Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-08: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Biden Tells Netanyahu More Military Aid Is on Its Way. news.antiwar.com President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the second time since Hamas launched an operation in southern Israel and said that more US military aid is on its way. According to the White House, President Biden "conveyed that additional assistance for the Israeli Defense Forces is now on its way …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Israeli Lawmaker Says 'Pogroms' Against Palestinians Provoked Hamas Assault. news.antiwar.com An Israeli lawmaker told Al Jazeera on Saturday that his party had been warning that Israeli policies toward Palestinians would "erupt" into the violence that Israel is experiencing in the wake of Hamas' assault. The comments were made by Ofer Cassif, a member of the Knesset and the leftist Hadash party, which holds four seats …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Rep. McCaul Says a House Speaker Is Needed to 'Replenish' Israel's Iron Dome. news.antiwar.com Rep. Michael McCaul on Sunday said the House needed a speaker to "replenish" Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, which would involve providing Israel with more military aid. "We have to get a Speaker elected this week, so we can get things on the floor like replenishing the Iron Dome," McCaul, the head of the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Report: Biden Considering Huge $100 Billion Ukraine Spending Package. news.antiwar.com President Biden is considering asking Congress for a massive $100 billion spending package for the Ukraine war, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The idea of the huge spending package would be to fund the proxy war through the 2024 election without having to worry about the growing opposition to the policy in Congress, as the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). US Deploys Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Support Israel. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he's ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to show US support for Israel amid fighting in Gaza and southern Israel. The strike group is led by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Austin said the group also includes …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). US Officials Expect Israel to Launch Ground Invasion of Gaza. news.antiwar.com US officials said Sunday that they expect Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza within the next 24-48 hours after the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared it was at war with Hamas, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Over 1,000 people have been killed in two days of violence since Hamas …


CODEPINK, Women for Peace. (2023-10-07). Activists Arrested At A Sit-In For Peace At Senator Bernie Sanders' Office. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – A group of 50 activists and Vermont constituents staged a sit-in inside Senator Bernie Sanders' office on Wednesday, demanding the senator to call for peace and diplomacy in Ukraine instead of more weapons and war. The sit-in resulted in the arrest of 11 activists, including an 89-year-old CODEPINK peace activist. | The group was joined by Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Cornel West in the Senate lobby for a prayer vigil before the sit-in. The prayer vigil and sit-in were part of a week of action that included an antiwar rally on Tuesday night featuring Dr. West, Claudia de la Cruz, Lee…

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-07). Biden Speaks with Netanyahu, Says Israel Has Right to 'Self-Defense'. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after the Israeli leader declared his country was at war. The American President pledged US support for Israel's "self-defense." Fighting that started with a Hamas offensive in southern Israel, has led to over 300 Israeli and 230 Palestinian deaths. On Saturday, Hamas …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-07). Biden Speaks with Netanyahu, Says Israel Has Right to 'Self-Defense'. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after the Israeli leader declared his country was at war. The American President pledged US support for Israel's "self-defense." Fighting that started with a Hamas offensive in southern Israel, has led to over 600 Israeli and 370 Palestinian deaths. On Saturday, Hamas …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-07). Hundreds Dead: Israel PM Says 'We Are at War' After Hamas Attacks By 'Land, Air, and Sea'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, "We are at war, this is not an operation," after Hamas launched thousands of missiles and seized villages near Gaza. The political leader of Hamas said that the ongoing attacks are a response to the Israeli treatment of Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque. On Saturday morning, fighters from Hamas …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-07). Over 1,000 Dead: Israel PM Says 'We Are at War' After Hamas Attacks By 'Land, Air, and Sea'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, "We are at war, this is not an operation," after Hamas launched thousands of missiles and seized villages near Gaza. The political leader of Hamas said that the ongoing attacks are a response to the Israeli treatment of Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque. On Saturday morning, fighters from Hamas …

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-10-08). Tens of thousands mobilize on the streets of Rome against far-right Meloni's policies. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of people filled Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 7 during a protest called for by the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL). The protesters united in a call against austerity and policies that undermine constitutional rights, pushed by the far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government. In addition to the trade unions, the protest was supported by more than 100 other groups, including political parties, peace initiatives, youth networks, and more. | Already in the lead-up to Saturday's event, CGIL leader Maurizio Landini said he expected a mass turnout — an expectation…


Chris Hedges, The Real News. (2023-10-08). Remembering Vietnam: Poet Doug Rawlings On The War. popularresistance.org Doug Rawlings found poetry in 1970 after returning from his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Over fifty years later, he returned to Vietnam for the first time. In conversation with Chris Hedges, Rawlings looks back on his experience of the war with unflinching honesty on the many crimes of the US military, and shares some of the poems he's written to process these experiences. | Doug Rawlings is a veteran of the Vietnam War who has published several volumes of poetry, including In the Shadow of the Annamese Mountains (2020). He is a cofounder of Veterans for Peace.

Jewish Voice for Peace (2023-10-08). Sunday 10/8: Power Hour for Gaza: The Root of Violence is Oppression Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

PeopleForPeace (2023-10-08). U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan has an UN-AMERICAN FLAG displayed on his facebook page. indybay.org U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan (Republican) has an | UN-AMERICAN FLAG displayed on his facebook page. He should be prohibited from being a candidate for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Congress. Democrats helped remove the previous Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy and there will be an election for a new Speaker of the U.S. House soon! October 2023…

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

Chris Hedges, The Real News. (2023-10-08). Remembering Vietnam: Poet Doug Rawlings On The War. popularresistance.org Doug Rawlings found poetry in 1970 after returning from his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Over fifty years later, he returned to Vietnam for the first time. In conversation with Chris Hedges, Rawlings looks back on his experience of the war with unflinching honesty on the many crimes of the US military, and shares some of the poems he's written to process these experiences. | Doug Rawlings is a veteran of the Vietnam War who has published several volumes of poetry, including In the Shadow of the Annamese Mountains (2020). He is a cofounder of Veterans for Peace.

Jewish Voice for Peace (2023-10-08). Sunday 10/8: Power Hour for Gaza: The Root of Violence is Oppression Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

PeopleForPeace (2023-10-08). U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan has an UN-AMERICAN FLAG displayed on his facebook page. indybay.org U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan (Republican) has an | UN-AMERICAN FLAG displayed on his facebook page. He should be prohibited from being a candidate for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Congress. Democrats helped remove the previous Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy and there will be an election for a new Speaker of the U.S. House soon! October 2023…

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-07). Queen Warmonger Hillary Clinton Complains About "Men Starting Wars" caitlinjohnstone.com.au Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Some days the Caitlin Johnstone articles just write themselves. During her self-titled annual awards ceremony at Georgetown University on Thursday, Hillary Clinton said that the biggest obstacle to peace and security around the world is "men starting wars." During the Q&A segment of the …

Editor (2023-10-07). Oct 7, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Stevie Nicks — Gold Dust Woman Pepe Escobar: Putin and the Magic Multipolar Mountain SC Editorial: By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them… Biden Calls for More War, Putin Calls for Peaceful World The War Party Rules Washington, by Bill Astore U.S. House of Reps Meltdown Puts Ukraine's Future in Jeopardy, by Simplicius The Thinker And So It Begins… The Great Unraveling, by Finian Cunningham Have They Gone Mad? Hillary Clinton suggests "formal deprogramming" for seventy million, by Matt Taibbi The Police State Targets Trump and Trump Americans, by Paul Craig Roberts The Top Ten Dumbest Th…

Family of Jacob Johns (2023-10-07). Statement of Family of Indigenous Activist Jacob Johns Shot Last Week at Prayer Circle. indybay.org Indigenous community members were conducting a peaceful and spiritual assembly when they were attacked and made victims of an attempted mass murder. It is only because the shooter's gun jammed that Malaya Peixinho and others were not also injured or worse.

Jan Oberg (2023-10-07). This Year's Nobel "Peace" Prize Scandal. dissidentvoice.org Iranian women's rights campaigner, Narges Mohammadi, deserves all the human rights prizes in the world. However, this is what the Nobel PEACE Prize shall reward: "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of …

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-07). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-07). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Iran: Awarding Nobel Peace Prize to a criminal 'spiteful, politically motivated'. presstv.ir Iran decries a spiteful and politically-motivated move to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian criminal woman.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Iran's anti-terror general most deserving symbol of intl. peace: FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister reacts after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards a Iranian woman, who has been convicted of committing several crimes.

Staff (2023-10-07). Venezuela's Parliament: Referendum on Essequibo to Consult Further Actions on the Dispute. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the government of Guyana for trying to grant concession to multinational oil companies for the oil blocks in the disputed waters of the Essequibo region, and accused the Guyanese government of being a puppet of transnational corporations. | "The ExxonMobil government in Guyana has decided to hand over oil blocks in the disputed waters of the Essequibo territory and we are not going to allow it," said President Maduro. He contrasted Guyana's position with that of Trinidad and Tobago, which recently signed agreements with Venezuela for peaceful joint exploration…

UNM Native American Studies Faculty (2023-10-07). The University of New Mexico Statement of Solidarity: No Honor in Onate's Violence. indybay.org This is the second time a shooting occurred at a peaceful rally against an Oñate statue. The first occurred two years ago in 2021 near Old Town in Albuquerque, when another unprovoked gunman shot and injured a peaceful protester. Here on the UNM main campus, we are pushing for the renaming of Oñate Hall. We should not honor the well-known legacy of violence and trauma.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2023-10-08). On Peace and Security. 1934. indybay.org There is no way to peace on the way to security. For peace must be ventured, is the one great venture, and can never, ever be secured. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand security is to have mistrust, and this mistrust in turn gives birth to war. Seeking security means wanting to protect oneself.

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-08). Venezuela and Saint Lucia Sign Air Connectivity Agreement, Boost Cooperation (+Sanctions). orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, met with prime minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Pierre, and signed bilateral cooperation agreement in different areas. Venezuela and Saint Lucia will begin direct flights connecting the two countries next month, as part of the cooperation agreements. | "We are opening air connectivity between Saint Lucia and Venezuela," President Maduro said after the signing of the agreements on Saturday, October 7. "We are connecting with the Caribbean, great news… And I am sure that these flights are going to be very successful, and they will increase tourism between our peoples and…

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-08). Venezuela: Poll Projects President Maduro's Victory in 2024 Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com

Resumen Latinoamericano (2023-10-08). Venezuela: este sábado 7 se cumplieron 11 años del triunfo electoral de Hugo Chávez Frías. globalizacion.ca El líder de la Revolución Bolivariana se impuso a los intereses y planes de Estados Unidos. Este sábado se cumplieron 12 años de la victoria electoral del presidente Hugo Chávez Frías, que significó la segunda reelección del líder de la…

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-10-08). Venezuela rechaza injerencia de EE.UU. en caso de Juan Guaidó. telesurtv.net Venezuela condenó cualquier intento de minimizar la corrupción por causas políticas.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-10-08). Gobiernos latinoamericanos abogan por fin de violencia en Gaza. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela expresó su preocupación tras la escalada de violencia.

Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina, Venezuelanalysis. (2023-10-07). Education, Science, And Sovereignty: PROINPA Vs. The US Blockade. popularresistance.org High up in Venezuela's Andes, the township of Mucuchies is home to a campesino-led initiative striving for sustainable agricultural production. Integral Producers of the Highlands [PROINPA, for the organization's Spanish-language initials] is widely recognized not only for its top-notch seed potatoes but also for its scientific initiatives such as a state-of-the-art biotechnology lab, a germplasm bank, and, most recently, an aeroponic seed production facility. | One of the secrets to PROINPA's success is its democratic organization and its emphasis on education. Founded 24 years ago, the organization's structure…

Didier Fassin, Anne-Claire Defossez (2023-10-07). Comment] Displaced people's perilous journeys: border violence as a public health issue. thelancet.com The 21st century has seen displacement of migrants and refugees unprecedented since World War 2. As of the end of 2022, of the 108 million people who had to leave their homes because of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations, 62 ∑5 million were internally displaced, 35 ∑3 million were refugees, and 5 ∑4 million were officially asylum seekers.1 However, the number of people still in transit in search of protection or a better life is unknown. Whether they are Venezuelans trying to reach the USA, Senegalese trying to reach the Canary Islands, or Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arab…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-10-07). China-Venezuela, una alianza estratégica. globalizacion.ca La estrecha alianza político-económica que acordaron la República Popular China con la República de Venezuela no solo redundará en beneficio de esas dos naciones sino también impulsará las relaciones del gigante asiático en América Latina y el Caribe. | Desde el…

