TASS (2023-09-07). US supplying depleted uranium weapons to Kiev qualifies as criminal act — Russian diplomat. tass.com According to Sergey Ryabkov, "hundreds of materials have been compiled and dozens of discussions have been conducted involving leading experts, environmental activists, medical doctors, and specialists in the chemical interactions in nature between minerals and living beings"

Staff (2023-09-07). Ukrainian & Russian Activists on How Putin's War Emboldens "Authoritarian Forces" Around the World. democracynow.org On the same day U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv to announce $1 billion in new U.S. aid to Ukraine, 17 Ukrainians were killed in a Russian missile attack on a Donetsk market. "It's very painful for me to see all the streets and cities that I spent my childhood in to be completely destroyed by the ongoing war," says Hanna Perekhoda, Ukrainian historian from the Donetsk region on a speaking tour of the U.S. calling for an end to the war by driving out Putin's occupation. "If we let Russian authoritarians win, it will mean that the authoritarian forces also in our cou…

WSWS (2023-09-07). The US military recruitment crisis and the struggle against imperialist war. wsws.org The US war machine is confronting a worsening recruitment crisis as it escalates its war against Russia in Ukraine and prepares for war against China.

WSWS (2023-09-07). The US military recruitment crisis and the struggle against imperialist war. wsws.org The US war machine is confronting a worsening recruitment crisis as it escalates its war against Russia in Ukraine and prepares for war against China.

Global Research News (2023-09-07). Selected Articles: "Empire of Drugs": Taliban's Eradication of Opium Reveals Harsh Reality of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca By For the entirety of the 20 year US occupation, Afghanistan was the primary source for 90% …

Global Research News (2023-09-07). Selected Articles: "Empire of Drugs": Taliban's Eradication of Opium Reveals Harsh Reality of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca By For the entirety of the 20 year US occupation, Afghanistan was the primary source for 90% …

MEE correspondent (2023-09-07). Iranian press review: Taliban denounces executions in Iran. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Taliban denounces executions in Iran | Meanwhile, Green Movement leader demands political change in letter from house arrest, and anger boils over at dismissal of professors from universities
| Thu, 09/07/2023 – 09: 48 | Taliban fighters stand guard as Afghan protesters take part in a demonstration against reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-07). French working class rallies in solidarity with trade unionist facing prosecution. peoplesdispatch.org SeÃÅbastien Menesplier, leader of a union affiliated to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), was summoned by the police recently. The CGT claims that over 400 of its activists are being prosecuted in various courts for protesting the controversial pension reforms forced through by the Emmanuel Macron government…

Simon Hooper (2023-09-07). Boycott bill: Labelling critics of Israel antisemitic a 'dangerous road', MPs told. middleeasteye.net Boycott bill: Labelling critics of Israel antisemitic a 'dangerous road', MPs told | Campaign groups warn legislation could block divestments from arms trade and fossil fuels and undermine human rights commitments | Thu, 09/07/2023 – 15: 50 | Melanie Phillips was praised by one MP for her 'excellent articles' (Parliament TV) | The

Kathy Kelly (2023-09-07). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia. counterpunch.org

Kathy Kelly (2023-09-07). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia. counterpunch.org

teleSUR (2023-09-07). Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez Meets Chinese FM Wang. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi met with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who is in Beijing for the 17th meeting of the Mixed Venezuela-China High-Level Committee. | RELATED: | Wang said that China and Venezuela have forged an unbreakable, ironclad friendship, and China firmly supports Venezuela in safeguarding its national independence and dignity. | China is ready to work with Vene…

Editor (2023-09-07). Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists. mronline.org The Georgia Attorney General's Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) indictments against 61 individuals alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement.

MEE staff (2023-09-07). Yemen: Campaign launched over missing Omani travel vlogger. middleeasteye.net Yemen: Campaign launched over missing Omani travel vlogger | Prominent travel content creator goes missing in Marib, with many calling for his release and news on his whereabouts | Thu, 09/07/2023 – 15: 38 | The Omani vlogger Harith al-Shariqi regularly shares his travels with his thousands of followers on YouTube and Instagram (Screengrab/Instagram) | An online campaign has been launched in solidarity…

MEE staff (2023-09-07). Daniel Khalife: Terror suspect who escaped UK prison accused of spying for Iran, says BBC. middleeasteye.net

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-09-07). Health activists reveal Big Pharma's COVID-19 vaccine heist in South Africa. peoplesdispatch.org In a bid for transparency, health activists and civil society in South Africa have published the details of COVID-19 vaccine contracts between pharmaceutical giants and government. This follows a Pretoria High Court order instructing the Department of Health to disclose the contracts and proceedings of meetings pertaining to the procurement of vaccine doses…

