(2021-10-09). Ecuador: Pandora Papers Could Take Lasso Down — Arauz Calls for New Election. libya360.wordpress.com HispanTV President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, claimed that he has no hidden property in tax havens. Former presidential candidate for correismo, Andrés Arauz, has opined that Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has lost legitimacy, and has urged for new elections take place. In an interview with Spanish news agency EFE, Arauz called for the resignation of…
(2021-10-09). How Facebook's Quest for Profits Is Paved on Hate and Lies. zcomm.org New revelations by a whistleblower prove that the world's largest social media platform understands clearly its negative impact on society, but that profits are a greater lure than preserving democracy…
(2021-10-09). Month After Federal Unemployment Program Ended Was Worst for Job Growth of 2021. popularresistance.org Above Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP Phot 'That's Progress' In the first month after the Biden administration allowed a pandemic-era unemployment benefit boost used by 8 million people to expire, the US economy recorded its slowest increase since US President Joe Biden took office in January. According to a new jobs report published by the US Department …
(2021-10-09). Biden downplays disastrous September jobs report, touts pandemic "success" wsws.org In the face of a report showing a gain of just 194,000 jobs in September, the president sought to change the subject, playing up the modest drop in new COVID-19 cases and "progress" on his spending bills.
(2021-10-09). Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump. cepr.net 
The job gain of 194,000 reported for September was well below what most of us had expected, but the overall picture was considerably brighter than this figure suggests. First, the main factor depressing job growth in the month was a loss of 161,000 jobs in state and local education. That one has me and others …
(2021-10-09). Financial parasitism and the decline of US industry. wsws.org A speech by US President Joe Biden this week was a chronicle of the decline of US industrial capacity as well as economic and social infrastructure.
(2021-10-09). Immigration Cruelty Goes Beyond the Border. juancole.com By Josue De Luna Navarro | ( Otherwords.org ) — Images of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. President Biden called them "outrageous" and "wrong" and promised an investigation. Many members of Congress also spoke out. Given this reaction, you could be forgiven for thinking that abuse like this isn't …
(2021-10-09). Shell Shocked in Amhara, Ethiopia. popularresistance.org On September 17, President Joe Biden issued "Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia." The document itself said that the Treasury Department would be able to impose sanctions on "any government entity or political party," meaning most obviously the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments.
(2021-10-09). 4 Senate Dems Say They Won't Back Budget Deal If Manchin Axes Climate Provisions. truthout.org 
Democrats in Congress are engaged in an increasingly bitter debate over what to cut from their budget reconciliation package in order to appease party conservatives who refused the original $3.5 trillion price tag. Progressives fear that key climate provisions may be on the chopping block even as President Joe Biden prepares for international climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. | Four Senate Democrats now say they will only support the reconciliation package and the bipartisan infrastructu…
(2021-10-09). Parliamentary Elections Will Not Address Major Concerns Raised by Popular Protests in Iraq. libya360.wordpress.com Abdul Rahman Iraqi security personnel voted in the special voting process conducted for them on October 8, two days prior to the national voting day on October 10. (Photo: Iraqi News Agency) The elections are taking place one year ahead of schedule following popular protests that broke out in October 2019 against the failure of…
(2021-10-09). 21N: CNE Ready for October 10 Electoral Drill. orinocotribune.com 
On Friday, October 8, Pedro Calzadilla, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, announced that 90% of the work regarding the deployment and reception of materials to be used in the mock election this Sunday, October 10, is complete. | During a CNE press conference, Calzadilla informed that 446 voting centers and 1,386 polling stations will be enabled throughout Venezuela for the electoral drill. The mock vote is part of the electoral cycle schedule for the regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | El presidente del Poder Electoral, Pedro Calzadilla, informó que ya alcan…
(2021-10-09). The New Bolivian Regime Change Attempt, & its Terror Tactics. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 8, 2021 | Two years ago, I underestimated the power of U.S. imperialism, to the consequence of having a nasty shock when I found out that Bolivia's president had been forced to resign in a U.S.-orchestrated military coup. I had anticipated that Washington would carry out a regime change attempt in Bolivia for months prior to that day, but up until the coup actually happened, I remained under the illusion that Bolivia's democracy would withstand the onslaught of white supremacist terrorism that Washington's running dogs were unleashing upon the country after the 2019 election. U.S. hegemo…
(2021-10-09). Channeling Spirit of Revolution, Chileans Are Drafting a Democratic Constitution. zcomm.org Fifty years after Allende's election, ordinary Chileans are pursuing revolutionary change following a strategy reminiscent of the vía chilena. And as in the Chilean Revolution, change has come from the bottom…
(2021-10-09). Friday 10/15: Spooky Business: Trick or treating at Pelosi's for Peace/Clean Energy/Healthcare/Housing. indybay.org Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights home, Broadway near Divisadero, San Francisco.
