(2021-08-28). Afghanistan: Five Success Stories. warisacrime.org 
Presented Friday, August 27, 2021, to the Northern Colorado Alliance for a Livable Future I want to begin with five success stories. The Peace Movement. The people who spent 20 years largely excluded from the corporate media, lobbying Congress Members well paid not to listen to them, marching and protesting and holding teach-ins, making art, …
(2021-08-28). Germany's Left Party approves military mission in Afghanistan. wsws.org One month before the federal elections, the Left Party is swinging towards open support for imperialist military operations by the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces). The party is responding to the growing opposition to German militarism in light of the debacle in Afghanistan.
(2021-08-28). Daraa Peace Plan Moves Terrorists to Turkish Occupied Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-28). Military Situation In Syria On August 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 28 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On August 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Fatirah | On August 27, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled YPG positions near Tal Rafaat | On August 27, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed f…
(2021-08-28). No Time For Rest: Russian Warplanes Continue To Strike Militant Positions In Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | On August 28, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least eight airstrikes on militants' positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The Russian airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the towns of al-Bara, Almaouzrah and Ain La Rose. All three towns are a part of the al-Zawiya Mount in the southern countryside…
(2021-08-28). Mercenaries in US Borders: A Sign of a Rapidly Declining Empire. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 27, 2021 | More keeps getting revealed about the contractors from the mysterious mercenary company—or, as we've found out, companies—that have shown up in Minneapolis during this summer's Black Lives Matter protests. The most widely recognized of these companies, whose contractors have been reported to profile, inflict head trauma upon, grab, and surveil peaceful demonstrators, initially didn't have its name known to the public due to the contractors refusing to reveal what their employer is called. But as I've seen reported by one Minneapolis resident who has personal experi…
(2021-08-28). Iran Can Respond To America's 'Other Options'. popularresistance.org US President Joe Biden said the US can turn to "other options" should negotiations with Iran fail. A senior Iranian official responded, saying it's an illegal threat and that Tehran has the right to respond in kind. | The warning from Tehran was voiced on Saturday by the secretary the Supreme National Security Council, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, who tweeted it in Farsi, English, Hebrew, and Arabic. He noted the "emphasis on using 'Other Options' against Iran" expressed during a meeting between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday. The signal was "an illegal threat to…
(2021-08-28). Xi's leftward shift to a socialist China is for real. mronline.org 
Purge of ally in power base Zhejiang Province sends shudders across country.
(2021-08-28). UMWA promotes NLRB diversion as Warrior meet continues strikebreaking. wsws.org Since 1,100 miners went on strike in April against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama, the United Mine Workers of America has done nothing to seriously oppose management's strikebreaking tactics outside of impotent appeals to the NLRB and Wall Street.
(2021-08-28). Chip wars or the crisis of late capitalism? mronline.org 
If the U.S. wants to be a world leader, it has to match China in investing in knowledge generation for future technology. Why then is the U.S. taking the sanctions route? Sanctions are simpler to implement; building a society that values knowledge is much more difficult. This is the crisis of late capitalism.
(2021-08-28). [Articles] Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: a systematic assessment. thelancet.com Progress in reducing the rate of stillbirths has been slow compared with decreases in the mortality rate of children younger than 5 years. Accelerated improvements are most needed in the regions and countries with high stillbirth rates, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Future prevention of stillbirths needs increased efforts to raise public awareness, improve data collection, assess progress, and understand public health priorities locally, all of which require investment.
(2021-08-28). [Perspectives] Ana Mocumbi: cardiologist tracking NCDs of poverty. thelancet.com When Ana Mocumbi graduated with an MD from Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo, Mozambique, in 1992, she could not train in cardiology, her specialty of choice. At the time, it was compulsory for medical graduates in the country to take up a rural post to address the scarcity of doctors and to pay back their years of initial training to the state. Mocumbi went to the Sofala province, which was badly affected by Mozambique's civil war, and worked as a general practitioner in its capital, Beira.
(2021-08-28). Military Situation In Yemen On August 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 261 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On August 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Sarwah district | On August 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Rabuaa area | On August 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf district | On August 28, clashes between Ansar Allah an…
(2021-08-28). [Perspectives] Life as we know it. thelancet.com "Asking biologists about what it means for something to be alive makes for an awkward conversation", says veteran science writer Carl Zimmer in Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive. "They'll demur, stammer, or offer a flimsy notion that crumbles under even a little scrutiny. It's just not something that most biologists give much thought to in their day-to-day work."
(2021-08-28). Friday 9/3: Uhuru Furniture Warehouse Sale. indybay.org Akwaaba Hall, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605…
(2021-08-28). CNE: 21,159,000 Voters Registered for 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 27, the authorities of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) approved the definitive Electoral Registry (RE) in which 21,159,846 voters are authorized to vote in the regional and municipal elections on November 21, according to a statement by the electoral body. | According to the final updated numbers, the states with the largest electoral population are Zulia with 2,621,127 voters (12.39% of the total). Zulia is followed by Miranda, with 2,232,472 citizens, which is equivalent to 10.55% of the total, while the voters of the Capital district number 1,706,281, or 8.06% of the RE. | Vo…
(2021-08-28). The media myth of 'once prosperous' and democratic Venezuela before Chávez. mronline.org 
Economists typically use GDP per capita to assess how rich a country is. It is basically a measure of the average income per person. If journalists cared to be at all precise when they say that Venezuela had once been "rich," then that's a statistic they'd cite.
