IMEMC News (2022-05-11). Updated: Israeli Soldiers Kill Veteran Palestinian Journalist, Injure Another, In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed, Wednesday dawn, a prominent Palestinian journalist, Al-Jazeera TV correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, and injured another journalist after targeting them with sniper fire when many journalists gathered to cover an invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Update: Dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded the home of the …

Staff (2022-05-11). Abu Akle assassination draws intl. condemnation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — The martyrdom of Aljazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli regime forces in Jenin in the West Bank has drawn widespread condemnation internationally.

Anonymous103 (2022-05-11). Ukraine Disrupts Gas Transit From Russia. Europe Pays. southfront.org | On May 10, Ukraine notified Gazprom that it would stop receiving gas for transit through its Sohranovka gas-measuring station from 7 a.m. Moscow time on May 11. This event caused high-profile comments and also jeopardized the transportation of Russian gas. | Representatives of the UGTS (Ukrainian gas transport system operator) said that Ukraine will stop the transit of natural gas from Russia to Europe through the Sohranivka station in the Luhansk Region on the morning of 11 Ma…

Editor (2022-05-11). I led talks on Donbas and Crimea in the 90s. Here's How the War Should End. scheerpost.com A Soviet monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia during its demolition amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine. April 26, 2022 (Editorial credit: home for heroes / Shutterstock.com) | By John Quigley / As the war in Ukraine continues to take thousands of lives, distressingly little attention is being devoted to bringing it to an end. | Negotiations are stalled, and other governments are not pushing for a resumption. At s…

Fra Hughes (2022-05-11). Why We Need War Crime Tribunals in Donbass. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — empty The guilty must be punished, the innocent must have justice, the dead must be remembered, and the living must be held to account. |

Anonymous587 (2022-05-10). Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine. Kiev's Road To Abyss. southfront.org Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine | According to reports received from the official media, as well as from those involved in the conflict in Ukraine from the allied forces of Russia and the LPRR, there is a trend of widespread use of foreign mercenaries on the side of the AFU. | On February 27, 2022, the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine was founded by order of President Vladimir Zelensky. It consisted of mercenaries from both NATO and post-Soviet countries, such as Georgia and Belarus. | There…

____ (2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Supporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.

Shriya Singh (2022-05-10). Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid massive outrage. peoplesdispatch.org The PM resigned shortly after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters in Colombo, leading to over 150 injuries. Later in the day, violence broke out in many parts of the country…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-05-10). Esteghlal vs Shahr Khodro in Matchday 26 of IPL. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Esteghlal edged past Shahr Khodro 1-0 in Matchday 26 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday in Tehran's Azadi Stadium thanks to Arman Ramezani's goal in the 88th minute.

Ed Rampell (2022-05-10). 'Pacific Cinewaves': South Seas cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — Since 1898, when a Thomas Edison camera crew on location in Honolulu shot the first footage ever filmed in the Pacific Islands, the South Seas Cinema movie genre has been dominated by Haole (Caucasians) male filmmakers lensing productions primarily for the consumption of Haole audiences in order to make money. These motion …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-05-10). Tanzania President Suluhu Hassan arrives in Uganda for two-day state visit. plusnews.ug Tanzania's President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Uganda on the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni to undertake a two-day State visit to Uganda. At the Entebbe International Airport, President Suluhu was received by a team of senior government officials led by third Deputy Prime Minister, Rukia Nakadama and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-10). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade. indybay.org Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.

Brenda Norrell (2022-05-10). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court. indybay.org The National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.

____ (2022-05-10). China's prestigious universities exit international university rankings. ecns.cn Renmin University of China, one of the top universities in the country, has stopped participating in all international university rankings, China National Radio (CNR) cited insiders as saying Monday.

____ (2022-05-10). 12,000 seed varieties return to Earth after space trip. ecns.cn About 12,000 seeds carried by the Shenzhou XIII manned spaceship have returned to Earth after being bred in space, and will be cultivated into greater varieties to supplement new germ plasm resources and ensure national food security, experts said.

Fight Back (2022-05-10). Milwaukee: Defend Roe v. Wade protest mobilizes 1000-plus. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On May 7, the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition hosted an action to support reproductive rights and defend Roe v. Wade from the attack by the Supreme Court. | Over 1000 people turned out for the rally and march. The action started at Planned Parenthood and ended at the Milwaukee Federal Court building where Ron Johnson's office is located. Johnson is an anti-choice U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. | Decorah Gordon, a member of the executive board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, spoke at the start of the rally. "Our human rights are no longer…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-05-10). Al menos siete muertos deja represión contra protestas en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Las protestas que iniciaron de manera pacífica han experimentado una escalada de violencia tras la represión policial.

Staff (2022-05-10). Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister from his official residence in Colombo after thousands of protesters breached the main gate in the worst violence in weeks of protests over economic crisis.

____ (2022-05-10). Sri Lankan workers defy curfew, government-organised violence. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Sri Lanka yesterday to express their opposition to the attack by government-organised thugs on anti-government protesters encamped in central Colombo for the past month.

____ (2022-05-09). Oppose US and Australian threats to Solomon Islands! wsws.org With the assistance of its Australian partners, the US ruling class is intent on retaining the domination over the Pacific that it established after defeating Japan in World War II.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-09). Afghan activists raise concern over burqa edict, call it gender apartheid. peoplesdispatch.org While in the past the Taliban maintained that women would be accorded their rights, in work, education and society at large, the latest decision to enforce a dress code in public and allow them to leave their homes only in cases of necessity has raised alarms internationally…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-09). UPDATED: Chechen Fighters Show Their Trophies, Thank Biden. southfront.org

____ (2022-05-09). Workers in London oppose NATO proxy war in Ukraine: "The mass media prepare us for war with propaganda and lies" wsws.org Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in north London this weekend, winning support for a mass international anti-war movement rooted in the working class and based on a socialist strategy.

Staff (2022-05-09). Iran embassy calls on Iranians to leave Moldova. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Issuing a statement on Monday, the Iranian embassy in Ukraine called on Iranian nationals to leave the Transnistria region of Moldova.

____ (2022-05-09). As Sri Lankan protests grow, Ceylon Workers Congress courts India's Hindu-supremacist BJP. wsws.org BJP officials attended the CWC union's May Day meeting in Nuwara Eliya as envoys of India's Hindu-supremacist government.

____ (2022-05-09). Remembering Pleasant and Other Memories. transcend.org 9 May 2022 – On a hot sticky summer afternoon of Delhi, I opened my steel almirah (wardrobe) and started looking at papers and other items — an old radio no longer working, old clothes, newspapers, photographs, expired passports, and tickets to several destinations–France, Belgium, Netherlands, Paris, Amsterdam, Porto, and others.

Editor (2022-05-09). Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the Rise of American Fascism. scheerpost.com Mr. Fish — "With this Ring" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The Democratic Party — which had 50 years to write Roe v Wade into law with Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama in full control of the White House and Congress at the inception of their presidencies — is banking its electoral strategy around the expected Supreme Court decision to lift the judicial prohibition on the ability of states to enact laws restricting or banning abortions. | I doubt it will work. | The Democratic Party's hypocrisy and duplicity is the fertilizer for Christian fascism. Its exclusive focus…

Editor (2022-05-09). State of working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market. mronline.org

Editor (2022-05-09). Activists defy bans on abortion pills. mronline.org The right wing has passed hundreds of unjust laws to stamp out abortion, but it will not succeed. Women, others in need of abortion services and their allies will fight to stop it. This is the message of the tens of thousands taking to the streets since a media leak revealed the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Editor (2022-05-09). Mariupol — Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Azovstal reveal their faces as terrorists and hostage-takers. mronline.org After shelling the new firing positions that Ukrainian soldiers had set up in Azovstal during the evacuation of civilians held in the factory, the Russian army organized a new ceasefire and new humanitarian corridors over three days to continue the evacuation. But instead of letting out the civilians still in the Azovstal basement, the Ukrainian soldiers revealed their true face as terrorists and hostage-takers.

James K. Galbraith (2022-05-09). The dollar system in a multi-polar world. mronline.org The multipolar financial world is here. The United States can survive it—but only with major political and economic changes at home. It's time to start thinking about what those need to be.

JANET (2022-05-09). DESPITE REPEATED FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BINDING DECISIONS OF THE ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE, CAPE VERDE HAS BEEN DEEMED FIT TO HOST THE COURT'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. iacenter.org By a human rights lawyer, Dan Kovalik, in regards to the forthcoming ECOWAS Conference being held in Cape Verde 9-12 May The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can best be described as "a West African version of the EU. "Unlike the European Union, however, the level of integration remains limited, mired in regional and bilateral disagreements, but progress is being made. ECOWAS is headquartered in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and Nigeria is by far the largest financial contributor to grouping. One notable, perhaps even surprising, area in which there has been significant progress towards integrat…

Faraz Mughal, M Isabela Troya, Lisa Dikomitis, Stephanie Tierney, Nadia Corp, Nicola Evans, Ellen Townsend, Carolyn A Chew-Graham (2022-05-09). [Review] The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. thelancet.com Self-harm in young people is a serious international health concern that impacts on those providing informal support: the supporting individuals of young people. We aimed to highlight the experiences, views, and needs of these supporting individuals of young people. We conducted a systematic review and thematic synthesis: PROSPERO CRD42020168527. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, ASSIA, and Web of Science were searched from inception to 6 May 2020 with citation tracking of eligible studies done on 1 Oct 2021.

_____ (2022-05-09). Single Payer Docs Now Want National Health Service. popularresistance.org In an article in The Nation magazine last week, doctors David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne and John Geyman called for a National Health System in the United States. | "We have long advocated for single-payer national health insurance," the doctors wrote. "By eliminating private insurers and simplifying how providers are paid, single-payer would free up hundreds of billions of dollars now squandered annually on insurance-related bureaucracy. The savings would make it feasible to cover the uninsured and to eliminate the cost barriers that keep even insured patients from getting the…

Staff (2022-05-09). Cape Verde: Ulisses Correia Admits Kidnapping of Alex Saab was an Exchange for Cooperative Security. orinocotribune.com The Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia, admitted that the kidnapping and delivery of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was the product of a compromise between the African nation and the United States government. | Correia's response, after the Cape Verdean government's authorization to arbitrarily transfer Alex Saab to Miami, was due to the international commitments that are convenient for the small island nation, as indicated in a press release. | "We are a country with international commitments (sic)… We have to give something in return for our participation in cooperative security," the prime minister…

Staff (2022-05-09). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign New Bilateral Agreement. orinocotribune.com With the signing of a joint declaration between the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries, the working agenda held by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia, with high authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was culminated. | This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, through a post on his official Twitter account, after the working agenda that took place on May 5 and 6, in which the diplomat representing President Nicolás Maduro, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta and the Bolivian president himself, Luis Arce. | "The foreign minister of Venezuela expre…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-09). Bonfires Mark 77th Anniversary of Zagreb's Liberation from Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch As official EU marks Europe Day, anti-fascist networks in Croatia remember the liberation of Zagreb from Nazi-allied Usta≈°a rule Hundreds of people met near Freedom Bridge on the northern bank of the Sava river in Zagreb on May 7 to mark the 77th anniversary of the city's liberation from the Nazi-allied Usta≈°a regime. On…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-09). Why Does a Right Wing Government, Such as Bolsonaro's in Brazil, Support Vladimir Putin? libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara The answer to this question seems to lie in one product: fertilizers. Siding with the United States and its allies against Russia would mean bringing Brazilian agribusiness to its knees, dependent on the tons of fertilizers provided by the Russian Federation, an industry of which it is the world's leading producer. Brazil competes…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-09). An Open Letter to the American People, as Russia Celebrates its WW2 Victory Over the Nazis. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter World War II American Military Cemetery And Memorial in Luxembourg. © Getty Images / H. Armstrong Roberts To those who have forgotten the sacrifices the 'Greatest Generation' made to defeat Hitler In his 1998 classic, 'The Greatest Generation', famed NBC journalist Tom Brokow examined the lives and experiences of some of the millions…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-09). Iran aims to increase exports to Lebanon: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Director-General of Iranian Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare for International Affairs said that his ministry is ready to expand and promote trade with Lebanon.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-05-09). Red Cross must take step to lift sanctions of Syria, Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs said that international organizations, especially the Red Cross, must take a step to lift sanctions against the war-torn people of Syria and Yemen.

____ (2022-05-09). Azerbaijan opening Caspian to Western energy firms led to conquest of Karabakh: expert. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMay 9, 2022 Heydar Aliyev laid foundation for making Azerbaijan one of world's most reliable oil, gas exporters — US expert Heydar Aliyev [Azerbaijani national leader] laid the foundation of making Azerbaijan one of the world's most reliable exporters of oil and gas, the US expert, CEO of Caspian Group Holdings Rob Sobhani …

____ (2022-05-09). Graphic: National Endowment for Democracy, shadowy enforcer for "rules-based international order" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 8, 2022 US' NED 'mastermind' behind global separatist riots, color revolutions, political crises: Chinese FM report Graphic produced and released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Young people must turn to the working class and the fight for socialism! wsws.org This is the report delivered by Gregor Link to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Link is a leading member in Germany of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, the youth movement of the International Committee of the Fourth International and its affiliated Socialist Equality Parties.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Australian ruling class promotes anti-China campaign. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Cheryl Crisp to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Crisp is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Australia.

____ (2022-05-09). Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South. transcend.org 2 May 2022 – South Africa and other countries that have abstained from voting against Russia at the UNGA face intense international criticism. There is seldom any acknowledgment that nonalignment, in this case refusing to be aligned with the United States and its allies or with Russia, can be a principled position, as well as an astute tactical engagement with geopolitical realities.

