(2023-08-09). Colombia urges to build peace grounded in reconciliation. plenglish.com Organized by DiPaz (Inter-Church Dialogue for Peace in Colombia), it is aimed at leaders, representatives and members of religious domestic entities and organizations, human rights defenders, the conflict's victims, peace signatories and scholars. | Reverend Kenneth Mtata assured his visit along with other World Council of Churches' figures represents a great chance for the Council to affirm its support for processes leading to a fair peace with its member churches and ecumenical partners who are actively involved on the ground. | Meanwhile, Senator Gloria Florez first thanked Cuban Ambassador Javier Caamaño for…
(2023-08-10). Moral Blindness on U.S. Aggression and Torture. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-09). Black Men Tortured by White Mississippi Police "Goon Squad" Demand Justice. truthout.org Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were… |
(2023-08-09). "Horrendous": Black Men Tortured by White Mississippi Police "Goon Squad" React to Guilty Pleas. democracynow.org 
Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were staying in and attacked them, and how they are speaking out to demand justice. Meanwhile, the deputies have been linked to at least four violent attacks on Black men since 2019, in which two of the men died. We als…
(2023-08-10). Indígenas exigen a Gobierno de Panamá respetar acuerdo. telesurtv.net Un líder indígena dijo que, de incumplirse, los ngäbe-buglé defenderían sus derechos de salud, educación y a la carretera.
(2023-08-10). Twenty-Seven Migrants Found Dead in Libyan Desert. telesurenglish.net The crisis began at the beginning of July, when at least 1,200 migrants and asylum seekers of sub-Saharan origin were detained in mass raids in the city of Sfax, the main starting point of the migratory route by sea, and expelled to border areas, also with neighboring Algeria. | The crisis began at the beginning of July, when at least 1,200 migrants and asylum seekers of sub-Saharan origin were detained in mass raids in the city of Sfax. Aug. 10, 2023.
(2023-08-09). Indoctrination, Intimidation and Intolerance: What Passes for Education Today. dissidentvoice.org Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning. — Annette Fuentes Investigative journalist, When the School House Becomes a Jail House This is what it means to go back-to-school …
(2023-08-09). UK Tory government launches fascistic campaign against asylum seekers. wsws.org The Labour Party has already declared that in government they would keep the barges as detention centres and other anti-immigration infrastructure of the Tories.
(2023-08-10). Beijing shows strong opposition against new U.S. executive order. ecns.cn Beijing expressed dissatisfaction and opposition on Thursday to Washington's single-minded rollout of restrictions on investments in China, and vowed to resolutely safeguarditsrights and interests.
(2023-08-10). China urges U.S. to immediately remove investment curbs, vows 'necessary' countermeasures. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday blasted the U.S.' investment restrictions in China as "economic coercion" and "tech bullying," urging Washington to immediately withdraw its wrong decision while vowing to firmly safeguard the country's rights and interests.
(2023-08-10). Ohio voters reject referendum measure backed by anti-abortion forces. wsws.org Issue 1 would have made it much more difficult to pass a referendum measure, set for a November vote, to incorporate abortion rights into the state constitution.
