Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-09-30). Colorado police assaulted and illegally jailed a deaf man for four months over alleged minor traffic violation, according to lawsuit. wsws.org After allegedly failing to halt at a stop sign, Brady Mistic, who is deaf in both ears and uses sign language to communicate, was assaulted by police and jailed for four months without access to an interpreter or other forms of communication.

Jesse Jackson (2021-09-30). The US Needs a Deep Reassessment of Its Immigration Policies. zcomm.org The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination…

Staff (2021-09-30). Olympic gold medalist pleads guilty to felony obstruction charge stemming from his role in US Capitol riot. rt.com Klete Keller, the former Olympic swimming champion who was arrested in January for participating in the US Capitol riot, faces upward of two years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony. | Keller

Staff (2021-09-30). Headlines for September 30, 2021. democracynow.org As Government Shutdown Looms, Biden's Legislative Agenda Hangs in the Balance, Second Alaska Hospital to Ration Care Amid Surge in Unvaccinated COVID Patients, YouTube to Ban Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated, Protesters Target Moderna CEO and Top Biden Aide, Demanding Vaccine Equity , U.N. Warns Tigray Blockade Leading to Famine, Dire Medical Shortages for Millions, Pentagon Knew U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Missed Target, Hit Civilians Weeks Before Public Admission, Ecuador Prison Riot Claims 116 Lives , North Korea Says It Tested New Hypersonic Missile, La Palma Residents L…

Milo Inglehart (2021-09-29). Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, But Where is the Will? | American Civil Liberties Union. aclu.org Research shows that reductions in the United States incarceration rate would have

Anjana Samant (2021-09-29). Family Surveillance by Algorithm: The Rapidly Spreading Tools Few Have Heard Of. aclu.org Last month, police

Staff (2021-09-29). Venezuela Denounces Detention of Two FANB Members by Colombia. orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the "arbitrary detention" of two of its military personnel by Colombia and has demanded their immediate release to avoid unnecessary tensions between the two countries. | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has denounced the "arbitrary detention" of two of its members by Colombian authorities in the town of Cúcuta, in the department of Norte de Santander at the Colombia-Venezuela border. | According to a statement published on Tuesday, September 28, by the FANB on Twitter, Wilter Alexis González Miranda and Gabriel Antonio Veloz Varela, two Venezuelan sergeants were apprehe…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2021-09-29). COVID-19 Detention Camps: Are Government Round-Ups of Resistors in Our Future? dissidentvoice.org No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order. — Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials It's no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when. This is what we know: the government has the means, the muscle and the motivation to detain individuals …

Matt Sedlar (2021-09-29). Young Men Need More Medicaid. cepr.net Recent research establishes a link between losing Medicaid at age 19 and incarceration among young men. Using a research design that linked Medicaid records and criminal justice records for young low-income men in South Carolina, economist Elisa Jácome found that among the young men in her sample who were incarcerated before age 21, about 80 …

MEE staff (2021-09-29). Nobel laureates and bestselling authors call on Iran to release jailed writers. middleeasteye.net Nobel laureates and bestselling authors call on Iran to release jailed writers | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi urged to release Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi, who were reportedly imprisoned for their writing | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 20: 43 | The three men served on the board of the Iranian Writers Association (AFP/File photo) | A group of Nobel laureates, Pulitzer prize recipients, Tony a…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-29). Fired And Jailed For Speaking Out After Fighting For "Democracy" In Afghanistan. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | PAYPAL, WESTERN UNION etc: write to , : | A US Marine lieutenant colonel was sent to military jail after criticizing Washington's fiasco of a wit…

WSWS (2021-09-29). Worker crushed in forklift accident at Dana Toledo plant amid COVID outbreak. wsws.org "This is place is like a jail or a prison. I've never been to jail or prison but I'll tell you what, if it's anything like this place I don't ever want to go," one worker said.

