(2021-08-10). Inauguration Speech of Peru President Pedro Castillo. orinocotribune.com Madam President of the Congress of the Republic Ladies and Gentlemen Congressmen of the Republic, | Presidents of the sister republics of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, His Highness the King of Spain. | Members of the honorable diplomatic corps. Authorities present. | Women and men of my beloved Peruvian people. | I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters, descendants of the original peoples of pre-Hispanic Peru, my Quechua, Aymara and Amazonian brothers and sisters, Afro-Peruvians and the various communities of migrant descendants, as well as all the dispossessed minorities of the countr…
(2021-08-10). Headlines for August 10, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Will Require All Military Personnel to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Florida Reopens Schools, with Masks Optional, as State Becomes Coronavirus Epicenter, Canada Reopens Border to Vaccinated U.S. Travelers, California Officials Warn Record-Shattering Wildfire Could Burn for Weeks, Greek Prime Minister Apologizes Amid Protests over Government's Handling of Wildfires, Germany Sets Up 30 Million Euro Recovery Fund After Devastating Floods, Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens "Our Very Future", Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital Falls to Taliban , Indigenous Brazilians Seek Genocide Charges Aga…
(2021-08-10). A Shocking List of 52 Zionist- & Apartheid Israeli-Nazi Germany Comparisons. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 7, 2021 | The cruel and genocidal oppression of the Indigenous Palestinians by nuclear terrorist, racist Zionist-run and genocidally racist Apartheid Israel invites comparison with the cruelties of Nazi Germany. However such comparisons made by anti-racist Jewish and non-Jewish humanitarians invite false and defamatory Zionist assertions of racism and anti-Semitism. To counter this, provided below is a shocking and detailed list of 52 Zionist- and Apartheid Israeli-Nazi Germany comparisons. | The following 52-item list of appalling abuses and human rights violations by genocidally ra…
(2021-08-10). Military Situation In Syria On August 10, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 10, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 29 times: 15 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 5 — in Aleppo province | On August 10, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Mariyan area | On August 10, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Shiekh Bahr area | On August 10, Russian warplanes attacked ISIS hideouts…
(2021-08-10). Finland: "Housing First" is a Success. indybay.org Those who don't have a place to live get one. Unconditionally. That, in a nutshell, is the Housing First approach. Since 2008, this approach has been Finland's official strategy against homelessness – and a success. The number of homeless people fell in 2020 for the eighth year in a row. This makes Finland the only European country to reduce homelessness in recent years…
(2021-08-10). Switzerland, 730 Years of an Independent Sovereign Nation: Really? dissidentvoice.org 
The legend has it that Switzerland was celebrating her 730th Anniversary on 1 August 2021. That's the legend about the creation of an independent, neutral and sovereign nation. It's a legend that has taken hold in every Swiss citizen's heart and mind. It's a legend that has made Switzerland around the world what it still …
(2021-08-10). Poland's disciplinary chamber for judges threatens rule of law — ECJ. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
I have posted on the extraordinary goings-on in Thuringen, Germany where two Weimar judges, one family and one administrative, have been subject to searches by the public prosecutor's office following their respective rulings containing comments critical of the various lockdown and testing measures during the C-19 pandemic. You can find my posts here, here and …
(2021-08-10). Russia And China Hold Large-Scale Military Exercises In Face Of Mounting Pressure On Beijing. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 9th, Russia and China have begun holding a large-scale joint military exercise in China's north-central Ningxia region. | The Sibu/Cooperation-2021 exercises launched on August 9th and will run through August 13th. They will involve more than 10,000 ground troops and air forces. | The Russian military said that it had sent Su-30SM fighter aircraft, motorized rifle units and air defense systems to China as part of the exercise. | As reported in the Central Military District of…
(2021-08-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The COVID-19 delta variant has changed everything. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A fourth COVID-19 surge is blanketing the U.S., and the delta variant is the culprit. "Where did this delta variant come from? It came from unvaccinated people getting infected in large numbers allowing the virus to continue mutating," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. In the past, a person with COVID-19 might infect two to four people. But with the delta variant, one person can infect…
(2021-08-10). Coronavirus Scandal Breaking in Merkel's Germany. False Positives and the Drosten PCR Test. globalresearch.ca First posted by Global Research on December 11, 2020. Of relevance to the issue pertaining to the validity of the PCR test as well as to the "identity of the virus". | The widely-praised German model of the Angela Merkel regime …
(2021-08-10). Azerbaijan, Turkey hold military exercises based on war against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tank and mechanized units of Combined Arms Army start new training period with active exercises Tank and mechanized units of the Combined Arms Army started the new training period with active exercises. The exercises to improve the skills of military personnel to destroy targets with the first shot on the battlefield continue. **** The main …
(2021-08-10). Azerbaijan, Israel are strategic partners in international arena: Knesset deputy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Relations between Israel, Azerbaijan continue to develop dynamically — Knesset MP According to MP Elina] Bardach-Yalov, the Jewish state attaches great importance to relations with Azerbaijan, which, without exaggeration, can be called one of the most reliable strategic partners of Israel in the international arena. "Finance Minister, leader of the Israel Our Home Party Avigdor …
(2021-08-10). Secretary of State Blinken blasts Russia, China, Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Maritime Security [China] In the South China Sea, we have seen dangerous encounters between vessels at sea and provocative actions to advance unlawful maritime claims. The United States has made clear its concerns regarding actions that intimidate …
(2021-08-10). Former Spanish Amazon worker, fired for injury, abandoned by unions. wsws.org José Antonio Rueda Bermudez, a former Amazon worker in Spain, sued Amazon after suffering a debilitating workplace injury in July 2015.
