(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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
(2021-10-05). Why all eyes are on the Afghan-Tajikistan border. asiatimes.com 
Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words erupted between Tajik 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. This summer, Rahmon mobilized 20,000 troops to the border, …
(2021-10-05). UN calls for open access to scientific information on COVID-19. ecns.cn A United Nations official on Monday stressed the need for open access to scientific information, basic science research and innovation on COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the disease in Africa.
(2021-10-05). Private Facebook Group that Organized the July Protests in Cuba Plans Bigger Ones Soon. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod HAVANA —After gaining access to their private Facebook group, MintPress can reveal that the people who sparked the July 11 protests in Cuba are planning similar actions for October and November. The group, La Villa del Humor, is widely credited with providing the initial spark that ignited nationwide protests on the Caribbean island in the summer, the most significant demonstrations…
(2021-10-05). African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders. middleeasteye.net 
African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders | Israel's human rights violations should disqualify country from seat at African Union table, groups tell AU in legal submission | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 09: 00 | African Union commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat granted observer status to Israel this July (Reuters) | The African Union should withdraw Israel's observer status because the…
(2021-10-05). 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,…
(2021-10-05). Case against leaders of South Africa's shack-dwellers movement dropped and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the dismissal of charges against leaders of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the strike by trade unions in Haiti to protest social and economic insecurity, and more…
(2021-10-05). What is imperialism? An introduction. mronline.org 
Imperialism began when the colonizing powers had already divided the world between themselves. The only way to expand from that point on was to re-divide the colonial territories, which inevitably meant war. Such redivisions were at the roots of the First and Second World Wars.
(2021-10-05). Algeria: Fury at France grows unabated over visas, Macron row. middleeasteye.net 
Algeria: Fury at France grows unabated over visas, Macron row | France's restrictions on visas granted to Algerian citizens and comments made by Macron have angered Algiers – with repercussions already in motion | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 16: 52 | Algeria has banned French military planes from its airspace to join or leave the Sahelo-Saharan strip, where troops are deployed as part of Operation Barkhane (AFP…
(2021-10-05). A transiàßà£o 'ecológica' para o nuclear. globalresearch.ca O Relógio do Clima, instalado por Roberto Cingolani na fachada do Ministério da Transiàßà£o Ecológica, iniciou a contagem decrescente: faltam menos de 7 anos para a catástrofe climática causada pelo aquecimento global. O relógio está regulado calibrado de acordo com …
(2021-10-05). Israel's FM Lapid Offers to Rebuild Gaza But Egyptian Source Says His Plan Might Be 'Too Ambitious'. sputniknews.com The latest hostilities that ended in May have dealt a severe blow to the Gaza Strip, where dozens of government buildings, hospitals, police stations, roads, mosques and residential units have been fully or partially destroyed.
(2021-10-05). Arabic press review: Bahrain suppresses protests against visit by Israel's Lapid. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Bahrain suppresses protests against visit by Israel's Lapid | Meanwhile, Morocco sues French paper over Pegasus claims, and Egyptian Islamic scholars and organisations urge release of detainees | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 15: 23 | Protesters dodge tear gas canisters amid clashes with the police during an anti-Israel rally in Sitra island, south of the Bahraini capital, on 1 October…
(2021-10-05). Why the World's Eyes are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a prerecorded message on September 23. 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…
(2021-10-05). 38 Years After the US Invasion of Grenada, People Ask "Where is the Body of Maurice Bishop?" libya360.wordpress.com üá¨üá© This month marks the 38th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Following the assassination of Maurice Bishop, Washington worked to dismantle the people's Revolution, led by the New Jewel Movement. Dr. Terence Marryshow: pic.twitter.com/87GbXfhIHw — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) October 5, 2021 Dr. Terence Marryshow, who was Captain of the People's Revolutionary Army responsible…
(2021-10-05). Nigerian Government Tries To Save Face As Terrorists Ravage The Country. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari gave a speech on October 1st, attempting to rally people as terrorists are rampant in the country. | Nigeria calls them "bandits" to make the situation seem less dire."The past 18 months have been some of the most difficult periods in the history of Nigeria." | Since the civil war of 1967-1970, "I doubt whether we have seen a period of more heightened challenges than what we have witnessed in this period," the 78-year-old president said. | Vice President Yem…
