Daily Archives: May 30, 2023

2023-05-30: News Headlines

_____ (2023-05-30). Macron in Mongolia — valuable metal and a "one-man theater"? journal-neo.org On May 21, 2023, the first official visit of the President of France to Mongolia in the almost sixty-year history of relations between the two countries took place. The visit was accompanied by a number of "rituals of respect" — in particular, a solemn ceremony in the main square of Ulaanbaatar, as well as a […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-05-30). Almost Three in Four Belgians Fear That the Russian Invasion Will Escalate Into WW3. strategic-culture.org Belgians are increasingly worried about the likelihood of a Third World War following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. 72% of Belgian respondents fear that the war could develop into a global conflict, according to a survey conducted by opinion pollster The fear of a future escalation is highest in Spain: just under 90% of survey respondents worry that the conflict could extend into a global struggle. The Spanish appear to be wavering in their confidence in the Ukrainian armed forces. In a separate survey conducted by Euroskopia, almost hal…

WSWS (2023-05-30). After regional election defeat, Spain's PSOE-Podemos government calls snap elections. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government is calling snap elections to hand over power to the right and escalate European participation in the NATO war on Russia in Ukraine.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). Early elections called in Spain following defeat of incumbent party in regional polls. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative People's Party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo were the major winners in the regional and local polls held across Spain on May 28, which were considered a trial run for the general elections scheduled for this year…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Peter Koenig (2023-05-30). Turkey: Erdogan's Election Victory — What's Next? globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-05-30). The Secret of Erdogan's Success in Turkey's 2023 Election. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-05-29). Erdogan's re-election represents victory for Turkish sovereignty. infobrics.org Kilicdaroglu would have made Turkey serve US interests once again.

_____ (2023-05-29). "Boris, you are mistaken …". Some comments on trade between Russia and Turkey. journal-neo.org

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-29). Eurasian Heartland Rises to Challenge the West. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 26, 2023 | President Xi Jinping telling President Putin at the end of their summit last March in Moscow that we're now facing "great changes not seen in a century" directly applies to the new spirit reigning across the Asian Heartland. | Cue to the China-Central Asia summit last week in Xian, the former imperial capital, where Xi solidified the expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Western China in Xinjiang to its western neighbors and then all the way to Iran, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. | Xi in Xian stressed the complementing aspects between BRI and the Shanghai Cooper…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Kosovo On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 30, Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President met with Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade; | On May 29, 30 NATO peacekeepers including 11 Italian contingent and 19 Hungarian contingent were wounded during unrest in the municipality of Zvecan; | 52 Serbs were wounded, three of them heavily, while one was wounded with two gunshots by Albanian special forces, according to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic; | Demonstrators staged protests out…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-30). Kosovo Crisis Is Raging Out Of Control. southfront.org NATO soldiers and Serb protesters clash in Zvecan, Kosovo, May 29, 2023 | At least 50 people were injured in recent clashes of NATO troops and Serb protestors in Kosovo and the crisis seems to be spinning out of control even further. | NATO forces attacked a group of demonstrators in the majority-Serb town of Zvecan in Kosovo after Serb demonstrators had staged a sit-down protest outside municipal buildings in Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic. | The protest was set to prevent ethnic Albanian officials from taking office f…

Staff (2023-05-29). Over 700 celebrate Palestinian struggle at Resistance Festival organized by Samidoun Brussels. samidoun.net On the afternoon of Saturday, 27 May, in Bethlehem Square in Brussels, Belgium, Samidoun Brussels organized its first Resistance Festival, part of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba. This cultural, social and political event celebrated Palestinian resistance in all forms, reaffirming the anti-colonialist, anti-racist nature of the struggle for Palestinian return …

teleSUR (2023-05-30). Bulgaria's President Asks PP-DB Coalition to Form Government. telesurenglish.net On Monday, President Rumen Radev asked the "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) coalition, the second largest force in parliament, to form a government. | RELATED: | Radev handed the exploratory mandate to Nikolai Denkov, the PP-DB's nominee for prime minister. | "In the coming days, we will be negotiating with the other parliamentary forces in order to be able to form a regular government," said Den…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-29). Nikolai Denkov will try to form government in Bulgaria. plenglish.com Sofia, May 29 (Prensa Latina) Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gave Nikolai Denkov the mandate to form a new government in the hope of putting an end to more than two years of political instability.

