Evaggelos Vallianatos (2023-08-28). Poseidonia Meadows in Greece at Grave Risk. counterpunch.org Seagrass and fish farms The Institute of Marine Conservation Archipelagos, a Greek non-profit scientific organization, is sounding the alarm about the state of the marine environment in Greece, especially now that Greece has been under extreme pressure to pay off its ill-gotten debt. The warning is primarily about the fate of Poseidonia sea grass /

Felix Allen (2023-08-28). Don't Blame Retail Workers for Poor Service, Blame the CEOs. counterpunch.org Ever get mad at a delivery driver for bringing your pizza late? I used to. Now I assume it's late because an overpaid boss is probably making two employees do the job of 10. What changed? I worked for two years at a company with the kind of chronic understaffing that plagues many of America's largest retailers and fast food corporations.

Fridays for Future, partners (2023-08-28). Friday 9/15: #ClimateStrike: Nationwide & Global Strikes Against Climate Crisis. indybay.org Climate Strikes across California, nationwide & globally | Find a climate action near you: fridaysforfuture.org/action-map/map/ | Or here: fridaysforfutureusa.org/…

Greg Kremenliev, Terri Moss (2023-08-28). I4C Showcases Innovative ICARE Program at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. indybay.org Seven leaders from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County (I4C) journeyed to Chicago last week to present a workshop at the 9th Parliament of the World's Religions (dating back to 1893). This year's gathering featured 7,000 participants from 90 countries and more than 200 faith traditions, revolving around the theme: "A Call to Conscience — Defending Freedom and Human Rights" with a focus on combating authoritarianism and the climate crisis.

Hauser & Wirth (2023-08-28). Thursday 8/31: Opening Reception 'Jenny Holzer'. indybay.org Hauser & Wirth | 8980 Santa Monica Boulevard | West Hollywood, CA 90069…

Jane Cutter (2023-08-28). Worldwide protests demand Japan stop dumping radioactive waste water from Fukushima power plant disaster. liberationnews.org While the Japanese government claims it is safe to release the radioactive water into the ocean, people around the world are alarmed.

Joel Warner (2023-08-28). "Every Door You Open Ultimately Leads To Blackstone" levernews.com

John K. White (2023-08-28). This is Not a Man's World: "Campeonas" Not "Campeones del Mundo" counterpunch.org

Labor Video Project (2023-08-28). KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling, , Elections, Pacifica & The Fight Against The Racist Anti. indybay.org KPFA journalist Frank Sterling and KPFA LSB candidate Steve Zeltzer speak out about the refusal of the KPFA Local Station Board group "The Protectors" to support a resolution calling for the dropping of Antioch police charges against journalist Frank Sterling. The KPFA Local station board and the past manager have refused to also call for the freedom of journalist s Mumia Abu-jamal and Julian Assange. KPFA also put on programmer Ian Masters who has said he is for keeping Mumia in jail and the supporters of Mumia are dupes.

Last Chance Alliance (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: Bus From East Bay End Fossil Fuels Protest in Sacramento. indybay.org Ashby BART Station | 3100 Adeline Street | Berkeley, CA…

Marjorie Cohn (2023-08-28). Extradition of Julian Assange threatens First Amendment, Press Freedom. indybay.org JURIST: My favorite Supreme Court Justice of all time is William O. Douglas. A staunch defender of the First Amendment, he asserted in his book Points of Rebellion, "We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution."

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-08-28). Saturday 9/16: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Virtual Murrell. indybay.org Merritt College Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale Student Lounge | 12500 Skyline Drive | Oakland, CA 94619…

Michael von der Schulenburg (2023-08-28). The UN Charter must be the heart and soul of any new peace architecture. indybay.org The Ukrainian war will also end one day, and we will have to strive again for a new peace order to "save future generations from the scourge of war." A peaceful and fair world for the soon to be 10 billion inhabitants of the earth, 9 billion from the 'Global South', must be built on the principles of the UN Charter. The UN Charter must therefore be at the center of every peace movement.

Mitchell Zimmerman (2023-08-28). Trump Isn't Too Big to Jail. counterpunch.org The day after Donald Trump was arraigned for his alleged effort to steal the 2020 election, he posted a naked threat: "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" That followed his federal indictment. After he was indicted in Georgia, Trump openly warned a witness not to testify. "I am reading reports that failed former

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: 4 ideas for avoiding the 'freshman 15'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The term "freshman 15" often refers to weight gain students tend to gain during their first year in college. It's often their first time away from home and their normal routines. Dr. Denise Millstine, a Mayo Clinic internal medicine physician, shares more on how to avoid the dreaded "freshman 15." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/lmgMMXCzdiY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can your child hear the teacher? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Checking your child's hearing should be on your back-to-school list. Dr. Kelly Conroy, a Mayo Clinic audiologist, says children with an undiagnosed hearing issue can face both academic and social struggles. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/fyq4YhJ4YsE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. You know your child can see the video board, but what if he can't hear the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Safety tips to prevent heat-related illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org From Texas to Minnesota, much of the country's midsection will be melting this week…with extreme heat watches, warnings and heat advisories posted in many areas. Temperatures will be pushing 100 degrees with heat indices even higher. According to the National Weather Service, the prolonged nature of the heat wave and very warm overnight temperatures will compound the impact of the heat. Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be life-threatening and often prevented. Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: How young athletes can reduce their risk of injury. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than half of children in the U.S. ages 6 to 17 participate in sports. With participation also comes the painful reality of injuries that happen during gameplay. Dr. Wes Troyer, a Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, explains how to reduce children's risk of sports injuries. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMbUDc6ozQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Consumer Health: Teens and depression — a back-to-school concern. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With many teens heading back to school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs during what can be an already tumultuous time of life. For some teens, though, the lows are more than just temporary feelings. They're symptoms of depression. Depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teen depression is a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). The W-Curve Model: Understanding a new college student's experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home for an extended period. Freshman year is known for new experiences, but it also presents various challenges. Each new college student's experience is unique. Parents should be aware of the predictable adjustment pattern to help students navigate difficult times. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Consumer Health: When does a heart murmur need treatment? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart murmurs are sounds, such as whooshing or swishing, made by rapid, choppy blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a device called a stethoscope and are different from those of a normal heartbeat. Heart murmurs can be present at birth or develop later in life. Some heart murmurs, called innocent hurt murmurs, are harmless. An innocent heart murmur is not a sign of heart disease and doesn't need treatment. Other…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Consumer Health: Are you considering contact lenses? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Contact Lens Health Week will be observed Aug. 21—25, which makes this a good time to learn more about contact lenses and whether they might be right for you. Eyeglasses can be fun and fashionable. And they're a safe and effective way to provide vision correction for most people. Contact lenses also can provide a safe and effective way to correct your vision, and more than 45 million people in the U.S. wear contact lenses, according to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Consumer Health: Back to school — and head lice. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: head lice. An estimated 6—12 million infestations of head lice occur each year in the U.S. among children 3 to 11 years old, predominantly among preschool children in child care settings and children in elementary school, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Members of their households also are…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing viral infection risks when sending kids off to school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's back to school for many kids around the nation. And once they hit the classroom, you may notice more runny noses and other symptoms associated with viral and bacterial infections. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says you might not be able to stop some of these illnesses, but reducing viral infection risks is possible. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/g73RprjT7Go Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (: 59) is in the downloads…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why it's essential to plan ahead for snack time. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Whether in the classroom or on the playground, children need enough energy — and proper nutrition — to get them through the day. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says planning for snack time can teach kids healthy habits while keeping them full. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zbo5Qn-G0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 55) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis — is your feather bedding making you sick? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you have feather bedding or clothing and have some breathing concerns, you should learn about feather duvet lung. Feather duvet lung or hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is a lung problem caused by sensitivity to antigen from feathers in duvets and pillows filled with duck or goose feathers. Breathing in this dust triggers a reaction in the body, causing lung inflammation and difficulty breathing. Dr. Ana Zamora-Martinez, a Mayo Clinic pulmonologist, says repeated exposure can lead to…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing teen's risk of diabetes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 40-year-old overweight woman diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a little over a year ago. I have become more mindful about the food our family eats, limiting sugar and incorporating more fruits and vegetables into meals at home. Recently, though, I learned my 14-year-old daughter has been "snacking" on spoons of granulated sugar daily. What can I do to reduce her risk for diabetes and reduce her addiction to sugar? ANSWER: Adherence…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why kids with epilepsy need a seizure action plan. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurring seizures. And it's common. It's estimated that 1 in 26 people develop the disorder, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. It affects people of all genders, races and ages, including children. And as school is starting across the country, Dr. Anthony Fine, a Mayo Clinic pediatric neurologist and epileptologist, says it's important that parents be proactive and make sure their students have something called a seizure action plan….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Can ashwagandha supplements help with stress and anxiety relief? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I struggle with stress and feeling overwhelmed. I am 52 and juggle full-time work as a wife and mother to a teenage daughter. Recently I also began caring for an elderly relative. I often snap at the slightest comment, and sleep is elusive due to the many thoughts swirling in my head. I am not the biggest fan of medication, but I recently saw an ad for Ashwagandha on social media. Can…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Study compares surgical treatment options for uterine fibroids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a new study, Mayo Clinic researchers compared the cost-effectiveness of surgical treatments for uterine fibroids, suggesting that the less invasive option may relieve symptoms without as high a price. Historically, hysterectomy has been the most common surgical treatment for uterine fibroids, a condition that affects 70—80% of premenopausal women, but another procedure is available. Unlike a hysterectomy, which removes the entire uterus, a myomectomy removes only the fibroids, leaving the uterus intact. The study compared myomectomy to two versions of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic researchers use new innovative technology to diagnose teen brothers with ultra-rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When Emery Diffendorfer was a baby, he couldn't hold his head up or babble like other infants his age. His rare genetic disorder enlarged his tongue and head, and he had weakened muscle tone, brittle bones, sleep apnea, poor eyesight and persistent infections in his tonsils and adenoids. By six months old, the tiny Mayo Clinic patient was in the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. That's when Cheryl Diffendorfer and Amy Honsey — both…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Thinking about weight-loss surgery? 4 things to consider. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Anyone who's struggled with reaching or maintaining a healthy weight probably has heard comments like, "If you want to lose weight, just eat less and exercise more" or "Losing weight is all about willpower." But weight loss is much more complicated. Genetics, socioeconomic status, mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and certain medications can affect your ability to lose weight and keep it off. That's why weight loss requires a complex, multipronged approach,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-28). Mayo researchers find vaccine may reduce severity of long-haul COVID symptoms. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Getting a COVID-19 vaccine may not only reduce a person's risk of getting long-haul COVID, but also could mean fewer symptoms for people who develop the condition. Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that long-haul COVID patients who were vaccinated before contracting the virus were less likely to experience symptoms such as abdominal pain, chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath, according to a study published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. The study…

Oil & Gas Action Network, more (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: Sacramento: Newsom and Biden: End Fossil Fuels! Climate Crisis Protest. indybay.org Old Sacramento | 1100 Front Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

People of Red Mountain (2023-08-28). Peehee Mu'huh Massacres Commemoration, Nipple Rock, Nevada. indybay.org 3rd Annual Commemoration of Peehee Mu'huh Massacres – Gathering at Nipple Rock. Saturday, September 9th, 2023 11am – 1pm | Peehee Mu'huh has two known massacres. One massacre that gave Peehee Mu'huh its name and a documented massacre on September 12th, 1865. There are over 1,000 cultural sites at Peehee Mu'huh and 56 of them are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. People of Red Mountain and others will gather to commemorate these massacres and the history of our sacred landscapes.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-28). Canción "Hombres ricos al norte de Richmond" indybay.org La canción "Rich Men North of Richmond" (Hombres ricos al norte de Richmond) de Oliver Anthony alcanzó el número 1 en las listas top…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-28). Ecuador votó "Sí" a la protección del Amazonas. indybay.org Ecuador votó "Sí" a la protección del Amazonas y abre un horizonte postextractivista…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-28). Argentinas: Convocatoria a defender la Reserva Natural Santa Catalina! indybay.org Argentina_Pvcia Buenos Aires: A defender la Reserva Natural Santa Catalina! | Convocatoria a Campaña sin fronteras: puedes firmar tu adhesión!

