Noam Chomsky (2021-10-25). The Path to a Livable Future. zcomm.org Or Will Rich Corporations Trash the Planet?>

Gideon Polya (2021-10-24). Racist Western Monopoly Media Ignore Colin Powell's Horrendous War Crimes. dissidentvoice.org The pro-Apartheid Israel former African-American military commander, mass murderer and genocidal liar, Colin Powell, has just died. Mendacious, racist and pro-war Western Monopoly media and politicians have been fulsome in their praise for the first Black US Secretary of State, white-washing his deadly lies over non-existent Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and ignoring the …

Gideon Polya (2021-10-24). Racist Western Monopoly Media Ignore Colin Powell's Horrendous War Crimes. dissidentvoice.org The pro-Apartheid Israel former African-American military commander, mass murderer and genocidal liar, Colin Powell, has just died. Mendacious, racist and pro-war Western Monopoly media and politicians have been fulsome in their praise for the first Black US Secretary of State, white-washing his deadly lies over non-existent Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and ignoring the …

Media Lens (2021-10-23). Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping The Public Away From Power. dissidentvoice.org In their classic book on the news media, Manufacturing Consent, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a 'propaganda model' of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the 'mainstream' media declare that their aim is to educate, inform and entertain the public, their actual societal purpose 'on matters that are of significance for established …

Kit Klarenberg (2021-10-23). Handing Out Sweets: How British Propaganda Steers Events in West Asia. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-10-23). Biden Demands Ethiopia's Unconditional Surrender. popularresistance.org Under his leadership, the US has been at war with Ethiopia since last November, when its former puppet, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, attacked a federal Ethiopian army base in Mekelle, the capital of the country's Tigray Region. Tigrayans are only 6% of Ethiopia's population, but the TPLF ruled the whole nation with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when popular uprisings forced them from power. | This is hybrid warfare, which may include official censure, mass media disinformation campaigns, sanctions, financial strangulation by the IMF and World Bank, proxy war, special military operations, covert operati…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-23). Bastille 2.0: "Real Regime Change": Building Protest and Resistance Against the COVID-19 Agenda. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Originally published on Introduction: | The COVID crisis engineered by the financial establishment is part of a hegemonic project, pertaining to control over strategic sectors of the global economy. | The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext and a justification to powe…

Media Lens (2021-10-23). Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping The Public Away From Power. dissidentvoice.org In their classic book on the news media, Manufacturing Consent, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a 'propaganda model' of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the 'mainstream' media declare that their aim is to educate, inform and entertain the public, their actual societal purpose 'on matters that are of significance for established …

Editor2 (2021-10-22). Behind the 'Uyghur Tribunal', US Govt-Backed Separatist Theater to Escalate Conflict with China. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — Oct 17, 2021 | US-backed activists and regime-change operatives convened the Uyghur Tribunal to ramp up conflict with China, but wound up exposing major inconsistencies in their narrative. | As the US government's propaganda campaign against China drags on, a mock tribunal has become a central node for the dissemination of allegations of Uyghur genocide to Western media. But behind the carefully scripted horror stories conveyed to the public by an uncritical media are massive discrepancies, overt separatist sentiments, and huge sums of US government money. | This June, Uyghur separatists…

Gérard Delépine (2021-10-22). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality compared to the Non-vaccinated. globalresearch.ca This "health strategy" based on false simulations, lies, promises never kept, propaganda and the fear campaign has become unbearable. In turn it has been followed by the extortion of consent to be vaccinated, by outright blackmail.

WSWS (2021-10-22). South Africa union calls off metalworkers' strike. wsws.org Amid a cloud of pseudo-revolutionary rhetoric, NUMSA leader Irvin Jim accepted the "final" employer offer the union had rejected only a week ago.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-22). Colin Powell: Establishment Warrior. counterpunch.org History is strewn with the broken branches of twisted irony. An individual who found himself entangled in it was the late Colin Powell, who, as a military man, gave a doctrine his name only to forgo it as a diplomat. The Powell Doctrine was one of certitude and caution: do not engage in conflict except

Anonymous103 (2021-10-22). The Doctrine Of The "Blue Homeland" And Turkey's Possibilities For Its Implementation. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Turkey in the 21st century began to rethink its place in the international system. Turkey is not satisfied with the role of a junior partner of western countries; it is aimed at the status of a regional and even world power. If Turkey first acted in an economic and cultural spheres, now Ankara is conducting an aggressive and offensive foreign policy. Now it is not afraid to openly declare its interests and dictate its own rules of the game. Leaving aside the doctrines of "Zero problems with neighbors" and "Strategic depth", Ankara has begun to implement the "Blue Homeland" doctrine. | The doc…

