(2022-09-06). Denver SDS marches to campus police station, demands withdrawal from Pentagon 1033 Program. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On August 31, two dozen students and community members marched to the Auraria Campus Police Department to demand the end of their participation in the Pentagon 1033 Program, which provides military grade weapons to domestic law enforcement agencies. Other demands included the defunding and demilitarization of ACPD by surrendering their weapons. The march was led by Denver Students for a Democratic Society. They were joined by the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee, Movimiento Poder, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Around 4 p.m., the crowd gathered for communal sign making before the…
(2022-09-06). Tallahassee: Community members demand answers after local police train with war criminal. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On September 1, members of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee and Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society attended the Civilian Police Review Board to condemn the further militarization of the Tallahassee Police Department and fight for greater autonomy for the Civilian Police Review Board. | The main focus of this month's meeting was the recent TPD training exercise that took place at a Stronghold SFO Solutions facility. Stronghold SFO Solutions is a Florida-based company that offers "tactical training solutions for the warfighter and law enforcement officer." T…
(2022-09-06). "Divider in Chief": Biden Impairs the Soul of the American Nation by Pitting His People Against One Another. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-06). Blow Up The Planet to "Defend Democracy". PM Liz Truss Is Committed to Nuclear War: "I'm Ready to Do That" globalresearch.ca First published on August 27, 2022, updated September 6, 2022 | It's official, Liz Truss will replace Boris Johnson as Britain's Prime Minister. | On Tuesday September 6, she was confirmed after meeting with the H.M Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral, who …
(2022-09-06). Headlines for September 6, 2022. democracynow.org "Famine Is at the Door": U.N. Issues Urgent Appeal for Somalia Amid Historic Drought, Emergency Systems Activated at Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Fighting Damages Power Lines, Energy Prices Surge Across Europe After Russia Cuts Off Gas Pipeline, California Temperature Records Shattered as Heat Wave Fuels New Wildfires, Super Typhoon Brings High Winds and 3 Feet of Rain to South Korea, Liz Truss Becomes U.K. Prime Minister After Leadership Battle to Replace Boris Johnson, Chilean Voters Reject Progressive Constitution to Replace Pinochet-Era Document, 35 Killed as Roadside Bomb Hits Burkina Faso Convoy, 6…
(2022-09-06). As extremist Trumplicans sabotage the midterm, party suicide looms, and more scandals on tap. nationofchange.org Short and long term, why are MAGA Republicans not damned if they do dump Trump and damned if they don't.
(2022-09-06). Chris Hedges: Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. mintpressnews.com PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY ( Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American democracy. The steady stripping away of economic and political power was ignored by a hyperventilating press that thundered against the barbarians at the gate [md…
(2022-09-06). Veteran Intelligence Professionals: Ukraine Decision Time for Biden. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-06). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? By Felicity Arbuthnot Global Research, September 04, 2022 Global Research 10 March 2014. marktaliano.net 
t all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. With historical foresight this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was first published on March 15, 2014 in the immediate wake of the US sponsored EuroMaidan Coup d'état. *** On March 5, Ukraine's Putsch "Prime Minister" Arseniy Yatsenyuk, …
(2022-09-06). Sri Lankan workers discuss the fight for a democratic and socialist congress. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners have held important discussions on the party's program with Colombo harbour and irrigation department workers in recent weeks.
(2022-09-06). Brazil on Fire Episode 1: Violence and the Culture War. therealnews.com 
As candidate Jair Bolsonaro neared the presidency in 2018, violence rippled across Brazil, mostly perpetrated by Bolsonaro supporters. Hundreds of threats and attacks, including several killings, were reported in the weeks and months leading up to the election. Bolsonaro's hateful rhetoric and fake news machine spurred on the violence, painting the election as a battle for the soul of the country. Targeting right wing fears over 'family values' and 'security,' Bolsonaro tapped into a growing culture war aimed not at winning a democratic debate, but eliminating opponents. | This episode looks at Bolsonaro's…
(2022-09-06). Happy Anti-War Day! The weapons must be silent! indybay.org The DGB (the German alliance of unions) and its member unions, an important voice in the German peace movement, commemorate the barbaric consequences of war and fascism on September 1. Trade unionists fight for peace, democracy and freedom.
