(2021-08-07). Hezbollah Fires Rockets in Response to Israeli Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Hezbollah responded Friday to recent Israeli shelling and airstrikes in southern Lebanon by firing rockets into Israel. The incident marks the Israel said 19 rockets were launched from Lebanon and that it fired back with artillery after the barrage. The back and forth is the most significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in years, but no casualties were reported on either side. | Israel's initial shelling of Lebanon took place late We…
(2021-08-07). Israel-Hezbollah Confrontation is 'Exchange of Messages', War is Not on Horizon, Expert Says. sputniknews.com The reason for this is not only the reluctance of Hezbollah to draw Lebanon into another bloody conflict, especially now when the country is mired in deep economic and political crises. It also stems from Israel being preoccupied with other problems and the split within its own coalition.
(2021-08-07). Tunisia: the complex issues behind the presidential power-grab. juancole.com 
By Mariam Salehi | — Ten years on from the Arab uprisings, Tunisia has often been presented as a rare success story. Elsewhere Egypt sank into an army dictatorship, Syria, Libya and Yemen into bloody civil war. In other countries, meanwhile, such as Bahrain, the protests were put down with ferocity and the old regimes …
(2021-08-07). US transfers 40 ISIL forces to its base in Hasaka: report. en.mehrnews.com Syrian sources reported that the US military transferred dozens of ISIL prisoners in Syria to its base.
(2021-08-07). [Correspondence] Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa: it is time for quality registry data — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Luigi Pisani and colleagues highlight the potential and needed role of critical care registries in the COVID-19 pandemic response in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Registry data are a powerful tool when operationalised at scale.1 However, despite funded collaborative efforts, the existing registries in LMICs alone have been insufficient in providing an adequate pandemic response, lamented as recently as May, 2021.2 In contrast, the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG), an unfunded network, pivoted to respond to the pandemic in Africa.
(2021-08-07). 2021 California Admission Day, Equity and Inclusion Conversation. indybay.org The origin of the State of California and transition to US Statehood through the eyes of Indigenous, Pan African, Latino, European, Asian and Pacific Islanders poised this 2021 Admission Day…
(2021-08-07). [Correspondence] Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa: it is time for quality registry data. thelancet.com The African COVID-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study (ACCCOS) Investigators are to be commended for providing the first multinational study reporting epidemiological, management, and outcome data of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa.1 However, this important effort lags behind other international cohorts in timing and included less than half of the countries expected by the study investigators.1,2…
(2021-08-07). WATCH: Taliban fighters joyride in Humvees after capturing Nimroz provincial capital & seizing more US-made weaponry. rt.com 
Taliban militants were spotted parading around in US-made Humvees after seizing a major city in Nimroz province, footage shows — the first regional capital to fall to the group as it launches a wave of attacks across Afghanistan. | The militants were seen making victory laps around the city of Zaranj on Friday afternoon in the captured vehicles, having just captured the provincial capital after overrunning Afghan government forces. |
(2021-08-07). Talibanes capturan una segunda capital provincial en Afganistán. telesurtv.net En la tarde del viernes, los talibanes tomaron el control de la ciudad de Zaranj, capital de la provincia suroccidental de Nimroz.
(2021-08-07). Watch Taliban Militants Parade in US-Made Humvees After Seizing Afghan Provincial Capital. sputniknews.com On Friday, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai told the UN Security Council that the scale and scope of the ongoing Taliban* offensive in the country "are akin to an invasion unparalleled in the last 30 years of the conflict".
(2021-08-07). What is the U.S. afraid of? What kind of 'truth' does it try to make up?>. ecns.cn The U.S.' "excessive efforts" on origin tracing has distorted this scientific issue while its failure to curb the surging COVID-19 cases has ruined its international image.
(2021-08-07). Women's League Convention of the Communist Party of Kenya holds inaugural meeting. workers.org 
Despite attacks and repression of their Party by the government, the Communist Party of Kenya held its first-ever Women's League Convention July 31. The convention began with a hoisting of the Party's flag, the singing of The Internationale and other revolutionary songs being performed. Over 340 women marched after the . . . |
(2021-08-07). Zambia's Socialist Party Sets Ending of Rich-Poor Divide as Election Target. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Socialist Party presidential candidate Fred M'membe (center) and other leaders of the party after the filing of nomination papers in Lusaka. A newcomer to the electoral scene, the Socialist Party is prioritizing health, education and peasant agriculture, and bringing to the forefront hitherto marginalized voices Zambia is a nation divided into Kwa and…
(2021-08-07). Defensa de diplomático Alex Saab expone ilegalidades en proceso. telesurtv.net El Tribunal de la Cedeao ha ordenado en dos ocasiones la libertad inmediata de Alex Saab ante las irregularidades en su detención.
