Staff (2023-10-03). Headlines for October 3, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Approves Armed Intervention Force for Haiti, U.N. Mission Arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh as Some 120,000 Ethnic Armenians Flee Azerbaijan's Takeover, Supreme Court Opens New Term with Case on Reduced Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders, Supreme Court Won't Halt Execution of Texas Prisoner Sentenced over "Junk Science" Testimony, Clarence Thomas Recuses Self from Appeal of Trump Legal Adviser Who Communicated with Ginni Thomas, GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Files Resolution to Remove Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, Laphonza Butler to Be Sworn In as First-Ever Out Lesbian Black Senator, Trump Assail…

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-10-03). Rusia y Azerbaiyán estabilizarán situación en Nagorno Karabaj. telesurtv.net Este lunes Azerbaiyán presentó esbozos de su plan de reintegración de la región de Nagorno Karabaj al territorio nacional azerí. Entre las medidas propuestas está la designación de representantes especiales.

Mike Phipps (2023-10-02). "It feels like the apocalypse" internationalviewpoint.org "The Russian Socialist Movement statement called on Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities and open negotiations without any preconditions, and on the international community to immediately impose sanctions against the leadership of Azerbaijan." | – | / |

Thierry Labica (2023-10-03). Macron, Charles III: from one monarch to another, under the BP sun. internationalviewpoint.org France and Great Britain stand side by side, beyond the throes of Brexit. The King may plant an oak tree at Versailles, but the complicity of the two heads of state lies elsewhere… | – | / |

Staff (2023-10-02). All out to Lannemezan! All out to Toulouse! Free Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls on Palestinian communities in exile and diaspora, organizers and activists in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, anti-imperialist movements, and all people of conscience to join us this October 19-21, 2023 in Toulouse and Lannemezan, France, to mobilize for the liberation of Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian prisoners. For those …

Staff (2023-10-02). In Toulouse and elsewhere, the launch of the international month of action for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to participate in the month of action to free Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine jailed in France for 39 years. On 19-20 October, the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, will hold two days of meetings in Toulouse, capped by a public event …

Thierry Labica (2023-10-02). Macron, Charles III: from one monarch to another, under the BP sun. internationalviewpoint.org France and Great Britain stand side by side, beyond the throes of Brexit. The King may plant an oak tree at Versailles, but the complicity of the two heads of state lies elsewhere… | – | / |

Areeb Ullah (2023-10-03). Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland. middleeasteye.net Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland | Muhammad Rabbani, who has accused the French government of Islamophobia, says border officers at Warsaw airport told him France had placed him on an EU no-entry list | Tue, 10/03/2023 – 13: 35 | Muhammad Rabbani spoke to Middle East Eye about his fight to clear his name after he was arrested for refusing to handover passwords to hi…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-02). Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail. popularresistance.org There was a decade of popular uprisings from 2010 until the global pandemic in 2020. These uprisings shook the foundations of the global order. They denounced corporate domination, austerity cuts and demanded economic justice and civil rights. There were nationwide protests in the United States centered around the 59-day Occupy encampments. There were popular eruptions in Greece, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Turkey, Brazil, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Chile and during South Korea's Candlelight Light Revolution. Discredited politicians were driven from office in Greece, Spain, Ukraine, South Korea,…

Staff (2023-10-02). Palestine and the Palestinian prisoners' movement at the Spanish Communist Party's 2023 Fiesta. samidoun.net From 29 September through 1 October, the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) organized its annual festival, the Fiesta, in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain. As in past years, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network had a strong presence at the Fiesta, together with Al-Yudur, the Palestinian Youth Mobilization in the Spanish …

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-03). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-02). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

MEE staff (2023-10-02). Turkey-Iraq oil pipeline to resume in a week, says minister. middleeasteye.net Turkey-Iraq oil pipeline to resume in a week, says minister | Turkish officials previously cited damage from February's earthquakes as a reason for suspending operations | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 09: 38 | Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar talks during a meeting in Ankara on 14 September 2023 (Reuters) |

Ragip Soylu (2023-10-02). Turkey supplies Ukraine with hundreds of heavy machine guns. middleeasteye.net

Rayhan Uddin (2023-10-03). 'Her hijab was removed': Turkey detains Egyptian dissident Ghada Naguib. middleeasteye.net

Imran Mulla (2023-10-03). Turkey: 'Earliest' painted statue in world unearthed in Gobeklitepe. middleeasteye.net Turkey: 'Earliest' painted statue in world unearthed in Gobeklitepe | A 12,000-year-old, life-sized decorated boar statue and human figure are described as among the 'most impressive' examples of prehistoric art | Tue, 10/03/2023 – 12: 26 | The pre-pottery Neolithic Gobeklitepe site contains some of the oldest monumental architecture ever discovered (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism/Twitter…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-02). Hitler's birth house in Austria to be transformed into police station. plenglish.com Vienna, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Adolf Hitler's birth house in Austria will be transformed into a police station to make the site less attractive to people who glorify the Nazi dictator, local media reported here.

