Daily Archives: October 15, 2021

2021-10-15: News Headlines

Martha Grevatt (2021-10-15). UAW members step up struggle against business unionism. workers.org Over 20 rank-and-file autoworkers spoke on a webcast Oct. 7, challenging the corruption, lack of union democracy and the "partnership" with corporations perpetuated for decades by the International Executive Board of the United Auto Workers. The multinational, multigendered and multigenerational group of unionists advocated for direct elections of International officers . . . |

Vijay Prashad (2021-10-15). Women Hold Up More Than Half the Sky. dissidentvoice.org Junaina Muhammed (India) / Young Socialist Artists, A woman working in the korai fields, where women often work from a young age to earn a living. Reminder: Indian peasants and agricultural workers remain in the midst of a country-wide agitation sparked by the proposal of three farm bills that were then signed into law by …

Brenda Norrell (2021-10-15). BIA Occupation in Washington: Native People Under Arrest Demanding Justice. indybay.org Native People occupying the Bureau of Indian Affairs are now being arrested, during Day 4 of People vs. Fossil Fuels. Follow Censored News for this breaking news story.

Amah Mutsun Land Trust & UCSC (2021-10-15). Saturday 11/6: Settler Colonialism is a Sickness: How Federal Indian Health Failed Native Women. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

G. Dunkel (2021-10-15). U.S. rejects Haitians fleeing utter misery. workers.org There are two streams of Haitian refugees fleeing the utter devastation of their country, inflamed by the feckless, decades-long U.S. domination of their economy and politics and more recently the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Aug. 14. One by land comes from the over 200,000 Haitians who had been . . . |

C.P. Chandrasekhar (2021-10-15). How emerging markets hurt poor countries. mronline.org Financial globalization was supposed to spur development. Instead, it transfers money to the global North and exacerbates existing inequalities.

Editor (2021-10-15). Commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day/Support Workers World. workers.org Boston Mayor Kim Janey proclaimed Oct. 6 that the second Monday of October every year would be Indigenous Peoples Day. The document says this commemoration will be "'in lieu of' Columbus Day . . . and renounces the racist and colonial history of Boston and its impact on Indigenous peoples." . . . |

A Guest Author (2021-10-15). National Week of Action in Support of Black Migrants. workers.org The following lightly edited statement was issued by Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Color of Change and other Black-led groups around the country. Oct. 11 is Day 1 of the National Week of Action in Support of Black Migrants led by Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Color Of Change . . . |

Editor (2021-10-15). The Italian government confronts a new test: fascism in the streets. mronline.org Here is the "eternal fascism" that Umberto Eco warned us against, when he explicated the symptoms of the virus that made Italy the incubator, and then the European model, of an anti-parliamentary regime, violent, anti-freedom, anti-Semitic and warmongering.

WSWS (2021-10-15). Why has Squid Game resonated with a global audience? wsws.org Squid Game, a Korean survival drama series written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, has become an international phenomenon, with 111 million viewers worldwide.

Staff (2021-10-15). Detachment of Power Lines Caused Blackouts in Caracas Today, Sabotage Not Ruled Out. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Minister of Electric Energy, Néstor Reverol, reported this Thursday, October 14, that "a new attack on the National Electric System" occurred at approximately 10: 50 in the morning, when "a detachment occurred on lines 1 and 2 of the 69 KV line from Papelón-Convento in the Capital District (Caracas), affecting the Convento substation, which is a nodal substation of the National Electric System." | In a statement made by telephone to the public television network Venezolana de Televisión, Reverol indicated that this "detachment" produced "the de-energization of the Cota Mil, Santa Rosa, Chacao and Magal…

Ashley Smith (2021-10-15). The Haitian Migration Crisis: Made in the U.S.A. counterpunch.org In scenes that evoked the history of U.S. slave catchers, Border Patrol agents on horseback used their reins as whips to beat the refugees they chased down and captured. Eager to join the racist frenzy, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the National Guard and Texas police to form a miles-long "steel wall" of patrol cars and military vehicles to block migrants from escaping Biden's dragnet.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-15). Waking up to Climate Change Dinosaurs. counterpunch.org Morning listening on October 13. Australia's Radio National. Members of the Morrison government are doing their interview rounds with the host, Fran Kelly. We enter a time warp, speeding away into another dimension where planet Earth, and Australia, look different. The first interview, with Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, is filled with the sort of rejigged