Anonymous765 (2023-05-30). Escalation In Kosovo: Large Conflict Brewing In Center Of Europe. southfront.org |

Anonymous834 (2023-05-30). Meta And Privacy: The Economy Of Data Transgressions. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | Meta, to put it rather inelegantly, has a data non-compliance problem. That problem began in the original conception of Facebook, a social network conceived by that most anti-social of types, Mark Zuckerberg. (Who claims that these troubled sorts lack irony?) | On May 22, the European Union

Ben Bartee (2023-05-30). Did Globalization Drive Far-Right Electoral Success in European States From 1990-2020? globalresearch.ca Introduction: | Globalization is the process of political, cultural, and economic integration of national economies and societies at the regional and international levels. This phenomenon arguably threatens the primacy of the state as the main actor on the international stage, supplanted …

David Goeàümann (2023-05-30). Europe's War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right's Ascension. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-05-30). China warns EU against sanctions bid. ecns.cn So these normal economic cooperation and activities should not be interfered with, and they should not be the reason for any coercive measures from any side, either from the US or the European side."

Herman Michiel (2023-05-30). European Parliament to Join the Militarisation Path. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-30). Fuerzas de ocupación israelí demuelen viviendas en Cisjordania. cubadebate.cu Este lunes, medios locales palestinos informaron que fuerzas de ocupación israelí demolieron varias viviendas en dos territorios: al este de la ciudad de Jericó y en la aldea de Belén en Cisjordania. El 27 de mayo, los consulados de un grupo de países europeos emitieron un comunicado en el que instaron a Israel a detener las demoliciones.

The Exposé (2023-05-30). EMA admits COVID Vaccination causes Infertility. expose-news.com The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has finally admitted that Covid-19 vaccination can have an adverse effect on female fertility. The admission comes months after it was revealed in confidential Pfizer documents revealed …

_____ (2023-05-29). Can the Global South Build a New World Information and Communication Order? transcend.org It is remarkable how the media in a few countries are able to set the record on matters around the world. The European and North American countries enjoy a near-global monopoly over information; their media houses vested with a credibility and authority inherited from colonial times plus their command of the neocolonialist structure of our times.

Jonathan Cook (2023-05-29). British Warmongering Is Driving Europe Towards Catastrophe in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Jonathan Cook — May 24, 2023 | From lobbying for fighter jets to supplying depleted uranium, the UK is making sure escalation is the only way forward. | Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unexpected trip to Britain last week on a whistle-stop tour of European capitals, pleading for more powerful and longer-range weapons to use in his war against Russia. | What was hard to ignore once again was the extent to which the UK is playing an outsize role in Ukraine. | Last year, shortly after the start of the war, the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, hurried to Kyiv — presumably on Washington…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-29). Chronicling the U.S. Government's Planning WW 3 in Europe. theduran.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-29). U.S. Act of War against the European Union: President Biden Ordered the Terror Attack against Nord Stream. High Treason against the People of Europe. globalresearch.ca In international law, "Territorial Integrity" extends to "properties" located within the territorial waters of the Nation State. The deliberate destruction of said "properties" within a country's territorial waters by or on behalf of a foreign state actor constitutes an act of war.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-29). European Commission has initiated four pan-European projects for Digital IDs. expose-news.com The European Commission has set aside ‚Ǩ46 million (about £40 million) for four pan-European pilot projects of the European Digital Identity ("EUDI") wallet. The projects represent a combined investment of over ‚Ǩ90 …

