(2023-05-15). 75 years of al-Nakba: Palestinian struggle continues against Israeli apartheid. liberationnews.org 
The resistance by the Palestinian people has not let up, and the struggle is joined by more and more people with each passing year.
(2023-05-15). China Promises Bilateral Cooperation With South Africa. infobrics.org China and South Africa have a longstanding relationship that dates back to the era of the anti-apartheid struggle. This relationship is characterized by strong solidarity between the two countries as they work to promote their shared interests and values…
(2023-05-15). On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists. indybay.org On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police.
(2023-05-15). Nkosi Mandela On South Africa Resisting Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org In 1999, South African anti-apartheid activist and revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela visited Gaza and said, "We know too well our freedom is not complete without the freedom of the Palestinians." | Since his death in 2013, Mandela's unifying message of decolonization reverberated across the globe. The anti-colonial, anti-apartheid struggle that he led to end racial segregation and transform South Africa into a democratic nation has been lauded by Palestinians, who have drawn parallels between Israeli occupation and apartheid to the situation that Black South Africans faced. | Joining Mnar Adley for this week's…
(2023-05-15). OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. indybay.org There will be an international panel on the 1973 anniversary of the South Africa Duban worker uprising against the apartheid regime.
(2023-05-15). Why They Want to Cancel the Anniversary of the Victory Over Nazism. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-15). This War is the Big One: "The Objective is to Destroy Russia and the Russian Empire" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-15). Over 800 Taiwan compatriots pay respects to sea goddess in E China's Fujian. ecns.cn Thousands of devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in Meizhou, a seaside resort in Putian of Fujian province, to celebrate the 1,063rd anniversary of the birth of Mazu — a revered goddess of the sea on Friday. "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-15). Fascist protesters outnumbered by LGBTQ supporters at Cleveland drag story hour. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Supporters of the LGBTQ community vastly outnumbered fascist demonstrators at a Drag Story Hour event here over the weekend. On Saturday, May 13, a handful of fascist demonstrators, religious fundamentalists, and their allies gathered outside of a local theater on the west side of Cleveland to intimidate and threaten children and families participating in …
(2023-05-15). Lasting peace urged amid Israel-Palestine cease-fire. ecns.cn An Egypt-brokered cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip has raised hopes of easing the humanitarian disaster of Palestinians, but finding a lasting peace should be the focus for the region, analysts said.
(2023-05-15). "Israel Is Built on the Ruins of Hundreds of Palestinian Villages" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-15). Khader Adnan's martyrdom and Israel's abuse of Palestinian prisoners. therealnews.com 
The death of Khader Adnan in Israeli detention during a hunger strike on May 2 of this year sparked mourning worldwide and a general strike in occupied Palestine. The 45-year-old Adnan was on his 87th day of hunger strike while serving a sentence for his 12th arrest by the Israeli state at the time of his death. A baker by trade and a father to nine children, Adnan was the first Palestinian to die of hunger strike in an Israeli prison since 1992. As a spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Adnan first captured the world's attention when he launched a hunger strike from behind bars in 2011, sparking a g…
(2023-05-15). Jeremy Corbyn: Unite to end the Nakba. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in On 15 May, Palestinians will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, their violent eviction from their homes and their land by Israeli forces. Nakba means catastrophe — and how else could you describe the ethnic cleansing of two-thirds of t…
(2023-05-15). Headlines for May 15, 2023. democracynow.org Turkish Elections Head to Runoff as Pres. Erdoƒüan Fails to Capture 50% of Vote Against Kilicdaroglu, Thai Voters Back Reform Parties in Sharp Rebuke to Monarchy and Military Gov't, Ukraine Makes Gains in Bakhmut as European Leaders Up Military Support for Zelensky, Israel and Gaza Fighters Agree to Truce After 5 Days of Fighting Kills 33 Palestinians, Powerful Cyclone Kills at Least 6 People in Burma, Destroys Rohingya Refugee Shelters, Death Toll from Kenyan Starvation Cult Tops 200, Including Many Children, Guatemalan Newspaper El Periódico Shutters After Persecution by Giammattei Gov't,…
(2023-05-15). Ongoing Catastrophe: Israel Threatens New Mass Expulsions as Palestinians, U.N. Mark 75th Nakba Anniversary. democracynow.org 
Palestinians across the globe are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), when some 700,000 Palestinians fled from or were violently expelled from their homes upon Israel's founding in 1948. The occasion comes as five days of fighting, that killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza and two people in Israel, was brought to a stop this weekend after the Israeli army and the militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. Today the United Nations is holding its first-ever high-level special meeting to commemorate the Nakba. We host a roundtable discussion wit…
(2023-05-15). Palestinos recuerdan el Día de la Nakba o catástrofe palestina. telesurtv.net El día de la Nakba hace referencia al 15 de mayo de 1948 cuando inició el éxodo forzado del pueblo palestino, como consecuencia de la creación del Estado de Israel.
