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2022-08-31: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-31). Taiwan Says It Fired at Chinese Drone for First Time. news.antiwar.com Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Taiwanese troops fired warning shots at a Chinese drone that was flying in airspace over Kinmen County, an archipelago of Taiwanese-controlled islands off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The Taiwanese Army's Kinmen Defense Command said that three "civilian" drones flew over the Kinmen islands, also known as Quemoy …

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Indian, Russian Banks in Talks to Conduct Bilateral Business in Local Currencies. infobrics.org Indian Banks' Association (IBA) is reportedly working to facilitate talks between over 15 Russian banks with Indian lenders so as to clear the way for bilateral business in their respective local currencies…

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Emerging Markets Rush to Join BRICS Alliance as High Energy Prices Persist. infobrics.org As emerging markets recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face financial headwinds due to interest rate hikes in the US, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is looking to expand its membership to tackle shared challenges…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Structural shifts in global economy driving central bankers' class war program. wsws.org At this year's Jackson Hole meeting, Fed chair Powell set the stage for the response, taken up by all participants, that central banks must not waver from interest rate hikes and, if necessary, go beyond the measures carried out by Fed chair Paul Volcker in the 1980s that produced economic devastation for the working class in the US and internationally under the banner of "fighting inflation."

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-31). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

The Conversation (2022-08-31). Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security. juancole.com By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University | The Justice Department on Aug. 26, 2022, released an affidavit written by an FBI special agent that was used to obtain a court order for the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate for documents related to national defense and other government records. Large …

____ (2022-08-31). Xi meets model civil servants. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping met with representatives of model civil servants who are in Beijing to attend a national award ceremony on Tuesday.

Claus Peter Ortlieb, Herbert Bottcher (2022-08-31). Spiral downward and No exit! indybay.org The austerity dictates imposed on the Eurozone are only exacerbating the crisis they are supposed to be fighting. In all economies under the thumb of the "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank & the European Commission, the austerity measures are leading to a collapse in domestic demand.

WSWS (2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Staff (2022-08-31). Oil Minister El Aissami Presents Evidence of Corruption by Former PDVSA CEO Rafael Ramírez. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, August 30, Venezuelan Minister for Petroleum, Tareck El Aissami, presented to the Public Ministry (MP) evidence of largescale fraud committed by former Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Rafael Ramírez, against Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and asked Attorney General Tarek William Saab to open an investigation and issue an international arrest warrant. | At a press conference from the headquarters of the Public Ministry, in Caracas, El Aissami reported that evidence was filed with the attorney general in which the "most serious corruption plot that has ever been known against our oil industry" was…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-31). China Is Aggressively Reselling Russian Gas To Europe. southfront.org An LNG ship docked at a port in Chiba, Japan. China's resales of LNG have added supply to the spot market | Originally published on One month ago, we were surprised to read how, despite a suppressed appetite for energy amid its housing crash and economic downturn (for which "zero covid" has emerged as a convenient scapegoat for emperor Xi), China has been soaking up more Russian natural gas so far this…

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Xi Jinping's Foreign Policy Thinking and Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Changins of the International Order. infobrics.org The close bilateral relationship between China and Russia is one of the most important features of the evolution of international relations in the early 21st century. At the same time, the changing international order has also created new areas for Sino-Russian cooperation…

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-31). Legacies in Film 'Trespassing' Exposed U.S. Nuclear Industry Targeting Native Americans. indybay.org "Trespassing," censored in more film festivals worldwide than it has been shown, reveals how the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Mojave, Western Shoshone, Navajo and Pueblo were targeted by the nuclear industry. Censored News Legacies in Film series.

____ (2022-08-31). China to maintain climate change strategy: official. ecns.cn China will maintain its climate change strategy and continue to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, said an official at a forum held on Saturday in Beijing.

____ (2022-08-31). Mascot for 2022 CIFTIS unveiled. ecns.cn FuYan, the mascot for the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), was unveiled Tuesday at the National Convention Center in Beijing.

____ (2022-08-31). China mulls new law to protect Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday started deliberating a new draft law on ecological conservation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.The draft law, with 64 provisions in seven chapters, was submitted to the National People's Congress Standing Committee for the first reading.

WSWS (2022-08-31). The fight against mass COVID infection and militarism in New Zealand. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tom Peters, the leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

____ (2022-08-31). U.S. murder rates still up in 2021: CNBC. ecns.cn There were 6 percent more murders nationally in 2021 than in 2020, a troubling statistic, but it was modest in comparison with the prior year, when the U.S. murder rate climbed nearly 30 percent, a year-over-year record, reported CNBC in mid-August.

____ (2022-08-31). China's first exploration satellite makes progress: official. ecns.cn China's first exploration satellite has observed nearly 100 eruptions and completed its in-orbit tests and experiments, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA) at a press conference Tuesday.

Staff (2022-08-31). Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone for first time. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Taiwan has begun targeting Chinese drones flying over its outlying islands for the first time.

Frank Talk (2022-08-31). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.

____ (2022-08-31). Most European companies in China confident in domestic market prospect: official. ecns.cn Most European multinationals present in China are confident in the prospects of the domestic market, with 84 percent expanding or maintaining operations in the first half this year, a Chinese official said Monday.

____ (2022-08-31). China to ramp up support for elderly care, childcare industries. ecns.cn 30 (Xinhua) — China has rolled out measures to support the elderly care and childcare industries to help them overcome difficulties, according to a circular issued by 13 authorities including the National Development and Reform Commission.

____ (2022-08-31). Meeting of CPC Central Committee Political Bureau proposes convening 20th CPC National Congress on Oct. 16 in Beijing. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday held a meeting on the preparatory work for the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and the 20th CPC National Congress. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Biden to address nation on threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

United Native Americans (2022-08-31). Friday 9/23: #ProtectICWA. indybay.org üì£ IMPORTANT UPDATE üì£ | **November 9th 2022** | #ProtectICWA. | üì£ According to the National Indian Child Welfare Association, Indigenous children are four times more likely to be removed by state child welfare systems than non-Native children, even when their families have similar presenting problems. Native children are also overrepresented in the foster care system, according to the same report. | üì£We are mobilizing All Tribal Chairman & Tribes to Unite & Stand together for our Sacred Children. | &#637…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Nineteen months after January 6, Biden discovers the threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

____ (2022-08-31). China's SMEs show stable development in January-July period. ecns.cn China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed stable development in the first seven months of the year, laying a solid foundation for the steady operation of the country's macroeconomy, official data showed Tuesday.

Mark Engler, Paul Engler (2022-08-31). This US City Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration. commondreams.org Abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories, laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-08-30). Pro-regime change journalist Shane Bauer files lawsuit seeking $10 million seized from Iran. thegrayzone.com Despite their professed opposition to US sanctions, Bauer and his fellow hikers-turned-cellmates stand to benefit handsomely from public assets plundered from Iran by the US government. Over a decade since he rose to prominence as a protagonist in an international drama of espionage and imprisonment, American journalist Shane Bauer and his family filed suit against Iran's government in a Washington DC-based US District Court, seeking compensation for $10 million in damages resulting from his two year detention in Tehran. Bauer's …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). 'Bitter Street' in Lugansk: A Battle Line Drawn with Nazi Elements after 2014. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker From left: Alexey Albu of Borotba; John Parker of Socialist Unity Party; and Evgeniy Miroshnichenko, member of the Youth Parliament, State Duma of Russia. SLL photo From May 1 to May 12, I traveled to both Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic, an independent republic in the Donbass region, formerly part of eastern…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-30). Ukraine's Anti-Worker Law Comes Into Effect. scheerpost.com Workers on McDonald's Facade Odessa, Ukraine 2016. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 By ODR Team / On 17 August, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyi ratified Law 5371, which removes rights for workers at small and medium-sized…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). French Energy Firm Seek Deal to Increase Algerian Natural Gas Supply. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Holds Talks With French Counterpart Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron spends three days in the North African state in efforts to mend relations strained over colonial legacy Geostrategic Analysis Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in neighboring Ukraine, the United States and the European Union (EU)…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). Ukraine: Somewhere Between Afghanization and Syrianization. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Ukraine is finished as a nation — neither side will rest in this war. The only question is whether it will be an Afghan or Syrian style finale. One year after the astounding US humiliation in Kabul — and on the verge of another serious comeuppance in Donbass — there is reason to believe…

Staff (2022-08-30). US army to Deliver NASAMS to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The US Army has awarded a $182 million contract to Raytheon Missiles & Defense to supply six National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). Russia: A Strategic Challenge for NATO in the Arctic. libya360.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday warned of the "strategic challenge" posed to the Atlantic Alliance by Russia's increased presence in the Arctic. Stoltenberg concluded a three-day visit to Canada at Cold Lake Air Base in northwestern Canada where North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) fighter jets tasked with patrolling the Arctic are based….

Infobrics (2022-08-30). Energy Sanctions on Russia Have Been a Boon for China and India. infobrics.org When the UK and the U.S. banned Russian oil imports, and the European Union approved sanctions that made it a lot harder to trade in Russian oil, media reports highlighted the argument that Russian could not possibly replace Europe with Asia as its biggest oil client…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-30). Biden To Ask Congress To Approve $1.1 Billion Arms Sale for Taiwan. scheerpost.com Taiwan flag. jitcji, Public domain, via By Dave DeCamp / The Biden administration is planning to ask Congress to approve a $1.1 billion arms sale for Taiwan that includes anti-ship missiles and anti-air missiles,

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-08-30). One Out of Seven Persons Affected by Floods; Pakistan Declares Emergency. orinocotribune.com By Bharat Dogra Aug 28, 2022 | 30 to 33 million persons are reported to be seriously affected by floods in Pakistan, a country with a population of 220 million. Due to this a national emergency has been declared in Pakistan. | The previous worst floods in Pakistan were recorded in 2010 when nearly 20 million people were affected, causing damages estimated at $10 billion. This was followed by a very serious flood situation next year in Sindh. What is more, there was some serious flood event or the other for the next five years. | This year Sindh and Balochistan are reported to be the worst affected, altho…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-30). Iran's Raisi Says Nuclear Deal Not Possible Without Ending Uranium Traces Inquiry. news.antiwar.com Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Monday that in order to revive the nuclear deal, Iran must resolve its issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over "safeguard agreements," referring to the nuclear watchdog's inquiry into uranium traces at undeclared nuclear sites in Iran. "Without resolving safeguards issues, talking about an agreement would be meaningless," …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). How France Underdevelops Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) — Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies. Decolonization? Pre-Second World War colonial monetary arrangements were consolidated into the Colonies…

WSWS (2022-08-30). "The Rank-and-File needs to be brought back!": As West Coast dockworkers approach two months without a contract, casual worker calls for unity. wsws.org The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has kept workers on the job without a deal, in maneuvers coordinated with the Pacific Maritime Association and the Biden Administration.

____ (2022-08-30). China's approach to cyberspace governance. ecns.cn With the digital age having a profound impact on human society, China has put forward "Chinese solutions" for the international cyber governance system, demonstrated by its efforts in maintaining cyber security, developing global internet infrastructure and building an internet governance system, etc.

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-30). CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on What We Learned From FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Kevin Gosztola was joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who helped him go through the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search affidavit and break down what was learned. They discussed the construct of "national defense information" and storing classified information in a private residence. Both offered their responses to the heavy redactions …

Editor (2022-08-30). How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms. scheerpost.com By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican Party is very well-positioned to win control of the House and has a decent chance of also gaining a majority in the Senate. But demagoguery …

_____ (2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org This autumn will be a momentous time for China in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …

Infobrics (2022-08-30). BRICS Political and Geopolitical Challenges: A View from the South. infobrics.org The recent XIV virtual summit of the BRICS, hosted and chaired by China, has fostered a revitalisation of the group. It is occurring within the framework of a complex and uncertain transition and reconfiguration of the international system…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). How Can Americans Tolerate U.S. Government's Crucifixion of Julian Assange? libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse Julian Assange has long been in solitary-confinement imprisonment in Britain awaiting extradition to America on charges which could bring him 175 years in prison, but he has never been convicted of anything, and the U.S. Government has violated both the U.S. Constitution and U.S. laws by having thus imprisoned him for over a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). US in Latin America: Interference, Extortion and Blackmail in Times of Global Reconfiguration. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Elbaum The disordered and brutal intentionality of the United States to control the political, economic, communicational, military and cultural orientations of Latin America is linked to the loss of its relevance in the region. Last Thursday, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, arrogated to himself the right to give his opinion on the…

____ (2022-08-30). Key project set to help attain carbon goals. ecns.cn The Qilu-Shengli Oilfield CCUS project, China's first megaton-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage project, became operational on Monday as part of the nation's overall drive to achieve its carbon neutrality goals, said its operator China Petrochemical Corp.

____ (2022-08-30). Task forces to speed up stimulus package. ecns.cn A worker cuts a steel part at the construction site of the T3B terminal project of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Southwest China's Chongqing, July 11, 2022.

____ (2022-08-30). Chinese government pledges 100 million yuan emergency humanitarian assistance to flood-hit Pakistan. ecns.cn The Chinese government has decided to provide 100 million yuan (around $14.5 million) of emergency humanitarian assistance, including 25,000 tents and other disaster relief materials urgently needed by flood-hit Pakistan, said Zheng Yuandong, an official with the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) on Sunday.

WSWS (2022-08-30). The fight against Canadian imperialism and for socialist internationalism. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Keith Jones, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

WSWS (2022-08-30). New revolutionary epoch opens doors for building the ICFI in Brazil. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira, a leading member of the the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

____ (2022-08-30). Security can be provided by regional countries: Sayyari. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army Force for Coordination Affairs said that security of the region can be provided by countries of the region including powerful countries such as Iran and India.

____ (2022-08-30). Nation a vital market for Europe's companies. ecns.cn China remains a key market for European companies as its economic resilience and large domestic market are vital for them to stay globally competitive, according to a survey released on Monday by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

Staff (2022-08-30). Iran begins uranium enrichment at Natanz site to 5%. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a report saying Iran commenced enrichment of uranium to 5% in advanced IR-6 centrifuges at the site in Natanz.

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-30). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.

Staff (2022-08-30). Two Iranian plays to participate Bangladesh festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Two Iranian plays have been invited to take part in International Mime Festival in Bangladesh.

H. Scott Prosterman (2022-08-30). Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in thenewsauthor"> of Jesus. juancole.com Most people agree that imperialism has been a very bad thing for the world. American Indian leader Dennis Means addressed a capacity crowd at the Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan in 1981. When I asked him to compare the plight of American Indians with the Palestinians, Mr. Means said, "Palestinians are the Indians …

____ (2022-08-30). China's major services trade fair starts tickets booking. ecns.cn Visitors are able to purchase and reserve e-tickets for the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which is scheduled to open on Wednesday in Beijing, on digital platforms from Aug.27, according to the official WeChat account.

Staff (2022-08-30). Taliban must respond to world calls to form inclusive govt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN says the Taliban must respond to the repeated demands of the international community to form an inclusive government…

Staff (2022-08-30). 3 Iranians selected best players of U20 Volleyball Champs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Three sportsmen of Iran's national team have been chosen as the best players in the Men's U20 Volleyball Championship.

Staff (2022-08-30). 'Unjustified' to vie at Tirana Intl. Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iranian short film 'Unjustified' directed by Mohammad-Reza Khavari will represent Iran in the short film competition section of the Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) in Albania.

____ (2022-08-30). Security, welfare, prosperity of nations hinges on intl. coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Army Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said that security, well-being and prosperity of nations strictly subject to the international cooperation and interactions.

WSWS (2022-08-30). Engine problems delay launch of NASA's Artemis I mission to the Moon. wsws.org The goal of the Artemis project is to develop a spacecraft capable of once again landing humans on the Moon.

Staff (2022-08-30). VIDEO: Footage of Persian leopard in North Khorasan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The park rangers of North Khorasan in northeastern Iran managed to record images of a Persian leopard in the Salook National Park.

WSWS (2022-08-30). Candidate for UAW President Will Lehman: "For a united struggle of US, Mexican and Canadian workers!" wsws.org Our struggle against the corrupt, gangster-ridden unions or charros on either side of the border depends on organizing internationally and mustering our combined forces through the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and File Committees (IWA-RFC).

