____ (2022-08-27). Spokesperson denounces DPP's attempts to pursue 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting external support. ecns.cn The attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to pursue "Taiwan independence" by soliciting the support of external forces will not impede China's path to reunification and national rejuvenation, a mainland spokesperson said on Thursday.

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Peronists Are Mobilized in Support of VP Fernandez-Kirchner. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Justicialist Party (PJ) held an open town hall meeting in Buenos Aires to express its support for Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner, for whom prosecutor Diego Luciani requested 12 years in prison in a case of alleged corruption. | RELATED: | "We are going to continue to mobilize, we are going to be in the streets… We are going to defend democracy and the popular will," said Sen…

TeleSUR (2022-08-26). Joao Lourenco is Re-Elected as President of Angola. telesurenglish.net After counting 97.03 percent of the votes cast on Wednesday, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced that President Joao Laurenco, a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), is re-elected with 51 percent of the votes. | RELATED: | The MPLA obtained just over 3.16 million votes, which would allow it to have 124 out of 220 seats in the National Assembly. The main opposition party, Adalberto Costa…

_____ (2022-08-26). The Stakes In Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. popularresistance.org After four years of a right-wing Bolsonaro government, Brazilians will vote for a new president on 2 October 2022. Former president Lula—currently high in the polls—is confronting an increasingly delirious incumbent, who appears to have threatened violent unconstitutional action should he lose. | Bolsonaro's victory came two years after the impeachment of Workers' Party president Dilma Rousseff in 2016, the first woman to be president. The Workers' Party (aka Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) had held office since 2003. | The period 2010-2016 was dominated by the 'credit crunch' crisis that sent the w…

WSWS (2022-08-26). The social and political crisis in the UK and the tasks of the working class. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). US Becomes a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The fact that the escalation of the Ukraine conflict is happening not only at the direct instigation of the United States and other NATO allies but also with direct encouragement from Washington, is now openly expressed by many politicians and observers. As Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russia-1 TV on…