(2022-08-27). Ukraine Independence Day: Is Ukraine Killing her Own People? dissidentvoice.org On 24 August Ukraine celebrated her Independence Day. It also marked the dubious anniversary of 6 months of war; a war that could have been drastically shortened, tens of thousands of lives saved and peace installed hadn't it been for the relentless western / NATO provocations, and billions worth of western weapons deliveries to Ukraine. …
(2022-08-27). Biden Receives Bipartisan Criticism for Bombing Syria. news.antiwar.com After three days of airstrikes against Shia groups allied with the Syrian government, some members of Congress are taking aim at the White House. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy called for rethinking American troop presence in the Middle East. Republicans capitalized on the fighting to call for an end of nuclear talks with Iran. On Tuesday, …
(2022-08-27). Pledging "pain," Federal Reserve declares war on the working class. wsws.org Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech outlined a policy of class war on workers aimed at sustaining record profits, with US corporate profit margins recently hitting a 72-year high.
(2022-08-27). Will 2022 Mark the Turning Point in the Climate Crisis? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) Over the last six months, the world took a giant step backward in its efforts to address the current climate crisis. In February, after finally reversing its position and pledging to become carbon-neutral by 2060, Russia invaded Ukraine and set off a panic around access to fossil fuels. In March, …
(2022-08-27). End of the superpower and Catastrophic escalation. indybay.org The coming offensive in the Donbass, which Russia's army is currently preparing despite all setbacks, also represents an escalation step in which both sides are raising the stakes – and which is likely to bring a de facto preliminary decision in the war. The West is supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine.
(2022-08-27). German workers pay the cost of war as gas and electricity prices skyrocket. wsws.org A price rise tsunami is racing toward working-class households, which means ruin for many. Experts predict that the official inflation rate at the end of the year will be 10 percent, several times higher than the wage settlements agreed by the trade unions.
(2022-08-27). President Maduro Urges Venezuelans Not to be Scammed by Increase in Black Market Exchange Rate of Dollar. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, August 25, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro referred to the recent rise in the black market exchange rate of the US dollar, pointing out that it is a "fictitious rise." He urged the Venezuelan people to keep up their fighting spirit and not be scammed by the sudden rise in the parallel exchange rate. He called on both the people and the merchants to maintain "maximum awareness," and emphasized that the price of the dollar as fixed by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) must be respected. | "I ask the people for maximum awareness. I ask the merchants, maximum awareness. And the people: keep up the…
(2022-08-27). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…
(2022-08-27). Recently-released videos show federal agents assaulting immigrant workers in 2018 raid at Tennessee slaughterhouse. wsws.org Agents carried out their rampage despite not having warrants, deportation orders or any proof of wrongdoing.
(2022-08-27). 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…
(2022-08-27). Warning strike at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany. wsws.org A two-day warning strike left the Frankfurt University Hospital paralyzed until Friday evening. More than 4,000 non-medical employees are taking part, protesting against staff shortages and catastrophic working conditions.
(2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.
(2022-08-27). 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…
(2022-08-27). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.
(2022-08-27). China, ROK urged to jointly boost growth. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang has called for joint efforts by Beijing and Seoul to work toward another 30 years of common development and prosperity, saying that the two sides should reach agreements on the second phase of a bilateral free trade agreement as soon as possible.
(2022-08-27). Presidente de Venezuela recibe al viceprimer ministro de Cuba. telesurtv.net El funcionario cubano, quien arribó el miércoles a la nación suramericana, se reunió también con la vicepresidenta venezolana, Delcy Rodríguez.
(2022-08-27). Presidente venezolano rechaza especulación financiera. telesurtv.net Solicitó a la población y a los comerciantes enfrentar la especulación con el llamado "dólar paralelo".