Fight Back (2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-30). Gorbachev Dies at 91 in Moscow: Remembering the Greatest Modern Champion of World Peace. scheerpost.com Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the INF Treaty in the east room of the White House. White House Photographic Office, Public domain, via Editor's Note: In 1987, Robert Scheer, then a LA Times staff writer, had been in Moscow for a month when he received an early copy of Mikhail Gorbachev's "Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World." For the LA Times, he provided a detailed and insightful review regarding a pivotal moment in the history of American foreign policy. Today, following t…

Fight Back (2022-08-30). Immigrant rights protest makes noise in support of DACA outside Minnesota Twins game. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, August 28, dozens of protesters gathered with signs, noisemakers and flyers across the street from Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. The demonstration was organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and is also part of a national call to action for DACA by the Legalization for All Network, coinciding with the 52nd anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles, California. | Protesters gathered in support of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, marking ten years since the program was implemented in 2012. | DACA is a temporary pro…

JANET (2022-08-29). GABRIELA calls for immediate relief and support for Pakistani victims of monsoon disaster. iacenter.org MANILA, Philippines — GABRIELA Philippines, a grassroots-based alliance of Filipino women, is calling on local and international communities to help gather donations for our Pakistani sisters and brothers who were struck by monsoon disasters over the last few weeks. The effects of the forecasted weather conditions in the country were exacerbated by poor government planning and preparation as well as the abusive practices of corporations of illegal logging and mining. The ensuing flashfloods resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 individuals, the displacement of millions, and the loss of livelihoods, especiall…

JANET (2022-08-29). Sept 8: National organizing call — Demand Amazon, Starbucks recognize unions now! iacenter.org Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! Attend the virtual solidarity mobilization meeting for coordinated mass actions across the country Thursday, September 8 7pm et | 6pm ct | 5pm mt | 4pm pt Register for the call We have proposed these dates for coordinated mass actions across the country: Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day (or around that date, depending on the city): Organize a presence at Labor Day marches or organize your own action; the Amazon Labor Union is holding an action with Starbucks Workers United in New York City, Sept. 5. Thursday, Sept. 29: Put on a pro-u…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-29). Top Crypto Trader Sam Trabucco Resigns From Alameda: Could US Regulators Be Eying The Mixing Of Trading And FTX Brokerage? moguldom.com Sam Trabucco, once considered the most influential trader in crypto, is stepping down as co-CEO of Virgin Islands-based crypto trading brokerage Alameda Research, saying he has chosen "to prioritize other things." Considered one of the top firms of its kind in the world, Alameda Research is an affiliate and trading partner of FTX, one of the world's largest …

_____ (2022-08-29). Lee Jae-myung is On his Way to Success, the Question is its Price. journal-neo.org On August 28, 2022, the Democratic Party of Korea will hold a National Assembley to elect a new leader. A heated debate is expected as key factions within the party seek to set the rules in their favor and intra-party infighting is not out of step with the Conservatives. It should be recalled that the …

Ann Brown (2022-08-29). Remembering When Civil Rights Leaders Al Sharpton And Roy Innis Threw Hands On TV Show. moguldom.com Roy Innis and the Reverend Al Sharpton were two of New York City's most prominent Black community activists in the 1980s. But they were on different ends of the spectrum. Innis was conservative, while Sharpton was a solid Democrat. Innis was the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality from 1968 until his death. …

_____ (2022-08-29). On the 75th Anniversary of the Dissolution of British India. journal-neo.org On August 14 and 15, 2022, Pakistan and India celebrated 75 years of independence, which was the result of an Act of the British Parliament passed in the summer of 1947 and approved by King George VI a month before the above dates. This was a practical embodiment of the long-standing (as early as the …

A Guest Author (2022-08-29). In Bolivia, a massive rally says 'The coup plotters shall not pass'. workers.org Andrés Figueroa Cornejo wrote this article from Bolivia (under a Creative Commons license) about a massive popular preemptive action aimed at stopping a U.S.-backed military coup before it got rolling. The article was published in rebelion.org on Aug. 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 25: Mass rally counters . . . |

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2022-08-30: News Headlines

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-30). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

Claus Peter Ortlieb, Herbert Bottcher (2022-08-30). Spiral downward and No exit! indybay.org The austerity dictates imposed on the Eurozone are only exacerbating the crisis they are supposed to be fighting. In all economies under the thumb of the "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank & the European Commission, the austerity measures are leading to a collapse in domestic demand.

Frank Talk (2022-08-30). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.

Vanessa Beeley (2022-08-29). Journalists Who Challenge NATO Narratives Are Now 'Information Terrorists'. orinocotribune.com By Vanessa Beeley — Aug 23, 2022 | | We will have to answer to the "law" as "war criminals": | A US state department sponsored round table on "countering disinformation" was recently held at the According to the press release: "NGOs, mass media and international experts" took part in the round table discussions. Delegates discu…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-29). IAEA Sends Team to Ukraine to Inspect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has The ZNPP has been controlled by Russian forces since March. The plant has recently been the site of frequent shelling,…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-29). Deliberate Misrepresentation: Western Media Bias Makes Israeli War on Palestinians Possible. scheerpost.com Protest for Palestine. Brahim Guedich, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Ramzy Baroud / While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case.

Staff (2022-08-29). Afghanistan: One Year of Taliban Rule, Event Transcript. cepr.net August 15, 2022 marked one year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the Biden administration's subsequent decision to block the Afghan central bank from accessing roughly $7 billion of its international reserves held in the United States. In that year, Afghanistan has become home to the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with more than half the population facing acute food insecurity, and near-universal poverty. | In advance of that anniversary,

____ (2022-08-29). Over 33 mln people, 72 districts of Pakistan affected by floods. ecns.cn Over 33 million people and 72 districts have been affected by the ongoing calamity of floods in Pakistan caused by this season's monsoon rains started in mid-June, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

Infobrics (2022-08-29). Amid Curbs, India-Russia Trade Via INSTC Booms. infobrics.org The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) has been facilitating a higher volume of trade between India and Russia via Iran over the last three months amid the West's sanctions on Moscow…

Infobrics (2022-08-29). Jaishankar Justifies India's Decision to Buy Russian Oil. infobrics.org Justifying India's decision to import Russian crude oil amidst the Ukraine war, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that his moral duty is to ensure the best deal for Indians, most of whom cannot afford high energy prices…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-29). IAEA Mission On Its Way To Zaporozhie NPP. southfront.org IAEA experts are finally on their way to the Zaporozhye NPP in Ukraine. Head of the international agency Rafael Grossi who headed the support and assistance mission confirmed that the IAEA representatives will arrive to the plant 'later this week'. | According to the report by The New York Times, the mission of 13 experts led by the CEO of the organization should come to the power plant this week. According to the publication, it includes specialists "mainly from neutral countries": Poland,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued US Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for…

WSWS (2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). IAEA Inspection at Zaporozhye NPP To Start on August 31st. telesurenglish.net The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will assess the situation at the plant, which Russia denounces is targeted by Ukrainian forces' shelling. | RELATED: | The Wall Street Journal, quoting an internal Ukrainian government document, reported on Monday that "the inspection will begin Wednesday and last until Saturday." | IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said via Twitter that "the day has come; the IAEA…

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). Germany Seeks to Ban National Vetoes in EU. telesurenglish.net Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, called on members of the European Union to drop the right to veto in favor of majority voting in several key areas, explaining that this would contribute to the bloc's future expansion. | RELATED: | The German official emphasized that changing the voting practices might facilitate the bloc's growth, describing how the current schemas could annulate the accession of a candidate cou…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). To Write Off its Debt, the US Stages Wars Everywhere. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The global economic crisis that has engulfed countries due to Washington's openly voluntarist and Russophobic policies has not only thrown the United States itself into chaos, but has also destroyed the world's multipolar model, changed the status of many states, and led to an increase in contradictions between states and coalitions. It is…

WSWS (2022-08-29). Koggala free trade zone workers in Sri Lanka establish action committee. wsws.org Esquel and Aura garment workers denounce job-cutting union betrayals in the free trade zone and the necessity to form action committees independent of trade unions and the capitalist parties.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). US-China Tensions Over Taiwan Update (Aug 29, 2022) — US Warships in Taiwan Strait. libya360.wordpress.com Update on US-China Tensions Over Taiwan for August 29, 2022 After a series of provocative meetings between US officials and Taiwan's administration in violation of US bilateral agreements with Beijing over the One China policy, the US has now transited warships through the Taiwan Strait. Throughout this series of provocations China has steadily expanded military…

____ (2022-08-29). No Safe Haven: Nuclear Weapons Are Making Us Crazy. transcend.org There are no safe havens from a nuclear war. Nuclear weapons are illegal by international law approved by 122 countries (of 197) at the UN on 7 Jul 2017; ratified by 66 countries.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). Freeze or Starve? Sanctioning Russia Leaves Germans a Choice this Winter. libya360.wordpress.com C.J. ATKINS Freeze or starve: With energy costs driving up the price of everything, Germans will face a choice this winter. Here, a pedestrian walks through the freezing winter fog in Berlin. | Maurizio Gambarini / dpa via AP The biggest beneficiary in the whole affair, Pohl argues, has been U.S. imperialism. Its energy companies…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-29). China's Changing Demographics: The Importance of Creating a More Positive Environment for Young People. scheerpost.com By Zh≈çu Y«îxiƒÅng (Âë®ÂÆáÈ¶ô) Editor's Note: This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because it provides documentation of important ongoing dialogue within top circles in China unavailable elsewhere. Population issues, especially youth population issues, are major social issues concerning the future. This paper analyzes …

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-29). Transforming the Real Estate Market: Using the Crisis in the Localized Real Estate Market To Promote Healthy Development and Economic Growth. scheerpost.com By Xià Bƒ´n (Â§èÊñå) Editor's Note: This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because it provides documentation of important ongoing dialogue within top circles in China unavailable elsewhere. The current situation of the real estate market is very serious. On a year-on-year basis, real …

Natalia Marques (2022-08-29). 'We deserve help': NYC comptroller denies every single claim seeking assistance for Hurricane Ida flooding. liberationnews.org Almost a year after Hurricane Ida hit New York City, flooding subways, streets, and stadiums, and killing 13 people, the City Comptroller has denied all citizens' financial claims for personal property damage brought by the storm…

Rian Overy (2022-08-29). Cardiac arrest survival rates are improving. healtheuropa.com A study by the University of Gothenburg has found that survival rates after a cardiac arrest have doubled over the last 30 years. Around 10,000 people in Sweden suffer a sudden cardiac arrest every year. Speed is crucial when treating someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest, and the actions of bystanders who are able …

Fight Back (2022-08-29). Red Theory: Capitalist accumulation and overproduction. fightbacknews.org It is a fact of historical materialism that the development of the productive forces reduces the amount of labor required by production. As technology and techniques improve, the amount of work required to meet human needs is reduced. This should be a fact that liberates humanity from toil, freeing us to pursue our interests, hobbies, goals of self-development, and so on. | But that's not what has happened, and there is a material reason why that hasn't happened. In fact, under capitalism, it cannot happen. The capitalist relations of production – the relations of class, division of labor and ownership – stand i…

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). UN Chief Calls for Ban on Nuclear Tests. telesurenglish.net Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, called on all the nations to rule a ban on all nuclear tests. In light of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, celebrated this Monday, Guterres made the appeal during his message honoring the date. | RELATED: | According to the UN chief nuclear tests have long poisoned the planet's natural environment and the species and people who call it home. He highlighted that th…

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). US Chips Act to Destabilize Global Supply Chains. telesurenglish.net The Chips and Science Act recently passed by the U.S. Congress will lead to destabilization of global supply chains in the chip industry, said Li Yong, a senior fellow at the China Association of International Trade. | RELATED: | The global chips industry has formed balanced supply chains through decades of international cooperation, and the U.S. chips act will disrupt such a cooperation model and impede global…

Dr. Steven Kwon (2022-08-29). One Year Later, the US Must Evacuate the Kabul Drone Strike Survivors. aclu.org One year ago, my phone rang in California at what I knew was 2: 00 a.m. in Afghanistan. It was the country director of Nutrition & Education International, the non-profit food aid organization I founded 18 years ago and lead as president. "Dr. Kwon, Zemari is no longer with us," he told me. "Zemari has died with his children due to a drone strike." In my immediate shock, this news hardly made any sense at all. | Zemari was one of the first six people NEI ever hired. He grew up poor, like many Afghans, and started with us in 2006 as a handyman. He never attended school for formal training, but was extraordinaril…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). Macron Insulted Africans' Intelligence. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew The shameless ethno-nationalist supremacy associated with his hateful remark will result in Africans doubling down on their anti-imperialist and Pan-Africanism activism since no self-respecting person would ever capitulate in the face of such blatantly racist pressure and thus voluntarily submit themselves to being dominated by their abuser. French President Macron claimed during his latest trip to…

____ (2022-08-29). The Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA, 2015) Should Be Renewed. transcend.org 25 Aug 2022 – Undoing the human and diplomatic harm of Trump's international legacy is a complex matter that not only exhibits the persisting influence of unrepentant Trumpists but the passivity of the Democratic Party leadership, particularly when it dares to disagree with Israel on a matter of foreign policy concern.

Staff (2022-08-29). 'EXISCO' investment bedding for Shanghai members. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — The head of the international event Iran EXISCO says that EXISCO provides a platform for prosperous overseas trade in the presence of authorities and creates a suitable opportunity for investment.

Staff (2022-08-29). JCPOA talks aim at removing sanctions, accusations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said the goal of the JCPOA negotiations is to remove sanctions and false accusations raised against the country.

Staff (2022-08-29). Iraq's problem must be solved through legal frameworks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Emphasizing the need for preserving the national unity of Ira,q Iranian Foreign Minister said that the country's problems must be solved through legal channels.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-29). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

Staff (2022-08-29). 'Untouchable' to vie at British, Albanian film festivals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Avazeh Shahnavaz, "Untouchable" is set to vie at 2 international film festivals in Albania and the United Kingdom.

____ (2022-08-29). Israel's Assault on Palestinian NGOs Is Shutting off Access to International Community. transcend.org 23 Aug 2022 – Experts say that Israel's recent assault with overnight raids on Palestinian NGOs and closure of six Palestinian civil society groups will further block ties to international institutions from which they receive most of their funding. To what extent these groups will be able to continue operating with the outside world?>

Monet Bailey (2022-08-29). Scientists discover a novel method to extend the shelf life of vaccines. healtheuropa.com New research illuminates the necessity of extending the shelf life of vaccines and finds a new approach to mitigate common vaccine problems. It is reported that almost half of all vaccines go to waste. This is mainly due to logistic obstacles in transporting vaccines to diverse regions of the world. Additionally, the temperature of vaccines …

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-08-29). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. indybay.org LOS ANGELES, August 24, 2022 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the risks and harms to whales and other endangered species from continued oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California.

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). Rights Defenders Call for Cessation of Hostilities in Ethiopia. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts for Ethiopia called on parties to the conflict in Ethiopia to immediately cease fighting and return to dialogue. | RELATED: | The Commission "is outraged about the renewal of hostilities between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)," a statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) quoted the Comm…

____ (2022-08-29). Iran's Air Defense Force inaugurates 135 projects. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Some 135 defense, operational, welfare and sports projects were inaugurated on Monday at the threshold of the National Day of Air Defense in the presence of the Commander of Iran's Army Air Defense Force via videoconference.

____ (2022-08-29). Consumption, infrastructure get green tinge. ecns.cn Given a choice between buying a laptop complete with attractive packaging and purchasing one that comes in simple packaging made of recycled materials, most consumers might wonder a bit. But not those at the China International Consumer Products Expo held in July in Haikou, Hainan province, where US tech company Dell Technologies displayed a laptop encased in 100 percent environmentally friendly packaging materials.

____ (2022-08-29). Premier hails nation's booming NEV industry. ecns.cn China's new energy vehicle industry has been developing rapidly in recent years and will continue to deepen international cooperation with an open attitude to inject fresh impetus into the sustainable development of the global economy and society, Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday.

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). US Moon Mission Does Not Take Off Due to Motor Failure. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) suspended the launch of the Artemis I mission due to a failure in one of the engines of the SLS rocket that was to take off from the Kennedy Space Center to the Moon. | RELATED: | This mission was expected to be the return of the United States to the moon after almost years. However, the setbacks began early on, when a storm prevented fuel from being filled on tim…

Staff (2022-08-29). 'Ayat' satellite to be launched into space in near future. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — The head of the National Disaster Management Organization Of Iran announced the launch of the Iranian 'Ayat' Satellite into space in the near future.