(2022-09-06). George Monbiot: New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has "Extreme Neoliberal" Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record. democracynow.org 
The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
(2022-09-06). Russia should not be branded terrorism sponsor, Biden says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Russia should not be designated a state sponsor of terrorism, the US President Joe Biden said on Monday.
(2022-09-06). The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New. tomdispatch.com Has the Trump Supreme Court gone rogue? The evidence mounts. Certainly, its recent judicial blitzkrieg has run roughshod over a century's worth of settled law. A woman's right to get an abortion? Gone (at least as a constitutionally protected civil right). Meanwhile, voting rights are barely hanging on, along with the 1965 Voting Rights Act that gave them life. State legislatures, so the court ruled, may no longer rein in the wanton availability of firearms and so the bloodshed will inevitably follow. Climate catastrophe will only get closer as the Supremes have moved to disarm the Environmental Protection Agency…
(2022-09-06). Liz Truss Premiership and the Middle East: Set to Put Money Over Human Rights and Democracy. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…
(2022-09-06). Bank Of America Launches Zero Down Payment Mortgage Product Targeted at Black Communities. moguldom.com Bank of America recently announced a new mortgage product with zero down payment and zero closing costs aimed at helping close the homeownership gap in Black and Hispanic communities. The pilot program is called the Community Affordable Loan Solution and "uses credit guidelines based on factors such as timely rent, utility bill, phone and auto …
(2022-09-06). "January 6th All Over Again": Is Facebook Fueling Bolsonaro's Coup-Mongering? truthout.org 
Trailing badly in the polls with the presidential election less than a month away, far-right Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro is attempting to galvanize his supporters with incendiary rhetoric and lies about the integrity of the vote — and Facebook is supplying him with a megaphone to do so. | That's according to a
(2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org 
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …
(2022-09-06). Biden Administration Backs Offshore Fracking in California. indybay.org Federal Filing Urges 9th Circuit to Overturn Ban Backed by Kamala Harris…
(2022-09-06). Rank-and-file ticket to contest WA ANF elections. greenleft.org.au A rank-and-file ticket is contesting executive and council positions in the WA branch of the Australian Nursing Federation in late October. Chris Jenkins, who is part of it, reports.
(2022-09-06). Trump Insists "I'm Really Rich" as His Social Media Company Faces Financial Woes. truthout.org 
(2022-09-06). RIP Barbara Ehrenreich: Exposed Inequality in "Nickel and Dimed," Opposed Health-Industrial Complex. democracynow.org 
We remember the author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich, who has died at the age of 81 after a career exposing inequality and the struggles of regular people in the United States. In a brief interview, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recalls working with Ehrenreich as part of the Young Lords and says she was instrumental for the movement against the American health-industrial complex. "She's really one of the towering figures of the radical and progressive movement in America, and it's a tremendous loss, not only to her family but to all who knew her and benefited from her work,…
(2022-09-06). Bernie Sanders at RMT rally in London: Hawking the myth of a trade union revival. wsws.org Sanders visited the UK as a political emissary of Biden and the US ruling class seeking to bolster efforts to contain the class struggle on both sides of the Atlantic.
(2022-09-06). Lack of Labor Threatens Central America's Coffee Industry. america.cgtn.com Central America produces some of the best coffee in the world. But a combination of factors is hurting the industry. The biggest challenge to overcome? Finding farmers to work at the plantations. Harris Whitbeck reports.
(2022-09-06). Virginia Thomas, wife of far-right Supreme Court justice, pushed Wisconsin legislators to overturn election in November 2020. wsws.org A day after the Washington Post revealed the existence of Thomas' emails to legislators, the January 6 House Select Committee requested to speak to former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich regarding his central role in Trump's failed coup.
(2022-09-06). Turkey: Another left-wing MP arrested. greenleft.org.au Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Semra Gàºzel, a 38-year-old medical doctor, became the latest elected representative of this major left-wing party to be jailed in Turkey, reports Peter Boyle.
(2022-09-06). The Supreme Court Isn't Apolitical — It Was Set Up to Protect Monied Interests. truthout.org Has the Trump Supreme Court gone rogue? The A woman's right to get an abortion?