(2022-08-27). Colombia Greenlights New Monómeros Board Proposed by Miraflores. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela has regained definitive control of the PDVSA subsidiary Monómeros after being allowed to register the representatives of the new board of directors formalized by Petroquímicos de Venezuela (Pequiven), the governing authority of the PDVSA subsidiary. | The process was carried out before the Barraquilla Chamber of Commerce, in the Colombian city where Monómeros is located. The Chamber had previously refused to allow the procedure. However, it was obliged to allow it this time, given that Colombian President Gustavo Petro already announced that his government recognizes the authority of Pequiven over Monóm…
(2022-08-26). U.S. Warns Palestinians Against Bid for Full UN Membership. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Former Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, pardoned by Trump for war crimes, provided "training" to police in Tallahassee, Florida. wsws.org Terrified by growing socialist consciousness and militancy in the working class, police departments are actively seeking paramilitary training from murderous war criminals.
(2022-08-26). Down with Oslo! Join us to demonstrate at the Norwegian Parliament on 10 September 2022. samidoun.net 
Join us on September 10, 2022 in Oslo, Norway, as we demonstrate outside the Norwegian Parliament at Stortinget to march against the so-called "peace process," the infamous Oslo Accords, on their 29th anniversary. After 29 years of Oslo, it is critically urgent to bring the devastating repercussions of this project to an end. Once again, …
(2022-08-26). NYT: Russian Annexation Plans Pressure Zelensky To Retake Territory Soon. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reports Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing pressure on multiple fronts to launch a counter-offensive and bring the war to a military end. Russia is planning a series of referendums, and likely annexations, of captured territory in the coming months. A former defense minister is publicly warning Kiev that war fatigue …
(2022-08-26). 'Peacemaker' of Death: This Ukrainian Website Threatens Hundreds of Thousands with Extrajudicial Killings. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Mirotvorets, which compiles lists of 'enemies of Ukraine', has been operating with impunity for eight years For the last eight years, a group of publicly unknown activists in Ukraine have been compiling lists of 'enemies of the people' with impunity. Hundreds of thousands have been declared criminals without trial. Among them are not…
(2022-08-26). Video: Ukraine-Russia War, Assassination of Darya Dugina, Judge Andrew Napolitano with Philip Giraldi. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Boris Johnson Urged against Negotiations with Russia in Last Surprise Visit to Ukraine as PM. Pledged New Weapons Package. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). U.S Misinformation About Russia And China Risks Nuclear War. progressivehub.net JEFFREY SACHS | JEFFSACHS.ORG…
(2022-08-26). Western Ruling Elites Show Their True Colors by Revering a Moral Monster—Winston Churchill. covertactionmagazine.com None of the above. The correct answer is Winston Churchill. In a March address to the U.S. Congress which earned him a standing ovation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, fashioning his country's struggle against the Russians as one of good versus evil, echoed some of the rhetoric of British wartime leader Winston Churchill. The ranking Republican …
(2022-08-26). Deliberate Misrepresentation: Western Media Bias Makes Israeli War on Palestinians Possible. mintpressnews.com 
On August 16, the Israeli military finally admitted that it was behind the strikes that killed the 5 young Palestinian boys of Jabaliya. Whether the NYT reported on that or not matters little. The damage has been done, and that was Israel's plan from the start.
(2022-08-26). Western media bias makes Israeli war on Palestinians possible. peoplesworld.org 
While U.S. and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case. Take the New York Times coverage of the latest Israeli war on Gaza as an example. Its article on August 6, "Israel-Gaza Fighting Flares …
(2022-08-26). Israeli Ex-Diplomat Says Growing Acknowledgement of Apartheid 'Must Be Wakeup Call'. commondreams.org Former negotiator of Oslo Accords warns that increasing use of the word "apartheid" to describe Israel's mistreatment and control of the Palestinian people has deep implications.
(2022-08-26). Faced with U.S. 'Decapitation Drill'/DPRK Korea missile launch is self-defense. workers.org 
The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of two missiles Aug. 17 as threatening, aggressive and paranoid. What most media failed to report was the prior U.S. military exercises with Japan and South Korea off Hawai'i, in preparation for extensive war exercises off Korea, that . . . |
(2022-08-26). 2 Former Obama Administration Economists Warn Biden's College Debt Cancellation Is Inflationary. moguldom.com Economists who have worked inside the government and out disagree on the effect President Joe Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan will have on the economy, and whether or not it will exert an inflationary pull on already overheated consumer prices. The plan will forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for borrowers …
(2022-08-26). Union representing 55,000 Ontario, Canada education support workers delays strike vote, as Ford government unveils wage-cutting plan. wsws.org The government's proposed four-year deal is a declaration of war on the working class. The below-inflation pay offer sets the stage for an intensification of the assault on public education and an escalation of attacks on the living standards of all workers.
