G. Dunkel (2021-09-25). New York solidarity with Zimbabwe. workers.org 
On the eve of the opening of the United Nations' General Assembly in New York City, the Brooklyn-based December 12th Movement organized a Pan-African support rally Sept. 18 with the theme: "Zimbabwe will never be a colony again." Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, won its independence in 1979 in a . . . |
Gary Olson (2021-09-25). Decolonizing Minds, Including My Own, About U.S. Capitalist State Settler Colonialism. dissidentvoice.org 
The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and looting of the East Indies, the turning of Africa into a warren for the hunting of black skins, signaled the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production. These idyllic …
Pia Sarkar (2021-09-25). 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines. zcomm.org "No one is safe unless we are all safe." That message was repeated throughout the day to world leaders assembled at the UN, as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus…
Anonymous669 (2021-09-25). French Service Member Killed In Mali During Clashes With Militants. southfront.org 
File image. | On September 24, the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France announced that a French service member had been killed by militants in Mali. | The fallen service member was identified as Corporal Maxime Blasco from the 7th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins, the French Army's elite mountain infantry force. | In a statement, the Ministry of Armed Forces said that Balsco was a part of a unit deployed to a forested area near Mali's border with Burkina Faso on a mission to track down a suspected militan…
Rick Rozoff (2021-09-25). Sweden forges military bloc against Russia with NATO neighbors Denmark, Norway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Sweden, like Finland now a NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner, supplied combat troops for NATO's war in Afghanistan and warplanes for NATO's war against Libya. Sweden to deepen military ties with Norway, Denmark, Swedish TV reports Sweden will sign a defence cooperation agreement with Norway and Denmark this week to counter a deteriorating security situation in …
teleSUR- lvm, JL (2021-09-25). Pdte. de México pide a Israel extradición de Tomás Zerón. telesurtv.net Este viernes un juez federal negó a Tomás Zerón, un amparo contra la orden de aprehensión por los presuntos delitos de tortura y desparición forzada de los 43 normalistas.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-25). 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…
MEE, agencies (2021-09-25). Tunisia: More than 100 officials resign from Ennahda Party over leadership. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: More than 100 officials resign from Ennahda Party over leadership | Officials say the party is isolated and has failed to form a common front against President Kais Saied's actions | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 10: 38 | Ennahda has been the most powerful party in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution and the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (AFP) | More than 100 prominent officials…
teleSUR (2021-09-24). Africa Urges UN Member States To Fight Social Inequalities. telesurenglish.net During their speeches at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, African Presidents emphasized the need for the world to unite in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and social inequalities. | RELATED: | "As the first female president in the history of my country, the burden of expectation to deliver gender equality is heavier on my shoulder," Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu…
Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Where Flowers Find No Peace Enough to Grow. dissidentvoice.org 
Milwa Mnyaluza 'George' Pemba (South Africa), New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, 1977. On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance. …
_____ (2021-09-24). Black Alliance For Peace Condemns Biden Administration's Order To Deport Haitians. popularresistance.org When a white Fox News reporter used a drone to film the thousands of Haitian and other Black asylum seekers camped beneath a bridge spanning the Rio Grande and linking Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuña, in the Coahuila state of Mexico, he immediately (and deliberately) brought a stereotypical image of Black migration: That of the teeming, African hordes, ready to burst the borders and invade the United States. Such images are as cheap as they are racist. And, typically, they erase the larger question: Why are so many Haitians at the U.S. border? | But before that question could be addressed, the Biden administration…
Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). EU/NATO deploy Georgian troops to Central Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com National Guard squad traveled to Central Africa The platoon of the 8th rotation team of the Georgian National Guard has left for the European Union-led military training mission (EUTM RCA) in the Central African Republic . Georgian peacekeepers Deputy Commander of the Georgian Defense Forces, Brigadier General Irakli Chichinadze, Commander of the National Guard, Brigadier …
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). France Opens the Sahel-Saharan Front Against Wagner. libya360.wordpress.com Putin..the new African champion LONDON — France is doing everything it can to prevent Russia's Wagner Group from gaining positions of influence in the Sahel-Saharan region. While the new military council in Mali insists on signing an agreement with the group, Paris is pushing the leaders of the countries in the region to show their…
Museum of African Diaspora (2021-09-24). Tuesday 9/28: Community Resilience: COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Black Community (MOAD). indybay.org Online via Zoom…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). International Lawyers Challenge the African Union to Revoke "Israel's" Observer Status. libya360.wordpress.com Robert Inlakesh A group of international lawyers and researchers have launched a legal complaint with the African Commission on Human and People's rights, in order to have "Israel's" observer status in the African Union (AU) revoked. A group of international lawyers and researchers have launched a legal complaint with the African Commission on Human and…
Staff (2021-09-24). Headlines for September 24, 2021. democracynow.org Haiti Envoy Resigns over Mass Deportations, Blasts "Catastrophic" History of U.S. Interventions, Immigrant Rights Activists Demand an End to ICE Jails on Day of Nationwide Action, CDC Dir. Walensky Approves Pfizer Boosters for High-Risk Workers, Overruling Agency Panel, South African and Bolivian Presidents Highlight Global Vaccine Inequity at UNGA, Guyana's President Calls Out Disproportionate Effects of Climate Crisis on Small Island Nations, EPA Slashes Use of Industrial Chemicals Widely Used in Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, House Approves Increased $768 Billion Pentagon Budget, Rejecting Bids to Rein In Mi…
sputniknews (2021-09-24). Ex-Police Officer Convicted of George Floyd's Murder Appeals Verdict, Reports Suggest. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder of African American George Floyd, has filed an intent of appeal to the court regarding his verdict, the media reported on 24 September.
