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Colombia ex-president Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, will appeal
Heredia read the sentence to the court in an afternoon hearing on Friday. Uribe will be fined $578,000, Heredia's ruling said, and barred from public office for more than eight years. Uribe, whose legal team has said it will appeal, is to report to authorities in Rionegro, in Antioquia province, where he resides, and then "proceed immediately to his residence where he will comply with house arrest," the ruling said. … Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that Uribe's conviction was a "weaponization of Colombia's judicial branch by radical judges" and analysts have said there could be cuts to U.S. aid in response.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-ex-president-uribe-sentenced-12-years-house-arrest-will-appeal-2025-08-01/

Collapse at Chile’s major copper mine kills 1 worker and leaves 5 missing
Authorities said they’re still investigating whether it was a naturally occurring earthquake or whether mining activity at Codelco’s flagship El Teniente mine caused the quake. Chilean prosecutors also launched a criminal investigation to determine whether any safety standards were violated. Chile’s national disaster response service, Senapred, said that the tremor struck the Machalí commune in the O’Higgins region, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the capital, Santiago.
https://apnews.com/article/chile-mine-collapse-copper-earthquake-ring-of-fire-f0bbef9034146d3ab43cae0773507401

Argentine Justice Minister under flak for hidden camera footage
Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona is facing calls for his resignation after a video was leaked showing him offering to help former CIA agent Timothy Ballard clean up his public image. Ballard, who inspired the film Sound of Freedom, has been accused of sexual violence by former employees of his anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.).
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/07/31/argentine-justice-minister-under-flak-for-hidden-camera-footage

Peruvian informal miners suspend talks with government due to disagreements in negotiations
CONFEMIN union leader, Maximo Franco Bequer, told reporters the government refused to alter an August 17 deadline for miners to move explosives into formal "powder magazines." He said 20,000 miners who cannot meet the deadline would be excluded from a government program to formalize their work.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/peruvian-informal-miners-suspend-talks-with-government-due-disagreements-2025-08-02/

South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon defies probe, removes prison uniform to avoid questioning
South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday, using a new method to resist: He took off his prison uniform and lay down on the floor at his detention room. … . On Friday, Min Joong-ki, a special counsel named by his liberal rival and new President Lee Jae Myung, sent investigators to retrieve Yoon from a detention center near Seoul after the former president twice defied requests to attend questioning. Min’s team is tasked with delving into allegations surrounding Yoon’s wife Kim Keon Hee, including that she and her husband exerted inappropriate influence on the then-ruling party’s election nomination process in 2022.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/south-korea-yoon-prison-protest-investigation-13917441.html

Worker resistance stops Karnataka government’s plan to increase IT work hours
Workers in India’s IT hub have won a significant victory. The government in the south Indian state of Karnataka – the hub of the Information Technology (IT) industry in the country – has finally decided to withdraw its proposals to increase the maximum working hours in the IT/ITes sector, following a relentless struggle by the Karnataka State IT/ITes Employees Union (KITU). After a meeting with the state’s additional labor commissioner, KITU announced its victory against the regressive move in a statement on Tuesday. Scores of IT workers took to the streets to celebrate the victory.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/01/worker-resistance-stops-karnataka-governments-plan-to-increase-it-work-hours/

Secretive overhaul of New Zealand terror law targets protests
Beagle said the changes proposed by the New Zealand government could be similarly used to shut down organisations it did not like. “People will be criminalised not just for being members of an organisation but for expressing support for the issue it was focused on. These are highly dangerous attacks on freedom of expression and freedom of association,” he said. Speaking to independent journalist Mick Hall, Beagle added that the NZCCL was “horrified that they [the UK] have sunk so far and so quickly.” The NZ proposals, he noted, accompany a decision by the Independent Police Conduct Authority seeking to give police the power to unilaterally ban protests in the event of a “high chance of public disorder and threats to public safety.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/02/wleg-a02.html

Decision delayed for pro-Palestine protest on Sydney Harbour Bridge as police warn of possible crowd crush
Pro-Palestine protesters will have to wait until Saturday to find out if they can legally march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge this weekend, but organisers are vowing to go ahead regardless of the court decision. However, the court heard the protest organisers are willing to postpone the march if police agree to work with them. The Palestine Action Group faced the New South Wales police in the supreme court on Friday after the police rejected an application to facilitate the protest.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/01/labor-mps-pro-palestine-march-gaza-protest-sydney-harbour-bridge

'Stop starving Gaza' protests to sweep Britain
More than 40 “Stop Starving Gaza” demonstrations were scheduled to take place last night, as the Morning Star went to press, including in Birmingham, Cardiff and London. Protests are continuing tomorrow, with gatherings planned at Oxford Street in London from 2pm, Barclays bank in Carlisle at 1pm, and opposite Waterstones in Abergavenny from 11am.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stop-starving-gaza-protests-sweep-britain

