(2023-08-28). Trade unions and communists condemn French state's persecution of energy workers' leader Sébastien Menesplier By: Peoples Dispatch. midwesternmarx.com 
Sébastien Menesplier, the leader of the National Federation of Mines and Energy, was summoned by the police for his role in organizing a strike against the unpopular pension reforms. Unions and the French left have termed it an unprecedented escalation of attacks on labor organizing French trade union leader Sébastien Menesplier Workers' organizations and progressive movements in France denounced the state's attempt to persecute Sébastien Menesplier, nat …
(2023-08-28). Niger's Junta Asks French Ambassador to Leave. "France Out of Africa" Instrumented by Washington? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Niger's CNSP Military Junta Asks French Ambassador to Leave. "France Out of Africa" Instrumented by Washington? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). Mass protests against French troops intensify in Niger as the deadline for their withdrawal approaches. peoplesdispatch.org France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to accommodate diplomatic efforts"
(2023-08-29). Niger: Mass Protests Against French Troops Intensify. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Anti-French protesters rally in support of the Niger's military government on August 28 in Niamey. Photo: Issifou Djibo / EPA / TASS France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to…
(2023-08-29). Mass protests against foreign forces intensify in Niger as September 2 deadline for withdrawal of French troops approaches. peoplesdispatch.org France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to accommodate diplomatic efforts"
(2023-08-28). Macron Says France Will Support ECOWAS Military Action in Niger. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that his country would support a military intervention in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. "We support the diplomatic action, and when it decides to do so militarily, of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), in a partnership approach," …
(2023-08-28). Lula ratifica diálogo con países de habla portuguesa en àÅfrica. telesurtv.net La CPLP está formada por: Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bisáu, Guinea Ecuatorial, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome y Príncipe y Timor Oriental (Oceanía).
(2023-08-28). Pucksters back in the big time. ecns.cn Team China players celebrate with the trophy after winning the IIHF Division I Group A World Championship tournament in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.Team China finished the IIHF second-tier tournament in Shenzhen with a perfect record after racking up wins against Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, Austria, and the Netherlands.[Photo/Xinhua]…
(2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…
(2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…
(2023-08-28). Poland and Baltic States Demand Belarus Expel Wagner Fighters. news.antiwar.com NATO members Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are demanding Belarus expel Wagner fighters who went to the country after Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny in June. "We have asked the regime [of Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko to immediately expel the Wagner group from Belarus," said Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski after a meeting with his counterparts from …
(2023-08-28). Copenhagen mural demands freedom for Amin Abu Rashed, Palestinian political prisoner in the Netherlands. samidoun.net 
Salim Assi, Palestinian artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark, painted a new mural on the streets of Copenhagen to demand freedom for Amin Abu Rashed, the Palestinian community leader and political prisoner jailed in the Netherlands for his humanitarian support for Palestinians under occupation and in the refugee camps. Abu Rashed has been jailed since 22 …
(2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: The European Refugee Crisis, presented by Richard Hardigan. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109…
(2023-08-28). A Village Of Hope In The City — Latin Village. popularresistance.org An urban area, or a borough, can be perceived as an organism and the communities that constitute it can be considered its active living cells. Depending on their passive or dynamic stances, communities can act as catalysts to the quality and direction of urban development in the area. A very good example lies in Tottenham, which aside from its globally known football / soccer team the Tottenham Hotspur, is also known for the Latin Village. | In the borough of Haringey in north London, about half of Tottenham's 130,000 people are white, and half of those are immigrants from Eastern Europe. A big Latin American com…
(2023-08-28). History of American Hegemony: USA as "Global Greatest Power". From Alaska (1867) to Europe (1917). globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Rabid Russophobia now mandatory in the political West. infobrics.org Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, one of the most prominent European directors, "dared" to publicly state that "Russian lives matter also!" in an Instagram post. However, he didn't stop there. To add "insult to injury", he also criticized the Danish government for the delivery of US-made F-16 fighter jets to the Kiev regime forces. Von Trier is now accused of "hatred".
(2023-08-28). Jackson Hole meeting of central bankers reveals a deepening crisis of capitalist rule. wsws.org According to European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, "in this age of shifts and breaks … we do not yet know whether we are returning to the old world or entering a new one."
