Daily Archives: September 21, 2021

2021-09-21: News Headlines

_____ (2021-09-21). Australia, UK, And US Nuclear Submarine Announcement. popularresistance.org On September 15, US President Joe Biden, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new major strategic partnership to meet the "imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term." Named AUKUS, the partnership was announced together with a bombshell decision: The United States and UK will transfer naval nuclear-propulsion technology to Australia. Such a decision is a fundamental policy reversal for the United States, which has in the past spared no effort to thwart the transfer of naval reactor technology by other countries,…

_____ (2021-09-21). New Report On US' Illegal Sanctions; A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming. popularresistance.org One of President Biden's first statements included an intention to review the United States' sanctions, which are actually unilateral coercive measures, to determine if they 'unduly hinder' the ability of targeted countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. That review, to be conducted by the US Treasury and State Department, has not been made public, if it has been done at all. The Sanctions Kill coalition conducted its own report on "The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions," which was released last week. Clearing the FOG speaks with two of the authors, John Philpot and David Paul, about what sanctions ar…

Juan Cole (2021-09-21). As Biden prepares to declare US 20-year War over at U.N., Remembering the Bush Lies that Started it all. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak at the Associated Press report that President Biden in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly this year will seek to bring the curtain down on 20 years of American war, and will argue that instead the US will wage a multilateral campaign against …

Opponents Appalled (2021-09-21). Biden Administration Approves More Commercial Ranching at Pt. Reyes National Seashore. indybay.org Despite strong public opposition from park advocates, on September 14 the Biden administration approved a controversial National Park Service plan for continued commercial ranching at California's Point Reyes National Seashore. | Top Photo: Teresa Harlan, left, Advocate for Indigenous Access to Homelands on Public Lands…

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-21). US Launches Airstrike Near Idlib, Syria. news.antiwar.com The US on Monday carried out an airstrike near Idlib in northwest Syria, While President Biden has bombed Syria, this appears to be the first US airstrike in northwest Syria since he's assumed office. CENTCOM claims the strike targeted a "senior al-Qaeda leader" and that "initial indications" show the US hit the individual it was targeting. | According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rig…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-21). As US Sanctions Loom Over Ethiopia, Who is the Real Target? libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Photo: Courtesy KUNGU AL-MAHADI ADAM An executive order by Joe Biden makes way for sanctions on all main parties fighting in northern Ethiopia. However, diplomatic positions taken by the US make it evident that the primary target is the Ethiopian federal government, and not the TPLF which has been accused of multiple massacres…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-21). "It's Not The Same Thing": Jen Psaki Asked Why Migrants Walking Across Border Don't Have To Show Vaccine Proof. southfront.org Originally published on ZeroHedge. After the earlier Biden-mandated vaccine requirement for federal workers and all armed forces branches, and with the…

Sun Lung (2021-09-21). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

Susyn Almond, et al (2021-09-21). Saturday 10/2: Women's March Mountain View. indybay.org Short march starts at intersection of Castro St. and El Camino Real in Mountain View, CA at noon. For those who prefer not to march, meet us at rally point 500 Castro St. in front of City Hall at 12: 30pm…

WSWS (2021-09-21). Enthusiastic response to fight against Australia's anti-democratic election laws at SEP public meeting. wsws.org "We are defending much more than the right to mark the SEP on an election ballot. We are defending the democratic and social rights of the entire working class," Eric London tells online meeting.

WSWS (2021-09-21). The Freedom to Vote Act: Another capitulation to the Republican assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The new bill kneels to the demands of right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin while failing to reverse the most serious Republican attacks on voting rights.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-09-21). Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. globalresearch.ca Almost half a century ago on September 11, 1973, the Chilean military led by General Augusto Pinochet, crushed the democratically elected Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende. | The objective was to replace a progressive, democratically elected government by a …

sputniknews (2021-09-21). United Russia Party Wins State Duma Elections With 49.82% of Votes. sputniknews.com According to the official results, five parties have managed to make it into the Russian parliament, these are United Russia, the Communist Party, A Just Russia, the Liberal Democrats, and New People.

