2023-08-06: News Headlines

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-08-05). The US Plot To Finalize The Theft Of Venezuela's Oil. popularresistance.org It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get U.S. corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed congress and met with U.S. allies around the world, and collusion with the corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipartisan heist that would make a gangster blush. | Actually, the plot is the work of gangsters. Barack Obama began the process with the first tranche of sanctions against Venezuela.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-05). Building for War: The US Imperium's Top End Spend. dissidentvoice.org The AUSMIN 2023 talks held between the US Secretaries of State and Defense and their Australian counterparts, confirmed the increasing, unaccountable militarisation of the Australian north and its preparation for a future conflict with Beijing. Details were skimpy, the rhetoric aspirational. But the Australian performance from Defence Minister Richard Marles, and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, …

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-05). Polluters Rely on Old Rhetoric to Block Clean Energy Future. desmog.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-05). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-05). Covid Related News: Corporate journalists have become experts at disinformation journalism. expose-news.com As independent experts dismantle the official covid pandemic narrative, corporate "experts" try to resurrect it and corporate media warns "covid is on the rise." We can only guess corporate media has been …

_____ (2023-08-05). Israel and Its Doctrine of Strategic Depth. journal-neo.org

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-06). Indicting a President is a New Development in America's Decline: How It Happened. thealtworld.com Last Thursday I explained why the indictments of President Trump are entirely fabrications for political and propagandistic reasons. Today I will answer the question how it is possible for a President of the United States to be indicted multiple times for behavior while in office. | A US president is surrounded by legal counsel. It is not possible for a president to go around breaking scores of laws. Normally such phony indictments as Trump faces would not be possible. Not only has no president in US history been previously indicted, the political party he represents would be up in arms pointing out the absurdity…

Editor (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.

midwesternmarx (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 …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-06). Scotland's Covid Inquiry publishes damning report: No evidence to support face masks, lockdowns and other covid measures. expose-news.com The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has published a damning report of the Government's measures taken in response to covid. It states that in 2020, there was either insufficient or no evidence to support …

Mélissa Mialon (2023-08-05). Correspondence] Women and authorship in the Lancet Series on breastfeeding. thelancet.com On March 8, we celebrated International Women's Day to raise greater awareness of women's rights. The Lancet Series on breastfeeding1 could not have been published at a better time. The Series details the numerous benefits of breastfeeding, for both babies and mothers, and places a particular emphasis on the main obstacle to optimal breastfeeding practices: the negative influence of commercial actors. Evidence from the Series, if translated into public policy, is likely to contribute to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and, thus, the realisation of human rights for women and children.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). IRGC Dismantles Terrorist Cell In Southeastern Iran. southfront.org File image. | On August 3, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had dismantled a terrorist cell in Iran's southeastern region. | The public relations office of the IRGC Ground Forces said in a statement that the cell was affiliated with "arrogance powers," a term the guards usually use to refer to the United States or Israel. According to the statement, the cell was planning to carry out subversive and terrorist operations in the southeastern region and was dismantled before being able to ca…

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