_____ (2021-10-22). Diné Organization Files Petition Against United States, Cites Human Rights Violations. popularresistance.org For decades, the people on Navajo Nation have had no drinking water, due to uranium mining. Today, the Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) submitted the additional documents needed for a petition it filed in 2011 against the United States over the issue, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. | In a Washington Post Live program on Tuesday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said up to forty percent of Navajo people do not have running water or electricity in their homes, including his own family. | "I'm the President of the Navajo Nation, my family does not have running water, and yet…

Staff (2021-10-22). As Murder Trial Begins in Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Family Worries About Impartiality of Jurors. democracynow.org We go to Brunswick, Georgia, for an update as jury selection began this week in the trial of three white men who fatally shot 25-year-old unarmed man Ahmaud Arbery while he was out for a jog last year. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael claim they were attempting a "citizen's arrest" of Arbery last February when they pursued him in their pickup truck. Their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded a cellphone video that would later be released as evidence and spark nationwide outcry. Travis McMichael fired two shots, killing Arbery. Theawanza Brooks, Ahmaud Ar…

Gérard Delépine (2021-10-22). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality compared to the Non-vaccinated. globalresearch.ca This "health strategy" based on false simulations, lies, promises never kept, propaganda and the fear campaign has become unbearable. In turn it has been followed by the extortion of consent to be vaccinated, by outright blackmail.

WSWS (2021-10-22). South Africa union calls off metalworkers' strike. wsws.org Amid a cloud of pseudo-revolutionary rhetoric, NUMSA leader Irvin Jim accepted the "final" employer offer the union had rejected only a week ago.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-22). Colin Powell: Establishment Warrior. counterpunch.org History is strewn with the broken branches of twisted irony. An individual who found himself entangled in it was the late Colin Powell, who, as a military man, gave a doctrine his name only to forgo it as a diplomat. The Powell Doctrine was one of certitude and caution: do not engage in conflict except

El Faro English (2021-10-21). From EL FARO ENGLISH: Does God Support Corrupt Leaders? latinorebels.com Central America, in Brief: Presidents and lawmakers in Guatemala and El Salvador have pivoted toward religious rhetoric and policymaking in response to increased public scrutiny. The Salvadoran legislature cited the Bible while striking down a partial decriminalization of abortion this week, following the footsteps of Ortega's alliance with conservative Nicaraguan churches since returning to power in 2007. The phenomenon may also spread to Costa Rica, set to hold presidential elections in February.

Caitlin Johnstone (2021-10-21). Refreshingly Honest Billionaire Says Media Purchase Will be Used for Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Oct 18, 2021 | The billionaire CEO of the multibillion-dollar corporation that In a

Adri Nieuwhof (2021-10-21). How Dutch Israel lobby attacks free speech. electronicintifada.net Dozens of incidents include smear campaigns and threats of violence.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-10-21). The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney's Decision to Boycott Israel. counterpunch.org The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had "chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' to an Israeli-based publishing house". Expectedly, the accusations centered on the standard smearing used by

_____ (2021-10-21). Bolivia Remains Relentless Against Coup Plotters. popularresistance.org October 20 Bolivia will mark two years since what became the preamble to a violent and bloody coup d'état against former president Evo Morales (2006-2019). On that day, as the people went to the polls to re-elect the indigenous leader, the most extremist fringes of the country's right-wing began maneuvering from behind the scenes to overthrow the government. | The story of what happened after Election Day is well known. The Organization of American States (OAS) insisted that Morales' new victory was the result of widespread electoral fraud -although it had no evidence-, thus paving the way for the opposition to t…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-21). War on all fronts: NATO-Russia rupture now complete. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's spying charges against Russian diplomats groundless — Foreign Ministry Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said NATO has no evidence indicating the expelled staffers of Russia's diplomatic mission at the organization had been involved in any malign activities. "We should be aware that NATO has systematically ruined relations with Russia to opt for …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-21). Baleful Intentions of USA — Future of Pakistan-US Relations. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Brig. General Asif H. Raja, originally published on "The 9/11 attacks gave the US an ideal pretext to use force to secure its global domination … the so-called 'war on terrorism' is being used largely as bogus cover for achieving wider US strategic geopolitical objectives … In fact, 9/11 offered an extremely convenient pretext to put the PNAC plan into action. The evidence again is quite clear that plans for milit…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-21). Covid Queries: Do I need the vaccine if I've had COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Q: I already had COVID-19 and recovered. Why should I get the vaccine when my body is already immune to it now? A: When someone has had an infection, and the body has produced antibodies as a result, this is called "natural immunity." But early evidence suggests natural immunity to COVID-19 may not be very long-lasting. At least one study indicates that if you had COVID-19 and are not vaccinated, your risk of getting COVID-19…