(2022-08-26). US Pressures Japan to Cancel Constitution's Peace-Clause. China and Japan Must Thus Finally Agree Now, to Avoid a War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Nuclear War is on the Table: Front Runner to Become Leader of Conservative Party, Liz Truss Says She's 'Ready' to Press The Nuclear Button. "Im Ready to Do It" globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Venezuelan President and Deputy Cuban PM Review Cooperation. telesurenglish.net "Today, August 26, I held a pleasant meeting with Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning of Cuba. We reviewed the broad map of cooperation that our countries carry forward in different sectors. Cuba and Venezuela, Unbreakable Brotherhood!" wrote President Maduro on Twitter. | RELATED: | The meeting is part of the work agenda that the deputy prime minister has been carrying out…
(2022-08-26). President Maduro Rejects Currency Speculation in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro asked his compatriots not to allow the operation of speculators who are playing with the price of the U.S. dollar in the informal exchange markets. | RELATED: | "I ask people and merchants to be fully aware… Don't let yourself be robbed with the parallel dollar," Maduro said during the inauguration ceremony of the "Winds Park" in Falcon state. | Over the last week, the Venezuela…
(2022-08-26). Crooked Louisville Detective: I Falsified Warrant That Led To Breonna Taylor Killing, I Plead Guilty To Federal Charge. moguldom.com Former Louisville Metro Police Detective Kelly Hanna Goodlett pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 to one count of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Breonna Taylor for helping falsify an affidavit for the search of her apartment resulted in her death in March 2020. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by Louisville officers who knocked down …
(2022-08-26). Congress Considers A National Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights. popularresistance.org $71,610.03: the back wages, interest, and civil penalties paid to a live-in domestic worker by their negligent employer in Seattle. In July, King5 News reported, the city's Office of Labor Standards orchestrated the employer's settlement — redress for their failure to pay minimum wage, provide overtime pay, and track payment. | "I would encourage other domestic workers to come forward and not to be afraid if they believe that the contracts and the form of payment are not being fulfilled according to the work that is done," the anonymous domestic worker shared in the wake of her repayment. | In 2018, exactly…
(2022-08-26). Colombian Government Launches Initiative for Protection of Social Leaders. towardfreedom.org Colombian Interior Minister Alfonso Prada reported the protection plan will cover the 65 municipalities hardest hit by violence in the country, reports People's Dispatch.
(2022-08-26). South African trade unions organise "stay away" as warning to ANC. wsws.org COSATU and Saftu are desperately seeking to restore the credibility of the trade unions, guaranteeing the political ties necessary for the capitalists to maintain their exploitation over the working class, and to warn the African National Congress it is sitting on a social volcano.
(2022-08-26). Drought in Horn of Africa Expected To Worsen, WMO Says. telesurenglish.net The international organization warned of worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region in the face of the fifth consecutive season without rain. | RELATED: | The WMO said that drought-affected areas in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are expected to receive significantly below normal rainfall levels through the end of the year. | According to the organization's spokesperson, Clare Nullis, this lack of rainfall will bring with it very tough…
(2022-08-26). CIA Intimidated Britain To Force 'Ally' To Cut Ties With China's Huawei. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton Aug 24, 2022 | The Donald Trump White House and CIA ran "black ops" to intimate Britain to cut ties with China's tech giant Huawei, hurting the UK's economic interests to advance Washington's trade war on Beijing. | The Donald Trump administration led an intimidation campaign to force the United Kingdom to cut all ties with China's tech giant Huawei. | British intelligence officials referred to the initiative as a CIA "black ops" mission aimed at undermining London's independence. | This operation succeeding in forcing Britain to ban Huawei, hurting the UK's own economic interests and del…
(2022-08-26). LMPD detective admits to fraudulent warrant application that led to Breonna Taylor's murder. wsws.org Former Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to two federal crimes on Tuesday in a Kentucky district court, the first member of the LMPD to be convicted for the brutal murder of Breonna Taylor nearly two and a half years ago.
