(2022-09-01). US Tells Iran Not to Link IAEA Inquiry on Uranium Traces to Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com The US told Iran not to link the revival of the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, with an inquiry into uranium traces at undeclared Iranian nuclear sites, The US and Iran have been engaged in EU-mediated JCPOA negotiations, and Tehran is currently reviewing Washington's response to a proposal on reviving the deal. According to the Axios report, under the draft deal, the JCPOA will be restored through stages. | One stage will be after 120 days after the US and…
(2022-09-01). Moscow Says US, Russia Discussing Possible New START Commission Talks. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Wednesday that the US and Russia were discussing the possibility of resuming talks on New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers. | "The topic has been repeatedly discussed through working channels of late. We are hopefully at a stage where debates on the prospects for holding another meeting of our Bilateral Consultative Commission as part of this (New START) treaty may begin," Ryabkov said, The Bilateral Consultative Commission is a compl…
(2022-09-01). Investigating the Victim: On Abbas' "Holocaust" and the Depravity of Israeli Hasbara. dissidentvoice.org 
"There was no Massacre in Jenin" was the title of a Haaretz editorial on April 19, 2002, one week after Israel ended its deadly onslaught on the besieged Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The unwarranted conclusion by Haaretz, other Israeli media and, ultimately, numerous western outlets was not the outcome of a …
(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). 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.
(2022-09-01). Nationwide campaign to boost cybersecurity awareness. ecns.cn A nationwide campaign aiming to help people enhance cybersecurity awareness and learn to prevent online attacks will start on Monday, China's top internet watchdog said.
(2022-09-01). 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…
(2022-09-01). 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…
(2022-09-01). One year since the US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. wsws.org The Afghan withdrawal represented a debacle for US imperialism, which based its policy throughout thirty years of uninterrupted wars, beginning with the first Gulf War in 1990-91, on the conviction that military force could overcome Washington's precipitous economic decline.
(2022-09-01). Buffett trims stake in HK-listed EV giant BYD. ecns.cn Shares of leading Chinese mainland electric vehicle maker BYD closed 7.91 percent lower in Hong Kong on Wednesday after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway trimmed its stake in the company for the first time since it bought the shares in 2008.
(2022-09-01). East LA commemorates the 52nd Chicano Moratorium. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Over 100 Chicanos and other participants gathered for a rally at Salazar Park in East Los Angeles to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium. In 1970, 30,000 people once demanded a stop to the Vietnam War and an end to discrimination and racism. The LAPD and LA Sheriff's Department teargassed and beat protesters. Their actions led to the deaths of three Chicanos, including LA Times reporter Ruben Salazar. | August 29th is now recognized by our movement as Chicano Liberation Day, and is celebrated by many with rallies and marches yearly. | "We're here supporting becau…
(2022-09-01). Andean Community Looks for Revival as It Aims at Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 31, 2022 ( Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during the meeting, in his speech given in the context of his first inter…
(2022-09-01). Friday 9/2: Free Them All Movie Night! Let the Fire Burn. indybay.org Parker Community School, 7929 Ney Avenue, Oakland CA 94605…
(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…" …
(2022-09-01). Sixth military music festival by SCO member countries held in Tashkent. ecns.cn The sixth military music festival of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states named "Peace Horn" has been held in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.
(2022-09-01). Canciller colombiano recibe cartas credenciales del embajador de Venezuela. telesurtv.net Con la entrega de las cartas credenciales se formaliza el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas bilaterales.
(2022-09-01). Presidente Maduro destaca crecimiento de economía multiproductiva de Venezuela. telesurtv.net "La economía rentista quedó derrotada, dejó en pie la economía real, productiva, y en este caso la economía agrícola", refirió el presidente Maduro.
(2022-08-31). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2022-08-31). The Missing 'Peace' in $13.5 Billion of Military Aid to Ukraine. commondreams.org We cannot call for peace in Ukraine while simultaneously supplying that country with advanced rocket systems and missiles that could lead to a direct war between the US and Russia, the world's most heavily armed nuclear nations.
