____ (2022-09-10). 10,000th China-Europe freight train arrives in Germany. ecns.cn The 10,000th fully loaded China-Europe freight train in 2022 arrived here from Xi'an International Port in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Friday.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-10). Tropas indias y chinas se retiran de zona fronteriza en disputa. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa Nacional de China en un comunicado señaló este viernes que la retirada conduce a la paz y la tranquilidad en las zonas fronterizas.

WSWS (2022-09-10). Sri Lankan unions mount phony campaign against state repression. wsws.org The Trade Union and Mass Organisation held a seminar to cement a pro-capitalist front with opposition parties aimed at blocking any independent action by workers and the poor that threatens capitalist rule.

____ (2022-09-10). UN chief calls for massive int'l support for Pakistan to handle climate catastrophe. ecns.cn United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed to the international community for massive support for Pakistan to respond to the ongoing climate catastrophe devastating the lives of millions.

WSWS (2022-09-10). With one week left before potential national rail strike, showdown building between US railroaders and Biden administration. wsws.org All of the institutions, which the ruling class has relied upon for so long to suppress the class struggle, are now mired in crisis, while the working class is being thrust into struggle by the deepest crisis of American and world capitalism in a century.

Lynda Carson (2022-09-10). King Charles lll, is friends with KKK David Duke campaign contributor Vaughn Miller. indybay.org Photo Of King Charles lll, Formerly Known As Prince Charles, With Five-Time Polo Player Of The Year Carlos Gracida, And Vaughn Miller, A Campaign Contributor To David Duke, An American White Nationalist, Politician, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist, Holocaust Denier, Convicted Felon And Former Imperial Wizard Of The Ku Klux Klan.

____ (2022-09-09). Iran reacts to IAEA' demand to implement additional protocol. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — In reaction to IAEA's report on Iran nuclear activities, Iran permanent envoy in Vienna-based International Organizations said that safeguards issues between Iran and IAEA has been closed following BoG's Res. in 2015.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Ukraine's Offensive Coincides with US $3 Billion+ Aid Package Russian Ops in Ukraine Sep. 9, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 9, 2022 Kherson offensive appears to have ended; The Western media admits to the massive losses suffered by Ukraine outside Kherson owed to the inferiority of Ukrainian forces versus Russian capabilities; Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kharkov toward Izium; The offensives…

Editor (2022-09-09). Zelensky Rings New York Stock Exchange Bell as Euro Dips Below Dollar. scheerpost.com By Alexander Rubinstein / Ukrainian President and part-time celebrity endorsement-provider Volodymyr Zelensky rang the bell at the opening ceremony for the New York Stock Exchange on September 6. | Zelensky's virtual arrival to Wall Street was intended as an opportunity to pitch his government's newly-launched #AdvantageUkraine campaign to investors. The appeal represents a collaboration between the Ukrainian government and

Oneworld.press (2022-09-09). The Chinese-Indian Disengagement Decision Is A Direct Result Of The Ukrainian Conflict. oneworld.press What the US hadn't incorporated into its grand strategic calculations was that the success of its structurally identical divide-and-rule scheme against Russia and Ukraine would positively influence China and India's perceptions of one another to the point of inspiring them to pragmatically manage their security dilemma.

Editor (2022-09-09). US Announces $2.8 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine, Allies in the Region. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Meeting on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Mr. President, First of all, let me express my sincere condolences to the United Kingdom and the people of this country following the passing of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. We thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu and Ms. Dragana Trifkoviƒá for their briefings. Unfortunately, we couldn't hear part of Ms. Dragana Trifkoviƒá's statement, but we hope that she will…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). Russia Makes Grain Promise to Poorest Nations. libya360.wordpress.com Moscow will also supply fertilizers to such countries free of charge, the Russian president said. Russia is set to ramp up grain exports, seeking to supply some 30 million tons of grain, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The supplies will prioritize poor and food-insecure nations. "We believe it to be right to ramp up…

Infobrics (2022-09-09). The Hypersonic Potential of India-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation. infobrics.org Amidst Russia's deployment of the MiG-31 fighter aircraft armed with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles to its Kaliningrad region, the threat of American sanctions targeting India-Russia military-technical cooperation remains omnipresent, including in the area of co-development of hypersonic missiles…

Staff (2022-09-09). Russia, China to fight together against NATO expansion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) — Russia and China will fight together against the expansion of the NATO and the "double containment" of Moscow and Beijing, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPC) Li Zhanshu said.

____ (2022-09-09). Xi Jinping Sends Congratulatory Letter to 2022 National Conference on Development of Specialized, Sophisticated SMEs. ecns.cn The 2022 national conference on the development of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that produce novel and unique products opened in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on the morning of September 8.

____ (2022-09-09). China's PPI up 2.3 pct in August. ecns.cn China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 2.3 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

____ (2022-09-09). China's CPI up 2.5 pct in August. ecns.cn China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

____ (2022-09-09). Chinese and Indian troops begin disengagement at border. ecns.cn The Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban have begun on Thursday to "disengage in a coordinated and planned way", China's Ministry of National Defense said on Friday.

Editor (2022-09-09). John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works. scheerpost.com Illustration by MintPress News | By John Pilger / In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that incl…

Jonathan Cook (2022-09-09). The Queen and Her Legacy: 21st Century Britain Has Never Looked So Medieval. mintpressnews.com If the Queen's job was to rebrand the empire as Commonwealth, transmuting the Mau Mau massacre into gold medals for Kenyan long-distance runners, Charles' job will be to rebrand as a Green Renewal the death march led by transnational corporations.

Aaron Maté (2022-09-09). Chain of corruption: how the White Helmets compromised OPCW investigations in Syria. thegrayzone.com By enlisting the sectarian insurgent-allied, US-funded White Helmets for chemical weapons probes in Syria, the OPCW abandoned impartiality and broke its fundamental rules for collecting evidence. Before it mired the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in an international cover-up scandal, the April 2018 probe of an alleged gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma achieved a milestone. After numerous claims of chemical weapons use in Syria, Douma marked the first time that an OPCW fact-finding mission …

Editor (2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |

_____ (2022-09-09). Sanctions Are Destructive, Illegitimate, And Totally Bipartisan. popularresistance.org What right does the United States have to starve civilians to achieve political goals? Despite its obvious importance, this question is largely absent from mainstream discourse. Through economic sanctions, or economic warfare, the U.S. can unilaterally collapse economies and generate famine in foreign countries. The civilian death toll from sanctions is often equal to—and sometimes greater than—the toll from conventional warfare. Yet on both sides of the aisle, it is taken for granted that we have the "right" to impose destitution on civilian populations in order to advance our interests. The U.S. adm…

WSWS (2022-09-09). Sri Lankan plantation workers protest to demand reinstatement of sacked colleagues. wsws.org The protest, organised by the Socialist Equality Party and workers' action committees on the plantations, won significant support.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Unite Michigan Medicine nurses with Minnesota and California health care workers! wsws.org Nurses must be warned that the MNA-UMPNC is preparing a sellout of their fight for safe staffing. The Michigan Medicine Rank-and-File Committee is fighting to unite with health care workers and nurses across the US and internationally.

Graham Holton (2022-09-09). Nearly half-a-century after Chile coup, an eyewitness to Pinochet's brutality remembers. peoplesworld.org It has been nearly years since the infamous coup in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973. The world became aware of the heinous birth of General Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état when the international television networks showed the Chilean Air Force's Harrier jets attacking the Palacio de La Moneda, the seat of government. Truckloads of soldiers …

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). UNSG Visits Pakistan, Calls for International Support. telesurenglish.net As part of his two-day visit to the country, which began on Friday, Guterres addressed a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the capital, Islamabad. | RELATED: | "Pakistan needs massive international support. It is not just a message of solidarity but an international obligation and responsibility. Pakistan is at the front line of the impact of climate change," Guterres said. | He said this is "a matt…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). USA: Hundreds in Congress, Law Enforcement and Military are Members of Fascist Groups. libya360.wordpress.com People's World ^Sources A man wearing an Oath Keepers shirt stands outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Nov. 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. A new report says that the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the far-right extremist group that played…

Editor (2022-09-09). Katrina vanden Heuvel: Mikhail Gorbachev's Legacy Was Squandered. Now We're All Paying the Price. scheerpost.com Katrina vanden Heuvel. [The Nation Magazine] | : Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at the age of 91 on August 30, was "perhaps the most radical thinker about security t…

Gloria Rubac (2022-09-09). No justice in this system — a WW commentary. workers.org The criminal justice system? NO! Never say this phrase again because there is no justice in this system! We must change our vocabulary and call it what it is — a criminal injustice system. Paul Storey with mother Marilyn Shankle-Grant during a visit on Texas death row Ôøº An example? . . . |

Derrick Crowe (2022-09-09). People's Action and national coalition launch Lead Together, new American Rescue Plan website and resource hub for local governments and community-based organizations. peoplesaction.org New York, N.Y.— On September 8, 2022, a diverse coalition of political advocacy and membership-based organizations released Lead Together, a new website and hub for community organizers securing American Rescue Plan funds for those who need it most. The site serves as a national clearinghouse for state, local, and tribal governments and community-based organizations seeking …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-09). Monkeypox is causing encephalitis in some patients. healtheuropa.com A new study by University College London (UCL) has found that monkeypox can sometimes cause neurological complications such as encephalitis, confusion or seizures. Monkeypox is a rare infection commonly found in west or central Africa. It is passed on from person to person through close contact with monkeypox blisters or scabs, touching clothing, bedding or …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). The Italian Road to Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Luca Tavan At the end of 2021, Italy was crowned "country of the year" by the Economist magazine. The new "national unity" government of former Goldman Sachs investor and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi was lauded. For once, Italy had "acquired a competent, internationally respected prime minister", and political parties from the centre-left to the…

Rian Overy (2022-09-09). Researchers find method for improved pancreatic cancer treatment. healtheuropa.com A study from the Systems Oncology Lab at Champalimaud Research, published on September 9, has provided a potential solution to the issues surrounding pancreatic cancer treatment. The study explores the use of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in fighting cancer. Statistics surrounding pancreatic cancer are not positive. The five-year survival rate after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is …

Editor (2022-09-09). LA Ended a Zero-bail COVID Rule, and Now the Jail Population Is Growing. scheerpost.com

Victor Grossman (2022-09-09). Guest commentary/My 70 years and the departed GDR. workers.org Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.

Betsey Piette (2022-09-09). Housing activists crash developers' party. workers.org Philadelphia Residents of the University City Townhomes and their supporters, determined to save their homes from destruction by property developers, have taken their fight directly to the movers and shakers behind most gentrification in Philadelphia. Over 100 residents and supporters converged on the University of Pennsylvania convocation for the incoming . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-09). Cost of energy crisis piles more pressure on UK's National Health Service and social care. wsws.org Since the government's energy "cap" only applies to private households, health and care providers are exposed to the full surge in energy prices.

____ (2022-09-09). 36 killed in floods in Pakistan in 24 hours. ecns.cn At least 36 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

____ (2022-09-09). Xi urges efforts to boost SMEs' innovation. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to step up support for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote innovation and foster more "little giant" companies.

Betsey Piette (2022-09-09). Lack of affordable housing makes HUD vouchers useless. workers.org On Sept. 1 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its annual Fair Market Rents (FMR) report for 2023. This estimates the amount of money needed next year to cover gross rents (rents and utility expenses) on 40% of rental housing in any given area. Protest encampment . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-09-09). In Video: Libyan National Army Eliminates Notorious ISIS Leader In Special Operation. southfront.org Terrorist Mahdi Dinqu, aka "Abu Barakat." | On September 7, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that notorious ISIS leader Mahdi Dinqu was eliminated in the southwestern Libyan town of Murzuq‚Äé. | Major General Khaled Mahgoub, a spokesman for the army, said that Dinqu was hunted down by a special operations force of the Tariq ibn Ziyad Brigade. | The terrorist was moving through a local market in Murzuq in a pickup loaded with fuel when he was ambushed by LNA special operatives. Dinqu…

WSWS (2022-09-09). The death of Queen Elizabeth II: A major political crisis for British imperialism. wsws.org With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British ruling class has lost its popular head of state on which it has relied to project the myth of national unity and suppress social conflict.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Cost of energy crisis pushes piles more pressure on UK's National Health Service and social care. wsws.org Since the government's energy "cap" only applies to private households, health and care providers are exposed to the full surge in energy prices.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Business groups demand that Congress intervene to block national railroad strike. wsws.org In reality, the trade groups are worried not about the impact of a strike on the population, but on their profits, given that they have made a killing from rising commodity prices over the past two years.

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). Chile: Monkeypox Vaccination to Kick-off. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Chile's Ministry of Health (Minsal) announced that the country would start the vaccination of priority groups amid limitations of monkeypox vaccines in the international context. | RELATED: | Through his official Twitter account, Undersecretary for Public Health Cristóbal Cuadrado said, "We expect to begin the first stage of the inoculation process during October." | The vaccine to be used for the immuni…

WSWS (2022-09-09). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Madhya Pradesh power workers strike over unpaid wages; Indonesian workers and students protest higher fuel prices; Australia: Knorr-Bremse rail carriage parts workers national walkout.

____ (2022-09-09). Zero-tariff imported aircraft cleared in Hainan with $13.78 mln in tax exemptions. ecns.cn A zero-tariff imported cargo aircraft was cleared at the customs of Haikou Meilan International Airport in Hainan Province on Thursday, with a tax exemption value of 95.89 million yuan (about $13.78 million).

WSWS (2022-09-09). Who bears political responsibility for the rise of the far-right Sweden Democrats? wsws.org Decades of disastrous pro-capitalist, nationalist policies of both the Social Democrats and the Left Party have paved the way for the far-right to play an ever-more decisive role in official political life.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Staff (2022-09-09). VP Rodríguez Inspects Construction of Hugo Chávez Stadium. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, September 8, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, inspected the progress of construction on the Hugo Chávez baseball stadium in La Rinconada, Caracas, ahead of the 2023 edition of the Caribbean Series. | The information was reported via Twitter, in a tweet posted on her account, in which she wrote that this sports complex will include several facilities. | "We inspected the construction of the Hugo Chávez baseball stadium in La Rinconada, Caracas," wrote Rodríguez. "This work will include multiple facilities with impressive installations. Venezuela is preparing to host the 2023 Caribbe…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). White House: Biden Wants 'Other Options' for Iran If Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com The White House said Thursday that President Biden wants to have "other available options" against Iran if talks to revive the nuclear deal fail. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Biden "has conveyed to the rest of the administration that he wants to make sure that we have other available options to us …

Oneworld.press (2022-09-08). India's Multipolar Vision For The Russian Far East Is Perfectly Complementary To Moscow's. oneworld.press Upon comparing the Russian and Indian leaders' speeches, there's no doubt that they share the same vision not just for the Far East, but also for the global systemic transition to multipolarity more broadly.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-09-08). 'Painful March for Freedom': The Triumphant Legacy of Palestinian Prisoners. mintpressnews.com Around one million Palestinians were imprisoned between 1967 and 2021. Currently, hundreds of Palestinian 'administrative detainees' are held in Israeli prisons, an act that violates international law on various counts.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Italy at a Crossroads Ahead of Crucial Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The snap elections in Italy come in the context of the dissolution of the Parliament in July, eight months ahead of its term ending. All major political parties and their coalitions are competing in the elections. Leftist parties have also launched their electoral platform called the People's Union (PU) and have begun campaigning across the…

____ (2022-09-09). Iran reacts to IAEA' demand to implement additional protocol. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — In reaction to IAEA's report on Iran nuclear activities, Iran permanent envoy in Vienna-based International Organizations said that safeguards issues between Iran and IAEA has been closed following BoG's Res. in 2015.

Infobrics (2022-09-09). The Hypersonic Potential of India-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation. infobrics.org Amidst Russia's deployment of the MiG-31 fighter aircraft armed with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles to its Kaliningrad region, the threat of American sanctions targeting India-Russia military-technical cooperation remains omnipresent, including in the area of co-development of hypersonic missiles…

____ (2022-09-09). Xi Jinping Sends Congratulatory Letter to 2022 National Conference on Development of Specialized, Sophisticated SMEs. ecns.cn The 2022 national conference on the development of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that produce novel and unique products opened in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on the morning of September 8.

____ (2022-09-09). China's CPI up 2.5 pct in August. ecns.cn China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

____ (2022-09-09). China's PPI up 2.3 pct in August. ecns.cn China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 2.3 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

Editor (2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-09). Sri Lankan plantation workers protest to demand reinstatement of sacked colleagues. wsws.org The protest, organised by the Socialist Equality Party and workers' action committees on the plantations, won significant support.

WSWS (2022-09-09). Unite Michigan Medicine nurses with Minnesota and California health care workers! wsws.org Nurses must be warned that the MNA-UMPNC is preparing a sellout of their fight for safe staffing. The Michigan Medicine Rank-and-File Committee is fighting to unite with health care workers and nurses across the US and internationally.

Gloria Rubac (2022-09-09). No justice in this system — a WW commentary. workers.org The criminal justice system? NO! Never say this phrase again because there is no justice in this system! We must change our vocabulary and call it what it is — a criminal injustice system. Paul Storey with mother Marilyn Shankle-Grant during a visit on Texas death row Ôøº An example? . . . |

____ (2022-09-09). Zero-tariff imported aircraft cleared in Hainan with $13.78 mln in tax exemptions. ecns.cn A zero-tariff imported cargo aircraft was cleared at the customs of Haikou Meilan International Airport in Hainan Province on Thursday, with a tax exemption value of 95.89 million yuan (about $13.78 million).

WSWS (2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

____ (2022-09-09). Xi urges efforts to boost SMEs' innovation. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to step up support for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote innovation and foster more "little giant" companies.

Betsey Piette (2022-09-09). Housing activists crash developers' party. workers.org Philadelphia Residents of the University City Townhomes and their supporters, determined to save their homes from destruction by property developers, have taken their fight directly to the movers and shakers behind most gentrification in Philadelphia. Over 100 residents and supporters converged on the University of Pennsylvania convocation for the incoming . . . |

A guest author (2022-09-08). Palestinian prisoner unity forces occupation retreat. workers.org Artist works on Gaza mural to Palestinian prisoners who dug themselves out of Israeli Gilboa prison in 2021. The below text is excerpted from a Sept. 1 posting by Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The Palestinian prisoners' movement announced a new victory on 1 September 2022, in which the occupation . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-09-08). The people of Jackson, Mississippi, are in critical need. workers.org Jackson, Mississippi This statement from Cooperation Jackson on the current water crisis in the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and on the organization's goals, was posted Aug. 30 at cooperationjackson.org. Due to climate change and decades of neglect of our city's infrastructure, critical portions of Jackson have flooded and . . . |

____ (2022-09-08). New cyberattack evidence exposes shameful 'empire of hacking'. ecns.cn The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was evidenced to have mounted malicious cyberattacks targeting China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, according to reports respectively released by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and cybersecurity company 360 on Monday.

____ (2022-09-08). China urges avoiding further deterioration of humanitarian situation in Ukraine. ecns.cn China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, on Wednesday called on the international community to do its utmost to avoid further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-07). Western countries try to preserve old world order despite irreversible changes in int'l system: Putin. ecns.cn Western countries are trying to preserve the old world order despite irreversible transformations happening in the system of international relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Ukraine Planned to Use UN-Appointed International Nuclear Experts as a Tool for Blackmail. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The IAEA report doesn't name the perpetrators of attacks on Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, but the mission itself left Kiev frustrated. If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. This seems to be the mantra of the Ukrainian government as it seeks to blackmail the international community into helping it evict…

____ (2022-09-08). Anti-Iran resolution not to be issued at IAEA's BoG: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — The reporter of an American newspaper says that no resolution will be issued against Iran in the next session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-08). Russian diplomat warns against anti-Iran resolution at IAEA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The Russian representative at Vienna-bases international organizations warned about the negative results of issuing an anti-Iranian resolution in the IAEA Board of Governors.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). White House: Biden Wants 'Other Options' for Iran If Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com The White House said Thursday that President Biden wants to have "other available options" against Iran if talks to revive the nuclear deal fail. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Biden "has conveyed to the rest of the administration that he wants to make sure that we have other available options to us …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Now Switzerland Repositions as WWIII Combatant. libya360.wordpress.com Pascal Najadi Those who cherish Swiss neutrality can kiss it goodbye. Sadly the dismantling of our centuries-old foundation has begun. Just look at the ways Switzerland has positioned itself regarding the war in Ukraine. Soon after the start of hostilities president Ignazio Cassis publicly remarked to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky: "We are impressed by the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Asia's Future Takes Shape in Vladivostok, the Russian Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Sixty-eight countries gathered on Russia's far eastern coast to listen to Moscow's economic and political vision for the Asia-Pacific The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok is one of the indispensable annual milestones for keeping up not only with the complex development process of the Russian Far East but major plays for Eurasia integration. Mirroring an immensely…

TeleSUR (2022-09-08). Argentina Formally Requests China to Join BRICS. telesurenglish.net The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, requesting the formal accession of his country to the BRICS group. | Argentinean President A. Fernandez wrote to President Xi Jinping to officially request to join the BRICS. With the support of India, Russia and China, the Russian FM believes the country meets all the requirements to join the most important economic group on the planet.

Infobrics (2022-09-08). Weighing Up Options: Will Algeria Join BRICS. infobrics.org Early in August, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune hinted that Algeria may apply to join BRICS, the economic bloc comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Mohamed Si Bachir discusses the idea and its motivations…

Oneworld.press (2022-09-08). India's Multipolar Vision For The Russian Far East Is Perfectly Complementary To Moscow's. oneworld.press Upon comparing the Russian and Indian leaders' speeches, there's no doubt that they share the same vision not just for the Far East, but also for the global systemic transition to multipolarity more broadly.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Russia and Europe: War of Sanctions and Energy Resources. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. According to press agencies, Russia will not fully resume its gas supplies to Europe until the West lifts sanctions against Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. He also referred to the specific case of maintenance work on the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline noting "we cannot say whether repair work will…

Infobrics (2022-09-08). India, China Should Come Together as Partners Rather Than Rivals: Chinese Envoy. infobrics.org India and China should come together as partners rather than rivals, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong said…

____ (2022-09-08). CNOOC: Jiangsu LNG tanks will enhance storage, help meet demand. ecns.cn The world's three largest liquefied natural gas storage tanks, currently under construction by China National Offshore Oil Corp, finished dome lifting operations on Wednesday in East China's Jiangsu province.

____ (2022-09-08). Xi Jinping stresses mobilizing national resources for core technology breakthroughs in key fields. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 27th meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

____ (2022-09-08). Basic medical insurance covers 1.36 bln Chinese: official. ecns.cn The basic medical insurance scheme in China has covered more than 1.36 billion Chinese people over the past decade, said Li Bin, vice minister of National Health Commission at a press conference held Wednesday.

Staff (2022-09-08). China supera por primera vez a EE.UU. como país más citado por artículos científicos relevantes. cubadebate.cu or primera vez, China superó ligeramente a Estados Unidos en cantidad de artículos más citados, medición considerada clave en el mundo de la investigación académica, informó el National Institute for Science and Technology Policy — NISTEP (Instituto Nacional de Política Científica y Tecnológica) de Japón. El acontecimiento evidencia que la prolífica erudición de China, también se actualiza en calidad.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-09-08). 'Painful March for Freedom': The Triumphant Legacy of Palestinian Prisoners. mintpressnews.com Around one million Palestinians were imprisoned between 1967 and 2021. Currently, hundreds of Palestinian 'administrative detainees' are held in Israeli prisons, an act that violates international law on various counts.

Staff (2022-09-08). EMTRASUR Boeing 747 Crew to Appear in Argentinian Court. orinocotribune.com The 19 member Venezuelan and Iranian crew of the EMTRASUR aircraft illegally retained in Argentina will have to go to trial to clarify the situations that involved the retention of the Boeing 747-300 cargo jet and the impediment of its crew to leave the country. | The information was released by the manager of Conviasa and director of international relations of the Venezuelan ministry of transport, Eliana Salazar, in a radio interview. | She informed that: "On…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Italy at a Crossroads Ahead of Crucial Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The snap elections in Italy come in the context of the dissolution of the Parliament in July, eight months ahead of its term ending. All major political parties and their coalitions are competing in the elections. Leftist parties have also launched their electoral platform called the People's Union (PU) and have begun campaigning across the…

KATIE (2022-09-08). Energy deals with Israel violate EU policies and obligations under international law. bdsmovement.net

Yoselina Guevara (2022-09-08). Moscow Receives First Shipment of Venezuelan Tropical Fruits. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, September 3, the first shipment of tropical fruits from Venezuela arrived in Moscow in a cargo flight from the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa) by the company Caribbean Plus in cooperation with the Association of Avocado Growers of the Aristides Bastidas Municipality of Yaracuy State, (Aguabas). This shipment was made possible thanks to the support of all the personnel of Conviasa's Export Management, Conviasa's Cargo Management, the customs authorities, the Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela, the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands of Venezuela and the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-Fascist Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Joe Sims Members of the Communist Party USA and Young Communist League proceed along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the Poor People's Campaign's Moral March, June 18, 2022. | Jose Luis Magana / AP The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). UK is a Dictatorship, Not a Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse UK's recent string of atrocious Prime Ministers have not represented a majority of UK subjects (subjects of the Queen, who is sovereign; they are not citizens of their country — a "subject" is the very opposite of "a citizen," who possesses sovereignty, there being no dictatorship, of any type, over citizens). (To call…

TeleSUR (2022-09-08). East and Horn of Africa Epicenter of Forced Migration – IOM. telesurenglish.net 13.2 million people were forcibly displaced in the East and Horn of Africa last year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | Conflict, insecurity, climate stress, poverty, unemployment and pandemic-related shocks fuel the forced migration of vulnerable populations, namely women, children and youth, according to IOM report. Sep. 8, 2022.

Rian Overy (2022-09-08). Broadening research on long COVID syndrome. healtheuropa.com Understanding long COVID syndrome is vital for ensuring those affected can receive the best possible care. Aranka Ballering, first author of a study that compared groups of uninfected and COVID-19-positive participants explains how such research can help inform the healthcare response. For many people who contract COVID-19, symptoms will ease within one to two weeks, …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-08). New insight into autism and infections in pregnancy. healtheuropa.com Research illuminates new knowledge about infections in pregnancy and the increased risk of neurodevelopmental conditions. Having an infection in pregnancy can be detrimental to your unborn child. Common infections can cause adverse effects like miscarriage and neurodevelopmental conditions. However, the Karolinska Institutet unearthed new information about the link between autism and infections in pregnancy. "Our …

____ (2022-09-08). 232 tourist sites in Xinjiang reopen to public. ecns.cn A total of 232 national A-level tourist sites in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have reopened to the public in an orderly manner as of Tuesday, including five 5A-level and 53 4A-level tourist attractions, according to a press conference held Wednesday.

____ (2022-09-08). FM spox slams US, UK baseless accusations against Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman strongly condemned the baseless accusations of the US National Security Council and British Foreign Ministry against Iran regarding the alleged cyberattacks on Albania.

____ (2022-09-08). Iran partakes 3rd Intl. AgroFood Exhibition in Iraq Kurdistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The 3rd International Agrofood Exhibition was inaugurated in Iraq's Kurdistan region's Sulaymaniyah on Thursday and Iran's pavilion was introduced as the largest foreign pavilion in the event.

A Guest Author (2022-09-08). Labor Day sip-ins for Portland Starbucks workers. workers.org At the Macadam Starbucks in Portland, Oregon, Maddi Johnson, on the right, and Milo, second from the right. By Maddi Johnson Sept. 5 — When it comes to Starbucks, Portland has the highest unionization density of any city in the U.S. Local supporters of Starbucks workers kept the pressure on . . . |

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-09-08). Kaiser Permanente nurses hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif. — As passing cars honked in solidarity, dozens of registered nurses and nurse practitioners, members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, walked an informational picket line Sept. 1 in front of Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center to protest Kaiser administrators' refusal to address their deep concerns about health and safety issues and …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-08). Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In a record for speedy organizing—one week—more than 90% of the nation's 5,400 minor league baseball players signed National Labor Relations Board union election authorization cards to join the Major League Baseball Players Association. The announcement, from MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark—a former minor leaguer and major league star himself and devoted unionistcame at a …

Staff (2022-09-08). India se mantiene de espaldas a las sanciones antirusas y continuará la compra de petróleo a Moscú. cubadebate.cu Por su parte, el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, declaró este miércoles que busca estrechar sus lazos con Rusia, particularmente en la cooperación en el ámbito de la energía y el carbón de coque. En junio, se reportó que la India incrementó las importaciones de petróleo ruso más de 50 veces desde el pasado mes abril.

____ (2022-09-07). Chinese UN envoy calls for security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. ecns.cn A Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and called for the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-07). Metaverse exhibition hall debuts at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn A Metaverse immersive experience hall made its debut at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which has caught visitors' attention.

Ben Norton (2022-09-07). Biden, Like Trump, Breaks International Law, Violating UN Neutrality by Blocking Countries. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-07). IMF announces preliminary bailout loan agreement with Sri Lanka. wsws.org The working class must prepare its counteroffensive against the government's austerity drive relying on its own class methods and rallying the rural poor.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-07). US Stands Behind Assassination Attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner. orinocotribune.com By Dmitry Sudakov Sep 2, 2022 | The attempt on the life of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner was organized by the United States. Washington wants to stop Kirchner from entering the 2023 presidential election. That's what her supporters think. | Kirchner's attacker is a supporter of the Azov Regiment* | The man who attacked Kirchner during her meeting with supporters was detained. The man was identified as Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian national. | The gun that Montiel tried to fire was loaded with five bullets. For some strange reason the gun did not fire when the man pulled…

Jim Hightower (2022-09-07). What Do Truckers and Librarians Have In Common? otherwords.org In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? Consider long-haul truck drivers and school librarians — an odd pairing, yes. But the two have more in common than you might think. | Start with truckers. | The job is literally a grueling haul. You're wrangling massive 18-wheelers some 500 miles a day for two or three weeks straight. You're putting up with traffic jams, storms, bad roads, lunatic drivers, helter-skelter scheduling, truck stop food, sleeping in the truck — all while battling fatigue, aches, your bladder, and loneliness. | Trucking used to be a good…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Biomarker test predicts the development of eczema in babies. healtheuropa.com Researchers have developed an immune biomarker test that can predict the subsequent onset and severity of eczema in babies. In a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress, researchers have developed a new method that could change the diagnosis process of eczema in babies. The Barrier dysfunction in …

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). FANB Keeps up Fight Against Terrorism and Drug Trafficking. telesurenglish.net Colombian terrorist groups are blamed for placing explosives in areas of the southern border state of Apure, according to the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB). | RELATED: | The head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, highlighted via Twitter the "fight of the FANB against terrorism and drug trafficking by unscrupulous groups that inte…

Fight Back (2022-09-07). MN Cuba car caravan demands an end to the blockade on Cuba, a stop to FBI intimidation. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA) and the Minnesota Cuba Committee held their monthly rally and car caravan, August 28, demanding the end to the blockade against Cuba. The caravans have been continuing for over a year as a part of an international effort with the participation of many cities across the world, most notably inspired by Cuban Americans who oppose the blockade in Miami, Florida. | As the rally started, Sarah Martin, a member of SCOTA, rallied the crowd with the chant, "Cuba sí, bloqueo no! | Martin addressed the crowd, "This month's caravan is particularly impor…

A guest author (2022-09-08). Palestinian prisoner unity forces occupation retreat. workers.org Artist works on Gaza mural to Palestinian prisoners who dug themselves out of Israeli Gilboa prison in 2021. The below text is excerpted from a Sept. 1 posting by Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The Palestinian prisoners' movement announced a new victory on 1 September 2022, in which the occupation . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-09-08). The people of Jackson, Mississippi, are in critical need. workers.org Jackson, Mississippi This statement from Cooperation Jackson on the current water crisis in the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and on the organization's goals, was posted Aug. 30 at cooperationjackson.org. Due to climate change and decades of neglect of our city's infrastructure, critical portions of Jackson have flooded and . . . |

____ (2022-09-08). New cyberattack evidence exposes shameful 'empire of hacking'. ecns.cn The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was evidenced to have mounted malicious cyberattacks targeting China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, according to reports respectively released by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and cybersecurity company 360 on Monday.

____ (2022-09-08). China urges avoiding further deterioration of humanitarian situation in Ukraine. ecns.cn China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, on Wednesday called on the international community to do its utmost to avoid further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-07). Western countries try to preserve old world order despite irreversible changes in int'l system: Putin. ecns.cn Western countries are trying to preserve the old world order despite irreversible transformations happening in the system of international relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Ukraine Planned to Use UN-Appointed International Nuclear Experts as a Tool for Blackmail. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The IAEA report doesn't name the perpetrators of attacks on Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, but the mission itself left Kiev frustrated. If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. This seems to be the mantra of the Ukrainian government as it seeks to blackmail the international community into helping it evict…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-08). Russian diplomat warns against anti-Iran resolution at IAEA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The Russian representative at Vienna-bases international organizations warned about the negative results of issuing an anti-Iranian resolution in the IAEA Board of Governors.

____ (2022-09-08). Anti-Iran resolution not to be issued at IAEA's BoG: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — The reporter of an American newspaper says that no resolution will be issued against Iran in the next session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Amy Goodman (2022-09-08). Fighting Near Ukrainian Nuclear Site Must End to Prevent Chernobyl-Like Disaster. truthout.org The International Atomic Energy Agency is calling for a safety and security protection zone to be immediately set up around the facility in order to avoid a nuclear disaster at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. This week it released a long-awaited report urging Russia and Ukraine to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after visiting it last week. "Their warnings are pretty clear: Unless the fighting stops, unless the shelling around and on the plant site stops, … then the plant is really skating on thin ice," says Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Unio…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-09-08). Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity's Fate Isn't Sealed — If We Act Now. truthout.org We live in extraordinarily dangerous times. Climate breakdown is upon us, yet nation-states and their leaders continue to pursue policies based on "national security" and the pursuit of geopolitical objectives. The transition to a clean and sustainable global energy landscape is hampered both by powerful interests linked to the fossil fuel economy and lack of international cooperation. In fact, the war in Ukraine, which runs on fossil fuels, is not only delaying climate action but has increased reliance on the very energy sources that drive global warming and poison the planet. Indeed, the war has been a godsend…

TeleSUR (2022-09-08). Argentina Formally Requests China to Join BRICS. telesurenglish.net The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, requesting the formal accession of his country to the BRICS group. | Argentinean President A. Fernandez wrote to President Xi Jinping to officially request to join the BRICS. With the support of India, Russia and China, the Russian FM believes the country meets all the requirements to join the most important economic group on the planet.

Infobrics (2022-09-08). Weighing Up Options: Will Algeria Join BRICS. infobrics.org Early in August, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune hinted that Algeria may apply to join BRICS, the economic bloc comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Mohamed Si Bachir discusses the idea and its motivations…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Asia's Future Takes Shape in Vladivostok, the Russian Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Sixty-eight countries gathered on Russia's far eastern coast to listen to Moscow's economic and political vision for the Asia-Pacific The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok is one of the indispensable annual milestones for keeping up not only with the complex development process of the Russian Far East but major plays for Eurasia integration. Mirroring an immensely…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Russia and Europe: War of Sanctions and Energy Resources. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. According to press agencies, Russia will not fully resume its gas supplies to Europe until the West lifts sanctions against Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. He also referred to the specific case of maintenance work on the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline noting "we cannot say whether repair work will…

Infobrics (2022-09-08). India, China Should Come Together as Partners Rather Than Rivals: Chinese Envoy. infobrics.org India and China should come together as partners rather than rivals, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong said…

____ (2022-09-08). Xi Jinping stresses mobilizing national resources for core technology breakthroughs in key fields. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 27th meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

____ (2022-09-08). CNOOC: Jiangsu LNG tanks will enhance storage, help meet demand. ecns.cn The world's three largest liquefied natural gas storage tanks, currently under construction by China National Offshore Oil Corp, finished dome lifting operations on Wednesday in East China's Jiangsu province.

____ (2022-09-08). Basic medical insurance covers 1.36 bln Chinese: official. ecns.cn The basic medical insurance scheme in China has covered more than 1.36 billion Chinese people over the past decade, said Li Bin, vice minister of National Health Commission at a press conference held Wednesday.

Staff (2022-09-08). China supera por primera vez a EE.UU. como país más citado por artículos científicos relevantes. cubadebate.cu or primera vez, China superó ligeramente a Estados Unidos en cantidad de artículos más citados, medición considerada clave en el mundo de la investigación académica, informó el National Institute for Science and Technology Policy — NISTEP (Instituto Nacional de Política Científica y Tecnológica) de Japón. El acontecimiento evidencia que la prolífica erudición de China, también se actualiza en calidad.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-09-08). 'Painful March for Freedom': The Triumphant Legacy of Palestinian Prisoners. mintpressnews.com Around one million Palestinians were imprisoned between 1967 and 2021. Currently, hundreds of Palestinian 'administrative detainees' are held in Israeli prisons, an act that violates international law on various counts.

Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Andrew Perez (2022-09-08). How a billionaire's 'attack philanthropy' secretly funded climate denialism and right-wing causes. nationofchange.org Barre Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-09-08). Confronting White Nationalism and the Limits of the Campus Left at Arizona State University. itsgoingdown.org Report from anarchists in so-called Tempe, Arizona about organizing a counter-demonstration against white nationalist Jared Taylor on the Arizona State University campus. photo: @az_rww Beneath the veneer of liberal civility at Arizona State University (ASU), located in Tempe, lies a long history of the campus welcoming white supremacists and fascists, excused by a hand-wave towards…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Italy at a Crossroads Ahead of Crucial Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The snap elections in Italy come in the context of the dissolution of the Parliament in July, eight months ahead of its term ending. All major political parties and their coalitions are competing in the elections. Leftist parties have also launched their electoral platform called the People's Union (PU) and have begun campaigning across the…

Staff (2022-09-08). EMTRASUR Boeing 747 Crew to Appear in Argentinian Court. orinocotribune.com The 19 member Venezuelan and Iranian crew of the EMTRASUR aircraft illegally retained in Argentina will have to go to trial to clarify the situations that involved the retention of the Boeing 747-300 cargo jet and the impediment of its crew to leave the country. | The information was released by the manager of Conviasa and director of international relations of the Venezuelan ministry of transport, Eliana Salazar, in a radio interview. | She informed that: "On…

Yoselina Guevara (2022-09-08). Moscow Receives First Shipment of Venezuelan Tropical Fruits. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, September 3, the first shipment of tropical fruits from Venezuela arrived in Moscow in a cargo flight from the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa) by the company Caribbean Plus in cooperation with the Association of Avocado Growers of the Aristides Bastidas Municipality of Yaracuy State, (Aguabas). This shipment was made possible thanks to the support of all the personnel of Conviasa's Export Management, Conviasa's Cargo Management, the customs authorities, the Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela, the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands of Venezuela and the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-Fascist Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Joe Sims Members of the Communist Party USA and Young Communist League proceed along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the Poor People's Campaign's Moral March, June 18, 2022. | Jose Luis Magana / AP The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-09-08). Dunderheaded Diplomacy: Australia's Funding Offer to the Solomon Islands. dissidentvoice.org What is it about Australian diplomacy that makes it so clumsy and dunderheaded? Is it the harsh delivery, the tactless expression, or the inability to do things with subtle reflection? On September 6, Australian diplomacy gave another display of such form with Foreign Minister Penny Wong's remarks about the Solomon Islands elections. Things have been …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-08). New insight into autism and infections in pregnancy. healtheuropa.com Research illuminates new knowledge about infections in pregnancy and the increased risk of neurodevelopmental conditions. Having an infection in pregnancy can be detrimental to your unborn child. Common infections can cause adverse effects like miscarriage and neurodevelopmental conditions. However, the Karolinska Institutet unearthed new information about the link between autism and infections in pregnancy. "Our …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). UK is a Dictatorship, Not a Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse UK's recent string of atrocious Prime Ministers have not represented a majority of UK subjects (subjects of the Queen, who is sovereign; they are not citizens of their country — a "subject" is the very opposite of "a citizen," who possesses sovereignty, there being no dictatorship, of any type, over citizens). (To call…

KATIE (2022-09-08). Energy deals with Israel violate EU policies and obligations under international law. bdsmovement.net

Rian Overy (2022-09-08). Obesity treatment through nerve stimulation is possible. healtheuropa.com New research from the University of Bonn has found that stimulation of the vagus nerve strengthens communication between the stomach and the brain, creating a new obesity treatment. The nervous system takes in sensory stimuli, processes them and triggers reactions such as muscle movements or pain sensations in the body. In recent years, research has …

Rian Overy (2022-09-08). Broadening research on long COVID syndrome. healtheuropa.com Understanding long COVID syndrome is vital for ensuring those affected can receive the best possible care. Aranka Ballering, first author of a study that compared groups of uninfected and COVID-19-positive participants explains how such research can help inform the healthcare response. For many people who contract COVID-19, symptoms will ease within one to two weeks, …

____ (2022-09-08). Iran partakes 3rd Intl. AgroFood Exhibition in Iraq Kurdistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The 3rd International Agrofood Exhibition was inaugurated in Iraq's Kurdistan region's Sulaymaniyah on Thursday and Iran's pavilion was introduced as the largest foreign pavilion in the event.

____ (2022-09-08). FM spox slams US, UK baseless accusations against Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman strongly condemned the baseless accusations of the US National Security Council and British Foreign Ministry against Iran regarding the alleged cyberattacks on Albania.

A Guest Author (2022-09-08). Labor Day sip-ins for Portland Starbucks workers. workers.org At the Macadam Starbucks in Portland, Oregon, Maddi Johnson, on the right, and Milo, second from the right. By Maddi Johnson Sept. 5 — When it comes to Starbucks, Portland has the highest unionization density of any city in the U.S. Local supporters of Starbucks workers kept the pressure on . . . |

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-08). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-09-08). Kaiser Permanente nurses hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif. — As passing cars honked in solidarity, dozens of registered nurses and nurse practitioners, members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, walked an informational picket line Sept. 1 in front of Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center to protest Kaiser administrators' refusal to address their deep concerns about health and safety issues and …

____ (2022-09-08). 232 tourist sites in Xinjiang reopen to public. ecns.cn A total of 232 national A-level tourist sites in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have reopened to the public in an orderly manner as of Tuesday, including five 5A-level and 53 4A-level tourist attractions, according to a press conference held Wednesday.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-08). Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In a record for speedy organizing—one week—more than 90% of the nation's 5,400 minor league baseball players signed National Labor Relations Board union election authorization cards to join the Major League Baseball Players Association. The announcement, from MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark—a former minor leaguer and major league star himself and devoted unionistcame at a …

Staff (2022-09-08). India se mantiene de espaldas a las sanciones antirusas y continuará la compra de petróleo a Moscú. cubadebate.cu Por su parte, el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, declaró este miércoles que busca estrechar sus lazos con Rusia, particularmente en la cooperación en el ámbito de la energía y el carbón de coque. En junio, se reportó que la India incrementó las importaciones de petróleo ruso más de 50 veces desde el pasado mes abril.

Ashley Curtin (2022-09-08). Minneapolis joins Los Angeles and Long Beach to pass resolution on international ocean cargo shipping industry. nationofchange.org "We commend the leadership of the Minneapolis City Council in urging major retailers, like Target Corporation, to tackle their massive maritime shipping pollution problem."

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-07). IAEA Issues Report on Zaporizhzhia Power Plant, Recommends Safety Zone. news.antiwar.com The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday The

____ (2022-09-07). China supports continued presence of IAEA experts at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ecns.cn China on Tuesday expressed support for the continued presence of the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN's nuclear watchdog, at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

____ (2022-09-07). Chinese UN envoy calls for security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. ecns.cn A Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and called for the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-07). Speculative Pakistani Arms Sales To Kiev vs. Speculative North Korean Ones To Russia. oneworld.press The US-led Western Mainstream Media ignored the reports about Pakistan's speculative involvement in a transnational UK-led airbridge for militarily supplying Kiev while going bonkers about the second one connected to North Korea's supposed arms sales to Russia. Their conspicuous silence towards the former very strongly suggests some element of truth to those claims while their hysterical over-amplification of the latter similarly suggests that it lacks any actual substance.

Stephen Karganovic (2022-09-07). More Thoughts on the International War Crimes Tribunal. The Case of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Oneworld.press (2022-09-07). The Russia-India-China (RIC) Framework Is The Key To The Asian Century. oneworld.press Russia intends to play a leading role in facilitating its equally strategic multipolar Great Power partners' recently reaffirmed shared desire to jointly pioneer the Asian Century.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). While U.S. Leaders Moralize About Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Russia and China to Justify Proxy Wars, Prisoners in the U.S. Routinely Suffer from Inhumane Treatment. libya360.wordpress.com Lauren Smith [Source: cartoon-pop.blogspot.com] A Miami Prisoner is Among Those Who Believe That U.S. Prison Authorities Are Trying to Kill Them While U.S. leaders denounce Russia and China, and other official enemies for alleged human rights violations daily, they are silent about the massive human rights abuses that occur routinely in the U.S. prison system—the largest…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Washington's Africa Strategy Seeks to Counter Russia and China. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh Geopolitical competition has no limits. This is especially the case when superpowers with global ambitions compete. As long as the competition is fair, it could drive development (although it might still have its socio-political and economic discontents). But when competition itself is projected as a phobia, it becomes more of an anomaly…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-09-07). Ivan Timofeev Speaks at Mumbai Conference about Sanctions. russiancouncil.ru Experts from Russia and Sweden were invited to participate in the discussion…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Absolute Proof that EU Leaders Are Responsible for Europe's Soaring Fuel-Prices. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse A BusinissInsider news-report on the morning of September 7th headlined "Putin says Russia will restart Nord Stream 1 gas flows 'tomorrow' if it gets turbines, and blames sanctions for the shutdown" and opened with: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Gazprom could restart gas flows to Europe via the key Nord Stream…

Editor (2022-09-07). Biden, Like Trump, Breaks International Law, Violating UN Neutrality By Blocking Countries. scheerpost.com By Benjamin Norton / In a blatant violation of international law and its 1947 hosting agreement, the US government has blocked numerous countries from participating in events at the UN headquarters in New York City. | The Biden administration is banning Russian diplomats, while the Trump administration illegally prohibited top officials from Venezuela and Iran. | Reuters reported on September 2 that Russia has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations, after the US government has "been constantly…

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Western Countries Cling to the Old World Order: Putin. telesurenglish.net Western countries are trying to preserve the old world order despite irreversible transformations happening in the system of international relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia. | RELATED: | "Western countries are trying to maintain yesterday's world order, which is only beneficial to them, to force everyon…

____ (2022-09-07). CNPC, Gazprom agree to yuan, ruble gas supply payment. ecns.cn China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Russia's Gazprom to start switching gas supply payments to yuan and rubles.