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-15). Blood donors urgently needed in Rochester. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, urgently needs donations of Type O-positive and Type O-negative blood. "We are continuing to suffer a national blood shortage. As a result, blood products are still difficult to bring in from external sources to supplement our local collection capabilities," says Camille van Buskirk, M.D., medical director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program. "Despite these dire blood product shortages, the constant need for blood products for our patients…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-15). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Next steps, new leader for Mayo Clinic Cancer Center. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Cheryl Willman was named executive director of Mayo Clinic Cancer Programs, and director of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in May. In this role, Dr. Willman is leading the expansion and strategic development of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center locations in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, as well as newly developing Mayo Clinic global cancer programs in London and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as…

WSWS (2021-10-15). Sri Lankan educators and students support today's global school strike. wsws.org A grade 11 student from Kandy said: "I'd like to go to school with my friends but I'll never sacrifice the lives of myself and my friends to this deadly virus."

Staff (2021-10-14). Snipers Fatally Attack Protesters in Beirut as Lebanon Reels from Devastating Economic Collapse. democracynow.org At least five people were shot today in Beirut after snipers opened fire on a protest as Lebanon faces a growing economic and political emergency amid widespread corruption. Over the weekend, Lebanon fell into darkness for 24 hours after the nation's electric grid collapsed. Within the past year, the Lebanese currency has fully collapsed as it continues to grapple with the aftermath of last year's deadly port explosion. This comes as the country's political class is expected to accelerate even harsher austerity and privatization efforts in exchange for international support, says Lara Bitar, editor-in-chief of Th…

Staff (2021-10-14). US labor chaos continues as 10,000 John Deere employees announce strike. rt.com Over 10,000 employees of the farming manufacturer John Deere announced they are going on strike after failing to agree to a pay contract, all while numerous industries are being plagued by labor issues. | The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced the strike on Thursday morning, which will affect over a dozen plants for John Deere. The company, based out of Moline, Illinois, has not faced a strike for 35 years. | "Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules," said Chuck Browning, vice president and director of the UAW's Agricult…

Editor2 (2021-10-14). Luis Arce: An Anti-Imperialist Climate Agenda (Speech). orinocotribune.com Thank you very much brothers and sisters, hugs to the city of La Paz, Bolivia and to everyone that follows us via social media around the world. I want to salute: to the jilata David Choquehuanca, Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, our brother Rogelio Mayta Minister of Foreign Affairs, brother Magin Herrera, Vice-Minister of Environment Biodiversity Climate Change and Forest Development. Our sister Angelica Ponce Executive director of the Plurinational Authority for Mother Earth, our brother Juan Carlos Huarachi, Executive Director of our Bolivian Central Labor Syndicate, and to all of our memb…

Julia Conley (2021-10-14). 'Striketober' in full swing as nearly 100,000 workers authorize work stoppages. nationofchange.org "You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions," said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

Staff (2021-10-14). 2020 election was 'bought by Zuckerberg', researcher claims, citing $420mn turnout-boosting work funded by Facebook CEO & allies. rt.com Two nonprofits funded by Mark Zuckerberg and his allies spent $419.5 million to boost turnout in the 2020 presidential election — and "likely" secured a victory for Joe Biden, according to a study of the national vote. | The NGOs called the Center for Technology and Civic Life (

Staff (2021-10-14). 2020 election was 'bought by Mark Zuckerberg', researcher says, citing turnout-boosting work funded by Facebook CEO. rt.com Two nonprofits funded by Mark Zuckerberg and his allies spent $419.5 million to boost turnout in the 2020 presidential election — and "likely" secured a victory for Joe Biden, according to a study of the national vote. | The NGOs called the Center for Technology and Civic Life (

Tania Siddiqi (2021-10-14). Lakhimpur Kheri Massacre: India escalates terror targeting farmers. workers.org Farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India, organized a demonstration Oct. 3. At the protest Ashish Mishra, the son of Ajay Mishra, the Minister of State in Home Affairs, and other supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brutally murdered four protesting farmers. Samyukt Kisan Morch (SKM), the umbrella body . . . |

_____ (2021-10-14). Empty Words And Colonialism, Or Treaty Rights And Self Determination? popularresistance.org On Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, United States President Joe Biden issued a first-ever Proclamation for Indigenous Peoples' Day. The first two sentences state: | "Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures — safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations. On Indigenous Peoples' Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples, recognizes their inherent sovereignty, and commits to honoring the Federal Government's trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations."