SouthFront5 (2023-05-29). Chronicling U.S. Government's Planning WW 3 In Europe. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Zuesse | The U.S. Government's plan for World War Three in Europe is going to be run through NATO, but first the EU will be subordinated to NATO; and this was revealed in Washington DC on 5 April 2023, at a forum that was held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which, though controlled by the U.S. White House, receives its

Staff (2023-05-29). La Unión Europea podría prohibir el uso de Twitter si incumple reglas contra la desinformación, advierte Francia. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Transición Digital y Telecomunicaciones de Francia, Jean-Noà´l Barrot, advirtió hoy que la Unión Europea prohibirá a Twitter si incumple las reglas contra la desinformación en el espacio comunitario. Las nuevas normas también preven descartar el contenido de carácter ilícito e impedir los anuncios publicitarios destinados a los usuarios menores de edad.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-30). The Wars We Don't (Care to) See. tomdispatch.com [The following is excerpted and adapted from David Barsamian's recent interview with Norman Solomon at AlternativeRadio.org.] David Barsamian: American Justice Robert Jackson was the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. He made an opening statement to the Tribunal on November 21, 1945, because there was some concern at the time that it would be an example of victor's justice. He said this: "If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down the rule of criminal conduct against others which…

Staff (2023-05-30). Giorgia Meloni government is a regime of private corporations that is normalizing fascism. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch on May 30, 2023. It is shared here under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. Peoples Dispatch (PD) speaks to Maurizio Coppola from the Italian leftist political party Potere al Popolo (Power to the People) regarding the policies of the far-right government in Italy led by Giorgia Meloni and the campaigns undertaken …

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-30). Cuba's Prensa Latina and Italy's ANSA sign cooperation agreement. plenglish.com Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Latin American news agency Prensa Latina (PL), based in Havana, and the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), from Italy, on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the flow of news.

unitedEditor (2023-05-30). Does Meloni raise the bet? unitedworldint.com By Yiƒüit Saner, reporting from Rome / Italy Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), the party of Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, and the other coalition forces forming the government, Forza Italia and Lega (League), had put a sort of "presidential system" on the agenda in their 2022 electoral program to solve the problem of instability of …

Mira Oklobdzija (2023-05-30). Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, Machiavelli, and the Rain in Belgrade. fpif.org The stage in front of the Serbian parliament was installed the day before, along with fences, loudspeakers, and big screens. As previously reported in On May 26, his supporters started to arrive, many via more than 3,500 buses and some even by foot from Kosovo. Tens of thousands of people gathered…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-30). China apoya a Serbia en sus esfuerzos por defender su soberanía. telesurtv.net Kosovo, antigua provincia serbia poblada por una gran mayoría de albaneses, proclamó en 2008 su independencia, la cual Serbia no reconoce.

teleSUR (2023-05-30). NATO Soldiers-Serbs Clashes Leave Dozens Injured in Kosovo. telesurenglish.net On Monday, over 50 civilians and more than 40 NATO soldiers were injured in a clash between NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) and Serb protesters in front of the Zvecan municipality building in northern Kosovo. | RELATED: | KFOR units were trying to disperse a group of Serbs who protested after Kosovo police took control of the administrative buildings in Zvecan and two other municipalities in majority-Serb north of Kosovo. | A…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-29). NATO Troops Injured in Kosovo After Trying to Disperse Crowd of Serb Protesters. news.antiwar.com NATO troops stationed in Kosovo under the alliance's Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission were wounded Monday while trying to disperse a group of ethnic Serb protesters in the town of Zvecan. Tensions escalated in Zvecan on Friday after Kosovo police used tear gas to disband a group of Serbs who were trying to block an ethnic …

_____ (2023-05-29). CIA Front Company Extends Intrusive Surveillance Operations in Lithuania under Pretext of New Cold War. transcend.org 22 May 2023 – Creation of Orwellian surveillance apparatus belies claim that the U.S. is upholding democracy in the face of Russian authoritarianism.