Hamas links truce talks to aiding Gaza as Israel abandons 'partial deals'
According to several officials in recent months, Israel is expected to demand the expulsion of senior Hamas military leaders from Gaza, the disarmament of the group and guarantees that neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority will be allowed to govern the territory under any future deal.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-links-truce-talks-aiding-gaza-israel-abandons-partial-deals

Hezbollah stocks aid in north Lebanon as fears of renewed Israel war grow
With Lebanon still reeling from last year’s war and economic collapse, fears of another large-scale conflict are growing. Southern villages have been devastated, and civilian casualties continue even under the ceasefire. The Lebanese government places the death toll at 4,000, while Reuters previously reported that Hezbollah may have suffered around that number in its ranks alone. Since the ceasefire, Israeli strikes have continued to kill civilians. Hezbollah rarely acknowledges casualties.
https://www.newarab.com/news/hezbollah-stocks-aid-north-lebanon-fears-war-grow

US weighs designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
The New York Times first reported on Tuesday that the administration was pushing to designate the group, but the idea is not new. Some people think the Muslim Brotherhood does not meet the legal criteria required for the designation. Others think the organization is too diverse and spread out across nations, making it difficult to enforce a one-size-fits-all description. There also questions about whether a designation would complicate U.S. diplomacy.
https://apnews.com/united-states-government-9b6ee104cb0f4e6792f593a5d4674f6a

Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers
A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold an injunction issued by a lower court judge that had been obtained by six unions including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-allows-trump-end-union-bargaining-federal-workers-2025-08-01/

After Lobbying Blitz, Trump IRS Formally Kills Direct File Program That Would've Saved Americans Billions
As early as December, following Trump's reelection victory, GOP congresspeople began calling for the program's demise. Twenty-nine of them, who'd accepted a combined $1.8 million in campaign donations from the tax prep industry over their careers, signed onto a letter written by Reps. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) calling on Trump to issue a "day-one executive order" killing the program.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-kills-direct-file

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Chuck Schumer’s office in New York City
Tiffany Caban, a New York City council member, and Claire Valdez, a state representative, were among those arrested. Demonstrators were seen banging together pots and pans, a form of noise protest. The protest at Schumer’s office was one of several such demonstrations that took place in major US cities Friday. “We are calling on them to let aid in, to stop the bombing and allow aid into the Palestinian people of Gaza right now,” Jay Saper, a Jewish Voice for Peace spokesperson, told the New York Post. “This starvation crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, and so we have to raise our voices.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/pro-palestine-protest-chuck-schumer

Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary
Rodney Taylor recently spent three days in what CoreCivic calls a “restrictive housing unit” at Georgia’s Stewart detention center, after refusing to enter his cell because faulty air conditioning had left the floor in the area outside his cell covered with about an inch of water. That would be a potential disaster for Taylor, since his battery-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic legs can’t get wet.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/georgia-detainee-double-amputee-solitary-confinement

Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Trump, in a post on his social media platform, alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired. He provided no evidence for the charge.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-jobs-firing-f00e9bf96d0110519be9bf4f3ec89195

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut
The 57-year-old corporation distributed more than $500m annually to PBS, NPR and 1,500 local stations nationwide. Despite the federal support, stations mostly rely on viewer donations, corporate sponsorships and local government support for the remainder. Rural communities face the biggest impact, as 245 of the 544 grantee organizations are considered rural and many may close without federal support which could affect educational programming, children’s shows and local news coverage. These rural stations also employ nearly 6,000 people, according to the CPB.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-closure

Worker killed at Michigan LG Energy battery plant
Kim Jung Won, a contractor from South Korea, tragically died around 5pm on the evening of Sunday July 27 at the LG Energy Solution Michigan (LGESMI) in Holland, Michigan. Prior to his death, Won had been setting up a machine at the plant when it activated, first trapping and then crushing him. Won’s death was confirmed at the site. No lifesaving efforts were made due to the severity of his injuries.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/01/ptjh-a01.html

Republicans to Roll Out ‘America First’ Test For Teachers Arriving From Blue States
Walters said that every teacher moving to work in Oklahoma must pass the test in order to begin teaching, and that Conservative think-tank PragerU will assist in the development of the test. “We put the Bible back in our history standards," Walters said, adding that the ‘America First’ test would include questions based on American history and “common sense.” Walters said the teaching of gender identity in other states was one motivation for the test, which will roll out in time for the upcoming school year. “We started seeing states like California, New York, Maine as well, that are putting out directives… saying ‘In this state you’ve got to teach your 27 genders’,” he said.
https://time.com/7306969/oklahoma-education-america-first-teachers/
https://archive.ph/HEtkw

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent
In all, Gothamist identified 52 signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged, but thousands more have not been vetted. Verifying signatures is time-consuming work; for two weeks, three reporters knocked on more than 200 doors in four boroughs and interviewed more than 100 people. In some buildings, the majority of the people we spoke with said their signatures had been forged. There are other reasons to believe there may be many more problematic signatures. The fraud uncovered by Gothamist was committed by at least nine workers who together submitted more than 5,000 signatures.
https://gothamist.com/news/forged-signatures-found-on-mayor-adams-petitions-to-run-as-an-independent
https://archive.ph/uHXWh