Editor2 (2021-10-14). Indian Women on an Arduous Road to Equality. orinocotribune.com By Tricontinental — Oct 11, 2021 | This dossier features portraits of the daily struggles of Indian women, primarily drawn by women artists from India and across the Global South based on photographs by Indian photographers. These are scenes of life in the fuller sense of the word — of joy, labour, anger, and resistance — along the arduous path towards women's emancipation. They are images of a fuller humanity that is owed to all workers, peasants, women, mothers, and daughters. | Brick work, locally known as 'pakka me kaam'. Illustration: Karuna Pious P (India) / Young Socialist Artists Referenc…

Ted Kelly (2021-10-14). Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners! workers.org Leonard Peltier During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America became a proving ground for European imperialists. This was where strategies of biological warfare and genocide were honed, as well as the industry that has become a pillar of modern global capitalism: mass incarceration. One cannot talk about . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2021-10-14). West Virginia metal workers on strike. workers.org Huntington, W.Va. Metal workers from two companies in West Virginia went on strike Oct. 1 over their employers' decisions to bargain in bad faith. Both of their contracts expired Sept. 30, and the companies — Special Metals Corporation of Huntington and Sulzer Pumps located in neighboring Barboursville — refused to . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2021-10-14). 'Inhumane conditions' — Ex-jail director faces jail. workers.org One of many protests outside the Cuyahoga County Jail against terrible conditions. Cleveland Former Cuyahoga County Jail Director Ken Mills was sentenced to nine months in prison Oct. 8, after a three-week trial where he was found guilty of two counts each of dereliction of duty and falsification. That is . . . |

Staff (2021-10-14). Miami ready to pay city workers in bitcoin despite lack of stability or vote. rt.com Miami's mayor is moving forward with a plan to pay city workers in bitcoin, calling the switch from fiat currency a "major priority." However, neither city workers nor the Miamians who pay their salaries have yet been given a say. | City employees would be able to receive all or part of their paychecks in the much-hyped cryptocurrency, Mayor Francis Suarez told Bloomberg on Tuesday, adding that if the county authorities permit it, residents could even pay their taxes in bitcoin. Miami residents have not yet been given any choice in the city's hot pursuit of the cryptocurrency, even though Suarez wants the enti…

Staff (2021-10-14). 'You're a traitor': Furious GOP fundraising text angers conservatives after berating them for not giving enough money. rt.com A fuming fundraising text from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has angered Trump-supporting conservatives after it called them "traitors" for not donating enough money to the GOP. | "You're a traitor," the NRCC boomed in a mass text, presented as a message in defense of former President Donald Trump against supporters who had "abandoned" him. | The message, which was shared widely on social media, lambasted its recipients for doing "nothing" to help the Republican Party regain the House of Representatives and questioned whether Trump was "wrong" about them, before warning, "This is your…

Latino Rebels (2021-10-14). The Immigrant Community of West Palm Beach. latinorebels.com Latino Rebels Radio, October 14, 2021…

Guest Contributor (2021-10-14). Book Review and Excerpt: 'Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry'. latinorebels.com What do refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants have to say about their own experiences?

Alan MacLeod (2021-10-14). U.S. writes Belarus into its familiar regime-change script. mronline.org The primary reason the U.S. government opposes the Lukashenko administration is not its authoritarianism, real as that might be. Instead, Lukashenko's steadfast refusal to privatize state assets, join NATO, or open the country up for foreign exploitation are Washington's principal objections.

Editor (2021-10-14). Optimism of the will‚Äëa few reflections on the impossible rebellion. mronline.org Rob Marsden reviews the impact of the recent Extinction Rebellion mobilisation in London.

Editor (2021-10-14). Where did the dependency approach go? mronline.org Many commentators and academics interested in African development have in recent decades shown a disinclination or disdain towards incorporating 'global capitalism' into their analyses of countries of the continent.

Margaret Kimberley (2021-10-14). The Obama Presidential Center will displace Black people. mronline.org The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago. The center is in keeping with Obama's history of doing the bidding of the powerful, including accelerating gentrification.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-14). U.S. Wants Russia To Remove All Mediun And Short-Range Missiles From Europe Before It Does The Same. southfront.org Russia must remove from Europe missiles that violate, in the opinion of the American side, the INF Treaty, Jeffrey Eberhardt,…

A Guest Author (2021-10-14). Solidarity with longtime antiwar activist Joe Lombardo! workers.org Antiwar Activist Joe Lombardo is a consistent, unequivocal and vocal opponent of all forms of U.S. imperialism. The following is a lightly edited statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression issued Oct. 2. On the heels of its defeat in Afghanistan, the U.S. government has made it clear it . . . |

Guest Contributor (2021-10-14). Pandemic Threatens Latinx's Normally Low Rate of Suicide (OPINION). latinorebels.com Fresh off the heels of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, and as National Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close on Friday, now is an appropriate time to examine the intersection of Latinx and suicide.

