(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 8: Kabul is a spooky town now. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 4: 'Every knock at the door sinks my heart. I feel they have come to kill me'. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 1: 'Anger, fear, helplessness'. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 2: 'Silence in Kabul scarier than bomb blasts'. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). August 15th Fall Of Kabul Is US Empires' Final Moment As Suez Canal Crisis Was UK's. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Simon Ndiritu | Introduction: | If August 2021 will be remembered for anything in history, it will be the US defeat in Afghanistan, as signified by the fall of Kabul or 15th or the departure of the last troops on 31st. The US humiliation and withdrawal is in line with a series of events that have taken place indicating social economic decay in the country. However mainstream geopolitical observers have conveniently ignored or are induced to look the other way. The international media is…
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 3: 'Instead of granting amnesty, Taliban should instead ask us for amnesty'. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 6: One week of Taliban occupation. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). Kabul Diaries Part 5: Before the Taliban Occupation — Anecdotes from Kabul University. greenleft.org.au The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author's real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.
(2021-09-01). The Problems with Patents: Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-01). The Problems With Patents. zcomm.org Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth…
(2021-08-31). EU Thinking A Strategy To Curb Mass Migration Of Afghan Citizens. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe European continent is not ready for a new mass migration and the effects of the uncontrolled influx of Afghans could be devastating. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The problems arising from the Afghan crisis seem to be endless. In addition to the security crisis, increased violence, diplomatic tensions and political instability, a huge wave of migration threatens the entir…
(2021-08-31). Afghanistan collapse reveals Beltway media's loyalty to permanent war state. thegrayzone.com Biden's popular and long overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan triggered a big media meltdown that exposed its de facto merger with the military. In the wake of a remarkably successful Taliban offensive capped by the takeover of Kabul, the responses of corporate media provided what may have been the most dramatic demonstration ever of its fealty to the Pentagon and military leadership. The media did so by mounting a full-throated political attack on President Joe Biden's final withdrawal from Afghanistan and a …
(2021-08-31). Humiliating Defeat in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org The mainstream Western media is full of news these days about people fleeing Kabul in the wake of the Taliban victory. Dramatic pictures of young and old scrambling to get on to jam-packed aeroplanes do make a huge impact. The message they convey is that a collective fear has gripped the Afghan people as they
(2021-08-31). Clash Between Venezuelan and Colombian Military Occurred in Venezuelan Waters (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com 
A clash between the Venezuelan and Colombian military that went viral on social media platforms this past weekend occurred in Venezuelan waters. Despite this, private corporate media circulated the fallacy that Venezuela's military violated Colombian territory. | The viral video showed how Bolivarian National Guards were doing a routine inspection of a Colombian vessel that had crossed the border. At that moment, a third boat appeared, carrying Colombian military personnel, and tried to slip through and thus avoid a rigorous inspection. Meanwhile, the individuals who were the subjects of the inspection harassed t…
(2021-08-31). Brazil, Amazon, World: Fake News and the Social Contract. counterpunch.org Fake news, disinformation, hate speech, post-truth, conspiracy theory, various forms of denialism, and the barefaced lies of politicians all come together as something like the ideational hallmark of neoliberalism. There are many lies, of many kinds, but there has to be a container where they all coexist comfortably. And this is neoliberalism's enormous lie that, if we make "the" (as if there were only one) market free, it will run everything. Law trammels the freedom of the market as does the idea of a social contract. A contract requires that the parties tell the truth, and the idea of democratic government imp…
(2021-08-31). Chicago march of reactionaries and fascists marks 'renewed independence' of Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On Sunday, August 29, there was a parade commemorating the 30th anniversary of the "renewed independence" of Ukraine. While this may at first glance seem to be no threat to labor, progressives and anti-racists, the true character of the event is revealed by the Nazi-coded language used in a letter written by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America inviting other Ukrainian organizations to participate. | So who is the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America? It's basically the Ukrainian version of the pro-Nazi German-American Bund. It was founded in 1940 to conduct propaganda in the U.S. in…
(2021-08-31). Safe and Healthy Schools Lead With Support, Not Police. aclu.org As schools begin to reopen for the new school year, students like J.W. are dreading the return to hallways patrolled by police officers who are trained and ready to detain, handcuff, and arrest students. | After being bullied in his Texas high school one day, J.W., a 17-year-old Black student with emotional and intellectual disabilities, had an outburst and tried to use a coping strategy in response — going to the "chill-out" room. This is an approach that students with disabilities use to help self-regulate their emotions and avoid escalation. When J.W. found the chill-out room occupied, he had a fallba…