(2022-08-15). One year on, Afghanistan still a mess after U.S. military withdrawal. ecns.cn The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 last year put an end to the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, but the destruction caused by U.S.-style "freedom and democracy" still prevails one year later. Almost every Afghan is now living below the poverty line, Foreign Policy cited United Nations data as saying.
(2022-08-15). Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan: Feedback from the Middle East. journal-neo.org 
The visit of US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan was met with bewilderment and wariness in the Middle East media. This is evidenced, in particular, by the headline comments on the subject: "Taiwan after Ukraine on the American chessboard", "Controversial visit", "Why provoke China?", etc. What is the use and point for …
(2022-08-15). US Restores Backchannels With Syria Over Missing American Journalist. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has According to a report from
(2022-08-15). Celebrate International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org Discover California Pioneers of African Descent (1849-1875) as part of United Nations International Day for People of African Descent.
(2022-08-15). La farsa de la democracia en Puerto Rico bajo el colonialismo de EEUU. multipolarista.com La democracia no existe en Puerto Rico bajo el colonialismo estadounidense. El pueblo no tiene poder de decisión y no puede alcanzar la independencia a través de procesos eleccionarios amañados.
(2022-08-15). Russia willing to expand ties with N Korea: Putin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow is ready to continue the comprehensive and constructive development of bilateral relations with Pyongyang.
(2022-08-15). Arizona's Secretary of State race pits 'the guy who beat the cyber ninjas' against Trump insurrectionist. nationofchange.org An interview with Adrian Fontes, who modernized Phoenix's election system and helped hundreds of thousands of new voters during 2020's pandemic and presidential election.
(2022-08-15). WATCH NOW: The "Manchin Whisperer-For-Hire" levernews.com Jonathan Kott went from serving as Manchin's senior advisor to leading a well-funded dark money group that spent millions to crush Sen. Bernie Sanders' (Ind.-Vt.) 2020 presidential bid, and then back to Capitol Hill.As The Lever
(2022-08-15). WorkWeek: Fight Against Attack On Parker Liberation School, CCSF Parcel Tax & UAW Ranks. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Fight Against Attack On Parker Liberation School & Regressive CCSF Parcel Tax For SF Community College Rank & File At UAW 2022 Convention Delegates Push Against Two Tier & For Democracy | CCSF HEAT On What's wrong with the City College of San Francisco Parcel Tax Initiative | drive.google.com/file/d/143rJV_ylQblMiq_lGD29cFV0rKFYna_K/view | Summary: | CCSF Higher Education Action Team (HEAT) welcomes more money for public education, but the San Francisco Workforce Education and Reinvestment in the Community Success Act (SF WERCS) initiative is not the way to support City College of San…
(2022-08-15). Presidente peruano agradece apoyo de líderes de Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net Los Gobiernos de Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador y México emitieron este sábado un comunicado conjunto en el cual se pronunciaron en favor de la democracia en Perú.
(2022-08-15). Nacionaltrumpismo, el show y su campaña de retorno a la Casa Blanca. globalizacion.ca Desde los ataques a las Torres Gemelas y al Pentágono el 11 de septiembre de 2001, Estados Unidos inició las guerras "antiterroristas" con la adopción de la Doctrina de la Autodefensa Anticipatoria, que significa atacar antes de ser atacado. | El…
(2022-08-15). Activists disrupt weapons conference. greenleft.org.au Peace Action Meanjin disrupted a science, technology, engineering and math education and defence conference to call for weapons companies to be banned from primary and secondary schools. Kerry Smith reports.
(2022-08-15). Congresistas de EEUU visitan Taiwán, China denuncia provocación y advierte sobre repuesta contundente. cubadebate.cu Menos de dos semanas después de que la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, visitara Taiwán, una delegación de congresistas llegó a esa isla para reunirse con autoridades locales. China rechazó ese paso, acusó a Washington de buscar una confrontación y advirtió que habrá una respuesta contundente a la nueva provocación.
(2022-08-15). Chinese ambassador to India talks about China's position on China-India relations. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to India H.E. Sun Weidong held a roundtable briefing on Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region on Saturday. At the briefing, Sun also introduced China's position on China-India relations.
(2022-08-15). Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency in the US: What's that mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been over 6,600 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S., with all but two states, Montana and Wyoming, reporting at least one. Dr. Richard Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, explains what the declaration means. "The declaration allows more flexibility to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the…
(2022-08-14). More US Lawmakers Travel to Taiwan After Pelosi Visit. news.antiwar.com Another group of US lawmakers The delegation is being led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and is expected to meet with high-level Taiwanese officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen. The delegation also includes House Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a Republ…
(2022-08-14). Is The US Inflation Reduction Act A Case Of Too Little Too Late? popularresistance.org Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News analyzes the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act which seeks to address inflation, climate change, and healthcare. | The US Senate (and subsequently the House of Representatives) passed the Inflation Reduction Act that seeks to tackle issues of inflation, climate change and health care. Will the provisions in the law actually help address these issues? Will the Democrats gain an electoral advantage in the October mid-terms due to this law? Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains.