____ (2022-05-09). China renews blue alert for rainstorms. ecns.cn China's National Meteorological Center on Monday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in various parts of the country.

____ (2022-05-09). Park Youngjin: The most heartwarming thank you notes. ecns.cn Colorful handwritten thank you notes folded in heart shapes with beautiful drawings of a dabai: medics wearing the white hazmat suit are the most heartwarming gifts Dr. Park Youngjin, a Korean national living in Shanghai, has received in recent times. These beautiful notes are residents' way of saying thank you to medical workers and are accompanied by beautiful smiles and words of gratitude.

____ (2022-05-09). China to have 5.5 million nurses by 2025. ecns.cn China will have 5.5 million nurses by 2025, according to a new plan released by the National Health Commission.

____ (2022-05-09). Giant panda mom spotted playing with baby in snow. ecns.cn Image captured on Jan. 25, 2022 by a real-time infrared camera shows a giant panda mom teaching her baby living skills in the forest of at the Wanglang area of the Giant Panda National Park, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-05-09). Seven Shirabad waterfalls in Golestan province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Seven Shirabad waterfalls is a touristic site in the northern Iranian village of Shirabad, in Golestan province that has been registered on the National Heritage List.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.

____ (2022-05-09). "Workers urgently need to develop their consciousness because the mass media prepare us for war with propaganda and lies." wsws.org Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in north London this weekend, winning support for a mass international anti-war movement rooted in the working class and based on a socialist strategy.

____ (2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party" wsws.org In the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-05-09). Primer ministro de Sri Lanka presenta su renuncia. telesurtv.net Tras Rajapaksa, quien dimitió a pedido del presidente Gotabaya Rajapaksa, se espera que en el curso de este lunes también renuncie el resto de su gabinete.

____ (2022-05-09). Oppose US and Australian threats to Solomon Islands! wsws.org With the assistance of its Australian partners, the US ruling class is intent on retaining the domination over the Pacific that it established after defeating Japan in World War II.

Staff (2022-05-09). Iran embassy calls on Iranians to leave Moldova. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Issuing a statement on Monday, the Iranian embassy in Ukraine called on Iranian nationals to leave the Transnistria region of Moldova.

____ (2022-05-09). As Sri Lankan protests grow, Ceylon Workers Congress courts India's Hindu-supremacist BJP. wsws.org BJP officials attended the CWC union's May Day meeting in Nuwara Eliya as envoys of India's Hindu-supremacist government.

Faraz Mughal, M Isabela Troya, Lisa Dikomitis, Stephanie Tierney, Nadia Corp, Nicola Evans, Ellen Townsend, Carolyn A Chew-Graham (2022-05-09). [Review] The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. thelancet.com Self-harm in young people is a serious international health concern that impacts on those providing informal support: the supporting individuals of young people. We aimed to highlight the experiences, views, and needs of these supporting individuals of young people. We conducted a systematic review and thematic synthesis: PROSPERO CRD42020168527. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, ASSIA, and Web of Science were searched from inception to 6 May 2020 with citation tracking of eligible studies done on 1 Oct 2021.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-09). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade. indybay.org Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.

Brenda Norrell (2022-05-09). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court. indybay.org The National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.

____ (2022-05-09). China to have 5.5 million nurses by 2025. ecns.cn China will have 5.5 million nurses by 2025, according to a new plan released by the National Health Commission.

____ (2022-05-09). Park Youngjin: The most heartwarming thank you notes. ecns.cn Colorful handwritten thank you notes folded in heart shapes with beautiful drawings of a dabai: medics wearing the white hazmat suit are the most heartwarming gifts Dr. Park Youngjin, a Korean national living in Shanghai, has received in recent times. These beautiful notes are residents' way of saying thank you to medical workers and are accompanied by beautiful smiles and words of gratitude.

____ (2022-05-09). Giant panda mom spotted playing with baby in snow. ecns.cn Image captured on Jan. 25, 2022 by a real-time infrared camera shows a giant panda mom teaching her baby living skills in the forest of at the Wanglang area of the Giant Panda National Park, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2022-05-09). China renews blue alert for rainstorms. ecns.cn China's National Meteorological Center on Monday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in various parts of the country.

Staff (2022-05-09). Cape Verde: Ulisses Correia Admits Kidnapping of Alex Saab was an Exchange for Cooperative Security. orinocotribune.com The Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia, admitted that the kidnapping and delivery of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was the product of a compromise between the African nation and the United States government. | Correia's response, after the Cape Verdean government's authorization to arbitrarily transfer Alex Saab to Miami, was due to the international commitments that are convenient for the small island nation, as indicated in a press release. | "We are a country with international commitments (sic)… We have to give something in return for our participation in cooperative security," the prime minister…

Staff (2022-05-09). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign New Bilateral Agreement. orinocotribune.com With the signing of a joint declaration between the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries, the working agenda held by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia, with high authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was culminated. | This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, through a post on his official Twitter account, after the working agenda that took place on May 5 and 6, in which the diplomat representing President Nicolás Maduro, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta and the Bolivian president himself, Luis Arce. | "The foreign minister of Venezuela expre…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-05-09). Seven Shirabad waterfalls in Golestan province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Seven Shirabad waterfalls is a touristic site in the northern Iranian village of Shirabad, in Golestan province that has been registered on the National Heritage List.

____ (2022-05-09). Graphic: National Endowment for Democracy, shadowy enforcer for "rules-based international order" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 8, 2022 US' NED 'mastermind' behind global separatist riots, color revolutions, political crises: Chinese FM report Graphic produced and released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

____ (2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party" wsws.org In the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-05-09). Primer ministro de Sri Lanka presenta su renuncia. telesurtv.net Tras Rajapaksa, quien dimitió a pedido del presidente Gotabaya Rajapaksa, se espera que en el curso de este lunes también renuncie el resto de su gabinete.

Anonymous103 (2022-05-08). Humanitarian Operation To Evacuate Civilians From Azovstal Completed. southfront.org

Samir Amin (2022-05-08). Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies. mronline.org 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 …

____ (2022-05-08). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy. ecns.cn The United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…

_____ (2022-05-08). No To A New Monroe Doctrine In The Pacific. popularresistance.org The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be used as a pawn by an aggressive and expansionist China in its bid for world domination. | The deal itself appears to be entirely ordinary, allowing for China to "make ship visits to, carry out logistical replenishment in, and have stopover and transition in the Solomon Islands," in addition to provid…

Benjamin Norton (2022-05-08). Argentina will attend BRICS summits, at China's invitation, in step toward 'formal entry'. multipolarista.com 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.

Editor (2022-05-08). Michael Brenner on the High Risks of Cultivated Ignorance. scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | Our political elites evidently have absorbed fully and deeply the proposition that "ignorance is bliss." The exhibits are too numerous to inventory. A singular current example with profound implication is the notion that Vladimir Putin is the quintessential brutal dictator — power mad, ruthless and with only a tenuous grip on reality. Indeed, it has become commonplace to equate him with Hitler — as done by such leading lights of America's stellar elites such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi — as well as 'opinion makers' galore. Even 203 noble Nobels lend their collecti…

Editor (2022-05-08). Rats from Hell: Notes from a Federal Weed Trial. scheerpost.com Marijuana is legal for recreational use in 18 states and legal for medical use in 37, a multibillion-dollar industry in states all over the political spectrum. | By Theodore Hamm / Original to ScheerPost | "Hey Chris, I thought they retired your ass," a lawyer joked to the veteran prosecutor as he wheeled a hand-truck stacked with boxes out of the courtroom on Friday afternoon, May 6. | Christopher Romano had just wrapped up the successful federal prosecution of Jonathan Wall for conspiring to deliver large quantities of weed from California to Maryland. This fall, voters in Maryland will decide whether to joi…

_____ (2022-05-08). KC Tenants Announces Launch Of Citywide Tenant's Union. popularresistance.org Kansas City, Kansas – Pat Lucas received the notification last August: She would have to vacate the Armour Flats building in the 3400 block of Holmes Street in Kansas City — her home for more than 17 years — by November. | The management company was going to renovate the property, causing her rent to shoot up, from a little over $500 a month to more than $1,000. She was priced out and had to move. | Lucas shared her story Saturday as KC Tenants, a local organization advocating for housing rights, held a rally to announce it was creating a citywide tenant's union. | The organization will work with ever…

Staff (2022-05-08). 13 May, Webinar: Double Standard — Canada's terrorist list, the IDF, Palestinians and the case of Khaled Barakat. samidoun.net Friday, 13 May 1 pm Pacific/4 pm Eastern/8 pm UTC/10 pm central Europe/11 pm Palestine Register here to join: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fZaKNSQLSQSGrMHdIP5QsA Double Standard: Canada's terrorist list, the IDF, Palestinians and the case of Khaled Barakat Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Just Peace Advocates. Panelists Miko Peled is an Israeli-American activist, author and international speaker. …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-08). Mexico Talks May be Resumed Soon, Claims Gerardo Blyde. orinocotribune.com The negotiation in Mexico between the delegations of the Venezuelan government and opposition may be resumed soon, according to statements by the head of the right-wing opposition delegation in the Mexico Talks, Gerardo Blyde. | According to reports published by some Venezuelan media, Blyde made these comments in a meeting between the Frente Amplio and the Unitary Platform, two organizations that group together various opposition sectors of Venezuela. | "I cannot speak because I signed a confidentiality agreement with the international facilitator, the Kingdom of Norway," said Blyde at the meeting. "I cannot give…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-08). Folha de S.Paulo: Bolsonaro Has Coup Planned with Support From Military and Centrà£o. libya360.wordpress.com BRASILWIRE In August 2021 we reported how Brazil's US-backed military regime (yes, regime) cast a shadow over hopes for the next presidential election. There was clearly a doubt whether it would go ahead peacefully, and if it did, if the Military government, fronted by Bolsonaro and backed by the United States, would accept the result and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-08). Lula Launches Presidential Pre-candidacy. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News In Sà£o Paulo, Lula da Silva launches his pre-candidacy for the presidency of Brazil. May 7, 2022. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert "Defending our sovereignty is defending the integration of South America, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is to strengthen Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC and the BRICS again." "Defending our sovereignty is defending Petrobras, Eletrobrás…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-05-08). Persian leopard spotted in Esfarayen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The head of Esfarayen's department of environment said that a Persian leopard has been spotted in Salouk National Park in North Khorasan Province.

Staff (2022-05-08). Iran VP, IFRC president hold meeting in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Mohmmad Mokhber met and held talks with visiting President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Francesco Rocca on Saturday evening.

____ (2022-05-08). May Day 2022: Turkey's role in the US-NATO war drive against Russia amidst growing class struggle. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Ate≈üàßi is a leader of the Sosyalist Isitlik Grubu, the Socialist Equality Group in Turkey.

____ (2022-05-08). Sinn Féin wins Northern Ireland Assembly election. wsws.org Irish nationalist Sinn Féin have won the largest number of first preference votes in the May 5 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This is the first time that a nationalist party has won an election in the six counties since the partition of Ireland.

Samir Amin (2022-05-08). Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies. mronline.org 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 …

_____ (2022-05-07). Chris Hedges Report: The Unrelentingly Radical Life Of Paul Robeson. popularresistance.org Heroic dissidents are demonized, marginalized, physically and psychologically destroyed, or assassinated by the American ruling class. Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. Robeson, the most internationally known and revered Black American of his day, was a socialist and a militant who stood with the crucified of the earth. | Historian Gerald Horne is author of the biography "Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary," a…

Editor (2022-05-07). Touring an Aidar Dungeonv. mronline.org Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began to break out in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in the east of the country, known together as Donbas.

JANET (2022-05-07). Germany enters war (de facto)/Arms delivery to Ukraine. iacenter.org By Sevim Dagdelen May 6, 2022 The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 29. Translation: John Catalinotto. On April 28, 2022, the Bundestag [German parliament] decided that Germany would de facto enter into war with Russia. With a motion, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democrats (SDP), Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens constituted themselves as a war coalition. The objections that…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). Fighting Nazism in Ukraine and the West's Standoff with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com *Mikhail Noskov Far-right activists march through the streets of Kiev in torch-lit processions on the occasion of Stepan Bandera's birthday, January 2022 In just a few days comes the 77th anniversary of the decisive victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in which the Soviet Union played a pivotal role. This is a reminder…

____ (2022-05-07). Georgian war party demands Saakashvili be transferred abroad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 7, 2022 Calls Mount for Saakashvili's Transfer Abroad, Gov't Refuses The ex-President's ally, Nika Melia, chair of the United National Movement, has expressed confidence that "in the near future Saakashvili will be transferred to a clinic abroad." Speaking with government-critical TV Pirveli, Melia argued on May 5 that amid Russia's aggression against Ukraine, …

____ (2022-05-07). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy. ecns.cn The United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…

_____ (2022-05-07). Dare To Win: Lessons From The Indian Farmers Movement. popularresistance.org The Farmers Movement in India has inspired millions around the world who are fighting for justice, democracy and solidarity. The farmers held their ground in the face of threats, intimidation and relentless propaganda, and forced the Modi government to repeal the farm bills. This was one of the most spectacular victories of ordinary people against the combined assault of corporate power and the state, showing that determined struggle can defeat the mightiest of forces. | On 19 November 2021 the Government of India announced that three highly contentious Farm Bills introduced in June 2020 would be repealed. The Go…

Editor (2022-05-07). India and Pakistan's brutal heat wave poised to resurge. mronline.org 2022 will likely be one of the coolest years Earth will experience in the foreseeable future; much more intense heat waves are in India and Pakistan's future.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Siobhan Wescott: steadfast advocate for Native American health. thelancet.com At preschool in Cambridge, MA, USA, during the early 1970s, Siobhan Wescott recalls being attacked by her fellow classmates for being a Native American. "At 4, I physically experienced racism for the first time. That really shaped my wanting to not have people feel uncomfortable in new places just because of the colour of their skin or their identity", she says. Wescott, who is Alaskan Athabascan, became the inaugural Dr Susan and Suzette LaFlesche Professor of American Indian Health and Director of the American Indian Health Program in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UN…

Editor (2022-05-07). Three steps to Black liberation. mronline.org If history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class.

