Friends of Gayle McLaughlin, RCF, FPM (2024-05-09). Friday 5/10: Ceasefire Peace Vigil Banner Drop. indybay.org RIchmond, CA. San Luis Ave & Sacramento Ave, 94804…

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-09). Biden Says He Will Stop Sending Israel Heavy Bombs If It Attacks 'Population Centers' in Rafah. news.antiwar.com President Biden told CNN on Wednesday that the US would stop sending heavy bombs to Israel if its military launched a major invasion of Rafah and acknowledged that Israel has been killing civilians with US-provided munitions. The comments marked the first time Biden appeared to put conditions on US military aid to Israel, but it …

Staff (2024-05-09). President Maduro Meets with Communist Party Delegation From China. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting with a delegation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led by the vice minister of the International Department of the party, Chen Zhou. | In the meeting, reported by a Venezuelan presidency press release this Wednesday, May 8, the Venezuelan head of state was accompanied by First Lady Cilia Flores; Deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra; the vice minister for Latin America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Rander Peña; and the vice minister for Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania, Tatiana Pugh. | On the Chinese side, Zhou w…

Martha Grevatt (2024-05-09). Solidarity with Palestine at Kent State shooting commemoration. workers.org May 4 marked the 54th anniversary of the killing of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard during a 1970 anti-war demonstration, part of countrywide protests after the U.S. expanded the Vietnam war with the bombing of Cambodia. Every year, activities on the KSU campus honor . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-09). Democrats Protect Speaker Johnson From Greene's Effort To Oust Him. news.antiwar.com House Democrats protected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust him on Wednesday after he pushed forward $95 billion in foreign military aid spending, including $61 billion for the Ukraine proxy war. The House voted overwhelmingly 359-43 to table Greene's effort, with only 32 Democrats and 11 Republicans voting …

latintimes (2024-05-09). Venezuela's ballot for the presidential elections has 13 pictures of Nicolás Maduro. latintimes.com 10 candidates are distributed among 38 slots as they show the different parties and coalitions they represent…

Edward Hunt (2024-05-09). The United States is an obstacle to peace in Gaza. nationofchange.org "What we are doing today is very bad policy," Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on April 23. "We are aiding and abetting the destruction of the Palestinian people."

teleSUR (2024-05-09). USAID Carries Out Covert Operations Against Venezuela: Gil. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil denounced that the United States Agency for International Cooperation (USAID) carries out covert operations against his country. | RELATED: | The Bolivian diplomat also pointed out that the U.S. Government uses the issue of migration as an instrument to promote sanctions against the Venezuelan people. | "USAID is an agency of covert political operations. Fakers and…

teleSUR (2024-05-09). Venezuelan Growth in Q1 2024 Exceeds IMF Projection. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed that her country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth during the first four months of 2024 exceeded the forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | RELATED: | During the 7th edition of the Retail Radiography 2024 event, she stated that the official growth figures coincide with the numbers reported by Venezuelan entrepreneurs. | "The data indicate…

Carlos Lancho (2024-05-09). FIDH and Provea react to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's Venezuela visit. fidh.org

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-09). Venezuela felicita a Rusia y Belarús por Día de la Victoria. telesurtv.net Cada 9 de mayo se evoca el triunfo de la entonces Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas sobre el fascismo alemán, del que se cumplen 79 años.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-09). Crecimiento de Venezuela en primer cuatrimestre de 2024 supera proyección de FMI. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez consideró que comportamiento económico del resto del año será mejor que este primer cuatrimestre.

Maria Calvo (2024-05-09). Comisión parlamentaria rechazó medidas coercitivas contra Venezuela. radiohc.cu Caracas, 9 mayo (RHC) La Comisión Permanente de Energía y Petróleo de la Asamblea Nacional, Parlamento, de Venezuela rechazó de manera contundente las medidas coercitivas y unilaterales impuestas por Estados Unidos, se informó hoy aquí.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-09). Denuncian a EE.UU. por operaciones políticas encubiertas contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net EE.UU. "instrumentaliza la migración en contra de Venezuela y promueve sanciones contra el pueblo venezolano", manifestó Gil.

