(2021-09-21). Thursday 9/23: National Day of Action to Shut Down Detention Centers. indybay.org In-person actions; or join in phonebanking and/or Twitter storm…
(2021-09-21). Enthusiastic response to fight against Australia's anti-democratic election laws at SEP public meeting. wsws.org "We are defending much more than the right to mark the SEP on an election ballot. We are defending the democratic and social rights of the entire working class," Eric London tells online meeting.
(2021-09-21). The Freedom to Vote Act: Another capitulation to the Republican assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The new bill kneels to the demands of right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin while failing to reverse the most serious Republican attacks on voting rights.
(2021-09-21). Thursday 9/23: National Volunteer Mobilization Call for Reproducitve Rights w/ Planned Parenthood. indybay.org Online/virtual call to action webinar…
(2021-09-21). Republicans blocking desperately needed pandemic relief for the world's poor. zcomm.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…
(2021-09-21). The Right to Clean Air in Jakarta. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | It seems utterly beyond debate but acknowledging legal rights to clean air has assumed the makings of a slow march over the years. The 1956 Clean Air Act in Britain arose from the lethal effects of London's 1952 killer smog, which is said to have taken some 12,000 lives. The Act There is certainly no shortage of advocates for…
(2021-09-21). New Report On US' Illegal Sanctions; A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming. popularresistance.org One of President Biden's first statements included an intention to review the United States' sanctions, which are actually unilateral coercive measures, to determine if they 'unduly hinder' the ability of targeted countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. That review, to be conducted by the US Treasury and State Department, has not been made public, if it has been done at all. The Sanctions Kill coalition conducted its own report on "The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions," which was released last week. Clearing the FOG speaks with two of the authors, John Philpot and David Paul, about what sanctions ar…
(2021-09-21). Anguished Lyricism: the Poetry of the Tortured. counterpunch.org "If it works, why do we need to do it 183 times?" — Dianne Feinstein, Senate Intelligence Committee on Torture Last year, I filed a FOIA to obtain the poetry of Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) and Abu Zubaydah (AZ). I was in earnest. The illustrious and toolishly necessary New York Times, along with London's equivalent
(2021-09-20). Israel re-captures last two escapees of Gilboa prison; Palestinians continue solidarity protests. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians are opposing the Israeli administrative detention policy under which prisoners are kept behind bars for long durations without charge or trial. They are also protesting the recent punitive measures imposed after six prisoners escaped Gilboa prison…
(2021-09-20). The "United States" isn't a Nation, it's a Terrorist Organization. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Sep 16, 2021 | The idea that the United States represents an actual nation is a myth designed to comfort us in the face of the horrifying reality we on this continent are living out. This is a reality where an entire landmass has been illegally annexed, and put under an occupation which continues throughout the vast majority of Native territory. A reality where this occupation is used to perpetuate a matrix of inhumane detention centers and militarized police state subjugation of this continent's African population, as well as against the brown indigenous peoples from south of the arbitraril…
(2021-09-20). UN Expert Releases Full Report on Impact of U.S.-led Sanctions Against Venezuela. mronline.org 
Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan reiterated her call for sanctions relief, stating they undermine Venezuelans' human rights.
(2021-09-20). As US sanctions loom over Ethiopia, who is the real target? peoplesdispatch.org An executive order by Joe Biden makes way for sanctions on all main parties fighting in northern Ethiopia. However, diplomatic positions taken by the US make it evident that the primary target is the Ethiopian federal government, and not the TPLF which has been accused of multiple massacres and human rights violations…
(2021-09-20). Texas Abortion Doctor: "When We Ban Abortion, It Doesn't Stop the Need for People to Access Abortion" democracynow.org 
We look at the attack on reproductive rights in the United States, as the Department of Justice sues Texas over a new law that bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy. The law makes no exception for rape or incest and allows anyone in Texas to sue patients, medical workers or even a patient's family or friends who "aid and abet" an abortion. "What we see time and time again is when we ban abortion, it doesn't stop the need for people to access abortion," says Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a staff physician at Planned Parenthood Center for Choice in Houston, Texas.
(2021-09-20). Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians. middleeasteye.net 
Think Facebook's review will fix alleged Israeli bias? Not so fast, say Palestinians | A report by the tech giant's oversight board was 'unexpected' for digital rights advocates, who wonder whether the company will follow the recommendations | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 09: 00 | A woman uses social media on her mobile phone to support Palestinian protests at the Israel-Gaza border, in Gaza City 14 April 2018 (Reu…
(2021-09-20). 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/…
(2021-09-20). 'An Atrocity': Poor Go Without as Rich Nations Set to Let 100 Million Covid Vaccines Rot. commondreams.org "Status quo protection of the intellectual property rights of profiteering pharmaceutical companies will not save us from this pandemic."
(2021-09-20). The Weekly Round-up: Discriminatory policing, online privacy and puberty blockers. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news: This week saw the Government's controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill undergo its second reading in the House of Lords. The proposed legislation, which would broaden police powers, enable the extraction of more information from mobile phones and impose harsher sentences for assaults on emergency workers, has drawn strong criticism for its predicted discriminatory impact. …
(2021-09-20). Venezuela Takes Centre Stage at Heated CELAC Summit in Mexico. venezuelanalysis.com The organization voiced its "rejection" of US-led sanctions and promised greater action against climate change and for better Covid-19 vaccine access.
(2021-09-20). The Lesson Nicolás Maduro Gave to His Counterparts at CELAC. libya360.wordpress.com Laila Tejaldine The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, emerged stronger from his participation in the VI Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Despite the more than 400 sanctions against Venezuela, despite the 2 assassination attempts against President Nicolás Maduro, despite the formation of the Lima Group to overthrow the Constitutional…
(2021-09-20). Twenty Years In A Security State: The CIA's Torture Business After 9/11. thedissenter.org 
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was asked in July 2002 if he wanted to be trained in "enhanced interrogation techniques." He was on…
(2021-09-20). Twenty Years In A Security State: CIA Goes Into The Torture Business. thedissenter.org (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was asked in July 2002 if he wanted to be trained in "enhanced interrogation techniques." He was on…
(2021-09-20). After Defeat in Afghanistan, Can US Envision a Future of Peace? commondreams.org "President Biden has the authority and power to permanently close Guant√°namo Bay, turning it from a living symbol of torture and injustice to a historical warning to future generations."