Daily Archives: September 2, 2023

2023-09-02: News Headlines

Angela Klein (2023-09-02). Happy Anti-War Day! – September 1 – Say No! indybay.org War always has two losers. Neither side can win the Ukraine war. Russia will not lose a war of attrition. Ukraine lacks recruits, artillery and time!

Sharat Lin (2023-09-02). Tuesday 9/5: Yoga for Activists. indybay.org San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street, Room 101 | San José, CA 95112…

Editor (2023-09-01). Why is The New York Times Burning Peace Activist Jodie Evans at the Stake? scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-09-01). Enbridge Is the Guilty Party, Not Me: Meet the Pipeline Protester Facing 5 Years for Peaceful Action. democracynow.org We speak with climate activist and water protector Mylene Vialard, whose trial for peacefully protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline began this week in Minnesota. Vialard faces up to five years in prison for her 2021 protest, when she attached herself to a 25-foot bamboo tower erected to block a pumping station in Aitkin County. Vialard, who lives in Colorado, had come to Minnesota to take part in a wave of Indigenous-led acts of civil disobedience to stop the pipeline. Between December 2020 and September 2021, police in Minnesota made more than 1,000 arrests. Mylene Vialard is just the second water protector fa…

TASS (2023-09-01). One ceasefire violation recorded in Karabakh in past day — Russian Defense Ministry. tass.com The ministry pointed out that the command of the Russian peacekeeping force was looking into the incident together with Armenia and Azerbaijan…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-09-01). $22 Billion Worth of Venezuela's Assets Remain Frozen by Sanctions. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Anti-Blockade Observatory has reported that over $22 billion belonging to Venezuela remains blocked in various international financial systems, due to the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States. | The information, published via social media this Wednesday, August 30, was released by the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies, William Castillo, who pointed out that this amount currently resides "in private banks and in multilateral organizations." | Castillo added that of this amount, $5 billion was supposed to be part of Venezuela's special drawing rights—an internati…

Staff (2023-09-01). PSUV Vice President Warns About Opposition Laundering Money Through Primaries. orinocotribune.com The first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, made a statement that the Venezuelan right-wing opposition may be preparing to launder money using the upcoming opposition primaries as a cover. | During episode 444 of his television program Con el Mazo Dando, broadcasted this Wednesday, August 30, Cabello said that on the eve of the 2024 presidential elections, some sectors of the opposition want to take advantage of the political situation to legitimize and funnel illegal capital to themselves during the far-right primaries elections scheduled for October 20. | "Money…

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