WSWS (2023-10-03). European Union foreign ministers meet in Ukraine to escalate war with Russia. wsws.org The leading European Union imperialist powers pledged to escalate the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine, announcing €5 billion more spending on the war.

John Helmer (2023-10-02). Canada and the NATO Alliance Hunker Down to Defend Race War Against Russia. dissidentvoice.org MOSCOW — North Bay, Ontario, is a small Canadian city of immigrants from Europe, their upwardly mobile children, and their children's children. It's the town where Yaroslav Hunka lives after he left the British prisoner of war camp where he and other Ukrainian soldiers of the SS Waffen Grenadier Galician Division were held after the …

Staff (2023-10-02). Berlin rally for Palestine confronts police repression: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! samidoun.net German police again demonstrated their dedication to repressing Palestinian organizing in the city — home to the largest Palestinian community in Europe — on Saturday, 30 September 2023, when over 200 Berlin police surrounded a rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and against anti-Palestinian repression. Watch the video: Ôªø In a move clearly aimed at …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-03). Some 2.66 million children at risk of poverty in Italy. plenglish.com Rome, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Some 2.66 million children are at risk of poverty in Italy, a situation that is worse than the one existing at the end of World War II, according to a report.

Staff (2023-10-03). Talk World Radio: Why Is the Peace Movement in Italy So Strong? davidswanson.org This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about peace activism in a country that has more of it than perhaps any other: Italy. Our guest Sergio Bassoli is senior officer at CGIL's International Department.

WSWS (2023-10-03). Mass demonstration in Warsaw against right-wing Polish government. wsws.org The widespread disgust towards the government's far-right agenda drove masses onto the streets in Poland, but the civic platform of former EU Council President Donald Tusk offers no alternative.

John Helmer (2023-10-03). Canada and the NATO Alliance Hunker Down to Defend Race War Against Russia. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-10-03). British Soldiers in Ukraine Would be Legitimate Target for Russia. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-03). Ukraine will unconditionally surrender and then Russia will void any arrangements BlackRock made with the Zelensky regime, Scott Ritter says. expose-news.com The war will end with Ukraine's unconditional surrender to Russia or, if NATO intervenes, it will end with the absolute destruction of Ukraine, Scott Ritter said. Ritter feels it is more likely …

Staff (2023-10-03). What's going on in Congress? Or, "Orban & the Butterfly Effect." thedreizinreport.com As usual, the "headline piece" is further below. To the Russians who reached out: Thanks for your heartfelt words of praise and support from behind the No-Homo Curtain. Sorry, I just don't have time to adequately respond to all. HOWEVER….. It is hard for me to believe that, with all the sanctions, there are, truly,...…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-02). Ziuganov confirms to Lazo that Russian communists support Cuba. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) The support to our Cuban friends is one of the main tasks of the Russian communists, stressed today the president of that group, Guennadi Ziuganov, when receiving the leader of the Cuban legislative body, Esteban Lazo.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-02). Russia Expects US to Continue Ukraine Support Despite Lack of Aid in Funding Bill. news.antiwar.com Russian officials on Monday downplayed the impact of Congress passing a short-term funding bill over the weekend that did not include funds to spend on supporting Ukraine, saying the US will "find the money." "They will continue their support. We should not think that something is about to change. It's just grandstand play. It's codswallop," …

Dean Baker (2023-10-02). Putting Ukraine Spending in Context. cepr.net The United States support of Ukraine, following the invasion by Russia, has featured prominently in the news in recent days as Republicans in Congress have made it front and center in the budget debate. As usual, the media has reported U.S. spending on military and economic assistance without providing any context for the spending. This …