(2023-08-29). The Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction On 11 August, a piece from Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) set out a case for the UK denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and leaving the treaty system altogether. One of the main arguments in favour of this is that it would 'restore Parliament's freedom, on behalf of the British people, …
(2023-08-28). Europe's climate movement is fractured and stuck — here is a way forward. wagingnonviolence.org
(2023-08-28). Will White People Survive? thealtworld.com Beginning in 1787 the English began campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade. As the slave trade was the product of black Africa itself, the only way the English could abolish the slave trade was by prohibiting English purchase of slaves and by using England's command of the seas to blockade the African ports where the slaves captured by the black African King of Dahomey were loaded onto Portuguese, French, British, and Dutch ships. Once the British closed Dahomey's Gate of No Return at Ouidah by blockading the port, Dahomey's revenues which had equipped Dahomey's army with modern European weapons collaps…
(2023-08-28). Long distance truck drivers take renewed strike action in Germany. wsws.org The unions are avoiding doing what is necessary: publicising the strike and mobilising support among the workforces of those companies affected by the strike, together with the working class as a whole.
(2023-08-29). Germany: Berliners challenge car dominance through cycling protest. greenleft.org.au 
Thousands of Berliners took to the streets on bicycles on August 25 to protest the dominance of motor vehicles in the city, discriminatory road traffic laws and car-centric urban planning, reports Ben Radford.
(2023-08-28). Poseidonia Meadows in Greece at Grave Risk. counterpunch.org Seagrass and fish farms The Institute of Marine Conservation Archipelagos, a Greek non-profit scientific organization, is sounding the alarm about the state of the marine environment in Greece, especially now that Greece has been under extreme pressure to pay off its ill-gotten debt. The warning is primarily about the fate of Poseidonia sea grass /
(2023-08-29). Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes. peoplesdispatch.org 10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners…
(2023-08-29). Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back. desmog.com
(2023-08-28). Russia destroys Ukrainian aviation weapons depot. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Navy destroyed, with a group attack with high-precision and long-range weapons from the sea, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian aviation, Ministry of Defense Spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced Monday.
(2023-08-28). Putin confirms Modi his absence from G-20 Summit in India next month. plenglish.com New Delhi, August 28 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will represent Russia at the upcoming Group of 20 (G-20) Summit, President Vladimir Putin confirmed in a telephone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
(2023-08-28). BRICS and G77+China: A Historic Transformational Opportunity By: Alejandra Garcia. midwesternmarx.com world leaders attending the BRICS Summit in South Africa. photo: Alejandro Azcuy The BRICS group, an alliance of leading emerging economies formed by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in June 2009 with South Africa coming on board in 2010, concluded its first face-to-face meeting on Thursday after three years of impasse due to the health crisis caused by COVID-19. From August 22-24, Johannesburg, South Africa, was the scene of key discussions in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape.Pre …
(2023-08-28). Bombshell: NATO Says "War Started in 2014". "Fake Pretext" to Wage War against Russia? To Invoke Article 5 of Atlantic Treaty? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Kiev's slow counteroffensive makes Biden lose interest and consider talks with Russia. infobrics.org US cannot continue pumping money into Ukraine because elections are looming.
(2023-08-28). U.S. Doubles Uranium Imports from Russia. Where are the Sanctions? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Headlines for August 28, 2023. democracynow.org White Supremacist Shooter Kills 3 Black People in Jacksonville; DOJ Investigating as Hate Crime, Rallygoers, Rights Leaders Gather in D.C. on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Mnangagwa Declares Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Election as Challenger Chamisa Calls Fraud, Gabon Shuts Down Internet, Imposes Curfew Following Voting Delays in Nationwide Elections, Niger's Coup Leaders Order Troops to Be on Maximum Alert, Expel French Ambassador, 7 People Shot Dead at Church Rally in Haiti as Gang Violence Spirals, Russian Officials Say DNA Analysis Confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash, Ex-Guate…
(2023-08-28). Ukrainian journalists protest army censorship of reporting on the counteroffensive. wsws.org The Zelensky government's blatant attack on freedom of the press not only exposes, yet again, the lie that the imperialist war waged against Russia in Ukraine is about "democracy." It also underscores that nothing that is reported in the official media about what is happening in Ukraine can be taken at face value.
