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The U.S. ‘cold war’ drive and the Australia nuclear deal

September 26, 2021 Scott Scheffer
On Sep. 15, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain announced their new trilateral security agreement, AUKUS, and its first initiative — the delivery of a […]
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Clear away the hype: The U.S. and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that

September 23, 2021 Vijay Prashad
On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, “a new enhanced trilateral security partnership” between these three countries. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]
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Stop the racist deportations: Haitian refugee crisis made in the USA

September 22, 2021 Haiti Action Committee
The Haiti Action Committee denounces the inhumane and racist deportation of Haitian refugees from the US-Mexico border, where thousands of people are living in terrible, even deadly, conditions, and are being systematically deported by the […]
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New York rally stands with Zimbabwe against imperialist sanctions

September 22, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Demonstrators gathered across from the United Nations on Saturday, Sept. 18, to welcome Zimbabwe’s delegates to the United Nations and demand an end to U.S. sanctions on that African country. The U.S., Britain and other […]
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Peruvian communist leader dies after three decades in prison

September 17, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Peruvian authorities reported Sept. 11 the death of Dr. Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, better known by his nom de guerre Presidente Gonzalo. The leader of the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) had been imprisoned in […]
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No end in sight to U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan

September 9, 2021 Scott Scheffer
On Aug. 26, a suicide bomb was detonated at the airport in Kabul amid the chaos of the U.S. troop withdrawal. Two hundred people were killed, including 13 U.S. soldiers. Reporters paid tribute to the […]
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Rwanda’s military is the French proxy on African soil

September 9, 2021 Vijay Prashad
On July 9, 2021, the government of Rwanda said that it had deployed 1,000 troops to Mozambique to battle al-Shabaab fighters, who had seized the northern province of Cabo Delgado. A month later, on August […]
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How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

September 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
Thirty-eight years ago, 269 people were killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union on Sept. 1, 1983.  President Ronald Reagan called it “an act of barbarism.” U.S. cops […]
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Los Angeles protest: Peru’s will must be respected!

September 6, 2021 Jefferson Azevedo
On August 26, Peru Libre — the Free Peru national political party – organized a demonstration in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. A group formed by people from Peru, other South American countries, Mexico […]
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Tears of empire

September 4, 2021 Mumia Abu-Jamal
It happened with a suddenness that was stunning. The Taliban taking town by town, village by village, province by province until Kabul itself toppled all without virtually firing a shot. The sudden full of the […]