(2021-10-09). 'A Huge Win': DC Council Passes Medicare for All Resolution. zcomm.org "We need Medicare for All now, and this resolution sends a strong message that the leadership of our nation's capital puts patients first—and we demand Congress do the same by backing Medicare for All."
(2021-10-09). Media Coverage of Reconciliation Fight Is Corporate Con Job. zcomm.org "There's a big disconnect between the corporate media and working people," said Bernie Sanders…
(2021-10-09). Tampa students protest to defund university police. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On September 29, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic (SDS) held a protest calling for the University of South Florida (USF) to defund its campus police force. The students pointed to the police force's budget of about $7 million, which is higher than many colleges on campus. Last year, citing budget concerns, USF attempted to close the College of Education, which has a budget of about $6 million, until student protests and public outrage forced them to keep it open. | A speech called attention to the USF police department's participation in the 1033 Program, which allows police departments to buy sur…
(2021-10-09). Jacobin boosts Teamsters bureaucracy's campaign to "organize" Amazon workers. wsws.org Jacobin and the Democratic Socialists of America speak for a privileged upper middle-class layer that wants to block a rank-and-file movement of workers and prevent it from coming under the influence and leadership of genuine socialists.
(2021-10-09). Video: SEP Electoral Members call on supporters to fight Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "The Socialist Equality Party is the only political party that is warning workers and young people about the dangers of war."
(2021-10-09). Che 54: Screenprinting Session. peoplesforum.org Be a part of celebrating the life, actions and theory of Ernesto Che Guevara. Visit our art studio between 3PM – 5PM on Saturday, October 9th, and screen print an image of Che.
(2021-10-09). U.S. Organizing $5 Million Gun Sale to Mexican Forces Accused of Murder & Kidnapping. zcomm.org As the two countries meet this week to discuss security cooperation, lawmakers see the sale as evidence of a systemic problem…
(2021-10-08). UnidosUS Announces That It Has Cut Corporate Ties With Facebook After Whistleblower Revelations. latinorebels.com On Friday, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization said it cut ties with Facebook after a whistleblower revealed that Facebook has been intentionally promoting products and policies that harm the Latino community and undermine democratic principles.
(2021-10-08). Simmons HBCU President Kevin Cosby: Democrats Don't Deliver Tangibles To Black America, Mistreat Us. moguldom.com President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion spending bill was set to include $45 billion in spending for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) but the latest version of the bill has allocated just $2 billion, a significant decrease, and Kevin Cosby, the president of HBCU Simmons College of Kentucky, isn't happy. According to Simmons, this drop …
(2021-10-08). Baker, Boettner: Manchin May Want to Stop Digging. cepr.net Charleston Gazette-Mail | There's an old line, that when you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging. This is advice that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., might want to take to heart. | In the debate over President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan, Manchin is working hard to protect the interest of West Virginia's coal industry. On the one hand, this is understandable. | The coal industry has a long history in the st…
(2021-10-08). The Care Movement Fights Back Against Cuts to Biden's Historic Home Care Plan. inequality.org
(2021-10-08). Jayapal and Progressive Caucus hold the line against corporate Democrats. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (AP)—Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says she has pushed President Joe Biden to hold the line and keep his ambitious social spending plan closer to $3 trillion instead of the $2 trillion range that he has floated to Democrats in recent days. Jayapal told The Associated Press in …
(2021-10-08). Hurricanes Aren't Just Natural Disasters — They Also Fuel Inequality. truthout.org 
When President Joe Biden toured storm-ravaged neighborhoods in Louisiana in September, he portrayed the damage of Hurricane Ida as a Natural disasters cou…
(2021-10-08). Vice-President Harris: It's Your Turn to Step Up for Immigrant Rights. counterpunch.org Vice-President Kamala Harris has an opportunity. More than at any time in the recent past, Congress and the Biden administration have the means to open a path to citizenship to millions of undocumented residents who have been living in, and contributing to, this nation for many years. These residents include DACA recipients who were brought
(2021-10-08). Immigration Cruelty Extends Far Beyond the Border. counterpunch.org Images of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. President Biden called them "outrageous" and "wrong" and promised an investigation. Many members of Congress also spoke out. Given this reaction, you could be forgiven for thinking that abuse like this isn't normal for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(2021-10-08). Relentless diplomacy? An early assessment of the Biden foreign policy. nationofchange.org Overall, Biden's foreign policy has been a mixed bag so far, keeping many aspects of the previous administration's diplomacy while changing the tone in a more positive direction.