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-29). Whistleblower Lawsuit! Government Medicare Data Shows 48,465 Dead Following COVID Shots — Remdesivir Drug Has 25% Death Rate! globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-09-29). Trump Planning Lawsuit to Block January 6 Committee From Getting His Records. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump is preparing to sue the Biden White House over its plans to release records from his administration to a select committee in Congress. The records pertain to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol building, which was carried out by a mob of Trump loyalists upset with the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. |

Joel Wendland-Liu (2021-09-29). 'All the Water I've Seen Is Running': A novel in review. peoplesworld.org Imagining a free world without prisons, confining bars, or militarized borders between communities is a process that "can be done only collectively," author, activist, and teacher Elias Rodriques recently told a workshop hosted by the Michigan Writers Club. The idea of collective shaping of a clear vision of how the world is and how it …

Anarchist Black Cross Federation (2021-09-29). Eric King's Trial Postponed! itsgoingdown.org Update on anarchist political prisoner Eric King's trail, which has currently been rescheduled. Eric's pre-trial conference and trial has been rescheduled. First, there will be an evidentiary hearing regarding Eric's motion to suppress. More details to come. Judge's order: ORDER as to Eric King (1): With respect to [114] Defendant Eric King's Amended Motion to…

Staff (2021-09-29). Samidoun Spain joins the celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain. samidoun.net From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (Samidoun España) were present at the Fiesta festival, marking the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain, in the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid. The presence of Samidoun Spain was crucial during these important days, which […] | The article

Steve Early (2021-09-29). What is To Be Done About Work? counterpunch.org In 2020-21, Covid-19 threw millions of people out of work, dispatched the more privileged among us to white collar "home offices," and made life on the job a lot more dangerous and difficult for those suddenly deemed "essential" as health care workers, retail clerks, or meat packers. The resulting disruption of existing workplace arrangements—from commuting patterns to face-to-face meetings and on-site supervision—has been the subject of endless newspaper commentary and social media discussion, as pandemic conditions persist or abate. Thanks to the Delta variant, we're now prisoners of a wide-ranging…

_____ (2021-09-29). Alabama GOP Condemned for Plan to Build Prisons With Covid-19 Funds. commondreams.org "The rich can afford to pay a fairer share in taxes, but many families in Maine can't afford to lose out on this commonsense tax relief."

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2021-09-29: News Headlines

Staff (2021-09-29). Venezuela Denounces Detention of Two FANB Members by Colombia. orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the "arbitrary detention" of two of its military personnel by Colombia and has demanded their immediate release to avoid unnecessary tensions between the two countries. | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has denounced the "arbitrary detention" of two of its members by Colombian authorities in the town of Cúcuta, in the department of Norte de Santander at the Colombia-Venezuela border. | According to a statement published on Tuesday, September 28, by the FANB on Twitter, Wilter Alexis González Miranda and Gabriel Antonio Veloz Varela, two Venezuelan sergeants were apprehe…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2021-09-29). COVID-19 Detention Camps: Are Government Round-Ups of Resistors in Our Future? dissidentvoice.org No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order. — Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials It's no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when. This is what we know: the government has the means, the muscle and the motivation to detain individuals …

Matt Sedlar (2021-09-29). Young Men Need More Medicaid. cepr.net Recent research establishes a link between losing Medicaid at age 19 and incarceration among young men. Using a research design that linked Medicaid records and criminal justice records for young low-income men in South Carolina, economist Elisa Jácome found that among the young men in her sample who were incarcerated before age 21, about 80 …

WSWS (2021-09-29). Worker crushed in forklift accident at Dana Toledo plant amid COVID outbreak. wsws.org "This is place is like a jail or a prison. I've never been to jail or prison but I'll tell you what, if it's anything like this place I don't ever want to go," one worker said.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-29). Fired And Jailed For Speaking Out After Fighting For "Democracy" In Afghanistan. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | PAYPAL, WESTERN UNION etc: write to , : | A US Marine lieutenant colonel was sent to military jail after criticizing Washington's fiasco of a wit…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-29). Whistleblower Lawsuit! Government Medicare Data Shows 48,465 Dead Following COVID Shots — Remdesivir Drug Has 25% Death Rate! globalresearch.ca

