Colombia: An observer's account
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-29
The International Mission of Solidarity and Human Rights Observation arrived to Colombia on May 25 to verify denouncements of human rights violations committed by the Colombian forces during the National Strike. | Teri Mattson of CODEPINK who is part of the delegation sends a report from Pereira where she and other members of the mission have been meeting with human rights organizations and movements.
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President Maduro: Bicentennial Congress Articulates All of Venezuela's Social Forces
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-29
On Thursday, May 27, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro presented a report on the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples, and asserted that this is a process that articulates all the social forces of the country. He emphasized that the Congress is taking place in a time of union and social awakening, in a time of sacrifice and social struggle. He stressed that over the course of the nation's revolutionary process, never had so many social movements united together as what is happening now through this Congress of the Peoples. | "Youth, women, healthcare personnel, CLAP, communicators, socialist missions, culture,…
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Why Jared Kushner's 'Abraham Accords' did not produce Israel-Palestine Peace and are increasingly Irrelevant
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-29
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Jared Kushner/ Trump plan for Israel-Palestine had some basic premises. The first was that the U.S. could act punitively toward the Palestinians with no consequences. The second was that the Arab states were so afraid of Iran that they would throw the Palestinians under the bus and make an …
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Eyewitness report: Syrians celebrate election outcome
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-29
Damascus, Syria – On Wednesday, May 26, election day in Syria, crowds flocked to polling places to cast their votes. A delegation of observers from the U.S., South Africa, France and Palestine visited polling locations east of Damascus in the war-torn Ghouta region to witness the voting and celebrations taking place. Occupied by U.S. and Saudi-backed contras for over six years, civilians there were unable to vote in the last presidential election, and many more have only recently returned to finally rebuild their homes. Within Ghouta, the delegation observed voting in the town of Arbin and the city of Douma. | Th…
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Venezuela Starts Mass Vaccination – Herd Immunity By 2021
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-29
Venezuela's Health Minister Carlos Alvarado announced everything was ready to start the second stage of the Mass Vaccination Plan against COVID-19 on Saturday. | RELATED: | 375 Venezuelans Came Back to Their Homeland This Week | In this stage, health workers will finish the vaccination of the high-risk groups and will begin vaccinating the rest of the population. | In order to comply with the pre-established schedule, 27 vaccination points have been set up throughout the country to avoi…
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[World Report] Yemen's health system has "collapsed", warns UN
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2021-05-29
The ongoing conflict is exacerbating the effects of COVID-19 as aid agencies warn of a worsening humanitarian situation. Sharmila Devi reports.
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Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
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Students Demand End To University Complicity With Israeli Apartheid
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-29
University students across the UK are demanding immediate divestment from companies complicit in Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism as a part of Apartheid Off Campus's national day of action.
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Disgruntled Iranians Say 'No Way,' Call For Boycott Of June Presidential Election
Golnaz Esfandiari | juancole.com | 2021-05-29
( RFE/RL ) — Less than a month before Iran's June 18 presidential election, there are few signs of enthusiasm about the vote. For many Iranians, voting in the Islamic republic has often been a choice between bad or worse. Elections in Iran are tightly restricted, with candidates being preselected by hard-liners on the country's …
juancole.com/2021/05/disgruntled-iranian…
Venezuela's CNE to Expand Political Participation in 21N Upcoming Regional Elections
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-29
Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) approved this Thursday, May 27, a series of measures to expand the participation of political organizations in the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November 21. | On the website of the highest electoral body of the country, it was reported that electoral authorities have analyzed the proposals presented by the Political Participation and Financing Committee (COPAFI), which were unanimously approved. These proposals were related to the situation of political parties that did not obtain the minimum legal percentage of votes in last parliamentary elections, h…
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An Opportunity That Can't Be Passed: On Blinken's Historic Meeting With Palestinian Activists
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-29
For the first time, an American Secretary of State has given time and attention to the Palestinian voice. It was not a photo-op, it was a serious meeting with various Palestinian voices who are actively resisting on the ground.