(2021-10-08). Manchin May Want to Stop Digging. counterpunch.org There's an old line, that when you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging. This is advice that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., might want to take to heart. In the debate over President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan, Manchin is working hard to protect the interest of West Virginia's coal industry. On the
(2021-10-08). The American "System of Governance" is a Lethal Slaveowners' Monstrosity. counterpunch.org "No Change" Joe: "That Patience Has Been Rewarded for More Than 240 Years" Who can ever forget the brilliant oratory of Joe "Nothing Would Fundamentally Change" Biden two nights after Election Day last November? "Democracy is sometimes messy," Joe "No Empathy, Give Me a Break" Biden said two months before Donald Trump's wild-eyed marauders would
(2021-10-08). CrossTalk | Military accountability? warisacrime.org "The Biden administration's decision to leave Afghanistan was correct and long overdue. However, the way America's longest war ended is a different question. It was a botched affair. The generals will most likely never be held to account. But a lone Marine lieutenant colonel does face a court martial. Is this justice? CrossTalking with Medea …
(2021-10-08). Legislation In Limbo. Dem Caucus In Disarray. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by William Stroock, observer, author of military fiction | With inflation rising, the border crisis worsening, and Americans still trapped in Afghanistan, President Biden's approval numbers are bad and getting worse. In a Quinnipiac poll released this week only 38% of those surveyed approved of the president's job performance. On the Economy Biden's approval rating is 39%, taxes 37%, immigration 25%, and foreign policy 34%. Of those polled only 42% believed the Biden Administration was competent. On the congressional front the Quinnipiac poll found that Americans favor Republicans ove…
(2021-10-08). Liberal Pleas for "Unity" Legitimize the Virulent Politics of the Far Right. truthout.org 
In the time leading up to the 2020 election, many people throughout the United States mobilized with an unprecedented sense of urgency. Those in opposition to the far right presidency of Donald J. Trump went above and beyond to unseat the 45th head of state. The prospect of his reelection scared many following an atrocious four years of unchecked state violence, resurgent fascism and political asininity that climaxed with a pandemic. It was clear to many, even some in Trump's own party, that a s…
(2021-10-08). Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s? counterpunch.org President Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 election is held hostage by two corporate Democratic Senators, fossil-fuel consigliere Joe Manchin and payday-lender favorite Kyrsten Sinema. But the very week before the Dems' $350 billion-per-year domestic package hit this wall of corporate
(2021-10-08). Omar, Ocasio-Cortez Give Biden Deadline on Student Debt Cancelation Memo. truthout.org 
After months of silence on student loan forgiveness from the White House, progressive lawmakers, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), have written a letter giving President Joe Biden a two-week deadline to release a memo on student debt cancelation. | "Decades ago, Congress voted
(2021-10-08). 21N Regional Elections: CNE Approves National Election Observers and Reiterates Invitation for Sunday's Mock Election. orinocotribune.com 
On Wednesday, October 7, the vice president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and president of COPAFI, Enrique Márquez, announced that six non-governmental organizations were approved as national electoral observers for the 21N regional elections scheduled for November 21. | Additionally, Márquez indicated that the selected organizations have already been invited to sign the needed documents. The top electoral official explained, "We have already begun the necessary steps to accredit them and incorporate them into all the technical aspects that are developed so that they can attest to the transparency of th…
(2021-10-08). Iraq elections 2021: Iran ally Fatah dealt triple blow in pursuit of power. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq elections 2021: Iran ally Fatah dealt triple blow in pursuit of power | The Fatah bloc had banked on gaining seats in parliament and government in Sunday's elections, but a number of last-minute obstacles threaten their chances | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 14: 14 | Iraqi supporters of Fatah attend an election rally in Baghdad on 5 October 2021 (AFP) | Boasting the diehard support of many Iraqis a…
(2021-10-08). German Parties After The Elections: SPD. southfront.org 
German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and the Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz | You can read this article in German: For years the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was low in the polls and bobbed around at 15%, far behind the leading alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) and also way behind the Greens. Another decline seemed likely and apparently it was only a matter of time before the SPD would also be overtaken by the Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
(2021-10-08). Lebanon: Anger as MPs refuse to discuss women's quota proposal for 2022 elections. middleeasteye.net 
Lebanon: Anger as MPs refuse to discuss women's quota proposal for 2022 elections | MP Inaya Ezzedine says move proves politicians only pay lip service to women's participation in Lebanon's political life | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 14: 42 | More than 50 civil society and non-governmental organizations, experts and journalists, had advocated for the quota, the proposal for which had been submitted by Ezzedine (AFP)…
(2021-10-08). Venezuela condemns U.S. veto blocking access to IMF's COVID-19 funds and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we take a look the IMF's restrictions on Venezuela's access to 5 billion dollars in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) funds; the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iraq scheduled for October 10th following years of protests for political and economic reforms; the occupation of a pipeline facility of Peru's state-owned PetroPeru company by Indigenous activists protesting contamination by oil spills; and the ongoing strike against unsafe working conditions and low pay by health workers in Guinea-Bissau.
