Monthly Archives: May 2023

2023-05-08: News Headlines

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-08). Resisting Cannibal Capitalism. popularresistance.org

JANET (2023-05-08). Thurs. May 11 webinar — U.S. Women need what Cuban Women have: Socialism. iacenter.org U.S. Women Need What Cuban Women Have: Socialism Thursday, May 11 7: 30pm ET/ 4: 30pm PT Register Now Share on all social media platforms…

WSWS (2023-05-08). Eight migrants dead, at least 10 injured, following deadly vehicle crash in Brownsville, Texas. wsws.org It is unknown at this time if the driver, who is allegedly not cooperating with police, intentionally targeted the immigrants waiting at the bus stop outside the only migrant and homeless shelter in the South Texas border town.

Editor (2023-05-08). 4 US Banks Crash in 2 Months: Banking Crisis Explained by Economist Michael Hudson. scheerpost.com Economist Michael Hudson discusses the collapse of four US banks in two months, giant JP Morgan Chase taking over First Republic Bank, and how government regulators are in bed with the bankers.

Michael Hudson (2023-05-08). 4 U.S. banks crash in 2 months. mronline.org Economist Michael Hudson discusses the collapse of four U.S. banks in two months, giant JP Morgan Chase taking over First Republic Bank, and how government regulators are in bed with the bankers.

WSWS (2023-05-08). 8 migrants dead, at least 10 injured, following deadly vehicle crash in Brownsville, Texas. wsws.org It is unknown at this time if the driver, who is allegedly not cooperating with police, intentionally targeted the immigrants waiting at the bus stop outside the only migrant and homeless shelter in the South Texas border town.


Ann Brown (2023-05-08). Black Unemployment Falls To Record Low But Numbers Show Concerning Lower Participation For Black Men. moguldom.com The latest jobs report shows both promising and troubled results regarding Black unemployment, especially for Black men. Black unemployment dropped to a record low in April. This wasn't due to more Black people landing jobs, but the decline was driven by trends indicating that Black workers are faced with more challenges in what has been …

Mark Taylor-Canfield (2023-05-08). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. truthout.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents… |

Staff (2023-05-07). CODEPINK disrupted US Secretary of State. youtube.com

Anonymous103 (2023-05-08). In Video: First U.S. Avenger Air Defense System Destroyed In Ukraine. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 7, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that the Russian Lancet UAV destroyed the US-made Avenger anti-aircraft missile system, which the Pentagon had recently sent to Kiev to protect against Russian drones. | Russian media published a video of a strike on the Avenger air defense system, which is reportedly the first case of the destruction of this US system which was confirmed in Ukraine. Moreover, this is reportedly the first such case in more than 30 years after the Avenge…

Staff (2023-05-08). Esta tarde, Mesa Redonda "Comenzando la Semana" mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu El curso de la guerra en Ucrania tras el intento de ataque con drones al Kremlin y la situación en Siria serán los temas principales de la Mesa Redonda de este lunes, la cual contará además con la sección La Esquina del periodista Reinaldo Taladrid.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-08). Rusia repele masivo ataque ucranio con drones contra Crimea. telesurtv.net Rusia aseguró también este domingo que evitó un ataque con drones planeado por la inteligencia militar ucraniana contra el aeródromo militar de Séverniy, en la región de Ivanovo.




Anonymous103 (2023-05-07). Dozens Of Ukrainian UAVs Targeted Crimea. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the early morning of May 7, Ukrainian forces launched another major attack on Crimea. At least 22 UAVs targeted the peninsula. | The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian air defence forces detected and destroyed all drones launched from Ukraine over the Black Sea."During the night, 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected. All Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by fire of anti—aircraft missile systems or suppressed by electronic warfare systems," the report say…

Brian Berletic (2023-05-07). Kiev Denies Downing Khinzhal, Downs Own TB-2 Drone + Russia Plans Slow Grind After Ukraine Offensive. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 8, 2023… | — Russia adds FAB-250 bombs to its arsenal of precision-guided glide bombs. More FAB-250s can be carried per sourtie and can glide up to 80km, twice the distance as the current, larger glide bombs Russia is using; | — Ukraine shot down one of its Turkish-built Bayraktar TB-2 drones over Kiev after allegedly losing control of it; | — Ukraine's Air Force spokesman denied claims that Ukrainian air defense forces downed a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. Despite denying the incident, the Western media continues writing articles about the "downin…

