(2021-10-25). Running to be Detroit's Mayor — Against Democratic Party Machine. zcomm.org Anthony Adams is running for mayor of Detroit on a progressive platform. He's being marginalized by local media and opposed by the Democratic Party, including President Biden…
(2021-10-25). UK High Court Should Deny Extradition Because CIA Planned to Assassinate Assange. zcomm.org Why is Joe Biden's Department of Justice continuing Donald Trump's persecution of WikiLeaks founder, publisher and journalist Julian Assange?>
(2021-10-25). Elections in Honduras, the battle for November 28. peoplesdispatch.org Nasry Asfura of the ruling National Party and LIBRE leader, Xiomara Castro, are the front runners in the presidential elections. Wounds still remain open at 12 years since the coup…
(2021-10-25). 21N Regional Elections: More than 75% of CNE Electoral Schedule Complete. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has completed over 75% of the activities in its electoral schedule for the Regional Elections to be held on November 21, and currently a number of activities that are being carried out in parallel. This was reported by the principal rector of the electoral body, Tania D ¥Amelio. | During the TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, hosted by the Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), D'Amelio specified that the CNE is arranging a pilot plan, so that people with disabilities would be able to vote at voting desk number 1 of all…
(2021-10-25). The danger of US-China war and Australia's anti-democratic election laws. wsws.org Australian involvement in US-led wars over the past three decades has been accompanied by a constant stream of legislation designed to muzzle anti-war opposition.
(2021-10-25). 'What's-His-Name?' Nancy Pelosi Appears to Forget Donald Trump's Name. sputniknews.com In an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN about the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gave the appearance of forgetting former President Donald Trump's name.
(2021-10-25). Why Not a Financial Transactions Tax? zcomm.org All the phony positioning in Congress over the attempt to 'claw back' just some of Trump's $4.5T 2017 tax cuts totally ignores the real solution to all of the financing of the fiscal stimulus bills: A Financial Transactions Tax…
(2021-10-25). Prisoner rights activists take aim at government negligence. greenleft.org.au Family of prisoners and prison advocates want the NSW government's negligence in dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons to end. Adam Trumper reports.
(2021-10-25). Michigan state officials continue cover-up and whitewashing of three-year lead water contamination crisis in Benton Harbor. wsws.org Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced her administration is calling for the state legislature to pass an additional $11.4 million to fund the replacement of Benton Harbor's lead pipes, which officials aim to complete in the next 18 months.
(2021-10-25). Democrats: Don't Compromise on a Path to Citizenship. zcomm.org To ensure human rights at home, not only in other countries, legislation is needed to open a path to full citizenship, not just provide a temporary fix…
(2021-10-25). Florida Governor DeSantis to offer $5,000 hiring bonus for police who lose jobs due to vaccine mandates in other states. rt.com 
Republican-controlled states are increasingly trying to recruit law enforcement officers who lose their jobs because of Covid-19 jab mandates, and Florida may soon up the ante by offering displaced cops a $5,000 relocation bonus. | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
(2021-10-24). US: Religious Leaders Urge Biden to End Blockade Against Cuba. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-24). Putin Warns of League of Nations Revival: What Are the Implications? strategic-culture.org 
It would do us well to take Putin's words with full seriousness and avoid staining human history with another world war. | Faced with increasing pressure to dissolve the five member UN Security Council, President Putin "If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day — it would turn into the League of Nations. It would simply become a discussion platform". | As walls separating east and west along Manichean Cold War lines of "democratic/free" vs "autho…
(2021-10-24). In collaboration with Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army and Navy test hypersonic missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== From 2010: Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear Weapons Commentary on the article by Fidel Castro: The origin of wars ==== Navy and Army Demonstrate Advanced Hypersonic Technologies The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign on …
(2021-10-24). Amazon Labor Union to file for election in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25. workers.org 
Workers Assembly Against Racism news advisory After organzing to form an independent worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU) for the last six months, workers at Amazon's Staten Island JFK8 warehouse and the surrounding facilities (LDJ5, DYY6, DYX2) announced they would file for election Oct. 25 at 2 p.m., in downtown Brooklyn, . . . |
(2021-10-24). Amazon Labor Union to file for election in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25: NEW Location: 2 METROTECH BROOKLYN 2PM. workers.org Workers Assembly Against Racism news advisory After organzing to form an independent worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU) for the last six months, workers at Amazon's Staten Island JFK8 warehouse and the surrounding facilities (LDJ5, DYY6, DYX2) announced they would file for election Oct. 25 at 2 p.m., in downtown Brooklyn, . . . |
(2021-10-24). Demócratas corporativos desnudan 'Build Back Better'. peoplesworld.org 
BALTIMORE — Una vez más, los demócratas están negociando consigo mismos como presidente Joe Biden, al darse cuenta de que los llamados senadores "moderados" Joe Manchin de West Virginia y Kyrsten Sinema de Arizona siguen obstinados en oposición a elementos clave de su agenda, está cediendo terreno. Pero también promete seguir intentando alcanzar esos objetivos. …
(2021-10-24). Why Is U.S. Military Spending Increasing to New, Outlandish Levels? zcomm.org Although critics of the Biden administration's Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can't afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military. This May, the Pentagon asked Congress to fund a $715 billion budget for
