Daily Archives: September 4, 2023

2023-09-04: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). North Korea Simulates Tactical Nuke Attack in Response to US Drills. news.antiwar.com North Korea on Saturday simulated a tactical nuclear weapon attack in response to another round of massive military exercises held by the US and South Korea. "A firing drill for simulated tactical nuclear attack was conducted at dawn of September 2 to warn the enemies of the actual nuclear war danger," North Korea's KCNA news …

WSWS (2023-09-04). NYPD marks Labor Day by sending drones to monitor backyard parties. wsws.org The dystopian actions by the New York Police Department are ultimately aimed at preparing for confrontations with the working class.

WSWS (2023-09-04). US student debt crisis deepens as federal loan interest accrual resumes. wsws.org With US student loan debt already at $1.7 trillion, millions of youth and workers are being hit with the resumption of payments next month.

Jamal Benomar, Consortium News. (2023-09-04). What Happened To The United Nation's Ability To Mediate? popularresistance.org It is no secret that United Nations mediation is in a state of decline. The U.N. is no longer in the lead role in conflict countries where the secretary-general and his representatives or special envoys are mandated to provide mediation and good offices. In most of these conflicts, powerful members of the Security Council, regional and subregional organizations are taking the lead, pushing the U.N. to the sidelines. | The only two conflicts where the U.N. is still clearly in the lead are Cyprus and Western Sahara, and, in both countries, it has failed for decades to make any progress.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-09-04). Heavy Clashes Between US Proxy Militia, Arab Tribes In Eastern Syria. popularresistance.org Clashes between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Arab tribesmen in Deir Ezzor governorate left at least 25 dead and more than a dozen wounded as of 30 August, raising tensions between the Kurdish proxy militia and Syrian locals to the highest point in years. | The fighting was reportedly sparked by the detention of Ahmed Khbeil, better known as Abu Khawla, in Hasakah governorate. Khawla leads the SDF-affiliated Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC). | SDF forces took him on Sunday after being invited to a meeting in Hasakah. | Local tribes issued a statement following Khawla's detention for Arab figh…

Staff (2023-09-04). "The Great Escape": Saket Soni on Forced Immigrant Labor Used to Clean Up Climate Disasters in U.S. democracynow.org As extreme weather disasters intensify, the workers who are hired by corporations to clean up after hurricanes, floods, blizzards and wildfires are increasingly on the frontlines of the climate crisis. | For Labor Day 2023, we are rebroadcasting an interview with author and organizer Saket Soni. His book, The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America, focuses on hundreds of Indian workers who were brought to the United States with false promises and subjected to grueling working conditions at a shipyard in Mississippi. When one of those workers called Soni in 2006 for help, it set…

San José May Day Coalition (2023-09-04). Sunday 9/3: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUW…

Editor (2023-09-04). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties. scheerpost.com By Zane McNeill / PopularResistance Civil Liberties Groups Believe Police Use Of Surveillance Drones Is "Poised To Explode." The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party …

midwesternmarx (2023-09-04). BRICS expansion: What's in it for Africa? By: Andrey Maslov. midwesternmarx.com Following the Johannesburg summit, the continent will become a major focus for the organization Traditionally, BRICS policy makers turn their attention to African issues every five years, when the summit is held in South Africa. Last month's gathering was no exception, and compared to the previous years, was even grander in scale. For the first time ever, invitations were sent out to all the leaders of the continent, and almost everyone responded. The event in Johannesburg was …

infobrics (2023-09-04). Kiev believes the conflict should be "extended" to Russia's undisputed territory. infobrics.org Budanov's words make clear that Kiev plans to continue its terrorist attacks on Russian demilitarized cities.

infobrics (2023-09-04). Neo-Nazi junta raising its Volkssturm. infobrics.org In the last several months, there have been reports about people with severe physical disabilities getting conscription notices, including blind people, as well as those with no extremities. However, the madness doesn't stop there. People with severe mental disabilities are not spared either. Their apparent "physical fitness" makes them "the perfect cannon fodder" for the criminal Kiev regime.

infobrics (2023-09-04). NATO threatens to collapse by 2025 over Ukraine disagreements, warns expert. infobrics.org US presidential election campaign will be one of the most vitriolic in recent history…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). BRICS Are Set to Present Themselves as a New Global Economy. telesurenglish.net In a special media project BRICS & G20. 2023 ahead of the G20 summit, TV BRICS International Media Network and its partners, major national media outlets of the BRICS countries, interviewed leading experts from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | RELATED: | Among the speakers is Professor Paul Tembe, an international relations expert, who discussed the plans and goals of the BRICS nations for the forthcoming G20 sum…

infobrics (2023-09-04). Intra-BRICS Trade and Analysis 2023. infobrics.org With the 2023 BRICS summit beginning on August 22, we provide an economic breakdown of all BRICS members and their respective trade with one other…

infobrics (2023-09-04). China Plays Pivotal Role in Enhancing BRICS Cooperation. infobrics.org China has played and will continue to play a crucial role in enhancing cooperation among BRICS countries, Cambodian experts said…

infobrics (2023-09-04). BRICS Bank Aims to Issue First Indian Rupee Bond by October. infobrics.org The development bank founded by the BRICS countries is planning to issue its first Indian rupee bond by October, its chief operating officer said as the lender comes under pressure to raise and lend more in local currencies…

midwesternmarx (2023-09-04). No respite for France as a 'New Africa' rises. By: Pepe Escobar. midwesternmarx.com Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying 'non' to France's longtime domination of African financial, political, economic, and security affairs. By adding two new African member-states to its roster, last week's summit in Johannesburg heralding the expanded BRICS 11 showed once again that Eurasian integration is inextricably linked to the integration of Afro- …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). BRICS summit was a giant leap towards inclusive multilateralism. peoplesdispatch.org Mandla J. Radebe of the University of Johannesburg talks about the outcomes of the recent BRICS summit in South Africa. He analyzes the politics of the expansion, the new financial architecture under construction, and the role of BRICS in the African continent…

_____ (2023-09-04). BRICS Will Change the Power Balance in the Global Energy Market. transcend.org 28 Aug 2023 – BRICS Will Make Up nearly 40% of Global Economy – The 11 BRICS countries will account for 48.5 million square kilometers or 36% of the world's land area. The combined population will amount to 3.6 billion, 45% of the globe's total.

_____ (2023-09-04). (Franàßais) Le Sommet des BRICS. transcend.org 1 sep 2023 – Le fossé mondial entre le Nord et le Sud s'est élargi ce mois-ci lors du sommet des pays BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine et Afrique du Sud) qui a eu lieu à Johannesburg.

Otis Grotewohl (2023-09-04). Release of Fukushima wastewater threatens workers. workers.org The Japanese government began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24. The controversial move has angered workers throughout the region, sparking numerous protests in South Korea, China and Japan. Following the T≈çhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 — which destroyed the . . . |

Brian Berletic (2023-09-04). Brian Berletic: Countdown To Catastrophe | MOATS with George Galloway Ep 270. thealtworld.com There only has to be one miscalculation, says former US Marine, Brian Berletic, and we're facing nuclear wipeout. This could be the war to end all wars — and everything!

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). S. Koreans condemn Japan's nuclear-contaminated wastewater discharge. ecns.cn Thousands of South Koreans, including politicians and more than 90 civic groups, continued a weekend rally in central Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean and call for government action on Fukushima wastewater. "ÄÄ…

Strategic Culture Foundation (2023-09-04). Boiling Frogs Towards Nuclear Armageddon? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-09-04). Japanese Expert: Nuclear-Contaminated Water Sacrifices the Public Interests. transcend.org 31 Aug 2023 – "The Japanese government rejected all plans and made the decision to discharge the nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea," said Hayashi Kumpei, associate professor at the Fukushima University…

_____ (2023-09-04). Roads Taken and Not Taken: Two Visions of the Future. transcend.org When the Cold War ended in 1991, the West, and particularly the United States, found itself at a fork in the road. One road led to peace, justice, cooperation, nuclear disarmament, a revitalized UN, inclusiveness, pluralism, human rights, multilateralism, fair trade, regulated markets, food security, sustainability, and humane governance. The other road led to militarism…

_____ (2023-09-04). Why Do Many Scientists Oppose Fukushima Radioactive Waste Discharge? transcend.org 30 Aug 2023 – The release of treated waste water from the nuclear plant has begun, despite concerns from major scientific organisations. IAEA is monitoring the operation but many experts are questioning the amount of data being collected.

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). IAEA Report Shows Iran Slows Its Enrichment of Uranium at 60%. news.antiwar.com A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) shows Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at 60% purity, The Associated Press reported on Monday. Iran began enriching uranium at 60% in response to an Israeli attack on its Natanz nuclear facility in April 2021. The level is the highest uranium enrichment Iran has …

Brian Berletic (2023-09-04). The New Atlas LIVE: The Duran on NATO's Industrial-Scale Problems in Ukraine. thealtworld.com Follow Alex and Alexander of The Duran for daily updates regarding Ukraine:…

Konrad Rƒôkas (2023-09-04). Polish Anti-War Debates: Criticism of Kiev Regime or NATO, Punishable with Prison Sentence. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). Bucharest Denies Ukrainian Claim That Russian Drone Hit Romania. news.antiwar.com NATO member Romania has strongly denied a Ukrainian claim that a Russian drone detonated in Romanian territory during an overnight bombardment on one of Ukraine's ports on the Danube River. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko made the claim on Facebook. He said that according to Ukraine's state border service, a Russian drone "fell and …

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Japan urged to draw lessons from Kanto Massacre. ecns.cn Descendants of Chinese workers who were murdered in Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 because of baseless, discriminatory rumors held memorial services in Tokyo on Saturday for their ancestors to remember the tragedy 100 years ago.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Pakistan blames US for complex border situation. plenglish.com Islamabad, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan blamed the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the violence on its borders as a result of the weapons left in Afghanistan.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-04). Niger's airspace reopened for commercial flights only. plenglish.com Niger's airspace was closed due to growing threats of an external invasion by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power. | The Civil Aviation Authority stressed that military flights are subject to authorization from the competent authorities. | A military junta called the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland announced on state television on July 26 the dismissal of President Mohamed Bazoum, the suspension of all institutions, the closure of the nation's borders, and a night curfew. | Niger is one of the world's poorest nations, strug…

