(2022-08-31). Militants kill at least 40 villagers in east Congo attacks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Suspected militants killed at least 40 civilians in a string of attacks on several villages in the east Democratic Republic of Congo between Thursday and Monday, a local human rights group and a hospital worker said Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). Faced With US 'Decapitation Drill'/DPRK Korea Missile Launch Is Self-Defense. orinocotribune.com By Sara Flounders Aug 26, 2022 | The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of two missiles Aug. 17 as threatening, aggressive and paranoid. What most media failed to report was the prior U.S. military exercises with Japan and South Korea off Hawai'i, in preparation for extensive war exercises off Korea, that provoked the DPRK's two warning shots. | An Aug. 19 article in the Daily Beast, an online news website, headlined a longer and upcoming military land, sea and air exercise this way: "U.S. to Enrage Kim Jong Un With Assassination Dry Run." The article then r…
(2022-08-31). Betting On A Wall Street Path To Congress. levernews.com In one of 2022's final contested congressional primaries between progressives and the Democratic establishment, party leaders are coalescing around a Rhode Island official who has used retirees' savings to pay more than a half a billion dollars in fees for high-risk financial investments.The schemes backed by General Treasurer Seth Magaziner delivered subpar returns for teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers already hit by
(2022-08-31). Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security. juancole.com By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University | The Justice Department on Aug. 26, 2022, released an affidavit written by an FBI special agent that was used to obtain a court order for the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate for documents related to national defense and other government records. Large …
(2022-08-31). Beggars in Surplus: Australia's University Gangsters. dissidentvoice.org With the election of a new government in Australia in May, the begging bowls were being readied by administrators in the university sector. Bloated, ungainly, ruthless and uneven in quality, the country's universities, for the most part, had inadvertently made their case for more public funding harder. Initially ravaged by poor investment decisions, notably in …
(2022-08-31). Manifesto falls short in addressing the socio-ecological crisis. greenleft.org.au Hans Baer reviews Living Democracy: An ecological manifesto for the end of the world as we know it.
(2022-08-31). Biden to address nation on threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.
(2022-08-31). YDSA helps kick Will Lehman volunteers from public event at Wayne State University in Detroit. wsws.org On Monday at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) campus president Harrison Cole orchestrated the police removal of a table set up by volunteers for rank-&-file autoworker Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president.
(2022-08-31). Nineteen months after January 6, Biden discovers the threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.
(2022-08-31). Steps Left for Electing Progressives and Defeating Republicans in the Midterms. indybay.org Threat of fascism is real but disaster can be avoided…
(2022-08-31). "Do not drink the water": More than 180,000 without running water in Jackson, Mississippi. wsws.org It is expected that water for many of those in the state's most populous city will have to be provided "for an unknown period of time," according to Republican Governor Tate Reeves, who declared a state of emergency Monday.
(2022-08-31). Medicare Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging the Patients While Enriching the Insurer. juancole.com By Leonard Rodberg | ( Commondreams.org) Advocates of universal health care are currently battling the effort by corporate forces, both outside and within the Medicare, to privatize the portion of the program that is now fully public. These corporate interests aim to insert between Medicare and the medical professionals who actually provide care …
(2022-08-31). Denuncian a empresarios por acciones antidemocráticas en Brasil. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la autoridad judicial, la agrupación reúne a grandes empresarios de distintas partes del país.
(2022-08-30). US sends Ukraine $228 million per day in military aid to wage proxy war on Russia. multipolarista.com The Joe Biden administration pledged Ukraine $39.87 billion in military aid between February and August 2022, for an average of $228 million per day, fueling a brutal proxy war causing tens of thousands of deaths.
(2022-08-30). US Citizens and the Media's Take on Ukraine's Zelenskyy. journal-neo.org 
Taking into account comments on the article "US Citizens and Media on Russia's Actions in Ukraine," published by the New Eastern Outlook, and readers' inquiries about what Americans themselves and the American media are saying about the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, the following selection of materials on this issue is proposed. As Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder …
(2022-08-30). The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries. aclu.org Every person accused of a crime is entitled to a jury of their peers. While this is a fundamental right, it is not the case in death penalty trials. Jury selection in death penalty trials is unconstitutionally discriminatory and exclusionary because of a process called "death qualification," which prosecutors use to exclude jurors. | Here's how it works: To serve on a death penalty jury, potential jurors must declare to prosecutors that they are willing to impose the death penalty. This assertion makes them — "death qualified." Death qualification is as sinister as it sounds, and it's demonstrably racist…
(2022-08-30). Biden to Ask Congress to Approve $1.1 Billion Arms Sale for Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is planning to ask Congress to approve a $1.1 billion arms sale for Taiwan that includes anti-ship missiles and anti-air missiles, The arms package will include 60 Harpoon anti-ship missiles worth $355 million, 100 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles worth $85.6 million, and$655.4 million for a surveillance radar contract extension. | Once the Biden administration notifies Congress of its intent to make the sale…
(2022-08-30). Arizona Governor Latest US Official to Visit Taiwan, Trip to Focus on Semiconductors. news.antiwar.com Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) arrived in Taiwan Tuesday, Ducey's visit will focus on semiconductors as Taiwan's largest chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), is building a $12 billion facility in Arizona. | The US is trying to entice Taiwan's chip makers to build more factories inside the US after President Biden signed into law the CHIP…
(2022-08-30). 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds. commondreams.org "Biden should immediately reverse his executive order," said one humanitarian. "With millions of Afghans impoverished and starving, the U.S. must return to the Afghan people what is rightfully theirs."
