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…

Pia Sarkar (2021-09-25). 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines. zcomm.org "No one is safe unless we are all safe." That message was repeated throughout the day to world leaders assembled at the UN, as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus…

Staff (2021-09-25). Hactivist jailed in 'Little Guantanamo' says prison blocked him from contacting wife, covering for 'sexually abusive' guard. rt.com Imprisoned hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld says the federal prison authorities have cut off his phone access, shortly after he gave an interview to RT and told his wife about a unit manager who was allegedly sexually abusing inmates. | Gottesfeld is serving a 10-year sentence for a "cyberattack" on Boston Children's Hospital in 2014 — which he says he did to help end the "torture" of teenage girl Justina Pelletier, who was being administered the wrong treatment while her parents lost custody of their daughter to the state for trying to protest against it. | Gottesfeld, who was later arrested by the FBI and w…

Andrew Emett (2021-09-25). Missouri cops under investigation for dog attack on video. nationofchange.org St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said in a statement that his office "is aware of this video, and we will make a thorough review of the incident."

Pia Sarkar (2021-09-25). 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines. zcomm.org "No one is safe unless we are all safe." That message was repeated throughout the day to world leaders assembled at the UN, as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus…

Staff (2021-09-25). Hactivist jailed in 'Little Guantanamo' says prison blocked him from contacting wife, covering for 'sexually abusive' guard. rt.com Imprisoned hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld says the federal prison authorities have cut off his phone access, shortly after he gave an interview to RT and told his wife about a unit manager who was allegedly sexually abusing inmates. | Gottesfeld is serving a 10-year sentence for a "cyberattack" on Boston Children's Hospital in 2014 — which he says he did to help end the "torture" of teenage girl Justina Pelletier, who was being administered the wrong treatment while her parents lost custody of their daughter to the state for trying to protest against it. | Gottesfeld, who was later arrested by the FBI and w…

Michael F. Brown (2021-09-24). Democrats abandon Rashida Tlaib to racist onslaught. electronicintifada.net House floor sees most personal anti-Palestinian attack in its history over apartheid charge.

_____ (2021-09-24). African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'. commondreams.org

_____ (2021-09-24). Over 50 Line 3 Pipeline Protesters Arrested Outside Governor's Residence. popularresistance.org St. Paul, MN — Over 50 water protectors protesting Line 3 were arrested, some violently, outside the Minnesota Governor's Residence in St. Paul on Saturday, August 28, 2021. Those arrested were among hundreds who marched from the Capitol to Governor Walz' mansion attempting to speak to him about their opposition to the Line 3 pipeline construction in northern Minnesota that's nearing completion. | The march on August 28 was led by pipeline resistance camp Camp Migizi, who had three Indigenous water protectors lock down to the fencing of the mansion after unsuccessfully pursuing a meeting with the governor.

Staff (2021-09-24). 'F**king traitors!': VIDEO shows furious Trump-supporting deputy BRAWLING with cops outside Capitol. rt.com Prosecutors fighting to keep a pro-Donald Trump sheriff's deputy in jail for taking part in the riot on Capitol Hill in January have showed shocking video footage featuring the deputy brawling with cops outside the US Capitol. | Ronald Colton McAbee of Tennessee was arrested in August and slapped with eight federal charges, including assault on a police officer, stemming from his participation in the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill in January. Though a Tennessee court ordered him released until his eventual trial, federal prosecutors fought in a Washington court this week to keep him behind bars. | In previousl…

Kenya Elliott (2021-09-24). Congress lets racist cops off the hook as police reform talks end in failure. liberationnews.org Police reform negotiations conducted by members of the House and Senate have officially ended without advancing any legislation in a striking example of Congress' failure to meet the demands of the people. Last summer's uprising had clear demands — the defunding of police, more community and mental health services, and for resources to go to …

_____ (2021-09-24). Where Flowers Find No Peace Enough To Grow. popularresistance.org On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance. The Group of African States pushed for this resolution, which had emerged out of global anger over the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on 25 May 2020. The discussions in the UNHRC considered the problems of police brutality and went back to the formation of our modern system in the crucible of slavery and colonialism. A number of W…

Staff (2021-09-24). New evidence in police killing reveals just how brutal Ôªøsmall town cops can be. therealnews.com Content warning: Some images and details in this episode are graphic and disturbing. | This week on PAR, we continue our ongoing investigation into the problem of rural overpolicing and provide a critical update on the killing of Tyler Rushing,

_____ (2021-09-24). Here Are the 22 Democrats Who Voted Against Limiting Transfer of Military Gear to Cops. commondreams.org "This paraquat registration puts EPA on the wrong side of science, history, and the law."