(2021-10-08). Headlines for October 8, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer-BioNTech Requests Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11, COVID Deaths in Russia Top 900/Day; Venezuela Accuses IMF of Withholding Pandemic Funds, Senate Cmte. Says Trump Repeatedly Asked DOJ for Help Overturning Election Loss, Senate Votes to Lift Debt Ceiling Until Early December, Minneapolis Police Joke About "Hunting Activists" During 2020 Racial Justice Uprising, Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, WSJ: U.S. Military Secretly Training Taiwanese Forces for Possible Conflict with China, Gunmen Kill 2 School Teachers in Kashmir Amid Mounting Attac…
(2021-10-08). Iraq elections: Accusations fly as fractured Tishreen movement seeks votes. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq elections: Accusations fly as fractured Tishreen movement seeks votes | October 2019 movement that sought to unseat corrupt political class and aid Iraqi youth accused of losing its way | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 14: 00 | An Iraqi independent candidate prepares to hang his own electoral poster on 6 October 2021 in the central city of Najaf (AFP) | Amir struggles through tears as he shows, on his p…
(2021-10-08). Ocasio-Cortez Slams Manchin for Demanding Cuts to Child-Related Programs. truthout.org 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has condemned conservative Democrats for fighting to cut social programs in the reconciliation bill while preserving tax cuts for climate-denying industries and corporations. | On Thursday,
(2021-10-08). George W. Bush was a disaster — Only Trump looks worse by comparison. nationofchange.org Bush's reputation should have suffered a nose-dive after he left office. There's only one reason his standing has improved: Trump.
(2021-10-08). Interim Senate Judiciary Report confirms Trump's repeated attempts to enlist Department of Justice into January 6 coup attempt. wsws.org The preliminary report details Trump's numerous attempts, working in concert with Republican lawmakers and sympathetic figures within the Department of Justice, to carry out a fascist coup.
(2021-10-08). Why Did the Democrats Take Single-Payer Off the Table? An Interview with Dr. Anne Scheetz. counterpunch.org Democrats in Congress and their supporters inside the beltway have taken single payer off the table. Instead of pursuing Medicare for All they are pursuing incremental improvements in Medicare — also known as Medicare for Some. They are also pursuing single payer at the state level. Long time national single payer advocates, like Dr. Anne
(2021-10-08). ALEC Leaders Boast About Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Bills. popularresistance.org The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play network of conservative state lawmakers and business lobbyists that writes model legislation, claims that it no longer works on social policy. But videos of ALEC-led events, obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), tell a very different story. | At the 40th anniversary meeting of the Council for National Policy (CNP) in May, ALEC leaders boasted about their extensive efforts to advance state legislation to severely restrict access to abortion and limit the rights of trans students, as well as voter suppression bills. | CNP is a secretive…
(2021-10-08). 'Washington Bullets': The U.S. history of coups and assassinations under review. peoplesworld.org 
Mainstream history books portray United States foreign policy in benevolent, glowing terms: American governments have always been dedicated to freedom, democracy and human rights, promoting these ideas and values abroad. In Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, Vijay Prashad challenges these assertions in his short history of U.S. imperialism. Since the …