(2022-09-07). Russia Says Western Countries Not Living Up to Their End of Grain Deal. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Western countries were not living up to their end of the UN-brokered grain export deal that unlocked Ukraine's Black Sea ports. One part of the agreement was to help facilitate the export of Russian grain and fertilizer, which has been impeded due to Western sanctions. US …
(2022-09-07). Putin slams US sanctions, calls them threat to entire world. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the 'sanctions fever' instigated by the so-called collective West is a threat to the whole world.
(2022-09-07). Chiquita to trial for financing terrorism in Colombia. colombiareports.com American food giant Chiquita Brands will face trial for financing terrorism in Colombia in the 1990's and early 2000's, according to victim representatives. In a press statement, human rights NGO…
(2022-09-07). NT Labor conference passes three motions to close Don Dale. greenleft.org.au Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would. Stephen W Enciso reports.
(2022-09-07). The Weekly Round-up: Truss to review workers' rights; drive for recruitment in health and social care; storm overflows and damage to rivers. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news Liz Truss has been confirmed as the new prime minister. She is expected to freeze energy bills at approximately £2, 0 a year and to provide a £400 universal handout. She has reportedly ruled out the idea of a windfall tax on oil companies, which was proposed by Labour. She is apparently considering …
(2022-09-07). Mo: Netflix series shows complex, painful, comic sides of an immigrant's life. wsws.org Unlike a good many films and television programs at present that aim at capturing social reality, Mo proceeds in a vivid, multifaceted, compassionate manner, devoid of self-pity or self-conscious gloom.
(2022-09-07). Indígenas en El Salvador exigen reconocimiento de sus derechos. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las organizaciones sociales el "Día Internacional de la Mujer Indígena", se celebra en pro de que los Estados parte de la ONU generen acciones vinculados con la protección de los pueblos originarios…
(2022-09-06). US needs to abandon making excessive demands in talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Th Iranian Government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi has called on Washington to give up making excessive demands in nuclear talks and stressed the need for giving concrete assurances to Iran on lifting of sanctions.
(2022-09-06). We Need a New "Church Committee" to Curb Massive Intelligence Agency Criminality Ranging From Illegal Surveillance to Torture and Assassination. covertactionmagazine.com Russia-Gate and CIA ties to Ukrainian death squads, along with killer drone program and worldwide surveillance apparatus, necessitates new investigations of U.S. intelligence agencies modeled after the Church Committee hearings of 1975. The year 1975 was designated "the year of intelligence," a season of inquiry into America's spy agencies and their abuses. Senator Frank Church …
(2022-09-06). PSL Editorial — Energy crisis shows urgent need to end sanctions on Russia. liberationnews.org 
Workers are now paying the price for politicians' extraordinarily reckless approach to the war in Ukraine, facing soaring heating costs as the winter months approach amid an already-extreme wave of inflation.
(2022-09-06). Tens of thousands in Prague say no war, sanctions. workers.org 
Some 70,000 people, according to police — and 120,000 per organizers' estimate — marched in the Czech capital, Prague, on Sept. 2 to protest the Czech Republic government's participation in the NATO-backed war in Ukraine against Russia. Under the slogan, "Czech Republic first," the demonstrators objected to the sanctions against . . . |
(2022-09-06). NATO's Crime Against Libya Is Having Blowback, Causing the Russia Sanctions to Further Harm Europe. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea  ; Sep 1, 2022 | Eleven years ago, when the U.S. empire committed one of its most recent great crimes by bombing Libya into becoming a failed state, the
(2022-09-06). 'End Energy Sanctions Against Russia Because We Are on Our Knees': Italy's Salvini Breaks Ranks. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-06). Financial crisis in European energy markets. wsws.org The Swedish government announced at the weekend announced it would provide up to $23 billion in credit for utility companies, a decision resulting from the moves by the G7 powers to escalate sanctions against Russia.
