2022-05-27: News Headlines

Dr. James M. Dorsey (2022-05-27). Playing games in NATO, Turkey eyes its role in a new world order. moderndiplomacy.eu NATO's spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance. It's as much about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's immediate political goals as Turkey's positioning itself in a new 21st-century world order. On its surface, the spat is about Turkish efforts to hinder support for …

Chan Kung (2022-05-27). Zelenskyy Could and Does Make Mistakes Too. moderndiplomacy.eu The war in Ukraine has transformed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from a rather weak leader to a world-renowned one who has become a household name. Now a celebrity president, Zelenskyy has been delivering war aid and inspiring speeches on social media, while condemning Russia. Although Zelenskyy has successfully created a positive image and has countless fans, …

Staff (2022-05-27). Marrero Cruz recibió al primer ministro de San Vicente y las Granadinas. cubadebate.cu Con un fraternal saludo y la certeza de seguir consolidando los lazos de hermandad y cooperación, el miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, recibió en la tarde de este jueves al doctor Ralph Everard Gonsalves, primer ministro y titular de Relaciones Exteriores, Seguridad Nacional, Asuntos Legales e Información de San Vicente y las Granadinas, quien se encuentra de visita oficial en nuestro país.

Eric Nepomuceno (2022-05-27). Se acelera la militarización del gobierno en Brasil. globalizacion.ca Desde principios de febrero Jair Bolsonaro, el ultraderechista presidente brasileño, viene reforzando de manera vehemente sus reiteradas muestras de agresividad y desequilibrio emocional. Ese cambio en su siempre muy oscilante postura se hizo más evidente a partir de la ejecución…

Staff (2022-05-27). Los Warriors clasifican para las finales de la NBA, tres años después. cubadebate.cu En un partido de dos mitades absolutamente diferentes, Golden State Warriors terminó logrando una remontada de 19 puntos (la tercera más grande de su historia en playoffs) ante Dallas Mavericks para ganar por 126-117 como local y ponerse al frente por 2-0 en las Finales de la Conferencia Oeste.

Staff (2022-05-27). Vale-No vale: Revendedores, precios elevados y distribución de productos en tiendas. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate continúa con su sección Vale-No vale para reconocer, una vez más gracias a los comentarios y correos de los lectores, todo aquello que vale porque mejora nuestras vidas, desarrolla el país o nos hace mejores ciudadanos, y señalar también todo lo que no vale y merece ser cambiado. Déjenos su comentario en este trabajo.

Staff (2022-05-27). El tiempo: Calor, algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en la tarde. cubadebate.cu 🌦Amanecerá con sol y algunas nubes en gran parte del país. Desde el final de la mañana se nublará en Isla de la Juventud, con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas, que durante la tarde se extenderán a gran parte del país, principalmente en zonas del interior y costa norte.

Staff (2022-05-27). PCR cubano para detección del SARS-CoV-2: Apuesta del Centro de Inmunoensayo por el desarrollo de la biología molecular (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El desarrollo del PCR cubano para la detección del gen de la envoltura del SARS-CoV-2, constituye la antesala del desarrollo de un conjunto de pruebas de PCR para diferentes enfermedades y un punto de partida en la estrategia de innovación en el área de biología molecular del Centro de Inmunoensayo.

Staff (2022-05-27). XXI Cumbre del ALBA-TCP: Unidad e integración de Nuestra América. cubadebate.cu La XXI Cumbre del ALBA-TCP se realiza días antes de la IX Cumbre de las Américas, a celebrarse, en medio de incertidumbres, en Los àÅngeles, California, luego de que Estados Unidos insinuara, de forma unilateral, que no invitaría a Cuba, Nicaragua ni Venezuela a la cita. En este contexto de retroceso en las relaciones de EE.UU. con los países independientes y soberanos del continente, vuelven a La Habana jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la región para continuar potenciando la unidad de América Latina.

Staff (2022-05-27). Lula lidera la intención de voto para las próximas elecciones en Brasil, según encuesta. cubadebate.cu Una encuesta del instituto Datafolha de Brasil registró este jueves que el líder del Partido de los Trabajadores, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, supera con más de 20 puntos en intención de voto al presidente Jair Bolsonaro, de cara a los comicios presidenciales que se celebrarán en octubre de este año.

Alex Salmon (2022-05-27). Protesters say: 'Don't frack the Kimberley!'. greenleft.org.au Frack Free Kimberley and supporters rallied outside the inaugural AGM of Texan fracking company Black Mountain. Alex Salmon reports.