(2021-10-24). Biden Threatens To Deploy National Guard To Move Cargo. popularresistance.org Baltimore, MD – At a CNN town hall event Thursday evening, President Joe Biden revealed that he is considering using National Guard troops to ease the bottleneck at Southern California ports. In response to questioning from moderator Anderson Cooper, Biden said the plans potentially include having soldiers drive trucks from the ports to warehouses and distribution centers. | This would mean the militarization of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle 40 percent of US imports. It would be a direct state attack on longshoremen, truck drivers and warehouse workers, with soldiers serving essentially as…
(2021-10-24). Biden Administration Is Undermining The Venezuela Dialogue. popularresistance.org The talks between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right wing opposition had been going well. There are still outstanding issues to be resolved, like ending the economic war, but the discussions held in Mexico led to concrete electoral developments. The European Union agreed to send an electoral observation mission. The United Nations decided to send a panel of electoral experts. (Both institutions refused to observe the 2018 presidential and 2020 legislative elections, despite invitations from the government.) Thousands of opposition candidates registered to run in the mega-elections, which include voti…
(2021-10-24). Pentagon chief in Romania: should deterrence fail, U.S. and NATO positioned for war in Black Sea. Video and text. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Remarks at Romanian Ministry of Defense Post-Bilat Joint Press Event As President Biden affirmed at the Bucharest Nine Summit in May, this Administration is committed to strengthening our Euro-Atlantic bonds and to ensuring a secure Eastern Flank. *** I also wanted to be here to honor the Romanian …
(2021-10-24). The Path to a Livable Future. tomdispatch.com This month will mark a critical juncture in the struggle to avoid climate catastrophe. At the COP26 global climate summit kicking off next week in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators will be faced with the urgent need to get the world economy off the business-as-usual track that will take the Earth up to and beyond 3 degrees Celsius of excess heating before this century's end, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Yet so far, the pledges of rich nations to cut greenhouse-gas emissions have been far too weak to rein in the temperature rise. Meanwhile, the Biden administration's climate plan…
(2021-10-24). After Spill, Legal Petition Urges Biden Administration to End Oil Drilling Off California. indybay.org Petition Asks for Suspension, Cancellation of All Leases in Federal Waters…
(2021-10-24). At its heart, Dune is a Tragedy, and a Warning against Trumpism. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The protagonist of the new Denis Villeneuve film, Dune, Paul Atreides, is a complex character, but he should be seen as an antihero, as the protagonist of a Greek tragedy with a fatal tragic flaw. The author of the 1965 novel on which the film is based, Frank Herbert, was …
(2021-10-24). On the Fascist Stench That Hangs Over this Still-Trumped Land. counterpunch.org 
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(2021-10-24). Russia Will Allow Israel to Attack Syria With Impunity. southfront.org 
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021 (Kobi Gidon/GPO) | Originally published on Israel likes to attack Syria, and while officials will mostly claim it's about Iran, such strikes continue with alarming regularity, the only pause being when Israel is unsure if Russia is still comfortable with them. | This summer Russia sug…
(2021-10-24). Saturday 10/30: No Cops No Fee Make Bart & Muni Free. indybay.org Castro MUNI station, Castro and Market Street in San Francisco…
(2021-10-24). Chile, Two Years After The Popular Uprising. popularresistance.org That October 18, 2019 was a blow that, in one fell swoop, brought down the deceptive faàßade of the conservative regime and inaugurated a new stage in the history of Chile. The enormous injustices maintained and deepened during the very slow (and failed) "democratic transition" initiated in 1990 were exposed. The explosive combination of free market without anesthesia and a democracy lacking in substance and completely delegitimized—thus becoming a rapacious plutocracy—was able to stay afloat thanks to the resignation, demoralization and apathy of the citizenry, skillfully induced by establishme…
(2021-10-24). Oil Giant BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners. juancole.com 
By Martin Williams, Lucas Amin and Gabriel Pogrund | ( Opendemocracy.net ) — Oil and gas giant BP spent years spying on peaceful climate campaigners — and even hired a private intelligence firm set up by a former MI6 agent. A new report by openDemocracy, published on Monday, reveals a "shocking" web of surveillance that …
(2021-10-24). Minnesotans press Klobuchar to vote against Iron Dome funding. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On October 20 people rallied in the rain to protest the Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, a proposed bill which would earmark another $1 billion in U.S. military aid to Israel on top of the $3.8 billion already allocated. The protest of over 20 people targeted Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar because the bill is coming to the U.S. Senate. The Anti-War Committee, the initiator of the protest, applauded the nine members of Congress, including Minnesota's own Ilhan Omar, who voted against this extra $1 billion in funding. | Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in the world. T…
(2021-10-24). The Right to Vote Should Be Available to Everyone — Including Prisoners Like Me. truthout.org 
People in prison often begin their life in marginalized communities where their families' right to vote has historically been suppressed. Today, voter suppression of those communities is again on the rise. The fact that people are actively trying to legislate additional hindrances to already marginalized communities' right to vote highlights the need to ensure the right to vote for all of these communities' members — even if they are in prison. | This is especially true because, once c…