(2022-08-26). British PM Hopeful Says She's 'Ready' to Launch Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-26). Earth Day 8 Walk Away With a Win. commondreams.org We are raising local awareness of the murderous devil in our midst and helping to generate a national movement against war corporations like Raytheon.
(2022-08-26). Venezuelan Embrasur Aircraft Crew Meets With Relatives. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, 27 relatives of the 14 Venezuelan crew members of the plane held in Argentina left the Maiquetía International Airport for Buenos Aires to reunite with their loved ones. | RELATED: | Previously, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro activated a "special mission" so that the crew members of Emtrasur are reunited with their families. | "Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those who n…
(2022-08-26). Venezuela Makes Revolutionary Advances in Stem Cell Treatments. orinocotribune.com 
At a press conference on Wednesday, August 24, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the progress that Venezuela has made in the development of stem cell treatments. | During a day dedicated to innovation and research for healthy living and sovereignty, Maduro guaranteed the Venezuelan government's support for the stem cell the…
(2022-08-26). Black Market Exchange Rate Turmoil Resumes in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 25, 2022 ( Since the second half of August a bigger gap between the official exchange rate published by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) and the black market reference, usually reported by the @enp…
(2022-08-26). Government of Venezuela Launches Mission to Reunite EMTRASUR Crew Members with Families. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 25, Venezuela's national government launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR Boeing 747 crew members, who have been illegally detained in Argentina since June 6, with their relatives. | "On instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, we launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR crew members with their families. Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those in need. The fight for the release of the crew continues," the Minister for Transportation and president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA (Conviasa), Ramón C…
(2022-08-26). Colombian President's Security Delegation Attacked. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The government of President Gustavo Petro is willing to negotiate peace agreements with all paramilitary groups to achieve total peace in Colombia. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) President Gustavo Petro stated that the violence must end in the country and reiterated his government's commitment to achieve total peace On Wednesday, August 24, a security delegation…
(2022-08-26). Tripulantes del avión de Emtrasur se reúnen con sus familiares. telesurtv.net El ministro de Transporte de Venezuela indicó que la operación para reunir a los tripulantes con sus familias fue ordenada por el presidente Nicolás Maduro.
(2022-08-26). Government of Colombia Denounces Attack on Presidential Staff Convoy. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday August 24, the Colombian government, denounced the attack perpetrated against a convoy of presidential vehicles traveling to Norte de Santander to prepare for the visit of President Gustavo Petro. | Petro has been touring various regions of the country. His security team, made up of agents from the National Protection Unit (UNP), recently traveled to Norte de Santander. | The attack occurred on the road leading from Bucaramanga to the municipality of El Tarra, a region near the Colombia-Venezuela border, where three vehicles carrying government agents encountered an illegal roadblock set up by six ar…
(2022-08-26). Venezuela's Road to Economic Recovery. orinocotribune.com 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 that forced us to adopt a series of internal transformations in order to guarantee the subsistence of the Venezuelan population. | In 2019, the flow of oil from Venezuela to the east coast of the United States was permanently interrupted for the first time since 1917. More than 30% of the fuel for vehicles o…
(2022-08-25). Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Disconnected from Ukrainian Power Grid. news.antiwar.com The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine was disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid for the first time ever on Thursday due to a fire in a transmission line, causing a blackout in the region. The plant has been the site of frequent shelling, and Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed leader of the Zaporizhzhia …
(2022-08-25). Journalists Who Challenge NATO Narratives Are Now 'Information Terrorists'. libya360.wordpress.com Vanessa Beeley Nazis congregate on Google Plus 2019. A US state department sponsored round table on 'countering disinformation' was recently held at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. "Information terrorists should know that they will have to answer to the law as war criminals" Andrii Shapovalov According to the press release — "NGOs, mass media…
