(2022-05-14). How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today/By Olga Sukharevskaya, ex-Ukrainian diplomat. marktaliano.net 
Original Link Here: How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union The history of Ukrainian nationalist cruelty is an important factor, barely discussed, or known, in the West Troops shot in the legs screaming in pain. Others dying from blood loss and …
(2022-05-14). Indiana University Bloomington grad student workers vote to suspend their strike until the fall semester. wsws.org Graduate students at IUB have voted to suspend their one-month strike and announced plans to resume the fight when classes resume on campus in September.
(2022-05-14). [Correspondence] Tobacco control: getting to the finish line. thelancet.com Tobacco control is not working for most of the world.1 Four out of five of the world's smokers are in low-income and middle-income countries. In these countries where most of the eight million deaths caused by tobacco occur each year, rates of tobacco use are falling only slowly. Globally, the overall number of tobacco users has barely changed. Only 30% of countries are on track to achieve the WHO adult tobacco use target of a 30% reduction in prevalence by 20302 and most countries are not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 for non-communicable diseases; its achievement will require a much m…
(2022-05-14). The imaging of Sagittarius A*: A monumental scientific achievement. wsws.org The imagery of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a brilliant demonstration of the possibilities engendered by human labor coordinated on an international and scientific basis.
(2022-05-14). As CNH strike concludes second week, workers voice growing frustration over UAW information blackout. wsws.org The information blackout is being carried out in de facto coordination with the company and the national media, which has remained entirely silent on one of the largest strikes of industrial workers currently taking place in the US.
(2022-05-14). 11 die, dozens rescued from capsized migrant boat off coast of Puerto Rico. wsws.org A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection said 36 of those rescued are Haitian nationals, while the remaining two were from the Dominican Republic.
(2022-05-14). [Correspondence] Tofacitinib for juvenile idiopathic arthritis — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Grainne Murray and William Renton for their response to our work1 and take this opportunity to specify the outcome of the trial on tofacitinib in polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
(2022-05-14). [Perspectives] Raj Panjabi: bringing a global outlook to the US pandemic response. thelancet.com In February, 2022, US President Joe Biden appointed global health physician and epidemiologist Raj Panjabi as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense at the White House National Security Council in Washington, DC, which advises Biden on foreign policy and security issues. In this position, Panjabi's presence ensures that global health threats "are considered in discussions of national security and foreign policy, and are not an afterthought", said Jennifer Kates, Senior Vice President and Director of Global Health and HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Found…
(2022-05-14). Newly appointed Sri Lankan PM pledges to implement brutal IMF program. wsws.org The IMF program will translate into deep cuts to state sector jobs, wages and pensions, further increased prices of essentials, the slashing of public services including education and health care.
(2022-05-13). WAFA: "Israeli police attacks funeral convoy of iconic Al Jazeera journalist" imemc.org 
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 13, 2022 (WAFA) — Israeli police today attacked the funeral convoy of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist as Palestinian mourners carried the journalist's coffin on their way to the church. A sizable Israeli police force cordoned off Saint Joseph Hospital, where the body of Shireen Abu Akleh is kept, setting up barricades …
(2022-05-13). Argentina Will Attend BRICS Summits, at China's Invitation, in Step Toward 'Formal Entry'. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — May 8, 2022 | China invited Argentina to attend the 2022 summits of the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Argentina's ambassador says it's a step toward "formal entry" to the grouping, an alternative to the US-dominated financial system. | China has invited Argentina to attend the 2022 The BRICS was founded as an alternative to the U…
(2022-05-13). Obama and Liberals killed abortion rights. mronline.org 
On May 2, 2022, a memo written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to Politico.com. Alito made clear that the court with a 6 to 3 conservative majority intends to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal in the United States.