Caitlin Johnstone (2021-10-21). Refreshingly Honest Billionaire Says Media Purchase Will be Used for Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Oct 18, 2021 | The billionaire CEO of the multibillion-dollar corporation that In a

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-21). Covid Queries: Do I need the vaccine if I've had COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Q: I already had COVID-19 and recovered. Why should I get the vaccine when my body is already immune to it now? A: When someone has had an infection, and the body has produced antibodies as a result, this is called "natural immunity." But early evidence suggests natural immunity to COVID-19 may not be very long-lasting. At least one study indicates that if you had COVID-19 and are not vaccinated, your risk of getting COVID-19…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-21). Baleful Intentions of USA — Future of Pakistan-US Relations. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Brig. General Asif H. Raja, originally published on "The 9/11 attacks gave the US an ideal pretext to use force to secure its global domination … the so-called 'war on terrorism' is being used largely as bogus cover for achieving wider US strategic geopolitical objectives … In fact, 9/11 offered an extremely convenient pretext to put the PNAC plan into action. The evidence again is quite clear that plans for milit…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-20). Pentagon site issues writ of indictment, veritable declaration of war against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From today's edition of U.S. European Command's webpage. European Command's top military commander is also that of NATO. The rhetoric emanating from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in recent days — claiming Russia occupies 20% of Georgian territory while he was in Georgia, stating Russia started and is continuing the seven-year war in the Donbass while …

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-20). Colin Powell: Establishment Warrior. dissidentvoice.org History is strewn with the broken branches of twisted irony. An individual who found himself entangled in it was the late Colin Powell, who, as a military man, gave a doctrine his name only to forgo it as a diplomat. The Powell Doctrine was one of certitude and caution: do not engage in conflict except …

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-20). Colin Powell: Establishment Warrior. dissidentvoice.org History is strewn with the broken branches of twisted irony. An individual who found himself entangled in it was the late Colin Powell, who, as a military man, gave a doctrine his name only to forgo it as a diplomat. The Powell Doctrine was one of certitude and caution: do not engage in conflict except …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-20). Desolate Democracy and Other Political Wonders of 2121. southfront.org Vladislav Surkov. IMAGE: Alexei Druzhinin / TASSSouthFront foreword: MSM and Western diplomats work hard to present Russia as an aggressive totalitarian regime ruled by an iron hand of Vladimir Putin. The only issue with this narrative is that in reality the structure of the Russian state system is more complex. Contrary to delusions of globalist propagandists, the modern Russia in many cases appears to be a more 'democratic' state than 'Western democracies' pretend to be. | Dear readers, SouthFront proposes to your attention an article of former personal adviser of President Putin — Vladislav Surkov. In th…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-10-20). The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney's Decision to Boycott Israel. dissidentvoice.org The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had "chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' to an Israeli-based publishing house". Expectedly, the accusations centered on the standard smearing used by Israel …

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-10-20). CNN And MSNBC TV Ratings Collapse More Than 50 Percent After Trump. moguldom.com CNN and MSNBC have both experienced a drastic drop in ratings since the end of former President Donald Trump's presidency. According to recent data, the two popular cable networks' respective viewership declined by over 50 percent when compared to ratings a year ago. "Primetime ratings for AT&T-owned CNN dropped 52 percent in the third quarter …

Staff (2021-10-20). Fundalatin Submits New Evidence to ICC on Damaging Effects of US Blockade on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Latin American Foundation for Human Rights and Social Development (Fundalatin) has submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) new evidence regarding the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Venezuela and how it is ending the lives of patients with chronic diseases. | Through a post published on Twitter, Fundalatin informed that it has requested the ICC that those responsible for the blockade and its damaging impact be sanctioned for committing crimes against humanity. | Entregamos a la Fiscalía de la Corte Penal Internacional nuevas evidencias de cómo el bloque…