Staff (2022-05-27). Desde las redes: Las armas, principal causa de muerte entre niños de EE.UU. cubadebate.cu Aún estremecida por los 19 niños y sus dos maestras asesinadas a tiros en su escuela en Texas, hoy recibo este gráfico, aparecido en una publicación de New England Journal of Medicine. Muestra las principales causas de muertes pediátricas en Estados Unidos. Impresionante ver cómo las muertes causadas por armas de fuego son la principal causa de muerte en niños.

Staff (2022-05-27). Concluye Feria Internacional Cuba Alimentos 2022 en La Habana. cubadebate.cu Hoy concluyó en La Habana la tercera edición de la Feria Alimentos Cuba 2.0 con la presencia de Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, primer secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República. El mandatario, acompañado por el ministro de la Industria Alimentaria, Manuel Sobrino, intercambió con varios expositores presentes en la cita.

Newsroom (2022-05-27). Listening to the reason of voice. moderndiplomacy.eu Speech and language skills are unique to modern humans. While this ability evolved over millions of years, it is not possible to trace language in the fossil record because it leaves no direct imprint. Instead, re-examining the ways our nearest living relatives communicate is helping to unravel this mysterious capability. The mystery is deepened by …

Dr. Arshad M. Khan (2022-05-27). Are Biden's Troubles of his Own Making? moderndiplomacy.eu What a fractious world we live in. The somnambulist Biden has woken up in his nocturnal wanderings to hear complaints about China for its sea incursions close to the littoral areas of allies like Taiwan and Japan. Thus at the "Quad" (Australia, Japan, US and India) meeting in Tokyo, he reaffirmed US support for Taiwan, …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-05-26). Venture Capital Firm Gets Smoked On Luna Crypto Collapse, Reportedly Loses $3.5 Billion. moguldom.com Venture capital firm Hashed, a prominent backer of the company behind the collapsed so-called stablecoin tokens TerraUSD (UST) and Luna (LUNA), has failed, amassing a loss of more than $3.5 billion. Based in Seoul, South Korea, the early-stage venture fund Hashed played a part in Terraform Labs' 2021 venture round when it raised $25 million, …

Editor (2022-05-26). NATO vs Russia: what happens next. mronline.org In Davos and beyond, NATO's upbeat narrative plays like a broken record, while on the ground, Russia is stacking up wins that could sink the Atlantic order.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). 'God Will Sort Them Out': Ukrainians of Donbass Beg NATO to End War. libya360.wordpress.com Jim "Fergie" Chambers A residential block in the Petrovsky District in the west end of the city of Donetsk was recently hit by alleged Ukrainian military shelling / credit: Fergie Chambers DONETSK, DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC—The Russian "special military operation" in Ukraine reached its 90th day and the Western press continues to be inundated with unverified…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-05-26). Ukraine after 90 days of war. mronline.org Amidst intense fighting under way, Russian forces entered Severodonetsk city in Luhansk, Donbass region, May 24, 2022…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-05-26). Ukraine Intelligence Chief: Putin Survived Assassination Attempt In Caucasus Mountains. moguldom.com A top Ukraine military official claims that there was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Russian President Vladmir Putin in the Caucasus region two months ago. Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, chief of defense intelligence for Ukraine, told the Ukraine online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda that an "unsuccessful attempt" on the Russian strongman's life occurred in Russia shortly …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). The Battle for the Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Hugo Turner Peace slowly returns to Mariupol | Image: RT The war in Ukraine has reached another decisive moment. Russia and the Lugansk and Donetsk republics are poised to deliver a crushing defeat to Ukrainian forces in the Donbass. Ukraine has already suffered a major psychological defeat with the surrender of the Azov Battalion at…

_____ (2022-05-26). Urging Europe to War: Applying the Corporate Levers. journal-neo.org When the Russians first warned of the potential for armed conflict in Ukraine, the world looked on with pandemic blinded eyes. The public turned an unconcerned head, naturally, to still more "Russia" problems framed with the ever present "Putin" headline. Few suspected a more troubling underpinning. Then Russia marched across the border. The question of …

_____ (2022-05-26). Civilizational Rift: a Small Bump or a Major Hurdle? journal-neo.org Today, it is clear that the beginning of Russia's special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on February 24 this year was a landmark moment in the modern stage of world history. Regardless of the evaluation of this operation, its objectives and legitimacy, one thing is clear today — it has already become the …

_____ (2022-05-26). On Washington's Request, Ukraine has Now Turned against Turkey as Well. journal-neo.org As the Russian proverb says: "You can give the wolf the best food, but he would hanker for the wood." This folk wisdom has a disapproving, judgmental connotation. The main allegorical meaning is that the true essence will always reveal itself, despite anyone's best efforts to change it. This is what is happening today in …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with Illegal "Legal Designation of Genocide" libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison United Nations World Food Programme trucks in Ethiopia The US is falsely accusing Ethiopia and Eritrea of hindering food aid and committing genocides in the ongoing war in Tigray. The charges are false and the US has no right to make such a claim on its own. Ann Garrison continues reporting from the region. During…