(2022-05-13). Is It Coincidence That Some CIA Torture Techniques are so Popular With Ukrainian Neo-Nazis? libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende in Donbass © Photo : Sonja van den Ende While the US rushed to vilify Russia's latest UN Security Council Arria-Formula summit on Kiev's human rights violations, one might wonder as to why Ukrainian neo-Nazi torture sites have so much in common with CIA secret prisons, says…
(2022-05-13). Great Disorder and Extravagant Lies. scheerpost.com 
Francisca Lita Sáez, Spain, "An Unequal Fight," 2020. | By Vijay Prashad / These are deeply upsetting times. The Covid-19 global pandemic had the potential to bring people together, to strengthen global institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and to galvanize new faith in public action. | Our vast social wealth could have been pledged to improve public health systems, including both the surveillance of outbreaks of illness and the development of medical systems to…
(2022-05-13). In a world of great disorder and extravagant lies, we look for compassion: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
These are deeply upsetting times. The COVID-19 global pandemic had the potential to bring people together, to strengthen global institutions such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), and to galvanise new faith in public action.
(2022-05-13). Patrick Cockburn: Will the Ukraine War End Without Destroying All Life on the Planet? scheerpost.com Will the Ukraine war end without destroying all life on the planet? [Pixabay] | Click to subscribe on: Patrick Cockburn who reported for the Financial Times and The Independent from the Middle East and other war zones for decades and now writes for Brit…
(2022-05-13). The great acquiescence — Glory to Ukraine. mronline.org 
Americans don't merely acquiesce to the imperium's wars, interventions, collective punishments and assorted other deprivations. They actively embrace them.
(2022-05-13). Meeting in Germany: Japan, Ukraine FM pledge to "hold Russia accountable" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMay 13, 2022 Japan, Ukraine top diplomats agree to keep strong sanctions on Russia The foreign ministers of Japan and Ukraine agreed Friday that the international community should remain united in maintaining strong sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, now in its third month with the war showing no signs of easing. …
(2022-05-13). A Manufactured Crisis In Ukraine Is Victimizing The World's Peoples. popularresistance.org With the conflict in Ukraine entering its third month, the likelihood of a successfully negotiated peace — an immediate necessity — is becoming ever more remote. This proxy war by the United States is designed to use the Ukrainian people to mortally disable Russia. Those who profit from war benefit, while those most vulnerable suffer: Ukrainian civilians, but more broadly working people internationally and especially in the Global South. | It was expected that the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 would put an end to the first Cold War and the threat of world nuclear annihilation. Instead, the w…
(2022-05-13). Rand Paul Blocks Senate Vote On $40 Billion Ukraine Aid. popularresistance.org On Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked an effort in the Senate to hold a quick vote on the nearly $40 billion aid package for Ukraine that passed in the House on Tuesday. | "My oath of office is to the US constitution not to any foreign nation and no matter how sympathetic the cause, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America," Paul said on the Senate floor before blocking the vote. "We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy." | Paul blocked the vote because he wanted to include text in the bill that would create a special inspector general for oversight of the billio…
(2022-05-13). Russia and the Ukraine Crisis: The Eurasian Project in Conflict with the Triad Imperialist Policies. orinocotribune.com By Samir Amin — May 7, 2022 | We wanted to draw readers attention to this piece by Samir Amin, which was written at the time of the Maidan Coup in 2014. —Eds. | 1. The current global stage is dominated by the attempt of historical centers of imperialism (the U.S., Western and Central Europe, Japan—hereafter called "the Triad") to maintain their exclusive control over the planet through a combination of: | a) so-called neo-liberal economic globalization policies allowing financial transnational capital of the Triad to decide alone on all issues in their exclusive interests; | b) the military contr…
(2022-05-13). The Race to Break the Russia-China Alliance and the 'Ukraine of the Asia Pacific'. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Ehret There is a window of opportunity open for the west to recognize the total failure of the unipolar model before the point of no return has passed. It has become commonplace western media and armadas of geopolitical think tankers to paint today's Russia-China alliance as a matter of either "momentary convenience", or as…
(2022-05-13). Challenging Colonialism s01e04 Indian Boarding Schools: Colonialism through Education. indybay.org This episode of Challenging Colonialism examines the history of the Indian Boarding Schools that impacted thousands of Indigenous Californian children, specifically focusing on Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Stewart Indian School in Reno, and Saint Boniface Indian School in Banning. Duration: 1 hr 1 min 30 sec…
(2022-05-13). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: Gujarat state government workers demand previous pension scheme; Ford auto workers in Tamil Nadu fight for job security; AMPOL oil refinery workers strike in Queensland.