Kiran Yeh (2023-09-07). How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer. aclu.org Holding up a pink and blue "Trans People Belong" poster, I marched alongside 150 fellow high school students in the heart of Washington D.C this summer. Angered by the direct attack on either themselves or their trans siblings, we linked our arms to protest the approximately As an intern and a participant in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute (NAI), I had spent the past week learning alongside other young activists about major ACLU issues. The NAI is an annual program th…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). Iran to Construct 1st Space Navigation Satellite. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iranian Space Research Center is planning to hold a public tender for the construction of its first space navigation satellite, the country's space agency said on Thursday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-07). French MP defends Cuba's right to live without interference. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Éric Coquerel on Thursday defended Cuba's right to independence and to live without the domination attempts by the United States and its economic, commercial, and financial blockade.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-09-07). Fearab condemns U.S. blockade imposed on Syria and Cuba. plenglish.com Damascus, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The final declaration of the 50th Extraordinary Conference of the Federation of Arab Entities in Latin America (FEARAB) held in this capital, condemned on Thursday the economic blockade imposed on Syria, Cuba, Venezuela and other nations.

Revolution Books (2023-09-07). Sunday 9/17: An Evening of Poetry for the Mahsa Amini Uprising & the Heroic Political Prisoners in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2023-09-07). Sunday 9/17: An Evening of Poetry for the Mahsa Amini Uprising & the Heroic Political Prisoners in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-09-07). Más de 342.000 venezolanos regresan por el Plan Vuelta a la Patria. telesurtv.net El Gobierno venezolano seguirá respaldando, de forma humanitaria y gratuita, a todos los connacionales que deseen volver a su vida en Venezuela.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-07). Vicepresidenta de Venezuela visita banco de los Brics en China. telesurtv.net Rodríguez y Rousseff se reunieron para fortalecer e impulsar la cooperación económica.

Editor (2023-09-05). Victoria Nuland BEGGING For Help After Africa Trip (w/ Anya Parampil). scheerpost.com By Briahna Joy Gray / The Grayzone The Grayzone's Anya joins fresh from her trip to South Africa for last month's BRICS summit. She weighs in on what Victoria Nuland was surprised she found there, and what it means for Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, & United Arab Emirates to have joined the economic …

Uniting for Peace (2023-09-05). UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? indybay.org UfP Annual Conference — Are We Already in World War III? | Thursday, 19 October, 2023, 18: 00 — 20: 00 (UK Time) | Are we already in World War III? | Can a Roadmap for Peace Change Culture of War to Culture of Peace | Chair — Rita Payne, President Emeritus, Commonwealth Journalists Association | Speakers: | Alfred de Zayas, Lawyer, Writer, Historian and an Expert in the Field of Human Rights and International Law (Switzerland) | Medea Benjamin, Political Activist, Co-Founder of CodePink, Author, War in Ukraine (USA) | Tony Robinson, Editor, Pressenza — An International News Agency and Author…

Omar Karmi (2023-09-05). Saudi-Israeli romance? It's complicated. electronicintifada.net Whatever the outcome of Biden's matchmaking, Palestinians have to fend for themselves.

Medea Benjamin (2023-09-05). Is CIA Director Bill Burns a Biden Yes-Man, a Putin Apologist or a Peacemaker? globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-05). Cuba participates in Hangzhou International Day as guest of honor (+Photos). plenglish.com Hangzhou, China, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba participated as a guest of honor at the celebration of Hangzhou International Day on Tuesday, an opportunity to strengthen cultural and economic cooperation between the two countries.

Staff (2023-09-05). "Doing Harm": Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association's Embrace of U.S. Torture Program. democracynow.org A military judge at Guantánamo has thrown out the confessions of Saudi man Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri because he had been tortured and waterboarded at secret CIA black sites in Afghanistan, Thailand, Poland, Romania and Morocco before being sent to Guantánamo. Psychologists James Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen, who were paid at least $81 million by the CIA to develop and then implement the CIA's post-9/11 torture program, had waterboarded al-Nashiri at a CIA black site. We get response from Roy Eidelson and discuss his new book, Doing Harm, which investigates the American Psychological Association's comp…

Ann Brown (2023-09-05). The Kamm Howard Controversy: Reparations Activists Warn Against His Anti-Lineage Stance. moguldom.com Kamm Howard, a prominent figure in reparations activism, has long taken a stance that many other reparation advocates passionately disagree with. Howard, who serves as the National Co-Chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA), is against lineage-based reparations. These reparations would be designated only for Black people who can prove …

