(2021-10-03). Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. dissidentvoice.org Alex Saab is "the key that unlocks the Venezuelan monetary mystery—that is, how a country facing sanctions from the US, the UK and the European Union—is still able to export things like gold and oil…and really the only man who can actually explain how the country [Venezuela] survives today," according to Forbes. The US would …
(2021-10-03). Progressives play hardball — with Biden's support — and confuse the media. zcomm.org The press tries to portray infrastructure delay as Biden's loss, but progressives are trying to save his presidency…
(2021-10-03). High Drug Prices and the Refusal to Talk Seriously About Debt and Deficits. cepr.net Reporters and politicians have been screaming about our debt and deficits in recent weeks, as the Democrats try to steer their public investment package through the senators from Arizona and West Virginia. The infuriating part of this story is that the whining about debt and deficits, and the reporting on it, literally makes no sense. …
(2021-10-03). Revolutionary Chavista Leader William Izarra Passes Away. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reported of the death of well-known revolutionary leader William Izarra. In his Twitter account, the president wrote: "My deepest regret for the parting of William Izarra, a great and loyal comrade in the revolutionary struggle, friend of our Commander Hugo Chávez. I send my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and dear ones. Hasta la Victoria Siempre William!" | The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, also expressed his condolences. "We regret the sad passing of Commander William Izarra, Ambassador of Venezuela to the Democratic People…
(2021-10-03). A Declaration of Independence. indybay.org Utopia resolutely in sight | But all those pillars of a free democratic basic order must have stood on feet of clay anyway, must have been more dummies than real basic pillars, otherwise they could not have been washed away so quickly, easily and thoroughly. We are now called upon to tread truly new paths…
(2021-10-03). 2021 California Maafa Awareness Month Kicks Off in a good way. indybay.org
(2021-10-03). It isn't Red COVID, it is Republican Necrophilia — Creepy Love of Death. zcomm.org The United States has crossed the threshold of 700,000 Americans dead from COVID-19…
(2021-10-02). Cynicism Of Biden's UN Speech Calling For More Diplomacy. popularresistance.org In the same week that Biden delivered a speech at the United Nations where he argued that force had to be "our tool of last resort, not our first," and that "many of our greatest concerns cannot be solved or even addressed by the force of arms," the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that represented another record-breaking increase in Pentagon spending, was passed in the House of Representatives. The message, following that of the racist Theodore Roosevelt , is that if there is going to be dialog the U.S. is still going to "speak softly and carry a big stick" to keep the natives in line. | The authorizat…
(2021-10-02). Major Protests Will Urge President Biden To Act On Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — Thousands of people are expected to take part in a week of protests at the White House this October 11-15 to pressure President Biden to declare a climate emergency and end all new fossil fuel projects. | Composed of hundreds of Indigenous, Black, environmental, climate justice, youth, and social justice organizations, the Build Back Fossil Free coalition will launch the People Vs. Fossil Fuels: Biden's Test week of action in advance of the Glasgow COP26 Climate Summit. With that summit representing what many consider to be our "last, best chance" to avoid climate catastrophe, the week of acti…
(2021-10-02). Big Money's War on Biden's Popular Build Back Better Plan. juancole.com By Sondra Youdelman | — ( Otherwords.org ) — Right now, corporations and the ultra-rich are spending millions to derail President Biden's Build Back Better plan. Behind the scenes, they're hard at work to keep our elected officials from helping our country recover from the pandemic. Poll after poll tells us that Biden's plan is …
(2021-10-02). Biden's Expulsion of Haitian Migrants Is Racist, Illegal — and Trumpian. truthout.org 
Notwithstanding President Joe Biden's promise to pursue a more humane immigration policy than his predecessor, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been illegally expelling Haitian migrants, with the Border Patrol cracking whips and herding them like cattle. When U.S. authorities put them on a plane to Haiti, "they chained us like animals — our hands, feet and waist — and once we arrived, they unchained us so journalists wouldn't see us," one Haitian man told John Oliver on "Last…
(2021-10-02). Biden EPA's Clean Car Standards Fall Short Even of 2012 Standards. zcomm.org Clean car standards actually save us money at the pump by increasing fuel efficiency…
(2021-10-02). Washington-Led "New Quad" Is Yet Another Anti-Chinese Initiative. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThe new grouping, focused on Afghanistan's stability excludes India. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | A lot has been written on the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as simply the Quad (henceforth referred to as the "Pacific" Quad or the Old Quad). It is a strategic dialogue between the US, Japan, India, and Australia, whose raison d'être seems to be to respond geopolitically to increased Chinese military as well as economic power in the so-called Indo-Pacific region. Very little has been written, though, on the "other Quad"
