(2021-09-11). War spending is a tax on working people who just want to live in peace, Roger Waters tells RT. rt.com 
The former Pink Floyd frontman spoke to RT's Going Underground on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the 1973 US-backed coup in Chile, which led the right-wing dictator Augusto Pinochet to power. | The 9/11 terrorist attacks could have been a wake-up call for the US and the world to reassess priorities, but instead it fueled extremism and helped funnel public resources into the coffers of war profiteers, Waters told presenter Afshin Rattansi. | The US response to the terrorist attacks "empowered extremism on all levels of all factions, not just jihadists from the Middle East and elsewhere," he added. | Al…
(2021-09-11). Saturday 9/11: Free Virtual Screening of the Documentary Film "The Bitter Peace" indybay.org
(2021-09-11). What is Behind Capture of 'El Pollo' Carvajal in Spain? orinocotribune.com Retired Venezuelan military officer Hugo "El Pollo" Carvajal was captured in Spain by security forces after remaining in hiding since 2019. Carvajal is a fugitive from the controversial United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and a request for his extradition has been issued by Washington, DC. | Carvajal, who defected from the ranks of Chavismo in 2017, is singled out for drug trafficking crimes, and is on a list of Venezuelan officials that the White House has been watching for several years, arguing that he possesses "key information" that allegedly would serve to remove President Nicolás Maduro fr…
(2021-09-11). Rusia reitera apoyo a mesa de diálogo político en Venezuela. telesurtv.net La vocera de la cancillería rusa María Zajarova afirmó que "solo los propios venezolanos pueden determinar su destino".
(2021-09-10). 'Momentous' Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining Adopted at Global Biodiversity Summit. commondreams.org "We must learn from the horrifying consequences of U.S. war and begin down a path towards peace."
(2021-09-10). Biden Was Right to Leave Afghanistan, But Sanctions are for Sore Losers. counterpunch.org Afghanistan now joins a very big club, including Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and others, of those the U.S. aims to starve into regime change. How's that going? Well might you ask. It appears to be utterly ineffective at anything aside from tormenting ordinary people. In the face of sanctions, leaders clutch at power more ferociously than ever, because they see themselves endangered, while cancer patients can't buy chemo. In short, these sanctions will break Afghanistan financially, probably cause famine and will doubtless engender huge emigration, while serving no purpose besides random cruelty, because sanctions are w…
(2021-09-10). Shared Grief After 9/11: Sister of WTC Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost 19 Family Members in U.S. Attack. democracynow.org 
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we revisit a conversation we hosted in January of 2002 between Masuda Sultan, an Afghan American woman who lost 19 members of her family in a U.S. air raid, and Rita Lasar, a New Yorker who lost her brother in the World Trade Center attack. Lasar would become an active member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Masuda later wrote the memoir, "My War at Home."
(2021-09-10). Scheer Intelligence: A Traitor To Torture. popularresistance.org Once upon a time, a keystone of American exceptionalism was the claim of a moral high ground when it came to how our forces operated abroad, in war or peace, especially when it came to the use of torture, that hallmark of enemies we stamped as evil, primitive and sadistic. The ends were not supposed to justify the means, lest we be no better than our rivals and predecessors. | Yet, within months of the 9/11 attacks, frustration with the interrogation of a single alleged enemy agent led to the creation of a sprawling, global CIA-run torture program using violence, sleep deprivation and isolation on more than 100 m…
(2021-09-10). Wake up Chile! All Power to the Convention. orinocotribune.com By Manuel Cabieses Donoso — Sep 7, 2021 | Once again, the oligarchic frond is trying to cheat and confuse everyone. It intends to undermine the prestige and moral authority of the Constitutional Convention, which is the last hope for a peaceful and democratic change that will put the country on the path of social justice. | Civil, military and religious institutions are sinking into the swamp of corruption while citizens are increasingly distancing themselves from them. However, the social and political force to organize and guide real change has yet to emerge. This is where the work of the Convention can he…
(2021-09-10). Vietnam Resists Washington's Anti-China Campaign. orinocotribune.com By Gregory E. Williams — Sep 6, 2021 | Vietnam and China fought an unfortunate border war in February and March of 1979, egged on by U.S. imperialist interference in the region. Nevertheless, relations between the two countries have steadily improved, based on a shared interest in peaceful socialist construction, resulting in deepening political and economic cooperation. | Currently, maritime disputes are the biggest threat to this long-lasting peace. Controversies have arisen around commercial fishing, oil exploration and other activities in the waters that China calls the South Sea, and Vietnam calls the E…
(2021-09-10). On 9/11 Anniversary, Anti-War Group Says 'Cut the Pentagon for People, Planet, and Peace'. commondreams.org If the Democrats are not able to pass both a substantial Democratic "infrastructure" bill and a very substantial voting rights bill, it is quite likely that the entire country will soon be Texas.