Robert Norse (2023-08-28). Return of the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet. indybay.org Absent for nearly fifteen years, the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet is back with issue #170. The Shit Sheet published pretty frequently in the late 80s and early 90s, and sporadically since in the early 2000s. Whether it will continue to regularly appear is still an uncertain and open question, but here is a contemporary sample of the kind of news and views it covers.

Sarah Hyden (2023-08-28). Do Trees Have Consciousness? counterpunch.org Underlying forest management planning and decisions are considerations about what a forest really is. What are trees? Can they be reasonably considered to have consciousness? If there is any possibility trees have consciousness of any sort, then it brings up questions about what is justifiable to do to them in our efforts to "manage" forests.

SFCHRP & the Westside Community Coalition (2023-08-28). Wednesday 8/30: From the Battle of Seattle in 1999 to the Bay in 2023. indybay.org St. John's Presbyterian Church | 25 Lake Street @ Arguello Street | San Francisco…

UFCLP, Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-08-28). Friday 9/1: Rally Against Imperialism! Hands off Niger! Hands off Arakaki and Ruiz! indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building. 90 7th Street, San Francisco CA…

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/10: Supervisor Dean Preston: San Francisco – What's Its Future? indybay.org Unitarian Universalists Church of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109…

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: The European Refugee Crisis, presented by Richard Hardigan. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109…

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/24: The Cuba Embargo Must End, by Mark Ginsburg. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 or via Zoom…

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-08-28). Sunday 10/1: California: A Slave State, by Jean Pfaelzer. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 or via Zoom…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-28). Monday 9/4: SF Labor Day Speak Out! Stop Disney Dystopia AI Wrecking SF & World For The Billionaires. indybay.org Cruise Headquarters | 530 10th St/ Bryant St. | San Francisco…

WorkWeek (2023-08-28). Non-Profits, Privatization & Union Busting, The Judgement: AI Robojudge. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Non-Profits, Privatization & Union Busting, The Play, The Judgement: AI Robojudge, Labor & The Militarization of Australia & Lessons Of UC UAW Strike…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Allanan domicilio de padres de exjefe de Fiscalía de Guatemala. telesurtv.net Claudia González expresó que su detención es estratégica por los casos que ella llevó como mandataria judicial de esa entidad de 2011 y 2019.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-08-28). Huracán Franklin alcanza categoría 4 cerca de las islas Bermudas. telesurtv.net Las marejadas generadas por Franklin ya comienzan a afectar Bermuda y la costa este de Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, nama -JCM (2023-08-28). Detienen a alcalde acusado de narcotráfico en Honduras. telesurtv.net Al funcionario público, Wilmer Manolo Wood, se le imputa que, desde el 2018, traficó unas 30 toneladas de cocaína.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Presidente de Colombia realiza visita oficial a Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Gustavo Petro recibirá el título de Doctor Honoris Causa en la Universidad para la Paz, institución académica perteneciente al Sistema de Naciones Unidas.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Decretan Alerta Ciclónica para provincias occidentales en Cuba. telesurtv.net Las provincias de Mayabeque y La Habana, donde ya han comenzado las primeras lluvias, siguen en Fase Informativa.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Ministro de Comercio chino se reúne con su homóloga estadounidense. telesurtv.net Gina Raimondo dijo que discutió las restricciones que China ha impuesto a las exportaciones de galio y germanio en conversaciones "amplias y francas" con su homólogo chino.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Fiscalía española investiga a Luis Rubiales por agresión sexual. telesurtv.net El Ministerio Fiscal toma esta decisión a la vista de las "manifestaciones públicas" realizadas por la jugadora Jenni Hermoso.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Profesores chilenos ratifican paro indefinido para este martes. telesurtv.net El presidente nacional del gremio, Carlos Díaz, señaló que se trata de "la decisión mayoritaria del profesorado".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Presidente de Venezuela realiza varios nombramientos en su Gobierno. telesurtv.net Este lunes fue publicada en Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria la nueva Junta directiva de la empresa estatal Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., (Pdvsa).

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-08-28). Dos naufragios en Grecia dejan cuatro niños migrantes muertos. telesurtv.net En uno de los incidentes, las víctimas eran un infante de ocho años y tres niñas, de 11 meses, ocho y 14 años.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Ministro argentino Massa se reúne con el presidente de Brasil. telesurtv.net Massa estará acompañado durante su estadía por el secretario de Industria, José Ignacio de Mendiguren, y el embajador argentino en Brasil, Daniel Scioli…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Cancilleres de Rusia y Türkiye se reunirán en Moscú. twitter.com El 22 de julio de 2022, Rusia, Türkiye y la (ONU) firmaron un acuerdo para desbloquear la exportación de granos y fertilizantes de Ucrania a través del mar Negro.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). 85% de los peruanos desaprueba gestión de la presidenta Boluarte. telesurtv.net El estudio reveló que el 89 por ciento de los encuestados tiene poca o ninguna confianza en el Congreso.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Irán e Irak acuerdan desarmar a separatistas en el Kurdistán. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Ministerio de Exteriores iraní, Nasser Kanani, confirmó el pacto en conferencia de prensa.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-08-28). Tribunal iraní condena a EE. UU. a multa por intento de golpe. telesurtv.net El comunicado judicial precisa que 30 millones del monto establecido serían destinados a los supervivientes y víctimas.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Rusia destruye drones y misil ucranianos sobre Crimea. telesurtv.net Dichos ataques al territorio ruso, a partir de vehículos aéreos no tripulados, se han incrementado.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Continúa desalojo de mineros ilegales en Amazonas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net Hernández Lárez apuntó que los efectivos "canalizan la evacuación de la cresta superior del Parque Nacional Yapacana".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). China levanta prueba de Covid-19 a personas que llegan al país. telesurtv.net Wang Wenbin, portavoz del ministerio, indicó que las personas que vengan a China ya no necesitarán presentar un resultado negativo de la prueba del coronavirus.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-08-28). Decomisan 640 toneladas de drogas en Colombia. telesurtv.net En los primeros meses de 2023 la armada nacional logró incautar cuatro por ciento más de las toneladas de cocaína decomisadas en el mismo periodo de 2022.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-08-28). Agresión israelí daña pistas del aeropuerto de Alepo, Siria. telesurtv.net La agresión causó daños materiales a las pistas del aeropuerto y este quedó inoperativo.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Aspirantes presidenciales mexicanos finalizan actividades de cara a interna. telesurtv.net El partido Morena, del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, decidirá en una encuesta quién será su candidato para las elecciones de 2024.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-08-28). EE.UU. suma 474 tiroteos masivos en lo que va de 2023. telesurtv.net Entre las víctimas de los tiroteos se encuentran 198 menores de 11 años y 2.734 adolescentes de entre 12 y 17 años.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Tormenta tropical Idalia descarga intensas lluvias sobre Cuba. telesurtv.net El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. indicó que se prevé que Idalia se convierta en huracán más tarde este lunes.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Presidente Arce felicita a boliviano ganador del maratón de Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net "Bolivia celebra tu triunfo. ¡Felicidades campeón, orgullo boliviano!", resaltó el gobernante de la nación suramericana.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-08-28). Canciller libia suspendida tras reunión con su homólogo israelí. telesurtv.net El Partido Justicia y Construcción, de Libia, denunció la reunión de la ministra Dabaiba Najla al-Mangoush con su homólogo de Israel, Eli Cohen.

AX, Unicorn Riot. (2023-08-28). A Village Of Hope In The City — Latin Village. popularresistance.org An urban area, or a borough, can be perceived as an organism and the communities that constitute it can be considered its active living cells. Depending on their passive or dynamic stances, communities can act as catalysts to the quality and direction of urban development in the area. A very good example lies in Tottenham, which aside from its globally known football / soccer team the Tottenham Hotspur, is also known for the Latin Village. | In the borough of Haringey in north London, about half of Tottenham's 130,000 people are white, and half of those are immigrants from Eastern Europe. A big Latin American com…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Zelensky Says Ukraine Elections Could Happen If They're Funded by the West. news.antiwar.com

Dr. William Makis (2023-08-28). The Mask Cult Is Back! The Pandemic Propaganda Has Been Unleashed. globalresearch.ca

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Brazil's Supreme Court Rules Homophobic Hate Speech Can Result in Prison Time. orinocotribune.com In Brazil, the use of homophobic slurs is now punishable by up to 5 years on prison. | The country's Supreme Court ruled on According to

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). The Tampa Five: An Assault on Free Speech. orinocotribune.com By Stephen F. Eisenman — Aug 25, 2023 | A police riot in Tampa | On March 6, 2023, a small group of protesters belonging to the University of South Florida chapter of

Editor (2023-08-28). Missing Links in Textbook History: Defining Democracy. scheerpost.com

Eric Blanc, Labor Politics. (2023-08-28). Can Boycotts Help Workers Win? popularresistance.org The recent uptick in labor organizing has prompted not only a rise in strikes, but also the return of an old labor weapon: the boycott. | While boycott campaigns generally have a mixed record at best, this tactic was used successfully in the recent unionization and first contract victories at Burgerville in Oregon as well as Spot Coffee in upstate New York — a campaign that set the stage for the subsequent Starbucks upsurge. Raising the slogan, "No Contract, No Field Trips," unionizing workers at Medieval Times in New Jersey and California are now linking up with K-12 teachers to boycott the company until i…

Fra Hughes (2023-08-28). "Israel commits massive ethnic cleansing in Palestine, while building more illegal settlements." Interview with Fra Hughes. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Aboriginal teenager who died in care 'needed cultural connection'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Campaign stops NSW Forestry from logging Newry State Forest. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Communities call for binding plebiscites on NSW council demergers. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Glenroy campaigns for its Post Office to stay open. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Protect marine life and stop Woodside from seismic blasting for gas. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Refugees in PNG point to Australia's negligence. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Residents say 'no' to proposed waste-to-energy incinerator. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Waterloo residents slam Labor's housing plan. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Welfare not warfare, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Antipoverty Centre's Kristin O'Connell: 'There are common sense solutions to the housing crisis'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Save Waterloo public housing from demolition and privatisation! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Video: CFMEU demands Labor ban engineered stone, introduce super profits tax for housing. greenleft.org.au

Kennedy Smith, Institute for Local Self-Reliance. (2023-08-28). Facing Consolidation, Communities Open Their Own Grocery Stores. popularresistance.org When the longtime owner of Hometown Foods in tiny Conrad, Iowa announced in 2019 that he was closing the community's only grocery store, some residents quickly mobilized to buy the business and keep it open. A few of them pooled their money to buy the building; one bought the fixtures; another bought the store's inventory. They then approached Andy Havens, who owns two small grocery markets in nearby towns, about managing the store. He agreed to do so — and he is now gradually buying out the initial investors.[1] | Like Conrad, a growing number of towns and cities recognize that access to fresh, healthy foo…

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center (2023-08-28). Saturday 9/16: Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series Presents Virtual Murrell Sept. 16. indybay.org Merritt College Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale Student Lounge | 12500 Skyline Drive | Oakland, CA 94619…

Nick Cunningham, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Portland City Government Privately Compromised With Oil Industry. popularresistance.org In the summer of 2022, it seemed that the days of an oil-by-rail facility in Portland, Oregon, were numbered. The previous year, the city had rejected a land use permit for a company called Zenith Energy, which receives crude oil shipped by rail from as far away as North Dakota. Zenith had appealed the decision, but had already suffered a string of defeats in the state. | Climate activists and community associations, who were concerned about the risks associated with oil-by-rail shipments, counted the city's rejection of the permit as a major victory, and were tantalizingly close to prevailing over the company.

