Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-02: News Headlines

John Scales Avery (2021-09-02). Lies About How the Attack on Afghanistan Started. counterpunch.org The mainstream media, including the BBC, do not tell us the true story of how Afghanistan was invaded by the United States and its allies. Here is an article by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies about the invasion of Afghanistan. As revealed in the article, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, in an undamaged part

_____ (2021-09-02). Afghanistan Collapse Reveals Beltway Media's Loyalty To Permanent War State. popularresistance.org 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 defense of the military's desire for an indefinite presence in the country.

Project Censored (2021-09-02). Dave Lindorff and Dan O'Connell. projectcensored.org In the first segment, journalist Dave Lindorff shares the little-known story of Ted Hall (1925-1999), a teenage science prodigy who worked on the WWII Manhattan Project, then shared his atomic secrets with the USSR, to ensure that the US wouldn't be the world's only possessor of nuclear weapons. Lindorff is producer on an upcoming documentary film that addresses this fascinating untold history. Then Dan O'Connell and Scott Peters speak about their new book, In the Struggle, a collection of writings by scholars who helped fight for the betterment of California farmworkers and farming communities. | Notes: | Dave L…

The Global Research Team (2021-09-02). The Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine: Censorship of Official Figures and Health Risks. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | The Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is "experimental" and "unapproved". There is a worldwide upward trend in vaccine deaths and injuries. | In a bitter irony, the official figures are the object of censorship both by the governments and the media. …

Gregory Elich (2021-09-02). The Balkan Project Washington Wants to Derail. counterpunch.org As work nears completion in the first phase of an ambitious project in Montenegro to develop a highway that will connect the Adriatic port of Bar with Serbia, Western officials and mainstream media are ramping up attacks on the endeavor. Western commentators are united in condemnation, ranging from fear-mongering over China's role to disparaging the plan's viability. Consistently, they dismiss it as "the highway to nowhere," implying foolishness on the part of Montenegro and presenting it as a cautionary tale on the dangers of doing business with China. The theme fits neatly within the framework of Washington's c…

Children's Health Defense (2021-09-02). AP Breaks with Mainstream Media Narrative: Time to Retire 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated' Sound Bite. globalresearch.ca

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-09-02). Alienation: How the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Become Poorer. anchor.fm In this episode, I have on my homie Ramiro, aka Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez on Youtube, and also the host of Unmasking Imperialism a show that is dedicated to unmasking the propaganda of US Imperialism. We discuss the economic theories of Marx such as Alienation: the separation of one laborer from the products of their own labor, its value, and its use. We also discuss Surplus Value, Class Struggle, and things such as the wealth gap and how it became so massive. I hope you'll enjoy the show! | Ramiro's stuff: | www.youtube.com/c/RamiroSebasti%C3%A1nF%…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-02). 'Propaganda': US-led Coalition Denies Links To Supply Convoys Being Attacked In Iraq. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The US-led coalition has denied any links to the supply convoys which are being attacked by pro-Iranian forces in Iraq on a regular basis. | On September 1, The spokesman went on to claim that the targeted supply convoys were in fact carrying military equipment supplied to Iraqi government forces as a part of the U…

Edward Curtin (2021-09-02). The Incantational Bewitchment of Propaganda. "Once upon a Time, People Sat Together and Talked" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-09-02). We are living in the hell Ronald Reagan made. therealnews.com Last month marked the grim anniversary of one of the darkest days in American labor history. Forty years ago, President Ronald Regan crushed a strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), fired over 11,000 federal workers, and declared "open season" on the labor movement. In the years that followed, replacing striking workers became a commonplace practice in the private sector, union membership declined to historic lows, the wealth and power of the 1% exploded while real wages for most workers have remained stagnant, despite workers in the US being more productive than ever. The…

Manuel García, Jr. (2021-09-02). Confessions of a Secret Controlled Demolitions Special Operative for 911. counterpunch.org An insane person knows they are sane and the rest of the world is crazy, and that is why it should be feared. A truly sane person knows they are crazy and the rest of the world is sane, and that is why it should be feared. I have learned from experience that the best

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-02). Czech Republic to host "theatre-realistic," live-fire drills with U.S., other NATO allies. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Czech Republic Hosts Multinational JTAC Exercise Ample Strike Ample Strike 2021, the traditional Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) exercise will take place in the Czech Republic offering theatre-realistic training scenarios for eight Allies. For the eighth consecutive time the Czech Republic will host the multinational live-fly/live-firing exercise Ample Strike….JTACs and aircraft the Czech Armed Force …

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Anonymous103 (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…

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Dana Sanchez (2021-09-01). Snoop Dogg Invested In DAO-Builder Syndicate's $20 Million Round: What Is A Decentralized Autonomous Organization? moguldom.com Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) had a bumpy start but participation by Snoop Dogg in a funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz may be proof that mainstream investors are climbing on board. Using cryptocurrencies, DAOs allow people around the world to pool funds. They're a way to lock up funds on a …

Rod Driver (2021-09-01). The Problems with Patents: Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth. globalresearch.ca

Rod Driver (2021-09-01). The Problems With Patents. zcomm.org Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth…

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2021-09-01: News Headlines

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Anonymous103 (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…

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Yasmeen Afghan (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.

Rod Driver (2021-09-01). The Problems with Patents: Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth. globalresearch.ca

Rod Driver (2021-09-01). The Problems With Patents. zcomm.org Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth…

Anonymous103 (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…

Gareth Porter (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 …

Chandra Muzaffar (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

Staff (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…

Jean Wyllys — Julie Wark (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…

Fight Back (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…

West Resendes (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…

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