Jeff Shantz (2021-09-21). Election 2021: Whither social democracy in Canada? greenleft.org.au Frustration with Justin Trudeau's ruling neoliberal government and the bumbling fake populism of the conservatives have provided an opening for a progressive alternative in Canada, writes Jeff Shantz.

Max Elbaum (2021-09-21). Trump, Texas, and the MAGA Drive for Power. zcomm.org The more we contribute to beating the MAGA Faction in this round of voting, the better positioned we are to push further toward the multiracial democracy, transformed economy, and changed relationship with the planet…

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2021-09-21). Saturday 10/16: March for Reparations to African People: One year after the murder of George Floyd. indybay.org Oakland's march will begin at Snow Park (Harrison St & 19th St, Oakland, CA 94612) at 11: 00am…

Mark Weisbrot (2021-09-21). Republicans blocking desperately needed pandemic relief for the world's poor. zcomm.org Allowing the IMF to issue $1.5 trillion in special drawing rights would save countless lives and wouldn't cost U.S. taxpayers a dime…

WSWS (2021-09-20). Biden administration begins mass deportation flights from Texas to Haiti. wsws.org Hundreds of Haitian refugees were flown back to Port-au-Prince Sunday in the first step of what officials said would be the removal of all 12,000 refugees sheltering under an underpass in Del Rio, Texas, on the US-Mexico border.

Staff (2021-09-20). Biden Vows Mass Deportations as Thousands of Haitian Refugees Shelter in Del Rio. truthout.org Thousands of asylum seekers, primarily from Haiti, have sheltered in a makeshift camp at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Del Rio International Bridge, as the Biden administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations. On Sunday alone, the Biden administration said it sent three deportation flights to Haiti, with several more flights expected in the coming days. "For them to be deporting young children into Haiti right now, … it is unacceptable," says Guerline Jozef, co-founder and exec…

Staff (2021-09-20). "People Are Desperate": Biden Vows Mass Deportations as Thousands of Haitian Refugees Shelter in Del Rio. democracynow.org Thousands of asylum seekers, primarily from Haiti, have sheltered in a makeshift camp at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Del Rio International Bridge, as the Biden administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations. On Sunday alone, the Biden administration said it sent three deportation flights to Haiti, with several more flights expected in the coming days. "For them to be deporting young children into Haiti right now, … it is unacceptable," says Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. We also speak with Jacqueline Charles, Haiti and Caribbean correspondent for the…

Staff (2021-09-20). North Korea wades into AUKUS row, blasts US for 'fueling nuclear arms race & backstabbing allies'. rt.com Pyongyang has condemned Washington for undermining regional stability and global power balance — and vowed retaliation if its divisive nuclear-powered submarine deal with Australia threatens its national security. | "This is a very controversial and dangerous move which undermines the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region and can trigger a nuclear arms race," the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in response to KCNA state news agency's question about the AUKUS deal. | The ministry claimed that while the United States routinely demonstrates double standards, the new administration is more "unpredi…

Adriel Kasonta (2021-09-20). AUKUS the latest attempt to push for war with China. asiatimes.com Surprise, surprise! After a "candid" phone conversation with President Xi Jinping the previous week, aimed at "responsible managing the competition between the United States and the PRC" and ensuring it "does not veer into conflict," US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his country was joining a new trilateral security coalition comprising Washington, London …

Editor (2021-09-20). Stop U.S. submarine warfare! workers.org The Biden administration's latest foreign policy step has sharpened U.S. imperialism's global conflict with the People's Republic of China. It must be opposed by all those who want to reverse a new version of the 20th century's Cold War and avert a global war. Biden made this move official with . . . |

_____ (2021-09-20). Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Real Legacy Is Anarchism In Practice. popularresistance.org Lenapehoking, Turtle Island (also known as New York City) — Since its demise in the Fall of 2012, various individuals, websites, social media accounts, and politicians have tried to claim the mantle of Occupy Wall Street. The associations are endless, from Bernie Sanders-aligned "socialists" to neoliberal Twitter accounts praising landlords for evicting people. Any journalist writing about the OWS movement should know its actual history, separated from the machinations of those who later tried to co-opt its message for themselves. OWS was anarchism in practice, and that is its legacy. | Several members of M…

Fight Back (2021-09-20). Climate Justice Committee marches to end Line 3 Oil pipeline. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — On September 18 nearly 100 people rallied and marched to call for an end to the Line 3 oil pipeline. The Climate Justice Committee organized the rally to continue pressure on President Biden and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to end the permits for Line 3. | Michael Johnson, an indigenous youth organizer with the Bloomington Anti Racist Coalition, started out the rally telling organizers, "As a young person, it's difficult to let your voice be heard. But I say our time is here and now. If you truly label yourself as an indigenous ally, use your voice, sign petitions, show up at rallies a…

Gerald E. Scorse (2021-09-20). Biden: Tilt Taxes to the Middle Class. dissidentvoice.org The bad news is that taxes in America are tilted in favor of the rich. The best news is that we could be only weeks away from a tilt in favor of the middle class: the reforms President Biden is urging to help balance the Administration's $3.5 trillion budget bill. The changes won't be going …

Ann Brown (2021-09-20). As Afghanistan Refugees Are Welcomed, Biden Administration To Send Thousands Of Haitians Back Home. moguldom.com Some find it odd that while the U.S. government is welcoming Afghan refugees, it is deporting Haitians. The U.S. is seeing a flood of refugees making their way to its borders. During the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan after a 20-year occupation, the U.S. decided to evacuate Afghans who had worked with the U.S. in …

WSWS (2021-09-20). FDA advisory panel deals a blow to Biden's COVID-19 vaccine booster plans. wsws.org The FDA's scientific advisory panel opposed Pfizer's supplementary application for COVID-19 vaccine boosters by a wide margin.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-20). India Wants Quad To Get More Involved In Afghanistan. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe issue of the Taliban will be discussed in the first-ever Quad summit, and it is once again all about containing China. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | The US has announced the Quad's first-ever Leaders' Summit to take place at Washington D.C. on September 24. Last Friday, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) held summit meetings at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. India was represented in the latter occasion and shall be in the former also. Currently Taliban-controlled Afghanistan a…

Staff (2021-09-20). Headlines for September 20, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Admits Drone Strike Killed Afghan Civilians as Victims' Families Demand Probe, Women and Girls Increasingly Left Out of Education, Public Life in Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover, Biden Admin Starts Deporting Haitian Asylum Seekers Without Due Process as Humanitarian Crisis Mounts, Senate Parliamentarian Says Dems Cannot Use Spending Bill to Create Pathway to Citizenship, FDA Panel Says Booster Shots Should Be Offered to People 65+ and High-Risk Patients, CA Firefighters Protect Trees with Foil Blankets as Wildfire Threatens Sequoia National Park, U.N. Warns Planet Headed Toward Catastrophic 2.7 &infin…

WSWS (2021-09-20). "Biden gets it!": Britain's trade unions make their corporatist pitch to government and business. wsws.org What Biden "gets" is that the trade unions are allies of the corporations and banks—their industrial police force.

_____ (2021-09-20). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parliamentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. commondreams.org Either Joe Biden and Democratic senators actually stand for the principle that "Black Lives Matter" or they stand for Rahm Emanuel. They can't stand for both.

