(2023-08-14). New York Times helps Marco Rubio push persecution of antiwar leftists. mronline.org 
Citing a recent McCarthyite smear piece by The New York Times, Senator Marco Rubio published a letter on Wednesday that he'd sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the investigation of American leftist antiwar groups, claiming they are "tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and operating with impunity in the United States."
(2023-08-14). New US Arms Package for Ukraine Uses Money Made Available by Pentagon 'Accounting Error'. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration on Monday announced a $200 million arms package for Ukraine using funds made available by a Pentagon "accounting error" that includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems, HIMARS rocket systems, and other equipment. In June, the Pentagon claimed it overvalued weapons sent to Ukraine through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows …
(2023-08-13). Russia Says It Thwarted Series of Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Crimea, Moscow. news.antiwar.com Moscow says Ukrainian forces have launched several drone attacks over the past week targeting Moscow and Crimea. After the sensitive Kertch bridge was targeted, the Kremlin denounced the strikes as "terror attacks" and vowed a response. On Wednesday and Thursday, Russia says it took down 15 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and Sevastopol, a city on …
(2023-08-13). Kyiv Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian 'Sappers' Take Huge Losses. news.antiwar.com The Ukrainian military has struggled to work through Russia's heavily mined defensive lines as its counteroffensive has dragged on for ten weeks with little to show. Kyiv is now appealing to its allies for more demining equipment. Ukrainians assigned to be deminers — known as sappers have taken heavy losses in the counter offensive. Speaking …
(2023-08-13). US, Finland Negotiating Defense Agreement That Would See Deployment of American Troops. news.antiwar.com Washington and Helsinki are working on a new deal to govern the military relationship between the two nations. Finland recently became the thirty-first member of NATO, doubling the alliance's border with Russia. According to YLE News, Finnish state media, Helsinki and Washington are negotiating a new Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). YLE said the new deal …
(2023-08-13). Niger Junta Refuses Negotiations Unless Coup Leader Is Recognized, ECOWAS Postpones Meeting on Potential Intervention. news.antiwar.com
(2023-08-13). Biden Administration Defends Social Media Censorship Operation. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, government lawyers went to court to defend federal meddling in content moderation decisions on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. On July 4, Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, ordered the federal government to refrain from communicating with social media platforms for "the …
(2023-08-13). Kiev Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian 'Sappers' Take Huge Losses. news.antiwar.com The Ukrainian military has struggled to work through Russia's heavily mined defensive lines as its counteroffensive has dragged on for ten weeks with little to show. Kiev is now appealing to its allies for more demining equipment. Ukrainians assigned to be deminers — known as sappers have taken heavy losses in the counter offensive. Speaking …
(2023-08-14). McCarthyism Is Back, And It's Coming For The Peace Movement. popularresistance.org Defending Rights & Dissent condemns in the strongest possible terms the increasing McCarthyite attacks on leftwing and peace groups critical of US-policy towards China. As tensions between the US and China escalate, we have unsurprisingly seen attacks against those who dissent from the prevailing foreign policy orthodoxy. Over the weekend, the New York Times published an inflammatory regurgitation of innuendo, aspersions, and propaganda focusing on a number of groups, including Code Pink and the People's Forum. With the "paper of record" giving these smears a veneer of legitimacy, Senator Marco Rubio sent a…
(2023-08-14). Aberdeen Community To Lose Last Green Space In Energy Transition Land-Grab. popularresistance.org On Wednesday 9 August, campaigners from Climate Camp Scotland, This is Rigged, and Scot.E3 demonstrated outside the headquarters of Ironside Farrar in Edinburgh. Campaigners held the peaceful demonstration in solidarity with residents of Torry, Aberdeen. Torry is to be the site of a large-scale industrial development that threatens a precious local park and wetland. | The project developer has commissioned Ironside Farrar to produce a master plan for the site. The coalition of climate groups and energy workers were protesting the advancing implementation of Scotland's so-called Energy Transition Zone (ETZ).
