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Western Powers Strangle Ordinary Afghans with Economic Blockade

by Yanis Iqbal, published on Toward Freedom, September 29, 2021 This article is from a month ago, but the basic circumstances remain the same.  The primary change is that the SCO, which includes Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors along with Russia and China, has offered support to the Taliban with limited demands, those mentioned below.  The Central Asian countries have firmly[…]

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Julian Assange Extradition Appeal: Day 1

by Nathan Fuller, published on Assange Defense, October 27, 2021 I find this truly heart breaking.  After all the groundbreaking work Assange has done.  After his brilliant implementation of a system for whistleblowers to securely pass on their information through a venue capable of analyzing it for verity.  Despite his bravely continuing in the face horrific harassment, death threats, surveillance[…]

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Amazon Labor Union to file for election in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25

Statement by Workers Assembly Against Racism, published on Workers World, October 23, 2021 After organizing to form an independent worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU) for the last six months, workers at Amazon’s Staten Island JFK8 warehouse and the surrounding facilities (LDJ5, DYY6, DYX2) announced they would file for election Oct. 25 at 2 p.m., in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y. Pro-worker organizations,[…]

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Nicaragua, with Free Health Care and Education, Challenges U.S. Domination

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 20, 2021 The reason Nicaragua is labeled an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security of the U.S.” – a military corporate superpower – became abundantly clear to a delegation visiting the country Oct. 3 to 10. The delegation was organized by the Alliance for Global Justice/Nica Network. Nicaragua, a small[…]

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The United States Is Doubling Down On Deadly Sanctions

Produced by Sanctions Kill and Popular Resistance, published on Popular Resistance, October 21, 2021 New Treasury Report Ordered by President Biden Shows US is Intensifying its Economic Warfare Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. Washington, DC – The 2021 Sanctions Review Report released by the United States Department of the Treasury on October 18 is an ominous warning. This unsigned report should[…]

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Grasping Our Future vs a Neoliberal Dystopia

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, October 20, 2021 In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats’ promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to[…]

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