2021-08-25: News Headlines

_____ (2021-08-25). Sanctions Won't Help Afghans. popularresistance.org One only has to look at ongoing U.S. sanctions on two-dozen countries to realize that they are a moral catastrophe, especially during the pandemic. From the Balkans to Zimbabwe, the United States is dealing devastating blows to nations reeling from the public health and economic impacts of a relentless Covid-19 outbreak…

Joe Emersberger (2021-08-25). Alex Saab, Afghanistan, and the limits of US power. zcomm.org The US government will (perhaps within a month) probably succeed in extraditing businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde. His "crime" was being an official envoy for the Venezuelan government as he attempted to negotiate the sale of medicines from Iran to Venezuela. US sanctions have declared such activity illegal. Saab was on his way to

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-25). US & Colombia: Assassination, Cover-Up and "Humanitarian" Marines in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Aram Aharonian MoàØse's assassination highlighted the complex situation within the Colombian Army, which has become the largest exporter of mercenaries for private military security companies associated with current political actors. It resembles a bad detective novel, where a commando of mercenaries carries out an assassination and where the governments that send and finance the assassins…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-08-25). Algeria and Morocco Cut Diplomatic Ties and Heighten Tensions in North Africa. globalresearch.ca

Binoy Kampmark (2021-08-25). Amazon's Drive Into Africa. dissidentvoice.org Since 2004, Amazon has been building a foothold on the African continent. In Cape Town, it already employs thousands in a global call centre and a range of data hubs. Its South African career portal is a busy place, with the vast majority of advertised jobs located in Cape Town. In April, as part of …

Ann Brown (2021-08-25). Tensions Rise Over Reparations In Clyburn's Charleston, S. Carolina. moguldom.com The South Carolina city of Charleston was once the U.S. slave trade capital and historians estimate that at least 40 percent of all enslaved Africans arrived here through its port. Talk of reparations for slavery is heating up in the city but not the way pro-reparations advocates had hoped. The concept of reparations for American …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-25). Somalia: From the Cold War to the War on Terror. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed Cold War and War on Terror destabilize Somalia and cause great suffering for its people. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, is currently the Interim President of Somalia, pending parliamentary elections that have been repeatedly postponed since February….

_____ (2021-08-25). 'Unprecedented': Madagascar on Verge of World's First Climate-Fueled Famine. commondreams.org "Monopoly is a threat to representative democracy—and that protecting our democracy requires effective antitrust."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-24). U.S. Military Bases Around the World: At What Cost? libya360.wordpress.com Mision Verdad U.S. Soldiers leaving Afghanistan (Photo: U.S. Navy) On April 14, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. military in Afghanistan will withdraw by September 11, 2021. Its departure from the territory has occurred in a disorderly and hasty manner, revealing the failure of the military invasion of twenty years ago. However, Washington…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-08-24). Palestine's Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really 'Winning' Africa? dissidentvoice.org The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at co-opting Africa's largest political institution. Why is Israel so keen on penetrating Africa? What made African countries finally succumb to Israeli pressure and lobbying? To …

Ann Brown (2021-08-24). Blood Diamonds: Black America Debates Jay-Z And Beyoncé Marketing Tiffany Diamonds From South Africa. moguldom.com R&B diva Beyoncé and her husband, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, have often supported pro-African causes and spoken out against the exploitation of Africans so the power couple is facing major backlash over blood diamonds after appearing in a new advertising campaign in which Beyoncé dons the massive, controversial Tiffany yellow diamond. The iconic jewelry company presents …

Fight Back (2021-08-24). Kenosha, WI: Community rallies on 1-year anniversary of the attempted murder of Jacob Blake. fightbacknews.org Kenosha WI – On August 21, members of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression joined in a Kenosha rally and march marking the first anniversary of the attempted murder of an African American man, Jacob Blake. Blake, a Kenosha resident, had stopped to break up a fight one year before. When police arrived at the scene to respond to a resident's call, they immediately assumed Blake was at fault, and seven shots were fired into his back. Blake was paralyzed from the waist down due to this attack. The incident led to what is now known as the Kenosha Uprising. | The event was held outside the Ken…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-08-24). Southern African Leadership Changes: The Challenges and Future Development Perspectives. globalresearch.ca