____ (2022-08-29). China's achievements in cyberspace governance over past 10 years. ecns.cn As cyberspace governance is necessary to promote the modernization of the national governance system and capacity, China has improved its cyberspace governance capacity.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-28). The Ethiopian Embassy in the US Decisively Responded to the New York Times' Disinformation. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko What's so devious about their latest report is that it masquerades as objective but deliberately twists some key facts while purposely omitting others in order to artificially manufacture a false perception of the conflict that entirely blames the central government for everything. Casual news consumers might therefore easily be misled into falling for…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-28). Faced with U.S. 'Decapitation Drill', DPRK Korea Missile Launch is Self-Defense. libya360.wordpress.com Sara Flounders Tens of thousands of South Koreans demonstrate Aug. 13, during the first round of military drills Aug. 8-14. This "military drill" was described as preparation for a larger 11-day U.S.-South Korean military operation Aug. 22 to Sept. 1. Credit: Xinhua The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-28). Every Meddling Tactic the U.S. Empire Has Used in Ukraine Has a Historical Precedent. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The perception of the events in Ukraine that U.S. imperialism seeks to propagate is one of "see no evil, hear no evil" when it comes to the role Washington has played. The demonization of Russia is so extreme that Kiev supporters often can't even admit the conflict is a proxy war, for fear…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-28). Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Gilbert Doctorow A couple of weeks before Vladimir Putin announced his 'special military operation' in Ukraine, he met in the Kremlin with Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz. At their joint press conference following the meeting, Putin mentioned in passing that Ukraine is controlled today by neo-Nazis. This remark was famously ridiculed by Scholz as "laughable," thereby…

_____ (2022-08-28). China's Development Path: Indigenous Innovation And Global Competition. popularresistance.org In our INET working paper, "China's Development Path," we employ the "social conditions of innovative enterprise" framework to analyze the key determinants of China's development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human capabilities and physical infrastructure provided foundational support for the emergence of Chinese enterprises capable of technological learning. Second, we delve into the main modes by which Chinese firms engaged in technological learning from abroad—joint ventures with foreign multinationals, global value chains, and exp…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-28). Protests Threaten Biden Administration's Plans for a New Golden Era in U.S.-South Korean Relations. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Protests in Seoul against THAAD missiles. [Source: defensenews.com] Protesters in Seoul demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea During his trip to the Indo-Pacific in May, U.S. President Joe Biden made his first stop in South Korea where he hoped to inaugurate a new golden era of U.S.-South Korean relations. South Korea's…

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2022-08-29: News Headlines

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-29). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

Claus Peter Ortlieb, Herbert Bottcher (2022-08-29). Spiral downward and No exit! indybay.org The austerity dictates imposed on the Eurozone are only exacerbating the crisis they are supposed to be fighting. In all economies under the thumb of the "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank & the European Commission, the austerity measures are leading to a collapse in domestic demand.

Frank Talk (2022-08-29). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-29). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-29). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

____ (2022-08-28). Chinese court upholds death sentence of U.S. citizen convicted of murder. ecns.cn A Chinese court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Shadeed Abdulmateen, an American national, who was sentenced to death in April this year for intentional homicide.

____ (2022-08-28). China advances to tank biathlon final in int'l army games. ecns.cn The Chinese team on Wednesday advanced to the tank biathlon's final contest in the ongoing International Army Games 2022 held in Russia.

Jason Ditz (2022-08-28). Major Damage After Israel Attacks Sites in Western Syria. news.antiwar.com Satellite imagery is coming in The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the main target was a depot holding 1,000 medium-range missiles Russia

Anonymous669 (2022-08-28). 32 Killed In Libya's Tripoli Clashes, Competing Prime Ministers De-Escalate. southfront.org On August 28, tensions came to an end in Tripoli as forces loyal to Fathi Bashagha, the interim prime minister of Libya, withdrew from the outskirts of the capital. | The forces withdrew from the April 7 Camp and Bawabat al-Jibs in southern Tripoli. Forces supporting Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, quickly took back both areas. | The surprise withdrawal came following unconfirmed reports of Turkish drone strikes on forces led by Bashagha's ally Major Gen…

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-28). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

____ (2022-08-28). Spokesperson denounces DPP's attempts to pursue 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting external support. ecns.cn The attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to pursue "Taiwan independence" by soliciting the support of external forces will not impede China's path to reunification and national rejuvenation, a mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.

Staff (2022-08-28). Iran gas export revenue up 64%. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said the country's gas export revenue rose by 64% in the first year since President Raeisi took office in September 2021.

____ (2022-08-28). Ministry: Nations' military drills shouldn't target 3rd party. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to any form of interference by a third party in the China-India boundary issue, Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Tan Kefei said on Thursday.

____ (2022-08-28). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.

Staff (2022-08-28). Death toll from Pakistan flood exceeds 1,000. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) announced that the death toll from the recent flood in the country has exceeded 1,000.

Staff (2022-08-28). Tehran-Riyadh talks aims at restoring ties, reopening embassy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — The spokesman for the Iranian parliament's foreign policy and national security commission says that the main goal of the negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia is to restore the bilateral ties and reopen the embassies.

____ (2022-08-28). Resistance culture become natl. security component of states. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani said that the culture of resistance has been turned into an important national security component in many countries of the region.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-08-28). India respalda incorporación de Argentina al grupo Brics. telesurtv.net La Cancillería argentina resaltó que los países del Brics, en su conjunto, representan el 22 por ciento de la superficie continental y el 24 por ciento del PBI mundial.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). Russian Ops in Ukraine Update (August 27, 2022) — Latest US Military Aid Package "Biggest" Yet. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for August 27, 2022 US to send air defense systems, VAMPIRE laser-guided rockets, Puma UAS and parts for (not additional drones) ScanEagle drones… many of these systems will not reach Ukraine for months if not years. While the Pentagon is trying to convince Moscow it is in this…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). Ukraine: The Ground Beneath Zelensky's Feet is Shifting. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR A HIMARS vehicle on deployment in Eastern Ukraine (File photo) Reading and rereading the US President Joe Biden's statement last Monday on Ukraine Independence Day, one is reminded of English poet John Keats' immortal line, 'Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter.' Three things are striking. Biden repeatedly invoked the abiding nature…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). Advice to Ukrainians from a Resident of Mariupol. libya360.wordpress.com Vitaly Skorokhod Fighting is approaching major cities — Kharkov, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye. Soon, battles will be fought on the streets of these and other cities. Therefore, I want to give some advice to residents of the territories controlled by the Kiev regime. Unlike the sofa "experts", I have the right to do this, since together with my family I survived a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). The US Blockade Against Cuba is an Act of War. libya360.wordpress.com HELEN YAFFE Cubans drive past the US embassy during a rally calling for the end of the US blockade. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images) For sixty years, the United States' blockade against Cuba has worked to hinder the island's development and prevent it from trading even with third countries. It's time Washington stopped its cruel…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). Canadian Media Once Called Azov Neo-Nazis. Now They Hide That Fact. libya360.wordpress.com Davide Mastracci and Alex Cosh News outlets have stopped labelling the Azov Regiment as neo-Nazis because it has become politically inconvenient. Earlier this month, The Globe and Mail published a story profiling the wife of an Azov Regiment colonel, who denied that the group is made up of neo-Nazis. Instead, she insisted it's "the most motivated, most…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-08-27). CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou On What We Learned From FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit. thedissenter.org Kevin Gosztola was joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who helped him go through the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search affidavit and break down what was learned. They discussed the construct of "national defense information" and storing classified information in a private residence. | Both offered their responses to the heavy redactions in sections of the affidavit, and John pulled from his expertise to assess the likelihood that "clandestine human sources" were exposed to harm. | John pled guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA). He was asked if Trump may have violated this parti…

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2022-08-28: News Headlines

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-28). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

Frank Talk (2022-08-28). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-28). Mayo Clinic study shows AI may improve prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX — In a multinational study led by a Mayo Clinic research team using artificial intelligence (AI), investigators developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. Study results are published in Gastroenterology. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Rish Pai, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and senior author, developed QuantCRC, a deep-learning segmentation…

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-28). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-28). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-08-28). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. indybay.org LOS ANGELES, August 24, 2022 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the risks and harms to whales and other endangered species from continued oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-08-27). Blinken Returns Empty Handed From Africa Tour. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Aug 24, 2022 | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington in the continent. | This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between Washington the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. | Blinken first visited the Republic of South Africa where he had a joint meeting with Naledi Pandor, his diplomatic counterpart. Pandor reiterated the views of the African National Congress (ANC) government which has refused to denounce Moscow over its special milit…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-27). Russia Correctly Described The US-Led West's Golden Billion As Racist To The Core. oneworld.press By its very nature, the Golden Billion divides the international community into a rigid US-determined hierarchy whereby vassals who do its bidding are afforded certain "privileges" (or at least the promise and/or perception thereof in the eyes of their population) while the rest are ruthlessly pressured to submit to its demands.

Scorinoco (2022-08-27). Haiti: Beware of Washington's Trap! orinocotribune.com By Berthony Dupont — Aug 24, 2022 | The United States uses its puppet, the Organization of American States, to continue destabilizing Haiti. | The Haitian political crisis is a concrete example of cynical manipulation by the imperialist powers. Is it an examination of conscience that the Organization of American States (OAS) has just carried out, when in the last Communiqué of the General Secretariat on Haiti, it acknowledged that the international presence in Haiti was only a "strategy of erroneous policy"? | What compelled the hemispheric organization to make such revelations? "The last 20 years of the in…

Editor (2022-08-27). If You Thought This Summer's Heat Waves Were Bad, Here's Some Disturbing News. scheerpost.com Due to the climate crisis, it'll get harder and harder to cool down in summer. [ By As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa's Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century — even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions,…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-27). The Congressional Research Service Suggests Continuing The Carrot-And-Stick Approach To India. oneworld.press This schizophrenic policy shows that the US still doesn't respect India as the international equal that it is under international law but instead considers it to be a vassal-in-waiting that its policymakers are convinced will inevitably submit to their unipolar hegemony if they just continue pressuring it.

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-27). Caitlin Johnstone: FBI's Muting of Hunter Biden's Story. scheerpost.com Screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg on The Joe Rogan Experience. | By Caitlin Johnstone / Facebook restricted visibility of The New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election after receiving counsel from the F.B.I., according to Facebook/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | "So we took…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-27). Patrick Lawrence: When Correspondents Came Home. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost This is the first of a two-part series examining the collapse of foreign coverage in mainstream media. I have never gotten over a story The New York Times ran in its Sunday magazine back in May 2016. Maybe you will remember the occasion. It was a lengthy profile …

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-27). National Assembly of Venezuela Approves Tax Powers Bill on First Discussion. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 25, the National Assembly of Venezuela approved on first discussion the Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, with the purpose of strengthening efforts to develop the Venezuelan economy. | The bill was presented by the president of the Permanent Commission on Economy, Finance and National Development, Deputy Jesús Faría, to reorganize the national tax structure. | According to Faría, the purpose of this bill is to coordinate and harmonize the structure of the regional and local governments with the current national economic visio…

Staff (2022-08-27). 'The Pause' to vie at UK's Lift-Off FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Directed by Iranian filmmakers Elahe Baradaran and Ghazaal Gholami, "The Pause' is set to take part at the Lift-Off international film festival in the United Kingdom.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-08-27). VIDEO: Iran marks National Day of Zakariya al-Razi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Today is the National Commemoration Day of the outstanding Iranian physician, alchemist and philosopher, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi.

WSWS (2022-08-27). UK postal workers speak during national strike: Bradford, Bournemouth and Cambridge. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with Royal Mail and post office workers on picket lines across the UK on Friday, during the first of six days of strikes.

Staff (2022-08-27). Iran pursuing situation of Iranian migrants in Greek. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Issuing a statement, the Iranian Foreign Foreign Ministry reacted to the news released about the sinking of a migrant boat off the Greek island which led to the missing of a number of migrants including Iranian nationals.

Nyla Samee (2022-08-27). Stop Using Islamophobic Rhetoric to Condemn Christian Extremism. commondreams.org When liberals call Christian nationalists "the Taliban," they're making Islam the standard for extremism—rather than the Christian far right that threatens our democracy.

____ (2022-08-27). Iran stays steadfast in support for upholding NPT integrity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — While referring to 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York, the Director-General for International Peace and Security said that Iran remains steadfast in support for upholding NPT integrity.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-08-26). Former Home Malcolm X Shared With Brother Wilfred Being Excavated, Turned Into Museum. moguldom.com A group of archeologists began digging at one of the former homes of iconic revolutionary Malcolm X last month in preparation for turning it into a museum. Located at 4336 Williams St. in Inkster, Michigan, which is about 30 minutes from Detroit, the home was finally recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in …

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____ (2022-08-27). China advances to tank biathlon final in int'l army games. ecns.cn The Chinese team on Wednesday advanced to the tank biathlon's final contest in the ongoing International Army Games 2022 held in Russia.

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-27). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

____ (2022-08-27). Spokesperson denounces DPP's attempts to pursue 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting external support. ecns.cn The attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to pursue "Taiwan independence" by soliciting the support of external forces will not impede China's path to reunification and national rejuvenation, a mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.

____ (2022-08-27). Chinese court upholds death sentence of U.S. citizen convicted of murder. ecns.cn A Chinese court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Shadeed Abdulmateen, an American national, who was sentenced to death in April this year for intentional homicide.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-08-27). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. indybay.org LOS ANGELES, August 24, 2022 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the risks and harms to whales and other endangered species from continued oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Mayo Clinic study shows AI may improve prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX — In a multinational study led by a Mayo Clinic research team using artificial intelligence (AI), investigators developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. Study results are published in Gastroenterology. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Rish Pai, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and senior author, developed QuantCRC, a deep-learning segmentation…

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-27). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.

____ (2022-08-27). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-27). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

____ (2022-08-27). Ministry: Nations' military drills shouldn't target 3rd party. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to any form of interference by a third party in the China-India boundary issue, Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Tan Kefei said on Thursday.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-08-27). India respalda incorporación de Argentina al grupo Brics. telesurtv.net La Cancillería argentina resaltó que los países del Brics, en su conjunto, representan el 22 por ciento de la superficie continental y el 24 por ciento del PBI mundial.

Eva Bartlett (2022-08-26). In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited 'Petal' Mines Maim at Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region. orinocotribune.com By Eva Bartlett Aug 23, 2022 | Ukraine continues to fire internationally-banned anti-personnel mines on civilian areas of Donetsk and other cities in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in violation of international law and of

Eva Bartlett (2022-08-26). In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited "Petal" Mines Maim at Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region. orinocotribune.com By Eva Bartlett Aug 23, 2022 | Ukraine continues to fire internationally-banned anti-personnel mines on civilian areas of Donetsk and other cities in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in violation of international law and of

Infobrics (2022-08-26). What Would BRICS Expansion Mean for Emerging Markets. infobrics.org As emerging markets recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face financial headwinds due to interest rate hikes in the US, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is looking to expand its membership to tackle shared challenges…

Infobrics (2022-08-26). Quality of Relations, Level of Trust Important for China-Russia Ties in the Next Decade. infobrics.org Why could China achieve its first centenary goal? What will a great modern socialist country look like? Alexey Maslov, Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University, shared his opinions on these issues with Global Times…

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). West's Sanctions Against Russia Limit Agricultural Exports. telesurenglish.net In light of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Western countries have imposed several sanctions, which continue to restrain the Russian agricultural produce and fertilizers exports to the international market, according to Friday's statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry. | RELATED: | The Ministry said that to implement a memorandum between Russia and the UN regarding exports of Russi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-26). From Nurseries to Nazis: Ukraine's Terrorist Radicalization of Children. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Part I "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22: 6, New King James Version Ukrainian toddler taught to "cut Russians." The year is 2015. The little Ukrainian girl is wearing a Hello Kitty t-shirt that says…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-26). 'Peacemaker' of Death: This Ukrainian Website Threatens Hundreds of Thousands with Extrajudicial Killings. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Mirotvorets, which compiles lists of 'enemies of Ukraine', has been operating with impunity for eight years For the last eight years, a group of publicly unknown activists in Ukraine have been compiling lists of 'enemies of the people' with impunity. Hundreds of thousands have been declared criminals without trial. Among them are not…

Infobrics (2022-08-26). US wants India to imitate Europe's self-sabotaging energy policy. infobrics.org India continues long and fruitful relationship with Russia despite Western pressure.