_____ (2023-09-04). Niger's Ordeal of Forever Colonialism. transcend.org 27 Aug 2023 – A lot has happened since the coup, which affects Niger and how we understand its relation to that country, to the Sahel region, to Africa generally, and to the U.S. rivalry with Russia and China in the foreground. I have taken 'liberties' with my answers to address this awareness of the broader context.

ecsorinoco (2023-09-04). No Respite for France as a 'New Africa' Rises. orinocotribune.com Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying 'non' to France's longtime domination of African financial, political, economic, and security affairs. | By Pepe Escobar — Sep 1, 2023 | By adding two new African member-states to its roster, last week's summit in Johannesburg heralding Belar…

midwesternmarx (2023-09-04). Coup in Gabon: Franc Zone Continues to Crumble. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com ​(OrinocoTribune.com) – Military leaders in Gabon have taken power, placing the president under house arrest following disputed elections. The military takeover follows recent coups d'état in the former French colonies of Niger (earlier this year), Burkina Faso (2022), Mali (2020 and 2021), and Guinea (2021). Gabon's military was likely inspired by the recent military coup in Niger, which France and its allies, including Nigeria and the US, have been unable to ove …

WSWS (2023-09-04). Mass protests in Niger demand withdrawal of French troops. wsws.org The protest in Niamey came amid mounting opposition across Africa against plans for a French-backed invasion of Niger by the armies of the Economic Community of West African States.

_____ (2023-09-04). French Ambassador Defies Order to Vacate Niger. transcend.org 30 Aug 2023 – Prompting a diplomatic crisis, the former colonial power is determined to remain in a country where they are not wanted.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-09-04). Lahaina looks to the future after devastating wildfires. america.cgtn.com The Hawaii wildfires that destroyed parts of Maui in August may be extinguished, but rebuilding efforts have yet to begin. | The U.S. Biden administration has announced $95 million in aid, but the community itself will be key in how the island recovers. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.

Common Dreams Staff (2023-09-04). US to begin sending controversial depleted uranium shells to Ukraine. nationofchange.org Peace groups have long campaigned for a ban on DU munitions…

Military Watch Magazine (2023-09-04). Ukrainian Crews Complete Abrams Tank Training: U.S. Pledges Depleted Uranium Shells for Offensive. globalresearch.ca

midwesternmarx (2023-09-04). A comprehensive Ukrainian defeat is the only possible outcome of its conflict with Russia. By: Scott Ritter>. midwesternmarx.com Kiev was offered a peace deal long ago, but chose war instead, egged on by its Western backers. Now its fate is sealed September 2 marked the 78th anniversary of the World War Two surrender ceremony onboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. This moment formalized Japan's unconditional capitulation to the United States, and its allies, and marked the end of the conflict. From the Japanese perspective, it had been ongoing since the Marco Polo bridge incident of July 7, 1937, w …

Staff (2023-09-04). Gofundme, defunded — The Grayzone live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed explain how the attempted sabotage of The Grayzone's fundraiser fits into the wider spectrum of online censorship, and discuss events from Ukraine to Gabon, and a very revealing fascist rally outside Disneyland..

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-09-04). U.S. officials keep boasting about how much the Ukraine war serves U.S. interests. mronline.org One of the most glaring plot holes in the official mainstream narrative on Ukraine is the way US officials keep openly boasting that this supposedly unprovoked war which the U.S. is only backing out of the goodness of its heart just so happens to serve U.S. interests tremendously.

Larry Johnson (2023-09-04). U.S. Intelligence Community Sending Mixed Messages on Ukraine. sonar21.com The U.S. Intelligence Community is not a monolith. It is more like a feudal society. The big three Feudal lords for intelligence analysis are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the…

ecsorinoco (2023-09-04). US Officials Keep Boasting About How Much The Ukraine War Serves US Interests. orinocotribune.com

_____ (2023-09-04). A Roadmap for Peace in Ukraine. transcend.org 29 Aug 2023 – As more and more politicians and scholars recognize that the Ukraine conflict cannot be solved militarily, that there will be no winners but only losers, we should concentrate on stopping the slaughter. This is the only rational policy we can follow. My roadmap for peace is simple.

_____ (2023-09-04). Clearing the Fog of 'Unprovoked' War. transcend.org 9 Aug 2023 – For the record: I was born in Ukraine, studied in Russia, and worked in the USA as a laser fusion researcher and Professor of Mathematics and Physics. I have relatives and friends in all three countries, and for the last 35 years, I have been trying to do my best to make them friends, partners, or even allies. Instead, all three are now at war, even if some call the U.S. war only a war "by proxy."

Alastair Crooke (2023-09-04). Hotel Ukraine: 'Sure, Check-Out Any Time, but You Can Never Leave'. thealtworld.com In the case of Ukraine, the U.S., it seems, is tilting towards a more permanent (yet less intense) war. The so-called 'Israeli formula'. | (Lyrics from The Eagles' Hotel California song) | "Welcome to the Hotel California | Such a lovely place … | They livin' it up at the Hotel California | What a nice surprise | Bring your alibis" | And she said, "We are all just prisoners here | Of our own device" | And in the master's chambers | They gathered for the feast | They stab it with their steely knives | But they just can't kill the beast … Last thing I remember, I was | Running for the door. | "Relax", said th…

Angela Klein (2023-09-04). 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!

Uniting for Peace (2023-09-04). UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? indybay.org UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? | Thursday, 19 October, 2023, 18: 00 — 20: 00 (UK Time) | Are we already in World War III? | Can a Roadmap for Peace Change Culture of War to Culture of Peace | Chair — Rita Payne, President Emeritus, Commonwealth Journalists Association | Speakers: | Alfred de Zayas, Lawyer, Writer, Historian and an Expert in the Field of Human Rights and International Law (Switzerland) | Medea Benjamin, Political Activist, Co-Founder of CodePink, Author, War in Ukraine (USA) | Tony Robinson, Editor, Pressenza — An International News Agency and Author…

Federico Fuentes (2023-09-04). Russia: Free Azat Miftakhov. greenleft.org.au After spending five years in jail, Russian political prisoner Azat Miftakhov was meant to go free on September 4. Instead the mathematician and anarchist faces new charges that could keep him locked up for a further two to five years, reports Federico Fuentes.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-04). Russian army repels Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region. plenglish.com Moscow, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Russian army on Monday repelled three Ukrainian attacks near Artiomovsk and Severnoye, in Donetsk region, causing the enemy up to 285 casualties, Russian Defense Ministry informed on Monday.

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Erdogan and Putin Discuss Black Sea Grain Deal. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia's resort of Sochi for talks on the revival of the Black Sea grain deal. | RELATED: | "The message to be conveyed to the world (on the Black Sea Grain Initiative) after our meeting is a step towards underdeveloped African countries, which will be essential," Erdogan said before his first face-to-face meeting with Putin s…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Energy Security Platform is Presented at ASEAN Business Summit. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Ivan Polyakov, Chairman of the Russia-ASEAN Business Council, spoke about the work of the platform of collective energy security between Russia and ASEAN countries at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS-2023) in Jakarta. | RELATED: | Following the second day of the summit, he noted that the collective energy security platform is capable of providing Russian energy companies with access to an additi…

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). Putin Tells Erdogan Russia Will Rejoin Grain Deal If Sanctions Are Eased. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday and said Moscow would return to the Black Sea grain deal if sanctions against Russia's agricultural industry are lifted. "I would like to confirm again our position of principle: we will be ready to consider the opportunity of reviving the grain deal. …

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). South Africa Says Inquiry Found No Evidence of Arms Shipment to Russia. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an independent inquiry found no evidence that a Russian cargo ship that docked in South Africa last year was loaded with weapons despite US claims. The Russian ship, the Lady R, docked at a naval base near Capetown in December 2022, angering the US because the vessel …

Rodney Atkinson (2023-09-04). The West's Sanctions Hypocrisy: Russia's Import Substitution Programme. Sanctions Backfire. globalresearch.ca

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Syria and Russia reject Western pressure and blackmail in OPCW. plenglish.com Damascus, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Al-Mekdad, and the Russian delegate to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin, repudiated the pressure and blackmail of the West in that structure against independent countries.

John Kendall Hawkins (2023-09-04). The Contested Americas: Strait Talk. counterpunch.org The crossing of the Bering Strait from Asia to North America is the stuff of legends. Geographically, it's a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Supposedly, it was all frozen over up there, many thousands of years ago, allowing

Colonel Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-09-04). US Military Now Has Capacity To Defuel Underground Tanks At Red Hill. popularresistance.org The May and November 2021 fuel leaks of 19,000 gallons of fuel at the 80-year-old Red Hill fuel storage facility into the drinking water aquifer of Honolulu gave toxic exposure to over 93,000 persons. Many are suffering from toxic poisoning that will have lifelong effects. | 27,000 gallons of fuel had "leaked" in January 2014. Some families who have lived in the 19 residential areas served by the Red Hill well report they have had health conditions for many years prior to the November 2021 spill that went directly into the Red Hill well. They feel that these health issues may be attributable to the leak in 2014,…

WSWS (2023-09-04). A Compassionate Spy: The Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb and the genesis of the Cold War. wsws.org Ted Hall was only 19 years old when he passed classified secrets to the Soviet government. His role was not discovered until more than 50 years later, only a few years before his death in 1999.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-09-04). 'Bread and Circuses': Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction. counterpunch.org 'Panem et circenses', said the Romans — 'Bread and circuses'. This maxim served the Romans well. In times of crisis and whenever they needed a distraction from military defeats or political infighting at the highest levels, they simply entertained the masses. Caroline Wazir wrote an article in The Atlantic in 2016, linking entertainment and the

WSWS (2023-09-04). Fascist mobs terrorise migrants in Cyprus while police turn blind eye. wsws.org The ruling elite everywhere, no matter the political colouration of the parties and state leaders involved, are enacting the most savage anti-immigration policies, and scapegoating refugees and asylum seekers for society's ills.