(2023-05-15). Ejército israelí asesina a otro joven palestino en Nablus. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación también irrumpieron en el campo de refugiados de Aqabat Jaber, en la ciudad de Areeha, y en la zona de Silat Al-Harithiya, al oeste de Yenín.
(2023-05-15). Prisioneros palestinos en cárceles israelíes realizan huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net Esta medida de los reos es en protesta por las políticas represivas en las cárceles de Israel, que mantiene a cientos de palestinos prisioneros.
(2023-05-15). Jeremy Corbyn: Unite to end the Nakba. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in On 15 May, Palestinians will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, their violent eviction from their homes and their land by Israeli forces. Nakba means catastrophe — and how else could you describe the ethnic cleansing of two-thirds of t…
(2023-05-15). Headlines for May 15, 2023. democracynow.org Turkish Elections Head to Runoff as Pres. Erdoƒüan Fails to Capture 50% of Vote Against Kilicdaroglu, Thai Voters Back Reform Parties in Sharp Rebuke to Monarchy and Military Gov't, Ukraine Makes Gains in Bakhmut as European Leaders Up Military Support for Zelensky, Israel and Gaza Fighters Agree to Truce After 5 Days of Fighting Kills 33 Palestinians, Powerful Cyclone Kills at Least 6 People in Burma, Destroys Rohingya Refugee Shelters, Death Toll from Kenyan Starvation Cult Tops 200, Including Many Children, Guatemalan Newspaper El Periódico Shutters After Persecution by Giammattei Gov't,…
(2023-05-15). Ongoing Catastrophe: Israel Threatens New Mass Expulsions as Palestinians, U.N. Mark 75th Nakba Anniversary. democracynow.org Palestinians across the globe are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), when some 700,000 Palestinians fled from or were violently expelled from their homes upon Israel's founding in 1948. The occasion comes as five days of fighting, that killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza and two people in Israel, was brought to a stop this weekend after the Israeli army and the militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. Today the United Nations is holding its first-ever high-level special meeting to commemorate the Nakba. We host a roundtable discussion wit…
(2023-05-15). Palestinos recuerdan el Día de la Nakba o catástrofe palestina. telesurtv.net El día de la Nakba hace referencia al 15 de mayo de 1948 cuando inició el éxodo forzado del pueblo palestino, como consecuencia de la creación del Estado de Israel.
(2023-05-15). Ejército israelí asesina a otro joven palestino en Nablus. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación también irrumpieron en el campo de refugiados de Aqabat Jaber, en la ciudad de Areeha, y en la zona de Silat Al-Harithiya, al oeste de Yenín.
(2023-05-15). Prisioneros palestinos en cárceles israelíes realizan huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net Esta medida de los reos es en protesta por las políticas represivas en las cárceles de Israel, que mantiene a cientos de palestinos prisioneros.
(2023-05-15). Papa Francisco aboga por la paz en conflicto israelí-palestino. telesurtv.net El Sumo Pontífice señaló que en los enfrentamientos "han perdido la vida personas inocentes, también mujeres y niños".
(2023-05-15). Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian, Wound Another in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Israeli occupation forces killed one Palestinian and wounded another in clashes sparked by a new military incursion in Nablus, a northern West Bank city. | RELATED: | "Saleh Sabra, 22, was shot dead in the chest during the Israeli aggression in Nablus… Another man was wounded by bullets in the upper extremities," the Palestinian Health Ministry stated. | An Israeli Army spokesman confirmed the operation in Nablus a…
(2023-05-15). Israeli Cities on Strike Over Controversial Property Tax Law. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel declared their intention to initiate a general strike on Monday regarding a controversial property tax law advanced by the government. | Related: | The proposed law mandates wealthy local authorities to redistribute the earnings derived from commercial real estate business to financially disadvantaged urban areas as an incentive for increased residential development. | Fu…
(2023-05-15). Military Situation In The Gaza Strip On May 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 9, the Israeli regime started an operation AKA "Shield and Arrow" against Gaza by assassinating three high-level commanders of Al-Quds Brigades; | 33 Palestinians were killed and 190 others were wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip; | One Israeli was killed and 77 others were wounded by the Palestinians rocket attacks on the occupied territories; | On May 13, Israel and Islamic Jihad movement have agreed to declare a truce ending five days…
(2023-05-15). As the world marks 75 years of the Nakba, people come out in support of Palestinians. thecanary.co 
In 2023, Israel's meting-out of the Nakba against Palestinians has been ongoing for 75 years. Even in recent days, Israeli forces have killed dozens of people in the Occupied Territories. So, across the world, Palestinians and their supporters marked the continuing "catastrophe" with a show of resistance. The Nakba: 75 years and counting As Al …
(2023-05-14). Gaza Confrontation Reaches End With Egypt-Brokered Ceasefire. southfront.org 
File image. | Late on May 14, Israel concluded its military operation in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian armed factions halted rocket attacks under a ceasefire agreement that was brokered by Egypt. | The confrontation in Gaza broke out on May 9, when the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Shield and Arrow against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in response to a series of rocket attacks that targeted southern Israeli towns and settlements a week earlier. | The PIJ and other Palestinian armed f…
(2023-05-14). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
(2023-05-14). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. iacenter.org May 12, 2023 Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa Musa and is the father of nine children. A leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, he became one of the most prominent symbols of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and ongoing resistance, after winning his liberation from administrative detention four times through hu…
(2023-05-14). Israel Is Built on the Ruins of Hundreds of Palestinian Villages. orinocotribune.com Today's Israel is built over the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages which were destroyed by Zionist militias during Israel's formation in 1948, said professor and historian Ilan Pappé. He emphasized that the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands and homes was nothing but ethnic cleansing carried out by Israeli armed forces. | Professor Pappé was speaking during
(2023-05-14). Israel agrees to ceasefire in Gaza amid mounting provocations against Palestinians. wsws.org Netanyahu has refused to cancel a march of right-wing Israeli nationalists through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, one of Islamic Jihad's conditions for a ceasefire.
