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2022-05-25: News Headlines

Pepe Escobar (2022-05-25). Russia Rewrites the Art of Hybrid War. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 20, 2022 | The ironclad fictional "narrative" imposed all across NATOstan is that Ukraine is "winning". | So why would weapons peddler retrofitted as Pentagon head Lloyd "Raytheon" Austin literally beg since late February to have his phone calls answered by Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, only to have his wish finally granted? | It's now confirmed by one of my top intel sources. The call was a direct consequence of panic. The United States Government (USG) by all means wants to scotch the detailed Russian investigation—and accumulation of evidence—on the US bioweapon labs…

Editor (2022-05-25). Arsenal of Autocracy? The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just Ukraine. scheerpost.com Army military troop transport truck. Army car. Special purpose vehicle. Military transport. Army, ammunition, war, danger concept. | By William Hartung / These are good times to be an arms maker. Not only are

_____ (2022-05-25). Flag Abuse And Other Bits On Ukraine. popularresistance.org The Pentagon reports about the continuing efforts to sell new U.S. weapons to those nations which discard their old ones in Ukraine. To express the seriousness of the situation in Ukraine the Pentagon decided to hoist Ukraine's blue-above-yellow flag upside down. Hanging a flag upside down is a sign of either dire distress or cultural ignorance. Given that this was a Pentagon event the later is the more likely to be the case. The Baltic nutters have a another great and of course completely impractical idea.

Editor2 (2022-05-25). Revolutionary Journalism (Interview). orinocotribune.com What is the role of journalism in revolutionary change? Spring Magazine spoke with Hossam El-Hamalawy—a journalist, photographer, and member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists—about revolutionary journalism, the role of social media, and prospects for socialism in the 21st century. | Traditional media, including on the left, is often based on small numbers of journalists producing content for everyone else. But you've argued that for socialist media, "Correspondence with the site is not a luxury or only the responsibility of the small number of comrades who run the site, but should continue to b…

Natalia Marques (2022-05-25). Two years since George Floyd's death, has anything changed in the US? peoplesdispatch.org The gains and setbacks in the movement for Black lives prove how racism is woven deeply into the fabric of capitalism and US society…

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