Daily Archives: October 17, 2021

2021-10-17: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-10-17). Politicians, Journalists and Lawyers to put War on Terror 'on Trial' at People's Tribunal. orinocotribune.com Politicians, lawyers and journalists are to put the war on terror "on trial" at a people's tribunal next week, ahead of Julian Assange's latest extradition hearing. | The second round of hearings of the Belmarsh Tribunal will see left-wing figures including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, veteran anti-war activist Tariq Ali and Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa "hold the US accountable for its war crimes." | The event was launched last year by Progressive International, with the first hearings held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | It is inspired by the famous 1966 people's tribunal on the Vietnam…

Newsclick (2021-10-17). 15% tax on Corporates: Moral victory for developing countries but little else. peoplesdispatch.org Professor Biswajit Dhar of India's Jawaharlal Nehru University talks about the recent agreement among close to 150 countries to impose a minimum of 15% tax on big corporates…

Maurizio Coppola (2021-10-17). The fascist assault on a union in Italy: Some thoughts. peoplesdispatch.org On October 9, during a demonstration against the government's measures to limit the spread of the pandemic, right-wing nationalist forces attacked the headquarters of the major union CGIL in Rome. What lies behind that assault and how can it be framed?

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-17). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-17). 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…

Hamilton Nolan (2021-10-17). Dollar General Workers Stare Down Historic Union Vote. zcomm.org With little national attention, a Connecticut Dollar General store could soon help unions crack a vital low-wage industry…

_____ (2021-10-16). US Writes Belarus Into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script. popularresistance.org Minsk, Belarus — Quietly, the U.S. national security state is turning up the heat on Belarus, hoping that the ex-Soviet country of 9 million will be the next casualty of its regime-change agenda. This sentiment was made clear in President Joe Biden's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Biden announced that the U.S. would pursue "relentless diplomacy" finding "new ways of lifting people up around the world, of renewing and defending democracy." The 46th president was explicit in whom he meant by this: "The democratic world is everywhere. It lives in the anti-corruption activists, the human…

Amah Mutsun Land Trust & UCSC (2021-10-16). Saturday 11/6: Settler Colonialism is a Sickness: How Federal Indian Health Failed Native Women. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

WSWS (2021-10-16). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Ola and Uber drivers demonstrate in Tamil Nadu; Thai garment workers demand unpaid wages; Australia: Light rail drivers impose bans in Sydney…

scorinoco (2021-10-16). Mapping Faultlines: The Dilemmas of Non-Alignment. orinocotribune.com By NewsClick — Oct 14, 2021 | Newsclick's Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the history and legacy of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which marks 60 years this year. He explains the role NAM played over the decades, especially in strengthening the force of decolonization. He also analyzes the challenges before the group today. | Featured image: Former Prime Minister of India, Ja…

Brenda Norrell (2021-10-16). 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.

Subodh Varma (2021-10-16). In just one year, Indians are paying almost 50% more for cooking gas. peoplesdispatch.org Meanwhile, prices for petrol and diesel have risen by 26% and 31% across the four metros. These hikes are due to the Narendra Modi government's relentless increasing of the excise duty on petroleum products…

Simar Singh Bajaj, Lucy Tu, Fatima Cody Stanford (2021-10-16). [Perspectives] Superhuman, but never enough: Black women in medicine. thelancet.com Historically, Black women have long been disregarded in the USA. The Three-Fifths Compromise of the US Constitution discounted Black women as only "part" of a human being, to be counted for congressional representation and direct taxation but nothing more. Even in prominent social justice movements, Black women have been excluded. Racism and elitism were embedded within the 19th-century and early 20th-century US women's suffrage movement, which prioritised white women over voting rights for all women.

Cira Pascual Marquina (2021-10-16). The imprint of an insurrectional past: a conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja. mronline.org Two eminent anthropologists talk about Venezuela's history and its relation to the present.

Editor (2021-10-16). Why the climate movement needs the working class. mronline.org The scale of the climate crisis has driven a new generation of radical young activists to demand "system change, not climate change".

Editor (2021-10-16). Protest works! Turkish political prisoner is freed on bail but still faces trial with over 100 other leaders and activists of the left-wing HDP. mronline.org PETER TATCHELL and ERIC LEE shine a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey's biggest mass trials.

The Lancet (2021-10-16). [Editorial] Malaria vaccine approval: a step change for global health. thelancet.com On Oct 6, WHO announced that it will be recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate-to-high Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Malaria has ravaged people's lives for centuries; today the burden falls disproportionately on children in tropical regions. 229 million cases were recorded in 2019, and 409‚Äà000 people lost their lives, two-thirds of whom were younger than 5 years and living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Editor (2021-10-16). Mike Healy: 'Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism'. mronline.org Healy's exquisite book applies several recent frameworks of alienation to two groups of workers—IT workers and academics.

