2021-09-24: News Headlines

Staff (2021-09-24). Declaration Issued in NYC by 18 Countries of UN Anti-Sanctions Group. orinocotribune.com The First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter, also know as the UN Anti-Sanctions Group, was held this Thursday, September 23, in New York, USA, at the Venezuelan Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations. The meeting was attended by representatives of 18 countries that promote multilateralism, compliance with the declarations of the United Nations' founding charter, and denounce illegal coercive measures (or "sanctions"), within the framework of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York. | According to experts, there are more than 33 countries illegally sanctioned b…

WSWS (2021-09-24). French universities reopen for in-person learning amid COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org To prevent the subordination of human life and education to corporate profits students must fight to build a movement in the working class to eradicate the virus.

Global Research News (2021-09-24). Selected Articles: How Can You be Content with a Counterfactual Explanation of an Orchestrated "Pandemic"? globalresearch.ca By In this public testimony, Mr. Spence relate…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-24). Mayo Clinic leads biorepository core for new nationwide research on long-term symptoms of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic research is dedicated to finding solutions for patients who were infected with COVID-19 and the many affected by the long-term symptoms of COVID-19 ‚Äï what the National Institutes of Health (NIH) refers to as "long COVID" or post-acute sequelae. In response to great unmet patient need, the NIH launched a new research initiative to understand why some people who were infected with COVID-19 don't fully recover, or develop new or returning symptoms after…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-09-24). The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People. globalresearch.ca The stated objective is to enforce the Worldwide vaccination of 7.9 billion people in more than 190 countries, to be followed by the imposition of a digitized "vaccine passport". The evidence of mortality and morbidity resulting from the vaccine is overwhelming. Needless to say this is a multi-billion dollar operation for Big Pharma.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-24). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Listener mailbag — COVID-19 questions answered. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each week, the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast shares the latest information on COVID-19. On today's episode, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, answers listeners' coronavirus questions. Dr. Poland discusses the mu variant, understanding breakthrough infections and the importance of flu vaccinations this fall. "The symptoms of COVID-19 and the symptoms of influenza overlap so much that it can be hard to distinguish one from another," says Dr. Poland. What…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-24). Science Saturday: A fountain of youth for aging muscles. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Regenerative medicine could hold the keys to rejuvenating older muscles, and research supporting that will be featured at the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Regenerative Medicine and Surgery. Preclinical research by Helen Blau, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, discovered a protein that triggers muscle loss and a way to block it to restore youthful muscle strength. Dr. Blau, director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will present her research in a virtual…

Ben Debney (2021-09-24). Is Australia's Anti-Lockdown Movement a Creature of Corporate Dark Money? counterpunch.org 'Mainstream media' is the bugbear of choice for the anti-lockdown movement; it associates the facts of epidemiological science with media propaganda, and so avoids having to address the rationale for lockdowns in its own legitimising narratives. In sociology, the process of constructing an exclusionary binary between the known and unknown is called 'Othering.' This is

Jeffrey St. Clair (2021-09-24). Roaming Charges: When the Whip Comes Down. counterpunch.org We reenact our history again and again without even realizing it, so absolutely has the darkest chapters of our nation's past been erased from the collective memory. Our leaders react in mock horror when confronted with the outlandish scenes of torture and gratuitous violence that they themselves have set in motion. The liberal conscience, frail as it is, recoils momentarily at what it has done, then quickly reverts to its default setting of moral superiority by blaming the victims, people so poor and desperate they hold all of their earthly possessions in their hands, if, that is, their hands aren't already hold…

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-24). Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale In Carceral Limbo While US Generals Shirk Responsibility For Deadly Strikes. thedissenter.org Daniel Hale (Photo: Bob Hayes)Around two months ago, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison  after he stood before a federal judge and delivered a statement that demonstrated he was a person of conscience. | "I am here to answer for my own crimes and not that of another person. And it would appear that I am here today to answer for the crime of stealing papers for which I expect to spend some portion of my life in prison," Hale declared. "But what I am really here for is having stolen something that was never mine to take: precious human life." | Hale add…

Ralph Nader (2021-09-24). Teach Youngsters about Corporatism's Harms. dissidentvoice.org If you think elementary, middle, and high school students know too little history, geography, and government, try asking them about the corporations that command so many hours of their day, their attention, what they consume, and their personal horizons. Howard Zinn published A Young People's History of the United States (2009), to go with his best-selling pioneering …

WSWS (2021-09-24). Video: Why students and young people support the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org "I think that it's important for me to take a stand and joining the SEP, as an electoral member, was one way that I could do that."

WSWS (2021-09-24). Australia: Interview with Year 12 student who called for final exams to be cancelled amid pandemic. wsws.org A petition calling for the final Year 12 high school exams to be cancelled in New South Wales, under conditions of an escalating COVID crisis, has been signed by thousands of students and their supporters.

