(2021-05-29). U.S., EU threaten Belarus while defending pro-Nazi forces. workers.org 
Western imperialists and their media pundits are once again crying "foul" against the sovereign government of Belarus and its duly elected president, Alexander Lukashenko. On May 23, a Ryanair passenger plane, scheduled to fly from Greece to Lithuania, was forced to land in Minsk, Belarus. Neo-Nazi Roman Protasevich taking part . . . |
(2021-05-28). Broken Dreams: Kiev Not Invited To NATO's Closed Meeting, Still Not Member. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 26th, Ukraine complained that there had been no progress in NATO's "open-door" policy to Ukrainian membership. | It also failed understand why it was not invited to the Western military alliance's summit., when it is not a member yet. | NATO meets on June 14 in Brussels in the hope of repairing transatlantic ties under U.S. President Joe Biden amid growing tensions with Russia."We understand the desire of the allies to hold a closed summit … but we do not understand ho…
(2021-05-28). Satellite Image Of Russian Heavy Bombers In Hmeimim Air Base Surfaced Online. southfront.org 
File image. | On May 28, defense observer The bombers were
(2021-05-28). The Paris Commune: 'In future we will turn the guns on you'. peoplesworld.org 
As we mark the 150th anniversary of the French proletariat's heroic first bid to set up La Commune in Paris, let us examine German playwright Bertolt Brecht's interpretation of this great event in his play The Days of the Commune. The Commune broke out spontaneously on March 18, 1871. War with Germany, hardship, unemployment, and …
(2021-05-28). Putin Assured Support To Bashar Al-Assad In Fight Against Terrorism With Wave Of Russian Airstrikes On ISIS. southfront.org 
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) combat operations against ISIS cells in Syria's central region are picking up, the Syrian Observatory…
(2021-05-28). Russia, Pakistan To Build New North-South Gas Pipeline. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On May 28, Russia and Pakistan have signed an agreement to build the North-South gas pipeline, also known as the Pakistan Stream. The document signed by Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Shafkat Ali-Khan allows to begin in the near future the construction of the pipeline, according to the Russian Ministry of Energy."The signing of this protocol will allow our companies to begin the realization of the project in the very near future, thereby helpi…
(2021-05-28). Letters From Minsk: Lee Harvey Oswald Comes in for the Cold War. counterpunch.org This is the tenth in a series about train and bicycle rides from Switzerland to Belarus, in those carefree days before pandemic lockdowns. Unlike my hunt for the Hotel Garni, I found Lee Harvey Oswald's Minsk apartment in less than fifteen minutes, as the American defector was given a place to live in an elegant
(2021-05-28). Mapping Faultlines: Battles over airspace, geopolitics in Belarus. peoplesdispatch.org Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent incident in Belarus where a plane carrying dissident and anti-government activist Roman Protasevich was made to land and he was detained…
(2021-05-28). From Zapata to the Zapatistas: Mexico's "other" Commune. roarmag.org 
"What is the Commune, that Sphinx so tantalizing to the bourgeois mind?" Karl Marx asked in The Civil War in France, his manifesto-like analysis written for the International Workers' Association. For the case of the Paris Commune, which lasted for barely 72 days between March 18 and May 28, 1871, Marx seemed to have his answer ready: "Its true secret was this. It was essentially a working-class government, the product of the struggle of the producing against the appropriating class, the political form at last discovered under which to work out the economical emancipation of labor." | What happened, according to…
(2021-05-28). Lenin went to dance in the snow to celebrate the Paris Commune and the Soviet Republic. mronline.org 
The workers of Paris created the Commune on 18 March, building on the wave of revolutionary optimism that first lapped on the shores of France in 1789 and then again in 1830 and 1848. | May 28, 2021…
(2021-05-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Guidelines and nuances of wearing a face mask. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent COVID-19 masking guidelines announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, continue to generate a public conversation. "The decision about masking needs to be nuanced," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Wearing a mask should be based on the risk of infection, the percentage of the …
(2021-05-28). Irish Parliament first in EU to Condemn Creeping Israeli "Annexation" of Palestinian West Bank. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Kerry O'Shea at the Irish Examiner reports that the Irish Dail (parliament) on Wednesday night passed a resolution accusing Israel of having committed the crime of "annexing" the Palestinian territories. Ireland is the first European Union state to make such a declaration. The motion also condemned Hamas for indiscriminately firing …
(2021-05-28). North Macedonia Acknowledges Risk of Greater Albania Project. globalresearch.ca For the first …
(2021-05-28). Tensions Growing in Arctic Airspace. globalresearch.ca Russia is increasing …
(2021-05-28). Turkey's Military Engagement with the "Lublin Triangle" (Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine) Aims to "Balance Russia" globalresearch.ca Poland's agreement to …
(2021-05-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Operating theatre nurses' national one-day pay strike in France; Port Ravenna dockers in Italy ready to strike to block transport of military hardware for use against Gaza; national warning strikes by retail workers across Germany over pay; Stoppages at some UK schools and Liverpool University…
(2021-05-28). Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden to meet in mid-June. wsws.org The summit comes amid high bilateral tensions and ongoing discussions in Washington about the orientation of US foreign policy in light of the growing conflict with China.
