(2022-05-14). The realities confronting Ukraine's six million refugees. wsws.org While the media portrays the situation as if Ukrainian refugees are walking into the arms of America and Europe's governments, all the social and political problems of global capitalism are manifesting themselves in the crisis.
(2022-05-14). How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today/By Olga Sukharevskaya, ex-Ukrainian diplomat. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union The history of Ukrainian nationalist cruelty is an important factor, barely discussed, or known, in the West Troops shot in the legs screaming in pain. Others dying from blood loss and …
(2022-05-14). [Correspondence] Capitalism, not racism. thelancet.com Richard Horton1 correctly states that, in efforts to construct a fairer world, "we need to undertake a more realistic and rigorous analysis of where power lies". However, Horton's Comment does not exhibit the required rigorous analysis. Citing the dubious work of Cheikh Anta Diop and Martin Bernal as authoritative commentary is precisely the type of shallow gesture that he correctly criticises as inadequate. Contrary to what Horton and Kehinde Andrews describe, the primary logic underpinning the western world order is not "that Black and Brown life is worth less".
(2022-05-14). The US Could've Prevented this War just by Protecting Kyiv from Nazis. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — May 9, 2022 | As we hydroplane toward the
(2022-05-14). The Donbass Diaries Part II: The Azov Battalions — ordinary Fascism. mronline.org We gather around the school in Mariupol. All windows without exception are broken. The rooms inside are fully demolished. The Ukrainian have used the school and its surrounding as defense position. At 09: 00 in the morning, humanitarian aid will be distributed. We start talking with Mariupol's locals.
(2022-05-14). Israeli Forces Attack Funeral Procession of Slain Palestinian Journalist. orinocotribune.com On Friday, May 13, Israeli police attacked the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Akleh, iconic Palestinian journalist and Al Jazeera correspondent who was killed by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli army raid in Jenin, occupied West Bank. | Videos on television and social media showed Abu Akleh's coffin nearly falling to the ground as Israeli police attacked the mourners carrying it, in Jerusalem. |
(2022-05-14). UAE elects Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as President. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The UAE's Federal Supreme Council has elected Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the President of the UAE.
(2022-05-14). West adherence to Iran solutions key to resolve Vienna issues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Vienna talks issues can be resolved only by the adherence of the west to the logical and principled solutions of Iran, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said.
(2022-05-14). The legal implications of the US Supreme Court's draft anti-abortion decision. wsws.org The draft decision would not only abolish the federal constitutional right to abortion, but would serve as a starting gun for a race to dismantle the entire edifice of democratic legal reforms in the US.
(2022-05-14). [World Report] Health organizations fear effects of US abortion ruling. thelancet.com Health and human rights groups are concerned about women's health and rights as many states would outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court topples Roe v Wade. Susan Jaffe reports.
(2022-05-14). [Editorial] Why Roe v. Wade must be defended. thelancet.com "Abortion presents a profound moral issue on which Americans hold sharply conflicting views." So begins a draft opinion by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, leaked from the US Supreme Court on May 2, 2022. If confirmed, this judgement would overrule the Court's past decisions to establish the right to access abortion. In Alito's words, "the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives". The Court's opinion rests on a strictly historical interpretation of the US Constitution: "The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected…
(2022-05-14). [World Report] Health organizations fear effects of US abortion ruling. thelancet.com Health and human rights groups are concerned about women's health and rights as many states would outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court topples Roe v Wade. Susan Jaffe reports.
(2022-05-14). This Is America #166: Biden Pushes War & Police as COVID Deaths Hit One Million; Abort the Court Action Wave; Fight to Defend Atlanta Forest. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, April 14th, 2022. On today's episode, first we bring you an interview with Adi Callai, the creative force behind a new anarchist YouTube channel that investigates the George Floyd uprising, identity politics and modern revolt. We speak about the idea of "elite capture," how neoliberalism has weaponized identity politics, how…
(2022-05-14). This Is America #166: Biden Pushes War & Police as COVID Deaths Hit One Million; Abort the Court Action Wave; Fight to Defend Atlanta Forest. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, April 14th, 2022. On today's episode, first we bring you an interview with Adi Callai, the creative force behind a new anarchist YouTube channel that investigates the George Floyd uprising, identity politics and modern revolt. We speak about the idea of "elite capture," how neoliberalism has weaponized identity politics, how…
(2022-05-14). UNSC calls for immediate investigation to Abu Akleh case. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — United Nations Security Council called for an immediate and impartial investigation into the assassination of the Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank by Zionist forces.
