(2021-10-04). Headlines for October 4, 2021. democracynow.org Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion, U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts, Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife, Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites, Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations, Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows, 8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest, 4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities, 3 Millio…
(2021-10-04). Fifteen years since Assange established WikiLeaks. wsws.org The anniversary is being marked by Assange's continuing imprisonment and a media blackout of revelations that the American government plotted to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder.
(2021-10-04). Pompeo admitió que la CIA conspiró para secuestrar y matar a Julian Assange. globalizacion.ca Mike Pompeo, exdirector de la CIA y exsecretario de Estado del gobierno de Donald Trump reconoció que cuando la agencia de inteligencia estaba a su cargo, conspiró para secuestrar y matar al fundador de Wikileaks, el australiano Julian Assange, y…
(2021-10-04). The CIA Plan to Poison Assange Wasn't Needed. The US Found a 'Lawful' Way to Disappear Him. counterpunch.org Assange has not been deprived of his freedom for more than a decade because of an unimplemented rogue operation by the CIA. Rather, he has been held in various forms of captivity — disappeared — through the collaborations of various national governments and their intelligence agencies, aided by legal systems and the media, that have systematically violated his rights and legal due process.
(2021-10-04). US Reconnaissance Aircraft Patrolling Syrian Coast, While Unidentified Drone Targeted Hmeimim Airbase. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 4, an unidentified aerial target was intercepted near Hmeimim Air Base by Russian air defense systems. | According to the reports by the local Jableh News agency, at least one target, likely a drone, was shot down over the town of Jableh in the Syrian province of Latakia. The air defense system actuation at the Russian Khmeimim airbase was reported. Illustrative Image | The attack attempt took place at the moment when a USAF RC-135U was circling around 50km from the Russian base. | The RC-135U is specifically configured to gather electronic and signals intelligence, with…
(2021-10-04). Brazil: Indigenous lands in danger due to capitalist exploitation. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Supreme Court reserved its judgment on a historic case winding back Indigenous land rights, known as marco temporal (timeframe), on September 15, reports Davi Bertges.
(2021-10-04). Bans Off Our Bodies: Planned Parenthood Pres. on Abortion Bans, Bills in Congress & the Supreme Court. democracynow.org 
After thousands of people marched in hundreds of rallies across the United States to protest against tightening abortion restrictions, we speak with Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson, who says the weekend actions represent "a movement moment" for reproductive rights. "More than 80% of Americans believe that Roe should be the law of the land," she says. "And yet, in state after state, these horrific restrictions and bans are continuing to further erode our ability to access our constitutional right."
(2021-10-04). NSW Police powers challenged. greenleft.org.au The Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers is challenging several New South Wales Police powers under the COVID-19 public health orders in the Supreme Court. Adam Trumper reports.
(2021-10-04). Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Identity, Details How Platform Prioritizes Profit Over Public Safety. sputniknews.com Frances Haugen, a former product manager hired to combat election interference on Facebook, appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, outing herself as the whistleblower who supplied the Wall Street Journal with internal Facebook documents that became the framework for a wide-ranging investigative series.
(2021-10-03). What The Yahoo! Assange Report Got Wrong. popularresistance.org The Yahoo! News report that is mistakenly being credited for breaking the story of a CIA plot to assassinate or kidnap WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is filled with crucial errors, while at the same time providing important new details about inside-Washington deliberations on how the plot came about.
(2021-10-03). Pompeo Effectively Admits to Assange Allegations. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Sep 29, 2021 | In the process of issuing another not-really-a-denial about a Here are some quotes from th…
(2021-10-03). The White House is seeking to strengthen the intelligence capabilities assigned to China. indybay.org Recently, media has got the information that the US administration is working on the issue of creating a special center on China in the Central Intelligence Agency.
(2021-10-03). NYC Schools Proceed With COVID Vaccine Mandate as SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor Blocks Teachers' Appeal. sputniknews.com On Monday, a US appeals panel issued an order that allowed the New York City Department of Education to impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and adult personnel. The decision was promptly met with a legal challenge filed in the US Supreme Court by a group of educators who have panned the mandate as an "unconstitutional burden".