(2023-05-05). US, Philippines Make Defense Commitment in South China Sea Official. news.antiwar.com The US and the Philippines on Wednesday agreed on new guidelines for the 1951 US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty that formalize the US commitment to going to war if Philippine vessels come under attack in the South China Sea. For years now, US officials have pledged to the Philippines that it would intervene in the event …
(2023-05-06). People In The US Were Once Promised Affordable Education For All. popularresistance.org The 1960s were a decade of intellectual and political ferment on college campuses. Anti-war, feminist, and racial justice movements all found a foothold in higher education, with student activists often playing a pivotal role in social movements that extended far beyond the university. A crucial condition for the student radicalism of the time was the affordability of public higher education and the recent dissolution of barriers that prevented students of minoritized backgrounds from attending college. Today, these conditions have all but disappeared. Collectively, college graduates owe some $1.6 trillion in stu…
(2023-05-05). Americans were once promised affordable college for all. What happened? therealnews.com 
The 1960s were a decade of intellectual and political ferment on college campuses. Anti-war, feminist, and racial justice movements all found a foothold in higher education, with student activists often playing a pivotal role in social movements that extended far beyond the university. A crucial condition for the student radicalism of the time was the affordability of public higher education and the recent dissolution of barriers that prevented students of minoritized backgrounds from attending college. Today, these conditions have all but disappeared. Collectively, college graduates owe some $1.6 trillion…
(2023-05-06). Friday 6/16: Ithaka – Free Film Screening. indybay.org Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 939355…
(2023-05-06). Friday 5/5: Banner for Peace. indybay.org The pedestrian bridge over Geary at Webster in San Francisco. | Public transit: Geary buses, 22 Fillmore…
(2023-05-06). World Report] Huge humanitarian need amid Yemen peace talks. thelancet.com While hopes for rapprochement grow, agencies warn that the humanitarian needs in Yemen are rising. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2023-05-06). Correspondence] A glimpse of light for Sudan's pressured health system amid military coup violations. thelancet.com As violent oppression of peaceful protesters in Sudan persists after the military takeover of power in a coup d'état in October, 2021, health-care professionals in the country continue to endure the distressing conditions of responding to mass casualties and handling serious and lethal gunshot injuries.
(2023-05-06). Cuban vice president in London for King Charles III's coronation. plenglish.com Valdes Mesa heads the Cuban delegation to Saturday's coronation ceremony, which more than 1,000 guests from some 200 countries are expected to attend, local media reported. | British authorities have deployed more than 20,000 police and security personnel to ensure peace during the event, which will take place at Westminster Abbey, the venue for 39 coronations since 1066.
(2023-05-06). Can The US Adjust Sensibly To A Multipolar World? popularresistance.org In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the United States was facing after a century of international dominance was "relative and not absolute, and is therefore perfectly natural; and that the only serious threat to the real interests of the United States can come from a failure to adjust sensibly to the newer world order." | Since Kennedy wrote those words, we have seen the end of the Cold War, the peaceful emergence of China as a leading world power, and the rise of a formidable Global South. But the United States has indeed failed to "
(2023-05-05). Freedom to Learn: Nat'l Day of Action Targets Ron DeSantis, "Anti-Woke Cabal" over Book Bans & More. democracynow.org 
This week, protests were held across the United States against right-wing efforts to ban books and antiracism education in schools. Fourteen protesters with Florida's Dream Defenders were arrested Wednesday for staging a peaceful sit-in inside the office of Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis at the end of the state's legislative session, in which he backed efforts to ban abortion after six weeks, deny gender-affirming care for youth, roll back rent control, censor discussions of LGBTQ issues and Black history in schools, and crack down on immigrants and unions in his political crusade ag…
(2023-05-05). A Worldwide Anti-Imperialist Left: Why it is Needed, and What it Must Do (Paper). By: Alan Freeman and Radhika Desai>. midwesternmarx.com 
Capital organises globally yet workers do not. As the US-led NATO powers escalate the Ukraine conflict into a new world war, this imbalance is becoming intolerable.This paper presents the case for a worldwide anti-imperialist Left, representing ordinary people committed to a just and peaceful multipolar world order. This will serve both the national interest of every country, and the general interest of humanity.We base our case on an historical assessment of the last such organization, t …
(2023-05-05). "We need to have patience" uwidata.com Agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, negotiations for peace in Yemen, the return of Syria to the Arab League, normalization efforts between Türkiye on the one side and Egypt and Syria on the other: Diplomacy has become very active in the Middle East. The People's Republic of China is one of the rising actors behind …
(2023-05-05). Sudanese Communist Party denounces war between military factions. liberationnews.org 
"No to war, yes to peace: A civil democratic state is the choice of the people!"
