2023-05-10: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-05-10). German Chancellor Scholz visits East Africa and sends the Bundeswehr to Niger. wsws.org Africa, too, is increasingly coming into the focus of German imperialism. The coalition government is aggressively pursuing the goal of increasing Berlin's political, economic, and military influence on the resource-rich continent.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-09). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: U.S. Activists Face Harassment From Authorities Upon Return From Cuba IACHR Slams Peru's De Facto Government for Human Rights Violations Against Protesters South African Court Rules in Favor of NUMSA and Others in Load Shedding Case, Asks State to Ensure Power Supply to Critical Facilities Iran and Syria Call for …

Ajamu Baraka (2023-05-09). Africans in the U.S. are a colonized people: A comment on the indictment of the African People's Socialist Party. mronline.org Red Scares, McCarthyism, COINTELPRO, "Black Identity Extremists" are all indicative of how the colonized are treated by the state.

David Cavendish (2023-05-09). 'Whole Process People's Democracy' in China: What does it mean? peoplesworld.org The expulsion of two African American representatives from the Tennessee state legislature recently is only the latest in what seems to be a never-ending series of attacks on democracy in the United States. Add to it the endless voter suppression tactics like racist purges of voter rolls, bans on mail-in ballots, restrictive voter ID hurdles, reduced …

Bill Fletcher, Jr. (2023-05-10). Frente Polisario's fight to liberate Western Sahara. therealnews.com The national liberation struggle of the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara has been ongoing for 50 years. Through the twists and turns of history, the people of Western Sahara have faced Spanish colonialism, the occupation of their territory by Mauritania and Morocco, and expulsion from their territory to refugee camps in Algeria. Despite this long struggle, Western Sahara's history and politics remain relatively unknown to many outsiders. Bill Fletcher Jr., a member of the TRNN Executive Board, speaks with

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 21 Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qedra confirmed that 21 Palestinians were killed, including 12 civilians, and 64 others were injured by the shrapnel of the Israeli missiles on the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | "The Israeli attacks hit residential areas, killing women and children while they were sleeping safely in their homes," said the Arab League (AL), which includes Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros…


Darío Machado Rodríguez (2023-05-10). Cuba — Acerca de la representatividad. globalizacion.ca El propósito, funcionamiento y particularidades de la construcción de la democracia en la sociedad cubana no pueden explicarse con los puntos de partida de la concepción liberal de democracia, por más que en el plano formal haya momentos elementales de…

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-10). Revisiting Fort Detrick/Vaping Overlap, COVID Origins, As EcoHealth Restarts Coronavirus Work. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/10/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Derrick Broze (2023-05-10). NTP Advisory Board Unanimously Votes to Accept Report on Fluoride's Toxicity. thelastamericanvagabond.com The truth about fluoride's toxicity is one step closer to being released to the public, but will industry influence prevent its release? On May 4, the U.S. National Toxicology Program's (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) unanimously voted to accept the recommendations of the BSC working group relating to the NTP's report on fluoride's toxicity.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-09). Syria Readmitted To The Arab League, Is This The End Of The War? thelastamericanvagabond.com After over a decade of separation, the Syrian Arab Republic was readmitted to the Arab League this Sunday, in a move that has dealt a blow to Washington's Middle East agenda, exciting some and causing outrage amongst others. The Syrian war that began in 2011 still hasn't officially ended, so what impact will this normalization

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-09). The Anglo-American Hand Behind the Rise of Fascism Then and Now. thelastamericanvagabond.com This May 9th, the world will celebrate Victory Day. For those who have not closed their eyes to the integration of leading unreconstructed Nazis, Italian Fascist, and Japanese fascists into the Anglo-American intelligence complex after World War Two this celebration is bitter sweet to say the least. In West Germany, the head of Nazi intelligence,

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-10). Biden to Sign Military and Surveillance Agreements With Papua New Guinea. news.antiwar.com President Biden will sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and a surveillance deal with Papua New Guinea when he visits the Pacific Island nation later this month, Papua New Guinea's foreign minister told Reuters. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden will visit Papua New Guinea on May 22 while on his way from the …


Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Biden to Become First President to Visit Papua New Guinea. news.antiwar.com The White House announced Tuesday that President Biden will become the first sitting president to visit Papua New Guinea as the US is looking to boost cooperation with the Pacific nation as part of its strategy against China. The White House said Biden will stop in Papua New Guinea after the G7 summit of leaders …

