2021-08-27: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-27). US Supreme Court Strikes Down Latest Eviction Ban, Placing 6.5 Million Households at Risk. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Flyers put during a Cancel The Rents campaign against evictions in Washington DC. (Photo: Zeb Habash/Twitter) The United States supreme court on Thursday, August 26, struck down the latest federal eviction moratorium put in place by the administration of president Joe Biden. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative supermajority in the supreme court…

Sarah Lahm (2021-08-27). Midwest Dispatch: The U.S. Government Might Be Paying Someone to Monitor You. progressive.org A recent report outlines how an Israeli company is capturing and selling your activity on social media to local authorities—including the police.

Staff (2021-08-27). Venezuela Celebrates Peruvian Offer to Accompany Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia welcomed the willingness of Peru and its Foreign Minister Maúrtua to accompany the political dialogue between the national government and part of the extreme right opposition. | In this sense, Plasencia stressed that this position opens a new stage of rapprochement between both sister countries. | "We welcome Foreign Minister Maúrtua's statements in which he expresses Peru's willingness to accompany the political dialogue between Venezuelans, a position that opens a new stage of rapprochement between sister countries," Plasencia tweeted. "We wish the ambassa…

The Socialist Program (2021-08-26). US Strategic Plans for Afghanistan under the Taliban. liberationnews.org This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Today's episode focuses on the long term plans being developed by the United States in light of …

WSWS (2021-08-26). UAW keeps workers in the dark as contract negotiations with Deere enter second week. wsws.org The UAW has not published anything on its website or Facebook page about its ongoing talks with Deere & Co. over a new labor agreement covering 10,000 workers employed by the farm and construction equipment maker.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-26). Venezuela: Thousands Affected by Floods, Maduro Declares 90-Day Emergency. libya360.wordpress.com Andreína Chávez Alava The Venezuelan government deployed personnel specialized in search and rescue operations to all the hardest-hit areas. (Twitter / @JEHYSONGUZMAN) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has declared a 90-day state of emergency after heavy rains and floods left several dead and thousands affected, mainly in the country's western region. "This emergency decree greenlights all logistical and…

Julian Vigo (2021-08-26). On Cultural Imperialism and a War That Was Never About Women and Girls. counterpunch.org It's always amusing to watch people who claim progressive politics get caught up in what seems to be a desire to get more Twitter likes, on the one hand, and on the other, to decimate their claims of justice for which their online personality purports to fight. So it went last week while on social

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