(2023-05-05). Grenadian PM: We Support China's Efforts Towards Peace and Global Development. libya360.wordpress.com We are pleased to republish the speech given by Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Prime Minister of Grenada, at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting, which was organized by the Communist Party of China on 15 March. It was originally carried on the website of…
(2023-05-05). Earth Care Café for peace not war. greenleft.org.au Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, on a sunny autumn day, was the venue for the Earth Care Café. David Killingly reports.
(2023-05-05). A Worldwide Anti-Imperialist Left Is Needed. popularresistance.org Capital organises globally yet workers do not. As the US-led NATO powers escalate the Ukraine conflict into a new world war, this imbalance is becoming intolerable. | This paper presents the case for a worldwide anti-imperialist Left, representing ordinary people committed to a just and peaceful multipolar world order. This will serve both the national interest of every country, and the general interest of humanity. We base our case on an historical assessment of the last such organization, the Communist International or Comintern for short, founded in 1919 and dissolved in 1943.
(2023-05-05). "Freedom to Learn" Protests Target Book Bans, Right-Wing Attacks on Education. truthout.org This week, protests were held across the United States against right-wing efforts to ban books and antiracism education in schools. Fourteen protesters with Florida's Dream Defenders were arrested Wednesday for staging a peaceful sit-in inside the office of Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis at the end of the state's legislative session, in which he backed efforts to ban abortion after six… |
(2023-05-05). Global Research: Calling for Peace Negotiations, Seeking and Telling the Truth. globalresearch.ca It has always been our mandate to tell and spread the truth even in the midst of censorship, working continuously to reverse the psychological effects of lies and war propaganda. | Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. Truth remains a "powerful …
(2023-05-06). José Antonio Páez "El Centauro de los Llanos" de Venezuela. telesurtv.net Páez fue un héroe en los procesos de independencia, rol que ejerció con gallardía y temple militar.
(2023-05-06). US Designates New 'Ambassador' to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-06). President Maduro on Illegal Handover of CITGO to the Opposition: Biden Administration Has Robbed Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned a US court's illegal handover of PDVSA subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, to a Venezuelan far-right opposition group that does not even have any legal authority in Venezuela. "The Biden administration handed over all the assets of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, all of Venezuela's money in US bank accounts, to a group of opposition political parties belonging to the Unitary Platform, allowing them to sell, negotiate and destroy that company that belongs to all Venezuelans," President Maduro stated. | "What the United States government has done is unparallel…
(2023-05-05). The US Decision on CITGO is Immoral and Illegal: ALBA. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) described as "immoral and illegal" the decision of the U.S. Treasury Department that will allow the auction of CITGO, a U.S.-based subsidiary of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA. | RELATED: | "The U.S. government intends to expropriate CITGO through the illegitimate license 42, issued by the U.S. Treasury Department,"
(2023-05-05). Carta abierta al embajador de Estados Unidos en Venezuela. globalizacion.ca Sr. Embajador James Story: | Me complace saber que la nueva política del gobierno de Estados Unidos incluye la posibilidad de levantar las sanciones económicas a Venezuela, una vieja práctica de Washington desde principios del siglo XX y que consistió en…
(2023-05-05). Mr. Guaidó Goes to Washington. dissidentvoice.org 
Juan Guaidó continues to advocate punishing the Venezuelan people with US coercive economic measures. Recently shipped to Washington DC, the former "interim president" of Venezuela pleaded, "You can't use a kind or soft approach," such as easing the suffering, because it would "normalize dictatorship." Guaidó was livestreamed May 3 from the quasi-governmental Wilson Center. Located …
(2023-05-05). Petro: Trump Had Planned to Invade Venezuela Using Colombia as Proxy. orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-05). Maduro Speaks With Putin About Attack on Kremlin. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke by telephone this Thursday, May 4, with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to express the support of the Venezuelan people after the assassination attempt against him at the Kremlin. | This was reported by President Maduro via social media. "Today, May 4, I had a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin to express all the support of the Venezuelan people, in the face of the terrorist attack on the Kremlin," he wrote. "We also talked about the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation relations between the Russian Federation and the Bolivarian R…
