(2023-05-17). Class forces behind Jordan Neely's murder ‚àí an editorial. workers.org 
Due to the mass struggle, white ex-Marine Daniel Penny, whose 15-minutes-long chokehold led to the death of Jordan Neely — a 30-year-old African American houseless and mentally ill man — was charged with second-degree manslaughter. If convicted — and that is a very big IF — he could face anywhere . . . |
(2023-05-17). US criminal activities in Asia and North Africa. Part 1. journal-neo.org 
(2023-05-17). Leidesdorff Plaza established May 1966, rekindles the strength and courage to try again. indybay.org Sacramento Negro Museum and Library Association dedicated Leidesdorff Plaza, May 1966, it is one of the last remaining authentic markers showcasing California Pioneers of Pan African Descent, like a Phoenix the rest of the story must rise.
(2023-05-17). Líderes africanos mediarían con plan de paz en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Mandatario sudafricano afirmó que el viernes le reiteró a Putin la importancia de una resolución pacífica a la crisis.
(2023-05-16). African Leaders to Seek a Solution to the Ukrainian Conflict. telesurenglish.net South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will propose to Ukraine and Russia the deployment of a high-level African mission to facilitate a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian conflict. | RELATED: | "During this weekend I will present an African leaders' peace mission to President Vladimir Putin and President Volodimir Zelensky via separate phone calls," Ramaphosa said at a joint press conference with Singaporean Prime Minis…
(2023-05-16). Colombian VP Marquez Meets With Kenyan President. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Kenya's President William Ruto and Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez held a meeting in Nairobi to enhance the participation of her country in the African Union (AU). | RELATED: | "President Ruto assured that his country is committed to Colombia having a more active and dynamic participation in the AU," Marquez tweeted. | On this regard, for instance, Ruto confirmed that Kenya will work with Colombia to enhance its c…
(2023-05-16). African Leaders to Present Peace Plan to Putin and Zelensky. news.antiwar.com South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to host a delegation of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine. "My discussions with the two leaders demonstrated that they are both ready to receive the African leaders and …
(2023-05-16). Report from U.S.-Mexico Border as Title 42 Ends: Human Rights Violations, Funerals & Makeshift Camps. democracynow.org 
We host a roundtable discussion on the human rights crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border and the impact of President Biden ending the Trump-era pandemic policy known as Title 42 last Thursday, after it had been used to expel nearly 3 million migrants without due process. Guerline Jozef is co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrant advocacy organization that provides humanitarian assistance to Haitians and other Black immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa; Erika Guevara-Rosas is a human rights lawyer and Americas director for Amnesty International; and Erika Pinheiro is an…
(2023-05-16). Online Panel Discussion: 'Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism'. towardfreedom.org Register for Toward Freedom's online panel discussion, "Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism," an event to launch the Africa Reporting Fund.
(2023-05-16). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…
(2023-05-16). OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. indybay.org There will be an international panel on the 1973 anniversary of the South Africa Duban worker uprising against the apartheid regime.
(2023-05-16). Guinea Ecuatorial declara fin de brote del virus de Marburgo. telesurtv.net Del 13 de febrero al 1 de mayo la nación africana registró 17 casos confirmados en laboratorio y 23 probables.
(2023-05-17). Mayo Clinic research on remote hospital care for a rural or urban home setting. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chad Semling, who is 47 years old, spent 113 days in the hospital for recovery and rehabilitation before being admitted to Advanced Care at Home, a Mayo Clinic program that uses telehealth to provide health care remotely for patients who live in rural and urban areas. Semling, a Mayo Clinic patient in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, suffered multiple compression fractures within his back, a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and severe lung blockage, all due to COVID-19….
(2023-05-16). United States of America, democracia fallida. globalizacion.ca Que la historia de los Estados Unidos de América puede contarse por el hilo conductor de la violencia es algo que pocos discuten. Esa característica de la sociedad estadounidense es una amenaza constante para la ciudadanía del propio país, pero…
(2023-05-16). Xi holds talks with Eritrean president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President Isaias Afwerki of the State of Eritrea in Beijing on Monday…
(2023-05-16). The Azov-Patriot Front Agenda, Did Depleted Uranium Explode In Ukraine & Is It Dangerous? 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 (5/15/23). 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
(2023-05-17). Papua New Guinea foreign minister stands aside amid coronation travel furore. wsws.org The minister's denunciation of ordinary citizens as "primitive animals" exposed the attitude of the country's corrupt and venal ruling elite towards the impoverished masses.
