(2022-08-24). IAEA Renews Request to Visit Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com A UN official said Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has renewed its request to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, which is under Russian control and has been the target of recent shelling. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo announced that IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has requested to send IAEA inspectors …
(2022-08-24). US, South Korea resume large-scale joint war games. wsws.org The military drills in South Korea, adjacent to northern China and Russia's Far East, take place as the Biden administration wages a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and goads Beijing into conflict over Taiwan.
(2022-08-24). US to announce another $3 billion in military aid for its "forever war" in Ukraine. wsws.org Billions of dollars are designed to fund the new "forever war" by US imperialism in Ukraine, which has already killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and thousands of civilians, while displacing over a fourth of the country's population.
(2022-08-24). The birth of propaganda and The war of perception. indybay.org One of the founding fathers of modern propaganda, Edward Bernays, openly admitted that especially in democracies, where the majority of people decide, the control of thoughts and feelings is a central tool. "Public relations involves what I call 'the engineering of consent.'"
(2022-08-24). Gantz Heads to US, Says Israel Will Do 'Everything It Can' to Stop Iran Deal. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Tuesday that Israel would do "everything it can" to influence the US against reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, and announced that he was traveling to the US later this week. "The State of Israel is not opposed to agreements in general, but it is opposed …
(2022-08-24). Science Saturday: Mayo innovation, research at forefront of World War II victory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A photograph taken from the air of "G-Whiz," the Mayo Clinic Dauntless Dive Bomber plane used for testing the G-suit and other innovations. If you watched "Top Gun: Maverick" this summer, you saw a fictional portrayal of how fighter pilots can perform incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here's the story about the role Mayo Clinic had in enabling pilots to reach those heights and possibly win a war. In…
(2022-08-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Helping your child with back-to-school anxiety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most kids are eager for the last day of school and the start of summer vacation. But this time of year, there are many students who might not look forward to returning to the classroom, in part because of separation anxiety. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/C_wvC0NAgy8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. By the time the first…
(2022-08-24). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.
(2022-08-24). U.S. has waged 400 wars since its founding in 1776: study. ecns.cn A recent study shows that by 2019, the United States has engaged in almost 400 wars across the world since its founding in 1776, Iran's Press TV has reported.
(2022-08-24). Venezuela exhibe mayor crecimiento económico de Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net El país suramericano refleja cuatro trimestres en línea de crecimiento económico sostenido con dobles dígitos, el mayor de forma sostenida en América Latina.
(2022-08-24). Muere Fruto Vivas, arquitecto de obras emblemáticas de Venezuela. telesurtv.net Falleció a los 94 años José "Fruto" Vivas. Uno de los arquitectos más importantes del país cuya obra se encuentra plasmada en todo el territorio nacional.
(2022-08-24). Venezuela propondrá a Colombia crear una gran zona para desarrollo económico binacional. telesurtv.net "Sería un área económica de prueba la cual pudiéramos replicar hacia otras zonas", subrayó el mandatario venezolano.