Fight Back (2023-09-04). San Jose commemorates 53rd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On August 29, the San Jose Freedom Road Socialist Organization and other groups held a commemoration for the 53rd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, with veteran activist Carlos Montes as a guest speaker. The commemoration was held at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, a hub for activism in San Jose since 1957. Other organizations in attendance included Students for a Democratic Society, the Brown Berets and the Silicon Valley Immigration Committee. | The Chicano Moratorium was a mass protest of Chicanos who organized against the Vietnam War. Their largest march was on August 29, 1970 in Ea…

Fight Back (2023-09-04). Solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA, WGA strikers. fightbacknews.org We in Freedom Road Socialist Organization stand with the 75,000 workers of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the 65,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) who are striking for not only higher wages and benefits but also against the threat posed by automation. | Members of The Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), actors and other performance workers, have been on strike since July 14 after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). Luxembourgers commemorate 1942 general strike against Nazi German occupation. peoplesdispatch.org Protesting against forced conscription, workers went on a general strike that started in Wiltz on August 31, 1942 and spread across the country. 21 workers were executed by Nazi authorities for participating in the action…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike against increasing Israeli restrictions. peoplesdispatch.org Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently restricted family visits for prisoners to once every two months from the currently allowed monthly visits. Prisoners will start their collective strike on September 14 and continue it until their demand for the full restoration of their rights is met…

thecommunists (2023-09-04). Air traffic out of control. thecommunists.org There could be no more striking example of the fragility of current capitalist society than the complete balls-up that overtook British aviation on two days at the end of August, leaving over 1,850 flights cancelled over two days, thousands of passengers stranded, and incurring a likely bill topping £159m. According to the hapless chief of …

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-09-04). The impact of AI on labor market. america.cgtn.com During the next five years, 75% of organizations are expected to adopt artificial intelligence into their practices, according to a study by the World Economic Forum, which suggests a job loss rate of about 25 percent directly related to AI adoption. | CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan met with founders of one of the many start-up tech companies that are aiming to use AI to save resources like time and money in a variety of industries. | His report takes a look at what AI could mean for the labor market.

_____ (2023-09-04). US Extends Science Pact with China: What It Means for Research. transcend.org 25 Aug 2023 – The move is a stop-gap measure, and scientists warn that lack of a full renewal could damage research collaborations.

Dana Sanchez (2023-09-04). Biden Praises Closely Watched Jobs Report, But It's A Mixed Bag. moguldom.com If you believe President Joe Biden and the August jobs report, the U.S. labor market has seen 32 consecutive months of job growth and is in one of "the strongest job creating periods in our history." The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Sept. 1 that the economy added 187,000 jobs in August, up from …

Derek Seidman (2023-09-04). The Law Was Used to Crush the Industrial Workers of the World a Century Ago. truthout.org Formed in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) — or the Wobblies, as they were also known — may have been the most radical and egalitarian mass union in U.S. history. From the mills of New England to the wheat fields of Kansas, from the docks of Philadelphia to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the IWW organized workers, often the so-called unskilled laborers that craft unions… |

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-04). Dr. Vernon Colman: The collaborators will kill us all. expose-news.com It was clear long before 1918 that in World War I the generals completely lost touch with reality, they'd lost the plot. They didn't know what was happening in the trenches because …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-09-04). Japanese Scientists Find that Covid-19 and all of the variants are Laboratory creations. thealtworld.com Our rulers are mimicking the Book of Revelation. War has been unleashed on us for years. Covid and its laboratory-made variants are the beginning of Pestilence. Famine is in the works with the slaughter of cattle to combat a disputed global warming, withholding of fertilizers from farmers, sanctions, and the replacement of the human diet with bugs and artificial food. When these three horsemen accomplish their deeds, Death on the Pale Horse will sweep through our ranks. It is difficult to believe in prophecy, especially over thousands of years, but it is happening before our eyes. | War has done his job. Since th…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-09-04). Son of Slain Journalist Who Exposed Web of CIA Corruption Calling For New Murder Investigation. covertactionmagazine.com Danny Casolaro's Death in August 1991 Was Ruled a Suicide But Overwhelming Evidence Indicates That He Was Murdered—Likely by Rogue Elements of the CIA in Collaboration with the Kuwaiti Royal Family When a housekeeper at the Martinsburg, West Virginia, Sheraton Hotel entered Room 517 on the morning of August 10, 1991, she found journalist Danny …

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-09-04). Saturday 9/9: Labor on the Move: Prospects and Challenges. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-04). Venezuela to hold National Congress on Climate Crisis. plenglish.com The Minister for Ecosocialism, Josué Lorca, invited researchers from the Ecological Community, Popular Power, Communal Councils and Social Movements to participate in the meeting, whose sessions will alternate between this capital and the states of Mérida and Falcón, Venezolana de Televisión reported. | The authority called on all Venezuelans to join the purpose of the event to "build strategies for the preservation of Mother Earth", as a continuity to the agreements of the previous Congress on the subject in May 2022. | The first National Congress on Climate Crisis assumed strategies to stop such process and tr…

Editor (2023-09-04). Canadian Workers, the Social-Ecological Crisis and Alternatives. socialistproject.ca As workers, we are today confronted with the challenge of defending what we have and making gains in the face of an ever-expanding and relentless employer offensive. The employers' drive to increase productivity and profits — central to capitalism everywhere — demands that we accept job loss and insecurity, concessions, new forms of speedup, and expanded management control in the workplace. More of us are forced to work in precarious forms of employment, making ourselves 'flexible' without access to unemployment and other social benefits or hope of a decent pension. Our economic insecurity makes it…

Audrey Boytim, Workers World. (2023-09-04). Popular Resistance From The Philippines To Baltimore. popularresistance.org In a large yet intimate gathering seated around the projector in the middle of Baltimore's NoMàºNoMຠgallery on Aug. 18, the Black Alliance for Peace- Baltimore and Malaya Baltimore held a discussion "From the Philippines to Baltimore: The Indo-Pacific Command, Neocolonialism, and You!" The event was part of BAP- Baltimore's "Baltimore Summer School" series. | Information handed out at the start of the event explained the exploitative nature of Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). APEC is a "neoliberal scheme called 'free trade' that makes it easy for…

Steve Wishnia, Work-Bites. (2023-09-04). 'Death Star' Law Is Struck Down In Texas. popularresistance.org Austin, Texas – On Aug. 30, at the end of a summer in which the temperature in Austin topped 100 ∞ for a record 45 consecutive days, a local judge ruled unconstitutional a new state law intended to nullify local ordinances that require water breaks for construction workers. | Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble held that the law violated a 1912 amendment to the state constitution that gives cities and towns with more than 5,000 people the power of self-government. | "The Court DECLARES House Bill 2127 in its entirety is unconstitutional — facially, and as applied to Houston as a constituti…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-04). Schools open in Pinar del Rio province on due time. plenglish.com Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The 596 schools located in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio opened their doors on Monday, following education workers' effort to start the new school year on due time.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-09-04). Lowest paid workers in U.S. are mostly women — Forbes. plenglish.com Washington, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) There are 21 million people working in the most underpaid, undervalued jobs in our country — and nearly two-thirds of these workers are women, according to a new report from the National Women's Law Center.

WSWS (2023-09-04). Poland's school system on the brink of collapse. wsws.org Poland's trade unions are organising symbolic actions six weeks before the general election on October 15 to dissipate workers' anger and line themselves up as partners with the future ruling party.

WSWS (2023-09-04). Japanese department store workers strike in Tokyo. wsws.org The union sought to allow workers to blow off steam while limiting the strike's impact on the company as much as possible.

WSWS (2023-09-04). Five railway workers killed on the job in northern Italy. wsws.org Local authorities in Brandizzo, Italy have opened a murder investigation into the case of five railway workers who were struck by a train while performing rail line maintenance late last week.

WSWS (2023-09-04). Mexican autoworkers kept in the dark on looming US-Canadian auto strike. wsws.org Instead of organizing a joint struggle of workers across North America to prevent the ramping up production abroad to undermine a strike, the union bureaucracies seek to divide workers.

Revolutionary Workers Front (2023-09-04). Monday 9/4: Chicken Soup for the Heart & Soul. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. (nr. 16th St.) | San Francisco, CA 94103…

WSWS (2023-09-04). Public meeting: A socialist perspective against war and austerity in New Zealand's crisis election. wsws.org The SEG and IYSSE are holding a meeting in Wellington on September 19 to explain the socialist perspective needed to unite the working class against the agenda of war and austerity shared by Labour, National and all the parliamentary parties.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-04). Dominican Medical College confirms national strike this week. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) confirmed today the national strike called for Wednesday and Thursday of this week and indicated that only emergency cases in public and private hospitals will be treated on those days.

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Palestinian Prisoners Plan Hunger Strike to Protest. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons announced that they would stage a hunger strike to protest a decision to cut the frequency of their family visits. | RELATED: | The hunger strike, which will start on Thursday, demands a reversal of the decision by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to reduce family visits from once a month to once every two months, according to the Supreme Emergency Committ…

Fridays for Future Palo Alto (2023-09-04). Friday 9/15: Protest/Music/Dance with the Climate Strikers in Palo Alto. indybay.org Lytton Plaza | 200 University Ave | Palo Alto CA 94303…

FFF Global Climate Strike website (2023-09-04). Friday 9/15: SF: End Fossil Fuels! Bike Ride Protest & Rally. indybay.org Meet at Great HWY and Judah Street | Ocean Beach, San Francisco | We will ride to JFK Drive, then head to Civic Center Plaza for speakers and music…

End Fossil Fuels website (2023-09-04). Friday 9/15: Global Climate Strike in Mill Valley. indybay.org Intersection of Miller Ave & Camino Alto | Mill Valley, California 94941…

Editor (2023-09-04). NYT Publishes 'Greatest Hits' of Bad Trans Healthcare Coverage. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, OSG (2023-09-04). Sub-Saharan Africa: 1.85 Mln Children Displaced in 2022. telesurenglish.net "When children lose their homes, they lose almost everything: their access to healthcare, education, food, and safety," Kijala Shako, head of Advocacy, Communications, Campaigns and Media for Save the Children's East and Southern Africa Regional Office, said in a statement issued in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. | The charity said five failed rainy seasons in Somalia forced about 6.6 million people — or 39 percent of the population — into critical levels of hunger.

