(2021-08-19). Kabul's Victors and the Vanquished. counterpunch.org Speculation abounds. The end of US-managed rule in the nation called Afghanistan has fueled a flood of warnings, blame, and just plain guessing about what comes next there. Liberal and neocon warmongers in the media wring their hands looking for someone/anyone to blame beside their failed imperial strategy. The far right in the US have yet to speak their piece on the so-called fall of Kabul. Perhaps they are waiting for their two primary impulses of libertarianism and military imperialism factions to fight it out.
(2021-08-19). A Mideast Nuclear War Spearheaded by Israel Would Make Afghanistan Seem Like a Local Conflict Between Armed Factional Groups. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-08-19). Headlines for August 19, 2021. democracynow.org Two Die as Taliban Open Fire on Independence Day Celebration, Ashraf Ghani: I Fled to Prevent Afghanistan from Becoming "Bloodbath Like in Syria and Yemen", Biden: U.S. May Stay in Afghanistan Beyond Aug. 31, U.S. Announces Plans for Vaccine Boosters Despite Criticism from WHO, Biden Moves to Mandate Vaccines at Nursing Homes & Fight Mask Mandate Bans, Paralympics Report First Confirmed COVID Case in the Olympic Village, Death Toll from Haitian Earthquake Nears 2,200, Caldor Fire Destroys Most of Grizzly Flats in California, Texas Supreme Court Rules Absent Democratic Lawmakers Can Be Arrested, Appeals Court Upho…
(2021-08-19). Lebanon Is Under Maximum Pressure, And The Target Is Hezbollah. popularresistance.org Lebanon is under unprecedented economic and social pressure, paying the price for Hezbollah's military capability that causes a threat to Israel. The options offered by those (US, EU and Israel) effectively participating in cornering Lebanon -notwithstanding decades of domestic corruption and mismanagement — are limited to two: either disarm Hezbollah or push Lebanon toward a failed state and civil war. However, the "Axis of the Resistance" has other options…
(2021-08-19). Hezbollah Leader Warns Israel, US Against Attacking Iranian Fuel Tanker En-Route To Lebanon. southfront.org 
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah as seen during his recent speech via al-Manar TV. | On August 19, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced that the first of several fuel tankers will sail from Iran to Lebanon within hours, warning the US and Israel against targeting it. | The leader made the announcement during a speech marking the tenth day of the holy Islamic month of Muharram in Beirut's southern suburb. | "Our first ship has completed all arrangements and will sail within hours from Iran to Leb…
(2021-08-19). Three Activists Arrested After Blockading Drone Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have returned to Elbit System's drone factory in Braunstone Town, Leicester, and have once again disrupted the production of killer drones used for repressive purposes by Israeli forces. The factory — ran by Elbit-Thales joint venture UAV Tactical Systems — has been blockaded by Palestine Action activists. Two activists in a 'lock-on' and one activist who had D-locked their body to gates have been arrested, after placing their bodies in the way of Elbit's drone manufacture operations.
(2021-08-19). Our duty in exile is to engage. electronicintifada.net A Palestinian in Paris experiences hope for the first time in his generation.
(2021-08-19). Why US Jews Turning Against Israel Is Good For Palestinians. popularresistance.org unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult — but overdue — discussion concerning American Jews' relation to Israel and their commitment to its Zionist ideology.
(2021-08-19). The Quiet Rebellion: Why US Jews Turning against Israel is Good for Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org 
A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult — but overdue — discussion concerning American Jews' relation to Israel and their commitment to its Zionist ideology. For many years, Israel has conveniently …
(2021-08-19). U..S suffocates Cuba for unwavering, victorious anti-imperialism at great cost. mronline.org 
Cuba's anti-imperial foreign policy helped end apartheid in South Africa and sustain liberation movements worldwide. Historian Piero Gleijeses says that's one of the main reasons why the US has terrorized the island nation through today.
(2021-08-19). Movement For Black Lives: Feds Targeted BLM Protesters. popularresistance.org The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report released Wednesday by The Movement for Black Lives.
(2021-08-19). Over 45 Years, Measures of Justice. ips-dc.org On September 10, 1976, Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet revoked the citizenship of Orlando Letelier, who had served as Chile's ambassador to the United States and as a cabinet minister in the government of Dr. Salvador Allende before the 1973 coup. That night, Letelier filled the seats at Madison Square Garden for an anti-Pinochet rally, telling the crowd: "I was born a Chilean, I am a Chilean, and I will die a Chilean. They were born traitors, they live as traitors, and they will be known forever as fascist traitors." | Eleven days later, on September 21, 1976, agents of Pinochet assassinated Letelier as he dro…
(2021-08-19). Werner Siepmann (1931-2021): War opponent, anti-fascist, Trotskyist. wsws.org On Friday of last week, 13 August, our comrade Werner Siepmann passed away at the age of 90.
(2021-08-19). Friday 8/20: White Skin, Black Fuel: Fossil Fascism and Colonialism's Inky Legacy. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-08-19). Friday 9/10: Fascist Lunacy and 'woke folk' insanity: a new 'two outmodeds'. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2021-08-19). The Bundeswehr advertising campaign: "A warning call to all young people" wsws.org We are republishing here an article by Werner Siepmann from 2017 in which he recounts personal memories of his childhood and youth under the Nazis and during World War Two as a "reminder to all young people to take a stand against the lure of the Bundeswehr in schools and other public institutions."
