Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-08-14). Committee For Public Education members advance independent perspective in defence of educators, Julian Assange. wsws.org "What was absolutely clear is that the union apparatus cannot tolerate one iota of criticism of its role and that of the Labor government," Sue Phillips explained, "This is an expression not of its strength but its weakness."

WSWS (2023-08-14). New Zealand intelligence report targets China over "foreign interference" wsws.org New Zealand's state agencies and military are gearing up for war with China, coupled with an authoritarian crackdown on struggles by the working class over declining living standards.

infobrics (2023-08-14). UK intelligence insists greenery's 'collusion' with Russia is hampering Kiev regime's counteroffensive. infobrics.org In yet another futile attempt of belittling Moscow's power, the United Kingdom keeps claiming that trees, shrubs, grass and other greenery are effectively "helping" the Russian military by "slowing down" the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

mforinoco (2023-08-13). An Unforgettable Crime in Cuba's Historical Memory. orinocotribune.com By José Luis Méndez Méndez — Aug 9, 2023 | The fascist groups within the terrorists of Cuban origin immediately allied with the September 1971 Chilean coup plotters and set out to serve them with the knowledge acquired from their CIA training and the skill acquired in decades of exercising terror as a method of achieving their objectives. This alliance of mutual convenience allowed them to acquire other knowledge that were previously not in their long list of aggressions, such as the much used kidnapping and disappearance of people so common at that time in the Southern Cone of Latin America. They even began…

Staff (2023-08-13). Venezuela: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Communist Party Dissidents, Appoints Ad Hoc Board for Elections. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The TSJ's ruling, announced on Friday, August 11, in Judgment No. 1160, appointed an ad hoc board of directors to oversee the PCV's internal affairs and organize democratic elections for a…


Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-13). Mexican opposition war against free school books continues. plenglish.com Mexico City, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The opposition's war against the distribution of free school textbooks continued today in Mexico when the Supreme Court of Justice (SCNJ) suspended their delivery in Chihuahua.

Anonymous (2023-08-14). LAVC Omsbudsman Stalked Whistleblowers. indybay.org For over a decade Los Angeles Valley College Dean of Students Annie G. Reed (Goldman), made gaslighting, catfishing, online stalking and impersonation, and a culture of surveillance standard practices at LAVC. New information confirms she also continued to stalk former students after they left Valley College.

Anonymous834 (2023-08-14). Kosovo, Turkey And Ukraine: A Human Organ Trafficking Network? southfront.org Written by Piero Messina | The investigation of a Turkish whistleblower may have revealed the worst face of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine (if there is an acceptable face to conflicts). Against the background of the armed conflict, a network of traffickers in human organs would have arisen. That network would be the replay of operating methods already applied at the beginning of the century in Kosovo, during the conflict that led to the dismemberment…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-08-13). 'These Are Hitler Tactics': Illegal Police Raids Effectively Shut Down Kansas Newspaper. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues.


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2023-08-12: News Headlines

Craig Murray. (2023-08-11). When A CIA Asset Becomes A CIA Liability. popularresistance.org Fernando Villavicencio, who with the Guardian's Luke Harding and Dan Collyns fabricated the notorious Guardian front page lie that Paul Manafort and Julian Assange held pro-Trump meetings in the Ecuadorean Embassy, has been shot dead in Ecuador. | The appalling lie, which the Guardian's $700,000 a year editor has refused to retract or remove, despite criticism even from the Washington Post which named Villavicencio as the fabricator, was aimed to give support to Clinton's flagging "Russiagate" invention, which was crumbling fast.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-11). Oxford Professor said the elites trust each other but the bad news is that people don't trust "their elite" expose-news.com In 2021, Speaking at a conference for elitists, Professor Ngaire Woods, who is strongly suspected to be an operativefor the UK deep state, said: "At Davos a few years ago, the Edelman …

The Lancet (2023-08-12). Editorial] AI in medicine: creating a safe and equitable future. thelancet.com The meteoric progress of generative artificial intelligence (AI)—such as Open AI's ChatGPT, capable of holding realistic conversations, or others of creating realistic images and video from simple prompts—has renewed interest in the transformative potential of AI, including for health. It has also sparked sobering warnings. Addressing the UN Security Council in July, Secretary General António Guterres spoke of the "horrific levels of death and destruction" that malicious AI use could cause. How can the medical community navigate AI's substantial challenges to realise its health potential?

