(2021-10-07). Massive strike by steelworkers in South Africa. wsws.org More than 150,000 steel and metal workers went on strike Tuesday in South Africa, demanding substantial wage increases from the employers and vowing to stay out until they achieve this goal.
(2021-10-07). As Rich Nations Waste Doses, Most African Countries Miss 10% Vaccination Goal. zcomm.org "We have recently seen a billionaire take a healthcare worker on a journey into space. But back here on planet Earth we have millions of nurses waiting for a vaccine."
(2021-10-07). South Africa Interested In Expanding Its Military Influence Against Terrorists. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageFight against terrorism in Mozambique is becoming a military race for African states. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Terrorism is still advancing in Africa — and, on the other hand, military projects to defeat it continue to advance. Every day, terrorist militias occupy new spaces, gaining positions in cities and villages where local governments seem to have completely lost control. The situation is particularly serious in northern Mozambique, where terrorists control strategic natural reserves and accumulate re…
(2021-10-07). Americans are in a mental health crisis — especially African-Americans. Can churches help?>. salon.com Churches' mental health programs represent an underutilized resource for much-needed care in the United States…
(2021-10-07). Ethiopia: New Reports Expose Ethnic Cleansing & Illegal Arms Shipments on Commercial Flights. democracynow.org 
Amid the mounting humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government has been using the commercial airline Ethiopia Airlines to shuttle weapons and military vehicles from neighboring country Eritrea since the beginning of their civil war, according to a new CNN investigation. This comes as the United Nations estimates more than 5 million people in the country's Tigray region are now in need of humanitarian assistance in order to survive, but U.N. officials say Ethiopia's government is blocking the movement of medicine, food and fuel into Tigray. In response, Ethiopian officials expelled seven senior U.N. o…
(2021-10-07). Trial of the November 2015 French terrorist attacks opens in Paris. wsws.org There is an insoluble link between the Bataclan attacks and the French and NATO intervention in Syria and Libya since 2011.
(2021-10-07). Why the World's Eyes Are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border. counterpunch.org Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant groups, while the Taliban leadership has accused Tajikistan's government of interference. Earlier this summer, Rahmon
(2021-10-07). Jihadist Attacks In Mali Becoming The Norm As France Increasingly Abandons It. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-07). Fiscalía peruana denuncia a policías por represión en 2020. telesurtv.net Fiscalía formalizó denuncia penal contra 11 oficiales de la Policía por la presunta comisión de los delitos de homicidio agravado y otros.
(2021-10-07). Aliyev awards Azerbaijani troops for serving NATO in Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani peacekeepers serving in Afghanistan awarded —Azerbaijani servicemen acted within the NATO/U.S.-led peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Sudan from September 1999. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on awarding servicemen of the Defence Ministry on October 6, Azertag has reported. Under the order, the servicemen, who represented Azerbaijan at a high …
(2021-10-06). Headlines for October 6, 2021. democracynow.org Whistleblower Tells Lawmakers to Regulate Facebook Before It Causes More Harm, Schumer Sets Up Debt Limit Vote Amid Ongoing GOP Obstructionism, Voters Confront AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over Reconciliation Bill as She Heads Back to D.C., Missouri Executes Man with Intellectual Disability Despite High-Profile Pleas, China-Taiwan Tensions Mount as Biden Reaffirms U.S.-Sino Commitment to Diplomatic Agreement, Amnesty Says Taliban Killed 13 Ethnic Hazaras After Taking Power; Kabul Faces Winter Power Outages, U.N. Rejects Expulsion of Top Officials from Ethiopia as Millions in Urgent Need of Humanitarian Assistance, Roma…
(2021-10-06). Tunisia: Police raid opposition TV channel as more arrest warrants issued for journalists. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: Police raid opposition TV channel as more arrest warrants issued for journalists | Security forces storm studios of Zitouna channel and 'destroy equipment' days after TV presenter and MP arrested | Wed, 10/06/2021 – 10: 42 | A screengrab of the 1 October episode of the Hassad 24 programme on Zitouna TV channel, hosted by Amer Ayad (Facebook) | Tunisian security forces on Wednesday ra…
(2021-10-06). Tunisia: Opposition activist says home 'besieged' by police. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: Opposition activist says home 'besieged' by police | Jaouhar ben Mbarek has called for protests in Tunis demanding the reversal of President Kais Saied's 'coup'
| Wed, 10/06/2021 – 15: 19 | Jaouhar ben Mbarek has backed the call for a large protest in the Tunisian capital on 10 October (Facebook) | Jaouhar ben Mbarek, a
