teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-18). Joao Pedro Stédile: Latinoamérica atraviesa una crisis del capitalismo. telesurtv.net El líder del Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra de Brasil, Joao Pedro Stédile, fue entrevistado en el podcast "Los Nadies", conducido por la presidenta de teleSUR, Patricia Villegas.

WSWS (2023-08-18). Drought-affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.

WSWS (2023-08-18). Drought affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.

Fight Back (2023-08-17). Commentary: It's dangerous for Black moms to give birth. fightbacknews.org African American women across the county are in shock about the recent case of Jessica Ross and the decapitation of her baby, Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., during childbirth. This case illustrates the deeply troubling maternal and infant mortality crisis affecting African American communities. The heart-wrenching incident is a painful reminder of the urgent inequalities within the United States healthcare system that unevenly impact Black women and their infants. It is an unfortunate representation of a broader crisis that can only be addressed through the struggle for Black liberation and socialism. | Jessica Ross,…

ecns.cn (2023-08-17). UK recession concerns persist despite July inflation rate improving to 6.8%. ecns.cn The United Kingdom's consumer price index, or CPI, measure of inflation fell to 6.8 percent in July from 7.9 percent in June, sparked by a record 25.2 percent monthly drop in gas prices and despite service costs hitting a 30-year high.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-17). Hamas Showcases Captured Israeli Loitering Munition (Video). southfront.org File image. | On August 15, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas Movement, announced that it had seized an Israeli Orbiter drone that crashed in the Gaza Strip. | The brigades released video footage of the seized drone, which reportedly crashed in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City a day earlier. | The Orbiter is a lightweight drone that was developed by Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems for use in military and security reconnaissance missions. The version seized by…

ecns.cn (2023-08-18). Dazzling drone show presents revitalization of Shenyang. ecns.cn Drones fly in formation to create different images above Hunhe River in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 17, 2023.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-18). Colombian Drug Cartels Interested in Ukraine's Sea Drones. orinocotribune.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-17). US Approves Sending F-16s from Denmark and Netherlands to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US has approved the shipment of Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands and Denmark to Ukraine as soon as the first batch of Ukrainian pilots complete training, which won't happen until next year. A US official told Reuters on Thursday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken provided the approval in a letter …

Global Research News (2023-08-18). Video: Directed-Energy Weapons (DEW) Used in Lahaina Fires? globalresearch.ca

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-17). US Arms Package to Taiwan Heralds 'Ukraine Part 2'. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: As a rule Orinoco Tribune does not re-publish opinion pieces more than 10 days after their original publication, but in this case we are making an exception. | By Brian Berletic — Aug 1, 2023 | The United States has announced a new weapons package for Taiwan worth up to 345 million USD. Reuters, in an In reality, the transfer of weapons from the US to Taiwan is a violation of…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-17). Multi-Billion Dollar "Direct Energy Weapons (DEW)" Market, For Military and "Civilian Use" (?). Were DEWs Used in Hawaii? globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-08-17). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Bush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Igniting Boats in the Sea. southfront.org Written by Peter Koenig. Originally published on GlobalResearch Climate change — climate change — climate change — the world is burning….

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-17). Multi-Billion Dollar "Directed Energy Weapons (DEW)" Market, For Military and "Civilian Use" (?). Were DEWs Used in Hawaii? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-08-15). U.S. Capitalism and Why the Glut of 'Wonder Weapons' to Ukraine Won't Make a Difference. strategic-culture.org This war in Ukraine is the ghoulish epitome of Western capitalism, writes Finian Cunningham. | Join us on , , and . | It is slowly and reluctantly dawning on Western officials and their servile media that the Ukraine counter…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-15). Drug Patents Are Stifling Progress and Making us Sicker. leftvoice.org

Frank Cappello (2023-08-15). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Trading Places (w/ Jamel Johnson). levernews.com

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-15). The rise of private cops: How not to tackle homelessness. nationofchange.org Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to "clean up" the human debris of capitalism.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-15). Gustavo Petro: The New Zone for the World's Largest Cocaine Production is the Colombian-Ecuadorian Border. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo Petro From the marijuana of welfare capitalism and its rebellious youth, we have moved on to cocaine, the drug of competitiveness and neoliberalism; and now we are entering the drug of death, fentanyl: the drug of the capitalism of the climate crisis and war. The structure of the cocaine market has changed. The areas…

Staff (2023-08-15). Moms For Liberty (Moms For Bigotry): Foot Soldiers for Capitalism. wibailoutpeople.org Adolf Hitler Quoted in Newsletter: | In a recent newsletter from the Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, it was discovered that the group had quoted Adolf Hitler in its inaugural newsletter. In the first version of the letter, it included the quote, "'He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future,' and cited Hitler. While the origin of the quote is not entirely clear, it has been attributed in numerous historical texts to a 1935 rally speech by the Nazi lead…

Cecilia Paz (2023-08-14). Four sneaky ways capitalist health care kills poor people. liberationnews.org It is common knowledge that healthcare under capitalism is only guaranteed to those who can afford it.

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-15). Why China Can't Pull the World Out of a New Great Depression. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-08-15). Russian FPV Drones Prove Their Effectiveness In Battle Near Antonovsky Bridge. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Cossacks of the Russian Ladoga squadron of the Don Volunteer Cossack brigade shared details of the recent battle which took place near the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region. The use of small FPV drones allowed Russian fighters to rescue a group of scouts surrounded by Ukrainian troops. | A group of Russian scouts launched a raid in the Ukrainian foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River. Their operation failed and Ukrainian forces spotted them and opened mortar fire. As a result, th…

_____ (2023-08-14). Colombian Drug Cartels got Interested in Ukraine's Sea Drones. strategic-culture.org Join us on , , and . | As

Anonymous103 (2023-08-14). In Video: Russian FPV Drones Hunting For Ukrainian Servicemen. southfront.org

Prabir Purkayastha (2023-08-15). Oppenheimer Paradox: Power of science, weakness of scientists. mronline.org The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 heralded the atomic age and ushered in the military-industrial complex that took over the United States.

Peter Koenig (2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Bush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Igniting Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca

thecommunists (2023-08-15). It is not north Korean but US nuclear weapons which threaten the world. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Korean Central News Agency with thanks. ***** At the first session of the preparatory committee for the 11th Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, the USA and its vassal forces unreasonably criticised the DPRK's nuclear deterrent for self-defence as a "threat" to international peace and security and to the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-15). John Bolton Blasts Biden for Ukraine's Failing Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has blasted President Biden over Ukraine's stalling counteroffensive in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that was published on Sunday. While Ukraine has received tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons from the US, a scale of aid not seen since…

Peter Koenig (2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Brush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Ignite Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-14). New US Arms Package for Ukraine Uses Money Made Available by Pentagon 'Accounting Error'. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration on Monday announced a $200 million arms package for Ukraine using funds made available by a Pentagon "accounting error" that includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems, HIMARS rocket systems, and other equipment. In June, the Pentagon claimed it overvalued weapons sent to Ukraine through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows …