(2023-08-06). Algeria and the Sahel on the Brink of War. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen France wants to burn Africa. Here, the French army north of Niamey. D. R. All the imperialist scavengers are there. All the ingredients are ready for war, and all the geopolitical players are in place. All that remains is the final act. Don't imagine that Europe will be spared. The fires of hell…
(2023-08-06). The Sahel on the Brink of War. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen France wants to burn Africa. Here, the French army north of Niamey. D. R. All the imperialist scavengers are there. All the ingredients are ready for war, and all the geopolitical players are in place. All that remains is the final act. Don't imagine that Europe will be spared. The fires of hell…
(2023-08-05). With grip over West Africa slipping, imperialist powers consider invasion of Niger. liberationnews.org 
Niger is facing the prospect of a U.S. and France-backed invasion that threatens to cause suffering and chaos across the entire region.
(2023-08-05). Niger Puts an End to Uranium and Gold Export to France. orinocotribune.com With immediate effect, the Republic of Niger, under the leadership of new president General Abdourahamane Tchiani, and supported by the people of the country, announced the suspension of the export of uranium and gold to France on Sunday. | In parallel to the decision, protestors were surrounding the French Embassy in Niger calling for the end of French colonial practices repeating the slogan "Down with France!" and reaffirming their support to the coup leader, Tchiani. | Wazobia Reporters, a Nigerien news website,reported one protestor proclaiming "We have uranium, diamonds, gold, oil, and we live like slaves? W…
(2023-08-05). The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbor. popularresistance.org Last week's military coup in Niger could be a game-changer in the New Cold War if the junta cuts off the uranium exports upon which France's nuclear energy industry depends, kicks out its former colonizer's troops from their last regional bastion, and/or requests Russia's "Democratic Security" assistance. Unlike the patriotic military coups in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which were condemned by the West but not considered a threat to its neocolonial stranglehold over Africa, the one in Niger is ringing alarm bells. | France and the US strongly condemned this latest regime change, with the first suspending all…
(2023-08-05). African nations reject Western hegemony, embrace multipolarity. By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com 
For centuries, Africa has been subject to hyper-exploitation by the colonial West. From the plunder of resources, the facilitation of multiple waves of the slave trade, and the outright genocide — the cruel subjugation of the continent and its resources has known no bounds. To this day, African countries are subjected to exploitation. France imposes a colonial-era tax that ensures Africans live subsistence-level lives while ensnaring state enterprises wi …
(2023-08-05). Niger is the fourth country in the Sahel to experience an anti-Western coup By: Vijay Prashad & Kambale Musavuli. midwesternmarx.com 
The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and US troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries At 3 am on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'état was immediately …
(2023-08-05). US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger: Fears of war in West Africa. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The US and France have threatened intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger, which produces uranium needed for nuclear energy, has untapped oil reserves, and hosts strategic US drone bases. This follows coups led by nationalist, anti-colonial military officers in West Africa.
(2023-08-05). US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger — Fears of war in West Africa. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US and France have threatened foreign intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger. Niger is a major producer of gold and uranium, the latter of which is needed for European nuclear energy. The country has significant oil reserves to which foreign corporations have wanted access. It also hosts large US drone bases. These …
(2023-08-05). World Report] Outrage over Belarus Red Cross' deportation comments. thelancet.com The head of the Belarus Red Cross said Ukrainian children were being brought to Belarus, prompting outcry from humanitarians. Ed Holt reports.
(2023-08-05). Wagner Fighters Attempted To Cross Polish Border — Polish Ministry Of Interior. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Poland continues escalating the situation on the Belarusian border. On August 5, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Pavel Jablonsky claimed that the fighters of the Wagner Group had tried to enter Poland from Belarus. | According to the Polish official, Warsaw is considering various steps, including the complete closure of the border, in response to the threat from Belarus, which "is quite real." Jablonsky assured the public that Warsaw expects new hostile attempts to violate its border, possibly by ai…
(2023-08-05). Russia, Donbass, and the reality of the conflict in Ukraine By: Daniel Kovalik. midwesternmarx.com 
I just returned from my third trip to Russia and my second trip to Donbass (now standing for the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk collectively) in about 8 months. This time, I flew into lovely Tallinn, Estonia, and took what should be about a 6-hour bus ride to St. Petersburg. In the end, the bus trip took me about 12 hours due to a long wait in customs on the Russian side of the border.Having a U.S. passport and trying to pass the frontier from a hostile, NATO country into Russia during …
(2023-08-05). Preparing to Wage a Nuclear War? Nuclear Attack F-16 Fighters to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca US-NATO escalation against Russia brings Europe to the threshold of nuclear war. The political-media complex falls a "curtain of silence" so as not to alarm European public opinion and prevent it from reacting.
