2021-09-23: News Headlines

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."

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2021-09-22: News Headlines

Editor (2021-09-21). Big Pharma and vaccine apartheid. mronline.org The webinar on 'Vaccine Imperialism: Scientific Knowledge, Capacity and Production in Africa' which took place on 5 August 5, 2021, was organized by the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) in partnership with the Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa).

Ann Brown (2021-09-21). Actor AJ Johnson Who Played Ezal On 'Friday' Suddenly Passes Away, Ice Cube Makes Statement. moguldom.com Comedian and actor Anthony "A.J." Johnson, who appeared in the hit comedies "Friday" and "House Party," died suddenly on Sept. 6 at the age of 55. His notable movie role was that of Ezal, a homeless African-American thief living in South Central Los Angeles in the 1995 stoner comedy "Friday," written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh and …

_____ (2021-09-21). UN Chief Tells World Leaders To Their Faces That Vaccine Apartheid Is 'An Obscenity'. commondreams.org Bold climate policies cannot include doling out billions in dirty energy handouts.

Ann Brown (2021-09-21). The Real Pan-Africanist: 7 Things To Know About Marcus Garvey's Plan To Settle In Liberia. moguldom.com Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born political activist, publisher and entrepreneur who wanted to create a separate economy and society run for and by African Americans. But ultimately, Garvey pushed for all Black people in the world to return to their homeland in Africa — specifically, Liberia. Born in 1887, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and …

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2021-09-21: News Headlines

Fight Back (2021-09-20). Highway bannering keeps Palestine solidarity in focus. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On September 16, thousands of rush-hour commuters on Interstate 94 saw banners with slogans like "Free Palestine," "End apartheid" and "End ethnic cleansing" hung from the Loring Park footbridge, amid a sea of Palestinian flags. Activists from American Muslims for Palestine – Minnesota (AMP-MN), the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) then rallied in the park with chants and speeches. | The occasion was the anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre in Lebanon, when an invading Israeli army encouraged local right-wing militias to murder thousands of Palesti…

_____ (2021-09-20). Met Gala Protest: Interview With An Activist. popularresistance.org A photo-journalist and activist who was at the Met Gala told Left Voice about the brutal police attack on protesters and gives a perspective on AOC's participation in the event. | The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute that is also a gathering of celebrities, politicians, and the wealthy and well connected took place on September 13. The bourgeois press coverage focused on the celebrity spectacle, nearly ignoring the horrific police attack on abolitionist activists protesting outside the event, many of whom were arrested. Left Voice spoke with Prince, a photo-journalist…

_____ (2021-09-20). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parliamentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. commondreams.org Either Joe Biden and Democratic senators actually stand for the principle that "Black Lives Matter" or they stand for Rahm Emanuel. They can't stand for both.

Staff (2021-09-20). Cuba and the US: A tale of two prison systems. therealnews.com In this episode of Rattling the Bars, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway discusses the differences between prisons in Cuba and in the United States. Of the two, only one incarcerates children, only one deliberately isolates prisoners from their families and communities, and only one uses long-term solitary confinement as a routine punishment—and it's not Cuba. "In Cuba you don't have solitary confinement," Conway says. "Because that's inhumane."

Anonymous103 (2021-09-20). J6 'Chaos' Total Bust For Media As Cops, Journalists And FBI Appear To Outnumber Protesters. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Saturday's "Justice for J6" rally appears to have been — in the words of

Staff (2021-09-20). Bipartisan Reforms Often Expand Prisons and Police. We Need Abolition Instead. truthout.org As the concept of "mass incarceration" entered the U.S. mainstream over the last decade or so, diverse networks of advocates, funders and politicians have criticized the country's overwhelming reliance on police and prisons as a response to a vast array of social problems. A critical consensus that mass incarceration is bad has given rise to a criminal justice reform coalition that is almost as bipartisan as the push for expanding police and prisons has been in previous decades. | Yet, as Kay…

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2021-09-20: News Headlines

Fight Back (2021-09-20). Highway bannering keeps Palestine solidarity in focus. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On September 16, thousands of rush-hour commuters on Interstate 94 saw banners with slogans like "Free Palestine," "End apartheid" and "End ethnic cleansing" hung from the Loring Park footbridge, amid a sea of Palestinian flags. Activists from American Muslims for Palestine – Minnesota (AMP-MN), the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) then rallied in the park with chants and speeches. | The occasion was the anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre in Lebanon, when an invading Israeli army encouraged local right-wing militias to murder thousands of Palesti…

_____ (2021-09-20). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parliamentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. commondreams.org Either Joe Biden and Democratic senators actually stand for the principle that "Black Lives Matter" or they stand for Rahm Emanuel. They can't stand for both.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-20). J6 'Chaos' Total Bust For Media As Cops, Journalists And FBI Appear To Outnumber Protesters. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Saturday's "Justice for J6" rally appears to have been — in the words of

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