Organized Voices, AOUON, ACLU NorCal (2023-08-28). Friday 9/15: 2nd Annual Hip Hop & Civil Rights: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop. indybay.org The Guild Theater | 2828 35th Street | Sacramento, CA 95817…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-28). Malaysia: Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia. greenleft.org.au The International Union of Left Publishers condemned the raid on a left book store in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur by the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports Peoples Dispatch.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-28). Bombshell: NATO Says "War Started in 2014". "Fake Pretext" to Wage War against Russia? To Invoke Article 5 of Atlantic Treaty? globalresearch.ca

Rebekah Kirkman, The Real News Network. (2023-08-28). After Beloved Coffee Shop Abruptly Closed, Workers Reopen As Co-Op. popularresistance.org Jake Urtes and Jonah Gallagher were getting ready to play a show in Brooklyn when they found out they had lost their jobs. The pair had taken the week off work for a short tour with their band, Shift Meal. To everyone's surprise, their boss and owner of Common Ground Bakery Cafe, a long-established and beloved coffee shop in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood, had abruptly shut down the shop. | On the Common Ground internal Slack channel, workers read owner Michael Krupp's brief message to all staff informing them that they wouldn't need to come to work the next day, Monday, July 3.

Redazione Roma, Pressenza. (2023-08-28). On September 2, Worldwide Rallies For Julian Assange At Australian Embassies. popularresistance.org Recently (29 July 2023), US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on a visit to Australia, rejected the call by his Australian counterpart to put an end to the U.S.'s judicial persecution of Julian Assange. Blinken justified his refusal by saying that Assange, with his revelations of US/UK war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, had "risked causing very serious harm to [US] national security." | But notice his choice of words. Blinken did not state that Assange had actually caused harm (as was claimed at the time of the revelations); he is simply alleged to have risked — hypothetically — causing harm, which…

Rowena Acraman (2023-08-28). Fiji: Solidarity march in Suva opposes Fukushima waste water release into Pacific. greenleft.org.au A large crowd of protesters gathered in Suva, Fiji on August 25 to march and voice their collective opposition to Japan's nuclear waste water disposal strategy, reports Rowena Acraman.

Tanya Wadhwa, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-28). Haitians Reject Kenya's Plan For Armed Intervention. popularresistance.org A Kenyan assessment mission arrived in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on August 20 to evaluate the security situation in the Caribbean country. The 10-member mission met with senior officials of the de-facto government led by Ariel Henry, the police, and the diplomatic corps of other nations during its three-day visit, which concluded on August 23. The visit and the plan was condemned by progressive organizations and rights groups which strongly opposed foreign intervention. | The delegation's visit came weeks after Kenya offered to lead a multinational police force in Haiti to help improve its security and stem…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Iran Summons Swiss Diplomat Over Iranian Oil Stolen by US. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran summoned a Swiss diplomat over the discharging of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was seized by the United States. Kanaani said Iran summoned the chargé d'affaires at the Swiss embassy to express "strong objection" to the move to Switzerland, which acts as a mediator …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Poland and Baltic States Demand Belarus Expel Wagner Fighters. news.antiwar.com NATO members Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are demanding Belarus expel Wagner fighters who went to the country after Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny in June. "We have asked the regime [of Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko to immediately expel the Wagner group from Belarus," said Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski after a meeting with his counterparts from …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has been aware since last year that Saudi border guards were slaughtering African migrants on Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen but kept quiet about the killings, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Sources told the Times that American diplomats were made aware of the news last fall, around the time the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Israeli Airstrikes Put Syria's Aleppo Airport Out of Service. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes on Syria targeted the Aleppo airport early Monday morning, knocking it out of service, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At about 4: 30 a.m. on Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Lattakia, targeting Aleppo Airport," a military source told SANA. No …

Editor (2023-08-28). Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy pipeline. mronline.org When class analysis is absent from discussions about systemic problems, issues like income inequality, access to resources, and power imbalances are often oversimplified or ignored.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-28). Ukraine providing an important testing ground for space-based weapons. mronline.org Weapons Straight Out of a Science Fiction Novel Have Not Been Able to Turn the Tide on the Battlefield…

Jason Hickel (2023-08-28). The double objective of Democratic ecosocialism. mronline.org The title of this week's episode is taken from an article to be published in September's Monthly Review. The author, Jason Hickel, talks to Steve about the topic in his third visit to the podcast.

Ajamu Baraka (2023-08-28). War in Africa and the Americas: Accelerating the end of White world supremacy. mronline.org he U.S. recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ariel Henry puppet government in that nation. White supremacy in Black face.

Editor (2023-08-28). Review: Richard Wolin — "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" mronline.org The philosophical community knows by now that philosopher Martin Heidegger was fiercely antisemitic and personally drew connections between his philosophy and his support for Nazi ideology.

Ann Brown (2023-08-28). White Mass Shooter Murders 3 Black People At Jacksonville Dollar General Store. moguldom.com On Saturday, Aug. 26, a young white gunman, identified as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, carried out a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving three innocent Black people dead. The gunman killed himself after the attack. After legally purchasing a handgun in April and an AR-15-style rifle in June, Palmeter …

Dana Sanchez (2023-08-28). New Research Says Racial Wage Gap Is Wider: Prior Studies Leave Out Prisoners And Long-Unemployed. moguldom.com The racial wage gap, which measures the difference in average reported employment earnings between demographic groups such as Black and white men, could be 33 percent higher than previously reported, according to new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass economist Jeannette Wicks-Lim analyzed almost 30 years of U.S. Census Bureau wage data and survey panels …

Ann Brown (2023-08-28). Burna Boy Defends Comments Black Americans Don't Know Their Roots: I Just Said What Malcolm X And Farrakhan Said. moguldom.com Acclaimed Nigerian artist Burna Boy has doubled down on his statements on African-Americans' knowledge of their roots. The 32-year-old musician recently referred to the teachings of civil rights activist Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam's Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to support his stance. Appearing on Complex's "360 With Speedy" to discuss his upcoming album …

Abdel Bari Atwan (2023-08-28). The 'Kuwait Precedent' Applied to Ukraine. The US Planned and Triggered this War, and Remains Intent on Prolonging It. globalresearch.ca

Abené Clayton (2023-08-28). Silicon Valley Elites Revealed as Buyers of $800m of Land to Build Utopian City. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Dremly (2023-08-28). A melted birthday cake and Gaza's elusive dreams. electronicintifada.net Power cuts affect every aspect of life.

Arjun Singh (2023-08-28). When He Was Vice-President, Joe Biden Acted Like Ukraine Was His 'Own Backyard': Fired Ukraine Prosecutor. globalresearch.ca

Brandon Smith (2023-08-28). From COVID to Climate Change: Vehicles for Global Authoritarianism. globalresearch.ca

Diana Johnstone (2023-08-28). A Voice Heard in the Land. Diana Johnstone. globalresearch.ca

Dr. David Gortler (2023-08-28). CDC Now Refusing New COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports in Its "V-Safe Program" globalresearch.ca

Dr. James A. Thorp (2023-08-28). The Covenant of Death: "Pfizer knew that they were killing babies in utero…" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-08-28). COVID Reemerges: Why You Shouldn't Panic. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-08-28). History of American Hegemony: USA as "Global Greatest Power". From Alaska (1867) to Europe (1917). globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-08-28). Spartacus Actor Barry Duffield Shares His Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injury Story. globalresearch.ca

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Cuban President Arrives in Namibia, Last Stop in Africa. orinocotribune.com

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Venezuela Rejects Sanctions & Supports Maduro's Government. orinocotribune.com

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Tropical Storm Idalia slow and erratic over northwestern Caribbean. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported today in its warning number five that Tropical Storm Idalia continues with a slow and erratic movement over the northwest of the Caribbean Sea.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Cuba for the third time is Caribbean Cultural Leading Destination. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 28, (Prensa Latina) Cuba received for the third consecutive time the award as the Caribbean's Leading Cultural Destination by the World Travel Awards, the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) reported today.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Dominican Republic: Literature and colloquiums at the Book Fair. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Multiple cultural activities today welcome visitors to the XXV Santo Domingo 2023 International Book Fair, which takes place in the Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza de la Cultura, in this capital.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-28). Tourists expressed admiration for Cuban music in Varadero Josone. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The level and quality of music in Cuba is high, enjoying so many artists at the Varadero Josone Rumba, Jazz & Son Festival was a true honor and at the same time a pleasure, confessed Spanish tourist Tatiana Melo.

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…

Global Research News (2023-08-28). Selected Articles: The Mask Cult Is Back! The Pandemic Propaganda Has Been Unleashed. globalresearch.ca By Big Pharma compromised corrupt doctors, and virtue signaling far left activist doctors (medical students & residents who think they are smarter …

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Corporate profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. greenleft.org.au

Hawaii Real Estate (2023-08-28). Video: Maui Wildfires: Evidence of Direct Energy Weapon? globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-08-28). 'A Wall of BRICS': The Significance of Adding Six New Members to the Bloc. infobrics.org Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been invited to join the grouping of top emerging economies in January 2024…

infobrics (2023-08-28). BRICS Is Simply Too Beautiful to Change. infobrics.org The acronym was simply too good to lose: BRICS…

infobrics (2023-08-28). Kiev's slow counteroffensive makes Biden lose interest and consider talks with Russia. infobrics.org US cannot continue pumping money into Ukraine because elections are looming.

infobrics (2023-08-28). Ukrainian terrorist drone attacks a "morale booster" — Western media. infobrics.org Unable to fight on the battlefield, Kiev's armed forces launch drone strikes to show strength and capability to respond.

infobrics (2023-08-28). Rabid Russophobia now mandatory in the political West. infobrics.org Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, one of the most prominent European directors, "dared" to publicly state that "Russian lives matter also!" in an Instagram post. However, he didn't stop there. To add "insult to injury", he also criticized the Danish government for the delivery of US-made F-16 fighter jets to the Kiev regime forces. Von Trier is now accused of "hatred".

infobrics (2023-08-28). US weaponizes environmental rhetoric to seek water hegemony. infobrics.org Managing water access is one of the great challenges of this century, and one should expect to see many more disputes and conflicts arising over that issue, both intra-nationally and internationally.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-28). For a Convergence of the Uncorrupted. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Cudenec It sometimes baffles me how the global ruling class, whose core is tiny, manages to hold 99.9% of humankind under its domination. The criminocrats use every weapon in the book to achieve this, from propaganda to police violence, from bribery to blackmail, from dishonesty to debt. But one of their main ways of keeping us…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-28). Petrodollar Be Warned: Three Persian Gulf Energy Powers Join BRICS. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar The BRICS revealed its geopolitical priorities when it added three Persian Gulf states to its once exclusive roster of members. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been strategically included to put an end to the petrodollar. The leitmotif of the BRICS Summit meeting in Johannesburg on 22-24 August has been, expectedly, the expansion of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-28). Ukraine: The Wunderwaffe Delusion. libya360.wordpress.com Chay Bowes Why Ukraine's Western backers are happy to feed Zelensky's fantasies about American F-16s The 50-year-old jet won't turn the tide of the conflict in Kiev's favor, but it profits its partners to keep pretending As the Western establishment media begrudgingly accepts what many analysts have long predicted — that Kiev's counteroffensive is a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-28). Unease Over New Zealand Overtures to US in Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Mick Hall U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in Wellington on July 27. (State Department, Chuck Kennedy, Public domain) New security-state documents show Wellington aligning its military with the "rules-based international order" while preparing Kiwis for war with key trading partner China Recent reports from New Zealand's security state…

Jack Phillips (2023-08-28). Federal Agency Responds to Rumors of Coming COVID-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca

Jim Hoft (2023-08-28). Biden Regime Seeks Funding for New COVID-19 Vaccine "That Works" — Warns Everyone Will Get It "No Matter Whether They've Gotten It Before or Not" globalresearch.ca

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-08-28). Torture Comes Home to Roost. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-08-28). Political Change in the Ukraine War. Analysis of Sarkozy's Proposal. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-08-28). Video: Who Killed Prigozhin? Judge Napolitano with Scott Ritter, Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern — An Intel Roundtable. globalresearch.ca

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-28). Chilean teachers ratify call to strike. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Leaders of the Chilean Teachers Association will be received by the Minister of Education, Nicolás Cataldo, but they maintain the call for an indefinite strike in demand for socioeconomic improvements.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-28). Ecuadorian presidential candidates redesign campaign strategy. plenglish.com Luisa González, from the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, and Daniel Noboa, from the National Democratic Action (ADN) coalition, will have that time trying to win 4.2 million votes. | González won 33.62 percent of the votes in the first round of the elections on August 20th, and now she is focusing on social networks, posting videos with the intention of capturing the attention of the young electorate. | The RC candidate changed her appearance, looks sporty, and no longer alludes to the past in her speech, instead,she is stating that there is little left to transform fear and violence into protection and well-b…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-28). Voting on amendments to the Chilean Constitution will begin. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Constitutional Council of Chile will begin voting on the more than a thousand proposed amendments to the draft of the new Constitution, intended to replace the one imposed during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990).

