(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."
(2023-08-14). Russian Drones And Missiles Pound Ukrainian Sea Ports In New Wave Of Retaliation Strikes. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On the night of August 14, Russian forces launched new wave of strikes on Ukrainian port and military infrastructure in different regions. According to the local reports, Russian missiles and UAVs were used during the attack. Kiev again acknowledges alleged strikes on civilian infrastructure, hiding truth about destruction of military facilities. | Air raid sirens sounded in Kiev, as well as in the Kiev region, the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Sumy regions. Over the…
(2023-08-14). El Salvador resorts to technology to combat gangs. plenglish.com After drones were deployed to assist the military and police personnel operating in the department of Cabañas, which helped arresting nearly 60 gang members and seizing of at least 20 assault rifles, small arms, and other smaller caliber weapons, the authorities announced the use of other resources. | Last week, the Minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro, announced the use of techniques to penetrate gang environments, a procedure that was only used in the fight against drug trafficking. | According to the Minister, from now on, undercover agents will also fight organized crime in El Salvador. | Villatoro assure…
(2023-08-13). Russia Says It Thwarted Series of Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Crimea, Moscow. news.antiwar.com Moscow says Ukrainian forces have launched several drone attacks over the past week targeting Moscow and Crimea. After the sensitive Kertch bridge was targeted, the Kremlin denounced the strikes as "terror attacks" and vowed a response. On Wednesday and Thursday, Russia says it took down 15 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and Sevastopol, a city on …
(2023-08-13). Shadowy Syrian Group Says It Targeted Three U.S. Bases With Rockets, Drones. southfront.org 
The logo used by the Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region. | A shadowy Syrian armed group announced on August 12 that it had attacked three bases of the United States-led coalition in the governorates of Deir Ezzor and al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria. | In a statement, the group, which calls itself the Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region (PR-EG), said that its fighters had targeted the coalition base at Conoco gas plan in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside with five rocke…
(2023-08-13). US bases in Syria attacked. plenglish.com Five shells hit the base in the Koniko gas field and four others on the Pentagon's enclave in the Al-Omar oil fields, both in the eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor, Al-Watan reported. | The newspaper added that the US base in Shaddadi, in the northwestern province of Hasakeh, was also targeted by a missile and several drones. | A US military garrison south of the Ain Issa city in Raqa governorate was hit by two mortar shells. | Popular Resistance claimed responsibility for the these actions, according to two press releases. | Washington has at least a dozen bases in Syria, mostly in the oil and gas fields in nor…
(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.
(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…
(2023-08-13). 'These Are Hitler Tactics': Illegal Police Raids Effectively Shut Down Kansas Newspaper. thedissenter.org 
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(2023-08-13). Secret Police: One Department In Virginia Is Trying To Hide The Names Of Most Officers. scheerpost.com 
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A police department in Virginia has twisted the state's freedom of information law to try and block the names of officers from being shared with OpenOversightVA, a group of volunteer researchers who maintain a statewide police transparency database. On July 31, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that the Chesterfield County Police Department …