Steve Early (2021-09-29). What is To Be Done About Work? counterpunch.org In 2020-21, Covid-19 threw millions of people out of work, dispatched the more privileged among us to white collar "home offices," and made life on the job a lot more dangerous and difficult for those suddenly deemed "essential" as health care workers, retail clerks, or meat packers. The resulting disruption of existing workplace arrangements—from commuting patterns to face-to-face meetings and on-site supervision—has been the subject of endless newspaper commentary and social media discussion, as pandemic conditions persist or abate. Thanks to the Delta variant, we're now prisoners of a wide-ranging…

Anarchist Black Cross Federation (2021-09-29). Eric King's Trial Postponed! itsgoingdown.org Update on anarchist political prisoner Eric King's trail, which has currently been rescheduled. Eric's pre-trial conference and trial has been rescheduled. First, there will be an evidentiary hearing regarding Eric's motion to suppress. More details to come. Judge's order: ORDER as to Eric King (1): With respect to [114] Defendant Eric King's Amended Motion to…

Staff (2021-09-29). Samidoun Spain joins the celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain. samidoun.net From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (Samidoun España) were present at the Fiesta festival, marking the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain, in the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid. The presence of Samidoun Spain was crucial during these important days, which […] | The article

Sarah Brannon (2021-09-28). Here's What You Need to Know About the White House's Plan to Promote Voting Access. aclu.org Today on voter registration day, the Biden administration has a crucial opportunity to promote voting access. This past March, the Biden administration issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to put together plans to promote voting access through voter registration. The federal agencies will submit their plans to the White House this month. Especially with the innumerable attacks on the right to vote — more than

Leonardo Castañeda (2021-09-28). Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection. aclu.org This piece originally appeared on the ACLU of New Mexico's The privately-run ICE detention center in Torrance County, New Mexico failed its government inspection earlier this year, with a newly released report finding severe understaffing, unsanitary food, and visitation rules that were inaccessible to people with no money, among other complaints. | The

_____ (2021-09-28). Sanders Demands House Dems Vote Down Bipartisan Bill If Reconciliation Package Not Secured. commondreams.org "For 35 years, the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, based on neither evidence nor science, has resulted in higher sentences that are disproportionately borne by Black families and communities," said an ACLU attorney.

Russell Mokhiber (2021-09-28). Danny Glover Under Cover for Big Pharma and Insurance Companies. counterpunch.org Ask your liberal friends about Danny Glover. They will say — superstar actor featured in the Lethal Weapon film series. Civil rights activist. Democracy Now regular. Supporter of Bernie Sanders for President and for single payer national health insurance. But ask older Americans who watch a lot of cable television about Danny Glover, and they

_____ (2021-09-28). China's 'Hostage Diplomacy' Wins. popularresistance.org Big crowds greeted Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's arrival back in China, which believes its show of strength against America forced Washington to back down in this three-year standoff. | The biggest story of the weekend saw Meng released from house detention in Canada and returned to China, while Beijing subsequently released two Canadian prisoners it had accused of spying. The development brought an end to a horrific three-year saga for all involved. | On arrival in Shenzhen, Meng, the company's chief financial officer, was greeted with a hero's welcome, including thousands who gathered at the airport to…

Holly Dickson, Corene Kendrick (2021-09-28). Arkansas jail uses inmates to test fake COVID cure ivermectin. peoplesworld.org Last month, people detained in a Fayetteville, Arkansas jail became the unwitting subjects of an unsafe experiment—like many incarcerated people before them. In late August, a county official revealed during a budget meeting that a doctor employed at the Washington County Detention Center had been treating COVID-19-positive incarcerated people with ivermectin. The anti-parasitic drug has garnered increased media attention …

Shatha Hammad (2021-09-28). Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention. middleeasteye.net Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention | A dozen Palestinians imprisoned by Israel have been staging various forms of strike in protest of a policy denounced as violating their rights to fair trial | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 36 | Palestinian Ghazanfar Abu Atwan speaks to members of the media in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on 9 July 2021, shortly a…

Titledroning on In This Hellfire World (2021-09-28). Droning on in This Hellfire World. commondreams.org The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination.

