Daily Archives: June 1, 2023

2023-06-01: News Headlines

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J. S. Davies, Scheer Post. (2023-06-01). When Will The United States Join The Global Call To End The Ukraine War? popularresistance.org When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy for peace in Ukraine with the wealthy Western G7 countries that are militarily allied with Ukraine and have so far remained deaf to pleas for peace. | But it was not to be. Instead, the Global South leaders were forced to sit and listen as their hosts announced their latest plans to tighten sanctions against Russia and further escalate the war by sending U.S.-built F-16 warplanes to…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). Leaked Documents Reveals Israeli Preparations For War With Hezbollah In Lebanon. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | Israel is preparing for a possible full-blown war with Hezbollah in Lebanon according to official documents that leaked on the internet on May 31. | The leaked documents, which were sent from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to the councils of northern cities and settlements, includes emergency instructions in case war breaks out on the front with Lebanon. | On May 29, the IDF launched a large-scale two-week-long drill…

infobrics (2023-06-01). Zelensky "turned the country into a new Afghanistan" — former Ukrainian PM. infobrics.org Ukraine's manpower shortage is delaying long-anticipated counterattack.

infobrics (2023-06-01). BRICS: Will Egypt Join and Adapt BRICS Currency. infobrics.org BRICS is an acronym for five of the leading economies in the world: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Together, the nations are looking to establish their own currency, BRICS, in order to decrease the influence of the US in the global trade market by means of de-dollarization. New countries are already showing interest in joining the organization, including Egypt…

infobrics (2023-06-01). Insisting on "demilitarized zone" in Russia, Kiev shows no interest in diplomatic solutions. infobrics.org Zelensky's top aide calls for the measure in order to avoid "new aggressions" in the future.


Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-01). South Africa hosts meeting of BRICS foreign ministers. plenglish.com Cape Town, South Africa, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) South Africa is hosting a meeting for the ministers of Foreign and International Relations belonging to the member countries of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).

Anonymous103 (2023-06-01). Kiev Attempted Another Attack On Russian Border Belgorod Region. southfront.org Destroyed Ukrainian military equipment | On the morning of June 1, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Ukrainian forces attempted another attack on the Russian settlements in the border Belgorod region. The attempt to cross the border continue amid the constant heavy shelling of civilian villages by Ukrainian artillery. | This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with units of the Border Service and other units of the FSB of Russia, thwarted another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry…

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

WSWS (2023-06-01). Senator Lindsey Graham says US financing of Ukraine war against Russia is "the best money we've ever spent" wsws.org On Friday, Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and publicly praised the death of Russians in the US-NATO proxy war in Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-06-01). As attacks inside Russia continue, Macron calls for NATO membership "path" for Ukraine. wsws.org Ukrainian attacks inside Russia continued with a series of drone strikes against two oil refineries in the region of Russian Krasnodar and the shelling of the Belgorod region of Russia near the Ukrainian border.

Andy Kroll (2023-06-01). The Compulsion to Intervene. tomdispatch.com Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever that Washington Post columnist professes optimism about some upcoming bloodletting, misfortune tends to follow. And as it happens, he's positively bullish about the prospect of Ukraine handing Russia a decisive defeat in its upcoming, widely anticipated, sure-to-happen-any-day-now spring counteroffensive. In a recent column reported from the Ukrainian capital — headline: "I was just in Kyiv under fire" — Boot writes that actual signs of war there are few. Something akin to normalcy…

Rick Rozoff (2023-06-01). Meeting NATO demand: Denmark to triple military spending. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense Post/Agence France-PresseMay 30, 2023 Denmark to Triple Defense Budget Over Next Decade Denmark's government announced Tuesday that it would triple its defense budget over the next 10 years in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Denmark intends to reach the NATO goal of spending two percent of gross domestic product on the military …

Larry Johnson (2023-06-01). Is Russia Pre-Empting the Ukrainian Offensive? sonar21.com (This photo is a before and after picture of Russia's attack on the UAF ammunition depot near Zhytomyr on May 28, 2023.) With all the loose talk from Ukraine and…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-01). Military Situation In Donbass On June 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Udachnoye; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Antonovka; | The AFU reportedly hit 1 command post, 1 artillery unit, 2 ammunition depots, 2 electronic warfare stations in the past 24 hours; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Mariinka;…

