(2021-09-06). Chicago: Hundreds rally for Nabisco strikers. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Several hundred striking workers and supporters rallied September 4 at the Nabisco plant on Chicago's South Side. Strikers marched through around the plant, and even staged a sit-down action on company property. | Workers chanted, "No justice, no peace. No contract, no cookies!" | Don Woods, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTWG) union Local 1, states, "The strike was caused when Nabisco's parent company, Mondelez, proposed 12-hour shifts instead of eight hours, with no overtime unless you work a sixth or seventh day in a week. These changes are going to co…
(2021-09-06). "Massacre of My Dreams": Reporter Bilal Sarwary on Fleeing Kabul & How Afghans Are "Thirsty for Peace" democracynow.org 
We look at the crisis in Afghanistan with Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist who was based in Kabul and reported on Afghanistan for 20 years before he fled with his family after the Taliban seized power. We first spoke to Bilal on August 18, three days after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan after the U.S.-backed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. At the time, Bilal was hoping to stay in Afghanistan, but just days later he and his family boarded a flight to Doha. He posted a message on Twitter reading, "The day I leave my country, my city, my Kabul. A massacre of my dreams and aspirations. A…
(2021-09-06). Azerbaijan claims all of Nagorno-Karabakh, to nudge Russian "partner" out of South Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Baku: Legal system for Russian peacekeeper mandate under discussion Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyv has said that "some discussions" on additional legal mechanisms for the mandate of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh are still underway…. "All of Karabakh is the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan….and in accordance with the November 10 statement, peacekeeping forces have been temporarily …
(2021-09-06). China organizes international peacekeeping drill. ecns.cn "Shared Destiny-2021," an international peacekeeping drill, kicked off Monday in central China's Henan Province.
(2021-09-06). President Maduro Explains What Back to School Will be Like. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, September 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that school activities in the new academic year will be in person, within the 7 + 7 reopening scheme applied by the national government. This means that there will alternately be a week of in-person classes and a week of online classes. | During an interview on the TV show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, the president stressed that the primary objective of return to classes is "to rescue sociability" among the students and between the students and the teachers, which was truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced millions of students fro…
(2021-09-06). Dilemma: Who is the Opposition Candidate for Governor in Miranda State? orinocotribune.com 
The electoral situation in the ranks of the Venezuelan opposition is becoming more striking every day. This Friday, September 3, Carlos Ocariz of Primero Justicia (PJ) and David Uzcátegui of Fuerza Vecinal, the two pre-candidates of the opposition for the governorship of Miranda state, offered opposing statements on the results of the mechanism agreed between Fuerza Vecinal and the so-called "Unidad" for selecting the unitary candidate to represent the opposition in the November 21 elections. | According to the news website Crónica Uno, Ocariz declared that he already had the results of two of the four surveys co…
(2021-09-06). Venezuela's Government And Opposition Work To Mend Fences, Without The U.S. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The United States has been focused elsewhere for a while and Venezuela appears en route to solve its problems on its own. | Two delegations — one representing President Nicholas Maduro's government and another the opposition under Juan Guaido met in Mexico in an attempt to mend fences."We have been working mainly on partial agreements, especially those related to serving the people of Venezuela," parliament speaker Jorge Rodriguez, who led the government delegation said. | Venezuel…
(2021-09-05). Ahmad Massoud Says Afghan Resistance Ready For Talks If Taliban Withdraw From Panjshir. southfront.org 
File image. | On September 5, leader of the Afghan resistance Ahmad Massoud Jr. expressed his readiness to hold talks with the Taliban if the group withdraw all of its fighters from Panjshir and Andarab. | "The National Resistance Front is ready to stop the war immediately in order to achieve stable peace, if the Taliban group ends its military attacks and movements in Panjshir and Andarab," Ahmad Massoud said in a statement. "The National Resistance Front is committed to peacefully resolving difference…
(2021-09-05). Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Swanson, Jackie Larkin September 9, 2021. warisacrime.org By Gorilla Radio, September 5, 2021 LISTEN HERE. Many took heart when America announced an end to its military occupation of Afghanistan last month. But optimism for a beginning of peace in that benighted country's decades-long state of civil conflict and uncertainty is now clouded by bellicose statements made in Washington by an administration that …
(2021-09-05). Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: What Are The Prospects For Peace? popularresistance.org Events are unfolding at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we are looking to our most respected and renowned thought leaders for an honest assessment of both U.S. foreign and military policy to offer their most current thoughts and insights. We know they have some ideas for improving the prospects for peace. | Larry Wilkerson is a renowned defense analyst and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government & Public policy at the College of William and Mary. He is a retired United States Army colonel and was the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powe…
(2021-09-05). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Lisbeli Vera Wins Her Third Medal, the Seventh for Venezuela (Photos). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, September 4, Venezuelan Paralympic athlete Lisbeli Vera won another gold medal in the 200 meter race, category T47, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, under heavy rain. The athlete from Tucaní, Mérida state, reached the 200m mark in 24.52 seconds, winning her second gold metal in the universal appointment. This is the third medal for Lisbeli at this year's Games, the second gold and the seventh medal for the country. | American athlete Brittni Mason won the silver (25.00 seconds) and Poland's Alicja Jeromin the bronze (25.05 seconds). | Lisbeli registered the best mark of the year in the event and w…
(2021-09-05). Mexico Talks Second Round — Day 2: Optimism on Early Agreements, 'Ambassador' Vecchio Removed. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, September 4, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Jorge Rodríguez, leader of the Venezuelan government delegation in the ongoing dialogue in Mexico, reported this Saturday, September 4, that the second day of the talks was focused on reaching partial agreements related to lifting US and European illegal sanctions and the illegal seizure of assets affecting millions of Venezuelans. | "There is a willingness to put all our efforts to achieve partial agreements soon," Rodríguez said, adding that "this is a great opportunity for Venezuelans to regain their right to economic freedom." | "We are very attentive to t…
(2021-09-05). On Messi, YouTubers, Migration, and 'Venezuela Got Fixed'. orinocotribune.com By Franco Vielma — Sep 3, 2021 | Let us begin by admitting that a good part of what we call "political debate" in Venezuela is a disorderly dispute over personal anecdotes and the country's issues. | Sometimes that diatribe has little or nothing to do with politicians or with political affairs but with other issues. However, of course, those issues are also political, because in Venezuela we have the ability to turn Messi's visit to Venezuela for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers into a political issue. | Allow me not to comment on our national soccer team, so as not to digress into national tragedies.
(2021-09-05). Venezuela Denounces COVAX for Not Sending Vaccines Despite Receiving Full Payment. orinocotribune.com Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez stressed that Venezuela had completed the necesseary payment to COVAX but is yet to receive a single dose. | Venezuela has denounced the fact that it has not received any COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the international mechanism created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the purpose of equitable distribution of vaccines to countries with less resources. Venezuela has not received a single vaccine dose despite having completed the necessary payment months ago. | "COVAX has distributed more than 236 million doses to countries all over the world," stressed Executiv…