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Houthis Released Combat Footage From Recent Operation Deep Inside Saudi Arabia (18+)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-29
Click to see full-size image. | On May 29, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released combat footage from a recent large-scale ground operation inside the southern Saudi province of Jizan. | During the operation, Houthi fighters crossed the border into Jizan then stormed a number of Saudi military position without facing any real resistance. The positions were manned by Saudi and Sudanese soldiers as well as Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters. | The Houthis also ambushed reinforcements of the Saudi military and managed to reach the ou…
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Saudi-led Coalition Thwarted Another Houthi Attack, Destroyed Two Booby-Trapped Boats
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-29
Illustrative image.Captureÿ®Ÿä.jpg | On May 28, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had foiled an attempt by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) to launch an attack with booby-trapped boats. | In a statement, the coalition said that its forces destroyed two remotely-controlled water-borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIED) off the shores of the town of al-Salif on Yemen's western coast before the Houthis could launch the attack. | "The Houthi militia continues to threaten shipping a…
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Military Situation In Yemen On May 29, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-29
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 89 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On May 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 15 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On May 28, three civilian were killed by Saudi shelling on the Raqu area in Munbah district | On May 29, Ansar Allah attacked King Khalid Airbase in Khamis Mushait with two Qasef 2k suicide drones | On May 29, sporadic clashes between Ansar A…
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Does the U.S. Really Need Another Oil Pipeline?
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2021-05-29
Native American communities living alongside the route of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking all activists to join them in solidarity this June…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Following pessimistic and meddlesome remarks made this Wednesday, May 26, by Juan González, advisor to the US president Joe Biden, assuring that political pressure on President Nicolás Maduro will persist if the dialogue between the opposition and Chavismo "fails," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the Colombian González. | "The dialogue has been fruitful and has generated peace thanks to the willingness of Venezuelans," wrote Arreaza on Twitter. "You should occupy yourself with your two countries: main producer of narcotics (Colombia) and the main consumer (United States), and re…
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U.S.-backed commandos kill blind Colombian revolutionary leader
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-28
On May 17, a U.S.-backed Colombian commando unit, acting like bounty hunters, illegally crossed into the Venezuelan state of Zulia to murder Colombian rebel leader Jesus Santrich. Like the criminal gangsters they are, the commandos cut off his left finger to verify his identity to claim the $1 million bounty cosponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Colombian President Ivan Duque. | One might be forced to ask the question: why would the U.S. and Colombian governments place a $1 million bounty for a dead-or-alive capture of a blind 55-year-old former peace negotiator who was in a small mountain town near th…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Following pessimistic and meddlesome remarks made this Wednesday, May 26, by Juan González, advisor to the US president Joe Biden, assuring that political pressure on President Nicolás Maduro will persist if the dialogue between the opposition and Chavismo "fails," the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the Colombian González. | "The dialogue has been fruitful and has generated peace thanks to the willingness of Venezuelans," wrote Arreaza on Twitter. "You should occupy yourself with your two countries: main producer of narcotics (Colombia) and the main consumer (United States), and re…
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PODCAST: BDS and the Battle for Free Speech
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-28
Journalist Abby Martin, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), and CAIR won a major victory for free speech and the right to protest in solidarity with Palestine in a May 24 federal court ruling.
liberationnews.org/podcast-bds-and-the-b…
Forget the GOP Plan. Climate Activists Want $10 Trillion for Infrastructure
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-28
As President Biden haggles with Republicans on infrastructure, youth climate activists continue pushing for the bold vision of a Green New Deal. Sunrise Movement activist Lily Gardner says Biden should forget the GOP and listen to young people, who are fired up about the prospect of a Civilian Climate Corps that would create thousands of jobs combatting the climate crisis and building a sustainable future. | Music by Dan Mason. | TRANSCRIPT: | Th…
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Statement of Palestinian Student Organizations in Support of CUNY Boycott Campaign
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
CUNY4Palestine launched its campaign to demand the City University of New York system divest from corporations complicit in Israeli occupation, apartheid, settler colonialism and war crimes at a press conference and rally on Friday, 28 May in New York City, The CUNY Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, signed by hundreds of faculty, students and organizations in the CUNY community, also demands that the university system implement the Palestinian call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel and support the rights of students to organize for Palestine. Palestinian student and youth organization…
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May 28, NYC: CUNY Must Divest! Rally and Press Conference for Palestine
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
Friday, 28 May 3: 00 pm John Jay College 524 W 59th St New York City Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/2951785921811362… This event will publicize the CUNY Statement for Palestine and then march to CUNY offices. See latest statement updates at the link. CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [To add your name, please click here or email cuny.solidarity.letter@gmail.com] We, members of the City University of New York community, stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine resisting the violence and oppression of Israeli settler colonial and apartheid rule. We condemn the brut…
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Watch: How Britain wanted a Jewish Ulster in Palestine
David Cronin | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-28
Zionist project viewed as useful for the empire.
