(2021-07-28). Nonviolent Security And Cop-Free Schools Are Not A Utopian Dream. popularresistance.org At a school in North Minneapolis, the school day starts with a team of four peacekeepers escorting teachers and staff into the building. Then the team watches out for the students as they get off the bus and enter the schoolyard. Throughout the day, they're on hand to de-escalate fights and aid the students in conflict resolution. They're not volunteers. This is their job. They have replaced police (resource officers) in this school.
(2021-07-28). 21N: Opposition Will Hold Primaries in Táchira to Elect Candidate. orinocotribune.com 
The current governor of the Venezuelan state of Táchira, Laidy Gómez; former mayor of San Cristóbal, Daniel Ceballos; and the former mayor of the capital of Táchira, William Méndez, have signed an agreement to hold primary elections in the state in order to select a single joint candidate who will run in the November 21 regional and municipal elections. | A week ago, Governor Gomez had asked the National Electoral Council (CNE) for support to hold primary elections among the opposition candidates of the coalition of which her party, Democratic Action (AD), is a member. | Governor Gómez declared that "the town of…
(2021-07-28). Daniel Ceballos To Run for Táchira State Governor, Fractures Popular Will. orinocotribune.com The former mayor of San Cristóbal, capital of Tachira state, Daniel Ceballos, announced his candidacy for the governor of the state of Táchira. Under the slogan Obama used at one time, "yes, we can," the member of the Popular Will party (VP, Voluntad Popular) asked the Venezuelan opposition to "stop looking for excuses" to participate in elections. | "Today we have a new CNE that will allow us to exercise the right to vote," said the right-wing candidate. "You have to participate. If we stop voting, we are voting for the government. If we participate, we are protecting Táchira." | Ceballos, released by presidenti…
(2021-07-28). Arreaza: UNHCR Using Athlete Eldric Sella Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On July 27, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza decried that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is politically using Venezuelan athlete Eldric Sella against Venezuela. | The diplomat made reference to an UNHCR publication that claims that the "UNHCR is looking for a country that could receive Venezuelan boxer Eldric Sella." According to the statement of the UN agency, "Venezuelan Olympic boxer Eldric Sella, who is part of the Olympic Refugee Team (EOR) in Tokyo 2020, will not be able to return to Trinidad and Tobago. The immigration authorities of that Caribbean island n…
(2021-07-28). Military Situation In Afghanistan On July 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, the Afghan Army reportedly cleared areas of Sai Ganj, Khaja Hakim and Maghlan near the city of Ghazni | On July 28, the Afghan Army repelled Taliban attack to Enjil district in Herat province | On July 28, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Kandahar city | On July 28, Nine-member Taliban delegation visits China to talks with the Chinese government on the peace process and security issues | 189 Taliban militant…
(2021-07-28). Dialogue Between Venezuelan Government and Opposition in Mexico: Perspectives and Demands. orinocotribune.com By Mision Verdad — Jul 27, 2021 | President Nicolás Maduro Moros recently stated that he is "ready" and willing to engage in a new round of talks and agreements with the Venezuelan opposition, this time to be held in Mexico. | President Maduro explained that preparations for holding a dialogue are advancing with the mediation of Mexico and other governments. "We are ready to set off for Mexico: the Bolivarian government delegation and the opposition delegates," said the president. "I hope that, in August, a dialogue, a negotiation of peace and reconciliation with the oppositions, can be carried out in Mexico…
(2021-07-28). U.S. Violates Venezuelan Airspace As Part Of Pressure Campaign Against Maduro. southfront.org 
Illustrative imageWashington has not fully given up attempts to remove Maduro from power. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | According to the Venezuelan Defense Ministry, an American military plane entered Venezuelan airspace on July 22. A statement released on July 23 denounced the violation of Venezuela's airspace, an act described as a "flagrant provocation." According to the Minister of Defense, the aerial intrusion took place in Venezuela's northwest near the Colombian border for three mi…
