(2023-08-22). One Syrian Soldier Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Monday wounded at least one Syrian soldier, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. "At around 11: 55 this evening, the Israeli enemy carried out a guided missile attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Damascus," …
(2023-08-22). Algerian Radio Report Says France Is Planning Intervention in Niger. news.antiwar.com Algeria's national radio reported on Monday that France is planning a military intervention in Niger if Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum is not released by the junta that ousted him in a July 26 coup. The radio report cited a government source who said Algeria is opposed to any intervention in Niger over fears it will …
(2023-08-22). Polish President Says Russian Nukes in Belarus Change 'Security Architecture'. news.antiwar.com Polish President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday that Russia has been moving nuclear weapons into Belarus and said the deployment changes the "security architecture" of the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the first Russian nukes started arriving in Belarus back in June, but the deployment hadn't been confirmed by the US or NATO. Duda made …
(2023-08-22). Russia Says It Destroyed Boat Carrying Ukrainian Assault Team in Black Sea. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its forces destroyed a US-made military boat carrying a Ukrainian assault team near Snake Island in the northern Black Sea. The ministry identified the boat as a Sea Force, a patrol boat made by Willard Marine, an American company based in California. Earlier on Tuesday, Russia said that …
(2023-08-22). Ukrainian Drones Disrupt Moscow Airport Traffic for Second Day. news.antiwar.com Airports in Moscow temporarily halted service for the second day in a row on Tuesday as Ukrainian drones again targeted the region, part of Kyiv's strategy to bring the war to Russian civilians. Andrey Vorobyev, governor of the Moscow Oblast, said two drones were intercepted in the region and fell outside of the capital city …
(2023-08-22). US Officials Criticize Ukraine's Tactics, Say Troops are Too Spread Out. news.antiwar.com US and Western officials speaking to The New York Times blamed Ukraine's struggling counteroffensive on Kyiv's tactics, saying Ukrainian troops are too spread out. US officials said that Ukraine's primary goal is to sever Russia's land bridge to Crimea but that Ukraine has placed its troops and firepower equally along the entire front, in the …
(2023-08-23). President Maduro Activates 'Special Anti-Coup Plan' in Response to Antonio Ledezma's Confession. orinocotribune.com Emphasizing that "fascism cannot be allowed to fill the streets again with violence, with sterile confrontation," Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the activation of the Peace Squads throughout the national territory in defense of peace, in response to the confessions made by opposition leader Antonio Ledezma, who stated from Spain that opposition leader María Corina Machado would be organizing a military and civil rebellion if she is not allowed to register as a presidential candidate. | "I have already been talking with comrade Diosdado Cabello, and I will immediately activate the Peace Squads: more t…
(2023-08-22). Western Media Glorifies TPLF Mob Violence Against Eritrean Festivals. popularresistance.org For 40 years, Eritrean Festivals have been held around the world to sustain the diaspora community's connections to their homeland and to one another. But this year, a violent, well-coordinated international campaign of sabotage left festival goers badly injured and property damaged. | Major Western media reported the pogrom-style attacks as "clashes," "riots," "fights" and "violence" in a way that implied these had broken out between two sides, masking the reality — that hooligans had attacked peaceful festival goers. They also implied that the violence was warranted because Eritrea is run by a "repressive…
(2023-08-22). BRICS Summit Will Contribute to World Peace and Lay Foundation for New Globalization. orinocotribune.com From August 22 to 24, the city of Johannesburg will host the 15th meeting of heads of state of BRICS (China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa). The national leaders will debate the future of the group amid a marked deterioration of US influence and the advance of de-dollarization throughout the world. | The BRICS leaders' summit, the first to be held in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, is expected to be attended by the president of China, Xi Jinping; the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
(2023-08-22). China Leading in Renewables — Will the US Cooperate On Climate Crisis? peacepivot.org 
üåè The US policy of confrontation with China is not just risking a major war — it's also going to wreck the planet. China is the world's largest producer of renewable energy, and it's not even close. China plants a forest the size of Belgium every year, and is on its way towards making air …
(2023-08-22). Chinese Americans and the Affirmative Action Battle: What's Behind It? peacepivot.org 
What's behind the Supreme Court cases ‚öñÔ∏è that put a handful of Chinese Americans at the center of the affirmative action battle? How do Chinese Americans really feel about affirmative action? Retired Judge and Pivot to Peace organizer Julie Tang talks Edward Blum, the anti-civil-rights legal strategist, the U.S. elites that packed the most right-leaning …
(2023-08-22). Henry Liang: the Chinese-American Peace Activist Arrested In Boston. peacepivot.org Henry Liang's arrest in Boston is part of the witch hunt on anyone who speaks out against U.S. foreign policy on China, particularly in the Chinese-American community. We say: drop the charges! Thank you to Amrita from Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and Mike from UNITE HERE Local 26 for the interviews.