(2021-05-28). Fourteen killed in cable car crash in Italy. wsws.org Three people have been arrested under suspicion of causing a cable car to crash in the northern Italian mountainside resort town of Stresa, killing 14 people, including two children.
(2021-05-28). Trial of army officer Franco A. sheds light on fascist network in German state apparatus. wsws.org The Federal Prosecutor's Office accuses Franco A. of preparing a "serious crime endangering the state," using a fake refugee identity, and planning terrorist attacks on politicians and public institutions to "change political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany in line with his right-wing extremist ideas."
(2021-05-28). Once more on the issue of anti-Semitism in Germany. wsws.org The millions in Germany and around the world, including many Jewish workers and young people, who are horrified by the murderous wars pursued by Israel and its imperialist backers and protest against this, are not anti-Semites.
(2021-05-27). Greetings from "New Normal" Germany! dissidentvoice.org 
On April 1, 1933, shortly after Hitler was appointed chancellor, the Nazis staged a boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany. Members of the Storm Troopers ("die Sturmabteilung," or the "Storm Department," as I like to think of them) stood around outside of Jewish-owned stores with Gothic-lettered placards reading "Germans! Defend yourselves! Do not buy from …
(2021-05-27). Manufacturing Consent for War: 70 Years of CIA Coups, Assassinations, False Flag Operations and Mass Murder. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — May 21, 2021 | A Review of Vijay Prashad's book, Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, with foreword by Evo Morales (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2020). | [Source: During his confirmation hearing in February, the CIA's latest director William J. Burns continued a long Agency tradition of playing up the threat from Russia and China along with North Korea, and said that Iran should not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. | Vijay Prashad's new book Washington Bullets: A…
(2021-05-27). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On May 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Novomikhailovka shelled DPR positions in Luganskoe with a BMP-1 | 2. UAF in Granitnoe shelled DPR positions in Novaya Marievka with grenade launchers | 3. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Krymske with 120-mm artillery | 4. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Pivdenne with large-caliber machine guns | 5. DPR forces in Spartak targeted UAF positions in Avdiivka with 120-mm artillery | 6. DPR forces in Donetsk city targeted UAF po…
(2021-05-27). Syrian Mercenaries Are Faking Illness To Return From Libya: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries in Libya are faking illness in order to return to their country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on May 27. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the mercenaries are doing this because Turkey has not withdrawn any group from Libya in a while. | "A small number of mercenaries returned to Syria after they provided medical reports and falsified some of them by bribing the leaders of Turkish-backed factions, amid widespread discont…
(2021-05-27). Military Situation In Syria On May 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 26, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 42 times: 21 — in Idlib province, 14 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On May 26, unknown militants attacked two government buildings in Daraa that were designated as polling centers for the presidential election. Minor damage was reported | On May 26, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Uwaid…
(2021-05-27). Russia Delivers Mi-8 And Mi-24 Helicopters To Central African Republic. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Russian Ministry of Defensed delivered Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters to the Central African Republic (CAR). | This was reported in the Telegram channel "New Military Columnist". | There is also a video that proves the delivery. | A heavy transport aircraft An-124-100, part of the 224th air detachment of the Russian Defense Ministry, delivered domestic multipurpose helicopters to Central Africa. The footage shows the Russian military delivering the helicopters at the local airfield. |
(2021-05-27). Azerbaijan Takes 6 Armenian Servicemen Prisoner In Nagorno-Karabakh. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 27th, 6 Armenian soldiers were arrested and taken prisoner by Azerbaijani troops in Nagorno-Karabakh's Kalbajar province. | Both sides blame the other for the situation. Armenia claimed that Azerbaijan encroached on its territory, and it has been doing so since May 12th. The Armenian soldiers were conducting repair work on a base in a border region, and the Azerbaijani troops surrounded them and took them captive."The Azerbaijani troops, who have infiltrated into Arme…
(2021-05-27). Dominic Cummings is our Machiavelli: with Brexit, lies served him, now the truth does. dissidentvoice.org 
Remember how Dominic Cummings played a blinder over Brexit, spinning a web of deceptions, funnelled through politicians and the media, to persuade the public that Britain needed to quit the European Union so urgently it should do so on any terms, even ones that would sabotage the country's interests. Well, he just did a Brexit …