(2021-07-27). Colombia: Another Peace Signer Is Shot Dead in Guaviare Town. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the 21-year-old former combatant of Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) Yeison Sarmiento was shot dead in Guaviare town, southeast Bogota. He was under special constitutional protection since he signed the FARC and Colombian 2016 State Peace Agreement as a minor. | RELATED: | Sarmiento was taken to the San Jose del Guaviare Hospital where he arrived without vital signs. With him, 280 ex-guerrilla fighters who signed the Pe…
(2021-07-27). America Vs. China: 'A Clash Of Civilizations'. popularresistance.org Hillary Clinton famously said, "'I don't want my grandchildren to live in a world dominated by the Chinese." | During his tenure, President Obama launched his "Pivot to Asia," moving 60% of US naval power to bases surrounding China, developing the Trans Pacific Partnership treaty specifically to economically isolate China, making Air-Sea Battle the official US doctrine explicitly to contain China militarily, and announcing boldly that his aim was to contain China's economic rise. | Not surprisingly, China reacted with alarm. The Cold War was long over, China's economic rise was a peaceful one, it had no aggressiv…
(2021-07-27). UNVACCINATED diners only: California restaurant says it's having fun watching 'heads explode' over mandatory no-vax policy. rt.com 
A California restaurant has refused to back down after being bombarded with negative press and customer reviews for posting a sign demanding that all diners provide proof that they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. | With vaccination status increasingly becoming a prerequisite to participate in many ordinary activities, one Huntington Beach eatery has decided to take a slightly different approach to granting privileges based on personal medical decisions. | On its storefront window, Basilico's Pasta e Vino taped a sign reading: "PROOF OF BEING UNVACCINATED REQUIRED. We have zero tolerance for treasono…
(2021-07-27). Experts: Venezuela's Automated Voting System Robust, Guarantees Electoral Transparency. orinocotribune.com At a press conference held earlier today, a group of IT experts and technical auditors stated that Venezuela's automated voting system is completely solid and guarantees electoral transparency, as the Bolivarian Republic approaches the mega-elections scheduled for November 21. | One of the spokespersons for the group of experts, Professor Emilio Hernández, doctor in computer science from the University of Southampton in England and retired professor from Simón Bolívar University, confirmed that "we have found that the system fully complies with the goal of providing accurate and fast tabulation. In addition, it g…
(2021-07-27). Biden says US 'combat mission' in Iraq will be over by year's end, but won't say how many troops to remain deployed. rt.com 
President Joe Biden said the US combat mission in Iraq will end this December, when Washington's role will shift to training local forces, but declined to say what will come of the 2,500 American troops still in the country | Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden
(2021-07-27). Snowden skewers Big Tech, 'amoral' capital firms for enabling 'Insecurity Industry' & calls for urgent action before it's too late. rt.com 
Warning that companies that claim to protect national security are the "greatest danger" to it, Edward Snowden has urged the dismantling of this 'Insecurity Industry' by banning trade in intrusive software and penalizing enablers. | In a searing
(2021-07-27). Arreaza vs. Bukele? Lawfare in El Salvador Against Sánchez Cerén. orinocotribune.com 
After the government of Venezuela "We are facing a new case of lawfare, a strategy used in recent years by conservative groups in power to try to…
(2021-07-27). Intelligence forces arrest Mossad terrorist network in W Iran. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that a network of the members of the Zionist regime's Spy Organization (Mossad) was arrested on the western border of the country.
(2021-07-27). Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, U.S. CDC director says. ecns.cn "The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.
(2021-07-27). U.S. rocked by more than 900 shooting incidents last week: media. ecns.cn More than 900 shooting incidents took place across the United States last week, according to ABC News.
(2021-07-27). Americans' optimism about country's direction drops nearly 20 points: poll. ecns.cn Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll.