infobrics (2023-05-30). Sandu targets media freedom in Moldova with new censorship institution. infobrics.org Moldova is not interested in liberalism but in imposing Russophobia.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). Government bid for EU membership deepens crisis in Moldova. peoplesdispatch.org On May 15, the head of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, announced the initiation of Moldova's withdrawal from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a political and economic cooperation forum founded by…

Extinction Rebellion Netherlands. (2023-05-29). Police Use Water Cannons, Mass Arrest At Extinction Rebellion Protest. popularresistance.org The Netherlands- Saturday 27 May, the police deployed water cannons fifteen minutes after the start of the A12 blockade, even though there was no question of a dangerous or threatening situation. 33 people were also arrested who had managed to reach the tunnel of the A12. At least 6000 people and 130 social organizations[1] demonstrated on the A12 or next to it in the support demo. The A12 orchestra also played with more than 80 musicians and 100 scientists from Scientist Rebellion were present. All demonstrators agreed on one simple demand: stop fossil subsidies. From 14: 00 this afternoon the police started arre…

Orry Moore (2023-05-29). Trouble at the EHRC, Modern Slavery, and Gay Rights in Romania: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Kishwer Faulkner, is facing an independent investigation into alleged misconduct. It is reported that around 40 complaints have been made by 12 members of staff against Faulkner, alleging harassment, bullying, and discrimination. It is also alleged that Faulkner described Emma Laslet, a trans …

infobrics (2023-05-30). Reactors Destined for India and China Begin their Journey from Russia. infobrics.org Two nuclear reactors and eight steam generators for the Kudankulam NPP in India and the Tianwan NPP in China have been transported through the central streets of Volgodonsk in Russia, where they were manufactured, to a specialised berth on the Tsimlyansk reservoir…

infobrics (2023-05-30). Moscow might cut all ties with London over UK's rabid Russophobic hostility. infobrics.org There's no indication London will stop escalating, as it's now at the forefront of the initiative to deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Neo-Nazi junta. Moscow is well aware of this and has made efforts to communicate with the UK, but to no avail. London's rabid Russophobia seems to be clouding its judgment, leaving Russia with no other option but to just cut contact.

infobrics (2023-05-30). Supposed Russophobic statements by US Senator leaves many questions unanswered. infobrics.org Republic politician denies responsibility but does not clarify the situation appropriately, thus justifying Russia's legal measures against him.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-30). Fighting for the Russian World and All Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Gennady Zyuganov The crisis of the liberal model of running the world was inevitable. I warned of its results and alarming challenges that would fill the new century twenty years ago. My book "Globalization and the Destiny of Humankind" which was published at the time has been translated into many languages. It provided a detailed…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-30). Prophets of Doom: Henry Kissinger and the 'Intellectual' Decline of the West. mintpressnews.com Kissinger has been elevated to a visionary for his views on the war in Ukraine. But those views are outdated and dangerous and reflect a Cold War mindset that is no longer relevant in the 21st century, argues Ramzy Baroud.