_____ (2023-06-01). Positive outcomes of the Arab Summit in Jeddah. journal-neo.org The new world order, based on equality of all its participants and initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is increasingly making its way in international relations. The results of the Arab summit, which just ended in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are a vivid example of this. This year's Summit came amid signs that the oil-rich kingdom […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Daniel Kovalik (2023-06-01). Reflections on Russia and Crimea: "Helping to Achieve Peace" globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2023-06-01). Poland arms Moldova for suppression of Transnistria, Gagauzia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJune 1, 2023 Poland donates police weapons, equipment to Moldova Poland has donated a shipment of weapons, ammunition and equipment to strengthen Moldova's police force amid Russia's attempts to destabilise the internal situation in that country, the Polish interior minister has said. Mariusz Kami≈Ñski announced the donation via social media on Thursday…. The Polish …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-06-01). Czech General Warns NATO 'Is Currently on a Course' for War with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-01). Russiagates Missing Pieces: What Was Not Said in the Durham Report? libya360.wordpress.com Seymour Hersh Special Counsel John Durham in 2022. / Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images. The first thing to understand about John Durham is that he was a fearless prosecutor who went after organized crime and put in prison retired and active FBI agents who protected the mob for money or other enticements. One of the…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). Russia Warns U.S. Pilots Are Violating Safety Protocols Over Syria. southfront.org File image. | On May 31, the Russian military accused United States pilots of "gross violations" of protocols designed to avoid clashes over Syria. | Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria, said that U.S. pilots were activating their weapons systems when approaching Russian planes over the east of the war-torn country. | The Russian military is present in Syria under an official request from the legitimate government to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups…

Rick Rozoff (2023-06-01). BALTOPS: U.S. 6th Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO hold 20-nation war games off Russia's NW border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Public AffairsMay 31, 2023 U.S. Sixth Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO to kick off BALTOPS 2023 The 52nd iteration of Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23), NATO's premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, is set to begin from Tallinn, Estonia, June 4-16. Nineteen …

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). U.S. Is Creating 'Free Army' In Raqqa To Destabilize Syria: Russia's UN Representative. southfront.org File image. | The United States is creating a "Free Syria Army" faction near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in order to destabilize the war-torn country, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya warned on May 30. "We would like to once again point to the U.S. destructive policy. It looks like it is not enough for the U.S. to simply supply weapons to illegal armed groups they created in al-Tanf and on the Euphrates eastern bank," the senior diplomat said a…

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Global Customer Day draws world-wide response. ecns.cn Over 800 businesspeople from across the world including China, South Africa, Russia, Indonesia, and other countries participated in the Global Customer Day held by the Liugong Machinery based in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). Hezbollah-Linked Outlet Says Deadly East Lebanon Blast Was Not Caused By Israeli Strike. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | The An unnamed security source told the news outlet, which is close to Hezbollah, that the blast at the front's base was likely t…

KATIE (2023-06-01). Bowing to BDS pressure: G4S to divest completely from apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-06-01). CUNY caves to Israel lobby over anti-racist speech. electronicintifada.net AIPAC top donor to lawmaker Ritchie Torres, who attacked law school graduate over her remarks against Israeli aggression.

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2023-06-01). The Cultural Looting Of Gaza. popularresistance.org There needs to be a particularly high standard of cynicism and cruelty to rob destitute people. In many ways, this is what capitalism is all about. But to use the fact that people are near ruin to exploit them is as cold as it gets. | People in Gaza are confined to living with few resources in what amounts to a prison. They are permitted levels of nutrition and medicine that are just enough to prevent total starvation and disease. This is only because Israel, which controls the piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, does not want disease to spread into its own borders. | Israel exploits the suffering of Gazans in…

_____ (2023-06-01). The G7 countries demonstrated a Cold War mentality in their attacks on China. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-06-01). G7 countries in search of an alternative to China's One Belt, One Road megaproject. journal-neo.org

WSWS (2023-06-01). Papua New Guinea students protest military pact with US. wsws.org The student protests against the militarisation of PNG point to growing opposition throughout the Pacific region to the accelerating US-led drive against China.

Staff (2023-06-01). China takes leadership role in Central Asia: Part 1. peoplesdispatch.org One of the pleasures of…

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). China Three Gorges Corp breeds 800,000 Yangtze sturgeon fry in 2023. ecns.cn Some 800,000 Yangtze sturgeon hatchlings were bred by China Three Gorges Corp (CTG) in 2023, setting a new record since the species was artificially bred in April 2019, the corporation said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). China making headway in large-scale AI models. ecns.cn China has developed at least 79 large-scale artificial intelligence models with over 1 billion parameters each, a research institute said in a rare public statement, amid the worldwide buzz created by OpenAI's artificial intelligence chat bot ChatGPT.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Henan takes action after rains soak wheat. ecns.cn Henan province, a major wheat production base in China, is taking all-around measures — including draining water out of fields, dispatching harvesters and accelerating the drying of grains — to offset the effects brought by recent rainfall that has affected the wheat at its ripening stage.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Experts: Yuan set to remain largely stable. ecns.cn The short-term downward pressure faced by the Chinese currency does not point to further depreciation space in light of China's economic recovery pace, experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Policy support expected to boost growth. ecns.cn China's factory activity dipped further into contraction in May amid slowing production and weakening demand, official data showed on Wednesday, putting more pressure on policymakers seeking to consolidate the foundations of economic recovery.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). India's bias against Chinese media decried. ecns.cn Beijing confirmed on Wednesday that Chinese reporters "have long been unfairly treated with discrimination in India", and that the countermeasures China has taken for the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese media are "proper".

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Tesla chief briefed on benefits of opening-up. ecns.cn China will continue to provide efficient and pragmatic services and support the long-term and stable development of foreign-funded enterprises in the country, he added.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). What does the China Space Station look like now. ecns.cn The Tianhe core module's two other docking ports are positioned in the front and the back, with the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft and the Tianzhou-6 cargo ship docked with them, respectively.

ecns.cn (2023-06-01). Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to visit China from June 1 to 6. ecns.cn At the invitation of the Chinese government, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand will visit China from June 1 to 6 and this will be Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn's 50th visit to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Wednesday.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-01). The tale of a US spy plane over the South China Sea. peoplesdispatch.org A US spy plane and a Chinese military jet had a close encounter over the South China Sea. While the US claimed the Chinese plane intercepted its reconnaissance aircraft "unprofessionally," China demanded that the US "restrict its frontal maritime and aerial forces' actions and strictly abide by related international laws and relevant agreements"

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-01). Police arrest organizers behind Cop City protester bail fund. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Law enforcement officers in Georgia have arrested three top organizers behind a bail fund in Atlanta that has been aiding protesters against Cop City. | Atlanta police arrested the organizers,

Anonymous103 (2023-06-01). Military Situation In Iraq On June 1, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani to his swearing-in ceremony during a phone call; | The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court ruled against the self-extension of the Kurdistan Region's parliament by another year, calling it unconstitutional; | The Kurdistan Region's parliamentary elections will be held according to the current electioral law, according to Harem Kamal Agha, head of the PUK in Baghdad; | Iranian Interior Minist…

Staff (2023-06-01). #WeStandWithFatima: Defend Palestine, Resist Zionist Attacks, Organize for Liberation. samidoun.net Take Action: Read and endorse the statement by Within Our Lifetime (download and read the resource materials here too!) Send an individual letter to CUNY (via WOL) Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Fatima Mohammed, the graduate of CUNY Law and elected student speaker whose powerful words of social justice and revolutionary conviction have drawn …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-01). Water Wars: Drought, Disputes, and Deadly Skirmishes Between Iran and the Taliban. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil Recent border clashes have escalated tensions to a critical point between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban over Iran's unfulfilled water rights. Do the Taliban have a deeper motive, and what are their demands? Long spells of drought in Afghanistan and southeastern Iran have reignited a decades-old dispute between the two countries over the…

