(2022-05-08). The Cossacks in Australia and Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine. journal-neo.org 
For many centuries, the Cossacks have been one of the symbols of Russia and a reliable pillar of the Tsar's power. During the Russian Civil War (1917-1923), most of the Cossacks supported the White Movement, whose defeat brought the old ways to an end. Supporters of the previous government were forced to either change their …
(2022-05-08). 71 Years of RFE/RL: How the CIA-Founded American State Run Media Outlet Survived the Soviet Collapse to Fight Cold War 2.0. orinocotribune.com Originally established as an anti-Bolshevik endeavor, RFE/RL has thrived as US-Russia relations have nose-dived | The first of May marks the 51st anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (hereinafter "RFE/RL", although this didn't become the official name until 1976) — radio stations which broadcast into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, respectively. As detailed in an internal CIA document from 1951 titled "Radio Aims and Objectives," RFE/RL was to be operated by refugees or exiles from the various Socialist Bloc countries to broadcast information intended to encourage "hatred against the regime(s…
(2022-05-07). Sycophants and Slaves: US Empire is Impervious to any Advice That Might Save it. orinocotribune.com The US Empire pulls out all the stops to forestall its own demise: neo-Nazis, proxy wars, its fearsome agitprop — still, it can't escape the writing on the wall, according to an American political analyst and writer. | Daniel Patrick Welch made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday while commenting on a report which said two months after the warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine. | The Reuters report quoted US officials saying they have not detected overt Chinese military and economic support, a welcome development in the tense US-China relations…
(2022-05-07). U.S. Regime Thinks It Should Be 'Calling the Shots' in Ukraine's War. southfront.org 
Written by Eric Zuesse This is a commentary upon N.Y. Times columnist Thomas Friedman's statement on May 6th that Ukraine's Government is and ought…
(2022-05-07). Russian Aerospace Forces Used Stealth Cruise Missiles In Recent Attack On Odessa (Videos). southfront.org Kh-101 mounted on pylons. Photo: Russia MoD. | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have used Kh-101 stealth cruise missiles in their recent strike on military airfields in Ukraine's Odessa oblast. | According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the pinpoint missiles strike, which took place on the morning of May 7, destroyed equipment and systems of the Ukrainian Air Force, including a number of drones. | Ukrainian sources shared several videos showing Kh-101 cruise missiles heading towards their targets in Odessa. At…
(2022-05-07). China Says NATO Expansion Has 'Sowed The Seeds Of Conflict'. popularresistance.org China's ambassador to the UN, Zhang Jun, told a UN Security Council meeting on the war in Ukraine Thursday that NATO's eastward expansion since the end of the Cold War has "sowed the seeds of conflict." | Zhang's comments came as Beijing commemorates the anniversary of the US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade on May 7, 1999, during the NATO air campaign in Yugoslavia. | "NATO's repeated eastward expansion after the Cold War has not only failed to make Europe any safer, but also sowed the seeds of conflict," Zhang said. "Contrary to its claim to be an organization defensive in nature, NATO has wantonly la…
(2022-05-07). The Food Crisis Didn't Begin With The War In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Even before the war in Ukraine, farmers across the U.S. were getting ready for higher prices on seed, fertilizer and crop chemicals. All winter, major farm media was warning farmers to book supplies early as prices would be high and supplies would be short. | The war has only amped up the concern among farmers and input suppliers. Like the oil companies that cited the sanctions on Russian oil to justify steep price increases (even though Russian oil continues to flow almost without interruption), corporate agribusiness has used the war as a justification to ramp up fertilizer, seed and chemical prices even furthe…
(2022-05-07). Fighting Nazism in Ukraine and the West's Standoff with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com *Mikhail Noskov Far-right activists march through the streets of Kiev in torch-lit processions on the occasion of Stepan Bandera's birthday, January 2022 In just a few days comes the 77th anniversary of the decisive victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in which the Soviet Union played a pivotal role. This is a reminder…
(2022-05-07). Germany enters war (de facto)/Arms delivery to Ukraine. iacenter.org By Sevim Dagdelen May 6, 2022 The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 29. Translation: John Catalinotto. On April 28, 2022, the Bundestag [German parliament] decided that Germany would de facto enter into war with Russia. With a motion, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democrats (SDP), Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens constituted themselves as a war coalition. The objections that…
(2022-05-07). Drones for Ukraine war win Turkey 120 F-16s deal: report. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsMay 7, 2022 Key lawmakers signal allowing Turkey's purchase of F-16s: US media If Turkey "plays its cards right," it can convince the U.S. Congress to allow a roughly $6 billion purchase of 40 Block 70 F-16 fighter jets and approximately 80 modernization kits from Lockheed Martin to upgrade its existing fleet, the …
(2022-05-07). Georgian war party demands Saakashvili be transferred abroad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 7, 2022 Calls Mount for Saakashvili's Transfer Abroad, Gov't Refuses The ex-President's ally, Nika Melia, chair of the United National Movement, has expressed confidence that "in the near future Saakashvili will be transferred to a clinic abroad." Speaking with government-critical TV Pirveli, Melia argued on May 5 that amid Russia's aggression against Ukraine, …
(2022-05-07). China warns Asia against NATO repeating "barbaric atrocity" of 1999. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostMay 6, 2022 Ukraine war: China invokes 1999 Belgrade embassy bombing in attack on Nato expansion "The Chinese people will never forget this barbaric atrocity, and will never allow such history to repeat itself," Zhang Jun, China's ambassador to the United Nations said of the 1999 Nato bombing of the Chinese embassy …
(2022-05-07). Turkish doctors mount nationwide strike as prices explode. wsws.org Amid unprecedented inflation and falls in living standards due to the pandemic and the Ukraine war, Turkish doctors have organized a two-day nationwide strike.
