(2021-10-17). Texas Guardsmen Shot By Heavily Armed Cartel Gunmen At Border. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published on Heavily armed drug cartels are becoming more aggressive along the Texas-Mexico border amid President Biden's immigration crisis. Last week, Fox News' Bill Melugin captured cartel members
(2021-10-17). Unfortunately for Modi and Shah, the Congress Simply Does Not Go Away. zcomm.org But to mount a credible opposition, the Congress Working Committee must resolve to hold internal elections for the party's leadership based on a contest between policy planks…
(2021-10-17). Shaping US Middle East Policy Amidst Failing States, Failed Democratization And Increased Activism. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by The future of US engagement in the Middle East hangs in the balance. | Two decades of forever war in Afghanistan and continued military engagement in Iraq and elsewhere in the region have prompted debate about what constitutes a US interest in the Middle East. China, and to a lesser degree Russia, loom large in the debate as America's foremost strategic and geopolitical challenges. | Questions about US interests have also sparked discussion about whether the United States can best achiev…
(2021-10-16). Manchin Lashes Out After Sanders Condemns Obstruction of Biden Agenda. truthout.org 
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia lashed out Friday after a major newspaper in his home state published an op-ed by Sen. Bernie Sanders that called out Manchin's obstruction of his own party's Build Back Better reconciliation package. | "Congress should proceed with caution on any additional spending and I will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs," Manchin
(2021-10-16). Biden Admits He Will Have to 'Build Back Better' With Less, Is 'Not Going to Get $3.5 Trillion'. sputniknews.com The size of Joe Biden's much-touted $3.5 trillion Build Back Better economic plan, aimed, among other things, at expanding child care, paid leave, Medicare, extending enhanced household tax credits and promoting green energy, has met with both staunch Republican opposition and driven a wedge between progressive and moderate Democrats.
(2021-10-16). Machin Lashes Out After Sanders Condemns Obstruction of Biden Agenda. truthout.org Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia lashed out Friday after a major newspaper in his home state published an op-ed by Sen. Bernie Sanders that called out Manchin's obstruction of his own party's Build Back Better reconciliation package. | "Congress should proceed with caution on any additional spending and I will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs," Manchin
(2021-10-16). US Writes Belarus Into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script. popularresistance.org Minsk, Belarus — Quietly, the U.S. national security state is turning up the heat on Belarus, hoping that the ex-Soviet country of 9 million will be the next casualty of its regime-change agenda. This sentiment was made clear in President Joe Biden's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Biden announced that the U.S. would pursue "relentless diplomacy" finding "new ways of lifting people up around the world, of renewing and defending democracy." The 46th president was explicit in whom he meant by this: "The democratic world is everywhere. It lives in the anti-corruption activists, the human…
(2021-10-16). Lockheed Martin Is Lobbying Against Biden's Reconciliation Bill While Pushing Targeted Bailout of Weapons Industry. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-16). Why Did They Even Bother Ousting Trump Just to Continue His Foreign Policy? strategic-culture.org Biden's foreign policy is surprising, while his domestic policy, which is much easier to control, is completely in line with what we would expect. Millions of Americans are going to get the LGBTGreat Reset that they voted for. | Although predicting the exact future is impossible, we can certainly identify trends and try to make projections as to where they will lead. Going into the beginning of the Biden period after the most "unique" presidential elections in American history, the trends and signals seemed to be for a complete reversal or derailment of everything Trump attempted to do. It seemed evident that hum…
(2021-10-16). Biden's $3.5T plan to help working families depends on Democratic unity. zcomm.org It is no great surprise that not a single Republican in Congress supports this bill…
(2021-10-16). Why Taiwan is an explosive flashpoint for a US-China war. wsws.org To understand the great dangers posed by the Biden administration's deliberately inflammatory actions it is necessary to examine the historical background.