SAM (2022-08-26). U.S Misinformation About Russia And China Risks Nuclear War. progressivehub.net JEFFREY SACHS | JEFFSACHS.ORG…

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). CIA Allegedly Targets Turkish Businessmen for Trade With Russia. telesurenglish.net Tàºrkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief in Tàºrkiye called and "openly threatened" officials of construction companies involved in trade with Russian companies and nationals. | RELATED: | According to the paper, the CIA interrogated the Tàºrkish business people, asking about confidential details such as real estate contracts with Russians, the currency used in transact…

Sara Flounders (2022-08-26). Faced with U.S. 'Decapitation Drill'/DPRK Korea missile launch is self-defense. workers.org The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of two missiles Aug. 17 as threatening, aggressive and paranoid. What most media failed to report was the prior U.S. military exercises with Japan and South Korea off Hawai'i, in preparation for extensive war exercises off Korea, that . . . |

Workers World West Virginia bureau (2022-08-26). Inflation Reduction Act increases Appalachian climate crisis. workers.org Charleston, West Virginia Women, including Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Desiree Shelley, led the May 2021 Water Walk against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Credit: Crystal Cavalier-Keck After an Aug. 7 Senate passage, the "Inflation Reduction Act" (IRA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives Aug. 12, and President Joe Biden signed it into . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-08-26). Angered by inflation, British workers strike. workers.org Ever since then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "solved" Britain's economic problems by hammering down workers while ignoring their needs in the 1980s, the British rulers have preferred the tactic of confronting and crushing the workers. This summer, workers have begun to hit back with a wave of strikes. Thousands, organized by . . . |

WSWS (2022-08-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Bangladesh: 1 ,000 tea garden workers remain on strike; India: Police attack protesting power workers in Telangana; Sri Lankan government printing workers demand wage rise; Australia: Northern Territory public teachers strike; New Zealand packaging manufacture workers strike for higher pay…

WSWS (2022-08-26). Sri Lankan president demands public sector employees "work" or "quit" wsws.org While none of the life-and-death social problems facing the masses have been resolved, Wickremesinghe has been given the time to unleash even more repressive attacks on social and democratic rights.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-08-26). Colombian Government Launches Initiative for Protection of Social Leaders. towardfreedom.org Colombian Interior Minister Alfonso Prada reported the protection plan will cover the 65 municipalities hardest hit by violence in the country, reports People's Dispatch.

_____ (2022-08-26). Congress Considers A National Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights. popularresistance.org $71,610.03: the back wages, interest, and civil penalties paid to a live-in domestic worker by their negligent employer in Seattle. In July, King5 News reported, the city's Office of Labor Standards orchestrated the employer's settlement — redress for their failure to pay minimum wage, provide overtime pay, and track payment. | "I would encourage other domestic workers to come forward and not to be afraid if they believe that the contracts and the form of payment are not being fulfilled according to the work that is done," the anonymous domestic worker shared in the wake of her repayment. | In 2018, exactly…

Ken Jones (2022-08-26). Earth Day 8 Walk Away With a Win. commondreams.org We are raising local awareness of the murderous devil in our midst and helping to generate a national movement against war corporations like Raytheon.

WSWS (2022-08-26). South African trade unions organise "stay away" as warning to ANC. wsws.org COSATU and Saftu are desperately seeking to restore the credibility of the trade unions, guaranteeing the political ties necessary for the capitalists to maintain their exploitation over the working class, and to warn the African National Congress it is sitting on a social volcano.

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Drought in Horn of Africa Expected To Worsen, WMO Says. telesurenglish.net The international organization warned of worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region in the face of the fifth consecutive season without rain. | RELATED: | The WMO said that drought-affected areas in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are expected to receive significantly below normal rainfall levels through the end of the year. | According to the organization's spokesperson, Clare Nullis, this lack of rainfall will bring with it very tough…

Ahmed Adel (2022-08-26). US Pressures India to Imitate Europe's "Self-sabotaging Energy Policy" globalresearch.ca

Yogendra Yadav (2022-08-26). India's Mood of the Nation Survey Has Three Messages for Modi Government, Opposition—Economy, Economy, Economy. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-26). Indian Workers Defend Their Steel With Their Lives. popularresistance.org The virus of deindustrialisation that beset North America and Europe in the 1970s created a field of scholarly literature on post-work and post-industrial society. These writings led to the curious assumption that the digital economy would be the primary motor of capital accumulation; there was marginal interest in the fact that even the digital economy needed infrastructure, including satellites and undersea cables as well as plants to generate electricity and gadgets to link to the digital highways. This digital economy is grounded in a range of metals and minerals — from copper to lithium. Old steel, tem…

Editor (2022-08-26). Alan Robock: The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You to See. scheerpost.com "LIFE IS OVER!" [Illustration by Mr. Fish] | Click to subscribe on: Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one mi…

Ryan Black (2022-08-26). How I Became A Palestinian 'Terrorist'. progressivehub.net SHIREEN FAISAL | THE PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE…

Ryan Black (2022-08-26). One Way Out Of The White House Political Box On Student Debt. progressivehub.net DAVID DAYEN | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT…

SAM (2022-08-26). More Excerpts From "Six Stops On The National Security Tour" progressivehub.net MIRIAM PEMBERTON…

JANET (2022-08-26). A Marxist view of the search at Mar-a-Lago. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto August 23, 2022 Aug. 21 — The most recent conflict among U.S. ruling institutions displays the depth of the crises wracking U.S. imperialism. As U.S. worldwide dominance declines and the government at home fails to stem growing inequality or resolve health and climate disasters, internal conflicts are sharpening. U.S. ruling-class organizations are battling for control of the U.S. capitalist regime —which decides how and for whom $3 trillion is spent each year. What's unusual is that politicians and pundits have taken public positions contrasting with their past positions. How the…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-26). Defund the Police Algorithms. scheerpost.com A U.S. Park Service Police Officer takes video of spectators observing an incident in which the USPP had kettled a group of people at 12th and L NW in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day 2017. Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Michelle Chen / Last year, Zachary Norris…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-26). John Kiriakou: Don't Charge Trump with Espionage. scheerpost.com March 29, 2019: Marine One lifts-off after returning President Donald J. Trump to Mar-a-Lago. (White House, Joyce N. Boghosian) | By John Kiriakou / Former President Donald Trump shouldn't be charged with espionage for Nobody should be charged with esp…

Jordan Jace (2022-08-26). Inmates declare hunger strike in Rhode Island's maximum security prison. liberationnews.org Inmates at Rhode Island's maximum security prison began a hunger strike August 21, sparked by the recent heat wave sending prisoners to the hospital.

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Joao Lourenco is Re-Elected as President of Angola. telesurenglish.net After counting 97.03 percent of the votes cast on Wednesday, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced that President Joao Laurenco, a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), is re-elected with 51 percent of the votes. | RELATED: | The MPLA obtained just over 3.16 million votes, which would allow it to have 124 out of 220 seats in the National Assembly. The main opposition party, Adalberto Costa…

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Venezuelan Embrasur Aircraft Crew Meets With Relatives. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, 27 relatives of the 14 Venezuelan crew members of the plane held in Argentina left the Maiquetía International Airport for Buenos Aires to reunite with their loved ones. | RELATED: | Previously, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro activated a "special mission" so that the crew members of Emtrasur are reunited with their families. | "Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those who n…

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). France's Macron Visits Algeria to Ease Tension. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria for a three-day visit aimed at easing the strained ties and boosting cooperation. He was welcomed upon his arrival at the Algiers International Airport by his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune. | RELATED: | At a joint press conference held in Algiers, Tebboune and Macron agreed to give a new impetus to bilateral relations by surmounting "the memory…

Staff (2022-08-26). Government of Venezuela Launches Mission to Reunite EMTRASUR Crew Members with Families. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 25, Venezuela's national government launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR Boeing 747 crew members, who have been illegally detained in Argentina since June 6, with their relatives. | "On instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, we launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR crew members with their families. Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those in need. The fight for the release of the crew continues," the Minister for Transportation and president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA (Conviasa), Ramón C…

Staff (2022-08-26). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

Staff (2022-08-26). 'Falling up' to vie at Tirana International Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Iranian short film 'Falling up' will take part in the competition section of the Tirana International Film Festival of Albania.

Staff (2022-08-26). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

WSWS (2022-08-26). The social and political crisis in the UK and the tasks of the working class. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Staff (2022-08-26). US stands with India in fight against COVID-19: Envoy. aninews.in New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.

Jim Spellman (2022-08-26). President Biden signs executive order to implement CHIPS ACT. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Biden has signed an executive order to kick-start the implementation of the CHIPS Act. The goal is to boost semiconductor production in the U.S. and ease reliance on overseas supply chains.

WSWS (2022-08-26). UK postal workers speak as national strike begin. wsws.org "They are trying to kill the job. If you come into Royal Mail now looking for a secure job and secure pension, if they get away with this, you're coming out with nothing."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-26). Colombian President's Security Delegation Attacked. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The government of President Gustavo Petro is willing to negotiate peace agreements with all paramilitary groups to achieve total peace in Colombia. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) President Gustavo Petro stated that the violence must end in the country and reiterated his government's commitment to achieve total peace On Wednesday, August 24, a security delegation…

A Guest Author (2022-08-26). On Labor Day, hail workers in motion!/Support Workers World! workers.org Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper cheers on the Amazon and Starbucks workers who are leading struggles to unionize their workplaces. These mainly young people of many nationalities and genders are in the forefront of the class struggle in the U.S. Their bold actions have sparked an upsurge of worker-led union drives . . . |

Staff (2022-08-26). Pradip Kumar Yadav appointed as next ambassador of India to Liberia. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Pradip Kumar Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Anvisa Approves Monkeypox Vaccine and Drug for Use in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved the registration exemption for the Health Ministry to import and use the Bavarian Nordic vaccine and the drug Tecovirimat. | Brazil's Ministry of Health approved the use of the Bavarian Nordic vaccine and the drug Tecovirimat against monkeypox virus in the country. Aug. 26, 2022.

Princess Harmony (2022-08-26). Clínicas de metadona: acabar con el estigma y el control social. workers.org En la década de 1930, la empresa alemana I.G. Farben buscaba una solución a la escasez de opio y a la incapacidad de la compañía para crear nuevos analgésicos. La empresa encontró la solución en un producto químico llamado entonces Dolophine. Ahora llamado metadona (Methadose, Diskets), circuló una leyenda urbana . . . |

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-26). Government of Colombia Denounces Attack on Presidential Staff Convoy. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday August 24, the Colombian government, denounced the attack perpetrated against a convoy of presidential vehicles traveling to Norte de Santander to prepare for the visit of President Gustavo Petro. | Petro has been touring various regions of the country. His security team, made up of agents from the National Protection Unit (UNP), recently traveled to Norte de Santander. | The attack occurred on the road leading from Bucaramanga to the municipality of El Tarra, a region near the Colombia-Venezuela border, where three vehicles carrying government agents encountered an illegal roadblock set up by six ar…

A Guest Author (2022-08-26). Una llamada de emergencia a la acción: Amazon, Starbucks, °reconoced a los sindicatos ya! workers.org Red de apoyo a los trabajadores de Amazon El Sindicato de Trabajadores de Amazon (ALU) celebra la victoria electoral frente a las oficinas de la NLRB, en la ciudad de Nueva York, el 1 de abril. La Red de Apoyo a las y los Trabajadores de Amazon emitió el . . . |

Special to People's World (2022-08-26). Andrea Bowers, revolutionary feminist artist retrospective at Hammer Museum until September 4. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — This exhibition offers the first in-depth look at the multifaceted career of Los Angeles-based artist Andrea Bowers (American, b. 1965). Studying at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) in the early 1990s and part of a generation of artists who established Los Angeles as an international center of contemporary art practice, Bowers …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Journalists Who Challenge NATO Narratives Are Now 'Information Terrorists'. libya360.wordpress.com Vanessa Beeley Nazis congregate on Google Plus 2019. A US state department sponsored round table on 'countering disinformation' was recently held at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. "Information terrorists should know that they will have to answer to the law as war criminals" Andrii Shapovalov According to the press release — "NGOs, mass media…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Ukraine's Growing Dependency on Terrorism. libya360.wordpress.com An up-tick of sabotage and terrorism from Ukraine comes as Kiev's forces fail to make any gains on the battlefield. International relations and security expert Mark Sleboda breaks down the context the recent assassination of Darya Dugina took place within, what it means for both Ukraine and Russia now and in the near future, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). US Becomes a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The fact that the escalation of the Ukraine conflict is happening not only at the direct instigation of the United States and other NATO allies but also with direct encouragement from Washington, is now openly expressed by many politicians and observers. As Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russia-1 TV on…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). The TPLF's Latest Terrorist Offensive Intended to Punish Ethiopia. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The West and Egypt want their TPLF proxies to punish Ethiopia for its rising global role as recognized by the BRICS countries and especially Russia, Prime Minister Abiy decisively avoiding war with Sudan earlier this summer, and Addis' third filling of GERD. The TPLF unsurprisingly launched another terrorist offensive in northern Ethiopia after…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-25). How One Spook-Run London College Department is Training the World's Social Media Managers. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News Staffed by NATO military officers and former government ministers and notorious for training the West's top spies, the Department of War Studies at King's College London is also providing the workforce for many of the largest social media companies. This includes Facebook, TikTok, Google, and Twitter. A MintPress study of professional databases and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). SBU HQ in Mariupol: Torture and Executions. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent BrayardA few days ago we went with Father Theophane to two SBU buildings in Mariupol, where he himself was tortured and witnessed the execution of a man. The first building was the central SBU headquarters in the city, the second the headquarters for the whole of the former Donetsk oblast. We were expecting a…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-25). Israeli Officials Say US Toughened Its Stance in Response to Iran Deal Proposal. news.antiwar.com Israeli officials Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata was in Washington this week, where he met with his counterpart, Jake Sullivan, and Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council. | The US officials briefed Hulata on their planned response to Iran and the EU before it was submitted. When Hulata arrived in Washin…

_____ (2022-08-25). Haitians Mobilize Against Insecurity And High Cost Of Living. popularresistance.org On Monday, August 22, thousands of Haitians took to the streets across the country to protest against rampant insecurity, chronic gang violence and a rising cost of living. The protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, arguing that under his management, the economic and social crisis deepened in the Caribbean country. | In the capital of Port-au-Prince, members of several civil society organizations, popular movements, trade unions, and opposition parties held a massive rally, condemning fuel shortages and soaring prices of essential commodities and basic services. Pr…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Brazil: Is Lula Under Threat? libya360.wordpress.com Julian Cola "It's also in your hands to prevent the return of corruption and robbery to take hold of the country…It's you who can prevent the release of a prisoner [Lula] convicted of corruption" —Geraldo Alckmin speaking during his 2018 presidential campaign. Four years on, the former governor of Sà£o Paulo is now Lula's vice-presidential…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Nehanda Abiodun and the Legacy of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe African American revolutionary exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminalization of a people Black August Series No. 4 Since the early 1980s, the prison population in the United States has grown exponentially with African Americans, Latin Americans and other working class people making up the majority of those incarcerated in…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-25). Government's 'Orwellian' Unit To Be Disbanded After openDemocracy Revelations. scheerpost.com Boris Johnson giving a speech. UK Government, OGL 3 By Jenna Corderoy / The Cabinet Office has announced it will radically overhaul an 'Orwellian' government unit that has been accused of…

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2022-08-26: News Headlines

Deborah Armstrong (2022-08-26). Roger Waters added to Ukrainian govt-sponsored hit list. thegrayzone.com Russian political analyst Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Moscow on Saturday, now appears as "liquidated" on the Ukrainian online hit list. The site was created under the watch of the Minister of Internal Affairs. This article was originally published by Deborah L. Armstrong at Medium.com Editor's note: The IP address of Mirotvorets has been traced to a server in Brussels, Belgium. I have written about the Ukrainian hit list known as Mirotvorets, or "Peacekeeper," …

____ (2022-08-26). China advances to tank biathlon final in int'l army games. ecns.cn The Chinese team on Wednesday advanced to the tank biathlon's final contest in the ongoing International Army Games 2022 held in Russia.

Kerry Smith (2022-08-26). Activists protest Indian Ocean weapons conference. greenleft.org.au Anti-war and peace protesters from Stop AUKUS-WA protested the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference. Kerry Smith reports.