(2023-08-05). Ocean Surface Temperatures Break Global Record Set in 2016. truthout.org Climate scientists on Friday said the rapidly rising temperature of the planet's oceans is cause for major concern, particularly as policymakers in the top fossil fuel emissions-producing countries show no sign of ending planet-heating oil and gas extraction. The European Union's climate agency, Copernicus Climate Change Service, reported this week that the average daily global ocean surface… |
(2023-08-05). World Report] Wide range of countries making progress on tobacco control. thelancet.com A new WHO report shows that Mauritius and the Netherlands have joined Brazil and Türkiye in implementing best practice. Tony Kirby reports.
(2023-08-06). Video: Nuclear War between Russia and the US. "Nuclear Winter" globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-06). Resisting Russia's war in Ukraine: Left voices speak out. greenleft.org.au 
Jonathan Strauss introduces a new collection published by Resistance Books in Australia, featuring the voices of Ukrainian leftists, Russian left anti-war activists and members of the international left who defend Ukraine's right of national self-determination.
(2023-08-06). The Russia-Africa Summit Defeats West's 'Russia-Isolation' Project. journal-neo.org
(2023-08-06). Russia Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles to Hit Bridge Connecting Kherson to Crimea. news.antiwar.com
(2023-08-06). Russia Vows Response After Ukrainian Drone Hit Russian Tanker. news.antiwar.com Russia has vowed it will respond to a Ukrainian attack that hit a Russian oil tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea on Friday night, which came after Ukraine's first strikes on a Russian commercial port. "Such barbaric actions cannot be justified and they will not remain without response, while their authors and perpetrators will …
(2023-08-06). Russia strikes Ukrainian air bases in Rovno and Khmelnitsky. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian air bases in the provinces of Rovno and Khmelnitsky with high precision weapons, and achieved the planned objectives, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, reported today.
(2023-08-06). Russian FM condemns attack on oil tanker in Kerch Strait. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Russia has strongly condemned today the attack by Kiev with a naval drone on an oil tanker near the Kerch Strait that connects the Black Sea with the Azov Sea, the spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stressed.
(2023-08-06). Russian air defense thwarts attempted drone attack against Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Armed Forces thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to attack the Moscow region using a drone, which was shot down over the Podolsk district, the Ministry of Defense reported.
(2023-08-06). Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette. strategic-culture.org 
America's Pacific War was a racist war of annihilation both before and after Japan's surrender, Declan Hayes writes. | Join us on , , and . | America's 9th/10th March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo was the single most destructive…
(2023-08-06). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 6, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 5, Russian missiles struck the Motor Sich plant in the Zaporozhie region, according to Zelensky; | On August 5, Russian missiles struck the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region. A military warehouse was reportedly destroyed; | On August 6, Ukrainian forces struck the Chongar bridge with Storm Shadow missiles; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Rabotino; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Yampol; | Russian artillery s…
(2023-08-06). Four Syrian Officers, Soldiers Killed In Attack By Turkistan Militants In Northern Lattakia. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Early on August 6, four service members of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed in an attack by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in the northern Lattakia countryside, according to Sputnik. | The attack targeted a key position of the SAA in Mount Nabi Yunis, a field source told the Russian news agency, adding that militants from the TIP managed to reach the position due to the rough terrain and heavy fog. | Syrian pro-government activities iden…
(2023-08-06). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out HTS Headquarters In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
File image. | On August 6, video footage showing recent Russian airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib surfaced online. | The airstrikes, which took place on
(2023-08-06). Russian Army Foils Drone Attack On Bryansk, Advances In Special Military Operation Zone (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Early on August 6, the Russian military foiled an new attempt by Kiev forces to target the Bryansk region with suicide drones. | Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that air defenses intercepted two drones over the district of Karachevsky in Bryansk, adding that there were no casualties."The Russian Armed Forces' air defense system destroyed two aircraft-type drones over the Karachevsky district. There is no destruction and no casualties," Bogomaz wrote on Telegram. | Emergency services…
(2023-08-06). Ukraine Faces Consequences For Repeated Attacks On Russia (Photos, Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On August 6, the Russian military foiled an attempt by Kiev forces to attack facilities in the Moscow region with a suicide drone. | In a statement, the Russian ministry of Defense stated that the drone was destroyed by air defense systems over the Podolsk district."Today at 11: 27 a.m. an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with a drone on facilities in the Moscow Region was foiled," the ministry said. "There are no casualties and destruction as a result of the thwart…
(2023-08-06). Syrian and Russian aviation destroyed terrorist headquarters in Syria. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Russian and Syrian Air Forces bombed the central command of the Al-Nusra terrorist organization in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, some 300 kilometers northwest of the capital.