Editor (2022-05-07). Killed by capitalism: U.S. government shrugs shoulders as COVID death toll hits 1 million. mronline.org The United States has just marked a horrific milestone as the official COVID-19 death count passes one million.

Editor (2022-05-07). Carrot and stick: U.S. pressure and extortion to break Latin America's ties with Russia and China. mronline.org In the last two weeks, the State Department has deployed an ambitious blackmailing persuasion program on countries located in the so-called "Western Hemisphere", with the aim of limiting their trade and cooperation ties with Moscow and Beijing.

Editor (2022-05-07). Corine Pelluchon, "Das Zeitalter des Lebendigen. Eine neue Philosophie der Aufklà§rung" ["The Age of the Living. A new philosophy of the Enlightenment"]. mronline.org Lucidly argued and touching in its appeal, Corine Pelluchon's latest book 'Les Lumières à l'âge du vivant' will be a theoretical source both for 'green' and 'red' movements alike.

JANET (2022-05-07). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI. iacenter.org By Richie Merino May 6, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a monthly cash payment for low-income elderly, blind or disabled people. The law that established SSI, passed in 1972, granted eligibility only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and excluded Puerto Rico. The Supreme Court's decision reversed…

JANET (2022-05-07). For Mumia on his birthday. iacenter.org By Julia Wright May 6, 2022 To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of the earth belonging to the damned, the hunger and the drought suffered by the underneath of the underneath at the hands of climate-blind corporate greed, the political incarceration of those who dare lift their voice against their own genocide . . . for forty years Mumia has been taking us on a journey i…

JANET (2022-05-07). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira May 6, 2022 Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces that oppose the military junta in power charge that such confrontations show the "failure" of the coup government to "fulfill its duties toward its citizens." At the same time, moves are underway to "resolve" the Sudanese political cris…

_____ (2022-05-07). US Pushes Fake Stories To Goad Russia Into Escalation. popularresistance.org Russia does not hide the death of high officers. It is impossible to do so over longer periods as such men are known by many others. It would be bad for any government to get caught in such a scheme. There is also no reason to do so. | Some U.S. sources claim that a general's death will demoralize the troops he led. The opposite is the case. Generals getting killed on or near the frontline demonstrate to frontline soldiers that they are not alone in their fighting and that their officers are doing the job while carrying the same high risk than they do. | The Pentagon denied any involvement: | The Pentagon denied…

Staff (2022-05-07). VIDEO: Wildlife of Alborz protected area in N Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — Local forest rangers have recorded fascinating footage of goat and ram herds in the Alborz-e Markazi (Central Alborz) Protected Area.

Staff (2022-05-07). Will Biden be trapped by Iran hawks? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — In a blow to the Biden administration's stated goal of returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US Senate approved two motions drafted by Republican senators who vehemently oppose diplomacy with Iran.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-07). The struggle of workers brings light in uncertain times. peoplesdispatch.org National spokespersons of Potere al Popolo addressed the 18th Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions taking place in Rome, Italy from May 6 to 8…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). Cubans Pull Together after Enormous Blast Rocks Old Havana. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A. Maranges and Bill Hackwell, Havana on May 7, 2022 For any Havana resident, the Paseo del Prado is part of his or her identity. Walking along this immense avenue and enjoying the architecture and cultural diversity of this area is a pleasure that many of us enjoy, while for others, it is so…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). Why Should Russia and the United States Be Enemies When They Have a 240-Year History of International Friendship and Support? libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov U.S. and Soviet troops embrace on the Elbe River on April 25, 1945, to celebrate their defeat of Naziism. [Source: history.com] April 25 marked the 77th anniversary of the "Oath of the Elbe," when U.S. and Russian soldiers embraced in a historic meeting on the Elbe River in Torgau, Germany, to mark the final…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). High Level Delegation from Iran Visits Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Tortilla Con Sal "They think they will humiliate the world's Peoples, they think that they will force those Peoples to surrender, but Peoples have Creativity, they have Dignity, they have Strength." —Daniel Ortega Meeting of the President-Comandante Daniel and Compañera Rosario, Vice President of Nicaragua, with High-Level Delegation of Iran May 6th 2022 Words of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). Iran Promises to Provide Fuel to Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Iran is committing to supply fuel to Nicaragua and says its vision for the bilateral relationship is not solely economic. Iran's high-level delegation, headed by Minister of Petroleum Javab Owji, is in Nicaragua to strengthen cooperation in the areas of agriculture, livestock, technology, medicine, energy, petroleum, and parliamentary and foreign relations exchange. The delegation held…

Dr. Thomas Binder (2022-05-07). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative. globalresearch.ca There has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.

Staff (2022-05-07). 'Zalava' to compete at two US film festivals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — Directed by Arsalan Amiri, the Iranian film 'Zalava' is set to be screened at two international film festivals in the United States.

____ (2022-05-07). Japan's PM to employ Asia-Pacific military/defense forum to challenge Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMay 7, 2022 Japan PM Kishida eyes attending int'l security forum in June Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to attend a major international security forum next month in Singapore, Japanese government sources said Saturday. If realized, the attendance of a Japanese prime minister at the annual meeting from June 10 to 12 …

Fight Back (2022-05-07). Los Angles: Boyle Heights celebrates May Day with march and rally. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On May 1, dozens of people gathered in Boyle Heights to commemorate the historic International Workers Day. The event was led by Centro CSO, which held a May Day Rally in the Chicano neighborhood for the seventh consecutive year to highlight social issues like police terror, privatization of education, and immigration. | The rally kicked off at noon on the corner of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Mathews Street with music, and speeches from MORENA-LA chapter leader Alejandro Mendez who talked about the need for solidarity with the struggle for democracy and against privatization in Mexico; a repr…

Philip Ball (2022-05-07). [Perspectives] A global view of the pandemic: the good, bad, and ugly. thelancet.com There will come a day when we ask "Do we really need another book about the pandemic?" But this, as the movie meme goes, is not that day. We have as yet barely begun to process what we have been living through since the start of 2020—and that "we" implies no universality, since COVID-19 has exposed some of the deepest and most problematic divisions in societies, at the national and global scales. There are so many stories that need to be told: of bravery, resilience, care, and kindness as well as corruption, incompetence, and venality, of ingenious as well as mistaken science, of leadership and its absence.

____ (2022-05-07). China releases Chang'e-5 payloads' scientific datasets. ecns.cn China has released a batch of datasets from the payloads installed on Chang'e-5 probe, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday.

____ (2022-05-07). Shanghai delays national college entrance exam. ecns.cn Shanghai has postponed the 2022 college entrance examination one month from June 7-9 to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, said Chen Qun, vice mayor of the city, at a press conference held on Saturday.

____ (2022-05-07). Following yesterday's general strike, Sri Lankan president imposes state of emergency. wsws.org President Rajapakse has clearly been shaken by the entry of the working class into the mass protest movement against his government, fuelled by intolerable social and economic conditions.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-05-07). Sri Lanka declara estado de emergencia en medio de protestas. telesurtv.net La nación insular del sur de Asia atraviesa la peor recesión económica de su historia.

____ (2022-05-07). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy. ecns.cn The United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…

Udani Samarasekera (2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Siobhan Wescott: steadfast advocate for Native American health. thelancet.com At preschool in Cambridge, MA, USA, during the early 1970s, Siobhan Wescott recalls being attacked by her fellow classmates for being a Native American. "At 4, I physically experienced racism for the first time. That really shaped my wanting to not have people feel uncomfortable in new places just because of the colour of their skin or their identity", she says. Wescott, who is Alaskan Athabascan, became the inaugural Dr Susan and Suzette LaFlesche Professor of American Indian Health and Director of the American Indian Health Program in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UN…

Staff (2022-05-07). Will Biden be trapped by Iran hawks? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — In a blow to the Biden administration's stated goal of returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US Senate approved two motions drafted by Republican senators who vehemently oppose diplomacy with Iran.

Philip Ball (2022-05-07). [Perspectives] A global view of the pandemic: the good, bad, and ugly. thelancet.com There will come a day when we ask "Do we really need another book about the pandemic?" But this, as the movie meme goes, is not that day. We have as yet barely begun to process what we have been living through since the start of 2020—and that "we" implies no universality, since COVID-19 has exposed some of the deepest and most problematic divisions in societies, at the national and global scales. There are so many stories that need to be told: of bravery, resilience, care, and kindness as well as corruption, incompetence, and venality, of ingenious as well as mistaken science, of leadership and its absence.

____ (2022-05-07). China releases Chang'e-5 payloads' scientific datasets. ecns.cn China has released a batch of datasets from the payloads installed on Chang'e-5 probe, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday.

____ (2022-05-07). Shanghai delays national college entrance exam. ecns.cn Shanghai has postponed the 2022 college entrance examination one month from June 7-9 to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, said Chen Qun, vice mayor of the city, at a press conference held on Saturday.

Dr. Thomas Binder (2022-05-07). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative. globalresearch.ca There has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.

Editor (2022-05-06). Solomon Islands PM warns of invasion by Australia and U.S. mronline.org Responding to a series of threats of intervention by the U.S. and Australia, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare warned on Tuesday that his small Pacific islands country was in danger of invasion by the allied powers.

Editor (2022-05-06). The Chris Hedges Report: Gerald Horne on the Unrelenting Radical Life of Paul Robeson. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. Robeson, the most internationally known and revered Black American of his day, was a socialist and a militant who stood with the crucified of the earth. | Historian Gerald Horne is author of the biography "Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary," and is the Moores Profess…

Vijay Prashad (2022-05-06). With clenched fists, they spend money on weapons as the Planet burns: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations' Secretary General António Guterres.

the Research Unit for Political Economy (2022-05-06). Fall-out of the Ukraine conflict on India's economy. mronline.org The Problem Is Actually At Home…

____ (2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. ecns.cn (ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). 'U.S.-NATO Proxy War in Ukraine is an Extension of the War Against Us'. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Verdieu Gloria Verdieu speaks at inauguration of VII International Seminar for Peace and Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba. Photo: Siempre con Cuba Presentation on behalf of the Socialist Unity Party and Women In Struggle at VII International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba, May…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). NATO Summit in Spain and the Russian Iskander Missile System. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara There is no doubt that dates count in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, because of their symbolic and historical value or because of the time pressure as in any war conflict. While we are anxiously awaiting what will happen on May 9, Victory Day for the Russian Federation, another of the most eagerly awaited dates…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). Biden Sends Ukraine Billions of Dollars of Weaponry it Can't Use Properly. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Kiev can't maintain and repair complex US and NATO arms — if they break, they're useless After hounding the US and other NATO members for weeks about his need for heavy weapons to defend against Russia's ongoing "special military operation", Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, appears to have been granted his wish. The US…

____ (2022-05-06). NATO Military Committee meeting to include Ukrainian, Finnish, Swedish commanders-in-chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian National NewsMay 6, 2022 NATO Will Hold Meeting Of Commanders-In-Chief Of Defense Forces On May 19 With Participation Of Ukraine The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold a meeting of the commanders-in-chief of the defense forces of the countries of the alliance on May 19 in Brussels (Belgium) with …

_____ (2022-05-06). The Radical Roots Of Community Supported Agriculture. popularresistance.org Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) is one of those rare ideas which combine transformative potential with an elegant simplicity. The CSA model of funding and sustaining locally-rooted agriculture has grown exponentially around the globe over the past four decades. Since the first formal CSA at Robyn Van En's Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, Massachusetts in the early 1980s, CSAs have become a household fixture across the US and elsewhere; the most recent estimate by the USDA (2012) counted approximately 13,000 CSA farms in the US alone. | The success of community-supported farming has coincided with rising…

teleSUR, JDO (2022-05-06). øQué es el Día de Vesak o Día del Plenilunio?>. telesurtv.nettelesurtv.net En la India y otros países del sur de Asia, comúnmente el Vesak se celebra haciendo ofrendas a Buda.

