(2021-08-23). Imperialism and its discontents. mronline.org 
On the night of 14 August 1791, enslaved Africans gathered in the Bois CaàØman forest and planned the revolt that would begin the Haitian Revolution. Last week, on the 230th anniversary of this meeting, Haiti was hit by an earthquake that has upturned the lives of more than a million people.
(2021-08-23). Assassins of South African trade unionist at large as labor dispute continues. peoplesdispatch.org Malibongwe Mdazo, an organizer of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, who had led a 7,000-worker strike last month, was publicly gunned down at the doorstep of Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, amidst a labor dispute on August 19…
(2021-08-23). South Africa: NUMSA Leader Assassinated. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Photo : NUMSA via Twitter Malibongwe Mdazo, an organizer of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, who had led a 7,000-worker strike last month, was publicly gunned down at the doorstep of Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, amidst a labor dispute on August 19 Four days after the public assassination of…
(2021-08-23). NATO's Eastern Flank: troops from over 20 nations confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a feature on NATO's Multinational Corps Northeast (in Poland) website. NATO's eastern flank: From Estonia to Hungary servicemen and women from more than 20 countries fulfil their duties every day…. I was deployed three times to abroad, I served for one year in Egypt with the Multinational Force and Observers, then I had …
(2021-08-23). What's Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. "Human Guinea Pigs"? globalresearch.ca The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
(2021-08-23). Humanity's Survival May Depend on 2022 Defeat of Bolsonaro. libya360.wordpress.com Samuel Geddes Bolsonaro's vulgar dismissals of this reality have led to the highest levels of deforestation on record. With unprecedented firestorms raging from California to the Siberian Arctic, the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announcing to the world that 'climate change is upon us,' almost seemed redundant. Unsurprisingly, the…
(2021-08-23). Suicide Bomber Attacks LNA Checkpoint In Libya, Only Kills Himself. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 22nd, an ISIS suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint into the Libyan town of Zella. | In the process he killed himself, and nobody else, according to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA)."An IS suicide bomber attacked the Zalla checkpoint with a car bomb, causing no human casualties," the spokesman of the eastern-based army, Ahmad al-Mismari, posted on his official Facebook page. | "The terrorist was confronted and seriously wounded, after which he died in the hospi…
(2021-08-23). In Somalia, the US Is Bombing the Very 'Terrorists' It Created. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-23). [Research Paper] Paediatric major incident triage: UK military tool offers best performance in predicting the need for time-critical major surgical and resuscitative intervention. thelancet.com The BCD Triage Sieve had greatest sensitivity in predicting P1 status in this paediatric trauma registry population: we recommend it replaces the PTT in UK practice. Users of JumpSTART may consider alternative tools. We recommend Lerner's triage category definitions when conducting MI evaluations.
(2021-08-23). Turkey Expected To Order Another S-400 Missile Defense System. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | A new contract with Turkey on the delivery of Russian-made S-400 medium-to-long-range anti-aircraft missile systems may be signed soon. | This was claimed by the CEO of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Mikheyev at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum on August 23rd."The consultations continue and are at the final stage. We will start formalizing a contract with our partners soon," the chief executive said. | Certain…
(2021-08-22). Sports Boycotts & Apartheid. counterpunch.org 
During this summer's Tokyo Olympics, Algerian Fethi Nourine was slated to battle Israeli Tohar Butbul in judo. Before the bout, Nourine withdrew in protest of Israeli policies, expressing support for Palestinians. "We worked a lot to reach the Olympics but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of this," Days later a…
(2021-08-22). Israel, a Settler-Colonialist and Apartheid State, is Joining the AU as an "Observer Member" orinocotribune.com By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza — Jul 31, 2021 | In 2016, Netanyahu was the first Israeli PM in decades to step on the African continent. | After a strenuous stretch of diplomatic offensives that has lasted about 20 years, Israel will finally join the African Union (AU) as an observer state. Israel secured observer status at the AU when its Ambassador to Ethiopia, Burundi, and Chad Aleli Admasu last week presented the country's credentials to Moussa Faki Mahamat (chairman of the African Union Commission) at the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. | The presentation of Israel's charter as…
(2021-08-22). Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's "Summer of Soul": A record of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. wsws.org The documentary includes performances from the 1969 festival, which brought together a cross section of popular, but not exclusively, African American performers in a series of memorable concerts.
(2021-08-22). Bolivia: 50 Years Since Banzer Dictatorship and Operation Condor. libya360.wordpress.com Ex-military Commander Alvin Anaya, Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga and Hugo Banzer on August 6, 2001 in Sucre. Five decades ago today, Hugo Banzer's seven-year military dictatorship was installed in Bolivia through the civic-military coup of August 21, 1971—with all the attributes and objectives of Bolivia's 2019 coup. Among the parallels, was Banzer's Vice President during his…
(2021-08-22). ALBA Movements Issue Alert Over Coup Attempt in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com ALBA Movimientos is issuing an alert of a coup underway against the government of Pedro Castillo in Peru and is calling for international solidarity, saying, the removal of Héctor Bejar from the Foreign Ministry, just two weeks into government, "is a clear sign of the coup in progress in its political & military facet and…