(2022-08-25). The TPLF's Latest Terrorist Offensive Intended to Punish Ethiopia. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The West and Egypt want their TPLF proxies to punish Ethiopia for its rising global role as recognized by the BRICS countries and especially Russia, Prime Minister Abiy decisively avoiding war with Sudan earlier this summer, and Addis' third filling of GERD. The TPLF unsurprisingly launched another terrorist offensive in northern Ethiopia after…
(2022-08-25). How One Spook-Run London College Department is Training the World's Social Media Managers. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News Staffed by NATO military officers and former government ministers and notorious for training the West's top spies, the Department of War Studies at King's College London is also providing the workforce for many of the largest social media companies. This includes Facebook, TikTok, Google, and Twitter. A MintPress study of professional databases and …
(2022-08-25). Israel's Lapid Urges US to Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal Talks. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid urged the US and the EU to quit negotiations with Iran aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an agreement. The Israeli leader claimed that lifting sanctions on Iran would give the Islamic Republic $100 billion …
(2022-08-25). Taiwan Unveils Plans to Raise Military Budget By 14%. news.antiwar.com Taiwan on Thursday unveiled plans to The 13.9% increase was signed off by Taiwan's cabinet and still needs to be approved by the island's parliament. The increase would bring the total military budget to about $19.41 billion, which will represent 15% of the government's annual budget. | The new military spendi…
(2022-08-25). Israeli Officials Say US Toughened Its Stance in Response to Iran Deal Proposal. news.antiwar.com Israeli officials Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata was in Washington this week, where he met with his counterpart, Jake Sullivan, and Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council. | The US officials briefed Hulata on their planned response to Iran and the EU before it was submitted. When Hulata arrived in Washin…
(2022-08-25). Report: British Envoy Praises Israeli Bombing Campaign in Syria. news.antiwar.com According to a report from Axios, the UK's special envoy for Syria, Jonathan Hargreaves, praised Israel's bombing campaign in Syria during a visit to Jerusalem at the end of June. In recent years, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in Syria. The Israelis say that the bombing campaign is to prevent Iran from becoming further …
(2022-08-25). The US Legacy In Afghanistan. popularresistance.org The mid-point of August is an important moment in history for Afghanistan and the world. It marks the anniversary of the Taliban's ouster of large portions of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, putting a formal end to a two-decade occupation. U.S. forces left Afghanistan just as murderously as they came in. Joe Biden's administration oversaw numerous war crimes during its haphazard "withdrawal" on August 15th 2021. This included a drone strike that killed ten civilians and at least seven children. | The cost of the twenty-year total siege of Afghanistan is well documented. According to Brown University's Cost of…
(2022-08-25). TCAC condemns Tallahassee Police Department training with war criminal Eddie Gallagher. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – Recent social media posts revealed that the Tallahassee Police Department Tactical Apprehension and Control Team took part in a training associated with Eddie Gallagher, a retired Navy SEAL accused of numerous war crimes. Most notably, Gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an injured 17 year old ISIS prisoner named Khaled Jamal Abdullah, posing with the body and sending the picture to friends. Prosecutors painted a picture of Gallagher as needlessly violent and bloodthirsty, bragging about his number of kills. He even went so far as to gloat about murdering innocent civilians. His own fellow…
(2022-08-25). ROTC Redux: A Bete Noire Of The Anti-War Movement Is In The News. popularresistance.org Fifty years ago, no symbol of university complicity with the military angered more students than the on-campus presence of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The manpower requirements of the Vietnam era could not be met by conscription, draft-driven enlistments, and the graduating classes of military service academies alone. The Department of Defense also needed commissioned officers trained in DOD-funded Military Science Departments at private and state universities. | Anti-ROTC campaigning became a major focus of the campus-based movement against the Vietnam War. Critics demanded everything from strip…
(2022-08-25). Saint Paul rallies to demand Minnesota divest from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On August 23, more than 40 protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion, home to Governor Tim Walz, to demand Minnesota's State Board of Investment (SBI) sell off its shares in Israeli corporations. The SBI is tasked with investing taxpayer money for public funds, largely state pensions. | The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and held the evening before the August meeting of the Minnesota SBI in order to raise awareness of the state of Minnesota's holdings in a variety of Israeli companies, most notably Elbit Systems. | Elbit Systems is a weapons manufacturing and cybers…