September 2016

Syria: False Claims In Western “News”

September 30, 2016 Moon Of Alabama, www.informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Propaganda, Syria

By Moon Of Alabama for Information Clearing House - The White House and State Department are miffed that Syria and Russia are cleaning up their Jihadis in Aleppo city. There is a false claims evolving in western "news" that the current Aleppo operation led to the breakdown of the ceasefire agreement. Two points on this: 1. The ceasefire did not "break down". It expired after a previously agreed period. Both sides did not agree to a prolongation. 2. The most important ceasefire point was the physical separation of al-Qaida and other U.S. proxy rebels. The U.S. was unable (or unwilling) to fulfill that point. The main priority in Syria, according to the document, is the demarcation of territory controlled by Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups and territories controlled by Syrian rebels.After the end of the ceasefire the U.S. and its subaltern allies are flooding Syria with new weapons

Investors Urge 16 Global Food Producers To Divest From Factory Farming

September 30, 2016 Derrick Broze, www.activistpost.com Resist! Factory Farming, Farming

By Derrick Broze for Activist Post - The Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) has organized a group of 40 investors in a campaign to raise awareness about the environmental and health risks associated with continuing to support factory farming and the over reliance on animal agriculture. The investors sent a letter to 16 global food producers asking them to acknowledge the risks of industrial farming, specifically animal agriculture, and to invest in plant-based protein sources.

Cherry-Picking Trade Polls To Pave Way For A TPP Flip-Flop

September 30, 2016 Jim Naureckas, www.fair.org Organize! TPP, Trade Deal

By Jim Naureckas for FAIR - Dean Baker (FAIR.org, 9/23/16) was rightly skeptical of a New York Times article (“Who Hates Free Trade Treaties? Surprisingly, Not Voters,” 9/21/16) reporting that polling showed support for trade agreements, noting that it used the concepts of “trade,” “free trade” and “trade agreements” interchangeably. “As everyone knows, except apparently the people who work for the New York Times, these are not the same thing,” Baker pointed out.

DIY Solar Desalination Machine Purifies 2.8 Gallons Of Water Each Day

September 30, 2016 Amanda Froelich, www.trueactivist.com Create! Solar Energy, Water

By Amanda Froelich for AJ+ - The Israel-Palestine conflict has resulted in 90% of the water in Gaza being rendered undrinkable. An obvious travesty, one man decided to develop a DIY solar desalination system capable of turning undrinkable water into purified H20 – and succeeded! Fayez al-Hindi’s invention may save lives, considering that Gaza is expected to run out of drinkable water within the next few months.

21 Arrested During Peaceful Prayer Ceremony At Standing Rock

September 30, 2016 Dan Zukowski, www.ecowatch.com Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Protesters Arrested, Protests

By Dan Zukowski for Eco Watch - "We had a really nice ceremony," said a Sicangu Lakota grandmother. "Then we looked and over that way, there were a few police and the next thing we knew there were 40 police all in riot gear." Police moved in as peaceful demonstrators stood with their hands up. The video then shows officers confronting the protestors, grabbing women and ordering everyone into their cars. "I've never had a gun pointed at me," said the grandmother. "I went into shock."

This Is What Stop And Frisk Is, And Why It’s Unconstitutional

September 30, 2016 Natasha Noman, www.mic.com Educate! Constitution, Stop and Frisk

By Natasha Noman for Mic - The controversial stop-and-frisk policy instituted by the New York Police Department in 1999 allowed law enforcement to stop any civilian on the street and search their person and belongings. The practice is "allegedly based on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity," the Center for Constitutional Rights explains. There are just a few problems with that premise: The practice has proven to be racially motivated, ineffective and unconstitutional.

Rapid Burnout, Dissatisfaction Of U.S. Doctors Threatens Public Health Crisis

September 30, 2016 Alexander Reed Kelly, www.truthdig.com Educate! Capitalism, Healthcare, Medicine, Privatization, Public Health

By Alexander Reed Kelly for Truth Dig - Half of U.S. physicians are “disengaged, burned out, and demoralized and plan to either retire, cut back on work hours, or seek non-clinical roles,” reports MedPage Today, citing a new nationwide survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation. “Many physicians are dissatisfied with the current state of the medical practice environment and they are opting out of traditional patient care roles,” said Walker Ray, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation, in remarks that appeared with the survey.