Anonymous834 (2023-08-11). American Economic War-Gaming Rages On, Harming US Itself, Displaying Its Futility. southfront.org Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts | In another chapter of its economic war, on August 9, Washington announced it would restrict US venture capital and private equity firms investments in Chinese artificial intelligence and semiconductors. It is uncertain whether American policy-making has taken into consideration all the possible outcomes of such measures. | American economic security powers lie mostly in the Treasury…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-11). Israel's Shin Bet Says It Arrested Iranian Jewish Spy (Photos). southfront.org File image. | On August 11, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency announced that it had arrested an Iranian Jew on suspicion of spying for his home country. | The suspected spy, who has relatives in Israel, was detained right after landing in Israel, The Shin Bet said that he admitted that he had come to Israel to gather intelligence and take photos for Iranian intelligence. | Before coming to Israel, the suspect met with Iranian security officials who handed him a tissue box intended for the disp…

WSWS (2023-08-11). Biden escalates economic war against China. wsws.org Starting from the beginning of next year, the US will ban US investment in quantum computing, advanced chips and artificial intelligence in key sectors of the Chinese economy affecting investments by private equity forms, venture capitalist companies as well as US companies undertaking joint ventures with Chinese firms.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-11). Which class should control Artificial Intelligence: the workers or the bosses? indybay.org Working people should control and run AI for the benefit of workers and the public. In order to do that they need the unions to break from the Democrats and build a mass democratic workers party that will stop this capitalist madness for profits and destruction of workers jobs.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-11). Chinese security detected a US spy in a military industrial sector. plenglish.com Beijing, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) China revealed Friday details of the arrest of a spy recruited by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who offered sensitive information about the country's military development.

ecns.cn (2023-08-11). China cracks case of selling military secrets to CIA. ecns.cn China has bust a case in which a staff member working for a Chinese military company sold core information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in exchange for money.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-11). Russia develops software that predicts human genome's structure. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Russian Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a software that predicts the location of elements of the human genome, the head of the bioinformatics project, Maria Poptsova, informed.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-11). Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate graduation provides glimpse into future of medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate celebrated the graduation of its third cohort of health tech startups, including 12 national and international innovative businesses. During the event, held in Rochester, Minnesota, on July 28, each company presented progress and outcomes from the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate program, providing a glimpse into the future of medicine. Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate is an immersive 20-week accelerator program giving participants an opportunity to validate the clinical readiness of their artificial intelligence-driven solutions…

PNW Street Medics (2023-08-11). Protection for PNW Street Medics. indybay.org Resources and information to help street medics, activists, and anyone facing police brutality and harassment protect themselves against government spying, corruption, and abuse.

Editor (2023-08-11). Veteran CIA Analyst on Russia Ray McGovern Has Never Been More Scared of Nuclear Catastrophe. scheerpost.com

Larry Johnson (2023-08-11). CIA Quietly Admits I Was Right About Niger. sonar21.com Call it a small victory (and yes, I am taking a lap). I pointed out on Tuesday that the ironically named, CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, was inaccurate in its "facts" about…

teleSUR (2023-08-11). Brazilian Supreme Annuls Evidence Against Ecuadorian Jorge Glas. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) annulled the evidence presented by the Odebrecht company against former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas. | RELATED: | "The annulment is based on the fact that the evidence was delivered without judicial authorization and without respecting due legal process," Juscogens law firm reported, stressing that the Citizen Revolution militant was unjustly sentenced to pris…

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-11). Lawmakers Call on Clarence Thomas to Resign — or Be Impeached. truthout.org Democrats and government watchdogs are reupping their calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be removed from the Supreme Court either through resignation or impeachment after some of the most damning findings yet about the conservative justice's mountain of improprieties were made public this week. "Today's a good day to impeach Clarence Thomas," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan). |

Zane McNeill (2023-08-11). Anti-LGBTQ Couple Sues After Foster Care Application Denied. truthout.org A Catholic couple in Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the state's Department of Children and Families (DCF) for denying their foster care application over concerns that they would not affirm an LGBTQ child. The couple is being represented by the right-wing law firm behind several consequential Supreme Court cases — including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which granted owners of some private… |

Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski, Pro Publica. (2023-08-11). The Billionaires Who Treated Justice Clarence Thomas To Luxury Travel. popularresistance.org During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine. A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him — including, on more than one occasion, an entire 737. It's a stream of luxury that is both more extensive and from a wider circle than has been previously understood. | Like clockwork, Thomas' leisure activities have been underwritten by benefactors who share the…

WSWS (2023-08-11). Clarence Thomas has lived like a billionaire in more than 30 years on US Supreme Court. wsws.org The longest-serving current justice enjoyed a corrupt lifestyle financed by at least four billionaire sponsors who valued his consistently ultra-right influence on the high court.

Misión Verdad (2023-08-11). International Red Cross' Shady Business. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) The organization announced a reconfiguration of its…

Anonymous (2023-08-11). LAVC Omsbudsman Stalked Whistleblowers. indybay.org For over a decade Los Angeles Valley College Dean of Students Annie G. Reed (Goldman), made gaslighting, catfishing, online stalking and impersonation, and a culture of surveillance standard practices at LAVC. New information confirms she also continued to stalk former students after they left Valley College.

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