Mac Slavo (2023-08-28). U.S. Doubles Uranium Imports from Russia. Where are the Sanctions? globalresearch.ca

Margaret Flavin (2023-08-28). NIH Study Suggests N95 COVID Masks May Expose Wearers to Toxic Compounds Linked to Seizures, Cancer. globalresearch.ca

Matthew Lysiak (2023-08-28). Where's the Beef? Ranchers Take Stand Over Synthetic 'Meat' Label. globalresearch.ca

Patricia Harrity (2023-08-28). Whistleblower Who Disclosed Myocarditis Spike in Military After COVID Vaccine Rollout Goes Public. expose-news.com

Paul Haeder (2023-08-28). The Three M's: Mutual Aid, Magnanimity and Meals on Wheels. dissidentvoice.org While August 19 was International Humanitarian Day, just a short stone's throw from the Waldport Post Office is a hub of volunteers and one director feeding the soul of the needy on a weekly basis. For manager Nicole Person, her 10 years of service with Meals on Wheels in Waldport have been a lesson in …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-28). Niger's Junta Asks French Ambassador to Leave. "France Out of Africa" Instrumented by Washington? globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-08-28). If Osama bin Laden Didn't Do 9/11, Then Who Did? globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-28). The lack of safety rules governing experimental biotech "vaccines" is reckless and out of touch with pandemic lessons we should have learnt. expose-news.com Pfizer's vaccine for RSV is another among hundreds of novel biotechnology vaccines currently under development for a range of diseases that have gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. RSV …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-28). The Truth about Holistic Medicine. expose-news.com Holistic medicine means treating the patient in whatever way will produce effective, safe results. It means combining orthodox and alternative medicine. By Dr. Vernon Coleman The word "holistic" was first introduced in …

Rick Sterling (2023-08-28). "Mexico should be our example of what is possible" dissidentvoice.org Teri Mattson is producer and host of the weekly podcast "WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean?" broadcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, CODEPINK, as well as popularresistance.org/wtf-is-going-on-in-latin-america-the-caribbean/ Rick Sterling: How did you wind up living in Mexico City? Teri Mattson: I went to Mexico City in September of 2020 in response to …

SSPHCCP (2023-08-28). Saturday 9/9: "Healing US": Taking Action for Health Care for All in America – Film Screen & Discussion. indybay.org MLK Library of San Jose/SJSU (Room 225) | 150 East San Fernando Street | San Jose, CA 95112 | FREE event…

Staff (2023-08-28). Gary Younge on Jacksonville Shooting & Why America's Gun Problem "Makes Its Racism More Lethal" democracynow.org On Saturday, a white supremacist gunman killed three Black people at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, in a racially motivated attack. Authorities say the 21-year-old white gunman initially tried to enter the historically Black college Edward Waters University, but he was turned away by a security guard before driving to a nearby Dollar General and opening fire with a legally purchased attack-style rifle. America's gun problem "makes its racism more lethal," says Gary Younge, author of Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter. "There's been a significan…

Staff (2023-08-28). 60 Years After "I Have a Dream": Gary Younge on MLK's March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice. democracynow.org After thousands gathered Saturday in Washington, D.C., to mark the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington, we speak with Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream. "There is this notion of King's dream speech as being folded into America's liberal mythology: America is always getting better, it's always getting more wonderful," says Younge, who wrote his book on the speech to reflect America's current struggle with white supremacy and atta…

Staff (2023-08-28). Headlines for August 28, 2023. democracynow.org White Supremacist Shooter Kills 3 Black People in Jacksonville; DOJ Investigating as Hate Crime, Rallygoers, Rights Leaders Gather in D.C. on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Mnangagwa Declares Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Election as Challenger Chamisa Calls Fraud, Gabon Shuts Down Internet, Imposes Curfew Following Voting Delays in Nationwide Elections, Niger's Coup Leaders Order Troops to Be on Maximum Alert, Expel French Ambassador, 7 People Shot Dead at Church Rally in Haiti as Gang Violence Spirals, Russian Officials Say DNA Analysis Confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash, Ex-Guate…

Staff (2023-08-28). Family of Kenneth Chamberlain, Black Man Killed in 2011 by Police, Settles with City of White Plains. democracynow.org The city of White Plains, New York, has settled a lawsuit by the family of a man who was shot in his home by police after accidentally pressing his medical alert badge in 2011. Kenneth Chamberlain repeatedly told police he was fine and asked them to leave, but they refused, called him racial slurs and broke into his home before killing him. After a decade of legal action, the family agreed to a $5 million settlement with the city, but the local police association blasted the agreement and said it was not an admission of misconduct. "It doesn't equate to accountability," says Kenneth Chamberlain…

Staff (2023-08-28). 2023 War Abolisher Award Winners Announced. davidswanson.org

Staff (2023-08-28). Four Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strikes; nine continuing strikes against detention and injustice. samidoun.net Nine Palestinian prisoners are continuing their hunger strikes against arbitrary imprisonent without charge or trial and ongoing injustices inside the Israeli occupation prisons, after four prisoners suspended their hunger strikes after reaching an agreement to end their administrative detention. Zuhdi Abido from al-Khalil, Mohammed Zakarneh and Anas Kamil of Qabatiya south of Jenin suspended their …

Ted Snider (2023-08-28). Who Killed Yevgeny Prigozhin? globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Lula ratifica diálogo con países de habla portuguesa en àÅfrica. telesurtv.net La CPLP está formada por: Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bisáu, Guinea Ecuatorial, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome y Príncipe y Timor Oriental (Oceanía).

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Presidente cubano culmina en Namibia su gira por àÅfrica. telesurtv.net Al hacer uso de la palabra, el presidente de Cuba expresó al Gobierno de Namibia su gratitud "por promover cada año, en la Unión Africana, la adopción de resoluciones contra el bloqueo a Cuba".

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Tormenta tropical Idalia se forma en el estrecho de Yucatán. telesurtv.net Los pronósticos indican que posteriormente inclinará su trayectoria al norte, avanzando por el sudeste del golfo de México.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Nueva masacre deja tres muertos en Colombia. telesurtv.net El hecho se habría conocido porque hijos y familiares que viven en el Tolima, pidieron a una vecina de los adultos mayores verifica si estaban bien, pues llevaban días sin establecer comunicación con ellos.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-08-28). Reprimen protesta contra presidenta designada de Perú en Tacna. telesurtv.net Tres personas detenidas es el saldo que dejó el enfrentamiento entre los manifestantes y el contingente policial en pleno centro de Tacna.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Tres infantes de Marina de EE.UU. mueren en accidente aéreo. telesurtv.net La aeronave se desplomó en la isla de Melville, a unos 60 kilómetros al norte de Darwin, capital del Territorio Septentrional, en el mar de Timor, durante un ejercicio rutinario de entrenamiento.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Presidente de Brasil llega a Santo Tomé y Príncipe. telesurtv.net El mandatario Lula da Silva participará en la 14ª Conferencia de jefes de Estado de la Comunidad de Países de Lengua Portuguesa (CPLP).

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Instalan mecanismo de monitoreo del cese al fuego en Colombia. telesurtv.net Se instaló la Instancia Regional del Mecanismo de Monitoreo y Verificación (MMV) del Cese al Fuego entre el Gobierno de Colombia y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional ELN.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Asesinan a funcionario de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Colombia. telesurtv.net También se reportó la muerte de Edwin Tapia, líder social, de víctimas y reclamante de tierras que fue asesinado en el departamento de Córdoba.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Egipto, Etiopía y Sudán reanudan pláticas por disputada presa. telesurtv.net El titular del Ministerio de Irrigación, Hani Sewilam, comentó que Egipto quiere un acuerdo legalmente vinculante sobre cómo se opera y llena la gigantesca presa.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Al menos diez muertos deja tiroteo de pandilla en Canaan, Haití. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, no hay todavía cifras oficiales de decesos y tampoco las autoridades se han pronunciado en relación a estos hechos violentos.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Suman dos muertos tras explosiones en gasolinería en Rumanía. telesurtv.net El presidente rumano, Klaus Iohannis, expresó en Facebook su pesar por la "tragedia" y pidió una investigación exhaustiva.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Rusia confirma la muerte del jefe del grupo Wagner en accidente. telesurtv.net Las autoridades rusas establecieron las identidades de las 10 víctimas mortales del accidente aéreo que sucedió el pasado 23 de agosto en la región rusa de Tver.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-08-28). Argentina acciona para ampliar poder de compra de trabajadores. telesurtv.net Anuncian medidas para hacer frente a inflación y devaluación a causa de imposición del FMI y de la sequía. Se integran al Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Actividad Económica y el Salario.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-08-28). Presidente de EE.UU. condena tiroteo en Jacksonville, Florida. telesurtv.net Asegura que "no hay sitio para el supremacismo blanco en EE.UU". Vicepresidenta Kamala Harris renueva pedido al Congreso de prohibir venta de armas de asalto.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-08-28). Jefe paramilitar emite propuesta para concluir guerra en Sudán. telesurtv.net Las RSF presentaron una propuesta para solucionar de manera integral el conflicto armado que desde abril pasado perjudica a esa nación africana.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-28). Presidente Díaz-Canel sostiene reunión con cubanos residentes en Namibia. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel convocó a los colaboradores cubanos "a mantener el prestigio alcanzado y seguir aportando al avance social de este pueblo hermano" de Namibia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-08-28). Presidente de Zimbabue es reelegido para un segundo mandato. telesurtv.net Mnangawa obtuvo 2.350.711 votos a su favor mientras que Nelson Chamisa, candidato del principal partido opositor, quedó segundo con 1.967.343 votos.

WSWS (2023-08-28). United Steelworkers asks New Jersey governor to intervene in nurses' strike. wsws.org The union's appeal to Governor Phil Murphy, a multimillionaire former financier, is a fresh warning to the 1,700 nurses that their weeks-long strike is in danger of being betrayed.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Long distance truck drivers take renewed strike action in Germany. wsws.org The unions are avoiding doing what is necessary: publicising the strike and mobilising support among the workforces of those companies affected by the strike, together with the working class as a whole.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Australian intergenerational report sets stage for deeper austerity. wsws.org The report has already been used by sections of the political and media establishment to insist that governments cannot afford projected expenditure on aged pensions, healthcare and other social necessities.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Ukrainian journalists protest army censorship of reporting on the counteroffensive. wsws.org The Zelensky government's blatant attack on freedom of the press not only exposes, yet again, the lie that the imperialist war waged against Russia in Ukraine is about "democracy." It also underscores that nothing that is reported in the official media about what is happening in Ukraine can be taken at face value.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Detroit Federation of Teachers claims ratification of concessionary contract, sparking anger and disbelief. wsws.org With the school year beginning today, the Detroit Federation of Teachers announced the passage of a sellout contract that had the support of, at most, a quarter of the union membership.

WSWS (2023-08-28). In New Hampshire speech, Bernie Sanders seeks to give Biden "progressive" credentials, comparing him to FDR. wsws.org The speech was followed by television appearances in which Sanders opposed any third-party challenge to Biden, saying this might help the likely Republican candidate, ex-president Trump.

WSWS (2023-08-28). IYSSE holds well-attended anti-war meeting at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka. wsws.org IYSSE and SEP members campaigned at the campus prior to the event, explaining the growing threat of world war and the international socialist program required to prevent it.