Sam Marcy (2022-05-06). Important lessons 30 years later/A Marxist Defense of the LA Rebellion. workers.org The following excerpts derive from a pamphlet written by Sam Marcy, the late Chairperson of Workers World Party. The 1992 rebellion in Los Angeles was touched off by the racist verdict in the Rodney King beating case, but it elicited sympathy and participation from other oppressed communities. Sixty-three people, the . . . |

Carlos Lopes Pereira (2022-05-06). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance. workers.org Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-05-06). For Mumia on his birthday. workers.org By Julia Wright To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of . . . |

Richie Merino (2022-05-06). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI. workers.org The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-05-06). UArts rally for union rights and benefits. workers.org Philadelphia Philadelphia University of the Arts workers, students and community members rallied April 27 in solidarity with staff seeking to unionize and with faculty still bargaining for their first contract after a successful union drive. Speakers at the rally of over 40 people included UArts faculty and staff union leaders, . . . |

Betsey Piette (2022-05-06). øSe acaba la hegemonía del dólar estadounidense? workers.org øExiste un movimiento global para abandonar la dependencia del dólar estadounidense? øEstá el mundo asistiendo al fin de la hegemonía económica de Estados Unidos? La perspectiva de la desdolarización de la economía mundial ha sido estudiada por los economistas desde hace tiempo. La mayoría admite que no es una cuestión . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-05-06). Philadelphia: Displacing low-income families for profit. workers.org Philadelphia Faced with evictions on July 8, residents of Philadelphia's University City Townhomes and their supporters converged on the offices of Daniel Killinger, president of National Real Estate Development in a surprise visit April 22. The company has expressed interest in purchasing the property the homes exist on from the . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-05-06). Housing is a human right! Fight! Fight! Fight! workers.org New York It was a spirited rally in City Hall Park, April 28, which expressed the anxiety that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are feeling about their homes and caught the attention of the press. The rally called by Community Action for Safe Apartments featured Chinese, Spanish and English . . . |

Editor (2022-05-06). Joe Lauria: No Such Thing as Dissent in the Age of Big Tech. scheerpost.com Joe Lauria. [Photo courtesy of guest] | Click to subscribe on: "Scheer Intelligence" has been reporting on the rise of censorship in the internet age in a number of ways since the podcast was started in 2015. Now host Robert Scheer is concerned that,

Editor (2022-05-06). Lula wants a Latin American currency. mronline.org Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who's once again in the running for the presidency, says that "God willing" he hopes to see the creation of a Latin American currency capable of overcoming the region's dependence on the dollar.

Ann Brown (2022-05-06). Video: Black Man Goes Viral Over TikTok Sermon Against 'Hustle Culture'. moguldom.com The culture of hustling — and hustling hard — is ingrained in the Black community. Most are taught to work harder, dress nicer and be better than the best as it's the only way to get ahead in white-controlled America. But for some, the hustle culture is not a goal, and a Black man's sermon …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). Returning to JCPOA still secures US interests: Price says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — A US State Department Spokesman said that returning to Iran's nuclear deal, JCPOA, still secures the goals of the United States.

Jacob Buckner (2022-05-06). May Day in New York, with labor and the left up front. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—On International Workers Day, hundreds of people and dozens of unions and radical organizations hit the streets of Manhattan to support workers in the fight against capitalist exploitation. This year's May Day action was the largest in New York in a decade. Members of many organizations marched, carrying red flags and signs in solidarity …

Staff (2022-05-06). 45 Years of Defending Liberty. aclu.org When Stephen Pevar joined the ACLU in 1976, he was one of only 15 national staff attorneys. Over the next 45 years, he filed more than 175 cases — winning or settling more than 90 percent of them — as the organization expanded to a workforce that spans every state, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with more than 75 staff attorneys at the national office alone. Last month, he retired as one of the ACLU's longest-serving staff members. | Following his departure, we sat down with Stephen to discuss big wins and memorable moments from his decades-long career — almost half the ACLU's 102-year exi…

Amy Goodman (2022-05-06). Vaccine Inequity Prolongs Pandemic as Worldwide Death Toll Tops 15 Million. truthout.org The World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic has now caused an excess of 15 million deaths globally. We look at how staggering death counts reveal broader political failures to protect public health and close the international vaccine gap. "Western governments and rich corporations who are based primarily in the West have done very little to advance vaccine inequity or to help the entire world end this pandemic faster," says Achal Prabhala, coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, who adds that many poor countries have also not used all the policy tools at their disposal. | TRANSCRIPT: | This…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-06). Washington's Threats May Ruin Summit of the Americas. orinocotribune.com Tension continues around the holding of the next Summit of the Americas, scheduled for June in Los Angeles, California, from which the United States government insists on excluding the republics of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. | Criticism is growing around Washington's announcement, as the US seemingly granted itself the right to decide who to invite and who to exclude, although the international forum is supposed to be a platform and meeting place for all continental political leaders, without exception. | To date, there has been no change of position or further announcement from the US in response to the stat…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). Russia's Statements at the "Arria-Formula" Meeting on IHL Violations and Crimes Committed by Ukrainian Military and Militia. libya360.wordpress.com Remarks by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia and First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at "Arria-formula" meeting of UNSC members on IHL violations and other crimes committed by Ukrainian military and militia Opening remarks: Vassily Nebenzia: Dear colleagues, We welcome you to our Arria-formula meeting focusing on the crimes of Ukrainian army and militia committed in the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). France Shifting Blame on Russia in Mali as Paris is Losing Influence & Control in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova A mass grave discovered by Malian soldiers near a vacated French base prompted Paris to accuse a private Russian paramilitary organisation, Wagner Group, of planting corpses there to smear the French Armed Forces. However, Bamako renounced its military cooperation agreement with France on 2 May following the gruesome discovery. "France is desperate to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-06). The DRC's Entry into the East African Community: A Rose with Thorns? libya360.wordpress.com Edouard Bizimana In a world that is becoming increasingly interdependent, it seems that regional integration is a preferred path for addressing many of the challenges of globalization. This is all the more true because it is currently impossible to live in isolation at the risk of being excluded from the progress that globalization brings. Globalization…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-05-06). Tricontinental energy war: world's longest offshore gas pipeline from Nigeria to supply Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 6, 2022 Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest natural gas pipeline Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest offshore gas pipeline with a length of 5,660 kilometers. Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari said the cooperation agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Morocco's National Hydrocarbons and Minerals Authority was …

____ (2022-05-06). U.S. deploys A-10s for war games in Eastern Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 6, 2022 'Warthogs' return to Europe for large military drills Ten Maryland Air National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt II jets arrived in Iceland on Thursday, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa said in a statement Friday. Designed to destroy Soviet tanks during the Cold War, the iconic attack plane nicknamed …

____ (2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …

____ (2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …

Fight Back (2022-05-06). Appleton, WI: 2nd annual May Day rally. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — Local groups rallied in Houdini Plaza in the early afternoon on May 1 to celebrate International Workers' Day. | Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Wise Women Healing Institute, United Action Oshkosh (UAO), and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) gathered with chants and speeches explaining the origin of May Day and the importance of organized labor as well as the various other movements of the working class. | "May Day is a day of celebration for workers around the world because it remembers the significance of the production-halting strike and the political power t…

Fight Back (2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…

____ (2022-05-06). Chengdu World University Games rescheduled for 2023. ecns.cn The Chengdu 2021 World University Games has been postponed until 2023, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) announced on Friday.

____ (2022-05-06). China moves forward in balanced education efforts. ecns.cn All 2,895 counties across China have passed the national assessment of balanced development in compulsory education by the end of last year, thanks to unrelenting efforts from central and local authorities, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.

____ (2022-05-06). Sharp price rises in essentials and shortages drastically hitting Sri Lankan workers and the poor. wsws.org Workers from a range of industries spoke to WSWS reporters about the poverty they now face and voiced their anger against President Rajapakse and his big business government.

____ (2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. ecns.cn (ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-05-06). øQué es el Día de Vesak o Día del Plenilunio?>. telesurtv.nettelesurtv.net En la India y otros países del sur de Asia, comúnmente el Vesak se celebra haciendo ofrendas a Buda.

____ (2022-05-06). Chengdu World University Games rescheduled for 2023. ecns.cn The Chengdu 2021 World University Games has been postponed until 2023, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) announced on Friday.

____ (2022-05-06). China moves forward in balanced education efforts. ecns.cn All 2,895 counties across China have passed the national assessment of balanced development in compulsory education by the end of last year, thanks to unrelenting efforts from central and local authorities, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-06). Washington's Threats May Ruin Summit of the Americas. orinocotribune.com Tension continues around the holding of the next Summit of the Americas, scheduled for June in Los Angeles, California, from which the United States government insists on excluding the republics of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. | Criticism is growing around Washington's announcement, as the US seemingly granted itself the right to decide who to invite and who to exclude, although the international forum is supposed to be a platform and meeting place for all continental political leaders, without exception. | To date, there has been no change of position or further announcement from the US in response to the stat…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …

____ (2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …

Fight Back (2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…

_____ (2022-05-05). Cross Party Group Of 37 German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day. popularresistance.org "As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."

_____ (2022-05-05). German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org "As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."

____ (2022-05-05). National intelligence report found FBI searched the data of Americans millions of times in 2021. wsws.org The report issued by the office of Avril Haines, the US Director of National Intelligence, reveals that there was a three-fold increase in FBI searches of the electronic communications of Americans in the first year of the Biden administration.

_____ (2022-05-05). Report: FBI Searched The Data Of Americans Millions Of Times In 2021. popularresistance.org The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched through the electronic data of Americans 3.4 million times in 2021. | The searches were revealed in the ODNI's "Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community's Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities" for calendar year 2021. The data shows that there was nearly a tripling of these unconstitutional searches from 1.3 million in 2020. | In typical fashion the ODNI report waives away this intensification of the surveillance state by claiming it w…

____ (2022-05-05). Solomon Islands PM warns of invasion by Australia and US. wsws.org In an address to parliament, Sogavare denounced the ultimatums issued by the US and Australian governments that no Chinese military presence in Solomon Islands would be tolerated.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-05-05). PayPal blocks multiple alternative media figures critical of U.S. empire narratives. mronline.org In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley's redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who've been speaking critically against official U.S. empire narratives.

JANET (2022-05-05). Germany follows Washington's Ramstein war program. iacenter.org By Sevim Dagdelen May 5, 2022 Negotiations for peace, not tanks for war! The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. Ramstein is the big U.S. Air Force Base in southwestern Germany. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. The war in Ukraine is now all about weapons, weapons, weapons. More weapons and heavier weapons. Every taboo of…

Anonymous669 (2022-05-05). In Video: Russian Ka-52 Helicopters Destroy Command Center & Armored Vehicles Of Kiev Forces. southfront.org

Staff (2022-05-05). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Plasencia Arrives in Bolivia to Meet with President Arce. orinocotribune.com The minister of foreign affairs of Venezuela arrived in La Paz, capital of Bolivia, for a three-day visit, during which he will meet with Bolivian authorities and discuss issues of concern for both nations including the international context, marked by the conflict in Ukraine and US interference. | The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, also plans to meet with Bolivia's former President Evo Morales (2006-2019). The visit is intended to strengthen the strategic ties of brotherhood between the two countries. | "I appreciate the opportunity to be here," Plasencia said after disembarking at El Alto airpo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia: "This is Not a War in Ukraine, but a Proxy War Between the Collective West and Russia" libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative Nebenzia at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Ukraine Madam President, First, we would like to congratulate the United States on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council in May. We trust that, unlike before, your presidency will be effective and impartial, as should be typical…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Ukraine: Touring an Aidar Dungeon. libya360.wordpress.com Fergie Chambers Inside the walls of the small-town sausage plant which became a Neo-nazi prison The horrors of a meat plant-turned Ukrainian Neo-Nazi base and prison POLOVYNKYNO, LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC, 4.5.2022-Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). The Geopolitics of NATO's Expansion. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh What was, until a year ago, a "brain dead" organisation according to the French President has suddenly found not only a working brain but also a conflict to revive itself. The Russia-Ukraine conflict, while originally pushed by the US/Western insistence on expanding NATO to include Ukraine to encircle Russia, has become a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Ukraine: What can the Imprisoned Canadian General Tell? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The arrest of Canadian general Trevor John Cadieu on May 1 by Russian troops while trying to escape from Azovstal in Mariupol can serve as a piece of evidence that official evidence of the "collective West" has unleashed a war against Russia in Ukraine. Seven months ago he was considered a prime candidate for…

____ (2022-05-05). Ukraine parallel: China concerned over U.S., Britain internationalizing Taiwan issue. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CGTNMay 5, 2022 China slams U.S.-UK axis jeopardizing peace over Taiwan Straits U.S. and UK cooperation on the Taiwan Straits is an attempt to "internationalize" the Taiwan question, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian during Thursday's regular press conference. He was reacting to a report about the U.S. and the UK exploring conflict contingency …

____ (2022-05-05). Georgia: French General Staff rep discusses Ukraine, EU military cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMay 4, 2022 The delegation of the French Ministry of Defense was hosted at the Ministry of Defense The First Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia and the Deputy Commander of the Defense Forces hosted the Head of International Relations of the Joint Staff of the French Republic. Lela Chikovani and Brigadier …

____ (2022-05-05). U.S. unit that was withdrawn from Ukraine back to Europe to train troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense OneMay 4, 2022 Task Force Gator Back to Training Ukrainians as Battle Rages For the Donbas Members of the Florida National Guard unit that was training Ukrainians in the days before Russia invaded are back at it, getting Ukrainian soldiers spun up on the new hardware the U.S. has sent…. The American soldiers are …

____ (2022-05-05). China, U.S. should work together for early settlement of Ukraine crisis: Chinese Embassy. ecns.cn China and the U.S., two permanent members of the UN Security Council, should work together with the international community for an early political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, said a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-05). The saga of Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx is buried. peoplesdispatch.org Harsev Bains, Secretary, Association of Indian Communists of Britain and Ireland, talks about the history of the burial site of Karl Marx. Marx chose to be buried in a private plot at the Highgate Cemetery in London along with family members. Due to the popularity of this site and high number of visitors, Marx's remains were later moved to a public site in the same cemetery where they continue to stay today. Bains talks about the significance of this site among Marxists, the attacks it has faced, and the efforts involved in the upkeep of the site.

