Editor (2023-06-07). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. mronline.org The deadliest train crash in India in more than a quarter of a century has killed nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 1,000. It is a tragedy that has horrified the world and exposed the criminal neglect of basic infrastructure by the ultra-right regime of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi and the capitalist governments that preceded it.

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-06-07). Pacifica's CRD Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports;Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy On Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports; Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill; South Africa Stands Up to the ICC…

John Ross (2023-06-06). Why China's socialist economy is more efficient than capitalism. mronline.org The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the article "The U.S. is trying to persuade China to commit suicide". Reduced to essentials, the U.S. problem is that it possesses no external economic levers powerful enough to derail China's economy.

WSWS (2023-06-07). Australian Labor treasurer manoeuvres as RBA lifts interest rates again. wsws.org In line with policies of major central banks around the world, the RBA is lifting rates to slow the economy, or even induce a recession, to crush the growing wages struggles of the working class under the banner of the need to "fight inflation."

teleSUR (2023-06-07). 14 Killed and 12 Injured in a Crash in Bangladesh. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, in Bangladesh's Sylhet district, a collision between a truck and a pickup van in the lead to the demise of at least 14 individuals, with an additional 12 sustaining injuries. | Related: | "At least 14 people were killed and 12 sustained injuries in the head-on collision, and all of the deceased were construction workers," Md Abul Hossain, inspector at Sylhet's Dakshin Surma Police Station said. | According to Hossain, s…

Brittani Banks (2023-06-06). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Horrific Crash That Killed 275 People Exposes Structural Issues in Indian Railways LGBTQ+ Ugandans Face Deadly Threat as "Anti-Homosexuality Act" Signed Into Law Communist Party of Swaziland to Launch Campaign for Release of Its Member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and Other Political Prisoners Colombia Rejoins UNASUR [NEWS ITEM TEXT] Horrific Crash …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-06). Horrific crash that killed 275 people exposes structural issues in Indian Railways. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in At least 275 people have died following a horrific train accident in the Balasore district of the Indian State of Odisha on Friday, June 2. Over a 1,000 people were also injured in what is being called the worst rail accident in 20 years. As the country recovers from the shock, questions ar…

Ann Wright (2023-06-07). Why There Should be a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones. covertactionmagazine.com Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not …

Captain Liner (2023-06-06). Kiev Regime's "Upcoming Counteroffensive", Assessing Russia's "Military Industrial Complex". globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-07). What is Behind the Entry of US Troops and Weapons Into Peru? orinocotribune.com

Andreas Urban (2023-06-07). Loss of reality and bellicism. indybay.org Ukraine is "worn out" here, which is supposed to fight a proxy war "until the last Ukrainian" and is equipped for this with weapons, ammunition, financial means, etc., in the desperate hope to finally force Russia to surrender or at least to gain a negotiating position in which the West can impose all possible maximum demands on the enemy. None of this is even remotely realistic.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-06-06). Podcast Ep 78: How Israel tests weapons on Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Journalist Antony Loewenstein discusses how repressive states look to Israel's occupation industry and take note of its absolute impunity.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). Lavrov Says Russia Must Keep in Mind That F-16s Can Carry Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow must keep in mind that American-made F-16 fighter jets are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The Russian diplomat made the comments when warning how the US and NATO are escalating their role in the conflict in Ukraine. President Biden recently signed off on European countries delivering …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). Lavrov Says Russia Must Keep in Mind That F-16s Can Carry Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow must keep in mind that American-made F-16 fighter jets are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The Russian diplomat made the comments when warning how the US and NATO are escalating their role in the conflict in Ukraine. President Biden recently signed off on European countries delivering …

John Ross (2023-06-06). Why China's socialist economy is more efficient than capitalism. mronline.org The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the article "The U.S. is trying to persuade China to commit suicide". Reduced to essentials, the U.S. problem is that it possesses no external economic levers powerful enough to derail China's economy.

WSWS (2023-06-05). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. wsws.org The government has been spending lavishly on the military, as part of its deepening strategic alliance with US imperialism against China, while refusing to make the necessary investments in a rail system that is a crucial means of transportation for the country's more than a billion people.

WSWS (2023-06-06). CSX locomotive crash results in air pollution of local Baltimore community. wsws.org On May 24, two CSX locomotives collided, resulting in a diesel fuel spill in a rail yard next to Curtis Bay in Baltimore, polluting the air for the residents.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-05). No survivors from plane that crashed after flying through DC. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble fighter jets before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-05). Horrific crash that killed 275 people exposes structural issues in Indian Railways. peoplesdispatch.org As investigations continue into the railway accident in Balasore in the Indian State of Odisha, the failure to address staffing and safety has been widely condemned. Over 300,000 posts remain vacant in the Indian Railways…

ecns.cn (2023-06-05). Electronic fault cited as train crash cause. ecns.cn Mangled train carriages were on top of one another, a few coaches had plunged into a nearby water body and an engine sat atop a freight car.

ecns.cn (2023-06-05). Xi extends sympathy to Indian leaders over train crash. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has sent separate messages of condolence to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a deadly train derailment and collision in the eastern Indian state of Odisha that left at least 275 people dead and over 1,100 injured.