WSWS (2023-08-28). 115 dead and hundreds still missing in Maui wildfire disaster. wsws.org President Joe Biden and his wife Jill returned to Lake Tahoe after a six-hour visit to wildfire-ravaged Maui to finish his vacation at the lakefront mansion of billionaire Tom Steyer.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Australia: University of Melbourne workers launch week-long stoppages. wsws.org The stoppages are another indication of the willingness of university workers to fight back against the offensive on their jobs and conditions, and pro-corporate restructuring, which is intensifying under the Albanese Labor government.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Mass furlough at Virginia Beach-based chainsaw manufacturer Stihl. wsws.org Without advance notice, Stihl laid off one-third of its Virginia Beach workforce August 23.

WSWS (2023-08-28). GM Rank—and-File Committees respond to malign neglect by UAW bureaucracy and GM management in response to life threatening storm in Michigan. wsws.org General Motors and the United Auto Workers kept lines running at Flint Assembly in the midst of a tornado warning last Thursday, jeopardizing the lives of workers.

WSWS (2023-08-28). This week in history: August 28—September 3. wsws.org This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

WSWS (2023-08-28). "They were giving people the goods": UPS workers speak out against national contract as Teamsters announce ratification of Chicago local deal. wsws.org Only days after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declared that a national agreement at UPS had been ratified in a vote clouded by suspicion, the union announced the passage of another deal affecting UPS workers in Chicago and the Midwest.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Tornadoes, severe storms hit Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, killing at least five. wsws.org Last week's particularly destructive chain of events was exacerbated by a combination of deteriorating social conditions, poorly lighted and constructed roads with little to no drainage, crumbling infrastructure, and, most importantly, the callous indifference of the establishment political parties and the corporate entities masquerading as "public utilities."

WSWS (2023-08-28). Autoworkers speak on massive strike vote as UAW keeps workers in the dark about company concession demands. wsws.org The massive strike votes in the US and Canada give a sense of the explosive anger that has built up in the working class throughout the world.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Mass opposition developing to CDC's proposed anti-scientific infection control guideline. wsws.org The guideline revision is not an arbitrary decision or a misguided mistake, but a conscious and criminal maneuver designed to ensure that another surge or another pandemic will not cause any slowdowns in the economy.

WSWS (2023-08-28). Jackson Hole meeting of central bankers reveals a deepening crisis of capitalist rule. wsws.org According to European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, "in this age of shifts and breaks … we do not yet know whether we are returning to the old world or entering a new one."

WSWS (2023-08-28). Neo-Nazi massacre targets blacks in Jacksonville, leaving 4 dead, including shooter. wsws.org According to the police, the shooter, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, left behind multiple manifestos detailing his hatred of Black people.

Sean Callebs (2023-08-29). The Heat: 60 years after the March on Washington. america.cgtn.com Sixty years after that momentous March on Washington. Sixty years after Martin Luther King Junior's stirring speech. Has his dream been fulfilled?>

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Week of action for Stephan Long culminates in rally, court support. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Family, friends and community supporters of Stephan Long rallied at the office of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Thursday, August 24 to demand his immediate release. This action follows a week of calls and emails to McCann's office and a day before Long was scheduled to appear in court. | Stephan Long is charged with two counts of first degree murder for defending himself from violent attackers on Interstate 25 this June. With his family behind him in the car, Long was attacked by two men in ski masks who entered his car and, according to multiple eyewitnesses, began beating and choking him.

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Orlando, FL: Progressive organizations discuss working together against common enemy. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday, August 19, a panel of progressive organizations organized by Las Semillas was held at the Orange County Public Library. The purpose of this panel was for progressive organizations to network, present the work they are doing in their communities, and have a discussion about pressing political issues. All of these activities contribute to the goal of building a united front against the DeSantis administration and the deterioration of material conditions, especially for the working class of Central Florida. "Florida's on fire in more ways than one, so we're glad to be in concert with anyon…

Ahmed Adel (2023-08-29). Kiev's Slow Counteroffensive Makes Biden Lose Interest and Consider Talks with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Anya Parampil (2023-08-29). Shocked by Niger coup, Victoria Nuland appeared "desperate" during Africa tour. thegrayzone.com A veteran South African official details meeting with an unprepared and "desperate" Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland begging for local help on rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about. When US Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland traveled to South Africa on July 29, her reputation as a blunt instrument of Washington's hegemonic interests preceded her. According to a veteran South African official who attended …

Ben Radford (2023-08-29). Germany: Berliners challenge car dominance through cycling protest. greenleft.org.au Thousands of Berliners took to the streets on bicycles on August 25 to protest the dominance of motor vehicles in the city, discriminatory road traffic laws and car-centric urban planning, reports Ben Radford.

Bill Nevins (2023-08-29). Solidarity — Now or never! greenleft.org.au Naomi Klein has gifted us with a book that describes, analyses and reflects the vertigo that so many of us are experiencing today, and proposes a way out of the confusion, writes Bill Nevins.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-29). Border Massacres: The Saudi Ethiopian Migrant Killings. dissidentvoice.org We know what the regime is like. Starving a country, bombing its hospitals and strafing its schools has been minor fare for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The population of Yemen has found this out to their colossal cost. Add to this the killing of dissident journalists, the enthusiastic employment of capital punishment, and an …

Federico Fuentes (2023-08-29). A socialist guide to China's role in the world today. greenleft.org.au In his latest work, Simon Hannah sketches out China's development into "one of the most powerful capitalist and emerging imperialist countries in the world". Federico Fuentes reviews.

Global Research News (2023-08-29). Selected Articles: If Osama bin Laden Didn't Do 9/11, Then Who Did? globalresearch.ca By The dominant War Lords behind the rising onslaught of apocalyptic upheavals are very meticulous in some facets of their planning. Their …

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Aboriginal teenager who died in care 'needed cultural connection'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Campaign stops NSW Forestry from logging Newry State Forest. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Communities call for binding plebiscites on NSW council demergers. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Corporate profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Glenroy campaigns for its Post Office to stay open. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). NTEU at Melbourne Uni begin week of industrial action. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Protect marine life and stop Woodside from seismic blasting for gas. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Refugees in PNG point to Australia's negligence. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Welfare not warfare, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Antipoverty Centre's Kristin O'Connell: 'There are common sense solutions to the housing crisis'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Save Waterloo public housing from demolition and privatisation! greenleft.org.au

Mat Ward (2023-08-29). 10 new albums to make you raise your fist. greenleft.org.au Mat Ward looks back at this month's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Mohammad Sadeghpour (2023-08-29). Iranian-Australians welcome NSW Upper House support for democracy struggle. greenleft.org.au The global campaign in solidarity with Iran's uprising is making progress after decades of indifference by Western governments to the suffering of the Iranian people, writes Mohammad Sadeghpour.

Nicolás Centurión (2023-08-29). Paro en Uruguay: El derrame, la aspiradora y la desigualdad. globalizacion.ca El martes 22 de agosto hubo paro general parcial de la central única de trabajadores PIT-CNT bajo la consigna: "Basta de humo. Contra el modelo de la desigualdad". Y también contra la privatización de las empresas públicas y la defensa…

Patricia Harrity (2023-08-29). The First Published Detoxification Protocol to Help Clear Spike Protein from Cells and Tissues. expose-news.com "People who took the vaccines for the first time took an injection of foreign genetic material that produced spike protein in their body for an uncontrolled duration [of] time and quantity," says …

Pip Hinman (2023-08-29). Pacific elders to Australia: We won't support your bid for COP31 until you take tangible action on fossil fuels. greenleft.org.au Pacific elders are speaking out against Australia's bid to host COP31, scheduled for 2026, reports Pip Hinman.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-29). Did Stanley Johnson's report for the UN initiate the US depopulation policy and The Kissinger Report? expose-news.com In 2018, long-time environmental campaigner Stanley Johnson said on BBC Newsnight that he had called for limiting population growth to become government policy in the past. But historically, has he only called …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-29). Study calls for a shareholder-based carbon tax as 69,700 of the wealthiest US households are found to be "super emitters" of CO2. expose-news.com

William Hawes (2023-08-29). Postmodern Tyranny: States of Deception from 9/11 to Covid-19. dissidentvoice.org It's been well over a year now since the health scare dubbed the Covid-19 pandemic has had any widespread impact upon the lives of the vast majority of humanity. Since the "fog of war" has lifted, so to speak, there has been very little introspection regarding the knee-jerk authoritarianism imposed upon humanity in the liberal …

Yanis Iqbal (2023-08-29). Negotiating Faith and Capitalism: An Exploration of Contemporary Spirituality. dissidentvoice.org Born into a Muslim family, I regularly encounter people who come to my house to invite me to religious gatherings. In these times of neoliberal fascism, it is interesting to note the ideological experience that piety seeks to provide. The most recent person whom I interacted with attempted to root the everyday relevance of religion …

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2023-08-28). BRICS expandidos y el ascenso de los estados indecisos. globalizacion.ca Los BRICS han cambiado el equilibrio de fuerzas, pero no cambiarán el mundo solos. El relato occidental es considerablemente claro en cuanto a la definición de los BRICS, son un grupo dispar, heterogéneo y asimétrico de países que va desde…

Eduardo Aliverti (2023-08-28). øCuánta derecha aguantará realmente la sociedad argentina? globalizacion.ca Hablemos de encerronas. Quizá no haya una palabra mejor a fines de expresar la cantidad y calidad de obstáculos que afrontan la sociedad y su dirigencia política. Se remarca el posesivo porque el espejo, aunque jamás con iguales grados de…

Emir Sader (2023-08-28). Argentina — øCómo evitar un fenómeno brutal? globalizacion.ca Amigos, periodistas y otros, preguntan, cada vez de forma más constante, cómo se ve lo de Argentina en Brasil. Hay tantas cosas para hablar, pero está claro que ahora se refieren a Milei. Claro que no buscan razones para explicar…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-28). CIA Blocked Father of Newly Elected Guatemalan President From Coming Into Power in the Early 1960s. covertactionmagazine.com Will They Try to Make Life Difficult for His Son? On August 20, Bernardo Arévalo was elected president of Guatemala, defeating conservative Sandra Torres. An anti-graft crusader, Arévalo has promised to root out corruption and create a large public jobs program by improving services like water sanitation. Political analyst Edgar Ortiz Romero called Arévalo "the …

Kirsten Gronlund (2023-08-28). Barbie y la era nuclear: en busca de la hegemonía militar y cultural. globalizacion.ca En 1945, en el seco y soleado suroeste de Estados Unidos, se produjeron dos acontecimientos que alterarían el curso de la historia. Uno fue la prueba Trinity, la primera detonación nuclear del mundo y el momento que llevaría a Robert…

Max Blumenthal (2023-08-28). Gofundme freezes Grayzone fundraiser 'due to some external concerns'. thegrayzone.com Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone "due to some external concerns." The company's actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments. Here is what you can do to support The Grayzone: if you have already donated, demand a refund from Gofundme here. Then contribute to us at our new, trustworthy crowdfunder here. Further instructions are below. The Silicon Valley-based crowdfunding site Gofundme has informed The Grayzone that it has frozen all …

Middle East Eye (2023-08-28). Israeli Strikes Hit Syria's Aleppo Airport Causing Heavy Damage. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-28). Niger's CNSP Military Junta Asks French Ambassador to Leave. "France Out of Africa" Instrumented by Washington? globalresearch.ca

Santiago Kingman (2023-08-28). Elecciones en Ecuador: una sola vía con dos carriles. globalizacion.ca øQué tipo de relación existe entre las elecciones presidenciales y la consulta de carácter ambiental? Una consulta que cierra las puertas a la minería y el petróleo triunfó en Ecuador, afirmado la creencia de que sólo la lucha social es…

Teri Mattson (2023-08-28). Covid Crisis: "Mexico should be our example of what is possible." AMLO and the Morena Party. globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest. desmog.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Camas Teachers Go On Strike; Battle Ground And Evergreen Could Follow. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). The Wood Pellet Industry: A Dual Threat to Poor, Rural Communities. resilience.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back. desmog.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Unease Over New Zealand Overtures to US in Pacific. consortiumnews.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Accountability Is Not a Pseudonym for a Cage: Chesa Boudin on Decarceration in our Lifetimes. inthesetimes.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). How the U.S. Government Targets Websites for Destruction. theduran.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). New Film: Colonialism And Capitalism Are Decimating Our Forests. popularresistance.org

Staff (2023-08-29). Syria accuses Israel, US of trying to escalate war in the country. peoplesdispatch.org Syria's foreign and expatriate ministry issued a statement on Monday, August 28, accusing Israel and the US of trying to escalate the war in the country by supporting terrorists and aggravating the impact of economic sanctions. The statement called on the UN Security Council to "resume its responsibilities and hold the Israeli occupation accountable for …

Staff (2023-08-29). Youth climate activists inspire UN committee to declare child climate rights. thecanary.co Young people have been leading the way in the fight against climate breakdown — and now, a United Nations committee has recognised their unique rights in the face of the climate crisis and environmental degradation. On Monday 28 August, a key UN rights committee determined that all children are entitled to a clean and healthy …

Staff (2023-08-29). Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid 'Unwinding'. scheerpost.com Photograph Source: Images Money — CC BY 2.0 By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, in normal parlance called ending, Medicaid continuous coverage began on April 1. That was after the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 …

Peter Greene (2023-08-29). Public Schools' New, Uneven Landscape. progressive.org As students return to classrooms, 
schools are more expensive, 
more conservative, and more local 
than before.

