(2022-05-11). Why We Need War Crime Tribunals in Donbass. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — empty The guilty must be punished, the innocent must have justice, the dead must be remembered, and the living must be held to account. |
(2022-05-11). Terror from Balochistan: A Menacing Tool to Disrupt Sino-Pakistani Economics. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 5, 2022 | A Baloch suicide bombing targeting Chinese workers in Karachi comes a mere month after the US-backed ousting of PM Imran Khan. Pakistan is a critical BRI hub in Beijing's vast Eurasian connectivity project, and it looks like CPEC is the ultimate target of this disruption. | This is the concise story of how a suicide bombing may carry the potential to subvert the whole, ongoing, complex process of Eurasia integration. | Recently, the Balochistan Liberation Movement (BLA) had released an ISIS-influenced video threatening "Chinese officials and installations" in Pakistan's vast p…
(2022-05-11). Record gas prices cut further into US workers' real wages. wsws.org Rising costs are putting mounting pressure on American workers. Everything from food, to gas, to medicine has become more expensive in recent months.
(2022-05-11). Detroit Diesel workers repudiate UAW sellout, vote by 79 percent to reject pro company deal. wsws.org The vote is a powerful statement of unity and part of a growing rebellion against the UAW aimed at overturning decades of concessions and winning substantial raises in the face of record inflation.
(2022-05-11). Suspend the sentence of Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught! No jail time, fines or penalties! wsws.org Nurses and health care workers around the US and the world have rallied to the defense of RaDonda because they know the real causes of tragic medical errors are chronic understaffing, inhuman workloads, and the subordination of medical care to corporate profit.
(2022-05-11). UAW delivers full contract to Volvo Trucks workers one year after sabotaging their strike. wsws.org Volvo workers now live under a UAW-imposed contract whose "pay raises" are being devoured by runaway inflation.
(2022-05-11). IRGC pounds terrorists positions in Erbil by artillery attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched artillery attacks on the positions of terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
(2022-05-11). IRGC pounds terrorists' positions in Erbil (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched artillery attacks on the positions of terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
(2022-05-11). Iranian-Islamic identity must be institutionalized. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Saying that young generation must grow up with Islamic-Iranian identity, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed on seizing opportunity of school years to institutionalize the ideals and values of the Islamic Revolution.
(2022-05-11). Japan allies with West in expanding global conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostMay 9, 2022 EU and Japan to forge united front against China and Russia at summit The European Union and Japan are working together to cut their dependence on China and check Beijing's influence in the Indo-Pacific, amid anger over China's "no limits" partnership with Russia. At a summit in Tokyo on …
(2022-05-11). Australian election features "wage growth" sham. wsws.org The Labor Party is working with the trade unions to keep a lid on the eruption of strikes by holding out false hopes of wages relief under a Labor government.
(2022-05-11). The sellout of the UIC graduate student strike: The political lessons. wsws.org Last month, the Graduate Educators Organization, under pressure from the AFT, shutdown and sold out the strike of over 1, 0 graduate students fighting against poverty wages at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
(2022-05-11). Providence St. Vincent nurses in Portland, Oregon authorize strike for safe staffing and pay. wsws.org Over 1,600 nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center are in a fight against management and the Oregon Nurses Association, which has kept them on the jobs months after their contract expiration to keep them from joining the wave of nurses strikes on the US West Coast.
(2022-05-10). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. orinocotribune.com By Juanlu González — empty In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the
(2022-05-10). German government imposes war costs on working class. wsws.org If the German government has its way, the working class will pay for the cost of its participation in the Ukraine war and the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler with mass poverty and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
(2022-05-10). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 10, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
empty Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Nikolaev with a high-precision missile | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Mirnyi with a high-precision missile | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Lisichansk with a high-precision missile | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Kramatorsk with a high-precision missile | Russia destroyed six Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters near Artsiz with a strike involving Onyks high-precision missiles | Russian…
(2022-05-10). May Day 2022: The class struggle in the Asia-Pacific. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Tom Peters to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Peters is a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, which is fighting to build a section of the ICFI.
(2022-05-10). May Day 2022: The revolutionary role of the American working class. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Joseph Kishore to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Kishore is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.
(2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Supporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.
(2022-05-10). UK: Queen's Speech lays out brutal class war agenda and evisceration of democratic rights. wsws.org The government's response to its mounting political crisis was to throw "red meat" to satisfy the Tory Party's right-wing constituency and the capitalist class demanding an escalation in the offensive against the working class.
(2022-05-10). Australia: Labor and the Coalition in lockstep as COVID-19 infection toll passes six million. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election advancing a program of action for the working class to protect lives and end the pandemic.