Moderator (2021-10-20). Republicans Rebuked After Torpedoing Voting Rights Bill. scheerpost.com By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a compromise voting rights bill—the Freedom to Vote Act—sparking a deluge of criticism from Democrats and progressive groups who said it was the latest evidence of the need to get rid of, or at least reform, the filibuster. "Like clockwork, you can always count on Senate …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-20). Covid Queries: Do I need the vaccine if I've had COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Q: I already had COVID-19 and recovered. Why should I get the vaccine when my body is already immune to it now? A: When someone has had an infection, and the body has produced antibodies as a result, this is called "natural immunity." But early evidence suggests natural immunity to COVID-19 may not be very long-lasting. At least one study indicates that if you had COVID-19 and are not vaccinated, your risk of getting COVID-19…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-20). Colin Powell: Establishment Warrior. dissidentvoice.org History is strewn with the broken branches of twisted irony. An individual who found himself entangled in it was the late Colin Powell, who, as a military man, gave a doctrine his name only to forgo it as a diplomat. The Powell Doctrine was one of certitude and caution: do not engage in conflict except …

Staff (2021-10-19). Headlines for October 19, 2021. democracynow.org Trump Sues to Block Release of Documents to Congressional Committee on Jan. 6 Riots, FDA Panel Recommends Third Shot of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Groups, Colin Powell Died of COVID-19 Complications After Blood Cancer Left Him Immunocompromised, Sen. Joe Manchin Wants Strict Limits and Work Requirements for Child Tax Credit, Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Halt Texas's Near-Total Ban on Abortions, SCOTUS Decisions Bolster Doctrine of Qualified Immunity for Police Officers, Kenosha, WI Police Accused of "Deputizing" White Nationalists Ahead of Shooting Deaths, Venezuelan President Maduro Says U.

WSWS (2021-10-19). Hitler's "Divinely Gifted" artists and documenta: Politics and Art: Two important exhibitions in Berlin. wsws.org Two exhibitions in Berlin throw light on a group of artists, academics and curators who rose to prominence under Nazism and were able to continue their careers virtually unhindered in post-war West Germany.

Shawn Fremstad, Julie Yixia Cai, Tamara Sokolowsky (2021-10-19). Young Men Aren't Falling Behind Young Women. counterpunch.org A recent Wall Street Journal article painted recent pandemic-driven declines in men's postsecondary enrollment as an escalating crisis with "no reversal. . .in sight." Responding a few days later in the New York Times, Kevin Carey wrote that the picture is a more complex with "women keep playing catch-up in an economy structured to favor

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). WP: U.S. expands military pact with Georgia as showdown with Russia looms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For the significance of the expression Europe whole, free and at peace see: Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order ==== U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare — The Washington Post "U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare" — the Washington Post writes an …

WSWS (2021-10-19). Hitler's "Divinely Gifted" artists and documenta: Politics and Art: Two important exhibitions in Berlin. wsws.org Two exhibitions in Berlin throw light on a group of artists, academics and curators who rose to prominence under Nazism and were able to continue their careers virtually unhindered in post-war West Germany.

Staff (2021-10-19). Headlines for October 19, 2021. democracynow.org Trump Sues to Block Release of Documents to Congressional Committee on Jan. 6 Riots, FDA Panel Recommends Third Shot of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Groups, Colin Powell Died of COVID-19 Complications After Blood Cancer Left Him Immunocompromised, Sen. Joe Manchin Wants Strict Limits and Work Requirements for Child Tax Credit, Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Halt Texas's Near-Total Ban on Abortions, SCOTUS Decisions Bolster Doctrine of Qualified Immunity for Police Officers, Kenosha, WI Police Accused of "Deputizing" White Nationalists Ahead of Shooting Deaths, Venezuelan President Maduro Says U.

Shawn Fremstad, Julie Yixia Cai, Tamara Sokolowsky (2021-10-19). Young Men Aren't Falling Behind Young Women. counterpunch.org A recent Wall Street Journal article painted recent pandemic-driven declines in men's postsecondary enrollment as an escalating crisis with "no reversal. . .in sight." Responding a few days later in the New York Times, Kevin Carey wrote that the picture is a more complex with "women keep playing catch-up in an economy structured to favor

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). WP: U.S. expands military pact with Georgia as showdown with Russia looms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For the significance of the expression Europe whole, free and at peace see: Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order ==== U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare — The Washington Post "U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare" — the Washington Post writes an …