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Support the Palestine Freedom Fund: Defending NY Palestine activists facing repression
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
In a number of cities around the world, the massive demonstrations taking to the streets for Palestine have faced police repression, brutality, criminalization and attempts to suppress the growing movement for Palestinian liberation. In particular, Palestinian and Arab youth have been targeted in many of these incidents, from New York to Berlin to Copenhagen. In response to the attacks on Palestine demonstrations, the NY4Palestine coalition — of which Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a member — launched the Palestine Freedom Fund, with the call: "Our Palestinian communities are under…
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Cuban President Exalts LatAm Unity in the Face of COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-28
Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, praised Latin America's unity in the confrontation with Covid-19, referring to the Argentine Health Minister's visit to Cuba. | RELATED: | PAHO Highlights Cuba's Regional Role With COVID-19 Vaccines | The president highlighted in his Twitter account the presence of Carla Vizzotti, Minister of Health of the South American nation, along with Cecilia Nicolini, advisor to the Presidency of Alberto Fernández. The latter arrived in this capital to lear…
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CODEPINK Statement on the Biden Administration's $753 billion Proposed Pentagon Budget
commondreams.org | 2021-05-28
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A small GOP-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition is waging a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament
Medea Benjamin Marcy Winograd | juancole.com | 2021-05-28
(Responsible Statecraft) — Democrats might control the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government right now, but a small Republican-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition exercises outsized influence in a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament. The coalition, comprising six senators from states that house, develop, or test underground land-based nuclear weapons, is pushing a …
juancole.com/2021/05/intercontinental-fr…
Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
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Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/1884277…
According to Reuters 500,000 Barrels of Diesel Arrived in Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
On Thursday, May 27, Reuters news agency reported that Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) received almost 500,000 barrels of diesel fuel aboard the tanker Bueno, flying the flag of Djibouti, at the port of Amuay in Falcón state, Venezuela, on Sunday May 23. | Venezuela's diesel shortage, another consequence of the "sanctions" imposed by the United States and promoted by the opposition sector and former deputy Juan Guiadó, primarily affects food transportation…
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Anti-Chavista Deputy Bertucci: 'US Policy Towards Venezuela to Change in Coming Months'
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
This Thursday, May 27, Venezuelan deputy to the National Assembly (AN), Javier Bertucci, said that the policy of the United States with respect to Venezuela will change in the coming months, and that between June and July, high-level officials from Joe Biden's administration are expected to visit Venezuela. | "The policy of the United States is going to change in the coming months, because they want results and have not seen them in the last two years," said Bertucci, who is also a member of the AN Special Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace, in an interview granted to Sputnik. | "There are some is…
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CIA Commemorates 60-year Anniversary of one of its Most Infamous Failures in History — Bay of Pigs Invasion — with 'Victory' Coin
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Whatever possessed the CIA to issue a coin commemorating one of its worst disasters, the failed 1961 "Crusade to Free Cuba," it gave Twitter users a chance to mercilessly mock the US spy agency with Fidel Castro memes and such. | "This silver coin commemorating an anticipated (but never realized) Bay of Pigs victory features an outline of Cuba with a rebel invader advancing past a fallen member of Castro's military in the foreground," the agency tweeted on Tuesday, with a photo of the artifact. | This silver coin commemorating an anticipated (but never realized) Bay of Pigs victory features an outline of Cuba…
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Venezuela's Battle of Carabobo Bicentennial: Mural Contest Highlights Historical Milestone
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
More than 100,000 people are participating in The Battle of Carabobo Bicentennial Mural Competition that is taking place throughout Venezuela and even beyond its borders. This event has been organized as part of the cultural activities related to the celebration of the historic milestone. | Deputy Tania Díaz, coordinator of the contest, stressed that "this is a time of national unity, a time when Venezuela can let the world know that it will not give up." | Deputy Díaz considered that, through artistic activities such as these "we, the Venezuelan people ratify our sovereignty, our national identity, our independe…
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Venezuela's Attorney General Files 2 New Actions with ICC for Biased Treatment