Staff (2021-09-24). "Our Health or Our Homes": Tenants Facing Eviction Help Introduce New "Keeping Renters Safe Act" democracynow.org As the Delta variant continues to surge across the United States, so too has the housing and eviction crisis, with more than 11 million households now behind on rent. Most of those evicted are Black or Latinx, and the majority are single women with children. We speak with a single mother and a high school student who have faced eviction and went to Washington, D.C., this week to help Congressmember Cori Bush and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduce the Keeping Renters Safe Act to reinstate the federal pandemic eviction moratorium. "We need the eviction moratorium and the National Tenant Bill of Rights," says Vivian…

Staff (2021-09-24). Former Member of Afghan Parliament Says U.S. War Ushered in "Another Dark Age" for Women. democracynow.org The Taliban are already restricting women's rights in Afghanistan — just a month since they overran the capital of Kabul — by blocking female students from returning to schools and universities, and telling many women workers to stay home. The new Taliban government has closed the Ministry of Women's Affairs that was established soon after the Taliban were toppled in 2001, and replaced it with the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, charged with enforcing strict Islamic law. Former Afghan Member of Parliament Belquis Roshan calls for…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-09-23). Understanding Socialism a Bit Better. anchor.fm In this episode I try to go into a easily understandable but diverse explanation as to why socialism and its rationale, it's motive production and it's social, political, and economic organization is far better in every way imaginable then capitalism. I try to explain why to the best of my ability, as I have before, but I feel every time that I learn something new I am able to add to this conversation. I hope this is educational, or understandable at the very least. If you have any questions, critiques, or want to reach out to me for any other reason you can email me or reach out on social media. Enjoy!

_____ (2021-09-23). Colleges And Policymakers Can Help Keep Students From Going Hungry. popularresistance.org The pandemic has created extraordinary need for millions of people across the U.S. This is particularly acute, though often hidden, on college campuses, where students are sometimes left to choose between paying rent and having enough to eat. | During their college careers, far too many students lack reliable access to nutritious food, hampering their efforts to advance their education and skills. | Even before the pandemic, 43 percent of students at two- and four-year colleges reported facing food insecurity — defined as limited or uncertain access to adequate food — in the previous month, the nonpro…

Kenneth Surin (2021-09-23). Boris Johnson's Cabinet "Night of the Long Knives" counterpunch.org Taking up the position of education secretary is Baghdad-born Nadhim Zahawi, one of the Commons' richest MPs, who made his fortune in petroleum, and was previously minister in charge of Covid vaccines. The Tories make him a regular choice for radio and TV appearances, where his forte is sounding thoughtful while saying virtually nothing. But the true nature of the beast was revealed when Zahawi was caught charging the cost of heating his stables to parliamentary expenses.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-23). NATO delegation assists Georgian efforts to liberate occupied territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Visit of the representatives of the NATO Defense Education Development Program to Georgia Representatives of the NATO Defense Education Development Program (DEEP) paid a working visit to the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The purpose of the visit was to review the existing professional military education, to discuss the measures taken within the framework of …

_____ (2021-09-23). New Legal Campaign Aims to Protect People and Nature From Polluters' 'Irreparable Damage'. commondreams.org The bipartisan infrastructure bill "doesn't contain the climate solutions and care, education, and economic investments we need," more than 90 progressive groups wrote in a letter.

_____ (2021-09-23). Echoes of the Past Are Present in Texas' Latest Attack on Education. commondreams.org The request from healthcare providers comes after a Florida Republican filed a copycat bill and advocacy groups called on Congress to affirm the right to abortion nationwide.

The Global Research Team (2021-09-23). Global Research in Troubled Waters: We Need Your Support. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As some of you may recall, around this time last year, Global Research needed your help to "stay afloat". Our financial situation was in bad shape and we were metaphorically sinking. Happily, many of you have since thrown …

Jessica Corbett (2021-09-23). 'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guantánamo Bay. globalresearch.ca

Joel S. Hirschhorn (2021-09-23). New Movement Launched by Physicians, Including Dr. Robert Malone, to Fight Medical Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Claire Robinson (2021-09-23). Chromothripsis: Bad News for Gene Editing. globalresearch.ca

Steve Watson (2021-09-23). Video: 'Liberal Media Darling' George W. Bush Confronted by Iraq Veteran. globalresearch.ca

Reiner Fuellmich (2021-09-23). Video: Berlin Corona Investigation. Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity: "We Are Dealing with Psychopaths". Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca

Pepe Escobar (2021-09-23). Eurasia Takes Shape: How the SCO Just Flipped the World Order. globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-09-23). The U.S. May Have Lost the Military War in Syria, But Has Won the Propaganda War at Home by Portraying Its Murderous Invasion as a Moral Crusade. globalresearch.ca

Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska (2021-09-23). Afghanistan: Ex-Bagram Inmates Recount Stories of Abuse, Torture. globalresearch.ca

Makia Freeman (2021-09-23). Welcome to the CO2 Monitoring Credit Card that Cuts You Off at Your Carbon Max. globalresearch.ca

International Alliance of Physicians, Medical Scientists (2021-09-23). Physicians Declaration: Global COVID Summit in Rome, Italy. globalresearch.ca

