(2021-10-02). First Peoples: The First and Forgotten Slaves on Turtle Island. dissidentvoice.org 
Modern perceptions of early modern slavery associate the institution almost solely with Africans and their descendants. Yet slavery was a ubiquitous institution in the early modern world…The story of European colonialism in the Americas and its victimization of Africans and Indians follows a central paradigm in most textbooks. The African "role" encompasses the transportation, exploitation, …
(2021-10-02). [World Report] Nkengasong tipped to lead PEPFAR. thelancet.com John Nkengasong, head of Africa CDC, is to be nominated to head PEPFAR, the US Government's global HIV/AIDS response programme. Paul Adepoju reports.
(2021-10-02). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Diversity in bone marrow transplantation is gift of life for their mom. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Only 20% of minorities are able to find a match when they require a transplant. But for one African American mom of five, finding that match meant the gift of life. _______________________________ Family is everything to Felicia Curtis. Family is the reason the mother of five from Gainesville, Florida, knew she had to fight when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2017. She was 20 weeks pregnant with her youngest child. Over the next several months,…
(2021-10-02). [Correspondence] COVID-19 research in LMICs — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Ivan Sisa and colleagues for their comments on our Correspondence,1 but we still worry about the marginalisation of scientific production from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Indeed, these nations usually have scarce public resources to invest in science and, consequently, tend to produce fewer indexed publications compared with high-income countries (HICs). However, such metrics restrict the understanding of academic production to the accrual of articles in English-speaking scientific journals based in HICs and, therefore, to an imperfect appraisal of the impact of their discoveries and…
(2021-10-02). ISIS Terrorists Burned Down Egyptian Military Drone That Crash Landed In Sinai (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | ISIS terrorists have burned down an Egyptian military drone that crash landed in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. | On October 1, the terrorist group's news agency, Amaq, rereleased several photos of the drone, which was identified as a Chinese-made Aisheng ASN-209. The news agency falsely claimed that the drone was armed. | The drone landed by parachute near the town of al-Tufaha, to the south of Bir El Abd city, most likely as a result of a technical failure. I…
(2021-10-02). Atlantic values: Swedish crown princess trains for next NATO war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Swedish troops killed and died in Afghanistan under NATO command. Swedish Gripen warplanes participated in NATO's war against Libya. ==== Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has always shown a great interest for the Swedish Armed Forces. At the Swedish Armed Forces' survival school, the Crown Princess was received by Chief Major Jonas Mà•nsson, who told …
(2021-10-02). Danish princes to miss out on NATO's next war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Denmark has contributed to NATO operations and missions in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. It's involvement in Bosnia included the largest Danish combat operation since 1864. ==== Prince Felix of Denmark, the second grandchild of Queen Margrethe, has chosen to stop his education at the Army's Lieutenant Training It means that Felix follows in …
(2021-10-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Treatment options for pediatric brain tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Of the many different types of pediatric brain tumors some are noncancerous, or benign, and some are cancerous, or malignant. Treatment and chance of recovery, or prognosis, depend on the type of tumor, its location within the brain, whether it has spread, and your child's age and general health. Because new treatments and technologies are continually being developed, several options may be available at different points in treatment. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Angela…
(2021-10-02). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Genetics connects family members at the hip. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Before they went through testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Barbara Domaille, Deborah Neville, Pamela Neville, and Rylie Ronnenberg thought there could be a genetic connection to the hip problems they shared. After the testing, they knew for sure. ___________________________________ As family members, Barbara Domaille, Deborah Neville, Pamela Neville, and Rylie Ronnenberg share many things in common that they treasure, and only one they wish they didn't: a hip abnormality called femoroacetabular impingement. After undergoing genetic…