Editor (2023-10-02). Oct 2, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste (Herbert von Karajan) Pepe Escobar: Russia-China Partnership Defangs US Empire The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine, by Caitlin Johnstone This Trump Thing: Aspects of a Wrecking Ball, by Fred Reed Impeachment: 'Cognitive Warfare' on Capitol Hill, by Patrick Lawrence The Western World Is Now a Tyranny, by Paul Craig Roberts The 21st century Opium War, by Alex Krainer Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail, by Chris Hedges Gang/Counter-gang Operations: Dearlove's Sleight of Hand and the Wuhan Lab Psyop, by Matthew Ehret The Cluster B Society…

infobrics (2023-10-02). Washington softening sanctions enforcements on Russia and Iran. infobrics.org There is no easy alternative to oil globally as the world needs Iranian and Russian oil.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-02). Putin Orders Regrouping of Wagner for Combat Missions. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Andrei Troshev. Libya's Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Moscow visit signals Russia's decision to reassert its influence in Africa despite Prigozhin's absence and Ukraine preoccupations. Looking ahead, the intriguing question is how far these dramatic circumstances would trigger a convergence of interests between the…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-10-02). Russian-Latin American Parliamentarians Share Thoughts on Geopolitical Situation and Economic Cooperation. globalresearch.ca

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-10-02). Putin orders regrouping of Wagner for combat missions. peoplesdispatch.org Libya's Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Moscow visit signals Russia's decision to reassert its influence in Africa despite Prigozhin's absence and Ukraine preoccupations. Looking ahead, the intriguing question is how far these dramatic circumstances would trigger a convergence of interests between the US and Russia in Libya…

T.P. Wilkinson (2023-10-02). Ukraine as Another Neo-liberal Privatization Exercise. dissidentvoice.org When considering the recent performances at the General Assembly of the United Nations this year, the echoes of "peace" resound through the plenary hall. Why should anyone want peace in the Ukraine more than any other place the Empire is waging war? My suspicion is that many of these calls are really for Russia to …

WSWS (2023-10-02). British government prepares to send troops into the war against Russia. wsws.org If plans to send NATO troops to Ukraine are being publicly discussed, it is because NATO countries have already decided to directly enter the conflict.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-03). Interest in Cuba grows in Crimea. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Social activists from Crimea will develop joint projects in education and culture with universities and research centers in Cuba, the vice president of Crimea and head of the Crimean regional branch of the Society of Russia's Friendship with Cuba, Irina Kiviko, informed Prensa Latina.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-03). Ukraine employs toxic substances in conflict zone. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun using drones treated with toxic substances and "Cheremukha" (lit. "bird cherry") grenades loaded with tear gas in the areas where the special military operation is taking place, the Union of Russian Veterans reported.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-02). Party That Opposes Ukraine Aid Wins Slovakia Election. news.antiwar.com A populist party in Slovakia that opposes providing military assistance to Ukraine has won the country's elections, a vote that could significantly change the NATO member's foreign policy and support for the proxy war. Former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who leads the Slovak Social Democracy party, known as Smer-SD, campaigned on ending military aid to …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-03). Rep. Gaetz Files Motion to Oust McCarthy Amid Ukraine Aid Questions. news.antiwar.com Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Monday night filed a resolution to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after questioning if the House GOP leader cut a secret deal with the White House on Ukraine aid. A motion to vacate the speakership is considered a privileged resolution, giving it priority over other issues. McCarthy has two …

Global Research News (2023-10-03). Selected Articles: Ukraine Celebrated SS Nazis on Stamps. Institutionalized Nazis Praised by the West. globalresearch.ca By Today there are issued in Ukraine, stamps celebrating the foundation of t…

Hugo Turner (2023-10-03). History of Nazism in Ukraine: 1944-1963. globalresearch.ca

Kim Petersen (2023-10-03). Canada-Ukraine: Are all Nazis War Criminals? Stupidity and Depravity Can be Mutually Exclusive. globalresearch.ca

Matt Orfalea (2023-10-03). Ukraine War: Not About NATO…Until Now? globalresearch.ca

Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-03). Ukraine: Has PM Trudeau Succumbed to Nazi Ideology? dissidentvoice.org This report consists of three parts: 1. Canada's House of Commons gives standing ovation to a man introduced as a Ukrainian "war hero", later to discover that he served in the Nazi 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. (Hindustan Times) 2. Trudeau Urged to Resign (Sky News) 3. Is Trudeau Supportive of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Party …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-03). CJ Hopkins reviews the case of the Canadian parliament paying homage to a Nazi before it gets "memory holed" expose-news.com On 22 September, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, and the members of the Canadian parliament and other dignitaries in the House of Commons thanked Yaroslav Hunka …

Ted Snider (2023-10-03). The Key to Peace in Ukraine? The Other Broken NATO Promise. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-02). Leaked Strategy Shows US Views Corruption in Ukraine as Major Threat. news.antiwar.com A leaked US government strategy shows the Biden administration is far more concerned about corruption in Ukraine than it's publicly letting on, POLITICO reported on Monday. The State Department quietly released a 22-page public version of an Integrated Country Strategy for Ukraine that makes clear corruption is a major concern for the US. The strategy …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-02). Pentagon Tells Congress It's Running Out of Money to Replace Weapons Sent to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon has warned Congress that it's running out of money to replace stockpiles of weapons that have been sent to Ukraine and has been forced to slow down the replenishment of the US military. The warning comes after Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown that did not include money …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-02). White House Says US to Send More Weapons to Ukraine 'Soon'. news.antiwar.com