(2021-05-27). Pakistan Demands Deployment of Peacekeeping Forces in Palestine. telesurenglish.net A senior Pakistani minister has said that an international protection force should be deployed in Palestine to protect innocent people from repeated Israeli aggression and atrocities. | RELATED: | "If international peacekeeping troops can be deployed in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Far East, then why Palestine be an exception," Pakistan's Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, said while addressin…
(2021-05-27). US-funded Belarusian Regime-Change Activist Arrested on Plane Joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — May 26, 2021 | Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. | A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. | Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed int…
(2021-05-27). Recently Detained Belarussian neo-Nazi "Journalist" Protasevich Served in Canadian Backed neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. orinocotribune.com 
By Aidan Jonah — May 25, 2021 | Update: Purported "journalist" Protasevich confirmed beyond a doubt to be a neo-Nazi who fought with Canadian backed Azov Battalion for a year. | Belarusian "journalist" Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media. | Notably, the Belarussian government argues that "The Ryanair plane made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on 23 May in Minsk, which later turned out t…
(2021-05-27). U.S.-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine. mronline.org 
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the U.S. government's media apparatus. | May 27, 2021…
(2021-05-27). Italy: Protests slam G20 health summit, demand free, universal vaccines. greenleft.org.au Leftist parties and trade unions in Italy organised demonstrations and health workers went on strike on May 21—22 to protest the neoliberal agenda behind the G20 Global Health Summit in Rome and the anti-people policies of Italy's Mario Draghi-led government. | Progressive sectors in Italy demonstrated at the Global Health Summit in Rome, which took place on May 21—22, to demand free and universal vaccination against COVID-19. | Organisations such as Potere al Popolo (Power to the People), the Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC), Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti (GC), Communist Youth Front (FGC), Union…
(2021-05-27). Social-democrats takes lead in Austrian students union elections. peoplesdispatch.org The turnout for these Austrian Students' Union (àñH) elections was just 15.79% due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the disenchantment of the students with the insensitive policies of the government with the complicity of the previous àñH leadership…
(2021-05-27). The 'Great Reset': A Technocratic Agenda that Waited Years for a Global Crisis to Exploit. globalresearch.ca First published in November 2020 | In the face of a global pandemic, an un-elected body of global bureaucrats based in Davos, Switzerland has asked the world to trust its vision of a technocratic "great reset," knowing full well the public …
(2021-05-27). Russia to Supply 200 Million Sputnik V Doses to UNICEF. telesurenglish.net Russian authorities announced on Thursday an agreement with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to supply 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine. | RELATED: | The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement that it "is proud to support UNICEF and its partners' global efforts to ensure equal and wide access to coronavirus vaccines for all countries. Vaccination is the best way to defeat the pandemic, help…
(2021-05-27). Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case). orinocotribune.com Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…
(2021-05-27). "This will Change the World:" Dutch Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 by 45% by 2030. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In a historic ruling, a tribunal in the Netherlands has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its and its customers' carbon dioxide emissions by 45 percent by 2030 from its 2019 base, according to Le Soir. Shell had already committed to a 20 percent reduction by that date, but …
(2021-05-27). WHA Approves Resolution on Health Conditions in Palestine. telesurenglish.net The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Wednesday approved a draft resolution on health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. | RELATED: | The resolution was submitted by countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, according to the decision made last year in the WHA, which is the highest decision-making body…
(2021-05-27). Israel, US and UK vote against World Health Assembly decision to improve health facilities in Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org The draft decision that was critical of continuing Israeli occupation was adopted after a heated debate. While a majority of countries supported it, Israel was joined by the US, UK, Canada and Germany, among others who alleged it to be "political" in nature…