(2021-07-27). Comicomment: U.S. 'cannot fool all the people all the time' over Fort Detrick. ecns.cn You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
(2021-07-27). FARC-EP's Magdalena Medio Bloc Claims Responsibility for Attack on Iván Duque. orinocotribune.com This Monday, July 26, the dissident Magdalena Medio (Middle Magdalena) Bloc of the dismantled Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) claimed responsibility for the June 25 attack on the helicopter carrying the president of Colombia, Iván Duque. The attack occurred while Duque was approaching the landing pad at the Cúcuta airport. The Magdalena Medio bloc also claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the Army's 30th Brigade in Cúcuta on June 16, Venezuela's state news agency AVN reported, citing Sputnik. | "Today we want to inform the country that we assume responsibility for the a…
(2021-07-27). Colombia's President Duque Is Cynical, Venezuelan Minister Says. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Monday rejected statements made by Colombia's President Ivan Duque in which he claimed that powerful leaders of criminal gangs and dissidents of the defunct FARC guerrillas are based in Venezuelan territory. | RELATED: | "Don't be so cynical. You are at the head of a narco-government that exports drugs and violence. A factory of terrorists in power that has liq…
(2021-07-27). US drone whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison. rt.com 
Daniel Hale, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst who leaked information about civilian deaths caused by drone strikes overseas, has been sentenced to almost four years in prison under the Espionage Act. | US District Judge Liam O'Grady passed the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, saying that the 45-month sentence was needed as a deterrent to others from disclosing government secrets. O'Grady told Hale he had other options than to share classified documents with a reporter. | Whistleblower Daniel Hale faces sentencing today for revealing the widespread murder of civilians by…
(2021-07-27). 'Justice for Haiti! Let revolutionary Cuba live!'. workers.org 
Boston A multinational, multigenerational, pro-socialist crowd, including Indigenous, Black, Latinx, immigrant rights, peace and justice, union, faith-based, youth, veterans, LGBTQ2S+ and disability rights organizers, converged at Park Street Station, Boston, July 24, for a militant and unified "People's Speak Out and Rally" to demand "No U$ Intervention in Haiti, Reparations . . . |
(2021-07-27). 28 July, Webinar: #DefundRacism with the Good Shepherd Collective. samidoun.net 
Wednesday, 28 July 9 am Pacific/12 pm Eastern Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-ysrjsqEtAsVxU4eIelOn1UN12zN0ZL Join the Justice for Palestine committee of the Syracuse Peace Council and the Good Shepherd Collective for a private webinar about a new campaign to defund "charitable" NY-based settler organizations harming Palestinian communities. We are looking to build a coalition of organizations in New York state to pressure NYS Attorney General Letitia James to open investigations into the tax-exempt status of several organizations that directly sponsor Israeli settler-colonialism i…
(2021-07-27). July 27 isn't Just Another Day. counterpunch.org July 27, 2021 marks the 68th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, a battlefield truce that temporarily halted combat during the Korean War. That pause continues to define the state of relations between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) to this day. Absent a peace agreement the
(2021-07-27). How Washington's top Taiwan specialist embraced separatist party leader and opened new cross-Strait crisis. thegrayzone.com Known as "America's leading Taiwan hand," Richard C. Bush has helped preserve peace between Beijing and Taipei. But as Washington moved toward conflict, he suddenly shifted his position. Why did the top think tank Taiwan specialist ignore a longstanding U.S. policy that blocked any move by the Taiwanese leader that might have disrupted the political basis for China-Taiwan cooperation? And why did he give a free pass to the leader of Taiwan's separatist party? An investigation into that turnabout by …
(2021-07-27). Keys to Jesús Santrich's Assassination in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Danna Urdaneta To Jesús Santrich the neo-baroque poet and communicator admired by the Venezuelan people the Marxist thinker who gave his life for peace with social justice for Colombia. Jesús Santrich's assassination in Venezuela on May 17, 2021, constituted a serious violation of national sovereignty by the United States and Colombia. Despite blankets of silence being imposed…
(2021-07-27). UN-African Union Mission in Darfur in final shutdown phase. news.un.org Practically all peacekeepers and staff have now left the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in line with its drawdown plan, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday.
(2021-07-27). Alex Saab/Arrest warrant in someone else's name. workers.org 
From Orinoco Tribune The following slightly edited article first appeared in the Orinoco Tribune July 22, as Cape Verde Admits Alex Saab's Arrest Warrant was in Someone Else's Name (Kidnapping). A year after the arrest of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, Cape Verde's Attorney General (PGR), Luis José Landim, admitted . . . |
(2021-07-27). By acknowledging America can't stop the pipeline, Biden's Nord Stream 2 deal seals the end of the Washington-centric world order. rt.com 
The new agreement between the US and Germany was supposed to show the West was united behind American leadership across the globe. Instead, the deal lays bare the emerging fault lines in a rapidly changing multi-polar world. | Clothed in the usual unifying language of upholding common values and confronting Russia, the pact was published last week to great fanfare and harsh criticism at the same time. The US agreed to give its "permission" for the gas pipeline, in exchange for concessions from Germany. Berlin has committed to a one-off payment of $175 million to fund Ukraine's transition to greener energy, and…
(2021-07-27). Iran's Intelligence Ministry Says It Has Shattered Mossad Sleeper Cell Plotting Mass Unrest. sputniknews.com Iran and Israel have no relations to speak of, and have waged a decades-long covert war involving cyberattacks, sabotage strikes against one another's commercial shipping, the assassination of nearly a dozen Iranian nuclear scientists by Israeli agents, and more.