Conn Hallinan (2021-09-24). Looking Back: 50 Years of Foreign Policy. counterpunch.org For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy, mostly America's, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of countries like Turkey, China, India, Russia and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time
Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Where flowers find no peace enough to grow: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
On 13 July 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a landmark resolution on the prevalence of racism and for the creation of an independent mechanism made up of three experts to investigate the root cause of deeply embedded racism and intolerance.
_____ (2021-09-24). African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'. commondreams.org
Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-24). Algeria closes airspace to Moroccan planes as relations continue to deteriorate. peoplesdispatch.org Relations between the two countries have been souring for the last couple of years. One month before closing the airspace, diplomatic ties between the countries had been terminated…
Darío Machado Rodríguez (2021-09-24). Uruguay — El papelazo de Lacalle. globalizacion.ca A México fue Cuba, bajo el signo de la comunión latinoamericana y caribeña con el auspicio fraternal del presidente de ese hermano país Andrés Manuel López Obrador y con la plena disposición de apoyar la revitalización de la CELAC, en…
teleSUR (2021-09-24). WHO Director-General Nominated for Second Term in Office. telesurenglish.net Tedros has been at the helm of WHO since 2017, and his tenure has been marked by the 19 months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. | He had previously served as Ethiopia's minister of health and chancellor. | RELATED: | It is the first time a candidate to head the UN health agency has not been nominated by his home country. The director general for the next five years will be elected at WHO's annual ass…
Anonymous103 (2021-09-24). As Ethiopian War Set To Intensify, 'International Community' Remains Divided And Impotent. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for SouthFront. | As the war grinds on in northern Ethiopia, the respective sides are preparing for an escalation in the fighting as the dry season approaches. Although international efforts to persuade the belligerent parties to call an immediate ceasefire have intensified, the irreconcilable differences between the permanent members of the Security Council means that nothing positive can be expected from that quarter in the foreseeable future. In the absence of determined international action aimed at increasing the pressure on the leadership of the main…
sputniknews (2021-09-24). US Judge Orders Facebook to Turn Over Deleted Posts That Promoted Hate Toward Rohingya People. sputniknews.com A District of Columbia judge has ruled that Facebook must turn over deleted posts made by Myanmar officials encouraging hate towards the Rohingya people to the Gambian government.
Nicky Reid (2021-09-24). Afghanarchism: What American Radicals Can Learn From the Pashtuns. counterpunch.org There is a narrative commonly held by observers in the west that the Afghans are a people defined by perpetual warfare. Like many stereotypes, this one comes with a cornel of truth. After all, the people of Afghanistan just got done throttling the bare hind quarters of the greatest empire Satan ever devised for the
Kenya Elliott (2021-09-24). Congress lets racist cops off the hook as police reform talks end in failure. liberationnews.org 
Police reform negotiations conducted by members of the House and Senate have officially ended without advancing any legislation in a striking example of Congress' failure to meet the demands of the people. Last summer's uprising had clear demands — the defunding of police, more community and mental health services, and for resources to go to …
_____ (2021-09-24). Biden At The United Nations Forgets What War Is. popularresistance.org Joe Biden, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, told world leaders Tuesday: "I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the United States not at war." | According to the latest available White House war report, the U.S. was involved in seven wars in 2018: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Niger. The U.S. withdrew last month from Afghanistan, so the number of current U.S. wars is likely six. Likely because in an age of so-called counter-terrorism operations it's not entirely clear where U.S. forces are deployed. | U.S. involvement, for instance, in Niger cam…
sputniknews (2021-09-24). Hunter Biden Asked for $2 Mln From Democratic Donors to Help Unfreeze Libyan Assets: Report. sputniknews.com The newly revealed emails are reportedly unrelated to those on Hunter Biden's purported laptop found at a repair shop in Delaware in 2019 and which indicated that Joe Biden was apparently engaged in his son's business dealings overseas during his tenure as US vice president.
