(2024-08-30). "Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of The Second Sex" — Book Review. mronline.org 
Belle and Beauvoir proves to be a much needed contribution on a neglected topic. Importantly, it comes at a time when theorists are calling for both greater conceptual clarity on how systems like capitalism and racism interact as well a return to the thought of Black women Marxists and communists.
(2024-08-30). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.
(2024-08-30). Ukraine Loses 17% of its F-16 Force And Other Bad News (For Ukraine, that is). sonar21.com 
Lt. Col. Oleksii Mas | Well, that did not take too long. The first of Ukraine's six F-16 combat jets is kaput, along with the Ukrainian pilot. Several possibilities for its demise — it was destroyed by Russian missiles while in the hangar, or the plane was shot down while trying to fend off the Russian drone/missile attack on Monday, or the pilot panicked and crashed while trying to engage a missile. Who knows? But this much I do know — cue up Freddy Mercury, it is time for some Queen. | My friend, Stephen Bryen, provides an excellent summary of the various accounts of what may have happened.
(2024-08-30). Ukraine says US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed, killing pilot. aljazeera.com The crash is the first involving an F-16 since they began arriving in Ukraine late last month.
(2024-08-30). Ukraine says US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed, killing pilot. aljazeera.com The crash is the first involving in an F-16 since they began arriving in Ukraine late last month.
(2024-08-30). Ukrainian MP Exposes Zelensky? F-16 Jet Downed By U.S.-Made Weapon & Not Russia? | Kursk | Putin. hindustantimes.com Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuglaya claimed that an F-16 crashed after being hit by a US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system during Russia's attack on August 26. Bezuglaya blamed the discoordination between the units of the Ukrainian military behind the crash. Meanwhile, Kyiv has set up a special commission to investigate the cause of the F-16's crash.
(2024-08-30). Stars Carlos Alcaraz and Naomi Osaka crash out of US Open in shock defeats. aljazeera.com Alcaraz crumbled against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp while Osaka lost to Czech Karolina Muchova.
(2024-08-30). Lamola welcomes Norway's support to help resolve SA's triple challenges. sanews.gov.za Lamola welcomes Norway's support to help resolve SA's triple challenges | South Africa's triple challenges of unemployment, inequality, and poverty persist, and Norway's ongoing support and cooperation to enable the country to resolve these pressing development issues is greatly appreciated. | This is according to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister, Ronald Lamola who spoke during the opening remarks on the Working Visit of Norway Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. | Norway is one of the biggest investors in renewable energy in South Africa and is working towards deliverin…
aa.com.tr (2024-08-30). 20 Palestinians, including children, killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Warplanes, drones target Nuseirat refugee camp, neighborhoods in Gaza City and Khan Younis,
imemc.org (2024-08-30). Day 328: Israeli Missiles Kill And Injure Dozens In Gaza
Day 328 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles, and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, in various parts of the devastated, destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip. ⚪ A girl was killed and many Palestinians were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with artillery shelling and gunfire from military vehicles and drones in areas northwest of Nuseirat and northeast of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
(2024-08-30). Sionistas en Cisjordania: Nuevo cuento de dolor y lucha. cubadebate.cu Luego del fracaso de la inteligencia militar israelí con toda su tecnología, por primera vez desde 2002 Israel usa aviones de combate F16 y drones para derribar a palestinos en Cisjordania.
(2024-08-30). Hostages Forum slams Netanyahu over decision to keep army on Philadelphi route. haaretz.com Senior WHO official says Israeli army agreed to humanitarian pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccine campaign ‚ñ Iran further increased stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN watchdog says ‚ñ EU's top diplomat invites member states to weigh sanctioning Israeli ministers for advocating war crimes ‚ñ 16 killed in West Bank in past day, Palestinian health ministry says ‚ñ France's Macron, U.K.'s Starmer reiterate call for 'immediate cease-fire'…
(2024-08-30). Hungary Warns Against Allowing Long-Range Strikes Inside Russia. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto warned against allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to launch long-range strikes inside Russia. "If long-range attacks hit the territory of Russia, then the risk of escalation will only increase," Szijjarto wrote on Facebook ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. "We don't want this." …
(2024-08-30). US Rushes Weapons Shipments to Israel. scheerpost.com
(2024-08-30). Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Threat to World Peace. History and Analysis. globalresearch.ca This carefully researched article by John Steinbach on Israel's nuclear arsenal was first published by Global Research in March 2002. | "Should war break out in the Middle East again,… or should any Arab nation fire missiles against Israel, as the …
(2024-08-30). Ireland warns airlines to refrain from carrying Israeli munition. newarab.com 
Aircraft transporting weapons and military equipment for Israel have been prohibited from using It came after the Irish transport ministry was investigating allegations that munitions for the Israeli forces were transported through Irish airspace, according to a report by The Ditch news site. | At least four civil flights carrying munitions to weapons manufacturers and contractors in Tel Aviv occurred this year, the news site reported. | Irish premier Simon Harris said on Tuesday that the transport ministry wa…
(2024-08-30). Nuclear War Is "On the Table". Build Awareness. Say No to A Two Trillion Dollar Nuclear Weapons Program! globalresearch.ca Will the US launch "Mini-nukes" against Iran in Retaliation for Tehran's "Non-compliance"?