MEE staff (2021-09-20). US deploying 2,000 troops to Iraq for nine month period: Report. middleeasteye.net US deploying 2,000 troops to Iraq for nine month period: Report | Soldiers from the Fourth Infantry Division will replace the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 17: 42 | In July, US President Joe Biden announced the country's combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the end of the year (AFP/File photo) | The

Joris Leverink (2021-09-20). Ecology: The Infrastructure of the Future? roarmag.org In the midst of yet another year of climate catastrophe, the US Senate is negotiating a $3.5 trillion infrastructure package. President Biden, among others, is calling for extensive investment to lower emissions and combat the effects of climate change. But what sort of investment? | In this episode, Laura interviews environmental lawyer Colette Pichon Battle in Louisiana about the strategies organizers there have developed since Hurricane Katrina for equitable green development and climate justice. | Next, she speaks in depth with MacArthur "Genius" award-winning landscape architect Kate Orff about her innovativ…

_____ (2021-09-20). 'Do Better,' Say Advocates as Biden Seeks to Double Refugee Admissions. commondreams.org "Rich countries are selfishly looking out for themselves but short-changing all of us. We need bold solutions now, not more empty gestures."

_____ (2021-09-20). Campaigners to Biden: Stop Acting Like a Big Pharma 'Puppet' and Help Vaccinate the World. commondreams.org "They don't seem to want to get serious about spending taxpayer dollars wisely and effectively," said the Vermont senator, declaring it "absolutely unacceptable."

WSWS (2021-09-20). Beijing condemns military pact between the US, Britain and Australia. wsws.org The Chinese regime fears that Biden is accelerating the confrontation with China and preparations for war that began with President Obama and was expanded under Trump.

_____ (2021-09-20). After Defeat in Afghanistan, Can US Envision a Future of Peace? commondreams.org "President Biden has the authority and power to permanently close Guant√°namo Bay, turning it from a living symbol of torture and injustice to a historical warning to future generations."

Fight Back (2021-09-20). SDS at Texas A&M demands takedown of Confederate statue. fightbacknews.org College Station, TX – On September 16, Students for a Democratic Society at Texas A&M University held a protest against the continued presence of a Confederate statue on their campus, racial profiling in the surrounding community, and how TAMU continually fails to meet the needs of Black students on campus. | Roughly 60 students, faculty and community members demonstrated in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, calling for it to be taken down. Protesters chanted, "Hey, ho, ho, Sully Ross has got to go!" | Amorae' Shamberger, from the organization Round Table Talks, spoke about her experiences as an Africa…

David Vine, Patterson Deppen, Leah Bolger (2021-09-20). Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures Abroad. fpif.org Despite the withdrawal of U.S. military bases and troops from Afghanistan, the United States continues to maintain approximately 750 military bases abroad in 80 foreign countries and colonies (territories). These bases are costly in a number of ways: financially, politically, socially, and environmentally. U.S. bases in foreign lands often raise geopolitical tensions, support undemocratic regimes, and serve as a recruiting tool or militant groups opposed to foreign military occupation and governments bolstered by U.S. installations. In other cases, foreign bases are being used and have made it easier for the Unit…

Bertil Lintner (2021-09-20). US encircling China on multiple new Cold War fronts. asiatimes.com The Indo-Pacific's Cold War is heating up as the region splits ever more decisively into opposed camps with a loose alliance of US-led democratic powers on one side and authoritarian China and its aligned satellites on the other. And the first economic salvos of the contest launched by Donald Trump's trade war are becoming more …

Mark Gruenberg (2021-09-20). Progressive agenda in trouble on both sides of Capitol Hill. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—With the end of September looming, a combination of factors—including an unelected parliamentarian's ruling, so-called Democratic "moderate" threats and votes, party leaders seeking compromise rather than twisting arms and, of course, right-wing Republicans' hate—threatens the entire progressive agenda on Capitol Hill. And if the foes of that agenda succeed in killing most of it, at …

John Wojcik (2021-09-20). Manchin claim that we can't afford $3.5 trillion holds no water. peoplesworld.org What determines how much the government spends and on what depends on who is in political control, not on how much money there is in a mythical government pot. When Republicans were in control, they were able to afford the $2 trillion tax cut for the rich. When the Democrats were in control, they were …

_____ (2021-09-20). 25 Years Of Kerala's 'People's Plan'. popularresistance.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 the second consecutive time in April this year, securing 99 out of 140 seats in the State Legislative Assembly. This victory broke a 40-year-old trend of incumbents losing the elections. One of the key factors behind this victory was the successful response of the government to natural disasters, such as floods, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The highlight of this response was a community-centered approach with thorough people's participation. | People's participation has been a featur…

WSWS (2021-09-20). Video: SEP meeting to oppose anti-democratic electoral laws—preview. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party held an online meeting yesterday which discussed Australia's new electoral laws.