(2021-08-19). Cal Recall Impacts Nation; Repub Elder's Anti-Pregnant Workers. indybay.org The Sept 14 Governor Recall will drag the US government and economy to the reactionary, economic deep hole of Nazi Trump if it succeeds. The Trump Republican Larry Elder wants female employees to be required to notify their employer when they plan to get pregnant. He is also anti-mask and anti-vaccine in this COVID19 pandemic. This is not about the Democrats; this is about our lives.
(2021-08-19). WorkWeek On Trumka, Racist Attacks & Hanging Nooses & Privatization Of Education. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the death of former AFL-CIO president Trumka, the racist terror campaign against Black LA Belt line rail workers including hanging nooses. WorkWeek also covers the privatization of public education and the racist xenophobic attacks on Asians and Asian Americans.
(2021-08-19). Collective Militarized White Supremacy and Black Neocolonialism in the Caribbean. popularresistance.org Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and the Netherlands.
(2021-08-18). What Israel hopes to gain from America's Afghan disaster. electronicintifada.net Bennett may push Biden for more belligerence towards Iran.
(2021-08-18). Protesting Settler Colonialism In The Neoliberal University. popularresistance.org During May's uprising in Palestine against the latest aggression of the apartheid Israeli state, a few students at the Piet Zwart Institute (PZI) in Rotterdam wanted to express their solidarity with the struggle. They hung a banner on the institute's building that read: "STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING; #SaveSheikhJarrah; Free Palestine." The action took place at a time when the vicious attacks on civilians in Gaza, the ultra-right-wing mob violence against Arabs in Israel and the forced evictions of the settler colonialist system in Jerusalem had resulted in a global show of solidarity. | A few hours after the banner…
(2021-08-18). Why More Celebrities Don't Speak Out On Israel-Palestine. popularresistance.org The new MintPress podcast "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip-hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know — including intelligence, lobby and special-interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media. | Hollywood is not exactly known for being a hotbed of anti-war, anti-imperialist activism. Indeed, so close is the relationship between the national security state and Tinseltown that the Departme…
(2021-08-18). The Palestinian Cause is Neither a Religious nor a Human Rights Cause. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Aug 15,2021 | The Palestinian cause is political, it is a cause of National Liberation. |
(2021-08-18). Hyphen-ated for Life: Palestinian-American, Almost. counterpunch.org "Democratic representation of We The People requires an accurate ascertainment of who 'We The People' are." ~Arab American Institute The space of identity is tight. A single identity can hardly fit into its place, yet that is what society expects. The reality of identity is much more dynamic and colorful than dry categories of some
(2021-08-18). Israel Destroyed Observation Post In Syria's Al-Quneitra With Guided Missiles (Videos). southfront.org 
FILE IMAGE | Late on August 17, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed an observation post of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southern Syrian governorate of al-Quneitra. | At least three guided missiles, reportedly Spike NLOS, hit…
(2021-08-18). More billionaires or human survival? greenleft.org.au Billionaires are profitting from the COVID-19 crisis while lower income countries struggle to secure vaccines. Peter Boyle argues that the global vaccine apartheid is a symptom of the billionaire-profit-first system that is capitalism.
(2021-08-18). Azerbaijan releases information on Israeli, Turkish drones destroying Armenian targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan releases data on Armenian military targets destroyed by UAVs during Second Karabakh War Azerbaijani border guards had destroyed a big number of strategic military targets of the Armenian Armed Forces during the 44-day Karabakh war (from late Sept. to early Nov.2020) by using Harop and Guzgun [Kuzgun] unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the State Border …
(2021-08-18). Descendants Sue County To Stop The Human Trafficking Of Black Bodies. popularresistance.org The unthinkable, unconscionable, immoral, racist, and illegal is occurring in Bethesda, Maryland located in Montgomery County. For those who thought the buying and selling of Black bodies was made illegal by the 13th amendment, Montgomery County, Maryland is challenging that notion. To paraphrase Frederick Douglas, the 21st century selling and buying of Black flesh in Montgomery County, Maryland should "disgrace a nation of savages." | For more than 350 years, Montgomery County has displayed a history of kidnapping, raping, and murdering of Africans. The County, in collusion with a private investor, has placed Bl…
(2021-08-18). Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement. thenation.com Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement…
(2021-08-18). Texas Supreme Court Says Dems Who Fled State to Block Voter Suppression Package Can Be Arrested. commondreams.org "Voters deserve better," said one advocacy group.
(2021-08-18). House on verge of votes on infrastructure, budget, voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—With heavy lifting scheduled in the U.S. House next week on infrastructure, the budget, and voting rights, progressive groups and their allies are scrambling to put pressure on the majority Democrats to stand by party priorities on those issues. Those priorities include provisions to battle climate change, tax the rich, permanently enact paid family and …
(2021-08-18). As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future Pandemics. commondreams.org GOP-appointed judges sided with Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and right-wing lawmakers in the state, who are seeking to secure a quorum to pass legislation attacking voting rights.