(2022-09-06). Court approves Trump request for independent review of documents seized in Mar-a-Lago raid. wsws.org The order will halt, at least temporarily, examination of the documents by the FBI and Department of Justice, while the special master reviews the material.
(2022-09-06). Chile Goes Back to the Drawing Board After Voters Overwhelmingly Reject New Progressive Constitution. democracynow.org 
Voters in Chile have rejected a new constitution that would have replaced the country's Pinochet-era constitution and expanded rights for Indigenous peoples and abortion seekers, guaranteed universal healthcare and addressed the climate crisis. The new charter was rejected with 62% voting "no," and President Gabriel Boric has now vowed to continue efforts to rewrite the charter. Corporations and outside interests overwhelmingly outspent supporters of a constitution that "does not put extraction as the center of Chile's development but people as the center of its development," s…
(2022-09-06). Wooden bench dragon dance performed to celebrate upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. ecns.cn Villagers carrying a 120-meter long wooden bench dragon perform dragon dance to welcome the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at Liyang town of Huangshan city, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 5, 2022.
(2022-09-06). On Joe Biden, FDR, and the Promise of Labor Day. commondreams.org If there is any day on which it is important to remember the connection between defense of democracy and defense of the labor movement—and social and economic rights more generally—it's Labor Day.
(2022-09-06). 'January 6th All Over Again': Facebook Accused of Fueling Bolsonaro's Coup-Mongering. commondreams.org "Meta is actively helping mobilize an online army in Brazil that's peddling conspiracy theories about the integrity of the election and threatening a violent coup," said one campaigner.
(2022-09-06). La Marcelo Salado sigue siendo la escuela de Elián, dice joven maestra (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu Engalanada gracias al aporte voluntario de docentes y familiares la institución retomó la agenda del curso escolar 2021-2022, y atesora la memoria de la Batalla de Ideas impulsada por el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro para liberar al pequeño González Brotons, quien en el año 1999 y con apenas cinco años de edad fue secuestrado en Miami por la mafia anticubana.
(2022-09-06). El patíbulo de la democracia argentina. globalizacion.ca El fallido magnicidio de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner exhibe en tono dramático el grado de descomposición política alcanzado en Argentina gracias —en parte- a la permanente campaña de odio desatada por los partidos y diversos medios de comunicación de derecha…
(2022-09-05). Sen. Menendez Says Biden Committed to Congressional Review of Iran Deal. news.antiwar.com During a visit to Jerusalem, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said that the Biden administration has committed to submitting any agreement reached with Iran related to its nuclear program to Congress for review. Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposed the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, when it was first negotiated …
(2022-09-05). Biden, like Trump, breaks international law, violating UN neutrality by blocking countries. multipolarista.com In violation of international law and its 1947 hosting agreement, the US government under both Biden and Trump has blocked foreign diplomats from the UN headquarters in New York, targeting Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and more.
(2022-09-05). Inside The Push To Grow HBCU Endowments With Tech Companies And Venture Capital. moguldom.com HBCUs have received unprecedented investments, enrollment and attention since the racial justice protests sparked by George Floyd's murder in 2020. Now there's an intentional push by some tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to use their skills and resources to grow HBCU endowments. Billionaire tech investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith shocked the world in 2019 when he …
(2022-09-05). Biden's "Safer America Plan" Should Follow the Science of Public Safety. commondreams.org Instead of investing nearly $13 billion in hiring 100,000 new police officers, the science suggests these same funds should be invested in social welfare.
(2022-09-05). US Sets Up Third Base in NE Syria. news.antiwar.com The US is reportedly growing its military presence in Syria this weekend, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying they The latest base is just 3 km from Qamishli, a Kurdish SDF city which also hosted a Syrian air force site in recent years. All three bases are in or near SDF territory. | The main US base in Hasakeh is at al-Omar, one of Syria's oil fields. The site was established during the Trump Administration with designs on taking all of th…
(2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting On Cuba Surrendering Out Of Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…
(2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…
(2022-09-05). Mediation and Restorative Justice in Latin America. transcend.org 1 Sep 2022 – Latin America continues to advance towards a culture of peace: Last month we reviewed results of elections in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia; a progressive government has returned to Bolivia following the coup d'état against Evo Morales; Lula da Silva is favored to win the presidency of Brazil in next month's election.