Amanda Yee (2023-09-05). The Korean War Continues With Biden's Renewal of Travel Ban to North Korea. counterpunch.org On August 22, the U.S. State Department renewed its ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea. This travel ban prohibits as many as 100,000 Korean Americans living in the United States from visiting their relatives in North Korea. The ban was first set in place by the Trump administration in 2017, and—in spite of Korean American activists' repeated calls to lift the draconian ban—has been renewed annually since.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-05). French festival includes initiative against US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Fête de L'Humanité, a traditional political-cultural festival, will include the launch of a campaign against the United States blockade against Cuba, the Communist Party of France (PCF) announced on Monday.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-05). Cuban authorities salute 60th anniversary of the Revolutionary Navy. plenglish.com On the social network X, formerly Twitter, National People's Power Assembly Esteban Lazo sent congratulations to all the members of the Navy and stressed that "they have been bulwarks in the defense of the Socialist Homeland and in Fidel (Castro)'s call to be a Navy of Patria o Muerte (Homeland and Death). | Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, in turn, congratulated the Cuban sailors, whom he described as faithful defenders of sovereignty and peace. | The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, also congratulated the Revolutionary Navy and described its troops as the safeguard of Cu…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-05). Cuban President expresses condolences to Gail Walker. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his condolences on Tuesday to US activist and executive director of the Interfaith Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), Gail Walker, over the death of his brother Richard Manson Walker.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-05). French deputy addresses in book US war against Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The communist leader and French deputy André Chassaigne today considered his book "Cuba a star in the night" an opportunity to know the war that Cuba faces against the United States with the blockade as a spearhead.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-05). Cuba's tourism school organizes international event. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is organizing for next October the VI International Convention of Tourism Studies (CietCuba 2023) that will put on the table the most relevant trends in the travel industry globally.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-09-05). Jetblue Suspends All Flights to Cuba. orinocotribune.com

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-05). Venezuelan soldiers expel 10,000 illegal miners from Amazonia. plenglish.com Caracas, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) of Venezuela expelled from the Amazon since July some 10,200 illegal miners engaged in various criminal activities, a high-ranking official published on X.

Staff (2023-09-05). Fourth Round of Colombia Government-ELN Peace Negotiations Ends in Caracas. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, during the closing of the fourth round of peace talks between the government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN), stated that Venezuela has been committed to the Colombian peace process as a guarantor, as requested by Colombia and its political forces, in this and other initiatives in a sincere, objective, and committed manner, in order to achieve the total peace project. | "On behalf of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, the national government as [international] guarantor is committed and determined to reaf…

Revolution Books (2023-09-05). Sunday 9/17: An Evening of Poetry for the Mahsa Amini Uprising & the Heroic Political Prisoners in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-05). Vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez llega a China. telesurtv.net Como parte de esta visita oficial, se espera que la vicepresidenta ejecutiva sostenga varias reuniones con diferentes representantes del Gobierno chino.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-09-05). Cuba denuncia red de tráfico de personas que opera desde Rusia. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de la isla confirma que no forma parte del conflicto bélico en Ucrania.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-09-05). Gobierno colombiano y ELN acuerdan creación de zonas humanitarias. telesurtv.net El principal negociador del ELN, Pablo Beltrán, refirió que "el cese al fuego ha estado bajo fuego".

teleSUR, Adriana Sivori (2023-09-05). Venezuela: Tijeras, Telas agujas e hilos, "Manos a la obra" telesurtv.net Esta es la primera "Comuna Cultural el Gran Sucre" que resalta el patrimonio cultural…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-09-05). Líderes latinoamericanos asistirán a conmemoración del 50 aniversario del golpe en Chile. telesurtv.net También confirmaron su asistencia el primer ministro de Portugal, António Costa, y el presidente del Consejo Federal de Alemania, Peter Tschentscher.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-09-05). Avanzan preparativos para el 50 aniversario del golpe en Chile. telesurtv.net También confirmaron su asistencia el primer ministro de Portugal, António Costa, y el presidente del Consejo Federal de Alemania, Peter Tschentscher.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-05). Cuba presents new vitola in Germany. plenglish.com A press release issued in this capital said that it is the new vitola or type of cigar called Cupido, from the Romeo y Julieta brand, one of the most demanded by cigar aficionados worldwide. | This novelty was unveiled by Fifth Avenue Products Trading, G.M.B.H., the exclusive distributor of Habanos, S.A. for Germany, Austria and Poland, before more than 250 participants in an exclusive event in the city of Bàºckeburg. | The Cupido cigars (55 millimeters in diameter and 148 millimeters long) will be on sale exclusively at Casas del Habano and Habanos Especialistas stores. | The official statement reiterated…

teleSUR, MER (2023-09-05). Presidente venezolano ratifica apoyo a diálogos de paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano calificó esta jornada como "bastante provechosa" para el proceso por la paz de Colombia.