Daily Archives: September 11, 2021

2021-09-11: News Headlines

TASS (2021-09-11). Israeli air force strikes Hamas positions in Gaza in response to rocket launch – IDF. tass.com On Friday, according to the IDF press service, air raid sirens went off in Eshkol Regional Council bordering the Palestinian enclave…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-11). Ukraine: U.S. congressional delegation briefed on "Russian aggression" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bakanov, U.S. congressmen discuss threats facing Ukraine Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ivan Bakanov and U.S. congressmen have discussed threats facing Ukraine…. "The current threats from Russia are now related to the conduct of the strategic Russian-Belarusian military exercises West 2021 on our border, attempts to destabilize the political situation in our …

Anonymous Contributor (2021-09-11). Perspective from the Bordertown: On the Struggle to #StopLine3. itsgoingdown.org Below is a short submission from Lakota 'Black Elk' Maroon, a youth militant on the struggle to #StopLine3. Critical of movement leadership, the text looks at how mutual aid and political education could be a counter to the culture of constant mobilization. Even if this pipeline is completed, this is my home. Many seem to…

Staff (2021-09-10). Headlines for September 10, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Orders Vaccine Mandates for Federal Workers and Large Employers, International Flights Resume from Kabul Airport; Taliban Torture Journalists Covering Protests, Syrian Army Enters Daraa, Birthplace of Uprising Against Assad a Decade Ago, Biden Admin Extends TPS for 400,000 People Through 2022, Whistleblower Details Abuse of Migrant Children at Fort Bliss Base in Texas, SCOTUS Stays Execution of Texas Death Row Prisoner, DOJ Sues Texas over Unconstitutional Abortion Ban , Biden Withdraws Gun Control Advocate as ATF Nominee, Names Ally to Big Polluters for Key Energy Post, EPA Seeks Permanent Block on Pebble…

Eve Ottenberg (2021-09-10). Biden Was Right to Leave Afghanistan, But Sanctions are for Sore Losers. counterpunch.org Afghanistan now joins a very big club, including Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and others, of those the U.S. aims to starve into regime change. How's that going? Well might you ask. It appears to be utterly ineffective at anything aside from tormenting ordinary people. In the face of sanctions, leaders clutch at power more ferociously than ever, because they see themselves endangered, while cancer patients can't buy chemo. In short, these sanctions will break Afghanistan financially, probably cause famine and will doubtless engender huge emigration, while serving no purpose besides random cruelty, because sanctions are w…

_____ (2021-09-10). 20 Years After 9/11, Reparations for Afghanistan and an End to War. commondreams.org It's time to defund hate and build a humane immigration system.

Editor2 (2021-09-10). Coup D'etat in Guinea as Military Takes Over. orinocotribune.com GUINEA: There has been a military coup in Guinea as the President, Alpha Conde has been deposed and arrested. | The Military Coup was led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya at Presidential Palace in Conakry. | The military has shut down land and air borders are reportedly shut, suspended the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. | How the Coup Happened | There were two hours of heavy gunfire across the capital Conakry after which the Colonel Mamady Doumbouya in a video declared that the military had taken control of the government of the country. | The video showed President Alpha Conde being held by soldier…

Editor2 (2021-09-10). Vietnam Resists Washington's Anti-China Campaign. orinocotribune.com By Gregory E. Williams — Sep 6, 2021 | Vietnam and China fought an unfortunate border war in February and March of 1979, egged on by U.S. imperialist interference in the region. Nevertheless, relations between the two countries have steadily improved, based on a shared interest in peaceful socialist construction, resulting in deepening political and economic cooperation. | Currently, maritime disputes are the biggest threat to this long-lasting peace. Controversies have arisen around commercial fishing, oil exploration and other activities in the waters that China calls the South Sea, and Vietnam calls the E…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-10). Combat Footage: Houthis Raid Military Positions Near Key Border Crossing With Saudi Arabia. southfront.org Screen grab from the footage released by the Houthis. | On September 9, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released footage from a recent large-scale raid that took place in the northern Yemen province of Hajjah. | The raid targeted positions of Saudi-backed forces between the al-Tol border crossing with Saudi Arabi and the nearby border town of Harad. | Houthi fighters stormed the positions with nothing more than assault rifles, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades. Saudi-backed forces fled the area without sho…