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-26). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

____ (2022-08-26). Spokesperson denounces DPP's attempts to pursue 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting external support. ecns.cn The attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to pursue "Taiwan independence" by soliciting the support of external forces will not impede China's path to reunification and national rejuvenation, a mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-08-26). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. indybay.org LOS ANGELES, August 24, 2022 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the risks and harms to whales and other endangered species from continued oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California.

____ (2022-08-26). Ministry: Nations' military drills shouldn't target 3rd party. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to any form of interference by a third party in the China-India boundary issue, Defense Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Tan Kefei said on Thursday.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-26). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

____ (2022-08-26). Chinese court upholds death sentence of U.S. citizen convicted of murder. ecns.cn A Chinese court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Shadeed Abdulmateen, an American national, who was sentenced to death in April this year for intentional homicide.

____ (2022-08-26). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.

Infobrics (2022-08-25). What Does India Want from Russia. infobrics.org If there was a prize for the most quotable comment on international relations so far in 2022, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar would be in the running. Responding to criticism of his country's neutral stance on the Russia—Ukraine war at a security forum in Slovakia in June, Jaishankar said that 'Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems.'

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). China Warns of the Risks of a New Cold War. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, highlighted the importance of preserving global stability at the time that warned of the dangers that a new Cold War could bring to the international community. | RELATED: | "The Ukraine crisis and a series of recent tense developments around the world show that … we must be highly vigilant against any deliberate attempts to provoke troubles and intens…

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). US Announces Largest Weapons Package for Ukraine. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the United States announced an additional tranche of security assistance to Ukraine worth nearly US$3 billion, the largest one-time weapons aid to Kiev that came as the Russia-Ukraine conflict reached the half-year mark. | RELATED: | According to a breakdown by the Department of Defense (DoD), items in the newly-announced package include six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) with additional munition…

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). The Kremlin Announces a Boost in Armed Forces by 2023. telesurenglish.net In the scenario of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled a decree in which he announced an increase of the national armed forces by 137 000 men. | RELATED: | According to the decree, to come into force by January 1, 2023, the Russian armed forces are expected to increase to 2 039 758, of which 1 1 628 are service members. | In the latest decree, which became effective on…

WSWS (2022-08-25). Roger Waters named on far-right Ukrainian hit list. wsws.org A website linked to the Ukrainian state calls for "law enforcement agencies" to intervene against the outspoken rock musician for alleged "acts against Ukraine's national security … and international law and order."

Oneworld.press (2022-08-25). The US Is Furious Because It Can't Stop A Prospective Russian-Iranian Oil Swap Deal. oneworld.press The Russian and Iranian economies will mutually benefit by selling discounted resources on the global market while countries like India will accelerate their rise as multipolar Great Powers through the purchase of these exports. Their trilateral axis will continue becoming a force to be reckoned with, especially if the first two coordinate their natural gas activities seeing as how they account for the largest such reserves in the world.

Oneworld.press (2022-08-25). India's "Business Standard" Is Spewing Fake News About Bilateral Relations With Russia. oneworld.press All reports alleging that India inexplicably abandoned its passionate practice of principled neutrality towards the Ukrainian Conflict in favor of jumping on the US-led West's anti-Russian bandwagon are always nothing but fake news.

WSWS (2022-08-25). Strike blocked at key ammunition plant after media portrayed work stoppage as national security threat. wsws.org In the days leading up to the contract expiration this month, Forbes published claims that a work stoppage would be connected with Russian "meddling," and warned of the danger of outside influences and social media.

Staff (2022-08-25). Iran, Russia to sign gas swap agreement in near future. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji announced that in the very near future, the final gas purchase and swap contract from Russia will be signed between the National Iranian Gas Company and the Russian side in Moscow.

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). Russia-India Trade Free From US Dollar. telesurenglish.net The BRICS International Forum President Purnima Anand said Thursday, "We have implemented the mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and rupees, and there is no need for our countries to use the dollar in mutual settlements." | RELATED: | The official also said that China is developing a similar mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and yuan, which according to the BRICS president, constitutes a way for Russ…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-25). Why Lithium Power Politics Are Playing Out Very Differently in Chile and Bolivia. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva / Peoples Dispatch In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile's Copiapó province in the Atacama salt flat. The crater, which has a diameter of more than 100 feet, emerged in one of Chile's most lucrative regions for copper and lithium extraction. The nearby Candelaria mining complex—80 …

Oneworld.press (2022-08-25). India's Leadership Of The Global De-Dollarization Trend Will Accelerate Multipolarity. oneworld.press It's indeed possible for India to independently defend its economic-financial interests vis a vis the US while still coordinating with it to a certain extent in deterring what its leadership regards as the credible scenario of China advancing its regional interests in a zero-sum way. So as not to have the preceding sentence misunderstood or maliciously misportrayed, the author doesn't share the Indian leadership's assessment of China's intentions but nevertheless acknowledges that Delhi formulates policy based on that perspective.

WSWS (2022-08-25). Socialist Equality Party and action committees in Sri Lanka to demonstrate this Sunday in defence of victimised estate workers. wsws.org Plantation management has unleashed its victimisations not just to intimidate Alton Estate workers, but as part of a national plan to impose even harsher workloads in all estates and to drive-up company profits.

WSWS (2022-08-25). Eighteen months after being accused, still no trial for framed-up Sri Lankan plantation workers. wsws.org The victimisation of Alton Estate workers was a calculated attack, not just on militant workers at this particular estate but in order to intimidate the entire plantation workforce.

Editor (2022-08-25). Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Drop in the Bucket. scheerpost.com A desperate statement spray-painted on a wall. [ By India Walton and Sam Rosenthal | As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden was hardly bullish on student debt cancellation. He was cajoled by progressives and his presidential primary opponents into adopting a more forceful student debt cancellation stance, one which ultimately helped win him the support of young voters. | Now, after a series of tepid moves, President Biden's grand statement in the student debt saga has arrived. To put it mildly, it's not very inspiring. Over t…

Ann Brown (2022-08-25). The True Historical Relationship Of BBLs And The Eugenics Movement In Brazil. moguldom.com The Brazilian butt lift (BBL) is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery worldwide, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Since 2015, the number of BBLs performed globally has grown by 77.6 percent. But as patients seek out the least expensive BBLs, often leading them to unauthorized practitioners, BBLs are also "one of the …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-08-25). Tel Aviv Hiding Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Public: Israeli Media. orinocotribune.com The documents concern Israel's mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948, as well its secret nuclear program | According to a report by Hebrew newspaper Haaretz released on 22 August, Tel Aviv has been working through its defense ministry to hide historical documents related to the founding of the state of Israel, from the Israeli public. | The founding of Israel in 1948, known throughout the Arab world as the "Nakba," or catastrophe, involved the ethnic cleansing and mass expulsion of Palestinians from their land by ultra-nationalist Jewish gangs. | These gangs were later integrated into the Is…

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). Monsoon Rains Leave Over 900 Pakistanis Dead Since June. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed that 903 people were killed, nearly 1,300 injured, and thousands left homeless as heavy monsoon rains and flash floods continued to play havoc in the country since mid-June. | RELATED: | More than 70 people died and over 82,000 houses were damaged over the past 24 hours in various rain-related incidents in parts of the country. As the country struggl…

WSWS (2022-08-25). The revival of German militarism and the fight for socialism. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Christoph Vandrier to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US). Vandrier is the chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP), the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International.

____ (2022-08-25). China eases visa rules for international students. ecns.cn China has eased border entry restrictions for international students and business travelers starting on Wednesday as part of broader steps to facilitate greater cross-border travel and exchanges more than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cameron orr (2022-08-25). The struggle for full legalization of our party. cpusa.org On the CPUSA's visible "existence" in national life Before I joined the CPUSA in the spring of 2017, I had no idea that the Communist Party of the United States still existed. As someone new to the movement at the time, being only exposed to the Black Lives Matter movement following the murders of Trayvon …

WSWS (2022-08-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Airline pay strikes continue to sweep Europe in Spain, Romania, Germany, Portugal; civil servants, firefighters and teachers in one-day national walkout in Kosovo; rolling strikes by Dutch railway workers over conditions and cost of living begin; 2,700 teachers walk out in Norway over pay and staff shortage; waste and recycling workers' stoppages sweep Scotland as rubbish piles up in streets; Qatar government deports migrant workers after arresting them for protesting non-payment of wages; National one-day stoppage in South Africa against plunging living standards; | One striker shot dead and three hospitalised b…

Staff (2022-08-25). Icaic has not told Lester Hamlet that he cannot return to Cuba. en.cubadebate.cu On August 24, Cuban filmmaker Lester Hamlet published a post on his Facebook profile in which he declared that he had received a call from Icaic to inform him that he could not return to Cuba for the next five years as a result of a sanction for having exceeded in your travel time. Hamlet's words quickly spread through social networks. To clarify this issue, Cubacine spoke with Tania Delgado, vice president of Icaic, who is responsible for the Institute's international relations.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-08-25). Mexico's campaign to recover stolen artifacts. america.cgtn.com Mexico, a country with a painful colonial history, is staging an international pressure campaign to get stolen artifacts and wealth returned to the country.

Jake Watkins (2022-08-25). No help for the homeless: Indianapolis to criminalize mutual aid distribution. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS—"The goal of this proposal is to punish our already suffering homeless communities," photographer Wildstyle DaProducer says about a new measure being considered that criminalizes distribution of food and other goods to the unhoused and poor in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis City-County Council is targeting mutual aid services under the guise of concerns for litter and …

Suheir Sheikh (2022-08-25). U.S. midterms and the top voting issues. america.cgtn.com With fewer than three months until the U.S. midterm elections, the economy remains one of the key issues facing Democratic and Republican voters. That finding comes in a national survey released this week by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. In addition, researchers say that following the Supreme Court's …

____ (2022-08-25). Taiwan is China's Taiwan and Taiwan question is China's domestic affairs: China's Defense Minister. ecns.cn Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan question is China's domestic affairs, said China's State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during a video speech at a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on Wednesday, noting that China appreciates the more than 170 countries and international organizations that support China's condemnation of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan island earlier this month.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-25). AFSCME: Citizen action from the ground up helps defend democracy. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—In all the justified angst and worry over the right-wing/white supremacist-nationalist threat to the future of U.S. democracy, the everyday actions of rank-and-file citizens may be a secret weapon against it. That's one conclusion that could be drawn from a special panel on voting, suppression and elections held during the AFSCME Convention in Philadelphia this …

Staff (2022-08-25). Carlos Daniel Albornoz competes in Portugal in search of increasing his virtual ELO of 2600 points. en.cubadebate.cu Cuban chess player Carlos Daniel Albornoz returns today to compete in Portugal in search of increasing his virtual ELO of 2600 points. The Antillean, who served on the second board of the Cuban national team in the recently concluded World Olympiad held in India, sees better prospects in this modality thanks to competitions of this type. "From this day I participate in another tournament here in Portugal", he said via WhatsApp waiting to see each other from September 1, among the men with more than 2600 ELO points, one of his great goals in his continuous career of rise in the Kingdom of Caissa.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-25). Why $10,000 in Student Debt Relief Is Not Enough. commondreams.org Joe Biden, and Democrats in Congress, should cancel student debt, all of it. But even that is only the beginning of what must be done to make higher education accessible for all.

Al-Shabaka (2022-08-25). The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel. juancole.com By Zena Agha | ( Al-Shabaka ) Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite imagery of Palestine-Israel. The Kyl-Bingaman Amendment (KBA) to the US National Defense Authorization Act was passed under the pretext of protecting Israel's national security. It prevents US satellite operators and …

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-24). IAEA Renews Request to Visit Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com A UN official said Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has renewed its request to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, which is under Russian control and has been the target of recent shelling. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo announced that IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has requested to send IAEA inspectors …

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-24). The West's Dangerously Simple-Minded Narrative About Russia and China. scheerpost.com President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping give statements for the press. Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 By Jeffrey D. Sachs / The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failur…

Staff (2022-08-24). Australia: NATO Quad powers in 17-nation air exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 24, 2022 Royal Air Force joins multinational air exercise in Australia Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets and a Voyager Air-to-Air refuelling tanker have arrived in Australia to participate in the major training exercise Pitch Black hosted by Royal Australian Air Force. After the arrival of French and German Air Force detachments …

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-24). WSJ Sells Lithium Neocolonialism as Climate Necessity. scheerpost.com By Teddy Ostrow / FAIR True to its name, the Wall Street Journal never fails to lay bare its corporate sympathies. In a recent feature headlined "The Place With the Most Lithium is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution" (8/10/22), the Journal warps anti-neoliberal and Indigenous resistance to ecological destruction and resource plundering into pesky obstacles to green capitalist innovation. The …

Arjae Red (2022-08-24). Starbucks ordered to rehire organizers — Memphis Seven win. workers.org Back in February, Starbucks made headlines with the most viciously racist union-busting move since the start of its union-busting campaign: the firing of the entire, mostly Black and Brown, union organizing committee at the Poplar and Highland store in Memphis, Tennessee. Now, six months later, these seven workers claimed a . . . |

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-24). Don't Wait: Get Into the Encryption Habit Now. scheerpost.com By Thomas Knapp / CounterPunch In early August, a Nebraska prosecutor charged a mother and daughter with violating the state's ban on abortion after 20 weeks. That ban was passed in 2010, but didn't go into effect until the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this year overturning Roe V. Wade. Part of the state's evidence consists …

News24 (2022-08-24). National shutdown in South Africa: Saftu, Cosatu protest rising cost of living. news24.com The central business district in Polokwane and surrounding areas were relatively quiet.

____ (2022-08-24). More than 1,400 firms to attend upcoming services trade fair in Beijing. ecns.cn As of Monday, 71 countries, regions and international organizations had confirmed to stage exhibitions or hold meetings at the CIFTIS, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Germany, the UK and the World Meteorological Organization.

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2022-08-25: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-25). Socialist Equality Party and action committees in Sri Lanka to demonstrate this Sunday in defence of victimised estate workers. wsws.org Plantation management has unleashed its victimisations, not just to intimidate Alton Estate workers but as part of a national plan to impose even harsher workload in all estates and to drive-up company profits.

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-25). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-25). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

WSWS (2022-08-24). US, South Korea resume large-scale joint war games. wsws.org The military drills in South Korea, adjacent to northern China and Russia's Far East, take place as the Biden administration wages a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and goads Beijing into conflict over Taiwan.