(2022-08-23). The Only Thing Keeping US and China From War Is Running Dangerously Thin. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-23). Moscow Accuses Kiev's 'Special Services' in Russian Journalist's Car Bombing. news.antiwar.com The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Kiev's secret services of carrying out the car bombing murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin. On Saturday night, Dugina was driving her father's Toyota Land Cruiser about 20 miles outside Moscow when an explosive planted beneath his SUV detonated, the …
(2022-08-23). How Even a Limited Nuclear War Would Destroy the Planet. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-23). Estonia Wants EU to Ban Russian Tourists. news.antiwar.com Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu "We are letting the citizens of an aggressor state peacefully visit the Louvre … and return to [their] homeland as if nothing has happened," Reinsalu told Politico. | Last week,
(2022-08-23). Around 720,000 Tonnes of Food Exported from Ukraine's Black Sea Ports Under Grain Export Deal. news.antiwar.com The Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry reported Tuesday The numbers show that the deal between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by the UN and Turkey and signed in July has been a success. Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry said that in addition to the 33 ships that have left, another 18…
(2022-08-23). US to Send Ukraine $3 Billion in New Military Aid as Part of Long-Term Support. news.antiwar.com The US is expected to announce a new $3 billion weapons package for Ukraine on Wednesday as Washington is shifting to a longer-term campaign to support Kyiv in its war against Russia, The new military aid will be the single largest weapons package that the US will be providing Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, and it will bring the total of direct military aid for Kyiv since the war started to about $13.6 billion. The $3 billion is bei…
(2022-08-23). UN Official: End Military Actions Around Ukraine Nuclear Plant. telesurenglish.net "We must be clear that any potential damage to the plant, or any other nuclear facilities in Ukraine, leading to a possible nuclear incident would have catastrophic consequences, not only for the immediate vicinity, but for the region and beyond," UN Undersecretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo warned. | Rosemary DiCarlo, UN under-secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, speaks during the UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine at the UN headquarters in New York, July 29, 2022.
(2022-08-23). What do the New York Times, Kiev Independent, Euromaidan Press, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok All Have in Common? / By John Parker. marktaliano.net 
They are all funded by or staffed by Western and U.S. intelligence members pushing the U.S. narrative about the war in Ukraine. This is why Struggle-La-Lucha.org organized a fact-finding mission to Ukraine and Russia to report on the suppressed information that challenges the narrative of NATO and its member states, led by the U.S.This is the second …
(2022-08-23). Turkey calls for Ukraine-Russia mediation, signaling deal with Syria. wsws.org The Turkish initiatives point to rising conflicts inside the NATO alliance amid the mounting danger of a world war between NATO and Russia.
(2022-08-23). German Gas Operator Warns of Regional Shortages in Winter. telesurenglish.net Germany could face regional gas shortages in winter as gas supplies from Russia to Europe's largest economy have been heavily reduced, according to the country's gas market operator. Although a gas shortage at a national level was not expected, not all gas storage facilities could be filled, leading to local bottlenecks. | RELATED: | "Unfortunately, that cannot be ruled out," Trading Hub Europe (THE) Director Torsten Fr…
(2022-08-23). Global Climate Change May Cause Sharper Farm Price Spikes. telesurenglish.net What will a hotter Earth bring to wheat consumers and farmers? A new study predicts that global prices for the grain will exhibit steeper spikes at 2 degrees Celsius warming despite a slight increase in production. | RELATED: | Wheat is the world's major grain crop, providing 20 percent of the protein and calories for more than 3.5 billion people worldwide. The Paris climate agreement aims to keep the global ave…
(2022-08-23). US Official Says Nuclear Deal Closer After Iran Made Concessions. news.antiwar.com A US official told Reuters on Monday that an agreement to revive the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, is closer now since Tehran has conceded on some of its key demands. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Iran dropped its demand to lift the designation of the Islamic …
(2022-08-23). Release students detained under Sri Lanka's anti-terror laws! wsws.org The detention of student activists under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act is part of President Wickremesinghe's broad class-war assault on the working class and the poor.