(2023-08-22). BRICS Summit Will Contribute to World Peace and Lay Foundation for New Globalization. orinocotribune.com From August 22 to 24, the city of Johannesburg will host the 15th meeting of heads of state of BRICS (China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa). The national leaders will debate the future of the group amid a marked deterioration of US influence and the advance of de-dollarization throughout the world. | The BRICS leaders' summit, the first to be held in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, is expected to be attended by the president of China, Xi Jinping; the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
(2023-08-22). China Leading in Renewables — Will the US Cooperate On Climate Crisis? peacepivot.org üåè The US policy of confrontation with China is not just risking a major war — it's also going to wreck the planet. China is the world's largest producer of renewable energy, and it's not even close. China plants a forest the size of Belgium every year, and is on its way towards making air …
(2023-08-22). Chinese Americans and the Affirmative Action Battle: What's Behind It? peacepivot.org What's behind the Supreme Court cases ‚öñÔ∏è that put a handful of Chinese Americans at the center of the affirmative action battle? How do Chinese Americans really feel about affirmative action? Retired Judge and Pivot to Peace organizer Julie Tang talks Edward Blum, the anti-civil-rights legal strategist, the U.S. elites that packed the most right-leaning …
(2023-08-22). Henry Liang: the Chinese-American Peace Activist Arrested In Boston. peacepivot.org Henry Liang's arrest in Boston is part of the witch hunt on anyone who speaks out against U.S. foreign policy on China, particularly in the Chinese-American community. We say: drop the charges! Thank you to Amrita from Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and Mike from UNITE HERE Local 26 for the interviews.
(2023-08-22). One Year Since Pelosi's Trip to Taiwan: Where Are We Now? peacepivot.org Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taiwan violated the Shanghai Communique, a diplomatic agreement about US non-interference standing since 1972. Since last year's visit, U.S.-China relations have tensed dangerously. In the last week alone, military weapons packages and sales from the US to Taiwan are accelerating, creating a powder keg out of Taiwan. Biden's even proposing using …
(2023-08-22). State of Chinese America: Rising Fear About US Warmongering. peacepivot.org Chinese Americans are not a quiet monolith. This survey by the Committee of 100 in partnership with Columbia University revealed rising concerns about anti-Asian violence, economic issues, and worsening mental health, all correlating with the escalated US warmongering in China. 79% of survey respondents viewed the current U.S.-China relations as negative and trending towards war. …
(2023-08-22). Venezuela: Opposition Begins Primary Race as Far Right Threatens 'Military Rebellion'. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro announced the mobilization of "Peace Squads" in order to prevent the outbreak of violence by the opposition.
(2023-08-23). Forcing Turks to migrate: "We will not allow that" uwidata.com By Ismet àñzàßelik In order to prevent the Pile (Pyla)-Yiƒüitler (Arsos) Road Project, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force soldiers placed concrete blocks in the area where the project would start. The UN Peacekeeping Force soldiers, who wanted to hinder the Turkish officials and road construction vehicles, also parked their vehicles on Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus …
(2023-08-23). Venezuela Issues Arrest Warrant for Antonio Ledezma. orinocotribune.com
(2023-08-23). How US Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
By Celina della Croce — Aug 18, 2023 | On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan or air conditioning. By then he was stick thin, his skin clinging to his bones as he lay on his side, waiting. | When he was finally seen by a doctor and given a prescription, he was also told that the hospital did not have the medicines he needed. His family would need to try to find them on their own. At…
(2023-08-23). Venezuela Condemns IACHR Questioning of Supreme Court Decisions (+PCV & Red Cross). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The statement was made public by the minister of foreign affairs, Yván Gil, th…
(2023-08-22). María Corina Machado's Advisor Calls for Civil Disobedience, Military Uprising. orinocotribune.com 
A fugitive from Venezuelan justice and international advisor to María Corina Machado's primaries campaign, Antonio Ledezma, confirmed Machado's strategy to promote a military rebellion to force her registration if she wins the opposition primaries, scheduled for October 20. | In an interview this Sunday, August 20, Ledezma said that only with the "impulse of a process of civil disobedience will they be able to handle the exclusion of Machado's candidacy by the National Electoral Council (CNE)." He immediately elaborated on the military option. | "The only way to be able to carry out the registration of a woman wh…
(2023-08-22). Centrist Bernardo Arévalo is Guatemala's New President, Venezuela Sends Congratulations. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas ( As shown in the final report by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Arévalo obtained 2,441,661 votes (58.01%), while Sandra Torres of the National Unity of Hope party obtained 1,567,472 votes (37.24%). | On Sunday, Arévalo said that he accepted "with great humility this victory that the people of Guatemala have given us." | According to Guatemala's TSE, the elect…