(2022-05-06). Sequim, Washington, socialist May Day celebration brings together the community. liberationnews.org 
The event honored the community's food workers: aquaculture laborers, ranch workers, dairy farm workers, foragers, fishmongers, dishwashers, chefs, cooks, bartenders, servers and all those who are involved in food production, access and security.
(2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…
(2022-05-06). Open letter and Breaking the logic of war. indybay.org The delivery of large quantities of heavy weapons, however, could make Germany itself a party to the war. A Russian counterattack could then trigger the mutual assistance clause under the NATO treaty and thus the immediate danger of a world war. Natylie Baldwin emphasizes how Zelensky's outlawing of parties and dissenting media are dictatorial.
(2022-05-05). A Statement On Ukraine From The Black Liberation Movement. popularresistance.org The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation. Disinformation, lies, and propaganda from the US and other western media are aimed at confusing millions of people inside the US and around the world to view Russia as the aggressor, while hiding the US role in the evolution of this conflict. One major example of this manipulation is that western media has not been honest about the massive role that the US played in facilitating a 2014 coup in Ukraine that overthrew the country's democratically elected president, and funneled support to neo-Nazi forces who w…
(2022-05-05). Ukraine: Touring an Aidar Dungeon. libya360.wordpress.com Fergie Chambers Inside the walls of the small-town sausage plant which became a Neo-nazi prison The horrors of a meat plant-turned Ukrainian Neo-Nazi base and prison POLOVYNKYNO, LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC, 4.5.2022-Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began…
(2022-05-05). Australian SEP candidates discuss key political issues on Brisbane community radio. wsws.org This radio interview with the Socialist Equality Party's two candidates for the Senate on Queensland covers a range of crucial issues, including the Ukraine war, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the conditions of young workers and the anti-democratic deregistration of the SEP.
(2022-05-05). PayPal blocks multiple alternative media figures critical of U.S. empire narratives. mronline.org 
In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley's redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who've been speaking critically against official U.S. empire narratives.
(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
(2022-05-05). NATO's fascist history/ By Prof. Anderson. marktaliano.net In recent years NATO — essentially the USA and Western Europe — has bared its fascist roots through multiple interventions across four continents. Original Link Here: NATO's fascist history | Al Mayadeen English In recent years NATO — essentially the USA and Western Europe — has bared its fascist roots through multiple interventions across four …
(2022-05-05). Candidate backed by Trump and fascist congressmen wins Ohio Senate primary. wsws.org In addition to Trump's endorsement of J. D. Vance, representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz campaigned for the millionaire author and hedge fund capitalist…
(2022-05-05). Rehearsal for 77th Victory Day military parade held in Moscow. ecns.cn Russia will hold military parades on May 9 to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Soviet victory against the Nazis in World War II.
(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist. orinocotribune.com 
During the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies that ALBA movements have been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capi…
(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist" orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…
(2022-05-05). French Communists, Socialists, Greens, Mélanchon unite on 'radical program' for elections. peoplesworld.org 
France's Socialist Party reached an agreement in principle Wednesday with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) to form an alliance for the legislative elections. The Communist Party struck a deal with Mélanchon Tuesday night, and the Greens did so earlier this week, meaning the French left could display its greatest unity in decades as …
(2022-05-05). Tallahassee braves storm to celebrate May Day. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On Sunday, May 1, Tallahassee's Freedom Road Socialist Organization hosted a rally at the Florida Capitol to celebrate International Workers' Day. More than 30 people from various organizations met at Cascades Park in the rain and thunder with the intention of marching to the capitol – protesters reconvened at the historic capitol due to inclement weather. | Activists in attendance spoke about the conditions of the working class, such as the power of unions and solidarity among leftists. Jonah Mundy, a leader of Tallahassee IWW, spoke of how workers of different industries and fields comi…
(2022-05-05). Tallahassee: Demanding a Peoples Budget. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On April 30, Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) hosted a panel discussing Tallahassee's current city budget and the need for a People's Budget. The panel was put on at The Bark, a local vegan restaurant in the All Saints neighborhood, and was co-sponsored by the Tallahassee chapters of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | "It's super important that we let the city know that we're not just going to be silent in the face of rising rent and inflation and unemployment. In general, it's really important for people to know that they can m…
(2022-05-05). The way forward for striking Sri Lankan workers. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) warns the working class the only way to defend its democratic and social rights is to mobilise its independent strength on the basis of a program that meets is urgent class needs—in other words, a socialist program.