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-08-24). Vaccine access gap widens in Latin America and the Caribbean. peoplesdispatch.org After Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean is the region that has the lowest vaccination coverage. Amid global vaccine inequity, the region is facing additional disparity due to various others reasons such as the US sanctions, political instability, among others…

Editor (2021-08-24). Assassins of South African trade unionist at large as labor dispute continues. mronline.org Malibongwe Mdazo, an organizer of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, who had led a 7,000-worker strike last month, was publicly gunned down at the doorstep of Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, amidst a labor dispute on August 19.

Staff (2021-08-24). Ben Jealous: Rev. Jesse Jackson Is Hospitalized with COVID-19. "We're All Praying for Him." democracynow.org Civil rights and voting rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Chicago. Jackson is fully vaccinated and has Parkinson's disease. During the pandemic, he has pushed for healthcare for all, and said in a statement, "After 400 years of slavery, segregation and discrimination, why would anybody be shocked that African Americans are dying disproportionately from the coronavirus?" We speak with Jackson's friend, Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way and former president of the NAACP. "This is a guy who for 60, 70 years has done nothing but serve the people of…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Less than 2% people are fully vaccinated in Africa while US calls for a third dose. peoplesdispatch.org The total COVID-19 cases in Africa has now crossed 7.5 million, yet less than 2% of the continent's population has been vaccinated…

Staff (2021-08-24). Doctors Without Borders: U.S. Should Force Pfizer to Share COVID Vaccine Technology with Africa. democracynow.org In response to the Food and Drug Administration's full authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. residents aged 16 and over, Doctors Without Borders is calling on Pfizer-BioNTech to immediately share the vaccine technology with manufacturers on the African continent, where less than 2% of the population is fully vaccinated. Dr. Manuel Martin, a policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders, says it's "regrettable but understandable" for rich countries to limit how many doses they export abroad, but "it's completely unacceptable for countries to refuse to share the technology." He also says rich c…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-24). High North: U.S. B-2s arrive in Iceland for flights across Europe, Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft arrive in Iceland for ally, partner training Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft from 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, for a long-planned Bomber Task Force mission where the aircraft will conduct theater and flight training …

Staff (2021-08-24). Defense Team of Diplomat Alex Saab Denounces Constitutional Violations by Cape Verde. orinocotribune.com This Monday, August 23, the defense of the Venezuelan Special Envoy to Iran Alex Saab issued a statement denouncing the constitutional violations in his case. | They also urged the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde to enforce justice and release the Venezuelan diplomat. | Below is the full translation of the statement by the defense: | In a few moments the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde will rule on the appeal presented by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in which he invokes no less than 12 constitutional irregularities in his case. | This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple and complex diplomatic…

Kenya Elliot (2021-08-24). Alabama is out of ICU beds. zcomm.org Another systemic failure is evident when we look at the crisis currently facing Alabama…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-24). 750 US Military Bases Remain Around the Planet. libya360.wordpress.com Patterson Deppen It was the spring of 2003 during the American-led invasion of Iraq. I was in second grade, living on a U.S. military base in Germany, attending one of the Pentagon's many schools for families of servicemen stationed abroad. One Friday morning, my class was on the verge of an uproar. Gathered around our homeroom lunch…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-24). Nicaragua: The Right to Live in Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Francisco Dominguez Celebrations in Managua for the 42 years of the Sandinista revolution. Photo: Ben Norton/Grayzone "Sovereignty is not argued about, It is defended" — Cesar Augusto Sandino It is an irrefutable fact that the United States orchestrated, financed and unleashed the violent coup attempt in 2018 against the democratically elected FSLN government. Spokespeople of…

Daniel Kahn Gillmor (2021-08-24). Apple's New 'Child Safety' Plan for iPhones Isn't So Safe. aclu.org Apple recently announced We are concerned that governments will exploit these changes to conduct far-reaching surveillance, and that the new system could normalize government spying on our personal phones and computers, leaving…

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