Moderator (2021-09-20). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parlimentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. scheerpost.com By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Democratic lawmakers and the White House are facing pressure to disregard the Senate parliamentarian after the unelected official on Sunday deemed a crucial immigration measure out of bounds for reconciliation, endangering an effort to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of people. In a three-page opinion (pdf), Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough …

Jeff Cohen (2021-09-20). Why Lindsey Graham is Trying to Rescue Rahm Emanuel. counterpunch.org This is not the first time Rahm Emanuel has turned to Republicans for rescue. The GOP rescued him in 1993, when he was a key White House aide, as the Clinton administration rammed the NAFTA trade pact though Congress. Most Democrats in Congress — responding to the base of the party, including union and environmental activists — voted no on NAFTA. Years later, Emanuel was still bragging about his role in NAFTA's passage.

Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez (2021-09-20). 'Tax the rich'? Democrats' plans to make the wealthy pay a little more will barely dent America's long slide from progressive taxation. nationofchange.org It's far below the level of progressivity the United States embraced in the middle of the 20th century—when wealthier individuals paid a much higher share of their income in taxes than the poor.

Fairfield University Art Museum (2021-09-20). Tuesday 11/9: Black Voters Matter: LaTosha Brown on Our Obligation to Democracy & Equality. indybay.org Online speaker event (FREE)…

_____ (2021-09-20). Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org "The state of Minnesota simply cannot meet our carbon reduction targets if this pipeline goes through," said the Democratic congresswoman. "Our future is on the line."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-20). Bringing the State Closer to People: 25 Years of Kerala's 'People's Plan'. libya360.wordpress.com Vyshakh T Photo: T M Thomas Issac/Facebook The Left Democratic Front (LDF) of the south Indian State of Kerala, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), came to power for the second consecutive time in April this year, securing 99 out of 140 seats in the State Legislative Assembly. This victory broke a 40-year-old…

_____ (2021-09-20). 5 Urgent Steps Needed to Vaccinate the World and End This Pandemic. commondreams.org "It doesn't matter if a Democrat or Republican is president, our immigration system is designed for cruelty towards and dehumanization of immigrants," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Staff (2021-09-20). Texas Abortion Doctor: "When We Ban Abortion, It Doesn't Stop the Need for People to Access Abortion" democracynow.org We look at the attack on reproductive rights in the United States, as the Department of Justice sues Texas over a new law that bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy. The law makes no exception for rape or incest and allows anyone in Texas to sue patients, medical workers or even a patient's family or friends who "aid and abet" an abortion. "What we see time and time again is when we ban abortion, it doesn't stop the need for people to access abortion," says Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a staff physician at Planned Parenthood Center for Choice in Houston, Texas.

Staff (2021-09-20). Indian Civil Society Urges Johnson & Johnson to Stop Exporting Indian-Made Vaccines to Rich Nations. democracynow.org More than a dozen civil society groups in India have written an open letter to Johnson & Johnson and the U.S. government, urging the pharmaceutical giant to cancel export of Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine doses to rich countries and instead focus on distributing them in the Global South. "The 600 million doses that Johnson & Johnson is manufacturing currently … in India should go where the vaccines are most needed, which is the Indian subcontinent, the African continent and the COVAX Facility," says public health activist Achal Prabhala, who co-authored the letter and is coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, whi…

Staff (2021-09-20). New Revelations on Haiti Assassination: Grenade-Dropping Drones, Paranoid President & Guards Who Ran. democracynow.org Miami Herald Haiti and Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles discusses new revelations about the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse. In her piece, "Grenade-dropping drones, a paranoid president, guards who ran: Latest on Haiti assassination," she reports the night President Jovenel MoàØse was shot "was actually the second time in a span of weeks that his life was in danger, according to testimony from one of the Colombians in custody, and one of the Haitian Americans."

