Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC):

According to a report from the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), “An official spokesman at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that the cooperation agreement between Syria and the international committee for investigating the use of weapons of mass destruction in some areas in Syria didn't please the terrorists and the countries supporting them, which is why they came up with new false allegations that the Armed Forces used toxic gas in the Damascus Countryside.”

Growing movement for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel

Minneapolis, MN – On Sept. 19, activists with the Minnesota Coalition for Palestinian Rights will return to the downtown Minneapolis Target store, urging shoppers not to buy products from SodaStream. This will follow a successful Aug. 15 mobilization, where 30 people held signs, chanted and passed out informational flyers to hundreds of pedestrians.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from BAYAN-USA. BAYAN-USA is an alliance of 18 progressive Filipino organizations in the U.S. representing youth, students, women, workers, artists, and human rights advocates.

According to an African Union Mission in Somalia statement, an Ethiopian Air Force plane crash-landed at the Mogadishu International Airport in Somalia, killing four crew members and injuring two others, Aug. 9.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Chicago, IL – A forum was held here, Aug. 3, about U.S. Intervention in Syria. Sponsored by the March 19th Coalition, it included speakers from the ANSWER Coalition and the Syrian American Forum.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following message from Freedom Road Socialist Organization that was sent to Robert Mugabe, President and First Secretary of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) following his victory in the elections.

ZANU-PF sweeps parliamentary election on platform of land and freedom

Although official vote totals in the July 31 election are still coming in, the people of Zimbabwe voted overwhelmingly to reelect President Robert Mugabe to another five-year term. Mugabe’s party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), also won the parliamentary election in a landslide, making gains and solidifying their majority. Despite claims by Mugabe’s opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), that the elections were rigged, monitors from the African Union called the elections “peaceful, orderly, free and fair.”