(2023-08-29). Kiev's Slow Counteroffensive Makes Biden Lose Interest and Consider Talks with Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). BRICS Influence in Shaping the Global Financial Landscape and Its Implications for Developing Economies Like Zambia. infobrics.org We explored the BRICS economy—an alliance of emerging market economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Now, we shift our focus to examine BRICS' potential impact on the global financial system. As global economic and political dynamics change, we'll explore what this means for developing countries like Zambia…
(2023-08-29). Ukraine accuses the Pope of "imperialist propaganda" after he praised Russian youth. infobrics.org Kiev angered at the Vatican for not capitulating to anti-Russia demands.
(2023-08-29). BRICS and the English-Speaking Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Wayne Kublalsingh — Aug 25, 2023 | August 24, 2023, marked a dramatic shift in the course of global history. BRICS, the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced that they were admitting Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into its fold. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated that the larger BRICS Plus formation is worth roughly 30 per cent of the globally economy, that is US$30.7 trillion. BRICS Plus is home to 46 per cent of the global population, 3.7 billion citizens. Its share of oil production is now 43.1 per cent; and…
(2023-08-28). Report: Ukrainian Drone Attacks Inside Russia Use Western Intelligence. news.antiwar.com The Economist reported Sunday that Ukraine's increasing drone attacks inside Russia are carried out using intelligence gathered by Kyiv's Western backers. The report cited sources close to Ukrainian drone developers and Ukrainian military insiders, including a drone coordinator within Ukraine's military intelligence. It detailed the planning that goes into the drone attacks, which involves gathering …
(2023-08-28). Iran Summons Swiss Diplomat Over Iranian Oil Stolen by US. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran summoned a Swiss diplomat over the discharging of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was seized by the United States. Kanaani said Iran summoned the chargé d'affaires at the Swiss embassy to express "strong objection" to the move to Switzerland, which acts as a mediator …
(2023-08-28). Zelensky Says Ukraine Elections Could Happen If They're Funded by the West. news.antiwar.com
(2023-08-28). Ukraine providing an important testing ground for space-based weapons. mronline.org 
Weapons Straight Out of a Science Fiction Novel Have Not Been Able to Turn the Tide on the Battlefield…
(2023-08-28). The 'Kuwait Precedent' Applied to Ukraine. The US Planned and Triggered this War, and Remains Intent on Prolonging It. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). When He Was Vice-President, Joe Biden Acted Like Ukraine Was His 'Own Backyard': Fired Ukraine Prosecutor. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Ukraine: The Wunderwaffe Delusion. libya360.wordpress.com Chay Bowes Why Ukraine's Western backers are happy to feed Zelensky's fantasies about American F-16s The 50-year-old jet won't turn the tide of the conflict in Kiev's favor, but it profits its partners to keep pretending As the Western establishment media begrudgingly accepts what many analysts have long predicted — that Kiev's counteroffensive is a…
(2023-08-28). Political Change in the Ukraine War. Analysis of Sarkozy's Proposal. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). Zelensky believes Ukraine will be permanently supported. infobrics.org The Ukrainian president does not seem to understand how the US Ukrainian strategy actually works.
(2023-08-29). Who Controls the World and War in Ukraine? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). Why Are Retired American Generals So Consistently Wrong? sonar21.com 
The following retired Generals are popping up on cable news channels to offer their "sage" analysis on the war in Ukraine and they all share one thing in common —…
(2023-08-29). America's Domestic Party Politics Fuel the Ukraine Catastrophe. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-29). Syrian colour revolution 2:0 — deep dive interview with Ryan Cristian. thealtworld.com The West's blueprint for regime change does not deviate much from historic black operations. | I unpack more of the West's agenda in southern Syria and how it ties in with the north-east and north-west of Syria, Ukraine and even Africa. I will be writing all this up as soon as possible. At the moment running to keep up with events on the ground. | My interview with Ryan Cristian of |
(2023-08-28). A Second Geo-Strategic Shoe (Other Than Ukraine) Is Dropping. thealtworld.com BRICS 11 establishes a pole of influence and global heft that has the potential to eclipse in scope that of the G7. | Whilst it has become clear to increasing numbers of people in the West that something has gone
(2023-08-28). Is the Mainstream Media a Relic of the Past? sonar21.com 
This post will be different from what you are accustomed to reading. I am not commenting specifically on the current situation in Ukraine or the future of BRICS or the…