Monthly Archives: May 2022

2022-05-29: News Headlines

_____ (2022-05-29). The rise of NATO in Africa. popularresistance.org Anxiety about the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) toward the Russian border is one of the causes of the current war in Ukraine. But this is not the only attempt at expansion by NATO, a treaty organization created in 1949 by the United States to project its military and political power over Europe. In 2001, NATO conducted an "out of area" military operation in Afghanistan, which lasted 20 years, and in 2011, NATO—at the urging of France—bombed Libya and overthrew its government. NATO military operations in Afghanistan and Libya were the prelude to discussions of a "Global NAT…

JANET (2022-05-29). Outlook of an Italian Communist: Why a 'Second Cold War' scenario projects a false framework. iacenter.org By Alessio Arena May 27, 2022 Fronte Popolare, Italy Arena's article was published March 14 as part of his organization's discussion on the current world situation, as seen from the point of view of the working class in Italy, an EU member that in most cases follows policies in line with Washington's. The International Action Center is attempting to make some of the discussion in the world communist movement available to U.S. readers. Translation: John Catalinotto Workers in the Pisa-Livorno area stopped air shipments of weapons to Ukraine earlier in the spring. This demonstration was in Pisa. That the Cold War h…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-29). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org emptyRussia attacked AFU storage in Krivy Rih with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Boguslavka with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Nikolaevka with high-precision missiles; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Pokrovskoe with high-precision missiles; | On May 28, 300 AFU members were killed and armored vehicles were destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces, according to the Russian MO…

_____ (2022-05-29). As Things Fall Apart Biden May Want To Escalate. popularresistance.org Is reality setting in? Is that why a Washington Post reporter, who has been on the frontline in Ukraine, was allowed to write this? | "Ukrainian volunteer fighters in the east feel abandoned. | After three months of war, this company of 120 men is down to 54 because of deaths, injuries and desertions. | The volunteers were civilians before Russia invaded on Feb. 24, and they never expected to be dispatched to one of the most dangerous front lines in eastern Ukraine. They quickly found themselves in the crosshairs of war, feeling abandoned by their military superiors and struggling to survive."

Anonymous103 (2022-05-29). Impunity Of Ukrainian Militants Contribute To Flourishing Anarchy (Photos 18+, Video). southfront.org Militants of the punitive battalion "Aidar" | The actions of armies on the battlefield must be humane, the Geneva Convention suggests. However, not all soldiers adhere to valiant principles of warfare. The Ukrainian Army, as a representative of a country that has been subjected to aggression, feels permissive. The whole world ignores the unlawful actions of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine), justifying the blindness with the claims that Ukraine is a victim country. | The atrocities of the AFU are shared and glori…

JANET (2022-05-29). From Portuguese Communist Party: Brief notes on the grave world crisis. iacenter.org By Jorge Cadima May 27, 2022 First published in O Militante, magazine of the Portuguese Communist Party. The author is a regular contributor to PCP publications. This analysis is a contribution to the discussion of the current period, underlined by the crisis in Ukraine. Translation: John Catalinotto. The world is in a deep convulsion. Three decades after the victory of the counterrevolutions in Eastern Europe, humanity faces the danger of a catastrophe. Sign reads, 'Yes to peace, No to war,' Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: Avante The offensive to impose U.S. planetary hegemony, with the unpunished attacks and assaults…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-05-29). Indo-Pacific power dynamic in radical shift. peoplesdispatch.org The recent joint air patrol by Russia and China displayed a very high level of military cooperation at a juncture when the two countries are facing new provocations and added pressure from the US…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-29). Military Situation In Syria On May 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org emptyOn May 28, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 6 times: 2 in Latakia province, 2 in Aleppo province, 1 in Hama province, 1 in Idlib province; | On May 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kansafra area; | On May 29, Turkish-backed forces reportedly arrested an ISIS commander in the city of al-Bab; | On May 29, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north…

