(2021-09-21). U.S. leads multinational airborne exercise in Netherlands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Airmen jump alongside NATO partners during Falcon Leap 21 U.S. Airmen from various organizations within U.S. Air Forces Europe — Air Forces Africa participated in Falcon Leap 21, a multinational parachute training exercise led by the Dutch air force at several military installations in the Netherlands. During the exercise, U.S. forces conducted a series …
(2021-09-21). Saturday 10/16: March for Reparations to African People: One year after the murder of George Floyd. indybay.org Oakland's march will begin at Snow Park (Harrison St & 19th St, Oakland, CA 94612) at 11: 00am…
(2021-09-21). Can poor countries succeed in vaccinating their population? peoplesdispatch.org Public outcry in South Africa helped force Johnson & Johnson to retain the vaccines produced in the country for domestic use instead of being shipped to Europe. The Indian civil society has initiated a similar effort as the Global South looks for alternatives…
(2021-09-21). Egypt: Mohamed Hussein Tantawi who ruled after Mubarak's fall dies. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Mohamed Hussein Tantawi who ruled after Mubarak's fall dies | Tantawi, a veteran of Egypt's politics and wars, served as Egyptian defence minister for 21 years | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 10: 24 | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi mourned Tantawi's death and sent his condolences to his family (AFP) | Former Egyptian army chief Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who briefly ruled Egypt after the…
(2021-09-21). Sudan says thwarted coup attempt linked to Bashir regime. middleeasteye.net 
Sudan says thwarted coup attempt linked to Bashir regime | Senior military officers said a group of officers were involved in the coup attempt but failed on Tuesday morning | Tue, 09/21/2021 – 08: 15 | Sudanese and Egyptian armed forces take part in the 'Guardians of the Nile' joint military drill in the Um Sayyala area, northwest of Khartoum, on 3 May 2021 (AFP) | Sudanese authorities sai…
(2021-09-21). As US Sanctions Loom Over Ethiopia, Who is the Real Target? libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Photo: Courtesy KUNGU AL-MAHADI ADAM An executive order by Joe Biden makes way for sanctions on all main parties fighting in northern Ethiopia. However, diplomatic positions taken by the US make it evident that the primary target is the Ethiopian federal government, and not the TPLF which has been accused of multiple massacres…
(2021-09-21). Turkish combat drones to be used in Western Sahara after Karabakh, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Morocco receives 1st Turkish Bayraktar TB2 delivery: Reports Morocco has received the first units of Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs)… **** The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) ordered a total of 13 such drones, according to the reports. **** The deal comes during regional tensions and at a time the Maghreb country …
(2021-09-21). Moscow will pay close attention. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As the Kremlin paid close attention to Turkey shooting down its military aircraft and destroying its anti-aircraft batteries in Syria, murdering its allies and contractors in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, selling combat drones to kill Russian speakers in Donetsk and Lugansk, participating in the Sea Breeze and Rapid Trident U.S.-NATO war games in Ukraine, building …
(2021-09-21). Sudan Military Claims It Thwarted Coup Attempt. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | An attempted coup was thwarted in Sudan, spokesman for the country's armed forces, Taher Abu Haga, said on a state television broadcast."It turned out to be a failure. The people must resist it," al-Mayadeen was quoted as saying by a representative of the Republic's Transitional Sovereign Council. He added that the tanks blocked the road to the Omdurman Bridge in Khartoum next to the parliament, now the situation is under control. | ÿ±ÿ¶ÿßÿ≥&yu…
(2021-09-20). US Citizens Must Stand in Solidarity with Chavista Revolution (Orinoco Tribune Interviews Rainer Shea). libya360.wordpress.com Orinoco Tribune In the US, a working-class revolution and the rule of the proletariat "can only happen through an incremental deconstruction of US imperialism worldwide," said Rainer Shea in a recent conversation with Orinoco Tribune. "The dismantling of the US empire is going to happen on the peripheries." During a discussion with Orinoco Tribune editor…
(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…
(2021-09-20). The Myth of American Exceptionalism: From the Beginning. towardfreedom.org Within U.S. social movements, American Exceptionalism increasingly has been used to explain the ideology that guides U.S. interventions around the world and against domestic colonized populations, such as African and Indigenous peoples. This essay seeks to examine the roots of this ideological framework.
