(2021-05-29). The West ignores neo-Nazi past of Belarusian 'activist'. challenge-magazine.org 
Western politicians have condemned Belarus in the last week after a Ryan Air Flight travelling from Greece to Estonia was forced to land in Belarus by the Belarusian Air Force last Sunday. The Belarusian government has claimed that the plane was grounded because of fears that Hamas was going to blow up the plane in response to the EU's refusal to condemn Israeli aggression over the last fortnight. NATO countries have ridiculed these claims, instead presenting the action as a crackdown by President Lukashenko against opposition to his government after 26-year-old opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was deta…
(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 . . . |
(2021-05-29). Turkey Pushed NATO Allies Into Softening Reaction To Belarus Plane Incident — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image. | Turkey had pressured NATO allies into softening their official reaction to the ' The incident, which took place on May 23, saw…
(2021-05-29). Military Situation In Syria On May 29, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 29, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 45 times: 25 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province | On May 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra, Sufuhun, al-Fatirah, and al-Bara | On May 28, four SDF members were arrested, after trying to infiltrate into Turkish territory from Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense | Syrian Presid…
(2021-05-29). Military Situation In Nagorno-Karabakh On May 29, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 27, six Armenian soldiers were captured, they were allegedly trying to cross the border in Gegarkunik region, according to the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry | On May 26, a 32-year-old contract soldier at the border near the village of Verin Shorzha was killed as a result of a shootout with Azerbaijani military servicemen, according to the Armenian MoD | On May 28, an Azerbaijani soldier was wounded by Armenian artillery shelling on the border with the Na…
(2021-05-29). Lucky Year For French Dassault Rafales. southfront.org 
Rafale seen from the front of the Sanicole Airshow in Belgium. Photo taken by Tom Houquet./www.dassault-aviation.com | On May 28, Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic claimed that Zagreb had agreed to buy a batch of second-hand Rafale F3-R fighter jets from France in a deal worth one billion euros ($1.2 billion). Croatia's Air Force is aiming to replace its outdated Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters."The purchase of the multirole fighter aircraft will strengthen Croatia's positio…
(2021-05-29). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On May 29, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Krasnogorovka targeted DPR positions in Staromikhailovka with grenade launchers | 2. UAF in Pesky targeted DPR positions in Zhabunky with 82-mm artillery | 3. DPR in Donetsk city targeted UAF positions in Vodyanoe with 82-mm artillery | 4. DPR forces in Spartak targeted UAF positions in Avdiivka with 82-mm artillery | 5. DPR in Novaya Marievka shelled UAF positions in Granitnoe with UAVs and VOG-17 | 6. DPR forces in Donetsk city targeted UAF positions i…
(2021-05-29). Eyewitness report: Syrians celebrate election outcome. fightbacknews.org Damascus, Syria – On Wednesday, May 26, election day in Syria, crowds flocked to polling places to cast their votes. A delegation of observers from the U.S., South Africa, France and Palestine visited polling locations east of Damascus in the war-torn Ghouta region to witness the voting and celebrations taking place. Occupied by U.S. and Saudi-backed contras for over six years, civilians there were unable to vote in the last presidential election, and many more have only recently returned to finally rebuild their homes. Within Ghouta, the delegation observed voting in the town of Arbin and the city of Douma. | Th…
(2021-05-29). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
(2021-05-29). Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part I. orinocotribune.com By Shane Quinn — May 27, 2021 | In attacking eastwards from June 1941 the Nazis intended to annex the Ukraine, all of European Russia, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, while establishing a satellite Finnish nation to the north-east. A greatly enlarged Germany would thus be created, serving as a homeland for hundreds of millions of those belonging to the so-called Germanic and Nordic races. As envisaged by Nazi planners, this expansion would provide the economic base to sustain the thousand year Reich. | According to Adolf Hitler's Directive No. 18 issued on 12 November 1940, the goal of hi…
(2021-05-29). Greece: New Education Bill Brings a New Students Movement. unicornriot.ninja  …
(2021-05-29). German Green Party leader Habeck wants to arm Ukraine against Russia. wsws.org The Greens are deliberately intensifying the war policies against Russia they have pursued for many years.
(2021-05-29). Ireland: First EU Country To Declare Israel Is Involved In 'De Facto Annexation'. popularresistance.org Ireland has become the first EU member state to declare the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexation, after the Dáil on Wednesday night passed a motion tabled by Sinn Fein.
(2021-05-29). With undersea Nordlink, Norway and Germany act as Huge Renewable Batteries for Each other, Sharing Hydro and Wind. juancole.com By Kerstine Appunn | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Germany is taking another step towards achieving a fully renewable power system by completing the first electric cable connection with Norway, heads of government and ministers from both states have said at the official launch event of NordLink. The green transformation cannot be achieved …
(2021-05-28). Syria's President Receives Congratulations for His Re-Election. telesurenglish.net On Friday, leaders from several countries around the world congratulated Syria's President Bashar Al Assad on being re-elected with 95 percent of the vote for a new seven-year presidential term. | RELATED: | Among them was Russia's President Vladimir Putin who congratulated Al Assad on his victory in the election held on May 26. | "The results of the vote have fully confirmed his immense political prestige and the confidence his fellow citizens have in the p…
(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). 29 May, Berlin: Internationalist left demonstration for Palestine. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 29 May 3: 00 pm Hermannplatz Berlin, Germany Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/184707570222112 Join the internationalist march for the liberation of Palestine! The Palestinian cause is an internationalist, anti-colonial, anti-Zionist, anti-fascist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist cause, and struggling peoples everywhere confronting oppression, exploitation, imperialism and capitalism stand with the Palestinian people in their struggle for a liberated Palestine from the river to the sea. We call upon all of our communities to take to the streets to stand together to confront repression and crimin…
(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). 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). 'Poisoned Fields of Paraguay' Sparks Anger Among Ranchers. telesurenglish.net In Paraguay, leftist coalition Guasu Front president Carlos Filizzola Thursday condemned the cattle ranchers' union position to censure a documentary showing results of the use of toxic agrochemicals in the country's fields. | RELATED: | Last week, cattle ranchers asked the European Union to withdraw the film "Poisoned Fields of Paraguay", produced by French journalist Martin Boudot, from the 12th European Film Se…
(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). Prof. Aijaz Ahmad: Withering of the state identical to dictatorship of the proletariat. peoplesdispatch.org In this series titled 'Talking on Marxist Political Texts', Prof. Aijaz Ahmad and Vijay Prashad discuss Karl Marx's iconic work titled 'The Civil War in France.'
(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). 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). Lenin Danced in the Snow to Celebrate the Paris Commune and the Soviet Republic. popularresistance.org On 28 May 1871, one hundred and fifty years ago, the Paris Commune collapsed after seventy-two days. 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. The immediate spur for the Commune was Prussia's victory over France in a futile war.
(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.