(2024-05-13). 1,000 Grandmothers' Action Calls for End to Genocide. indybay.org As the UN General Assembly today announced its adoption of a resolution in support of full-member status for Palestinian Statehood, activists from Code Pink and others were visiting the offices of U.S. senators in the Hart Senate Office Building to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end…
(2024-05-13). On behalf of Biden administration, UAW bureaucracy and DSA struggle to contain anti-war sentiment. wsws.org In recent weeks, the Democratic Party has come to rely increasingly on the UAW bureaucracy and Democratic Socialists of America to protect Joe Biden, insulate his re-election campaign from growing hostility to the genocide in Gaza, and keep weapons flowing both to Israel and to Ukraine in the US-NATO war against Russia.
(2024-05-13). Foreign mercenaries admit they were "sacrificial unit" in trying to stop Russian troops. infobrics.org Latin American mercenaries are filling the void left by scared Westerners.
(2024-05-13). India Grants Marine Insurance Approval for Russian Firms. infobrics.org India has granted marine insurance approval to four Russian firms, adding impetus to Moscow's efforts to avoid the use of Western service providers…
(2024-05-13). The Impact of BRICS Expansion on the Global Economy. infobrics.org The BRICS 2024 summit in Russia's Kazan region focuses on expansion and reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar…
(2024-05-13). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.
(2024-05-13). Senator Lindsey Graham called for dropping nuclear bombs on Gaza on TV. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) compared Israel's Gaza war to the US's atomic bombing of Japan. Graham advised Israel to end the Gaza war with severe methods, including nuclear weapons.Graham told NBC's Kristin Welker on Meet the Press that Israel might cause civilian fatalities in Gaza because of the U.S.'s 1940s actions against Japan. He said the U.S. concluded the war with Japan by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, notwithstanding civilian deaths.Graham's demand that Israel obtain the armaments needed to finish the war quickly, disregarding civilian losses, shocked many. He suggested that the U.S. help…
(2024-05-13). US Senator Lindsey Graham says Israel should nuke Gaza. geopoliticaleconomy.com US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview that Israel should drop nuclear bombs on Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinian civilians, including 1 million children, are trapped under what Israel's defense minister called a "complete siege".
(2024-05-13). US Is Losing In Ukraine. Blame China, Says Blinken. counterpunch.org 
At the close of his recent trip to China, on April 26 while still in Beijing, Sec. of State, Anthony Blinken, made an extremely bellicose statement to the press. Blinken's words marked a new phase in the narrative to prepare the American and European public for more conflict with China. As Caitlin Johnstone has reminded
(2024-05-13). US Think Tank Admits Russia's Massive & Growing Military Industrial Output. thealtworld.com
(2024-05-13). Russia's Vladimir Putin removes Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, shifts to head Security Council. scmp.com Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.
(2024-05-13). Visa scheme for Palestinians to be debated by MPs after over 103,000 sign petition. leftfootforward.org 'We want the government to take action and create a Visa scheme that allows Palestinian individuals affected by war, to be allowed into the UK. Just like we did for Ukraine'
(2024-05-13). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.
(2024-05-13). Ukraine's Zelensky urges calm as Russia advances in Kharkiv region. scmp.com Russia's defence ministry on Sunday claimed its troops had made deeper advances in the Kharkiv border region, 'liberating' a total of nine settlements over the weekend.
(2024-05-13). Russia launches offensive on Kharkov as NATO threatens escalation in Ukraine. wsws.org As the military situation of the NATO alliance and its puppet regime in Ukraine becomes ever more desperate, the danger of direct military intervention by the NATO powers is growing.
(2024-05-13). Journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva harassed by Russian authorities in Ukraine's Crimea. twitter.com
(2024-05-13). Dominic Cummings: Zelenskyy's no Churchill and Ukraine's corrupt. defenddemocracy.press Former Brexit campaign chief says the West is 'getting f**ked' by supporting Ukraine. By Noah Keate May 9, 2024 Boris Johnson's former top adviser Dominic Cummings launched a sweary attack on Western support for Ukraine Thursday. In an interview with the i newspaper, Cummings — who led Britain's Vote Leave Brexit campaign and spectacularly fell …
(2024-05-13). Nordic military operations highlight NATO's preparations to attack Russia from the north. wsws.org One major NATO exercise has followed another, with tens of thousands of troops participating, while the US has expanded its bilateral defence agreements with Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden to create what resembles a massive American staging ground for an invasion of Russia from the north.
(2024-05-13). Thousands in Georgia join protest against 'foreign agent' bill despite warnings of arrests. scmp.com Several thousand Georgians gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday night in a fresh protest against a Russian-styled 'foreign agent' bill.
(2024-05-13). Denuncian que Israel asesinó a 493 trabajadores sanitarios en Gaza. telesurtv.net Asimismo precisó el organismo que la ocupación israelí todavía controla los cruces, impide la entrada de medicamentos y combustible.
(2024-05-13). Piden en México juzgar como crimen de Estado el caso Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net El pedido de la FGR responde a los obstáculos que han encontrado para lograr sentencias condenatorias a los responsables del caso Ayotzinapa.
(2024-05-13). Fiscal General de Ecuador asegura que sicarios quieren matarla. telesurtv.net En el video, Salazar revela que los mismos criminales que perpetraron el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio en agosto de 2023, también tenían planeado acabar con su vida.
(2024-05-13). Cuba clasifica al Mundial de Balonmano después de 15 años (+Video). cubadebate.cu Cuba derrotó esta noche 36-21 a México en la final del Campeonato Masculino de Balonmano de Norteamérica y el Caribe, para clasificar al venidero mundial de la disciplina, a celebrarse en 2025, entre Croacia, Dinamarca y Noruega. Contra los locales mexicanos, los cubanos plantaron cara desde el inicio para llevarse la victoria y concluir invictos.
(2024-05-13). Russia claims gains in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. newarab.com 
Moscow's defence ministry said its troops had "liberated" five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the Russian border — Borysivka, Ogirtseve, Pletenivka, Pylna and Strilecha — as we…
(2024-05-13). US senator calls on Israel to drop nuclear bombs on Gaza just like Hiroshima. presstv.ir American Senator Lindsey Graham says Israel should do "whatever" it deems necessary in its war on Gaza, drawing a comparison to when the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan during World War II.
(2024-05-13). Nima and I Tackle Ukraine and the War on the Palestinians. sonar21.com 
Turned out to be a pretty stimulating podcast. Nima did his typical excellent interview and I teed-off on Hakeem Jeffries. I am disgusted and exasperated with the legion of U.S. lawmakers so eager to wage war on other countries, using the sons and daughters of average Americans. I dream of a world where a member of Congress, who votes to fund a war, must immediately resign and join up. Put their own sorry, worthless asses on the line. If we had that as a requirement, I am certain we would see the end of war fever.
(2024-05-13). Days After Putin's Nuclear Drill Move, Macron's 'Don't Want War' Clarification | Ukraine | Russia. hindustantimes.com Amid the intensifying Russia-Ukraine war, the French President made a new remark on the West's role. Emmanuel Macron, on May 11, while answering a question on whether France is 'going to go to war', said Paris seeks to avoid direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict. However, Macron argued that an intervention might be necessary if Russia "goes too far." Watch for more. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…