Janna Corredor (2023-05-09). President of Guinea-Bissau Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Monday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez received the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, at the Casa Amarilla on the occasion of his working visit to the country to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. | Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived in Venezuela during the afternoon and is scheduled to meet with Venezuelan authorities and discuss matters of common interest. | Relations b…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Search For Kenyan Forest Death Cult Followers: 21 More Bodies. telesurenglish.net A search operation for followers of a doomsday cult in Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya resumed Tuesday, with Kenyan investigators exhuming 21 more bodies. | RELATED: | According to regional head Rhoda Onyancha, the latest figures of bodies exhumed bring the death toll to 133. The search operation has resumed after being suspended for a few days due to bad weather. | Home Affairs Minister Kithure Kindiki told r…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-10). Haiti: "Sectors of the Police and the Government are Accomplices of the Criminal Gangs" libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez Henry Boisrolin is a member of the Haitian Democratic Committee in Argentina and a lucid analyst of what is happening in Haiti. We spoke with him about the serious events taking place in his country. What is the situation in Haiti at the moment, since lately we have been receiving information about the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-10). Pakistan Rocked by Protests Following the Arrest of Imran Khan. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Protests in Karachi, Pakistan after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: CGTN Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent into custody of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday. He was also indicted separately in a case related to do with illegal sale of gits. Protests…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Victory Parade on Red Square. libya360.wordpress.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Biden to Become First President to Visit Papua New Guinea. news.antiwar.com The White House announced Tuesday that President Biden will become the first sitting president to visit Papua New Guinea as the US is looking to boost cooperation with the Pacific nation as part of its strategy against China. The White House said Biden will stop in Papua New Guinea after the G7 summit of leaders …

Janna Corredor (2023-05-09). President of Guinea-Bissau Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Monday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez received the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, at the Casa Amarilla on the occasion of his working visit to the country to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. | Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived in Venezuela during the afternoon and is scheduled to meet with Venezuelan authorities and discuss matters of common interest. | Relations b…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Search For Kenyan Forest Death Cult Followers: 21 More Bodies. telesurenglish.net A search operation for followers of a doomsday cult in Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya resumed Tuesday, with Kenyan investigators exhuming 21 more bodies. | RELATED: | According to regional head Rhoda Onyancha, the latest figures of bodies exhumed bring the death toll to 133. The search operation has resumed after being suspended for a few days due to bad weather. | Home Affairs Minister Kithure Kindiki told r…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-10). Haiti: "Sectors of the Police and the Government are Accomplices of the Criminal Gangs" libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez Henry Boisrolin is a member of the Haitian Democratic Committee in Argentina and a lucid analyst of what is happening in Haiti. We spoke with him about the serious events taking place in his country. What is the situation in Haiti at the moment, since lately we have been receiving information about the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-10). Pakistan Rocked by Protests Following the Arrest of Imran Khan. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Protests in Karachi, Pakistan after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: CGTN Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent into custody of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday. He was also indicted separately in a case related to do with illegal sale of gits. Protests…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Victory Parade on Red Square. libya360.wordpress.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Bold Gambits on the West Asian Chessboard. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar In the Great Power competition, everything is connected: Uncertain negotiations between Russia and NATO over Ukraine may be impacted by Türkiye's post-election pivot and Syria's return to the Arab League West Asia is a region that is currently experiencing a great deal of geopolitical activity. Recent diplomatic efforts, initiated by Russia and overseen…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). The Warmongering U.S. Empire is Crashing, the Lying Western Media's Days are Numbered. libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham, Bruce Gagnon and Daniel Lazarre The Western mainstream media have never been so blatant in their propaganda for the U.S. empire. The pretensions are threadbare. As the warmongering U.S. government/regime and its Western/NATO imperialist lackeys are becoming more exposed and desperate to maintain credibility, so too are their media tools. The likes of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). US Interventionism in the Peruvian Justice System and the Coup D'état Against Pedro Castillo. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena US Ambassador Lisa Kenna with Peruvian Attorney General Patricia Benavides. Photo: Twitter Suspicions were raised after the US Ambassador to Peru posted a photo with Peru's Attorney General. Peruvian activist and jurist José Carlos Llerena Robles argues that US interventionism in the Peruvian justice system has much deeper roots On April 13,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Two Worlds: May 6 and May 9. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan King Charles III wearing the insignia of His Majesty. London and Moscow are the scene of great collective events. Each one expresses its own values. In England, the splendors mask the origin of rich ornaments, stolen without scruples. In Russia, celebrating the martyrs of the Second World War is a commitment to the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). The Saharawi Struggle: Spanish MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz Exposes the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Spanish MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz. D. R. Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You recently denounced the fisheries agreement in place between Morocco and the European Union, which is currently the subject of legal proceedings. What are the reasons for your protest? MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz: It is the European, and broadly the international legal framework, that give…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Charles III Coronation Ignored Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Trauma, Deadly Colonial Legacy & Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Gideon Polya Perhaps billions around the world saw at least part of the coronation of King Charles III and marvelled at the pomp, the pageantry and the glorious choral music. The colourful military uniforms and the final parade of thousands of British and Commonwealth military forces testified to past imperial glory. However the lavish…