Sevim Dağdelen (2023-06-05). In China, German lawmaker calls for end to sanctions, an 'instrument of war' (that backfires on Europe). geopoliticaleconomy.com "Sanctions are an instrument of modern warfare", says leftist member of the German Bundestag Sevim Dağdelen, warning in a speech in China that economic war is backfiring and hurting European workers, fueling unemployment and de-industrialization.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-06-06). Acusado expresidente salvadoreño por masacre de padres jesuitas. telesurtv.net El ente judicial concluyó que posee pruebas suficientes de que el crimen perpetrado por escuadrones de la muerte el 16 de noviembre de 1989.

ecns.cn (2023-06-05). Xi extends sympathy to Indian leaders over train crash. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has sent separate messages of condolence to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a deadly train derailment and collision in the eastern Indian state of Odisha that left at least 275 people dead and over 1,100 injured.

Sevim Dağdelen (2023-06-05). In China, German lawmaker calls for end to sanctions, an 'instrument of war' (that backfires on Europe). geopoliticaleconomy.com "Sanctions are an instrument of modern warfare", says leftist member of the German Bundestag Sevim Dağdelen, warning in a speech in China that economic war is backfiring and hurting European workers, fueling unemployment and de-industrialization.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-06-06). Acusado expresidente salvadoreño por masacre de padres jesuitas. telesurtv.net El ente judicial concluyó que posee pruebas suficientes de que el crimen perpetrado por escuadrones de la muerte el 16 de noviembre de 1989.

ecsorinoco (2023-06-05). US Weapons Sent to Ukraine End Up in Mexican Gangs. orinocotribune.com A video footage broadcast in a Mexican news report has shown a Mexican gang member carrying a US-made Javelin anti-tank missile launcher, thousands of which were shipped to Ukraine for use against Russian forces. | The report broadcast by Mexico's Milenio TV on Thursday pointed to the image of a man carrying what it described as the Javelin anti-tank weapon, identifying him as a member of the Gulf Cartel based in Matamorous, Mexico, noting that such weapons were shipped to Ukraine months ago. | Milenio identified the weapon as a Raytheon-made FGM-148, believed to be a Javelin missile launcher supplied to Ukraine…

Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-05). US Anti-Tank Weapons Shipped To Kiev Now In Hands Of Mexican Gangs. popularresistance.org The report broadcast by Mexico's Milenio TV on Thursday pointed to the image of a man carrying what it described as the Javelin anti-tank weapon, identifying him as a member of the Gulf Cartel based in Matamorous, Mexico, noting that such weapons were shipped to Ukraine months ago. | Milenio identified the weapon as a Raytheon-made FGM-148, believed to be a Javelin missile launcher supplied to Ukraine in large quantities by the US military. | The footage shows the man decked out in CDG patches, armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and carrying the anti-tank rocket launcher.

ecsorinoco (2023-06-05). US Anti-Tank Weapons Shipped to Kiev in Hands of Mexican Gangs. orinocotribune.com A video footage broadcast in a Mexican news report has shown a Mexican gang member carrying a US-made Javelin anti-tank missile launcher, thousands of which were shipped to Ukraine for use against Russian forces. | The report broadcast by Mexico's Milenio TV on Thursday pointed to the image of a man carrying what it described as the Javelin anti-tank weapon, identifying him as a member of the Gulf Cartel member based in Matamorous, Mexico, noting that such weapons were shipped to Ukraine months ago. | The weapon, identified by media outlet as a Raytheon-made FGM-148, is believed to be a Javelin missile launcher s…

Misión Verdad (2023-06-06). What is Behind the Entry of US Troops and Weapons Into Peru? orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 5, 2023 | On May 31, the Peruvian government authorized the entry of US military personnel into the country by air and sea with weapons. According to Dina Boluarte's de facto administration, the purpose would be to carry out cooperation and training activities with the Peruvian Armed Forces and National Police. | Legislative "The entry into the territory of the Republ…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-06). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Editor (2023-06-05). Ralph Nader: Reverse the Accelerating Warfare State Before It's Too Late! scheerpost.com Tell elected officials to stop the arms race and pursue arms control treaties before autonomous weapons of mass destruction and miscalculations lead to World War III — the final world war.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-05). Biden Appoints Strong Candidate For Nuremberg-Style War Crimes Tribunal As New Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff. covertactionmagazine.com Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr., Oversaw Secret Bombing Campaigns in Iraq and Syria that Killed Many Civilians and Has Been Deeply Involved in Dispursing Weapons to Ukraine When President Joe Biden named General Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr., to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military officer in the U.S., the …