Alton Sterling’s Family Demands Action From Baton Rouge Officials

September 30, 2016 David Lohr, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter (BLM), police brutality

By David Lohr for The Huffington Post - Alton Sterling’s frustrated family members and their supporters confronted Baton Rouge officials this week, demanding an update in the nearly 3-month-old investigation into the 37-year-old black man’s death. A police officer fatally shot Sterling near a convenience store where he sold CDs in July. The shooting sparked protests across the country against police misconduct.

Recalculating The Climate Math

September 30, 2016 Bill McKibben, www.newrepublic.com Educate! Climate Change, Global Warming

By Bill McKibben for New Republic - The future of humanity depends on math. And the numbers in a new study released Thursday are the most ominous yet. Those numbers spell out, in simple arithmetic, how much of the fossil fuel in the world’s existing coal mines and oil wells we can burn if we want to prevent global warming from cooking the planet. In other words, if our goal is to keep the Earth’s temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius

Anti-Drone Activists Say “Enough War”

September 30, 2016 Sharon Delgado, www.sharondelgado.org Resist! Afghanistan, Drones, Nonviolence, Wars and Militarism

By Sharon Delgado for Campaign Nonviolence. Before we were arrested, each of us explained what we have had enough of. I explained that I have had enough of drone warfare. (Beale is the home of the Global Hawk Drone, a surveillance drone that identifies targets for armed Predator and Reaper drones.) I have also had enough of the U.S. Air Force Vision for 2020, which is geared toward “full spectrum dominance” for the purpose of “protecting U.S. interests and investments” as “the globalization of the world economy… continues, with a widening between “haves” and “have-nots.” I have had enough of the U.S. military enforcing a global order that is enriching the already wealthy, protecting the privileged, exploiting those who are vulnerable, causing massive suffering, and destroying this beautiful earth. #Enough war. #Enough “accidental” (or incidental) killing of children. #Enough suffering. #Enough extrajudicial killing. #Enough.

UN Report Highlights US History Of Slavery, Segregation & Racial Terror

September 29, 2016 Staff, www.ohchr.org Educate! Racial Justice, Slavery, United Nations

By Staff for OCHR - The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism, and racial inequality in the US remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent. Despite substantial changes since the end of the enforcement of Jim Crow and the fight for civil rights, ideology ensuring the domination of one group over another, continues to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of African Americans today

21 More Arrested For Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

September 29, 2016 Staff, www.inforum.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Protesters Arrested, Protests

By Staff of Forum News Service - ST. ANTHONY, N.D. — Twenty-one Dakota Access Pipeline protesters were arrested throughout the day on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at two construction sites near St. Anthony, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. The protesters were arrested for various crimes ranging from resisting arrest, criminal trespass on private property and possession of stolen property.

Uprising Activists: Charlotte Mayor, Police Chief Should Resign

September 29, 2016 Ann Doss Helms, www.charlotteobserver.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Activists, Black Lives Matter (BLM), North Carolina, police brutality

By Ann Doss Helms for The Charlotte Observer - Local and state activists called Monday for Police Chief Kerr Putney and Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts to resign, as the city’s latest round of tension between police and the black community moves into its second week. At a Monday news conference held by Charlotte Uprising, a coalition that emerged during last week’s protests, speakers said both officials have failed to protect the city’s African American and working class citizens and withheld information about two fatal shootings last week.

Alabama Prison Guards Went On Strike This Weekend In Solidarity With Inmates

September 29, 2016 Brendan O'Connor, www.jezebel.com Resist! Alabama, Prisoner rights, Prisons, Strikes

By Brendan O'Connor for Jezebel - A group of guards at an Alabama prison went on strike this weekend, out of solidarity with inmates protesting overcrowding and unjust labor practices. Strikes and work stoppages have rolled through the nation’s prisons following the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising earlier this month. On September 9th, inmates at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore went on strike for at least 24 hours, refusing to show up for their work assignments.

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