(2023-08-09). Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Still Deeply Unpopular Across US, Poll Finds. truthout.org As activists push for abortion rights ballot measures in states across the country, polling has found that the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson is as unpopular as ever, a year on from the decision. According to new polling by SSRS for CNN released Tuesday, 64 percent of U.S. adults disagree with the decision, with 50 percent saying they "strongly" disagree. This is nearly double the… |
(2023-08-09). Ohio Voters Reject GOP Ballot Measure Aimed at Undermining Abortion Rights Vote. truthout.org Ohio voters on Tuesday decisively rejected a Republican-authored measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state constitution through the ballot initiative process, a billionaire-funded effort aimed at preempting a November vote on abortion rights. If approved by voters, the measure known as Issue 1 would have raised the threshold for passage of a constitutional amendment from a… |
(2023-08-09). Holden v Ministry of Defence and the Police Service of Northern Ireland: accountability and the Northern Ireland conflict. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the early hours of 24 March 1922, a group of men, of whom most were in police uniform, broke into the North Belfast home of prominent Catholic businessman Owen McMahon and shot him dead, along with four of his sons and a male employee. Between 1920 and 1922, hundreds of people were killed, and …
(2023-08-09). Headlines for August 9, 2023. democracynow.org Ohio Voters Reject GOP Attempt to Impose Higher Barrier to Enshrining Abortion Rights in Constitution, SCOTUS Allows Biden Admin to Regulate Ghost Guns for Now, Sudan Conflict Rages On: 4 Million Displaced, 24 Million in Need of Aid, U.N. Warns Burmese Military Is Escalating Attacks on Civilians, Brazil Summit Produces Pledge to Protect Amazon But Fails to Adopt Vow to End Deforestation by 2030, King Center Backs Referendum on Cop City; ACLU, NAACP Call for Probe into Targeting of Activists, Hawaii Wildfires Prompt Evacuations as People Take to Ocean to Escape Fire and Smoke, Community Members, Loved Ones of Murd…
(2023-08-09). Nina Turner: Ohio Voters Have Rejected GOP Power Grab in Victory for Democracy & Abortion Access. democracynow.org 
Voters in Ohio overwhelmingly rejected a Republican attempt to restrict abortion rights on Tuesday. The supermajority of Republicans in the Ohio Legislature had pushed for a ballot initiative that would have made it harder to amend the state constitution ahead of the November election, when voters will decide if the right to an abortion should be enshrined in the Ohio Constitution. A majority of Ohio voters support the right to abortion. "The voters of the state of Ohio did not buy what the Republicans were selling," says former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner, now a senior fellow at the Institute on R…
(2023-08-09). Political lessons of the West Coast Canadian dockworkers' strike. wsws.org Above all, workers must establish their political and organizational independence from the trade union bureaucracy and New Democrats, and develop a mass worker-led counter-offensive across North America to oppose capitalist austerity, war, and attacks on workers' democratic and social rights.
(2023-08-10). David vs Goliath: Nicaragua vs USA. dissidentvoice.org 
Many nations in the Americas have suffered from US promoted coups, dictatorships, sanctions and outright invasions. Nicaragua may take the cake for being the most victimized. Dan Kovalik has written a book which reviews the history of intervention and resistance up to the present day. Kovalik includes his own experiences from several decades visiting Nicaragua. …
(2023-08-10). Selected Articles: "Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance" globalresearch.ca 
By Many nations in the Americas have suffered from US promoted coups, dictatorships, sanctions and outright invasions. Nicaragua may take the cake for being the most …
(2023-08-09). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and U.S. Sanctions. strategic-culture.org 
The U.S. has strangled the Syrian civilians with years of sanctions which have prevented pharmacies and hospitals from ordering special medicines from U.S. and European manufacturers. | Join us on , , and . | Israeli airstri…
(2023-08-09). No to the new war in Africa, stop military intervention in Niger, lift sanctions to Burkina Faso and Niger. mronline.org 
Nigeria's Senate refuses to support ECOWAS plan for West-backed military intervention. A day after ECOWAS chiefs of staffs finalized plans for a military intervention, Nigeria's Senate refused to support President Bola Tinubu's proposal to deploy soldiers. Tinubu is the current chair of ECOWAS. Meanwhile, Niger has seen multiple demonstrations in support of the coup that overthrew Mohamed Bazoum…
(2023-08-09). Anti-Imperialist Committee Holds 'Hearing' on Venezuela Sanctions and Impact. orinocotribune.com The tribunal heard from experts and activists before issuing a statement that "unequivocally denounce[d] the US imperialist hybrid war" on Venezuela. | The International People's The tribunal, which focuses on "sanctions, blockades and economic coercive measures," brought a 14-person delegation to the Caribbean country. The team featured academics, lawyers and activists, including representatives from the National Lawyers Guild…
(2023-08-09). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca