(2023-06-18). Dan Ellsberg's Parting Plea: Don't Wait. popularresistance.org Sam Adams Associates for Integrity honored the late Dan Ellsberg with our annual award for fearless integrity on April 11, 2023. It was clear that Dan summoned much of his remaining strength to leave an unambiguous message to people of conscience as to why they should blow the whistle on government lies, as he did, but NOW, not later. | The private ceremony was filmed by a friend of Dan and Patricia. Dan saved his parting plea for the last three minutes. Those wishing to go directly to that segment can start at minute 19: 32. Dan's words speak for themselves.
(2023-06-17). Workers Party government in Brazil joins pro-imperialist campaign against Roger Waters. wsws.org The Lula government has joined the campaign to vilify Waters, a leading international antiwar activist, going one better by threatening to jail him for his performances in Brazil.
(2023-06-17). Daniel Ellsberg: A Genuine Human Being Died Struggling for World Peace, an End to all Nuclear Weapons. thiscantbehappening.net One of the world's greatest marathon peace messenger, Daniel Ellsberg, died in his California home June 16, at age 92. He had been arrested between 80-90 times for participating in anti-war protest. When Ellsberg graduated from Harvard with a doctorate, he was gung-ho and joined the Marines. He soon found his way into the … |
(2023-06-18). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…
(2023-06-17). Rest in Peace Daniel Ellsberg. strategic-culture.org One of America's most courageous men, who took on the most powerful government in the world to expose its lies about the Vietnam war, has died at 92. | Daniel Ellsberg died at 92 on Friday in hospice care after a battle with pancreatic cancer. | Ellsberg was considered the greatest whistleblower of certainly his generation if not in U.S. history. His decision to leak the top-secret government study of the Vietnam war to the press was clearly one of the most courageous acts in the nation's history. | The decision by the Nixon administration's Department of Justice to order the press to stop publishing the Pentagon…
(2023-06-17). Vienna 'Peace Summit' Engineers Weak Final 'Declaration'. popularresistance.org A statement condemning Russia was issued on the peace consultation organized by American and Western European organizations in Vienna on June 10-11. | From the final text of the declaration issued by the International Peace Bureau, which emerged from obscurity, even the passage in the original draft, which mentioned NATO's "co-responsibility", was omitted. | In their closing statement, the organizers of the conference demand an immediate ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Civilian diplomatic intervention is envisaged at their countries' embassies, including the Russian one, while condemning Rus…
(2023-06-17). China's push for regional peace hailed. ecns.cn China's proactive role in finding a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by initiating a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offers new opportunities for resolving decades of discord, say analysts.
(2023-06-17). International Conference, Rome, Oct. 27: For a true and just peace: Stop the Third World War! iacenter.org June 15, 2023 This is a statement posted by the initiators of a call for an international conference to end the war in Ukraine. For more information and a list of signers, see tinyurl.com/39j9m2nk. The clash between Russia and Ukraine, due to the direct involvement of NATO, threatens to unleash a third world war. The Euro-Atlantist elites justify their direct support for the puppet regime in Kiev as "necessary to repel Russian aggression." Actually, the real aggressor is the U.S.-NATO-EU coalition, which took advantage of the Soviet Union's dissolution to economically and politically subdue all of Eastern Europe…
(2023-06-17). Red Square/Molotov Club: 'Stop NATO! Peace to the People!'. iacenter.org June 16, 2023 The following is a memorandum issued by the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square/Molotov Club," held May 24-25 in Moscow. Participants of the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square / Molotov Club" (hereinafter: "Community"), held with the organizational support of the news agency M.A.R.T.corp., in Moscow from May 24-25, 2023, declare: In the years since the V Annual Conference of the Community (2020), the world has been subjected to increasing instability and turbulence. Thus, the Peace Movement in different countries, as well as the left, socialist and communis…
(2023-06-17). Daniel Ellsberg: Rest in Power & Peace. dissidentvoice.org 
Daniel Ellsberg has died at the age of 92. For those not fully familiar with his significance, I'll reshare something I wrote six months ago: Never forget the Pentagon Papers & the importance of brave resistance now Mickey Z. December 9, 2022 "The Pentagon Papers are mesmerizing, not as documentation of the history of the …
(2023-06-17). African Peace Mission Arrives in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 
The African peace mission, headed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has arrived in Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | The delegation was received in Kiev on Friday, June 16, by Ukraine's special representative for Africa and the Middle East, Ambassador Maksym Subkh, and by South Africa's ambassador to Ukraine, André Groenwald. | [ARRIVAL]: His Excellency President
(2023-06-17). Russia to assess peace proposals for Ukraine. plenglish.com St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Peace initiatives on Ukraine presented by different nations have ideas that could work, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said.