(2021-10-06). Indefinite Strike Hits South Africa's Engineering Sector. popularresistance.org The first day of the indefinite strike in South Africa's engineering sector on Tuesday, October 5, saw workers in red T-shirts hit the streets in thousands demanding a wage hike. Marches and rallies were witnessed in Kaserne, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. | In Johannesburg, thousands marched to the office of the Metals Engineering and Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), where the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) delivered a memorandum to all the employer associations in the sector. Representing 155,000 of the estimated total 300,000 workers in the sector, NUMSA is leading…
(2021-10-06). Thousands take to streets as indefinite strike hits South Africa's engineering sector. peoplesdispatch.org The strike is being led by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. The refusal by employers to address the demands for a wage hike is being seen as a betrayal by the workers who had foregone last year's wage hike to cushion the industry during the COVID-induced lockdown…
(2021-10-06). Indefinite strike in South Africa's engineering sector begins. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of workers took to the streets across South Africa demanding a wage hike in the engineering sector. In 2020, workers had agreed to forego their wage hikes in order to cushion the industry reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers were expecting that the employers would now give back to them and their families but they are refusing to.
(2021-10-06). Mossad Abducted Iranian General From Syria To Uncover Fate Of Missing Israeli Air Force Navigator. southfront.org 
Ron Arad, by the Israeli Air Force, via The Times of Israel. | The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, abducted an Iranian general from Syria in September to uncover new information about missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad, the London-based Arabic newspaper Rai al-Youm reported on October 4. | According to the report, the Iranian general was taken to an African country where he was interrogated by Israeli agents then released. | Ron Arad's warplane crashed in South Lebanon while carrying…
(2021-10-06). Building a movement to shutdown AFRICOM. mronline.org 
In 2008, the establishment of the U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, one of the eleven U.S. global command structures, began the new scramble for Africa, an effort by the United States to practice full spectrum dominance over the entire continent.
(2021-10-06). More Than 1,100 Russian Military Instructors Present In CAR, No Mercenaries: Russian International Security Official. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | There are 1,135 military instructors from Russia in the Central African Republic, Alexander Ivanov, general director of the Officer's Union for International Security. | They are providing military training services in the CAR."The terms are determined by the contract, which is regularly updated. The government aims to expand cooperation," he said. | Additionally, Ivanov stressed that there are no Russians among the foreign mercenaries in the republic."If we talk abou…
(2021-10-06). Ahed's Knee from Israel, made "with a sense of urgency," The Gravedigger's Wife and other films from the Middle East, Africa. wsws.org With certain honorable exceptions, passion and urgency in a good cause have been in short supply in the global film world in recent decades.
(2021-10-06). Syrian Army Pounds Greater Idlib, Senior Commander Says Ground Operation Is Near (Videos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image.Untewewitled.jpg | On October 6, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) pounded the al-Zawiya Mount in the southern part of the region of Greater Idlib. | Dozens of artillery rounds and rocket hit the towns of al-Fatterah, Sufuhon, Fleifel, and Benin in the mountainous area, which is known to be a stronghold of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Russian drones…
(2021-10-06). Israel: Security officials in Cairo for Hamas prisoner exchange talks. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: Security officials in Cairo for Hamas prisoner exchange talks | Following a visit by high-ranking Hamas officials to Cairo, Israeli security team discuss a possible truce, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and a prisoner swap | Wed, 10/06/2021 – 12: 20 | A Hamas security guard on duty as the Egyptian intelligence chief and Hamas officials meet in Gaza City, 31 May 2021 (AFP) | An Israeli security de…
(2021-10-06). ISIS Cells In Sinai Continue To Hunt Down Egyptian Army Vehicles With IEDs (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On October 5, ISIS news agency, Amaq, shared a video showing the remains of two armored vehicles of the Egyptian military which were destroyed a few weeks ago in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. | ISIS terrorists targeted the two vehicles with improvised explosive devices (IEDS) as they were passing near the town of al-Rysan to the south of Arish city. | The vehicles were completely destroyed in the attack. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how many Egyptian service members were wounded or killed…
(2021-10-06). Ghana's Socialist Movement: A Revolutionary Experiment in Communication. mronline.org 
The SFG was born in 1993, first as a Marxist study group, at the beginning this group was made up of four people, today there are more than three thousand members organized in 25 collectives throughout the country.
