(2021-09-23). U.S. Militarism's Toxic Impact on Climate Policy. juancole.com ( Code Pink ) — President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a "point of no return," and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. "We will lead not just with the example of our power but, God …
(2021-09-23). US and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. asiatimes.com 
On September 15, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, "a new enhanced trilateral security partnership" among these three countries. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined US President Joe Biden to "preserve security and stability in the Indo-Pacific," …
(2021-09-23). 'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guantánamo Bay. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-23). Meet the Biden Advisor Who Wants a Cold War with China. counterpunch.org As a longtime Hawaii resident, I have always wondered how the former President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was so ineffective when it came to foreign policy matters. His efforts to right the wrong of the unauthorized armed invasion and imprisonment of the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili ªuokalani, in 1893
(2021-09-23). Haiti and the US "Responsibility to Protect" libya360.wordpress.com Erica Caines "If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean or just rose up 300 feet, it wouldn't matter a whole lot to our interests." sitting us president, Joe Biden On August 14th, the southern third of Haiti was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, resulting in a death count of up to 2,200 people…
(2021-09-23). Scientists find new evidence of the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. wsws.org The discovery by an international team of scientists further discredits the claims, promoted by the corporate media and the Trump and Biden administrations, that the pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
(2021-09-23). From UN 76th General Assembly, Biden, Duque and Bolsonaro Attack Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The General Assembly session at the UN's annual convention is traditionally a window for debate and political tirades in the international arena. Many times it goes further, and is used as a forum in which powerful countries in the North attack developing nations in the South. Such was the case at this year's UN General Assembly, as the presidents of the US, Brazil and Colombian used the platform to attack Venezuela. | US President Joe Biden praised far-right groups seeking to overthrow the national government of Venezuela, as well as that of Cuba: "The authoritarianism of the world may seek to proclaim the end o…
(2021-09-23). Biden, Macron pledge to meet amid mounting US-EU conflicts over China. wsws.org EU officials criticized Washington's signing of the anti-Chinese AUKUS alliance and the canceling of a Franco-Australian submarine contract.
(2021-09-23). Send Haitian migrants to GITMO? Report that small detention facility in Guantanamo Bay will house migrants sparks outrage. rt.com 
The Biden administration is seeking guards fluent in Haitian Creole to staff a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — but it is far too small to have an impact on the thousands of Haitian migrants currently camped in Texas. | According to an NBC News report on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a contract
(2021-09-23). 'This Moment Demands Action': Biden Eyes Executive Actions After Fruitless Police Reform Talks. sputniknews.com US President Joe Biden says he will review executive actions after bipartisan police reform talks between Democrats and Republicans – sparked by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd – are officially over without a deal.
(2021-09-23). The Heat: U.S. pledges more vaccines, calls on world leaders. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President Joe Biden announces the United States is donating another 500 billion vaccines to developing countries.
(2021-09-23). Joe Biden, el aprendiz de brujo nuclear. globalizacion.ca 
El discurso que anunció la creacion de la nueva alianza bélica AUKUS está plagado de ‚Äémentiras. Los submarinos que Estados Unidos venderá a Australia están concebidos ‚Äépara portar armas nucleares. Al negar ese hecho, Australia trata de ocultar que AUKUS…
(2021-09-23). 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.
(2021-09-23). White House Holds Global COVID Summit at United Nations. indybay.org On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, President Biden virtually hosts world leaders to make commitments for global vaccine and health equipment distribution.
(2021-09-23). New Report on US' Illegal Sanctions; a day of Reckoning is Coming. orinocotribune.com 
By Margaret Flowers -Sep 20, 2021 | 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 "
(2021-09-23). GOP House Members File Impeachment Articles Against Biden Over 'Clear Violations of His Duties'. sputniknews.com The GOP congressmen's efforts came as recent polls showed that Biden's popularity had begun to slide following a turbulent summer in the US. The events included a new spike in COVID-19 infections, the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan, as well as a rough hurricane season and wildfires.