Editor (2022-05-05). Without Trump, the Border Is Still a Profitable Battlefield. scheerpost.com [ By First, it was the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles speeding along on the road in front of our campsite. Then it was the Border Patrol's all-terrain vehicles moving swiftly on a ridge above us. I was about 10 miles north of the border with Mexico, near Peña Blanca Lake in southern Arizona, camping with my six-year-old son and some other families. Like fi…

Editor (2022-05-05). Michael Moore: The Forced Birth Ruling. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / One hundred seventy million American women and girls were suddenly informed on Monday that they have been removed from the ranks of full citizenship, and that their rights are now diminished so severely they will heretofore be commanded to give birth, whether they want to or not. | Once pregnant, the government will now make all women prisoners of their wombs, automatically forced for the full nine months to carry the fetus inside them to term, whether they intended to be pregnant or not, a 21st century versio…

Editor2 (2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist. orinocotribune.com During the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies that ALBA movements have been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capi…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-05-05). The poor people's campaign and the moral dilemma of liberalism. mronline.org The demands for justice at home and abroad must not be sacrificed on the altar of what is called pragmatism. The false choices presented by liberalism can undermine the movement altogether.

Editor (2022-05-05). Supreme Court's draft opinion on abortion sends jolt through U.S. mronline.org If the justices do not uphold the "Roe v. Wade Decision," abortion would immediately become illegal in 13 states, while Republican-led states are already moving to enact restrictive laws.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2022-05-05). Out of Africa: Rich continent, poor people. mronline.org KUALA LUMPUR: Capital flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even reverse capital flight from Africa. It also offers pragmatic lessons for many developing countries.

Andre Barahamin (2022-05-05). Indonesia, not the EU, needs to make its palm oil sustainable. mronline.org Importers must step up support for sustainable palm oil, and producers be bold in revoking the licences of illegal palm estates, writes Andre Barahamin.

JANET (2022-05-05). May Day 2022: The power is in our hands. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt May 3, 2022 May Day 2022 marked a year when worker organizing crested in historic resurgence in the U.S. Mass outrage against racism, embodied in earlier enormous Black Lives Matter protests, flowed into red-hot anger at the bosses' exploitation of workers' heroic frontline efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Workers walked off their jobs by the millions, sometimes in spontaneous unified actions. Like the Burger King workers in Lincoln, Nebraska, who made it public July 2021 on the fast food giant's billboard: "We All Quit" — later citing long hours, low pay and 97 F kitc…

JANET (2022-05-05). Austin, Biden, Pelosi declare war on Russia. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto May 5, 2022 Poster calls for anti-war action in Madrid May 7 before U.S. Embassy. May 1 — After two months of war, the Biden administration, including the House of Representatives, the Pentagon and individuals connected to the intelligence establishment, have made it clear to the world that Washington plans a major war to wreck Russia. They demand that their imperialist allies join this war. For the working class and all oppressed peoples within the U.S. and in Europe, recognizing this development as a threat to their own welfare and to their very existence is the important first step to…

JANET (2022-05-05). Abolish SCOTUS not Roe v. Wade! iacenter.org May 3, 2022 By Joanna Straugh The Supreme Court of the United States has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion in the United States. This was revealed in a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that came to press without the Court's permission. The historically unprecedented leak was an act to alert the public of SCOTUS' planned attack. One of thousands of protesters at an emergency demonstration in Foley Square, New York City, May 3. According to the draft opinion, overturning Roe v. Wade is justified and would end federal abortion rights protections, allowing states to di…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-05-05). Persepolis 2-0 Paykan: IPL matchday 25. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — 10-man Persepolis gained a 2-0 victory over Paykan in Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Matchday 25 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Wednesday.

Editor (2022-05-05). Is the 'recovery' stalling? workers.org Few tears were shed when hated Amazon announced April 28 that it lost $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022. This was the first loss it reported since 2015 and compares to a whopping $8.1 billion in profits in the first quarter 2021. The news did provoke a response . . . |

Betsey Piette (2022-05-05). Death sentences delivered before trials. workers.org Demonstrator prepares car to participate in Feb. 12 caravan protesting deadly conditions in Philadelphia jails. Credit: Joe Piette By Betsey Piette Philadelphia At least 18 people died in 2021 while in custody at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia — a higher death toll than at New York City's . . . |

Editor2 (2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist" orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…

____ (2022-05-04). China ensures smooth road traffic during May Day holiday. ecns.cn China saw smooth and safe road traffic during the five-day May Day holiday, with road trips mainly made for short and medium distances due to the COVID-19 resurgence, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Azovstal On Fire. Hostilities Resumed. southfront.org

_____ (2022-05-05). International Seminar For Peace Kicks Off In Cuba. popularresistance.org Leaders of the World Peace Council (WPC) and its member organizations, as well as prominent figures, academics, anti-war activists and friends in solidarity with Cuba, are present in the event, to be held until Thursday, May 5. | According to the program, WPC President Maria do Socorro Gomes, that organization's Executive secretary Iraklis Tsavdaridis and Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron Martinez are also attending the Seminar. | According to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the meeting will demand the cessation of the arms race being developed by the United States along wi…

_____ (2022-05-05). Honduras Repeals Colonialist ZEDEs. popularresistance.org President Xiomara Castro fulfilled a major campaign promise last week when she signed the decree to repeal the ZEDEs law. We spoke to Honduran Vice Minister for Agrarian Reform, Rafael Alegría, on this important victory for the campesinos and social movements of Honduras. | Rafael is a historic leader of the international peasants movement, La Vía Campesina. Having been at the forefront of years of struggles in Latin America, he's now a strong anti-imperialist voice with the Partido Libre administration. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Rafael in Managua, where he and other movement leaders particip…

Staff (2022-05-05). Minister Plasencia Meets with Head of European Union Mission. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, May 4, Venezuela's minister for foreign affairs, Félix Plasencia, held a meeting with the Chargé d'affaires of the European Union in Venezuela, Rafael Dochao Moreno, at the headquarters of the foreign ministry in Caracas. | "We received Ambassador Rafael Dochao, head of the European Union Mission in our country, with whom we spoke about issues of mutual interest and discussed the international situation," Plasencia wrote on his Twitter account. | Recibimos en Cancillería al Embajador Rafael Dochao, Jefe de la Misión de la Unión Europea en nuestro país, con quien hablamos sobre los temas de interés…

Lauren DeLisa Coleman (2022-05-05). Inside The 17th Annual Harlem Film Festival. moguldom.com Get ready! It's time for the much-anticipated Harlem International Film Festival. Celebrating its 17th year, this edition will offer an exciting hybrid event that will take place from May 5 to May 15, 2022. We were able to catch up with Nasri Zacharia and B. Lorenzo Roache, co-founders of the Harlem International Film Festival, to obtain all …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Three Steps to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Thompson If history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class. Billions of dollars for a war abroad (from which weapons manufacturers and their shareholders profit handsomely) yet we…

____ (2022-05-05). U.S. unit that was withdrawn from Ukraine back to Europe to train troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense OneMay 4, 2022 Task Force Gator Back to Training Ukrainians as Battle Rages For the Donbas Members of the Florida National Guard unit that was training Ukrainians in the days before Russia invaded are back at it, getting Ukrainian soldiers spun up on the new hardware the U.S. has sent…. The American soldiers are …

_____ (2022-05-05). Abortion Rights Protesters And Counter Protesters Demonstrate At Indianapolis Monument Circle. popularresistance.org Tensions were running high Wednesday evening in downtown Indianapolis as protesters both for and against abortion met in demonstrations at Monument Circle. | The crowd of at least 500 people was made up mostly of pro-abortion rights activists, with about 25 anti-abortion protesters. Police blocked off nearby streets as the two groups converged at close distances, sometimes yelling at each other. | The pro-abortion rights group chanted "abortion ban has got to go" and "we stand with Roe", while the anti-abortion group chanted "we are the pro-life generation and we will abolish abortion."

Editor (2022-05-05). Michael Moore: The Forced Birth Ruling. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / One hundred seventy million American women and girls were suddenly informed on Monday that they have been removed from the ranks of full citizenship, and that their rights are now diminished so severely they will heretofore be commanded to give birth, whether they want to or not. | Once pregnant, the government will now make all women prisoners of their wombs, automatically forced for the full nine months to carry the fetus inside them to term, whether they intended to be pregnant or not, a 21st century versio…

Editor2 (2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist" orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…

____ (2022-05-04). China ensures smooth road traffic during May Day holiday. ecns.cn China saw smooth and safe road traffic during the five-day May Day holiday, with road trips mainly made for short and medium distances due to the COVID-19 resurgence, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.

_____ (2022-05-05). Cross Party Group Of 37 German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day. popularresistance.org "As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."

_____ (2022-05-05). International Seminar For Peace Kicks Off In Cuba. popularresistance.org Leaders of the World Peace Council (WPC) and its member organizations, as well as prominent figures, academics, anti-war activists and friends in solidarity with Cuba, are present in the event, to be held until Thursday, May 5. | According to the program, WPC President Maria do Socorro Gomes, that organization's Executive secretary Iraklis Tsavdaridis and Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron Martinez are also attending the Seminar.

_____ (2022-05-05). National Intelligence Report Found FBI Searched The Data Of Americans Millions Of Times In 2021. popularresistance.org The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched through the electronic data of Americans 3.4 million times in 2021. | The searches were revealed in the ODNI's "Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community's Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities" for calendar year 2021. The data shows that there was nearly a tripling of these unconstitutional searches from 1.3 million in 2020.

_____ (2022-05-05). Honduras Repeals Colonialist ZEDEs (Interview). popularresistance.org President Xiomara Castro fulfilled a major campaign promise last week when she signed the decree to repeal the ZEDEs law. We spoke to Honduran Vice Minister for Agrarian Reform, Rafael Alegría, on this important victory for the campesinos and social movements of Honduras. | Rafael is a historic leader of the international peasants movement, La Vía Campesina. Having been at the forefront of years of struggles in Latin America, he's now a strong anti-imperialist voice with the Partido Libre administration. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Rafael in Managua, where he and other movement leaders particip…

Staff (2022-05-05). Iran calls on UNDGC to scale up anti-sanctions efforts. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — Iran's UN envoy calls on the world body's Department of Global Communications to ratchet up its efforts to inform the international community about the adverse effects of sanctions on the targeted countries.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-05-05). Iran marks national Shiraz Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — The 15th day of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar that falls on May 5 has been designated as Shiraz Day due to its historical and cultural importance as well as its unique beauty.

Carlos Martinez (2022-05-04). No to a new Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. mronline.org The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.

Editor (2022-05-04). Cost of the Ukraine War felt in Africa, Global South. mronline.org While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions around the world. Even when these repercussions are discussed, disproportionate coverage is allocated to European countries, like Germany and Austria, due to their heavy reliance on Russian energy sources.

Editor (2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War. scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…

Alan MacLeod (2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents? orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…

_____ (2022-05-04). Solomon Islands: a New Focus for US-China Confrontation. journal-neo.org The Solomon Islands have been added to Taiwan and Ukraine, two of the most "heated" zones of the current phase of the "Great Game," since late March this year. Regarding this state, most readers are unlikely to be able to say anything more or less definitive (if they even know of its existence). This is …

Anonymous103 (2022-05-04). War In Ukraine Day 70: Military Developments On Front Lines. southfront.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. libya360.wordpress.com Juanlu González In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the One-Dimensional Man,…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-04). In Video: Russian Malka Artillery Units Pound Ukrainian Positions In Donbass. southfront.org <...

_____ (2022-05-04). Australia and the United States Seek to Create a Crisis in the Pacific. journal-neo.org The recent pact between China and the Solomon Islands has exposed the manifest hypocrisy with which the United States and Australia view their relationship with smaller members of the Pacific community. The Solomon Islands have recently signed a security deal with China. The details of the arrangement have not been publicly disclosed, but it is …

Monica Grover (2022-05-04). For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare. otherwords.org May is Asian American Heritage Month. It's a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated. | My parents came to this country from India nearly 60 years ago. Like countless other immigrants, they came seeking freedom, economic opportunity, and the American Dream for themselves and their children. | The American Dream means a lot of different things. But for older Americans, it looks something like having financial security, the ability to retire at 65, and an advanced health care plan. | For my…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Adopted boy thriving after liver transplant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Serena and Jon Krejchi from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew they were in for a medical journey when they decided to adopt a toddler named Ary from India. At only 1 Ω years old, Ary Krejchi had liver disease among a host of other serious medical conditions that required immediate care. After a harrowing journey back to the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple took their little boy straight to Mayo Clinic, where, thanks to his…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). Baloch students protest repeated enforced disappearances. peoplesdispatch.org Several student groups gave the call for protests after Bebagr Imdad, a Baloch student, was picked up in broad daylight from the premises of Punjab university (PU) in national capital Islamabad…

Peter Certo (2022-05-04). In OtherWords: May 4, 2022. otherwords.org This week, a leaked draft opinion confirmed that the Supreme Court's right-wing members are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of previously settled law. | This will be an extremely damaging ruling,

Olivia Alperstein (2022-05-04). Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body. otherwords.org The personal, as they say, is political. And there's nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. | So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — and the constitutional right to abortion — is obviously personal to me. But it's personal for another reason, too. | I come from a line of pro-choice advocates. My late grandmother, Eileen Alperstein, was on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter. She fought to get an ad placed in The New York Times to shine a light on the issue, well before Roe v. Wade was settled. | She mar…

Jim Hightower (2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives. otherwords.org Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…

Sa'iyda Shabazz (2022-05-04). With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free. otherwords.org President Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. | My student debt is a dark cloud that hangs over my head. It's not that I don't want to repay my student loans — it's that I simply don't know how to do that and survive. It feels impossible to do both. | There are millions of Americans who feel the s…