(2022-05-10). COVID-19 and Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In their Letter responding to our recent Viewpoint, Dr Mangurian and colleagues rightly point out the essential role that health care workers play in enabling a robust and effective response to pandemic threats. Declaring health care workers "the most valuable resource for health," the World Health Organization named 2006-2015 the decade for human resources for health and deemed 2021 the year of the health care worker. Despite this recognition, health care workers continue to face challenges. Lack of universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, personal protective equipment, and testing places health care work…
(2022-05-10). "We've all suffered the same way": Striking Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers speak out. wsws.org The striking healthcare service workers are fighting for safe working conditions, improved staffing and better wages.
(2022-05-10). Detroit Diesel workers: Vote NO on UAW sellout contract! Form a rank-and-file committee to take control of the struggle! wsws.org The UAW wants to force through a slave charter which will cut benefits and real wages, but what will actually happen depends on what the workers do.
(2022-05-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Carpenters in Ontario have joined with other construction workers in an expanding strike wave in response to burgeoning inflation that is eroding wages.
(2022-05-10). Sri Lankan workers defy curfew, government-organised violence. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Sri Lanka yesterday to express their opposition to the attack by government-organised thugs on anti-government protesters encamped in central Colombo for the past month.
(2022-05-10). US West Coast dockworkers prepare for summer battle. wsws.org The current contract, pertaining to roughly over 25,000 dock workers at 29 ports on the West Coast, is set to expire on July 1.
(2022-05-10). Dallas marches against anti-abortion draft Supreme Court decision. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, May 7, around 200 people gathered at Civic Garden park in downtown Dallas to protest the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, thus allowing over half of U.S. states to ban abortion completely. Chants present at the rally included "When abortion is under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!" and "Healthcare is a human right!" | Jo Hargis of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, criticized the Supreme Court's decision and the Democratic Party's inaction despite campaign promises, stating, "We have Democrats such as Obama and Biden claiming in their cam…
(2022-05-10). Strong support for SEP's socialist program in Australian rural city of Shepparton. wsws.org "There's no way I'm voting for another capitalist government in my life" — Cherrill…
(2022-05-10). The Supreme Court's ruling on abortion. mronline.org 
The Supreme Court's draft ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization not only abolishes the basic democratic right to abortion, but it is an attempt to radically transform the country's legal superstructure by stripping the population of the democratic protections established in the American Revolution and Civil War.
(2022-05-10). US Political prisoner Sundiata Acoli granted parole after 49 years. peoplesdispatch.org Sundiata Acoli, a militant in the struggle for Black liberation and US political prisoner for the past 49 years, was granted parole on Tuesday, May 10. After going underground following political persecution by the US government, Sundiata was falsely charged with killing a police officer in 1973, and has been held in prison ever since. He was arrested alongside legendary revolutionary Assata Shakur, his comrade. | On May 10, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted Sundiata's release after reversing his previous parole board's decision, determining that "the Parole Board's decision to deny Acoli parole is not suppor…
(2022-05-10). In Cuba, Mexico's AMLO calls for end to blockade, urges Latin American unity amid 'US economic decline'. multipolarista.com 
Mexican President López Obrador took a historic trip to Cuba, where he called for an end to the US blockade and criticized right-wing "coup-plotters." He said Latin America should form a union, amid "the economic decline of the United States."
(2022-05-10). Progressives Across Europe Mark the 77th Anniversary of Victory Over Nazi Germany. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Victory Day — Europe. Communists in Moscow on Victory Day. (Photo: via kprf.ru) The Victory Day celebrations were held even as anti-communist and anti-Russian sections across Europe have been trying to undermine the role of the Soviet Union in defeating the Nazi Germany during World War II On May 8 and 9, progressive…
(2022-05-10). Women take on union busters by stepping up union organizing. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Women across America, learning firsthand about the extent to which bosses try to destroy unions, are taking the lead in confronting and battling back against the union busters. At one notorious workplace, the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, they battled union busters who tried all kinds of tactics to defeat the union organizing drive, including …
(2022-05-10). Respecting Syria territorial integrity only way to end crisis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to the European Union said that respecting territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria is the only possible way to end crisis in this country.
