2021-09-20: News Headlines

Fight Back (2021-09-20). SDS at Texas A&M demands takedown of Confederate statue. fightbacknews.org College Station, TX – On September 16, Students for a Democratic Society at Texas A&M University held a protest against the continued presence of a Confederate statue on their campus, racial profiling in the surrounding community, and how TAMU continually fails to meet the needs of Black students on campus. | Roughly 60 students, faculty and community members demonstrated in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, calling for it to be taken down. Protesters chanted, "Hey, ho, ho, Sully Ross has got to go!" | Amorae' Shamberger, from the organization Round Table Talks, spoke about her experiences as an Africa…

WSWS (2021-09-20). COVID-19 vaccine inequality: 75 percent of doses administered in just 10 countries. wsws.org Vaccination rates are by far the lowest in Africa, where around 39 million or 3 percent of the continent's 1.3 billion population have been fully vaccinated.

Rainer Shea (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…

ecns.cn (2021-09-20). China-donated vaccines arrive in Kenya amid intensified pandemic fight in Africa. ecns.cn Senior Kenyan government officials on Saturday received a batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses from China as the East African nation ramps up inoculations for high-risk populations against the virus, saying they would reinvigorate the pandemic fight in the country.

ecns.cn (2021-09-20). Vaccine inequity mars global COVID-19 vaccination drive: Indian media. ecns.cn At a time when the United States has approved COVID-19 booster shots, just 3.5 percent of Africans are vaccinated, The Hindu reported on Sunday.

Staff (2021-09-20). Indian Civil Society Urges Johnson & Johnson to Stop Exporting Indian-Made Vaccines to Rich Nations. democracynow.org More than a dozen civil society groups in India have written an open letter to Johnson & Johnson and the U.S. government, urging the pharmaceutical giant to cancel export of Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine doses to rich countries and instead focus on distributing them in the Global South. "The 600 million doses that Johnson & Johnson is manufacturing currently … in India should go where the vaccines are most needed, which is the Indian subcontinent, the African continent and the COVAX Facility," says public health activist Achal Prabhala, who co-authored the letter and is coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, whi…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-20). Military Situation In Libya On September 20, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 20, Libyan National Army Mi-8 and Mi-25 helicopters collided and crashed during a military operation south of Benina airport. All crew of the Mi-8 helicopter were killed and the crew of Mi-24 helicopter was survived | On September 19, Mohammed Menfi, the Head of the Presidential Council set off for New York City to participate in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, which is set to discuss, in part, the latest developments in Libya | MORE ON THE TOP…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-20). 'Operation Enduring Slavery': Afghan Women Betrayed and Shunned by UN, ICC. libya360.wordpress.com Aninda Dey Besides USA and NATO, the United Nations and the International Criminal Court are equally responsible for leaving Afghan women in the lurch after the Taliban takeover. Fully aware of the crimes committed against them by the Taliban, these global bodies have done nothing but pass resolutions expressing concern about women and reiterating their…

Rod Driver (2021-09-19). The Violence of Colonialism and the Exploitation of Africa. The Myth of Independence. globalresearch.ca

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-09-19). Why Do the African People Oppose Big Pharma's Experimental Injections? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-19). Likely Assassination Of United Nations Chief Happened 60 Years Ago. popularresistance.org United Nations -The United Nations is considering reopening its investigation into the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed then-U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjà∂ld after new evidence of possible foul play emerged. | The U.N. General Assembly put the case back on its agenda in March at the recommendation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after more than half a century of speculation that the Swedish diplomat's plane was either sabotaged or shot down. | Mr. Ban's recommendation came after a report by the independent Hammarskjà∂ld commission, formed in 2012 with the participation of South African jurist Richar…

Rod Driver (2021-09-19). The Violence of Colonialism and the Exploitation of Africa. zcomm.org Many African nations are ruled by leaders backed by the US, Britain or France, or constrained by IMF/World Bank/WTO policies…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-19). Ukraine: Pentagon to "train combat credible Army forces in Europe" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rapid Trident exercise in Ukraine U.S. Army Europe and Africa will participate in exercise Rapid Trident 21 from Sept. 20 through Oct. 1 at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Rapid Trident 21 is a Ukrainian-led, U.S. Army Europe and Africa assisted annual exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allied and partner nations, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-19). Colombia Further Isolated After CELAC Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Ivan Duque's increasingly isolated narco-regime has expressed contempt for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) following today's 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government. Colombia, notably absent from Saturday's meeting, had blocked the Summit's declaration in the latest sign of discord with the rest of the region. A press…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-19). Latin American and Caribbean Leaders Approve Historic Agreement at CELAC Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The VI Summit of the Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Mexico City on Saturday, September 18 and concluded with the approval of a 44-point declaration. The historic summit saw the participation of 31 countries and the presence of several important leaders, such…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-19). Libyan Army Says Two Of Its Helicopters Collided, Crashed South Of Benghazi. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On September 19, two helicopters of the Libyan National Army (LNA) collided midair and crashed in the area of Masus to the south of Benghazi city in northeastern Libya. | Brigadier Milad Al-Zawi, a spokesman for the LNA Special Forces, said that the helicopters were carrying out a "military operation" when the accident took place. | "The helicopters crash claimed the lives of Brigadier General, Pilot Bouzid Labarasi, and Corporal Milad al-Asaibi, while the crew of the other helicopter survived," the spoke…

_____ (2021-09-19). Jail Killer Drone Operators Instead Of Drone Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org For decades the U.S. has been murdering innocent civilians, including U.S. citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Mali and who knows where else. Not one person in the military has been held accountable for these criminal acts. Instead, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale is sitting in prison with a 45 month sentence. | The August 29, 2021 deaths of ten innocent civilians, including seven children, in a family compound in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan by a hellfire missile fired from a U.S. military drone has brought the U.S. assassination program into massive public view. The photos of the blo…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-19). Northeastern Syria: US Helicopters Moved Iraqi, Saudi & Tunisian Terrorists Out From SDF Prison. southfront.org File image. | US helicopters transported dozens of ISIS terrorists from a prison run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the city of al-Qamishli in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah to a US base located in the governorate's southern countryside, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on September 19. | Citing local sources, the state-run agency said that around 60 terrorists were transported by two US military helicopters from the prison, known as Nafkar, to al-Shaddadi base. | "Most of the terrorists…

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