(2023-05-23). Hungary's Orban Says Ukraine War Can Only End With Deal Between Russia and US. news.antiwar.com Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday that Ukraine is unlikely to win the war against Russia and that the only way the conflict can end is through a deal between the US and Russia. "Looking at the reality, the figures, the surroundings, the fact that NATO is not ready to send troops, it is …
(2023-05-23). Israeli Military Chief Says 'We Have the Ability to Hit Iran'. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in response to an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz …
(2023-05-23). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. news.antiwar.com A neo-Nazi militia launched a cross-border raid from Ukraine into Russia's Belgorod region on Monday using US armored vehicles, Financial Times reported Tuesday. Denis Nikitin, leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said his fighters who attacked Belgorod were in possession of US armored vehicles, including at least two M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicles and several Humvees. …
(2023-05-23). Netanyahu Government Says Doubled Airstrikes in Syria. news.antiwar.com Israel's defense minister said Monday that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled airstrikes in Syria since taking power in late December 2022. "Since I took office, the number of Israeli strikes against the Iranians in Syria have doubled," Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said. While Israel frames its airstrikes in Syria as operations …
(2023-05-23). Poland 'Ready' to Start Training Ukrainians on F-16s. news.antiwar.com Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Warsaw was "ready" to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s after President Biden signed off on the delivery of the American-made aircraft. The comments came after the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s had already begun in several countries, including Poland. …
(2023-05-23). Russia Says It Defeated Ukrainian Sabotage Group in Belgorod. news.antiwar.com Russia's Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that it defeated a Ukrainian sabotage group that launched a cross-border raid in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Monday. According to Russia's TASS news agency, the Russian military "blocked and wiped out Ukrainian nationalist formations in the Belgorod Region during a counterterror operation" and killed over "70 Ukrainian terrorists." According …
(2023-05-22). Air Force Secretary Says F-16s Won't Be a 'Game-Changer' for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday that the provision of F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv will give Ukraine's military an "incremental" boost but said it wouldn't be a "game-changer" in the conflict. "The F-16 is a reasonable option for them for a whole bunch of reasons," Kendall said. "It will give Ukrainians an increment …
(2023-05-22). US Military Posts Pictures of Bunker-Busting Bombs Amid Iran Tensions. news.antiwar.com The US military posted pictures online this month of a powerful bunker-busting bomb that could destroy Iran's nuclear facilities it has built deep underground. The publication of the pictures is seen as a veiled threat as it came amid soaring tensions between the US and Iran. According to The Associated Press, the pictures were only …
(2023-05-22). China Questions US 'Sincerity' About Improving Communications. news.antiwar.com On Monday, China's Foreign Ministry questioned the US's sincerity in its calls for more communication and engagement with Beijing after President Biden said he expected a "thaw" between the two nations. "China and the US maintain necessary communication. However, now the US says it wants to speak to the Chinese side while seeking to suppress …
(2023-05-22). Ukraine-Backed Saboteurs Launch Cross-Border Raid in Russia's Belgorod Region. news.antiwar.com Russian officials said Monday that a Ukrainian sabotage group launched a cross-border raid in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, and the governor of the region said eight people were injured. According to Ukrainian officials and media outlets, the attack was carried out by Russian citizens who have volunteered to fight for Kyiv, groups known as the Freedom …
(2023-05-23). Why China's Diplomatic Assertiveness Scares the U.S., w/ Tings Chak. thealtworld.com According to U.S. politicians, military leaders and the media, everything China does on the international stage — brokering peace deals, expanding economic initiatives, building ports — is part of an aggressive campaign to weaken the United States. | While China is becoming more assertive diplomatically, is the U.S. interpretation of why accurate or is it projection and delusion? And how does it relate to China's internationalist past? What does it mean for the future of the Global South and the world order? To discuss this and more, | Rania Khalek was joined by Tings Chak, a researcher at the Tricont…
(2023-05-23). Woody Guthrie Prize Given to Punk Rock Group that Supports Escalation of Ukraine War and Overthrow of Russian Government By: Jeremy Kuzmarov. midwesternmarx.com 
Members of Pussy Riot receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa Oklahoma on May 6. [Source: Photo courtesy of Jeremy Kuzmarov] As a proponent of peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, Woody Guthrie would likely be rolling over in his grave if he knew how his heirs betrayed his name Famous for his song "This Land Is Your Land" and for adopting the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar, the great American folk singer Woody Guthrie was an aut …
(2023-05-23). East African Countries Start Training of Rapid Reaction Forces. telesurenglish.net On Monday, troops from 10 East African countries began a two-week training at the United Nations Regional Service Centre in Uganda. | RELATED: | Personnel from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda participated in the training that aims to enhance the understanding of peace support mission planning, said the East African Standby Force (EASF). | "We cannot fulfil our mandate of enhancing peace and s…