(2023-05-17). Papua New Guinea foreign minister stands amid coronation travel furore. wsws.org The minister's denunciation of ordinary citizens as "primitive animals" exposed the attitude of the country's corrupt and venal ruling elite towards the impoverished masses.
(2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Trips Due To Debt Impasse. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden canceled the second leg of his trip to Papua New Guinea and Australia for the G7 summit to continue debt ceiling negotiations. | Related: | Biden will travel to Japan tomorrow to attend the summit, but will return to Washington earlier than planned in view of the impossibility of reaching an agreement with the Republicans to increase the debt limit, reached at the beginning of the year and which threatens to plunge the cou…
(2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Plans to Visit Papua New Guinea, Australia Over Debt Ceiling. news.antiwar.com President Biden has canceled planned visits to Papua New Guinea and Australia to focus on the debt ceiling debate that's ongoing in Washington, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Biden was planning to visit the two nations after the Group of Seven summit that will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21, which he …
(2023-05-16). A Fraternal Hand: The American Tradition of Socialist Democracy and Chinese Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos L. Garrido There is a glaring paradox at the core of the American project. On the one hand, it proclaims its national self-determination with the values of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, right to revolution, and to a government of, by, and for the people. On the other hand, the rights to life, liberty,…
(2023-05-16). Biden Can Be Charming, but Beijing Should Be Wary. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Pope Francis (L) meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a private audience at The Vatican, May 13, 2023 Simply put, the foreplay has begun. It is not the Ukrainian counteroffensive, stupid! Russia — and China — should expect some nasty surprises. President Vladimir Zelensky's tour of Rome, Berlin and Paris has been…
(2023-05-16). Brazil: How Small Family Farms Are Adapting to Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Sullivan (Image by Camila Cordeiro) Alexandre Pires is at the forefront of expanding opportunities for low-income rural populations and family farms in Brazil. Just a few days before the first round of Brazil's most recent elections, Alexandre Pires was dancing with fellow progressives. Hundreds of people, many wearing red shirts, a nod to Brazil's Workers' Party, had…
(2023-05-16). "Independent" Ukrainian "Kill List": Run by Nazi Junta, Backed by NATO and Washington. libya360.wordpress.com David Miller Late last year, my name was added to a blacklist published online by the Ukraine Center for Countering Disinformation. I joined over ninety others deemed to be "speakers who promote narratives consonant with Russian propaganda." These included Manuel Pineda and Clare Daly, both leftist Members of the European Parliament (MEP); Also counted are people…
(2023-05-16). North Korea Warns NATO is Creeping into Asia. libya360.wordpress.com Countercurrents Collective South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29. | KENNY HOLSTON / THE NEW YORK TIMES North Korea's Foreign Ministry has claimed NATO is seeking to increase its influence in Asia, citing growing "military collusion" with Japan, which…
(2023-05-16). Sowing Seeds of Plunder: A Lose-Lose Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine's Agricultural Land: Oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraine's agricultural land with help and financing from Western financial institutions. It's a lose-lose situation for Ukrainians. While they are dying to defend their land, financial institutions are insidiously supporting the consolidation of farmland by oligarchs…
(2023-05-16). Sudan: The Latest Victim of the Global Hegemonists' Grand Arab World Delusions. libya360.wordpress.com Ebrahim Hashem The current turbulence in Sudan has not come out of nothing. Sudan's present trouble stems from deliberate attempts by some foreign hegemonists to destabilize the Arab world and hijack its sovereignty for their own selfish gains. The year 2003 was when delusional globalists in Washington and London, supported by peers in some other…
(2023-05-16). The Roots of Cowardice of Today's Subaltern Intellectuals. libya360.wordpress.com Yusuf Serunkuma Yusuf Serunkuma slams the cowardice of intellectuals today, who display self-censorship and contentment with the status quo, in contrast with an earlier generation of activists and subaltern scholars. Serunkuma argues that this did not happen overnight, rather it has taken years of manufacturing conformity and consent. There is a less discussed component about…
(2023-05-16). Ukraine: Did Russia Obliterate Depleted Uranium Munitions Delivered by the UK? libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic On May 13, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) launched a massive all-out strike against numerous targets under the control of the Kiev regime forces. Among other things, the VKS hit several key munitions depots in Western Ukraine, including one in the city of Ternopol. According to the official announcement by the Russian Ministry of…
(2023-05-17). Inundaciones dejan más de 460.000 damnificados en Somalia. telesurtv.net Según la ONU, si persisten las lluvias en Somalia y en Etiopía, 1.6 millones de personas podrían verse afectadas.