Dimitri Lascaris (2023-05-30). The first casualty of war is critical thinking. canadiandimension.com Composer Yuri Kerpatenko. Photo courtesy the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy/Facebook. | We often hear that truth is the first casualty of war. Yet the truth cannot be killed. What can be killed is our capacity for critical thinking. The public discourse about the Ukraine war has made this abundantly clear. | Since the start of Russia's invasion, self-described progressives have embraced nearly every war crime allegation made by the Ukrainian government, yet many of these allegations have been based on flimsy evidence, or no evidence at all. | I have practised law for three decades. Fo…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). 2 Patriot Systems, 29 Storm Shadow Missiles, Headquarters Of Military Intelligence in Kiev: Russia Assessed Ukrainian Losses. southfront.org The Russian military continues its effective massive precision strikes on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief For Talks Due To Sanctions On Top General. southfront.org China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu visiting Moscow in April: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP | Originally published by The US confirmed Monday that Beijing continues resisting all military-to-military communications and contacts with the Pentagon. | The latest specific is that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart, Minister of National Defen…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Kiev's Revenge: Ukrainian UAVs Targeted Moscow. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After another "largest drone attack" on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev immediately promised to revenge. One of the most odious talking heads of the Kiev regime, the head of GUR Budanov menacingly threatened Moscow: "You will regret it very soon. Our response will not take long to wait. Wait, everyone will see everything soon." | The hysteria of the Kiev officials betrays the fact that indeed important military targets were hit during the recent Russian strikes, since on the eve there were repo…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Donbass On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Velikaya Novosyolka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Krasnoye; | The AFU reportedly hit 2 control points, 3 arms and military equipment focus areas, an ammo depot, 3 air defence vehicles and 3 i…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Syria On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 30, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 1 — in Idlib province, 2 — in Latakia province; | On May 30, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nuran; | On May 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Maarat Naasan; | On May 30, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces in Bzabur; | On May 30, the Russian Military Police and Turkish force…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The AFU attacked Moscow with eight UJ-22 drones. Three of drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and five others were shot down by Pantsir-S air defense systems; | The Russian Army destroyed an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar near Kharkiv; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Krasnoye; | Russian forces destroyed 3 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika artillery system in the Kupyansk region; | Russian forces destroyed 2 armored vehicles, 2 pickups, 2…

Staff (2023-05-30). "the Russians are going to win the war" youtube.com "My second argument is that the Russians are going to win the war." Professor John Mearsheimer, at the University of Chicago last week, discusses the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Clara Weiss (2023-05-30). Russian Fascist with Ties to Leading German Neo-Nazis Led Ukrainian-backed Incursion of Russia. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-05-30). Selected Articles: Seeing Through the Eyes of "Our Enemies" and Paving a Path Toward Peace. globalresearch.ca

Helena Glass (2023-05-30). Victoria Nuland Inciting WWIII with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-05-30). Russia Unofficially Supports Iran Going Nuclear? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-30). Brazil Supports Venezuela Joining BRICS. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that he supports Venezuela joining BRICS in response to a question asked at the press conference after a prolonged meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Planalto Palace in Brasília. BRICS is currently comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. | "If you ask me what I think, I would say that I am in favor," President Lula said in response to Venezuela's proposed BRICS membership, later clarifying that this decision should be made by the five countries belonging to the alliance. | In this regard, the Brazilian presi…

teleSUR (2023-05-30). Russian Forces Shot Down Drones Heading Towards Moscow. telesurenglish.net Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed that eight drones attacked residential buildings in the early hours of Tuesday. The Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of this terrorist attack. | RELATED: | "This morning at dawn, a drone attack caused minor damage to several buildings. All the city's emergency services are on the scene… No people are seriously injured," he said. | The Defense Ministry said that three drones were neutralized by…

WSWS (2023-05-30). Ukrainian nationalists refuse to speak at New York literary festival with Russian authors. wsws.org In a display of far-right, anti-Russian chauvinism, three Ukrainian writers refused to give a presentation at the PEN America World Voices festival if the festival also sponsored a panel with three Russian writers.

WSWS (2023-05-30). What next in the growing dollar crisis? wsws.org Sanctions imposed by the US and the major imperialist powers against Russia at the start of the Ukraine war have produced some unintended consequences, most notably attempts to shift away from dependence on the dollar as the global reserve currency.

infobrics (2023-05-29). The Growing Russia-India Relationship. infobrics.org While the world has been watching the "no limits" partnership between Russia and China grow into "a relationship that probably cannot be compared with anything in the world," Russia has been growing quietly closer to the second largest country in the world…

infobrics (2023-05-29). Kiev asks for German missiles to strike Moscow. infobrics.org The regime reportedly called for Taurus projectiles with a range of 500km, which are enough to successfully attack the Russian capital.