(2022-05-05). May Day 2022: No to war and capitalist misery! For socialist revolution in Latin America! wsws.org This is the report delivered by Tomas Castanheira to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Castanheira is a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil.
(2022-05-05). May Day 2022: The significance of anti-government popular protests in Sri Lanka and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Deepal Jayasekera to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Jayasekera is the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka.
(2022-05-05). 5 libros para conocer a Karl Marx, el padre del marxismo. telesurtv.net El alemán Karl Marx fue un escritor, filósofo y economista considerado el padre del comunismo moderno, el marxismo y el materialismo histórico.
(2022-05-05). Midwives, Mija, àéntregalde, Bitterbrush: Documenting dictatorship, immigration, poverty … wsws.org Midwives documents the intense relationship between a Buddhist midwife and her Muslin apprentice in Myanmar.
(2022-05-05). Did Blinken Get COVID at the "Nation's Most Distinguished Superspreader Event"? truthout.org Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for the coronavirus. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Wednesday Blinken would isolate at home according to CDC guidelines. Blinken met Wednesday with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde shortly before his positive test result. A day earlier, he met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. On Saturday, he joined a crowd of 2,600 celebrities, journalists and Washington elites who packed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, where few in attendance wore masks. "You guys spent the last two years telling everyone the importance of wea…
(2022-05-05). Over 70 percent of Shanghai's major enterprises resume production. ecns.cn Over 70 percent of Shanghai's 1,800-plus major enterprises have resumed work and production amid the city's COVID-19 resurgence, according to a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held on Thursday.
(2022-05-04). Tax, fee cuts put enterprises in stronger position. ecns.cn China's continued tax and fee cuts and the recent move of refunding value-added tax credits to businesses are helping market players withstand economic headwinds and are critical in supporting growth this year, an official said.
(2022-05-05). By Redefining UNRWA, Washington Destroys the Foundation for a Just Peace in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org 
Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be coming to an end. UNRWA's mission, which has been in effect since 1949, has done more than provide urgent aid and support to millions of refugees. It was also a political platform that protected and preserved …
(2022-05-05). By Redefining UNRWA, Washington Destroys the Foundation for a Just Peace in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be coming to an end. UNRWA's mission, which has been in effect since 1949, has done more than provide urgent aid and support to millions of refugees. It was also a political platform that protected and preserved …
(2022-05-05). The persecution of Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org 
The British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up to 175 years — served most likely in strict, 24-hour isolation in a US super-max jail. He has already spent three years in similarly harsh conditions in …
(2022-05-05). The persecution of Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up to 175 years — served most likely in strict, 24-hour isolation in a US super-max jail. He has already spent three years in similarly harsh conditions in …
(2022-05-05). Selected Articles: Are the Neocons Setting Up the World for Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca 
By A false flag event is not the only avenue to nuclear war. The expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden is …
(2022-05-05). Selected Articles: Are the Neocons Setting Up the World for Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca By A false flag event is not the only avenue to nuclear war. The expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden is …
(2022-05-05). John Shipton: 'Assange is caught in plague of malice'. greenleft.org.au The Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy screened Ithaka, a film about Julian Assange, with his father John Shipton a keynote speaker. Niko Leka reports.
(2022-05-05). John Shipton: 'Assange is caught in plague of malice'. greenleft.org.au The Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy screened Ithaka, a film about Julian Assange, with his father John Shipton a keynote speaker. Niko Leka reports.
(2022-05-05). Biden declares ongoing wildfires in New Mexico 'a major disaster'. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared wildfires lasting for weeks in the southwestern state of New Mexico "a major disaster," unlocking millions of dollars in relief for affected individuals and local recovery efforts.
(2022-05-05). US Ramps Up Training of Ukrainian Troops. news.antiwar.com The US is stepping up its efforts The US first started training Ukrainian forces after the 2014
(2022-05-05). US Ramps Up Training of Ukrainian Troops. news.antiwar.com The US is stepping up its efforts The US first started training Ukrainian forces after the 2014
(2022-05-05). Sweden Says It Received Security Assurances From US for NATO Application Period. news.antiwar.com Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Wednesday Both Sweden and Finland are seriously considering joining NATO and
(2022-05-05). Sweden Says It Received Security Assurances From US for NATO Application Period. news.antiwar.com Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Wednesday Both Sweden and Finland are seriously considering joining NATO and