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-23). Leaked Grant Proposals: Wuhan Scientists Planned To Release Coronaviruses Into Bat Population 18 Months Before Covid. moguldom.com Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat caves more than a year-and-a-half before the first case of covid-19 was reported, according to 2018 grant proposals submitted to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The proposals showed that scientists wanted to genetically engineer coronaviruses that were infectious to humans and then conduct experiments …

Marianna Korsos (2021-09-23). The Sun's Atmosphere Is Hundreds of Times Hotter Than Its Surface — Here's Why. globalresearch.ca

WildEarth Guardians (2021-09-23). WildEarth Guardians Scores Groundbreaking Legal Win for the Joshua Tree. globalresearch.ca

Megan Redshaw (2021-09-23). 30,000+ Women in UK Report Menstrual Problems after COVID Shots, but Menstrual Issues Not Listed as Side Effect. globalresearch.ca

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-23). Pulmonary Nurse of 31 Years Testifies How He Followed the COVID Protocols, Unknowingly that They Could Result in the Deaths of Patients. globalresearch.ca

South Front (2021-09-23). Video: Kiev Targets Civilians in Eastern Ukraine as Punishment for Crimea Election. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2021-09-23). Selected Articles: A Final Warning to Humanity from Former Pfizer Chief Scientist Michael Yeadon. globalresearch.ca By Listen to Dr. Michael Yeadon, former Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Pfizer, talking about the pandemic and …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-09-23). Joe Biden, el aprendiz de brujo nuclear. globalizacion.ca El discurso que anunció la creacion de la nueva alianza bélica AUKUS está plagado de ‚Äémentiras. Los submarinos que Estados Unidos venderá a Australia están concebidos ‚Äépara portar armas nucleares. Al negar ese hecho, Australia trata de ocultar que AUKUS…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-23). Nuclear Tensions Between Australia And North Korea Are Among AUKUS Side Effects. southfront.org A missile is launched during a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. | Agreement paves the way for nuclear proliferation in Asia-Pacific | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Apparently, the creation of the AUKUS group is the new big topic of debate on the geopolitical scenario. While the main focus is on China, which is undoubtedly the main target of the American initiative, the North Korean issue cannot be neglected. North Kor…

Staff (2021-09-23). The Globalized, Corporate-Led Food System Is Failing Us: Boycott Grows of U.N. Food Summit. democracynow.org More than 500 civil society groups boycotted the United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York for giving corporations an outsized role in framing the agenda. We speak with leading food advocates in Ethiopia, India and the United States, who lay out their concerns: Million Belay, general coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa; Raj Patel, journalist and research professor at the University of Texas at Austin; and Shalmali Guttal, executive director of Focus on the Global South. "There is growing hunger in the world, and there is growing inequality and…

The Testimonies Project (2021-09-23). Video: Israel's Testimonies Project: Platform for Those Affected by the Covid-19 "Vaccine" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-09-23). How Can You be Content with a Counterfactual Explanation of an Orchestrated "Pandemic"? globalresearch.ca

Megan Redshaw (2021-09-23). Pfizer Says COVID Vaccine for 5- to 11-Year-Olds Is Safe and Shows 'Robust' Antibody Response, Experts Say Not So Fast. globalresearch.ca

David Swanson (2021-09-23). 325 Organizations Propose Climate Solution You've Never Heard Of. warisacrime.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 23, 2021 Yesterday something that has become tiresomely routine happened; I spoke to a college class about the most obvious climate solution, and neither the students nor the professor had ever heard of it. The 325 organizations (and climbing) listed at the bottom of this article are promoting …

Isaac Nellist (2021-09-23). Workers, students speak out against gov't COVID-19 failures. greenleft.org.au A second "Safe from COVID, safe from poverty" media conference discussed organising for COVID-19 safety in the workplace. Isaac Nellist reports.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-23). Prosecutors to probe illegal practices in Mexico's Ayotzinapa 43 case and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at new evidence in the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico, the strike announced by NUMSA in South Africa's engineering sector, and more…

WSWS (2021-09-23). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses continue wildcat stoppages in defiance of unions over pay and lack of staff, joined by sympathy strike of Silkeborg social workers; teachers across France walk out for 24 hours to demand more staff, better pay and conditions; Sunday pay strikes at ScotRail continue for over six months, 24-hour safety strikes continue at East Midlands Rail; Nigerian resident doctors on strike for nearly two months over pay arrears, while other health unions prevaricate about calling members out over same issues…

Staff (2021-09-23). FDA greenlights Pfizer booster shots for elderly & those aged 18+ at 'high risk' from Covid-19, leaving room for interpretation. rt.com The US Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to the use of Pfizer's Covid-19 jab for booster doses. The move could impact millions of Americans, including teachers, grocery workers, and hospital staff. | Heeding advice from its special panel on vaccines, the FDA on Wednesday moved to approve a third dose of the US drugmaker's Covid-19 vaccine to be used on seniors as well as "individuals 18 through 64 years of age and at high risk of severe Covid-19." It has also been approved for adults "whose frequent institutional or occupational exposure" to the virus ostensibly puts them at a heightened risk…

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