Brian Berletic (2021-10-18). Behind the 'Uyghur Tribunal', US govt-backed separatist theater to escalate conflict with China. thegrayzone.com US-backed activists and regime-change operatives convened the Uyghur Tribunal to ramp up conflict with China, but wound up exposing major inconsistencies in their narrative. As the US government's propaganda campaign against China drags on, a mock tribunal has become a central node for the dissemination of allegations of Uyghur genocide to Western media. But behind the carefully scripted horror stories conveyed to the public by an uncritical media are massive discrepancies, overt separatist sentiments, and huge sums of US government …

Mickey Z. (2021-10-18). Unholy Trinity: Medicine, Science, and Corporate Power. dissidentvoice.org This one goes out to all of you who still "trust the science." Edward Bernays was the nephew of Sigmund Freud. He was a public relations pioneer, one of America's most innovative social engineers, and the author of a 1928 book brazenly entitled Propaganda. In 1929, Bernays was hired by the American Tobacco Company to …

Edward Curtin (2021-10-18). The Banners of the King of Hell Advance. A World of Endless Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-10-18). UK: Corporate-backed groups promote mass infection of children with Covid-19. wsws.org A massive, well-funded and well-connected campaign of disinformation is being deployed to legitimise the murderous policy of herd immunity.

sputniknews (2021-10-18). Whereabouts of American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti Remain Unknown, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US authorities remain unaware of the whereabouts of the American Christian missionaries and their families abducted in Haiti, The New York Times reports.

Pablo Manríquez (2021-10-18). Hispanic Caucus Chair Abandons Pathway to Citizenship in Budget Negotiations. latinorebels.com In an interview with MSNBC on Saturday, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA), said he's seeking a bipartisan solution for permanent immigrant relief.

Joe Lauria (2021-10-18). What Baraitser Thought About the Plot to Kill or Abduct Assange. orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria — Oct 16, 2021 | In her ruling in January against extraditing the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser expressed a high degree of understanding for the CIA wanting to rub out Assange, writes Joe Lauria. | Lawyers for Julian Assange may try at the U.S. appeal hearing later this month to introduce weightier evidence that the Central Intelligence Agency seriously discussed killing or abducting the imprisoned journalist. | The lower court hearing before Judge Vanessa Baraitser in September last year already heard sworn testimony from a former partner and former employee of t…

Brian Berletic (2021-10-18). Behind the 'Uyghur Tribunal', US govt-backed separatist theater to escalate conflict with China. thegrayzone.com US-backed activists and regime-change operatives convened the Uyghur Tribunal to ramp up conflict with China, but wound up exposing major inconsistencies in their narrative. As the US government's propaganda campaign against China drags on, a mock tribunal has become a central node for the dissemination of allegations of Uyghur genocide to Western media. But behind the carefully scripted horror stories conveyed to the public by an uncritical media are massive discrepancies, overt separatist sentiments, and huge sums of US government …

Mickey Z. (2021-10-18). Unholy Trinity: Medicine, Science, and Corporate Power. dissidentvoice.org This one goes out to all of you who still "trust the science." Edward Bernays was the nephew of Sigmund Freud. He was a public relations pioneer, one of America's most innovative social engineers, and the author of a 1928 book brazenly entitled Propaganda. In 1929, Bernays was hired by the American Tobacco Company to …

Edward Curtin (2021-10-18). The Banners of the King of Hell Advance. A World of Endless Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-10-18). UK: Corporate-backed groups promote mass infection of children with Covid-19. wsws.org A massive, well-funded and well-connected campaign of disinformation is being deployed to legitimise the murderous policy of herd immunity.

sputniknews (2021-10-18). Whereabouts of American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti Remain Unknown, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US authorities remain unaware of the whereabouts of the American Christian missionaries and their families abducted in Haiti, The New York Times reports.

Pablo Manríquez (2021-10-18). Hispanic Caucus Chair Abandons Pathway to Citizenship in Budget Negotiations. latinorebels.com In an interview with MSNBC on Saturday, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA), said he's seeking a bipartisan solution for permanent immigrant relief.