Sarah Gertler (2022-05-04). Liberation Is Jewish History. Let's Make It Our Future, Too. otherwords.org Thousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat." | Passover is a perfect example of this sequence. | Always a favorite of mine, this spring holiday passed a few weeks ago. Across the country, Jewish families gathered to commemorate the story of the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt with beautiful food and well-worn prayers and songs. Chanting rapid-fire rounds of "Chad Gadya" with my family never gets old. | It's full of resilience and joy…

Eva Bartlett (2022-05-04). Ukrainian strike on Donetsk Market was a terrorist act. mronline.org When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Malaria Day will be observed Monday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease and the first vaccine to prevent it. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. Because the…

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-05-04). May Day 2022: The power is in our hands. workers.org May Day 2022 marked a year when worker organizing crested in historic resurgence in the U.S. Mass outrage against racism, embodied in earlier enormous Black Lives Matter protests, flowed into red-hot anger at the bosses' exploitation of workers' heroic frontline efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Workers walked off . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-05-04). Abolish SCOTUS not Roe v. Wade! workers.org By Joanna Straugh The Supreme Court of the United States has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion in the United States. This was revealed in a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that came to press without the Court's permission. The historically unprecedented . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-05-04). Mensaje del Primero de Mayo/Trabajadores y oprimidos del mundo, °unídos! workers.org Los anunciantes corporativos cambian sus eslóganes regularmente. øCuántos de nosotros recordamos "Busca los arcos dorados"? Podemos datarnos por lo que recordamos. Trabajadores de Starbucks realizan un paro por la seguridad, Ithaca, Nueva York, 16 de abril. Pero es una historia diferente con los eslóganes de la clase trabajadora. "Un perjuicio . . . |

Judy Greenspan (2022-05-04). Workers and community power shuts down Oakland. workers.org Oakland, California Despite threats of retaliation from officials in the Oakland Unified School District and the Port of Oakland, teachers and longshore workers went out on strike on April 29. They shut down public schools and the port for the entire day to protest school closures and the pending sale . . . |

amarynth (2022-05-04). Nasrallah to Israel: 'From here on, Iran may strike you back directly'. thesaker.is Original link: http: //middleeastobserver.net/nasrallah-to-israel-from-here-on-iran-may-strike-you-back-directly/ Description: Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in a speech on International Quds Day on 29 April 2022, that the Islamic Republic of Iran may strike back…

Staff (2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). Declaration III Continental Assembly ALBA Movements. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Closing panel at the III ALBA Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: ALBA Movements The III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements held in Argentina from April 27-30 concluded with a panel highlighting proposals and initiatives of people's movements to transform the world. After four days of debates and reflection, the III Continental Assembly…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). From Guantánamo: Calls for Abolition of US/NATO Military Bases. libya360.wordpress.com The VII International Seminar for Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases of the United States and NATO is taking place in the province of Guantánamo in eastern Cuba. The meeting will demand the cessation of the arms race being carried out by the United States and its NATO allies and an end…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). Gas Wars Expand: Algeria Threatens Energy Supply to Spain. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara Algeria is threatening to cut off gas supplies to Spain as part of its rivalry with Morocco. If this threat were to materialize, it would be extremely dangerous for the energy stability of the Iberian Peninsula, but it would also scupper plans to turn Spain into an energy supply center for the European…

deweylaura (2022-05-04). The CPUSA celebrates its radical history on May Day. cpusa.org On International Workers Day members of the Communist Party and Young Communist League in New York City came out to support workers in the continued struggle against capitalist exploitation. This May Day action, which was the largest in a decade, proved that workers understand that it is our class that generates and holds power. …

Fight Back (2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…

Fight Back (2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…

____ (2022-05-04). Murals inspire hope in time of hardship. ecns.cn The artistic murals and paintings in the makeshift hospital for COVID-19 treatment at Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) have become popular among the medical workers and patients alike for inspiring a sense of hope during what has been a difficult time.

____ (2022-05-04). Israel closes crossings to Palestinian territories during national holidays. ecns.cn Israel's military said on Tuesday that it has imposed a three-day closure on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip ahead of the country's Memorial Day and Independence Day.

_____ (2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S. popularresistance.org On April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…

_____ (2022-05-04). Democrats Have No Plan To Stop The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, there is currently no cohesive national campaign from either the Democratic party or large reproductive rights organizations to fight back. Abortion activists and healthcare workers are becoming increasingly frustrated with this failure, often finding themselves at odds with their supposed advocates as they try to ensure access to abortion in states like Texas and Kentucky, which are already facing extreme limitations. "The Democratic Party has not had any substantial response to the recent attacks on Roe. Their statements and brief denounceme…

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2022-05-04). May Day: San Diego stands up against racism, classism, imperialism. liberationnews.org On May 1, San Diego workers and community members came out to Chicano Park in the Barrio Logan neighborhood to march the streets of downtown in celebration of May Day, the international workers holiday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Consumer Health: Understanding Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder. It affects about 1 person in every 1 million per year worldwide, and about 350 cases are diagnosed per year in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease appears to be abnormal versions of a type of protein called a prion. Normally these proteins are produced in the body and are harmless. But when they're misshapen,…

____ (2022-05-04). Sri Lankan SEP discusses socialist program with Colombo protesters on May Day. wsws.org "Although I do not have much political knowledge, I feel that we will face the same problems with any government that will come to power through the parliamentary system," a carpenter explained.

Carlos Martinez (2022-05-04). No to a new Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. mronline.org The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.

Editor (2022-05-04). Cost of the Ukraine War felt in Africa, Global South. mronline.org While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions around the world. Even when these repercussions are discussed, disproportionate coverage is allocated to European countries, like Germany and Austria, due to their heavy reliance on Russian energy sources.

_____ (2022-05-04). Solomon Islands: a New Focus for US-China Confrontation. journal-neo.org The Solomon Islands have been added to Taiwan and Ukraine, two of the most "heated" zones of the current phase of the "Great Game," since late March this year. Regarding this state, most readers are unlikely to be able to say anything more or less definitive (if they even know of its existence). This is …

Anonymous103 (2022-05-04). In Video: Russian Malka Artillery Units Pound Ukrainian Positions In Donbass. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Ministry of Defence shared a video showing the use of self-propelled artillery units Malka in Ukraine. | Russian Malka struck the positions of self-propelled installations Pion and a battery of howitzers D-30. Last night, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian artillery also destroyed 476 nationalist strongholds. |

Alan MacLeod (2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents? orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…

Editor (2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War. scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Adopted boy thriving after liver transplant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Serena and Jon Krejchi from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew they were in for a medical journey when they decided to adopt a toddler named Ary from India. At only 1 Ω years old, Ary Krejchi had liver disease among a host of other serious medical conditions that required immediate care. After a harrowing journey back to the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple took their little boy straight to Mayo Clinic, where, thanks to his…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). Baloch students protest repeated enforced disappearances. peoplesdispatch.org Several student groups gave the call for protests after Bebagr Imdad, a Baloch student, was picked up in broad daylight from the premises of Punjab university (PU) in national capital Islamabad…

Peter Certo (2022-05-04). In OtherWords: May 4, 2022. otherwords.org This week, a leaked draft opinion confirmed that the Supreme Court's right-wing members are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of previously settled law. | This will be an extremely damaging ruling,

Olivia Alperstein (2022-05-04). Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body. otherwords.org The personal, as they say, is political. And there's nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. | So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — and the constitutional right to abortion — is obviously personal to me. But it's personal for another reason, too. | I come from a line of pro-choice advocates. My late grandmother, Eileen Alperstein, was on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter. She fought to get an ad placed in The New York Times to shine a light on the issue, well before Roe v. Wade was settled. | She mar…

Jim Hightower (2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives. otherwords.org Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…

Sa'iyda Shabazz (2022-05-04). With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free. otherwords.org President Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. | My student debt is a dark cloud that hangs over my head. It's not that I don't want to repay my student loans — it's that I simply don't know how to do that and survive. It feels impossible to do both. | There are millions of Americans who feel the s…

Monica Grover (2022-05-04). For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare. otherwords.org As I take the care — and debts — of my elderly immigrant parents, I wonder how I'll ever achieve my own success. Here's what we can do about it.

Eva Bartlett (2022-05-04). Ukrainian strike on Donetsk Market was a terrorist act. mronline.org When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Malaria Day will be observed Monday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease and the first vaccine to prevent it. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. Because the…

Sarah Gertler (2022-05-04). Liberation Is Jewish History. Let's Make It Our Future, Too. otherwords.org Thousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat." | Passover is a perfect example of this sequence. | Always a favorite of mine, this spring holiday passed a few weeks ago. Across the country, Jewish families gathered to commemorate the story of the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt with beautiful food and well-worn prayers and songs. Chanting rapid-fire rounds of "Chad Gadya" with my family never gets old. | It's full of resilience and joy…

amarynth (2022-05-04). Nasrallah to Israel: 'From here on, Iran may strike you back directly'. thesaker.is Original link: http: //middleeastobserver.net/nasrallah-to-israel-from-here-on-iran-may-strike-you-back-directly/ Description: Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in a speech on International Quds Day on 29 April 2022, that the Islamic Republic of Iran may strike back…

_____ (2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S. popularresistance.org On April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…

_____ (2022-05-04). Democrats Have No Plan To Stop The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, there is currently no cohesive national campaign from either the Democratic party or large reproductive rights organizations to fight back. Abortion activists and healthcare workers are becoming increasingly frustrated with this failure, often finding themselves at odds with their supposed advocates as they try to ensure access to abortion in states like Texas and Kentucky, which are already facing extreme limitations. "The Democratic Party has not had any substantial response to the recent attacks on Roe. Their statements and brief denounceme…

Staff (2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…

Fight Back (2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…

Fight Back (2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2022-05-04). May Day: San Diego stands up against racism, classism, imperialism. liberationnews.org On May 1, San Diego workers and community members came out to Chicano Park in the Barrio Logan neighborhood to march the streets of downtown in celebration of May Day, the international workers holiday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…

WSWS (2022-05-04). Sri Lankan SEP discusses socialist program with Colombo protesters on May Day. wsws.org "Although I do not have much political knowledge, I feel that we will face the same problems with any government that will come to power through the parliamentary system," a carpenter explained.

SouthFront5 (2022-05-03). Ukrainian Leadership: No Peace Treaties With Russia, Only Capitulation Of Moscow. southfront.org Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council Secretary Danilov made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible. At the same time, he believes that the war will not end quickly. | The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Danilov, has made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible.

Rick Rozoff (2022-05-03). Battle for ASEAN: Japan, Thailand sign military pact contra Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaMay 2, 2022 Japan PM touts unity on Ukraine in Southeast Asia tour Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday held the last in a string of Southeast Asian summits aimed at helping to shape the international narrative on the conflict in Ukraine. Tokyo hopes that the top-level diplomatic drive will move the needle …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-03). Left parties denounce attempts at religious polarization in India. peoplesdispatch.org Left parties in India organized a joint protest in the capital New Delhi to protest the 'bulldozer politics' of the right-wing which has seen the targeting of mainly minorities through anti-encroachment drives…

India Walton (2022-05-03). "Debt shaming" has dampened democracy. nationofchange.org As crucial steps to reduce income inequality, we need to reject "debt shaming" and insist on cancelation of student debt.

Eds. (2022-05-03). Kathy Boudin: a great life and a great loss. mronline.org Celebrating the life and mourning the loss of our co-founder and co-director Kathy Boudin.

Editor (2022-05-03). Why China stands firm on dynamic zero-COVID policy. mronline.org In a country of some 1.4 billion people, any public health issue is of significant concern, and the coronavirus outbreak is no exception.

Editor (2022-05-03). Matt Taibbi: PayPal's IndyMedia Wipeout. scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / In the last week or so, the online payment platform PayPal without explanation suspended the accounts of a series of individual journalists and media outlets, including the well-known alt sites Consortium News and MintPress. Each received a variation of the following message: | Unlike many on the list, Consortium edi…

Editor (2022-05-03). U.S. gov't creates 'Ministry of Truth' run by cold warrior who smears independent media as 'Russian disinformation'. mronline.org The authoritarian Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversaw the War on Terror created a "Disinformation Governance Board," led by anti-Russia information warrior Nina Jankowicz, who ran regime-change ops at a CIA front, smears independent anti-war U.S. media outlets as "Russian disinfo," and called WikiLeaks "scum."

Editor (2022-05-03). Rosa Luxemburg and the German revolution. mronline.org The carnage of World War I was ended by revolution in Germany. It began in November 1918 with a mutiny of sailors in Kiel.

Editor (2022-05-03). Labor organizing in the U.S. in 2022: the anti-worker, anti-union corporate agenda. mronline.org Late capitalism has exposed the drastic inequalities inherent to our neoliberal economy.

Editor (2022-05-03). Political education for all. mronline.org Political education is absent from our current system. The left should be providing alternative means of obtaining it, writes Shamime Ibrahim.

JANET (2022-05-03). Webinar builds Workers Summit of the Americas. iacenter.org May 2, 2022 The Tijuana Workers Summit of the Americas is scheduled for June 10-12. Organizers held a April 29 webinar to promote the Summit, which included the speakers below. Steve Kirschbaum, Vice President, Steelworkers (USW) Local 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers: We are honored to be a part of this timely and historic launch for this Workers Summit, a class answer to the summit of the thieves. Our union, since we founded it 48 years ago, has always felt that an injury to one is an injury to all. It's a global concept: internationalism. Our enemy is a common enemy. We were proud to work with many of you aroun…

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). New York City raises COVID-19 alert level to medium. ecns.cn New York City (NYC) on Monday adjusted up its COVID-19 alert level from low to medium, indicating the presence of medium community spread of COVID-19.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-05-03). Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua To Be Excluded from Summit of the Americas. venezuelanalysis.com The decision puts the US at odds with much of the region and threatens to undermine the Biden administration's stated goals of the summit.

Editor2 (2022-05-03). Solomon Islands lashes out at Australia over China Security Pact Criticism. orinocotribune.com ‚Ä¢ Addressing parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare pointed out that his country had never been consulted about the Aukus alliance | ‚Ä¢ 'We did not become theatrical or hysterical about the implications this would have for us,' he said in pointed remarks. 'We respected Australia's decision.' | Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has lashed out at Australia, as the fallout from a newly-signed security agreement between his country and China continues. | Addressing parliament on Friday, Sogavare said the Pacific island nation was not given prior warnin…

_____ (2022-05-03). How A Gas Facility Started A Fight Over Climate Change And Sovereignty. popularresistance.org In the Tideflats of Tacoma, Washington, beyond the masts of sailboats anchored in the Puyallup Tribe's marina, pipelines emerge from the earth and snake their way inland. Their destination — an 8 million-gallon liquefied methane gas tank — was once considered by politicians to be the logical answer to the climate crisis. Now, it's the center of a local controversy with international implications. | The tank, owned by Puget Sound Energy, is the product of a recent era of proposed climate solutions. In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency gave the shipping company TOTE Maritime a waiver to switch i…

_____ (2022-05-03). Amazon Workers Fall Short On Second Staten Island Union Vote. popularresistance.org Amazon workers at a Staten Island distribution center who sought to join a union fell short of the needed votes — failing to repeat the history-making win of colleagues at a facility across the street, in a setback for labor organizing efforts against the e-commerce behemoth. | The National Labor Relations Board on Monday tallied 380 votes in favor of joining the upstart Amazon Labor Union at the LDJ5 facility, versus 618 who voted against. | The vote came amid what employees and their attorneys described as intensified efforts by Amazon management to discourage "yes" votes after last month's victory at the…

Ann Brown (2022-05-03). Are NAARC And N'COBRA Blocking A Modern, Lineage-Based Reparations Claim? moguldom.com Two reparations groups are pushing back against the move toward lineage-based reparations. The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) and the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) remain steadfast in believing reparations need to be issued across the board to all Blacks. Still, many experts say that this race-based reparations ideology is …

_____ (2022-05-03). Workers Are Tired Of Being Exploited And They're Fighting Back. popularresistance.org This past weekend, workers around the world celebrated May Day, also called Labor Day and International Workers Day. May Day marks the accomplishments and contributions of workers and reminds them of their rights. Clearing the FOG spoke with Stephanie Basile and Brittany Carloni of News Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, about the many victories they have had in organizing media outlets over the past five years. They use a model that can be replicated everywhere of training member organizers and connecting them with other shops across the country to build a powerful labor movement that is democ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-03). Fire from the Mountain: In Search of Omar Cabezas. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik For years, I wondered about Omar Cabezas, the Sandinista guerilla who turned us on to the dream of revolution in the first place. Where was he now? Did he still support the Sandinistas and Daniel? Why aren't the media talking to people like him? When I was in college in Dayton, Ohio in…

WSWS (2022-05-03). SEIU international intervenes to impose contract on Muskegon nurses. wsws.org The international union seized control of the local union under a trusteeship order and immediately announced a tentative deal with Trinity Health Mercy hospital.

WSWS (2022-05-03). May Day 2022: The map of the class struggle vs. the map of war. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Eric London to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. London is a writer for the WSWS and a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (US).

WSWS (2022-05-03). May Day 2022: Canadian imperialism, Hitler's Ukrainian accomplices, and the NATO-Russia war. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Keith Jones to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Jones is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Canada.

Michele de Mello (2022-05-03). What is the origin of The Internationale? peoplesdispatch.org You may have already heard to central refrain of the Internationale. In English, it is: "So comrades, come rally / And the last fight let us face / The Internationale unites the human race". The Portuguese version translates to: "Well-united let us make / In this final struggle / A land without masters / The International". | While you may have heard these words, do you know the story behind the Internationale? Created 151 years ago, the song came from a poem and became the anthem of the International Workingmen's Association, or the First International. This was a union of organizations and parties of anarchist,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-03). How Deadly are Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones in Ukrainian Hands? libya360.wordpress.com Ukrainian-operated Bayraktar TB2 Turkish drones are back in the news having taken out 2 Russian patrol boats in the Black Sea. While it is passed off as a major victory, it actually proves just how limited the Bayraktar's capabilities are in a conflict with an opponent fielding superior air defense systems. Ukrainian Bayraktar drones have…

____ (2022-05-03). Battle for ASEAN: Japan, Thailand sign military pact contra Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaMay 2, 2022 Japan PM touts unity on Ukraine in Southeast Asia tour Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday held the last in a string of Southeast Asian summits aimed at helping to shape the international narrative on the conflict in Ukraine. Tokyo hopes that the top-level diplomatic drive will move the needle …

SouthFront5 (2022-05-03). Ukrainian Leadership: No Peace Treaties With Russia, Only Capitulation Of Moscow. southfront.org Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council Secretary Danilov made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible. At the same time, he believes that the war will not end quickly. | The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Danilov, has made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible.

____ (2022-05-03). New York City raises COVID-19 alert level to medium. ecns.cn New York City (NYC) on Monday adjusted up its COVID-19 alert level from low to medium, indicating the presence of medium community spread of COVID-19.

____ (2022-05-03). SEIU international intervenes to impose contract on Muskegon nurses. wsws.org The international union seized control of the local union under a trusteeship order and immediately announced a tentative deal with Trinity Health Mercy hospital.

____ (2022-05-03). UN chief calls for strengthening Niger's capacity in fighting terrorism. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community on Monday here to invest in strengthening the capacity of Niger's army in the fight against terrorism.

____ (2022-05-03). Chinese firm puts 1st phase of Mero oilfield into production in Brazil. ecns.cn Mero oilfield Phase-I joint development project has been put into production in Brazil by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Limited, the listed unit of China's largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas.

____ (2022-05-03). Sri Lanka: Opposition JVP seeks to divert mass struggle into dead-end of parliamentary politics. wsws.org The JVP is promoting a fantasy—that an election and a new bourgeois government will be able to wave away the immense crisis of global and Sri Lankan capitalism and thus solve all the social ills facing working people.

____ (2022-05-03). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold a May 4 demonstration in Gampaha. wsws.org The SEP supports bringing down the Rajapakse government but advances an independent socialist perspective for the working class as the alternative to any future pro-IMF interim regime.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-02). No to a New Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be…

Richie Merino (2022-05-02). South Bronx in solidarity with Palestine. workers.org The following remarks were given by International Action Center activist Richie Merino at the Al Quds demonstration in New York City, April 29. Richie Merino speaking at Al Quds Day rally in New York City, April 29. Credit: Sara Flounders Revolutionary greetings. I'm a proud Chicano from the South Bronx, . . . |

Editor (2022-05-02). United Nations Secretary General Holds Talks on Ukraine War. scheerpost.com An image taken from video released by the Russian military on Wednesday showing the launch of a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile during a test at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia. | By Abayomi Azikiwe / UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres traveled on April 28 to the Russian Federation holding high-level talks with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. | The topic of the discussions centered on the two-months long Russian military intervention…

Moderator (2022-05-02). Hedges: The Age of Self-Delusion. scheerpost.com "Portion Control." [Original illustration by Mr. Fish] | By Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost | Blinded by what Barbara Tuchman calls "the bellicose frivolity of senile empires," we are marching ominously towards war with Russia. How else might we explain Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's public declaration that the US goal is to "weaken Russia" and Joe Biden's request for another $33 billion in "emergency" military and economic aid (half of what Russia spent on its military in 2021) for Ukraine? | The same cabal of generals and politicians that drained the state of trillions of dollars in the debacles i…

____ (2022-05-02). The Second Level Geopolitical War in Ukraine Takes Over. transcend.org 30 Apr 2022 – The recent acknowledgement that U.S. goals are secondarily related to the wellbeing of Ukraine, and primarily by the dangerously regressive goals of taking on challengers to the unipolarity, which has guided U.S. grand strategy since the end of the Cold War.

____ (2022-05-02). Ukrainian defense ministry condemns Georgian government. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 1, 2022 Ukraine Says Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan Aid Russia Evade Sanctions Ukrainian Defense Intelligence has accused Georgia, as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan of negotiating with Moscow over the reexport of Russian products to international markets. "The supply is planned to be made in the form of Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani products and …

____ (2022-05-02). At NATO's behest, Japan continues to pressure ASEAN members against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMay 1, 2022 Japanese, Vietnamese leaders reject use of force in Ukraine Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed the war in Ukraine with Vietnamese leaders on Sunday and said they agreed on the respect for international law and rejection of the use of force. Japan has condemned Russia's invasion and joined Western nations in …

____ (2022-05-02). A Nordic Initiative for Peace in Ukraine and Lasting World Peace. transcend.org Oslo, 27 April, 2022 – The war in Ukraine once again shows that the world is like a city with brutal gangs constantly roaming the streets, looting and fighting with loads of heavy weapons. No one will ever feel safe in such a city. The same applies at the international level. No amount of weaponry can make us safe. No country will be safe until also neighboring countries can feel safe. The present international system is broken; to avoid future wars we need deep reforms.

_____ (2022-05-02). The NATO To TikTok Pipeline. popularresistance.org Culver City, California — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of control, Americans have turned to TikTok to view real time videos and analysis of the invasion. With the app estimated to have around 70 million U.S. users, the White House is keenly aware of its impact. "We recognize this is a critically important avenue in the way the American public is findin…

_____ (2022-05-02). Ukraine: The American Tyranny Of Power. popularresistance.org The history of the US intelligence operations goes back to World War II. Stephen Bandera was released from prison by OSS officers in 1944. Bandera was a Nazi operative whose militia slaughtered Poles, Jews and communist workers on the eastern front. The OSS/CIA recruited Bandera so he could fight the advancing Soviet Union. In all the years since then, the CIA has never had an annual audit of its trillion dollar budget, and of course nothing has changed. | Just over ten years ago the CIA initiated its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) "Orange Revolution" to once more cravenly attempt to thwart the Russians,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-02). Poseidon: One of the Weapons of the Russian Federation. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara In a speech in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that "if someone intends to intervene from outside in the ongoing events in Ukraine, creating unacceptable threats to us, he should know that our response to counterattacks will be lightning fast". The Russian Federation president stressed that he possesses "instruments (weapons) that…

____ (2022-05-02). China reiterates call for peace between Russia, Ukraine through talks. ecns.cn China has always supported Russia and Ukraine to overcome difficulties and continue negotiations, and welcomes all efforts by the international community conducive to promoting peace talks," Zhao said.

Amy Goodman (2022-05-02). Those Who Face Record Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Did Not Create the Crisis. truthout.org We speak with a leading Indian climate scientist about the punishing heat wave that produced the hottest weather ever recorded in April for India and Pakistan. Temperatures have climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit, causing power outages, school closures, crop damage and health warnings. Scientists link the early onset of the region's intense summer to the climate crisis and say more than 1 billion people may be impacted by more frequent and longer heat waves. "We are expected to and already seeing longer and more intense heat waves that are more frequent across the Indian subcontinent because of anthropogenic cl…

Gloria Rubac (2022-05-02). Tears of joy as Lucio execution stopped. workers.org Houston Texas' highest court stayed the April 27 execution of Melissa Lucio, the only Mexicana on death row here. There was a collective sigh of relief, many tears of joy and a burden lifted from the shoulders of Lucio, her family, her attorneys and the throngs of her supporters, not . . . |

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-05-02). Painters' union charges wage theft on Georgia campus. workers.org Kennesaw, Georgia Kennesaw State University students, faculty and staff; AFL-CIO representatives; elected officials; a delegation from the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights; and others answered the call of IUPAT District Council 77 (International Union of Painters and Allied Trades) to denounce the illegal and racist practices of AEI Painting . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-05-02). Webinar builds Workers Summit of the Americas. workers.org The Tijuana Workers Summit of the Americas is scheduled for June 10-12. Organizers held a April 29 webinar to promote the Summit, which included the speakers below. Steve Kirschbaum, Vice President, Steelworkers (USW) Local 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers: We are honored to be a part of this timely and . . . |

Editor (2022-05-02). Marxist Ecology in the light of Contemporary Ecological Thought: reflections on the Ontological questions in dark, deep and Marxist ecology. mronline.org There has been an extensive debate within Marxism concerning the question of nature and its concomitant questions about the interaction of nature and culture or nature and society.

Eva Bartlett (2022-05-02). Here's what I found at the reported 'mass grave' near Mariupol. mronline.org According to recent Western media, Russian forces have buried up to 9,000 Mariupol civilians in "mass graves" in a town just west of the Ukrainian city.

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2022-05-02). It's past time for a $15 federal minimum wage. mronline.org President Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address included a call for a $15 federal minimum wage. According to an Economic Policy Institute study, a phased increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would raise the earnings of 32 million workers—21% of the workforce, no small thing.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-05-02). Reflections on the Sri Lankan economic crisis. mronline.org The American establishment and the new cold-warriors of that country put the blame on the Sri Lankan government's developing close economic relations with China (and we shall no doubt hear much more of it in the coming days); others blame the sheer "irresponsibility" of the government which is accused of "sleeping" when Sri Lanka's external debt was building up.

