(2021-10-21). Africa Condemns the Continuing Imperialist Legacy of France. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-20). Headlines for October 20, 2021. democracynow.org Brazil Senate Report Accuses Bolsonaro of Multiple Crimes for Mishandling COVID-19 Pandemic | , House Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charges Against Steve Bannon, Climate and Social Provisions at Risk in Reconciliation Plan in Attempt to Appease Corporate Dems, Senate Panel Ups Pentagon Budget as Social & Climate Plans Get Sacrificed in Build Back Better Act, Climate Activists Start Hunger Strike in Front of White House, Water Protectors Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline in Michigan, NYC Communities and Local Officials Condemn National Grid Pipeline and Price Hikes, Africa's Last Mountain Glaciers Could Me…
(2021-10-20). Headlines for October 20, 2021. democracynow.org Brazil Senate Report Accuses Bolsonaro of Multiple Crimes for Mishandling COVID-19 Pandemic | , House Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charges Against Steve Bannon, Climate and Social Provisions at Risk in Reconciliation Plan in Attempt to Appease Corporate Dems, Senate Panel Ups Pentagon Budget as Social & Climate Plans Get Sacrificed in Build Back Better Act, Climate Activists Start Hunger Strike in Front of White House, Water Protectors Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline in Michigan, NYC Communities and Local Officials Condemn National Grid Pipeline and Price Hikes, Africa's Last Mountain Glaciers Could Me…
(2021-10-20). Ralph Nader on the Easiest Way to Harness Solar Energy. scheerpost.com 
[ By Ralph Nader | Solar energy comes to Earthlings in many ways. Ancient Persians used passive solar architecture. East Africans about the same time funneled cool ocean wind through tunnels to cool themselves. | Now at long last, solar energy is outpacing new fossil fuel and nuclear facilities on price, environmental safety, and speed of installation. | One use of solar that has not received enough attention is drying clothes with clotheslines or clothes racks. Before global warming and our climate crisis became a public concern…
(2021-10-20). UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of 'edutainment' in South Africa. news.un.org Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South — which the UN initiative behind it describes as a tribute to the power of "edutainment".
(2021-10-20). The Killing of Gaddafi 10 Years Ago Has Resulted in the Death of the Nation of Libya and the Destruction of its People. libya360.wordpress.com Richard Medhurst There is nothing the West hates more than an Arab leader who opposes imperialism, Zionism and wants his country, and other Arab and African countries, to be self-sufficient. That is why NATO murdered Gaddafi. Muammar Gaddafi led his nation to become the wealthiest in all of Africa. A decade after his demise, it…
(2021-10-20). Use, sale of combat drones expands Turkey's influence in Africa, Caucasus, Europe, Mideast. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com French media eyes Turkish drones during Erdogan's Africa trip The possible sale of Turkish UAVs to Angola was discussed during Erdogan's visit on Monday, while similar talks are also expected to be held during his trip to Nigeria, the report noted. The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is the obvious choice, since it …
(2021-10-20). Statement of Alex Nain Saab Moran. libya360.wordpress.com 16 October 2021 My name is Alex Nain Saab Moran with Venezuelan diplomatic passport number 045778720. I am a special envoy with diplomatic immunity to the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran since April 2018 and Venezuelan Ambassador Plenipotentiary Alternate to the African Union. I was hijacked by Cape Verde on June 12,…
(2021-10-20). The Trial Of Thomas Sankara's Killers. counterpunch.org Sankara took power in the landlocked West African state of Upper Volta after a coup in 1983, changing the name of the former French colony to Burkina Faso ("the land of upright people" in Mossi, the language of the country's largest ethnic group) the following year. | Sankara's government, using a synthesis of Pan-Africanism and Marxist politics, initiated a string of far-reaching economic and social reforms that included nationalizations, land redistribution, reforestation, infrastructure and public housing construction, expanded access to education, vaccination campaigns, and advancing the rights of women by ba…
(2021-10-20). Biden Demands Ethiopia's Unconditional Surrender. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison President Joe Biden continues to play the cluelessly racist and paternalistic Ugly American in the Horn of Africa. Under his leadership, the US has been at war with Ethiopia since last November, when its former puppet, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, attacked a federal Ethiopian army base in Mekelle, the capital of the country's Tigray Region. Tigrayans are…
(2021-10-20). Use, sale of combat drones expands Turkey's influence in Africa, Caucasus, Europe, Mideast. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com French media eyes Turkish drones during Erdogan's Africa trip The possible sale of Turkish UAVs to Angola was discussed during Erdogan's visit on Monday, while similar talks are also expected to be held during his trip to Nigeria, the report noted. The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is the obvious choice, since it …
(2021-10-20). Coercion, Kidnapping and Legal Malfeasance: The Illicit Route of the Alex Saab Case. orinocotribune.com In multiple venues, including meetings within the framework of the dialogue process taking place in Mexico, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela demanded the immediate and full release of Alex Naín Saab Morán. In addition, there has been a long list of diplomatic communiqués, as well as statements of foreign governments demanding his release. | However, in spite of his diplomatic status and the complaints about non-compliance with due process, on October 16, 2021, it was made public that Saab was extradited to the United States by the government of Cape Verde. | Coercion | When in 1995 the Food…
(2021-10-20). Alex Saab's Statement Before Being Extracted from Cape Verde by United States Regime (Letter). orinocotribune.com Editorial note: This letter was read—with tears in her eyes—by Camila Fabri, Alex Saab's wife, during a demonstration in repudiation of the second kidnapping of the Venezuelan diplomat from Cape Verde by the US, held in Plaza Bolívar of Caracas on Sunday, October 17, attended by a crowd of indignant Venezuelans. | Statement of Alex Nain Saab Moran (translation from Spanish by Alex Saab's legal team), October 16, 2021. | My name is Alex Nain Saab Moran, with Venezuelan diplomatic passport number 045778720. I am a special envoy with diplomatic immunity [officially granted by] the Russian Federation and…
(2021-10-20). Alex Saab's Statement Before Being Extracted from Cape Verde by United States Regime (Letter). orinocotribune.com Editorial note: This letter was read—with tears in her eyes—by Camila Fabri, Alex Saab's wife, during a demonstration in repudiation of the second kidnapping of the Venezuelan diplomat from Cape Verde by the US, held in Plaza Bolívar of Caracas on Sunday, October 17, attended by a crowd of indignant Venezuelans. | Statement of Alex Nain Saab Moran (translation from Spanish by Alex Saab's legal team), October 16, 2021. | My name is Alex Nain Saab Moran, with Venezuelan diplomatic passport number 045778720. I am a special envoy with diplomatic immunity [officially granted by] the Russian Federation and…
(2021-10-20). Pro-democracy protests and police violence continue in Eswatini. greenleft.org.au Pro-democracy protests are again escalating in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), after activists were temporarily scared off the streets by the killing of dozens of activists and bystanders by the armed forces in June, reports Maxime Bowen.
(2021-10-20). South Korean workers strike for secure employment and public services and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the strike for secure work and public services in South Korea, the TPLF's advances in Ethiopia and airstrikes by the government, and more…
(2021-10-20). [Research Paper] Symptom Persistence Despite Improvement in Cardiopulmonary Health — Insights from longitudinal CMR, CPET and lung function testing post-COVID-19. thelancet.com In patients, cardiopulmonary abnormalities improve over time, though some measures remain abnormal relative to controls. Persistent symptoms at 6 months post-COVID-19 did not associate with objective measures of cardiopulmonary health.