(2022-08-30). Joe Biden's Demand of 'Unconditional Surrender' to Russia Will Fail. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-30). "The Rank-and-File needs to be brought back!": As West Coast dockworkers approach two months without a contract, casual worker calls for unity. wsws.org The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has kept workers on the job without a deal, in maneuvers coordinated with the Pacific Maritime Association and the Biden Administration.
(2022-08-30). Estados Unidos Ted Cruz, "tough as Texas" globalizacion.ca ´Duro como Texas" es lo que leemos al entrar en tedcruz.org, el website personal de Rafael Edward Cruz, hijo de un cubano exilado devenido predicador bautista y de una norteamericana. Ted Cruz ahora es senador republicano por el Estado de…
(2022-08-30). Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Scheme Is Unforgivable. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org 
This autumn will be a momentous time for China in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …
(2022-08-30). If Biden Can Cancel Some Student Debt, He Can Cancel All Student Debt In The US. popularresistance.org "I cosigned for 70K in loans to put my disabled grandchild through a private college that would meet his specific needs," said a 70-year-old debtor I met during the Debt Collective's virtual older debtors' assembly in mid-August. "I don't think I'll be able to pay off these loans in my lifetime," another debtor told me. | As I listened to these stories in a Zoom breakout room, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the conclusion that debt controls the lives of millions of people in the U.S., especially our most vulnerable. The Debt Collective, the nation's first debtors' union, is known for opening and facilita…
(2022-08-30). Organizers Have Fought For Debt Cancellation For Over A Decade. popularresistance.org Following over a decade of activism against the United States' massive student debt crisis, President Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for tens of millions of low and middle-income Americans. | Many organizers, whose work made the announcement possible, have viewed the news as a major victory for their movement. However, they also see it as just a small first step in a country where many borrowers — especially Black and Brown borrowers — are saddled with far deeper debts, and the root causes of educational inequity remain largely unaddressed. | "T…
(2022-08-30). Famous 'Black Swan' Author And Philosopher: American Universities Should Pay For Debt Forgiveness. moguldom.com Universities, not taxpayers, should pay for student loan debt forgiveness, author Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote in a tweet critical of liberal arts degrees. Many have argued that President Joe Biden's $10,000 college student loan debt cancellation will benefit Black students and help close the racial wealth gap as Black students hold a disproportionate amount of …
(2022-08-30). PSL Editorial — Reject Biden's plan for 100,000 more cops on the streets. liberationnews.org 
President Biden gave a major speech in Pennsylvania today on crime and policing as part of the roll out of his "Safer America Plan" — and his ongoing effort to slander and distance himself from the historic 2020 mass movement that shook the racist foundations of this country.
(2022-08-30). How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms. scheerpost.com 
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican Party is very well-positioned to win control of the House and has a decent chance of also gaining a majority in the Senate. But demagoguery …
(2022-08-30). The Stakes in Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez Aug 25, 2022 | Ahead of October's election, with leftist Lula leading the polls, fears are rising of a Bolsonaro coup — meaning it's the entirety of Brazil's democracy at stake. | After four years of a right-wing Bolsonaro government, Brazilians will vote for a new president on 2 October 2022. Former president Lula—currently high in the polls—is confronting an increasingly delirious incumbent, who appears to have threatened violent unconstitutional action should he lose. | Bolsonaro's victory came two years after the impeachment of Workers' Party president Dilma Rous…
(2022-08-30). Why Any Political 'Scientist' Who Calls U.S. a "Democracy" Is a Fake — NO Scientist. southfront.org 
Written by Eric Zuesse Scientific empirical studies have uniformly proven that the U.S. Government is not a democracy (not a one-person-one-vote operation,…
(2022-08-30). U.S. to end free at-home COVID test program this week. ecns.cn The U.S. government will end its distribution of free COVID-19 testing kits to Americans on Friday due to lack of funding, U.S. media reported, citing senior Biden administration officials.
(2022-08-30). 'Protect These Giants,' Say 122K Public Comments Urging Biden to Conserve Old-Growth Forests. commondreams.org "By letting old-growth and mature trees grow, we'll be safeguarding carbon, clean water and air, and biodiversity," said one campaigner. "Our climate and future generations depend on it."