Staff (2023-05-10). Cancilleres de Rusia, Turquía e Irán instan a conservar soberanía e integridad territorial de Siria. cubadebate.cu Los cancilleres de Siria, Rusia, Turquía e Irán se reunieron este miércoles en Moscú para examinar los esfuerzos de normalización de las relaciones entre Ankara y Damasco. Coincidieron en la necesidad de conservar la soberanía e integridad territorial de Siria, así como continuar la lucha contra el terrorismo y el separatismo.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Syrian, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Hold First Meeting in Over a Decade. news.antiwar.com The Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers will hold their first meeting in more than a decade on Wednesday in Moscow as more and more countries are taking steps to normalize with Damascus. The meeting will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran and will build on the progress of other Russian-hosted …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). House Hawks Urge Biden to Use Sanctions to Prevent Syria Normalization. news.antiwar.com The top Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a statement on Monday slamming Syria's readmission into the Arab League and urging President Biden to use sanctions to prevent further normalization. "Readmitting Assad to the Arab League is a grave strategic mistake that will embolden Assad, Russia, and Iran to continue butchering …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-09). The Final Folly of the Western World. thealtworld.com The victory over President Trump of the military/security complex has condemned the United States and its European, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese empire to irreversible decline. Trump's intention to "normalize relations with Russia" was perceived by the powerful military/security complex, about which both President Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy warned, as a threat to its budget, power, and primacy. Thus was launched by the CIA and FBI the long and ongoing era of false charges against an American President, both in office and out, by the security services of the United States. | The consequence is…

Editor (2023-05-09). Paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Namibia. mronline.org Every year, descendants of the Nama-Ovaherero tribes gather at Swakopmund Memorial Park Cemetery in Namibia during the month of March to pay tribute to their ancestors who were victims of the genocide that took place from 1904-1908.

_____ (2023-05-10). Regarding the distribution of political power in Nigeria following the presidential elections in March 2023. journal-neo.org

Staff (2023-05-09). Sudan: Residents Trapped Between Warring Rival Factions as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates. democracynow.org Conflict in Sudan between two rival military factions is entering its fourth week. Despite international calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, both combatant groups have repeatedly breached truce agreements. More than 700 people have died. As thousands of Sudanese civilians flee both the capital Khartoum and the country entirely, the fighting is expected to continue, with no end in sight. As Sudan braces for the renewed possibility of full-scale civil war, we speak to McGill University professor Khalid Mustafa Medani and Sudanese activist Marine Alneel about the country's brewing humanitarian crisis. "T…

Staff (2023-05-09). Headlines for May 9, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Bombs Gaza Strip, Killing 13 People, Including Children, Putin Delivers Defiant "Victory Day" Speech as Russia Fires Missiles Across Ukraine, Sudan's Warring Parties Hold Peace Talks in Saudi Arabia But Won't Agree to Ceasefire, Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested in Islamabad, Tens of Thousands March Against Gun Violence in Serbia After Two Mass Shootings, Texas Gunman Was Rejected from Army, Had Nazi Tattoos But Purchased AR-15 Legally, Texas Man Who Rammed SUV Into Migrants Charged with Eight Counts of Manslaughter, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Deploys "Tactical Bo…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Displaced People In Sudan Double To 700 000 In One Week. telesurenglish.net The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday that the number of people internally displaced due to the fighting in Sudan is already more than 700 000. | RELATED: | The figure has more than doubled in the last week. According to IOM spokesman Paul Dillon, "as of last Tuesday, the figure stood at 340 000. Before the fighting, there were already some 3.7 million internally displaced people in Su…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Tàºrkish President Offers To Host Sudan Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net Tàºrkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Türkiye is ready to host mediation talks for peace in Sudan in case the military rivals agree to engage in comprehensive negotiations. | RELATED: | In a phone call with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Erdogan said Ankara will continue together with the United Nations (UN) efforts to meet "the urgent humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Guardsman Kills 5 People at Tunisia Synagogue. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday night, a guardsman affiliated with the National Guard killed five people at La Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba, south Tunisia. | RELATED: | The guardsman killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before heading toward the synagogue, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. | He opened fire at security units stationed near the synagogue, leaving two visitors and another security officer killed, befor…

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