Staff (2022-08-24). Ukraine border: U.S. nuclear-capable bombers in multinational NATO exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 23, 2022 NATO executes complex multi-national exercise over Slovakia Allied fighters, bombers and support aircraft conducted a large-scale, complex, multinational exercise over NATO's Eastern flank, August 22. Allied aircraft from Slovakia, France, Tàºrkiye, the US and the UK have taken part in a multinational exercise to train the interoperability of Alliance members …

Oneworld.press (2022-08-24). Russia Warned Its SCO Partners About The Ulterior Motives Behind The US' Central Asian Drills. oneworld.press The very fact that three of Russia's CSTO military allies — one of whom Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev just claimed had survived a US-backed Color Revolution plot — are participating in multilateral military drills in the part of the world that the US-led West misleadingly describes as Moscow's "sphere of influence" discredits the Mainstream Media's emerging information warfare narrative alleging that this Eurasian Great Power is colonialist, hegemonic, and imperialist.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). An Assassin's Bomb and the Death of the West. libya360.wordpress.com Christopher Black In September 2018 I wrote an essay about the brutal murder of Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk Republic, by Kiev agents, backed by NATO, who was killed by a bomb on August 31 of that year, signalling the death of the Minsk Agreements and the inevitability of Russia's special military operation…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). Blinken Returns Empty Handed from Africa Tour. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Us Imperialism In Africa And Middle East Graphic By Cwl Secretary of States travelled to three countries seeking to undermine the influence of China and Russia United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington on the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). Russia Warned SCO Partners about the Ulterior Motives Behind the US' Central Asian Drills. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The very fact that three of Russia's CSTO military allies — one of whom Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev just claimed had survived a US-backed Color Revolution plot — are participating in multilateral military drills in the part of the world that the US-led West misleadingly describes as Moscow's "sphere of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). US Plotting to Erode Southeast Asia's Current Security Architecture. libya360.wordpress.com Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu "Following Europe, a front is being put together to contain China. The so-called Taiwan problem is being deliberately worsened, and territorial disputes in the South China and East China Seas are being fomented," the minister specified. TASHKENT, August 24. TASS. In order to ensure its global hegemony, the US is…

_____ (2022-08-24). A New World Order is Looming and the West Doesn't Like It. journal-neo.org On Tuesday of last week the Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security. The meeting was attended by a large number of delegates from what are commonly referred to as Third World countries. The western nations showed no interest in the conference and coverage in the western media was correspondingly …

Vijay Prashad (2022-08-24). When People Want Housing in India, They Build It. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Aug 18, 2022 | It all started with a survey. In April 2022, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), went door to door in the town of Warangal in Telangana state. The party was already aware of challenges in the community but wanted to collect data before working on a plan of action. Thirty-five teams of three to four CPI(M) members and supporters went to 45,000 homes and learned how people were suffering from a range of issues, such as the lack of pensions and subsidised food. Many expressed anxieties around the absence of permanent housing, with a third saying that…

Staff (2022-08-24). Japan, Sweden join NATO war games in Georgia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseAugust 23, 2022 An information briefing was held in Armihall in connection with the start of the multinational training "Worthy Partner 2022" Georgia will host the multinational exercise "Worthy Partner" for the sixth time. An information briefing related to the start of military exercises was held at the Ministry of Defense's Armihall…. …

Jim Hightower (2022-08-24). Billion Dollar Franchises Are Paying Workers Chicken Feed. otherwords.org America's stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of worker exploitation. Take Chick-fil-A — a right-wing, Atlanta-based fast-food operation that likes to boast about following "biblically-based" principles. | Like slavery? | Well, Chick-fil-A hasn't gone quite that Biblical yet, but one of its North Carolina franchises recently This outlet of the $11-billion-a-year c…

Staff (2022-08-24). Special Drawing Rights One Year Later, By the Numbers. cepr.net It's been one year since the world, via the International Monetary Fund (IMF), took a historic step to address the global challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 23, 2021, $6 billion worth of resources known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were distributed among IMF member countries around the world. These resources, a type …

WSWS (2022-08-24). Petroleum workers in Sri Lanka protest against privatisation. wsws.org The restructuring of the CPC is part of a broader program of austerity dictated by the International Monetary Fund.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). Haiti: Beware of Washington's Trap! libya360.wordpress.com Berthony Dupont Haitian people have never ceased their protest of foreign domination. Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 4, 2019. (Photo by REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casare) The United States uses its puppet, the Organization of American States, to continue destabilizing Haiti. The Haitian political crisis is a concrete example of cynical manipulation by the imperialist powers. Is it an…

_____ (2022-08-24). Four Times The US Nearly Killed Us All With Nuclear Armageddon. popularresistance.org Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan to try to start a proxy war with China helped remind a lot of Americans that our "leaders" do not have our best interests at heart and, in fact, willfully push us all toward nuclear Armageddon. Of course, this is just the latest moment when the U.S. empire has nearly caused a doomsday scenario. Here are some of the other greatest hits over the past 70 years. | One night in 1961, the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on North Carolina! A B-52 crashed in the middle of the night in Faro, North Carolina, but it was more than just a downed aircraft. As National Geographic magazine reporte…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-08-24). US Judge Upholds ConocoPhillips $8.5B Award, Venezuela Rejects 'Unlawful' Ruling. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government said the ruling violates international law and seeks to "consummate the delivery of Venezuelan assets to foreign powers."

WSWS (2022-08-24). UK National Health Service warns thousands will die due to unaffordable energy bills. wsws.org According to research published by the University of York last week, two thirds (65.8 percent) of all UK households will be trapped in fuel poverty by January. This equates to 18 million families, or 45 million people.

JANET (2022-08-24). Fighting fire with solidarity. iacenter.org August 22, 2022 These are especially bitter days to be living in the United States for those of us who are communists, socialists, progressives, even those remotely left of center. The killing of Roe v. Wade and the state subjection of women and anyone who can get pregnant to the role of breeding animals. The up-reared head of the rawest racists, in cop blue or proto-Nazi black shirt, gun in hand, aiming at people of color. The laws against teaching scientific and historical truths in the schools — against teaching that nature has a variety of genders, that U.S. presidents were, yes, owners of enslaved peop…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). Intelligence Expert Believes CIA Behind Car Bomb Assassination of Darya Dugin. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Alexander Dugin and his daughter Darya Douglas Valentine says that "Zelensky doesn't go to the bathroom without asking permission from his CIA case officer." CIA expert Douglas Valentine, author of the seminal book The Phoenix Program (1990), believes that the CIA was behind the car bomb that killed Darya Dugin, a journalist and…

John Catalinotto (2022-08-24). WW commentary: A Marxist view of the search at Mar-a-Lago. workers.org Aug. 21 — The most recent conflict among U.S. ruling institutions displays the depth of the crises wracking U.S. imperialism. As U.S. worldwide dominance declines and the government at home fails to stem growing inequality or resolve health and climate disasters, internal conflicts are sharpening. Credit: Tony Murphy U.S. ruling-class . . . |

Richie Merino (2022-08-24). Palestinians resist U.S. imperialism and Israeli occupation. workers.org On Aug. 18, Israeli occupation forces raided, physically blocked and imposed closure orders on the offices of seven prominent Palestinian human rights, feminist and social services organizations operating in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank. Background to the demonization In 2021, Israel falsely and preemptively designated six of . . . |

Ted Kelly (2022-08-24). Bradford Gamble, liberated activist and prison whistleblower. workers.org When Bradford Gamble died, he was surrounded by his family. The 65-year-old had been imprisoned for nearly a lifetime — 46 years — before he learned he was dying of cancer. With the help of activists on both sides of the prison walls, Gamble fought relentlessly to win his freedom. . . . |

Peter Certo (2022-08-24). In OtherWords: August 24, 2022. otherwords.org On Wednesday, President Biden took the huge step of cancelling up to $20,000 in student debt for working and middle-class borrowers. We'll have some valuable perspectives to offer on that very soon. | Canceling student debt will befit tens of millions of ordinary people, but it's an usual step for the federal government. This week in OtherWords, Rakeen Mabud takes aim at a much more common policy that has the opposite impact:

Patrick Samonte (2022-08-24). San Diego's IAMAW Local 1484's strike completes second month. liberationnews.org August 17 marked the second month of striking for machinists affiliated with International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1484 at Mercedes Benz of San Diego. For two months the workers have been striking against unfair labor practices, management's stubbornness in negotiations, and the wrongful termination of 20 employees as a retaliation for the strike.

Staff (2022-08-24). Venezuela's Central Bank: Economy Grew 17% in First Quarter of 2022. orinocotribune.com Tuesday, August 23, the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), Calixto Ortega, reported that Venezuela achieved an economic growth of 17.04% in the first quarter of 2022. | From Miraflores Palace in Caracas, during the National Council for Productive Economy, Ortega announced that economic growth is estimated to reach 18.07% for the second quarter, with preliminary figures only considering the private non-oil sector. | Likewise, Ortega reported that Venezuela has four quarters of continuous double-digit economic growth. With 14.5% for the third quarter of 2021, 19.07% for the fourth quarter of 2021, jo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-24). Mali Presents the UN with Evidence of French Support of Terrorists. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Recently, Radio RFI has announced that Malian authorities made accusations against France, citing a letter of Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, that alleged that Paris was supplying terrorists with weapons and called for the convening of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. In his August 15 letter, Abdoulaye Diop cited some…

____ (2022-08-24). China's vaccine regulatory system passes WHO assessment. ecns.cn The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday ranked China's vaccine regulatory system at a functional level of maturity, according to WHO's global classification system for national medical products regulatory authorities.

WSWS (2022-08-24). No let-up in criminal probe of Trump's handling of military-intelligence documents. wsws.org Amid new revelations about the highly sensitive character of the documents Trump illegally removed from the White House, the Justice Department appears to be expanding its investigation into the ex-president's violations of national security procedures.

Staff (2022-08-24). Mali calls for boosting economic, scientific coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Hailing Iran's status in regional and international political equations, the Malian interim President called for strengthening the economic, commercial, and scientific cooperation between Tehran and Bamako.

____ (2022-08-24). National security law for Macao set for amendment. ecns.cn The Macao Special Administrative Region is set to amend its Law on Safeguarding National Security in line with national security standards to deal with the "intensive and challenging changes" in the international and regional security environment.

Staff (2022-08-24). 'Shahin' to go on screen at Intl. police Arts Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — The Iranian film 'Shahin' by Salar Tehrani is scheduled to take part at International Police Arts Festival.

____ (2022-08-24). Iran ease past India at 2022 Asian Men U20 Volleyball C'ship. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Iran eased past India in straight sets (25-20, 25-10, 25-19) in the 2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship on Wednesday.

____ (2022-08-24). Ministry: Nation to resolutely safeguard sovereignty. ecns.cn Beijing vowed to take resolute and strong measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity after a group of Japanese lawmakers led by Keiji Furuya of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party visited the Taiwan region.

_____ (2022-08-23). Bruce Gagnon: An Objective Look At US Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. He was an early member of the Anti-Defense Lobby in the 1970s challenging the U.S. space program. Between 1983—1998, he was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice and has worked on space issues for 31 years. We focus on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them. We are looking for p…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-23). Military Situation In Yemen On August 23, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 53 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On August 22, Hassan al-Ba'aum, the head of the political office of the Southern Movement, declared "national reconciliation of the south" and joined the Southern Transitional Council led by Aidarus al-Zoubaidi; | On August 23, clashes between the UAE-backed forces and militants of the Islah Party continue in the Abr area;…

_____ (2022-08-23). Victory For Powerloom Workers In Pakistan. popularresistance.org For two weeks, several thousand workers and their families participated in a sit-in protest on Jhang road, blocking the route to Faisalabad International Airport, demanding an increase in wages. The workers claimed that the Labor Department in Punjab had failed to implement the new minimum wages set by the provincial government. | After several rounds of negotiations and backtracking by the district administration and the powerloom owners, an agreement was reached between them and the leaders of the Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM), the umbrella body of powerloom workers in Faisalabad. Most of the demands of the nearl…

_____ (2022-08-23). Progress in JCPOA Talks has not Diminished the Number of Those Opposing It. journal-neo.org The emergence of real signs of a possible settlement of the most acute crisis in the Middle East is linked to the possible signing of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement on Iran's nuclear program, which is based on numerous compromises, could become a major victory for international diplomacy that guarantees Iran's non-nuclear …

_____ (2022-08-23). Graduate Students Across The US Are Organizing For Abortion Rights. popularresistance.org This week, graduate students from more than fifty colleges and universities across the United States launched the Graduate Student Action Network (GSAN), a coalition centered around fighting for abortion rights and other forms of reproductive justice. GSAN's first action is to coordinate a National Student Day of Action for abortion rights, to be held on October 6, the anniversary of the day a federal judge first blocked the draconian anti-abortion law in Texas. | The network includes graduate student unions, graduate student governments, and student advocacy organizations like Socialists of Caltech and CUNY For…

_____ (2022-08-23). Scenes From A Summer Of Strikes In A South Carolina Starbucks. popularresistance.org Since the Starbucks Workers United campaign launched last fall, workers have won union authorization elections at 220 stores, and struck at least 60. The company has retaliated harshly—closing some stores, firing dozens of union leaders, claiming interference by the National Labor Relations Board, and calling for a moratorium on mail-in elections. | Starbucks also barred union stores from receiving long-awaited benefits to be implemented August 1, provoking several strikes. | Jonah Furman from Labor Notes spoke with Tripathi about the joys of the picket line, Starbucks' retaliation, and how a store manager…

Ann Brown (2022-08-23). Fact Check: Cartels Are Increasingly Lacing Marijuana With Deadly Fentanyl. moguldom.com In 2017, 59 percent of opioid-related deaths involved the deadly drug fentanyl, compared to 14.3 percent in 2010, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and times more potent than heroin, according to the National Institute …

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2022-08-24: News Headlines

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-24). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

Connor Freeman (2022-08-23). Moscow Accuses Kiev's 'Special Services' in Russian Journalist's Car Bombing. news.antiwar.com The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Kiev's secret services of carrying out the car bombing murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin. On Saturday night, Dugina was driving her father's Toyota Land Cruiser about 20 miles outside Moscow when an explosive planted beneath his SUV detonated, the …

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). Ukrainian President Pledges To Take Over the Crimean Region. telesurenglish.net Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Kiev would take over the Crimea region by all means. The Ukrainian President said they would use military forces to seize the Russian territory and will not consult any other country. | RELATED: | Zelensky announced while speaking to the 'Crimea Platform,' a Ukrainian-organized gathering of 60 nations and international organizations supporting Kiev's claims of sovereignty over Crimea. The…

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant To Be Visited by IAEA. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said a personal visit to the Zaporozhye (Ukraine) NPP is planned for the next few days. | RELATED: | According to the Director General, the IAEA mission that he expects to lead personally within a few days is intended to inspect the integrity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, dialogue with Russian and Ukrainian per…

Eva Bartlett (2022-08-23). In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited "Petal" Mines Maim At Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region. covertactionmagazine.com Ukraine continues to fire internationally-banned anti-personnel mines on civilian areas of Donetsk and other cities in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in violation of international law and of the mine ban convention Ukraine signed in 1999 and ratified in 2005. Since July 27, Ukraine has been firing rockets containing cluster munitions filled with banned PFM-1 …

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). Canada Grows Russian Sanctions List. telesurenglish.net According to Global Affairs Canada's website, Ottawa added Russia's Avtomatika defense technology company to the sanctions against the Russian Federation. | RELATED: | The site revealed that dozen Russian nationals had been enlisted too as the target of sanctions. According to reports, the Canadian administration will also include 27 Russian governors on the sanction list. | Among the latest additions to the list are ex-d…

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). German Gas Operator Warns of Regional Shortages in Winter. telesurenglish.net Germany could face regional gas shortages in winter as gas supplies from Russia to Europe's largest economy have been heavily reduced, according to the country's gas market operator. Although a gas shortage at a national level was not expected, not all gas storage facilities could be filled, leading to local bottlenecks. | RELATED: | "Unfortunately, that cannot be ruled out," Trading Hub Europe (THE) Director Torsten Fr…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Kiev's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Criticized for Inciting Ethnic Hatred. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko Nobody in good conscience could endorse anyone else gleefully talking about committing genocide like Vrublevsky just shamelessly did. If there's any silver lining to this scandal, however, it's that it showed just how comfortable that regime's representatives are talking about the plans that they have for their country's Russian minority. Ukrainian Ambassador to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). US Space Force Wants to Disrupt Russia-China Space Cooperation. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Both Russia and China have been responding to the US militarization of space by enhancing their own capabilities, both separately and jointly. Close strategic partnership between Russia and China has been the mainstay of their relationship for decades. The US has been trying to disrupt this successful partnership ever since, especially as Russia…

____ (2022-08-23). High time to conclude agreement on JCPOA without any delay. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) — Russia's permanent representative to Vienna-based International Organizations said that it is high time to conclude the agreement on the restoration of the #JCPOA without any further delay.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Mental Health is a Class Issue. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong We can't fight capitalism or imperialism without confronting the psychic suffering that these systems have spread far and wide among us In addition to producing socialist and anti-imperialist independent media, I've been in social work for nine years. Before this, I moved from childhood to adulthood within a household that struggled with mental…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Evidence of Ukrainian Shelling of Zaporozhye Provided to UN. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing regarding the attacks of Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporozhye NPP Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General R.DiCarlo for her briefing. In the context of the briefing I would like to point out that we've heard her words that the electricity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Mali: Expectations and Challenges. libya360.wordpress.com Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov Following the now complete withdrawal of the French military presence from Mali, challenges remain in a context where the former colonial metropolis and other Western regimes do not intend to ease the pressure on the country, which has become another example of a pan-Africanist and pro-multipolar orientation. After nine years of military presence…

WSWS (2022-08-23). Release students detained under Sri Lanka's anti-terror laws! wsws.org The detention of student activists under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act is part of President Wickremesinghe's broad class-war assault on the working class and the poor.

WSWS (2022-08-23). Australian Labor government supplies more fuel to Sri Lankan navy for anti-refugee operations. wsws.org The fuel arrangements seek to bolster the repressive military-backed government and stop refugees fleeing the poverty-stricken country.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Totalitarianism and the Descent into Collective Madness. libya360.wordpress.com Alastair Crooke "The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree we are threatened by wars and revolutions which are nothing other than psychic epidemics. At any moment several million human beings may be smitten with a new madness,…

Staff (2022-08-23). 'Silenced Tree' wins best film award at US FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Directed by Faysal Soysal and produced by Ali Nouri Oskouei, "Silenced Tree" was selected as the best film in Hamilton New York International Film Festival.