Staff (2023-09-04). Healthcare Catastrophe Spreads Across The Country. leecamp.com

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-04). Weasel Words in Aviation: Protecting the Flying Kangaroo. dissidentvoice.org Ambrose Bierce, whose cynicism supplies a hygienic cold wash, suggested that politics was always a matter of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. It involved conducting public affairs for private advantage. How right he was. One way of justifying such an effort is through using such words as the "national interest" or "public interest" …

Max Blumenthal (2023-09-04). Gofundme freezes Grayzone fundraiser 'due to some external concerns'. mronline.org Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone "due to some external concerns." The company's actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments.

Alan MacLeod (2023-09-04). Documents Show Taiwan Working With FBI To Prosecute Chinese Americans, Intimidate US Politicians. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Aug 18, 2023 | Amid a controversial visit from Vice President William Lai (the front-runner to be his country's next leader), official documents reviewed by "MintPress News" show that the Taiwanese government is attempting to drum up anti-China hostility, influence and intimidate American politicians and is even working with the FBI and other agencies to spy on and prosecute Chinese American citizens. | Key points of this investigation | ‚Ä¢ Taiwanese officials are monitoring Chinese Americans and passing intelligence to the FBI in attempts to have them prosecuted. | ‚…

Tarak Kauff, Peace & Planet News. (2023-09-04). Once We Were Proud And Supportive. popularresistance.org I was born in 1942 to a Jewish family while WWII was raging. My mother hated not only the Nazis but the German people for allowing that to happen. She never forgave them. Never would she buy or touch anything made in Germany. In 1948 the Jewish State of Israel was founded. My family were fiercely proud and supportive of what we felt was the heroic Zionist achievements in Israel. We knew nothing about Palestinians. All we knew was that Arabs hated Jews and did terrible things. At a young age I decided to join the US Army and "become a man." I spent three-and-a-half years, mostly in the 101st Airborne division as a…

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-04). Jetblue Suspends All Flights To Cuba. popularresistance.org On August 31, US-based airline JetBlue announced that it has suspended all flights to Cuba, effective September 17. In 2016, when US-Cuba relations began to thaw, JetBlue flew the first direct commercial flight to Cuba from the US in 50 years. American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest, and Delta will still provide direct flights to Cuba from the US, however, United will cut its direct flights from Newark, New Jersey in October. | "Demand for travel to the island has been significantly affected by changes to the regulatory landscape and restrictions on our customers' ability to enter Cuba," stated the airline.

Andrew Perez, The Lever. (2023-09-04). Big Pharma's American Con. popularresistance.org In response to this week's launch of a new program letting Medicare negotiate lower prices for a handful of medicines, drugmakers are insisting the initiative will limit patients' access to medicine and stifle the development of new cures. | However, all 10 of the drugs up for negotiation are already being sold in other countries at fractions of what pharmaceutical companies are charging for them in the United States, according to a Lever review — and drugmakers are reporting huge revenues from those foreign sales. | In some cases, Americans — whose tax money subsidizes the development of virtually al…

krish-rad_ind (2023-09-04). In A New Climate Reality, Community May Be A Farmer's Greatest Resource. popularresistance.org

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-09-04). The Flying Tigers: Marking 80 years of China-U.S. partnership. america.cgtn.com A critical China-U.S. partnership during the Second World War is being commemorated on its 80th year. | The so-called Flying Tigers were a small group of American aviators who fought alongside China against the Japanese forces. | The group rose to fame at the time for its ability to inflict significant damage on Japan's better-equipped and larger air force at the time. | And to this day, Flying Tigers are a symbol of friendship between China and the U.S. For its 80th anniversary, two Flying Tigers veterans and their families were invited to a reception held by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. | CGTN's Ediz T…

Mark Niu (2023-09-04). An American student's letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping. america.cgtn.com While China and the U.S. remain at odds on a number of trade and political issues, there's one area that continues to thrive on a more personal level. | American students are gaining unique experiences by engaging with China in some very memorable ways. | CGTN's Mark Niu reports from the U.S. state of Washington.

Sean Callebs (2023-09-04). Washington D.C. celebrates Chinese culture. america.cgtn.com Despite the ongoing tension between the United States and China, the two nations came together in the heart of Washington, D.C. | The celebration was called the Washington Chinese Cultural Festival. | Food, song, dance, and perhaps most important — unity. | CGTN's Sean Callebs reports.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Adventurous Tianjin seniors inspire daring dives. ecns.cn Videos of senior Chinese citizens diving into the Haihe River in north China's Tianjin City, have turned the locality into an overcrowded tourist destination.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Chinese living abroad asked to act as link. ecns.cn Overseas Chinese who attended the 11th national congress of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, which concluded in Beijing on Sunday, said that they will play a greater role in linking China with the world and advancing the country's new modernization drive.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Beijing Culture Forum to be held this month. ecns.cn This year's Beijing Culture Forum, co-organized by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the municipal Party committee and government of Beijing, will be held from Sept. 14-15 in the capital.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). China plans cutting negative list to attract foreign investors. ecns.cn China will reduce the number of items on the negative list for foreign investment and boost the openness level in modern services, said the country's top commerce official on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). 2023 CIFTIS wows visitors. ecns.cn The 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services will be held at the China National Convention Center and the Shougang Park in Beijing from Sept. 2 to 6.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Colorful world: Cultural exhibition of countries along the Belt and Road at 2023 CIFTIS. ecns.cn The 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services will be held at the China National Convention Center and the Shougang Park in Beijing from Sept. 2 to 6.

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). China to hold BRI summit in October, celebrating the initiative's 10th anniversary: FM. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-09-04). Surgical robot catches eyes at CIFTIS. ecns.cn Flocks of visitors were attracted by a surgical robot at the ongoing China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing. "ÄÄ…

Ethan Huff (2023-09-04). China Bans Sale of Japanese Seafood Due to Fukushima Radiation Contamination. Tokyo to File Appeal at WTO. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-04). Unlocking the Trans-Afghan Railway's Transformative Potential. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil The Trans-Afghan Railway project represents a game-changing opportunity to build critical commercial ties throughout Eurasia, connecting China, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. However, its success hinges on unwavering determination to overcome the inescapable challenges of finance, security, and geopolitics. In a promising development for regional connectivity and trade, the Trans-Afghan Railway project received a…

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). US, Philippines Conduct Joint Naval Patrol in the South China Sea. news.antiwar.com The US and Philippine navies conducted a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, a step that increases the chance of a dangerous encounter between US and Chinese vessels. The US Navy's Japan-based Seventh Fleet said the guided missile-destroyer USS Ralph Johnson joined the Philippine guided-missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal for the "bilateral …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-04). China Will Continue to Support Afghanistan as it Transitions from Chaos to Stability. libya360.wordpress.com Liu Xin, Xing Xiaojing (and Zhao Haihan An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan Global Times Editor's Note: On August 30, 2021, with celebratory fireworks lighting up the Kabul night sky, the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year presence in the country after its October 2001 invasion. Afghanistan has had two years to…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Brazil aims to boost trade and rebuild ties with Cuba. plenglish.com The trip will include businessmen from the air transportation, agriculture, energy and health sectors. | The journalists medias assures that the mission will take place before Lula da Silva's trip to Cuba, where he will meet with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and will participate in the meetings of the Group of 77 plus China on September 15th and 16th. | The Exame magazine stated that Brazil's ties with Cuba deteriorated under the administration of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), although they were never completely severed. It also noted that "since taking office in January, Lula…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-04). Ethiopia plans to expand economic ties with China. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia reportedly plans to expand economic relations with China by developing favorable policies for foreign investment and highlighting priority sectors to attract more Chinese firms to this nation.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-04). China and Italy foster trade cooperation and political talks. plenglish.com Beijing, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The 11th meeting of the China-Italy Intergovernmental Committee brought together foreign ministers of the two countries in this capital, on Monday, so as to discuss the relaunch of trade relations.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-09-04). Hawaii wildfires' impact on children's studies, overall wellbeing. america.cgtn.com As residents of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina begin to pick up the pieces following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century, community leaders are working to ease the trauma suffered by its children. At a time when students are returning to school, most in Lahaina are not. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock …

Dan Collyns (2023-09-04). Drug violence plagues Ecuador. america.cgtn.com As presidential elections in Ecuador head to a runoff on October 15, the top concern for its citizens is who can halt the country's terrifying descent into violence and criminality. Ecuador has long struggled with drug trafficking. But in recent years, the situation has gotten much worse. CGTN's Dan Collyns …

Franc Contreras (2023-09-04). What is Mexico's plan for socio-economic development? america.cgtn.com Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivered his fifth State of the Nation address on Friday, touting his administration's achievements. | He spoke for more than an hour, providing specifics he says show that Mexico is on the right path toward economic and social development. | CGTN's Franc Contreras reports.

Toni Waterman (2023-09-04). COVID-19 cases on the rise as students head back to school. america.cgtn.com The start of the new school year hasn't exactly gone to plan in parts of the United States. | At least three school districts have been forced to temporarily close amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and other viruses, setting the stage for another uncertain school year. | CGTN's Toni Waterman reports.

Chris Cherry (2023-09-04). Photo exhibition celebrates the power of women and allies to speak up, be heard, be visible and make positive change. greenleft.org.au Justice | Enough! is a new photographic exhibition by Rebecca Hosking that documents the "Women's March for Justice: Enough is Enough!" protests that took place on Victoria's Surf Coast, in March 2021. Chris Cherry attended the launch on August 26 at Ballarat Trades Hall.

Editor (2023-09-04). Net Zero Minister Linked to Oil-Funded Group That Targeted Climate Protesters. scheerpost.com

Global Research News (2023-09-04). Selected Articles: The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert Walker Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden. globalresearch.ca By Les…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). Calls grow to fix environment law's 'massive blind spot' on carbon emissions. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). Chris Minns says no to drug decriminalisation while ACT takes a bold health approach. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). A killing design: Osprey fatalities in the Top End. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). NTEU at RMIT votes to continue industrial action. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). Rising Tide activists celebrate after court validates their coal train action. greenleft.org.au

Isaac Nellist (2023-09-04). Price controls needed in a cost-of-living crisis. greenleft.org.au Governments need to take action on rising food prices as Woolworths and Coles report mega profits, Isaac Nellist argues.