(2022-05-14). UNSC calls for immediate investigation to Abu Akleh case. en.mehrnews.com United Nations Security Council called for an immediate and impartial investigation into the assassination of the Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank by Zionist forces.
(2022-05-14). El minuto en el que toda Cuba guardó silencio (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Esta tarde, cuando se cumple una semana de la explosión que puso a toda Cuba de luto, cientos de personas se reúnen en el Parque de la Fraternidad para hacer una vigilia en honor a las 46 víctimas del hotel Saratoga. Hoy, cuando la misión que nadie quiso tener que cumplir está terminada, se escucha el silencio y el espacio se llena de lágrimas.
(2022-05-13). Obama and Liberals killed abortion rights. mronline.org On May 2, 2022, a memo written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to Politico.com. Alito made clear that the court with a 6 to 3 conservative majority intends to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal in the United States.
(2022-05-13). Is It Coincidence That Some CIA Torture Techniques are so Popular With Ukrainian Neo-Nazis? libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende in Donbass © Photo : Sonja van den Ende While the US rushed to vilify Russia's latest UN Security Council Arria-Formula summit on Kiev's human rights violations, one might wonder as to why Ukrainian neo-Nazi torture sites have so much in common with CIA secret prisons, says…
(2022-05-13). Mexican Journalists Protest "Staggering" Toll of Journalists Murdered with Impunity; 11 Slain in 2022. democracynow.org Three journalists were killed within a three-day span this week in Mexico, bringing the toll to 11 so far this year and making Mexico the deadliest country in the world for journalists, behind Ukraine. Most of the murders have gone unsolved. This week journalists across Mexico took to the streets protesting the murder of their colleagues and called for accountability. "A crime against a reporter is a crime against the entire country," says Jan-Albert Hootsen, Mexico correspondent at the Committee to Protect Journalists, who calls the numbers staggering and unprecedented.
(2022-05-13). One million dead from COVID in U.S. as funds lapse. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic has officially killed 1 million people in the U.S. in just over two years, but for U.S. leaders now, the Ukraine war and the military budget seem more important. How else to explain the Biden administration's continuing requests—the latest is for $40 billion—for continual arms aid for the Ukrainians against Russia's continuing …
(2022-05-13). One million dead from COVID in U.S. as funds lapse. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic has officially killed 1 million people in the U.S. in just over two years, but for U.S. leaders now, the Ukraine war and the military budget seem more important. How else to explain the Biden administration's continuing requests—the latest is for $40 billion—for continual arms aid for the Ukrainians against Russia's continuing …
(2022-05-13). Black America On Planned 'Social Justice' Summit: We've Moved Past Roc Nation Brunches, It's Time For Reparations. moguldom.com Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and his Roc Nation record label are set to hold a Social Justice Summit to address concerns about systemic racism ahead of the upcoming midterm elections but Black America seems unimpressed, suggesting it's time to go beyond Roc Nation brunches. Many on Twitter suggest that the true motive of the summit could …
(2022-05-13). CIA, NATO and the Great Heroin Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung How Miami Became the Center of International Fascism and the Murder of President Kennedy We should be seeing a picture that has painted NATO/CIA/Italian-American Mafia/Cuban exiles/and fascists including Nazis all working for the same apparatus and essentially the same goal: to overthrow democratically elected leaders and replace them with dictators and fascist right-wing…
(2022-05-13). Nazi propaganda in Germany's taz newspaper. wsws.org On the anniversary of Germany's liberation from National Socialism (Nazism), the taz has published an article by Russian author Julia Latynina, which acquits Hitler of any responsibility for the Second World War.
(2022-05-13). Statement For Ukie and Other Trolls. Read Attentively. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Judging by the activity of all kinds of Ukie IPSO and simply "patriotic", US-UK, NATO etc. trolls and FUD "masters" at this blog, including promoters of an open anti-Russian asset Girkin (aka Strelkov), let me explain something.1. I do not have nor do I follow any Telegram channels for a simple reason–ANY, I underscore, ANY so called info in those TGs unless it is from official and accredited sources is a collection of a BS, most of which is either FUD ops or, otherwise, turbo-"patriotic" crap. It is also the main reason I do not follow all those Podolyakas, "Colonel" Cassads, Kotenoks, and other "analysts" whos…
(2022-05-13). 1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council Appeals To UN As Colonized Nation. popularresistance.org Middle of North America — The 1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council (SNTC) which has been going to the United Nations (UN) for nearly forty (40) years, is recommending a "theme" to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The recommendation is that the Sioux Nation, which has a valid treaty with the United States (US), and other Indigenous nations with treaties and agreements with colonizing governments, be recommended in the CERD report to the General Assembly and allowed to participate in the processes of the UN Decolonization Committee as a colonized nation. This would mean the lib…
(2022-05-13). Texas governor announces intent to bar undocumented immigrant children from attending public schools. wsws.org The governor's remarks are another example of the far right's campaign to scapegoat and oppress immigrants and divide the working class.
(2022-05-13). How Did Biden Not Notice the Far Right Lurch of the Republican Party Until Now? truthout.org Sometimes, all you can do is stand back and breathe. | "I never expected the ultra-MAGA Republicans who seemed to control the Republican Party now," the president of the United States To all of us who have now been shouting for decades about the inexorable march toward this precise state of affairs, the willful obliviousness o…
(2022-05-13). Iraqi parliament introduces bill to criminalize establishment of relations with Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The bill is considered to be an attempt to block the growing US pressure on Arab countries to "normalize" relations with Israel under its so-called Abraham Accords…
(2022-05-13). US seeks to keep Lebanese people starving: Nasrallah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the US seeks to starve the Lebanese people, while harshly criticizing the certain Arab states for normalizing ties with Israeli regime.
(2022-05-13). Policía israelí reprime a palestinos en funeral de periodista de Al Jazeera. cubadebate.cu La violencia no se ha detenido tras matar a Shirin Abu Aqleh. Durante el funeral de la periodista de Al Jazeera asesinada este miércoles, agentes israelís fuertemente armados han atacado a los asistentes con porras y el lanzamiento de bombas sonora. La brusquedad de las acciones ha tomado por sorpresa a un pueblo en profundo duelo.
(2022-05-13). 12 Killed Or Wounded In New Wave Of Israeli Airstrikes On Syria (Videos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | Late on May 13, five people were killed and seven others were wounded as a result of a wave of Israeli airstrikes on Syria's central region. | The airstrikes hit military targets in the outskirts of the town of Masyaf, where a key facility of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) is located. The SSRC is the main military research and development institution of Syria. The research fa…
(2022-05-13). Officer From Israel's Elite 'Yamam' Unit Killed In Clashes With Palestinian Gunmen In West Bank (Videos). southfront.org On May 13, a service member of Israel's National Counter Terror Unit "Yamam" died of serious wounds he sustained during…
(2022-05-13). Israel sentences Palestinian nurse and health activist Shatha Odeh to 16 months in prison. peoplesdispatch.org On International Nurses Day, an Israeli military tribunal gave nurse and health activist Shatha Odeh a 16-month prison sentence. was given a 5 year suspended sentence on the condition that she does not provide health servicesfeat…
(2022-05-13). Army Injures Several Palestinians, Abducts One, And Detonates A home In Jenin. imemc.org The Israeli army withdrew from Jenin in the northern West Bank after detonating a Palestinian home, leading to protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters. Many army vehicles invaded Jenin at dawn before surrounding a home for the local Dab'ey family. The army attempted to abduct Mahmoud Dab'ey, but he wasn't there, so …
(2022-05-13). Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Friday morning, a young Palestinian man near a military roadblock behind Beit El illegal colony and security center, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he hurled stones at a car of a colonizer. The army claimed the man hurled one stone at the car and tried to …
(2022-05-13). Abu Akleh's assassination aimed at covering up Israeli crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Israeli regime sought to cover up its crimes by the recent assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
(2022-05-13). Nakba Day reminiscent of occupation, massacre of Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — May 14, 1948 is reminiscent of occupation, massacre and displacement of main owners of Palestine by usurper regime of Israel and beginning of a systematic process of gross violation of natural and basic rights of Palestinians.