(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…
(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.
(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.
(2021-09-20). Food and the struggle for Africa's sovereignty. mronline.org 
How early post-independence clarity on the link between food self-sufficiency and national sovereignty offers lessons for contemporary efforts.
(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.
(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…
(2021-09-20). Algeria: Macron apologises to abandoned Harki fighters. middleeasteye.net 
Algeria: Macron apologises to abandoned Harki fighters | Many Harkis, Algerians who fought for France in the Algerian War, were massacred as the country's new masters took brutal revenge post-independence | Mon, 09/20/2021 – 08: 22 | Harki veterans take part in an official ceremony in front of a war memorial in Arles, on 25 September 2011, during national Harki day (AFP) | French Presiden…
(2021-09-20). Remembering Damon Thibodeaux, Who Survived Death Row. aclu.org 
I first met The Damon I met that day at Angola was beaten down and almost defeated by injustice and hardship. His childhood had been tough: He was raised by an impoverished single mother who loved him but could not protect him from…
(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…
(2021-09-20). Declaration of the VI Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC. libya360.wordpress.com The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), aware of the importance of this mechanism for consultation, unity and political dialogue that includes the thirty-three countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, based on historical ties, the shared principles and values of our peoples, mutual trust between our governments, respect for differences, the need…
(2021-09-20). Bringing the State Closer to People: 25 Years of Kerala's 'People's Plan'. libya360.wordpress.com Vyshakh T Photo: T M Thomas Issac/Facebook The Left Democratic Front (LDF) of the south Indian State of Kerala, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), came to power for the second consecutive time in April this year, securing 99 out of 140 seats in the State Legislative Assembly. This victory broke a 40-year-old…
(2021-09-20). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. HAVANA — It started in 2016. U.S. officials in…
(2021-09-20). The Lesson Nicolás Maduro Gave to His Counterparts at CELAC. libya360.wordpress.com Laila Tejaldine The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, emerged stronger from his participation in the VI Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Despite the more than 400 sanctions against Venezuela, despite the 2 assassination attempts against President Nicolás Maduro, despite the formation of the Lima Group to overthrow the Constitutional…
(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…
(2021-09-20). After Sept. 7: Bolsonaro's Record Disapproval. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Deslandes A survey by Datafolha, the research institute linked to Folha de Sà£o Paulo newspaper, shows that President Jair Bolsonaro's disapproval rating has reached a record high. 53% of Brazilians surveyed consider him either poor or very bad, up two points from the record level reached during the last survey, conducted in July. The…
(2021-09-20). Morgan Stanley: Expect Stocks To Fall 20 Percent In Destructive Outcome For Bull Market. moguldom.com Some deteriorating market indicators and the end of major pandemic relief programs suggest a coming plunge of more than 20 percent in U.S. stocks as the economy returns to a more normalized pace. The transition could be rougher than many expect, according to Morgan Stanley, which is considered more bearish than most Wall Street strategists. In …
(2021-09-20). LETTER FROM READER — Re: Pathology of GOP is Frighteningly Evident in its Lionization of Navy SEAL Killer Eddie Gallagher. covertactionmagazine.com A truly disgusting figure. You may be interested in the way Canada dealt with a unit that 'went rogue' in Somalia. After it was proven that a boy had been"executed" by the Regiment the unit was disbanded and is not revered, in fact if it is spoken of at all, it is with shame…
(2021-09-20). Tunisian political parties release statement urging judiciary, military to uphold the constitution. peoplesdispatch.org Five political parties in Tunisia issued a joint statement on Friday, September 17, calling upon the military and the judiciary to respect the country's constitution and uphold the rule of law. The Republican Popular Union Party, Alirada movement party, Popular Will Party, Amal wa 'Aamal movement and Wafa movement in the statement said that the recent developments in the country had confirmed their fears following the president, Kais Saied's declaration of emergency, and enactment of Article 80 in July. | The statement comes amid weekend-long protests in the capital Tunis to denounce the president's actions, dema…