Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca said that on Aug. 28, the day after Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Seneca called for the order to be rescinded and for the name to remain as it stands, reflecting the Seneca people, the other Haudenosaunee nations and all the Indigenous peoples around the lake.

By Aug. 21, the Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms had sickened 10,930 people in 17 states, hospitalized 454 and killed two. The illnesses began June 14 and continued through Aug. 11.

Japanese workers get the bill first: a weaker currency, costlier food and fuel, and wages that buy less. They had no say in the war being waged in their name.

The government isolates each killing and blames each victim. The movement joins the names together, exposes the lies and builds the power to stop the killings.

The House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed The People’s Forum on July 21, ordering the New York organizing center to turn over its internal communications, membership records and finances by Aug. 7. Two other anti-imperialist groups, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, were served the same day.

In July 2025, Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods in a failed attempt to stop the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was later sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup.

Washington reloads. So does the resistance—it is stronger, and angrier, and more united than it was on Feb. 28.

The U.S. Air Force now runs Venezuela’s main international airport.

The U.S. Southern Command dispatched the amphibious transport ship USS Fort Lauderdale and the littoral combat ship USS Billings to Venezuelan waters, along with C-17 Globemaster and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. 

Minnesota workers and youth faced down Operation Metro Surge in the streets. They kept their neighbors housed and fed. They watched ICE vehicles, sounded alarms and stood in the way.

The first blow landed before Trump had been in office a week.

The day before International Workers’ Day, a court in China sent a clear message to employers: artificial intelligence is not a license to throw workers away.

The question is not whether AI will enter the workplace. It already has.

Europe’s rulers are arming for a fight over their place in a world Washington can no longer hold together. They wave the banner of “Russian aggression,” but what they are after is control of Eurasia’s resources, pipelines, ports and trade routes.

Bolivia’s Congress has cleared the road for martial law.

Tech monopolies—Apple, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and Intel—depend on mineral supply chains that run through eastern Congo.

Elon Musk’s xAI did not wait for permission. It built a massive gas-burning power plant outside Memphis without permits, without public hearings and with the community shut out until after the turbines were already running.

The terrorism charge is a weapon to break the strike.

The message was clear: comply or face the same fate.

Trump will bring with him a delegation from the biggest U.S. banks, tech firms, manufacturers and financial monopolies: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, Visa CEO Ryan McInerney, Meta executive Dina Powell McCormick, and others.