(2023-08-05). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.
(2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's president Traoré delivers anti-imperialist speech at Russia—Africa summit. mronline.org 
On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.
(2023-08-05). Syria: A Tale of Plunder and Resurrection. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Jul 31, 2023 | While the wholesale theft of Syria's natural resources continues under the watch of illegal US troops, the Russian project of resurrecting ISIS-destroyed Palmyra stands as a stark reminder that ruins can rise again — if Syria's friends help pave the way. | he war on Syria has vanished from the collective West ethos. Yet it's far from finished. Multitudes across the Global Majority may feel the deepest empathy towards Syrians while acknowledging not much can be done while the Western Minority refuses to leave the stage. | In parallel, there are slim chances the New Develo…
(2023-08-05). Drive To Expand NATO Into Asia May Destroy Western Military Alliance. popularresistance.org Today we are going to continue the discussion we started in the last Geopolitical Economy Hour, entitled "NATO Out of Bounds: War Against Russia, War Against China". | Last time we discussed where the Vilnius Summit had left NATO, and the divisions within the alliance that the summit had exposed; how the proxy war on Russia was faring; and how the Biden project of uniting so-called democracies against so-called autocracies relies so critically on the outcome of this war, which by present indications does not look good for Ukraine, and it does not look good for NATO. | We then went on to discuss how much longer Eu…
(2023-08-05). Russia helped Africa reach these anti-imperialist victories. The western left was wrong to disavow it. By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com 
It's no coincidence that multiple African countries have begun to carry out unprecedented measures towards breaking from neo-colonial control at the same time when American power has been seeing an acceleration in its decline. At a time when we're two decades into the process of realignment of global power which started in the 2000s; where the world's anti-imperialist forces began to regain their strength, while Washington's criminal actions brought upon it compoun …
(2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's President Traoré Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia—Africa Summit. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.Traoré assumed the presidency on September 30, 2022. At age 35, he is the world's youngest head of state. Traoré has paid homage to Burkinabé socialist revolutionary Thomas Sankara who, in 1983, at age 33, took power in what was then Upper Volta. During hi …
(2023-08-05). Escobar: First We Go For Moscow, Then We Take Beijing By: Tyler Durden. midwesternmarx.com 
The Global Majority is free to choose two different paths to counteract the rabid, cognitive dissonant Straussian neocon psychos in charge of imperial foreign policy; to relentlessly ridicule them, or to work hard on the long and winding road leading to a new multipolar reality.Reality struck deep at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, with its astonishing breadth and scope, reflected in the official declaration and key facts such as Russia writing off no less than …
(2023-08-05). Western media as cheerleaders for war. mondediplo.com Western journalists are all but unanimous that negotiating with Russia would equal forgiving it its aggression.