Editor (2022-05-02). Everyone's anti-war until the war propaganda starts. mronline.org Nobody thinks of themselves as a warmonger, but then the spin machine gets going and before you know it they're spouting the slogans they've been programmed to spout and waving the flags the flags they've been programmed to wave and consenting to whatever the imperial war machine wants in that moment.

Roselena Ramirez (2022-05-02). After 40 Years, The Malvinas Wounds Aren't Closed For Argentineans. america.cgtn.com Four decades ago, war broke out between Argentina and England. The conflict erupted because of a territorial dispute over the Malvinas, or as they are known in England, The Falkland Islands. Hundreds of soldiers died on both sides of the confrontation, which lasted over ten …

____ (2022-05-02). Australian Labor Party's election launch pitches for corporate backing on restructuring and war. wsws.org Labor leader Albanese declared that Labor governments were the only ones that "reshape the economy," while accusing the Coalition government of committing a "foreign policy failure" by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security treaty with China.

____ (2022-05-02). Turkey continues waging war at home and abroad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 1, 2022 Another 19 terrorists have been neutralized in Syria The Turkish Armed Forces have launched another operation against PKK/YPG [Kurds]. As a result of the operation, 19 more [Kurds] were neutralized. The statement came from the Turkish National Defense Ministry, AZERTAC reported. According to the report, three of the [Kurds] were killed in …

Kate Fisher (2022-05-02). Night events return to U.S. National Gallery of Art. america.cgtn.com For the first time since the pandemic, the U.S. National Gallery of Art has opened its doors at night.

Candice Bernd (2022-05-02). Labor Leaders Vow United Front Against Amazon Amid New Warehouse Union Election. truthout.org UPDATE: Workers at the LDJ5 Amazon sorting center voted 618-380 against unionization, according to a Monday tally by the National Labor Relations Board. There were no contested ballots. Sixty-one percent of eligible workers turned out to vote. Amazon Labor Union Attorney Seth Goldstein

Anonymous103 (2022-05-02). Drugs Inspiration Chains Ukrainian Soldiers On Front Lines. southfront.org

Staff (2022-05-02). Samidoun statement on smear campaigns targeting Palestinian liberation and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network condemns in the strongest terms the smear campaign targeting Palestinian Canadian leftist writer and community organizer Khaled Barakat as well as the work of Samidoun, by the right-wing National Post, intentionally forwarding the agenda of pro-Israel lobby organizations in Canada. It is clear that this is not a random attack; …

Staff (2022-05-02). International Workers' Day 2022: Behind bars and in the streets, Palestinian workers lead the resistance. samidoun.net "The imperialist-Zionist-[reactionary Arab regime] alliance safeguards not only the imperialist interests, but the Zionist interests and the interests of the ruling reactionary bourgeois class in the area as well. We must build the alliance of the workers and peasants, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and internationally, that destroys this alliance. We are one hundred …

rqorinoco (2022-05-02). NATO and AUKUS: the makings of an Asian NATO. orinocotribune.com Jenny Clegg—Apr 27, 2022 | In this recent presentation to the International Manifesto Group webinar,

rqorinoco (2022-05-02). Canada and the Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah. orinocotribune.com Owen Schalk — Apr 27, 2022 | April 27, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Kwame Nkrumah's death. He was ousted from the Ghanaian presidency by Canadian trained elements of his own military who were also supported by the CIA. Canada's actions were in keeping with its role as a partner of US imperialism. | On April 27, 1972, former Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah died in Bucharest, Romania, at the age of 62. Just five years earlier, elements of Ghana's military launched a coup against him‚Å —their country's first president, independence leader, and an internationally recognized icon of the glo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-02). Afghanistan Braces for New War. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR There is media buzz lately about an anti-Taliban insurgency struggling to be born in Afghanistan. A former Afghan army general, Sami Sadat, is returning home as the West's favourite to don the mantle of leadership of a pan-Afghan "resistance" movement against repressive Taliban rule. There is a lot of infighting amongst marginalised…

____ (2022-05-02). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses socialist program needed to advance mass anti-government struggle. wsws.org Speakers explained the SEP's international socialist perspective and how it was the only way to address the desperate situation facing masses of people demanding resignation of the Rajapakse government.

____ (2022-05-02). China's manufacturing PMI down in April. ecns.cn BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 47.4 in April, down from 49.5 in March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). China's non-manufacturing PMI down in April. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 41.9 in April, down from 48.4 in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Saturday.

rqorinoco (2022-05-02). NATO and AUKUS: the makings of an Asian NATO. orinocotribune.com Jenny Clegg—Apr 27, 2022 | In this recent presentation to the International Manifesto Group webinar,

____ (2022-05-02). At NATO's behest, Japan continues to pressure ASEAN members against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMay 1, 2022 Japanese, Vietnamese leaders reject use of force in Ukraine Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed the war in Ukraine with Vietnamese leaders on Sunday and said they agreed on the respect for international law and rejection of the use of force. Japan has condemned Russia's invasion and joined Western nations in …

____ (2022-05-02). China reiterates call for peace between Russia, Ukraine through talks. ecns.cn China has always supported Russia and Ukraine to overcome difficulties and continue negotiations, and welcomes all efforts by the international community conducive to promoting peace talks," Zhao said.

____ (2022-05-02). Australian Labor Party's election launch pitches for corporate backing on restructuring and war. wsws.org Labor leader Albanese declared that Labor governments were the only ones that "reshape the economy," while accusing the Coalition government of committing a "foreign policy failure" by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security treaty with China.

____ (2022-05-02). China's manufacturing PMI down in April. ecns.cn BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 47.4 in April, down from 49.5 in March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). China's non-manufacturing PMI down in April. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 41.9 in April, down from 48.4 in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses socialist program needed to advance mass anti-government struggle. wsws.org Speakers explained the SEP's international socialist perspective and how it was the only way to address the desperate situation facing masses of people demanding resignation of the Rajapakse government.

Staff (2022-05-02). International Workers' Day 2022: Behind bars and in the streets, Palestinian workers lead the resistance. samidoun.net "The imperialist-Zionist-[reactionary Arab regime] alliance safeguards not only the imperialist interests, but the Zionist interests and the interests of the ruling reactionary bourgeois class in the area as well. We must build the alliance of the workers and peasants, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and internationally, that destroys this alliance. We are one hundred …

rqorinoco (2022-05-02). Canada and the Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah. orinocotribune.com Owen Schalk — Apr 27, 2022 | April 27, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Kwame Nkrumah's death. He was ousted from the Ghanaian presidency by Canadian trained elements of his own military who were also supported by the CIA. Canada's actions were in keeping with its role as a partner of US imperialism. | On April 27, 1972, former Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah died in Bucharest, Romania, at the age of 62. Just five years earlier, elements of Ghana's military launched a coup against him‚Å —their country's first president, independence leader, and an internationally recognized icon of the glo…

____ (2022-05-02). Turkey continues waging war at home and abroad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 1, 2022 Another 19 terrorists have been neutralized in Syria The Turkish Armed Forces have launched another operation against PKK/YPG [Kurds]. As a result of the operation, 19 more [Kurds] were neutralized. The statement came from the Turkish National Defense Ministry, AZERTAC reported. According to the report, three of the [Kurds] were killed in …

_____ (2022-05-01). The Little-Known International Charter At The Center of Ukraine War. popularresistance.org In 1999, the United States and the 56 other participating states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed a charter in Istanbul that is another intentionally ignored key to understanding the war in Ukraine. | The OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization . It claims to engage in political dialogue – that is, a forum for political dialogue on a wide range of security issues. There are 57 OSCE member states that cover three continents – North America, Europe and Asia. The policies the OSCE deliberates over include security issues such as arms control, terrorism, good…

_____ (2022-05-01). United Nations Secretary General Holds Talks On Ukraine War. popularresistance.org The topic of the discussions centered on the two-months long Russian military intervention in Ukraine which has been fueled by the imposition of unprecedented sanctions by the United States and the European Union (EU) alongside the massive transferal of weapons to the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky by key member-states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). | Two distinct positions were articulated during one-on-one talks between Putin and Guterres which were broadcast internationally. Later there was a press conference held featuring Foreign Minister Lavrov and Secretary General Guterres w…

____ (2022-05-01). Oppose the bans on Russian scientists. wsws.org "As part of the anti-Russian campaign that followed Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Russian research institutes and Russian scientists are being ostracized from the international scientific community."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-01). Kiev is Losing the Fight for the Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter In this April 9, 2021, file photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits eastern Ukraine, where Russia-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian troops in a conflict. © (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File Claims that Ukraine is set for victory on the ground are Kiev and Washington's wishful thinking at best Western media…

_____ (2022-05-01). Boris Johnson's Visit to India. journal-neo.org The visit to India on April 21-22 by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not an ordinary event for either side. As far as India is concerned, the way its leadership has developed relations with each of the leading players in the current phase of the Great Game, one of which is the former metropole, …

____ (2022-05-01). Symposium on AI and Climate Action kicks off at Tsinghua University. ecns.cn The healthy development of AI can better serve the community of life for man and nature said global experts at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Action on April 26, 2022.

Staff (2022-05-01). 5 killed, 4 injured in shooting in Pakistan's Punjab. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) — Five people were killed and four others injured in a shooting incident on Saturday in Pakistan's Punjab Province.

Editor (2022-05-01). Ralph Nader: The Dems Are Totally Useless Against the Trumpian GOP Onslaught. scheerpost.com Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who is in charge of the Senate November campaigns, wants to tax 100 million low-income Americans and sunset Social Security and Medicare. [ By Ralph Nader | There is something about entrenched bureaucracies that transcend nations and cultures. When bureaucracies are confronted with unanticipated or new challenges, they freeze — like a deer facing headlights. | Sears, Roebuck and Company saw Walmart coming out of Arkansas for years and spreading all over the country, but the Sears bosses could…

Maxximilian Seijo (2022-05-01). Place-Based Narrative Labor with Sonia Ivancic. mronline.org Money on the Left speaks with Dr. Sonia Ivancic about the importance of regionally sensitive and affirmative storytelling in provisioning processes. Assistant Professor in organizational communication at University of South Florida, Dr. Ivancic is a community-engaged researcher, whose work on "place-based narrative labor" offers essential new tools for displacing prevailing scarcity logics and rhetorics of austerity with more capacious ways of thinking, arguing, and narrating.

____ (2022-05-01). UK: University and College Union shelves national strikes for a year. wsws.org With RPI inflation at 9 percent and the employers' association offering only a 2.75 percent pay rise for most HE workers, the "new strategy" of the UCU is to tell its members to stand down and suffer.

Anonymous103 (2022-05-01). 80 Civilians Evacuated From Azovstal In Mariupol (Videos). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-05-01). In Video: Residents Of Mariupol Tell About Atrocities Of Azov Nationalists. southfront.org

_____ (2022-05-01). May First Always Makes You Think. popularresistance.org This commentary will be published several days before the celebration of International Workers' Day, on this May 1, 2022. It has been 136 years since that Saturday in 1886 when 200,000 workers in Chicago went on strike to demand the 8-hour workday; and every celebration of this day always makes us think. | No longer was that strike, as in previous history, a battle for the sovereignty of a nation-state. This was a battle for social justice. | In Cuba, many years later, we are fighting the same battle. But we are doing it from a Revolution in power, and we are fighting not to lose the social justice we have conque…

Staff (2022-05-01). International Women's Federation Congress in Venezuela Ends with Meeting at Miraflores Palace. orinocotribune.com The 17th Congress of the International Democratic Federation of Women (FDIM), held during April 27-30 in Caracas, Venezuela, ended on Saturday, April 30. As part of the activities of the closing ceremony, FDIM presented its feminist work agenda in a meeting with the Venezuelan Minister for Women, Diva Guzmán; Vice President Delcy Rodríguez; and President Nicolás Maduro at Miraflores Palace. | Lorena Peña, the current president of FDIM, gave a presentation of the resolutions approved during the international congress. She highlighted the challenges faced by women in their struggle against patriarchy and imperia…

Ana Perdigón (2022-05-01). Oil Above All: Paraguay Joins New 'Friends of Venezuela' Club Despite Multi-Million Dollar Debt and Refusal to Recognize Maduro. orinocotribune.com The President of the Senate of Paraguay, àìscar Salomón, informed the press that next Tuesday, May 3, a delegation of Venezuelan National Assembly deputies will discuss with their Paraguayan colleagues the possibility of resuming the purchase of Venezuelan fuel by Paraguay. | The meeting will take place between a team of Paraguayan senators and four Venezuelan deputies who are currently in Paraguay, discussing the reinstatement of Venezuela in the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur). | "Paraguay today needs cheaper fuel and Venezuela can give us that possibility to buy," said Senator Salomón. | He added that th…

Ann Garrison (2022-05-01). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III: Crimes of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison — Apr 27, 2022 | The discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with divide-and-conquer ethnic politics from 1991 to 2018, when a popular uprising forced them from power. The TPLF then retreated to Tigray Region and, in November 2020, started the ongoing civil war by attacking the national army's Northern Command. | US officialdom and both state and corporate media in the US have since described the Ethiopian conflict as the government's persecution o…

Staff (2022-05-01). Russia mulls withdrawal from International Space Station. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) — General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin confirmed that Russia is considering withdrawing from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024.

____ (2022-05-01). Socialist Equality Party campaigns at Sri Lanka solidarity rally in London. wsws.org Around 3,000 people protested, carrying homemade placards. SEP members distributed hundreds of copies of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) statement "