(2021-05-27). The Ceuta 'invasion': Exploiting young Moroccans desperate for a future. greenleft.org.au When thousands of Moroccan migrants reached Ceuta — a Spanish enclave on the north coast of Africa, bordered by Morocco — exhausted from the swim, they found they had been duped. Moroccan authorities had set in motion a wave of migration, to punish Spain for providing hospital care to the leader of the Polisario Front, which is leading the struggle to end Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara. | The Spanish fairy tale begins…: | The first "invaders" appeared at dawn on May 17. Stealthily swimming ashore at El Tarajal beach in Ceuta, Spain's Moroccan enclave, they quickly overcame the resist…
(2021-05-27). Bolivia Reports 5.3-Percent Economic Growth in 2021. telesurenglish.net The Bolivian economy shows signs of reanimation, growing 5.3 percent in the first four months of 2021, Finance Minister Marcelo Montenegro said. | RELATED: | Bolivia reported an equilibrium in the trade balance, and exports exceeded imports, according to the Minister's statements on the Bolivian TV. "Several sectors are advancing and driving the increase in financial activities, including mining, construction, and telecom…
(2021-05-27). Putin Says Russia's Armed Forces Must Be Compact Yet Effective. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the country's armed forces must be compact but effective given its vast territory. | To this end, it is vital to improve the military transport aviation and increase the mobility of troops, Putin said in a meeting with Russia's top defense officials in Sochi. | Putin demanded measures to boost the production of military transport planes and helicopters so that the army could be equipped with an adequate amount of them. | He also stressed the development and mass production of high-precision long-range weapons since they played a key role in recent military…
(2021-05-27). US not to Rejoin Open Skies Treaty: State Department. telesurenglish.net "The United States regrets that the Treaty on Open Skies has been undermined by Russia's violations. In concluding its review of the treaty, the United States therefore does not intend to seek to rejoin it, given Russia's failure to take any actions to return to compliance," a State Department spokesperson said.
(2021-05-27). America's Next big Swing Towards Fascism is Much Closer Than we'd Like to Think. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 22, 2021 | In Germany during the start of the 1930s, the economic damage the country had already been undergoing throughout the last decade or so due to its imperial collapse from overconfident military adventures combined with the Great Depression to bring nationwide desperation. The suffering of the masses was exploited by the Nazis, who justified their scapegoating of the Jews through a mishmash of antisemitic conspiracy theories. They claimed that the Jews had conspired to "stab Germany in the back" following World War I, and that the only way to right this wrong was to eliminate the…
(2021-05-27). Big polluter Shell loses climate case. greenleft.org.au For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. | As a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth (FOE) Netherlands, together with 17,000 Dutch citizens and six other organisations, the District Court of the Hague ruled on May 26 that Shell must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45% within 10 years. | Shell is a British-Dutch company, with headquarters in the Netherlands. | The co-plaintiffs were Action Aid Netherlands, Both ENDS, Fossil Free Netherlands, Greenpeace Netherlands, Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands and the Wadden Sea As…
(2021-05-27). Netherlands: Big polluter Shell loses climate case. greenleft.org.au For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. | As a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth (FOE) Netherlands, together with 17,000 Dutch citizens and six other organisations, the District Court of the Hague ruled on May 26 that Shell must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45% within 10 years. | Shell is a British-Dutch company, with headquarters in the Netherlands. | The co-plaintiffs were Action Aid Netherlands, Both ENDS, Fossil Free Netherlands, Greenpeace Netherlands, Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands and the Wadden Sea As…
(2021-05-27). Argentina Withdraws Support for International Criminal Court Case Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Embassy of Argentina in the Netherlands sent a letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, requesting the withdrawal of all the steps taken by the Court against Venezuela, as reported by the news channel RT. The media had access to a letter in which the Argentine nation reiterated that it was no longer part of the Lima group as it was during the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri who had supported all the unilateral measures that adversly affect the Venezuelan people. | "The Government of the Republic of Argentina withdraws from said referral as well as from any pr…
(2021-05-27). India marks day of resistance as farmers' struggle continues and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the nationwide 'Black Day' of resistance observed in India as the ongoing farmers' struggle completes 6 months, the crackdown on a protest against the killing of activists in Iraq, the success of a 22 month long struggle for better working conditions and pay by workers at the Ibis des Batignolles hotel in France, the ongoing crackdown on Papuan communities in Indonesia as they demand the release of political prisoners, and volunteer initiatives to feed poor and unhoused people in Brazil in the absence of adequate government aid policies during the pandemi…