(2023-05-23). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela closes 75th Nakba Commemoration Tour. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- "Let us all join hands in the inevitable march to freedom for Palestine and we dare to dream of a free Palestine where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live side by side in peace as they have done for centuries," stated Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, South African member of parliament and grandson of revolutionary icon Nelson Mandela, to an audience of 400 at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, on Saturday, May 20. | Chicago was the sixth and final city Mandela visited during the Nakba Commemoration Tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance…
(2023-05-23). G7 Hiroshima meeting damages the quest for world peace. peoplesworld.org 
One would think that the G7, the most powerful nations in the world meeting in Hiroshima—the site of the explosion of a nuclear bomb that killed tens of thousands and maimed many for generations—would bring the world at least a bit closer to nuclear disarmament and the admittedly elusive goal of world peace. It didn't …
(2023-05-23). Initiative On Ukraine Settlement Cements Africa's New Global Role. popularresistance.org Earlier this week, South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Moscow and Kiev had agreed to receive a mission of African leaders with their peace initiative on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later confirmed that the African mission was planning to visit Russia in mid-June or early July. | The mission of African countries to Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict between the two neighbors is "very encouraging and unexpected," given that African nations have not previously directly addressed conflicts outside the continent, Natalia Piskunova, an Associate Pro…
(2023-05-22). Welcoming ceasefire, Sudanese left calls for involvement of civil society and regional institutions. peoplesdispatch.org The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called for the involvement of Sudanese civil society and African Union peacekeepers…
(2023-05-22). Hiroshima Survivor Slams G7 Leaders for Embracing War & Rejecting Nuclear Disarmament. democracynow.org 
The G7 summit wrapped up Sunday in Hiroshima, where much of the summit focused on the war in Ukraine and China. While in Japan, President Biden and other world leaders paid tribute to the victims of the world's first nuclear attack — the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 — laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and planting a tree. But President Biden did not issue an apology for the attack, which killed an estimated 140,000 people and seriously injured another 100,000. For more, we speak with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and devoted her l…
(2023-05-22). U.S. national security veterans counter Ukraine war drive. workers.org 
On May 16 a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times. Under the headline "The U.S. should be a force for peace in the world," 15 veterans of the U.S. security apparatus endorsed an analysis of the war in Ukraine that confronted head-on the tidal wave of lies from . . . |
(2023-05-22). Ukraine pressured to come to peace deal by Poland and neighbors. infobrics.org European leaders have had enough of the conflict and would be directly impacted by an escalation.
(2023-05-22). A Timely Call for Peace in Ukraine by U.S. National Security Experts. transcend.org 16 May 2023 – The intervention by a group of 15 U.S. national security experts from the Eisenhower Media Network (named "The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace in the World") comes when Ukraine delays its spring offensive to avoid "unacceptable" losses; a return to the negotiating table could save countless lives.
(2023-05-22). Peace Disruption (Part 1): Palestine's Killing Fields Ignominious Beginnings. transcend.org The entities of Love, Hope, and Joy have been most elusive for the Oppressed Palestinians, for 75 long years. Now their very essence for sustained life and Peace are dispelled forever, within the Killing Fields of Palestine, due to the ongoing Peace Disruptions by Apartheid Israel.
(2023-05-23). Venezuela's Communist Party Controversies Reach New Level. orinocotribune.com 
This Sunday, a dissident Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) faction held a grassroots congress in Caracas, creating controversy within the political organization. While formal leaders stated that this congress intended to assault this political party, others oppose the position of the party leaders. | The leadership of the PCV, represented by the general secretary of the Central Committee, Oscar Figuera, claimed that the Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) wants to "assault" the PCV to "subordinate it to the interests of the government of Nicolás Maduro." | "The PSUV leadership wants to usurp the legal personalit…
(2023-05-23). President Maduro Highlights the Importance of UNASUR. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reiterated his defense of "continental integration" on the 15th anniversary of the signing of the founding treaty of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). | RELATED: | "On a day like today, Commander Hugo Chavez promoted the creation of UNASUR, taking up the premise of a great homeland that our liberator Simon Bolivar outlined," he said. | "We are still giving…
(2023-05-23). Venezuela rechaza cuestionamiento sobre compromiso en lucha contra el terrorismo. telesurtv.net Venezuela reiteró el llamado a que EE.UU. respeste el derecho internacional y vuelva a la práctica de la diplomacia para fortalecer la estabilidad y la paz mundial.
(2023-05-22). Venezuelan Communist Party Denounces 'Fake Congress' by Parallel Organization. venezuelanalysis.com The leftist organization has struck an increasingly critical stance in recent years against the government's economic policies.
(2023-05-22). Venezuelan President Enacts Law To Protect Assets Abroad. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed this Monday the enactment of the Law for the Protection of the Assets, Rights, and Interests of the Republic and its Entities Abroad. | RELATED: | "We have a new legal and constitutional instrument to protect all the patrimony that belongs to all Venezuelans. Let's comply with it", said Maduro during the fifth edition of the program "With Maduro +" | According to the President, it prov…
(2023-05-22). Negociaciones en Venezuela, sin luz al final del túnel. globalizacion.ca La conferencia connotaba en principio el entierro ya definitivo del grupo de Lima, aquella entente de gobiernos de derecha de la región alineados con la estrategia de Donald Trump para derrocar a Nicolás Maduro. El encuentro en Bogotá era en…