(2022-05-13). Workers beat heat with giant ice blocks in India. ecns.cn A worker loads large ice blocks in a truck at a factory during a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 12, 2022. India experienced a devastating heat wave, with temperatures reaching as high as 44 degrees Celsius.
(2022-05-13). Sri Lankan President Rajapakse installs Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister to enforce austerity dictates of the US and IMF. wsws.org The president and his new government must go! The way forward for the working class is through building action committees, mobilising its industrial and political strength, and fighting for socialist policies.
(2022-05-13). Economist Michael Hudson on decline of dollar, sanctions war, imperialism, financial parasitism. mronline.org 
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the U.S. dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of "free-trade imperialism," and financial parasitism.
(2022-05-13). US Air Force's British Expansion. scheerpost.com 
Entrance to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, the centre of the U.S. Air Force's presence in Britain. (Matt Kennard/DCUK) | By Matt Kennard / 1-in-6 active-duty U.S. airmen overseas are deployed in BritainU.S. Air Force has more active-duty military personnel in Britain than 40 U.S. statesIn December U.S. began basing next-generation F-35 fighter jets in Suffolk, the first in EuropeU.S. military has 100 personnel based in London, including 52 in the American embassyIt also has 135 others at multiple undisclosed loca…
(2022-05-13). "Stay safe": the whole world is in harms' way. mronline.org 
This is not a dispatch, editorial, or an article, but a brief note.
(2022-05-13). Army Injures Several Palestinians, Abducts One, And Detonates A home In Jenin. imemc.org The Israeli army withdrew from Jenin in the northern West Bank after detonating a Palestinian home, leading to protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters. Many army vehicles invaded Jenin at dawn before surrounding a home for the local Dab'ey family. The army attempted to abduct Mahmoud Dab'ey, but he wasn't there, so …
(2022-05-13). Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Ramallah. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday morning, a young Palestinian man near a military roadblock behind Beit El illegal colony and security center, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he hurled stones at a car of a colonizer. The army claimed the man hurled one stone at the car and tried to …
(2022-05-13). Texas governor announces intent to bar undocumented immigrant children from attending public schools. wsws.org The governor's remarks are another example of the far right's campaign to scapegoat and oppress immigrants and divide the working class.
(2022-05-13). Minimum wage for nurses: Will Bolsonaro veto the law passed by Congress? peoplesdispatch.org After a minimum wage for nurses was approved in the Brazilian Parliament last Wednesday, May 4, nurses began to mobilize in order to prevent President Jair Bolsonaro vetoing the proposal and delaying the implementation. The behavior of some members of parliament during the vote suggested that the project could face barriers after reaching the President's Office, who is already arguing that it does not have the funds necessary to implement the plan. | According to a report approved by the parliamentarians, the minimum wage should come into effect on the same day when the law is published. The goal of the nurses is…
(2022-05-13). CIA, NATO and the Great Heroin Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung How Miami Became the Center of International Fascism and the Murder of President Kennedy We should be seeing a picture that has painted NATO/CIA/Italian-American Mafia/Cuban exiles/and fascists including Nazis all working for the same apparatus and essentially the same goal: to overthrow democratically elected leaders and replace them with dictators and fascist right-wing…
(2022-05-13). Does This National Leader Look Ill? smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
You know, Putin suffers from this and that–the favorite shtick of losers from the Western MSM. The guy, obviously, looks totally in control and is a classic Putin of the last 10-15 years, confident and even ad-libbing. Why shouldn't he be confident, Russia is making a killing with her exports and, as I said many times before, it is combined West which finances Russia's SMO. Even if Russia will HAVE to take most of 404 on her balance, current market allows Russia to draw on additional resources which West's stupidity provided for Russia. Per Finland's NATO bid, sure, Turks are ready to have their own opinion on t…
(2022-05-13). Nazi propaganda in Germany's taz newspaper. wsws.org On the anniversary of Germany's liberation from National Socialism (Nazism), the taz has published an article by Russian author Julia Latynina, which acquits Hitler of any responsibility for the Second World War.
(2022-05-13). Officer From Israel's Elite 'Yamam' Unit Killed In Clashes With Palestinian Gunmen In West Bank (Videos). southfront.org 
On May 13, a service member of Israel's National Counter Terror Unit "Yamam" died of serious wounds he sustained during…
(2022-05-13). Lawyers Argue Jessica Reznicek's Actions Do Not Constitute Terrorism. popularresistance.org St. Paul, MN – In a defining moment for the climate justice movement and for all civil rights, the court will decide whether or not to uphold a "domestic terrorist enhancement" that an Iowa court applied to Reznicek's prison sentence. Reznicek argues that the terrorism enhancement was both illegally and unjustly applied. | The appeal is supported by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), National Lawyers Guild, Water Protectors Legal Collective, and the Climate Defense Project. "If Jessica Reznicek's acts can be punished as terrorism," says an amicus brief filed by CCR, "the United States will have moved so…
(2022-05-13). Israel sentences Palestinian nurse and health activist Shatha Odeh to 16 months in prison. peoplesdispatch.org On International Nurses Day, an Israeli military tribunal gave nurse and health activist Shatha Odeh a 16-month prison sentence. was given a 5 year suspended sentence on the condition that she does not provide health servicesfeat…
(2022-05-13). Aurora: Communist Women in the Donbas Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Jim "Fergie" Chambers Katya and Svetlana show off their Soviet-themed redesign of the DPR flag A 3-part interview with Svetlana and Katya, from the Donetsk Marxist-Feminist organization 13.05.2022, DONETSK, DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC- Nearly two weeks ago, I spent the May 1st, International Worker's Day, with six members of the Donestk-based Marxist feminist group "Aurora." The…
(2022-05-13). Remember the Maine: The Alleged Russian Atrocity at Bucha Looks Like Another in a Long Line of False Pretexts for War. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov [Source: theparadise.ng] Unproven massacre by Russian troops in Bucha was used to compel passage of Ukrainian Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 and escalate U.S. military intervention From the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine to the infamous Gulf of Tonkin incident to the chemical weapons attacks in Syria that were falsely blamed on Syrian…
(2022-05-13). Fluctuations observed in wind, solar resources. ecns.cn China's wind and solar resources fluctuated mildly last year, with wind resources slightly above the previous 10-year average and solar slightly below, according to the national meteorological administration.
(2022-05-13). Immigration authority refutes false info slandering China's entry-exit policies. ecns.cn China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday dismissed false overseas media reports on its border control practices, saying such rumors aim to distort and discredit the country's entry and exit policies.
(2022-05-13). China refutes rumors of passport suspension. ecns.cn The distorted report by some media that China has stopped issuing passports and cut off a corner of the "green card" to prevent holders from leaving the country is an attempt to discredit its policy on exit and entry, said a spokesperson for China's National Immigration Administration .
(2022-05-13). Iran boys chess championship in Hamedan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The national chess championships for boys aged 8 to 18 with the participation of 135 chess players from 26 provinces across Iran is being held in Hamadan city in the west of Iran.
(2022-05-13). Iran Oil Show 2022 inaugurated in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The 26th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran Oil Show 2022) was opened at Tehran on Friday in the presence of Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and senior managers of the oil industry.
(2022-05-13). Iran to overhaul Venezuela's El Palito refinery: Official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — National Iranian Oil Engineering & Construction Company, on behalf of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), signed a contract for overhauling Venezuelan El Palito Refinery, costing ‚Ǩ110 million.
(2022-05-13). 2nd day of 33rd edition of TIBF. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The second day of 33rd Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) was highly welcomed by book enthusiasts. The exhibition is running at Imam Khomeini Mosalla in Tehran.
(2022-05-13). Australia: Workers and youth support SEP election campaign. wsws.org "I support what the SEP says. Workers need to organise to fight for what we need, and to unite internationally." – Elizabeth, NSW Central Coast…
(2022-05-13). Wage suppression: The international strategy of finance capital. wsws.org The eruption of the wages issue in the Australian election campaign is part of an international process as central banks, the representatives of finance capital, demand that wage increases be forcibly suppressed through the lifting of interest rates, inducing a recession if that proves necessary.