(2021-08-10). NATO-nuclear axis: Turkish, Pakistani defense chiefs meet in Islamabad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish defense minister visits Pakistan Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar paid an official visit to Pakistan on Aug. 10. Akar, who arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for an official visit, is expected to meet with Pakistani Defense Minister Pervez Khattak, Defense and Production Minister Zobaida Jalal, and Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa. ==== …
(2021-08-10). Ukraine's Deputy PM calls for deployment of U.S. anti-aircraft units. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reznikov advocates deployment of anti-aircraft warfare, U.S. units in Ukraine in response to escalation in occupied Crimea "It is important to expand the security package for Ukraine. First of all, by deploying anti-aircraft warfare, even by deploying U.S. units. Our legislation allows this," [Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories …
(2021-08-10). Spain's VOX party and the threat of 'international environmental populism'. zcomm.org In the coming years, we should expect global warming to become one of the major threats from which a 'European people' needs to be 'protected'
(2021-08-10). Collective working time reduction is long overdue. indybay.org Full-time employment must be reduced and part-time employment increased. Otherwise, as has been the case in Germany since the mid-1970s, unemployment will not be eliminated and there will be a further decline in labor incomes and more and more precarious workers – especially in many service markets that continue to grow.
(2021-08-09). "Extended Troika" To Meet For Talks On Afghanistan As Taliban Seizes More Provinces. southfront.org 
Taliban Special Forces. Illustrative image | The U.S., Russian, Chinese, Pakistani special representatives for Afghanistan will meet in the Qatari capital, Doha, to conduct consultations on support of intra-Afghan negotiations. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Ttaliban claims new victories. | The Moscow-initiated group known under the title of the "extended troika" will meet on August 11th to discuss the ways to help the warring parties reach a political settlement and comprehensive ceasefire. | The last meeting of the ex…
(2021-08-09). Turkey Objects US Plan on Resettlement of Afghans. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Headlines for August 9, 2021. democracynow.org Irreversible Climate Devastation Unavoidable, World Has Little Time to Make Drastic Change | , Dixie Fire Explodes to Largest Single Fire in CA History; Wildfires Continue to Ravage Greece | , Taliban Seize 5 Afghan Cities as War Threatens to Claim Even More Lives, Fauci Warns New Variant Could Emerge If Pandemic Not Brought Under Control, Cases Surge in TX, FL as GOP Govs Fight Health Measures; Teachers Union Considers Vaccine Mandate, Biden Admin Extends Pause on Federal Student Loan Repayment, Senators Push Forward $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Texas Democrats Absent from Special Session, Again…
(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Syria On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 9, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 22 times: 13 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province. | On August 9, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Shiekh Bahr area. | On August 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Taal. | On August 9, sporadic clashes between SAA and former rebeles wer…
(2021-08-09). Already too late: IPCC report says global warming consequences now unavoidable. peoplesworld.org 
It's too late to reverse the massive damage humanity has done to the Earth's climate, and deadly weather is already baked into our future. That's the conclusion from a depressing new report issued Monday morning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body that forecasts the effects of human activity on the …
(2021-08-09). Russian troops to be deployed to Belarus in event of new world war: president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russian troops to be deployed to Belarus in case of threat of war — Lukashenko Russian Armed Forces will be deployed to Belarus in the event of the threat of a "new world war," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday. "If necessary, there will be more than just a base. All the Russian Armed …
(2021-08-09). MEPs call for EU to conduct "revolution" in Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com European Parliament calls on EU to prepare revolution in BelarusThe deputies offered to implement the scenario of a change of power in Belarus similar to the Ukrainian one The European Parliament's largest faction, the conservative European People's Party (EPP), on Monday urged the EU to prepare a revolution in Belarus, noting that "the Belarusian regime …
(2021-08-09). Belarus: Western interference could have triggered global conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lukashenko: Belarus averted a new world war "Belarus is located at the crossroads. Had we showed weakness during the protests, we would have been ripped apart. As a result, a new world war would have erupted. I realized that bayonets were being sharpened on the other side of the border, so I put the army …
(2021-08-09). Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Anna Shiryaevskaya, Stephen Stapczynski and Ann Koh at Bloomberg.org report that natural gas prices have risen 1,000 percent in Europe since the pandemic crash of May, 2020. Other parts of the world with more natural gas of their own also saw price increases over the past year, though not on …
(2021-08-09). Percy Bysshe Shelley: romanticism and revolution. mronline.org 
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, in Crime and Punishment, wrote, "The darker the night, the brighter the stars".