María Noel González (2023-09-04). Uruguay: Montevideo is running out of drinking water. greenleft.org.au Water-related conflicts are occurring across Uruguay, over its use and control, with big business interests pitted against the right to safe drinking water, writes María Noel González.

Staff (2023-09-04). Salvadoran Writer Javier Zamora on Coping with Trauma from Being Detained & Undocumented in U.S. democracynow.org Salvadoran poet and writer Javier Zamora discusses the roots of his memoir Solito, which details his odyssey as an unaccompanied 9-year-old child through Guatemala and Mexico to reunite with family in Arizona. "After surviving that nine-week journey, surviving the United States as an undocumented person was perhaps the main reason why I became a writer," Zamora says. He describes how he works to cope with trauma from his experiences, and how he was inspired to become a writer when he was exposed to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda as a high school student in California.

Editor (2023-09-04). Burning out of control: Capitalism's climate catastrophe. mronline.org Canada's unprecedented wildfires drive home the harsh realities of climate change, in all their enormity. We are fighting an incorrigibly destructive social and economic system, but we are also, at the same time, engaged in a struggle for survival.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). Protests continue against Japan's dumping of radioactive water. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). Uriel Barrera (1930-2023): A life of revolutionary struggle and solidarity. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-04). WA gov't, police go after climate protesters. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-09-04). Dr. King's Dream vs the Capitalist Nightmare, 60 Years Later. youtube.com 60 years ago 250,000 joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and heard Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Today, Black wages are still 25% lower than white wages, unemployment rates are double, and de facto segregation persists. What can be done? #breakthroughnews…

Fight Back (2023-09-04). Chicago Mayor Johnson proclaims Chairman Fred Hampton Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. has spent his entire life fighting to carry forward the revolutionary legacy of the Black Panther Party. Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. was assassinated in hail of bullets from a combined Chicago Police Department, FBI, Illinois States Attorney's Office death squad on December 4, 1969. The 4: 30 a.m. raid was part of a nationwide counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO) against the Black Panther Party and other revolutionary organizations. | Chairman Fred Jr. has always kept the revolutionary struggle front and center. August 30 is Chairman Fred Sr.'s birthday. Every year th…

Fight Back (2023-09-04). Police killing spree in Orange County. fightbacknews.org Trabuco Canyon, CA – John Snowling, a retired sergeant from Ventura Police Department, shot and killed three people in Trabuco Canyon, Orange County on Wednesday August 23, wounding six others. He was targeting his ex-wife, Marie Snowling, who he shot in the jaw but who survived the injury. The 69-year-old ex-sergeant brought two handguns and a shotgun into Cook's Corner biker bar that Wednesday, where his recently divorced wife, Marie, was attending a weekly spaghetti night. Snowling shot nine people in the bar and then turned his guns on police, who shot and killed him. | News reports on the killer report on ho…

Aaron J. Leonard (2023-09-04). "Rich Men North of Richmond" Is a Populist Anthem Lost in Its Own Grievance. truthout.org The current focus of the U.S.'s never-ending culture war comes in the form of the song, "Rich Men North of Richmond," by Oliver Anthony, aka Christopher Anthony Lunsford, a former factory worker, who has been open about his battles with alcoholism and depression. Riding a wave of viral attention, "Rich Men" has now spent two weeks at the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. |

AE911Truth (2023-09-04). Fire Did Not Cause 3rd Tower's Collapse on 9/11, New Study Finds. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-09-04). 10 Quotes From C. Delores Tucker On Hip-Hop And Its Negative Programming Power. moguldom.com Some recall C. Delores Tucker as the acclaimed civil rights activist and politician who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, contributing significantly to advancing women's and voting rights. In 1984, Tucker and U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the trailblazing first Black woman to run for president, established the National Congress of Black …

Ann Brown (2023-09-04). Deion Sanders' Colorado Shocks America With Upset of TCU as 20 Point Underdog. moguldom.com Deion Sanders hasn't wasted any time since taking over as head coach at University of Colorado Boulder for the Colorado Buffaloes. On Sept. 3, the underdog pulled off a surprising win over No. 17 Texas Christian University. It was an upset victory, a 45-42 triumph over TCU. The Buffaloes started the game as a 20-point …

Anna Massoglia (2023-09-04). New Filings Reveal More Luxury Trips and Payments to Ginni Thomas. truthout.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported more trips paid for by Texas billionaire and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2022, according to a newly-filed disclosure detailing the justice's financial dealings. The new financial disclosure reveals that Crow — who is described in the new filing as "a longtime friend of filer and his wife" —- paid for Thomas' travel to speak at a conference in… |

Chabeli Carrazana (2023-09-04). When Child Care Centers Close, Entire Communities Are Effected. truthout.org When a teacher called in sick one Thursday in July, administrator Holly Denman realized she'd have to close her center for the day. Then it was two days. Giggles & Wiggles Daycare Center was as short staffed as it could be: six teachers, including Denman, for 34 students with absolutely no reserves or substitutes to tap into. One teacher out meant automatic closure. By the next Sunday… |

Chen Yu-fu (2023-09-04). Taiwan Troops Joined Michigan Drills: Report. globalresearch.ca

Colonel Ann Wright (2023-09-04). US Military Must Remove Fuel from Massive Red Hill Underground Fuel Tanks. globalresearch.ca

Dolores Perez Heilbron (2023-09-04). Sunday 9/10: Evolving IRELAND, What is New? Horst Bansner, speaker. indybay.org First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin Street/Corner Geary Blvd.

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2023-09-04). 9/11 Truth: Why Do Good People Become Silent About the Documented Facts that Disprove the Official 9/11 Narrative. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-09-04). Fitness Enthusiasts Are Dying Suddenly. 16 Sudden Deaths Examined. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-09-04). Video: Pilot Tim McAdams, Aged 59, Had Two Cerebellar Strokes Three Weeks After Second Pfizer Shot. globalresearch.ca

ecsorinoco (2023-09-04). Argentina: Presidential Candidate Warns Against Dollarization Proposals. orinocotribune.com Argentina's minister of economy and presidential candidate, Sergio Massa, has reiterated his disagreement with candidates who suggest dollarizing the economy. | Mass said in an event held this Saturday in the town of San Vicente, in the province of Buenos Aires: "Some propose dollarization without more than just that: putting the flag of the United States on the door of the Central Bank. Others propose a cowardly dollarization, to make the two currencies coexist for a while because they do not dare to propose a direct dollarization." | The minister said that the opposition candidates, Javier Milei and Patricia Bu…

Editor (2023-09-04). The many colours of hydrogen and the scam of carbon capture. mronline.org THE fossil fuel industry, particularly the oil and natural gas lobby, always has new cards. Earlier, the fossil fuel industry came up with carbon credits: We, the rich countries, will burn coal, oil and natural gas so that we can continue with our current lifestyles but "compensate" by planting trees in poor countries. | September 4, 2023…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-04). Cuba and Dominican Republic ratify interest in expanding relations. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and the Dominican Republic ratified today their interest in continuing to expand their relations during the talks held with the foreign minister of that country, Roberto àÅlvarez, on an official visit.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-04). Last details in Cuba for Great Open Water Challenge. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The spa city of Varadero in the Cuban province of Matanzas is finalizing details to successfully host the second edition of the Great Open Water Retto to take place on the 16th and 17th of this month.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-09-04). Pilgrimage in Chile to the monument to Salvador Allende. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) As is tradition, political and social organizations made a pilgrimage today to the monument to Salvador Allende, in the Plaza of the Constitution, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of his election to the Chilean presidency.

Ethan Huff (2023-09-04). More Than 1,600 Scientists Sign Declaration: "No Climate Emergency" Exists at All. globalresearch.ca

Frank Cappello (2023-09-04). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Meet The Economist Who Was Right About Inflation. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, David Sirota sits down with economist Isabella Weber, one of the first economists to raise the alarm about profit-driven inflation. | In 2021, Weber published an

Jake Johnson (2023-09-04). As Hunger Grows Across US, GOP Shutdown Threats Imperil Food Aid Programs. truthout.org Republican threats to shut down the federal government if spending isn't drastically cut have put funding for a critical nutrition aid program at risk as hunger grows across the nation, with the recent lapse of pandemic-era assistance leaving many low-income families struggling to put food on the table. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children… |

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-09-04). The Betrayal, Arrest and 27-Year Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela: CIA Still Refuses to Declassify Documents Exposing Its Responsibility. globalresearch.ca

Karen Rodman (2023-09-04). Canada Complicit with Israel's Annexation of East Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-09-04). 2023 Intenational Underground Railroad Month: 1854 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar. indybay.org Discover the 1854 Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar as we featured this 2023 International Underground Railroad Month…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-09-04). G20: last waltz in a world torn apart. peoplesdispatch.org The strong likelihood is that the forthcoming G-20 event in Delhi this weekend may turn out to be the last waltz of its kind between the cowboys of the Western world and the increasingly restless Global South…

Mark Curtis (2023-09-04). 'Our Major Interest is Copper': Britain Backed Pinochet's Bloody Coup in Chile. globalresearch.ca

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Olivia Rosane (2023-09-04). New Report Shows Major Banks Continue to Fund Climate Chaos in Global South. truthout.org Since the international community promised to limit global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, the world's major banks have funneled 20 times more money to climate-polluting industries in the Global South than Global North governments have given those same countries to address the climate emergency. That's just one of the findings of How the Finance Flows: The Banks Fueling the Climate… |

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-04). Prensa Latina, Al Mayadeen news outlets strengthen relations. plenglish.com Beirut, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Founded on strategic policies, Prensa Latina and the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen have strengthened bilateral relation to tell the truth at the service of the peoples.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-04). Troops kill 6 kidnappers, arrests 54 suspected criminals in Plateau. plenglish.com Abuja, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Troops of Operation Safe Haven HAVEN (OPSH) on Operation Hakorin Damisa IV said they killed six suspected kidnappers in kidnappers at Tahuwa community in Jos.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-04). "Venezuela stands for peace in Colombia," FM says. plenglish.com At the closure of the fourth cycle of peace talks between Petro's government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), Yvan Gil cited Maduro, "peace in Colombia is urgent, unpostponable and necessary. | Gil noted the Venezuelan government, as guarantor, is fully committed and determined to support as requested by Colombia and its political forces for full peace project, encouraged by President Petro, which includes a clamor of the Colombian people. | "We ¥re pleased to have hosted the fourth cycle of peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the ELN in Caracas. | On Monday, both sides announced th…

Paige Bennett (2023-09-04). Just 12% of people in the U.S. consume over 50% of the country's beef, study finds. nationofchange.org With their findings, which were published in the journal Nutrients, the researchers hope to influence the 12% of people eating a disproportionate amount of beef to make switches to other, lower-emissions protein sources.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). Activists Mohamed Adel and Mahmoud Hussein face state persecution in Egypt. peoplesdispatch.org The continued persecution of activists brings into question the legitimacy of claims made by President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi that the state is trying to engage with the opposition through the so-called national dialogue initiated earlier this year…

Pete McGinnis (2023-09-04). Docs Offer Glimpse Inside "Censorship Industrial Complex" globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-04). "The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas. globalresearch.ca The war on Afghanistan is a profit driven "resource war".

Prof. Chris Impey (2023-09-04). Space Junk in Earth Orbit and on the Moon Will Increase with Future Missions ‚àí But Nobody's in Charge of Cleaning It Up. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-04). US Court rules against Internet Archive and, in doing so, against digital collections in all libraries. expose-news.com The Internet Archive, like hundreds of US libraries, is a non-profit institution. Yet a court ruling in mid-August has sided with publishers' commercial interests to disallow non-profit organisations from lending books. But …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-04). 25 historical books that demonstrate vaccines have caused serious harm for 200 years. expose-news.com The 25 books in the 'History of Vaccination' series shed light on the history of vaccines through the eyes of doctors, scientists, and historical data. They answer the pressing question: "Are vaccines …

Richard D. Wolff (2023-09-04). Twenty-first century socialism: what it will become and why. nationofchange.org Together these goals comprise an effective, attractive new vision to define and motivate a socialism for the 21st century.

Ryan Morgan (2023-09-04). Where Did the Money Go? $280 Billion in Lost COVID Relief Spending. "U.S. Government Working to Account for $4 trillion in COVID-19 Spending". globalresearch.ca

Shane Quinn (2023-09-04). Chile, September 11, 1973: The Horrors of 'the First 9/11' Are Routinely Overlooked. globalresearch.ca On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende's democratic government in Chile was ousted by US-backed forces in one of the Cold War's defining moments. Allende himself was killed during the coup while his presidential palace, La Moneda, was extensively bombed.

Stephen Lendman (2023-09-04). Another Official 9/11 Big Lie Exposed — Again. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, OSG (2023-09-04). US Delegation Visit Western Sahara. telesurenglish.net Washington announced its support for the Moroccan Sahara during the era of Republican President Donald Trump. The Joe Biden administration did not announce its retraction from the announcement. | The UN has supported a referendum on self-determination, which has yet to take place due to disputes over issues such as who would be eligible to vote in such a referendum.

teleSUR, OSG (2023-09-04). Haiti Pays Tribute to Hundreds of Victims of Criminal Violence. telesurenglish.net "It was an act of bravery because these people stood up to the gangs that terrorized them. To all those who were killed, we tell them to go in peace, but that the battle continues, because we are determined to confront (Haitian Prime Minister) Ariel Henry and his bloodthirsty men," Célestin declared. | The event occurred last August 26 when the faithful of the Piscine de Bethesda evangelical church decided to forcibly evict the Canaan gang from their stronghold…

teleSUR, OSG (2023-09-04). Libya: +2.3 Mln Students Start New School Year. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Libyan interim Government of National Unity (GNU) stated that more than 2.3 million new students around Libya started the new school year on Sunday. | RELATED: | According to an official statement by the GNU, around 6,000 schools opened doors to students for the new school year. | The GNU also said that the government of Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah has helped prepare 2,000 new classrooms to accommodate more than 45,000 students in…

teleSUR, OSG (2023-09-04). Gabon: Brice Oligui Nguema Sworn in as "Transitional President" telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Venezuela Congratulates Colombia-ELN Peace Dialogue Cycle. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro congratulated the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for holding the fourth cycle of peace talks, which concluded in Caracas with the approval of various agreements, including increasing the humanitarian actions in the areas most affected by the conflict. | RELATED: | Through a statement, the Venezuelan government praised the participation of s…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Innovation Potential Drives Asia-Pacific Economic Growth. telesurenglish.net

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Honduran Parliament to Investigate Former Attorneys General. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Honduran Parliament President Luis Redondo announced the appointment of "a special commission to immediately investigate the former heads of the Public Ministry and their participation by action or omission in organized crime structures." | RELATED: | The corruption-related investigations will cover the former State Attorney General and the former Deputy Attorney General and non-governmental organ…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Colombian Government and ELN Finish 4th Cycle of Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the delegations of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will culminate their fourth cycle of peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela. | RELATED: | On August 14, the parties began talks to address the bilateral ceasefire in force until February 2024 and to implement humanitarian relief measures for rural communities. | The ELN delegation was "committed to translating what was agreed…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Türkiye's Annual Inflation Rate Climbs to 58.94 Pct in August. twitter.com Türkiye's annual inflation rate rose to 58.94 percent in August, climbing for a second straight month since it started to slide from October. | RELATED: | Figures from the Turkish Statistic Institute showed the consumer price index (CPI) in August rose by 9.09 percent monthly. | The annual rate of change in CPI experienced a consecutive decline from a peak of 85.51 percent in October 2022 to 38.21 percent in June 2023, and then headed up to 47.83 percent in July. | On Aug. 24, T&u…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Cuba Steps Up Dengue Prevention and Control. telesurenglish.net A national campaign in Cuba to step up prevention and control of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, is underway across the country's 15 provinces and the Isle of Youth special municipality. | RELATED: | It comes as September is projected to be one of the rainiest months in Cuba in the context of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. | Cuban housewife Marlenis Yera, who lives in the Havana district of San…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Colorado State Publishes Probe Into Boarding Schools Abuses. telesurenglish.net The U.S. Colorado state released an investigation summary on the miserable experience of Indigenous people at former federal fund schools, highlighting the fact that the U.S. government had long ignored Native Americans who were freely neglected, abused and killed. | RELATED: | In the 14-page summary of the report, History Colorado (HC) confirmed that Native Americans at the boarding schools had been subjected to "abuse,…

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Floridians Struggle for Hurricane Recovery. telesurenglish.net Floridians are struggling to recover from Category 3 Hurricane Idalia and the following floods as tension spirals over U.S. President Joe Biden's survey of the damage in Florida, without meeting the state's Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of his 2024 presidential rivals. | RELATED: | On Saturday, Biden and his wife toured areas damaged by the storm in Live Oak, met residents, and thanked emergency responders. | Biden praised the "spirit of this commun…

_____ (2023-09-04). American Psychological Association: Doing Harm. transcend.org 30 Aug 2023 – I'm excited to share the news that my book Doing Harm: How the World's Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror has now been published!

_____ (2023-09-04). Australian Intelligence Agency Funding Research to Merge Human Brain Cells with AI. transcend.org

_____ (2023-09-04). Coup in Gabon: Change of Persons Not of Structures. transcend.org 1 Sep 2023 – On 27 Aug, some of the military of Gabon, in particular members of the Presidential Guard, took power and placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest. The consequences of the coup are unlikely to produce any quick changes in structures, but the situation merits watching closely.

_____ (2023-09-04). Gabon President Bongo Detained in Coup Attempt after Winning Third Term. transcend.org 30 Aug 2023 – A group of senior Gabonese military officers today announced that they had taken power and detained President Ali Bongo, minutes after the state election body declared the winner of Saturday's general election.

_____ (2023-09-04). (Italiano) Spiritualità e pace. transcend.org 30 Agosto 2023 – Il nostro mondo manca chiaramente di qualcosa, anzi molto, nei propri sforzi di conseguire la pace. E fra questo c'è quanto espresso dalla parola "spiritualità ", abusata all'incirca quanto la parola "pace", proprio perché entrambe incarnano tanti nostri sogni.

_____ (2023-09-04). (Italiano) Vietnam e Palestina/Israele: un confronto tra legge e guerra. transcend.org 31 Agosto 2023 – Il testo che segue è la mia prefazione a un confronto di conflitti di eccezionale valore: Vietnam e Palestina/Israele. Queste due regioni mi hanno preoccupato per tutta la mia carriera professionale e nel corso della mia vita di cittadino attivista.

_____ (2023-09-04). Live Parasitic Worm Found in Australian Woman's Brain in World First. transcend.org 29 Aug 2023 – A live parasitic worm has been found inside the brain of a 64-year-old Australian woman, marking the first case of the infection in humans.

_____ (2023-09-04). More Banks to Fail? Not in North Dakota. transcend.org 1 Sep 2023 – North Dakota has the fastest growing GDP per capita in the country and its banks are thriving, backstopped by the nation's only state-owned bank.

_____ (2023-09-04). 'Peace, War and 9/11' Honors Late Peace Activist Graeme MacQueen. transcend.org 1 Sep 2023 – The Westdale cinema is hosting world premiere of "Peace, War and 9/11," a movie about the late Graeme MacQueen, founder of Centre of Peace Studies at McMaster University and a member of the TRANSCEND Network.

_____ (2023-09-04). Tracking Orwellian Change: New Meanings of "Deep State" and "Working Class" transcend.org 30 Aug 2023 – Today's theme involves once-embraced liberal terminology re-branded as right-wing and therefore infamous, false, or seditious: DEEP STATE.

_____ (2023-09-04). Why We Can't Have World Peace. transcend.org 31 Aug 2023 – We can't have world peace as long as the US government's foreign policy is to (militarily) conquer the world. Western think tanks refer to this grandiose wet dream to dominate the world as US "exceptionalism" and "hegemony."