(2021-09-23). Biden: new era of diplomacy, no new Cold War…except when it comes to Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Biden to the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2021: "And as we close this period of relentless war, we're opening a new era of relentless diplomacy….[W]e are not seeking a new Cold War or a world divided into rigid blocs." Though he coupled those vaporous bromides with: "We have reaffirmed our sacred NATO …
(2021-09-23). Headlines for September 23, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Pledges More Vaccine Donations as Poorer Nations Demand Patent Waivers for COVID-19 Shots, Alaska Hospitals, Overwhelmed by COVID-19, Begin Rationing Care, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Taps Anti-Mask Vaccine Skeptic as Surgeon General, DHS Looks to Expand Immigrant Detention at Guantánamo as Humanitarian Crisis at Border Grows, Black Congressmembers Condemn Inhumane, Racist Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers, Over 300 Migrant Children Still Separated from Their Families, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Calls for an End to Sanctions, Respect for International Law, Adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z…
(2021-09-23). Australia: Why are the socialists leading the fight to defend basic democratic rights? wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is conducting an intensive campaign against the new anti-democratic electoral laws pushed through the Australian parliament.
(2021-09-23). Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On? fpif.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 the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour publicly expressed "its vehement repudiation of the statement of Mr. Jair Bolsonaro…The declaration reveals a total disregard for the 1988 Federal Constitution…which prohibits all forms of child labour under the age of 16." | Accordin…
(2021-09-23). Pennsylvania COVID-19 cases and deaths up tenfold after full reopening of schools. wsws.org The surge in infections and deaths has been driven by the lifting of all restrictions and the reopening of schools in August, promoted by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf along with local politicians.
(2021-09-23). Zero Covid NOW & Stop Privatization! Rally At CA Community College Bd Of Governors In Sac. indybay.org The first rally for Zero Covid in the United States took place at the California Community College Board meeting on September 20, 2021. The speakers also demanded an end to privatization and destruction of the community college system by the Lumina foundation which has been supported by the Chancellor Oakley and governor Newsom and the Democratic Party which has a super majority control of the California legislature.
(2021-09-23). The Globalized, Corporate-Led Food System Is Failing Us: Boycott Grows of U.N. Food Summit. democracynow.org 
More than 500 civil society groups boycotted the United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York for giving corporations an outsized role in framing the agenda. We speak with leading food advocates in Ethiopia, India and the United States, who lay out their concerns: Million Belay, general coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa; Raj Patel, journalist and research professor at the University of Texas at Austin; and Shalmali Guttal, executive director of Focus on the Global South. "There is growing hunger in the world, and there is growing inequality and…
(2021-09-23). As Democratic Gears Grind, Their Flawed Legislation Tiptoes Toward Doom. zcomm.org For all the genuine good contained in the budget bill, it pays for itself while making sure the vast wealth of the wealthiest remains virtually untouched…
(2021-09-23). Raj Patel: Climate, Conflict and Capitalism Drive Global Hunger. COVID Made It Worse. democracynow.org 
With hunger growing across the globe during the pandemic, the United Nations is holding its first Food Systems Summit, but the gathering is facing fierce criticism for giving corporations an outsized role framing the agenda. The United Nations' own experts on food, human rights and the environment released a statement warning the summit could "serve the corporate sector" over the needs of workers, small producers, women and Indigenous peoples around the world. U.N. figures show the pandemic has increased the number of hungry people to 811 million, and nearly one in three people worldwide — almost 2.4 billio…
(2021-09-23). United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China. democracynow.org 
Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. has agreed to help Australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, replacing a previous deal Australia had with France. China has denounced the deal, saying the countries are "severely damaging regional peace and stability, intensifying an arms race, and damaging international nuclear non-proliferation efforts." Anthropologist David Vine, who tracks U.S…
(2021-09-23). Press Response to 'Tax the Rich' Dress Proves AOC's Point. zcomm.org Corporate media's response indicates that they are worried that history might be on Ocasio-Cortez and her dress's side…