____ (2022-09-07). New milestone marked in LNG storage tank project. ecns.cn The world's three largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks finished dome lifting operations on Wednesday in East China's Jiangsu province, according to its operator China National Offshore Oil Corp.

____ (2022-09-07). Metaverse exhibition hall debuts at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn A Metaverse immersive experience hall made its debut at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which has caught visitors' attention.

Editor (2022-09-07). The Flaws in the "Assessment" Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on China. scheerpost.com By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch On 31 August 2022, the last day of Michelle Bachelet's 4-year tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office released a 46-page document, which I believe should be discarded as propagandistic, biased, and methodologically flawed. This document, which was not mandated by the Human Rights Council and …

Editor (2022-09-07). Patrick Lawrence: Unmaking History. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Every young journalist knows, and probably most newspaper readers know, too, the old thought: Journalists write the first draft of history. I like to think a few or more journalists and a few or more readers also know that this is sheer nonsense. Journalism, and I mean in …

Editor (2022-09-07). The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation. scheerpost.com By Gustavo A. Maranges / Resumen Latinoamericano Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. This time, …

WSWS (2022-09-07). IMF announces preliminary bailout loan agreement with Sri Lanka. wsws.org The working class must prepare its counteroffensive against the government's austerity drive relying on its own class methods and rallying the rural poor.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Europe's Treatment of Refugees is Racist and Murderous. libya360.wordpress.com Abdul Rahman The recent incident of refugees being stranded in the Mediterranean without assistance from coastal forces exemplifies a larger pattern of cruelty by European nations towards those fleeing conflict zones According to an Al-Jazeera report, around 60 refugees, mostly from Lebanon and Syria, stranded in the Mediterranean sea have not got any help from European coast…

Edu Montesanti (2022-09-07). Yemen Truce, No Hope: Horrible Catastrophe, Just Maybe UN-Led Efforts Will Alleviate It, Says Chomsky (Interview). orinocotribune.com From the US "War on Terror" to the national "Spring" and the Saudi-US "humanitarian intervention," the Yemeni people are being totally disregarded and indiscriminately attacked as well as in every single "peace process," as the country is a stage of international and local elites disputes, just feeding and practicing terror | As Biden approved to sell more weapons to the Saudis allegedly for "defense" purposes, Chomsky is concerned. "The line between offensive and defensive weapons is very blurred," exclusively says the legendary American analyst | Sure not by accident as some say, US-Saud…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Jackson Water Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Racism. libya360.wordpress.com Chi Chi Izundu, Mohamed Madi, Chelsea Bailey, Cooperation Jackson Community water distribution in Jackson, Mississippi (AP Photo/Steve Helber) The city of Jackson is suffering from years of neglect by the state of Mississippi. Residents of the majority Black city need a new water system, but a legacy of racism and antipathy towards their Black led city…

Peter Certo (2022-09-07). In OtherWords: September 7, 2022. otherwords.org This fall, students are returning to school in the middle of yet another culture war attack on civil rights, liberties, and learning. | As activists and lawmakers bully local school districts and libraries into banning books about LGBTQ people, racism, history, and other subjects, the value of these subjects to students has gotten little to no attention. | So this week in OtherWords, Robin Savannah Carver writes about what having access to these books

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-07). US Stands Behind Assassination Attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner. orinocotribune.com By Dmitry Sudakov Sep 2, 2022 | The attempt on the life of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner was organized by the United States. Washington wants to stop Kirchner from entering the 2023 presidential election. That's what her supporters think. | Kirchner's attacker is a supporter of the Azov Regiment* | The man who attacked Kirchner during her meeting with supporters was detained. The man was identified as Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian national. | The gun that Montiel tried to fire was loaded with five bullets. For some strange reason the gun did not fire when the man pulled…

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Syria Condemns Extension of US 'Trading with the Enemy' Act. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Syria's Foreign Affairs Minister Faisal Al-Mekdad condemned President Joe Biden's decision to extend the validity of the "Trading with the Enemy Act" (TWEA), which is at the base of the blockade the U.S. has maintained against Cuba for over six decades. | RELATED: | "Economic blockade policies and the imposition of unilateral coercive measures violate international law and the will of United Nations member states," Al-Mekda…

Editor (2022-09-07). A Brief History of the Supreme Court's Tyranny. scheerpost.com

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Can Artificial Intelligence reduce drug side effects? healtheuropa.com Research led by the University of Exeter could mean that clinicians can assess drug side effects using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The University of Exeter with support from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, assessed a new tool designed to calculate the likelihood of medications causing adverse anticholinergic effects on the body and …

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Kay Intensifies to Category 2 Hurricane in the Mexican Pacific. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Mexico's National Meteorological Service (SMN) announced that Hurricane Kay has intensified to category 2 near the Mexican Pacific coast, where it will cause torrential rains. | RELATED: | The cyclone is 370 kilometers southwest of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, one of the main tourist sites in Mexico, and 670 kilometers west of Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco, with a displacement of 19 kilometers per hour to…

Rian Overy (2022-09-07). Guidelines for exercise as a treatment for cystic fibrosis published. healtheuropa.com Leading experts in treatment for cystic fibrosis from around the world, have come together to create a new document to help people living with the condition. 'The Exeter Activity Unlimited Statement'‚ÄØis a document of 24 evidence-driven statements, designed to help healthcare professionals in determining the right activity and exercise plan to suit the needs of …

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). FANB Keeps up Fight Against Terrorism and Drug Trafficking. telesurenglish.net Colombian terrorist groups are blamed for placing explosives in areas of the southern border state of Apure, according to the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB). | RELATED: | The head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, highlighted via Twitter the "fight of the FANB against terrorism and drug trafficking by unscrupulous groups that inte…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Biomarker test predicts the development of eczema in babies. healtheuropa.com Researchers have developed an immune biomarker test that can predict the subsequent onset and severity of eczema in babies. In a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress, researchers have developed a new method that could change the diagnosis process of eczema in babies. The Barrier dysfunction in …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Germany's Energy Suicide: An Autopsy. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Police stand blocking people taking part in a protest against increasing energy prices and rising living expenses in Leipzig, Germany, September 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Mang The EU has weaponized the supply of European energy on behalf of a financial racket, against the interests of European industry and consumers. When Green fanatic Robert…

_____ (2022-09-07). Nonprofit Workers Shouldn't Be Turned Away From Unions. popularresistance.org This summer, my coworkers and I successfully unionized our Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization‚Äâ—‚Äâthe National Iranian American Council. We are proud to be a part of this historic moment when workers in nonprofits across the United States are unionizing to improve their workplaces and have a seat at the table. | When it came to organizing my co-workers, and sending our letter for recognition to management, things came easy. Surprisingly, the hardest part of the process was finding a parent union. On top of doing my full-time job, in the first four months of 202…

Rebecca Karpen (2022-09-07). Opportunity Shouldn't Be About Luck. otherwords.org Someone once told me there are two types of people in the world: those born into the Lucky Sperm Club and those who aren't. | The Lucky Sperm Club consists of those fortunate few born into economic privilege. There are ways to achieve prosperity without being in this club, of course, but membership offers an unfair edge. | Children born to wealthier families tend to have a

Rian Overy (2022-09-07). Stress during pregnancy can affect babies' emotions. healtheuropa.com Levels of stress during pregnancy have been linked to negative emotions in babies according to a new study from Northwestern University. Pregnant women who had greater fluctuations in stress during pregnancy, known as lability, had infants who exhibited more negative emotions such as fear, sadness, and distress than mothers who experienced less variability. This …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Portable air cleaners: A 'fad' or a long-term solution? healtheuropa.com Commercial HVAC experts, Shiva Air, discuss this relatively new technology, why they feel it is here to stay, and what to look out for when choosing among the myriad of air cleaners available. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Shiva was founded in 2009 by Stephen Harkin. The CEO has designed and installed fixed HVAC solutions across …

Staff (2022-09-07). U. S. trains Georgian army for new Caucasus conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseSeptember 6, 2022 A demonstration exercise of special operations forces was held within the framework of the exercise "Worthy Partner 2022" Major General Thomas Carden of the National Guard of the US state of Georgia got acquainted with the course of the training together with the leaders of the defense forces. Major …

Staff (2022-09-07). 8 September, Gothenburg: Conversation with Jaldía Abubakra: Liberation or negotiations? 29 years after the Oslo agreement. samidoun.net Together with our friends in the Palestinska Samordningsgruppen — Gà∂teborg, Samidoun Gothenburg invite you to a conversation with Jaldía Abubakra; active in Samidoun España, Masar Badil, Alkarama and more, about the situation of the international Palestinian liberation movement and the upcoming demonstration in Oslo outside the Norwegian Parliament on Saturday 10 September. Place: Viktoriasalen, Linnégatan 21, Gothenburg …

_____ (2022-09-07). Nonprofit Workers Shouldn't Be Turned Away Because Unions Are at "Capacity" popularresistance.org This summer, my coworkers and I successfully unionized our Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization‚Äâ—‚Äâthe National Iranian American Council. We are proud to be a part of this historic moment when workers in nonprofits across the United States are unionizing to improve their workplaces and have a seat at the table. | When it came to organizing my co-workers, and sending our letter for recognition to management, things came easy. Surprisingly, the hardest part of the process was finding a parent union. On top of doing my full-time job, in the first four months of 202…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). US Military and Biological Activities in the Asian Region. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov In recent months, the media of various states have begun publishing more and more revelations about Washington's aggressive policies, especially in the development and testing of bioweapons, which are banned by international conventions and humanitarian law. Frankly speaking, the fact that the United States is using such weapons of mass destruction raises no…

Jim Hightower (2022-09-07). What Do Truckers and Librarians Have In Common? otherwords.org In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? Consider long-haul truck drivers and school librarians — an odd pairing, yes. But the two have more in common than you might think. | Start with truckers. | The job is literally a grueling haul. You're wrangling massive 18-wheelers some 500 miles a day for two or three weeks straight. You're putting up with traffic jams, storms, bad roads, lunatic drivers, helter-skelter scheduling, truck stop food, sleeping in the truck — all while battling fatigue, aches, your bladder, and loneliness. | Trucking used to be a good…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Rwanda and Uganda's M23 Militia Reappears to Slaughter and Plunder in DRC: US Backs Rwanda and Uganda. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Rwanda and Uganda are again plundering the Congo. As always they do so with the backing of the U.S. Rwanda and Uganda's M23 militia have returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once again slaughtering Congolese people to plunder their resources. To understand this, we have to return to March 2013, after M23 had been…

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Mexican Zapatistas Donate Art Works to Open Arms. telesurenglish.net The Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid is negotiating the purchase of art pieces from Mexico's Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). | RELATED: | These are three canoes, an embroidery and a video that have been exhibited since last year in the Spanish museum, waiting for the Culture Ministry to authorize the procedures for their purchase. The pieces are part of "Another World is Possible," a collection that inclu…

Fight Back (2022-09-07). MN Cuba car caravan demands an end to the blockade on Cuba, a stop to FBI intimidation. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA) and the Minnesota Cuba Committee held their monthly rally and car caravan, August 28, demanding the end to the blockade against Cuba. The caravans have been continuing for over a year as a part of an international effort with the participation of many cities across the world, most notably inspired by Cuban Americans who oppose the blockade in Miami, Florida. | As the rally started, Sarah Martin, a member of SCOTA, rallied the crowd with the chant, "Cuba sí, bloqueo no! | Martin addressed the crowd, "This month's caravan is particularly impor…

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Israel's Closure of Palestinian NGOs is Void and Illegal. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that Israel's closure of Palestinian human rights groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is "void and illegal." | RELATED: | Ishtaye's made the remarks during his visit to a Palestinian NGO, which was closed by Israel in the West Bank city of Ramallah in August. Accompanying him on the trip were diplomats from different countries, the EU, as well as members of international…

WSWS (2022-09-07). Protected by police, fascist Patriot Front holds march aimed at menacing Labor Day festival in Indianapolis. wsws.org Social media video posted on Saturday shows the fascist band marching, chanting xenophobic slogans and holding metal shields.

Robin Savannah Carver (2022-09-07). The Human Cost of LGBTQ Book Bans. otherwords.org

____ (2022-09-07). Incredible aurora captured from International Space Station. ecns.cn An incredible aurora is captured above the Indian Ocean from the International Space Station, Sept. 5, 2022.

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Evaluating telemedicine for administering safe medical abortions. healtheuropa.com A new study is the first to evaluate how telemedicine can help vulnerable women access safe medical abortions. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 25 million unsafe abortions are performed yearly and as a result, up to 47,000 women and girls die. Individuals seek non-medical abortions for many reasons including a lack of resources, …

WSWS (2022-09-07). Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle! wsws.org This report was given by Eric London to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!"

Marc Steiner (2022-09-07). Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' has taken a Christian nationalist turn. therealnews.com Earlier this year, Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' movement stormed the nation's capital at Ottawa and occupied the grounds of the Parliamentary building for weeks to demand an end to vaccine mandates and other protective measures against COVID-19. The movement quickly spread to other Canadian and nearby US cities, despite vocal condemnations from Canadian labor organizations, including the Teamsters. Although the 'Freedom Convoy' seemed to come out of nowhere for most observers, its origins lay in an earlier 2019 convoy movement of truckers and small farmers opposed to carbon taxes. Since the Ottawa blockade, th…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-07). Court bounces another union try for permanent federal coronavirus protection. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO are disappointed by another federal appellate court ruling bouncing their demand the government permanently force firms to protect workers against the coronavirus. On August 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., said it lacked the jurisdiction to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to …

Anonymous669 (2022-09-07). SDF, US-led Coalition Held Joint Drills In Northeastern Syria (Video, Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: sdf-press.com | On September 7, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that its units had held joint drills with the US-led coalition in Syria's northeastern region. | In a statement, the Kurdish-led group said that the drills took place near the village of Taql Baql in the northeastern countryside of al-Hasakah, just a few kilometers away from the border with Turkey and Iraq. | The drills included live-fire exercises with medium and heavy weapons, a…

____ (2022-09-06). Chinese envoy calls on international community to increase supporting Africa. ecns.cn A Chinese diplomat in Zambia has asked the international community to increase the input to Africa.

Editor (2022-09-07). Ultra-hawk Liz Truss To Be Next British Prime Minister. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Joà£o Paulo Rodrigues: "Brazil Has a Great Responsibility in Latin America" libya360.wordpress.com Brasil de Fato MST national leader, Joà£o Paulo Rodrigues — Guilherme Santos/Sul21 Joà£o Paulo Rodrigues is a member of the national coordination of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) and represents the MST within Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign for the presidency of Brazil. In an interview with Brasil de Fato, Rodrigues speaks about the upcoming 2022 Brazilian general…

Editor (2022-09-07). Chileans Reject New Constitution in Plebiscite, President Boric Promises New Constitutional Process. scheerpost.com President Gabriel Boric holds the proposed new constitution in July 2022. Gobierno de Chile, CC BY 3.0 CL By On Sunday, September 4, in the exit plebiscite, Chilean…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). U.S.-Russia Relations: Bill Perry's Lies — Versus the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseWilliam J. Perry, the U.S. Secretary of Defense during Bill Clinton's first term (ending 20 January 1997), issued an article on September 5th, "How the U.S. Lost Russia", whose concluding paragraph opened with "There is no organic reason why Russia should be our enemy. Putin is the enemy, not Russia." In other words, he's…

John Catalinotto (2022-09-06). New York City march backs unions at Amazon, Starbucks. workers.org In the first of a series of solidarity actions with workers' organizing drives this September, hundreds of workers and supporters answered a joint call by the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United to march for union recognition on Labor Day. They gathered outside Starbucks owner Howard Schultz's Manhattan luxury . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-06). Ethiopian Diaspora Groups Gear Up for Protests Against West's Support for TPLF. towardfreedom.org Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution September 2 calling for peace in light of Western support for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, reports People's Dispatch.

Staff (2022-09-06). One year on the Freedom Tunnel: Palestinian prisoners leading the resistance. samidoun.net Historic Palestinian prisoner escapes Inside prisons: confronting the occupier The Freedom Tunnel and the resistance Internationalism and the Freedom Tunnel The Freedom Tunnel Prisoners Mahmoud al-Ardah Mohammed al-Ardah Yaqoub Qadri Munadil Naf'at Ayham Kamamji Zakaria Zubaidi Samidoun statements on the Freedom Tunnel Today, 6 September, marks the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Tunnel, when six …

Mirinda Crissman, Workers World Texas Bureau (2022-09-06). Texas prison abolitionists confront the state. workers.org Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) about issues affecting those incarcerated in Texas. TBCJ is in charge of nearly 1 ,000 imprisoned people. The families and friends of these people went to . . . |

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). The University of Bristol calls for guidance change about fish during pregnancy. healtheuropa.com Guidelines outline limitations on consuming fish during pregnancy but now, the University of Bristol calls for this to change. The NHS states that eating fish during pregnancy should be limited. This includes tuna due to its mercury levels, which can be harmful to the unborn baby and oily fish, which have pollutants such as dioxins …

Project Censored (2022-09-06). Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival and an Update on Julian Assange. projectcensored.org The latest Project Censored Show features a recording of a panel discussion from this summer's Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, held in Washington DC. Mickey and Project Censored's Associate Director,…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). Stem cell and gene therapy shows promise in motor neuron disease trial. healtheuropa.com Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a stem cell and gene therapy combination that potentially protects against motor neuron disease. Motor neurone disease (MND), also known as ALS, affects the brain and nerves, causing weakness that progressively worsens. There's no cure for MND, and treatments are available such as physiotherapy; however, researchers have found that a combination …

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-07). IAEA Issues Report on Zaporizhzhia Power Plant, Recommends Safety Zone. news.antiwar.com The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday The

____ (2022-09-07). China supports continued presence of IAEA experts at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ecns.cn China on Tuesday expressed support for the continued presence of the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN's nuclear watchdog, at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Edu Montesanti (2022-09-07). Yemen Truce, No Hope: Horrible Catastrophe, Just Maybe UN-Led Efforts Will Alleviate It, Says Chomsky (Interview). orinocotribune.com From the US "War on Terror" to the national "Spring" and the Saudi-US "humanitarian intervention," the Yemeni people are being totally disregarded and indiscriminately attacked as well as in every single "peace process," as the country is a stage of international and local elites disputes, just feeding and practicing terror | As Biden approved to sell more weapons to the Saudis allegedly for "defense" purposes, Chomsky is concerned. "The line between offensive and defensive weapons is very blurred," exclusively says the legendary American analyst | Sure not by accident as some say, US-Saud…

____ (2022-09-07). Chinese UN envoy calls for security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. ecns.cn A Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and called for the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-07). Iran to hold friendly match vs Russia before Qatar world cup. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — The Russian men's national football team have announced upcoming friendly matches against Kyrgyzstan and Iran, with the latter likely to take place in Tehran, according to Russian football federation.

____ (2022-09-07). CNPC, Gazprom agree to yuan, ruble gas supply payment. ecns.cn China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Russia's Gazprom to start switching gas supply payments to yuan and rubles.

____ (2022-09-07). Metaverse exhibition hall debuts at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn A Metaverse immersive experience hall made its debut at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which has caught visitors' attention.

____ (2022-09-07). New milestone marked in LNG storage tank project. ecns.cn The world's three largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks finished dome lifting operations on Wednesday in East China's Jiangsu province, according to its operator China National Offshore Oil Corp.

No Tech For Apartheid (2022-09-07). Thursday 9/8: National Day of Action: No Tech for Apartheid. indybay.org @Embarcadero Plaza, then start the program outside of Google office at 1 Market Street!, San Francisco.

WSWS (2022-09-07). IMF announces preliminary bailout loan agreement with Sri Lanka. wsws.org Working class must prepare its counteroffensive against the government's austerity drive relying on its own class methods and rallying the rural poor.

Susan Price (2022-09-07). People's uprising a 'defining moment in Sri Lankan politics'. greenleft.org.au Green Left and Socialist Alliance hosted a discussion on the Sri Lankan uprising against the government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, featuring activists from Sri Lanka and the solidarity movement in Australia. Susan Price reports.

Rian Overy (2022-09-07). Stress during pregnancy can affect babies' emotions. healtheuropa.com Levels of stress during pregnancy have been linked to negative emotions in babies according to a new study from Northwestern University. Pregnant women who had greater fluctuations in stress during pregnancy, known as lability, had infants who exhibited more negative emotions such as fear, sadness, and distress than mothers who experienced less variability. This …

_____ (2022-09-07). US Military and Biological Activities in the Asian Region. journal-neo.org In recent months, the media of various states have begun publishing more and more revelations about Washington's aggressive policies, especially in the development and testing of bioweapons, which are banned by international conventions and humanitarian law. Frankly speaking, the fact that the United States is using such weapons of mass destruction raises no doubt in …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Portable air cleaners: A 'fad' or a long-term solution? healtheuropa.com Commercial HVAC experts, Shiva Air, discuss this relatively new technology, why they feel it is here to stay, and what to look out for when choosing among the myriad of air cleaners available. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Shiva was founded in 2009 by Stephen Harkin. The CEO has designed and installed fixed HVAC solutions across …

Fight Back (2022-09-07). MN Cuba car caravan demands an end to the blockade on Cuba, a stop to FBI intimidation. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA) and the Minnesota Cuba Committee held their monthly rally and car caravan, August 28, demanding the end to the blockade against Cuba. The caravans have been continuing for over a year as a part of an international effort with the participation of many cities across the world, most notably inspired by Cuban Americans who oppose the blockade in Miami, Florida. | As the rally started, Sarah Martin, a member of SCOTA, rallied the crowd with the chant, "Cuba sí, bloqueo no! | Martin addressed the crowd, "This month's caravan is particularly impor…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-07). Can Artificial Intelligence reduce drug side effects? healtheuropa.com Research led by the University of Exeter could mean that clinicians can assess drug side effects using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The University of Exeter with support from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, assessed a new tool designed to calculate the likelihood of medications causing adverse anticholinergic effects on the body and …

WSWS (2022-09-07). Protected by police, fascist Patriot Front holds march aimed at menacing Labor Day festival in Indianapolis. wsws.org Social media video posted on Saturday shows the fascist band marching, chanting xenophobic slogans and holding metal shields.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-07). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

____ (2022-09-06). Chinese envoy calls on international community to increase supporting Africa. ecns.cn A Chinese diplomat in Zambia has asked the international community to increase the input to Africa.

Kerry Smith (2022-09-07). Protesters demand species protection. greenleft.org.au Protesters rallied in Tweed Heads, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie on National Threatened Species Day. Kerry Smith reports.

WSWS (2022-09-07). Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle! wsws.org This report was given by Eric London to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!"