(2023-08-05). Military Situation In Donbass On August 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 5, a civilian man was wounded as a result of the shelling in Donetsk; | On August 5, a civilian woman was killed as a result of the shelling in Gorlovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevelske; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Belogorivka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kleshcheevka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Krasnogorovka; | Russian artiller…
(2023-08-05). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On August 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Pyatihatki; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Staromayorske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Urozhaynoye; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Rabotino; | Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in Kherson region, according to the Russian M…
(2023-08-05). Military Situation In Syria On August 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 5, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed militants near Idlib; | Five Kurdish militants were killed in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense; | On August 4, unknown assailants targeted an SAA checkpoint in Abukamal. An SAA serviceman was killed; | ISIS confirmed the death of its le…
(2023-08-05). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 5, Russian forces destroyed an unmanned boat in the Black Sea near Sevastopol; | On August 4, the AFU attacked the port city of Novorossiysk with at least 13 UAVs. Russian air defense systems destroyed 10 plane-type UAVs and 3 drones were suppressed by electronic warfare; | On August 5, the AFU attacked the port city of Novorossiysk with several drone boats; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Pyatihatki; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near St…
(2023-08-05). Russian Forces Took Control Of Novoselovskoe In Luhansk People's Republic. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The Russian military celebrate the two-month anniversary of Kiev's counter offensive with new victories on the Ukrainian frontlines. On August 5, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic. | According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the offensive on a wide front, Russian forces "improved the situation" along the front edge in the Kharkiv region, in the areas of the settlemen…
(2023-08-05). Russian Airstrikes Hit Militants Positions In Syria's Greater Idlib After Warnings (Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On August 5, a series of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | At least four airstrikes targeted the western outskirts of Idlib city, where several headquarters, training camps and ammunition depots of HTS are known to be…
(2023-08-05). Russian Army Smashes Kiev Forces In All Directions (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | The Russian military has inflicted more human and material losses on Kiev forces in all directions, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense's briefing on August 5. | In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces captured Novosyolovskoye from Kiev forces. The group also improved the situation along the frontline close to Olshana and Pershotravnyovoye. | Moreover, three counterattacks by Ukraine's 14th mechanized and 25th airborne brigades were repelled close…
(2023-08-05). U.S.-Led Coalition Violations Of Syria's Airspace Are Increasing. southfront.org 
A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | United States-led coalition's fighter jets and drones violated Syria's airspace 28 times during the past day, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said on August 4. "Aircraft of the so-called U.S.-led international anti-terrorist coalition continue to create dangerous situations in the sky over Syria, infringing upon Syria's airspace and violating deconfliction…
(2023-08-05). Understanding our press as a collective organizer. cpusa.org 
"The principal content of the activity of our Party organization, the focus of this activity, should be work of political agitation, connected throughout Russia, illuminating all aspects of life, and conducted among the broadest possible strata of the masses. But this work is unthinkable in present-day Russia without an all-Russia newspaper. The organization, which will form around this newspaper, will be ready for everything" | In 1902, Vladimir Lenin wrote
(2023-08-05). Ukraine Attacks Oil Tanker After Sustaining More Losses In Zaporozhye, Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org 
File image | The Russian military had destroyed three Ukrainian assault groups west of Orekhov in the Zaporozhye Region, acting governor Yevgeny Balitsky said on August 5. | According to the governor, the Ukrainian strike group attempted to launch an attack against Russian positions close to Rabotino."At the same time, our aerial reconnaissance detected the concentration of three assault groups to the west of Orekhov. All groups were destroyed, the remaining Ukrainian fighters withdrew in th…
(2023-08-06). The continuity of the lie. indybay.org The U.S. public has once again been wheedled into sinking billions into another endless war. The script by which the pimps of war usually lure us into one military fiasco after another – including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now Ukraine – always remains the same. "Freedom and democracy are at risk. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected."
(2023-08-06). China, India Attend Talks on Ukraine War in Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com The US, China, and India attended talks on the Ukraine war in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that were aimed at convincing neutral countries to support Ukrainian demands for a peace deal. According to The Wall Street Journal, the meetings in Jeddah were attended by officials from 42 countries, including other non-aligned nations; Brazil, Indonesia, and …
(2023-08-06). Is Ukraine Awakening to the Likelihood that It Will be Tossed Under the NATO Bus? sonar21.com 
Foreigners who place their trust in the promise of the United States to have their back apparently are unaware of the fate of Vietnamese, Libyans, Cambodians, Afghanis and Iraquies who…
(2023-08-06). India committed to diplomacy for resolution of conflict. plenglish.com New Delhi, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The National Security adviser, Ajit Doval, reiterated India's approach to a solution to the conflict in Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy as the only path to peace.
(2023-08-06). IMF Has 'Loaned' $115B To Ukraine Without Requiring Any Proof Where It Went. southfront.org 
Written by The great investigative journalist John Helmer recently (such as in the July 26th podcast interview of him
(2023-08-05). The Road to Rabotino: Ukraine's Highway to Hell. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter On a normal summer's day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers and their families as they tend to the fields of crops they had planted in spring. The summer's heat would reflect off the horizon, creating glimmering mirages, while the…
(2023-08-05). New Wave Of Retaliation Strikes Hit Military Airfield, Motor Sich Plant And Other Targets Throughout Ukraine. southfront.org 
An air alert sounded three times a day throughout Ukraine. On the night of August 5, the Armed Forces of…
(2023-08-05). Two Months Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive On Southern Frontlines (Map Update). southfront.org 