Amanda Yee (2023-09-04). The Korean War Continues with Biden's Renewal of Travel Ban to North Korea. globalresearch.ca

David S. D'Amato (2023-09-04). 15 Ways to Practice Anarchism. counterpunch.org In his book Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life, Scott Branson argues that "anarchism is a name for something most of us already do. The name itself matters less than the doing." Anarchists are doers who refuse to wait for a perfect moment or a political revolution to begin the work of making a

Dean Baker (2023-09-04). In His Next Term, Trump Will be Forecasting the Weather. counterpunch.org That's right, he also will be telling us which drugs we can use, which planes are safe, and what chemicals in drinking water are harmful to our children. This is not a joke or an exaggeration. Trump and his advisors are quite openly talking about potentially removing 50,000 high and mid-level civil servants if he

ecsorinoco (2023-09-04). Guatemala: TSE Temporarily Overturns Semilla Party Suspension. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala denied, until the end of the electoral process on October 31, the resolution of the Registry of Citizens that temporarily cancelled the Semilla party. | The plenary of magistrates of the TSE, through a legal appeal, urged the three powers of the state to "continue to watch over the respect for the popular will manifested in the ballot boxes, along with the integrity, purity and efficacy of the electoral process." | The decision came after the winner of the elections, Bernardo Arévalo, general secretary of the Semilla party, requested that the resolution be nulled,…

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-09-04). U.S. War Crimes against the People of Japan: Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca

Eric Laursen (2023-09-04). The Unfinished Revolution of "The Joy of Sex" counterpunch.org

Julian Rose (2023-09-04). 'Human Augmentation': Warfare of the Immediate Future? globalresearch.ca

Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn, Walden Bello (2023-09-04). Anger Brews in Thailand as Establishment Unites to Foil Change. fpif.org After over three months of Thailand being put on hold as the country's political adversaries tried to figure a way out of the surprising results of the May elections, a solution was finally reached among contending parties in the third week of August. It was a victory for the establishment, a modus vivendi among its different factions. | Seasoned observers say the elements of the deal were the following: Thaksin Shinawatra, the self-exiled former prime minister, would be allowed to return to Thailand with a promise of kid's glove treatment for his alleged offenses; the Pheu Thai Party, Thaksin's personal politica…

krish-rad_ind (2023-09-04). The Real Difference Between "The East" versus "The West" theduran.com

Michael Welch (2023-09-04). The Late Graeme MacQueen and 9/11: In his Own Words. globalresearch.ca

Nick Pemberton (2023-09-04). Donald Trump is Ordinary. Donald Trump is Criminal. counterpunch.org Is Donald Trump above the law? It looks like it. Should he be above the law? In Crime and Punishment we are asked to deal with the concept of ordinary men not having the right to break the law while extraordinary men having the right to. This is not how the current world works. The

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). 47th Avante Fest concludes in Portugal with a call to advance the legacy of the April Revolution. peoplesdispatch.org The three-day festival witnessed more than 70 debates and discussions over social-political and economic issues. Numerous cultural, and sports events were also part of the annual fest organized by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and its youth…

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2023-09-04). The Japan-ROK-U.S. Summit: Destructive Trilateral Military Alliance. "Expressway to the East-West War" globalresearch.ca I am writing this paper to warn the world about the destructive impact of the trilateral military alliance that will not only kill South Korean democracy, security and economy but also widens the expressway to the East-West war. This trilateral summit was a summit of three dangerous men.

Roger Thompson (2023-09-04). World War I: When Canada Pulled Its Weight And Outperformed The US Army. counterpunch.org I respect the US military, but thanks to rampant nationalism, militarism on a grand scale, and ignorance, many Americans actually believe that it was the US that singlehandedly won World War I on the ground and in the air. For the same reasons, many Americans, especially today, believe that Canada has never pulled its weight

scorinoco (2023-09-04). Government of Colombia and FARC Dissidents Agree to Resume Ceasefire. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-09-04). Biden's DOJ Said The Craziest Thing To These Children. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-09-04). Watch The Rightwing Pretend Police Have Been Defunded. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-09-04). Honduran President Condemns Coup Attempt in Guatemala Warned by President Elect Arévalo. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2023-09-04). 'Wall of Forgotten Natives' Encampment Revived After Five Years, Gets Evicted. unicornriot.ninja On the morning of Thursday, August 24, Minnesota State Troopers clambered over an overturned car, piles of street lamps, and concrete barriers brought in to fortify the perimeter of a strip of land known as the Wall of Forgotten Natives as its roughly 140 residents moved their belongings out. When unhoused residents of Minneapolis moved …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-09-04). On the Future of Manufactured Pandemics: Origins of COVID-19, the U.S. Military's Bioweapons Program, Global Vaccine Resistance. globalresearch.ca

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). African Climate Summit will focus on green growth and call for action. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The agenda of the African Climate Summit in Kenya will focus on green growth, solutions for the financing against climate change, and a call to action to the member states of the African Union (AU) and its partners for its implementation.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Bolivian government reaffirms zero tolerance to drug trafficking. plenglish.com La Paz, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The seizure of 793 tons of narcotics in 27,647 operations in Bolivia, between November 2020 and last August, reaffirms this country's zero tolerance for drug trafficking.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Foreign control of Uruguayan meat industry causes concern. plenglish.com The announced acquisition of new refrigeration plants by the Brazilian multinational company Minerva Foods, caused alarm among rural unions and members of the Executive, whose representatives met last Friday with President Luis Lacalle Pou. | The Undersecretary of Livestock and Agriculture, Juan Ignacio Buffa, said that "a concentration process will deepen" if the purchase by Minerva goes through. "Any phenomenon of concentration of the demand for cattle in a few hands, is always a complex phenomenon and may lead to situations of lack of competitiveness and lack of alternatives for producers," Buffa added. | The…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-04). Guatemalan government teams to begin transition process. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The teams of the outgoing president Alejandro Giammattei, and the incoming president, Bernardo Arévalo, who will take office on January 14th, 2024, will begin the process of government transition.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-04). Repetition of elections abroad generates complaints in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) accumulates today several denunciations against its decision to repeat the elections abroad after the failures in the telematic voting system on August 20.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-04). Homage to Chile at Cuba's Casa de las Americas. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Casa de las Americas commemorates today the 50th anniversary of the military coup against the government of President Salvador Allende in Chile with cultural activities that will extend throughout the month of September.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-04). Cuba remembers young Italian victim of terrorism. plenglish.com In his account on X, formerTwitter, he pointed out that "(Luis) Posada Carriles and other organizers of the act, lived free in the US, whose government, with cynicism and deceit, put Cuba on the list of terrorist sponsors". | On September 4, 1997, the explosion of an explosive device placed in the lobby of the Copacabana Hotel in Havana took Di Celmo's life, and other facilities such as the Triton and Chateau-Miramar hotels and La Bodeguita del Medio restaurant suffered material damage as a result of similar actions. | The young man, 32 years old, was one of the victims of the terrorist attacks promoted by Posada…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-04). Book on popular Cuban singer to be presented. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) "Musicalísima Beatriz Márquez, un viaje de memorias", is the title of the book on the popular Cuban singer, which will be presented next Thursday at the Fayad Jamís bookstore in Havana, the cultural institution said.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-04). Cuban president welcomes start of the school year. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed the start of the 2023-2024 school year, the first to take place during 46 weeks, after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-04). Colombian Government and ELN conclude fourth cycle of peace talks. plenglish.com Bogota, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are ending this Monday in Venezuela, the fourth cycle of peace talks to find a negotiated solution to the internal conflict.

MARTY (2023-09-04). Saturday 9/23: Post Equinox/Pre Folsom 23 September SF World Naked Bike Ride & AfterParty [ #WNBRsf2023 ]. indybay.org Rincon "Cupid's Arrow" Park, The Embarcadero & Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94105…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-09-04). The Kit Carson Obelisk: Santa Fe's Cult like Worship of a Genocidal Human Trafficker and Murderer. itsgoingdown.org Historical analysis and context of the Kit Carson obelisk that was once again toppled in so-called Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Kit Carson obelisk located in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Santa Fe was knocked down again (after first being toppled in 2020) on August 31st, 2023, according to local news reports. This…

krish-rad_ind (2023-09-04). What Happened to the UN's Ability to Mediate? consortiumnews.com

Editor (2023-09-04). Chris Hedges: Our Collective Trauma is the Road to Tyranny. scheerpost.com

Joan Simon (2023-09-04). Saturday 9/23: Mark Levy-Songs of Political Satire & Struggle and Celebrate San Jose Peace & Justice Cent. indybay.org San Jose Peace and Justice Center | 48 S. Seventh Street | San Jose, CA 95112…

Editor (2023-09-04). The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-09-04). West Bank Dispatch: 120 Palestinians Arrested In Three Days. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-09-04). En alza registros de homicidios e inseguridad en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Expertos consideran que de continuar así, antes del cierre del mes de septiembre se rompería el récord de 656 asesinatos correspondiente al 2022.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Rusia destruye cuatro lanchas de Ucrania en la costa de Crimea. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa indicó que el domingo destruyó drones ucranianos sobre el mar Negro cerca de Crimea y sobre el territorio de la región de Kursk.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-09-04). Al menos 35 muertos por fuego cruzado en Jartum, Sudán. telesurtv.net Según las partes del conflicto comunicaron, que los bombardeos afectaron zonas residenciales, afectando decenas de civiles que algunos se reportan en estado grave.

Editor (2023-09-04). La intolerancia anti-LGBTQ2S+ detrás de otro crimen de odio mortal. workers.org Lauri Carleton, propietaria de una tienda de ropa en Cedar Glen, California, y firme aliada de la comunidad LGBTQ2S+, fue asesinada a sangre fría el 18 de agosto. øSu delito? Exhibir una bandera del Orgullo fuera de su tienda. El asesino, que más tarde fue tiroteado mortalmente por los agentes . . . |

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Rumanía niega caída de drones rusos en su territorio. telesurtv.net El ente castrense señaló a través de un comunicado que "niega categóricamente los informes en el espacio público".

