(2021-05-29). [World Report] Yemen's health system has "collapsed", warns UN. thelancet.com The ongoing conflict is exacerbating the effects of COVID-19 as aid agencies warn of a worsening humanitarian situation. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2021-05-28). U.S.-backed commandos kill blind Colombian revolutionary leader. fightbacknews.org 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…
(2021-05-28). Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza's Forceful Response to Biden's Advisor, Juan González. orinocotribune.com 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…
(2021-05-28). Sunday 5/30: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! indybay.org Gather at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
(2021-05-28). May 28, NYC: CUNY Must Divest! Rally and Press Conference for Palestine. samidoun.net 
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…
(2021-05-28). Watch: How Britain wanted a Jewish Ulster in Palestine. electronicintifada.net Zionist project viewed as useful for the empire.
(2021-05-28). PODCAST: BDS and the Battle for Free Speech. liberationnews.org 
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.
(2021-05-28). Houthi Drones Strike Back With New Attack On Saudi Arabia. southfront.org 
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…
(2021-05-28). Combat Footage: PKK Fighters Attacked Turkish Military Post Near Border With Iran. southfront.org 
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…
(2021-05-28). Forget the GOP Plan. Climate Activists Want $10 Trillion for Infrastructure. truthout.org 
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 TRANSCRIPT: | Th…
(2021-05-28). A small GOP-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition is waging a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament. juancole.com (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 …
(2021-05-28). CODEPINK Statement on the Biden Administration's $753 billion Proposed Pentagon Budget. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-28). Anti-Chavista Deputy Bertucci: 'US Policy Towards Venezuela to Change in Coming Months'. orinocotribune.com 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…
(2021-05-28). According to Reuters 500,000 Barrels of Diesel Arrived in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, May 27, Reuters news agency 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…
(2021-05-28). Operation Condor 2.0: Behind Aznar's Award to Guaidó and the Atlas Network. libya360.wordpress.com 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…
(2021-05-28). Marco Rubio García, monomaniaco y mitómano. globalizacion.ca 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…
(2021-05-28). Water activists win against Adani. greenleft.org.au 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 The "water trigger" refers to The Environment Prot…
(2021-05-28). Activists stop armed vehicles entering Land Forces weapons expo. greenleft.org.au 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…
(2021-05-28). Despite Risks, Climate Activists Lead Fight Against Oil Giant's Drilling Projects in Uganda. commondreams.org "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… …
(2021-05-27). From BLM to Palestine: Only a Marriage of Movements can Counter a Marriage of Empires. dissidentvoice.org On this one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, I'm thinking about settler colonial nations who routinely spend great amounts of capital to militarily and politically repress indigenous and popular uprisings led by the most historically oppressed peoples of the world. The United States and Israel—two settler-colonial nation states whose drive to exterminate and replace indigenous …
(2021-05-27). March of Solidarity with Palestine in Caracas (+ Photos). orinocotribune.com 
Hundreds of Venezuelans mobilized in Caracas this Tuesday, May 25, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the 11 days of criminal aggression and bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The march started from Plaza El Indio in Chacao, east of Caracas, and ended at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in Torre Parque el àÅvila. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) delivered to the UN a statement in support of Palestine, stating that both "the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the PSUV express their strong rejection and condemnation against the acts of extermination ca…
(2021-05-27). WHA Approves Resolution on Health Conditions in Palestine. telesurenglish.net The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Wednesday approved a draft resolution on health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. | RELATED: | The resolution was submitted by countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, according to the decision made last year in the WHA, which is the highest decision-making body…
(2021-05-27). Activists Shut Down Second Israeli Arms Factory In A Week. popularresistance.org Members of Palestine Action group force closure of second Elbit factory, as two activists are arrested at Leicester factory shut down last week…
(2021-05-27). Venezuela: Maduro Hails Special Economic Zone 'Opportunities'. venezuelanalysis.com PDVSA has reportedly signed confidential agreements with 20 companies to increase crude production in 106 fields as the government increasingly turns to the private sector.
