Australian Spies Aided and Abetted CIA in Chile

10 September 2021 — National Security Archive

On 48th Anniversary of the Military Coup, Archive Posts Never-Before-Seen Australian Intelligence Service Documents on Anti-Allende Covert Ops

CIA Requested Clandestine Australian Support after Allende Election; Australian Intel Service Opened Station in Santiago, Records Confirm

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Marikana: The Struggle for Breath and Dignity

26 August 2021 —  Internationalist 360°

Bonile Bam

31 July 2021: Former mine employee Bongani Mpofu says life in Marikana is hard for its impoverished residents. (Photographs by Bonile Bam)

The Marikana area in North West province may be rich in platinum group metals, but the profits from mining them do not benefit residents, who have little hope of improving their lives.

“We are dying slowly in Marikana,” says Bongani Mpofu, 31, who lives in the North West province mining town’s Maditlokwa shack settlement. “The carbon monoxide that comes from underground by way of ventilators that are positioned in the veld blows in the direction of the community.

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Afghanistan News Links 9-10 September 2021

10 September 2021 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

Washington Makes a Key Bet in Central Asia on Uzbekistan

Indian Media Claims Pakistan Airforce Struck Panjshir, Proves It With Video Game Footage
https://southfront.org/indian-media-claims-pakistan-airforce-struck-panjshir-proves-it-with-video-game-footage/

Freezing Afghanistan’s assets, aid funds could ‘throw millions into poverty’ & spark ‘massive’ refugee crisis, UN envoy warns
https://www.rt.com/news/534429-afghanistan-aid-refugee-crisis/

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Solely Because of the Increasing Disorder: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2021)

9 September 2021 — Tricontinental

Tshibumba Kanda Matulu DRC The Martyrs of the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga at the Stadium Formerly Called Albert I now Mobutu Kenia Township Lubumbashi 1975 1Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu (DRC), The Martyrs of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga at the Stadium Formerly Called ‘Albert I’, now ‘Mobutu’, Kenia Township, Lubumbashi, 1975.

Dear friends,

Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

A few days ago, I spoke to a senior official at the World Health Organisation (WHO). I asked her if she knew how many people lived their lives on our planet without shoes. The reason I asked her this question is because I was wondering about Tungiasis, an ailment caused by the infection that results from the entry of a female sand flea (Tunga penetrans) into the skin. This problem has a variety of names in many different languages – from jigger or chigoe to niguá (Spanish) or bicho do pé (Portuguese) to funza (Kiswahili) or tukutuku (Zande). It is a terrible problem that disfigures the feet and makes mobility difficult. Shoes prevent these fleas from burrowing into the skin. She was not sure about the number but presumed that at least a billion people must live without shoes. Tungiasis is only one malady amongst many caused by a lack of access to shoes, with others such as Podoconiosis afflicting people who walk on red volcanic clay soil that inflames their feet in Central America, the African highlands, and India.

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