Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023-09-08: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). Cross-party MPs to travel to US to call for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-09-08). Livestreamer detained for using drones to tail women. ecns.cn A livestreamer in Chongyang county, Hubei province, has been placed under a 10-day administrative detention and had his account suspended after using drones to invade the privacy of women on their way home, as reported by China Central Television on Wednesday.

Will Porter (2023-09-07). Pentagon Developing AI Drone Swarms to 'Deter' China. news.antiwar.com The US military is devising a new system designed to field thousands of drones controlled by artificial intelligence, deputy Pentagon chief Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday, voicing hopes the tech would help to overcome Beijing's "advantage in mass." Speaking at the yearly Defense News conference in Arlington, Virginia, Hicks outlined the Pentagon's new "Replicator Initiative," …

Abhishek Awasthi (2023-09-08). Musk shut down Starlink to stop Ukraine's missile attack on Russia for THIS reason. firstpost.com Ukraine is strongly accusing Elon Musk of being responsible for the death of children amid ongoing war with Russia. | This allegation comes after Musk admitted to taking action to keep his Starlink satellite system offline, with the aim of preventing a Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian fleet located in Crimea. | In the early stages of the conflict, Musk had initially offered the use of Starlink equipment to support Ukraine's war efforts. | As per details revealed in a recently published biography of the billionaire founder of SpaceX, Ukrainian drones carrying explosives were on their way to target the Russi…

TASS (2023-09-08). Two Ukrainian drones intercepted above west Russia's Bryansk — ministry. tass.com "Air defense units on duty intercepted two unmanned aerial vehicles above the territory of the Bryansk Region. One of them was destroyed in midair," the ministry said…

TASS (2023-09-08). Russian air defenses intercept four HIMARS rockets, destroy 31 Ukrainian drones. tass.com In all, since the beginning of the special military operation, 467 aircraft, 248 helicopters, 6,498 unmanned aerial vehicles, 436 anti-aircraft missile systems have been destroyed…

themoscowtimes (2023-09-08). Drones Target Russian Microchip Plant — Reports. themoscowtimes.com Kremnyi El describes itself as one of Russia's largest microelectronics enterprises, with 1,700 employees and $40 million in annual production volume.

themoscowtimes (2023-09-07). Powerful Explosion Rocks Southern Russian City Amid Latest Wave of Drone Attacks. themoscowtimes.com One of the drones downed in Rostov-on-Don damaged buildings not far from the Russian Defense Ministry's southern command center.

TASS (2023-09-08). Russian air defenses down two Ukrainian drones targeting polling place in Kherson Region. tass.com Marina Zakharova emphasized that Ukraine mostly targets civilians who arrive at polling stations to cast their votes…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). Russian Air Defenses Down Ukrainian Drones Over Moscow, Bryansk Regions & Rostov-on-Don. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Air defense forces in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don destroyed two drones overnight, one crashed outside the city and another one in the city center, damaging vehicles and injuring one person as a result, Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev clarified early Thursday.

TASS (2023-09-07). Ukrainian forces attack Zaporozhye Region's Energodar with drones — operational services. tass.com It is specified that the main blow came to the 14-storey residential building…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Mohammed Amin (2023-09-08). Sudan: Torture and sexual assault taking place in illegal detention centres. middleeasteye.net

Kenny Coyle (2023-09-08). Chile's '1000 Days of Revolution': A Marxist analysis of the Allende years. peoplesworld.org On the morning of September 11, 1973, Hawker Hunter jets bombed La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile. Hours later, Chile's elected head of state, President Salvador Allende, was dead. Soldiers raided working-class districts across the country rounding up left-wing activists. Around 40,000 were incarcerated in Chile's National Stadium, awaiting interrogation. Many faced torture and imprisonment, …

Melvin Goodman (2023-09-08). When Difi Took on the CIA Over Torture. counterpunch.org So Senator Feinstein did what Obama feared to do—conduct a serious and comprehensive investigation of CIA's program of torture and abuse. She ignored criticism from congressional colleagues as well as mainstream media pundits. Even David Cole, currently the national legal director at the ACLU, wrote that the CIA got a "bum rap" from Feinstein's report on CIA torture, making the absurd claim that torture worked. Over the years, Feinstein demonstrated that she was not intimidated by the national security state and its humongous defense and intelligence budgets. The national security state wields too much poli…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Ramzy Baroud (2023-09-07). When the Torturer Is the Savior: Can BRICS Help Us Escape the West's Hegemony and Contradictions? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud & Ramana Rubeo — Sep 5, 2023 | At the zenith of the mass Though some observers later

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Ramzy Baroud (2023-09-07). When the Torturer Is the Savior: Can BRICS Help Us Escape the West's Hegemony and Contradictions? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud & Ramana Rubeo — Sep 5, 2023 | At the zenith of the mass Though some observers later

Steve Zeltzer (2023-09-08). Apple Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik Files Explosive RICO Corruption Suit Against Apple. indybay.org Apple whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik has filed explosive RICO corruption suit against Apple for criminal practices, worker retaliation and collusion with government officials.