Dr. Joseph Gerson (2023-10-02). Call for an Immediate Ceasefire and Peace Negotiations to End the War in Ukraine. Joseph Gerson. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-10-02). National Identities of the People Living in Ukraine. Historical Background. globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-10-02). Ukraine's Assassination Program Has Gotten So Out of Control that Some of Its Members Are Starting to Speak Out. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-10-02). Republicans Win, Biden and Ukraine Lose. globalresearch.ca

Rodney Atkinson (2023-10-02). Ukraine Celebrated SS Nazis on Stamps. Institutionalized Nazis Praised by the West. globalresearch.ca

Rodney Atkinson (2023-10-02). Ukrainian Nazis Celebrated and Admired by the West. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-10-02). #NoWar2023 Debate: Is War in Ukraine Justified? davidswanson.org

WSWS (2023-10-02). Behind the stop-gap spending bill: Democrats to agree on border crackdown in exchange for Ukraine war funding. wsws.org The bulk of the mainstream press as well as the Democrats hailed the temporary budget deal as a victory for bipartisanship and a win for "moderate" Republicans over "MAGA extremists." At the same time, they raised the alarm over the absence of funding for the Ukraine war in the bill.

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-10-03). Julian Assange May Be Extradited To The United States This Month. popularresistance.org Julian Assange may be extradited to the United States as soon as this month. His last avenues to appeal the United Kingdom's extradition order are being exhausted. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kevin Gosztola, an investigative journalist and author of "Guilty of Journalism: The political case against Julian Assange," about why the power structure is targeting Julian Assange, the charges against him and how his trial in the United States will be constrained to prevent him from defending himself. Gosztola also discusses the bigger picture of the impacts of Assange's case, especially how it will embolden more attacks…

Dana Drugmand, DeSmog. (2023-10-02). Climate Litigation Is Increasing As Government Action Falters. popularresistance.org Despite its name, ambition was largely lacking at mid-September's Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations in New York. Secretary General António Guterres asked nations to arrive at the session with concrete commitments for phasing out fossil fuels, observing in his opening remarks that "humanity has opened the gates of hell." But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn't attend. | Those absent included China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which continue to expand oil and gas production. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his govern…

infobrics (2023-10-01). Russia in talks with Azerbaijan about its peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. infobrics.org The Armenians have excluded themselves from dialogue with Russia and relations only tend to get worse.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). Nagorno-Karabakh experiencing humanitarian crisis, says Pope Francis. plenglish.com Vatican City, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis on Sunday called for talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia to restore peace in Nagorno-Karabakh, adding that the region was experiencing a humanitarian crisis.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-01). Más de 100.000 armenios huyeron de Nagorno-Karabaj. telesurtv.net El 83% de la población del enclave armenio, ubicado en Azerbaiyán, se han visto obligador a huir a Armenia ante operación militar azerí en esa región.

Matthew Ehret (2023-09-30). Using Armenia to Destroy the International North South Transportation Corridor. thelastamericanvagabond.com The continued fires being lit in the Caspian Region between Armenia and Azerbaijan represent something much larger than either small country and have everything to do with destabilizing the largest, and arguably most strategic, mega-project in Eurasia connecting the Russian Arctic to Iran and India. Efforts to light geopolitical fires across Russia's underbelly have been

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-09-30). Aumentan a 170 las muertes por explosión en Nagorno-Karabaj. telesurtv.net Los restos serán llevados a Armenia para ser identificados.

presstv.ir (2023-10-01). Yerevan says almost all ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh. presstv.ir More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Yerevan says.

presstv.ir (2023-10-01). Armenians take part in anti-government protest in central Yerevan. presstv.ir Armenians gather to take part in an anti-government protest in central Yerevan.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-10-01). Aumentan a 170 las muertes por explosión en Nagorno-Karabaj. telesurtv.net Los restos serán llevados a Armenia para ser identificados.