(2021-09-23). A Parable About Speaker Nancy Pelosi. indybay.org And the Pentagon budget…
(2021-09-22). Venezuela Denounces Colombia's Violation of Airspace & Biden Impugns Venezuela, Cuba & Belarus at UN. orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, September 21, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) denounced the illegal entry into Venezuelan airspace of a remotely manned Hermes drone belonging to the Colombian Air Force. | Through a statement, the FANB indicated that the infraction was recorded on Monday, September 20, at 4: 48 p.m., when the aircraft in question was detected flying over the territory of Jesús María Semprúm municipality, in the state of Zulia, by the scanning systems of the Comprehensive Aerospace Defense Command of Venezuela. | The FANB assured that this action constitutes a threat to the security of the nation,…
(2021-09-22). Texas, Big Oil Target Indian Children In Bid To End Tribal Sovereignty. popularresistance.org If the Supreme Court overturns the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — a federal law that keeps Native children with Native families — tribal sovereignty could soon be a thing of the past in the U.S. Should the Supreme Court rule in the plaintiffs' favor in the case of Brackeen v. Haaland, we could quickly see a return to blatant, pre-1978 genocidal practices — when Native babies were legally stripped of their families, culture, and identities. | It's critical that every one of us take immediate action. Before you do anything else today, sign our petition telling President Biden and the Department…
(2021-09-22). Protestors Launch Tree Sit to Protect Old Growth Willamette Forest from Logging. itsgoingdown.org Report on Cascadia Forest Defenders on tree-sit in the Willamette National Forest to stop timber sale. Willamette National Forest — Members of Cascadia Forest Defenders have occupied trees in the Willamette National Forest's proposed Flat Country timber sale to protest the ongoing logging of carbon-rich old growth forest on public land under the Biden Administration. The…
(2021-09-22). Protestors Launch Tree Sit to Protect Old Growth Forest from Logging in Willamette Forest. itsgoingdown.org Report on Cascadia Forest Defenders on tree-sit in the Willamette National Forest to stop timber sale. Willamette National Forest — Members of Cascadia Forest Defenders have occupied trees in the Willamette National Forest's proposed Flat Country timber sale to protest the ongoing logging of carbon-rich old growth forest on public land under the Biden Administration. The…
(2021-09-22). Haitian migrants being released into US on 'very large scale' despite Biden's vow to send them back home — reports. rt.com 
Large numbers of Haitian asylum-seekers who've arrived in the US in recent weeks are being released into the country, officials told the Associated Press, after the Biden administration pledged to step up deportation flights. | Haitian refugees have been released on a "very, very large scale" over the last week, one US official with "direct knowledge" of the situation
(2021-09-22). Sen. Schumer & other senior Dems urge Biden to stop expelling Haitian refugees, as UN says decision may violate international law. rt.com 
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats have condemned US President Joe Biden for deporting thousands of Haitian migrants gathered at the border, after the UN warned the move could run afoul of international law. | As Biden begins the mass expulsion of Haitian refugees — around 14,000 of whom have sgathered under a bridge in the Texas border town of Del Rio in recent weeks, many fleeing natural disaster and political turmoil in their home country — members of his own party have rejected the decision as cruel, among them the Senate's top Democrat. | "The horrible treatment of these in…
(2021-09-22). Experts to Biden: Strongarm Big Pharma to Erase 'Moral Stain' of Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org "We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis, then wonder why our planet is on fire."
(2021-09-22). Number of Immigrants Detained by ICE Has Increased 70 Percent Under Biden. truthout.org 
When President Biden first took office, the number of immigrants in federal custody was at a 20-year low. This was an opportunity to roll back the system, but Biden chose to maintain the status quo of previous administrations. Within a couple of months, jail beds started filling up again. In response, a coalition of groups is organizing a "Communities Not Cages"
(2021-09-22). 'Enough Is Enough': Report Shows Big Oil's Offshore Tax Loopholes Cost US at Least $86 Billion Per Year. commondreams.org "Pouring billions more into the military, far beyond even the level requested by President Biden, sends exactly the wrong message at this moment in history."
(2021-09-22). Biden Can Transfer mRNA Technology and Leave the Legal Burdens with Moderna and Pfizer. cepr.net The Biden administration could find ways around the legal weapons that Moderna and Pfizer might use to block the transfer of the technology they use to produce mRNA vaccines.
