2023-08-07: News Headlines

ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | 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 US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

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…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-07). Was There Really a Massacre in Tiananmen Square—or Was It an Illusion Fabricated by U.S. Politicians and Corporate Media to Make Americans Hate China? covertactionmagazine.com In 1989, the American public was flooded with iconic images of brave Chinese students standing up to Chinese Communist tanks in Tiananmen Square—students who were then brutally slaughtered by the Chinese military. Or so we were led to believe. But a startling new book reveals that the American public may have been deceived. According to …

_____ (2023-08-07). Second-order Dialogue and Higher Order Discourse for the Future. transcend.org Potential Implications of Second-order Cybernetics and Higher-order Communication Possibilities — Second-order cybernetics is a form in which "the role of the observer is appreciated and acknowledged rather than disguised, as had become traditional in western science".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-07). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO's doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-07). The most common trigger for autism is childhood vaccinations. Here's how vaccines cause autism. expose-news.com Conventional wisdom proclaims that there is no evidence vaccines cause autism. In reality, there is a great deal of evidence showing they do, but the same playbook used to cover up the …


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 …

Fight Back (2023-08-07). San Jose community celebrates removal of Thomas Fallon statue. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On August 4, around 70 people gathered to celebrate the removal of the Thomas Fallon statue that had stood at the corner of West Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose for over 20 years. Fallon was a captain of the U.S. military during the Mexican-American War and captured San Jose in 1846. In the 1850s, he returned to the area and began a political career, culminating in a one-year term as mayor of San Jose in 1859. His time in public office took place during a period of genocide against the indigenous peoples of California, as well as the oppression and disenfranchisement of Mexican peop…

WSWS (2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.

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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