(2021-09-18). Asesinan a guardia indígena en departamento del Chocó, Colombia. telesurtv.net Se trata de un exgobernador de un resguardo perteneciente al pueblo Emberá Eyabida, defensor de los derechos de su comunidad.
(2021-09-18). Biden administration detains more than 200,000 immigrants along US-Mexico border last month. wsws.org The Biden administration has started deporting families on "expulsion flights" to southern Mexico, where they are usually loaded onto buses by police and taken back to Central America.
(2021-09-18). The Heat: Guantanamo Prison. america.cgtn.com 
The notorious U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of men were detained by America for years without charge or trial, is still open after almost 20 years? In the weeks and months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in …
(2021-09-18). Xinjiang residents dismiss 'Uygur Tribunal' allegations of human rights. ecns.cn Dozens of residents in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have joined government officials in dismissing accusations of human rights violations in the region. Allegations of a genocide were made at a so-called "Uygur Tribunal", which finished its second hearing in the UK on Monday.
(2021-09-18). El Salvador: Bitcoin Machines Burned And Thousands Take The Streets. popularresistance.org Workers, students, union and peasant organizations, feminist groups, human rights activists, and even judges took to the streets on Wednesday in El Salvador. It was the country's largest mobilization in decades. | Among the issues being protested were the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele's decision to double the number of military troops under the pretext of fighting violence and crime. In reality, it's about gaining support and surrounding himself with the armed forces. | In addition, Bukele's Bitcoin law has been widely rejected by people all over the country. The law makes Bitcoin legal tender across the coun…
(2021-09-18). Avenging Lt. Col Schneider: Six ISIS Terrorists Killed In Russian Airstrikes On Central Syria. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | On September 17, six terrorists of ISIS were killed in central Syria as a result of airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The London-based monitoring group said that the Russian airstrikes targeted hideouts and vehicles of ISIS in the following areas: | The Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle. | The outskirts of the town of Resafa in the southern country…
(2021-09-18). More Than 20 Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib As Militants Continue To Launch Attacks (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
An Su-24 taking off from Hmeimim air base in 2015. IMAGE: Russian Ministry of Defense | On September 18, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out more than 23 airstrikes on militants' positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the airstrikes took place as follows: | Ten airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the towns of Baluon and Mashoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. | Four airstrikes targeted the town of al-Bara…
(2021-09-18). 'A Certain Terror': A White Male Perspective on Being an Ally. commondreams.org Allowing the IMF to issue $1.5 trillion in special drawing rights would save countless lives and wouldn't cost U.S. taxpayers a dime.
(2021-09-18). Saturday 10/2: Women's March Sacramento: Mobilize & Defend Reproductive Rights. indybay.org Sacramento, CA: location w/ route details TBA | Masks required. Follow current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-09-18). Monday 9/20: LatinX Communities & the Equal Rights Amendment (Part 1). indybay.org Livestream on Instagram…
(2021-09-18). First Person: A life dedicated to indigenous rights in Brazil. news.un.org For almost 30 years, Brazilian activist Joenia Wapixana, has been fighting for indigenous land rights and against "institutionalized discrimination" in Brazil. In a special interview with UN News, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, she says it's time to dedicate more resources to this fight.
(2021-09-18). Monday 9/27: LatinX Communities & the Equal Rights Amendment (Part 2). indybay.org Livestream on Instagram…
(2021-09-18). Hezbollah-Brokered Iranian Fuel Arrives In Crisis-Hit Lebanon. popularresistance.org The first of several truck convoys carrying Iranian fuel has arrived in Lebanon from Syria, a Hezbollah spokesperson told Al Jazeera — a shipment intended to help ease crippling fuel shortages amid a dire economic crisis. The first shipments of the fuel, carried by two convoys totalling 40 trucks according to Hezbollah's Al Manar television channel, arrived in Lebanon on Thursday. The fuel delivery has been portrayed by the Iran-linked Lebanese group as a huge boost to the cash-strapped country. However, the shipments violate United States sanctions imposed on Iranian oil sales and have gotten a mixed respo…
(2021-09-18). Iran: New Member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. dissidentvoice.org 
On 17 September 2021 Iran became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). It is an extraordinary achievement and new beginning for US and western sanction-badgered Iran. On the occasion PressTV interviewed Peter Koenig on what this move might bring for Iran. See the transcript below. PressTV: Iran is finally a member of …
(2021-09-18). New Research At Harvard Shows Psychological Harms Of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Last. indybay.org PHYSICAL HARMS OF THE PROCEDURE * Extreme Pain and Torture of the Procedure * Children Strapped Down or Restrained Creating Additional Trauma * Severe Bleeding Leading to Hemorrhagic Shock * Infections Septicemia and Even Death are Possible and common * Reduced Sexual Pleasure and Fulfillment * Painful Scars * Repeated Tears…
(2021-09-18). Grief and Anger after UAE Soldiers Torture and Kill Yemeni-American Student Trying to Visit Family. orinocotribune.com 
Dhamar, Yemen, Sep 14 — As his hope that the Sana'a International Airport will be reopened has faded, smiley-faced Abdulmalek, a grad…
(2021-09-17). Activists denounce AUKUS alliance as a possible new Cold War and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the military pact signed between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States; the sanctions against the leaders of Guinea's military junta announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); the fines imposed against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in the US state of Minnesota for violating environmental laws; and the growing agribusiness sector in Brazil as deforestation in the Amazon reaches record levels.