Misión Verdad (2023-10-07). Essequibo Dispute: Influence of Monroe Doctrine in 1899 Arbitration Award. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Oct 3, 2023 | October 3, 2023, marked the 124th anniversary of the invalid judgment of the Paris Arbitral Award, in which, by the sinister plot of the judges involved, Venezuela's historical rights over the Essequibo territory were discarded. | The Monroe Doctrine was used by the United States to intervene in this territorial dispute, under the precept that any European incursion in America was a threat to its national security. Seeing that Great Britain was involved, the United States decided to take this as a justification to interfere and act to protect its interests in a region conside…

scorinoco (2023-10-07). Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The prime minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Joseph Pierre, is in Venezuela on an official visit to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations. | He was received by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil at the Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía, in La Guaira state. | En nombre del Presidente

teleSUR, hvh, JDO, YSM (2023-10-07). Premier de Santa Lucía inicia visita oficial a Venezuela. telesurtv.net Canciller venezolano Yvan Gil destaca que la visita de Philip Pierre tiene el fin de fortalecer los lazos bilaterales de hermandad y fraternidad.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-07). Venezuela y Santa Lucía firman acuerdo de cooperación. telesurtv.net Se firmó una Hoja de Ruta para desarrollar la cooperación en áreas como educación, turismo, pesca, soberanía alimentaria, transporte aéreo, infraestructura, entre otros.

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2023-10-06: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-06). Japan Sues Okinawa Governor in Effort to Force Construction for US Base. news.antiwar.com Japan's land minister has sued Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki in an effort to force the construction of a landfill needed to relocate a US base on the island, a project the majority of Okinawans oppose. The aim of the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is to give itself the power to approve the construction without …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-06). A Desperate White House Is Scrambling To Find Money for Arming Ukraine. news.antiwar.com POLITICO reported on Thursday that President Joe Biden was contemplating using State Department funds to ship weapons to Ukraine. Washington and Kyiv are beginning to panic as Congress did not pass Biden's proposed $24 billion aid package to Ukraine in September. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Congress provided the White House with several pools …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-10-06). Turkish Warplanes Strike US-Allied Kurds in Syria. news.antiwar.com The conflict between US allies continued to escalate when a Turkish warplane bombed sites used by Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria. Ankara and Washington are members of the North Atlantic alliance, and the Syrian Kurds have acted as America's proxy force for several years. The strikes followed the US shooting down a Turkish drone in …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). At Least 80 Killed in Drone Attack on Syria Military College Ceremony. news.antiwar.com At least 80 people have been killed in a drone attack that targeted a graduation ceremony at a military college in Syria's central Homs province on Thursday, the country's health minister has said. The Syrian government said members of the armed forces and civilians were among the casualties. Health Minister Hasan Ghabbagh said the 80 …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). China Says It Warned Another Philippine Resupply Mission in South China Sea. news.antiwar.com Another encounter between Chinese and Philippine vessels occurred in the South China Sea on Wednesday, with Chinese authorities saying they warned boats making an "unapproved" entry near Second Thomas Shoal, a reef claimed by both Manila and Beijing. The Philippine side said it conducted a successful resupply for troops stationed on the BRP Sierra Madre, …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). Congress Mulls Ways to Get Ukraine Aid Passed After McCarthy Ouster. news.antiwar.com In the wake of Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker, pro-proxy war lawmakers in the House and the Senate are mulling ways to authorize more Ukraine aid. According to Defense News, multiple senators have proposed passing a massive aid package that would fund the proxy war through 2024 so it would not be impacted by …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). EU Says It Can't Support Ukraine Without the US. news.antiwar.com The EU's top diplomat on Thursday said the European bloc could not provide Ukraine with enough support without the US amid uncertainty about when Congress might authorize the next tranche of spending on the proxy war. "Europe cannot fill the gap of the US," Josep Borrel said after arriving in Spain for a gathering of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). EU Says It Can't Support Ukraine Without the US. news.antiwar.com The EU's top diplomat on Thursday said the European bloc could not provide Ukraine with enough support without the US amid uncertainty about when Congress might authorize the next tranche of spending on the proxy war. "Europe cannot fill the gap of the US," Josep Borrell said after arriving in Spain for a gathering of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). Putin Says Prigozhin's Plane Was Not Downed by 'External Impact'. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was not downed by an "external impact" and claimed grenade fragments were found in the recovered bodies. "The head of the Investigative Committee briefed me just the other day. Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). US Says It Shot Down Turkish Drone in Northeast Syria. news.antiwar.com A US F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone over northeast Syria on Wednesday, a US official told The Wall Street Journal. According to Reuters, the Turkish Defense Ministry denied that it was a Turkish drone. But US officials said it was identified as belonging to Turkey, believed to be armed, and was …

Family of Jacob Johns (2023-10-06). Statement of Family of Indigenous Activist Jacob Johns Shot Last Week at Prayer Circle. indybay.org Indigenous community members were conducting a peaceful and spiritual assembly when they were attacked and made victims of an attempted mass murder. It is only because the shooter's gun jammed that Malaya Peixinho and others were not also injured or worse.

Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-06). Why Veterans Are Calling For Peace In Ukraine. popularresistance.org In Ukraine right now, we have a stalemated war of attrition, where as Caitlin Johnstone writes, "soldiers are being killed and maimed in a battle for inches. At least tens of thousands have died in this war with hundreds of thousands wounded, all for those teeny, tiny little blips on the map. Ukraine is now freckled with more landmines than anywhere else on earth, which experts say will take decades to clear. This giant deathtrap is exacerbated by the cluster munitions that are covering the land with greater and greater frequency, which will go on to detonate and kill civilians (mostly children) for years to come…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-06). And So It Begins… The Great Unravelling. libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham Thousands protest against the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, and in support of peace negotiations, in Berlin, Germany, February, 2023. Photograph: Christian Mang/Reuters The "Collective West" led by the chief imperialist power, the United States, is careening and buckling, the wayward collapse evident with each passing day. For what it's worth, the transatlantic…

Jemima Pierre, Taylor, Francis Online. (2023-10-06). Haiti As Empire's Laboratory. popularresistance.org In December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.2116, also known as the Global Fragility Act (GFA). Although this act was developed by the conservative United States Institute of Peace, it was introduced to Congress by Democratic Representative Eliot L. Engel, then chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of representatives, including, significantly, Democrat Karen Bass. The GFA presents new strategies for deploying U.S. hard and soft power in a changing world. It focuses U.S. foreign policy on the idea that there are so-called "fragile states," countries…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-06). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-06). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-06). Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Jeffrey D. Sachs — Oct, 4, 2023 | Four Events Have Shattered NATO's Drive For Enlargement Eastward. | Now, decisions by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for the entire world's peace, security and wellbeing. | We are entering the end stage of the 30-year U.S. neoconservative debacle in Ukraine. The neocon plan to surround Russia in the Black Sea region by NATO has failed. Decisions now by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for peace, security, and wellbeing for the entire world. | Four events have shattered the neocon hopes for NATO enlargement eastward, to Ukraine, Georgia, and onward.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Iran urges regional cooperation to promote peace in Caucasus. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges collective cooperation aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Caucasus region.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). North Korea slams France's 'gunboat diplomacy'. presstv.ir North Korea condemns France's "gunboat diplomacy" urging it to stop "dangerous actions" that threaten peace in the region.

Sharat Lin (2023-10-06). Tuesday 10/3: Yoga for Activists. indybay.org San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street, Room 101 | San José, CA 95112…

Staff (2023-10-06). Woman, Life, Freedom: Narges Mohammadi, Imprisoned Iranian Activist, Awarded 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. democracynow.org Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work fighting against women's oppression in Iran. Mohammadi will not be able to personally receive the prize because she is currently incarcerated in Iran for her protest activities. To share more about Mohammadi, the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and the potential impact of the Nobel on Mohammadi's imprisonment, we speak with Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian American journalist, host of The Iran Podcast and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.

Staff (2023-10-06). Separatist Rebels Escalate Attacks in Northern Mali, Mainstream Media Condemn Expulsion of French Troops. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The rebels claimed control of the town and issued a public statement online via the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD), which is affiliated with the CMA. On Monday, Attaye Ag Mohamed, the spokesman f…

UNM Native American Studies Faculty (2023-10-06). The University of New Mexico Statement of Solidarity: No Honor in Onate's Violence. indybay.org This is the second time a shooting occurred at a peaceful rally against an Oñate statue. The first occurred two years ago in 2021 near Old Town in Albuquerque, when another unprovoked gunman shot and injured a peaceful protester. Here on the UNM main campus, we are pushing for the renaming of Oñate Hall. We should not honor the well-known legacy of violence and trauma.