(2024-08-30). On Cam: Russia's Nuclear-Capable Missile Hits Ukraine's Hangar 'Hiding' US & German Weapons | Kursk. hindustantimes.com Russian forces continue to hunt and destroy Ukraine's Western weaponry amid the Kursk incursion. Russian forces bombed a Ukrainian military hangar storing Western weapons in the Sumy region. Russia's nuclear-capable Iskander-M tactical missile system destroyed the hangar on August 29, according to the ministry of defence. On August 28, a Russian fighter jet destroyed a hangar storing U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS.
(2024-08-30). A Looming Nuclear Catastrophe. counterpunch.org There is no greater strategic madness than the belief that nuclear superiority must be maintained at each rung of the nuclear ladder in order to maintain deterrence. U.S. weapons technology was a major driver of escalation dominance throughout the 1950s and 1960s along with the belief that the Soviet Union would move to a level of nuclear conflict that the United States could not counter. "Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb" parodied these fears, and the arms control and disarmament developments of the 1970s and 1980s helped to defuse them. Sadly, the Biden administration has t…
(2024-08-29). US-Made F-16 Crashes in Ukraine, Killing Ukrainian Pilot. news.antiwar.com
(2024-08-29). The Paradox of Progress for Black Americans. otherwords.org As the country moves rapidly toward the 2024 elections, Black Americans are experiencing the best economic conditions they've had in generations. Record low unemployment rates, record low poverty rates, and record high levels of income and wealth paint a picture of Black prosperity. | Yet African Americans remain mired in great economic insecurity, reflected in their low opinion of the economy, widespread asset poverty, and ongoing economic inequality between Black and white households. | The best Black economy in generations, in short, isn't enough. To overcome centuries of inequality, we'll need dedicated publi…
(2024-08-29). Call to place young people in critical infrastructure projects. sanews.gov.za Call to place young people in critical infrastructure projects | Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has emphasised that every project, from ideation to implementation, must include the upskilling, reskilling, and placement of young people, through emerging industrialist apprenticeships.
Chikunga was speaking at the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) learning event on youth unemployment crisis and gender equity.
"The country is currently facing a situation where seri…
(2024-08-29). Deaths of Delta maintenance workers underscore urgent need for union representation. peoplesworld.org 
ATLANTA—Two Delta Airlines workers were killed and another grievously injured on Tuesday when a tire on a Boeing 757 plane exploded during maintenance at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport at the mile-wide Delta TechOps maintenance facility. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it has opened an investigation, while Delta said it was "working with authorities." The …
(2024-08-29). El movimiento por la paz insta a la gobernadora Whitmer a que deje de apoyar la fábrica de misiles de Michigan. peoplesworld.org 
GRAYLING, Michigan—Los activistas de la organización por la paz CodePink están animando a los residentes de Michigan a que escriban a la gobernadora Gretchen Whitmer en oposición al posible desarrollo de una instalación de municiones en el estado por parte de una empresa de misiles. Saab AB, una empresa aeroespacial y armamentística sueca, anunció a …
(2024-08-29). "They Want Palestine Empty": Artist in Jenin Blasts U.S. Support for Israel Amid West Bank Assault. democracynow.org 
At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and 30 more wounded in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has launched its largest military operation in two decades. Israeli forces have simultaneously raided four cities and refugee camps in the north, with hundreds of soldiers backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers, fighter jets and drones. Much of the violence has been centered on Jenin, a frequent target of raids by Israeli forces, but this latest military operation is the largest since the Second Intifada. Ahmed Tobasi, artistic director at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp, says Israel's tactics are…
(2024-08-29). Resident of Jenin Says US Public Must Oppose Israel's Actions in West Bank. truthout.org At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and 30 more wounded in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has launched its largest military operation in two decades. Israeli forces have simultaneously raided four cities and refugee camps in the north, with hundreds of soldiers backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers, fighter jets and drones. Much of the violence has been centered on Jenin… |
(2024-08-29). Headlines for August 29, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Kill Another 68 Palestinians in Gaza; Mother of First Polio Patient Decries Baby's Fate, WFP Suspends Staff Travel in Gaza After Israel Attacks Convoy, Israel Escalates Invasion of Occupied West Bank, Kills at Least 18 Palestinians, EU Weighs Sanctions on Israeli Ministers Propagating "Hate Messages Against Palestinians", Egypt Rejects Israeli Troops on Border; Namibia Blocks Vessel Heading to Israel with Weapons, U.S. Rejects Resumption of Nuclear Talks After Overture by Iran, Hong Kong Convicts Pro-Democracy Editors of Stand News of Sedition, U.S. National Security Adviser Meet…