____ (2022-09-07). Incredible aurora captured from International Space Station. ecns.cn An incredible aurora is captured above the Indian Ocean from the International Space Station, Sept. 5, 2022.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). UNSC: Russia Comments on IAEA Nuclear Plant Report. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative V.A. Nebenzi at the UN Security Council meeting on the attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhzhia NPP Mr. Chairman, We thank UN Secretary-General A. Guterres and IAEA Director General R. Grossi for their briefings. We commend Mr. R. Grossi for his decision to carry out the Agency's mission…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). IAEA Report on Zaporozhye NPP Mentions "Mysterious Shelling" 52 Times, Doesn'tnewsauthor"> Culprits. libya360.wordpress.com Ilya Tsukanov The United Nations nuclear energy watchdog sent a high-level delegation of experts to the massive nuclear power plant last week. Moscow accused Kiev of trying to sabotage the mission via a botched offensive, and of engaging in "nuclear terrorism" by repeatedly attacking and shelling the facility with mortars, drones, and artillery. The International…

TeleSUR (2022-09-06). IAEA Calls for Safety Zone Around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant. telesurenglish.net In a report released in Vienna on Tuesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for establishing a "nuclear safety and security protection zone" around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, whose safety has raised international concerns amid recent shelling. | RELATED: | The IAEA is ready to start immediate consultations for establishing such a safety zone to "prevent a nuclear accident arising from…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). Kherson: What Happens Next? — Russian Ops in Ukraine Update September 6, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 6, 2022 — While fighting continues around Kherson, it remains positional, signifying the end of Kiev's long-planned offensive; — Western sources continue citing factors they believe limit Russian operations consistent with flawed Western thinking regarding Russian military capabilities stretching back to 2014-2015; — Elements of Ukraine's…

John Catalinotto (2022-09-06). Tens of thousands in Prague say no war, sanctions. workers.org Some 70,000 people, according to police — and 120,000 per organizers' estimate — marched in the Czech capital, Prague, on Sept. 2 to protest the Czech Republic government's participation in the NATO-backed war in Ukraine against Russia. Under the slogan, "Czech Republic first," the demonstrators objected to the sanctions against . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). Ukraine: How British Intelligence Globalized Online Trolling. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Since the conflict in Ukraine began, numerous commentators have drawn attention to the blatant weaponization of social media in service of the proxy war. Legions of users on Facebook, Twitter, and other major platforms, many anonymous and recently registered, have relentlessly propounded pro-intervention, pro-Ukraine propaganda, viciously attacking all those deviating even slightly from established Western…

_____ (2022-09-06). Biden, Like Trump, Breaks International Law. popularresistance.org In a blatant violation of international law and its 1947 hosting agreement, the US government has blocked numerous countries from participating in events at the UN headquarters in New York City. | The Biden administration is banning Russian diplomats, while the Trump administration illegally prohibited top officials from Venezuela and Iran. Reuters reported on September 2 that Russia has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations, after the US government has "been constantly refusing to grant entry visas" to Russian diplomats to participate in events at the UN headquarters, Moscow's ambassador said.

_____ (2022-09-06). Biden, like Trump, breaks international law, violating UN neutrality by blocking countries. popularresistance.org In a blatant violation of international law and its 1947 hosting agreement, the US government has blocked numerous countries from participating in events at the UN headquarters in New York City. | The Biden administration is banning Russian diplomats, while the Trump administration illegally prohibited top officials from Venezuela and Iran.

Staff (2022-09-06). Russia terminates deal with Japan over Kuril Islands. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Russia has terminated an agreement with Tokyo on facilitating visits by Japanese citizens to the four disputed Pacific islands, a government order showed on Monday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). U.S.-Russia Relations: Bill Perry's Lies — Versus the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseWilliam J. Perry, the U.S. Secretary of Defense during Bill Clinton's first term (ending 20 January 1997), issued an article on September 5th, "How the U.S. Lost Russia", whose concluding paragraph opened with "There is no organic reason why Russia should be our enemy. Putin is the enemy, not Russia." In other words, he's…

____ (2022-09-06). China International Fair for Trade in Services concludes in Beijing. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) drew to a close in Beijing on Monday, achieving fruitful results and bringing fresh hope to stagnating global economic growth.

____ (2022-09-06). 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services concludes. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) closed on Monday in Beijing.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-06). Israeli Airstrikes Shut Down Syria's Aleppo Airport. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted the Aleppo International Airport Syria's No casualties were reported in the strikes, but…

WSWS (2022-09-06). Sri Lankan workers discuss the fight for a democratic and socialist congress. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners have held important discussions on the party's program with Colombo harbour and irrigation department workers in recent weeks.

_____ (2022-09-06). From Coast to Coast: Open Letter by Anarchist Prisoner Toby Shone. popularresistance.org I've previously written about the need to recreate an Atlantic bridge, based on international revolutionary solidarity and reciprocal knowledge, that moves towards affinity and direct action in support of our imprisoned comrades. Since then, I was recently visited by a comrade from Anarchist Black Cross Philadelphia here at the G4S facility in which I'm held. G4S is originally an American company, Wackenhut, which has pioneered the private prison and security industry all over the world. As part of our discussion between the comrade from ABC Philadelphia and myself, we spoke of the need to prevent our groups and…

TeleSUR (2022-09-06). Indigenous Peoples Demand an End to Impunity in the Amazon. telesurenglish.net On Sept. 5, 2022, Brazilians celebrated the International Day of Indigenous Women and the Day of the Amazon through rallies against the political and economic elites that facilitate the destruction of ecosystems of global importance. | RELATED: | Indigenous peoples mobilized towards cities to protest against the destruction of the Amazon forests and demand an end to impunity for crimes against the environment. | "Data from Ruralomete…

John Catalinotto (2022-09-06). New York City march backs unions at Amazon, Starbucks. workers.org In the first of a series of solidarity actions with workers' organizing drives this September, hundreds of workers and supporters answered a joint call by the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United to march for union recognition on Labor Day. They gathered outside Starbucks owner Howard Schultz's Manhattan luxury . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-06). Ethiopian Diaspora Groups Gear Up for Protests Against West's Support for TPLF. towardfreedom.org Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution September 2 calling for peace in light of Western support for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, reports People's Dispatch.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-06). Ethiopian Diaspora Groups Gear Up for Protests Against West's Support for TLPF. towardfreedom.org Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution September 2 calling for peace in light of Western support for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, reports People's Dispatch.

Mirinda Crissman, Workers World Texas Bureau (2022-09-06). Texas prison abolitionists confront the state. workers.org Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) about issues affecting those incarcerated in Texas. TBCJ is in charge of nearly 1 ,000 imprisoned people. The families and friends of these people went to . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). Winter is Coming: Prague's 70,000-Strong Protest Shows What's in Store for Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Bradley Blankenship Around 70,000 people gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square on Saturday to demand the resignation of their government in response to what they see as a failure to address the ongoing energy crisis. The protesters were also explicitly against the two foremost Western institutions that the formerly Eastern-aligned nation is a part of, namely the European…

Rian Overy (2022-09-06). Invasive emphysema treatment may no longer be necessary. healtheuropa.com A randomised, controlled trial comparing two types of emphysema treatment has found a less invasive treatment to be as effective as invasive surgery. The trial compared invasive lung volume surgery and the less invasive bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. The results of the study were presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona. It …

Workers World Philadelphia bureau (2022-09-06). Protest of 'Penntrification' shuts down UPenn convocation. workers.org University City Townhomes, renamed the Peoples Townhomes by residents and activists, sits next to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. On Aug. 29, over 100 residents and supporters converged on UPenn's convocation for the 2, 0 students of the incoming class of 2026, shouting down President Liz Magill with chants . . . |

Rian Overy (2022-09-06). Poor air quality in schools is leaving children at risk. healtheuropa.com Researchers from the University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) have worked alongside schools in London to investigate air quality in UK schools. GCARE examined whether putting up a green screen along the perimeter of a school, installing air purifiers in classrooms, and organising school street initiatives improved air quality in the …

Kwjorinoco (2022-09-06). Venezuelan Authorities Make Biggest Drug Bust in Decade. orinocotribune.com The biggest marijuana bust of the decade was made three days ago in the Puerto Escondido area in Cabo San Román, Falcón, said General Domingo Hernández Lárez, the leader of the Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB). | Hernández Lara commented on the bust from the coasts of Falcón, just a few steps from Aruba and the Venezuelan waters where the Working Force (a civilian and military body) detected the suspicious shipment. When the authorities went to investigate the vessel, the crew threw heavy objects into the water. They were presumably firearms. | According to Hernández Lara, who co…

Project Censored (2022-09-06). Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival and an Update on Julian Assange. projectcensored.org The latest Project Censored Show features a recording of a panel discussion from this summer's Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, held in Washington DC. Mickey and Project Censored's Associate Director,…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). The University of Bristol calls for guidance change about fish during pregnancy. healtheuropa.com Guidelines outline limitations on consuming fish during pregnancy but now, the University of Bristol calls for this to change. The NHS states that eating fish during pregnancy should be limited. This includes tuna due to its mercury levels, which can be harmful to the unborn baby and oily fish, which have pollutants such as dioxins …

TeleSUR (2022-09-06). Israeli Attack on Aleppo Airport in Northern Syria Denounced. telesurenglish.net This is the second attack on Aleppo's international airport in less than a week. Syrian state media reported on August 31 that Israel had fired rockets at the airport, causing material damage. | RELATED: | The Syrian Information Ministry said the Israeli missile strike was launched from the Mediterranean Sea, west of the coastal city of Latakia, at 20: 16 local time. | According to reports, the attack included at least five missiles and knocked A…

_____ (2022-09-06). Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day Three With Picket Line Moving To Maui. popularresistance.org The mental health strike at Kaiser moves to Maui today as the open-ended event enters Day 3. Clinicians with the National Union of Healthcare Workers will hold a picket today, Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kaiser Maui Lani Medical Office, located at 55 Maui Lani Parkway in Wailuku. | Across the state, Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers, represented by the NUHW union began the strike Monday with picket lines in Honolulu and other locations on O ªahu. After today's Maui picket, the strike line will move to the Hawai ªi Island on Thursday before returning to O ªahu during the Labor D…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). Stem cell and gene therapy shows promise in motor neuron disease trial. healtheuropa.com Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a stem cell and gene therapy combination that potentially protects against motor neuron disease. Motor neurone disease (MND), also known as ALS, affects the brain and nerves, causing weakness that progressively worsens. There's no cure for MND, and treatments are available such as physiotherapy; however, researchers have found that a combination …

_____ (2022-09-06). Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day 3 With Picket Line Moving to Maui. popularresistance.org The mental health strike at Kaiser moves to Maui today as the open-ended event enters Day 3. Clinicians with the National Union of Healthcare Workers will hold a picket today, Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kaiser Maui Lani Medical Office, located at 55 Maui Lani Parkway in Wailuku. | Across the state, Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers, represented by the NUHW union began the strike Monday with picket lines in Honolulu and other locations on O ªahu. After today's Maui picket, the strike line will move to the Hawai ªi Island on Thursday before returning to O ªahu during the Labor D…

Rian Overy (2022-09-06). Clinical trials needed to verify anti-inflammatory benefits of CBD. healtheuropa.com High-quality, randomised clinical trials are needed to determine if the anti-inflammatory benefits of CBD seen in preclinical trials will be useful in a real word setting, according to new research. A review of existing studies will be presented at ACC Latin America 2022 Together with CardioAcademic in Mexico City on September 9-10, 2022. The review …

_____ (2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…

Staff (2022-09-06). One year on the Freedom Tunnel: Palestinian prisoners leading the resistance. samidoun.net Historic Palestinian prisoner escapes Inside prisons: confronting the occupier The Freedom Tunnel and the resistance Internationalism and the Freedom Tunnel The Freedom Tunnel Prisoners Mahmoud al-Ardah Mohammed al-Ardah Yaqoub Qadri Munadil Naf'at Ayham Kamamji Zakaria Zubaidi Samidoun statements on the Freedom Tunnel Today, 6 September, marks the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Tunnel, when six …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). Using robots during cancer surgery. healtheuropa.com Dr Yuhang Chen, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the world-leading National Robotarium, explains how a new project that brings together experts from hospitals, universities, and industry aims to improve robotic cancer surgery. Cancer surgery is complex. When a surgeon begins a procedure, they need to use all their years of knowledge and experience to …

TeleSUR (2022-09-06). Paraguay: Almost Two Thousand Kilograms of Marijuana Seized. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, specialized forces of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) seized in the department of Amambay a truck carrying nearly two thousand kilograms of marijuana hidden among wooden posts. | RELATED: | The operation was carried out early the morning in the locality of San Vicente Bella Vista intersection, where in a random control the drugs were seized and the driver of the vehicle and his companion were arres…

____ (2022-09-06). Iran displays its defense capabilities in Baku exhibition. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — The Iranian Deputy Minister of Defense said that Iran has displayed a part of its defense capabilities and achievements in ground-, air- and sea combats at Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition (ADEX).

WSWS (2022-09-06). Quebec government allows multinational Glencore to continue poisoning the population of Rouyn-Noranda. wsws.org The new government threshold of 15 nanograms per cubic metre for daily arsenic emissions at the Horne Foundry would not be reached for another five years, and would still be 5 times the provincial standard.

WSWS (2022-09-06). Australia: NSW teachers union blocks industrial action yet again. wsws.org Just as thousands of public sector nurses and rail workers took action, the NSWTF gave Premier Dominic Perrottet's Liberal-National Coalition state government a virtual no-strike pledge for Term 3.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …

Albert Bender (2022-09-06). Supreme Court anti-Native decision sets stage for Tribal-State conflict. peoplesworld.org "States have no criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country over crimes by Indians against anyone or crimes by non-Indians against Indians. Crimes by Indians are punishable either by the tribe or the federal government, and crimes by non-Indians against Indians are punishable exclusively by the federal government." Williams v. United States (1946) The above passage is …

Roselena Ramirez (2022-09-06). A Melting Glacier In Peru Becomes An International Court Case. america.cgtn.com Some of Peru's glaciers have been receding for years and could be on their way to melting away for good. What or who is to blame? Climate change? Lawmakers? Private companies? Dan Collyns tells us how the issue of "melting glaciers" has ended up in …

____ (2022-09-06). Safeguarding cybersecurity is the shared responsibility of the international community. ecns.cn

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). Who Owns Solomon Islands Now? libya360.wordpress.com Sofia Pale On August 26, 2022, news broke that the Solomon Islands had refused to allow a US Coast Guard ship to refuel in its port. In the history of the South Pacific, only New Zealand did so in 1985, when it barred a US nuclear-powered naval vessel from visiting its port. In 1987, Wellington…

Editor (2022-09-05). Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Nuclear War. scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / "It's beyond lunacy," say Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg. In their 90s, the two men tirelessly fight to warn people of the need for urgent action to deal with climate change and the threat of nuclear war. Joining Paul Jay, they discuss the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the war in Ukraine, and the climate crisis. | Paul JayPaul Jay is a journalist and filmmaker. He's the founder and host of theAnalysis.news, a video and audio current affairs interview and commentary show and we…

Editor (2022-09-05). We Urgently Need to Give Ukraine Peace Talks a Chance. scheerpost.com A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, in April. [ By Medea Ben…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-09-05). 100 Years of Russian Gas for India. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-05). Aerosolized COVID-19 vaccine approved by national regulator for emergency use. ecns.cn China's CanSino Biologics said on Sunday that its inhalable COVID-19 vaccine has been given emergency use authorization by the country's top drug regulator.

TeleSUR (2022-09-05). Kay Becomes a Hurricane off Mexico's North Pacific Coast. telesurenglish.net Tropical Storm Kay, which caused torrential rains on the coasts of Mexican states of the northern Pacific Ocean, became a category 1 hurricane on Monday afternoon, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported. | Photograph of a fallen tree on a house after a strong wind today, in Acapulco, state of Guerrero (Mexico)…

Bennett Nowotny (2022-09-05). "Our union is growing stronger every day": Kansas City janitors win major contract gains. liberationnews.org In Kansas City, 900 janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 won a historic new contract.

____ (2022-09-05). Beijing Daxing airport resumes international cargo flights. ecns.cn The Beijing Daxing International Airport has resumed international cargo services and a full resumption of flights is expected next year, the airport reportedly announced over the weekend, as Chinese cargo carriers.

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org "In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-06). Ethiopian Diaspora Groups Gear Up for Protests Against West's Support for TLPF. towardfreedom.org Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution September 2 calling for peace in light of Western support for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, reports People's Dispatch.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-06). IAEA Chief Contradicts Kiev's Politicisation Of Visit To Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. southfront.org IAEA must remain apolitical despite pressure from Ukraine. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, contradicted Ukrainian authorities on August 31 by stressing that his visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was a "technical mission" that aimed to prevent a nuclear accident. His comments came as Kiev claimed his visit was a step towards "de-occupying" the power plant from Rus…

No Tech For Apartheid (2022-09-06). Thursday 9/8: National Day of Action: No Tech for Apartheid. indybay.org @Embarcadero Plaza, then start the program outside of Google office at 1 Market Street!, San Francisco.

Alec Dubro (2022-09-06). Just Say Nyet: Russia Faces Dissent in the Military. fpif.org In early March, Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that his invasion of Ukraine was "going according to plan," and that its goals would be "fulfilled." He has never backtracked on that claim. In fact, he has only doubled down and has been forced to continue in a war—that he refuses to call a war—that has drained manpower and materiel in pursuit of an uncertain goal. | But if Putin stoutly maintains both the strategy and the outcome, increasing numbers of both soldiers and civilians beg to differ. The critics within the military are using a variety of tactics—from online campaig…

WSWS (2022-09-06). Sri Lankan workers discuss the fight for a democratic and socialist congress. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners have held important discussions on the party's program with Colombo harbour and irrigation department workers in recent weeks.

Janaka Biyanwila (2022-09-06). Sri Lanka: The prodigal former president returns to an economy still in crisis. greenleft.org.au After nearly two months in self-imposed exile, former President Gotabaya Rajapakse returned to Sri Lanka, on September 3, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Staff (2022-09-06). Russia terminates deal with Japan over Kuril Islands. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Russia has terminated an agreement with Tokyo on facilitating visits by Japanese citizens to the four disputed Pacific islands, a government order showed on Monday.

Monet Bailey (2022-09-06). The University of Bristol calls for guidance change about fish during pregnancy. healtheuropa.com Guidelines outline limitations on consuming fish during pregnancy but now, the University of Bristol calls for this to change. The NHS states that eating fish during pregnancy should be limited. This includes tuna due to its mercury levels, which can be harmful to the unborn baby and oily fish, which have pollutants such as dioxins …

Rian Overy (2022-09-06). Clinical trials needed to verify anti-inflammatory benefits of CBD. healtheuropa.com High-quality, randomised clinical trials are needed to determine if the anti-inflammatory benefits of CBD seen in preclinical trials will be useful in a real word setting, according to new research. A review of existing studies will be presented at ACC Latin America 2022 Together with CardioAcademic in Mexico City on September 9-10, 2022. The review …

_____ (2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…

TeleSUR (2022-09-06). Paraguay: Almost Two Thousand Kilograms of Marijuana Seized. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, specialized forces of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) seized in the department of Amambay a truck carrying nearly two thousand kilograms of marijuana hidden among wooden posts. | RELATED: | The operation was carried out early the morning in the locality of San Vicente Bella Vista intersection, where in a random control the drugs were seized and the driver of the vehicle and his companion were arres…

____ (2022-09-06). Iran displays its defense capabilities in Baku exhibition. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — The Iranian Deputy Minister of Defense said that Iran has displayed a part of its defense capabilities and achievements in ground-, air- and sea combats at Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition (ADEX).

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-06). Carlos Queiroz returning to Iran to lead natl. football team. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Iran football federation has reached an agreement with Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz to take charge of the national Iranian men's football team.

____ (2022-09-06). 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services concludes. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) closed on Monday in Beijing.

Albert Bender (2022-09-06). Supreme Court anti-Native decision sets stage for Tribal-State conflict. peoplesworld.org "States have no criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country over crimes by Indians against anyone or crimes by non-Indians against Indians. Crimes by Indians are punishable either by the tribe or the federal government, and crimes by non-Indians against Indians are punishable exclusively by the federal government." Williams v. United States (1946) The above passage is …

Tamara Pearson (2022-09-06). Does Mexico's Wind Industry Deliver More Dirty Profits Than Clean Energy? truthout.org Almost all wind farms in Mexico are privately owned, typically by European and U.S. transnational companies. While wind farms are touted as climate solutions, the profit-hungry companies are actually causing widespread damage to the regions they're based in. | Almost

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-06). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross (2022-09-06). From Coast to Coast: Open Letter by Anarchist Prisoner Toby Shone. itsgoingdown.org An open letter from anarchist prisoner Toby Shone in the so-called United Kingdom addressing the upcoming Running Down the Walls events happening in the US. For a list of upcoming events, go here. photo: Unicorn Riot I've previously written about the need to recreate an Atlantic bridge, based on international revolutionary solidarity and reciprocal knowledge,…

____ (2022-09-06). China International Fair for Trade in Services concludes in Beijing. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) drew to a close in Beijing on Monday, achieving fruitful results and bringing fresh hope to stagnating global economic growth.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …

WSWS (2022-09-06). Australia: NSW teachers union blocks industrial action yet again. wsws.org Just as thousands of public sector nurses and rail workers took action, the NSWTF gave Premier Dominic Perrottet's Liberal-National Coalition state government a virtual no-strike pledge for Term 3.

Roselena Ramirez (2022-09-06). A Melting Glacier In Peru Becomes An International Court Case. america.cgtn.com Some of Peru's glaciers have been receding for years and could be on their way to melting away for good. What or who is to blame? Climate change? Lawmakers? Private companies? Dan Collyns tells us how the issue of "melting glaciers" has ended up in …

WSWS (2022-09-06). Quebec government allows multinational Glencore to continue poisoning the population of Rouyn-Noranda. wsws.org The new government threshold of 15 nanograms per cubic metre for daily arsenic emissions at the Horne Foundry would not be reached for another five years, and would still be 5 times the provincial standard.

Staff (2022-09-06). Footballer Ghoddos; invited by Sweden but loves Iran jersey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — The Swedish-born Iranian midfielder has made up his mind to wear the jersey of Iran's national football team despite being invited to play for Sweden.