(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 …
(2022-08-31). Faced With US 'Decapitation Drill'/DPRK Korea Missile Launch Is Self-Defense. orinocotribune.com By Sara Flounders Aug 26, 2022 | 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 provoked the DPRK's two warning shots. | An Aug. 19 article in the Daily Beast, an online news website, headlined a longer and upcoming military land, sea and air exercise this way: "U.S. to Enrage Kim Jong Un With Assassination Dry Run." The article then r…
(2022-08-31). Jon Stewart and the Pentagon honor Ukrainian Nazi at Disney World. thegrayzone.com Defense Department-sponsored "Warrior Games" featured liberal comedian Jon Stewart awarding a member of Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Disney World. The Pentagon refused to tell The Grayzone whether US taxpayers funded the foreign competitors' travel. This August, during the Department of Defense's annual Warrior Games at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, liberal comedian Jon Stewart awarded a Ukrainian military veteran named Ihor Halushka the "Heart of the Team" award for "inspiring his team" with his "personal example." Halushka happens to …
(2022-08-31). With Western imperial decline, capitalism is in crisis a new phase is emerging. multipolarista.com The energy crisis in Europe, proxy war in Ukraine, rebellion in the Global South, and expansion of the BRICS reflect the decline of Western imperialism and growing cracks in the capitalist world system.
(2022-08-31). Report: Russia, Ukraine Tentatively Agreed on Peace Deal in April. news.antiwar.com Russian and Ukrainian officials tentatively agreed on a potential peace deal during negotiations back in April 2022, The article reads: "According to multiple former senior US officials we spoke with, in April 2022, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators appeared to have tentatively agreed on the outlines of a negotiated interim settlement." | The terms of that settlement would have been for…
(2022-08-31). Europe's Energy Armageddon From Berlin and Brussels, Not Moscow. journal-neo.org 
On August 22 the exchange-traded market price for natural gas in the German THE (Trading Hub Europe) gas hub was trading more than 1000% higher than a year ago. Most citizens are told by the Scholz regime that the reason is Putin and Russia's war in Ukraine. The truth is quite otherwise. EU politicians and …
(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…
(2022-08-31). Jill Stein & Lee Camp! (US signals they want Ukraine war to last years). rumble.com
(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.
(2022-08-31). The Drumbeats of War and US-NATO Propaganda: "China Is Bad" and "They Are Coming to Enslave Us" globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-31). China Rejects NATO Claims on Beijing-Moscow Cooperation. telesurenglish.net Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said Wednesday during a news briefing that comments made by NATO regarding the cooperation between China and Russia in the Arctic, saying that it represents a "challenge," is clear proof that the bloc is still dwelling in the Cold War. | RELATED: | "NATO falsely claimed that China-Russia cooperation poses a challenge to NATO's values and interests, which once again exposed NATO'
(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…
(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…
(2022-08-31). Germany to Expand Military Presence in the Asia Pacific to Counter China. news.antiwar.com The head of Germany's armed forces told Reuters on Wednesday that Berlin plans to expand its military presence in the Asia Pacific as it has its eye on Chinese forces in the region. Gen. Eberhard Zorn said that Germany's military, known as the Bundeswehr, plans to expand its presence in the region by sending more …
(2022-08-31). Taiwan Warns of 'Counterattack' If Chinese Military Enters Territorial Waters, Airspace. news.antiwar.com Taiwan's military issues a strong warning to China on Wednesday, "For PLA aircraft and warships that enter our territorial sea and airspace within 12 nautical miles, our armed forces will exercise the right to self-defense and counterattack," said Maj. Gen. Lin Wen-huang, a Taiwanese military official. | China launched its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan at the beginning…
(2022-08-31). In the Months Prior to 9/11: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Macedonia, "Financing Both Sides" globalresearch.ca This essay was first published by antiwar.com in April 2001, barely 5 months before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. | It was subsequently published by Global Research when the site was launched in September 9, …
(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."
