(2021-08-25). CODEPINK Urges PBS To Stop Censoring The Truth About China. popularresistance.org Last week, on August 12, 2021, CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin, Tighe Barry, Leonardo Flores, and Michelle Ellner delivered over 3,600 signatures from the public to Public Broadcasting Services' headquarters in Arlington, VA asking them to stop censoring the truth about China. | Much to our disappointment, PBS, a PUBLIC broadcasting service, chose to call the police on these four peace activists members of the public, who were calmly and respectfully representing the opinions of the taxpayers — who fund PBS to the tune of over $26 million annually. The viewers who signed this petition are simply requesting that P…
(2021-08-25). It's Time to End the Great Game. counterpunch.org Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth as the U.S. leaves Afghanistan, bringing its longest-running war to an ignominious close. Then again, there's a reason they call Afghanistan "the place where empires go to die" — and we have just been added to the long list of would-be occupiers and rulers who have dragged themselves out
(2021-08-25). The Moral Implications of Bloodlust, White Supremacy, Christian Nationalism. counterpunch.org The war in Afghanistan reminds us that those who do not learn from past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Years ago, scholar Akhilesh Pillalamarri wrote that Afghanistan has long been known as the graveyard of empires. Nevertheless, the U.S. repeated the respective mistakes of the British and Soviet empires in the 19th and 20th centuries by invading and trying to occupy the country.
(2021-08-25). Medea Benjamin: Afghanistan War Is "Cash Cow" for Pentagon. Biden Must End "Delusional" China Rivalry. democracynow.org 
We look at the situation in Afghanistan, and pressure on Biden to stay longer, with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who for years has called for an end to the longest war in U.S. history. "We didn't want it to end like this, and there should have been better planning in terms of getting people out of the country, but we were very clear we never wanted the U.S. to go in to begin with," says Benjamin. She also warns the end of the War in Afghanistan will encourage the Biden administration to pour more money and resources into a rivalry with China. "It is a delusional idea that we should be focusing on China as…
(2021-08-25). End of the Longest War in US History Should Wake Us Up to Failure of Militarism. truthout.org 
We look at the situation in Afghanistan, and pressure on Biden to stay longer, with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who for years has called for an end to the longest war in U.S. history. "We didn't want it to end like this, and there should have been better planning in terms of getting people out of the country, but we were very clear we never wanted the U.S. to go in to begin with," says Benjamin. She also warns the end of the War in Afghanistan will encourage the Biden administration t…
(2021-08-25). Podcast Ep 43: How activists are shutting down Israeli drone factories. electronicintifada.net Palestine Action members talk about their first year of direct action against Elbit.
(2021-08-25). Bahrain hacked phones of 9 activists using Israeli spyware, says Citizen Lab. peoplesdispatch.org Canada-based Citizen Lab stated that it has verified the numbers with Paris-based Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International, organisations responsible for last month's global media coverage which implicated dozens of governments across the world for using the spyware…
(2021-08-25). Black August commemorated at the gates of San Quentin Prison. workers.org 
San Rafael, Calif. August 21 — Overcoming both dangerous air quality from California's cataclysmic fires and the state's desperate attempts at intimidation, veterans and activists of the prisoners' rights movement marched to the West Gate of San Quentin Prison today to commemorate Black August and the spirit of George Jackson. . . . |
(2021-08-25). M4BL Group Demands Reparations From Government For History Of Targeting Movements That Support Black Life. moguldom.com Black American activists have long been targeted disproportionately by the federal government and a new report by a coalition of Black activist groups presents more evidence of structural racism used against movements that support Black life. Black Lives Matter protesters, for example, were targeted in the aftermath of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd …
(2021-08-25). The Capitalist Rationality of the Empire: Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode we go over how Colonialism and Capitalism directly led to the creation of Empires such as the British Empire, the Dutch, the Spanish and now the US Empire. We discuss Imperialism and how it is the way in which Empires stay in power, and how the US Empire today is restructuring itself. We also hit on the need for Revolution, not reform. Power to the People's Struggle!
(2021-08-25). Expanding The Military Draft Is Not Feminism. popularresistance.org Nearly 3 million women in the United States have been forced out of the workforce due to coronavirus-related issues. Unwilling to provide solutions to the very real issues that everyday people are facing, Congress has instead found a way to suck more resources into the war machine: expanding the draft to include women.
(2021-08-24). The Dirty Dozen Central Banks Are Still Fuelling Climate Chaos as the World Burns. commondreams.org Media outlets are proving once again that Afghan women's rights are only of interest to them when they can be used to prop up imperialism and the military industrial complex.
(2021-08-24). Eight Key Points on America's Defeat in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org The humiliating defeat of the American Empire in Afghanistan — replete with "near identical images" of frantic evacuation helicopters atop a US Embassy as in Saigon in 1975 — poses a dilemma for left anti-imperialists. We must always welcome and applaud setbacks suffered by the empire, which oppresses the world with its giant global network of bases and troops and its relentless exploitation and pollution of the world natural and human resources.
(2021-08-24). Palestinian Authority suppresses protests demanding justice for Nizar Banat. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian security forces arrested several well-known Palestinian political activists and civil society figures in protests demanding justice for an activist slain while in custody of the PA…
(2021-08-24). WATCH 50+ arrests made after Extinction Rebellion protest shuts down London street. rt.com 
Dozens of environmental activists with Extinction Rebellion were arrested after taking to the streets of London for a major protest, chaining themselves to objects — and each other — to shut down a busy junction in the city. | The environmentalist group gathered near London's Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, four-meter tall structure carrying the words "Come to the table." Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. | With a demand to immediately stop fossil fuel investment, the Impossible…
(2021-08-24). Myanmarese rights organization reports over 1,000 deaths since February coup. peoplesdispatch.org The Assistance Association of Political Prisoners also said 7,338 people, including political leaders, activists, students and unionists, have been arrested. As many as 5,730 people remain under detention across the country…
(2021-08-24). Activists demand to stop the Line 3 pipeline project. peoplesdispatch.org The pipeline is expected to take away rights of indigenous people to hunt, fish and gather along the proposed routes and native American communities have been at the forefront of the protests demanding to stop the construction of the pipeline.
(2021-08-24). Police Arrest More Than 50 Activists During Extinction Rebellion Protest in London – Photos. sputniknews.com The protests are scheduled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference and Biodiversity Conference this fall and will continue until a demand to "stop all new fossil fuel investment immediately" is met.
(2021-08-24). The US Empire Wants to Make Climate-Induced Collapse of Civilization Inevitable. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 19, 2021 | The breakdown of civilization is not inevitable. Socialist China has shown this throughout the pandemic, when it's