(2023-08-14). Fourth cycle of talks between Colombian Government and ELN begins. plenglish.com "This cycle will undoubtedly be a new development, especially in terms of participation and ceasefire, and we hope to come (back) to the country with new agreements for this important peace process," Senator Iván Cepeda, a member of the government delegation, said. | In the third cycle of peace talks, held in Havana, the Government and the ELN agreed to comply with the Cuban Agreements immediately, and declared the Dialogue Table in permanent activity. | The participation of society and the bilateral ceasefire that came into force for a period of six months, and which will have an oversight and verification mech…
(2023-08-14). Mayo Clinic remembers Sister Lauren Weinandt. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Sister Lauren Weinandt, Mayo Clinic's longest-serving staff member, passed away on July 31, at the Saint Marys Campus, where she lived and worked for nearly 70 years. Sister Lauren Weinandt, a beloved Mayo staff member who embodied the Franciscan and Mayo Clinic values, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, July 31, at the hospital she loved and worked at for 67 years. She will be remembered for her open door, open heart, and…
(2023-08-14). The Colombian State and ELN Continue Negotiations in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, delegations of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin the fourth cycle of peace negotiations in Venezuela. | RELATED: | This will happen amid a 180-day bilateral ceasefire that came into force on August 3 throughout the Colombian territory. | Before installing the new talks, the parties highlighted compliance with the agreements reached in the third cycle of dialogues that took plac…
(2023-08-13). The Truth About 'Survival of the Fittest'. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Aug 6, 2023 | "The species in which peace and mutual support are the rule, prosper, while the unsociable species decay."- Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution | Evolution is often misunderstood as a straight progression from simple to perfect and from primitive to modern. However, the process of evolution isn't a straight line it is actually a branching pattern of relationships among organisms. This misconception dates back to before Darwin's theory of natural selection was published in 1859. Modern scientific consensus rejects the idea of dividing humankind into biologically distin…
(2023-08-13). Wang urges region to be wary of disruptive forces. ecns.cn China hopes regional countries will remain vigilant against the "behind-the-scenes" forces that are constantly muddying the water in the South China Sea, and maintain the initiative of upholding peace and stability in the area, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
(2023-08-14). More Than 8,000 Illegal Miners Evacuated in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com More than 8,431 illegal miners have been voluntarily evacuated from Yapacana National Park in Amazonas state, Venezuela, since July 1. | The strategic operational commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported on the evacuation of the 8,431 illegal miners through the Carida—Puerto Ayacucho route. | He wrote on his X account: "More than 8,431 illegal miners have been evacuated from Yapacana National Park since July 1." | Más de 8.431 mineros ilegales han sido evacuados del Parque Nacional Yapacana desde el 01JUL23, a través de la ruta Carida —…
(2023-08-14). Headlines for August 14, 2023. democracynow.org Maui Wildfire Death Toll Nears 100 as Residents Continue Search for Missing Loved Ones, Nigerien Military Leaders Announce Plan to Prosecute Deposed President Bazoum, At Least 6 Asylum Seekers Drown in Channel; 2 Off Tunisian Coast, 3-Year-Old Toddler from Venezuela Dies on Migrant Bus from Texas to Chicago, Taiwan Vice President Defies Chinese Intimidation While on U.S. Visit, Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian in West Bank as Int'l Group of Academics Slams Israeli Apartheid, Jordan Cracks Down on Online Speech with "Draconian" Cybercrime Law, U.N. Completes Transfer of 1 Billion+ Barrels of Oil f…
(2023-08-13). Venezuela Disagrees With UN Special Rapporteurs on Application of Anti-Terrorism Laws. orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced that Venezuela disagrees with UN rapporteurs' recent statements about the application of Venezuelan anti-terrorism laws against six people convicted of conspiracy. | "The Attorney General's Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its total disagreement with the position of the United Nations rapporteurs Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Clément Nyaletsossi Voule who, through a statement, have expressed concern regarding the application of anti-terrorism laws against alleged trade unionists without having any basis for it," Saab wrote on socia…
(2023-08-14). The Colombian State and ELN Continue Negotiations in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, delegations of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin the fourth cycle of peace negotiations in Venezuela. | RELATED: | This will happen amid a 180-day bilateral ceasefire that came into force on August 3 throughout the Colombian territory. | Before installing the new talks, the parties highlighted compliance with the agreements reached in the third cycle of dialogues that took plac…
