Here is the August 2011 edition of the RESIST Newsletter, with updates on the debt crisis in the US, a critique of the Euro Pact, a feature article on the M15 Movement in Spain and scanning of people's struggles around the world.

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By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
26 August 2011

We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), condemn in the strongest terms the US, NATO and their puppet forces for their barbaric military campaign against the people in the whole of Libya since several months ago and in Tripoli currently. The combination of escalated NATO air bombardments and ground movement of Libyan puppet forces and NATO special forces against Tripoli since 20 August aims to deliver the final blow on the Gaddafi regime.

After the riots that swept across London last night, the next few days will undoubtedly see a host of theories put forward about why and how a local Tottenham protest escalated into two nights of widespread violence and looting.

IBON FEATURES/ COMMENTARY | A worsening of the US economic situation will quickly impact on the Philippines in terms of weaker remittances, lower exports, and more problematic investments

By Sonny Africa, IBON research head | IBON Features -- The recent United States (US) credit rating downgrade is just the latest sign that the global crisis which erupted in 2008 has not been resolved and will continue for years to come. The Philippine government and its economic managers are unfortunately oblivious to this reality in their medium-term planning and budgeting for 2012 which undermines the country’s prospects for development.