(2021-10-01). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses defy unions and fines to continue one-hour wildcat stoppages over pay and understaffing; UK Rail strikes continue Sunday stoppages at ScotRail and East Midlands over pay and safety; strike by Nigerian doctors over pay arrears continues into second month despite union saying it is willing to suspend the action…
(2021-10-01). Israel Has Not Earned an African Welcome. counterpunch.org "I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity." Though he tenaciously believed in African unity, the African liberation struggle and its social and economic freedom, with these words legendary Pan-Africanist, Thomas Sankara spoke of a world community, one that transcended the narrow confines of birth and gender, of
(2021-10-01). Cape Verde Continues Violating Ambassador Alex Saab's Human Rights. orinocotribune.com At the request of the United States, Alex Saab, the Venezuelan diplomat, has been illegally detained in Cape Verde since June last year. The Venezuelan official's legal team denounced that he "is still being held under an oppressive regime of house arrest, without the medical attention he urgently needs." | According to a press release from Alex Saab's defense team, Cape Verde continues to violate the court order to transfer the diplomat, kidnapped on the island of Sal since June 2020, for health reasons. | The Barlovento Court, on the northern island of San Vicente, granted permission on August 31. In a statemen…
(2021-10-01). Jihadists Versus Jihadists In Nigeria's Bloody Lake Chad Region. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-01). Turkey Prepares To Withdraw 2,000 Syrian Mercenaries From Libya, Monitoring Group Warns Of Fake Pullout. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Turkish intelligence has ordered some 2,000 Syrian militants deployed in Libya to prepare to return to their country, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on September 30. | The decision to withdraw the militants, who fought as mercenaries for Turkey's allies in Libya, came ahead of the December 24 Libyan general election which is expected to give the war-torn country its first president and parliament in years. | According to the SOHR, around 7,000 Turk…
(2021-10-01). Protesters in Sudan Demand Exclusive Civilian Control of Transitional Government. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch (Photo: Sudanese Communist Party) Following a failed coup attempt last week, political parties in Sudan have accused the military of trying to take full control of the transitional government formed in 2019. The transitional government is made up of both civilian and military members Denouncing what they called a bid by the military…
(2021-10-01). The Imprint of an Insurrectional Past: A Conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina Mario Sanoja and Iraida Vargas (Escuela Venezolana de Planificación) Two eminent anthropologists talk about Venezuela's history and its relation to the present. Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja are not detached social scientists, indifferent to what they investigate. Instead, their work in anthropology and archeology is overtly engaged, seeking to link Venezuela's history…
(2021-10-01). Video: Samidoun on normalization campaigns and Palestinian and Arab resistance. samidoun.net Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, appeared on Press TV's "Spotlight" program on 30 September 2021 to discuss the official Bahraini U.S.-backed normalization deal with the Israeli regime. She joined Palestinian commentator and analyst Lamis Andoni on the program. Watch the video: Both guests discussed the role of U.S. imperialism […] | The article
(2021-10-01). Abstractions also Liberate with Anna Kornbluh. mronline.org 
Anna Kornbluh joins Money on the Left to discuss the politics of form and literary realism as theorized in her provocative book, The Order of Forms: Realism, Formalism, and Social Space (University of Chicago Press, 2019). In The Order of Forms, Kornbluh lays bare the problematic "anarcho-vitalist" underpinnings of neoliberal discourse which, she argues, also inform much critical theory and left critique.
(2021-10-01). Sudan: Large protests against military rule reflect deepened political crisis. middleeasteye.net 
Sudan: Large protests against military rule reflect deepened political crisis | Sudanese demonstrators flocked on trains to the capital Khartoum on Thursday to call for ending military power over the transitional government | Fri, 10/01/2021 – 15: 52 | Sudanese protesters cheer as they greet fellow demonstrators upon their arrival on a train from Madani to join a rally in support of a civilian-led…
(2021-10-01). Protestors demand civilian-led democratic transition in Sudan and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at mass protests in Sudan to demand a civilian-led democratic transition, the blocking of medical supplies to Venezuela by Portuguese bank Novo Banco, and more…