____ (2022-09-06). Safeguarding cybersecurity is the shared responsibility of the international community. ecns.cn

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-05). Russia Says It Foiled Ukrainian Attempt to Seize Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that Ukrainian forces The Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian vessels with a force of about 250 Ukrainian troops attempted to land on the shore of a lake near the plant, which is located in the southern city of Enerhodar. | The alleged operation came as inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were stationed at the p…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). Who Owns Solomon Islands Now? libya360.wordpress.com Sofia Pale On August 26, 2022, news broke that the Solomon Islands had refused to allow a US Coast Guard ship to refuel in its port. In the history of the South Pacific, only New Zealand did so in 1985, when it barred a US nuclear-powered naval vessel from visiting its port. In 1987, Wellington…

Editor (2022-09-05). Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Nuclear War. scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / "It's beyond lunacy," say Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg. In their 90s, the two men tirelessly fight to warn people of the need for urgent action to deal with climate change and the threat of nuclear war. Joining Paul Jay, they discuss the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the war in Ukraine, and the climate crisis. | Paul JayPaul Jay is a journalist and filmmaker. He's the founder and host of theAnalysis.news, a video and audio current affairs interview and commentary show and we…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). The U.S. is a Serial Human Rights Abuser. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez Protesters gather in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 31, 2019 to condemn airstrikes by the U.S. forces against Hashd Shaabi bases in Iraq. (Photo by Khalil Dawood Xinhua) The latest report from the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), entitled "U.S. commits serious crimes of violating human rights in…

Benjamin Norton (2022-09-05). Biden, like Trump, breaks international law, violating UN neutrality by blocking countries. multipolarista.com In violation of international law and its 1947 hosting agreement, the US government under both Biden and Trump has blocked foreign diplomats from the UN headquarters in New York, targeting Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and more.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). Counterproductive Policies, Not "Russian Propaganda", Were Responsible for Prague's Protests. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The self-sustaining cycle of socio-economic and political unrest triggered by European leaders complying with the US' demands to promulgate counterproductive policies is expected to continue for the indefinite future. A large-scale protest took place in the Czech capital of Prague on Saturday involving an estimated 70,000-100,000 people who came out en masse to peacefully raise…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). The Road to Fascism: How the War in Ukraine is Changing Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Ramzy Baroud Ukraine's Nazi Azov Battalion As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe should sever all links with "Russia's propaganda machine" were taken seriously by the Italian government. As a…

Editor (2022-09-05). We Urgently Need to Give Ukraine Peace Talks a Chance. scheerpost.com A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, in April. [ By Medea Ben…

TeleSUR (2022-09-05). Tàºrkiye's Inflation Exceeded 80 Percent in August. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) published data showing that annual consumer price inflation reached 80.21 percent in August. | RELATED: | By the end of 2022, however, the Turkish authorities expect average inflation to reach 65 percent, according to a macroeconomic program published on Sunday. This three-year medium term program expects inflation will fall to 24.9 percent in 2023, 13.8 percent in 2024, and 9.9 pe…

_____ (2022-09-05). Ethiopian Diaspora Groups Prepare To Protest West's Support For TLPF. popularresistance.org Ethiopian diaspora across the Western world is condemning the US and the EU for "emboldening" the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) which resumed the war in the northern part of the country on August 24, ending the truce initiated by the federal government in March. | "Deploring the International community, in particular the UN, United States and the EU Member states, for their continued sympathy" towards the TPLF, the Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution on Friday, September 2. The EAOW, a consortium of 18 organizations representing Ethiopian nationals in the US, Canada, UK…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). Ethiopian Diaspora Prepare for Protests against Western Support to TLPF. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Ethiopians in the US rally in Washington D.C on November 9, 2021, demanding the US and its media to stop backing the TPLF. (Photo: http: //www.waltainfo.com) "Deploring the International community, in particular the UN, United States and the EU Member states, for their continued sympathy" towards the TPLF, the Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW)…

_____ (2022-09-05). Ethiopian diaspora groups gear up for protests against West's support to TLPF. popularresistance.org Ethiopian diaspora across the Western world is condemning the US and the EU for "emboldening" the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) which resumed the war in the northern part of the country on August 24, ending the truce initiated by the federal government in March. | "Deploring the International community, in particular the UN, United States and the EU Member states, for their continued sympathy" towards the TPLF, the Ethiopian Advocacy Organizations Worldwide (EAOW) passed a resolution on Friday, September 2. The EAOW, a consortium of 18 organizations representing Ethiopian nationals in the US, Canada, UK…

____ (2022-09-05). US National Security Agency launched cyberattack on China's Northwestern Polytechnical University: report. ecns.cn The Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), the cyber warfare intelligence agency under the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), was evidenced to have conducted tens of thousands of malicious cyberattacks on Chinese targets, controlling large numbers of network devices to steal high-value data, according to a report jointly released by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and internet security company 360 on Monday.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-09-05). 100 Years of Russian Gas for India. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-05). Russia imposes sanctions on 25 US nationals incl actors. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Russia imposed sanctions on 25 US nationals, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in a tit-for-tat measure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Editor (2022-09-05). Mark Lloyd: A Letter From Washington on Communication Policy. scheerpost.com View of the United States Capitol. Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost | WASHINGTON, DC — Given the amount of attention paid to presidents, it may come as a surprise to some that the action in Washington that affects most Americans takes place in the Congress, the often invisible regulatory agencies, and the courts. This has been true for at least half a century…

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-05). Columbus community protests another police killing. workers.org The Columbus, Ohio, area has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the country. Since 2018 there have been 62 shootings, 19 of them fatal, in Franklin County. A large majority of those killed have been Black. Protest against the Aug. 30 police killing of Donovan Lewis on . . . |

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-05). Do You Need $12, 0 For Down Payment Assistance For Your 1st Home? Atlanta Realtor Drops Game On What Bank To Use. moguldom.com Skyrocketing home values and mortgage rates have put homeownership out of reach for many homebuyers. A typical monthly payment for a single-family home with a 20-percent down payment has increased by percent since last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. Among first-time homebuyers, 9 percent are Black, 11 percent are Asian American, 14 …

Survival International (2022-09-05). A Symbol of Indigenous Genocide: "The Man of the Hole" Dies in Brazil. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-05). 'Affordable' for whom? Providence community protests plan to turn Superman Building into luxury apartments. popularresistance.org Around 90 people gathered in Burnside Park in Providence, Rhode Island on Sept. 1 to protest a development plan for so-called "affordable" housing. The plan would give millions in government subsidies and tax breaks to a private real estate developer to convert The Industrial National Bank Building into luxury apartments. | Like the rest of the country, Rhode Island is in the midst of a statewide housing crisis where truly affordable housing is almost impossible to find, and evictions and rent hikes run rampant. Protesters called on the government to fund public, affordable homes while protesting the gross misuse…

Editor (2022-09-05). Chris Hedges: Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. scheerpost.com Endgame by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political stagnation. | Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American democracy. The steady stripping away of economic and political power was ignored by a hyperventilating press that thundered against the barbarians at the gate — Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, ISIS, Vladimir Putin — while ignoring the barb…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-05). Do bronchodilators ease respiratory symptoms in people without COPD? healtheuropa.com Researchers have found that dual bronchodilators do not help people with respiratory symptoms similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a history of smoking. COPD is a lung disease that obstructs the airways, leading to coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath that affects around 1.2 million people in the UK. However, millions of others …

TeleSUR (2022-09-05). Brazil: Lula Da Silva Supports Bolivia's Entry Into MERCOSUR. telesurenglish.net At a meeting held in Sao Paulo on Monday, Presidential candidate Lula da Silva promised Bolivian President Luis Arce to intercede before the Brazilian Congress to speed up the Andean country's entry as a full member of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR). | RELATED: | If Lula is elected as president in October, "he is committed to accelerating Bolivia's integration into MERCOSUR, which is very important for international re…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-05). Cuba Celebrated International Day of Afro-Descendants. orinocotribune.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). Chile Rejects a New and Revolutionary Constitution: Shadows of the Dictatorial Past are Imposed. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López The Chilean people demonstrated at the ballot box against the proposal of the new Constitution of Chile, with an unappealable result, according to the final official bulletin of the Electoral Service of Chile (Servel) with a 62% rejection of the constitutional project against a 38% of approval; the vote was mandatory, hence…

Editor (2022-09-05). 3.8 Million Tenants in the US Could be Evicted in the Next Two Months. scheerpost.com Millions of people are behind on rent and facing eviction in part because of the soaring rent prices. (Photo: Vincent Tsai) | By According to the United States Census Bureau,

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-05). Do You Need $12, 0 For Down Payment For Your 1st Home? Atlanta Realtor Drops Game On What Bank To Use. moguldom.com Skyrocketing home values and mortgage rates have put homeownership out of reach for many homebuyers. A typical monthly payment for a single-family home with a 20-percent down payment has increased by percent since last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. Among first-time homebuyers, 9 percent are Black, 11 percent are Asian American, 14 …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-05). Climate anxiety is driving climate change action. healtheuropa.com According to a new study, climate anxiety could be an important trigger for changes to high-carbon lifestyles to encourage more environmentally friendly lifestyles. Climate anxiety, described by the American Psychological Association as a chronic fear of environmental doom arising from the impacts of climate change, has increased over the last few years. Now, a team …

TeleSUR (2022-09-05). Kay Becomes a Hurricane off Mexico's North Pacific Coast. telesurenglish.net Tropical Storm Kay, which caused torrential rains on the coasts of Mexican states of the northern Pacific Ocean, became a category 1 hurricane on Monday afternoon, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported. | Photograph of a fallen tree on a house after a strong wind today, in Acapulco, state of Guerrero (Mexico)…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-05). Fish oil and vitamin D supplements lower risk of croup in babies and children. healtheuropa.com In a new study, researchers found that fish oil and vitamin D supplements could lower the risk of croup in babies and children. Croup is a viral chest infection commonly seen in babies and young children's airways. The condition is typically mild and can require treatment. Croup in babies and young children can cause a …

Editor (2022-09-05). As US Workers Fight for Labor Rights, Public Support for Unions Soars to Five-Decade High. scheerpost.com Demonstrators gathered at Union Square in New York City Saturday, February 20, 2021 to stand in solidarity with Amazon workers in Alabama voting to become the company's first union in the United States. Demonstrators marched to Jeff Bezos' luxury penthouse at 212 Fifth Avenue following speeches. (Photo by Karla Ann Cote/NurPhoto via AP) | By Julia Conley / Amid a continued high-profile push for workers' rights at U.S. companies including Starbucks and Amazon, pol…

Bennett Nowotny (2022-09-05). "Our union is growing stronger every day": Kansas City janitors win major contract gains. liberationnews.org In Kansas City, 900 janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 won a historic new contract.

Sam Marcy (2022-09-05). Why the imperialists praise Gorbachev. workers.org When the last Secretary General of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhael Gorbachev, died Aug. 30, the rulers of the imperialist world powers made it clear that they considered him their hero. That praise could only take place if his historic role was to facilitate the dismantling . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-05). What Next? The Chilean People Reject the Draft Constitution. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Plebiscite result. 2022. Chile Chile, far from rejecting a process of structural changes or rejecting the possibility of a new Political Constitution, what it is asking for is deeper structural changes and an Original Constituent Assembly. On the recent Sunday, September 4, more than 13 million Chileans (out of the 15 million eligible)…

_____ (2022-09-05). A New System of International Relationships is Developing and it is to be Welcomed. journal-neo.org One of the most interesting developments in recent years has been the decline in the political and economic importance of Europe. This trend can be traced back to the 1960s when the European powers were forced to give up their colonial holdings, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This was most marked for Britain and …

____ (2022-09-05). Indian FM stresses further expansion of Tehran-New Delhi ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — The Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar emphasized further expansion of ties between Tehran and New Delhi.

____ (2022-09-05). Beijing Daxing airport resumes international cargo flights. ecns.cn The Beijing Daxing International Airport has resumed international cargo services and a full resumption of flights is expected next year, the airport reportedly announced over the weekend, as Chinese cargo carriers.

____ (2022-09-05). Trade in services set for sustained boom. ecns.cn China will accelerate the design of a construction plan for national demonstration zones for innovative development of trade in services, the Ministry of Commerce announced in late August.

____ (2022-09-05). China expected to play bigger role in world sports industry. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held over the past six days in Beijing at the China National Convention Center and the Shougang Park, both of which played host to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games earlier this year.

Staff (2022-09-05). Tehran ready to host new round of Iran-India coop. commission. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told his Indian counterpart that Tehran is ready to host the new round of the Iran-India economic cooperation commission.

Staff (2022-09-05). Iranian short films, animation go to Kaohsiung FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Two Iranian short films "Left Handed" and "Unicorn" as well as the animation "Where the Winds Die" have made their way to Kaohsiung International Film Festival in Taiwan.

____ (2022-09-05). Culture and creative products gains popularity at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn Culture and creative products from Beijing museums and interactive activities related to traditional Chinese culture gained popularity during the opening days of the 2022 China International Fair of Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on Saturday.

Staff (2022-09-05). Turkish military helicopter crashed in northern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey announced the crash of a Turkish military helicopter in northern Iraq.

Staff (2022-09-05). Iran to firmly respond to stray vessels threats in high seas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Major General Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran said Mon. that the Iranian armed forces will vigorously take action against unmanned stray vessels in international waters.

Kay Tillow (2022-09-05). How This Rural Wisconsin County Put Publicly Funded, Non-Profit, National Health Care on the Ballot. commondreams.org Is it possible that the people of these rural communities, under the stress of a broken health care system, can spark a movement to fix health care for the nation?

____ (2022-09-05). Aerosolized COVID-19 vaccine approved by national regulator for emergency use. ecns.cn China's CanSino Biologics said on Sunday that its inhalable COVID-19 vaccine has been given emergency use authorization by the country's top drug regulator.

____ (2022-09-05). Xi's vision gives boost to global governance. ecns.cn With a global vision, President Xi Jinping has strategically steered the course of the giant ship of the nation in actively participating in and guiding the reform of global governance, to make the system fairer and more equitable amid the speedy evolution of the international landscape.

____ (2022-09-05). Super Typhoon Hinnamnor begins hammering coast. ecns.cn As Typhoon Hinnamnor approached China's eastern coastal areas on Sunday afternoon, it was reclassified as a super typhoon, and the emergency response was raised to Level III, the third highest in the four-tier national system, on Saturday.

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org "In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |

JANET (2022-09-05). Palestinian struggle: Declare the 'Elbit Eight" not guilty or deserving of prosecution. iacenter.org OPEN LETTER We, the undersigned, declare the 'Elbit Eight" not guilty or deserving of prosecution, their actions built on an indelible commitment to the Palestinian struggle. Rather, it is Elbit Systems who are guilty, and who should be be shut down everywhere. In 2020, eight activists sparked the launch of the robust direct action network 'Palestine Action', that for over two years, has targeted Israel's largest arms manufacturer — Elbit Systems. In that time, Palestine Action has undertaken more than 250 actions at Elbit, each one disrupting the manufacture of Israeli weapons on British soil, whilst build…

Staff (2022-09-05). Spy aircraft crashes in Deir ez-Zur of Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Media sources reported on Monday that a spy aircraft belonging to the international coalition crashed in eastern Syria…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-04). Journalists Witnessed Ukrainian Saboteurs' Failed Storming of Zaporozhye NPP. libya360.wordpress.com An IAEA mission led by the UN agency's chief, Rafael Grossi, arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP on September 1st to monitor the situation at the plant, which has been controlled by the Russian military since the first month of Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has stated that journalists…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-04). How Canada Created the R2P Doctrine, with Myanmar as its Next Potential Victim. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Xie Opposition supporters demand the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine in Myanmar. (Credit: Twitter) On September 21, 2021, Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), a government-in-exile formed by supporters of former state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi declared a "people's defensive war" against the Tatmadaw (another name for the armed forces of Myanmar)….

Editor (2022-09-04). Major Criminal Justice Reform is on the Docket in California. scheerpost.com Solitary Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, Calif. ( By Victoria Valenzuela /…

____ (2022-09-04). Army Navy role in providing Hormuz Strait security strategic. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said that key role of the Army Navy in the security of the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, the Sea of Oman, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea is 'strategic'.

No Tech For Apartheid (2022-09-04). Thursday 9/8: National Day of Action: No Tech for Apartheid. indybay.org @Embarcadero Plaza, then start the program outside of Google office at 1 Market Street!, San Francisco.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-04). 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…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-04). Consumer Health: Small lifestyle changes that make a big difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While many modern-day ailments can be linked to unhealthy lifestyle choices, changing those choices can be a challenge. It may seem overwhelming or useless to even try. But Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, recommends approaching lifestyle changes in the same way you would learn a musical instrument or teach a child math: one step at a time. Whether your goal is to lower your blood pressure, manage symptoms of diabetes, lose weight or…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-04). Johnson Memorial Health in Indiana joins Mayo Clinic Care Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Johnson Memorial Health and Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday, Aug. 31, that the Indiana health system has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health care organizations, have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise. "We are honored to enter into this collaborative relationship with Mayo Clinic," says David Dunkle, M.D., president and CEO of Johnson Memorial Health. "Our providers…

____ (2022-09-04). Researchers develop 3D printing sodium-ion micro batteries. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have developed a prototype of planar and flexible 3D printed sodium-ion micro batteries (NIMBs) with ultra-high areal capacity and boosted rate capability, according to a research article recently published in the journal Advanced Materials.

____ (2022-09-04). Pakistan receives 30 flights of int'l humanitarian aid for flood victims in 7 days. ecns.cn Pakistan has received 30 flights of international humanitarian aid for flood victims over the last seven days, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said on Saturday.

____ (2022-09-04). Beijing enters moderately aging society: report. ecns.cn Beijing has entered a moderately aging society since 2021, according to a report released on Friday during the ongoing 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).

____ (2022-09-04). 6th-term HKSAR gov't convenes 1st meeting of Committee for Safeguarding National Security of HKSAR. ecns.cn The sixth-term government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday convened the first meeting of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR (the Committee), according to a statement of the HKSAR government.

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). Some Important Aspects of the Proposed New Constitution of Chile. orinocotribune.com Some of the main advances are declaration of an ecological and plurinational state; recognition of indigenous peoples; human right to water and education; democracy based on gender parity. | More than 15 million Chileans are summoned to participate in a refendum this Sunday, September 4, in order to decide whether they want to approve the new constitution drafted by the Constitutional Convention or maintain the current one which dates from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). | According to Chilean electoral law, in order to be approved the new Constitution must get at least % plus one of the total…

Oneworld.press (2022-09-03). Lavrov Explained Why The US Hasn't Successfully Pressured India Into Sanctioning Russia. oneworld.press The failure of the US' pressure campaign against India is instructive because it serves as an example for why its related efforts against other major countries haven't succeeded as well.

Sara Flounders (2022-09-03). U.S. and Israel bomb Syria again: Oil piracy continues. workers.org In the latest violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, eight U.S. F-16 and F-15E fighter jets hit nine targets in Syria Aug. 25. The U.S. military still maintains 19 terrorist training camps in Syria and has seized Syria's oil fields. Even as the U.S./NATO-provoked war in Ukraine threatens nuclear . . . |

Scorinoco (2022-09-03). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. orinocotribune.com Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe. | His latest attack took place on a peaceful protest on August 18 that was organized by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) in Colombo, along with other progressive forces and artists. Witnesses say they were attacked unprovoked, and individuals were chased, beaten and arrested. Some of them we…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-03). Wickremesinghe under fire for arrest of student activists in Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org The three arrested activists are: Wasantha Mudalige of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF), Galwewa Siridhamma Thero of the Bhikku (Monks) Federation, and Hashantha Jawantha Gunathilake of the Kelaniya University Students' Union.

Fight Back (2022-09-03). ECPS Coalition urges Chicagoans to run for District Council elections. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) Coalition held a press conference on Tuesday morning, August 30, in response to Mayor Lightfoot's Monday appointment of the citywide Interim Commission for Public Safety. According to the ECPS ordinance, the commission should have been appointed in January. The coalition held a press conference on July 20 demanding that the mayor end the delays and appoint the Interim Commission. With the appointments made, the coalition set its eyes towards the local District Council elections coming up in February 2023. | "This ordinance is a step towards gi…

Staff (2022-09-03). 'No Prior Appointment' wins awards in Moscow Intl. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Two awards of the 44th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival has gone to Iranian director and actress for 'No Prior Appointment'.

WSWS (2022-09-03). Australian media menaces Solomon Islands over pause on naval visits. wsws.org The US-led preparations for war against China have transformed the Pacific into a cauldron of imperialist intrigue and provocation.

Staff (2022-09-03). Iran suggestions to EU draft aren't over-ambitious. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations says that Iranian suggestions aren't over-ambitious and can be accommodated provided there is the necessary political will to complete the Vienna talks.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-03). Modi Made A Subtle Jab Against China While Commissioning India's Aircraft Carrier. oneworld.press The Indian leader was subtly conveying his government's view that China is already a developed country with similar socio-economic metrics as its Western counterparts. By tacitly denying recognition of China's self-identification as a developing country, not to mention its claim to being the largest one, India is sending a signal to the rest of the Global South that they should look to it for leadership instead of to China.

Otis Grotewohl (2022-09-03). Ohio teachers win through mass solidarity. workers.org In a climate of recent worker mobilizations and fights, teachers in two different Ohio school districts started their school year off in a class battle against their employers. The teachers of both districts are represented by the Ohio Education Association (OEA), an affiliate of the National Education Association. After voting . . . |

Dr. Thomas Binder (2022-09-03). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative. globalresearch.ca There has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.

Staff (2022-09-03). VIDEO: 'Delvari' hero of fighting against British Colonialism. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Shahrivar 12 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with Sept. 3 is considered a cultural event for Iranians to mark the National Day of Combat against British Colonialism as well as commemorate Rais Ali Delvari.

Staff (2022-09-03). 'Mattress', 'File' go to film festivals in Netherland, UK. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Iranian short films 'Mattress' and 'File' will take part at two international film festivals in the Netherland and the UK respectively.

A Guest Author (2022-09-03). Rapid reestablishment of relations between Colombia and Venezuela ‚àí guest commentary. workers.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua, and an advisor for international politics for TeleSUR. Translated by unitedworldint.com and edited by Workers World. . . . |

____ (2022-09-03). Shandong launches new air cargo route to Belgium. ecns.cn A plane loaded with commodities heading for Belgium's Liege took off from the Yantai Penglai International Airport in East China's Shandong Province on Thursday, marking the official operation of the new air cargo route.

WSWS (2022-09-03). New Zealand paper mill workers locked out for nearly a month. wsws.org Multinational toilet paper manufacturer Essity is relying on the unions to isolate the 145 locked out workers in Kawerau and help starve them into accepting a sellout agreement.

____ (2022-09-03). Cultural Exhibition of Countries along B&R opens during CIFTIS in Beijing. ecns.cn The opening ceremony of the 7th Colorful World – Cultural Exhibition of Countries along the Belt and Road was held at Shougang Park during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, on Thursday.

____ (2022-09-03). India commissions 1st indigenous aircraft carrier "Vikrant" ecns.cn Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier "Vikrant" in the southern state of Kerala.

Staff (2022-09-03). 'No One is Waiting for you' to vie at Kazan Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) — The Iranian Documentary film "No One is waiting for you" directed by Mohsen Eslamzadeh is set to vie at the competition section of the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival.

Paddy Colligan (2022-09-03). Vietnam advances LGBTQ+ rights. workers.org The Vietnam Ministry of Health ensured on Aug. 3 that members of the LGBTQ+ community will receive appropriate and respectful medical care. Toi Dong Y (I Do) 2022 launched Aug. 10 in Ho Chi Minh City to gain more support for same-sex marriage in Vietnam, a campaign strengthened by the . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-03). "The power needs to be in all the workers' hands": Highlights from online Q&A with Will Lehman, candidate for UAW president. wsws.org On August 27, Lehman hosted an online Q and A, explaining his campaign's perspective of building a rank-and-file movement and uniting workers internationally.

Staff (2022-09-03). Iran eyes 0.2mbd crude oil output capacity rise by March 2023. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said an increase of 200,000 barrels per day in Iran's oil production capacity is expected by the end of the current calendar year, which began on March 21.

____ (2022-09-03). China completes initial phase of national health information platform. ecns.cn China has finished the initial phase of building a national platform on health information, a health official said on Friday.