WSWS (2023-09-30). Mass migration from Nagorno-Karabakh continues as breakaway republic dissolves. wsws.org Azerbaijan's latest offensive, which reportedly killed a total of 400 soldiers on both sides, was a final act in a decades-long fratricidal conflict between the two former Soviet republics.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-01). UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad Pamela Singh, India, "Treasure Map 006," 2014—15. The colonial past sits heavily on the present. The colonisers' power remains intact, with the Banque de France and the Bank of England remaining repositories of the wealth stolen from the colonies. What gives these old colonial powers, Britain and France, permission to remain overlords of…

Editor (2023-09-30). Sep 30, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ A RED, RED ROSE by Robert Burns, sung by Andy M. Stewart Two-Punch, by James Howard Kunstler SC: Crime and Impunity… One Year Lying About US-Led Nord Stream Terrorism Breeds More War People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The "World's Largest Arms Fair," by Caitlin Johnstone NYT Ukr No Gains, Budanov: Continuing on Foot; German MSM: Rus Army Stronger; France Out of Niger (Mercouris podcast) The MIC Is Making Hundreds Of Billions, And They Need A Military Draft To Up the Ante, by Michael Snyder Will the U.S. Fight Russia in Ukraine to the Last NATO Soldier? by Robert Bridge Press freedom d…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-09-30). Shouldn't The United Kingdom And France Relinquish Their Permanent Seats At The United Nations? popularresistance.org At its fifteenth summit in August 2023, the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) group adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration, which, amongst other issues, raised the question of reforming the United Nations, particularly its security council. To make the UN Security Council (UNSC) 'more democratic, representative, effective, and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries', BRICS urged the expansion of the council's membership to include countries from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The declaration specifically noted that three countries — Brazil, India, and South Afr…

Vijay Prashad (2023-09-30). Shouldn't the United Kingdom and France relinquish their permanent seats at the United Nations?: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org At its fifteenth summit in August 2023, the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) group adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration, which, amongst other issues, raised the question of reforming the United Nations, particularly its security council. To make the UN Security Council (UNSC) 'more democratic, representative, effective, and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries', BRICS urged the expansion of the council's membership to include countries from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Isabella Kaminski, DeSmog. (2023-10-01). Youth Challenge 32 European Nations In 'Truly Historic' Climate Trial. popularresistance.org After Portugal experienced massive wildfires and extreme heat waves this summer, six children and youth from the nation appeared in the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday for a landmark lawsuit against 32 European nations charged with violating their human rights due to the impacts of climate change. | At the hearing in Strasbourg, France, lawyers representing six Portuguese young people said the youth were being discriminated against by state inaction in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of which have been "foreseeable for decades." | Inadequate action to curb global emissions, the lawyers argu…

krish-rad_ind (2023-09-30). Shouldn't The United Kingdom And France Relinquish Their Permanent Seats At The United Nations? thetricontinental.org

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-30). With a call for peace the CPE Party began in Madrid (+Photo). plenglish.com Madrid, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) With a call for peace and against fascism, the 45th edition of the Communist Party of Spain (CPE) began in Madrid, the biggest political and recreational event in the country, which continues today with a multifaceted program of activities.

Daniel Falcone (2023-09-30). Disastrous Flooding in Libya Is Result of Both Climate Crisis and 2011 NATO War. truthout.org Storm Daniel was recorded as one of the most lethal Mediterranean cyclones in the history of the world. It initially formed as a low-pressure event in early September 2023, significantly flooding Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. The pressure system then developed into a tropical storm and moved toward Libya's coast where it caused disastrous flooding. Daniel's severe rainfall led to flooding that… |

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). Havana 2023 Mozart Festival kicks off in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Cultural institutions located in Havana's Historic Center will open their doors on Sunday through October 7 to welcome the Havana 2023 Mozart Festival, an event that pays tribute to the legacy of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Susan Price (2023-10-01). Building ties between workers & the climate justice movement. greenleft.org.au The Global Ecosocialist Network brought together labour and climate justice activists from Africa, Asia, the United States and Europe, in June, to discuss how to build stronger links, reports Susan Price.

Hannah Linne (2023-09-30). News] European Geriatric Medicine Society Congress 2023: healthy ageing in a changing world. thelancet.com Attended by over 1700 people worldwide, the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Congress took place in Helsinki, Finland on September 20—22, 2023. Over 1000 abstracts were presented, and 115 oral presentations were delivered across 54 sessions on topics including the prevention of falls, frailty, and cognitive impairment, management of musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal disorders, drug therapy, addiction, loneliness, as well as many others. Herein, we present some conference highlights.