(2021-09-22). Clear Away the AUKUS Hype: The US and Australia Signed a Nuclear Arms Deal. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad US President Joe Biden, UK PM Boris Johnson, and Australia's high commissioner to the UK George Brandis, had met during the G7 meeting in Cornwall in June. The AUKUS which was announced on September 15, was deemed "a forever partnership" by Brandis. Photo: George Brandis/ Twitter The AUKUS despite being coined a security…
(2021-09-22). Submarinos nucleares en el Pacífico. globalizacion.ca El 15 de septiembre, el presidente Biden y los primeros ministros británico y australiano, Johnson y Morrison, anunciaron la creación del AUKUS (acrónimo de los tres países), un acuerdo de cooperación y defensa para la gran región que agrupa a…
(2021-09-22). AUKUS-Poetic Justice For France In Light Of How It Dealt With Libya, Russia And Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Simon Chege Ndiritu. | Introduction: | Over the last week, international news has been dominated by intense diplomatic gymnastics done by France in response to AUKUS. France has withdrawn from significant commemorations with the UK and recalled diplomats from the US and Australia. Simultaneously, the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves le Drain delivered scathing statement, decrying US-UK behavior, going as far as likening Biden's behavior to Trumps'. | That was surely scornful for Biden, who was elected for acting more urbane as compared to Trump. Another point that is hard…
(2021-09-22). Progressives Unite as Conservative Democrats Continue to Sabotage Biden Agenda. truthout.org 
The Democratic Party's sweeping domestic policy agenda — from sizable climate investments to
(2021-09-22). Perú — El viaje de Pedro Castillo. globalizacion.ca Buenas relaciones con Biden y Almagro | La política exterior peruana no ha sido parte de ninguno de los tres debates en el balotaje y tampoco durante la crisis que condujo a la salida del ex canciller Héctor Béjar. Ahora que…
(2021-09-22). Biden proclaims "new era" of human rights imperialism at UN. wsws.org As the White House presides over a massive nuclear buildup targeting China, Biden told the UN that America would rededicate itself to the preservation of "human rights" and "global cooperation."
(2021-09-22). Headlines for September 22, 2021. democracynow.org World Leaders Address Climate Crisis, Pandemic at UNGA as Guterres Warns World "On Edge of Abyss", House Dems Pass Bill to Avert Gov't Shutdown, Raise the Debt Limit, But Fate in Senate Is Precarious, Cori Bush and Elizabeth Warren Intro Eviction Ban Bill as Housing Activists Rally in D.C., J&J Says Second Dose of Vaccine Increases Efficacy to 94%, Chinese City of 10 Million Goes into Partial Shutdown After Single COVID Case Confirmed, Mexican Authorities Target Haitian Asylum Seekers Fleeing Dangerous Conditions in U.S., Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Dems and Biden Establish Pathway to Citizenship, At Least…
(2021-09-22). Awkward Moment as White House Staff Cuts Off Biden-Johnson Meeting in Mid-Sentence. sputniknews.com Biden hosted Johnson at the White House shortly after the meeting of the UN General Assembly. At the meeting, they stressed how the UK-US partnership is "unrivaled in its scale and steadfastness," and discussed the AUKUS defense pact, the free travel of vaccinated Britons to the US, climate change, and girls' education.
(2021-09-22). Biden's Global Summit Covid-19 Targets Are Terribly Insufficient. commondreams.org "We voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill with the clear commitment that the two pieces of the package would move together along a dual track."
(2021-09-22). Letter Urges Progressives to Fight 'Wall Street Democrats' Holding Biden's Agenda Hostage. commondreams.org Without the power of the union to stand up for workers, very little progress can be made in pay equality, diversity inclusion, workplace conditions, and so on.
(2021-09-22). Cuban Diplomat on U.S. Blockade, Havana's Homegrown Vaccines & Biden's Hypocrisy on Human Rights. democracynow.org 
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has criticized the United States for intensifying its embargo at a time when Cuba is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. "The Biden administration policy toward Cuba today has been the Trump administration policy toward Cuba," says Carlos Fernández de Cossío, director general for U.S. affairs in the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He says Cuba also rejects U.S. claims about "Havana syndrome," the name given to mysterious neurological symptoms some American diplomats and CIA officers say they have experienced in foreign postings, including in Cuba. "The U.S. government…
(2021-09-22). After 20 Years of Failed War, Corporate Media Still Give Wars of Empire a Pass. counterpunch.org When Taliban fighters swept across Afghanistan in a little over a week and entered the capital city of Kabul on August 15, 2021, they surprised the US media, the Biden White House, and the military. Desperate to get out of the country, those who had worked with the US-backed Afghan government fled to the airport in Kabul, running across the tarmac and swamping the runways. US corporate media covered the chaos with images of hundreds of people jamming the runways and clinging onto aircraft or forcing their way into military transport planes. Focusing on the spectacle of the war's end, in three days Afghanistan rec…
(2021-09-22). 'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guant√°namo Bay. commondreams.org Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is pushing for an international accord to "guarantee universal access to vaccines for all people on the planet, with no discrimination on the basis of privilege."