WSWS (2021-09-10). Johnson government announces "pushback" policy in stepping up of anti-immigration agenda. wsws.org Home Secretary Priti Patel has rewritten Britain's interpretation of international maritime law to allow Border Force vessels to redirect migrant boats away from UK waters back towards France.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-10). Finland to offer NATO 300,000-man army on Russia's border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Finland's new defense report spells out strategy for coming decade The government of Finland on Thursday approved and published a report on the strategic development of the country's defense capability in the next ten years. **** According to the report, the country's war-time defense forces count 280,000 people. A reform will divide the war-time forces …

Lindsay Koshgarian (2021-09-10). 9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities. fpif.org Twenty years have now passed since 9/11. | The 20 years since those terrible attacks have been marked by endless wars, harsh immigration crackdowns, and expanded federal law enforcement powers that have cost us our privacy and targeted entire communities based on nothing more than race, religion, or ethnicity. | Those policies have also come at a tremendous monetary cost — and a dangerous neglect of domestic investment. | In a

_____ (2021-09-10). 'Vaccination Works': CDC Study Shows Unvaxxed 11 Times More Likely to Die of Covid. commondreams.org Because as much as American history is about triumphing over hardship, too often it's also been about finding a minority—of religion, of race, of sexuality, of immigration status—to blame for that hardship.

Latino USA (2021-09-10). 9/11's Immigration Legacy (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com September 11, 2001 marked a sharp, lasting redirection in U.S. immigration policy and attitudes. In this episode of Latino USA, we explore major changes and events from the past 20 years of immigration through the lens of this one catastrophic day.

Claudia Torrens (2021-09-10). Immigrant Sept. 11 cleanup crews look to residency as a reward. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK (AP) — Franklin Anchahua cleared thick layers of dust in offices, apartments, and even in a chapel in lower Manhattan for weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. At first, he treated his heartburn and acid reflux with herbs his mother would send from Peru. He avoided available health programs because he lives illegally …

_____ (2021-09-10). United States Struggles To Pick A Side In Upcoming Honduran Elections. popularresistance.org Of the countries in Central America's "northern triangle," Honduras is the one that sends the most migrants to the United States. Already this year over 32,000 Honduran migrants have been deported from the United States, including more than 2,600 children. The country's president, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), was supported by President Trump because he is a strongman willing to forcibly stop Honduran migrants from leaving the country. He even signed a misnamed "safe country" agreement implying that Honduras was a haven for asylum seekers. In return, Trump was willing to acquiesce in JOH's disastrous domestic pol…

Hina Shamsi (2021-09-10). 20 Years After 9/11, We Have a Roadmap Toward a More Just and Equitable Future. aclu.org In the early days after 9/11, I hoped desperately — alongside so many others around the country and the world — that our government would make wise choices, that it would meet violence with justice, transparency, accountability, and a commitment to fundamental rights. We knew that too often in American history, political leaders respond to traumatic events by clamping down on our civil rights and liberties, and only come to regret it after terrible human costs. And we knew that those costs are borne primarily by Black and Brown people and immigrants, whom the government has always wrongly viewed th…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-10). Science Saturday: Opioids provide low evidence of pain relief for migraine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Evidence that opioids provide pain relief for migraine headaches is low or insufficient, a large Mayo Clinic meta-analysis published recently in JAMA has found. However, some newer therapies, along with established migraine treatments, were associated with moderate to high evidence of pain relief. The meta-analysis — which combined results from multiple scientific studies — included 15 systematic reviews and 115 randomized clinical trials of 28,803 patients. While the researchers note that this study provides a good starting point for treatment conversations…

El Faro English (2021-09-10). Surviving the Virus in New York's Migrant Neighborhoods. latinorebels.com In the summer of 2020, Corona, Queens was the epicenter neighborhood of the epicenter city of the global coronavirus pandemic.

The Associated Press (2021-09-10). Groups Sue Mexico Seeking to Stop Mass Removal of Migrants. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four migrant defense groups in Mexico announced Wednesday that they have sought court injunctions to block what they call "massive" deportations, arguing the government is violating due process and Mexican and international law governing asylum.

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