Editor (2021-10-14). Cryptocurrency: a new and dangerous climate disruptor. mronline.org The get-rich-quick scheme, banned in China and elsewhere, is invading U.S. communities unchecked, posing as an "equalizing, democratizing" currency. It's not.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). President: if NATO intervenes in Bosnian Serb Republic, friends will be called on to protect it from aggression. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Dodik: if NATO intervenes on the territory of RS, we will call friends to protect us BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik said that he intends to fight for his goals politically, however, if there is a NATO reaction, he will invite friends who "will not leave them stranded". The leader of the SNSD party believes …

IGD Worldwide (2021-10-14). Anarchist Organizing in the Canary Islands: an interview with Ruymán Rodríguez. itsgoingdown.org The Canary Islands are a chain of volcanic islands off the northwestern coast of Africa. They've been a colony of Spain since the 1400s, and are today an "autonomous community" under Spanish rule. The archipelago is home to over 2,000,000 Canarians, who are descended from Spanish settlers, the islands' indigenous Guanche peoples and North Africans….

Nicholas Stender (2021-10-14). U.S. pushes China tensions to the brink with new moves on Taiwan secession. liberationnews.org Growing U.S. support for secessionism in Taiwan has brought relations with China to the precipice of a new crisis. The U.S. moves in the island, which is rightfully claimed by the government in Beijing as part of China's national territory, raises the risk of a catastrophic conflict breaking out. Major military exercises have taken place …

Elizabeth Woodworth (2021-10-14). The Climate Bomb: Failures to Confront the Unspeakable, and The Way Ahead. globalresearch.ca Scientists now believe it is "likely that the world will blow past the 2 degree C warming threshold that expoerts and international negotiators agree is needed to avoid catastrophic consequences."

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2021-10-14). Encore workers in San Diego fight for fair union contract. liberationnews.org On October 9, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122, United Food and Commercial Workers 135, Unite Here, the Party for Socialism and Liberation's San Diego branch and others gathered at the Marriott Marquis in downtown San Diego. The various organizations and community members were supporting Encore audio visual technician workers in their …

David Trujillo (2021-10-14). IATSE sets a deadline for a strike. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — A sense of urgency is brewing in the film and TV industry. IATSE International President Matthew Loeb has put the membership on a timely notice. A strike will be called on Monday, October 18 at 12: 01 a.m. An agreement on a new contract needs to be made soon. If a contract is …

Staff (2021-10-14). Venezuela Points Finger at Iván Duque for the Murder of Venezuelan Children—VP Rodríguez to File Complaint with International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Office of the Attorney General has blamed the government of Iván Duque for the murder, on October 8, of two young Venezuelans, one of them a minor, in the municipality of Tibu in the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia | Tarek William Saab offered a press conference this Tuesday, October 12, to speak about the actions that the Attorney General's Office will take, and assured that justice will be demanded for the events in question. | "We speak about the existence of structural violence against Venezuelans in that country, provoked by the anti-Venezuelan discourse that predominates within the po…

Staff (2021-10-14). Now Joined by Zimbabwe, Friends in Defense of UN Charter Adopt Political Declaration (Illegal Sanctions). orinocotribune.com Among other agreements, member countries of the Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter agreed to safeguard the principle of national sovereignty and ensure compliance with the general principles that govern the international trading system, according to information released by Venezuela's ministry of foreign affairs. | Within the framework of the 60th anniversary of the inaugural conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Belgrade, the second meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter was held this Wednesday, October 13. A total of 19 countries participated, following…

David DeGraw (2021-10-14). National Security Alert: Thousands of U.S. Special Forces and Combat Troops Discharged as Total Force 'Vaccination' Decimates Military Readiness. globalresearch.ca

Walden Bello (2021-10-14). Zionism's Bete Noire: Richard Falk's Passage to 'Positive Public Notoriety'. fpif.org Richard Falk is universally regarded as one of the top minds when it comes to international law. Yet his views are not only unwelcome in establishment circles, but even among many left-leaning liberals. | Falk was once the darling of liberals, someone whose left-of-center views were seen as important in "balancing" conservative and centrist views in debates, seminars, and TV programs. He was, in short, one of the establishment's favorite critics of American foreign policy. | That is, until he crossed several red lines. The most consequential of these red lines was moving from abstract legal critiques of Israel's…

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