Jessica E. Martinez (2023-08-28). We Need Stronger Safety Standards for Extreme Heat. progressive.org For decades, U.S. workers, unions, workers' centers and allies have found innovative ways to challenge corporate power. The reality of rising temperatures is a new test.

The Progressive Magazine (2023-08-28). One Question: What's Behind the Politics of School Choice? progressive.org A panel of experts weighs in.

Ed Rampell (2023-08-28). Remembering Chile's Coup on Film. progressive.org Chilean director Patricio Guzmán bears witness to the rise and fall of President Salvador Allende and the fifty years that followed.

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2023-08-28). Unease Over New Zealand Overtures To US Military Presence In The Pacific. popularresistance.org Whangarei,New Zealand – Recent reports from New Zealand's security state have sparked protest after all but suggesting the country join the U.S.-led AUKUS military alliance, a move that would reverse years of New Zealand's independent foreign and defence policy and put it on a collision course with China. | Ex-Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark lamented the loss of what would remain of the country's military sovereignty. Clark blasted an "orchestrated campaign" by defence and security officials to join the U.S., Britain and Australia in AUKUS. | In a Twitter thread, she said the government was "abandoning its capa…

People's Dispatch. (2023-08-28). Protests Break Out In Libya Over Rumors Of Normalization With Israel. popularresistance.org Libya is experiencing more political turmoil with rare popular demonstrations witnessed in different parts of the country on Sunday, August 27, following reports that the Tripoli-based Government of Nation Unity (GNU) was attempting to normalize relations with Israel. | Protesters in cities such as Al-Zawiya, Tajoura, and Tripoli, among other places, blocked roads and burnt the Israeli flag while shouting slogans against the GNU and Israel. Some of the protesters stormed the foreign ministry office in Tripoli. | The protesters expressed solidarity with Palestine and warned that if the government goes ahead with t…

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-08-28). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. popularresistance.org Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers." | The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is represented by the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) clinic at Yale Law School and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP).

Stephen F. Eisenman, Counter Punch. (2023-08-28). The Tampa Five: An Assault On Free Speech. popularresistance.org On March 6, 2023, a small group of protesters belonging to the University of South Florida chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, trooped across campus to the Patel Center where the university president, Rhea Law has her office. The marchers were mostly young women carrying nothing more sinister than a megaphone, a banner reading "we want increased Black enrollment" and the water bottles ubiquitous among students on Florida campuses. In addition to their demands for higher Black enrollment, they wanted President Law to speak out in opposition to proposed Florida HB999 which banned diversity initiatives, an…

Avalon Edwards, In These Times. (2023-08-28). Chesa Boudin On Decarceration In Our Lifetimes. popularresistance.org San Francisco joined the short list of cities with reform-oriented prosecutors in 2019 with the election of Chesa Boudin, a rising star in the progressive prosecutor movement. The child of two parents incarcerated for their involvement with the leftist group Weather Underground, Boudin campaigned on ending cash bail, decarceration, and police accountability. The city saw many real results as he followed through on several of these promises his first year in the role. Boudin forbade his staff from requesting money bail under any circumstances, San Francisco's jail population dropped by 25%, and law enforcement off…

Chuck Collins, Inequality. (2023-08-28). 60 Years After March On Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists. popularresistance.org Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality. | A new report, Still A Dream, coauthored by Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, examines the economic indicators since 1963. Our country has taken significant steps towards racial equity since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.

Emily Sanders, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Campaigners Sued An Oil Major; Now The Company Is Preparing To Sue Them. popularresistance.org In May, NGOs and citizens sued Italian oil giant Eni for its decades of lobbying and greenwashing to delay climate action. Barely two months later, Eni has laid the groundwork for a lawsuit of its own, alleging it has been harmed by a "massive campaign" of "serious defamatory declarations." | The move is indicative of a worldwide escalation of a legal tactic intended to cow critics into silence: SLAPPs — or strategic lawsuits against public participation. Enmeshing activists in lengthy legal proceedings can drain their time and resources — a win for the company even if it loses in court.

John Clarke, Canadian Dimension. (2023-08-28). The Changing Climate Of Class Struggle. popularresistance.org Two very different developments in the last year, each affecting the lives of workers in the United States, bring home the degree to which the impacts of climate change are redefining the nature of the class struggle. The implications that flow from this development are well worth considering. | Last August, an article in the New York Times took up the question of how intensifying heat waves were leading to deteriorating working conditions and increased health and safety risks for UPS drivers and other workers. It pointed out that since 2015 hundreds of UPS and US Postal Service, FedEx, and other delivery company…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-29). March against gang violence in Haiti ends in massacre. peoplesdispatch.org More than 20 people were ruthlessly massacred in Haiti after an armed criminal gang opened fire against protesters during a march in Canaan, a makeshift neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-29). After sustained protests, Israeli finance minister agrees to release funds for councils in Palestinian-majority areas. peoplesdispatch.org Extremist leader and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had announced earlier this month the suspension of funds worth 200 million Israeli shekels meant for municipal councils in Palestinian-majority areas. After sustained protests, he was forced to reverse his decision…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-29). Hundreds of prisoners in Bahrain on hunger strike to protest poor prison conditions. peoplesdispatch.org This is the largest ever hunger strike in the country's history and is being supported by common Bahrainis who have been staging protests in solidarity with the striking prisoners…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-29). Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes. peoplesdispatch.org 10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners…

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-08-29). Mass protests against French troops intensify in Niger as the deadline for their withdrawal approaches. peoplesdispatch.org France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to accommodate diplomatic efforts"

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-28). "Big Three" Auto workers vote to strike by 97%. peoplesdispatch.org Over 144,000 workers are set to strike on September 14 if negotiations with their employers, the car manufacturers General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford, fail. The union has already employed the tactic of practice pickets at auto plants in Detroit, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky…

Natalia Marques (2023-08-28). Several weeks after devastating wildfires, Native Hawaiian farmers resist attempt to shift blame. peoplesdispatch.org The ultra-right and the government are behind a narrative that implies that Indigenous sovereignty and water rights are to blame for the delay in dousing the Maui wildfires. Indigenous Hawaiians are resisting this campaign and have put forward a charter of demands…

Praneel Panchagavi (2023-08-28). Will India be able to deal with Google's adtech monopoly? peoplesdispatch.org Indian media houses and publishers are losing revenue due to Google's monopoly. The present competition regime in India, along with the Digital Competition Act, seems inadequate to address the issue…

Ali Abunimah (2023-08-29). Elizabeth Tsurkov's Iraq travel was not authorized, Princeton confirms. electronicintifada.net Mystery remains over activities of detained Israeli intelligence veteran and graduate student.

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-29). President Maduro Announces Changes in Cabinet. orinocotribune.com

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-29). Venezuelan Military Demolishes 350 Illegal Mining Facilities in Amazonas State. orinocotribune.com

Ann Brown (2023-08-29). Michael Jordan Becomes Wealthiest NBA Player Of All Time With $3.5 Billion Net Worth. moguldom.com Superstar National Basketball Association player Michael Jordan's net worth has soared to an estimated $3.5 billion, solidifying his position as the richest basketball player in history. This revelation from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jordan's recent surge in wealth is attributed in part to his strategic business moves, such as his sale of a majority stake …

Ann Brown (2023-08-29). Trump's Pastor: If America Elects Hindu Vivek Ramaswamy, There Will Be 'Strange Gods In The White House'. moguldom.com Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged as a leading Republican candidate, but now his religion is coming under attack. Ramaswamy, the son of immigrants from southern India, is a practicing Hindu. His faith has been attacked by both the Ron DeSantis campaign and Hank Kuneeman, a pro-Donald Trump pastor, self-christened "prophet," and 2020 election denier. Kunneman recently spent a …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-08-29). From NYC to Atlanta, Cop City Will Never be Built! itsgoingdown.org Report on recent action against Cop City in New York City. Originally posted to social media. Get shrimped, nerds! On Saturday morning, in an homage to a recent action taken by Atlanta activists, some rowdy caterers dropped off a very smelly gift for the Atlanta Police Department in NYC. Atlanta cops held a hiring event…

Anurag Deb (2023-08-29). The Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction On 11 August, a piece from Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) set out a case for the UK denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and leaving the treaty system altogether. One of the main arguments in favour of this is that it would 'restore Parliament's freedom, on behalf of the British people, …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-29). Only Idiots Believe The US Is Protecting Australia From China. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The Economist has taken a keen interest in Australia lately, which if you know anything about The Economist is something you never want to see happen to your country. Two articles published in the last few days by the

Dana Sanchez (2023-08-29). Did Airbnb Destroy The American Dream Of Owning A Home? 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Airbnb, the online home-sharing marketplace credited with revolutionizing travel and creating a new income stream for homeowners, is reaching saturation and partly to blame for the housing crisis, according to some market watchers. "The AirBnB phenomenon is a perfect example of how an interesting idea gets completely over-leveraged by people who see nothing but dollar …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-08-29). Is this the End of Natural Health Information? Google, Meta Ban News in Canada. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-08-29). Mask Toxicity: German Study Exposes Dangers of CO2 Re-breathing. globalresearch.ca

Ed Rampell (2023-08-29). Imagining Karl Marx as a Private Eye. covertactionmagazine.com What If the Co-Author of The Communist Manifesto Would Have Become a Gumshoe? Novelist Jim Feast's sly alternate history Karl Marx Private Eye (PM Press) somehow manages to bring Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Karl Marx and his youngest daughter together at Karlsbad, Bohemia, in 1875. The author may have chosen to set his whodunit at Karlsbad …

Editor (2023-08-29). BRICS Calls for Global Economic Decision Making in the Interest of the Majority. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-08-29). Mass Media — Stop Being a Trump Megaphone and Cover Civic Critics Rebutting Him. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Marc Fisher of the Washington Post is often the "go-to" reporter editors choose to write Page One stories that synthesize and analyze the Big Story of the Day. On August 17th, Mr. Fisher delivered a lengthy feature titled, "Trump Follows Tested 'Counterpuncher' Playbook in Face of Indictments." Alas, he gave readers a …

Editor (2023-08-29). Noam Chomsky: Humanity Imperiled. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-08-29). How Does the BRICS Currency Transform the World Economy?>. infobrics.org The creation of a BRICS currency has become throughout the past year one of the headline themes related not only to BRICS, but also the global financial markets…

infobrics (2023-08-29). Brics Membership to Boost UAE's Trade Ties with Global South, Minister of Economy Says. infobrics.org Country remains focused on strengthening economic relations with other major partners around the globe…

infobrics (2023-08-29). BRICS Influence in Shaping the Global Financial Landscape and Its Implications for Developing Economies Like Zambia. infobrics.org We explored the BRICS economy—an alliance of emerging market economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Now, we shift our focus to examine BRICS' potential impact on the global financial system. As global economic and political dynamics change, we'll explore what this means for developing countries like Zambia…

infobrics (2023-08-29). Ukraine accuses the Pope of "imperialist propaganda" after he praised Russian youth. infobrics.org Kiev angered at the Vatican for not capitulating to anti-Russia demands.

