Mir Ali Hosseini (2021-09-10). Why We Shouldn't Congratulate Biden on Afghanistan. counterpunch.org The media criticizes Biden for the wrong reasons, but it doesn't mean he should be praised. Biden's decision to pull the American troops from Afghanistan put a bitter end to his honeymoon with the liberal press. But only because the mainstream press seems to be pulling the rug from under the President's feet doesn't mean

Jonah Raskin (2021-09-10). George Jackson: His Liberating Reading List and His Legacy. counterpunch.org Are books dangerous? You bet they are. That's why there are book burners and why there is censorship of books. In the hands of readers hungry for ideas, books are weapons and tools for social change. In the hands of George Jackson, books were a lifeline to the world outside prison where he lived much

Ricardo Vaz (2021-09-10). The Three-Act Tragicomedy of the Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Vaz — Sep 8, 2021 | VA writer and editor Ricardo Vaz takes stock of the Venezuelan opposition's antics in recent years. | The history of the Venezuelan opposition since the arrival of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution has been one of gaffes, violence, infighting and shortsightedness. | While the corporate media has done its utmost to

Manuel García, Jr. (2021-09-10). Belief, Truth, Science, Religion and 9-11. counterpunch.org On 2 September 2021, CounterPunch published my article 'Confessions of a Secret Controlled Demolitions Special Operative for 911'. Some readers believe this story is entirely true, and confirms suspicions they "have always known to be true" about 9-11 being "an inside job." Other readers believe this story is a hoax, something like the Piltdown Man

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-10). Czech Republic: U.S. deploys Reapers for NATO air combat exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Multinational Aircraft Support JTAC Training During Ample Strike 2021 The multinational Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) exercise Ample Strike started with Allied aircraft taking off from bases in the Czech Republic and abroad. **** "The US MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system's (UAS) participation in this year's Czech-led exercise Ample Strike 2021 is the result of …

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-09). Ed Asner, actor and activist. workers.org Ed Asner, center, at a rally in support of striking air traffic controllers. On Aug. 29, Ed Asner passed away. To television watchers he is best known for his Emmy-winning performances as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore show and the spinoff, Lou Grant. To the progressive movement, however, . . . |

Mickey Z. (2021-09-09). Smart Dust: A Tiny Part of What They've Got Planned For You. dissidentvoice.org Thanks to corporate media, anything outside the accepted parameters of debate (e.g. CNN vs. Fox, NY Times vs. Wall Street Journal) is considered beyond the pale. Thus, when I wish to introduce you to what the transhumanists in charge have planned for you, by default, I sound like a fringe weirdo in a tinfoil hat. …

Giuseppe Fiorentino, Antonietta Coppola, Raffaele Izzo, Anna Annunziata, Mariano Bernardo, Angela Lombardi, Valentina Trimarco, Gaetano Santulli, Bruno Trimarco (2021-09-09). [Research Paper] Effects of adding L-arginine orally to standard therapy in patients with COVID-19: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial. Results of the first interim analysis. thelancet.com In this interim analysis, adding oral L-arginine to standard therapy in patients with severe COVID-19 significantly decreases the length of hospitalization and reduces the respiratory support at 10 but not at 20 days after starting the treatment.

WSWS (2021-09-09). SEP electoral members denounce Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws and urge people to join the campaign. wsws.org "Every measure being enacted now, whether it's so-called controlling of the pandemic or unemployment or housing, is bound up with increasing forms of authoritarianism."

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-09). Ed Asner, actor and activist. workers.org Ed Asner, center, at a rally in support of striking air traffic controllers. On Aug. 29, Ed Asner passed away. To television watchers he is best known for his Emmy-winning performances as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore show and the spinoff, Lou Grant. To the progressive movement, however, . . . |

Mickey Z. (2021-09-09). Smart Dust: A Tiny Part of What They've Got Planned For You. dissidentvoice.org Thanks to corporate media, anything outside the accepted parameters of debate (e.g. CNN vs. Fox, NY Times vs. Wall Street Journal) is considered beyond the pale. Thus, when I wish to introduce you to what the transhumanists in charge have planned for you, by default, I sound like a fringe weirdo in a tinfoil hat. …

WSWS (2021-09-09). SEP electoral members denounce Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws and urge people to join the campaign. wsws.org "Every measure being enacted now, whether it's so-called controlling of the pandemic or unemployment or housing, is bound up with increasing forms of authoritarianism."

Jim Hightower (2021-09-08). Protect Workers from This Heat. otherwords.org Corporate acolytes and right-wing moralists constantly preach to laboring stiffs about the uplifting dignity of work. | Of course, that's "dignity" as defined and controlled by corporate elites, not by workers, and the reward for it frequently includes on-the-job injuries — and death. Not that CEOs and well-heeled investors intend to sicken, maim, and kill thousands of laborers every year, but they certainly do put them in positions that assure such unhappy results. | For example, they demand that farm workers go sunrise to sunset picking crops in California's 105 degree desert heat, and that construction c…

Ron Forthofer (2021-09-08). Afghanistan and the US Corporate Media. counterpunch.org The Taliban's lightning fast takeover of Afghanistan was amazingly achieved with relatively little killing and bloodshed. Since the rout of the government, an entity essentially installed by the US, the Taliban has been assuring the Afghan people that its governance style will be more moderate than under its previous rule. Many people in Afghanistan are

WSWS (2021-09-08). Corporate media silent on Australia's party de-registration laws. wsws.org The near-universal lack of reporting is clearly intended to keep ordinary people in the dark about these anti-democratic laws and their far-reaching implications.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-08). Fact Check: Coup Leader In Mineral-Rich Guinea Was Trained by US Military. moguldom.com Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya, a career officer who led Guinea's special forces in a coup against the country's long-serving president, Alpha Conde, was a member of the French Foreign Legion who has been trained by other foreign militaries. Mamady said on Sunday he had dissolved the West African country's government and constitution and closed its …

Peter Koenig (2021-09-08). Agenda ID2020 of the "One World Order": The 101 to Understanding Its Implications. globalresearch.ca Foresight by Geopolitical Analyst Peter Koenig. | Incisive article published on August 17, 2020 | . | . | Agenda ID2020 — is hardly mentioned by any media, let alone the mainstream. Agenda ID2020, if carried out, is the ultimate control by a small …

Staff (2021-09-08). "Will Corporate Greed Prolong the Pandemic?": Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Global Vaccine Equity. democracynow.org Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says global vaccine inequity endangers everyone on the planet, including those in rich countries, and says the best way to solve the problem is to drastically increase production of COVID-19 vaccines. "As long as the disease is festering someplace in the world, there are going to be mutations," Stiglitz says. "So it's in our own self-interest that we get the disease controlled everywhere."

WSWS (2021-09-08). Virginia's health board moves to loosen pandemic safety rules as the state cuts unemployment benefits for thousands. wsws.org Throughout the pandemic, the Democratic Party-controlled government has consistently sacrificed the health and well-being of its population to the interests of big business.