(2022-05-07). Open letter to German Chancellor Scholz expresses mounting opposition to threat of Third World War. wsws.org An open letter warning of the danger of a "Third World War" and rejecting the delivery of "heavy weapons" to Ukraine has received more than 200,000 signatures within a few days.
(2022-05-07). Journalist George Eliason on the Ukraine War. marktaliano.net READ MORE:
(2022-05-07). On Wars, Propaganda and outright Lies. thesaker.is By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog. Here is a typical political offering from the British centre-left. As follows: "Putin's war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended…
(2022-05-07). Online events with John Bellamy Foster, Jodi Dean, Margaret Kimberley, David Wengrow, etc. indybay.org Here are about a dozen online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 3 pm today, May 4th), featuring people such as John Bellamy Foster, Marcello Musto, Jodi Dean, Jeremy Lent, Margaret Kimberley, David Wengrow, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-05-07). The price explosion of wheat. indybay.org Many people in this country develop the willingness to explicitly freeze for an ideal. Whether for freedom of whatever kind or for the climate. Every jitter, every pore of goose bumps serves the absolutely good and morally right. Already now one could marvel at signs on "peace demos", on which was written: "Better freeze, than gas from Putin!"
(2022-05-07). Russia Warplanes Warns Greater Idlib Militants With 'Flash Bombs' After Attack On Syrian Army (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
On May 7, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out a series of mock airstrikes over Greater Idlib…
(2022-05-07). Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden's Union Pledge. scheerpost.com 
President Joe Biden meets with Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls on May 5th. The White House. | By Matthew Cunningham-Cook and David Sirota / The Biden administration has re-awarded a massive $10 billion federal contract to Amazon, even as the president is facing mounting pressure to fulfill his promise to halt such contracts to companies that refuse to remain neutral in union elections. The contract decision came as Amazon responded to its workers' first successful union drive by busting the organiz…
(2022-05-07). Buffalo Starbucks Workers Strike Against Unfair Labor Practices. popularresistance.org Buffalo, New York – On Thursday, workers at a downtown Starbucks in Buffalo, New York went on strike after the company announced it was planning to withhold proposed wage increases and benefits from employees at newly unionized stores. | The one-day strike, which shut down the entire store, was a direct response to the announcement by CEO Howard Schultz that proposed raises and benefit increases at corporate-owned Starbucks cafes would not apply to locations that had already unionized or which are planning to unionize. Schultz, who founded the company and now has a net worth of almost $4 billion, claimed that his…
(2022-05-07). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira May 6, 2022 Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces that oppose the military junta in power charge that such confrontations show the "failure" of the coup government to "fulfill its duties toward its citizens." At the same time, moves are underway to "resolve" the Sudanese political cris…
(2022-05-07). The Removal Of Imran Khan and the Popular Push Back. How Pakistan Helped Foster "The War on Terrorism" globalresearch.ca a "I …
(2022-05-07). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".
(2022-05-07). Yemen warns Saudi coalition on continued ceasefire violation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — The Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces on Saturday warned Saudi-led coalition on the continuation of violation of ceasefire in this country.
(2022-05-07). The Supreme Court's ruling on abortion: The spearhead of a massive assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The Supreme Court's draft ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization not only abolishes the right to abortion, it is an attempt to radically transform the country's legal superstructure by stripping the population of the democratic protections established in the American Revolution and Civil War.
(2022-05-07). Behind the mental health crisis in nursing: Testimonial from a Californian travel nurse. wsws.org "It's not my job to die. You send firemen with oxygen and their gear. You send us with nothing. It's like you gave me a rock and a stick and sent me into war and expected me to be quiet."
(2022-05-07). US transportation officials express alarm about deteriorating rail service. wsws.org Members of the United States Surface Transportation Board and representatives of big business warned that the economy is in jeopardy because of delays and inefficiencies on the freight railroads.