Editor (2021-10-16). The curious case of Haitian pigs and Canadian imperialism. mronline.org Pigs and Canadian imperialism. Most people would have difficulty understanding the connection. But for many Haitians the relationship is a historical memory.

sputniknews (2021-10-16). Another Day, Another Blunder: Psaki to 'Choose Words More Carefully' After Ethics Watchdog Complaint. sputniknews.com Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an ethics watchdog, slammed Jen Psaki's comments from the White House podium as appearing to violate the Hatch Act, which forbids officials from using their "official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election".

_____ (2021-10-16). What We Know About The RCMP's Resource Extraction Protection Unit. popularresistance.org The RCMP's "Community-Industry Response Group" (C-IRG) could also be described as a resource extraction protection unit. It's militarized responses to land defenders at Fairy Creek, Wet'suwet'en, or, most recently, Gidimt'en Checkpoint, have demonstrated which side of "community" versus "industry" the group is on. Here's what we know: | According to the RCMP: | "The Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) was created in 2017 to provide strategic oversight addressing energy industry incidents and related public order, national security and crime issues." | The RCMP adds: "The C-IRG uses a measured approach in fa…

_____ (2021-10-16). Localization: Taking Climate Action Beyond The COP. popularresistance.org As the world looks towards COP26 for climate action, a newly launched guide shows individuals, communities and policymakers how to make a real hands-on difference in their own localities. | Created by international nonprofit Local Futures, the Guide features no less than 146 actions that can help reduce emissions, pollution, consumption and waste, while strengthening local communities and economies. They include everything from growing organic food and moving your money, to setting up farmers' markets, community investment funds and co-operative businesses. They also include suggestions for those with an eye to p…

Staff (2021-10-16). CNE Meets European Union Chargé d'Affairs in Caracas (Borrell's Interventionist Comments). orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 15, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Pedro Calzadilla, met with the charge d'affaires of the European Union mission in Caracas, Rafael Dochao. Dochao was summoned by the Venezuelan national electoral body as part of the efforts to breach the impasse caused by the interventionist statements made by the EU High Representative for External Relations, Josep Borrell, on October 8. | As the CNE informed through a press release, during the meeting, Calzadilla ratified the CNE's efforts to maintain the EU electoral observation mission, which had been formally agreed o…

WSWS (2021-10-16). International Youth and Students for Social Equality demands the immediate reinstatement of Bright Sheng. wsws.org The IYSSE calls on the university administration to retract the slanders against Professor Sheng and immediately invite him to return to the classroom from which the distinguished artist should have never been removed.

Staff (2021-10-16). Survivors of Medical Abuse at ICE Jail in Georgia Are Still Waiting for Justice. truthout.org A year has passed since The federal complaint made international headlines after advocates filed it with the…

Julia Conley (2021-10-16). 'Striketober' in Full Swing as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages. zcomm.org "You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions"

WSWS (2021-10-16). UK-European Union conflict over Northern Ireland Protocol amid spiralling national tensions. wsws.org Preparations are already being made in Europe for a trade war should Britain reject the EU's proposals and trigger Article 16.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-16). S'bu Zikode: Food Sovereignty from the Perspective of the Urban Poor. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Abahlali baseMjondolo president S'bu Zikode speaking to members of the movement. Photo: Abahlali baseMjondolo Presentation by S'bu Zikode to the United Nations Food Systems Summit: A Critical dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on 16 September 2021 On the occasion of World Food Day and the 25-year anniversary…

WSWS (2021-10-16). Online meeting: No retreat from elimination! Mobilise the New Zealand and international working class to defeat COVID-19. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group is holding an online public meeting on Saturday, October 23, at 4: 30 p.m. (NZ time) to discuss the urgent need for working people to organise a fight for a scientific strategy to eliminate COVID-19 nationally, and eradicate the deadly virus globally.

_____ (2021-10-16). Community Guards: Self-Protection And Peoples' Autonomy. popularresistance.org An interview with the guard leaders of the Peasant, Cimarrona and Indigenous communities about the processes they have implemented since the beginning of the National Strike in Colombia. For them, self-justice goes beyond exercising authority; it means protecting their territory and the lives of those who inhabit their lands. | The National Popular Assembly (NPA) that took place on July 17—19 at the University of Valle, in Cali, was systematically targeted and sabotaged by public forces. But, the intervention of the Cimarrona, Indigenous and farmer community guards and the front-line protesters guaranteed a…

Walker Bragman (2021-10-16). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: National Monuments Restored. dailyposter.com

WSWS (2021-10-16). Widespread global participation in second school strike against COVID threat to children. wsws.org The strike received massive support globally, with the central hashtag for the event, #SchoolStrike2021, tweeted nearly 7,500 times and videos submitted from Britain, the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, Poland, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand.

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