Atlanta Community Press Collective (2023-06-01). Atlanta Police and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Raid Atlanta Solidarity Fund, Arrest Three Organizers. itsgoingdown.org Report from the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) on recent raid by law enforcement against the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. Just after 9: 00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, officers with the Atlanta Police Department (APD) and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) raided The Teardown House in East Atlanta. Police arrested three organizers with the Atlanta Solidarity…

teleSUR (2023-06-01). Iran To Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization In July. telesurenglish.net Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Thursday that his country's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be completed in early July. | RELATED: | "We will become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in July, when the next summit of the association will be held," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. | The next summit will be held on July 4 under the chairmanship of Indi…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-01). Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Pakistan are among global 'Hunger Hotspots'. peoplesdispatch.org A report by the World Food Program identifies 18 hunger hotspots across 22 countries where acute food insecurity is expected to increase in the period from June to November 2023. 15.3 million people are at risk of high acute food insecurity in Afghanistan…

Igor Derysh (2023-06-01). Trump Recording Raises Threat of Potential Indictment in Mar-a-Lago Case. truthout.org Federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording in which former President Donald Trump admits retaining a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, raising the threat of a potential indictment in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, according to CNN. The recording indicates that Trump knew he kept classified material. The former president suggests in the audio that he wants to share… |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-01). Buena Fe duo expresses solidarity with Cuban poet Nancy Morejón. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Numerous were the reactions of solidarity from Internet users support in this capital, on Thursday, towards the solidarity expressed on Twitter by Israel Rojas, a member of the Buena Fe duo, with Cuban intellectual Nancy Morejón, another target of the cultural war against Cuba.

Fight Back (2023-06-01). Hundreds gather in Atlanta in support of arrested Atlanta Solidarity Fund activists. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – On May 31, roughly 150 people gathered outside the DeKalb County Jail for a noise demonstration in support of three activists arrested that morning by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Atlanta Police Department. The three Georgian activists – Marlon Kautz, Savannah Patterson and Adele Maclean, who are associated with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund (ASF), were arrested for money laundering and charity fraud, according to a statement made by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on Twitter. | ASF has been instrumental in raising bail, providing jail support and providing access to represent…

Staff (2023-06-01). PFLP condemns continued Israeli imprisonment of Palestinian leader Walid Daqqah. peoplesdispatch.org The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has condemned the Israeli occupation courts for rejecting the appeal to release imprisoned Palestinian leader, novelist, and intellectual Walid Daqqah. The statement came after the Israeli prison service parole committee rejected his release at a session held in Ramleh prison on Wednesday, May 31. While rejecting …

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-01). East Palestine residents have been left behind—and they're running out of water. therealnews.com Months after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel "numb," lied to, and abandoned. On Tues, May 30, TRNN hosted a solidarity livestream and pledge drive to raise money and secure much-needed supplies for residents living in and around East Palestine. We spoke directly with residents living in and around East Palestine about what they and their families are going through, what assistance they are (or are not) receiving from the government and from Norfolk Southern, and what we can all do t…

Calla Mairead Walsh (2023-06-01). Biden administration continues Trump's anti-Cuba policies, but solidarity movement is pushing back. peoplesworld.org On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba—along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Venezuela—are not "not cooperating fully" in the United States supposed fight against terrorism. The Biden administration officially designates Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" (SSOT), as well as Iran, Syria, and the DPRK. Literally 0% of Americans view Cuba as a serious …

Ryan Fatica, Unicorn Riot (2023-06-01). Three Atlanta Activists Arrested, Home Raided Over Bail Fund. indybay.org Around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund were arrested during a raid by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Atlanta Police Department and charged with money laundering and charity fraud.

National Lawyers Guild (2023-06-01). NLG Condemns State Repression and Raids Against Atlanta Solidarity Fund Activists. indybay.org This morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and Atlanta Police Department (APD) raided the homes of and arrested three activists with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. These arrests are a clear attempt to silence protest and sever activists from legal counsel and community support.

Editor (2023-06-01). The Slow Ethnic Cleansing of Ein Samiya's Bedouin Community. scheerpost.com Israeli settlers and military systematically made life unbearable for the Bedouin community living in the West Bank's Ein Samiya region. On May 22 they were forced to leave their lands and were displaced for the fourth time since 1969.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-01). Rusia y China saludan propósito de Venezuela de unirse al Brics. telesurtv.net "China da la bienvenida a más socios de ideas afines para que se conviertan en parte de la familia Brics en una fecha próxima", dijo la vocera de la cancillería china.

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