(2022-08-30). America Still Doesn't Designate Violent Domestic Extremists as Terrorists. commondreams.org Republicans have made it politically impossible either to update statutes or shape social expectations to deal effectively with domestic terrorist threats.
(2022-08-30). Millions of women planning to vote in November to preserve abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
If Democrats defy history and retain majorities in the U.S. House and Senate in November, the day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to an abortion may be seen forever as the day millions of women decided to vote this year to change the direction of the country in favor of democracy. …
(2022-08-30). The Science Of College Debt In Black America: 11 Actual Facts And Numbers Black America Needs To Know. moguldom.com 
Since President Joe Biden announced his administration would forgive up to $20,000 in student loans per borrower, the conversation surrounding college debt has reached pitch. Some are celebrating the move, others have criticized it as too little too late, while others are outraged at the announcement and see it as giving an undeserved bailout to people who …
(2022-08-30). Mexican union activists report progress, but highlight obstacles to independent unions. peoplesworld.org 
GUADALAJARA, Mexico—Long-oppressed Mexican workers have new opportunities for free, fair, and pro-worker unionization and union elections south of the U.S. border, a panel of female union reform-oriented activists says. Thanks to Mexican legal and structural reforms the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement mandates, the group reports progress in that cause, despite several big roadblocks, from male machismo to …
(2022-08-30). Abrams, Georgia Dems call midterms 'unfinished business'. peoplesworld.org 
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Four years ago, Georgia Democrats had a contested primary for governor because the party's old guard didn't believe in Stacey Abrams. She routed their alternative and, in a close general election loss, established herself as de facto party boss in a newfound battleground state. That previewed 2020, when Joe Biden put …
(2022-08-30). Estados Unidos registra más de 17.400 casos de viruela del mono. telesurtv.net Caber destacar que la administración de Joe Biden ha sido objeto de críticas por su respuesta al brote de la enfermedad.
(2022-08-30). Latinoamérica ante el lento e inexorable ocaso de un imperio. globalizacion.ca La visita de la Presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Nancy Pelosi a Taiwán el día 2 de agosto no fue un acto casual ni menos una inadvertida "gaffe diplomática" Washington, sino una provocación premeditada que puso…
(2022-08-29). Ukraine And The Politics Of Permanent War. popularresistance.org No one, including the most bullish supporters of Ukraine, expect the nation's war with Russia to end soon. The fighting has been reduced to artillery duels across hundreds of miles of front lines and creeping advances and retreats. Ukraine, like Afghanistan, will bleed for a very long time. This is by design. | On August 24, the Biden administration announced yet another massive military aid package to Ukraine worth nearly $3 billion. It will take months, and in some cases years, for this military equipment to reach Ukraine. In another sign that Washington assumes the conflict will be a long war of attrition it w…
(2022-08-29). US Sends Warships Through The Taiwan Strait For First Time Since Pelosi Visit. popularresistance.org Two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday in the first such US operation since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taipei at the beginning of August. | The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville made the passage through the Strait. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) slammed the provocation and said it tracked the US warships as they made the transit. | "The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command warned the US vessels and monitored their entire passage. We are fully aware of their activities. Troops of…
(2022-08-29). DPRK Korea Is Faced With US 'Decapitation Drill'. popularresistance.org The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of two missiles Aug. 17 as threatening, aggressive and paranoid. What most media failed to report was the prior U.S. military exercises with Japan and South Korea off Hawai'i, in preparation for extensive war exercises off Korea, that provoked the DPRK's two warning shots. | An Aug. 19 article in the Daily Beast, an online news website, headlined a longer and upcoming military land, sea and air exercise this way: "U.S. to Enrage Kim Jong Un With Assassination Dry Run." The article then reads: | "For the first time in years, j…
(2022-08-29). Biden Advisor Trey Baker Leaving White House For Law Firm, Helped Black American Outreach. moguldom.com Blaxit from President Joe Biden's White House continues. Over the last few months, the administration has seen a number of key Black staffers quit. The latest is Biden advisor Trey Baker, who recently announced he would be leaving his post as senior White House adviser for public engagement to join a private law firm. Biden …
(2022-08-29). Lee Jae-myung is On his Way to Success, the Question is its Price. journal-neo.org 
On August 28, 2022, the Democratic Party of Korea will hold a National Assembley to elect a new leader. A heated debate is expected as key factions within the party seek to set the rules in their favor and intra-party infighting is not out of step with the Conservatives. It should be recalled that the …
(2022-08-29). Remembering When Civil Rights Leaders Al Sharpton And Roy Innis Threw Hands On TV Show. moguldom.com Roy Innis and the Reverend Al Sharpton were two of New York City's most prominent Black community activists in the 1980s. But they were on different ends of the spectrum. Innis was conservative, while Sharpton was a solid Democrat. Innis was the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality from 1968 until his death. …