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-10-05). Hands Off Haiti! globalresearch.ca

Dae-Han Song, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-05). Okinawa: A Bastion For Peace? popularresistance.org Recently, in Taiwan, the government unveiled its first home-built submarine. In Japan, the government will upgrade civilian airports and seaports to dual military use in preparation for conflict in Taiwan. The U.S. and allies maneuver to contain China, Russia, and North Korea, while the latter band together against the former's economic sanctions and military threats. Both blocs test the strength and resilience of the region's stability. And while North Korea has been the regional bogeyman for decades, if war breaks out, it will likely be in Taiwan. | While China has called for an "indivisible security" where sec…

Family of Jacob Johns (2023-10-05). Statement of Family of Indigenous Activist Jacob Johns Shot Last Week at Prayer Circle. indybay.org Indigenous community members were conducting a peaceful and spiritual assembly when they were attacked and made victims of an attempted mass murder. It is only because the shooter's gun jammed that Malaya Peixinho and others were not also injured or worse.

James C. Nelson (2023-10-05). Vote for the Oath? Or Count Your Fingers? counterpunch.org An oath is defined as a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior. Every person joining the military, every peace officer and fire fighter, and every elected public servant and member of the three branches of federal, state, and local government swears fidelity to either the federal or state Constitution or both. Article III,

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Consortium News. (2023-10-05). Beyond The Neocon Debacle In Ukraine. popularresistance.org We are entering the end stage of the 30-year U.S. neoconservative debacle in Ukraine. The neocon plan to surround Russia in the Black Sea region by NATO has failed. Decisions now by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for peace, security, and wellbeing for the entire world. | Four events have shattered the neocon hopes for NATO enlargement eastward, to Ukraine, Georgia, and onward. | The first is straightforward. Ukraine has been devastated on the battlefield, with tragic and appalling losses. Russia is winning the war of attrition, an outcome that was predictable from the start but which the neocons and m…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-05). Saturday 11/4: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-05). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). Iran urges regional cooperation to promote peace in Caucasus. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges collective cooperation aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Caucasus region.

Sharat Lin (2023-10-05). Tuesday 10/3: Yoga for Activists. indybay.org San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street, Room 101 | San José, CA 95112…

Staff (2023-10-05). Headlines for October 5, 2023. democracynow.org Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise to Run for Speaker of the House After McCarthy's Ouster, Biden Suggests He Might Circumvent Congress to Continue Arming Ukraine, 11 Arrested at Protest Demanding Sen. Bernie Sanders Support Peace Talks for Ukraine, Record-Shattering September Heat Keeps 2023 on Track as Hottest Year on Record, Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Hasten U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Construction, Israelis Kill Two in West Bank, Days After Settlers Destroy Farm of Palestinian American Family, Gaza Medics See Increase in Ankle Injuries as Israeli Forces Shoot at Protesters' Legs, Candidate…

Staff (2023-10-05). Joint Statement: We Denounce UN Security Council's Approval to Send a Kenya-led Mission to Haiti. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is one of many signatories to the statement below, issued by the Black Alliance for Peace: WE DENOUNCE UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO SEND A KENYA-LED MISSION TO HAITI We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the decision by the United States and its allies to deploy a foreign military force to …

UNM Native American Studies Faculty (2023-10-05). The University of New Mexico Statement of Solidarity: No Honor in Onate's Violence. indybay.org This is the second time a shooting occurred at a peaceful rally against an Oñate statue. The first occurred two years ago in 2021 near Old Town in Albuquerque, when another unprovoked gunman shot and injured a peaceful protester. Here on the UNM main campus, we are pushing for the renaming of Oñate Hall. We should not honor the well-known legacy of violence and trauma.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-05). AU high-level dialogue analyzes free trade and governance area. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The debates of the 12th High-Level Dialogue in the African Union (AU) will focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), democratic governance, and in exploring their links to generate peace dividends.

Didier Fassin, Anne-Claire Defossez (2023-10-07). Comment] Displaced people's perilous journeys: border violence as a public health issue. thelancet.com The 21st century has seen displacement of migrants and refugees unprecedented since World War 2. As of the end of 2022, of the 108 million people who had to leave their homes because of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations, 62 ∑5 million were internally displaced, 35 ∑3 million were refugees, and 5 ∑4 million were officially asylum seekers.1 However, the number of people still in transit in search of protection or a better life is unknown. Whether they are Venezuelans trying to reach the USA, Senegalese trying to reach the Canary Islands, or Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arab…

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-06). Venezuela: Opposition Politician Manuel Rosales Hints at 2024 Presidential Election Candidacy. orinocotribune.com The governor of Zulia state, Manuel Rosales, has not withdrawn his candidacy for the 2024 Venezuelan presidential elections. In an interview conducted on Thursday, October 5, he expressed his determination to pursue the presidency, declaring, "I will continue to aspire to the presidency until my last breath." When asked about his potential presidential candidacy in 2024, Rosales clarified that his decision to abstain from participating in the opposition primaries should not be interpreted as the end of his presidential aspirations. | "The fact that I have said that I am not going to participate at this moment, th…