(2021-08-28). PSUV Ready to Enroll Candidates to Participate in Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com 
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is ready to register all the candidates of the Great Patriotic Pole who will participate in the regional elections scheduled for November 21, when "the revolutionary forces will achieve a considerable electoral victory," announced the president of the Electoral Commission of the red party, Diosdado Cabello, during a press conference offered this Friday August 27. | "Today, there are not only conditions for the November 21 elections, there is time for (the opposition) to prepare, and get ready, because on November 21 the revolutionary forces are going to beat them," s…
(2021-08-28). Venezuela's gangs have been turned into armed capitalist enterprises (Part II). mronline.org 
Criminologist Andrés Antillano examines a high-profile security operation to neutralize criminal activity in the Cota 905 district in July.
(2021-08-28). Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Aug 27, 2021 | Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal US sanctions. To date, Saab's legal appeals for freedom have been either denied, rejected, or ignored as his extradition to the US is becoming increasingly imminent. | The legal case | Saab continues to fight this flagrant attempt of…
(2021-08-27). A Fumbled Afghan Evacuation. counterpunch.org "But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know." — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002. The taxiing toward takeoff by that huge C-17 transport at Kabul airport as desperate Afghans ran alongside to escape the Taliban, with at least one dead after falling out of a wheel
(2021-08-27). At least 169 people killed and over 150 wounded in twin blasts near Kabul airport. peoplesdispatch.org The blasts occurred hours after the US, the UK and Australia issued a warning asking people to stay away from the airport due to threat from ISIS-K, which took the responsibility for the blasts later.
(2021-08-27). Twenty Years of War, Occupation & Counter-Insurgency: A Conversation on Afghanistan. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with a former veteran and author of a recent piece on CrimethInc. entitled, Afghanistan: The Taliban Victory in a Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Perspective from a Veteran of the US Occupation. We discuss the current situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban's recent victory, the…
(2021-08-27). "I Was Living Like Scarface": The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Decline and Fall of the US Empire: Lawrence Wilkerson Discusses Afghanistan Pull-Out. orinocotribune.com As the national conversation on Afghanistan turns to what the country's future holds, Adley and Wilkerson have a frank discussion about the U.S. empire, war profiteers and the status of the War on Terror. | After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a
(2021-08-27). The 'War On Terror' Scam Continues. popularresistance.org ISIS has reportedly claimed credit for an explosion near Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. As of this writing there are around 90 dead including 13 US military personnel, though to read western mainstream media reports you'd think only US troops died and not scores of Afghans as well. | This was the deadliest attack in a decade on US troops in Afghanistan, which is odd to think about considering how many people the US military has killed during that time; just between January and July of this year the war killed 1,659 civilians. The way the US war machine has shifted to relying more on highly profitable…
(2021-08-27). How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War, Part II. progressive.org In the second installment of "How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War," we take a look at the various ways the past three U.S. presidents have tried to get out of Afghanistan. Spoiler alert: not very successfully.
(2021-08-27). Decline And Fall Of The US Empire. popularresistance.org After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a quarter of a million people and displaced 5.9 million more, the United States appears to have finally (tacitly) admitted defeat in Afghanistan, pulling its forces and representatives out of the country. | The U.S.-installed government fell within days, with President Ashraf Ghani escaping to the United Arab Emirates, reportedly with $169 million in cash stuffed in his suitcases. Ghani's departure is illustrative of the extraordinary grift of the entire operation. Overall, the U.S. spent well over $2 trillion on the Afghanistan War, makin…
(2021-08-27). 'Home Care Can't Wait': Ady Barkan, ACLU Target Sinema for Abandoning People With Disabilities. commondreams.org The Taliban's return ought to be sparking retrospection among American elites about the folly of exploiting Afghan women's oppression for war.
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War. counterpunch.org The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's re-ascendance are producing some incredible lamentations about the decline of American power. This apprehensiveness about withdrawal is premised on the belief that the U.S. acts as a force for good and is vital to the effort to defeat the scourge of global terrorism. This is familiar ground
(2021-08-27). 'Forever War' Benefiting Afghans? Follow the Money. strategic-culture.org With the fall of Kabul, Pepe Escobar says it's becoming clear that financial soft power tactics may be even more deadly than a NATO occupation. | By Pepe ESCOBAR | After 20 years and a staggering $2.23 trillion spent in a " The numbers are dire. Afghanistan remains the world's seventh poorest nation: 47 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, acc…
(2021-08-27). A Progressive Cabal of Staffers on Capitol Hill. commondreams.org "Every last dollar of the $6 billion must be used to help save Afghan lives, not to boost Pentagon contractor profits," said Win Without War.
