(2021-09-07). Southern White Male GOP Voter Suppression, anti-Abortion Laws are ways of reviving Jim Crow and expanding it to White Women. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — African-Americans have complained about the tendency of commentators to compare political suppression and regressive policies of white Republicans to slavery. Nothing, they rightly maintain, is like slavery. But some GOP laws passed by elite white males are very much like Jim Crow-style discrimination. Voter i.d. laws, for instance, are completely …
(2021-09-07). Global Vaccine Apartheid Must Be Ended This Instant. commondreams.org "Urgent international action is needed to support millions of people with the necessities of life through the coming months and Afghanistan's harsh winter," said head of the Afghan Red Crescent. | We are all safer when everyone is vaccinated. New, more vaccine-resistant variants are emerging, endangering everyone.
(2021-09-07). Citing 'Vaccine Apartheid,' 1,500+ Global Groups Urge Delay of UN Climate Summit. commondreams.org "On average, U.S.-led airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians a year since 2001."
(2021-09-07). Twenty Years In A Security State: FBI Responded To 9/11 By Locking Up Hundreds Of Muslim Immigrants (Exclusive For Subscribers). thedissenter.org John Ashcroft, who was U.S. attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001-2005 (Photo: [Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in law enforcement and government. Each entry in the series will connect with whistleblower stories where possible.]Asif-ur-Rehman Saffi was arrested for an immigration violation and brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Ne…
(2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. | The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people. It comes after another wave of demonstrations from Animal Rebellion and Nature Rebellion at Trafalgar Square on Saturday. | The groups 'stand in solidarity' with Extinction Rebellion. They met at the London landmark during the afternoon for a "March For Nature". | Protesters could be seen in colourful costumes. And they…
(2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue In London. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people.
(2021-09-07). Crimea Pipeline Explosion Was Allegedly Orchestrated By Ukrainian Intelligence. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The explosion of a gas pipeline in Crimea was organized by Ukrainian intelligence, Russia's security service — the FSB reported. | On August 23, unidentified persons damaged the gas pipeline, located in Crimea's mountainous area and used for supplying gas to a military unit and to the village of Perevalnoye. The gas pipeline operation was restored on the next day. On 6 September, four suspects were arrested."It was established that this act of sabotage was orchestrated by the Uk…