(2022-08-31). Does the US Military "Own the Weather"? "Weaponizing the Weather" as an Instrument of Modern Warfare? globalresearch.ca Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, "offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary", capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…
(2022-08-31). The Biden Administration and Two Looming Crises: An Economic and Financial Crisis and a Hegemonic War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-31). Washington's "Modern Cold War" against Africa. SADC Summit Rejects Anti-Russian Bill in U.S. Congress. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-31). The Symbolism of the "Warm" Reception Macron Faced in Algeria. journal-neo.org 
Africa as a whole and its northern and western parts especially have recently been turned into a political Mecca. Caravans of representatives of the ruling European political elite would head there in a bid to find a way out of the energy crisis unleashed by the US and the EU upon the world. This crisis …
(2022-08-31). Activists To Rally Against Renewed Logging In State Forest. popularresistance.org California – Community, environmental and tribal activists opposed to renewed logging in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest plan to rally in the forest Sunday and warn of potential civil disobedience in the future. | The notice comes in response to a Cal Fire announcement that tree cutting would resume as early as this week on at least one of four incomplete timber harvest plans in the Mendocino County forest. Those plans were recently revised to halt removal of the largest trees. | The return of logging crews ends an eight-month pause on tree removal that allowed state officials to start rethinking prioritie…
(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…
(2022-08-31). Military Situation In Syria On August 31, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 31, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 31, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces near Ariha town; | On August 31, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces near Idlib city; | On August 31, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Majdaliya area; | On August 31, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turk…
(2022-08-31). 30 Dead In Iraq After Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia Opens Fire On Security Forces. thelastamericanvagabond.com The Iraqi Capital, Baghdad, was once again turned into a war zone this Monday night, after militia groups aligned with popular Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, opened fire on Iraqi security forces and attacked rival group offices. This Monday, supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, took over the Baghdad 'green zone' area, occupying government buildings and chanting in
(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…
(2022-08-31). From Mainstream Media to Alternative Press: Q&A with Eric Agnero, New Toward Freedom Board Member. towardfreedom.org Eric Agnero joined Toward Freedom's board on May 14. He is a journalist and political analyst from the Ivory Coast, specializing in U.S.-Africa affairs. Here's what he had to tell Toward Freedom about the role of the media and what's next to cover in Africa.
(2022-08-31). Pakistan at Risk of Large-Scale Disease Outbreaks – WaterAid. telesurenglish.net Pakistan faces a severe risk of diarrhea and dysentery outbreaks as people have no choice but to drink flood water due to heavy rains in recent weeks, WaterAid warned. | Of Pakistan's 154 districts, 116 have been affected, with more than 1 100 people killed by the floods and more than 33 million affected. Aug. 31, 2022.
(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.
(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). 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.
(2022-08-31). Park archway makes way for rail transit project in Shanxi. ecns.cn The archway was moved 24 meters southward for the construction of Rail Transit Line 1 in the city.