War and revolution: the case of Austria 1914-18
In the summer of 1914, the slaughter of the First World War began. The Austrian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (‘SDAP’), formerly considered one of the ‘model parties’ of the Second International, completely capitulated to the mood of patriotism and war fever that swept the Habsburg Empire. The support of the SDAP leaders for the Habsburg war machine was a shock to most of the party ranks. In effect, the leadership paralysed the party, blocking any activity that could upset the war effort. But by early 1915, a handful of young socialists and trade unionists started illegal work, organising resistance against the war. A group of left Social Democrats around the young revolutionary socialist Franz Koritschoner – the newly formed Linksradikalen (‘Left Radicals’) – learned about the efforts to organise the scattered internationalists at the Zimmerwald conference. In this way they got in contact with the Bolsheviks grouped around Lenin in Zurich. They started to build an organised opposition within the Austrian Social-Democratic movement, after the second international anti-war conference in Kienthal in 1916. The Left Radicals would become the first nucleus of the future communist movement in Austria. Through Karl Radek, they established contact with the Left Radicals in Germany, who produced an internationalist paper which they then distributed in Austria. The Left Radicals called for systematic propaganda amongst the working class, taking an internationalist class position on the war. Their initiative, however, was persecuted by the party leadership and refused by the left reformists.
https://marxist.com/war-and-revolution-the-case-of-austria-1914-18.htm

The Paranoia of Officialdom: Age Verification and Using the Internet in Australia
Australia, in keeping with its penal history, has a long record of paranoid officialdom and paternalistic wowsers. Be it perceived threats to morality, the tendency of the populace to be corrupted, and a general, gnawing fear about what knowledge might do, Australia’s governing authorities have prized censorship. This recent trend is most conspicuous in an ongoing regulatory war being waged against the Internet and the corporate citizens that inhabit it. Terrified that Australia’s tender children will suffer ruination at the hand of online platforms, the entire population of the country will be subjected to age verification checks. Preparations are already underway in the country to impose a social media ban for users under the age of 16, ostensibly to protect the mental health and wellbeing of children. The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 was passed in November last year to amend the Online Safety Act 2021, requiring “age-restricted social media platforms” to observe a “minimum age obligation” to prevent Australians under the age of 16 to have accounts. It also vests that ghastly office of the eSafety Commissioner and the Information Commissioner with powers to seek information regarding relevant compliance by the platforms, along with the power to issue and publish notices of non-compliance. While the press were falling over to note the significance of such changes, little debate has accompanied the last month’s registration of a new industry code by the eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. In fact, Inman Grant is proving most busy, having already registered three such codes, with a further six to be registered by the end of this year. All serve to target the behaviour of internet service companies in Australia. All have not been subject to parliamentary debate, let alone broader public consultation.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/01/the-paranoia-of-officialdom-age-verification-and-using-the-internet-in-australia/

Ralph Miliband : Socialism and the Myth of the Golden Past
THE belief has been widely and successfully fostered in recent years that socialism in the countries of advanced capitalism has gone into a steep and probably irreversible decline, and that the general embourgeoisement of capitalist societies has all but destroyed its appeal in those countries. There might still be some support, it is conceded, for a modern, reasonable, up-to-date, attenuated version of socialism; but anything more than this is doomed to hopeless failure and certain electoral disaster. Western social-democratic parties have mostly accepted some such view, and have found in it a further justification for their already well-developed propensity to define socialism as capitalism, only better. But there are also many socialists who reject that definition, yet who have come to accept the notion of socialist decline, of the past as militant and committed, and the present as unregenerate. The purpose of this essay is to question this reading of socialist history. Socialist decline in these highly industrialized countries presumably means that at some particular point of time, at some point of the historical curve, socialist prospects were better, more hopeful, in the sense that there were then more socialists about, or, if there were not more of them, that socialists were then at least of better, higher quality, more clear-minded, or class-conscious, or committed; also, that there was, at some stage in the past, more popular support for socialists in the working classes, among the young, among intellectuals, and that, from this high point, there has been a perceptible, not to say a catastrophic, reduction in that support, so that socialism in the West, save in its loosest sense, is at a greater discount with every passing year. Nor, it is generally added, is this in the least surprising, given the difference in conditions of life between the poverty-stricken past and the relatively affluent present. This view of the past is now pretty well taken for granted. One would therefore expect the evidence for it to be blindingly obvious, or at least very easily obtainable. But it is not. In fact, the evidence points mostly the other way. The period most obviously relevant, from a socialist point of view, to a comparison between the past and the present is the inter-war years, and this is also the period most favoured as providing an illustration of the thesis of socialist decline. However, it may be useful to consider first the more remote past, whose socialist virtues, as compared to the present, have also found nostalgic supporters. For this purpose, two separate periods may be distinguished, the pre-1870s, and the three decades or so before 1914.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/miliband/1964/xx/goldenpast.htm


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