(2021-05-27). Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case). orinocotribune.com Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…
(2021-05-27). Venezuela Denies Hampering Guyana's Independence in 1966. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MPPRE) rejected statements by Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who accused the Bolivarian nation of impeding his country's independence in May 26, 1966. | RELATED: | "President Ali distances himself from historical reality to feed a victimizing and negative matrix regarding the just Venezuelan claim on the Essequibo territory whose origin is prior to the granting of i…
(2021-05-27). Headlines for May 27, 2021. democracynow.org Transit Worker Fatally Shoots 9, Then Himself, at San Jose Rail Yard, Senate Republicans Blast Biden's ATF Nominee over His Support for Gun Controls, Texas "Constitutional Carry" Bill to Allow People to Openly Carry Handguns Without Permits, Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil Company to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Australia Orders Coronavirus Lockdown for 7 Million; Taiwan Battles Its Worst COVID Outbreak, Biden Orders Probe into COVID-19 Origins; States Offer Prizes to Vaccinated Residents, Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Offer Hope as IAEA Head Expresses Concern over Uranium Enrichment, Another Political Candidat…
(2021-05-27). La COVID-19 ha confirmado que el mundo necesita de sistemas sanitarios resilientes. globalizacion.ca Intervención del Doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, Ministro de Salud Pública de Cuba en la 74 ™ Asamblea Mundial de la Salud | Tema: "Poner fin a esta pandemia, prevenir la siguiente: construir juntos un mundo más saludable, seguro y justo". | Señora…
(2021-05-27). Venezuelan diplomat kidnapped: Release Alex Saab! workers.org 
Nearly a year ago, on June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was pulled off a plane at an U.S. demand for his arrest, during a refueling stop in the Republic of Cabo Verde, a small and very poor island archipelago nation off the West Coast of Africa. Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat . . . |
(2021-05-27). Venezuela's Arreaza: World Must Respond to State Violence in Colombia (Desaparecidos, Mass Graves & Bloody Repression). orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jorge Arreaza, reacted strongly to the discovery of the bodies of young protesters during the national strike in Colombia, emphasizing that "the world must responded" to the state violence that has been taking place in that country for several weeks already. | Through his official Twitter account @jaarreaza, the senior Venezuelan official wrote: "From #Venezuela we have been warning for years about the seriousness of the situation of state violence and of all kinds of paramilitary groups in #Colombia. What has happened in recent weeks is nothing more than a magnification of d…
(2021-05-27). AU Day Celebration: Venezuelan Diplomat Calls on African Leaders to Resist Oppression. orinocotribune.com Today May 25, 2021 is being celebrated across the continent as Africa Day in commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. | As part of the celebration, many statements have been made to celebrate the continent and also tackle various issues happening within the continent. | Venezuela's Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Alex Saab in a statement on the occasion of the celebration said it is a day of liberation from foreign control and oppression and is worth celebrating. | Citing himself as someone who has suffered injustice over his detention a…
(2021-05-27). 'We are Confident Cape Verde Constitutional Court will Finally Provide Alex Saab the Justice he has been Denied': Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro. orinocotribune.com By Jose-Manuel Pinto Monteiro — May 26, 2021 | Arbitrarily detained in Cabo Verde since June 12, 2020, pending his extradition to the United States of America, Ambassador Alex Saab tirelessly continues his fight for his freedom in the face of injustice. | Armed with courage and resilience, the Venezuelan diplomat has launched his appeal to the Constitutional Court of Cabo Verde, which has the power to render the justice which has been denied him this past one year. In this latest filing, Ambassador Saab pleads the abusive and unconstitutional nature of both his detention and the extradition procedure which e…
(2021-05-27). Manufacturing Consent for War: 70 Years of CIA Coups, Assassinations, False Flag Operations and Mass Murder. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — May 21, 2021 | A Review of Vijay Prashad's book, Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, with foreword by Evo Morales (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2020). | [Source: During his confirmation hearing in February, the CIA's latest director William J. Burns continued a long Agency tradition of playing up the threat from Russia and China along with North Korea, and said that Iran should not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. | Vijay Prashad's new book Washington Bullets: A…
(2021-05-27). The First World War, Cecile Rhodes and Conspiracy Facts. southfront.org 
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(2021-05-27). Military Situation In Yemen On May 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 85 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On May 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 8 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On May 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Hazm area | On May 26, the Saudi-led forces downed two Ansar Allah drones in Marib province | On May 27, sporadic clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued…
(2021-05-27). Mumia Abu-Jamal's spiritual advisor confronts DA Krasner and the FOP. mronline.org 