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-09). Lanzan Gran Misión Abuelos y Abuelas de la Patria en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Esta Gran Misión Abuelos y Abuelas de la Patria será dirigida por el mandatario Nicolás Maduro.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-09). Marchan en apoyo al presidente Nicolás Maduro en Trujillo, Venezuela. telesurtv.net Diosdado Cabello ratificó al presidente venezolano como el candidato "que es del pueblo, de las mujeres, de la juventud".

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-09). Realizan campaña en Venezuela "Biden levanta el bloqueo ya" telesurtv.net Durante el inicio de la campaña también hubo expresiones de respaldo a teleSUR tras la accion del Gobierno argentino contra la plataforma multimedia.

Staff (2024-05-07). Headlines for May 7, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support, SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony, Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement, Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience, Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of…

Angela (2024-05-07). Friday 5/31: San Jose: Peace Vigil – Ceasefire Now! No Weapons for Israel or Ukraine! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Staff (2024-05-07). Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire. democracynow.org Even after Hamas accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal Monday, Israeli forces moved in with tanks to seize the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Israel says the ceasefire deal falls short of its demands, and Hamas has called for "international intervention." Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy says the limited information and political maneuvering of all parties raises more questions than answers right now, but the core issue is whether all parties can maintain a sustained end to hostilities. "In addition to testing each other, the Hamas and Israeli parties are testing the United States of America…

Democracy Now! (2024-05-07). Democracy Now! 2024-05-07 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 07, 2024; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire; Report from Rafah: Israel Seizes Border Crossing, Blocking Humanitarian Aid, as Ceasefire Talks Continue; "Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism": Police "Body-Slam" Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protest | Headlines for May 07, 2024; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire; Report from Rafah: Israel Seizes Border Crossing, Blocking Humanitarian Aid, as Ceasefire Talks Continue; "Stop Weaponizing Anti…

MEE staff (2024-05-07). Rafah invasion: Did Israel coordinate with Egypt before reoccupying the crossing? middleeasteye.net Rafah invasion: Did Israel coordinate with Egypt before reoccupying the crossing? | Israel's control of the Philadelphi Corridor raises questions on whether key peace agreements with Cairo are at stake | Tue, 05/07/2024 – 09: 18 | Israeli soldiers wait for orders to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor on the Egyptian borde…

teleSUR (2024-05-07). Attack on Rafah is Part of Israeli Criminal Policy: Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuela strongly criticized the bombing carried out by Israeli occupation forces on the Palestinian city of Rafah. | RELATED: | "Venezuela categorically condemns the bombings on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, perpetrated by the Zionist State of Israel, which continue its systematic criminal and expansionist policy," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry said. | Venezuela also stated that the bombing is…

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-07). Israeli Ground Forces Enter Rafah. news.antiwar.com Israeli tanks have entered Rafah and appear to be pushing to capture the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing that connects to Egypt, several media outlets have reported. Heavy airstrikes have been reported in the city as well, with some media reports describing it as a "carpet bombing," although the scale of destruction and …

WSWS (2024-05-07). 54 years since the Kent State massacre—and a warning for today. wsws.org The article reviews the experience of the Kent State massacre of anti-war college students in 1970, which has enormous relevance for today amid the massive police crackdown on campus protests against the Gaza genocide.

Editor (2024-05-07). Students Demanding Divestment: You're on the Right Side of History. scheerpost.com By Marjorie Cohn Note: The following are remarks I delivered on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the 55-year reunion of the Stanford University antiwar movement, in which I participated. On April 3, 1969, an estimated 700 Stanford students voted to occupy the Applied Electronics Laboratory (AEL), where classified research on electronic warfare was being conducted at …

Aseel Saleh, People's Dispatch. (2024-05-07). 'Occupation's Nightmare' Continues Despite Jordanian Crackdown. popularresistance.org Since the recent war on Gaza was launched by the Israeli occupation forces in October 2023, Jordan has witnessed mass protests across the country. Such protests are not unusual for the Jordanian people in spite of their government's compromising stance on the Israeli entity. Jordanians have taken to the streets for decades in protest over the Israel-Jordan Peace treaty, also known as "Wadi Araba", that was signed in 1994. | "'Wadi Araba' is not peace, 'Wadi Araba' is surrender, has been chanted by Jordanians for around 30 years.