____ (2022-09-03). Four raptors released to nature after recovery in NW China's Qinghai. ecns.cn One black kite and three upland buzzards have been released to nature in Qilian County, Haibei Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, said the Provincial Administration of Qilian Mountain National Park on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Blowback for NATO's Crime against Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Eleven years ago, when the U.S. empire committed one of its most recent great crimes by bombing Libya into becoming a failed state, the Queen of Chaos Hillary Clinton celebrated by saying "We came, we saw, he died!" about Muammar Gaddafi. For someone whose role was to bring about chaos during the early years of…

A Guest Author (2022-09-02). °Franky Velgara Valentin PRESENTE! workers.org The following statement was issued on August 25. ProLibertad Allies and Supporters, Franky Velgara. PHOTO: Pro-Libertad It is with great sadness that we, in the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, announce the passing of one of our founders and longtime coordinators, Francisco Velgara Valentin, known affectionately to the movement at large as . . . |

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). French Inflation Halved by Energy Tariff Shield Measure. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) reported that the energy tariff shield introduced by the Parliament had stopped inflation from rising by 3.1 percentage points between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022. | RELATED: | According to a report written by INSEE economists Alexandre Bourgeois and Raphael Lafrogne-Joussier, two-thirds of inflation during that period resulted…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Russia Starts Vostok 2022 Joint Military Exercises. telesurenglish.net The Russian Defense Ministry reported that more than ,000 troops from 14 countries will participate in the Vostok 2022 military drills. | Military forces from China & India arriving in Russia for the Vostok-2022 joint military drill. ,000 soldiers, 140 aircraft, 60 warships & general support vessels being mobilized for the exercise.

Dave Welsh (2022-09-02). Therapists protest 'dangerous delays in mental health care'. workers.org Oakland, California A hundred striking mental health workers picketed Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, Aug. 26, denouncing "dangerous understaffing" of therapists — with patients routinely having to wait six to eight weeks for an appointment. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers have been on strike since Aug. . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Argentine President Condemns Attack on Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned the attack against Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner that occurred on Thursday night and declared Friday a non-working day for society to peacefully express its rejection of political violence. | RELATED: | During a national network broadcast on television a few minutes after the events, Fernandez maintained that the attack against the former president is the "most…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Cuba Celebrates International Day for People of African Descent. telesurenglish.net The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, stated it is essential to denounce any notion of racial superiority and work tirelessly to free all societies from the scourge of racism. | On this celebration of Intl Day for People of African Descent, we must promote & protect their rights, and call attention to the challenges many continue to face in the realization of their rights.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Analysis of the Frustrated Assassination Attempt Against Cristina Fernández. libya360.wordpress.com Mission Verdad "An attempt has been made against our vice-president and social peace has been disturbed," said Argentine President Alberto Fernandez (Photo: Télam). The assassination attempt against Cristina Fernandez in Argentina has placed a country on high alert at a critical political moment. The vice president, a leader with the highest popularity in Argentine society…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Erdogan Exploits the Libyan Crisis to Further His Own Interests. libya360.wordpress.com The two simultaneous visits by the outgoing head of the unity government, Abdulhamid Al-Dabaiba, and the head of the parliament-backed government, Fathi Bashaga, to Ankara to meet with Turkish officials revealed that Turkey is sticking to the file of a political solution in Libya, and that the field is open for a combination of a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Argentina: Assassination Attempt Against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Widely Condemned. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Argentine Vice President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, thanking supporters who have gathered outside her home since last week in her support in the face of ongoing judicial and political persecution against her. (Photo: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner/Twitter) The attack, which shook the country, was widely condemned by numerous political leaders and social activists from…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Colombia-Venezuela Ties to Create New Opportunities for LATAM. telesurenglish.net The restoration of diplomatic ties between Venezuela and Colombia will provide opportunities not only for the two countries, but also the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, David Castrillon, a political observer from Del Rosario University in Bogota. | RELATED: | "Colombia's recognition of the Venezuelan government was a very important step that will lead to 'win-win' results in the short, medium, and long ter…

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). Some Important Aspects of the Proposed New Constitution of Chile. orinocotribune.com Some of the main advances are declaration of an ecological and plurinational state; recognition of indigenous peoples; human right to water and education; democracy based on gender parity. | More than 15 million Chileans are summoned to participate in a refendum this Sunday, September 4, in order to decide whether they want to approve the new constitution drafted by the Constitutional Convention or maintain the current one which dates from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). | According to Chilean electoral law, in order to be approved the new Constitution must get at least % plus one of the total…

Sara Flounders (2022-09-03). U.S. and Israel bomb Syria again: Oil piracy continues. workers.org In the latest violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, eight U.S. F-16 and F-15E fighter jets hit nine targets in Syria Aug. 25. The U.S. military still maintains 19 terrorist training camps in Syria and has seized Syria's oil fields. Even as the U.S./NATO-provoked war in Ukraine threatens nuclear . . . |

No Tech For Apartheid (2022-09-03). Thursday 9/8: National Day of Action: No Tech for Apartheid. indybay.org @Embarcadero Plaza, then start the program outside of Google office at 1 Market Street!, San Francisco.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-03). Wickremesinghe under fire for arrest of student activists in Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org The three arrested activists are: Wasantha Mudalige of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF), Galwewa Siridhamma Thero of the Bhikku (Monks) Federation, and Hashantha Jawantha Gunathilake of the Kelaniya University Students' Union.

Fight Back (2022-09-03). ECPS Coalition urges Chicagoans to run for District Council elections. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) Coalition held a press conference on Tuesday morning, August 30, in response to Mayor Lightfoot's Monday appointment of the citywide Interim Commission for Public Safety. According to the ECPS ordinance, the commission should have been appointed in January. The coalition held a press conference on July 20 demanding that the mayor end the delays and appoint the Interim Commission. With the appointments made, the coalition set its eyes towards the local District Council elections coming up in February 2023. | "This ordinance is a step towards gi…

WSWS (2022-09-03). Australian media menaces Solomon Islands over pause on naval visits. wsws.org The US-led preparations for war against China have transformed the Pacific into a cauldron of imperialist intrigue and provocation.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). 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…

Staff (2022-09-03). 'No Prior Appointment' wins awards in Moscow Intl. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Two awards of the 44th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival has gone to Iranian director and actress for 'No Prior Appointment'.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-03). Lavrov Explained Why The US Hasn't Successfully Pressured India Into Sanctioning Russia. oneworld.press The failure of the US' pressure campaign against India is instructive because it serves as an example for why its related efforts against other major countries haven't succeeded as well.

Staff (2022-09-03). Iran suggestions to EU draft aren't over-ambitious. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations says that Iranian suggestions aren't over-ambitious and can be accommodated provided there is the necessary political will to complete the Vienna talks.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-03). Modi Made A Subtle Jab Against China While Commissioning India's Aircraft Carrier. oneworld.press The Indian leader was subtly conveying his government's view that China is already a developed country with similar socio-economic metrics as its Western counterparts. By tacitly denying recognition of China's self-identification as a developing country, not to mention its claim to being the largest one, India is sending a signal to the rest of the Global South that they should look to it for leadership instead of to China.

Otis Grotewohl (2022-09-03). Ohio teachers win through mass solidarity. workers.org In a climate of recent worker mobilizations and fights, teachers in two different Ohio school districts started their school year off in a class battle against their employers. The teachers of both districts are represented by the Ohio Education Association (OEA), an affiliate of the National Education Association. After voting . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-09-03). Rapid reestablishment of relations between Colombia and Venezuela ‚àí guest commentary. workers.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua, and an advisor for international politics for TeleSUR. Translated by unitedworldint.com and edited by Workers World. . . . |

____ (2022-09-03). Four raptors released to nature after recovery in NW China's Qinghai. ecns.cn One black kite and three upland buzzards have been released to nature in Qilian County, Haibei Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, said the Provincial Administration of Qilian Mountain National Park on Friday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). Consumer Health: Small lifestyle changes that make a big difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While many modern-day ailments can be linked to unhealthy lifestyle choices, changing those choices can be a challenge. It may seem overwhelming or useless to even try. But Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, recommends approaching lifestyle changes in the same way you would learn a musical instrument or teach a child math: one step at a time. Whether your goal is to lower your blood pressure, manage symptoms of diabetes, lose weight or…

____ (2022-09-03). China completes initial phase of national health information platform. ecns.cn China has finished the initial phase of building a national platform on health information, a health official said on Friday.

WSWS (2022-09-03). "The power needs to be in all the workers' hands": Highlights from online Q&A with Will Lehman, candidate for UAW president. wsws.org On August 27, Lehman hosted an online Q and A, explaining his campaign's perspective of building a rank-and-file movement and uniting workers internationally.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). A new type of defibrillator met safety, effectiveness goals in global clinical study. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new type of extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) using a lead (thin wire) placed behind the sternum met safety and effectiveness goals for participants in a premarket global clinical study. The device effectively terminated acute and chronic life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. The findings were presented during a late-breaking session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress and were simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Arrhythmias such as ventricular fibrillation and…

____ (2022-09-03). Cultural Exhibition of Countries along B&R opens during CIFTIS in Beijing. ecns.cn The opening ceremony of the 7th Colorful World – Cultural Exhibition of Countries along the Belt and Road was held at Shougang Park during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, on Thursday.

____ (2022-09-03). Shandong launches new air cargo route to Belgium. ecns.cn A plane loaded with commodities heading for Belgium's Liege took off from the Yantai Penglai International Airport in East China's Shandong Province on Thursday, marking the official operation of the new air cargo route.

Paddy Colligan (2022-09-03). Vietnam advances LGBTQ+ rights. workers.org The Vietnam Ministry of Health ensured on Aug. 3 that members of the LGBTQ+ community will receive appropriate and respectful medical care. Toi Dong Y (I Do) 2022 launched Aug. 10 in Ho Chi Minh City to gain more support for same-sex marriage in Vietnam, a campaign strengthened by the . . . |

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). Johnson Memorial Health in Indiana joins Mayo Clinic Care Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Johnson Memorial Health and Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday, Aug. 31, that the Indiana health system has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health care organizations, have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise. "We are honored to enter into this collaborative relationship with Mayo Clinic," says David Dunkle, M.D., president and CEO of Johnson Memorial Health. "Our providers…

Staff (2022-09-03). Iran eyes 0.2mbd crude oil output capacity rise by March 2023. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said an increase of 200,000 barrels per day in Iran's oil production capacity is expected by the end of the current calendar year, which began on March 21.

Staff (2022-09-03). VIDEO: 'Delvari' hero of fighting against British Colonialism. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Shahrivar 12 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with Sept. 3 is considered a cultural event for Iranians to mark the National Day of Combat against British Colonialism as well as commemorate Rais Ali Delvari.

____ (2022-09-03). India commissions 1st indigenous aircraft carrier "Vikrant" ecns.cn Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier "Vikrant" in the southern state of Kerala.

Staff (2022-09-03). 'Mattress', 'File' go to film festivals in Netherland, UK. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) — Iranian short films 'Mattress' and 'File' will take part at two international film festivals in the Netherland and the UK respectively.

____ (2022-09-03). Beijing enters moderately aging society: report. ecns.cn Beijing has entered a moderately aging society since 2021, according to a report released on Friday during the ongoing 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). 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…

WSWS (2022-09-03). New Zealand paper mill workers locked out for nearly a month. wsws.org Multinational toilet paper manufacturer Essity is relying on the unions to isolate the 145 locked out workers in Kawerau and help starve them into accepting a sellout agreement.

_____ (2022-09-02). Ukraine Tries To Prevent IAEA Inspection Of Nuclear Power Plant. popularresistance.org U.N. nuclear safety officials who are heading to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant are facing intense shelling but will continue to travel to the facility, the team's leader said Thursday. "There has been increased military activity, including this morning — until very recently, a few minutes ago," Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Thursday morning. But he added defiantly: "Having come so far, we are not stopping. We are moving now," despite the fact "the risks are very very high." | Grossi concluded his press statement by saying: "Wis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Ukraine Admits Bombing the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. libya360.wordpress.com The Ukrainian military publicly admitted striking the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in an official General Staff briefing on Friday. Previously, Kiev had claimed that Russian forces used the plant as a military base; now it says all troops have relocated due to the visit by IAEA inspectors. "In the areas of the settlements…

Anonymous (2022-09-02). Palestine in Pictures: August 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Asa Winstanley (2022-09-02). Israel lobby fury as Jewish leftist elected to Labour's ruling body. electronicintifada.net Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi won a seat on the party's National Executive Committee.

Editor (2022-09-02). Medea Benjamin & Jodie Evans: What Killed America's Peace Movement? scheerpost.com CODEPINK founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans. [Photo courtesy of CODEPINK] | : More than six months into Russia-Ukraine war, peace seems increasingly out of re…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). The Sickness of the American Left and the Path to Recovery. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong Leftists in the United States are suffering from a propaganda-induced delirium. Revolutionary discipline can get us through the winter storm. The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the…

Editor (2022-09-02). Chris Hedges & Robert Scheer on Gorbachev, Russia & Ukraine. scheerpost.com Journalists Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer discuss Mikhail Gorbachev, his life, his role in the end of the Cold War and his legacy today. How does he relate to Vladimir Putin, the state of Russia today and the war in Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Blowback for NATO's Crime against Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Eleven years ago, when the U.S. empire committed one of its most recent great crimes by bombing Libya into becoming a failed state, the Queen of Chaos Hillary Clinton celebrated by saying "We came, we saw, he died!" about Muammar Gaddafi. For someone whose role was to bring about chaos during the early years of…

A Guest Author (2022-09-02). °Franky Velgara Valentin PRESENTE! workers.org The following statement was issued on August 25. ProLibertad Allies and Supporters, Franky Velgara. PHOTO: Pro-Libertad It is with great sadness that we, in the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, announce the passing of one of our founders and longtime coordinators, Francisco Velgara Valentin, known affectionately to the movement at large as . . . |

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-09-02). U.S.-Backed TPLF Breaks 5-Month Truce By Resuming War in Northern Ethiopia. towardfreedom.org Dismissing the Africa Union-led peace negotiations, the Tigray People's Liberation Front called for Western intervention in Ethiopia before resuming a war with the Ethiopian state on August 24. This ended a five-month truce with Ethiopia's federal government, weeks after envoys from the United States and European Union visited its base. Pavan Kulkarni reports for People's Dispatch.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-02). Vietnam's Outgoing Envoy To India Shared Some Insight Into His Country's Multipolar Strategy. oneworld.press Vietnamese-Indian relations remain an important axis of South-South cooperation that deserves to be followed more closely by intrepid observers going forward since these two states are crucial regional nodes of the emerging new Non-Aligned Movement ("Neo-NAM") that'll come to play a greater role in the future.

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). French Inflation Halved by Energy Tariff Shield Measure. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) reported that the energy tariff shield introduced by the Parliament had stopped inflation from rising by 3.1 percentage points between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022. | RELATED: | According to a report written by INSEE economists Alexandre Bourgeois and Raphael Lafrogne-Joussier, two-thirds of inflation during that period resulted…

JANET (2022-09-02). Angered by inflation, British workers strike. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel August 26, 2022 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 the Trades Unions Congress, marched through central London June 18 over the cost of living crisis and the need for higher wages. This unstated ruling-class goal of crushing the unions, along with dreams of past imperialist prosperity, lay behind the ruling-cla…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Russia Starts Vostok 2022 Joint Military Exercises. telesurenglish.net The Russian Defense Ministry reported that more than ,000 troops from 14 countries will participate in the Vostok 2022 military drills. | Military forces from China & India arriving in Russia for the Vostok-2022 joint military drill. ,000 soldiers, 140 aircraft, 60 warships & general support vessels being mobilized for the exercise.

____ (2022-09-02). The first public use digital renminbi hardware wallet unveiled at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn The first publically available digital renminbi hardware wallet – named "low-carbon card" – was unveiled at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on Thursday, at Shougang Park in Beijing.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Biden's national address warns of imminent threat of dictatorship. wsws.org Joe Biden's address to the nation, delivered in prime time in front of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was extraordinary both for what he said, as well as for what he did not say.

JANET (2022-09-02). Albert Woodfox: 'a warrior who loved humanity'. iacenter.org By John "Bunchy" Crear August 31, 2022 Bunchy Crear, Albert Woodfox and Warren "D.K." Nelson, July 2016. John "Bunchy '" Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles Freeman and Johnny Coward in August 1971 to ask for Houston to officially be made a chapter of the Black Panther Party. He transferred to the Panthers headquarters in Oakland in 1972 and was head of photography for their newspaper. In 1974 he became Bobby Seale's assistant. In 1977 he started the Las Vegas chapter of the BPP. He was in the BPP for 10 years. Bunchy is now the Houston chair of the B…

Oneworld.press (2022-09-02). The Polish Ambassador To India Is In No Position To Advise His Hosts On Ties With Russia. oneworld.press While the Polish Ambassador to India is comparatively more polite and respectful than American policymakers, he nevertheless shares their lack of understanding about this South Asian state and its objective national interests.

Oneworld.press (2022-09-02). Why'd Lavrov Say That Russia Isn't Alone Yet It Also Can't Rely On Anyone But Itself. oneworld.press No country should ever enter into a position of disproportionate dependence whereby they literally come to rely on anyone else, though nor should they isolate themselves from global processes either, hence the need to pragmatically strike a careful balance between these two goals exactly as Russia is doing.

Tanupriya Singh (2022-09-02). A victory for the planet: Wild Coast communities prevail over Shell in oil and gas exploration case. peoplesdispatch.org A South African court has revoked an exploration right granted to Shell to conduct seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. The court sided with the affected communities who were not consulted prior to the project…

Dave Welsh (2022-09-02). Therapists protest 'dangerous delays in mental health care'. workers.org Oakland, California A hundred striking mental health workers picketed Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, Aug. 26, denouncing "dangerous understaffing" of therapists — with patients routinely having to wait six to eight weeks for an appointment. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers have been on strike since Aug. . . . |

Editor (2022-09-02). U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965. scheerpost.com By Justin McCarthy / | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of Americans now approve of labor unions. Although statistically similar to last year's 68%, it is up from 64% before the pandemic and is the highest Gallup has recorded on this measure since 1965. | These data are from Gallup's annual Work and Education survey, collected Aug. 1-23. | The latest approval…

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

JANET (2022-09-02). Cuba solidarity activists restore mural. iacenter.org August 31, 2022 Cuba solidarity activists gathered Aug. 27 at the First Spanish Methodist Church, The People's Church in East Harlem, New York City, and then marched to the Dos Alas (Two Birds) Mural at 105th St. and Third Ave. The mural portrays Che Guevara, a leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Pedro Albizo Campos, head of the Puerto Rican independence movement against the U.S. For more than 20 years, the mural has stood as a revered landmark of solidarity and struggle; and only since last year it had been vandalized by right-wing haters of Cuba, who support the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Youth took up paint brushe…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-02). A compound in trees could kill drug-resistant bacteria. healtheuropa.com A new study finds a naturally occurring compound in trees could potentially kill drug-resistant bacteria. A new study by scientists from the University of Portsmouth and Naresuan and Pibulsongkram Rajabhat Universities in Thailand investigated if a naturally occurring compound called hydroquinine can kill drug-resistant bacteria. Drug-resistant bacteria has quickly developed into a worldwide public health …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-02). Air pollution exposure affects females more than males. healtheuropa.com The impact of air pollution exposure, specifically diesel exhaust fumes, may be more severe for females than males. A new study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Spain finds that breathing diesel exhaust fumes may have severe consequences for females more than males. This type of air pollution exposure was analysed through …

Peter Certo (2022-09-02). Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich. ips-dc.org The Institute for Policy Studies staff and board are mourning the loss of Barbara Ehrenreich, a fiercely committed progressive feminist who wielded her pen and sarcastic wit to expose injustices and spur action for change. | Barbara died on September 1 at age 81. IPS Senior Advisor John Cavanagh, with Barbara Ehrenreich's 1985 publication on a women's economic agenda. | For more than 40 years, Barbara kept our IPS family learning and laughing. As a staff member in the 1980s, she shared an office with longtime IPS Director John Cavanagh and gave him an education in feminism. In between writing books and essays, sh…

Rian Overy (2022-09-02). A ground-breaking discovery could eradicate glioblastoma. healtheuropa.com A new study from Tel Aviv University has effectively eradicated glioblastoma, a highly lethal form of brain cancer. The researchers achieved this ground-breaking discovery by using a method they had previously developed whilst researching two critical mechanisms in the brain. These mechanisms support tumour growth and survival. One protects cancer cells from the immune system, …

Rian Overy (2022-09-02). Link found between Circadian rhythm disorder and mental illness. healtheuropa.com Circadian rhythm disorder has been found to be associated with anxiety, autism, schizophrenia, and Tourette syndrome, as well as most other mental disorders. A team of neuroscience, pharmaceutical sciences, and computer science researchers at the University of California, has launched a study into the link between circadian rhythm disorder and mental disorders. Circadian rhythm disorder …

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Argentine President Condemns Attack on Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned the attack against Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner that occurred on Thursday night and declared Friday a non-working day for society to peacefully express its rejection of political violence. | RELATED: | During a national network broadcast on television a few minutes after the events, Fernandez maintained that the attack against the former president is the "most…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Cuba Celebrates International Day for People of African Descent. telesurenglish.net The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, stated it is essential to denounce any notion of racial superiority and work tirelessly to free all societies from the scourge of racism. | On this celebration of Intl Day for People of African Descent, we must promote & protect their rights, and call attention to the challenges many continue to face in the realization of their rights.

_____ (2022-09-02). US Provocations Over Taiwan and Beijing's Steady Remedy. journal-neo.org The early August visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took place amid heavy protests from Beijing. The visit was a blatant violation of Washington's bilateral agreement with Beijing regarding the "One China" policy as well as a violation of international law regarding political independence and territorial integrity. As was pointed out by many analysts, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Erdogan Exploits the Libyan Crisis to Further His Own Interests. libya360.wordpress.com The two simultaneous visits by the outgoing head of the unity government, Abdulhamid Al-Dabaiba, and the head of the parliament-backed government, Fathi Bashaga, to Ankara to meet with Turkish officials revealed that Turkey is sticking to the file of a political solution in Libya, and that the field is open for a combination of a…

Fra Hughes (2022-09-02). Truss vs. Lynch; Is This a Rerun of Thatcher vs. Scragill? orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes Aug 28, 2022 | They say those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. It's 1979 all over. Here we go again. | In 1979, Britain elected its first-ever female Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher came to power at a time of national crisis in the United Kingdom. She stood on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street on May 4, 1979, and recited a part of the prayer of St. Francis. | I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi, which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment, 'Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring…

Morning Star (2022-09-02). Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August. peoplesworld.org More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation. Satellite sensors detected 33,116 fires according to Brazil's national space institute. The dry season months of August and September are usually worst for both deforestation and fire. It was also …

WSWS (2022-09-02). New Zealand universities hit by long-term assault on pay and jobs. wsws.org New Zealand's universities, like their counterparts internationally, have been hit by a wholesale assault on public education in which the Tertiary Education Union has been entirely complicit.

____ (2022-09-02). 13th China Art Festival opens in Beijing. ecns.cn A gala of music and dance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Thursday marked the opening of the 13th China Art Festival.