(2021-08-07). Colombian State and Paramilitarism: Salvatore Mancuso's Declaration Before the Truth Commission. libya360.wordpress.com José Manuel Blanco Díaz Salvatore Mancuso, demobilized and imprisoned Colombian paramilitary leader, has provided detailed testimony on how the Colombian government is closely linked to the creation and preservation of paramilitary groups like the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Mancuso, a.k.a. Mono Mancuso, Santander Lozada or Triple Cero, was extradited to the United States…
(2021-08-07). Peru: Pedro Castillo is Autonomous with Respect to the De facto Powers. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez Sociologist, columnist of Diario Libre and active militant of the Peruvian Chapter of ALBA Movimientos, Ricardo Jimenez is an indispensable reference when envisioning the path that President Pedro Castillo will take in the coming months of a difficult Peruvian process. We began the interview with him commenting on the power of Castillo's two…
(2021-08-07). Glen Ford and the Black Radical Critical Tradition. popularresistance.org But Glen made a conscious decision to take, as Kwame Nkrumah framed it, a "revolutionary path." That path is always more difficult, for not many take it. As a result, the path is quite narrow, no more than a trail through the forest of normalized reaction projected to the masses as supposed "common sense." When one takes that path, very few accolades nor real economic stability, retirement funds or clear paths forward are available.
(2021-08-07). WHO should conduct origin tracing in the US: China Daily editorial. ecns.cn A survey conducted around the world by China Global Television Network in the six official languages of the United Nations over the past few weeks found that 83.1 percent of the respondents support the World Health Organization carrying out a novel coronavirus origin tracing investigation in the United States.
(2021-08-07). Iran not to hesitate to defend its sovereign rights in PG. en.mehrnews.com Condemning the G7 statement over baseless accusations against Iran, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that Iran will not hesitate to defend its sovereign rights in the Persian Gulf.
(2021-08-07). Biden flubs number of vaccinated Americans. en.mehrnews.com In his speech on Friday, the US president made another blunder, making a mistake over the total number of vaccinated people in the United States.
(2021-08-07). [World Report] UN concern over health at site of former Zambian lead mine. thelancet.com A letter by UN special rapporteurs urges the Zambian Government to clean up the mine to protect thousands of nearby residents from pollution. Munyaradzi Makoni reports.
(2021-08-07). Congresistas de EE.UU. piden a Biden cerrar cárcel en Guantánamo. telesurtv.net Los presidentes de varios comités legislativos se sumaron a la iniciativa para que se ejecute inmediatamente el cierre de la prisión.
(2021-08-07). Colombia suma una nueva masacre para llegar a 64 en el 2021. telesurtv.net La masacre se registró en el interior de una vivienda en el municipio colombiano de Soacha dejando tres hombre y una mujer muerta.
(2021-08-07). Edward Snowden Slams Apple's Plan to Scan Every User's Phone as 'Assault on Privacy'. sputniknews.com The tech giant previously announced it will be using the neuralMatch software in order to scan photos uploaded to the iCloud by American users and will notify the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) if child abuse imagery is discovered.
(2021-08-06). Pan-Africanism or Zionism: The AU and Palestine Liberation. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-06). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes spread at several UK rail companies over pay, pensions, conditions; South African construction workers protesting unpaid wages clash with private security firm; strikes continue in Iran over pay and arrears, protests mounting over pensions…
(2021-08-06). Remembering Richard Trumka: Union Leaders Reflect on Death of AFL-CIO Head & Labor Movement Challenges Ahead. democracynow.org 
Richard Trumka, the longtime president of the AFL-CIO and one of the most powerful labor leaders in the United States, has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. Trumka's death has prompted an outpouring of tributes from fellow labor figures, activists and lawmakers, including President Joe Biden. Trumka was a third-generation coal miner from Pennsylvania who, at the age of 33, became the youngest president of the United Mine Workers of America. He continued climbing through the ranks of organized labor for the rest of his life, fighting campaigns against apartheid in South Africa, racism within the labor movem…
(2021-08-06). Funding the resistance: social banditry for the 21st century. roarmag.org 
People wearing costumes inspired by the Money Heist TV series during a carnival parade in Decimomannu, Italy — February 16, 2020. Paolo Certo / Shutterstock.com | At least as early as the first century A.D., shiftas of the Horn of Africa renounced their allegiance to emperors, government and law, and took to the wild where — through their disruptions of the usual business and trade — they would manage to survive as outlaws. For centuries, the Balkan haiduks roamed their lands, stealing from their Ottoman occupiers. Yi brigands and others from across the Chinese frontier sustained their economies…
(2021-08-06). Headlines for August 6, 2021. democracynow.org Dixie Fire Grows to Become Sixth Largest in California History, Greek PM Blames Climate Change as Thousands Flee Wildfires Near Athens, Study Warns Atlantic Ocean Current Could Collapse, with Devastating Impact on Climate, Biden Restores Tailpipe Emissions Standards, Promotes Switch to Electric Vehicles, Democratic Bill Would Tax Big Polluters $500 Billion to Pay for Climate Damage, U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Six-Month High with Over 100,000 Daily Infections, Africa COVID-19 Deaths Surged by 80% in Last Month as Delta Variant Spread, U.N. Security Council Meets on Afghanistan as Taliban Offensive Sparks Humanitar…
(2021-08-06). CNN's strange Wuhan lab story suggests US spies HACKED Chinese database, hints that probe into Covid-19 origins may take longer. rt.com 
A bizarre CNN story about the ongoing US intelligence investigation of Covid-19's origins that relies on anonymous sources, and seems to make excuses for the spies coming up short, also manages to accuse the US of hacking China. | In a progress report of sorts on the 90-day investigation into the coronavirus origins — with which US spies were tasked Scientists are scouring data from…
(2021-08-06). Papua New Guinea registers first case of COVID-19 Delta variant. wsws.org The transmission of the virulent Delta variant into PNG underscores the vulnerability and dangers facing the impoverished countries of the Pacific to the raging global pandemic.
