"Au cours de ces 11 jours passés au Venezuela, nous avons étudié, arpenté les rues, discuté avec les gens et cherché à comprendre la réalité d'un point de vue plus direct et concret. Nous nous sommes penchés sur le féminisme populaire et communard, sur l'histoire de la Révolution et son actualité ; Nous avons appris à connaître les autogouvernements communards, leur économie, l'histoire et les processus d'organisation au cœur de la révolution et à travers ceux qui la construisent au quotidien" expliquent les membres de la Brigade internationaliste de la jeunesse organisée par Alba Movimientos, qui a réuni 30 militant.e.s d'organisations populaires venu.e.s de neuf pays d'Amérique latine et de 32 organisations populaires, dont le Mouvement des travailleurs ruraux Sans Terre (MST) du Brésil.

Par le CPI

Centre Palestinien d'Information

La souffrance des Palestiniens ne se limite pas à ce qu'ils vivent dans leurs régions assiégées, mais s'étend à l'intérieur des prisons de l'occupation israélienne, où les données des institutions de droits de l'homme palestiniennes révèlent un système d'arrestation et de répression touchant des milliers de prisonniers et de prisonnières, y compris des détenus administratifs retenus sans accusations claires, des femmes enceintes et des mineures, et des prisonniers souffrant de maladies chroniques, dans des conditions de détention inhumaines ralliant la négligence médicale, l'affamement, l'isolement et la maltraitance.

Simon Westwood,

La réduction de l'ampleur des exercices "Bouclier de la liberté Ulchi 2026" ne traduit pas seulement une évolution de la planification au sein de l'alliance entre les États-Unis et la Corée du Sud, mais aussi une nouvelle approche de Washington dans ses relations avec la Corée du Nord.

La décision du président américain Donald Trump de réduire les exercices militaires conjoints est probablement à l'origine de leur annulation ou de leur réduction substantielle.

Alexandr Svaranc,

Le département d'État américain a rappelé brutalement son ambassadeur en Turquie, Tom Barrack, qui était également envoyé spécial du président pour la Syrie et l'Irak. Ce remaniement soudain a soulevé de nombreuses questions : cette décision est-elle le fruit de pressions du lobby israélien ?

Un diplomate inattendu

La nomination de Tom Barrack comme ambassadeur en Turquie, le 14 mai 2025, était une mesure atypique, même pour la politique de personnel de Donald Trump.

par 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

Dolly Parton est décédée d'un cancer fulminant le 25 août 2026. Surnommée la "Reine de la Country", elle était l'artiste country la plus célèbre de l'histoire, récompensée par onze Grammy Awards, trois Emmy Awards, deux nominations aux Oscars, six Golden Globes et un Tony Award.

Parton a vendu plus de cent millions de disques, a classé 25 singles numéro un au palmarès country et figure parmi les artistes ayant vendu le plus de disques de tous les temps.

par Laurent Brayard

La campagne de bombardements stratégiques des forces russes se poursuit, les images de cette série montre l'attaque de ponts, la chasse aux stations services, la destruction de la logistique ukrainienne, tant militaire que civile, surtout depuis les provocations ukrainiennes sur la logistique civile russe depuis un moment.

Les images montrent aussi la destruction méthodique du réseau de la Poste ukrainienne, utilisée par les forces de Kiev, en 2022, ils se vantaient publiquement d'utiliser les structures civiles de ce genre pour leurs besoins militaires.

By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org 

August 28, 2026

From even the earliest days of written commentary on the French Revolution, it has been common for pundits and social critics and commentators to compare the American Revolution with the French Revolution. The reasons given for the difference vary significantly. Among conservatives-those who follow the Burkean line on the French Revolution-place most of the blame on ideological and religious difference between Americans the French.

By Kevin Villani  

August 28, 2026

California's political leaders often celebrate the state as a global engine of innovation, diversity, and progressive governance. Yet its public schools-despite record spending and one of the most liberal electorates in the nation-remain among America's worst. The contrast with Massachusetts is instructive. Boston Latin School, a public institution founded in 1635, still produces some of the strongest academic outcomes in the country.

By Mike Whitney
The Unz Review  

August 28, 2026

Winston Churchill, for all his triumphs and successes, was probably the man most responsible for the early and rapid collapse of the British empire....What brought the British empire down as rapidly and terribly as it did was world War 2. In my opinion, WW2 was exactly what Churchill called it "The Unnecessary War". And the fatal blunder was the decision in panic of the British government after Czechoslovakia fell apart in March, 1939, was to give an unsolicited war guarantee to a collection of Polish colonels who had a romantic view of their own warlike capacities, who participated in the breakup of Czechoslovakia, and Britain gave them this guarantee to back them in a cause -control of Danzig- where they thought the Germans were fundamentally right.

A Fourth Wave Reflection on The Use of Knowledge in Society and the Federal Government's Attempt to Govern Frontier Artificial Intelligence  

By Carl L. McWilliams  

August 28, 2026

Friedrich August von Hayek would likely recognize immediately that artificial intelligence presents a legitimate public-policy challenge unlike any encountered during his lifetime. Autonomous AI systems possess capabilities that can influence national security, financial systems, critical infrastructure, scientific discovery, and military planning.

By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute  

August 28, 2026

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By Drago Bosnic
Infobrics  

August 28, 2026

For drone operators, screens, controllers, video feed, enemy troops or even civilians are all "lifeless" data that will appear again tomorrow, just like it does in video games. All this tricks them into thinking that actual warfare is much closer to the simulated environments they became so accustomed to as gamers. In other words, for them, the very act of killing fellow human beings might not seem real.

Moon of Alabama  

August 28, 2026

I have previously written some bits about the AI-bubble:

'Artificial Intelligence' Is (Mostly) Glorified Pattern Recognition - June 2 2023
Is The AI Bubble Ready To Pop? - Oct 3 2025
Those 'Scary' AI Models Are Still Only Slop - Apr 24 2026
It's The Math - How China Is Avoiding The AI Bubble - Aug 4 2026

I lamented that the much hyped Large Language Models (LLMs), as proffered by OpenAI and Anthropic, are mostly unreliable search engines.

By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com  

August 28, 2026

In many cases, we're actually only "renting" the functional / monetary value of what we "own," and that makes the value of "ownership" far less certain than we might imagine.

What we "own" seems straightforward, but it's actually slippery. Yes, we own what we have a deed or copyright for, but we only "rent" the valuation the market assigns to what we own.

By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics  

August 28, 2026

War and sovereign debt are merging into a vicious spiral that will determine which nations survive the coming monetary crisis. Governments entered the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, along with the escalating confrontation between the United States and China, already buried beneath debt accumulated through decades of fiscal incompetence. Now they are increasing military spending, subsidizing domestic industries, restructuring supply chains, and borrowing even more money to prepare for conflicts their own foreign policies helped create.

By Veronika Kyrylenko
The New American  

August 28, 2026

Washington has a disastrous debt problem. And yet, President Donald Trump wants more room to borrow.

According to The Hill, Trump is pushing to extend the federal debt ceiling through the end of his presidency. That would require roughly another $5 trillion in borrowing authority.

The contrast with his old promises is striking.

When running for president in 2016, Trump said he could wipe out the entire $19 trillion national debt within eight years.