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] Allocated but not treated: the silent 16%. thelancet.com The RECOVERY Collaborative Group has provided timely, robust evidence for managing hospitalised patients with COVID-19, including their randomised controlled trial supporting the use of tocilizumab.1 However, results from other smaller randomised controlled trials of tocilizumab (and sarilumab), particularly those with a placebo control group, did not show a mortality benefit of interleukin-6 inhibition versus control. In seeking to understand the totality of the data, results of any meta-analysis will be heavily weighted by RECOVERY trials, the largest population studied.
(2022-05-07). Open letter and Breaking the logic of war. indybay.org The delivery of large quantities of heavy weapons, however, could make Germany itself a party to the war. A Russian counterattack could then trigger the mutual assistance clause under the NATO treaty and thus the immediate danger of a world war. Natylie Baldwin emphasizes how Zelensky's outlawing of parties and dissenting media are dictatorial.
(2022-05-07). Abortion is not only about women its a human, civil, environmental rights issue says EOPA. indybay.org EOPA, an organization of thousands of elected officials, is appalled by the leaked Supreme Court abortion decision and warns of civil liberty erosion. Black and Brown communities will suffer the most. They do now, from fossil fuel production and factories that spew toxins, which have been strategically located in their communities because they were redlined decades ago. Environmental justice will become a utopian dream if we start eroding women's rights, as all American rights will become endangered. If this right to privacy is stripped, every person could face a future in which the government can potentially int…
(2022-05-07). Discover the Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Burial Ground Project. indybay.org Our California Gold Rush Era burial grounds for people of African Descent, from both before and after the Civil War, are in a state of disrepair or inaccessibility due to overgrowth of vegetation, crumbling structures, and other racial challenges seeking to erase, distort or forever destroy the salient contributions of our ancestors must be systemically challenged.
(2022-05-07). China sets world record in long-distance quantum states transmission. ecns.cn Chinese scientists made record-breaking progress in realizing quantum states transmission between two ground stations over 1,200 kilometers apart via a quantum scientific experiment satellite, signalling a giant step towards constructing a global quantum information processing and communication network.
(2022-05-07). Massive carbon emissions reduce biodiversity 300 mln years ago: study. ecns.cn How might global warming put our planet in jeopardy in the near future? A research group examined the situation 300 million years ago and revealed a scenario with a significant drop in biodiversity.
(2022-05-07). Hugo Chávez's Ideas Are Being Recycled by Latin America's 'New Progressivism'. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 6, 2022 | A spectre is haunting Latin America: the ideas of Hugo Chávez. A "new progressivism" is adopting them as their banner and claiming them as their own, thus invisibilizing Venezuela's role in attempts at promoting regional integration and sovereignty over the last two decades. | We can witness this in the current speeches of Lula da Silva, who was a protagonist of the "first progressive wave" in the 2000s along with the presidents of Venezuela (Hugo Chávez), Argentina (Néstor Kirchner) and Bolivia (Evo Morales). Perhaps the Brazilian leader could bear witness to the attempts a…
(2022-05-07). Cuba and Venezuela Strengthen Ties of Cooperation and Exchange. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, May 5, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the Miraflores Palace, Caracas, with an aim of strengthening the ties of cooperation ties that the two countries nations have maintained for more than 20 years. | "It fills us with great joy to receive our Cuban brothers and sisters in our homeland," wrote President Maduro on Twitter, in reference to the visit of the Cuban minister. "I thank the Foreign Affairs Minister, comrade Bruno Rodríguez for his visit, with whom I had a pleasant and fraternal conversation. We have a deep…
(2022-05-07). Colombia: Petro Receives Death Threats, Forced to Cancel Campaign Event in Cúcuta. orinocotribune.com Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate of Colombia's Historic Pact, was forced to cancel another campaign event scheduled for Thursday, May 5, after receiving death threats. | Petro was scheduled to meet with businesspeople in the city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, but received death threats from a drug-trafficking and organized crime group, reported a press release from the candidate's campaign group. | According to Petro's campaign's security team, the La Cordillera criminal gang, which operates in the coffee plantation region in the center of Colombia, was behind the threats. Petro, after receivin…
(2022-05-07). Capriles Changes Position on Sanctions Ahead of 2024 Presidential Election in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Henrique Capriles Radonski, Venezuelan far-right political leader, stated that he has the determination and will to dialogue with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, and expressed that he is in favor of lifting of the unilateral sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States. | Capriles, who in recent times has shown a tendency to relax his hostile position, also recently announced his electoral aspirations for the presidential election scheduled to be held in 2024. | With this c…
(2022-05-07). All-female taxi services gaining ground in Venezuela. america.cgtn.com 
Driving a car in Caracas can be a dangerous experience and for many women taking a taxi even more so. Which is why an all-female taxi service is growing in Venezuela ¥s capital. A group of Venezuelan entrepreneurs is breaking barriers through an exclusive all-female taxi …
(2022-05-07). Organizaciones bolivianas reconocen apoyo de Venezuela. telesurtv.net En el encuentro se reafirmó la condena a EE.UU. por la exclusión de países a participar en la IX Cumbre de las Américas.