(2021-08-06). Israeli Ambassador Says Israel Wants to See 'Regime Change' in Iran. news.antiwar.com Israel's Ambassador to the US and UN Gilad Erdan "In the end, we would ultimately like to see [the government] overthrown and [for there to be] regime change," Erdan told Israel's Army Radio when asked about his government's Iran policy. | It's no secret Israel is hostile to the Iranian government, but Israeli officials have previously avoided such explicit calls for regime change. What Erdan said was interpreted…
(2021-08-06). Hunger strike in NY opposes Egyptian repression. workers.org 
The international campaign to oppose President Abdul Fatah el Sisi's repression in Egypt has come to New York City. Medhat Mahmoud and Bahgat Saber, two Egyptians living in the New York metropolitan area, are in the third week of a hunger strike in Dag Hammarskjà∂ld Plaza, kitty-corner from the New . . . |
(2021-08-06). 'Retaliation vs all who challenge power': Prison's mistreatment of hacktivist Gottesfeld is par for the course, whistleblower says. rt.com 
The Bureau of Prisons' retaliation against hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld for writing an expose on prison conditions is the rule, not the exception, Barrett Brown — a journalist who did four years in prison — told RT. | "There's not been a single case of someone who's a high-profile activist or even a low-profile activist incarcerated in the Bureau of Prisons who has not faced retaliation to the extent that they have tried to continue their engagement with the civic body from prison," Brown told RT on Friday, explaining that Gottesfeld's punishment — for merely trying to expose the abuses he wit…
(2021-08-06). 'It's an act of retaliation': Jailed hacktivist denied legal calls after publishing article about US prison abuse — wife to RT. rt.com 
In an act of reprisal, hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld has been prevented from communicating with his attorneys after he penned an article, published by RT, about conditions at his federal penitentiary, his wife has claimed. | Bureau of Prisons Attorney Katherine Siereveld has taken unprecedented measures to block Gottesfeld from conferring with his legal team, the inmate's wife, Dana Gottesfeld, has said in an interview. | "I think it's an act of retaliation because it's only against Marty and not against other people," she told RT. Siereveld has allegedly also been "opening his legal mail o…
(2021-08-06). A Life and Nation Transformed: 20 Years from West Point's Gates and the War on Terror. scheerpost.com by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) / Reposted with permission from Antiwar.com When I entered West Point's Thayer Gate — and army life — 20 years ago last month, America was not at war. Not really anyway. Back then, when a 17-year-old's mother (had to) sign him into the military, he might expect some peacekeeping duty in Kosovo or — at worst — an unlucky street battle in Somalia or a lopsided 100… |
(2021-08-06). "China's Successful Battle against Poverty is a Part of its Process of Socialist Construction" libya360.wordpress.com Abdul Rahman Women who migrated to the Wangjia community participate in local activities at the community centre in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, April 2021. Photo : Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research A recent study published by the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research provides a detailed understanding of methods and motivations behind the Chinese initiative, which…
(2021-08-06). New Production Strategies: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part II). libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and Portuguesa states in western Venezuela. Founded in 2009, this rural commune has since become an important political and economic force in both the region and the country. It not only produces huge amounts of corn every year,…
(2021-08-06). Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Age of Normalized Violence. zcomm.org The future will look much brighter and new forms of collective resistance will emerge, in part, with the recognition that the legacy of violence, death and cruelty that extends from Hiroshima…
(2021-08-06). In the Shadow of the Blockade: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part I). libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and Portuguesa states in western Venezuela. Founded in 2009, this rural commune has since become an important political and economic force in both the region and the country. It not only produces huge amounts of corn every year,…
(2021-08-06). Science Saturday: How geologic rock formations inform novel treatments for kidney stones. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Human kidney stones are at least as old as the Giza pyramids. The oldest known kidney stone was found in Egyptian burial satin from 4400 B.C. In 2020, Mayo Clinic processed and analyzed some 90,000 kidney stones from all over the world. That number increases each year, reflecting a global uptick in kidney stone disease. But new research has unlocked how kidney stones actually form, which could be the key to treating or even eliminating…
(2021-08-06). Report: Brazil to become NATO's newest global partner. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com You read it here first: Senegal, Brazil being prepared for NATO partnerships? With a population of 215 million, Brazil will be the third-most populous of over 70 NATO members and partners, with only the U.S. and Pakistan (barely) exceeding it in that respect. Brazil May Become NATO's Second Global Partner in Latin America, Reports Say …