(2021-08-17). The United States, Afghanistan, and the Doctrinal Boundaries of Permissible Reflection. counterpunch.org One of the doctrinal principles behind U.S. corporate-imperial news coverage and commentary and mainstream US politics is that the United States is a fundamentally benevolent force for good facing difficulties created by evil others and challenging situations not of Washington's own making. Debate is permissible on immediate strategy and tactics but is not allowed on these core American Exceptionalist positions. | Hence, while there is contestation in U.S. media and political culture over how to respond to the flood of migrants seeking entrance to the United States on the nation's southern border, there is little…
(2021-08-17). UK Home Department slammed for insensitive policies on refugees and asylum seekers. peoplesdispatch.org UK home secretary Priti Patel has received widespread criticism for insensitive policies towards asylum seekers from Afghanistan, the handling of the refugee crisis in the English Channel, and controversial plans to open a new detention center for immigrant women…
(2021-08-17). Headlines for August 17, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan After Taliban Capture Kabul , Advocates Demand U.S. and Other Nations Open Doors to Afghan Refugees, Tropical Storm Adds to Haiti's Misery Two Days After Massive Earthquake Kills Over 1,400, Immigrant Advocates Denounce Biden Administration for Deporting Haitian Refugees, U.S. Will Recommend COVID Booster Shots After 8 Months, Despite Global Vaccine Inequity, Johnson & Johnson Ships Millions of Vaccine Doses from South Africa to Europe, U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Soar, with Record Infection Levels in Five States, Republican Governors Erect New Barriers to COVI…
(2021-08-17). Military Situation In Afghanistan On August 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 16, Taliban took control of Jaghuri district in Ghazni province | On August 16, Taliban took control of Balkhab district in Sare Pol province | On August 16, Uzbekistan shot down an Afghan military plane in its border areas. Two Afghan pilots survived the incident | MORE ON THE TOPIC: |
(2021-08-17). The Great Immigration Invasion Hoax. progressive.org On Fox News, Tucker Carlson and others spin a distorted, xenophobic tale.
(2021-08-16). Washington's War in Afghanistan is Over. What Happens Now? ips-dc.org We don't know yet what the consequences of the events in Afghanistan will be. We do know that there are more than 250,000 Afghans internally displaced since the end of May, thousands more in recent days living in makeshift tents and in parks and on the streets in Kabul. We do know Afghanistan's borders are almost all closed, and that people are terrified. People are afraid of the rising violence, afraid of the Taliban coming to power, afraid of the U.S. bombing underway across the country all week. | Questions are everywhere. How did the Taliban, with 75,000 or so scattered forces, defeat the 300,000-strong U.S.-…
(2021-08-16). UN Experts Urge Immediate Action to Protect Human Rights, Prevent 'Slaughter of Civilians' in Afghanistan. commondreams.org Border Patrol continues to detain migrants, including children, in appalling outdoor conditions under the Anzalduas International Bridge in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. The Biden administration must close this inhumane detention site now.
(2021-08-16). Dozens Of Afghan Aircraft Crossed Border With Uzbekistan, Some Intercepted By Air Defense Forces (Videos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image | While crowds of people are invading the Kabul airport, Afghan soldiers found another way to escape from the country under the Taliban's control. On August 14 and 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters of the Afghan Air Force entered the airspace of Uzbekistan. 585 Afghan soldiers reportedly crossed the border in two days. | The numbers were reported by the Prosecutor General's Office in Telegram, but the message was later deleted, according to the media. | On August 15, three Afghan militar…
(2021-08-16). Headlines for August 16, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan After 2 Decades of U.S. Occupation, Haiti's Earthquake Death Toll Soars to 1,300 as Tropical Storm Barrels Toward Stricken Island, U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate, Canada's Trudeau Calls Snap Election, Seeking Mandate and Legislative Majority, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Steps Down Amid Criticism of Pandemic Response, Grenade Attack Kills 12 People in Karachi, Pakistan, Fuel Tank Blast in Lebanon Kills at Least 28 People, Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of Presi…
(2021-08-16). Aircraft Of Afghan Air Force Crashed In Uzbekistan (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | An aircraft of Afghan Air Force crashed in Uzbekistan on the evening of August 15. No casualties were reported. | According to the head of the information service of the Uzbek Defense Ministry, the details of the incident are being studied. No other comments have peen provided yet. | The aircraft reportedly crashed in the Sherabad district of Surkhandarya region in the south of the country, near the border with Afghanistan. | According to preliminary data, at least one pilot was injur…
(2021-08-16). Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People in Inhumane Conditions. commondreams.org "The urgency of the moment now demands we marshal an international coalition to evacuate every Afghan citizen who is fleeing for their lives," implored Rep. Ilhan Omar.
(2021-08-16). Ukraine, Turkey boost defense cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Against you-know-whom. Not that Russia's Putin, who has been mysteriously inconspicuous for several weeks (as though holed up in a bunker somewhere while his citizens need reassurance about recent events not far from their southern border), would acknowledge it. Ankara and Kiev are plotting to heat things up for Moscow in Crimea and, now with …
(2021-08-16). Death and Profit in US Immigration Detention. orinocotribune.com By Adrienne Pine — Aug 9, 2021 | Paper Presented at the Side Event "Human Rights Situation in USA: Immigration Detention Centers," 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. July 2, 2021 | Last July I gave testimony as a country conditions expert witness in a case involving a young Honduran man named Alejandro Lozano. Mr. Lozano was profoundly psychotic, diagnosed also with dissociative symptoms. According to the licensed clinical psychologist who assessed him, Mr. Lozano had not received adequate care in Adelanto, and his symptoms had worsened as a result of the neglect and abuse he had experi…
(2021-08-16). Two Years After the Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History, a Path Forward for Undocumented Workers. counterpunch.org Immigration agents arrested over 600 undocumented workers at a poultry plant in Jackson, Mississippi two years ago in what remains the largest workplace raid in U.S. history. On the two-year anniversary of that raid, immigrant rights advocates are demanding that U.S. officials take action to repair the harms inflicted on the workers and their communities.
(2021-08-16). US Will Never Be Majority Minority Because Immigrants Assimilate Into Anti-Blackness. moguldom.com One complaint in Black America is that it seems it is always under attack — even from other Black people or people of color. Even immigrants feed into and adopt anti-Blackness, according to Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley. Black Americans are sometimes looked down upon by African and Caribbean immigrants, and Latino immigrants often latch …