infobrics (2023-08-29). Zelensky believes Ukraine will be permanently supported. infobrics.org The Ukrainian president does not seem to understand how the US Ukrainian strategy actually works.

infobrics (2023-08-29). How BRICS+ ensures global peace. infobrics.org The importance of BRICS+ is perhaps best seen in the joint diplomatic effort of its members to deescalate tensions in various parts of the world, even turning decades-old (or even centuries-old) rivalries and enmity into solid partnerships.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-29). Niger: Mass Protests Against French Troops Intensify. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Anti-French protesters rally in support of the Niger's military government on August 28 in Niamey. Photo: Issifou Djibo / EPA / TASS France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to…

Irwin Jerome (2023-08-29). Who Controls the World and War in Ukraine? globalresearch.ca

Kyle Anzalone (2023-08-29). US General Mark Milley: US Forces Will Remain in the Middle East for Years to Come. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-08-29). Why Are Retired American Generals So Consistently Wrong? sonar21.com The following retired Generals are popping up on cable news channels to offer their "sage" analysis on the war in Ukraine and they all share one thing in common —…

Manlio Dinucci (2023-08-29). BRICS Establishes a New International Order. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-08-29). Doomsday for the Buck? "A Reserve Currency Is No Longer Needed" globalresearch.ca

Nathan Worcester (2023-08-29). Biden Admin's Push for Everyone to Get New COVID Vaccine Is 'Irresponsible'. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. globalresearch.ca

OffGuardian (2023-08-29). Are They Prepping for Plandemic 2.0? globalresearch.ca

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-29). BRICS and the English-Speaking Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Wayne Kublalsingh — Aug 25, 2023 | August 24, 2023, marked a dramatic shift in the course of global history. BRICS, the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced that they were admitting Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into its fold. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated that the larger BRICS Plus formation is worth roughly 30 per cent of the globally economy, that is US$30.7 trillion. BRICS Plus is home to 46 per cent of the global population, 3.7 billion citizens. Its share of oil production is now 43.1 per cent; and…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-29). Crashed an Anti-Syria Lobby Meeting Where They Pushed for a New Caliphate and More Starvation Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Hekmat Aboukhater ∑ Aug 21, 2023 | I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington's economic war for another 8 years. | Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the workshop revealed the group's ultimate goal: partitioning Syria and creating a de facto Caliphate for a rebranded Al Qaeda offshoot. | This July 30, I registered under an alias to join a workshop organized by the Syrian American Council (SAC), the leading voice of the lobby that aims to starve and destabilize Syria into submissi…

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-08-29). Mass protests against foreign forces intensify in Niger as September 2 deadline for withdrawal of French troops approaches. peoplesdispatch.org France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to accommodate diplomatic efforts"

Philip Giraldi (2023-08-29). America's Domestic Party Politics Fuel the Ukraine Catastrophe. globalresearch.ca

Rania Khalek (2023-08-29). Is Latin America's Progressive Tide Growing? Guatemala's Watershed Election. thealtworld.com In a landslide victory, Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center left Movimiento Semilla won a runoff election for Guatemala's presidency on Sunday against the right-wing establishment party. | Marco Castillo, Co-Director of Global Exchange, explains why Arévalo's win is a watershed moment in Guatemala and what his presidency will mean for further Latin American integration.

Rep. Ron Paul (2023-08-29). A New COVID 'Variant'… Just in Time for Election Season! globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-08-29). The list of Prigozhin's enemies is long. thealtworld.com The one man who could have guaranteed the Wagner boss's safety, Vladimir Putin, wasn't going to do it anymore, says Scott Ritter…

Staff (2023-08-29). Headlines for August 29, 2023. democracynow.org Trump's Federal Criminal Trial for Election Interference Set for March 2024, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Locks Down After Faculty Member Shot Dead, Tennessee Republicans Vote Once Again to Silence Rep. Justin Jones, Sudan's Military Ruler Rules Out Peace Talks with Rival Paramilitaries, French Ambassador to Niger Rejects Junta's Ultimatum to Leave Within 48 Hours, Guatemalan Tribunal Certifies Bernardo Arévalo's Victory, But Electoral Registry Suspends His Party, Hurricane Idalia Strengthens and Takes Aim at Florida's Gulf Coast, Four Migrants Die as Boat Capsizes Off Greek Island of Lesb…

Staff (2023-08-29). "Hurricane of Racism": Racial Terror in Jacksonville, from Recent Shooting to 1960 Ax Handle Saturday. democracynow.org As the Jacksonville community mourns the loss of three people killed Saturday in a racist shooting, more details are emerging about the white supremacist who went to a Dollar General store looking to target Black people before killing himself. Authorities say he left behind a suicide note and other writings outlining his racist ideology. The 21-year-old gunman had legally bought the two weapons he used in the shooting, including an AR-15-style rifle marked with swastikas. The shooting occurred as thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin…

Staff (2023-08-29). Jacksonville Shooting: Rep. Maxwell Frost Blasts DeSantis for Pushing Bigotry & Ignoring Gun Violence. democracynow.org Congressmember Maxwell Frost of Florida says this weekend's shooting in Jacksonville, carried out by a white supremacist who targeted Black people at a dollar store, did not happen in isolation. He points to Republican efforts to loosen gun laws and racist rhetoric from party leaders as part of the problem of far-right violence. "All of these things are connected," says Frost, who also applauded people for booing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a prayer vigil in Jacksonville. "In moments like these, we have to stand strong on ensuring that leaders who contributed to the problem can'…

Staff (2023-08-29). As Mark Meadows Pushes for Federal Trial, Activists Say Attack on Voting Rights at Heart of Georgia Case. democracynow.org A judge on Monday set Donald Trump's federal trial for plotting to overturn the 2020 election to begin in Washington, D.C., on March 4 — at the height of the presidential primary season and one day before Super Tuesday. Meanwhile, Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified before a federal judge in Georgia on Monday as part of an effort to move his trial from state to federal court. Meadows is one of Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case, and any decisions on his fate could affect the others. Black Voters Matter co-founder Cliff Albright says at th…

Staff (2023-08-29). Judge in D.C. Sets Trump Trial for March 4 & Rejects Trump Lawyer's Citation of Scottsboro Boys Case. democracynow.org We continue to look at Donald Trump's mounting legal battles with constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis. Trump's federal trial for election interference is set to begin in Washington, D.C., in March, but his legal team argued this week for a two-year delay, citing the case of the Scottsboro Boys, nine young Black men who were falsely accused of raping a white woman and convicted in a rushed trial before the Supreme Court ultimately intervened. "It's offensive," Kreis says of the comparison. "To claim that Donald Trump is a victim of some unlawful, unruly criminal justice…

unitedEditor (2023-08-29). "BRICS expansions marks will to guide humanity" uwidata.com We can cross live to our guest who has been patiently waiting to speak to us there as we brought that we wanted to bring that to our audience that sole comments but let's speak to you yeah Yunus Soner, political analyst from Türkiye. Yunus thank you very much for holding on there. That point …

Vanessa Beeley (2023-08-29). Syrian colour revolution 2:0 — deep dive interview with Ryan Cristian. thealtworld.com The West's blueprint for regime change does not deviate much from historic black operations. | I unpack more of the West's agenda in southern Syria and how it ties in with the north-east and north-west of Syria, Ukraine and even Africa. I will be writing all this up as soon as possible. At the moment running to keep up with events on the ground. | My interview with Ryan Cristian of |

Alastair Crooke (2023-08-28). A Second Geo-Strategic Shoe (Other Than Ukraine) Is Dropping. thealtworld.com BRICS 11 establishes a pole of influence and global heft that has the potential to eclipse in scope that of the G7. | Whilst it has become clear to increasing numbers of people in the West that something has gone

Amy Goodman (2023-08-28). Are We Closer to or Further From MLK's Dream 60 Years After March on Washington? truthout.org After thousands gathered Saturday in Washington, D.C., to mark the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington, we speak with Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream. "There is this notion of King's dream speech as being folded into America's liberal mythology: America is always… |

Andrew Korybko (2023-08-28). Argentina's Invitation To Join BRICS Turns Geo-Economics Into A Top Election Issue. thealtworld.com

Bob Bishop (2023-08-28). Can America survive the tyranny of incompetency? sonar21.com Elon Musk's Space X Dragon capsule docked four astronauts to the International Space Station last week. Space X fills the void since it is an impotent NASA that can no longer launch…

Caleb Crowder (2023-08-28). Sixty Years Later, We Can Make King's Dream a Reality. ips-dc.org Sixty years ago, Dr. That 1963 rally on the National Mall was the culmination of two decades of marches focused on ending employment discrimination and demanding greater job opportunities for African Americans. The organizing manual for the March on Washington made it plain: "We march to redress old grievances and to help resolve an American crisis. That crisis is born of the twin evils of racism and economic deprivation." | In what wo…

Chris Walker (2023-08-28). DeSantis Booed at Vigil for Victims of Racist Shooting in Jacksonville. truthout.org On Sunday, Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) appeared in Jacksonville at a prayer vigil for victims of a racially motivated attack, where he was booed and heckled by members of the audience who said that his policies played a role in fomenting the racist violence that occurred one day prior. Around 200 people attended the vigil, one day after a white man shot and killed… |

Chris Walker (2023-08-28). Pence Criticized Over Call for "Expedited" Death Penalty for Mass Shooters. truthout.org On Sunday, former Vice President Mike Pence — who is also running for the GOP nomination for the 2024 presidential election — reacted to a shooting over the weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, by suggesting that mass shooters should be subjected to an "expedited" death penalty process. "Justice delayed is justice denied," Pence said on CBS News's "Face the Nation" program, "and I'm calling for an… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Macron Says France Will Support ECOWAS Military Action in Niger. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that his country would support a military intervention in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. "We support the diplomatic action, and when it decides to do so militarily, of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), in a partnership approach," …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Report: Ukrainian Drone Attacks Inside Russia Use Western Intelligence. news.antiwar.com The Economist reported Sunday that Ukraine's increasing drone attacks inside Russia are carried out using intelligence gathered by Kyiv's Western backers. The report cited sources close to Ukrainian drone developers and Ukrainian military insiders, including a drone coordinator within Ukraine's military intelligence. It detailed the planning that goes into the drone attacks, which involves gathering …

Dave LIndorff (2023-08-28). Covid Precautions Aren't Primarily Aren't for You; They're to Protect Those You Ought to Care About. thiscantbehappening.net I've never thought of myself as someone who needed special consideration. Not even when I ended up spending a year on crutches or a walking in a stiff full-length plaster leg cast following a nasty ski accident at 19, or when ai learned in my 40s after a stubborn case of viral pneumonia that … |

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Cuban President Arrives in Namibia, Last Stop in Africa. orinocotribune.com The Cuban president met this Sunday with his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, during his official visit to Namibia, the last stop of his African tour. | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel landed yesterday August 27 in Windhoek, the Namibian capital, after previously visiting Mozambique, Angola, and attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, held from August 22 to 24. | Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude to the Namibian government for consistently promoting in the African Union the adoption of resolutions against the blockade against Cuba, and for making its voice heard from the podium of the UN General Assembl…

Editor (2023-08-28). 60 Years Since MLK Jr.'s Historic 'I Have a Dream' Speech. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-08-28). Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians Aren't Under Apartheid, They're Just in a Prison Camp. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Other members of the the extremist Jewish Power Party are adding fuel to the firestorm that broke out last week when the party's leader and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir asserted that Israeli rights to move around the Palestinian West Bank took precedence over Palestinian …

Emily Taylor (2023-08-28). Guatemalans celebrate return of 'Democratic Spring' as potential violence threatens transition. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Guatemalans flocked to public squares all over the country as results came in on August 20, waving the country's sky-blue flags and setting off fireworks late into the night. Chanting "Sí se pudo" or "Yes, we could" and singing the national anthem, they celebrated the victory of a new president that few expected would rise to the top before the first round of voting on June 25. "We are going towards a new s…

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Orlando, FL: Progressive organizations discuss working together against common enemy. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday, August 19, a panel of progressive organizations organized by Las Semillas was held at the Orange County Public Library. The purpose of this panel was for progressive organizations to network, present the work they are doing in their communities, and have a discussion about pressing political issues. All of these activities contribute to the goal of building a united front against the DeSantis administration and the deterioration of material conditions, especially for the working class of Central Florida. "Florida's on fire in more ways than one, so we're glad to be in concert with anyon…

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Week of action for Stephan Long culminates in rally, court support. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Family, friends and community supporters of Stephan Long rallied at the office of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Thursday, August 24 to demand his immediate release. This action follows a week of calls and emails to McCann's office and a day before Long was scheduled to appear in court. | Stephan Long is charged with two counts of first degree murder for defending himself from violent attackers on Interstate 25 this June. With his family behind him in the car, Long was attacked by two men in ski masks who entered his car and, according to multiple eyewitnesses, began beating and choking him.

