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

Alexander Cooney (2021-09-30). Video: Cops for Covid Truth: Message from Alexander Cooney to All Police Officers in Australia. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-29). Over 20 Newly Extinct Species in US Offer 'Sobering Reminder' of Humanity's Wreckage. commondreams.org At a panel on Tuesday, officials condemned vaccine apartheid, rising food insecurity, and other markers of inequality that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Editor (2021-09-29). Labour members overwhelmingly back motion in solidarity with Palestine. mronline.org The move comes as another grassroots rebuke to the party leadership and marks the first time a major British political party has aligned itself with the UN definition of Israel as an apartheid state.

Staff (2021-09-29). "Who's at the Table?": Cori Bush Says Bill Negotiations Need More Representation. truthout.org Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) has said that Black people aren't being given an equal voice in Washington when it comes to major proposals like the infrastructure and reconciliation bills, noting that those who continually get a seat at the table aren't necessarily representing Black constituents' interests. | Bush, who represents a district with a

Editor (2021-09-29). Open the borders! Reparations for the Haitian people! workers.org Workers World Party salutes the inspiring bravery of the Haitian people — in Del Rio, Texas, and in Haiti, now and for over two centuries. WWP also salutes the solidarity expressed in the streets by the political movement worldwide including inside the U.S. for the Haitian people. The racist brutality . . . |

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 …

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

Editor (2021-09-29). Labour members overwhelmingly back motion in solidarity with Palestine. mronline.org The move comes as another grassroots rebuke to the party leadership and marks the first time a major British political party has aligned itself with the UN definition of Israel as an apartheid state.

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 …

_____ (2021-09-28). Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters Lock Down, Block Construction. popularresistance.org Lindside, WV — Early Tuesday morning, two Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters locked themselves to construction equipment at a construction site in Lindside, WV. A rally of nearly a dozen supporters gathered nearby. Banners at the site read, "PIPELINES STINK," "SOLIDARITY WITH STOP LINE 3," and "AIN'T SCARED." | As of 11 AM, one protester had been extracted and arrested after preventing construction at the site for over 5 hours. The other was in the process of being extracted by law enforcement. | Those locked down stated, "A better world isn't just possible, it's necessary. As we write this, wildfires rage…

MEE staff (2021-09-28). Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki. middleeasteye.net Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki | University researcher was arrested in 2020 following publication of an article about the plight of Egypt's Christians | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 50 | Egyptian authorities arrested Patrick Zaki in February last year, on charges including the spreading of false news (Twitter) | An Egyptian court postponed the trial of prominent rights activist…

_____ (2021-09-28). Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters Lock Down, Block Construction. popularresistance.org Lindside, WV — Early Tuesday morning, two Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters locked themselves to construction equipment at a construction site in Lindside, WV. A rally of nearly a dozen supporters gathered nearby. Banners at the site read, "PIPELINES STINK," "SOLIDARITY WITH STOP LINE 3," and "AIN'T SCARED." | As of 11 AM, one protester had been extracted and arrested after preventing construction at the site for over 5 hours. The other was in the process of being extracted by law enforcement. | Those locked down stated, "A better world isn't just possible, it's necessary. As we write this, wildfires rage…

Joe Gill (2021-09-27). Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid'. middleeasteye.net Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid' | The motion, not backed by the leadership, recognised that Israel has implemented apartheid system and demands end to UK arms trade with Israel | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 13: 26 | A delegate in the audience wearing a Palestine flag face mask takes his seat during the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton, 25 September 2021 (AFP) | L…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-27). Russia's FSB Arrested 5 Neo-Nazis Preparing Terror Attack In Ufa. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia's security — the FSB stopped a terrorist attack in Bashkiria, and detained five members of a neo-Nazi group from Ufa, the press service of the department reported. | Five residents of the city of Ufa, aged 17 to 20, are suspected of preparing a terror attack. | These local residents were born between 2001-2003; she was planning an attack on "one of the objects of law enforcement agencies." | According to the investigation, the 19-year-old suspect involved four local resident…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Pax Americana: Pivot to the Pacific. southfront.org Meng Wangzhou | Written by Steve Brown. | Of perhaps minor newsworthy note in the west is the release of Meng Wangzhou. Meng was falsely 'arrested' by the US regime for "colluding with Iran" in 2018, via typical delusional paranoid charges, typical of the failing states obsession with Iran and an excuse (at the time) to leverage Trump's trade war. Ordering the arrest of Meng via its compliant neighbor to the north, that subservient serfdom obediently arrested her. Now, almost three years later, she has been released…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar released after nearly two years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Khalida Jarrar was arrested in October 2019 and convicted in March 2021 on charges including being a member of a banned organization and involvement in the killing of an Israeli teenager, based on secret, withheld evidence…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-27). The Laura Flanders Show: Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks? roarmag.org A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racism. Many made sweeping promises to support Black-owned businesses, but now, over one year later, have they kept those promises? | In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests to discuss the widening racial wealth gap in America, the role banks play in perpetuating systemic racism, and how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can help communities of color build wealt…