(2021-09-22). Anti-war groups ask US lawmakers to end support to Saudi-led war in Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the assurances given by US president Joe Biden earlier this year, the US continues to extend crucial military support to the Saudi-led coalition's war efforts in Yemen…
(2021-09-22). What Biden's Vaccine Mandate Means for You. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-22). Officials: Many Haitian Migrants Are Being Released in US. latinorebels.com
(2021-09-22). Biden Admin Shuns IPCC Report in Argument to Expand Offshore Drilling. zcomm.org Climate advocates say that Biden has thus far been all talk on climate, without the policy proposals or pressure on Congress to show for it…
(2021-09-22). Trump y Biden, una misma política contra los migrantes, sobre todo si son negros. globalizacion.ca Nada ha cambiado, sólo los nombres. Excusándose en un mandato de emergencia emitido en marzo de 2020 por su antecesor, el ultraconservador Donald Trump , y a contrapelo de sus promesas electorales, el presidente demócrata Joe Biden ordenó la deportación…
(2021-09-22). 'We Are Trying to Save It,' Progressives Say as Right-Wing Dems Sabotage Biden's Agenda. commondreams.org Our weak and deregulated federal election system has created this cycle of wasting our tax dollars on "forever wars" that produce nothing but pain, suffering, death, and displacement for many while generating large profits for private defense contractors.
(2021-09-22). Biden Threatens Sweeping Sanctions on Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Responds. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison The U.S. is once again attempting to overthrow a legitimate head of state in Africa, this time in Ethiopia, where they want to put their old puppet, the TPLF, or a new one, in power. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order threatening to impose new US sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea…
(2021-09-22). 11 Senators Support House Progressives' Push to Pass Full Biden Agenda. commondreams.org "Wealthy nations are using up the world's vaccine supply, and developing nations are suffering and losing thousands of people every day."
(2021-09-22). North Korea's Missile Tests Aren't Surprising. Biden Has Been Fueling Tensions. truthout.org 
While North Korea's In fact, this latest development was entirely predictable because the Biden administration has taken at least two concrete actions that actively fuel tensi…
(2021-09-22). The Anglo Unilateralists Strike. counterpunch.org When President Joe Biden won the White House, he promised, with a facility of unceasing boredom, that diplomacy was back. "Diplomacy is back at the centre of our foreign policy," he stated on February 4. "As I said in my inaugural address, we will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again, not
(2021-09-22). 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…
(2021-09-22). The U.S. 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. covertactionmagazine.com As It Did with Castro in Cuba and Noriega in Panama, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" of U.S. Propaganda Defused Antiwar Sentiment …
(2021-09-22). In OtherWords: September 22, 2021. otherwords.org This week, congressional Democrats are rushing to finalize their reconciliation bill to fund an ambitious new package for jobs and infrastructure. Debates are particularly fraught with the party's right wing over how expansive the plan should be — and how to fund it. | Last week, we looked at some important possible elements of that plan — including
(2021-09-22). 'Huge Step Forward': China Applauded for Pledge to Stop Building Overseas Coal Plants. commondreams.org One Democratic U.S. congressman called the move "a complete slap in the face to the families of the more than 50,000 Floridians who have died from Covid."
(2021-09-22). Workers oppose Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws: "People don't hold the views of the three main parties, which all defend the capitalist framework" wsws.org A new Socialist Equality Party electoral member said: "Wherever you go it is almost the same. All over the world if the people don't demand their rights the governments don't give them. You have to fight for your rights."