(2022-09-06). From Coast to Coast: Open Letter by Anarchist Prisoner Toby Shone. popularresistance.org I've previously written about the need to recreate an Atlantic bridge, based on international revolutionary solidarity and reciprocal knowledge, that moves towards affinity and direct action in support of our imprisoned comrades. Since then, I was recently visited by a comrade from Anarchist Black Cross Philadelphia here at the G4S facility in which I'm held. G4S is originally an American company, Wackenhut, which has pioneered the private prison and security industry all over the world. As part of our discussion between the comrade from ABC Philadelphia and myself, we spoke of the need to prevent our groups and…
(2022-09-06). Unions warn new British PM Truss of 'fierce resistance' if she targets workers. peoplesworld.org 
LONDON (Morning Star)—Unions warned Liz Truss Monday that she faces "fierce resistance" if she attacks workers' rights after entering Downing Street. Truss came under intense pressure to drop her campaign rhetoric to slash workers' rights as soon as she was announced as the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest. She also faced fresh demands …
(2022-09-06). The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New. tomdispatch.com Has the Trump Supreme Court gone rogue? The evidence mounts. Certainly, its recent judicial blitzkrieg has run roughshod over a century's worth of settled law. A woman's right to get an abortion? Gone (at least as a constitutionally protected civil right). Meanwhile, voting rights are barely hanging on, along with the 1965 Voting Rights Act that gave them life. State legislatures, so the court ruled, may no longer rein in the wanton availability of firearms and so the bloodshed will inevitably follow. Climate catastrophe will only get closer as the Supremes have moved to disarm the Environmental Protection Agency…
(2022-09-06). One year on the Freedom Tunnel: Palestinian prisoners leading the resistance. samidoun.net 
Historic Palestinian prisoner escapes Inside prisons: confronting the occupier The Freedom Tunnel and the resistance Internationalism and the Freedom Tunnel The Freedom Tunnel Prisoners Mahmoud al-Ardah Mohammed al-Ardah Yaqoub Qadri Munadil Naf'at Ayham Kamamji Zakaria Zubaidi Samidoun statements on the Freedom Tunnel Today, 6 September, marks the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Tunnel, when six …
(2022-09-06). Iran Rejects Accusations Against Venezuelan—Iranian Crew. orinocotribune.com Once again, Iran has rejected the accusations leveled at the Iranian-Venezuelan crew detained in Argentina since June 8. | The five Iranian crew members and the fourteen Venezuelans have been confined to the Plaza Canning Desing hotel in Argentina, without any justification from the Argentinian justice system. They were working aboard a plane which belongs to EMTRASUR, a Conviasa subsidiary. | Iran has emphasized that it continues with its diplomatic efforts t…
(2022-09-06). Texas prison abolitionists confront the state. workers.org Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) about issues affecting those incarcerated in Texas. TBCJ is in charge of nearly 1 ,000 imprisoned people. The families and friends of these people went to . . . |
(2022-09-06). Liz Truss Premiership and the Middle East: Set to Put Money Over Human Rights and Democracy. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-06). On Joe Biden, FDR, and the Promise of Labor Day. commondreams.org If there is any day on which it is important to remember the connection between defense of democracy and defense of the labor movement—and social and economic rights more generally—it's Labor Day.
(2022-09-06). Chicago demands city pass Bodily Autonomy Sanctuary City Ordinance now! liberationnews.org 
The Bodily Autonomy Sanctuary City Ordinance would extend and codify the current executive order, ensuring that the Chicago Police Department and other agencies cannot aid other jurisdictions in carrying out the arrest or criminalization of individuals from other states with restrictive laws who travel to Chicago seeking abortions, gender affirming care or other bodily autonomy…
(2022-09-05). Gas Pipeline Closed Until Sanctions Against Russia Gone-Peskov. telesurenglish.net "The problems in deliveries arose due to the sanctions that have been imposed on our country and a number of companies by Western countries, including Germany and the UK," a Kremlin spokesman said. | Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Western sanctions against Russia have a detrimental effect on the operation of Nord Stream 1. Sep. 5, 2022.