infobrics (2023-05-29). How and why Kiev regime propaganda 'sank' Russian Navy's 'Ivan Khurs' ship. infobrics.org The reasoning behind the attack was likely manifold and since the ship is providing security to the TurkStream and Blue Stream, it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility that the Kiev regime was trying to jeopardize the two key Black Sea natural gas pipelines.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-29). African Unity and the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent Note: These remarks were made by the author at the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum (PASCF) Afrikan Liberation Day webinar held on Sat. May 27, 2023. The event was hosted by PASCF organizers in Britain under the theme of "Acknowledging Our Shared…

Henry Heller, Canadian Dimension. (2023-05-29). Liberalism And The Spectre Of Inverted Totalitarianism. popularresistance.org The conflict now raging between the West and Russia and China is a struggle for global power. At the end of the Second World War the economic weight and influence of the United States allowed it to dominate world trade and manufacturing but also to control financial markets as well as build a system of global political and military alliances and bases which reinforced its control. Today its imperial dominance is under threat. The US is trying to prevent the emergence of rivals for world hegemony and block the development of a multipolar world. But it still maintains a residual power based on the role of the dolla…

Alastair Crooke (2023-05-29). Believing Impossible Things. thealtworld.com The endless bitter antagonism to Putin and to Russia has allowed a self-imagined reality to detach, ultimately becoming a delusion. | The recent G7 summit should be understood as firstly, the shaping of a battlespace in the 'War of Narratives' whose principal 'front' today is the Team Biden insistence that only one 'reality' — the US-led 'Rules' ideology (and it alone) — can predominate. And, secondly to underline pointedly that the West is 'not losing' in this war against the other 'reality'. This other reality is the multivalent 'otherness' that self-evidently is attracting more and more support aro…

_____ (2023-05-29). Journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow & Crimea (Part 1). transcend.org 24 May 2023 – At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-29). Venezuela expressed its willingness to join the Brics group. plenglish.com Brasilia, May 29 (Prensa Latina) President Nicolás Maduro expressed Venezuela's willingness to join the Brics group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and called for the union of South America to fulfill the dream of the continent's liberators.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). In Video 18+: Face-to-Face Battle In Trenches On Ukrainian Battlefield. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). Military Situation In Donbass On May 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ugledar; | The Russian Army destroyed an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar near Orlovka; | The Russian Army destroyed 2 ammo depots of the AFU near Maksimilyanovka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Army destroyed 2 ammo depots of the AFU near Maksimilyanovka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdiivka; | Russian forces destroyed 3 motor vehicles and D-20 and D-30 howitzers in the Kupyansk region; | Russian forces destroyed 2 pickups, 1 D-20 howitzer, 1 Gvozdika system in the Krasny Liman region; | Russian forces destroyed 2 armored vehicles, 2 pickups, 1 D-30 howitzer in the Donetsk region; | Russian forces destroyed 3 pickups, 1 D-…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). Torture Chambers Created By Ukrainian Nazis In Luhansk People's Republic (Video 18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After the Russian military secured new settlements in the Donbass, Zaporozhie and Kherson regions, numerous evidences of crimes of the terrorist Kiev regime against the civilian population in the Eastern and southern regions have been revealed. Among them, there are numerous torture chambers which have been used by Ukrainian Nazis to threaten pro-Russian civilians for years. | Most recently, Russian security forces showed a torture chamber which was discovered in the town of Rubezhnoye in…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-29). At Least 4 People Injured In Ukrainian Strikes On Russia's Belgorod Region. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On May 29, two industrial facilities came under fire in the Shebekinsky district of the Belgorod region, one of them, a building with paint and varnish liquids, caught fire. | At least, four people were injured in the attack of the Kyiv regime. | The attack was confirmed by the Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov."There are four victims — men, employees of the enterprise, moved to the Central District Hospital with burns of the respiratory tract and carbon monoxide p…

Anonymous765 (2023-05-29). In Response To Massive Russian Strikes, Ukraine Kills Civilians. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-29). Russia Places Sen. Graham on Wanted List Over Dead Russians Comment. news.antiwar.com Russia has issued an arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his comments about Russians dying in Ukraine and calling US spending on the proxy war with Russia the "best money we've ever spent." "Lindsey Olin Graham, an American citizen, born on July 9, 1955, is wanted under an article of the Russian Criminal …

ecns.cn (2023-05-30). China supports Serbia's effort to safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn We urge NATO to respect relevant country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and truly contribute to peace in the region, Mao said.

