Benjamin Norton (2022-08-28). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. multipolarista.com France's President Macron warned of the end of "an era of abundance." Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing.

Staff (2022-08-28). US to develop laser weapons to counter Russia, China missiles. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral says the Navy makes efforts to develop so-called directed energy systems as a possible defense against hypersonic missiles already in the arsenal of Chinese and Russian militaries.

Tomasz Konicz (2022-08-28). The necessary breach and Rackets and Rockets. indybay.org The climate movement should not be afraid of being accused of radicalism. Given the civilization-threatening dimensions of the climate crisis, it is a matter of sheer collective will to survive to solve this monstrous problem. It is obvious that global capitalism, in its boundless compulsion to grow, is incapable of reducing resource consumption and emissions.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-27). Russian Ops in Ukraine Update (August 27, 2022) — Latest US Military Aid Package "Biggest" Yet. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for August 27, 2022 US to send air defense systems, VAMPIRE laser-guided rockets, Puma UAS and parts for (not additional drones) ScanEagle drones… many of these systems will not reach Ukraine for months if not years. While the Pentagon is trying to convince Moscow it is in this…

Staff (2022-08-27). NATO interoperability: Poland to receive over 1,200 tanks from U.S., Germany, South Korea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsAugust 25, 2022 Abrams-maker GDLS announces $1.1 billion tank deal for Poland Dollars will start flowing toward Poland's long-planned purchase of tanks, as the U.S. Army taps General Dynamics Land Systems to make 250 Abrams in the newest configuration, the company announced. The $1.148 billion contract — awarded in late July, according to the …

Harry Hinson (2022-08-27). "The Deep State", Absence of Real Political Leadership: Inflation, Mass Unemployment, Food and Fuel Shortages, Invasive Surveillance, Civil Unrest. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-27). The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You To See. popularresistance.org Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." The warning , made at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, arrives at a time of alarmingly heightened tensions around the world. Just a few days after Guterres made that statement, Nature Food published a harrowing scientific paper that drove home the UN Secretary General's message: "Global food insecurity and famine from the reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate d…

_____ (2022-08-27). Palestine Action Sets Up Camp. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have set up camp outside UAV Engines Ltd, the Israeli drones factory that has rightly been a prime target for extensive direct action as part of the #ShutElbitDown campaign. Activists confirm they plan to hold their ground, and will not leave until Elbit have left Shenstone, a sleepy English village near Lichfield. The factory produces engines and other components used to make drones such as the Hermes 450 — these are lethal munitions that have maimed and killed countless Palestinian men, women and children for decades. | With activists taking over the space, the site is ours, and you can n…

Peter Koenig (2022-08-27). Ukraine Independence Day: Is Ukraine Killing her Own People? dissidentvoice.org On 24 August Ukraine celebrated her Independence Day. It also marked the dubious anniversary of 6 months of war; a war that could have been drastically shortened, tens of thousands of lives saved and peace installed hadn't it been for the relentless western / NATO provocations, and billions worth of western weapons deliveries to Ukraine. …

Lorenz Glatz, Tomasz Konicz (2022-08-27). End of the superpower and Catastrophic escalation. indybay.org The coming offensive in the Donbass, which Russia's army is currently preparing despite all setbacks, also represents an escalation step in which both sides are raising the stakes – and which is likely to bring a de facto preliminary decision in the war. The West is supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine.

Tomasz Konicz (2022-08-27). The necessary breach and Rackets and Rockets. indybay.org The climate movement should not be afraid of being accused of radicalism. Given the civilization-threatening dimensions of the climate crisis, it is a matter of sheer collective will to survive to solve this monstrous problem. It is obvious that global capitalism, in its boundless compulsion to grow, is incapable of reducing resource consumption and emissions.

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-26). Boris Johnson Urged against Negotiations with Russia in Last Surprise Visit to Ukraine as PM. Pledged New Weapons Package. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2022-08-26). Deliberate Misrepresentation: Western Media Bias Makes Israeli War on Palestinians Possible. commondreams.org The deadly Israeli wars on Gaza are made possible, not only by western weapons and political support, but through an endless stream of media misinformation and misrepresentation.

Ken Jones (2022-08-26). Earth Day 8 Walk Away With a Win. commondreams.org We are raising local awareness of the murderous devil in our midst and helping to generate a national movement against war corporations like Raytheon.

Staff (2022-08-26). Government of Venezuela Launches Mission to Reunite EMTRASUR Crew Members with Families. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 25, Venezuela's national government launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR Boeing 747 crew members, who have been illegally detained in Argentina since June 6, with their relatives. | "On instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, we launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR crew members with their families. Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those in need. The fight for the release of the crew continues," the Minister for Transportation and president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA (Conviasa), Ramón C…

_____ (2022-08-26). Why People Say There's A 'Nonprofit Industrial Complex'. popularresistance.org Lots of nonprofits do important work‚Äâ—‚Äâlike, say, In These Times, which is a reader-supported 501(c)(3). But the "nonprofit-industrial complex" refers to the larger ecosystem of elite foundations and corporate influence-peddling. | Incite, a network of radical anti-state violence activists, convened a conference to detail this relationship in 2004, titled, "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex." Incite had been grant-funded by the Ford Foundation— funding Incite lost because of its support for Palestine. | As outlined at the…

____ (2022-08-26). Hebei craftsman recreates 100 kinds of ancient Chinese weapons. ecns.cn A craftsman in Hebei Province has reproduced about 100 types of ancient Chinese weapons during the past 10 years.

Julia Conley (2022-08-26). Corporate PACs Have Lavished $22 Million on 'Big Lie' Republicans Since Jan. 6. commondreams.org Koch Industries, Home Depot, and Boeing are among the biggest donors to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Fight Back (2022-08-25). Saint Paul rallies to demand Minnesota divest from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On August 23, more than 40 protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion, home to Governor Tim Walz, to demand Minnesota's State Board of Investment (SBI) sell off its shares in Israeli corporations. The SBI is tasked with investing taxpayer money for public funds, largely state pensions. | The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and held the evening before the August meeting of the Minnesota SBI in order to raise awareness of the state of Minnesota's holdings in a variety of Israeli companies, most notably Elbit Systems. | Elbit Systems is a weapons manufacturing and cybers…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Nehanda Abiodun and the Legacy of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe African American revolutionary exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminalization of a people Black August Series No. 4 Since the early 1980s, the prison population in the United States has grown exponentially with African Americans, Latin Americans and other working class people making up the majority of those incarcerated in…