Rebecca Pera, Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-02). Starbucks workers promote sip-ins, other tactics to dramatize struggle. peoplesworld.org A "tip-in" is a basketball term. But what's a "sip-in"? The answer from Starbucks workers around the country who seek to unionize themselves and their stores is it's the latest tactic in their escalating campaign for that goal: Coordinated action coast to coast to support unionizing and demand the firm stop union-busting and start bargaining. …

____ (2022-09-02). Raeisi congratulates Vietnamese counterpart on National Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) — Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi felicitated the National Day of Vietnam to the president and people of this country.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: 40,000 sanitation workers strike indefinitely in Bihar; Bangladeshi light vehicle drivers demand higher pay; Australia: Northern Territory public sector employees walk out; Pacific National train drivers in Queensland strike; Primary health care nurses rally across New Zealand;…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent about His Party's Theft of World Food Program Fuel. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world's most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. He has said nothing about the TPLF's recent theft of fuel intended for UN relief efforts in Ethiopia. On the morning of August 24th, fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara Region shattered a ceasefire…

WSWS (2022-09-02). Jackson, Mississippi, water outage continues for fourth day. wsws.org After Jackson's main water treatment facility had failed to operate Monday, the National Guard was deployed to assist in the distribution of bottled water as maintenance crews work round the clock to get the system back online.

____ (2022-09-02). Expressway section cuts travel times in Xinjiang. ecns.cn A section of newly opened expressway has further connected parts of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with China's ever-expanding national expressway network, slashing travel times and opening up more avenues for trade.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-02). Syrian Fighter Jet Crashes In Al-Suwayda Countryside (Video). southfront.org On September 2, a fighter jet of the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) crashed in the outskirts of the town of al-Khalidiyeh in the northern countryside of al-Suwayda. | The fighter jet reportedly took off from the nearby Khalkhalah Air Base. It was counducting a training mission when it fell from the sky as a result of a mechanical failure. The pilot managed to eject before the crash. However, he was lightly wounded. He is currently being treated in al-Suwayda National Hospital. | According t…

WSWS (2022-09-02). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers authorize a strike. wsws.org The workers at the Philadelphia art museum are part of a growing wave of anger and militancy among cultural workers generally, which is in turn a part of the emerging movement of the working class in the US and internationally.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Build the Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee to fight for a national railroad strike! wsws.org It must be said openly and clearly: The unions have every intention of blocking a strike. Therefore, we must organize ourselves independently in order to demand and force a strike.

____ (2022-09-02). Highlights of exhibitions at CIFTIS in Beijing. ecns.cn A Peking opera artist poses for photos during a cultural exhibition, which is also part of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2022.

_____ (2022-09-02). Capitalism Created The Climate Catastrophe. popularresistance.org In November 2022, most member states of the United Nations (UN) will gather in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh for the annual UN Climate Change Conference. This is the 27th conference of the parties to assess the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, commonly referred to as COP 27. The international environmental treaty was established in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, with the first conference held in Berlin in 1995; the agreements were extended in the Kyoto Protocol of 2005 and supplemented by the Paris Agreement of 2015. No more needs to be said of the climate catastrophe, which threatens mass specie…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-02). Argentina: Assassination Attempt Against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Widely Condemned. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Argentine Vice President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, thanking supporters who have gathered outside her home since last week in her support in the face of ongoing judicial and political persecution against her. (Photo: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner/Twitter) The attack, which shook the country, was widely condemned by numerous political leaders and social activists from…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Colombia-Venezuela Ties to Create New Opportunities for LATAM. telesurenglish.net The restoration of diplomatic ties between Venezuela and Colombia will provide opportunities not only for the two countries, but also the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, David Castrillon, a political observer from Del Rosario University in Bogota. | RELATED: | "Colombia's recognition of the Venezuelan government was a very important step that will lead to 'win-win' results in the short, medium, and long ter…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-01). IAEA Arrives at Zaporizhzhia Power Plant, Establishes 'Continued' Presence. news.antiwar.com A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) IAEA chief Rafael Grossi

Rian Overy (2022-09-01). Genetic sequencing can predict the severity of COVID-19 Variants. healtheuropa.com Researchers at Drexel University have created a new computer model that could help health services prepare for new variants of COVID-19 using genetic sequencing. By analysing changes in the genetic sequencing of the COVID-19 virus and upticks in transmission, hospitalisation and death, the new model can use machine learning to provide an early warning for …

_____ (2022-09-01). On the Yasukuni Shrine Factor in Another Ceremony in Japan Marking the End of the War in the Pacific. journal-neo.org At the outset, a few words about the dates by which countries mark events of international significance. It is quite common for something to be perceived as the same event, but its beginning and end are dated differently by different countries. In Japan, the date August 15, 1945 is significant because it is believed to …

_____ (2022-09-01). US Life Expectancy Drops Sharply, The Second Consecutive Decline. popularresistance.org Americans born in 2021 can expect to live for just 76.1 years — the lowest life expectancy has been since 1996, according to a new government analysis published Wednesday. This is the biggest two-year decline — 2.7 years in total — in almost 100 years. | The Covid-19 pandemic is the primary cause of the decline. However, increases in the number of people dying from overdoses and accidents is also a significant factor. | American Indian and Alaskan Native people have experienced a particularly precipitous drop in life expectancy since 2019, going from 71.8 to 65.2 years. This kind of loss is simi…

Monet Bailey (2022-09-01). Folic acid is added to flour to prevent spina bifida in foetuses. healtheuropa.com Following a consultation, the UK government moves closer to adding folic acid to non-wholemeal flour to prevent spina bifida in foetuses. Pregnant women are required to take folic acid to help the development of the baby's brain and spine. If the pregnant woman does not receive adequate levels of folic acid, this can lead to …

Monet Bailey (2022-09-01). Maddalena D'Urso and Mariano Votta from Active Citizenship Network (Italy). healtheuropa.com We would like to thank Lorna Rothery and the staff of Health Europa for their support in publishing our articles on patients' rights at the European level. Health Europa is an important opportunity to inform and communicate on health issues in our continent and beyond.

Monet Bailey (2022-09-01). Patients are facing up to five years delay for psoriasis diagnosis. healtheuropa.com A new study by the University of Manchester finds that a psoriasis diagnosis in primary care could take up to five years. Psoriasis is a skin condition that causes flaky patches of skin which form scales. The symptoms include patches of pink and red skin with white or silvery scales, which can cause itching and …

_____ (2022-09-01). How Zoomers Organized The First Chipotle Union. popularresistance.org Chipotle workers in Lansing, Michigan, formed the fast food chain's first recognized union in the U.S., voting 11-3 on August 25 to join Teamsters Local 243. It's the latest in a string of new organizing breakthroughs at prominent national brands, from Starbucks to Apple to Trader Joe's to REI. | Of all the employers that have seen union drives over the past year, Chipotle—with 100,000 employees across 3,000 stores, and long-term plans to double its footprint in North America—is the most similar to Starbucks. They're both outliers in fast food: their stores are primarily corporate-owned, rather than f…

Fight Back (2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…

____ (2022-09-02). The first public use digital renminbi hardware wallet unveiled at 2022 CIFTIS. ecns.cn The first publically available digital renminbi hardware wallet – named "low-carbon card" – was unveiled at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on Thursday, at Shougang Park in Beijing.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Biden's national address warns of imminent threat of dictatorship. wsws.org Joe Biden's address to the nation, delivered in prime time in front of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was extraordinary both for what he said, as well as for what he did not say.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-02). 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…

____ (2022-09-02). Expressway section cuts travel times in Xinjiang. ecns.cn A section of newly opened expressway has further connected parts of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with China's ever-expanding national expressway network, slashing travel times and opening up more avenues for trade.

WSWS (2022-09-02). New Zealand universities hit by long-term assault on pay and jobs. wsws.org New Zealand's universities, like their counterparts internationally, have been hit by a wholesale assault on public education in which the Tertiary Education Union has been entirely complicit.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Jackson, Mississippi, water outage continues for fourth day. wsws.org After Jackson's main water treatment facility had failed to operate Monday, the National Guard was deployed to assist in the distribution of bottled water as maintenance crews work round the clock to get the system back online.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Build the Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee to fight for a national railroad strike! wsws.org It must be said openly and clearly: The unions have every intention of blocking a strike. Therefore, we must organize ourselves independently in order to demand and force a strike.

____ (2022-09-02). 13th China Art Festival opens in Beijing. ecns.cn A gala of music and dance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Thursday marked the opening of the 13th China Art Festival.

____ (2022-09-02). Highlights of exhibitions at CIFTIS in Beijing. ecns.cn A Peking opera artist poses for photos during a cultural exhibition, which is also part of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2022.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers authorize a strike. wsws.org The workers at the Philadelphia art museum are part of a growing wave of anger and militancy among cultural workers generally, which is in turn a part of the emerging movement of the working class in the US and internationally.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-01). Head Of IAEA Left Zaporozhie NPP. Russian Ministry Of Defense Commented On Situation. southfront.org The head of the IAEA left the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. Several IAEA observers remained there. IAEA chief Grossi said the mission had managed to gather a lot of important information in a few hours at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, he saw "key things" he wanted to see. | The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the military provocation carried out by the Kiev regime on the day of the arrival of the international mission was planned. Here are the details of the operation of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-01). Ukraine: IAEA Visits the Zaporozhye NPP. libya360.wordpress.com The #IAEA spokesman said that the IAEA mission led by the DG Mr.Rafael Grossi has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled territory for about 3 hours en route to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. — Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) September 1, 2022 The #IAEA spokesman said that the IAEA mission led by the DG Mr.Rafael Grossi has been…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-01). IAEA Arrives at Zaporizhzhia Power Plant, Establishes 'Continued' Presence. news.antiwar.com A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) IAEA chief Rafael Grossi

____ (2022-09-01). 27 killed, 87 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours. ecns.cn At least 27 people were killed and 87 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-01). The Most Important Election in the Americas is in Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad Women in Sà£o Paulo partake in a rally in support of the candidacy of Lula da Silva. The sign reads: "Lula president and for the lives of women". Photo: Elineudo Meira Former president Lula is in the lead in the polls ahead of the first round of elections in Brazil to be held…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-01). 2019 RAND Paper Warned US of Failure During Ukraine Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com As far back as 2019, US Army-commissioned studies examined different means to provoke and antagonize Russia who they acknowledged sought to avoid conflict. However, they also warned that if Russia was pushed too far, it could trigger an escalation that would spiral out of Washington's control. Today we are watching this conflict unfold. Just how…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-01). Jacques Baud: Operation Z. libya360.wordpress.com Postil Magazine Interviews Jacques Baud After more than six months of war, it can be said that the Russian army is effective and efficient, and that the quality of its command & control far exceeds what we see in the West. But our perception is influenced by a reporting that is focused on the Ukrainian…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-01). Why Germany Needs a Revolution. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse Berlin's Brandenburg Gate displayed the yellow and blue colours of Ukraine in an act of solidarity — Image AP Germany's newsmedia — echoing America's — have attributed the soaring fuel-prices to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which clearly is a lie, because the source is clearly Germany's anti-Russian sanctions and termination of the Nord…

WSWS (2022-09-01). New Zealand media, politicians ramp up war propaganda after soldier killed in Ukraine. wsws.org Corporal Dominic Abelen, who was killed while fighting in eastern Ukraine, is being glorified as a national hero in order to build support for greater NZ involvement in the US-NATO imperialist war against Russia over Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-01). China's spending on R&D expected to reach new high in 2023. ecns.cn China's spending on research and development (R&D) is expected to exceed three trillion yuan (about $434.7 billion) in 2023, said an official report jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Science and Technologies, and Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Sri Lankan president deepens social attacks in interim cost-cutting budget. wsws.org Acutely aware that masses will resist his austerity plans, Wickremesinghe continues his appeal for an all-party government, to unite the political establishment, to suppress the mass opposition.

Infobrics (2022-09-01). India-Russia Working on New Payment System for Defence Deals. infobrics.org Hit by more Western sanctions on Russian banking channels, Moscow and New Delhi are now working out a new payment system for defence equipment already ordered…

Infobrics (2022-09-01). Russian Diamonds Are Back with Deals Being Done in Indian Rupees Instead of US Dollars. infobrics.org After being hit with US sanctions, Russian mining giant Alrosa is back selling more than $2 million per month in diamonds…

Diegoramos718 (2022-09-01). With Western Imperialism Decline, Capitalism Is in Crisis—a New Phase Is Emerging. scheerpost.com Foto: Alan Santos / PR | " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Informal_meeting_of_the_BRICS_during_the_2019_G20_Osaka_summit-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Informal_meeting_of_the_BRICS_during_the_2019_G20_Osaka_summit-scaled.jpeg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1″ src="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Informal_meeting_of_the_BRICS_during_the_2019_G20_Osaka_summit.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&ssl=1″wp-image-23467″ sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" data-recalc-dims="1″ />

Editor (2022-09-01). Ellen Brown: How to Green Our Parched Farmlands and Finance Critical Infrastructure. scheerpost.com Drought-stricken farmland in California. [ By Ellen Brown | Original to ScheerPost | Congress has passed two major infrastructure bills in the last year, but imminent needs in infrastructure funding remain. The

TeleSUR (2022-09-01). Brazil: Deforestation Encourages Fires in the Amazon. telesurenglish.net The report issued by Brazil's national space institute indicates that the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is suffering from more fires than at any point in nearly five years, with more than 33 000 fires detected by the satellites as a result of deforestation. | RELATED: | The rainforest has entered the peak of fire season, mainly related to the area's high levels of deforestation activity. "The deforestation rate is…

Fight Back (2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…

Staff (2022-09-01). Labor Day: Unions Have a Stake in Ending Minority Rule in the United States. cepr.net Two months from this Labor Day, members of unions, as well as working people throughout the country, will have some important choices to make in our national elections.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-01). US Navy Foiled Iranian Attempt To Capture One Of Its Maritime Drones (Videos). southfront.org ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 30, 2022) Screenshot of a video showing support ship Shahid Baziar, left, from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unlawfully towing a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in international waters of the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 30. (U.S. Navy photo) | On August 30, the United States Navy announced that it had prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) operated by its 5th Fleet in the Persian Gulf.

____ (2022-09-01). China issues guideline to further promote national defense education. ecns.cn A guideline on enhancing and improving national defense education for all people has been jointly issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

WSWS (2022-09-01). The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group, SEG) in Turkey, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).

WSWS (2022-09-01). DOJ lays out obstruction of justice case over Trump's retention of classified documents. wsws.org The legal battle over the documents has become a focus of the intensifying and in many ways unprecedented battle within the ruling class and the American capitalist state over issues of foreign policy and "national security."

____ (2022-09-01). Counter-terrorism forum in Beijing eyes int'l cooperation, smart weaponry. ecns.cn The Great Wall-2022 International Forum on Counter-terrorism, hosted by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, was held both online and offline in Beijing from August 30 to 31.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Australia's National Cabinet slashes COVID isolation time amid record deaths. wsws.org The Labor government and the anti-democratic National Cabinet are presiding over a new stage in the mass infection of the population for profits, which will result in even greater levels of death.

WSWS (2022-09-01). After shutting down Indian Ford plant, union and management keep workers in the dark. wsws.org Ford Motor Company workers in Maraimalai Nagar, in the southern Tamilnadu state near the state capital Chennai, remain in the dark with no communication from the management and the union even after six weeks after plant closure. The union has not informed workers about whatever severance package it is negotiating in great secret behind the backs of the workers.

United Native Americans (2022-09-01). 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…

____ (2022-09-01). CIFTIS promotes development of international trade in services. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing from Wednesday to Monday marks the 10th year that China is hosting the fair.

____ (2022-09-01). Advanced technologies the 2022 CIFTIS highlight. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday, with advanced technologies the highlight.

Staff (2022-09-01). 7th Summit of General Assembly of AhlulBayt World Assembly. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) The 7th Summit of the General Assembly of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly was kicked off on Thursday with the participation Iranian and non-Iranian guests in the Iran International Conference Center in Tehran.

____ (2022-09-01). First China-Europe freight train with TCM raw materials arrives in Xi'an. ecns.cn A total of 42 containers loaded with raw materials of liquorice, a Chinese medicinal herb, arrived at the Xi'an international port from Turkmenistan on Wednesday.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-01). Syrian Foreign Minister Says Israel Is 'Playing With Fire' After Attacks On Aleppo, Damascus. southfront.org Syria flag (flickr). | Syria will not back down and Israel is playing with fire, Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on September 1, commenting on the last Israeli strikes on The unprecedented strikes, which took place late on August 31, targeted Aleppo International Airport and al…

Jeffrey Rudolph (2022-09-01). Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington. juancole.com ( Detailed Political Quizzes) In an August 14, 2022, New York Times Opinion piece ("How the United States Misunderstands Iran"), Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes that, "By and large, the United States has sought to engage a[n] [Iranian] regime that clearly doesn't want to be engaged…" …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). Prisoners for Profit: From the Kononovich Brothers to U.S. Jails. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Based on remarks given at "Free the Kononovich Brothers: International Campaign Meeting" on Aug. 25. Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich are leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. They were among hundreds of political opponents of the Ukrainian regime jailed this year, and thousands since the 2014 U.S.-backed coup. On July 18,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). SADC Rejects Anti-Russian Bill in United States Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe 16-member regional organization in Southern Africa exerts in independence from Pentagon war in Ukraine Geopolitical Analysis A recent gathering of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its displeasure with recent legislation making its way through the United States Congress which is aimed at punishing the continent for its diplomatic and trade…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). US Proxy War Against China Rages in Myanmar. libya360.wordpress.com The US government through one of its organizations, the US Institute of Peace, has recently called for more aid to opposition groups fighting the central government of Myanmar. What is the rest of the story and why has the US invested billions over decades to interfere in Myanmar's internal political affairs. Are we watching another…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-08-31). CovertAction Bulletin: The Truth Behind the Africa-China 'Debt Trap' Myth. covertactionmagazine.com Allegations and accusations that China is trapping Africa into unsustainable debt agreements have dominated the conversation around Africa-China relations in Western media, but what does the data tell us? The reality is that China is canceling 23 loans to African countries amid this 'Debt Trap' debate. We look at the international implications of this claim, what debt trap diplomacy is, and who owns most of Africa's external debts. Featuring Sri Lanka, the African Development Bank, and the "secret" lenders they don't tell us about, with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog researcher at TriContinental Institute for Social Resea…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Rasika Ruwanpathirana Sri Lankan university students take part in a demonstration in Colombo on Aug. 18 Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe….

_____ (2022-08-31). There's No Place For Burnout In A Burning World. popularresistance.org By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched "An Inconvenient Truth." At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal — how it planted cancer in people's lungs, stole their breath, and polluted their water. This broke my heart and, in the midst of that brokenness, I devoted my life to stopping climate change. | Fast forward a decade, and I'd had the privilege of working in several nonprofits, including…

A guest author (2022-08-31). Albert Woodfox: 'a warrior who loved humanity'. workers.org Bunchy Crear, Albert Woodfox and Warren "D.K." Nelson, July 2016. John "Bunchy '" Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles Freeman and Johnny Coward in August 1971 to ask for Houston to officially be made a chapter of the Black . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). The "International Community" Is an Unreliable Broker in the Ethiopia Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Hermela AregawiTigray fighters The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been fueled by support from the United States. It is yet another proxy war which has brought great suffering to thousands of people. The so-called "international community" is once again proving itself to be an expert at prolonging war. Its role in the nearly two-year…

_____ (2022-08-31). Over One Million Bolivians Mobilize To Support President Arce's Government. popularresistance.org On Thursday, August 25, under the banner of 'March in Defense of Democracy and Economic Reconstruction', over one million Bolivians mobilized in support of the government of President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca and its socialist economic policies. | Workers from diverse sectors, peasants, students, and members of various Indigenous organizations and social movements from all nine departments of the country arrived in capital La Paz to ratify their support for the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. | The call for the march was given by the Pact of Unity (…

_____ (2022-08-31). Small-Town Residents Get Creative In Black Hills Uranium Mine Fight. popularresistance.org Hot Springs, South Dakota — A budding national reputation for healing mineral waters spawned this town of 3,400 in the early 1900s. Appreciative of that source, today's area residents have fended off proposed radioactive uranium mining in the aquifers for more than four decades. This summer of 2022, they scored a breakthrough. They collected enough signatures to obtain a ballot measure that would declare the activity a "nuisance" in Fall River County. | If the measure passes in the county's Nov. 8 general election, then an interested party could take legal action to prevent or stop the nuisance, according t…

_____ (2022-08-31). US Decision-Makers Cannot Handle End Of White Supremacy. popularresistance.org US law has to be based on human rights standards. We see as a contradiction for the US to pretend to be a leader of human rights when its law and practice is anything but practices in law that are in correspondence with human rights standards. We believe that if there's going to be legitimacy and the international human rights framework, that has to be a framework that is applied equally to all nations. | For example, when we were building the US human rights network that would apply international human rights standards to the US, looking at issues of mass incarceration that we have in the US, looking at the fail…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). At Least One Person Dead after a New Day of Anti-Government Protests in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Since August 22, thousands of Haitians have been mobilizing across the country to protest against widespread insecurity, growing scarcity of fuel and the rampant cost of living crisis. (Photo: Jonas Reginaldy Y. Desroches/Twitter On August 29, in a new day of nationwide anti-government demonstrations, thousands of Haitians once again hit the streets in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). Esther Cooper Jackson — Presente! libya360.wordpress.com TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON James and Esther with their daughters Kathryn (left) and Harriet (right), circa 1960s. Family collection. Esther Jackson, 105: Life reflected the 20th century struggle for equality Esther Cooper Jackson was part of an "astonishingly excellent cohort of Black women of an earlier generation, including Claudia Jones; Shirley Graham; Louise Patterson; and Dorothy…

A Guest Author (2022-08-31). Cuba solidarity activists restore mural. workers.org Cuba solidarity activists gathered Aug. 27 at the First Spanish Methodist Church, The People's Church in East Harlem, New York City, and then marched to the Dos Alas (Two Birds) Mural at 105th St. and Third Ave. The mural portrays Che Guevara, a leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Pedro . . . |

Jim Spellman (2022-08-31). Water crisis in Mississippi. america.cgtn.com Years of neglect combined with floodwaters from recent storms have left residents of Jackson, Mississippi with a major water crisis. The governor has declared a state of emergency and called up National Guard troops to help manage the crisis.

A Guest Author (2022-08-31). Portland movement celebrates Cuba. workers.org Maddi Johnson speaks at Portland's End the Blockade picnic, Aug. 28. By John Waller An Aug. 28 picnic organized by the Portland End the Blockade of Cuba Committee featured speakers, including this writer, who have just returned from Cuba as members of the Pastors for Peace Caravan. The speakers talked . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-01). New Zealand media, politicians ramp up war propaganda after soldier killed in Ukraine. wsws.org Corporal Dominic Abelen, who was killed while fighting in eastern Ukraine, is being glorified as a national hero in order to build support for greater NZ involvement in the US-NATO imperialist war against Russia over Ukraine.

