(2023-08-10). TX School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Texas School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist Academic Arrested; Dr Mutulu Shakur Presente!
(2023-08-09). War in Africa and War in the Americas: Accelerating the End of White World Supremacy. orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Aug 2, 2023 | The structural crisis of capitalism in its neoliberal form has created a legitimacy crisis for the capitalist rulers, making the use of force a permanent strategy for maintaining their dominance. (from the The US recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ar…
(2023-08-09). Ukrainian Drone Strikes On Moscow On August 1-9 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 1, Ukrainian UAV was shot down by Russian air defense forces over the Odintsovo district; | On August 1, Ukrainian UAV was shot down by Russian air defense forces over the Naro-Fominsk district; | On August 1, Ukrainian UAV was suppressed by Russian electronic warfare means and crashed on the territory of Moscow City business center; | On August 9, Ukrainian UAV was shot down by Russian air defense forces over the Odintsovo district; | On August 9, Ukrainia…
(2023-08-09). Professor Michel Chossudovsky: Bill Gates made a fortune from insider trading in 2020. expose-news.com Giving testimony at a citizen's inquiry in Canada in May, Professor Michel Chossudovsky said that certain covid announcements made by the World Health Organisation Director-General in 2020 led to stock market crashes. …
(2023-08-10). How 'urban renewal' went from a vision for public good to a private enrichment scheme. therealnews.com 
America's numerous struggling cities face the unenviable task of addressing crumbling physical and social infrastructure, housing and affordability crises, and unemployment on shoestring budgets (after you account for the massive slices handed to police) and public debt. In the age of neoliberalism, the solution is all too often to turn to the private sector—which usually only results in an upward transfer of public wealth into private hands without substantial improvement to the problems at hand. Urban development, particularly in a city like Baltimore, is especially egregious in this regard. But it…
(2023-08-10). Russian Reconciliation Center Reports More U.S. Violations Of Syria's Airspace. southfront.org 
An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 63rd Fighter Squadron lands during a storm July 12, 2019, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aspen Reid) | United States-led coalition fighter jets and drones violated Syrian airspace 12 times in the past day, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said on August 9."In the area of al-Tanf, 12 violations were recorded over the past day by a pair of F-16 fighters, two pairs of F-35 fight…
(2023-08-10). Ukraine Launches Another Attack On Russian Territory As Counteroffensive Fails (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On August 10, Ukraine launched an attack with suicide drones on the Russian regions of Kaluga and Moscow as well as the city of Sevestapol in the Crimean Peninsula. | In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the attack was thwarted with air defense systems and electronic warfare means."Last night, the Kiev regime's attempts to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles were thwarted over the Kaluga and Moscow regions, and the city of Sevastopol,"
(2023-08-09). Russia Says It Shot Down More Drones Headed Toward Moscow. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it shot down two drones overnight that were headed toward Moscow as there's been a significant uptick in Ukrainian attacks on the capital city. "An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Moscow Region was …
(2023-08-10). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com 
Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.
(2023-08-10). The Lobos Gang Denies Responsibility for Villavicencio's Murder. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Wolves gang (Los Lobos) denied having assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio on Wednesday afternoon in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. | RELATED: | Previously, social networks circulated a video in which hooded men carrying weapons swore to be "the Wolves" and claimed to be the perpetrators of the murder of Villavicencio. | These men said that the presidential candidate was assassin…
(2023-08-10). U.S. Activists Arrested at European Air Bases Protesting U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stationed There. democracynow.org 
As the world marks 78 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we speak with two activists arrested while protesting the placement of U.S. nuclear weapons in the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries as a violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for NATO's so-called nuclear sharing program. "We're very concerned about the legality," says Susan Crane, who was arrested Tuesday during protests at the Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands. We also speak with John LaForge, co-director of Nukewatch, who just served a 50-day sentence in Germany for a simila…
(2023-08-10). Two Killed In Clash Between Hezbollah And Supporters Of Right-Wing Party In Lebanon (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On August 9, two people were killed in Lebanon in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah fighters and the supporters of an opposing right-wing party at the Christian village of Kahale which is located some 12 kilometers to the southeast of Beirut. | The clash broke out after a truck overturned on a road cutting through Kahale, which residents claim was carrying weapons for the powerful Shiite armed group. A member of Hezbollah and a resident of the village were kille…
(2023-08-09). Welcome To The Slaughterhouse. popularresistance.org On Saturday, July 22nd, some 80 peace and justice organizers from Vermont, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Long Island, New York City and upstate New York went to Scranton to focus on what the Ukrainians and the President of the United States say is the most important weapons needed: 155 mm artillery shells. And, now too, cluster munitions of the type that take the form of 155 mm shell-like casings packed with 72 small grenades that can disperse over a 600 feet diameter target area when released from the shell casing after it is fired.