SouthFront5 (2023-05-07). BREAKING: Massive Strike On Ukraine Now (Video, Photo). southfront.org The Russian Defense Ministry is now carrying out a massive strike against military facilities and concentrations of AFU troops. | This missile strike is atypical. The scale is greater than anything we have seen in recent months. | Missiles, bombs, and drones are targeting dozens of AFU positions and facilities in various directions. | | The Russian Defense Ministry massively used Geran-2 drones, X-22/32 missi…

Moms, Grannies (2023-05-08). Saturday 5/13: Palo Alto: Protest to Demand a Ban on Assault Weapons. indybay.org Intersection El Camino Real and Embarcadero | (near Town and Country Center) | Palo Alto, CA…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). US, Taiwan in Talks on US Providing $500 Million in 'Free' Weapons. news.antiwar.com Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said Monday that Taiwan is in talks with the Pentagon on the US providing a $500 million weapons package that would come at no cost to Taipei. "These extra weapons will be given to us for free and will not be deducted from the purchase list, which has been delayed …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Wagner Head Says Moscow Promised More Arms After Threats to Leave Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group, said he was promised his fighters would get as much ammunition and weapons as needed to continue fighting in Bakhmut. The assurance from Moscow came after Prigozhin said his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of support. The threat …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-07). Dozens Of Ukrainian UAVs Targeted Crimea. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the early morning of May 7, Ukrainian forces launched another major attack on Crimea. At least 22 UAVs targeted the peninsula. | The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian air defence forces detected and destroyed all drones launched from Ukraine over the Black Sea."During the night, 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected. All Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by fire of anti—aircraft missile systems or suppressed by electronic warfare systems," the report say…

Brian Berletic (2023-05-07). Kiev Denies Downing Khinzhal, Downs Own TB-2 Drone + Russia Plans Slow Grind After Ukraine Offensive. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 8, 2023… | — Russia adds FAB-250 bombs to its arsenal of precision-guided glide bombs. More FAB-250s can be carried per sourtie and can glide up to 80km, twice the distance as the current, larger glide bombs Russia is using; | — Ukraine shot down one of its Turkish-built Bayraktar TB-2 drones over Kiev after allegedly losing control of it; | — Ukraine's Air Force spokesman denied claims that Ukrainian air defense forces downed a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. Despite denying the incident, the Western media continues writing articles about the "downin…

SouthFront5 (2023-05-07). BREAKING: Massive Strike On Ukraine Now (Video, Photo). southfront.org The Russian Defense Ministry is now carrying out a massive strike against military facilities and concentrations of AFU troops. | This missile strike is atypical. The scale is greater than anything we have seen in recent months. | Missiles, bombs, and drones are targeting dozens of AFU positions and facilities in various directions. | | The Russian Defense Ministry massively used Geran-2 drones, X-22/32 missi…

Moms, Grannies (2023-05-08). Saturday 5/13: Palo Alto: Protest to Demand a Ban on Assault Weapons. indybay.org Intersection El Camino Real and Embarcadero | (near Town and Country Center) | Palo Alto, CA…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). US, Taiwan in Talks on US Providing $500 Million in 'Free' Weapons. news.antiwar.com Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said Monday that Taiwan is in talks with the Pentagon on the US providing a $500 million weapons package that would come at no cost to Taipei. "These extra weapons will be given to us for free and will not be deducted from the purchase list, which has been delayed …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Wagner Head Says Moscow Promised More Arms After Threats to Leave Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group, said he was promised his fighters would get as much ammunition and weapons as needed to continue fighting in Bakhmut. The assurance from Moscow came after Prigozhin said his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of support. The threat …

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2023-05-07: News Headlines

Nancy Fraser, Red Pepper. (2023-05-07). Resisting Cannibal Capitalism. popularresistance.org It is increasingly common to hear of crises — economic, environmental and/or racial — in which the vast majority of the global population are confined to substandard living conditions while a global elite accrues wealth at a horrifying pace. There is a widespread sense that something has to give, that the world cannot continue on its current path. Of course, this is often the cry emanating from movements on the streets and detailed in the pages of Intergovernmental Panels on Climate Change (IPCC) reports but these often fall on the deaf ears of those in power. So what exactly has to change and how do…