_____ (2021-09-24). African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'. commondreams.org

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-23). Angola President's Emotional Response After Touring Smithsonian African American History Museum. moguldom.com Angola President Joà£o Lourenàßo toured the Smithsonian African American History Museum on Monday in Washington, D.C., and described his experience seeing the exhibits on slavery and the middle passage as "profoundly emotional". Accompanied by his wife Anas Dias Lourenàßo, he visited the premiere U.S. museum of African American history for the first time as president. …

_____ (2021-09-23). Peru's Leftist President Calls for Global Agreement to End Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org Even Trump voters like the idea of a modest extra tax on multimillionaires.

_____ (2021-09-23). 'A Choice Point for Humanity': Women Demand Visionary Shift at UN Climate Talks. commondreams.org One rights group thanked Tlaib "for speaking truth to power" while being attacked "for simply insisting that Palestinians are human beings who deserve safety, security, and freedom from Israeli apartheid."

Staff (2021-09-23). 'You're giving awards to murdering cops!'. therealnews.com On April 16, 2016, Lamar Wright pulled into a driveway to make a phone call when Officers Kyle Flagg and Vashon Williams rushed Wright and tried to pull him from his car. Because he was wearing a colostomy bag, Wright was slow to comply, and officer Flagg tased him before he could explain his condition. Moreover, Wright was initially charged with obstruction, resisting arrest, and criminal trespassing—but those charges were all eventually dropped. On March 27, 2017, Shajuan Gray was arrested over a noise complaint by Officer James Aoki. Gray w…

Workers World Party (2021-09-23). Stop racist terror against Haitian refugees! Stop the deportations! 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. The racist brutality of the United States is on worldwide display, with pictures of their border guards using whips — which the Border Patrol calls . . . |

_____ (2021-09-23). Abusing Migrants While on Horseback Fits With the Border Patrol's Long History of Brutality. commondreams.org The Labour Right hopes that giving power back to MPs will prevent any future shift to the Left. But Britain needs more radicalism, not less.

C.J. Atkins (2021-09-23). U.S. Communists denounce violent deportations of Haitian refugees. peoplesworld.org The Communist Party USA is adding its voice to the widespread denunciation of the U.S. Border Patrol's violent attacks on Haitian refugees at the border and the Biden administration's mass deportations. In a statement released Wednesday, the party slammed the "notoriously pro-Trump border control cops" who were photographed on horseback last weekend brandishing whips against …

Ted Rall (2021-09-23). Taliban Cops vs American Cops, Who's Worse? counterpunch.org Journalism needs a new rule. Are you reporting about a human rights violation in another country? If the United States commits the same offense, you should be required to refer to that fact in your article or broadcast. Criticizing how a nation treats its prisoners or responds to internal dissent implies that the behavior being

Workers World Party (2021-09-23). Stop racist terror against Haitian refugees! Stop the deportations! 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. The racist brutality of the United States is on worldwide display, with pictures of their border guards using whips — which the Border Patrol calls . . . |

_____ (2021-09-23). Peru's Leftist President Calls for Global Agreement to End Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org

Ted Rall (2021-09-23). Taliban Cops vs American Cops, Who's Worse? counterpunch.org Journalism needs a new rule. Are you reporting about a human rights violation in another country? If the United States commits the same offense, you should be required to refer to that fact in your article or broadcast. Criticizing how a nation treats its prisoners or responds to internal dissent implies that the behavior being

_____ (2021-09-22). Experts to Biden: Strongarm Big Pharma to Erase 'Moral Stain' of Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org "We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis, then wonder why our planet is on fire."