Leonardo Palumbo, Camila A Picchio, Catherine Smallwood, Cristiana Salvi, Gerald Rockenschaub (2023-09-30). Correspondence] Community COVID-19 response in WHO's European region. thelancet.com The Risk Communication, Community Engagement, and Infodemic Management (RCCE-IM) unit of the WHO European region read the Correspondence by Ruth Kutalek and colleagues1 with interest. COVID-19 showed that RCCE-IM is an integral component of the emergency cycle, from preparedness to recovery. The authors rightly highlight that community engagement with civil society organisations (CSOs) deserves greater acknowledgment and investment to ensure sustainability in the long term, particularly in Europe.

midwesternmarx (2023-09-30). The Nihilism of Capital. By: Marnina Avirup. midwesternmarx.com The 19th Century was a very significant period, especially in the field of Philosophy. This era laid the foundations for Modern Philosophy and shaped the course of this discipline for centuries to come. It is also the time when Renaissance Modernism matured into its final stages(at least in Western Europe where Feudalism was being completely dismantled) since religion was dethroned from its position as the central ideological doctrine of society, it no longer formed the backbone of the he …

Pascal Robert, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-30). Why Haiti Must Follow The Current Political Lead Of Francophone Africa. popularresistance.org There have been nine coups in the past three years in former French colonies in Africa— Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Tunisia and recently Gabon. Some in Francophone Africa have realized something that Haitians once knew over 200 years ago under the leadership of Jean Jacques Dessalines: The meddling in the affairs of an independent nation will not be tolerated simply because the dominion of that nation is under the control of non-white people. This is especially true of people from the global south who have been plundered by the parasitic elites of Europe and their Western progeny since the age…

Shane Quinn (2023-09-30). History: US Business Operations with Nazi Germany. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-09-30). 2 October, Berlin: Solidarity with Zaid Abdulnasser. samidoun.net LIVE MUSIC + KàúFA AT KARANFIL, BERLIN Monday, 2 October 7 pm Cafe Karanfil Weisestraàüe 3, 12049 Berlin, Germany organised by: @berlinmigrantstrikers Samidoun's coordinator in Germany and member of the Alternative Palestinian Revolutionary Path (Masar Badil), Zaid Abdulnasser, has been threatened by the German state to have his refugee status revoked due to his activism …

Staff (2023-09-30). 30 September, Berlin: Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and against anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is organizing a demonstration on Saturday, 30 September at 1 pm in Berlin, Germany, in Hermannplatz, in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, the resistance in occupied Palestine, and as part of the

Staff (2023-09-30). #StandWithZaid campaign grows with international and German events, 230+ endorsers. samidoun.net The campaign is growing in Germany and around the world to #StandWithZaid: Zaid Abdulnasser, a Palestinian refugee from Syria, coordinator of the Samidoun Network in Germany and active with the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement. Dozens of additional organizations have signed on to the statement, while postering campaigns, actions and events are …

WSWS (2023-09-30). Hidden COVID wave starts to wane in US, with new variants around the corner. wsws.org The SARS-CoV-2 virus is continuing to spread unhindered throughout the world, with wastewater data on the rise in Canada, Germany and other countries that still have such surveillance systems in place.

WSWS (2023-09-30). German ambassador applauds Nazi war criminal in Canadian parliament. wsws.org The participation of the German ambassador to Canada in the standing ovation for Waffen SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament is a product of a systematic campaign to rehabilitate fascism in Germany.

WSWS (2023-09-30). German ambassador applauds Nazi war criminal in Canadian parliament. wsws.org The participation of the German Ambassador to Canada in the standing ovation for Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament is a product of a systematic campaign to rehabilitate fascism in Germany.

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-09-30). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. Of relevance to …

Christos Tsagkaris, Andreas S Papazoglou, Dimitrios V Moysidis, Stavros P Papadakos, Marios Papadakis (2023-09-30). Correspondence] Striving to afford free health care in Greece during COVID-19. thelancet.com Greece is fortunate to have a public health-care system that provides free access to highly expensive investigations and treatments. However, the reality of understaffing and underfunding within the health-care system means that patients' relatives often have to accompany them day and night to assist with practical needs, such as dressing, eating, and the use of the lavatory. These dedicated, informal caregivers provide these services without any compensation or formal education, sacrificing their own physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.

