Daily Archives: August 17, 2021

2021-08-17: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-17). Latin American Socialists Unite with the West Asian Axis of Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Ben Norton The leftist governments of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia have found a key strategic ally in Iran, the heart of the Axis of Resistance. Revolutionary socialist movements in Latin America are developing closer relations with anti-imperialist resistance forces in West Asia, building a united front against Western aggression and exploitation. This budding alliance…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-17). Outposts of resistance: Abkhazia, Nicaragua express mutual support. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daur Kove Is off to the Republic of Nicaragua on a working visit Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Daur Kove left for a working visit to the Republic of Nicaragua on July 15, 2021. It is planned to hold a number of meetings with the country's leadership, during which they will …

Staff (2021-08-16). Headlines for August 16, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan After 2 Decades of U.S. Occupation, Haiti's Earthquake Death Toll Soars to 1,300 as Tropical Storm Barrels Toward Stricken Island, U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate, Canada's Trudeau Calls Snap Election, Seeking Mandate and Legislative Majority, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Steps Down Amid Criticism of Pandemic Response, Grenade Attack Kills 12 People in Karachi, Pakistan, Fuel Tank Blast in Lebanon Kills at Least 28 People, Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of Presi…

As'ad AbuKhalil (2021-08-16). U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience. mronline.org The U.S. has been defeated today in Afghanistan not by a super power with an advanced military, but by a rag-tag army of fanatical locals who perfected and consolidated their fanaticism under U.S., Saudi and Pakistani tutelage in the 1980s to fight the Soviets.

_____ (2021-08-16). Local Market Shows The Strength Of The Nicaraguan People. popularresistance.org Going to the popular market in one of Nicaragua's Pacific towns is to feel the immense strength of the Nicaraguan people and to discover the real lives that exist behind the lies that the mass media tell about our country. I go to the market and see the stalls full of fresh vegetables and local fruits, I ask for some pieces of ginger and the young woman tells me proudly: "they are today's, they were cut today… smell them, they are fresh!". | What pride, when in a world where it is a luxury to consume fresh, local products, Nicaragua is full of healthy food for local people to enjoy. I carry on walking and a veg…

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