(2021-10-02). The Two 'Democracies' of India and US: How Similar, Yet How Different. zcomm.org In his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, US President Joe Biden spoke of the two countries' shared "responsibility to uphold democratic values"
(2021-10-02). The Heat: Political stalemate on Capitol Hill. america.cgtn.com 
United States President Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill to speak with House Democrats Friday as he tried to make progress on his economic agenda. Biden wants to get major Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills passed as part of his Build Back Better program. . To discuss: …
(2021-10-02). Targeting Assange: Yahoo Deep State Revelations. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Steve Brown. | Article referenced: First reaction to this story: Why did Verizon (owns yahoo) — a super Deep State shill for the CIA — and three miserable establishment Russiagate propagandists (especially Isikoff) feature this story? With a little thought and help from an 'unnamed source' I posted this Sept 27: | Biden regime makes a big deal about extraditing Assange but typical of the many-headed hydra, source…
(2021-10-02). Mao Zedong on the founding of new China: "The Chinese people have stood up!" fightbacknews.org To mark the October 1, 1949 proclamation of the Peoples Republic of China, Fight Back! is circulating a statement that the outstanding Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong made at the opening address at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on September 21, 1949. | Fellow Delegates, | The Political Consultative Conference so eagerly awaited by the whole nation is herewith inaugurated. | Our conference is composed of more than six hundred delegates, representing all the democratic parties and people's organizations of China, the People's Liberation Army, th…
(2021-10-02). Salvar 'Build Back Better Act' de los demócratas corporativos. peoplesworld.org 
En nombre de proteger a las corporaciones y a los multimillonarios de los impuestos justos, dos demócratas corporativos tienen en sus manos el destino de las familias estadounidenses, desde las personas mayores hasta los niños. El proyecto de ley de reconciliación presupuestaria que ahora está retenido como rehén por los senadores Joe Manchin y Kyrsten …
(2021-10-02). Sudan: US presses leaders to make 'swift progress' toward civilian rule. middleeasteye.net 
Sudan: US presses leaders to make 'swift progress' toward civilian rule | US envoy, following a visit Khartoum this week, stresses need for Sudanese politicians to reach a consensus on path to new government amid widespread protests | Sat, 10/02/2021 – 22: 57 | Sudanese protesters during a demonstration in front of the Legislative Council in support of a civilian-led transition to democrac…
(2021-10-02). Video: IYSSE Australia members oppose AUKUS alliance and anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "History has shown that war is incompatible with democratic rights."
(2021-10-02). Corporate Media Myths About the Chaos on Capitol Hill. scheerpost.com 
Corporate Democrat Joe Manchin. [ By Jeff Cohen | If you get your news about politics from corporate media, you're getting myths from journalists and pundits instead of clarity. | At Thursday's boisterous news conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a reporter used the phrase "the two biggest spending bills of this Congress" to describe the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIF) and the Democrat-only Build Back Better (BBB) reconciliation proposal. The phraseology about "the two big" or "biggest" spendi…
(2021-10-02). SDF Captured ISIS Bomb Maker In Al-Hasakah Security Operation (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image, SDF's security forces | On October 2, the Syrian Democratic Faces (SDF) announced that its Anti-Terror Forces, known as HAT, had arrested a dangerous bomb maker of ISIS during a special operation backed by the US-led coalition in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah. | "Our forces, enabled by the international coalition, have arrested a dangerous terrorist affiliated with Daesh [ISIS] and responsible for manufacturing IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and transporting them to Daesh cells…
(2021-10-02). Liberal Democrats and Greens begin exploratory talks to form right-wing German government. wsws.org Green Party leaders met with their Liberal Democrat counterparts as early as Tuesday evening for confidential talks, the location and content of which remained top secret.
(2021-10-02). Inside The CIA Plot To Kidnap, Kill Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News discusses his team's reporting on the CIA plot to surveil, kidnap, and even kill Assange — all overseen by Michael Pompeo. In response, Pompeo has called for the prosecution of all the sources involved. | The story builds on previous disclosures including a May 2020 exposé by The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal, which revealed that the CIA was working with Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson and the Spanish security firm UC Global to target and surveil Assange in London's Ecuadorian embassy. | Isikoff and Aaron Maté also debate Russia's role in the Assange controversy, particularly…
(2021-10-02). Tuesday 11/9: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz with Steve Wasserman: Not a Nation of Immigrants. indybay.org Online webinar…