(2023-05-15). Palestinian history doesn't start with the Nakba. peoplesdispatch.org This year marks 75 years since the
(2023-05-15). Brooklyn commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. fightbacknews.org Brooklyn, NY — Several hundred gathered on Saturday, May 13 in Bay Ridge, commonly known as "Little Palestine," to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. | The protest was called by Within Our Lifetime and was endorsed by several anti-imperialist organizations in New York. The afternoon began at 2 p.m. with face painting, music and vendors selling items to attendees. Despite the family-friendly atmosphere, the NYPD brought out a large number of officers trying to curtail the activities. | After a series of chants by Nerdeen Kiswani, Rude Mechanical Orchestra kept spirits militant and energized by…
(2023-05-15). Free Palestine; end zionism! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. ***** Today we mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Disaster), when the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed from their own homeland by zionist gangs in 1948. Hundreds of Palestinian villages were systematically wiped out and their inhabitants either murdered or expelled from their land to live as penniless …
(2023-05-14). Another Norfolk Southern train derails 15 miles from site of East Palestine, Ohio disaster. wsws.org Nine out of 200 cars derailed near Newcastle, Pennsylvania, only a short distance from the February 3 derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine.
(2023-05-14). La Frontera Nos Cruzó statement on the Aaron Martinez murder. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from La Frontera Nos Cruzó. | La Frontera Nos Cruzó condemns the racist murder of Aaron Martinez and demands justice and accountability for his murderer, for law enforcement who allowed this to happen, and for the inciters of racial hate who bear moral responsibility. | In Forney, Texas, on May 1st, around noon, Aaron Martinez lost his life to hate. He and his family had moved to the small city two and a half years ago to start a horse training ranch. From the start, they faced hostility because of their ethnicity. Their neighbor, Trevor McEuen, had s…
(2023-05-15). Bail for Imran Khan sparks protests by ruling coalition in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The ruling coalition in Pakistan has launched a sit-in protest outside the Supreme Court to oppose the court's order granting relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his arrest last week…
(2023-05-15). Russia downs British-supplied long-range missile as Zelensky and Sunak declare "jets coalition" wsws.org Central to NATO's plans to defeat Russia and force regime change in Moscow is aerial supremacy over the Ukrainian battlefield. Speaking to reporters after the talks, Zelensky said, "We want to create this jet coalition."
(2023-05-15). Concluye periodo para juzgar a 250 bolsonaristas en Brasil. telesurtv.net Desde el 24 de abril al 7 de mayo fueron acusados por el Supremo Tribunal Federal unos 550 bolsonaristas, vinculados a la intentona golpista de enero pasado en Brasilia.
(2023-05-15). Tres provincias argentinas eligen a sus autoridades regionales. telesurtv.net A pesar de las fuertes críticas del Gobierno y de organizaciones políticas y sociales, la Corte Suprema interrumpió el proceso eleccionario en Tucumán por fecha indefinida.
(2023-05-15). Argentine president highlights electoral results in San Juan. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Monday highlighted the results of the Juntos por San Juan Front in that province, despite interference by the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in the electoral process.
(2023-05-15). N.C. Gov. Cooper joins battle against GOP supermajority on abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
RALEIGH, N.C.—Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., now the state's sole state governmental bastion against radical right-wing extremism, has gone on the road to preserve full abortion rights in the Tar Heel State. And if the Republican-run state legislature wasn't so lopsidedly gerrymandered, and if voting rights weren't so shackled—again by those same Republicans—Cooper wouldn't have to …