(2021-10-04). Headlines for October 4, 2021. democracynow.org Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion, U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts, Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife, Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites, Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations, Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows, 8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest, 4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities, 3 Millio…
(2021-10-04). Native Americans: the First and Forgotten Slaves. counterpunch.org "Modern perceptions of early modern slavery associate the institution almost solely with Africans and their descendants. Yet slavery was a ubiquitous institution in the early modern world…The story of European colonialism in the Americas and its victimization of Africans and Indians follows a central paradigm in most textbooks. The African "role" encompasses the transportation, exploitation,
(2021-10-04). "Blah, Blah, Blah": Youth Climate Activists Slam Political Inaction at U.N. Summit Ahead of COP26. democracynow.org 
Thousands of youth climate activists marched through the streets of Milan last week demanding world leaders meet their pledges to the Paris Climate Agreement and keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The protest came at the end of a three-day youth climate conference, ahead of the United Nations' COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Activists at the Youth4Climate conference slammed political inaction on the climate crisis and world leaders' vague pledges to reduce carbon emissions. "Historically, Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions," said Ugandan activist Vanessa Nak…
(2021-10-04). 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,…
(2021-10-04). Peru: "Agrarian Reform" Without Changing the Structure of Land Ownership and Tenure. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Proclamation of the second agrarian reform. Cusco. Peru. On Sunday, October 3, in the emblematic Andean city of Cusco, the President of bicentennial Peru, Pedro Castillo, proclaimed what he promised during his electoral campaign: The second agrarian reform for Peru. What does an agrarian reform consist of? Agrarian reform consists of the redistribution…
(2021-10-04). Colombia: A Threat to Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Pueblo en Armas In Colombia, state terrorism has deepened and is open. Social leaders, indigenous people, peasants, teachers, settlers are assassinated every day. The rich in Colombia hold on to power and maintain their model of accumulation by means of discriminatory violence against activists and their organizations. According to data from Global Witness, a Human…
(2021-10-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Treatment options for pediatric brain tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Of the many different types of pediatric brain tumors some are noncancerous, or benign, and some are cancerous, or malignant. Treatment and chance of recovery, or prognosis, depend on the type of tumor, its location within the brain, whether it has spread, and your child's age and general health. Because new treatments and technologies are continually being developed, several options may be available at different points in treatment. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Angela…
(2021-10-04). Revelan que ejército ocultó información sobre caso Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net Surgen nuevas conversaciones entre los responsables de la desaparición de 43 estudiantes normalistas en 2014.
(2021-10-04). Renewable Energy and Bottom-up Decentralization in Morocco. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-04). EU-Morocco Trade Deals That Include Western Sahara Violate International Law: Top EU Court. orinocotribune.com The European Court of Justice had issued similar verdicts in 2016 and 2018, stating that the Western Sahara region cannot be considered as part of Morocco in such trade agreements | The European Union's (EU) highest court on Wednesday, September 29, cancelled two trade deals with Morocco, involving farm and fish products originating from the Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, which is fighting for the independence and self-determination of Western Sahara from Morocco, had brought the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It welcomed the court's verdict, calling it an "impor…
(2021-10-03). Disputes With Algeria Threaten French Operation In Africa's Sahel. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Another crisis has hit bilateral relations between Paris and its former colony, Algeria. This time, the Algerian authorities seem to have found an effective way to put pressure on their French counterparts. | On October 2, Algeria recalled its ambassador to France, rejecting "any interference in its internal affairs." | The decision to recall the ambassador was justified by "irresponsible" statements attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron."Faced with these irresponsible statements, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided to immediately summon Algeria's ambassador…
(2021-10-03). The Legacy Of Corporate Democrats. popularresistance.org "The election of Donald Trump to the presidency can be directly tied to the policies implemented by Barack Obama and Joe Biden during their eight years in office. Rather than confront Wall Street and the bankers who were responsible for the global financial crash of 2007 and 2008, they bailed them out. Rather than halt the military adventurism that led to the debacles in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya, they backed and expanded the wars, including the use of military drones."
(2021-10-03). "Fora Bolsonaro": Massive Protests in Brazil Call for President's Impeachment. libya360.wordpress.com Dario Pignotti Similar to the resistance against the dictatorship. A dozen parties together with unions and social movements participated this Saturday in mobilizations in which the dominant slogan was "Bolsonaro out", together with other slogans on the socio-economic crisis and corruption. Broad support A fact: this day of struggle also achieved the support (although they…
(2021-10-03). Taking Argentina's Collective Memory to International Recognition. libya360.wordpress.com Ramona Wadi What the U.S. perpetrated in Argentina is in some ways a continuation of what U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger instigated in Chile. Last month, the Argentinian Memory Museum (ESMA) in Buenos Aires was nominated for inclusion in the list of World Heritage Sites, to be approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
(2021-10-03). Bolivia's Movements to Mobilize in Defense of the Wiphala. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Union members attend the congress of the Six Federations of the Trópico of Cochabamba in Lauca àë. September 18, 2021. Photo: Kawsachun News Indigenous peoples and social movements of Bolivia are preparing to mobilize on October 12th in defense of the homeland, democracy and the wiphala, as the far-right radicalizes its efforts to…
(2021-10-03). Guantanamo Bay and the Legacy of the Global "War on Terror" libya360.wordpress.com Abdul Rahman Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002. Photo: Shane T. McCoy, U.S. Navy The failure of the successive governments in the US to shut Gitmo in which the majority of the detainees, past and present, were never charged with any crime formally, even after spending years in prison and suffering inhuman acts…
(2021-10-03). Jordan's Abdullah receives first call from Syria's Assad since start of conflict. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan's Abdullah receives first call from Syria's Assad since start of conflict | The call comes as Jordan seeks to normalisation relations with Syria, after years of supporting rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad | Sun, 10/03/2021 – 21: 25 | During the call, King Abdullah II told President Bashar al-Assad that Jordan supported the territorial integrity of Syria (AFP/Fil…
(2021-10-03). 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…
(2021-10-03). Tunisia arrests MP and TV host over comments against president: Lawyer. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia arrests MP and TV host over comments against president: Lawyer | Lawmaker Abdellatif al-Alaoui and journalist Amer Ayad are being held on charges of 'plotting against state security' | Sun, 10/03/2021 – 15: 48 | Lawmaker Abdellatif al-Alaoui was detained after criticising the Tunisian president on Zitouna TV (video grab) | Tunisian authorities on Sunday arrested an MP and a televis…