(2021-08-27). US Group Says $6 Billion Earmarked for War Should Now Go to Assist Afghan People. commondreams.org "The EPA doesn't need any more proof," said one expert after agency analyses detailed threat to endangered species.
(2021-08-27). Report: US Gave Taliban a List of American and Afghan Evacuees. news.antiwar.com According to Critics of President Biden's withdrawal have jumped on this news, and one unnamed defense official told Politico that giving the names of the US's Afghan allies amounted to putting them on a "kill list."But while there h…
(2021-08-27). Biden's Gambit: A Finger in the Dike. counterpunch.org Is it unclear whether Joe Biden's presidency and the Democratic control of Congress will survive the Afghanistan debacle. Recalling Malcolm X's great warning following John F. Kennedy's assassination, "The chickens are coming how to roost," the U.S.'s military-driven foreign policy may have hit a wall. The systematic failure of the military and intelligence bureaucracies has
(2021-08-27). After the Afghanistan debacle: German media and parliamentary parties on course for war. wsws.org Faced with a disaster in Afghanistan and broad opposition to militarism, all parties represented in the German parliament are moving closer together. The Left Party supports a war mission for the first time.
(2021-08-27). Dissenter Weekly: Australian Witness In Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry Was Bombed—Plus, Ag-Gag Laws. thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 26, 2021. | We cover an investigation by the Australia Broadcasting Corporation that found a witness in an Afghanistan war crimes inquiry was relocated after their home was bombed. | The show highlights Representative Ilhan Omar's letter to President Joe Biden urging him to pardon drone whistleblower Daniel Hale. | Toward the end of the show, Kevin goes over the passage of a law backed by Big Agriculture in Iowa that makes audio or video recording in a "trespassing" crime. He also descri…
(2021-08-27). Maj. Danny Sjursen: America's War Machine Refuses to Let Afghanistan Go. scheerpost.com Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits the 1-16th Infantry 2nd Battalion at Qalat Mangwal, Afghanistan, during a battlefield circulation, in support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. [ U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell] | Click to subscribe on: When Ka…
(2021-08-27). Afghan Feminists Warned Us That War Wouldn't Free Them. commondreams.org The United States has a responsibility to provide a safe haven for refugees, from Afghanistan, Latin America, or elsewhere, and to cease interventions that fuel these crises and displace so many.
(2021-08-27). No More Attacks on Afghanistan. warisacrime.org 
Afghan villagers stand over bodies of civilians during a protest in the city of Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, 2019. An airstrike by U.S.-led forces in eastern Afghanistan killed at least five civilians. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad) By Kathy Kelly, Nick Mottern, David Swanson, Brian Terrell, August 27, 2021 On the evening of Thursday, …
(2021-08-27). 'Ban Neonicotinoids Right Now,' Say Conservationists After EPA Pesticide Review. commondreams.org Rather than arguing for the U.S. going back into Afghanistan, the ISIL-K—Taliban Civil War that just broke out again is an incontrovertible argument for the US departure from that country.
(2021-08-27). 'The Answer Cannot Be More War,' House Dem Says After Deadly Attack in Afghanistan. commondreams.org The demand comes as Biden is set to have his first meeting with the far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan Redux: Malala Yousafzai, White Feminism and Saving Afghan Women. counterpunch.org The initial military intervention was then followed up with countless "development" schemes that enriched a few at the expense of the many, and when the cost of this unending war became unpopular with the citizenry "back home" over time—we left the hapless "natives" that included those very women we had been so concerned with "saving," at the mercy of anarchy and chaos.
(2021-08-27). From Afghanistan to Central America, US Creates Refugee Crises. commondreams.org Bush & Cheney have gotten away with lying us into two wars & wildly enriching their friends; meanwhile, more people are dead & the media won't even ask the right questions. Will we ever learn?
(2021-08-27). Washington Arrogance is Incurable. counterpunch.org Americans are finally recognizing that the federal government lied to them for 20 years about progress in the war in Afghanistan. Many of the most brazen liars have long since collected a pension, joined the board of directors for defense contractors, or become ensconced with a "no heavy lifting" job at a Washington think tank.
(2021-08-27). The Neocons Speak: Afghanistan as Political Real Estate. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | When the tears dry, it is worth considering why there is so much upset about the fall of Kabul (or reconquest) by the Taliban and the messy withdrawal of US-led forces. A large shield is employed: women, rights of the subject, education. Remove the shield, and we are left with a simple equation of power gone wrong in the name of paternalistic warmongering. | The noisiest group of Afghanistan stayers are the neoconservatives resentful because their bit of political…
(2021-08-27). No one should listen to Tony Blair on Afghanistan, here's why. nationofchange.org The former Prime Minister has no conscience at all and feels no guilt for all those maimed and lost in his wars of choice.
(2021-08-27). America's Merchants of Death Then — and Now. zcomm.org More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the personal profit out of prepping for war…
(2021-08-27). Book Review: 'Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games'. towardfreedom.org In this book, historian Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall explores how the 1804 Haitian Revolution has been misrepresented and censored on screen.
(2021-08-27). Russian Warplanes Took Missile Fire While Carrying Out New Wave Of Airstrikes On Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
On August 27, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region…