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-09-04). Autoridades chinas emiten alerta amarilla por tifón Haikui. telesurtv.net Se espera que el fenómeno meteorológico se mueva hacia el noroeste, acercándose gradualmente a la zona costera de Fujian y Guangdong.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-04). Cumbre africana exige más fondos frente al cambio climático. telesurtv.net Los líderes africanos están decididos a ejercer una mayor influencia global y hacer que los mayores emisores de gases de efecto invernadero del mundo paguen su parte justa.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-04). Gobierno colombiano y ELN acuerdan creación de zonas humanitarias. telesurtv.net El principal negociador del ELN, Pablo Beltrán, refirió que "el cese al fuego ha estado bajo fuego".

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-09-04). Jura segundo mandato presidente de Zimbabue. telesurtv.net Durante la investidura, Mnangagwa dijo que Zimbabue había demostrado que es una "democracia madura" y que se aseguraría de que la constitución y el Estado de derecho del país fueran respetados.

teleSUR, rzr (2023-09-04). Argentina dispuesta a enfrentar fenómeno climático "El Niño" telesurtv.net El Servicio Meteorológico de Argentina explicó que el fenómeno conocido como El Niño tiene una recurrencia de entre dos y siete años.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Ordenan a Ejército mexicano conservar reportes sobre Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net El Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes señaló que el Ejército ha ocultado varios reportes.

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2023-09-04). Psicótico bypass neoconservador en Ucrania. globalizacion.ca El argumento establecido para la guerra de Ucrania comenzó a modificar su rumbo desde diciembre del 2022 con exóticas intenciones de eventuales conversaciones de paz. Algunas alertas fueron más notorias que otras, yo diría que los papeles del Pentágono llenan…

Jorge Majfud (2023-09-04). Las armas y la Constitución de EE.UU.: La administración del significado. globalizacion.ca Las constituciones nacionales suelen emplear un lenguaje abierto a las interpretaciones debido a la necesidad incluir una variedad de casos posibles mucho mayor que cualquier ley. Mucho más cuando se trata de una constitución, como la de Estados Unidos, escrita…

Leonid Savin (2023-09-04). La geopolítica de las comunicaciones submarinas. thealtworld.com El mundo está enmarañado con líneas de comunicaciones diversas: cables eléctricos, oleoductos, autopistas y ferrocarriles discurren por tierra y son visibles a simple vista. Sin embargo, los mares y océanos también sirven para transportar no sólo mercancías y recursos en barcos, sino también información y energía bajo el agua. Además de las tuberías, existen cables submarinos que conectan zonas terrestres entre continentes e islas. | Los cables submarinos pueden dividirse en dos categorías principales: los cables de energía, que transmiten electricidad, y los cables de comunicación, que se utilizan para la comuni…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-04). Expremier italiano revela que Francia intentó matar a Gadafi en 1980. telesurtv.net Giuliano Amato sostiene que un misil francés derribó un avión de pasajeros, matando a las 81 personas a bordo del vuelo nacional italiano, mientras apuntaba al entonces líder libio Muamar al Gadafi.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-04). Oposición de México oficializa a candidata a comicios de 2024. telesurtv.net Se trata de Xóchitl Gálvez. Recibió el certificado que la acredita como candidata por el Frente Amplio por México, que integra a los partidos PRI, PAN y PRD.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-09-04). Presos palestinos en huelga de hambre para el 14 de septiembre. telesurtv.net El objetivo de esta acción es la restauración de los derechos de los prisioneros y frenar las decisiones y políticas que recrudecen la vida de los palestinos recluidos.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-09-04). Suben a 77 los muertos por incendio en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Desde que se produjo el incendio, el jueves pasado, tres personas han muerto en el hospital.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-04). Ministro de Defensa de Ucrania presenta su renuncia. telesurtv.net El presidente ucraniano Volodímir Zelenski había adelantado la víspera la salida del ministro, involucrado en forma indirecta en un caso de corrupción.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-04). Rusia dispuesta a reanudar el Acuerdo de Granos del Mar Negro. telesurtv.net El presidente ruso Vladímir Putin abordó con su colega turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, las formas para destrabar el acuerdo.

Xulio Ríos (2023-09-04). Las dos recepciones de la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta. globalizacion.ca La Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta (IFR) cumple en 2023 su primera década de implementación. El tiempo transcurrido la avala como un proyecto de largo recorrido. Dos actitudes han marcado la reacción global frente a ella. | De una…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-04). Asesinan a líder comunitario en Medellín, Colombia. telesurtv.net Según reportes de medios locales, los hechos sucedieron a eso de las 10H00 (hora local) del pasado sábado, en una vivienda ubicada en la carrera 13 con calle 55.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-04). Arrestan altos militares del Congo tras masacre por protestas. telesurtv.net El presidente congoleño, Félix Tshisekedi, ordenó el viernes al Gobierno crear una comisión interministerial de investigación para dilucidar las responsabilidades por la represión violenta.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-04). Investigarán a exfiscal general y adjunto de Honduras. telesurtv.net Se dispuso en total de nueve congresistas para formar una Comisión Especial para investigar.

teleSUR, rzr, DRL (2023-09-04). Ataque armado deja cuatro muertos en Guanajuato, México. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de emergencia recibieron una denuncia por detonaciones de arma de fuego en una vivienda de la colonia La Ciudadela.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-04). Se intensifica actividad de volcán ecuatoriano Reventador. telesurtv.net Durante el último día hubo 25 explosiones, de ellas 17 con una duración prolongada. El coloso tuvo múltiples emisiones de gases y cenizas, así como de material incandescente.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Lluvias e inundaciones continuarán en gran parte de España. telesurtv.net En Madrid, los servicios de emergencia y bomberos atendieron a lo largo del fin de semana 588 incidencias causadas por el fenómeno meteorológico.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-04). China anuncia participación del primer ministro en Cumbre del G-20. telesurtv.net Los presidentes de China, Xi Jinping, y Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dos veteranos de las cumbres del G20, serán las dos principales ausencias de la cita de este fin de semana en Nueva Delhi.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Culmina cuarto ciclo de diálogo entre el Gobierno colombiano y ELN. telesurtv.net El pasado 14 de agosto inició el diálogo para abordar el cese al fuego bilateral vigente hasta febrero próximo.

teleSUR, lfb (2023-09-04). Siria y Rusia condenan politización de ente sobre armas químicas. telesurtv.net Durante el diálogo ambos diplomáticos subrayaron los vínculos históricos y las relaciones amistosas entre los das dos naciones.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-09-04). Haití rinde tributo a cientos de víctimas de violencia criminal. telesurtv.net El homenaje rindió tributo a las víctimas de las masacres de Carrefour-Feuilles Rosemberg, Tabarre y Martissant y la de Canaan.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Putin y Erdogan abordarán acuerdo sobre exportación de alimentos. telesurtv.net Vladimir Putin y Recep Tayyip Erdogan también analizarán el suministro de gas desde Rusia a Europa a través de Türkiye.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Dos muertos y tres heridos deja tiroteo en Alabama, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El tiroteo inicial ocurrió poco después de las 02H00 (hora local) en el Club Aria en la Quinta Avenida Norte.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Al menos dos muertos y tres desaparecidos por lluvias en España. telesurtv.net Se registran dos muertos y un desaparecido en la provincia de Toledo y dos desaparecidos en la Comunidad de Madrid.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-04). Guatemaltecos anuncian movilizaciones en defensa de la democracia. telesurtv.net A través de actos pacíficos, exigirán respeto al voto y la renuncia de Consuelo Porras, Rafael Curruchiche y Fredy Orellana, a quienes acusan de violentar los derechos del pueblo.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-09-04). Reportan cinco muertos y dos lesionados por colapso de edificio en India. telesurtv.net Ocurrió en la madrugada de este domingo en el en el estado de Maharashtra. El rescate de quienes quedaron bajo los escombros demoró varias horas.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-09-04). Premian en Argentina a parejas ganadoras de Mundial de Tango. telesurtv.net El certamen se realizó en el Obelisco de Buenos Aires y participaron 60 parejas, aunque se inscribieron 600.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-04). Incursión de tropas israelíes en Cisjordania deja cinco heridos. telesurtv.net También dispararon un misil dentro del campo de refugiados de Yenín.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-04). Peronismo retiene seis de siete intendencias en Mendoza, Argentina. telesurtv.net Por el espacio político del peronismo, Segio Massa, actual ministro de Economía, aspira a suceder al presidente Alberto Fernández.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-09-04). Golpista juramenta como jefe de Estado de transición en Gabón. telesurtv.net La ceremonia se realizó en el Palacio Presidencial de la Renovación en Libreville, mientras manifestaciones de apoyo al nuevo gobierno tenían lugar en los alrededores del edificio.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-09-04). Reportan alza de casos de dengue en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net En la semana epidemiológica (SE) 32 se notificaron 573 casos probables de dengue. El 39 por ciento (221 de la totalidad) se encuentra distribuidos en la provincia de Santo Domingo.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Gobierno colombiano llama a parar enfrentamientos en Arauca. telesurtv.net La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de Paz llamó a poner fin a los combates para prestar atención humanitaria a las victimas de los enfrentamientos.

Dana Sanchez (2023-08-30). Job Openings Fall To Lowest Since March 2021: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com U.S. job openings dropped in July to their lowest level since March 2021, raising questions about the robustness of the economy and hopes that the Federal Reserve will back off its course of raising interest rates 11 times in 17 months to curb inflation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday published its monthly estimate of job openings …

Fight Back (2023-09-03). Economy continues to slow even as more austerity looms. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday, September 1, the Department of Labor's report on the job market in August showed continued signs of cooling. Only 187,000 net new jobs were created, and the Labor Department adjusted down the new jobs for June and July by 130,000. This meant that the three month average was only 150,000 new jobs. In contrast, in the first three months of the year, employment grew on average by 312,000 jobs, so that the rate of job creation has been cut in half. | The official unemployment rate also rose in August to 3.8%, from 3.5% in July. The August rate was the highest since February of 2022, when the…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-09-03). Presos palestinos anuncia huelga de hambre para el14 septiembre. telesurtv.net El objetivo de esta acción es la restauración de los derechos de los prisioneros y frenar las decisiones y políticas que recrudecen la vida de los palestinos recluidos.

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