(2022-08-23). Totalitarianism and the Descent into Collective Madness. libya360.wordpress.com Alastair Crooke "The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree we are threatened by wars and revolutions which are nothing other than psychic epidemics. At any moment several million human beings may be smitten with a new madness,…
(2022-08-23). EC Warns of Europe's Worst Drought in Five Centuries. telesurenglish.net The European Commission warned on Tuesday that the current drought in Europe is probably the worst in 0 years, according to a preliminary assessment by the JRC. | RELATED: | The JRC statement said 64 percent of Europe is under warning or alert, 47 percent on warning due to soil moisture shortages, and 17 percent on alert given the negative effects the weather is having on crops. | Extreme conditions will put a strain o…
(2022-08-23). Iran Describes Western Sanctions as Having 'Failed'. telesurenglish.net "The West's nonsensical sanctions policy has failed, and nations will move forward with perseverance, stability, and self-confidence," Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amir Abdolahian said Tuesday after participating in the first Iran-Mali joint economic commission in Bamako, the capital of the African country. | RELATED: | The head of Iranian diplomacy has said that for years after the victory of the Islamic Revolutio…
(2022-08-23). Iraqi PM Shortens Egypt Trip as Protests Escalate in Baghdad. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi cut short his trip to Egypt for a five-way Arab summit after a protest by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad disrupted the judiciary's work. He returned to his country to directly supervise the security forces protecting judicial institutions. | RELATED: | "Disrupting the work of the judicial institution exposes the country to real risks," he warned,…
(2022-08-23). Attend the IYSSE (Australia) AGM at Brisbane's Griffith University against war and the assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The IYSSE at Griffith University is holding its Annual General Meeting at 1 p.m. (AEST) Wednesday, 24 August.
(2022-08-23). 'Silenced Tree' wins best film award at US FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Directed by Faysal Soysal and produced by Ali Nouri Oskouei, "Silenced Tree" was selected as the best film in Hamilton New York International Film Festival.
(2022-08-23). Arm-strengthening device to be brought to the clinic with £800k grant. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and GripAble have been awarded an £800k grant to help children with cerebral palsy in the clinic using a new arm-strengthening device.
(2022-08-23). Global Warming May Cause Greater Wheat Yields, Price Spikes. telesurenglish.net What will a hotter Earth bring to wheat consumers and farmers? A new study predicts that global prices for the grain will exhibit steeper spikes at 2 degrees Celsius warming despite a slight increase in production. | Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a combine harvester reaping wheat in a field in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
(2022-08-23). Europe facing its worst drought in 0 years: EU agency. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 0 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields of certain crops, an EU agency said.
(2022-08-23). Colombia and the Mythical Creation of Cuba as "State Sponsor of Terrorism" libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A Maranges We recently published two articles called "Cuba and the Peace Talks between the ELN and the Colombian Government: New Opportunities vs. Old Obstacles," in which we referred to Cuba's commitment to peace in Colombia; something that former President Ivan Duque boycotted. At that time, we only had public information to justify our thesis…
(2022-08-23). Venezuelan Economy To Grow 18.7% Second Quarter: Central Bank. telesurenglish.net "The first estimate we have from the private sector is giving us a value of 18.7 percent growth," Ortega detailed during a broadcast of the state-owned Venezolana de Televisión channel. | At the same time, the president of the financial entity detailed that during the first quarter of the year, the growth was 17.4 percent and emphasized that it is the highest increase registered in Latin America. | RELATED: | For his part, Pre…
(2022-08-23). Venezuela's Road to Economic Recovery. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News The following is a translation of a guest lecture delivered by Venezuela's Ambassador in Bolivia, César Trómpiz, at the UMSA university in La Paz. For 100 years, our natural market for oil exports had been the United States. In 2019, the US decided to stop buying oil from Venezuela for political reasons and…
(2022-08-22). Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO: From War Propaganda to Peace Journalism. transcend.org 15 Aug 2022 – This series has argued that the war in Ukraine is being fueled by a propaganda campaign which hides previous and current NATO/US aggressiveness towards Russia as well as the options to reach a peaceful settlement by resolving underlying conflicts.
(2022-08-22). Ukraine 'Testing Ground' Shaping US Network, Electronic Warfare Effort. transcend.org 17 Aug 2022 – Fierce battles being waged in Ukraine are showcasing cyber and electronic warfare and their consequences for connectivity and communications, according to the deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
(2022-08-22). Washington Wants a New Cold War—but That's a Bad Idea. transcend.org 15 Aug 2022 – As China unleashed live-fire military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, simulating a real "reunification by force" operation in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ceremonial visit to the island last week, the bipartisan fervor for a new Cold War with China and Russia took greater hold in Washington.
(2022-08-22). No Longer a Pariah? Russia and China Could Be about to 'Normalize' North Korea and Leave the US with another Asian Headache. transcend.org 18 Aug 2022 – Once a Cold War proxy battleground for superpowers, is the Korean peninsula being pulled apart by bloc politics again?>
(2022-08-22). How One Spook-Run London College Department Is Training the World's Social Media Managers. mintpressnews.com 
Kremlin propaganda is real, but its reach is decidedly minor in comparison to the massive disinformation campaigns being launched by the Western national security state. And as Alan Macloed reveals, London's Department of War Studies is a key part of that information war.
(2022-08-22). Why Palestine is central to anti-imperialist resistance. electronicintifada.net There's a growing risk of an Israel-Lebanon war, with destruction on an unprecedented scale.
(2022-08-22). The TFF Abolish NATO Catalogue. transcend.org 18 Aug 2022 – Abolish NATO or Convert It to Serve Peace – 30 Arguments & 100s of Inspirations…
(2022-08-22). Argentinian Unions Mobilize Against Runaway Inflation. popularresistance.org August 18 – Argentinian unions and social movements are marching today towards the National Congress to protest against runaway inflation and 'speculators'. | The march has been organized by the two largest union confederations; CGT and CTA. Their joint statement said; "Our country demands firm commitments to mitigate the social injustice that is suffocating us today (..) political actors must abandon petty electoral confrontation for the benefit of individual interests. Inflation has reached intolerable levels and is pulverizing the purchasing power of workers." | Sergio Palazzo, lawmaker for the ruling Frente d…
(2022-08-22). Albert Woodfox, Angola Three warrior passes. workers.org 
August 9 Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison, sited at a former slave plantation and named for the place where the African captives came from: Angola. On . . . |
(2022-08-22). Chile's New Constitution Will Empower Chilean Workers. popularresistance.org The first step toward a new constitution in Chile is now complete. The draft of the new Magna Carta was officially delivered on May 16, paving the way for major changes in Chilean society, particularly in the areas of social rights, gender parity in political participation, and constitutional recognition of native peoples. | In terms of social rights, the new constitution recognizes demands that have been a banner for popular struggles since Augusto Pinochet's neoliberal counterrevolution in the 1970s. It guarantees access to health, housing, education, decent pensions, nonsexist education, and the right to abort…
(2022-08-22). Independent Unions Can Help Break Through The Economic Crisis. popularresistance.org In a period of extreme social and economic crises, when the major labor unions have reduced their organizing programs to a fraction of what they once were and the courts stand athwart any effort to protect workers' interests, scrappy new independent unions raise hope against hope that maybe — just maybe — workers can fight back and win. I'm writing, of course, about the early 1930s. A newly published book finds some surprising parallels between that era and our own. | An eleventh volume in the prolific Marxist labor historian Philip S. Foner's History Of The Labor Movement In The United States has jus…
(2022-08-22). Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922 — 14 May 2008). transcend.org Zinn's influence lives on in millions of people who have read his work and have been inspired by his actions. He ended his autobiography with these encouraging words: 'We don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an endless succession of presents, and to live now as we think humans should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.'
(2022-08-22). Why Don't You Stop This War? transcend.org 19 Aug 2022 – | Are you living in a jar? | No one can see the brutality of war? | Don't close your eyes…
(2022-08-22). Homage to Hiroshima, Homage to Life. transcend.org This address was delivered at the 33rd Annual Hiroshima Peace Service Ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, on August 6, 2022, at the Izumo Taishakyo Mission…
(2022-08-22). Movements to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons and to Establish Geopolitical Accountability. transcend.org 16 Aug 2022 – Go to the links given connecting you with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the NGO that has the longest record of commitment to establish a global security system without nuclear weapons and with geopolitical accountability.