____ (2022-09-01). China's spending on R&D expected to reach new high in 2023. ecns.cn China's spending on research and development (R&D) is expected to exceed three trillion yuan (about $434.7 billion) in 2023, said an official report jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Science and Technologies, and Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Sri Lankan president deepens social attacks in interim cost-cutting budget. wsws.org Acutely aware that masses will resist his austerity plans, Wickremesinghe continues his appeal for an all-party government, to unite the political establishment, to suppress the mass opposition.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-01). 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…

Infobrics (2022-09-01). India-Russia Working on New Payment System for Defence Deals. infobrics.org Hit by more Western sanctions on Russian banking channels, Moscow and New Delhi are now working out a new payment system for defence equipment already ordered…

Infobrics (2022-09-01). Russian Diamonds Are Back with Deals Being Done in Indian Rupees Instead of US Dollars. infobrics.org After being hit with US sanctions, Russian mining giant Alrosa is back selling more than $2 million per month in diamonds…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-09-01). Qantas, Rain Man and the Virtual Airline. dissidentvoice.org The list of sins is lengthy and growing with diseased relish. Australia's first and for decades only international airline, Qantas, is looking rather tattered of late. Its reliability is becoming something of the past, its standing diminished in an age of diminished international carriers. There was a time when taking a Qantas flight involved experiencing …

Fight Back (2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…

WSWS (2022-09-01). After shutting down Indian Ford plant, union and management keep workers in the dark. wsws.org Ford Motor Company workers in Maraimalai Nagar, in the southern Tamilnadu state near the state capital Chennai, remain in the dark with no communication from the management and the union even after six weeks after plant closure. The union has not informed workers about whatever severance package it is negotiating in great secret behind the backs of the workers.

____ (2022-09-01). CIFTIS promotes development of international trade in services. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing from Wednesday to Monday marks the 10th year that China is hosting the fair.

____ (2022-09-01). Advanced technologies the 2022 CIFTIS highlight. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday, with advanced technologies the highlight.

____ (2022-09-01). 27 killed, 87 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours. ecns.cn At least 27 people were killed and 87 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

____ (2022-09-01). Counter-terrorism forum in Beijing eyes int'l cooperation, smart weaponry. ecns.cn The Great Wall-2022 International Forum on Counter-terrorism, hosted by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, was held both online and offline in Beijing from August 30 to 31.

Jeffrey Rudolph (2022-09-01). Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington. juancole.com ( Detailed Political Quizzes) In an August 14, 2022, New York Times Opinion piece ("How the United States Misunderstands Iran"), Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes that, "By and large, the United States has sought to engage a[n] [Iranian] regime that clearly doesn't want to be engaged…" …

United Native Americans (2022-09-01). 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…

____ (2022-09-01). First China-Europe freight train with TCM raw materials arrives in Xi'an. ecns.cn A total of 42 containers loaded with raw materials of liquorice, a Chinese medicinal herb, arrived at the Xi'an international port from Turkmenistan on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-09-01). The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group, SEG) in Turkey, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).

WSWS (2022-09-01). Australia's National Cabinet slashes COVID isolation time amid record deaths. wsws.org The Labor government and the anti-democratic National Cabinet are presiding over a new stage in the mass infection of the population for profits, which will result in even greater levels of death.

WSWS (2022-09-01). DOJ lays out obstruction of justice case over Trump's retention of classified documents. wsws.org The legal battle over the documents has become a focus of the intensifying and in many ways unprecedented battle within the ruling class and the American capitalist state over issues of foreign policy and "national security."

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). International Monitors Arrive at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant to inspect the situation on the ground. | RELATED: | Previously, the IAEA Director Rafael Grossi stated that the mission of scientists and technicians plans to spend several days at the plant as his organization aspires to create a permanent representation in Zaporizhzhya. | "We must protect the safety and security of Ukraine's and Eu…

____ (2022-08-31). IAEA releases report on Iran's enrichment activity in Natanz. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its latest report has raised new claims about Iran's enrichment activity at Natanz Nuclear Facility.

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.

Joseph Gerson (2022-08-31). Failure of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference Leaves Humanity Increasingly Vulnerable. commondreams.org The failure of the NPT Review Conference reflects that the TPNW states need to acquire more international support.

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…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-31). Suspected Pakistani Arms Sales To Kiev Don't Automatically Imply Proxy War Intentions. oneworld.press Casual observers of bilateral ties or even just International Relations more broadly might be misled into automatically believing that these reports imply that Pakistan's US-backed post-modern coup regime has proxy war intentions against Russia. The reality is much more complex since the sale of arms to the Ukrainian side of that conflict doesn't automatically imply such motivations, nor does the sale to any side in a given dispute that's still frozen for the time being like the Kashmir Conflict.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). Prisoners for Profit: From the Kononovich Brothers to U.S. Jails. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Based on remarks given at "Free the Kononovich Brothers: International Campaign Meeting" on Aug. 25. Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich are leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. They were among hundreds of political opponents of the Ukrainian regime jailed this year, and thousands since the 2014 U.S.-backed coup. On July 18,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). SADC Rejects Anti-Russian Bill in United States Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe 16-member regional organization in Southern Africa exerts in independence from Pentagon war in Ukraine Geopolitical Analysis A recent gathering of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its displeasure with recent legislation making its way through the United States Congress which is aimed at punishing the continent for its diplomatic and trade…

Fvorinoco (2022-08-31). Venezuela Is Producing Magnesite for Its Own Consumption (Import Substitution). orinocotribune.com Venezuela is producing magnesite, the ore of magnesium, for the first time in decades, as it has become extremely difficult to import magnesium due to the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the country by the US and the European Union. | A ship left the Margarita port in the state of Nueva Esparta, loaded with 3000 tons of magnesium carbonate, or magnesite, which will be used in the industrial manufacturing sector of the country. | The vice president for the Substitution of Imports of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), Francisco Marín, reported in a Ministry of National Production press release tha…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). US Proxy War Against China Rages in Myanmar. libya360.wordpress.com The US government through one of its organizations, the US Institute of Peace, has recently called for more aid to opposition groups fighting the central government of Myanmar. What is the rest of the story and why has the US invested billions over decades to interfere in Myanmar's internal political affairs. Are we watching another…

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-31). The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers. scheerpost.com Jerome Powell presents the Monetary Policy Report to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 2020. Federalreserve, Public domain, via By Marc Steiner / As prices on consumer goods continue to climb, runaway inflation is a growing and ever more pressing concern—not just for A…

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."

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-08-31). CovertAction Bulletin: The Truth Behind the Africa-China 'Debt Trap' Myth. covertactionmagazine.com Allegations and accusations that China is trapping Africa into unsustainable debt agreements have dominated the conversation around Africa-China relations in Western media, but what does the data tell us? The reality is that China is canceling 23 loans to African countries amid this 'Debt Trap' debate. We look at the international implications of this claim, what debt trap diplomacy is, and who owns most of Africa's external debts. Featuring Sri Lanka, the African Development Bank, and the "secret" lenders they don't tell us about, with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog researcher at TriContinental Institute for Social Resea…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Rasika Ruwanpathirana Sri Lankan university students take part in a demonstration in Colombo on Aug. 18 Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe….

_____ (2022-08-31). There's No Place For Burnout In A Burning World. popularresistance.org By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched "An Inconvenient Truth." At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal — how it planted cancer in people's lungs, stole their breath, and polluted their water. This broke my heart and, in the midst of that brokenness, I devoted my life to stopping climate change. | Fast forward a decade, and I'd had the privilege of working in several nonprofits, including…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Australian Scientists to Harvest Resources From Wastewater. telesurenglish.net A team of Australian scientists has been awarded funding to develop technology that harvests resources from wastewater. | RELATED: | The Australian National University (ANU) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Wednesday announced over US$685,000 in funding for the inaugural ANU-CSIRO Agri-Food Collaboration Program. | Inspired by breakthroughs in biological research, the team will seek to address the…

Anonymous669 (2022-08-31). Israeli Strikes Hit Aleppo Airport In Northern Syria (Video). southfront.org Israeli F-15 warplane. Source: AP/TASS | Late on August 31, a series of Israeli strikes which were reportedly launched from the Eastern Mediterranean targeted Aleppo International Airport in Syria's northern region. | A military official told the state-run Syrian Arab New Agency that a number of missiles struck the airport, which is located in the eastern outskirts of Aleppo city. According to the unnamed official, the strikes caused material losses only. | Local activists in Aleppo city shared footage on social med…

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.

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 …

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.

____ (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.

A guest author (2022-08-31). Albert Woodfox: 'a warrior who loved humanity'. workers.org Bunchy Crear, Albert Woodfox and Warren "D.K." Nelson, July 2016. John "Bunchy '" Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles Freeman and Johnny Coward in August 1971 to ask for Houston to officially be made a chapter of the Black . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). The "International Community" Is an Unreliable Broker in the Ethiopia Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Hermela AregawiTigray fighters The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been fueled by support from the United States. It is yet another proxy war which has brought great suffering to thousands of people. The so-called "international community" is once again proving itself to be an expert at prolonging war. Its role in the nearly two-year…

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…

_____ (2022-08-31). Over One Million Bolivians Mobilize To Support President Arce's Government. popularresistance.org On Thursday, August 25, under the banner of 'March in Defense of Democracy and Economic Reconstruction', over one million Bolivians mobilized in support of the government of President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca and its socialist economic policies. | Workers from diverse sectors, peasants, students, and members of various Indigenous organizations and social movements from all nine departments of the country arrived in capital La Paz to ratify their support for the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. | The call for the march was given by the Pact of Unity (…

Editor (2022-08-31). We're Being Trained to Worry About 'Russian Propaganda' While Drowning in US Propaganda. scheerpost.com People with a TV instead of a head controlled by the hands of a puppeteer. the concept of the influence of the media and propaganda on a person's worldview. ( By Caitlin Johnstone / One of the weirdest, most insane things happening today is the way the entire western world is being trained to freak out about "Russian propaganda" — which barely exists in the west — while i…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Russian FM Says Russia Can Only Rely on Itself. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday at the educational marathon Znaniye (Knowledge) that the Russian Federation is living in a scenario where it can only rely on itself. | RELATED: | "As we can see, the West's reaction to the implementation of the special military operation's goals clearly shows that from the very outset, the tasks of the West were global and aimed at weakening, and, as some political scienti…

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…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-31). America's "Concern" Over India's Participation In The Vostok 2022 Drills Is Condescending. oneworld.press The entire Global South is taking note of this, even if they all remain silent for diplomatic reasons connected to advancing their own objective national interests, since everyone now sees how terribly the US treats its own "partners". The lesson is that America only sees its "partners" as vassals and always throws a fit whenever they behave as equals.

Chase Brown (2022-08-31). Schools Won't Be Safe Until Lawmakers Respect Students. otherwords.org This fall, students are heading back to school with the memory of the Uvalde, Texas shooting still fresh. Instead of excitement about new backpacks and first-day-of-school outfits, many children and their families are worrying about safety. | Unfortunately, while students took their summer break, lawmakers at all levels were hard at work passing laws that will make schools less safe. | Congress, for example, passed the

Diegoramos718 (2022-08-31). Craig Murray: Marx Was Right. scheerpost.com By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk I have never considered myself a Marxist. I came to adulthood at the end of the one, forty year long, period in the history of Western civilisation when there was a reduction in the chasm between the rich and ordinary people. In consequence I believed that a tolerable society might …

Editor (2022-08-31). Corporate Media Has Failed to Report on the Threats to Women's Reproductive Rights. scheerpost.com Women's Rights ( By Kathleen Minelli and Steve Macek / In the weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the corporate media has been saturated with analyses and reports about the implications of the ruling for women's lives and health. Legal observers have weighed in on the conservative majority's reasoning in the case. The impact of the ruling on the 2022 mi…

Editor (2022-08-31). Patrick Lawrence: When Correspondents Came Home, Part 2. scheerpost.com Speechless — by Mr. Fish | By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost | This is the second of a two-part series examining the collapse of foreign coverage in mainstream media. Part 1 of this series can be found A few days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, George W. Bush's press secretary arranged a conference call with America's leading editors in Washington. Ari Fleischer's intent was to secure the cooperation of newspapers and broadcasters as the…

Khalil Bendib (2022-08-31). Trump: Wanted for Espionage and Treason… otherwords.org

Martha Grevatt (2022-08-31). Michigan: ballot initiative huge advance for reproductive justice. workers.org Supporters of Michigan Reproductive Freedom for All petition after submitting over 753,000 signatures, Lansing, Michigan, July 11. The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade was undeniably a gigantic setback for reproductive justice. It has already caused tremendous harm across the country. Nevertheless, the fight for abortion . . . |

Monet Bailey (2022-08-31). Hip fracture recovery varies widely across NHS hospitals. healtheuropa.com Research has found that hip fracture recovery varies between NHS hospitals in England and Wales, and in some hospitals, one in ten patients die within one month. Hip fractures are cracks or breaks in the femur close to the hip joint. They are typically caused by a fall or injury, which are common amongst older …

Monet Bailey (2022-08-31). NICE recommends FMT for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. healtheuropa.com Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) will be offered to people with two or more Clostridium difficile infections. Clostridium difficile infections cause diarrhoea and often affect people taking antibiotics. Common symptoms include a high temperature, loss of appetite, feeling sick and a stomachache. Treatments typically include a 10-day course of another antibiotic; however, if the infection is …

Paul Armentano (2022-08-31). Pot Prohibitionists Fear Democracy More Than Marijuana. otherwords.org Those who wish to perpetuate the failed public policy of cannabis criminalization have lost the hearts and minds of the American public. And they know it. | With public support for marijuana policy reform reaching In some cases, they are even willing to overturn the will of the electorate to get their way…

Peter Certo (2022-08-31). In OtherWords: August 31, 2022. otherwords.org It's back to school season, so this week we're proud to offer a suite of bold opinions on issues facing students, teachers, and the communities they serve. | First, Olivia Alperstein talks about But students aren't the only ones just scraping by. Bella DeVaan and Rebekah Entralgo explain how low wages and burnout are driving teachers out of the profession. But just in time for Labor Day, they also r…

Rian Overy (2022-08-31). New approach to treating leukaemia in children may reduce side effects. healtheuropa.com By using drugs currently used to treat other diseases, scientists hope they can reduce the side effects of medication used to treat leukaemia in children. Acute lymphocytic leukaemia is the most common form of cancer in children and young people. The survival rate for leukaemia in children is good, with 90% of those diagnosed surviving. …

Rian Overy (2022-08-31). Understanding the early stages of Alzheimer's with 3D imaging. healtheuropa.com Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are using novel 3D imaging technology to better understand the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Using new 3D imaging technology, researchers have been able to comprehensively characterise the part of the brain that may show the earliest accumulation of tau protein, an important biomarker in the early stages of …

_____ (2022-08-31). Small-Town Residents Get Creative In Black Hills Uranium Mine Fight. popularresistance.org Hot Springs, South Dakota — A budding national reputation for healing mineral waters spawned this town of 3,400 in the early 1900s. Appreciative of that source, today's area residents have fended off proposed radioactive uranium mining in the aquifers for more than four decades. This summer of 2022, they scored a breakthrough. They collected enough signatures to obtain a ballot measure that would declare the activity a "nuisance" in Fall River County. | If the measure passes in the county's Nov. 8 general election, then an interested party could take legal action to prevent or stop the nuisance, according t…

_____ (2022-08-31). US Decision-Makers Cannot Handle End Of White Supremacy. popularresistance.org US law has to be based on human rights standards. We see as a contradiction for the US to pretend to be a leader of human rights when its law and practice is anything but practices in law that are in correspondence with human rights standards. We believe that if there's going to be legitimacy and the international human rights framework, that has to be a framework that is applied equally to all nations. | For example, when we were building the US human rights network that would apply international human rights standards to the US, looking at issues of mass incarceration that we have in the US, looking at the fail…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-31). At Least One Person Dead after a New Day of Anti-Government Protests in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Since August 22, thousands of Haitians have been mobilizing across the country to protest against widespread insecurity, growing scarcity of fuel and the rampant cost of living crisis. (Photo: Jonas Reginaldy Y. Desroches/Twitter On August 29, in a new day of nationwide anti-government demonstrations, thousands of Haitians once again hit the streets in…

Oneworld.press (2022-08-31). Interpreting Putin & Kosachev's Condolences Over Gorbachev's Death. oneworld.press It's not contradictory nor surprising for someone like President Putin to simultaneously acknowledge the urgent necessity of reforms during the late Soviet era, lament the ultra-disastrous geopolitical and humanitarian consequences of Gorbachev's related implementation, and defend his resultant Great Power's interests in line with international law, all while without ever pining for the restoration of that former communist superpower.

Scorinoco (2022-08-31). Why the People's Republic of China Embraced Paul Robeson. orinocotribune.com By Gao Yunxiang — Aug 18, 2022 | Several times in recent years, Chinese broadcasters have aired shows that feature Paul Robeson (1898-1976), one of the most popular African American singers and actors of his era and a well-known civil rights activist. China National Radio and various channels of the widely influential China Central TV showcased Robeson on programmes in 2009, 2012 and 2021 narrating China's resistance to foreign military aggressions. This is a remarkable amount of coverage in Chinese media for an American who died decades ago. Though not widely known in the United States, the relationship be…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Migrant Caravan Leaves Tapachula Heading for the United States. telesurenglish.net A new caravan of over 1,000 migrants left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday for the U.S. border. It mainly included people from Latin American countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. | RELATED: | After crossing the border with Guatemala, the migrants stayed for some time in the Mexican city of Tapachula. In the early hours of Tuesday, however, they decided to leave the city because the National Migration Insti…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Restored Venezuela-Colombia Ties a Blow to US, Says Expert. telesurenglish.net Venezuela and Colombia's restoration of diplomatic ties clearly illustrates the United States' waning influence in Latin America, an international relations analyst said. | RELATED: | The restoration of relations between the two countries is a "strong and convincing sign that the foreign policy of the United States has experienced an undeniable setback in Latin America and the Caribbean," Fernando Rivero pointed out. | Venezuelan President Nico…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). UN Announces Participation in Dialogue Table in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net The United Nations-UN, through the Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities Affairs, Francisco Calí Tzay, announced his participation on Wednesday in the dialogue between the Government of Ecuador and indigenous sectors. | RELATED: | The Ministry of Government released the information by saying that the rapporteur will know the methodology with which the dialogues are developed. He will also hold meetings wit…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). UN Calls for Collective Action to Help Flood-Hit Pakistan. telesurenglish.net The Pakistani people are facing "a monsoon on steroids," United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on the international community to take urgent action to help the Pakistani government and people. | RELATED: | "Pakistan is awash in suffering. The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids — the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding," he said in a video message on the launch of flash…

____ (2022-08-31). Raeisi congratulates Malaysian King, PM on National Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi felicitated the National Day of Malaysia to the King of this country Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Prime Minister Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob.

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.

____ (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). 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'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.

Jim Spellman (2022-08-31). Water crisis in Mississippi. america.cgtn.com Years of neglect combined with floodwaters from recent storms have left residents of Jackson, Mississippi with a major water crisis. The governor has declared a state of emergency and called up National Guard troops to help manage the crisis.

F. William Engdahl (2022-08-31). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

____ (2022-08-31). Pres. Raeisi felicitates Kyrgyz counterpart on National Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi congratulated the National Day of Kyrgyzstan to his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Zhaparov and noble people of this country.

WSWS (2022-08-31). UK: Royal Mail workers stage second 24-hour national strike with more to follow. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to postal and BT workers on picket lines who said they did not view theirs as an isolated dispute, spoke about the huge inequality between workers and the corporate establishment and the need for broader action against the Conservative government.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Hate incidents targeting Quebec's religious minorities spike after passage of CAQ's Bill 21. wsws.org To counter mounting working class opposition, Quebec's ruling elite is using the campaign for the Oct. 3 provincial election to intensify its promotion of chauvinism and nationalism.

A Guest Author (2022-08-31). Cuba solidarity activists restore mural. workers.org Cuba solidarity activists gathered Aug. 27 at the First Spanish Methodist Church, The People's Church in East Harlem, New York City, and then marched to the Dos Alas (Two Birds) Mural at 105th St. and Third Ave. The mural portrays Che Guevara, a leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Pedro . . . |

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). 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.

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-31). Green Group Blasts Biden for Backing Big Oil's California Offshore Fracking Push. commondreams.org "This contradicts the administration's climate goals because fast-tracking offshore fracking will mean more dirty fossil fuels."

____ (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). 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.

____ (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.

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). 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.

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.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Greece's secret service illegally tapped phone of leader of social democratic PASOK party. wsws.org The fallout has prompted calls from within the EU parliament and Greece's parliament for an inquiry probe into the spying allegations. Probes in such sensitive issues are typically set up in order to pacify public anger and conclude with no real light shone, under the pretext of "national security."

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). 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.

A Guest Author (2022-08-31). Portland movement celebrates Cuba. workers.org Maddi Johnson speaks at Portland's End the Blockade picnic, Aug. 28. By John Waller An Aug. 28 picnic organized by the Portland End the Blockade of Cuba Committee featured speakers, including this writer, who have just returned from Cuba as members of the Pastors for Peace Caravan. The speakers talked . . . |

Luigino Bracci (2022-08-31). Writers from 20 African Countries Will Visit Venezuela for FILVEN 2022. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Deputy Minister for the Promotion of Culture Raúl Cazal, who is also the president of the National Book Center (CENAL), provided information about the 2022 edition of the International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN 2022), to be held during November 10—20 in the historic center of Caracas. The fair will be hosted in the Federal Legislative Palace (headquarter of the National Assembly of Venezuela) and in the boulevard between Padre Sierra and Gradillas. | Cazal said in an interview with Venezuelan Minister of Culture Ernesto Villegas, on the latter's show Aquí con Ernesto Villegas, that registrat…

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: "Now We're Playing the Long Game" libya360.wordpress.com Vladislav Shurygin The special operation in Ukraine entered the phase of a war of attrition August 24, 2022 is a landmark day. August 24 not only marked Ukraine's Day of Independence ("from common sense and humanity," as many add), but also marked six months since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in the Ukrainian theatre…

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…

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….

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,

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). US-Backed TPLF Resumes War in Northern Ethiopia. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni In December, with the support of Amharan and Afar militias, the Ethiopian federal army, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had recaptured towns from the TPLF, forcing them to surrender. Photo: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Government Communication Service Dismissing the AU-led peace negotiations, the TPLF called for Western intervention in Ethiopia before…

Maximillian Alvarez (2022-08-30). Sri Lanka's crisis: Ethnonationalism and the legacy of the civil war. therealnews.com Sri Lanka was heading towards a political and economic crisis long before protestors in the capital of Colombo took to the streets and stormed the President's House in early July, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, Sri Lanka's tourism industry, a major contributor to the national economy, basically evaporated overnight. The

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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). U.S. Presses Japan to Cancel Constitution's Peace-Clause. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse China and Japan Must thus Finally Agree Now, to Avoid a War. The United States Government is pressing Japan's Government to revise its 1947 U.S.-created Constitution so as to eliminate its clause (Article 9) that prevents Japan from invading any country. The clause asserts that: the Japanese people forever renounce war as a…

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 …

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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). Why Any Political 'Scientist' Who Calls U.S. a "Democracy" Is a Fake — NO Scientist. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseScientific empirical studies have uniformly proven that the U.S. Government is not a democracy (not a one-person-one-vote operation, nor anything even approximating that) but is instead an aristocracy (a one-dollar-one-vote Government). The U.S. Government represents actually not persons, but instead wealth. Voters go to the polls deceived by propaganda permeating the media, and voters…

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…

Editor (2022-08-30). Robert Scheer: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev, 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 American as well as world history. Today, following the n…

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…