(2023-08-13). The Truth About 'Survival of the Fittest'. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Aug 6, 2023 | "The species in which peace and mutual support are the rule, prosper, while the unsociable species decay."- Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution | Evolution is often misunderstood as a straight progression from simple to perfect and from primitive to modern. However, the process of evolution isn't a straight line it is actually a branching pattern of relationships among organisms. This misconception dates back to before Darwin's theory of natural selection was published in 1859. Modern scientific consensus rejects the idea of dividing humankind into biologically distin…
(2023-08-13). Wang urges region to be wary of disruptive forces. ecns.cn China hopes regional countries will remain vigilant against the "behind-the-scenes" forces that are constantly muddying the water in the South China Sea, and maintain the initiative of upholding peace and stability in the area, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
(2023-08-14). More Than 8,000 Illegal Miners Evacuated in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com More than 8,431 illegal miners have been voluntarily evacuated from Yapacana National Park in Amazonas state, Venezuela, since July 1. | The strategic operational commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela (CEOFANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported on the evacuation of the 8,431 illegal miners through the Carida—Puerto Ayacucho route. | He wrote on his X account: "More than 8,431 illegal miners have been evacuated from Yapacana National Park since July 1." | Más de 8.431 mineros ilegales han sido evacuados del Parque Nacional Yapacana desde el 01JUL23, a través de la ruta Carida —…
(2023-08-14). Headlines for August 14, 2023. democracynow.org Maui Wildfire Death Toll Nears 100 as Residents Continue Search for Missing Loved Ones, Nigerien Military Leaders Announce Plan to Prosecute Deposed President Bazoum, At Least 6 Asylum Seekers Drown in Channel; 2 Off Tunisian Coast, 3-Year-Old Toddler from Venezuela Dies on Migrant Bus from Texas to Chicago, Taiwan Vice President Defies Chinese Intimidation While on U.S. Visit, Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian in West Bank as Int'l Group of Academics Slams Israeli Apartheid, Jordan Cracks Down on Online Speech with "Draconian" Cybercrime Law, U.N. Completes Transfer of 1 Billion+ Barrels of Oil f…
(2023-08-13). Venezuela Disagrees With UN Special Rapporteurs on Application of Anti-Terrorism Laws. orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced that Venezuela disagrees with UN rapporteurs' recent statements about the application of Venezuelan anti-terrorism laws against six people convicted of conspiracy. | "The Attorney General's Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its total disagreement with the position of the United Nations rapporteurs Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Clément Nyaletsossi Voule who, through a statement, have expressed concern regarding the application of anti-terrorism laws against alleged trade unionists without having any basis for it," Saab wrote on socia…
(2023-08-13). President Maduro Instructs Armed Forces to Increase Operational Capacity to Eradicate Organized Crime. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro instructed the Venezuelan armed forces to increase their presence and operative military capacity to eradicate organized crime. | President Maduro gave these instructions on Friday, August 11, during a working meeting with the expanded General High Command and the commanders of the Strategic Region of Integral Defense (REDI) and the Operational Zones of Integral Defense (ZODI) of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB). | He highlighted the operational deployment of the FANB throughout Venezuela to combat threats from organized criminal gangs and to guarantee Venezuelans' sec…
(2023-08-13). Venezuela: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Communist Party Dissidents, Appoints Ad Hoc Board for Elections. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The TSJ's ruling, announced on Friday, August 11, in Judgment No. 1160, appointed an ad hoc board of directors to oversee the PCV's internal affairs and organize democratic elections for a…
(2023-08-13). Venezuelans celebrate Fidel Castro's birthday. plenglish.com On Twitter, Maduro wrote that Fidel would be recalled as a tireless rebel, intolerant of injustice, and a master of what is impossible. | The Venezuelan president tweeted that the Commander-in-Chief encourages us to continue to fight for the dignity of the people. | This tribute joins others from different regions globally to remember the life and work of one of the leaders and politicians of the 20th century.
(2023-08-13). Venezuela Expels Over 8,400 Illegal Miners From the Amazon. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) Commander Domingo Hernandez confirmed that the military has expelled 8,431 illegal miners from the Venezuelan Amazon region since July 1st. | RELATED: | The control operations took place in the Yapacana National Park, which houses ecosystems endowed with unique biodiversity and close to the borders with Colombia and Brazil. | The FANB, however, did not offer det…
(2023-08-13). Venezuela pide a la juventud estar alerta ante arremetidas imperiales. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez acompañó a los jóvenes en la marcha por la Revolución y en rechazo al bloqueo realizada este sábado en Caracas.