(2021-10-06). Oslo Freedom Forum Regime Change Circus Hits Miami Beach. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Venezuelan terror leader Leopoldo Lopez and anti-Iran operative Masih Alinejad at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami. October 5, 2021. The world's most distinguished CIA pawns are mixing and mingling once again at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami Beach. Venezuelan terror leader Leopoldo Lopez and the main individual tasked with propagandizing for…
(2021-10-06). Libya legislative vote rescheduled for January, says eastern-based parliament. middleeasteye.net 
Libya legislative vote rescheduled for January, says eastern-based parliament | Tripoli yet to respond to declaration that election will take place 30 days after the 24 December presidential vote | Wed, 10/06/2021 – 08: 01 | The Tobruk-based House of Representatives has been in disagreement over electoral laws with a rival body, the equivalent of Libya's senate, in the capital Tripoli (Fil…
(2021-10-06). Venezuela and Iran: Alliances Under Siege. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad A PDVSA worker waves an Iranian flag as the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docks at the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela, May 25, 2020 (Photo: AFP). In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would sell 20 thousand barrels of gasoline per day to Iran, as a show of…
(2021-10-06). Florida's Republican Governor Awards Medal of Freedom to Che Guevara's Assassin. libya360.wordpress.com Michael Steven Smith Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pinning medal on CIA assassin Félix Rodríguez on September 16, 2021. [Source: flgov.com] After Rodriguez ordered Che be shot, his hands were chopped off and shipped to Langley, but not before he stole the Rolex from Che's corpse that was meant for the son of one of his…
(2021-10-06). Water as Weapon of War: Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out Palestinians. libya360.wordpress.com Jessica Buxbaum MASAFER YATTA, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Last weekend, around 600 Israeli, Palestinian and international activists marched across Masafer Yatta in the Occupied West Bank to deliver a water tanker to Palestinian villagers. Their message was clear: Water is a human right, and Israel is depriving Palestine of this basic necessity. Amid a sea…
(2021-10-06). The Neoliberal Indoctrination. indybay.org Homo oeconomicus fades away as an economic theory along with market fundamentalism and market radicalism. Market failure and state violence epitomized by Enron's expansive accounting method and the aggressive wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria should be lessons if the future is worth living.
(2021-10-06). 45th Anniversary of Terrorist Bombing of Cubana Flight 455 in Barbados. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Left: Commander in Chief Fidel Castro embraces Carlos Alberto Cremata, son of one of the victims of the terrorist attack and president of the Committee of Relatives of the Victims of the Cubana 455 terrorist attack, in front of the monument commemorating the victims. Barbados, December 7, 2005. Photo: Ismael Francisco Today marks…
(2021-10-06). La Paz Coca Growers Displaced by Violent Groups. libya360.wordpress.com Elena Flores and Kawsachun News A right-wing minority faction of the coca growers association in the Yungas region of La Paz violently seized control of the official coca market in La Paz known as ADEPCOCA, on Monday. Their first move was to remove the indigenous wiphala flag. The pro-MAS majority have been displaced from their…
(2021-10-06). Malign activities: NATO to slash Russian mission at its headquarters by half. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Why the Russian government continues to legitimize the world's only and history's largest military bloc (with over 70 members and partners in three continents) is a question that needs to be asked. NATO to halve size of Russian permanent mission to alliance — Sky News NATO has decided to reduce Russia's Permanent Mission to the …
(2021-10-06). Russia-Nigeria Relations. Cooperation in Oil Exploration and Military Affairs. globalresearch.ca