Joe Lauria (2021-10-18). What Baraitser Thought About the Plot to Kill or Abduct Assange. orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria — Oct 16, 2021 | In her ruling in January against extraditing the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser expressed a high degree of understanding for the CIA wanting to rub out Assange, writes Joe Lauria. | Lawyers for Julian Assange may try at the U.S. appeal hearing later this month to introduce weightier evidence that the Central Intelligence Agency seriously discussed killing or abducting the imprisoned journalist. | The lower court hearing before Judge Vanessa Baraitser in September last year already heard sworn testimony from a former partner and former employee of t…

Noam Chomsky (2021-10-16). Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars. zcomm.org Interview on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland's tax regime and whether the human race can avoid the twin catastrophes of global warming and nuclear war…

Staff (2021-10-16). President Maduro Sends Letter to King of Spain Demanding Respect for Victims of Colonial Occupation. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sent a letter to the King of Spain, Felipe de Borbón, demanding respect for the memory of the ancestors of the American peoples, who, 529 years ago, were subjugated under the occupation of the Spanish empire, and suffered centuries of violence, genocide and destruction. Through his Twitter account, the Venezuelan president shared the letter in which he expressed his condemnation of the fact that Spain "intends to minimize and falsify the events that occurred during the so-called Conquest of America in the 15th century." | In this regard, the Ven…

Noam Chomsky (2021-10-16). Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars. zcomm.org Interview on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland's tax regime and whether the human race can avoid the twin catastrophes of global warming and nuclear war…

Staff (2021-10-16). President Maduro Sends Letter to King of Spain Demanding Respect for Victims of Colonial Occupation. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sent a letter to the King of Spain, Felipe de Borbón, demanding respect for the memory of the ancestors of the American peoples, who, 529 years ago, were subjugated under the occupation of the Spanish empire, and suffered centuries of violence, genocide and destruction. Through his Twitter account, the Venezuelan president shared the letter in which he expressed his condemnation of the fact that Spain "intends to minimize and falsify the events that occurred during the so-called Conquest of America in the 15th century." | In this regard, the Ven…

Noam Chomsky (2021-10-15). The GOP Is a "Gang of Radical Sadists" zcomm.org Noam Chomsky notes, there is plenty of room for despair in America right now. But he insists that, despite it all, we have ample reason for hope…

_____ (2021-10-15). Women Hold Up More Than Half The Sky. popularresistance.org The farmers' protests, which began in October 2020, are a sign of the clarity with which farmers have reacted to the agrarian crisis and to the three laws that will only deepen the crisis. No attempt by the government — including trying to incite farmers along religious lines — has succeeded in breaking the farmers' unity. There is a new generation that has learned to resist, and they are prepared to take their fight across India.

_____ (2021-10-15). David Miller Speaks Out About Firing And Israel Lobby Smears. popularresistance.org Instead of simply stopping its human rights abuses, the Israeli government has built an extensive and sophisticated public relations network across the West in order to protect itself from criticism. | Today, Lowkey speaks to one of the latest victims of that smear campaign, Professor David Miller. A prominent critic of the state of Israel's policies, Miller was recently sacked from his position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, after a pressure campaign involving Zionist student groups and even members of parliament, who accused him of "inciting hatred against Jewish students." | Miller, a…

Latino Rebels (2021-10-15). Haitian Advocacy Groups Call on Biden to End 'Cruel Asylum Policies'. latinorebels.com On Thursday, groups advocating for better treatment of Haitian asylum seekers published a full-page ad in the Washington, D.C. edition of the New York Times, calling on Pres. Joe Biden to end Title 42 and the continued expulsion of Haitian migrants.

John V. Walsh (2021-10-15). French Finance Minister Issues Declaration of Independence — From the U.S. counterpunch.org "Clear Differences Remain Between France and the U.S, French Minister Says," is the headline to a remarkable piece appearing in the New York Times today. The Minister, Bruno Le Maire, is brutally frank on the nature of the differences as the quotations below Illustrate. (Emphases in the quotations are mines.) In fact, they amount to

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-10-15). Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan. fair.org Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen ( Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen ( That opinion,…

Ron Jacobs (2021-10-15). The American Way—2021. counterpunch.org The evidence surrounds most of us, no matter where we live—city, suburb or country. Europe, Asia and the Americas. The concept we understood to be the USA is unraveling in a manner many might never have considered. I've always been a bit of a pessimist despite a reasonably cheery disposition. The fact of an economy

WSWS (2021-10-15). Pandemic continues to kill in America, while the ruling elite squabbles over mandates. wsws.org While the corporate media and political establishment declare the worst of the pandemic over, the death toll continues at 10,000 or more a week.

Derek Royden (2021-10-15). The CIA's illegal plots against Wikileaks and Julian Assange. nationofchange.org There should be more sympathy for Assange and the outlet he founded in corporate media.