(2021-10-16). Announcement — Webinar on November 21 Elections in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
Webinar with Jesús Rodriguez-Espinoza, Editor of the TITLE: November 21st Elections in Venezuela — One more sign of Bolivarian Democracy | Online event: October 20, 5PM PST — 8PM EST and Caracas time. | The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has had more than two dozen democratic elections since 1999. Chavismo has been ratified in the polls consistently by Venezuelans. El…
(2021-10-16). Selected Articles: Growing Vaccine Resistance Around the World. globalresearch.ca The global elite's depopulation agenda is now in high gear. Vaccine mandates are gradually being rolled out across the world, urging most especially the working population to get vaccinated or lose their income. | In this selection, we present to you …
(2021-10-16). German Parties After The Elections: Greens. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | You can read this article in German: The Greens in Germany appear almost exclusively under this name today and they are usually also called by that name. You can even read a lot about Green on the homepage of their website, whereas the actual name of the party can only be discovered after long scrolling, ashamedly hidden as a graphic in the footer. | The party's real name, however, is Alliance 90/The Greens, a name that was chosen when the predominantly West German Greens united with the East Germ…
(2021-10-16). Another Day, Another Blunder: Psaki to 'Choose Words More Carefully' After Ethics Watchdog Complaint. sputniknews.com Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an ethics watchdog, slammed Jen Psaki's comments from the White House podium as appearing to violate the Hatch Act, which forbids officials from using their "official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election".
(2021-10-16). Vote Now! Rescue Pacifica Debunks the Pretenders, Plus Finances, Conflict Resolution. indybay.org Debunking KPFA "Protectors" in last 3 days of KPFA board election…
(2021-10-16). Justice Democrats: øEl Tea Party de la izquierda? globalizacion.ca Bernie Sanders y Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez no son nombres extraños para los lectores habituales de Cubadebate. Pero si les digo Justice Democrats quizás sea menos conocido. En pocas palabras, se trata de una plataforma que está detrás de la elección al…
(2021-10-16). Protest works! Turkish political prisoner is freed on bail but still faces trial with over 100 other leaders and activists of the left-wing HDP. mronline.org 
PETER TATCHELL and ERIC LEE shine a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey's biggest mass trials.
(2021-10-16). Trump putsch was outcome of two-decade attack on constitutional rule and legality. indybay.org The attempted coup was the culmination of a protracted assault on democratic rights and constitutional rule by successive Republican and Democratic administrations.
(2021-10-16). America is now at the "most critical time, between life and death" zcomm.org Founder of Poor People's Movement says focusing so much on Trump and racism was a mistake — but "the fight is on"
(2021-10-16). SEP (Australia) public meeting: A socialist program to eradicate COVID-19. Become an electoral member of the SEP today. wsws.org The October 31 online meeting will discuss a program to eradicate COVID-19, and the relationship between the homicidal pandemic policies of the ruing elite and the anti-democratic electoral laws.
(2021-10-16). Greece-US Agreement on Military Bases Must be Cancelled! orinocotribune.com 
By Nikos Mottas — Oct 14, 2021 | On Thursday, October 14, The right-wing New Democracy government, continuing the "Strategic Dialogue" with the United States which was initiated b…
(2021-10-16). Dozens injured as army and police brutally attack pro-democracy protesters in Swaziland. peoplesdispatch.org Swaziland is seeing a fresh round of protests against the rule of Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch. Despite severe repression, students, transport workers, civil servants and other sections of society are out on the streets…
(2021-10-16). Hillary Clinton Installed as New Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Oct 12, 2021 | The promotion of a warmonger like Clinton to a seat of learning must surely be, at the very least, controversial, and at the very most a shameful act of denial of power abuse that she, her husband, and the corporate imperialist American political system represent. | A protest of 50 people organized by Lasair Dhearg, an Irish republican socialist and anti-imperialist party gathered on University road at 11 am as Hilary Clinton posed for journalists and television crews covering her inauguration as the first female Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. | People chanting 'shame…
(2021-10-16). [Correspondence] Telehealth use in antenatal care? Not without women's voices — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Anna Galle and colleagues for progressing the conversation about quality and equity in antenatal care. Although our analysis of telehealth integrated care addressed the initial 4 months following widespread telehealth integration and analysed data following birth only,1 this means that women included in the analysis were predominately in the third trimester of pregnancy, a time when most pregnancy complications arise. The fact that women in their final stages of pregnancy received, on average, 40% of consultations via telehealth without an impact on the quality of their pregnancy outcomes remains hearten…
(2021-10-16). Wednesday 10/20: Support October 20 South Korean General Strike For Equality & Free KCTU President Yang Ky. indybay.org South Korean Consulate | 3500 Clay St., San Francisco…