____ (2022-05-31). US gives Ukraine blank check for strikes inside Russia. wsws.org With the ink barely dry on the $40 billion weapons and aid package signed May 21 by the Biden administration, the United States is further expanding the range of long-range weapons it is flooding into Ukraine, vastly enlarging the terrain over which the war is being fought.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-05-31). DHS 'concerned' over Nazis returning to US after fighting in Ukraine. Why isn't the media? thegrayzone.com US corporate media has provided glowing coverage to Paul Gray, a notorious American white nationalist fighting in Ukraine. A DHS document warns he's not the only US fascist drawn to Kiev. As the United States undergoes a national mourning process over a spate of mass shootings, American white nationalists with documented histories of violence are attaining combat experience with advanced US-made weapons in a foreign proxy war. That's according to the Department of Homeland Security, which has been gathering intelligence …

Contributing Writers (2022-05-31). Former U.S. Colonel and Virginia Senator Richard Black on the West's War On Syria. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-31). Progressives in Denmark call to vote 'No' in upcoming EU defense opt-out referendum. peoplesdispatch.org In the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, pro-EU sections have pushed to abolish Denmark's defense opt-out policy and to integrate the country into the EU's defense formations and military maneuvers…

Lucystock (2022-05-31). The Weekly Round-up: children's social care, traveller discrimination and Ukraine war crime verdictsÔøº. ukhumanrightsblog.com 30 May 2022 by Lucy Stock In the news: On Monday 23, the Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Kyviv. He previously pleaded guilty to killing Oleksandr Shelypov, 62. Shishmarin's trial has been closely watched by investigators collecting evidence of possible war crimes to bring before …

Anurag Deb (2022-05-31). The Northern Ireland Legacy Bill: Reconciliation or restriction? ukhumanrightsblog.com In 1998, people across the island of Ireland overwhelmingly endorsed the Good Friday Agreement, in a historic decision which signalled hope for a post-sectarian, post-conflict future. The UK Parliament responded to this popular mandate by returning devolution to Northern Ireland. On 24 May 2022, the reverse happened: in the face of vehement opposition from Northern …

Ruth Miller (2022-05-31). Indigenous Organizers in Alaska Lead the Way Toward Livable Climate Future. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Truthout In the United States, the public and politicians are moving in opposite directions on climate change. Grassroots environmental activism is spreading on the local state, regional and national levels, while Congress generally continues with a "business-as-usual" approach, rejecting the foremost way to avoid the

Gisela Perez Kusakawa (2022-05-31). From Japanese American Incarceration to the China Initiative, Discrimination Against AAPI Communities Must End. aclu.org More than 75 years after the systematic incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, the U.S. Justice Department launched the "China Initiative," inciting widespread fear of racial profiling for Asian Americans across the country. This year, as Asian Americans Advancing Justice — AAJC commemorates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), we reflect on the exclusion, traumatization, and scapegoating of our communities under the pretext of national security. | We fight for visibility in our country's history to stop a cyclical pattern of discrimination and profiling. We recognize the resi…

Contributing Writers (2022-05-31). Analyst: Turkey to commit 'supreme international war crimes' with new offensive in Syria. marktaliano.net A political commentator says Turkey would be committing "supreme international war crimes" by launching a new military operation in Syria with the alleged aim of securing its southern borders, and that Ankara's plan to establish a buffer zone in the Arab country's north is nothing but a lie and a fake pretext. Canadian writer and …

____ (2022-05-31). New Australian Liberal leader doubles down on "prepare for war" call. wsws.org Peter Dutton is known for his authoritarian, militarist and war-mongering anti-China positions, more even than the man he replaced—ex-Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

____ (2022-05-31). Central banks tighten interest rates amid warnings of social crisis. wsws.org The interest rate hikes, imposed to clamp down on workers' wages demands in the face of the highest inflation in 40 years, threaten to set off turmoil in financial markets bloated by decades of ultra-easy money.

TeleSUR, JL (2022-05-31). Camilla Fabri: El caso Saab es político y manipulado por EE.UU. telesurtv.net "El caso de Alex es por la defensa a la soberanía de Venezuela, al respeto a los pactos de la diplomacia del mundo", enfatizó Fabri.

TeleSUR, jm, JGN (2022-05-31). øQué representa el Alma llanera para Venezuela. telesurtv.net Don Pedro Elías Gutiérrez es el autor del Alma Llanera, pieza musical considerada el segundo himno de Venezuela.

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-05-30). "Security situation in Darfur remains very dangerous" peoplesdispatch.org Reiterating the call for a UN force to protect the displaced who have been "left at the mercy of militias," Adam Rojal, spokesperson of Darfur's refugees and IDPs, told Peoples Dispatch that violence in Darfur is part of the military junta's campaign "to kill the surviving victims of genocide and war crimes"

____ (2022-05-30). US rail unions seek government-imposed contract settlement. wsws.org The unions would have workers believe that moving towards a PEB is a tactical masterstroke which would prompt the Biden White House to impose a contract favorable to railroaders. The exact opposite is the case.

____ (2022-05-30). Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei holds powerful online rally against war. wsws.org Over 100 participants listened with interest to contributions about the background, motives and history of the war in Ukraine and joined in the lively discussion that followed about how to prevent a third world war.

____ (2022-05-30). Chinese premier details mounting problems for economy. wsws.org Li Keqiang issued a stark warning about the state of the economy in a report to a teleconference last week involving 100,000 officials in which he called on them to do more to ensure continued economic growth.

____ (2022-05-30). Funding the Ukraine Proxy War, Bernie Sanders and the Squad Abandon Progressives and Peace. transcend.org 24 May 2022 – By voting to enrich the US arms industry and escalate a proxy war against Russia, Congressional progressives are enabling a militarist agenda that threatens their political cause, and the planet.

____ (2022-05-30). Listen to Kissinger and CIA's Burns and Compare with Populist Platitudes. transcend.org 19 May 2022 – This short article aims to merely illustrate — not prove — the difference between security political intellectualism and ignorance. It does not focus on peace simply because none of the personalities appearing below are in the business of peace.

____ (2022-05-30). Ensuring Dynamics of Sustainability by Appreciative Recognition of Evil. transcend.org Engaging Otherwise with the Paradoxes of Positive and Negative – Whilst the religions have long featured its existence in their theologies, the country world leader in science devoted no resources to evil and the responses required — unless the many "virtual wars" are to be seen as proxy wars to that end…

____ (2022-05-30). Westphalian Logic and Geopolitical Prudence in the Nuclear Age. transcend.org 24 May 2022 – The Ukraine War, its complexities and global spillover effects, have not been adequately depicted by either political leaders or the more influential media. Most commonly, the Ukraine War has been narrowly and reductively depicted as a simple matter of defending Ukraine against Russian aggression.

____ (2022-05-30). We Need a Real Debate about the Ukraine War. transcend.org 24 May 2022 – Bringing the war in Ukraine to an end will demand new thinking and challenges to the orthodoxies of this time.