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2023-09-07: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-06). Educating the US Imperium: Australia's Mission for Assange. dissidentvoice.org An odder political bunch you could not find, at least when it comes to pursuing a single goal. Given that the goal is the release of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange makes it all the more striking. Six Australian parliamentarians of various stripes will be heading to Washington ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's October visit …

Joe Lauria (2023-09-06). Australian Parliamentarians Head to Washington to Lobby for Julian Assange. orinocotribune.com Six members of the Australian parliament will land in Washington DC on September 20 armed with a bi-partisan agenda and the backing of an entire nation as they try to convince Congresspeople and US State and Justice Department officials that the American pursuit of Australian publisher Julian Assange is wrong and must be stopped. | The cross-party delegation will spend two days in the US capital arguing Assange's case ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's state visit to the White House at the end of October, where it is expected that Assange will be brought up (as well as Australia being used to t…

Murray Horton (2023-09-06). In the U.S., Investigative Journalists Are Blacklisted, Ostracized and Even Jailed; in New Zealand, They are Honored. covertactionmagazine.com Nicky Hager received major national award in New Zealand after having written a book exposing a secret spy base in New Zealand and exposing other state crimes Julian Assange has, thus far, spent years in a British prison, awaiting extradition to the U.S., where he faces charges under the Espionage Act, for which he could …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-06). Educating the US Imperium: Australia's Mission for Assange. globalresearch.ca

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-09-06). Australian Parliamentarians Head To Washington To Lobby For Assange. popularresistance.org Six members of the Australian parliament will land in Washington D.C. on Sept. 20 armed with a bi-partisan agenda and the backing of an entire nation as they try to convince Congressmen and State and Justice Department officials that the American pursuit of Australian publisher Julian Assange is wrong and must be stopped. | The cross-party delegation will spend two days in the U.S. capital arguing Assange's case ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's state visit to the White House at the end of October, where it is expected that Assange will be brought up (as well as Australia being used to test U.

Murray Horton (2023-09-06). In the U.S., Investigative Journalists Are Blacklisted, Ostracized and Even Jailed; in New Zealand, They are Honored. covertactionmagazine.com Nicky Hager received major national award in New Zealand after having written a book exposing a secret spy base in New Zealand and exposing other state crimes Julian Assange has, thus far, spent years in a British prison, awaiting extradition to the U.S., where he faces charges under the Espionage Act, for which he could …

Joe Lauria (2023-09-06). Australian Parliamentarians Head to Washington to Lobby for Julian Assange. orinocotribune.com Six members of the Australian parliament will land in Washington DC on September 20 armed with a bi-partisan agenda and the backing of an entire nation as they try to convince Congresspeople and US State and Justice Department officials that the American pursuit of Australian publisher Julian Assange is wrong and must be stopped. | The cross-party delegation will spend two days in the US capital arguing Assange's case ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's state visit to the White House at the end of October, where it is expected that Assange will be brought up (as well as Australia being used to t…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-06). Educating the US Imperium: Australia's Mission for Assange. globalresearch.ca

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-09-06). Australian Parliamentarians Head To Washington To Lobby For Assange. popularresistance.org Six members of the Australian parliament will land in Washington D.C. on Sept. 20 armed with a bi-partisan agenda and the backing of an entire nation as they try to convince Congressmen and State and Justice Department officials that the American pursuit of Australian publisher Julian Assange is wrong and must be stopped. | The cross-party delegation will spend two days in the U.S. capital arguing Assange's case ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's state visit to the White House at the end of October, where it is expected that Assange will be brought up (as well as Australia being used to test U.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-06). French Court Reportedly Rejects Request for Julian Assange to Apply for Asylum in France. sputnikglobe.com PARIS (Sputnik) – A French court has reportedly rejected a request to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to apply for asylum in France, serving his prison sentence in a facility in the United Kingdom.

themoscowtimes (2023-09-07). Powerful Explosion Rocks Southern Russian City Amid Latest Wave of Drone Attacks. themoscowtimes.com One of the drones downed in Rostov-on-Don damaged buildings not far from the Russian Defense Ministry's southern command center.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-09-06). Romania: Potential Drones Parts Found Near Border Do Not Pose a Threat. news.antiwar.com Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar said that pieces of a drone could be found within his country's territory on Wednesday. Moscow recently targeted Ukraine's ports on the Danube River, a region that borders Romania. Tilvar explained, "I confirm that in this area, pieces that may be of a drone were found," adding they do not …

Maha Hilal (2023-09-06). 22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight. counterpunch.org "I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are gray." That's what a young Pakistani boy named Zubair told members of Congress at a hearing on drones in October 2013. That hearing was during the Obama years at a time when the government had barely even

Kyle Anzalone (2023-09-06). Romania: Potential Drones Parts Found Near Border Do Not Pose a Threat. news.antiwar.com Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar said that pieces of a drone could be found within his country's territory on Wednesday. Moscow recently targeted Ukraine's ports on the Danube River, a region that borders Romania. Tilvar explained, "I confirm that in this area, pieces that may be of a drone were found," adding they do not …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). Russian Air Defenses Down Ukrainian Drones Over Moscow, Bryansk Regions & Rostov-on-Don. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Air defense forces in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don destroyed two drones overnight, one crashed outside the city and another one in the city center, damaging vehicles and injuring one person as a result, Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev clarified early Thursday.

TASS (2023-09-07). Ukrainian forces attack Zaporozhye Region's Energodar with drones — operational services. tass.com It is specified that the main blow came to the 14-storey residential building…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-06). Pentagon Offers New Details on AI-Powered Programs Intended to Counter China. sputnikglobe.com The first pilotless vehicles were developed by the United Kingdom and the United States during World War I but they were not used during the conflict. Reconnaissance drones were first used on a mass scale in Vietnam. However, deadly drone use exploded during the United States' war on terror, first being used in Afghanistan in 2001.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Ramzy Baroud (2023-09-07). When the Torturer Is the Savior: Can BRICS Help Us Escape the West's Hegemony and Contradictions? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud & Ramana Rubeo — Sep 5, 2023 | At the zenith of the mass Though some observers later

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Ramzy Baroud (2023-09-07). When the Torturer Is the Savior: Can BRICS Help Us Escape the West's Hegemony and Contradictions? orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud & Ramana Rubeo — Sep 5, 2023 | At the zenith of the mass Though some observers later

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