(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 . . . |
(2022-08-31). Heat waves are literally killing UPS workers. therealnews.com 
"As blistering heat waves swept across the United States this summer, breaking temperature records and placing millions under heat advisories and warnings," Livia Albeck-Ripka writes at The New York Times, "workers… have continued to deliver America's packages for a variety of carriers, often in trucks that have no cooling mechanisms for drivers. Some UPS workers …
(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…
(2022-08-31). 9/11, Osamagate and The "Blowback". America's "Just War" against Afghanistan/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktaliano.net 
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, August 31, 2022 9 October 2001 Author's Note The article below entitled "Osamagate" was first published on October 9, 2001, two days after the onslaught of the bombing campaign directed against Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. Within hours of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was identified as the architect …
(2022-08-31). Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security. juancole.com By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University | The Justice Department on Aug. 26, 2022, released an affidavit written by an FBI special agent that was used to obtain a court order for the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate for documents related to national defense and other government records. Large …
(2022-08-31). 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). Ethiopian Government Accuses Rebel Group of Attacks in Amhara. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Ethiopian Government Communication Service accused the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of launching new attacks across different areas in the Amhara region. | RELATED: | "The TPLF clique, which cannot survive without war, has launched an invasion in the direction of Wag, Wolkait and our border areas with Sudan (in the Amhara region)," it said, adding that "the TPLF has continued utilizing…
(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 (…
(2022-08-31). Inspired By Reparations Movement in California, Nevada Is Exploring Its Own Approach. moguldom.com As California moves forward with its study of possible reparations for residents who are ancestors of slaves, Nevada is now considering it own approach to reparations. Recently, during a Las Vegas-based webinar led by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU), local leaders discussed whether Black Nevadans should receive reparations. The conversation was held …
(2022-08-31). ICS Brings Venezuela's Economic Recovery To Light. telesurenglish.net These data were released today by the head of the ICS, Juan Villamizar, who reported the results of a survey showing that 57.3 percent of Venezuelans believe the country's economy is recovering. | RELATED: | Of the 1 225 people surveyed in 22 states across the country between August 8 and 12, 30.1 percent see the progress of the economic recovery as certain and 27.2 percent see it as somewhat certain. | 16.2 percent belie…
(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…
(2022-08-31). President Maduro Would Win if Presidential Elections in Venezuela Were Held This Weekend, Finds Latest Hinterlaces Poll. orinocotribune.com According to a recent survey by Venezuelan pollster Hinterlaces, 43% of Venezuelans would vote for Nicolás Maduro if presidential elections were held this weekend. | In a tweet the renowned pollster published the results to the following question: "If presidential elections were held next Sunday and the candidates were Nicolás Maduro and any opposition candidate… who would you vote for?" | Of the respondents who participated in the survey, 43% said that they would vote for the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro, while 33% would choose the opposition option. This poll was part of a study called Country Moni…
(2022-08-31). MOM's Organic Market workers vote to unionize Baltimore-area store. therealnews.com 
MOM's Organic Market boasts its values on walls and placards throughout its stores. Among the images of small farms, from which the company sources organic produce and meat, and infographics on the environmental harm of pesticides, a small quote attributed to Greenpeace USA's Annie Leonard sits tacked onto an endcap displaying reusable storage containers: "There's …
(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 . . . |
(2022-08-31). Iran always seeking stable, secure, powerful Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Expressing its satisfaction with the return of peace to Iraq, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Iran always seeks a stable, secure, powerful Iraq that plays a constructive role in regional developments.
(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…
(2001-09-02). Ambassador Plasencia Delivers His Credentials to Colombian Authorities. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, August 31, Félix Plasencia delivered the credential letters to the minister for foreign affairs of Colombia, àÅlvaro Leyva, that accredit him as ambassador of Venezuela to Colombia. | "The minister of foreign affairs, àÅlvaro Leyva, received a copy of the Letters of Credence of the new Venezuelan ambassador to Colombia, Félix Plasencia," the Colombian foreign ministry wrote on its Twitter account. | El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores,
(2022-08-31). Colombia's Ambassador in Venezuela Meets Government Authorities, Begins Formal Work Agenda. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian ambassador in Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, presented his credentials to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a ceremony at Miraflores Palace on Monday, August 29. With this event Benedetti's diplomatic status in Venezuela was formalized. | The Colombian ambassador reported through a Twitter post that he and President Maduro spoke about the urgency of restoring all ties between the two countries. | A esta hora nos recibe en el Palacio de Miraflores el presidente
(2022-08-31). Venezuela y Colombia reiteran disposición de cooperación. telesurtv.net Representantes de Venezuela y Colombia resaltaron que tienen "una frontera que tiene que ser atendida de manera consensuada".