(2022-05-10). Progressives across Europe mark 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. peoplesdispatch.org The Victory Day celebrations were held even as anti-communist and anti-Russian sections across Europe have been trying to undermine the role of the Soviet Union in defeating the Nazi Germany during World War II…
(2022-05-10). Caracas Marches with Russians Celebrating Victory Day, President Maduro Salutes 77th Anniversary of Nazi Defeat (Photos). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, May 7, the triumph of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany was commemorated in the Venezuelan capital with the traditional march of the Immortal Regiment, during which Russian citizens carried portraits of relatives who fought against Nazism in the Great Patriotic War, as Russians call the Second World War. | The symbols of the Soviet Union came out on a sunny Saturday in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to celebrate the day the Red Army defeated Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany troops. | "We are in Caracas celebrating this beautiful party with our Venezuelan brothers, a victory party, a party for the ent…
(2022-05-10). Hundreds Of Day Cares Are Closed Today As Educators Go On Strike. popularresistance.org Hundreds of child care providers in 27 states and Washington, D.C., went on strike Monday to remind policymakers how essential they are, not only to families but to the nation's economy. | Early childhood professionals — and the parents they serve — said they're fed up with the lack of progress on policy promises such as better wages and expanded subsidies. | "I've never met a family who has said child care is affordable," said Allyx Schiavone, a member of the Ideal Learning Roundtable, a national group of developmental early childhood education experts. Schiavone helped organize a Connecticut-specifi…
(2022-05-10). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — May 10, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | empty Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
(2022-05-10). New Orleans protests leaked Roe v. Wade decision. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Over 300 people protested outside of New Orleans' Fifth Circuit Courthouse on May 3 in response to the leaked SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The crowd opposed the political repression of bodily autonomy, and demanded right to access comprehensive reproductive care. | "When we fight, we win!" The crowd chanted over the course of a few hours, filling the block with sounds of outrage. | Monday night, an anonymous source leaked an unpublished decision from the United States Supreme Court that would strike down Roe v. Wade. That same night, a coalition of groups in New Orleans released det…
(2022-05-10). Support Arriva South bus drivers! For a London-wide strike to break Unite's de facto pay freeze! wsws.org By Unite's own admission, it has presided over four years of below-inflation pay deals. It now wants to impose another one.
(2022-05-10). Hope of Party, country rests on youth: Xi. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said the hope of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country rests on the youth.
(2022-05-10). Xi urges firm beliefs, fighting spirit in youth league members. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on members of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) in the new era to build up firm beliefs, and boost their courage and skills to carry out struggles, among others.
(2022-05-10). China, Germany set to prosper from collaboration, mutual trust. ecns.cn Officials and business leaders in Germany pin great hopes on the collaboration and mutual trust between China and Germany, which they believe are key to the growth and prosperity of the two countries.
(2022-05-10). Milwaukee: Defend Roe v. Wade protest mobilizes 1000-plus. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On May 7, the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition hosted an action to support reproductive rights and defend Roe v. Wade from the attack by the Supreme Court. | Over 1000 people turned out for the rally and march. The action started at Planned Parenthood and ended at the Milwaukee Federal Court building where Ron Johnson's office is located. Johnson is an anti-choice U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. | Decorah Gordon, a member of the executive board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, spoke at the start of the rally. "Our human rights are no longer…
(2022-05-10). Las 3 del día: Historias del Saratoga y las noticias del 9 de mayo(+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Tras la explosión en el hotel Saratoga de La Habana, el 6 de mayo, muchos han sido los testimonios recogidos por los reporteros de Cubadebate, quienes han dado seguimiento casi minuto a minuto a las labores de búsqueda y rescate en el lugar del siniestro. Desde Las 3 del día le contamos algunas de esas historias.
(2022-05-10). Operación de rescate y salvamento en el hotel Saratoga: àöltimas noticias (IV). cubadebate.cu Cubadebate continúa reportando desde el lugar de los hechos y desde los centros de salud donde son atendidas las víctimas, con el concurso de las redes sociales, colaboradores y medios hermanos. Este martes no han cesado las labores de excavación y búsqueda en el hotel Saratoga y los edificios contiguos. La cifra de fallecidos ya asciende a 42.
(2022-05-10). Transformación digital, proceso estratégico y urgente para Cuba. cubadebate.cu Las ideas preliminares para la elaboración de la Política para la transformación digital en Cuba y la Agenda Digital Cubana 2030 fueron objetos de análisis por parte de los integrantes del Consejo Nacional de Innovación (CNI), en su reunión correspondiente a mayo. La sesión estuvo encabezada por el presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
(2022-05-10). Soldiers Injure Many Schoolchildren Near Nablus. imemc.org 
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Burqa town northwest of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah, leading to protests, and causing dozens of schoolchildren to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said several army jeeps invaded the town, …
(2022-05-10). Leopoldo López Wants US to Apply More Pressure with Sanctions. orinocotribune.com The far-right figure Leopoldo López, who continues to be a fugitive from Venezuelan justice living under the protection of the Spanish government, has reiterated his support for the imposition of unilateral coercive measures (euphemistically referred to as "sanctions") on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the US and its allies. | López shared these sentiments during a series of meetings he attended in Miami, Florida, with groups of Venezuelans who live on US soil and who oppose the government of President Nicolás Maduro Moros. There, López held firm to his accusation that there is a "dictatorship" in Venezu…