(2022-05-13). Denuncian que ocupantes israelíes atacaron el funeral de periodista palestina asesinada. telesurtv.net Shireen Abu Aqleh fue asesinada el miércoles por efectivos israelíes mientras cubría la nueva ofensiva sionista en el campo de Jenín.
(2022-05-13). Realizan funeral de la periodista palestina Shirin Abu Akleh. telesurtv.net Al Jazeera sostiene que Abu Akleh fue asesinada por las fuerzas israelíes, que realizaban una redada en Cisjordania.
(2022-05-13). WAFA: "Israeli police attacks funeral convoy of iconic Al Jazeera journalist" imemc.org JERUSALEM, Friday, May 13, 2022 (WAFA) — Israeli police today attacked the funeral convoy of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist as Palestinian mourners carried the journalist's coffin on their way to the church. A sizable Israeli police force cordoned off Saint Joseph Hospital, where the body of Shireen Abu Akleh is kept, setting up barricades …
(2022-05-13). Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist. tribune.com.pk Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. | Packed around Abu Akleh's coffin, dozens of Palestinians, some waving Palestinian flags and chanting "with our soul and blood we will redeem you Shireen," began walking toward the gates of St Joseph's Hospital. | Harrowing footage shows Israeli forces ripping off the Palestinian flag from the hearse that carried murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's coffin before pr…
(2022-05-13). Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist. tribune.com.pk Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. | Packed around Abu Akleh's coffin, dozens of Palestinians, some waving Palestinian flags and chanting "with our soul and blood we will redeem you Shireen," began walking toward the gates of St Joseph's Hospital. | Harrowing footage shows Israeli forces ripping off the Palestinian flag from the hearse that carried murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's coffin before pr…
(2022-05-13). Shireen Abu Akleh was executed to send a message to Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org The execution of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier in the Palestinian city of Jenin, along with Israel's immediate efforts to muddy the waters about who was responsible and the feeble expressions of concern from western capitals, brought memories flooding back from 20 years of reporting from the region. Unlike Abu …
(2022-05-13). Shireen Abu Akleh was executed to send a message to Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org The execution of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier in the Palestinian city of Jenin, along with Israel's immediate efforts to muddy the waters about who was responsible and the feeble expressions of concern from western capitals, brought memories flooding back from 20 years of reporting from the region. Unlike Abu …
(2022-05-13). Julie Hollar on Roe Reversal, Tesnim Zekeria on Baby Formula Shortage. fair.org Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate news media want you to be alarmed about an "extraordinary breach" of privacy. It's the privacy of the institution of the Supreme Court which, one CBS expert told viewers, had been dealt a "body blow" by the leak of a ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision allowing the right to terminate a pregnancy to remain between the pregnant person and their doctor. And corporate media are in high dudgeon about protecting people from invasions of their r…
(2022-05-13). Rights Are Made in the Streets, Not the Courts: On Leaked Supreme Court Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade. itsgoingdown.org The following is a statement and analysis from the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation about the current push to overturn Roe v Wade and curtail reproductive freedom. photo: @AshAgony We must fight for access to safe, legal, free, and universally available abortion. The people of the United States are in the midst of…
(2022-05-13). Rights Are Made in the Streets, Not the Courts: On Leaked Supreme Court Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade. itsgoingdown.org The following is a statement and analysis from the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation about the current push to overturn Roe v Wade and curtail reproductive freedom. photo: @AshAgony We must fight for access to safe, legal, free, and universally available abortion. The people of the United States are in the midst of…
(2022-05-13). Economist Michael Hudson on decline of dollar, sanctions war, imperialism, financial parasitism. mronline.org Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the U.S. dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of "free-trade imperialism," and financial parasitism.