Jake Johnson (2023-08-28). US Declassifies Docs Related to Chile Coup Following Pressure From Progressives. truthout.org The U.S. State Department has declassified a pair of documents related to events leading up to the 1973 coup in Chile, a violent assault on democracy covertly backed by the Central Intelligence Agency. The two documents were made public late last week following renewed calls for transparency by U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), and other progressive lawmakers who… |

Khelil Bouarrouj (2023-08-28). Israel's Sex Assault Law Isn't About Protecting Women. It's About Racial Purity. truthout.org On July 30, the Israeli Knesset passed a sexual assault law showing, as Israel's sole liberal newspaper put it, that the "processes of fascism are in full swing." The law doubles the penalty for sexual assault offenses that were "nationalistically motivated," however defined. In other words, sexual attacks by Arabs against Jews will face harsher sentences if prosecutors can prove the assailant was… |

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). 'It's All Top-Down': Activists Hammer BRICS On Human Rights, Environment. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Protest: Federal Reserve Ignoring Systemic Climate Financial Risks. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Europe's climate movement is fractured and stuck — here is a way forward. wagingnonviolence.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Environmental Leaders From 185 Countries Launch Biodiversity Protection Fund. ecowatch.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). One Country Has Completely Ended Homelessness. youtube.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Journalist Taken Out By U.S. Backed Government. youtube.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). VIDEO: Governor's Fundraiser Ruined By Activists. youtu.be

Larry Johnson (2023-08-28). Is the Mainstream Media a Relic of the Past? sonar21.com This post will be different from what you are accustomed to reading. I am not commenting specifically on the current situation in Ukraine or the future of BRICS or the…

Mansa Musa (2023-08-28). Ed Poindexter has been a political prisoner for 52 years. His family just wants him to come home. therealnews.com After 52 years of incarceration, Edward Alan Poindexter is among the longest-serving political prisoners in US and world history. Originally part of the "Omaha Two," Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, both leaders of the Omaha Black Panthers, were convicted of the murder of Omaha police officer Larry Minard in 1971. Poindexter and we Langa's case has long been a subject of scrutiny, with Amnesty International recommending a retrial for both men in 1999. We Lenga passed away in 2016 after years of poor health, and now Poindexter's family members fear he could face a similar fate unless he's released on medical a…

Marc Steiner (2023-08-28). The March on Washington was a labor struggle too. therealnews.com The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom has been rightfully memorialized as an iconic moment in American history, particularly as the venue for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Yet a deeper look at the March on Washington can offer a richer understanding of what made the Civil Rights Movement possible, and what organizers today can emulate in the ongoing struggle for racial and economic justice. Beyond the leading lights of the day such as Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, and A. Phillip Randolph, was a multiracial, working class movement that drew together unions and churches, student org…

Marco Carnelos (2023-08-28). L'élargissement des BRICS pourrait-il rendre le G20 obsolète ? thealtworld.com Avec l'arrivée de six nouveaux pays — et peut-être d'autres à venir — le bloc des BRICS perturbe de plus en plus l'hégémonie occidentale | Le 15e sommet des BRICS s'est achevé le 24 août sur une

Matthew Rozsa (2023-08-28). Rising Sea Levels Will Displace Nearly a Billion People in Coming Decades. truthout.org When climatologist Dr. Twila Moon described a future of climate change-caused horrors as "baked in," she may not have intended to create a darkly apt pun for global warming. Certainly the future she laid out for sea level rise, a term for an increase in the level of the world's oceans, is a very grim one. As humans burn fossil fuels and emit so many greenhouse gases that they unnaturally overheat… |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-28). Argentina's Indigenous Peoples Continue Demonstration in Buenos Aires. orinocotribune.com Members of indigenous communities in Argentina continue their demonstration in front of the Palace of Courts in Buenos Aires denouncing the violence and irregularities of the government of the province of Jujuy. | On July 25th, hundreds of members of the Atacama, Quechua, Humahuaca, Ocloya, and Guaraní peoples, among others, left the province in a march known as the "Malón de la Paz". | On August 18, representatives of the Malón were received by President Alberto Fernández; an agreement was reached to create a commission to investigate what happened in Jujuy and guarantee the safety of the aboriginal peoples. | T…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-28). Argentine Indigenous Peoples Continue Demonstration in Buenos Aires. orinocotribune.com Members of indigenous communities in Argentina continue their demonstration in front of the Palace of Courts in Buenos Aires denouncing the violence and irregularities of the government of the province of Jujuy. | On July 25th, hundreds of members of the Atacama, Quechua, Humahuaca, Ocloya, and Guaraní peoples, among others, left the province in a march known as the "Malón de la Paz". | On August 18, representatives of the Malón were received by President Alberto Fernández; an agreement was reached to create a commission to investigate what happened in Jujuy and guarantee the safety of the aboriginal peoples. | T…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-28). The Enduring Aftermath of The US' Occupation of Afghanistan. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — Aug 20, 2023 | The US' invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, beginning in 2001 and enduring until 2021, left a lingering but familiar aftermath. The nationwide destruction Afghanistan suffered and the ongoing instability that persists to this day following the US' withdrawal is reminiscent of the devastation and destitution that followed after the US' withdrawal from Southeast Asia in the 1970s after nearly two decades of war there. | Even long after the US withdrew from Afghanistan, the country continues to struggle to pick up the broken pieces left behind. This is partly due to the im…

Orry Moore (2023-08-28). The Weekly Round-Up: Bibby Stockholm, Children's Rights, and Illegal Evictions. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The Fire Brigades Union has sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Home Secretary threatening judicial review of her alleged failure to address "serious fire and operational safety concerns" aboard the Bibby Stockholm. The FBU claims that the Home Office has failed to arrange fire drills for asylum seekers or adequate risk …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-28). Will White People Survive? thealtworld.com Beginning in 1787 the English began campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade. As the slave trade was the product of black Africa itself, the only way the English could abolish the slave trade was by prohibiting English purchase of slaves and by using England's command of the seas to blockade the African ports where the slaves captured by the black African King of Dahomey were loaded onto Portuguese, French, British, and Dutch ships. Once the British closed Dahomey's Gate of No Return at Ouidah by blockading the port, Dahomey's revenues which had equipped Dahomey's army with modern European weapons collaps…

rankandfile (2023-08-28). Arbitration tactic a mistake, says OSSTF member. rankandfile.ca Here's why I will be voting against the upcoming OSSTF proposal to use arbitration as a tactic to prompt more effective bargaining with Ford's Conservatives.

Rotimi Kukoyi (2023-08-28). In Honor of Emmett Till, Let's Build a World Where Black Youth Aren't Targets. truthout.org August 28 marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific lynching of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy who was kidnapped, beaten and murdered following malicious and false accusations that he made sexual advances toward a white woman in Mississippi. Despite Till's youth and innocence, his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, and his accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, died this April at 88… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-28). Guns Killed a Record Number of Children in the US in 2021. truthout.org Child gun deaths hit a record high in 2021, breaking the previous record set just one year before, new research finds. A total of 4,752 children in the U.S. died gun-related deaths in 2021, a new study found using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. This is an 8.8 percent increase in the pediatric gun mortality rate for 2020 and a staggering 41.5 percent increase from 2018. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-28). Warren Grills Tax Prep Companies Over Lobby Against Free Tax Filing Services. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-California) are calling out tax preparation companies for "record" lobbying efforts to thwart a new Biden administration plan to massively expand free tax filing across the U.S. In letters sent to tax prep firms Free File Alliance, the American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights, Intuit and H&R Block, the lawmakers pointed out the… |

Staff (2023-08-28). Brothers Hatem and Hazem Qawasmeh; Osama Daqrouq suspend hunger strikes; 6 Palestinian prisoners continuing battle of empty stomachs. samidoun.net Updated August 28, 8: 30 am Imprisoned Palestinian brothers Hatem and Hazem Qawasmeh suspended their hunger strike on Monday, 28 August after receiving a commitment from the occupation prison administration to transfer Hatem to Ramon prison, where his brother Hazem is behing held, reported the Palestinian Prisoners' Socoety. Hatem, 42, started his strike 16 days ago …

Staff (2023-08-28). Copenhagen mural demands freedom for Amin Abu Rashed, Palestinian political prisoner in the Netherlands. samidoun.net Salim Assi, Palestinian artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark, painted a new mural on the streets of Copenhagen to demand freedom for Amin Abu Rashed, the Palestinian community leader and political prisoner jailed in the Netherlands for his humanitarian support for Palestinians under occupation and in the refugee camps. Abu Rashed has been jailed since 22 …

Staff (2023-08-28). "Jenin Jenin" screening in New York highlights Palestinian resistance, challenges mayor's alliance with Zionism. samidoun.net On Friday 25 August 2023, Samidoun NY/NJ held a screening and discussion of the documentary film "Jenin, Jenin" directed by Mohammed Bakri at Mayday Space in NYC. The film, by Palestinian director Mohammed Bakri, covers the battle of Jenin refugee camp in 2002, including the massacre of Palestinians and the destruction of portions of the …

Staff (2023-08-28). Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahleh sponsors school uniforms for children in Gaza. samidoun.net Palestinian administrative detainee Thaer Halahleh, who has conducted long-term hunger strikes to win his freedom from past imprisonment without charge or trial, sponsored school uniforms for 27 children in the central governorate of Gaza, Palestine, as children and youth head back to school for the new academic year. The uniform sponsorship from prison comes only …

Staff (2023-08-28). Taghreed al-Akhras calls for international solidarity to liberate Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net Taghreed al-Akhras, the wife of Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian leader who has been on hunger strike for the past six days after being seized from his home by occupation forces on 23 August, appealed for action and solidarity from people's movements and the Palestinian people in exile and diaspora to support the prisoners. In a message …

Teri Mattson (2023-08-28). Covid Crisis: "Mexico should be our example of what is possible." AMLO and the Morena Party. globalresearch.ca

Unicorn Riot (2023-08-28). Minneapolis Official Speaks Out About 'Corruption', Lack of Gov't Oversight and 'Useless' City Council. unicornriot.ninja

Zane McNeill (2023-08-28). Judge Allows Gender-Affirming Care Ban to Go Into Effect in Missouri. truthout.org On Friday, a St. Louis judge denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, seeking to block Missouri's ban on gender-affirming care. As of Monday, transgender youth in the state will no longer have access to gender-affirming care and transgender people who are incarcerated or on Medicaid will be forced to medically detransition. |

Zane McNeill (2023-08-28). Will WVU's Draconian Cuts Become a Blueprint for Austerity Across Higher Ed? truthout.org Hundreds of West Virginia University (WVU) students staged a class walkout outside the school's student union in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 21 to protest an administration proposal to cut 32 academic programs and 169 faculty positions. The students, wearing red T-shirts and bandanas as a nod to the West Virginia coal miners who famously went on strike a century ago, chanted "Stop! The! |