Apoorva (2021-09-28). 20 years of Durban Declaration: Commemorating a signpost of global solidarity. peoplesdispatch.org A global rally was organized on September 25 by the Global South Response network to commemorate the NGO Forum Durban Declaration of 2001, which had brought together movements and struggles against racism and multiple forms of discrimination…

Margaret Kimberley (2021-09-28). COVID Funds Spent on Police and Prisons. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Sep 22, 2021 | Systemic racism and weak movement politics allow states and cities to spend relief funds on police and jails. | The health and financial impacts of the covid pandemic have been enormous. More than 42 million people have been infected and 679,000 have died in this country. Individuals, businesses and every level of government have suffered as they lost income and revenue. Many workers are unemployed and certain sectors of the economy still suffer disproportionately. There is an easy case to make in favor of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) which was passed in…

Ann Brown (2021-09-28). Here's How Some Black Moors Are Taking Over Homes, Changing Locks Illegally. moguldom.com Across the country, sovereign citizens have tied up court dockets and filed false lawsuits, fake deeds, liens, and other documents in a ploy known as paper terrorism, according to government experts and watchdog organizations. Ninti El-Bey, who claimed to be a sovereign citizen, was accused of taking over property that wasn't hers in Charlotte, North Carolina. She …

U.S. Right to Know (2021-09-28). Lawsuits in the US, Against Syngenta: Weed-killing Chemical Paraquat Which Causes Parkinson's Disease? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-28). 'We Aren't Bluffing': Progressives Hold the Line as Pelosi Moves Ahead With Bipartisan Bill. commondreams.org Those who are enduring injustice, exploitation, and oppression—whether people, animals, or ecosystems—need us to believe that wrongs can be righted and to take action accordingly.

Titleinsuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? (2021-09-28). Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? commondreams.org Those who are enduring injustice, exploitation, and oppression—whether people, animals, or ecosystems—need us to believe that wrongs can be righted and to take action accordingly. | A group of religious leaders told an insurance firm, "climate change is a sin against God and fossil fuels are its cause."

_____ (2021-09-28). Tensions Rise At Third Round Of Stalled Government-Opposition Negotiations. popularresistance.org Mérida — The Venezuelan government and US-backed opposition held a third round of talks in Mexico City over the weekend amid increasing friction. | The weekend negotiations followed "fruitful" encounters in August and early September. Following previous sessions, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding, opposition politician Freddy Guevara was released from prison, a number of hardliners signed up to participate in the upcoming November 21 elections and US $5.1 billion was transferred to the country's international reserves by the International Monetary Fund. | The talks bring together represen…

MEE staff (2021-09-28). Egypt releases prominent Salafi preachers from prison. middleeasteye.net Egypt releases prominent Salafi preachers from prison | Mahmoud Shaaban, Ashraf Abdel Moneim, Hisham Mashali, and Saad Fayyad are members of the Salafist Front that was founded in 2011 after it split from the Salafist Call | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 45 | Egypt's public prosecution decided on Tuesday to release the Salafist cleric Mahmoud Shaaban, according to his lawyer (Twitter) | Egypt released on Tuesday four…

Betsey Piette (2021-09-28). Chuck Africa — Rest in power! workers.org After a four-year struggle with cancer, Charles "Chuck" Sims Africa of the MOVE 9 died on Sept. 20. Sims, 61, was the youngest member of the MOVE 9 and the last to be released on parole, Feb. 7, 2020, after serving 42 years in prison. His battle with cancer started . . . |

RobertAlvarez (2021-09-28). Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement. ips-dc.org In the face of rising voter-suppression First and foremost, the voting rights movement of 2021 needs to reject the pressure to isolate voting rights from a broader moral economic agenda…

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