Guillermo Castillo Ramírez (2023-05-06). La centralidad de los migrantes en el estudio de los procesos de movilidad humana transfronteriza. globalizacion.ca En el contexto del desarrollo del neoliberalismo y como parte de los procesos de expansión espacial de la globalización, las migraciones internacionales han sido una de las expresiones de los procesos de desigualdad y exclusión social del capitalismo contemporáneo. | Las…

Colin Todhunter (2023-05-06). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Ben Norton, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-05-06). Four US Banks Crash In Two Months. popularresistance.org I'm Ben Norton, and this is Geopolitical Economy Report. Today, I have the pleasure of being joined by Michael Hudson, the brilliant economist and author of many books. | Michael is also the co-host of a program here, Geopolitical Economy Hour, which he does every two weeks with friend of the show Radhika Desai. | I had Michael on in March to discuss the collapse of three U.S. banks in just one week — that was Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank. | Yet the crisis has continued since then, and I knew I needed to bring back Michael to talk about the latest developments. | In just two mont…

WSWS (2023-05-06). Stronger than expected US jobs report increases pressure for further interest rate hikes. wsws.org Despite the 3.4 percent official unemployment rate, social distress is growing and impelling a continuing upsurge of class struggle.

F. William Engdahl (2023-05-06). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.




scorinoco (2023-05-06). US Government Orders Confiscation of Venezuelan Cargo Plane Detained in Argentina For Nearly a Year. orinocotribune.com The US judiciary has ordered the seizure of the Venezuelan cargo airline Emtrasur's Boeing 747 plane. The aircraft has been detained in Argentina since June 2022 allegedly for violating export control laws of the United States. | The Argentinian newspaper

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-07). Rusia repele masivo ataque ucranio con drones contra Crimea. telesurtv.net Rusia aseguró también este domingo que evitó un ataque con drones planeado por la inteligencia militar ucraniana contra el aeródromo militar de Séverniy, en la región de Ivanovo.

Brian Berletic (2023-05-07). Kiev Denies Downing Khinzhal, Downs Own TB-2 Drone + Russia Plans Slow Grind After Ukraine Offensive. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 8, 2023… | — Russia adds FAB-250 bombs to its arsenal of precision-guided glide bombs. More FAB-250s can be carried per sourtie and can glide up to 80km, twice the distance as the current, larger glide bombs Russia is using; | — Ukraine shot down one of its Turkish-built Bayraktar TB-2 drones over Kiev after allegedly losing control of it; | — Ukraine's Air Force spokesman denied claims that Ukrainian air defense forces downed a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. Despite denying the incident, the Western media continues writing articles about the "downin…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-07). Dozens Of Ukrainian UAVs Targeted Crimea. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the early morning of May 7, Ukrainian forces launched another major attack on Crimea. At least 22 UAVs targeted the peninsula. | The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian air defence forces detected and destroyed all drones launched from Ukraine over the Black Sea."During the night, 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected. All Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by fire of anti—aircraft missile systems or suppressed by electronic warfare systems," the report say…

Staff (2023-05-07). Rusia frustra ataque con dron contra aeropuerto de Ivanovo. cubadebate.cu El Servicio Federal de Seguridad (FSB), junto con el Ministerio del Interior de la Federación de Rusia, frustraron un intento de sabotaje y un acto terrorista, planeado por la Dirección Principal de Inteligencia del Ministerio de Defensa de Ucrania, en el aeródromo militar de Séverni, en la provincia de Ivánovo. Los saboteadores intentaron usar drones cargados de explosivos.

unitedEditor (2023-05-06). One step further in the Ukrainian War: "We are on the brink" uwidata.com History books will write: "On 3 May 2023, the Kremlin was attacked by drones to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin." In French, the phrase "table rase" is used for the 1789 Revolution. Instead of translating it literally, rather one could explain it as the moment when everything is reset, a new beginning after the destruction, …

scorinoco (2023-05-06). US Government Orders Confiscation of Venezuelan Cargo Plane Detained in Argentina For Nearly a Year. orinocotribune.com The US judiciary has ordered the seizure of the Venezuelan cargo airline Emtrasur's Boeing 747 plane. The aircraft has been detained in Argentina since June 2022 allegedly for violating export control laws of the United States. | The Argentinian newspaper

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-07). Rusia repele masivo ataque ucranio con drones contra Crimea. telesurtv.net Rusia aseguró también este domingo que evitó un ataque con drones planeado por la inteligencia militar ucraniana contra el aeródromo militar de Séverniy, en la región de Ivanovo.