(2023-05-16). Headlines for May 16, 2023. democracynow.org 200,000 Fled Sudan in First Month of Fighting Between Rival Military Factions, Flooding in Somalia Kills at Least 22, Affects Nearly a Half-Million People, Heat Waves Bake China and West Coast of North America, House Republicans Reject Closing Tax Loopholes as June 1 Deadline on Debt Ceiling Looms, SCOTUS to Review South Carolina Congressional Maps Struck Down over Racist Gerrymandering, Trump-Era Special Prosecutor Faults FBI over Probe of Russian Interference in 2016 Campaign, Ex-Associate Sues Rudy Giuliani, Alleging Rape, Abuse and Harassment, 18-Year-Old with Assault Rifle Kills 3, Injures 6 in New Mexico, V…
(2023-05-16). Friday 5/19: SF Speak Out At SF Chinese Consulate- Hands Off Namibian Labor Lawyer Beukes & Miners. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Laguna and Geary St. | San Francisco…
(2023-05-17). Sudán del Sur acoge más refugiados de la guerra en Sudán. telesurtv.net Al menos 822 civiles han muerto y 3.215 han resultado heridos en el fuego cruzado desde que comenzó el conflicto el 15 de abril, según la Unión de Médicos de Sudán (SDU).
(2023-05-16). Over 800 civilians killed as fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitary RSF enters second month. peoplesdispatch.org 
The so-called Jeddah Declaration, in which the warring parties committed to protecting civilians on May 12, has only remained on paper as fighting intensifies in the states of Khartoum and West Darfur, claiming hundreds of more lives…
(2023-05-16). Sudanese Continue to Clash in Khartoum City. telesurenglish.net On Monday, clashes continued between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with eastern parts of the capital Khartoum witnessing intense bombardment. | RELATED: | "A large logistical supply of weapons, ammunition and fuel belonging to the rebel militia has been dealt with in a qualitative operation that targeted some areas in Sharq Al-Neel locality and bases around the East Nile Hospital," the Army said. | There were no civilian casualti…
(2023-05-16). Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 12, a Turkish serviceman was killed during the Operation Claw Lock in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish MOD; | On May 13, Turkish aircraft struck PKK positions in the Amedi area; | On May 15, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held separate meetings with the US and Germany business representatives, reaffirming his cabinet's commitment to creating more investment opportunities in the country; | On May 15, Iraqi warplanes struck ISIS hideouts near Kir…
(2023-05-16). Partes beligerantes siguen sin cumplir tregua en Sudán. telesurtv.net El enfrentamiento entre dos generales rivales amenaza con agravarse y pone en riesgo la estabilidad de los países vecinos. Ya hay cientos de muertos y cerca de 1 millón de desplazados.
(2023-05-16). Tunisia's main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to one year in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Ghannouchi's party and his supporters believe his conviction is politically motivated and part of President Kais Saied's attempts to silence opposition in the country…
(2023-05-17). Zimbabwe Import Duty Suspension on Basic Goods to Last 6 Months. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Zimbabwean authorities officially announced the suspension of import duties on essential goods intended to mitigate the prevalent price escalations will last for six months. | Related: | "Import duty on the 14 basic commodities will remain suspended for six months in order to ensure their availability at competitive prices," Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Publicity and Broadcasting Services, said during a post-cabinet media b…