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…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Zelensky Says Ukraine Elections Could Happen If They're Funded by the West. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Iran Summons Swiss Diplomat Over Iranian Oil Stolen by US. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran summoned a Swiss diplomat over the discharging of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was seized by the United States. Kanaani said Iran summoned the chargé d'affaires at the Swiss embassy to express "strong objection" to the move to Switzerland, which acts as a mediator …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Poland and Baltic States Demand Belarus Expel Wagner Fighters. news.antiwar.com NATO members Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are demanding Belarus expel Wagner fighters who went to the country after Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny in June. "We have asked the regime [of Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko to immediately expel the Wagner group from Belarus," said Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski after a meeting with his counterparts from …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has been aware since last year that Saudi border guards were slaughtering African migrants on Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen but kept quiet about the killings, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Sources told the Times that American diplomats were made aware of the news last fall, around the time the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Israeli Airstrikes Put Syria's Aleppo Airport Out of Service. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes on Syria targeted the Aleppo airport early Monday morning, knocking it out of service, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At about 4: 30 a.m. on Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Lattakia, targeting Aleppo Airport," a military source told SANA. No …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Macron Says France Will Support ECOWAS Military Action in Niger. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that his country would support a military intervention in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. "We support the diplomatic action, and when it decides to do so militarily, of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), in a partnership approach," …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). Report: Ukrainian Drone Attacks Inside Russia Use Western Intelligence. news.antiwar.com The Economist reported Sunday that Ukraine's increasing drone attacks inside Russia are carried out using intelligence gathered by Kyiv's Western backers. The report cited sources close to Ukrainian drone developers and Ukrainian military insiders, including a drone coordinator within Ukraine's military intelligence. It detailed the planning that goes into the drone attacks, which involves gathering …

WSWS (2023-08-28). IYSSE holds well-attended anti-war meeting at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka. wsws.org IYSSE and SEP members campaigned at the campus prior to the event, explaining the growing threat of world war and the international socialist program required to prevent it.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-28). China hosts China-Africa Peace and Security Forum. plenglish.com According to the Chinese Ministry of Defense, military departments, leaders from nearly 50 African countries, African Union representatives, and military attachés from embassies in China are attending the event. | Under the theme "Implementing the Global Security Initiative, Strengthening China-Africa Solidarity and Cooperation," participants will seek to "play a positive role in building a community of shared future in the new era," the Ministry stressed. | The first edition of the forum took place in China in June and July 2018, while the second edition was held online in 2022. Military relations between China…

ecns.cn (2023-08-28). China to hold the third China-Africa Peace and Security Forum. ecns.cn China will hold the third China-Africa Peace and Security Forum from August 28 to September 2, the country's defense ministry said on Sunday.

Michael von der Schulenburg (2023-08-28). The UN Charter must be the heart and soul of any new peace architecture. indybay.org The Ukrainian war will also end one day, and we will have to strive again for a new peace order to "save future generations from the scourge of war." A peaceful and fair world for the soon to be 10 billion inhabitants of the earth, 9 billion from the 'Global South', must be built on the principles of the UN Charter. The UN Charter must therefore be at the center of every peace movement.

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back. desmog.com

infobrics (2023-08-29). How BRICS+ ensures global peace. infobrics.org The importance of BRICS+ is perhaps best seen in the joint diplomatic effort of its members to deescalate tensions in various parts of the world, even turning decades-old (or even centuries-old) rivalries and enmity into solid partnerships.

Staff (2023-08-29). Headlines for August 29, 2023. democracynow.org Trump's Federal Criminal Trial for Election Interference Set for March 2024, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Locks Down After Faculty Member Shot Dead, Tennessee Republicans Vote Once Again to Silence Rep. Justin Jones, Sudan's Military Ruler Rules Out Peace Talks with Rival Paramilitaries, French Ambassador to Niger Rejects Junta's Ultimatum to Leave Within 48 Hours, Guatemalan Tribunal Certifies Bernardo Arévalo's Victory, But Electoral Registry Suspends His Party, Hurricane Idalia Strengthens and Takes Aim at Florida's Gulf Coast, Four Migrants Die as Boat Capsizes Off Greek Island of Lesb…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-28). Presidente de Venezuela realiza varios nombramientos en su Gobierno. telesurtv.net Este lunes fue publicada en Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria la nueva Junta directiva de la empresa estatal Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., (Pdvsa).

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-08-28). Continúa desalojo de mineros ilegales en Amazonas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net Hernández Lárez apuntó que los efectivos "canalizan la evacuación de la cresta superior del Parque Nacional Yapacana".

ecsorinoco (2023-08-28). Venezuela Rejects Sanctions & Supports Maduro's Government. orinocotribune.com

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-29). Venezuelan Military Demolishes 350 Illegal Mining Facilities in Amazonas State. orinocotribune.com