Brian Berletic (2023-05-07). Kiev Denies Downing Khinzhal, Downs Own TB-2 Drone + Russia Plans Slow Grind After Ukraine Offensive. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 8, 2023… | — Russia adds FAB-250 bombs to its arsenal of precision-guided glide bombs. More FAB-250s can be carried per sourtie and can glide up to 80km, twice the distance as the current, larger glide bombs Russia is using; | — Ukraine shot down one of its Turkish-built Bayraktar TB-2 drones over Kiev after allegedly losing control of it; | — Ukraine's Air Force spokesman denied claims that Ukrainian air defense forces downed a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. Despite denying the incident, the Western media continues writing articles about the "downin…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-07). Dozens Of Ukrainian UAVs Targeted Crimea. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the early morning of May 7, Ukrainian forces launched another major attack on Crimea. At least 22 UAVs targeted the peninsula. | The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian air defence forces detected and destroyed all drones launched from Ukraine over the Black Sea."During the night, 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected. All Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by fire of anti—aircraft missile systems or suppressed by electronic warfare systems," the report say…

Staff (2023-05-07). Rusia frustra ataque con dron contra aeropuerto de Ivanovo. cubadebate.cu El Servicio Federal de Seguridad (FSB), junto con el Ministerio del Interior de la Federación de Rusia, frustraron un intento de sabotaje y un acto terrorista, planeado por la Dirección Principal de Inteligencia del Ministerio de Defensa de Ucrania, en el aeródromo militar de Séverni, en la provincia de Ivánovo. Los saboteadores intentaron usar drones cargados de explosivos.

unitedEditor (2023-05-06). One step further in the Ukrainian War: "We are on the brink" uwidata.com History books will write: "On 3 May 2023, the Kremlin was attacked by drones to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin." In French, the phrase "table rase" is used for the 1789 Revolution. Instead of translating it literally, rather one could explain it as the moment when everything is reset, a new beginning after the destruction, …

Moms, Grannies (2023-05-07). Saturday 5/13: Palo Alto: Protest to Demand a Ban on Assault Weapons. indybay.org Intersection El Camino Real and Embarcadero | (near Town and Country Center) | Palo Alto, CA…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Wagner Head Says Moscow Promised More Arms After Threats to Leave Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group, said he was promised his fighters would get as much ammunition and weapons as needed to continue fighting in Bakhmut. The assurance from Moscow came after Prigozhin said his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of support. The threat …

Moms, Grannies (2023-05-07). Saturday 5/13: Protest to Demand a Ban on Assault Weapons. indybay.org Intersection El Camino Real and Embarcadero | (near Town and Country Center) | Palo Alto, CA…

Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-05-06). Action Alert: False NYT Spy Claim On Iran Nukes Needs Correction. popularresistance.org The New York Times (5/1/23), reporting on Iran's execution of British spy Alireza Akbari, reported: | The spy had provided valuable information — and would continue to do so for years — intelligence that would prove critical in eliminating any doubt in Western capitals that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. | This is not correct; as FAIR has often pointed out (FAIR.org, 10/17/17, 9/9/15, 9/24/13; 1/31/13; Extra!, 3—4/08), the position of US intelligence is that it has no proof Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon. As the US State Department reiterated in April 2022: | The United States co…

Palestine Action. (2023-05-06). 33 Arrests; The Siege Continues Despite Police Repression. popularresistance.org An unprecedented 33 arrests were made yesterday at the site of the Palestine Action siege, as Leicestershire Police took disproportionate measures using unjustifiable force against individuals who had turned out in opposition to Israel's arms trade. The siege continues into its third day, a mass mobilisation against the UAV Tactical Systems drone factory in Leicester — owned by Israel's largest weapons company, Elbit Systems. | Leicestershire Police, having witnessed the speeches, workshops, dance, and community mobilisation that have characterised The Siege thus far, stepped in with all of the force at the…

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