(2023-06-18). Venezuela 'Invaded' by Road Travel Bloggers. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 17, 2023 (
(2023-06-18). Instalan comité de cara a renovar Poder Electoral de Venezuela. telesurtv.net El Comité de Postulaciones Electorales recibirá las credenciales de los candidatos a rectores, que deberán ser aprobados en sesión plenaria del Parlamento.
(2023-06-17). Trump Boasts He Wanted To Take Venezuela's Oil After Overthrowing Its Government. popularresistance.org Former US President Donald Trump gave a speech in which he boasted that he wanted to "take over" Venezuela and exploit its large oil reserves. | "When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over; we would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right next door", Trump said. | "But now we're buying oil from Venezuela. So we're making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this? Nobody can believe it", he added. | Trump made these remarks on June 10, at a speech for a convention organized by the North Carolina Republican Party. | The US government initiated a coup attempt against Ven…
(2023-06-17). Cuban emigrants ratified in Venezuela commitment to the homeland. plenglish.com La Guaira, Venezuela, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The participants in the Sixth Regional Meeting of Cuban Residents in Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed here today the commitment to defend the homeland and continue the battle against the US blockade.
(2023-06-17). Lawfare Against Venezuela: Three Years After the Kidnapping of the Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
By àÅlvaro Sánchez Cordero — Jun 13, 2023 | Alex Saab has become a pillar of Venezuela's resilience and resistance | "Dear Prime Minister, my name is Alex Nain Saab Morán and I have been illegally detained in your country for 57 days already, while I await the review of an unsubstantiated and politically motivated extradition request made by the United States. I am compelled to write to you given the great injustice that has been committed." | Thus begins a letter written by Venezuelan Special Envoy and Deputy Ambassador to the African Union Alex Saab addressed to the Prime Minister of Cape Verde Ulise…
(2023-06-17). Venezuelan Oil Production Continues Upward Trend as Gov't Eyes Natural Gas Investments. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government has been courting European partners, though companies remain wary of possible US sanctions.
(2023-06-17). Far-Right Opposition Primary Commission Opts for Elections Without Venezuela's National Electoral Council. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, June 16, 2023 ( At a Friday, June 16 press conference, José María Casal, president of the CNP, announced the decision, and placed the blame on the resignation of the CNE board on Thursday, May 15, despi…
(2023-06-17). Venezuela: Authorities Working on Comprehensive Response Plan to Meet Yukpa Indigenous People's Demands. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, June 5, 2023 ( In a statement on Thursday, June 15, the Ministry reported that Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos has met with leaders of Yukpa and other indigenous communities living…
(2023-06-17). Venezuela y Cuba rechazan listado unilateral hecho por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El comunicado venezolano denunció que las sanciones implementadas contra Venezuela "constituyen un incentivo para la migración de personas vulnerables al flagelo de la trata".
(2023-06-17). Venezuela y Cuba rechazan lista unilateral hecha por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El comunicado venezolano denunció que las sanciones implementadas contra Venezuela "constituyen un incentivo para la migración de personas vulnerables al flagelo de la trata".
(2023-06-17). Presidente Maduro sostiene reunión con ministra de Estado para Cooperación Internacional de Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó que son naciones unidas con el mismo espíritu, abocados a trabajar en la agenda bilateral que fortalezca la cooperación mutua.
(2023-06-17). Venezuela Condemns US Report Weaponizing Human Trafficking. orinocotribune.com The government of Venezuela has categorically condemned a new report issued by the US State Department for weaponizing the issue of human trafficking against Venezuela. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela published an official statement rejecting the report of the United States government. | An unofficial translation of the statement is presented below. | The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the Annual Report on Human Trafficking published by the State Department of the United States of America, which once again tries to weaponize a sensitive issue for political pu…