(2021-09-22). A Setback for Immigrant Rights. zcomm.org And a Reminder of Our Hollowed-Out Democracy…
(2021-09-22). Guinea: Bauxite, Coups and AFRICOM. orinocotribune.com By Rosa Moro — Sep 18, 2021 | In the last 13 years, all the military coup leaders in Africa have been trained and instructed by AFRICOM. And this has very little to do with constitutional order or democracy. | The Republic of Guinea, French Guinea, or Guinea Conakry (to distinguish it from Guinea Bissau, a former Portuguese colony, and Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony) is proud to be the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from France, in 1958. The father of the nation, Ahmed Sékou Touré, organized a referendum in response to General de Gaulle's proposal to integrate all his colo…
(2021-09-22). "Life Has Become Unlivable in Honduras": How Corruption & Drug Trade Fueled Migration to U.S. democracynow.org 
We look at a new Reuters special report examining corruption and the drug trade in Honduras, which human rights groups say are pushing tens of thousands of people to flee the Central American country for the United States. "People really describe feeling that their life has become unlivable in Honduras," Reuters correspondent Laura Gottesdiener says. This comes less than six months after a federal court in New York sentenced Tony Hernández, the brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, to life in prison for drug trafficking and listed the president as a co-conspirator. We also speak with Adriana Beltr…
(2021-09-22). NSW Greens MP challenges 'in good faith' discrimination. greenleft.org.au Greens MP for Newtown Jenny Leong spoke to Suzanne James about how bullying and toxic politics have been used to suppress democratic outcomes in the ongoing religious freedom bill debate in New South Wales.
(2021-09-22). Casualties Reported After Failed Turkish Attack In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On September 22, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that its fighters had repelled an attack by the Turkish military and its proxies in northeastern Syria. | The attack, which took place in the early morning hours, targeted the village of al-Dibs in the northern countryside of Raqqa. | "Armed factions loyal to Turkey and their tanks attacked at exactly 03: 45 am today, Wednesday, the village of al-Dibs and the M4 international highway … SDF forces repelled the attack, killing…
(2021-09-22). Instacart Workers Tell Users To Delete App Before IPO, Cite Pay And Working Conditions. moguldom.com Instacart workers are asking customers to delete the shopping app to help them make headway in their fight for better working conditions and benefits. In an open letter published on Medium, Monday, Sept. 20, by the Gig Workers Collective, Instacart shoppers made their request. "Shoppers call upon every customer to delete the Instacart app immediately as …
(2021-09-22). 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…
(2021-09-22). Is "Tax the rich" the solution? workers.org 
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the center of a large social media debate when she appeared at this year's Met Gala event wearing a dress with "Tax the Rich" boldly embroidered on the back. The fundraising event is attended by many wealthy individuals and celebrities. Much of the debate . . . |
(2021-09-22). Following The Inside Info: TikTok Users Watch Nancy Pelosi For Stock Trade Tips From Congress Disclosures. moguldom.com Psst, want a stock tip? Check out the stocks that members of Congress are buying. That's what some TikTok users are doing. A community of young investors on the social media platform TikTok are using House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stock-trading disclosures as a guide to their own investing, NPR reported. One user of the video-sharing …
(2021-09-22). How Big Oil Continues to Buy Off Politicians. counterpunch.org In its August 2021 Update to its Tracking the Dirty Dollars Project, Sierra Club California reveals that the California Republican Party has accepted over $300,000 from the fossil fuel industry and its allies this year. This more than triples the party's contributions since Sierra Club's last report update in May. "Once again, Republican legislators have sided with polluters and
(2021-09-22). Thaddeus Stevens and John Marshall: Mythical American Figures Who Still Loom Large. scheerpost.com 
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary by Bruce Levine | John Marshall: The Final Founder By Robert Strauss | Reviewed by Allen Barra | During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate General Jubal Early demolished an ironworks near the town. The factory's owner was Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens who, Early was disappointed to find, wasn't present at the time of the raid. The General, writes Bruce Levine in his highly readable biography, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, thought Stevens "had inflicted more harm on the Confederacy than any other in the U.S. Congress." | A Pennsylvania congre…
(2021-09-22). GOP Extremism is Backfiring Badly. counterpunch.org By now people have plenty of examples of the GOP's idea of governance, which consists of opposing everything that doesn't fit their myopic ideology. Here in Montana we're headed back toward Lockdown City thanks to the utter failure of our Republican-controlled executive and legislative branches of government. But evidence is quickly mounting that GOP extremism
(2021-09-22). Unknown Gunmen Targeted The Car Of Ukrainian President Zelensky's Top Aide. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 22nd, unknown suspects carried out an attack on the vehicle of Sergey Shefir, First Aide to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. | The driver was wounded in the attack, Iryna Pryanishnikova, the Kiev Police Department's spokesperson said."We confirm the attack. The driver was wounded," she said. | Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova says 7.62 mm automatic weaponry was used in the attack and that she believes the criminal intentions were "serious." | The att…