(2021-08-09). Overview: Illegal Rwandan Immigrant Killed French Priest. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On August 10, a Rwandan national murdered a Catholic priest in western France a year after he caused a major fire that ravaged the cathedral in the French city of Nantes last year. | The suspect named as Emmanuel A. came to police in the town of Mortagne-sur-Sevre in the Vendée region and declared he had killed the local priest. | The victim, a 60 ears old priest, was identified as Olivier Maire. He had been welcoming a Rwandan national into his church for several months. | #svpol
(2021-08-09). Nagasaki remembers 70,000 dead, calls on leaders to create nuclear-free zone. peoplesworld.org 
Nagasaki marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city today with its mayor urging Japan, the United States, and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons. In his speech at the Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged Japan's government to take the lead in creating a nuclear-free zone …
(2021-08-09). NY Times, WaPo national security reporters serve at pro-war Pentagon-funded think tank. thegrayzone.com The Center for New American Security provides residencies to top national security correspondents while raking in massive funding from the arms industry, Pentagon and State Department. This was originally published by Behind The Headlines at Mint Press News Imagine a country where there's no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it's a perfect description of the United States today. Located in Washington, the Center …
(2021-08-09). Close US bases and scrap plan to buy bombers, demands German left. peoplesdispatch.org Amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crisis inflicted by it, Germany's federal government is set to acquire new combat bombers and contribute around 53 billion Euros (62.34 billion USD) this year to the NATO war alliance…
(2021-08-09). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to ban Castilian nationalist party. wsws.org The outlawing of Izquierda Castellana ("Castilian Left") is part of an escalating campaign by the European ruling class against free speech and democratic rights.
(2021-08-09). Ukraine: U.S.-led war games to include 6,000 troops from 15 nations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rapid Trident 2021 could involve 6,000 military from 15 countries It is expected that 15 states will take part in the drill, involving a total of almost 6,000 military…. [F]or the first time in the history of Rapid Trident, battalion tactical live-fire exercises involving a multinational battalion. During the event, joint jumps of Ukrainian and …
(2021-08-09). Germany's Left Party candidate for chancellor supports NATO and European army. wsws.org In a recent interview, Dietmar Bartsch, the Left Party's lead candidate in the September general election in Germany, left no doubt about his determination to join a federal coalition with the Social Democrats and Greens.
(2021-08-09). Ukraine: U.S. Air Force personnel arrive for month-long special operations drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. military pilots arrive in Vinnytsia for joint exercises Military pilots of the U.S. Air Force arrived in Vinnytsia on Monday, August 9, to conduct joint exercises with Ukrainian special operations forces…. … U.S. military aviators arrived in Vinnytsia, where the Ukrainian Air Force Command is located, from Britain. Two C-130 military transport aircraft of …
(2021-08-09). U.S. Prepares Ghana for NATO Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com U.S. Air Force, Ghanaian Armed Forces strengthen ties through education and training Twenty members of the Ghanaian Armed Forces completed a two-week, professional military education course hosted by the Inter-European Air Forces Academy July 19-30, 2021, in Accra, Ghana. While this was the academy's first-ever engagement on the African continent, it won't be the last…
(2021-08-09). NATO fighters ready to intercept, down Russian aircraft over the Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Fighters Launch Quick Reaction Alert for Russian Aircraft in the Black Sea Royal Air Force Typhoons on the NATO Enhanced Air Policing (eAP) mission scrambled on 5 August as NATO radars detected Russian aircraft approaching Romanian airspace over the southern Black Sea. **** Operation BILOXI is the UK contribution to NATO's eAP which is …
(2021-08-09). Greece and Turkey devastated by wildfires. peoplesdispatch.org Rampant wildfires that have been going on in Greece and Turkey have already caused major destruction. Wildfires charged by protracted heat waves and strengthening winds have spread extensively throughout the Mediterranean region.
(2021-08-09). Russian flight attendants carry out sickout against dangerous working conditions at Rossiya Airlines. wsws.org Workers are infuriated over miserable pay, woeful understaffing and the massive spread of the coronavirus exacerbated by company policies.
(2021-08-09). Wildfires rage across Greece as austerity hobbles firefighting effort. wsws.org A dangerous heat wave with temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius is threatening lives as numerous fires sweep the country.
(2021-08-09). Ukrainian president inspects war games near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky observes major exercises in Mykolaiv region During a working trip to Mykolaiv region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky attended a command and staff training with the participation of the command of the Joint Forces and other military command and control agencies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the involvement of military units and …
(2021-08-09). Biden, Zelensky to discuss "repelling the Russian aggressor" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba reveals agenda of Zelensky's upcoming talks with Biden He [Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba] added that the second block of issues will involve security. "We all understand that this is about repelling [the] Russian aggressor, also the issue of Donbas, the issue of Crimea, where and how we will be moving. We will discuss …