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). Intl. Leaders Support the Approval of New Chilean Referendum. telesurenglish.net An international group of intellectuals and social leaders signed a letter in support of the inclusion of the right to housing and the city in the upcoming Chilean referendum on a new constitution and called for approval of the said constitution. | RELATED: | In the declaration, which includes prominent personalities from around the world related to the right to housing and the city, said they value "leaving behind a constitution imposed in a dictatorship" and…

TeleSUR (2022-08-23). Palestinian Prisoners Are Determined to Pursue Hunger Strike. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' National Emergency Committee announced that prisoners in Israeli jails will continue with another day of protests if the Israel Prison Service (IPS) continues to violate the agreed agreements. | RELATED: | "The jailer will not impose his will on us," the Committee said and urged the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to support the indefinite hunger strike that the Palestinian Pr…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Colombia and the Mythical Creation of Cuba as "State Sponsor of Terrorism" libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A Maranges We recently published two articles called "Cuba and the Peace Talks between the ELN and the Colombian Government: New Opportunities vs. Old Obstacles," in which we referred to Cuba's commitment to peace in Colombia; something that former President Ivan Duque boycotted. At that time, we only had public information to justify our thesis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Colombian Government Launches Initiative for Protection of Social Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch On August 20, the government of President Gustavo Petro in Colombia launched the first Unified Command Post for Life (PMU), in the municipality of Caldono, in the Cauca department. (Photo: Alfonso Prada/Twitter) Interior Minister Alfonso Prada reported that the protection plan will cover the 65 municipalities hardest hit by violence in the country…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Mexico Declares Ayotzinapa 43 Case a State Crime. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia On September 26, 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal Rural School disappeared in the Mexican city of Iguala, in the Guerrero state, and their loved ones never heard from them again. Eight years later, the controversy remains unsolved despite the families' endless calls for justice. After two years of intense investigations, the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Nicaragua: Bishop of the Money Gods. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari The liberation of the Matagalpa cathedral, which had been occupied by Bishop Alvarez, ended an attempt to unleash a climate of confrontation in that city. The coup-supporting bishop is now in the capital, Managua, where he is under house arrest, but enjoying the presence of his family and visits from the prelates of…

Staff (2022-08-23). National Doctors' Day commemorated in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 – Iran marks August 23, the birth anniversary of Abu Ali Sina, aka Avicenna, as National Doctors' Day. The ceremony for paying tribute to the figure along with the graduation ceremony of several medical students was held in Hamadan.

____ (2022-08-22). Smart China Expo opens in Chongqing. ecns.cn The expo, held annually in Chongqing since 2018, is a platform to promote global exchanges of smart technologies and international cooperation in the smart industry.

____ (2022-08-22). Six former staff of infamous Apple Daily to plead guilty. ecns.cn Six former employees of Hong Kong's secessionist media Apple Daily are going to plead guilty on the charge of violating the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, according to the court's hearing on Monday.

____ (2022-08-22). China enters semi-final in tank biathlon in int'l army games. ecns.cn The tank biathlon's singles at the ongoing International Army Games 2022 concluded in a Moscow suburb on Sunday, with the Chinese team entering the semi-finals.

____ (2022-08-23). Multiple countries and international organizations to attend 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn A total of 71 countries and international organizations will participate in the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) to be held in Beijing from Aug 31 to Sept 5, said the event's organizers on Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-22). China protests against Indiana governor's Taiwan visit. ecns.cn China has made serious demarches to the U.S. side on Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb's visit to Taiwan, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

Staff (2022-08-23). Iran, Tatarstan negotiate increased transit along INSTC. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) — Iran and Tatarstan discussed increased transit along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

____ (2022-08-22). 2022 version of traffic light standards doesn't exist: transportation authorities. ecns.cn China's Traffic Management Research Institute released an announcement Monday refuting the rumor surrounding a "2022 national version of traffic lights" that has triggered so much online debate.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-23). Venezuela's Road to Economic Recovery. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News The following is a translation of a guest lecture delivered by Venezuela's Ambassador in Bolivia, César Trómpiz, at the UMSA university in La Paz. For 100 years, our natural market for oil exports had been the United States. In 2019, the US decided to stop buying oil from Venezuela for political reasons and…

Alan Macleod (2022-08-22). How One Spook-Run London College Department Is Training the World's Social Media Managers. mintpressnews.com Kremlin propaganda is real, but its reach is decidedly minor in comparison to the massive disinformation campaigns being launched by the Western national security state. And as Alan Macloed reveals, London's Department of War Studies is a key part of that information war.

_____ (2022-08-22). From Resistance To Governing Power In Honduras. popularresistance.org A month after the coup d'état I was delegated by the new Front Against the Coup d'état to go to the U.S. to make known what had happened in Honduras. I had been working around international representation and communications in two formations, the National Coordinator of Popular Resistance and the Bloque Popular (Popular Block). These were spaces for coordination amongst the social movements that were confronting the impacts of neoliberalism, specifically the struggle against the Free Trade Agreement, which was impacting everything related to our agricultural capacity. | Small and mid-sized Honduran producers had…

_____ (2022-08-22). Argentinian Unions Mobilize Against Runaway Inflation. popularresistance.org August 18 – Argentinian unions and social movements are marching today towards the National Congress to protest against runaway inflation and 'speculators'. | The march has been organized by the two largest union confederations; CGT and CTA. Their joint statement said; "Our country demands firm commitments to mitigate the social injustice that is suffocating us today (..) political actors must abandon petty electoral confrontation for the benefit of individual interests. Inflation has reached intolerable levels and is pulverizing the purchasing power of workers." | Sergio Palazzo, lawmaker for the ruling Frente d…

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-08-22). Albert Woodfox, Angola Three warrior passes. workers.org August 9 Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison, sited at a former slave plantation and named for the place where the African captives came from: Angola. On . . . |

Editor (2022-08-22). Fighting fire with solidarity. workers.org These are especially bitter days to be living in the United States for those of us who are communists, socialists, progressives, even those remotely left of center. The killing of Roe v. Wade and the state subjection of women and anyone who can get pregnant to the role of breeding . . . |

____ (2022-08-22). Assange Attorneys and Journalists Sue the CIA over Spying. transcend.org 18 Aug 2022 – "Journalists are allowed to request documents that have been stolen and to publish them." So wrote U.S. federal Judge John Koeltl in a 2019 opinion dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee against Julian Assange, Wikileaks and others.

Princess Harmony (2022-08-22). El crimen de las grandes farmacéuticas: los beneficios de la adicción. workers.org El fiscal general de New Hampshire, John Formella, ha lanzado una demanda contra Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid y otras farmacias por no hacer un seguimiento de las prescripciones de opioides y por no tomar medidas contra la prescripción de opioides posiblemente innecesaria, fraudulenta o excesiva. Las direcciones de las farmacias . . . |

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2022-08-23: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). How One Spook-Run London College Department is Training the World's Social Media Managers. libya360.wordpress.com Alan MacLeod Staffed by NATO military officers and former government ministers and notorious for training the West's top spies, the Department of War Studies at King's College London is also providing the workforce for many of the largest social media companies. This includes Facebook, TikTok, Google, and Twitter. A MintPress study of professional databases and employment websites reveals a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). The Western Strategy to Dismantle the Russian Federation. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Renewing the strategies of Germany during the First World War and of the United States and the Ukrainian integral nationalists during the Cold War, the Westerners have just created a Forum of the free peoples of Russia. The aim is to prolong the break-up of the USSR, to create separatist movements and, ultimately,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). Darya Dugina Assasinated by Ukrainian Secret Services. libya360.wordpress.com The murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, Russia's federal security service FSB has said. It was prepared by Ukrainian secret services. The perpetrator — a citizen of Ukraine identified as Natalia Vovk — escaped to Estonia, the FSB's public relations center stated. "As a result of urgent detective measures, the federal security…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). Ukraine's Next "Wonder Weapon" — US Anti-Radar Missiles. libya360.wordpress.com Russia has claimed and the Pentagon has confirmed that the US has sent Ukraine AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) for targeting Russian radars used for air defense and counter battery operations. While the Pentagon and the Western media have once against hyped the impact of these missiles, the truth is even under ideal conditions they…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). How Russia and the U.S. See Africa's Place in the World. libya360.wordpress.com Ivan Loshkaryov Since the early days of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, the diplomacy of the –°ollective West has been striving to isolate Moscow, punishing it for resolving the conflict in Donbass. However, one cannot talk about isolation without accounting for the position of developing countries: Alongside the golden billion, there are another 7…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-22). Ukraine's Next "Wonder Weapon" US Anti-Radar Missiles. libya360.wordpress.com Russia has claimed and the Pentagon has confirmed that the US has sent Ukraine AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) for targeting Russian radars used for air defense and counter battery operations. While the Pentagon and the Western media have once against hyped the impact of these missiles, the truth is even under ideal conditions they…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-22). Indiana Governor Leads Third US Delegation to Taiwan This Month. news.antiwar.com Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and other state officials arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, marking the third US delegation to visit the island this month amid soaring tensions between the US and China. Holcomb, a Republican, said that the trip was meant to boost economic cooperation between the US and Taiwan with a focus on the …

Connor Freeman (2022-08-22). Daughter of Putin Ally Killed in Car Blast Outside Moscow. news.antiwar.com A large car-bomb explosion tore apart a Toyota Land Cruiser outside Moscow Saturday night, the only person inside was the driver, journalist and political scientist Darya Dugina, the 30 year old daughter of Alexander Dugin, the nationalist Russian philosopher. The blast took place approximately at 9: 35 PM local time on the Mozhaisk highway roughly 20 …

WSWS (2022-08-22). Sri Lankan president struggling to form all-party government. wsws.org The disparate responses of Sri Lanka's parliamentary parties to Wickremesinghe's call for an all-party government highlight deep concerns in the ruling elite over mass anti-government opposition.

Ryan Black (2022-08-22). How Native Lands Became a Target for Nuclear Waste. progressivehub.net SANJANA MANJESHWAR | OUTRIDER…

Staff (2022-08-22). Russian FSB detains ISIL force plotting attack in India. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — News sources on Monday reported that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a suicide bomber, a member of the ISIL terrorist organization.

TeleSUR (2022-08-22). Heavy Rains Left Dozens of Deaths in India. telesurenglish.net Since Friday, the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha have been hit by heavy rains causing floods and landslides that resulted in at least people being killed. About one thousand people have been forced to leave their homes while rescue operations are being carried out to find the missing. | RELATED: | According to reports, some of the deaths reported have been caused by residential buildings collapsing with r…

SAM (2022-08-22). Julian Assange Was Illegally Surveilled By Pompeo And The CIA. progressivehub.net MARJORIE COHN | TRUTHOUT…

SAM (2022-08-22). Ohio Teachers Strike Just Days Before The School Year Starts. progressivehub.net IVANA SARIC | AXIOS…

IMEMC News (2022-08-22). Israel Halts Construction Of School Near Hebron. imemc.org The Israeli army handed, Sunday, an order halting the construction of a Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Um Qissa School said on its official Facebook page that the Israeli occupation authorities denied an appeal for permitting the small school, …

IMEMC News (2022-08-22). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the Israeli soldiers stormed and violently searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted twenty Palestinians, including fathers and sons, and a young woman. The invasions targeted cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps, across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Among the abducted …

TeleSUR (2022-08-22). Australia Launches Preventative DNA Screening for Cancer. telesurenglish.net A nationally collaborative project, led by Australia's Monash University, has allowed young people to know if they face an increased risk of some cancers or heart disease through free DNA saliva tests. The project announced is the world-first DNA screening study for such risks. | RELATED: | It will screen at least 10,000 individuals aged 18-40 for genes that increase the risk of certain types of cancers and hear…

TeleSUR (2022-08-22). Cuban Minister Praises International Solidarity. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Minister of Interior Trade, Betsy Díaz, thanked the international solidarity received as a result of the large-scale fire at the Supertanker Base in the western province of Matanzas. | RELATED: | During the arrival of a ship from Nicaragua with 35 containers of food donations for the victims of the disaster, Díaz stressed in statements to the press that the initiative joins that of other countries in the region such as Bolivia, Mexico and Venezue…

____ (2022-08-22). Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji celebrates 2nd birthday in U.S. ecns.cn Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji celebrated his second birthday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-22). India hands over 6 mobile port cranes to install at Chabahar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — India's Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways announced on Monday that his country has delivered six mobile port cranes for the development of Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-08-22). California poised to celebrate 2022 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org Together, we will call for the Great State of California to stand in solidarity with H. Res 615. People of African descent and friends across the diaspora stand against systemic racism and supports the transformational agenda for racial justice and equality as identified in the Systemic Racism Report, and implemented through the subsequent Human Rights Council Resolution and the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-22). Patrick Lawrence: The British "Bubble of Unreality" scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I am following British politics during these, Boris Johnson's final days as prime minister, with interest. It seems that the front-runner to replace the aging boarding-school boy is Liz Truss, who currently serves as foreign secretary. The thought that Truss will be Britain's next leader interests me a …

____ (2022-08-22). Xiao Qi Ji celebrates 2-year-old birthday in U.S. ecns.cn Giant panda "Xiao Qi Ji" enjoys its birthday cake at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 21, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Mengtong)…

____ (2022-08-22). Tightened epidemic controls applied to train travel. ecns.cn Tailored, stricter epidemic control protocols are being implemented on trains to prevent the spread of COVID-19 via the railway network amid a recent surge in cases, the national railway operator.

____ (2022-08-22). Chinese team ranks first in relay race of Suvorov Onslaught. ecns.cn China team ranked first, also the best record, at the Suvorov Onslaught contest of the International Games 2022 on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-22). Over 4,000 Beijing merchants open shop in Hebei. ecns.cn Gu'an International Trade City just opened to business, attracting more than 4,000 merchants who used to run business in Beijing's wholesale markets in urban areas.

____ (2022-08-22). Iran, Lebanon basketball teams at 2022 FIBA U18 Asian C'ship. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Iranian and Lebanese basketball teams played at Azadi Stadium on Sunday. Iran lost to Lebanon 65-63 in Group A of the 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship.

____ (2022-08-22). Science, technology week gets underway nationwide. ecns.cn China's national science and technology week started on Saturday and will run until Aug 27, featuring exhibitions and events showcasing the latest scientific and technological achievements, from giant drones shaped like a dragonfly, to tiny artificial intelligence chips.

Staff (2022-08-22). Iran students ranks 1st in Astronomy, Astrophysics Olympiad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Iranian students gained 10 medals including 9 gold and 1 silver in the 15th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in Georgia to win first place in the world.

Staff (2022-08-22). Raiesi felicitates championship of Iran Greco-Roman wrestlers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Iranian President in a message congratulated the crowning of the national youth Greco-Roman wrestling team in the world championships in Bulgaria.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-22). Severas inundaciones dejan más de muertos en India. telesurtv.net El Departamento Meteorológico de la India predijo que las lluvias fuertes a muy fuertes continuarían cayendo en la región durante los próximos dos días.

____ (2022-08-22). Iran's oil output to reach over 4m bpd by yearend: NIOC chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Stating that Iran is ready for the maximum gas swap, Chief Executive of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said that oil production capacity will reach more than 4 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) by the yearend.

____ (2022-08-22). New version traffic lights trigger online debate. ecns.cn New national standard traffic lights have triggered heated discussions among netizens after the designer Sun Zhengliang unveiled them via livestream on Sunday.

Staff (2022-08-22). Raeisi felicitates championship of Iran Greco-Roman wrestlers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Iranian President in a message congratulated the crowning of the national youth Greco-Roman wrestling team in the world championships in Bulgaria.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-21). The Assassination of Alexander Dugin's Daughter Darya Was a Dastardly Terrorist Attack. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko Darya's assassination represents a crossing of the Rubicon in the Ukrainian Conflict whereby Kiev has escalated its terrorist attacks to the point of targeting the family members of civilians who they were duped by fake news into falsely thinking are unofficially very influential policymakers like they seem to have believed that her father…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-21). BBC Assault on Antiwar Academics Was Apparent Product of UK Intel Plot. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Leaked emails expose the fingerprints of UK intelligence all over a factually challenged BBC special that aimed to deprive antiwar academics of their jobs and destroy their reputations. On May 31, BBC Radio initiated an embarrassing imbroglio when it broadcast a factually challenged, overtly propagandistic documentary special called Ukraine: The Disinformation War. Fronted by a British…

Ryan Black (2022-08-21). Bernie Sanders, Gavin Newsom Tied To Replace Biden In 2024: Poll. progressivehub.net JASON LEMON | NEWSWEEK…

_____ (2022-08-21). Why Baltimore Kept Cutting Deals With A Developer Who Didn't Deliver. popularresistance.org Sweat trickled down Dan Bythewood's forehead under the hot July sun. He promised the West Baltimore crowd he would keep his comments short so the 100 or so people who watched—activists, press, residents, and political leaders—could quickly retreat from the heatwave gripping the city. | The developer, who is Black, stood behind a podium placed in front of the technicolor homes on Sarah Ann Street, a narrow stretch of concrete not wide enough for two cars to travel in opposite directions. Bythewood, president of the New York development firm La Cité ("the city" in French), trained his sight on the histo…

_____ (2022-08-21). US Encircles China through Provocations. journal-neo.org The US has recently carried out a deliberate effort to exert military and political pressure on Beijing, and organize provocations against the PRC from all sides along its national borders, as it is fearful of losing in its standoff with China and being stripped of its leading position in the world. To this end, the …

_____ (2022-08-21). Lithium Power Politics Are Playing Out Differently In Chile And Bolivia. popularresistance.org In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile's Copiapó province in the Atacama salt flat. The crater, which has a diameter of more than 100 feet, emerged in one of Chile's most lucrative regions for copper and lithium extraction. The nearby Candelaria mining complex—80 percent of the property is owned by Canada's Lundin Mining Corporation and 20 percent is owned by Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation—had to halt its operations in the area. On August 1, Chile's National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) tweeted that it had assembled…

_____ (2022-08-21). Study: Cycling Like The Dutch Would Reduce World's Carbon Pollution. popularresistance.org In the Netherlands, cycling is a way of life and is so common that there are more bikes than people, according to BBC News. As many as 70 percent of journeys are by bike in cities like The Hague and Amsterdam. | Cycling can be a significant way to reduce a person's carbon footprint, as using a bike instead of a car as little as once per day reduces an average person's transportation emissions by 67 percent, according to University of Oxford researchers, reported Bloomberg. | An international research team has recently shown that almost 700 million metric tons of carbon pollution would be saved each year if everyo…

____ (2022-08-21). U.S. existing-home sales fall for sixth straight month amid cooling market. ecns.cn Existing-home sales in the United States declined for the sixth straight month in July, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Thursday.

____ (2022-08-21). China's NEV market to see rapid expansion in 2022-2026: report. ecns.cn China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) market is expected to expand rapidly during the 2022-2026 period, a report from the global market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) showed.

____ (2022-08-21). (W.E. Talk) In the face of disruptors, why is cooperation the only way to achieve long-term stability in the South China Sea. ecns.cn Wu Shicun, the founding president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service's "W.E. Talk" that U.S. policies and actions on the South China Sea, as well as its allies' military actions there, will become a destabilizing factor that will cause the situation to deteriorate. The only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the South China Sea is for neighboring countries to focus on functional cooperation, seeking common ground while shelving differences.

____ (2022-08-21). China launches S&T activities to inspire innovation. ecns.cn China on Saturday launched its national science and technology (S&T) week activities to inspire innovation throughout the society.

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2022-08-22: News Headlines

| Kamran Yousuf | (2022-08-22). Zawahiri's killing alters Kabul chessboard. tribune.com.pk When the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul in August last year, Pakistan was one of the leading countries urging the US to unfreeze roughly $7 billion foreign assets of the conflict-hit neighbouring country's central bank withheld in different American banks. | Soon others including China, Russia, Iran, Qatar and even the UN representatives joined the campaign and agreed that the interim Afghan government should have access to those frozen funds given the precarious humanitarian and economic situation in their country. | The administration of US President Joe Biden, however, remained adamant that the f…

Harvey Goldberg (2022-08-22). Thursday 8/25: Webinar: Lessons from the 2022 National Strike in Ecuador. indybay.org To register: http: //tinyurl.com/2022-ecuador-protest or act.dsausa.org/signup/2022-national-protest-in-ecuador/…

JANET (2022-08-21). Where it does not dominate, U.S. imperialism sows chaos. iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo August 17, 2022 U.S. military left Afghanistan in ruins. Above, the results of a 2017 bombing raid that killed 90. Raposo is editor of the Portuguese web magazine, jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Aug. 10. Translation: John Catalinotto. While declaring itself ready to prolong the war in Ukraine, "for as long as necessary," U.S. imperialism is dedicating itself to creating new hotbeds of tension in various parts of the world, in a bid to threaten and show strength. Three events reveal this: the visit to Taiwan of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second in succession to the presid…

____ (2022-08-21). Saudi-led coalition loots about $10bn worth of Yemeni oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — The oil minister of the National Salvation Government of Yemen released statistics that show that the Saudi-Emirati aggressor coalition has plundered billions of dollars of Yemeni oil since 2018.

Scorinoco (2022-08-21). Venezuela's Gold Dispute in UK Courts is a Battle for Sovereignty. orinocotribune.com By Zoe Alexandra — Aug 17, 2022 | The official government of Venezuela has been engaged in a legal dispute with the Bank of England to regain control over gold assets worth over $1.8 billion. | "The world must know that there is no legal security in London nor in the Bank of England, because at any moment, any country can have its international reserves stolen. There is no respect for the law!" Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made this damning statement in a televised address on August 3 following the decision by a British high court to reject the Venezuelan state access to its gold reserves worth $1.8…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-21). Russia's Military-Industrial Chief Is Right: The US' S-400 Waiver To India Is A Sign Of Weakness. oneworld.press Although State Department spokesman Ned Price reaffirmed his declining unipolar hegemon's continued commitment to meddle in India's foreign policy just last week, it's clearly incapable of imposing its zero-sum will onto that rising multipolar Great Power.

Editor (2022-08-21). Katie Halper Interviews Bob Scheer. scheerpost.com "Legendary reporter Bob Scheer discusses a long career reporting on war all over the world; Laura Hazard Owens discusses how to report on abortion in a post-Roe world; Andrew Perez discusses fact checking the Washington Post Fact checker."

Staff (2022-08-21). CITMA: The contamination caused by the fire in Matanzas does not compromise human health. en.cubadebate.cu On August 5, a fire broke out at the Supertanker Base in the city of Matanzas, caused by an electrical discharge in one of the tanks that stored national crude oil. From that moment on, the cloud of smoke and the fuel spill were warning signs for the environment and human beings. Matanzas is recognized for its natural values. Precisely, the sinister described as the first of this magnitude in the history of Cuba occurred very close to the bay, in an area close to different towns that were seen under the smoke coming from the place of the disaster.

Ricardo Vaz (2022-08-21). Venezuela Increases Petcoke Exports to India. venezuelanalysis.com The oil industry byproduct has emerged as a cheaper alternative to coal amid global energy struggles.

Editor (2022-08-21). Big Oil Would 'Bust the Paris Agreement' With Inadequate Decarbonization Plans. scheerpost.com By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix Three of the world's biggest fossil companies—BP, Shell, and Equinor—are relying on decarbonization scenarios that fall short of the objectives of the Paris climate agreement, concludes a peer-reviewed study led by Berlin-based Climate Analytics. "Most of the scenarios we evaluated would be classified as inconsistent with the Paris …

IMEMC News (2022-08-21). Israeli Colonizers Assault A Palestinian In Jerusalem. imemc.org On Sunday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted and cut a young Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem, causing several moderate injuries. Eyewitnesses said the colonizers attacked the young man with batons and broken bottles while working in Jerusalem. The young man suffered moderate wounds and serious cuts before being rushed to a hospital in the occupied …

IMEMC News (2022-08-21). Israeli Soldier Killed by Fellow Israeli Soldier Near Tulkarem. imemc.org An Israeli soldier who was shot last week during an Israeli military invasion of Tulkarem turns out to have been shot by a fellow Israeli soldier — not by Palestinian fighters, as Israel had originally claimed. The deceased soldier was identified as Sergeant Natan Fitoussi. He was posthumously promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant.

IMEMC News (2022-08-21). Israeli Soldier Killed by Fellow Soldier Near Tulkarem. imemc.org An Israeli soldier who was shot last week during an Israeli military invasion of Tulkarem turns out to have been shot by a fellow Israeli soldier — not by Palestinian fighters, as Israel had originally claimed. The deceased soldier was identified as Sergeant Natan Fitoussi, 20. He was posthumously promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant.

IMEMC News (2022-08-21). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Four Children, In Bethlehem And Ramallah. imemc.org On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four children, in Bethlehem and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, before storming and ransacking many homes. The soldiers added that the soldiers abducted Hamada Jamal Hasan, 15, Ali Jihad Thawabta, 15, Yousef …

IMEMC News (2022-08-21). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem And Nablus. imemc.org On Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers abducted three young Palestinian men, including the head of a Village Council, in Jerusalem and Nablus in the West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young man, Samer Safadi, after storming and searching his home in the Sa'adiyya neighborhood in the Old City. The soldiers also abducted a …

Ryan Black (2022-08-21). Bernie Sanders, Gavin Newsom Tied To Replace Biden In 2024: Poll. progressivehub.net JASON LEMON | NEWSWEEK…

Staff (2022-08-21). 28 August, Vancouver: Exposing Israeli Assassination Policy: International forum and discussion. samidoun.net Sunday, 28 August 2022 7 pm 1803 E 1st Ave Vancouver Join us for an international forum on the targeting of Palestinian leaders — and how we can fight back against these crimes. From Abu Ali Mustafa to Tayseer al-Jabari, from Ghassan Kanafani to Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinians are targeted for assassination, particularly political and …

Staff (2022-08-21). Occupation raids, attacks Palestinian organizations: EU, US and Canada are complicit! samidoun.net In the early morning hours of Thursday, 18 August, armed Israeli occupation forces invaded the offices of seven prominent Palestinian NGOs, civil society organizations and human rights defenders: the Health Work Committees, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq, Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, Bisan Centre, Defence for Children International Palestine, and the …

Staff (2022-08-21). Pradip Kumar Yadav appointed as next ambassador of India to Liberia. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Pradip Kumar Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.

Staff (2022-08-21). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

Staff (2022-08-21). The Canadian company Blue Diamond Resorts will manage the oldest hotel in Cuba. en.cubadebate.cu The Canadian company Blue Diamond Resorts reported this Saturday that it will expand its presence in Cuba and will manage the Hotel Inglaterra, the oldest in the largest of the Antilles, located in Havana. As of November, Blue Diamond will begin to manage this facility, located a few meters from the National Capitol, the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana and the Paseo del Prado. The Director of Communication of Blue Diamond in Cuba, Miguel García, showed his satisfaction for the task this Saturday. In this regard, he commented that the Inglaterra was inaugurated on December 23, 1875-…

Staff (2022-08-21). India's Prabhat Patnaik: Fascism Is Rooted in the Crisis of Neoliberalism (Interview). orinocotribune.com Renowned Indian economist and political analyst Prabhat Patnaik spoke with Bengali newspaper Ganashakti about the present state of India's economy and politics, on the occasion of 75 years of India's independence from British colonial rule. | After 75 years of independence, wealth inequality and unemployment are increasing rapidly, while employment and the guarantee of an income for the majority of the population are decreasing every day. Does this mean that India is no longer a welfare state? | If we consider the definition of "welfare state" properly, India was never a "welfare state." Even if a "welfare state"

WSWS (2022-08-21). UK rail workers conclude third round of national strikes. wsws.org Confrontations between a ruling class turning to dictatorial forms of rule and a working class emerging from decades of suppression of the class struggle are on the agenda all over the world.

Staff (2022-08-21). Syria denounces that the United States intensifies the theft of its oil. en.cubadebate.cu US troops are "stealing" Syria's natural resources, taking dozens of tanker trucks loaded with national oil out of the Arab country, reports the SANA agency. The "thefts" have intensified in recent days, and only this Sunday morning a convoy of 137 trucks took the hydrocarbon from the oil fields of the Jazira region, in the northeast of the country, to the US military bases in Iraq. The news agency denounces that the looting of crude oil is being carried out in complicity with the opposition militias of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which have the support of Washington.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-08-21). California poised to celebrate 2022 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org Together, we will call for the Great State of California to stand in solidarity with H. Res 615. People of African descent and friends across the diaspora stand against systemic racism and supports the transformational agenda for racial justice and equality as identified in the Systemic Racism Report, and implemented through the subsequent Human Rights Council Resolution and the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

Staff (2022-08-21). US stands with India in fight against COVID-19: Envoy. aninews.in New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-21). Severas inundaciones en India dejan más de muertos. telesurtv.net El Departamento Meteorológico de la India predijo que las lluvias fuertes a muy fuertes continuarían cayendo en la región durante los próximos dos días.

Staff (2022-08-21). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

____ (2022-08-21). Chabahar Port great opportunity for Iran, India, region: Veep. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Iran's First Vice President described the development of Chabahar Port as a great opportunity for the people of Iran, India and the region and emphasized increasing investment in this important and strategic port.

____ (2022-08-21). Iran ready to ink contract with India on developing Chabahar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to conclude a long-term contract with India aimed at developing strategic Chabahar Port.

Staff (2022-08-21). Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival of Havana will begin on October 20. en.cubadebate.cu On October 20, the Day of Cuban Culture, the Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival of Havana will begin, a statement from the organizers reported this Sunday. According to information released by the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), the 27th edition of the event will take place until November 13 and will be the starting point for the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the company's founding, which will last until the end of November. 2023. Presided over by the first dancer and director of the BNC, Viengsay Valdés.

IMEMC News (2022-08-20). Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinian Shepherds Near Hebron. imemc.org On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian shepherds and tried to force them to leave their lands in Um al-Kheir village in Masafer Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Fuad al-Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees in Southern Hebron, said several colonizers invaded Palestinian grazing lands and attacked …

IMEMC News (2022-08-20). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Nablus. imemc.org On Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted a former political prisoner at a military roadblock near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers installed a sudden military roadblock near Za'tara town, south of Nablus, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID …

IMEMC News (2022-08-20). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, Including A Child, In Ramallah, Nablus, And Jenin. imemc.org On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian child in Khirbat Abu Falah village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and two Palestinians near Nablus and Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Media sources several Israeli military vehicles carried the invasion out and drove through several neighborhoods. They added that the soldiers abducted …

IMEMC News (2022-08-20). Israeli Soldiers Invade Husan Near Bethlehem. imemc.org On Saturday evening, several Israeli army vehicles invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, leading to protests. Media sources said several armored jeeps invaded Husan, especially the village's eastern entrance, leading to protests. The sources added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and rubber-coated steel …

JANET (2022-08-20). All Out for Gaza! Wed., Aug 24. iacenter.org

_____ (2022-08-20). Access To Medicines Summit Urges More Decisive Action Against Big Pharma. popularresistance.org From July 19-21, activists from across the globe gathered in Istanbul for the second edition of the Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines (GSIPA2M). This event is a biennial gathering organized by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and Make Medicines Affordable consortium to hold critical debates and discussions on ensuring that intellectual property rights don't undermine equitable access to lifesaving medicines. | At the summit, one thing became crystal clear: the challenges of the Access to Medicines (A2M) movement are diverse and enormous. They include Big Pharm…

_____ (2022-08-20). Lessons From A Radical Past: One Man's Journey Into The Factories In The 1970s. popularresistance.org A national direct election will be held in the fall for the United Auto Workers (UAW), which held its 38th constitutional convention the week of July 25 in Detroit. Once an industrial union power with almost 1.5 million members in 1979, the union has been reduced to roughly 400,000 active members (though it has nearly 600,000 retirees)‚Äâ—‚Äâand about a quarter of its members are graduate teaching assistants and other university workers in higher education. | The union, for decades, has been governed by the Administration Caucus, which perpetuated its rule by tightly managi…

_____ (2022-08-20). Israel Blames Its Victims For The Violence It Causes. popularresistance.org Jerusalem, Palestine — The situation in Palestine can be summed up as follows: Rampant Settler violence and intimidation, state-sponsored racism and violence, modern, comfortable housing and living conditions for Jews only while Palestinians are denied basic services, killing of Palestinians across the board — activists, journalists, fighters, children and citizens of Israel. Palestinian organizations, even ones that are recognized internationally, have no protection and are subject to closure, arrests and confiscation of their property. | Nowhere in Palestine can Palestinians expect to be safe or to…

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