(2023-06-26). Australian IYSSE member advances antiwar perspective at pro-establishment "anti-AUKUS" meeting. wsws.org The only challenge to ex-Labor parliamentarian Peter Garrett's militaristic speech came from International Youth and Students for Social Equality member Morgan Peach.
(2023-06-25). Blinken on Russia Crisis: 'We Haven't Seen the Last Act'. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested on Sunday that the US was expecting more unrest in Russia following Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's two-day uprising. "I think we're in the midst of a moving picture. We haven't seen the last act. We're watching it very closely and carefully," Blinken told CBS News on Sunday. When asked …
(2023-06-25). Pentagon Says Cluster Bombs Would Be 'Useful' for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A Pentagon official has told Congress that controversial cluster munitions Ukraine has been seeking from the US would be "useful" to Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Cluster bombs scatter small submunitions over large areas, making them especially hazardous to civilians. Because of their indiscriminate nature, cluster munitions have been banned by more than 100 nations. …
(2023-06-25). Reports Say US Intelligence Knew Prigozhin Was Planning Mutiny in Russia. news.antiwar.com Several US media outlets are claiming that US intelligence was aware Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning to take military action against Russia's defense establishment before his short-lived uprising began on Friday. According to a report from The New York Times, US intelligence officials briefed senior military and Biden administration officials on Wednesday about Prigozhin's …
(2023-06-25). Taiwan Says Chinese Warplanes Came Close to Island's 24-Mile Zone. news.antiwar.com The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said that eight Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) warplanes came close to Taiwan's contiguous zone, which extends 24 nautical miles off the island's coast. Since then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan in August, PLA warplanes have regularly crossed the median line, an informal barrier that separates the two sides of …
(2023-06-25). Ukraine Says F-16 Training for Ukrainian Pilots Will Start in July. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Saturday that training for Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 fighter jets should begin next month. "The designated persons have been identified, the program will be prescribed by the beginning of July, it will be announced, (and) I can optimistically say that training will begin in July already," Reznikov said, according …
(2023-06-25). US Aircraft Carrier Makes Rare Port Call in Vietnam. news.antiwar.com The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Sunday for a six-day visit to the country amid rising tensions between the US and China in the region. The Ronald Reagan's port call marks only the third time a US aircraft carrier has visited the country since the end of the Vietnam …
(2023-06-25). Prigozhin Headed for Belarus After Ending 'Insurrection'. news.antiwar.com This is an updated version of a previous article. Russia's Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow and agreed to stand down after launching a two-day mutiny and seizing a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The Kremlin said it would drop all charges against the company and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, …
(2023-06-26). Cuba Solidarity Activist Gail Walker Arrested After Trying to Meet US Senator Bob Menéndez. orinocotribune.com Several activists with the National Network on Cuba (NNOC), CODEPINK, and IFCO/Pastors for Peace, including IFO executive director Gail Walker, were arrested after they tried to meet New Jersey Senator Bob Menéndez in his office in Washington, DC. The activists were attempting to meet with Menéndez on Thursday, June 22, in order to urge him to use his powers as a senator to lift the US blockade against Cuba and take Cuba off the United States' State Sponsors of Terrorism list. | In a video uploaded to her Facebook account, longtime Cuba solidarity activist Walker is seen being led away in handcuffs by a police of…
(2023-06-25). Ministry: China backs Russia's national stability. ecns.cn China expressed its support for Russia's efforts in maintaining its stability, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday, a day after a rebellion by a Russian mercenary force was resolved peacefully…
(2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…
(2023-06-25). UC Berkeley Holds Thousands of Native Remains Despite Repatriation Requests. truthout.org European colonialism, in the course of its centuries-long project to subjugate the Indigenous inhabitants of North America, has so relentlessly persecuted Native peoples that peace has been denied them even in death. In the path of a continental genocide trails a further insult: White archaeologists have ransacked Native graves by the thousands, exhuming bodies and stealing countless items of… |
(2023-06-25). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-25). UN Commission Addresses Organized Crime in Sahel Region. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) convened an ambassadorial-level meeting in New York to tackle the issue of organized crime in Africa's Sahel region. | RELATED: | "The security situation in the Sahel continued to be marked by terrorism and violent extremist groups frequently targeting border areas," said Ivan Simonovic of Croatia, commission chair, citing the United Nations Secretary Antonion Gute…
(2023-06-26). As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda. orinocotribune.com
(2023-06-26). As Venezuela Mends Ties, Western Media Turn Up The Propaganda. popularresistance.org Venezuela's Maduro government has slowly and steadily regained its diplomatic standing in recent years, overcoming US endeavors to turn the country into a pariah state as part of its regime-change efforts. | Nevertheless, Washington remains hell-bent on ousting the democratically elected Venezuelan authorities, and has kept its deadly sanctions program virtually intact. And Western media, which have cheered coup attempts at every step of the way (FAIR.org, 6/13/22, 5/2/22, 6/4/21, 4/15/20, 1/22/20), remain committed to endorsing US policies to the bitter end. | This commitment was on full display recently when Pr…
(2023-06-26). Colombia mantiene cima de medallero en Juegos Centroamericanos. telesurtv.net Los atletas cafeteros son seguidos de cerca por México, Cuba y Venezuela que buscan hacerse de más preseas doradas.
(2023-06-25). President Maduro Affirms Venezuela's Resolute Stand Against Empire on Carabobo Battle Anniversary" orinocotribune.com To commemorate Bolivarian Army Day and the 202nd anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, President Nicolás Maduro has asserted that Venezuela will never surrender to any empire. | "Here we are, 202 years later, with the same spirit, with the same love for our homeland, and telling the empires of the world: Venezuela will not surrender to any empire, Venezuela is heading towards the century of power," President Maduro said on Saturday, June 24, during the official event for the commemoration of the historic Battle of Carabobo, held at the Paseo Monumental del Campo de Carabobo, in Carabobo state. | Maduro highlight…
(2023-06-25). Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba expresan su apoyo al Gobierno ruso. telesurtv.net En sendos comunicados, los Gobierno venezolanos y nicaragüense se manifestaron sobre la amenaza que lanzó el grupo militar Wagner de avanzar hacia Moscú, pero fue desactivado.