the intergovernmental body, the Committee on World Food Security, that has created an inclusive and democratized international structure. Clearing the FOG speaks with Patti Naylor, a family farmer in Iowa who works on agroecology and food sovereignty. She is on the board of Family Farm Defenders and a member of the US Food Sover…
(2021-09-13). On Contact: Inverted Totalitarianism. popularresistance.org In his books 'Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism' and 'Politics and Vision', a massive survey of Western political thought that his former student Cornel West calls "magisterial," Wolin lays bare the causes behind the decline of American empire and the rise of a new and terrifying configuration of corporate power he calls "inverted totalitarianism." Wolin throughout his scholarship charted the steady devolution of American democracy and in his last book, 'Democracy Incorporated', wrote: "One cannot point to any national institution[s] that can accurately be descr…
(2021-09-13). Betrayal at Attica: NY Violently Crushed Attica Prison Uprising Amid Negotiations, Then Covered It Up. democracynow.org 
On the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, we look at the cover-up that began immediately after New York state police stormed the prison and opened fire, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages. David Rothenberg, a member of the Attica Observers Committee brought into Attica to help negotiate a peaceful resolution, says the prison was "an institution that only knew how to run by punishment," laying the groundwork for the uprising. "The event itself is almost a microscopic view of the failure of our criminal justice system and our prison system," says Rothenberg. We also speak with filmmaker Michael Hull, d…
(2021-09-13). Conservative Democrats Threaten Devastating Cuts to Budget Bill. truthout.org 
Last week, it seemed as if many Democrats were
(2021-09-13). Former Attica Prisoner Describes Racist, Brutal Treatment That Sparked Deadly Uprising 50 Years Ago. democracynow.org 
On the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, the deadliest prison uprising in U.S. history, we speak with Tyrone Larkins, a formerly incarcerated survivor, who was shot three times in the brutal crackdown of September 13, 1971. He describes Attica as "the roughest place that I've ever seen in my life," as he recalls what led to the rebellion on September 9, 1971, when prisoners overpowered guards and took over much of Attica prison in upstate New York to protest conditions. At the time, prisoners spent most of their time in their cells and got one shower per week. Larkins lays out how tense negotiations…
(2021-09-13). Islamic State Expands in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Almost imperceptibly, for the international press, Daesh or Islamic State (ISCAP), also called Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), has not only settled in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but, through constant attacks, is expanding while strengthening ties with "sister" organizations operating in the rest of the continent. The ADF, founded in 1985, which originated…
(2021-09-13). Ocasio-Cortez Says $3.5T Bill Is an Opportunity to Provide Immigrants Refuge. truthout.org 
On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged for the Democrats' reconciliation package to include citizenship pathways for immigrants like Dreamers and those in the U.S. under humanitarian visas. | Noting that "countless" constituents who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have reached out to her,
(2021-09-13). Bringing the state closer to people: 25 years of Kerala's 'People's Plan'. peoplesdispatch.org The Left Democratic Front (LDF) of the south Indian state of Kerala, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), came to power for a consecutive second time this year, securing 99 out of 140 seats in the state Legislative Assembly elections that took place in April. This victory, breaking a 40-year-old trend of alternating governments, has been majorly attributed to the successful handling of natural disasters that struck the state during the last government's term and that of the COVID-19 pandemic. The highlight of Kerala's internationally celebrated disaster management strategy, as argued by historians, poli…
(2021-09-13). Social Security: Long May It Wave. cepr.net As the 45th president fades from the political scene, the Republican Party and assorted centrists are returning to the hackneyed themes of yesteryear, one of which is the supposedly dark cloud over Social Security. As Senator Daniel Moynihan pointed out years ago, if people are led to believe the program is in trouble, they will object less if their benefits are cut. | The Board of Trustees of the Social Security trust funds issues