_____ (2023-05-29). Tina Turner, Queen of Rock & Roll, Dead at 83. transcend.org 24 May 2023 – Legendary Singer "Died Peacefully" Today in Switzerland after a Long Illness…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-30). Ukraine: The Moment of Truth — The West Refuses Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Thiery Meyssan You don't know his face. But Li Hui is one of China's most important diplomats. It was he who came to propose peace in Ukraine to the West. He was kindly received, but nobody listened to him. On behalf of China, Li Hui came to propose that the West make peace in Ukraine…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-30). Ukraine: The Moment of Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Theiry Meyssan President Zelensky arrives in Japan on May 20, 2023, for the G7 summit. Since February 24, 2022, the eyes of the world have been on the Ukrainian conflict. The West is supporting Kiev financially, delivering incredible quantities of arms and ammunition, but is careful not to get directly involved in the theater of…

Editor (2023-05-30). Ukraine Sent Poor, Untrained Men Into Bakhmut Meat Grinder to Save Better Forces for Counteroffensive. scheerpost.com

Larry Johnson (2023-05-30). Ukraine's Promised Offensive Ain't D-Day. sonar21.com I invite you to do a thought experiment. Would the Ally invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 have succeeded if Eisenhower, Churchill and Roosevelt had announced they planned to…

Thierry Meyssan (2023-05-30). Les Occidentaux refusent la paix en Ukraine. thealtworld.com Au nom de la Chine, Li Hui est venu proposer aux Occidentaux de faire la paix en Ukraine en reconnaissant leurs erreurs. Son analyse est précise et étayée. Mais les Occidentaux ne l'ont pas écouté. Ils poursuivent sans relâche le discours qu'ils ont mis au point durant la Guerre froide : ils sont démocrates, tandis que les autres, tous les autres, ne le sont pas. Ils poursuivront leur soutien à l'Ukraine, même si celle-ci n'a guère plus de soldats et a déjà perdu sur le terrain. | La semaine dernière je rappelais, qu'en droit international, vendre des armes rend responsable de leur usage [1]. Par conséquent, si l…

Thierry Meyssan (2023-05-30). The West refuses peace in Ukraine. thealtworld.com

ecns.cn (2023-05-30). China to keep contributing to political settlement of Ukraine crisis: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Monday said all concerned parties had fully acknowledged China's positive role in promoting peace talks on the Ukraine crisis, adding that China will continue to make contributions to the political settlement of the crisis.

Paul Sperry (2023-05-30). Ukraine War Threatens Biden Megadonor. globalresearch.ca

Ted Snider (2023-05-30). Drones Over the Kremlin: Is Ukraine Trying to Assassinate Putin? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-05-29). An African Delegation Could Be Biden's Way Out of the Ukraine Affair. journal-neo.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-29). Erdogan's Mediatory Role on Ukraine Cannot Be Wished Away. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Jubilant crowds outside the Presidential Complex to celebrate President Recep Erdogan's election victory, Ankara, May 28, 2023 Among the host of implications for international security stemming out of Turkish President Recep Erdogan's election victory in the runoff on Sunday — be it in the Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Transcaucasus, West Asia or Eurasian integration…

Editor (2023-05-29). State Department Won't Say If It's Working to Free US Citizen Detained in Ukraine. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-05-29). NATO's Dirty War in Ukraine. transcend.org 25 May 2023 – Connecting dots between illegal weapons in Ukraine and Syria.

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