(2024-08-29). The US has delivered 50,000 tons of weapons to Israel since the genocide began. thecanary.co The US has approved the delivery of almost two shipments of weapons on average per day since Israel launched its genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. That's 607 shipments over nearly 11 months, of arms weighing over 50,000 tons. The Israeli military released the information and said: The equipment procured and transported includes armored […] | By
(2024-08-29). US Rushes Weapons Shipments To Israel. news.antiwar.com The US has been rushing weapons shipments to Israel since the end of July, Haaretz reported on Thursday, citing open-sourced aviation data. The report said that the spike in arms shipments made August the second busiest month at Israel's Nevatim Airbase for US deliveries since Israel's genocidal war in Gaza began back in October 2023 …
(2024-08-29). IAEA Reports Iran Continues to Enrich Uranium at Below Weapons-Grade. news.antiwar.com On Thursday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its confidential, quarterly report on Iran's civilian nuclear program. Almost immediately, as often occurs, the report was leaked to myriad media outlets. Nothing in the report was especially shocking but confirmed that Iran's enrichment of uranium has continued. Absent any new deal, Iran is not meeting …
(2024-08-29). Biological weapons: no responsibility for the multinationals that produced "Agent Orange" used in Vietnam. pressenza.com On August 22, the Court of Appeal in Paris once again declared inadmissible the desperate appeal for justice by Tran To Nga, a Franco-Vietnamese activist and journalist, against the fourteen companies responsible for the production of the defoliant "Agent Orange" . This poison was…
(2024-08-29). "Poland Wants to Go to War with Russia"? Refuses to Listen to Its Most Experienced General and Back Off. Drago Bosnic. globalresearch.ca While Russian long-range precision strike weapons
(2024-08-29). US Nuclear Doctrine — Attack Everyone at Once. "Aggression against the Entire World". Drago Bosnic. globalresearch.ca Strategic deterrence is one of the most important aspects of any global power's/superpower's security architecture. Countries such as Russia and the US have the world's largest stockpiles of thermonuclear weapons, meaning that their ability to inflict untold damage on anyone …
(2024-08-29). Serbia and France sign $3bn deal for sale of French fighter jets. aljazeera.com Sale comes as European nations try to coax Serbia away from traditional ally and weapons supplier Moscow.
Studying capitalism, Karl Marx examined the Industrial Revolution in Europe. He explored conflict between worker and employer. In their book Capital and Imperialism (Monthly Review Press, 2021), authors Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik emphasize that Marx's followers believed that, with the onset of capitalism, "accumulation [has] occurred only on the basis of the generation of surplus value." (Surplus value signifies that part 
GRAYLING, Mich.—Activists with the peace organization CodePink are encouraging Michigan residents to write to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in opposition to a missile company's potential development of a munitions facility in the state. Saab AB, a Swedish aerospace and weapons company, announced earlier this year it intends to build a new munitions facility in the U.S., …
Israel launches largest occupied West Bank offensive since Second Intifada | Drones bomb Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas as the military begins major assault | | An Israeli military vehicle drives down a road during a raid in northern city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on 28 August 202…
Israel launches largest occupied West Bank offensive since Second Intifada | Drones bomb Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas as the military begins major assault | | Israeli soldiers operate during a raid in the Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West…
Ukrainian forces targeting a portion of the The Rylsk Bridge in particular has been a hotspot. An image appeared on social media of one burning vehicle on that span claimed to have been hit in an FPV drone strike. | The E38 highway runs east to west from Kursk city to the Ukrainian border, and would be the main logis…
Ukraine brought the war to Russia's Kirov Oblast for the first time on Wednesday with a drone strike on an oil depot there more than 700 miles from the border. It was one of at least two attacks on Russia's fuel infrastructure overnight that included a drone strike in Rostov Oblast and conflicting claims about an attack on one in Ryazan Oblast. The attacks are part of Ukraine's Th…
The Army is moving to drastically expand its stocks of one-way attack munitions so infantry can hunt and kill tanks and other targets from the air on a grander scale.
Nearly every US member of Congress, be they Republicans or Democrats, holds a peculiarly uniform policy stance on Israel. This position is largely hawkish and violent, via their continued support for appropriations of funds and provision of weapons to Israel despite the ICJ's July 19th advisory opinion stating that Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem is unlawful. | The ICJ also ruled that Israel's annexation, settlement regime, and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international law. Additionally, the court found that Israel's di…