presstv.ir (2023-10-01). Coastal Greek town struck again by floods. presstv.ir Rains caused flooding in parts of Greece on Wednesday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). Italy: West Nile virus cases soar to 283. plenglish.com Rome, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Italy is facing an escalating health crisis as West Nile virus cases surge to 283 with 17 fatalities, according to data updated on 27th September.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-09-30). EE.UU. y Serbia mantienen diferencias por incidentes en Kosovo. telesurtv.net El supuesto despliegue de fuerzas serbias,. según EE.UU., en la frontera con Kosovo incluye artillería, tanques y tropas, aunque el presidente serbio Aleksandar Vucic rechazó esa versión.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-10-01). EE.UU. y Serbia mantienen diferencias por incidentes en Kosovo. telesurtv.net El supuesto despliegue de fuerzas serbias,. según EE.UU., en la frontera con Kosovo incluye artillería, tanques y tropas, aunque el presidente serbio Aleksandar Vucic rechazó esa versión.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). Cuba present at the Latin American Cultural Festival in Bucharest. plenglish.com At the headquarters of the National Museum of Romanian Literature, an important cultural institution, Cuba was presented with an online conference given by the National Literature Prize-winner Reynaldo Gonzalez. | The exhibition dealt with the origins of Cuban literature as a manifestation of national independence, an exhibition by Cuban photographer Sonia Almaguer Darna and Romanian photographer Miki Puran. | Plus, the film "Nido de Mantis", by Cuban director Arturo Sotto, was screened. There was also a reading of a chapter from a novel by author Vladimir Perez Casal as well as debates on elements of 19th centur…

Caitlin Johnstone, Consortium News. (2023-10-01). Dying For Inches In Ukraine. popularresistance.org A heartbreaking graphic is going around right now showing the almost microscopic changes that have occurred to the frontline of the war in Ukraine this year despite nonstop death and destruction of unfathomable horror the entire time. | The graphic comes from a New York Times article titled "Who's Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One," which eventually gets around to acknowledging that Russia has actually gained more ground than Ukraine in 2023 despite Kiev's much-hyped counteroffensive, which began in June. | "When both sides' gains are added up, Russia now controls nearly 200 square miles more territory…

Dmitri Kovalevich, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-01). Paradoxes Of Democracy In Ukraine. popularresistance.org On September 10, elections to regional and municipal assemblies were held across the Russian Federation. For the first time, they were held under Russian law in the two Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk which formally became part of the Russian Federation in February 2022. Elections also took place in the two 'new territories', as they are called in Russia, of the Russian-controlled parts of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions (that is, the areas of those two regions lying south and east of the Dnieper River). The governing regime in Ukraine as well as the Western countries allied with it condemned and refuse…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). ANPP chief Esteban Lazo meets with Cuban diplomats in Russia. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ¥s National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) President Esteban Lazo on Sunday held talks with members of the Cuban embassy in Russia.

infobrics (2023-09-30). Is Pashinyan the new Saakashvili?>. infobrics.org The unflattering fate of Saakashvili should serve as a stark warning to Pashinyan. Perhaps he should take some lessons from one of Saakashvili's more successful successors, namely Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili who correctly understood that NATO expansion in the former Soviet Union is invariably aimed against Russia and that the countries the political West uses against Moscow in this process are seen as acceptable collateral damage (that is, mere pawns).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-30). Ukraine Assassination Program Bears Parallels with the Vietnam Phoenix Program and Israeli Mossad Operations Targeting Palestinians. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov On September 9th, The Economist ran a remarkable story entitled "Ukraine's Assassination Programme: Its Agents Have Become Expert in Dark Revenge." It spotlighted how the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU)'s Fifth Directorate and Special Operations Forces (SSO) are running an assassination program across regions of Ukraine occupied or reintegrated into Russia and in Russia itself, and…

noreply (2023-09-30). Meanwhile RT Continues… smoothiex12.blogspot.com to provide the tribune to some obviously shady amateurs–running along the front-line and calling oneself a military correspondent–does not make one a military planner and military professional. Vladislav Ugolny is represented as a Russian journalist born in Donetsk. You will find precious little about this guy, except that he is not military and he was…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-30). Bombshell: NATO Says "War Started in 2014". "Fake Pretext" to Wage War against Russia? To Invoke Article 5 of Atlantic Treaty? globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-09-30). Burkinabè junta arrests top officers over Burkina Faso coup attempt. wsws.org The conflicts in the Burkina Faso military are deeply entwined with the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine, as the Burkinabè junta led by Traoré develops ties with the Kremlin.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-01). Russian parliamentarians condemn U.S. blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Condemning the U.S. blockade against Cuba was present in Sunday's sessions of the First Russia-Latin America Parliamentary Conference being held in Moscow, Prensa Latina reported.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-10-01). Canada, Ukraine, And Nazis. popularresistance.org There is something especially satisfying when one's opponents help make a case for something they have denied. Recently the Canadian government did just that. Their effort to prop up the failing Ukraine proxy war instead exposed that country's Nazi past and present. | Ukraine has been a divided nation ever since its founding as a state after World War I. Its population is divided by language with Ukrainian and Russian speakers, with some favoring its status as a Soviet republic while others were vehemently opposed. So strong was that faction that there were many Ukrainians who actively collaborated with German oc…