An interview with Mark Lewis Taylor, founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal. | May 27, 2021 | Interview…
(2021-05-27). Meet the Senate Nuke Caucus, Busting the Budget and Making the World Less Safe. commondreams.org "The coalition, comprising six senators from states that house, develop, or test underground land-based nuclear weapons, is pushing a wasteful and dangerous $1.7 trillion, decades-long plan to produce new nuclear weapons, some with warheads 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-05-27). US Blockade Caused $65 Million in Losses on Cuba's Telecom. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Cuba's Telecommunications Deputy Minister Wilfrido Gonzalez denounced that the U.S. blockade has severely affected his country's telecommunications sector. | RELATED: | "Between April and December 2020, the U.S. blockade has caused damages to this field worth US$65 million," Gonzalez said, adding that the Cuban telecommunications company ETECSA had been restricted from accessing technologies and equipment l…
(2021-05-27). International delegation visits Douma day before Syrian elections. fightbacknews.org Douma, Syria – On Tuesday, May 25, one day before the Syrian election, an international delegation, which includes a number of observers from the U.S., visited the war-torn cities of Douma and Jobar just outside Damascus. The observers viewed tunnel networks used by terrorists during the six-year occupation of the city and spoke to residents who had returned after the city was liberated in 2018 by the Syrian Arab Army. | Soldiers guided the delegation through the city riddled with rubble and bullet holes as far as the eye can see. The area had been occupied by the Saudi-backed Jaish al Islam from 2012 until 2018.
(2021-05-27). 375 Venezuelans Came Back to Their Homeland This Week. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan government continues to advance in the "Return to the Homeland" plan through which 375 Venezuelans came back to their country this week. | RELATED: | Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Rander Peña noted that over 200,000 citizens have returned from different parts of the world under this Plan after they had suffered discrimination and xenophobia. | On Thursday morning, a flight brought 278 Venezuelans f…
(2021-05-27). Tech giants face rising pressure from shareholder activists. popularresistance.org Activist shareholders are pushing for the proposals to be adopted during this week's annual meetings, the first to be held after a year that's included nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and challenging working conditions for many on-site workers in the tech industry.
(2021-05-27). Seven Candidates To Contest Iran's Presidency in June. telesurenglish.net The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday called on Iranians to participate massively in the June 18 presidential election. | RELATED: | "Dear Iranian nation! Elections are held in one day but their outcome lasts for several years. Participate in the elections! Consider the election as something that belongs to yourselves, because it belongs to you," he said. | Ayatollah Khamenei also called on pre…
(2021-05-27). Organizers Battled To Block A Police Training Academy. They're Sharing What They Learned. popularresistance.org The organizing toolkit released Monday is an archive of the No Cop Academy campaign from 2017 to 2019, protesting a $95 million police training facility in West Garfield Park. The materials document the tactics activists used to build a powerful coalition demanding that City Hall invest in schools, mental health clinics and social services rather than pouring more money into Chicago Police.
(2021-05-27). The US 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' List Is Biased, Cuba Warns. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) on Wednesday condemned the U.S. State Department's (DoS) decision to declare the Caribbean nation as a State that "does not fully cooperate" with U.S anti-terrorism efforts. | RELATED: | "This is a totally unfounded accusation used for political purposes, which attempts to justify aggressions against Cuba, including the inhumane economic, trade, and financial blockade," MINREX warned. | The…
(2021-05-27). Argentina Withdraws Support for International Criminal Court Case Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Embassy of Argentina in the Netherlands sent a letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, requesting the withdrawal of all the steps taken by the Court against Venezuela, as reported by the news channel RT. The media had access to a letter in which the Argentine nation reiterated that it was no longer part of the Lima group as it was during the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri who had supported all the unilateral measures that adversly affect the Venezuelan people. | "The Government of the Republic of Argentina withdraws from said referral as well as from any pr…
(2021-05-27). India marks day of resistance as farmers' struggle continues and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the nationwide 'Black Day' of resistance observed in India as the ongoing farmers' struggle completes 6 months, the crackdown on a protest against the killing of activists in Iraq, the success of a 22 month long struggle for better working conditions and pay by workers at the Ibis des Batignolles hotel in France, the ongoing crackdown on Papuan communities in Indonesia as they demand the release of political prisoners, and volunteer initiatives to feed poor and unhoused people in Brazil in the absence of adequate government aid policies during the pandemi…
(2021-05-27). The safe and secure war lords. nationofchange.org With Memorial Day around the corner, once again the War Lords who run our empire will propagandize to their hearts content.