(2021-09-10). How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare? counterpunch.org Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age of innocence for America. The Cold War was over and our leaders promised us a "peace dividend." There was no TSA to make us take off our shoes at airports (how many bombs have they found in those billions of shoes?). The government could not
(2021-09-10). Yulimar Rojas Wins Her First Diamond League Championship and Breaks Two Records. orinocotribune.com 
The queen of queens, in the world of athletics, has triumphed again. Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas won her first Diamond League championship with a jump of 15.48 m in her last attempt in the women's triple jump final of the Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland. | With all eyes on her, due to expectations generated by her participation in the meet in Zurich, a first jump of 15.27 meters was enough for her to win the grand final of the Diamond League. | Although she did not exceed her Olympic mark of 15.67m, with which she broke the Olympic record and the world record, she did manage to break the League a…
(2021-09-10). Venezuelan Paralympic Delegation Returns Home, Meets President Maduro. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, September 9, the delegation that represented Venezuela at the 2020 Paralympic Games held in Tokyo landed in the country and was welcomed by its people as heroes. | The 26 Venezuelan athletes returned home from the best performance in the country's Paralympic history, having obtained seven medals, including three golds, two silvers, two bronze medals, and 17 Paralympic diplomas. | With a red carpet prepared for them by the Venezuelan government, several Olympic athletes and medalists were waiting also, along with friends and relatives, to welcome the Paralympic delegation. Olympic athletes including…
(2021-09-10). Minister Arreaza Visits Hugo Chávez Frías Industrial Complex in Anaco. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, September 9, Venezuelan Minister for Industries and National Production, Jorge Arreaza, visited the Hugo Chávez Frías Industrial Complex in Anaco, Anzoátegui state. The industrial complex was inaugurated on January 22, 2020, through Decree No. 4.101 for the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG). | On his Twitter account, @jaarreaza, Minister Arreaza wrote: "In Anaco, we visited the Factory of Factories. A dream of Commander Chávez come true. High-level equipment and talent and the latest technology to manufacture parts, pieces, machinery, tools. The Center for Technological Development and Innovat…
(2021-09-10). Ambassador Alex Saab to Continue His Legal Battle for Justice in the United States. orinocotribune.com In response to the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde authorizing the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab, the diplomat wrote a letter affirming that he will continue the legal battle in courts in the US. | In the letter, the Venezuelan diplomatic envoy highlighted that although he still remains arrested in Cape Verde and despite the ruling, he is confident that he will prevail in the battle against judicial overreach for political reasons, which is a tool for United States' world domination. | Saab wrote, "No matter the false evidence, the amount of political pressur…
(2021-09-10). The Three-Act Tragicomedy of the Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Vaz — Sep 8, 2021 | VA writer and editor Ricardo Vaz takes stock of the Venezuelan opposition's antics in recent years. | The history of the Venezuelan opposition since the arrival of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution has been one of gaffes, violence, infighting and shortsightedness. | While the corporate media has done its utmost to
(2021-09-10). Venezuela Produces 95% of the Rice it Consumes. orinocotribune.com During an inspection of the planting of grains, and specifically of rice, for the 2021 winter cycle, the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, reported that Venezuela produces more than 95% of the rice that reaches Venezuelan households. From the Gran Cacique Yare Agricultural Production Unit, in the state of Aragua, Faiez Kassen Castillo, vice minister for Agrarian Development and Land Management, made a satellite connection with the Potrero de Armo sector, in the Araure municipality, of the Portuguesa state, and reported that the rice crop is in its final phase. | "We a…
(2021-09-10). Venezuela Reports Newsletter N ∞ 25. mppre.gob.ve We did it again in Mexico! We concluded agreements in defense of our inalienable rights over the Essequibo and for the protection of the people. Along with the dialogue, we made progress in the construction of a new economic map and the dissemination of our fight against the blockade. In Issue 25 of Venezuela Reports […] | La entrada
(2021-09-10). Participative Democracy Under Siege: A Conversation with Luis Britto García. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina A highly regarded Venezuelan intellectual reflects on the vicissitudes of the Bolivarian Process' political model. Luis Britto García is Venezuela's most highly regarded living writer. He has penned numerous plays, novels, historical works, essays, and film scripts, and is a keen political commentator. In this VA interview, Britto García contraposes the contradictory…