scorinoco (2023-10-01). Russia and Venezuela Sign Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, and the president of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin, signed an agreement aimed at the strengthening of inter-parliamentary ties. | Rodríguez and Volodin highlighted the cooperation that has existed between Venezuela and Russia since the triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution in different areas especially in the defense of sovereignty. | Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez (left) and Russian State Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin (right) shake hands after the signing of the inter-parliament…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-09-30). Modern Empire Apologia Is Mostly Just Westerners Arguing With Reality. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | It's funny how much empire apologia in the 2020s consists of westerners saying that governments who aren't aligned with the United States shouldn't have the security concerns they have and shouldn't regard their national interests the way they do. | Armchair proxy warriors against Russia defend the NATO expansionism which

presstv.ir (2023-10-01). Thousands attend climate demonstration in Switzerland. presstv.ir Several thousand people took to the streets of the Swiss capital, Bern, to call for better climate protection and more "climate justice", less than a month before parliamentary elections.

Connor Freeman (2023-10-01). Congress Passes Stop-Gap Spending Bill, McCarthy Makes Deal For Separate Vote on Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-01). A Global Call For Peace In Ukraine Emerges At UN General Assembly. popularresistance.org As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine. The United States and its allies still insist that the UN Charter requires countries to take Ukraine's side in the conflict, "for as long as it takes" to restore Ukraine's pre-2014 internationally recognized borders. | They claim to be enforcing Article 2: 4 of the UN Charter that states "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or…

Dave LIndorff (2023-09-30). NPR's 'Morning Edition' Report on the US supplying DU shells to Ukraine is a 1-source Dud. thiscantbehappening.net This article was originally published by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) In its fund-raising promotions, NPR touts shows like "Morning Edition" as providing listeners a "deeper look" at complicated stories. Sometimes that is the case, but on this past Sept. 8, in the case of an announced decision by the Biden administration … |

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2023-09-30). Profits àºber Alles! American Corporations and Hitler. globalresearch.ca This carefully researched article by Canadian historian Dr. Jacques Pauwels was first published by Global Research 19 years ago on 8 June 2004. | Pauwels historical insight is of relevance to the ongoing war in Ukraine. It provides us with an …

Hugo Turner (2023-09-30). The History of Nazism in Ukraine: The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), 1917-1941. globalresearch.ca

Liam Cosgrove (2023-09-30). As conservatives ramp up opposition to Ukraine war, Dems dodge The Grayzone. thegrayzone.com As a budget showdown looms in Congress, MAGA Republicans are alone in challenging the vast quantities of American weapons and cash being funneled to Kiev, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warning The Grayzone that increasing escalation could turn the proxy war into a "potential nuclear conflict." When approached for comment, progressive members of the 'Squad' dodged our questions. When the US House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure Tuesday evening, the lone Republican no-vote against it was cast by …

Max Blumenthal (2023-09-30). Canada's Honoring of Nazi Vet Exposes Ottawa's Longstanding Ukraine Policy. orinocotribune.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-30). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-01). The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine. caitlinjohnstone.com.au "This move has been accompanied in recent weeks by some of the most appalling mass media headlines that I have ever seen, all geared toward normalizing the military industrial complex in the eyes of the public."

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-01). Biden Tells Congress 'Stop Playing Games' and Pass New Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Sunday told Congress to "stop playing games" and authorize the additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid that he's requested, which would bring total US spending on the proxy war to about $137 billion. Biden's comments came after Congress passed a stopgap funding bill at the last minute on Saturday to avert a …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-01). British PM Clarifies Defense Secretary's Comments About Sending Troops to Ukraine for Training. news.antiwar.com British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that comments made by his defense secretary about sending troops into Ukraine for training are part of long-term planning, not something the UK would do in the "here and now." British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps told the Sunday Telegraph that he was discussing the idea of moving …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-01). Zelensky Pitches Arms Makers on Producing Weapons in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged arms makers to produce weapons inside Ukraine in a speech opening Ukraine's first International Defense Industries Forum. "Right now, for the next decades, the most powerful defense-industrial complexes are being determined, what their priorities will be, and what the standard of defense in the world will be. It …

Nicolas J S Davies (2023-10-01). A Plea for Peace in Ukraine. progressive.org Leaders from fifty countries are calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict at the U.N. General Assembly.

Larry Johnson (2023-09-30). Retired Officers Still Lying About Ukraine While Media Coming to Grips With the Unfolding Debacle. sonar21.com Whew! That's a long title. Sorry, but needed to be said. Let's start with David Petraeus. He never learned the the first rule of crisis management — "when you're in…