WSWS (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.

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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. …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Will Porter (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, …

scorinoco (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…

ecns.cn (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…

mforinoco (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…

Tyler Walicek (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… |

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-06-25). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

teleSUR (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…

ecsorinoco (2023-06-26). As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda. orinocotribune.com

Ricardo Vaz, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (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…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (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.

Aurig Hernández (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…

teleSUR, JCM, SH (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.

Editor (2023-06-25). Prigozhin Headed for Belarus After Ending 'Insurrection'. scheerpost.com By Will Porter / Antiwar 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, who has been guaranteed …

Will Porter (2023-06-24). Wagner Chief Attempts 'Armed Insurrection' in Russia: Kremlin. news.antiwar.com The head of Russia's Wagner private military firm, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has claimed to have captured a military facility in the Russian city of Rostov, after the mercenary chief accused government forces of attacking his fighters in Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied the allegations, instead labeling the move an "armed insurrection." In a video shared on …

Will Porter (2023-06-24). Wagner's Prigozhin Halts Advance on Moscow. news.antiwar.com This article has been updated here.Russia's Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday, agreeing to end a two-day mutiny after the mercenary firm claimed it seized a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don and began to advance toward the capital. Prigozhin shared a brief audio …

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-25). Anti-War Groups In Ireland Disrupt Security Conference. popularresistance.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and raised a red banner that read "NATO Wars! Millions Dead." | Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-conservative coalition, was set to address the gathering, only to b…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-24). Anti-war groups in Ireland disrupt security conference at Cork University. peoplesdispatch.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-cons…

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-06-25). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

mforinoco (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…

Global Research (2023-06-24). "The Criminalization of War" globalresearch.ca Text of Major Declaration following the Kuala Lumpur Peace Forum, 15-17 December 2005…

mforinoco (2023-06-24). Sudanese Left Skeptical of US-Saudi led Peace Talks, 'The Resolution has to be Found Here in Sudan'. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Jun 20, 2023 | The Sudanese Communist Party argues that the ceasefire mainly serves the warring parties who can resupply their forces and resume fighting with greater intensity. | The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which entered its third month on June 15, resumed in the early hours of Wednesday, June 21, with the end of the 72-hour-long ceasefire. The ceasefire began on June 18. | Speaking to Peoples Dispatch during the lull in the fighting amid the ceasefire, Fathi Elfadl, national spokesperson of the Sudanese Commun…

Nauman Sadiq (2023-06-24). The Failed Ukraine-Russia March 2022 Peace Negotiations. Evidence of US-NATO Sabotage. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Global Research (2023-06-24). "The Criminalization of War" globalresearch.ca Text of Major Declaration following the Kuala Lumpur Peace Forum, 15-17 December 2005…

mforinoco (2023-06-24). Sudanese Left Skeptical of US-Saudi led Peace Talks, 'The Resolution has to be Found Here in Sudan'. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Jun 20, 2023 | The Sudanese Communist Party argues that the ceasefire mainly serves the warring parties who can resupply their forces and resume fighting with greater intensity. | The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which entered its third month on June 15, resumed in the early hours of Wednesday, June 21, with the end of the 72-hour-long ceasefire. The ceasefire began on June 18. | Speaking to Peoples Dispatch during the lull in the fighting amid the ceasefire, Fathi Elfadl, national spokesperson of the Sudanese Commun…

Nauman Sadiq (2023-06-24). The Failed Ukraine-Russia March 2022 Peace Negotiations. Evidence of US-NATO Sabotage. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-06-24). Chinese-American Worker And Activist Arrested For Advocating For Peace. popularresistance.org Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between the US and China," say labor activists in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance of the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the US. | As a hotel worker, Liang was an active member in his union, UNITE HERE Local 26. He is also an activist in the Chinese-American community, ral…

Revolutionary Workers United Front (2023-06-24). Friday 6/23: Bridge Bannering for Peace and Justice. indybay.org We'll be on the pedestrian bridge over Geary at Webster near Japantown in San Francisco.

teleSUR, JCM, SH (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.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-06-25). Presidente de Venezuela ratifica solidaridad y apoyo a Rusia. telesurtv.net Nicolás Maduro participa en acto conmemorativo por los 202 años de la Batalla de Carabobo. Asegura que Rusia enfrentó y venció un intento de traición y guerra civil.

Jalil Muntaqim, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-25). Report From Venezuela On The Case Of Political Prisoner Alex Saab. popularresistance.org I was invited by Camilla Saab, the spouse of the kidnapped Venezuelan Diplomat, Alex Saab, to attend the international conference titled: "Lawfare Against Venezuela: Three Years After the Kidnapping of Diplomat Alex Saab." This conference, sponsored by the Free Alex Saab Movement, brought activists and revolutionaries from as far as Canada, Slovenia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Nigeria, England and the United States, to name a few. | On June 14th, 2023, a public forum was held at the Jose Felix Ribas Hall, Teatro Teresa Carreno, where invited speakers presented their support for the immediate release of Ale…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-06-24). Venezuela: Yukpa People Call for Justice for Detainees Amidst Protests. venezuelanalysis.com Indigenous communities from western Venezuela were injured during a crackdown while trying to reach Caracas to sell handicrafts.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-24). Venezuela y Nicaragua expresan su respaldo al Gobierno de Rusia. 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.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-24). Geopolitical map and legislative commission in Venezuelan week. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The presentation of the Geopolitical Map of Sanctions and the creation of a special commission to identify the scope of the confessions of former US President Donald Trump against Venezuela, stood out in the week that ends here today.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-24). Deadline Passes: Who Registered for Venezuela's Opposition Primaries? orinocotribune.com The deadline to register candidacy for the Venezuelan opposition primary elections has almost ended. Still, some candidates have not registered. This caused the National Primary Commission (CNP) to extend the deadline, generating discomfort in some opposition politicians. | The internal elections to elect the sole opposition presidential candidate are increasingly facing more obstacles. Not only are almost half the leaders banned from running for public office, but they do not even know who will actually participate. On Monday, CNP will report who officially registered their candidacy. | Initially, candidates cou…

Editor (2023-06-24). Argentina: Repression against indigenous people in Jujuy (+human rights in Venezuela). mronline.org Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20.

teleSUR (2023-06-24). Venezuela and Nicaragua Show Support to Russia. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Daniel Ortega Saavedra, Nicaraguan President, issued a communiqué supporting Russia and its President, Vladimir Putin, and condemning the armed insurgency of the Wagner Group in Russia. | Related: | According to the statement released by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Venezuela and its people "reject any change of power or armed uprising by violent and…