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). Barbados: Prime Minister Addresses United Nations General Debate, 76th Session. libya360.wordpress.com Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Civil Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21-27 September 2021).
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). Is Brazil About to Face a Military Coup? Brian Mier on Brazil's March Towards Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod Brazil, the world's fifth-largest country, is at a political crossroads. Heading into next year's presidential elections, the country's 211 million people are faced with choosing between social democrat and anti-imperialist Lula Da Silva (president between 2003 and 2010) and far-right populist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But many are worried they will not even be…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). Honduras: From Repressive Dictatorship to Participatory Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Enrique Alberto Flores Lanza A proposal to get out of the worst social, economic and political crisis of our recent history. REFOUNDATION AND SOCIAL CONSENSUS. In Honduras every citizen who enjoys freedom of conscience, and submits to the force of reason, agrees on the need to end the opprobrious and repressive Dictatorship of Juan Orlando…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-24). How the CIA Tried to Overthrow New Zealand's Progressive Labor Government by Stoking White Racial Rage Against the Indigenous MƒÅori Population. libya360.wordpress.com Murray Horton David Lange with the 1985 nuclear-free bills. [Source: stuff.co.nz] The effects of this poisonous coup attempt—cooked up at Langley more than 30 years ago—had lingering consequences which exacerbated income equality, stifled economic growth and undercut human rights. [This article is part of our series on the CIA and its dark history.—CAM Editors] Back…
Ana Perdigón (2021-09-24). Opposition Politicians Repudiate Colombia's Expropriation of Monómeros. orinocotribune.com Leaders of the National Assembly (NA) elected in 2015 sent a letter to the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, to express their disagreement with the control measures over the Venezuelan company Monómeros. | The letter was signed by Juan Pablo Guanipa (of PJ, Primero Justicia, the Justice First party), Nora Bracho (UNT, Un Nuevo Tiempo or A New Era), Piero Maroun (AD, Acción Democrática or Democratic Action) and Alfonso Marquina (PJ). The politicians, against the will of former deputy Juan Guaidó, denounced Colombia's Superintendency of Corporations for disrupting industry and generating distorted and malicious in…
WSWS (2021-09-24). American capitalism normalizes mass death. wsws.org The daily death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 2,000 people dying in the United States every day, is being treated as the "new normal."
Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-24). US lawmaker proposes bill to formalize US policy towards Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org The bill comes a day after the US congress approved USD 1 billion additional funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, despite proposals to cut its military aid to Israel…
news.un (2021-09-24). South Sudan 'determined to never go back to war'. news.un.org South Sudan is "ready to turn a new page" towards greater peace, development and prosperity, Vice-President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior said in her speech in the UN General Assembly on Friday.
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Illustrative Image | One of the important topics for discussion on the UN General Assembly was the situation in Mali, where local authorities were left alone with the terrorist threat after France's decision to end Operation Barkhan and withdraw its troops. | The Malian authorities have turned to Russia, one of Paris ' main competitors in Africa. | On September 25th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that Mali had addressed one of the Russian private military companies to assist in the fight against terrorism, noting that the Russian government has nothing to do with this issue."They appealed to a…
Illustrative Image | Written by A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE's initiative that led three other Arab countries to also formalise their relations with the Jewish state will prove to be correct in the medium and long term. | UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed laid out the strategic assumptions underlying his establishment of diplomatic relations, as well as its tim…
With the terrorist-fighting government of Mali in talks with a private Russian military firm, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov to bluntly stay out of Africa, allegedly calling it "our place." | The modern EU bureaucracy may seem light years away from the rapacious colonial powers of olden Europe, but geopolitics seemingly still reigns in Brussels, with the fight this time over influence in the troubled West African nation of Mali. With Mali's military-ruled government struggling to quell a wave of jihadism, and France on the cusp of withdrawing its forces from the region, th…
Baghdad condemns Iraq-Kurd forum in Erbil promoting normalisation with Israel | The federal government says event is 'illegal,' while powerful Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr urges authorities to 'arrest all the participants' | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 16: 27 | The event in Erbil was the first of its kind in Iraq and attended by more than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders (Wikimedia) | Baghdad has co…
Israel normalisation: Bennett to meet UAE, Bahrain ministers in New York | The meeting will mark the first time Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has met with Gulf leaders since taking office earlier this year | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 22: 18 | The flags of US, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on 15 September 2020 (AFP/File phot…
Palestinian Authority urges Sudan to hand over confiscated assets | Sudanese authorities took control of investments and companies accused of sending funds to the Hamas movement after president Omar al-Bashir was ousted | Sat, 09/25/2021 – 18: 41 | A Palestinian youth walks past a building that was destroyed in May during Israel's 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip, on 23 September (AFP/…