Misión Verdad (2024-05-07). Venezuela: Brief Background of Opposition Presidential Candidates. orinocotribune.com By Mision Verdad — May 6, 2024 | Venezuela is approaching its presidential election day, July 28, 2024, in a complex context with marked differences from previous elections. The country continues to face illegal sanctions imposed by the United States, the impact of which has been significant on its economy. However, thanks to the right decisions of the Venezuelan government, the oil industry and the national economy are showing a progressive trend of recovery. | The regional landscape has also changed since the 2018 presidential elections. Venezuela no longer faces a bloc of Latin American governments subord…

Julie Hollar, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2024-05-07). CNN Paints Peace Protests As Hate Rallies As They Are Suppressed. popularresistance.org As peace activists occupied common spaces on campuses across the country, some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid. CNN offered some of the most striking of these characterizations.

Editor (2024-05-07). As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-05-07). Noam Chomsky: A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won't). scheerpost.com

teleSUR (2024-05-07). Milei's TeleSUR Censorship Reflects Fear: President Maduro. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed that Argentine President Javier Milei is afraid of the "truth of the people." | RELATED: | Earlier, the multi-state channel teleSUR denounced that the Milei administration prohibited the broadcast of its signal on the Argentine open digital television system. | "Milei, you are afraid of the truth of the people," Maduro said, emphasizing that Argentinians will still be able t…

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-05-07). Venezuelan Parliament debates pension law in second debate. plenglish.com Caracas, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly of Venezuela will debate in a second discussion the Bill for the Protection of Social Security Pensions against the Imperialist Blockade.

latintimes (2024-05-07). Guatemalans, Hondurans and Venezuelans among the nationals most deported by Mexico this year. latintimes.com The country published a report showing it deported over 8,600 people during the first quarter of the year. The large majority were Central Americans…

latintimes (2024-05-07). Colombian ELN Lifts Kidnapping Suspension, Blames Government For Failed Agreements. latintimes.com The rebel group said that the decision came after the government delayed establishing a multi-donor fund to support the peace process, aiming at ending six decades of armed conflict in the country.

JACK MALOY, SEIJI YAMADA (2024-05-07). The 2024 NATO Summit, RIMPAC 2024, and the Filipino people's Struggle for Peace. counterpunch.org During the summer of 2024, the peace and justice community will need to resist U.S. imperial overreach around the world. The 2024 annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit will be held in Washington, DC from July 9 to 22. The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) wargames will be held on and around Hawai ªi from June

tn.ai (2024-05-07). Iran Raps US' Arms Race in Outer Space. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Reminding the international community of its responsibility for peaceful use of outer space and the prevention of an arms race, an Iranian UN representative lashed out at the US government for refusing to prevent an arms race in the outer space.

Editor (2024-05-07). The West's double standards on Georgia's 'foreign agents' bill. mronline.org Robinson: If Western states have their reasons for being cagey of foreign influences, so too do those in other countries.

Carlos Lancho (2024-05-07). FIDH and Provea react to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's Venezuela visit. fidh.org

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-07). Nicolás Maduro lidera sondeo de cara a comicios presidenciales. telesurtv.net El estudio refiere que el jefe de Estado venezolano cuenta con una clara preferencia de los consultados con el 52,70 por ciento.

teleSUR, MER (2024-05-07). Presidente de Venezuela rechaza censura del Gobierno argentino contra teleSUR. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado aseveró que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, "le tiene miedo a teleSUR".

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-05-07). Venezuela y Nicaragua felicitan a nuevo presidente de Panamá. telesurtv.net Ambos Gobiernos expresaron su deseo de mantener una relación bilateral constructiva en beneficio de las naciones.

teleSUR, odr, SH (2024-05-07). Venezuela condena bombardeos de Israel a la ciudad de Rafah. telesurtv.net Venezuela condenó los bombardeos sobre la ciudad de Rafah al sur de la Franja de Gaza, perpetrados por el Estado sionista de Israel…