(2022-08-31). Gobierno de Venezuela denuncia trama de corrupción en Pdvsa. telesurtv.net Implicaría al exministro de Energía, Rafael Ramírez, según documentos mostrados por el actual titular, Tareck El Aissami.
(2022-08-31). Minister Says That Venezuela Ready To Sell Oil Worldwide. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum and Vice-President of the Economic Area, Tareck El Aissami, affirmed that the country is ready to market oil to any region or company in the world that is interested in Venezuelan crude. | Minister of Petroleum, Tareck el Aissami (l), while he greets the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti,…
(2022-08-30). Game Of Nuclear Chicken In Zaporozhye. popularresistance.org The Zaporozhye (also spelt Zaporizhzhia) Nuclear Power Plant has become a focal point in the Ukraine war, as any major nuclear incident risks radioactivity release over a vast area. In such an accident, not only Ukraine but large parts of Europe could face radioactive contamination and much higher cancer rates and other diseases. Russia has claimed the Ukrainian side shelled the Zaporozhye plant in July and August and, on August 23, submitted photographic and other documentary evidence to the UN Security Council. Ukraine contends Russia has been shelling the plant even though it is under Russia's occupation. | Th…
(2022-08-30). The Biotech Plan To Destroy Us. thealtworld.com Dear Readers, This article by Lew Rockwell reporting on Jeffrey Sachs' investigation for the medical journal, The Lancet, of the origin of the Covid virus is of the utmost importance. The virus is man made and is only the tip of the iceberg of the ongoing creation of dangerous pathogens in biotech laboratories. This work, a form of criminal insanity, is kept secret. Legislative bodies are unaware, and there is no accountability of what is being done or of how the pathogens will be used. The situation for all of us is dangerous beyond belief. The risks are great and totally needless. Unlike nuclear weapons, there…
(2022-08-30). US sends Ukraine $228 million per day in military aid to wage proxy war on Russia. multipolarista.com 
The Joe Biden administration pledged Ukraine $39.87 billion in military aid between February and August 2022, for an average of $228 million per day, fueling a brutal proxy war causing tens of thousands of deaths.
(2022-08-30). Tales From The Parents Of Tortured Palestinian Children. popularresistance.org Beit Hanina, Occupied Jerusalem — The United States House of Representatives submission to Israel and Zionism is both pathetic and enraging. This total submission to the will and interests of the Zionist movement and the State of Israel does not serve the interests of the American people, and only goes to support a state that has been recognized as a racist, violent apartheid regime. As one Palestinian said to me recently, U.S. foreign aid for Israel goes towards my oppression and the killing of my people. | Nowhere is Congress' blind support for Israel more heinous, more horrifying and more outrageous than…
(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…
(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…
(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….
(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…
(2022-08-30). Malaysia's Ex PM Explains Imperialism's Roots In Capitalism. popularresistance.org Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned that the US is trying to start a war with China over Taiwan. He also explained how imperialism is rooted in capitalism and detailed its economic exploitation of the Global South. | It's quite obvious that when the Eastern bloc was still there, it was a bustle between capitalism and communism. Once communism was defeated, then capitalism could expand and show its true self. It's no longer constrained by the need to be nice, so that people will choose their so-called free-market system as opposed to the centrally planned system. | So because of that,…
(2022-08-30). Water Crisis in Iraq's Kurdish Region Strains Food Security. towardfreedom.org Climate change, dam projects, and poor water and pollution management in Iraq's Kurdistan region threatens food production and livelihoods in rural communities, reports Alessandra Bajec.
(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…
(2022-08-30). Two Imperial academics awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships. imperial.ac.uk Researchers working on water-splitting catalysts for hydrogen fuels and magnetic computing for more efficient AI have received fellowship funding.
(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…
(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…