Ana Perdigón (2023-10-06). Venezuela's Education Minister Clarifies School Attendance Process Through QR Code. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Education Minister Yelitze Santaella issued a statement aimed at providing clarity regarding the introduction of QR code-based attendance tracking in schools, a measure that had stirred up a significant amount of debate. | Last Saturday, Minister Santaella announced the forthcoming implementation of an electronic attendance system in the country's educational institutions, employing QR codes. In response to the ensuing controversy, on Thursday, October 5, she elaborated that the Ministry of Education is collaborating with the Ministry of Planning to facilitate the distribution of QR code technology to…

Staff (2023-10-06). Headlines for October 6, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Defends Decision to Waive Federal Laws to Speed Construction of Border Wall, Mexico's AMLO Rejects Border Wall as U.S. Plans New Deportation Flights to Venezuela, Mayor Eric Adams Tours Latin America to Warn Asylum Seekers Against Coming to New York, Ukraine Says 51 Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Kharkiv Village , Drone Attack Kills Scores at Graduation Ceremony for Syrian Military Cadets, U.S. Downs Turkish Drone Over Syria as Turkey Escalates Attacks on Kurdish Fighters, Iranian "Guardians of Hijab" Force Accused of Beating Teenage Girl into a Coma, Iranian Human Rights Activist Nar…

teleSUR, MER (2023-10-06). Gobierno venezolano suscribe acuerdo sobre migración con EE.UU. para repatriar a connacionales. telesurtv.net La migración venezolana de los últimos años es consecuencia directa de la aplicación de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales y el bloqueo a la economía, recordó el Gobierno.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-06). Gobiernos de Venezuela e Irán envían condolencias a Siria. telesurtv.net Los comunicados condenan los acontecimientos que han enlutado al pueblo sirio.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-10-06). Venezuela y Rusia fortalecen cooperación en sector petrolero. telesurtv.net La Comisión Intergubernamental de Alto Nivel Venezuela-Rusia viajará la próxima semana a la nación eslava.

Editor (2023-10-05). United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say. mronline.org Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government of Venezuela in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries to Venezuela, including of food and medicine.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-05). President of Venezuela receives senior authorities from Honduras. plenglish.com The meeting was held at the Miraflores Palace, headquarters of the Government, and responds to Maduro's desire to revive energy cooperation between Caracas and Tegucigalpa, according to a press release from the Presidency. | Tejada was accompanied by the Honduran ambassador to Venezuela, Scarleth Romero. | Maduro and his counterpart from Honduras, Xiomara Castro, held a meeting in Havana,during the Summit of the Group of 77 and China, during which they reviewed issues of bilateral cooperation and regional integration to reinforce the unity and development of both nations. | According to the source, Venezuela rat…

OHCFHR (2023-10-05). United States: End Detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN Experts Say. globalresearch.ca

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-10-05). Venezuela condemns terrorist attack in Syria. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government condemned on Thursday the terror drone attack on the Military Academy in the province of Homs, Syria, which left dozens of civilians' and military personnel's deaths.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-10-05). Venezuela reaffirms interest in strengthening ties with South Africa. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government on Thursday reaffirmed its deepest interest in strengthening bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation with South Africa, as stated by Foreign Minister Yván Gil on X social media, after holding talks with South African Ambassador in Caracas, Lindiwe Michelle Maseko.

Staff (2023-10-05). Almost 9 Million Students Back to School in Venezuela (+Teachers' Wages). orinocotribune.com Approximately 8.8 million children have now begun the 2023-2024 school year throughout Venezuela, according to a report made by President Nicolás Maduro during his television program Con Maduro+. | President Maduro elaborated in the report made this Monday, October 2, that 28,304 educational centers—both public and private—have opened their doors to receive students in their classrooms. Around 80% of them belong to the free, quality ensured, scientific, and humanistic public education system, while the remaining 20% are other types of schools, including private schools. | "When the Revolution began, i…

teleSUR, odr, SH (2023-10-05). Presidente de Venezuela llama a defender la paz del país. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado venezolano, anunció la activación del Consejo Especial para la Paz, una instancia de carácter nacional que busca articular las Unidades Populares para la Paz.

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