(2022-08-14). For The American Empire, Hypocrisy And War Go Hand In Hand. popularresistance.org Much of the world held its breath as Nancy Pelosi circled around the Philippines to sneak into Taiwan late in the evening on August 2nd, 2022. The fear was that Pelosi's trip would initiate a broader war between China and the United States. Taiwan is China's "red line." This was no secret to Pelosi or the Biden administration. China had sent numerous warnings from a variety of channels in the days leading up the trip. | While Pelosi entered and left Taiwan unscathed, her stunt placed already fragile U.S.-China relations in their worst condition yet. As expected, China took decisive measures in response to the U.S…
(2022-08-14). US-China Climate Talks In Tatters. popularresistance.org Less than 100 days before the world's leaders meet in Egypt to tackle the climate crisis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's incendiary trip to Taiwan leaves climate cooperation between the U.S. and China in tatters. | It was only last year, in 2021, that U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua issued a joint statement to strengthen the Paris Agreement by adopting "long-term strategies aimed at net zero GHG emissions" to keep the world's temperature below 2 degrees Celsius, with the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. | Such collaboration is urgently needed if the world is…
(2022-08-14). A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People. tomdispatch.com The American military is now having trouble recruiting enough soldiers. According to the New York Times, its ranks are short thousands of entry-level troops and it's on track to face the worst recruitment crisis since the Vietnam War ended, not long after the draft was eliminated. Mind you, it's not that the military doesn't have the resources for recruitment drives. Nearly every political figure in Washington, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, invariably agrees on endlessly adding to the Pentagon's already staggering budget. In fact, it's nearly the only thing they…
(2022-08-14). US Commits a Perfect Murder in Kabul. "The Reliability of Biden's Version" globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-14). Biden's Assassination of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Was Illegal. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-14). Intelligentsia Workers Vote To Unionize. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois- Managers at Intelligentsia Coffee closed their five Chicago stores two hours early July 5 to call its cafe workers to a mandatory meeting. A month earlier, baristas had filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board, hoping to join International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1220 (IBEW).Management sent anti-union mailers to employees in response, using the slogan, "Be Curious." | Intelligentsia CEO James McLaughlin told workers they had no need for a union because they were treated so well already. Managers refused to answer any of the workers' quest…
(2022-08-14). The Stealth Plan For Medicare For All. popularresistance.org Some advocates of a publicly funded universal health care system have predicted that its creation is inevitable because of the "death spiral" of insurance costs. This term refers to the fact that as costs of insurance rise, fewer people can afford it, leading to a new round of rising premiums and out-of-pocket costs. If this cycle were allowed to continue indefinitely, it would be only a matter of time before the medical insurance industry priced its product out of existence. | In a rational world, this simple fact would lead Congress to do what every other industrialized nation has done; create a publicly funded…
(2022-08-14). Why Was Former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Estate Raided? globalresearch.ca The Mar-a-Lago raid was not about a bunch of documents that Trump may have taken with him from the White House. It was about much more. And it is not over yet. US Attorney General Merrick Garland intimated that never before in the Justice Department's 152-year history, was such an extensive investigation of a former President carried out.
(2022-08-14). U.S. Congress passes Democratic bill on tax, health care, climate. ecns.cn U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval.
(2022-08-14). Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Campaign to Destabilize the Trump Presidency. Regime Change in America. globalresearch.ca We are dealing with a carefully planned operation, a "conspiracy" in the true sense of the word. In recent developments, the FBI investigation is being quoted by the media as evidence that Trump is "wittingly or unwittingly" an agent of the Kremlin…
(2022-08-14). SDF Says It Killed Turkish Intelligence Spy, Captured Two Others In Syria's Al-Hasakah. southfront.org Click to see full-size image, source: sdf-press.com | On August 14, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that a Syrian spy of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Mƒ∞T, was killed and two others were captured during a recent raid by its fighters in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah. | The raid took place in the village of Tell Brak in the northeastern al-Hasakah countryside on August 11. In a statement, the SDF said that the three spies wer…
(2022-08-14). US congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) — A US congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, officials said, days after China held military drills around the island in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit.
(2022-08-13). Responses Among The Left To FBI Raid Against Trump. thedissenter.org On this week's Unauthorized Disclosure episode, Ben Norton discusses some responses from people on the left to FBI raiding Donald Trump's estate.
(2022-08-13). West Will Brush Ukraine Biolab Allegations Under the Carpet Just Like Those of Kosovo Organ Trafficking. libya360.wordpress.com Aleksandar Pavic Western narrative control kicks into overdrive to shift blame, whitewash culprits, or make sure inconvenient lines of questioning are never pursued. In crisis after crisis, Western narrative control kicks into overdrive to shift blame, whitewash culprits, or make sure inconvenient lines of questioning are never pursued Soon after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's…
(2022-08-13). VIDEO: Anti-Blockade Activists Reflect on Fidel Castro's Life and Legacy. liberationnews.org 
Liberation News spoke with anti-blockade activists about what they learned at the Fidel Castro Center and their reflection on his legacy.
(2022-08-13). 96th anniversary of Fidel Castro's birth: "Fidel's Guidance in All of Cuba's Struggles" liberationnews.org 
Cuban leaders continue Fidel's legacy especially in times of crisis…
(2022-08-13). Cuba Homenaje a Fidel en su 96 cumpleaños. globalizacion.ca Los cubanos rinden especial tributo por estos días al líder histórico de su Revolución, Fidel Castro, de quien hablan con una mezcla de admiración, respeto y añoranza, pero siempre lo hacen en presente, pese a su partida física. | Para los…