(2021-09-17). Hunger Strike Erupts in Notorious Florida Jail as Haitians Fight Deportation. truthout.org 
A mass hunger strike has reportedly erupted in a notorious immigration jail in Florida, where Haitian immigrants are demanding to be released rather than deported to the island nation already reeling from a deadly earthquake and violent political crisis. | The Glades County Detention Center is run by a local sheriff in Moore Haven, Florida, and incarcerates immigrants under a federal contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At least 100 people are staging a hunger strike at th…
(2021-09-17). Legal observers sue the NYPD over assault and detention at Bronx Protest. mronline.org 
Police violated the constitutional rights of National Lawyers Guild observers during racial justice protests in Mott Haven, a new lawsuit alleges.
(2021-09-17). Now on Newsom's desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif. — By the time the California legislature wrapped up its 2021 legislative session at the end of last week, the state Senate and Assembly had sent some 900 bills to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk for signature, on a broad range of issues from social justice to housing, environment, education, workers' rights, health care …
(2021-09-17). Stopping the new Cold War with China, before it's too late. peoplesworld.org 
The Biden administration has been described as potentially transformative, equaling Lyndon B. Johnson's years and possibly even rivaling Franklin D. Roosevelt's tenure. While it's still early, such comparisons may not be far off, considering the possible impact of pending environmental, infrastructure, voting, and labor rights legislation. If they become law (and at this stage that's …
(2021-09-17). Australia Continues Plunge Into Authoritarianism And Military Brinkmanship. popularresistance.org People who just started paying attention to Australian authoritarianism during Covid often get the impression that it's entirely about the virus, but as we discussed previously the actual fundamental problem is that Australia is the only so-called democracy without any kind of statute or bill of rights to protect the citizenry from these kinds of abuses. This is why Australia is looked upon as so freakish by the rest of the western world right now: because, in this sense, it is. People call it a "free country", but there has never been any reason to do so. | Covid has certainly played a major role in the exacerba…
(2021-09-17). The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless: Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast and the Northeast by extreme weather events and in the West by a stunning fire season; and an …
(2021-09-17). US Civil Rights Leader Applauds Police Chokehold Ban, Urges Congress to Move on Floyd Act. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Barrington M. Salmon – The US Justice Department's decision to ban law enforcement from using chokeholds is a welcome step but more needs to do be done to curb police violence against Black people, including the passage of the George Floyd Act, National Urban League CEO and former New Orleans Mayor, Marc Morial, told Sputnik.
(2021-09-17). Saturday 10/2: Women's March San Francisco: Community March for Reproductive Justice & Rights. indybay.org Begins at Grove St. and Hyde St. near Civic Center Area, then march down Market Street to end at Embarcadero Plaza (NO RALLY) | **Masks Required**; WMSF COVID pandemic resources page: womensmarchsf.org/resources-cv19…
(2021-09-17). The Time to Act Is Now: President and Army Corps of Engineers Must Halt Line 3. commondreams.org Following the new U.S.-E.U. pledge, climate campaigners called for an urgent end to fossil fuel extraction and major reforms of agricultural practices. | Toxic pipeline permits ignore Indigenous rights, climate and clean water concerns.
(2021-09-17). Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic. counterpunch.org Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast and the Northeast by extreme weather events and in the West by a stunning fire season; and an economic crisis in which millions are being cut off from
(2021-09-17). Sunday 10/3: The Fight Continues for Abortion Rights! indybay.org 1101 El Camino Real | Redwood City, CA | corner of El Camino and Jefferson near Old Navy…
(2021-09-17). UN Considers Lifting Some Sanctions, Removing Taliban From Terrorist List. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for exceptions in the sanctions regime against the Taliban in order to facilitate interaction with them. | Asked if he considers it appropriate at some point to exclude the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations, Guterres noted that the organization's member countries will decide when the right moment will come. | At the same time, the official recalled that he advocates a flexible approach and pointed to precedents in the past."As you…