David Duhalde (2021-09-20). A Tale of Two September 11ths. zcomm.org Not only am I here because of the Chilean September 11, but I am also in the Democratic Socialists of America because of it…

Staff (2021-09-20). Parliamentarian Blocks Dems From Including Immigration in Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org Democrats were dealt a heavy blow over the weekend after the U.S. Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that lawmakers could The parliamentarian acts as an arbiter of the rules of the Senat…

Ariela Ruiz Caro (2021-09-20). The Mexico Dialogue on Venezuela and the End of the Lima Group. counterpunch.org The conversations in Mexico between the opposition Unitary Platform of Venezuela and the Maduro government, with the intermediation of Norway, represent the failure of the US interventionist strategy and the end of the Lima Group. On August 13, a new stage of negotiations officially began to reestablish the institutional framework and democratic coexistence in Venezuela

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-09-20). Chris Rock Gets Covid After Reportedly Being Vaccinated. moguldom.com Chris Rock said he tested positive for covid-19 and is urging others to get vaccinated. "Hey guys I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don't want this. Get vaccinated," Rock tweeted on Sunday, Sept. 19. The beloved comedian said he was vaccinated in May during an appearance on "The Tonight Show," according …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2021-09-20). California Admisson Day – Examining the impacts of Manifest Destiny. indybay.org Today, we prepare a way towoard systemic ressurection, a rebirth of California Admission Day Celebrations, worthy of our collective efforts coming together toward, forming a more perfect union: honest, courageous and bold.

_____ (2021-09-20). As Gov. Tim Walz Proclaims 'Minnesota Climate Week,' Ilhan Omar Says 'Stop Line 3'. commondreams.org We must treat universal vaccine coverage as an urgently needed global public good, not as an eventual outcome of market forces.

Project Censored (2021-09-20). Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror — Excerpts From the Online Event. projectcensored.org On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizations, including Project Censored, held an online seminar on the worldwide toll…

Fight Back (2021-09-20). °Lucha por el derecho a votar! fightbacknews.org Desde 2013 cuando la Corte Suprema con mayoría conservadora debilitó la Ley de Derecho al Voto de 1965, Republicanos y derechistas han intentado pasar más y más restricciones jurídicas al voto. El objetivo principal de estos esfuerzos es reprimir los votos de afroamericanos, quienes llevan mucho tiempo luchando en contra del racismo del Partido Republicano moderno. Estos esfuerzos han incrementado tras la derrota electoral de Donald Trump en las elecciones presidenciales del 2020 y la victoria de un senador afroamericano en Georgia. Las mentiras de Trump y sus aliados acerca de fraude electoral se han unido a la…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-20). Tunisian political parties release statement urging judiciary, military to uphold the constitution. peoplesdispatch.org Five political parties in Tunisia issued a joint statement on Friday, September 17, calling upon the military and the judiciary to respect the country's constitution and uphold the rule of law. The Republican Popular Union Party, Alirada movement party, Popular Will Party, Amal wa 'Aamal movement and Wafa movement in the statement said that the recent developments in the country had confirmed their fears following the president, Kais Saied's declaration of emergency, and enactment of Article 80 in July. | The statement comes amid weekend-long protests in the capital Tunis to denounce the president's actions, dema…

Mark Weisbrot (2021-09-20). Republican Senators are Blocking Desperately Needed Pandemic Relief for the World's Poor. orinocotribune.com By Mark Weisbrot — Sep 17, 2021 | The world economy faces serious risks going forward: for example, an estimated $2.3 trillion in income is projected to be lost in 2022-25 due to vaccine inequity—most of it in developing countries. | In the United States, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to zero and has created more than

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