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-27). Racist brutality against Haitian migrants sparks outrage. workers.org The whole world has responded with horror and anger at images of Haitian migrants being whipped and terrorized by U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback. Parallels have been drawn with chattel slavery in the Western Hemisphere, which was first ended in Haiti when enslaved Africans carried out a successful revolution. . . . |

Katie Glenn (2021-09-27). Alternatives to Incarceration: Alabama needs a reformed justice system, not new prison construction. splcenter.org

Joe Gill (2021-09-27). Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid'. middleeasteye.net Labour conference votes to back sanctions against Israel over 'crime of apartheid' | The motion, not backed by the leadership, recognised that Israel has implemented apartheid system and demands end to UK arms trade with Israel | Mon, 09/27/2021 – 13: 26 | A delegate in the audience wearing a Palestine flag face mask takes his seat during the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton, 25 September 2021 (AFP) | L…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-27). Russia's FSB Arrested 5 Neo-Nazis Preparing Terror Attack In Ufa. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia's security — the FSB stopped a terrorist attack in Bashkiria, and detained five members of a neo-Nazi group from Ufa, the press service of the department reported. | Five residents of the city of Ufa, aged 17 to 20, are suspected of preparing a terror attack. | These local residents were born between 2001-2003; she was planning an attack on "one of the objects of law enforcement agencies." | According to the investigation, the 19-year-old suspect involved four local resident…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). Pax Americana: Pivot to the Pacific. southfront.org Meng Wangzhou | Written by Steve Brown. | Of perhaps minor newsworthy note in the west is the release of Meng Wangzhou. Meng was falsely 'arrested' by the US regime for "colluding with Iran" in 2018, via typical delusional paranoid charges, typical of the failing states obsession with Iran and an excuse (at the time) to leverage Trump's trade war. Ordering the arrest of Meng via its compliant neighbor to the north, that subservient serfdom obediently arrested her. Now, almost three years later, she has been released…

Joris Leverink (2021-09-27). The Laura Flanders Show: Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks? roarmag.org A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racism. Many made sweeping promises to support Black-owned businesses, but now, over one year later, have they kept those promises? | In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests to discuss the widening racial wealth gap in America, the role banks play in perpetuating systemic racism, and how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can help communities of color build wealt…

Ed Rampell (2021-09-26). The Murky Politics of Film Noir. counterpunch.org Special counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election probed crimes and misdemeanors at the highest levels of the Trump campaign and U.S. government. In what could be called The Other Muller Report, author Eddie Muller takes readers and cinefiles on a deep dive into a Hollywood crime genre full of hard-boiled gumshoes, femme fatales, crooked cops, hoods, corrupt politicians and businessmen, where GOP dirty trickster Roger Stone would feel right at home. But unlike the former FBI Director's Muller Report, Eddie Muller's Dark City, The Lost…

Staff (2021-09-26). Christianity Is Empty If It Doesn't Address the Racist Carceral State. truthout.org Religion becomes an empty theological exercise if it does not address human suffering — and this includes the anguish wrought by systems of mass incarceration and policing. | I believe this deep down as a philosopher whose religious sensibilities are informed by an African American prophetic tradition that emphasizes courageous speech, deep lamentation, and outrage in relationship to those who undergo social and existential agony. | Forms of religiosity that fail or refuse to concern themselves…