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, presented new actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to ensure due process in the preliminary examination underway in the ICC prosecutor's office and Venezuela's right to a legal defense. | In this regard, he explained that as a result of Venezuela's commitment to the ICC prosecutor's office, the Public Ministry attests to the delivery of its reports regarding the requests of the international body. He also asserted that six documents have been delivered the ICC, including about six thousand pages of i…
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Despite Risks, Climate Activists Lead Fight Against Oil Giant's Drilling Projects in Uganda
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-28
"We cannot drink oil. This is why we cannot accept the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline," says Ugandan climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Combat Footage: PKK Fighters Attacked Turkish Military Post Near Border With Iran
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-28
Screen grab from the Gerilla TV video. | On May 28, the Gerilla TV released footage of a recent attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the Turkish military near the border with Iran. | The attack, which took place on May 13, targeted a military position near the Gàºrbulak border gate in the eastern Turkish province of Aƒürƒ±. | During the attack, PKK fighters targeted the position with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles. In a statement, the PKK claimed that "many" Turkish service…
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Houthi Drones Strike Back With New Attack On Saudi Arabia
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-28
Illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing | On May 28, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had foiled a drone attack by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) on the Kingdom territory. | In a brief statement, the coalition claimed that a drone had been "intercepted" and "destroyed" over the southern part of Saud Arabia. The drone, whose type was not identified, was allegedly launched from Yemen. | "The Houthi terrorist militia continues its attempts to target civilians and civilian objects … We take operational me…
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Marco Rubio García, monomaniaco y mitómano
José A. Amesty R. | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-28
Sin duda alguna el senador republicano Marco Rubio García en EEUU, se ha convertido en el estratega de presión contra Cuba y Venezuela. Su verborrea barata, repetitiva, politiquera y mentirosa, lo hace ser un monomanà¨aco y mentiroso. | Su última perla…
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Water activists win against Adani
Margaret Gleeson | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-28
In a victory for people power, the Federal Court found, on May 25, that the federal government had failed to apply the "water trigger" test when assessing — and approving — Adani's North Galilee Water Scheme (NGWS) in April 2019. | The NGWS refers to a pipeline that would extract 12.5 billion litres of water a year from the Suttor River to service Adani's Carmichael Coal Mine in central Queensland. | The "water trigger" refers to The Environment Prot…
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Activists stop armed vehicles entering Land Forces weapons expo
Kerry Smith | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-28
In a spectacular start to the Disrupt Land Forces, a week-long festival of resistance, anti-militarism activists blocked two military vehicles from entering the Brisbane Convention Centre on May 27. | Four people climbed on top of a Rheinmetall's armed drone and Ripleys armed truck as they entered the Brisbane Convention Centre for the arms industry sales conference. More than 300 arms manufacturers will be showcasing their products from June 1-3. | Disrupt Land Forces spokesperson Margaret Pestorius said that the Land Forces represents "a convergence of so many issues of militarism in our society". | "The 300 co…
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-stop-armed-vehicles-entering-land-forces-weapons-expo
Water activists win against Adani
Margaret Gleeson | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-28
In a victory for people power, the Federal Court found, on May 25, that the federal government had failed to apply the "water trigger" test when assessing — and approving– Adani's North Galilee Water Scheme (NGWS) in April 2019. | The NGWS refers to a pipeline that would extract 12.5 billion litres of water a year from the Suttor River to service Adani's Carmichael Coal Mine in central Queensland. | The "water trigger" refers to The Environment Prote…
greenleft.org.au/content/water-activists-win-against-adani
Operation Condor 2.0: Behind Aznar's Award to Guaidó and the Atlas Network
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-28
Karen Méndez Loffredo Interview with Julián Macías Tovar, researcher and editor of Pandemia Digital. Former President José María Aznar presented the 10th FAES Freedom Award to former Venezuelan MP Juan Guaidó. The event was also attended by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida and the… Read…
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Operation Condor 2.0: Behind Aznar's Award to Guaidó and the Atlas Network
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-28
Karen Méndez Loffredo Interview with Julián Macías Tovar, researcher and editor of Pandemia Digital. Former President José María Aznar presented the 10th FAES Freedom Award to former Venezuelan MP Juan Guaidó. The event was also attended by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida and the… Read…
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