(2022-09-05). Kenyan Apex Court Upholds Ruto's Win in Presidential Elections. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Kenya's Supreme Court dismissed petitions challenging William Ruto as president-elect, citing a lack of tangible evidence produced by the petitioners, presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua. | RELATED: | The seven-judge bench unanimously dismissed consolidated petitions challenging Ruto's victory for lack of merit alongside a failure to meet the evidentiary threshold. The judges said the p…
(2022-09-05). Big Tech Met Regularly with Biden Officials to Discuss What to Censor: Court Documents. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-05). "Our union is growing stronger every day": Kansas City janitors win major contract gains. liberationnews.org 
In Kansas City, 900 janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 won a historic new contract.
(2022-09-05). Finless porpoises spotted in waters of Hubei. ecns.cn Several Yangtze finless porpoises surf in the waters of Gezhouba Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 4, 2022.
(2022-09-05). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman responds to questions from workers. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site regularly publishes correspondence between UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman and UAW members. What follows are a selection of the most recent correspondence.
(2022-09-05). The political issues confronting American workers on Labor Day 2022. wsws.org Labor Day 2022 presents the working class with two choices. One is with the AFL-CIO and the Biden administration, and the other is through the development of an independent movement of the working class.
(2022-09-05). Trump escalates fascist rhetoric in response to Biden's speech on MAGA Republican threat of dicatorship. wsws.org In a two-hour rant Saturday night, Donald Trump sought to turn the tables on President Joe Biden, denouncing Biden's speech on the danger of fascist dictatorship posed by Trump and MAGA Republicans as an attack on democracy "from the radical left."
(2022-09-05). Trump escalates fascist rhetoric in response to Biden's speech on MAGA Republican threat of dictatorship. wsws.org In a two-hour rant Saturday night, Donald Trump sought to turn the tables on President Joe Biden, denouncing Biden's speech on the danger of fascist dictatorship posed by Trump and MAGA Republicans as an attack on democracy "from the radical left."
(2022-09-05). Biden Administration to Shift COVID Vaccine Distribution to Private Sector Despite Plans to Extend Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-05). The Most Important Election in the Americas Is in Brazil. transcend.org 31 Aug 2022 – Both Bolsonaro and Lula face an electorate that either loves them or hates them. There is little room for ambiguity in this race. Bolsonaro represents not only the far right, whose opinions he openly champions, but he also represents large sections of the middle class, whose aspirations for wealth remain largely intact despite the reality that their economic situation has deteriorated over the past decade.
(2022-09-05). 'Unfit for the Bench': Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Halt to DOJ Review of Seized Materials. commondreams.org "This judge is now an active participant in Trump's crimes," said one critic.
(2022-09-05). Encabezan Raúl y Díaz-Canel acto político cultural por el aniversario 65 del Levantamiento Popular del 5 de septiembre. cubadebate.cu El General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz y el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez encabezan en Cienfuegos el acto político cultural por el aniversario 65 del Levantamiento Popular del 5 de septiembre.
(2022-09-04). Chicago: Election season begins for Police Accountability Councils. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Chicago saw two developments this past week in the struggle for democratic control of the police by the Black and Latino communities in Chicago. First, after a long delay, Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed the interim Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA). This was created out of the passage of historic legislation in 2021, Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS), the most democratic legislation for police accountability in the country. | Second, election season began on August 30, when candidates for municipal office can start circulating petitions to get on the bal…
(2022-09-04). Trump criticizes FBI at first rally after Mar-a-Lago search. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) — Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the FBI's raid on his Florida home as a "travesty of justice" as he made his first public appearance since the August 8 search.
(2022-09-04). Cradle of Civilization: Banpo Site. ecns.cn Banpo Site is located at the eastern outskirts of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province. It is a large Neolithic site of the Yangshao Culture dating back over 6,000 years ago, with an area of about 50,000 square meters.
(2022-09-04). Cuba rechaza extensión de ley que prorroga bloqueo de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel, criticó este sábado al mandatario estadounidense, Joe Biden, por renovar la Ley de Comercio con el Enemigo.