Anonymous349 (2022-05-29). 'Successful Attack' Of Kyiv's Forces In Kherson Appears To Be Total Disaster (Photos). southfront.org Over the past days, pro-Kyiv sources have been spreading reports about some mysterious 'successful attack' on positions of the Russian Army in Kherson Region. These reports claim that the attack resulted in 'multiple successes' of Kyiv's forces against "hordes from the East", especially in the area of Davidov Brod. | Nonetheless, the strange point is that all these successes of Kyiv resulted in no changes of the frontline in the area. On top of this, almost only photos that appeared from the area show destroyed military equipment and dead soldiers of Kyiv. | In own turn, pro-Russian sources reported that Kyiv's f…

Anonymous669 (2022-05-29). Turkey Acknowledges Losing Two Soldiers In Northern Iraq. southfront.org Turkish forces are seen at Mount Barsaya in northeast of Afrin, January 28, 2018 / Khalil Ashawi / Reuters | Two more Turkish soldiers had been killed in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, where Ankara is currently counducting an operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish Ministry of National Defense acknowledged on May 29. | Soldier Hasan àáatal was killed on May 28 when an improvised explosive device went off as he and other soldiers were passing near it, while soldier, Muhammed Sertta≈…

Anonymous669 (2022-05-29). In Video: Russian Artillery Fire Destroy Italian FH70 Howitzers In Donbass. southfront.org Ukrainian service members manning a FH70 howitzer in the Donbass region. Screen grab (youtu.be/iLWMh8q61S8). | The Russian military has destroyed a battery of Italian-made FH70 155 mm towed howitzers which were recently supplied to Kiev forces. | On May 29, Russian sources shared footage showing the destruction of the FH70 battery on an unspecified front in the Donbass region. The battery was struck by what appears to be a heavy artillery shell that knocked out the howitzers with shrapnel and blow up their…

Anonymous669 (2022-05-29). Russian Warplanes Keep Eye On Turkish-Backed Militants In Northeastern Syria With Illumination Bombs. southfront.org emptyThe Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) is keeping a close eye on Turkish-backed Syrian militants, who are Early on May 29, fighter jets and reconnaissance planes of the VKS conducted a series of sorties over Turkish-occupied are…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-29). The Return of the "Oil Tanker War" with Messages Affecting the Nuclear File. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier After two years of a fragile lull, the "Oil Tanker War" has reappeared in the international arena. Iran has confronted the US through its European ally, Greece, which has been pushed against Tehran. However, the confrontation this time is different as the Iranian message is not limited to the seizure of one…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-29). Cameroon and Russia Start Working More Closely Together. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Despite the distances that separate the two regions, Russia and Africa have been bound together by close political, economic and cultural ties for many decades. In the West, African nations tend to be associated with poverty and a lack of development, and receive little media coverage, but in reality many countries on the…

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2022-05-28: News Headlines

____ (2022-05-28). Critical resources, imperialism and the war against Russia. wsws.org Russia is the home of vast stores of critical minerals, the development of which is seen as critical for the imperial strivings of the American ruling class at this stage of capitalist development.

Staff (2022-05-28). Biden planteó el ingreso de Suecia y Finlandia a la OTAN antes de la operación rusa en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Mucho antes del comienzo de la operación militar especial rusa en Ucrania comenzó a discutirse con el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, la adhesión de Suecia y Finlandia a la OTAN, reveló The Washington Post. En abril de 2021 arrancó una serie de reuniones sobre la creación de una coalición internacional para la ayuda a Ucrania.

| AFP | (2022-05-27). Sudan women's activist wins human rights prize. tribune.com.pk Sudanese women's activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, the organisation announced Friday. | The activist and engineer, now in her forties, has been advocating for Sudanese women for two decades, and was detained this year in a crackdown following the country's latest coup. | She was among defenders from Afghanistan, Belarus, Zimbabwe and Mexico who also received the 2022 award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. | Osman "never deterred from her mission," Dublin-based Front Line Defenders said in its awards announcement, "consistently (advocating) fo…

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