Brittani Banks (2022-05-26). Global Elites in Davos Pretend to Care About Inequality. independentmediainstitute.org The World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place this year from May 22 through 26 in Davos, Switzerland, brought together elected officials and corporate executives from all over the world to tackle global problems. The annual meeting was delayed, first by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then by five more months due …

JANET (2022-05-26). From racist attacks to abortion bans: Fight fascist terror. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead May 24, 2022 Social developments — political and economic — are interconnected. They reflect the same rotten, inhumane system of U.S. capitalism. Protest against white-supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 2017. The horrific attacks on Black, Brown, Asian and Jewish people, trans youth, women and the gender-oppressed — from the massacres in the Tops market in the Black community in Buffalo, New York, May 14; at the Taiwanese church in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15; at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019; at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, to the SCOTUS and right…

Benjamin Norton (2022-05-26). Why is US easing some sanctions on Venezuela? Economic blackmail, oil, Russia. multipolarista.com The US government is lifting a few (not even close to all) sanctions on Venezuela, after banning imports of Russian oil. But only on the condition that Caracas make economic reforms and concessions to the right-wing opposition.

JANET (2022-05-26). Sundiata Acoli: Granted parole after 50 years of imprisonment. iacenter.org By Judy Greenspan May 24, 2022 The New Jersey Supreme Court did what the parole board refused to do since Sundiata Acoli was first eligible for parole in 1993. It granted Acoli, a Black political prisoner and U.S. prisoner of war, parole on May 10. Acoli, now 85 and suffering from dementia and other serious health problems, plans to live with his daughter and grandchildren in New York City upon release. Sundiata Acoli The story of Acoli's near 50-year incarceration is unfortunately an all too familiar one. Acoli, a former Black Panther Party member, was first arrested and incarcerated in 1969 as a member of the P…

Editor (2022-05-26). "In Defense of Housing", Zachary White. mronline.org America made a neoliberal deal with the devil when it began to whittle away New Deal protections for the vulnerable.

Editor (2022-05-26). U.S. Federal Reserve says its goal is 'to get wages down'. mronline.org U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said his goal is "to get wages down," complaining workers have too much power in the labor market. Economist Michael Hudson says this is "junk economics," and corporate monopolies are driving inflation, not wages.

_____ (2022-05-26). China's Aircraft Industry Puts an End to Western Monopoly. journal-neo.org Aircraft manufacturing is one of the strategically important areas of modern industry, providing transport security and generating large revenues. However, aircraft construction requires a high level of scientific and technological development and a huge financial investment. Therefore, not all countries are able to fully supply themselves with aircraft, whether military or civilian. The largest and …

Editor (2022-05-26). Oklahoma legislature takes anti-abortion offensive to new depths with ban from moment of fertilization! mronline.org The Oklahoma state legislature has passed perhaps the most extreme anti-abortion law in the United States. This law, known as HB 4327, takes the right-wing offensive against reproductive rights to an outrageous new height by banning all abortions in the state starting from the moment of fertilization.

Alex Salmon (2022-05-26). Elections: Progressive advance shows there's a mood for change. greenleft.org.au The federal election result shows that through grassroots community activism and outreach, socialist and progressive ideas can win popular support. Alex Salmon and Sue Bolton report.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). The People's Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter US Dominance in the Region. libya360.wordpress.com Sheila Xiao, Manolo De Los Santos Parallel to the exclusionary Summit of the Americas organized by the Biden Administration, people's movements and organizations have organized the People's Summit for Democracy to uplift diverse voices from across the region and engage in necessary dialogue Coalition organizations from the People's Summit for Democracy marched on May Day…

Ann Brown (2022-05-26). US Government: NYPD Officer Sold Big Quantities Of Meth And GBL, Sentenced To 10 Years In Pen. moguldom.com A former New York Police Department (NYPD) officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a federal date rape drug trafficking case. John Cicero, 40, was sentenced on May 24. Cicero "spent years betraying his former law enforcement partners, enriching himself, and endangering the community by importing GBL," a date-rape drug, said Manhattan …

Ann Brown (2022-05-26). Fact Check: There Is A Secret Gang In the LA Sheriff's Department Called The 'Compton Executioners' Who Get Tattoo After Killings. moguldom.com There are at least 41 secret gang members operating in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, according to the county's inspector general Max Huntsman. Huntsman sent a letter to L.A. Sheriff Alex Villanueva informing him of the problem. The deputies accused of being gang members were identified from the Sheriff's Department's own internal affairs investigations, …

Ann Brown (2022-05-26). Fact Check: Uvalde Cops Ran Away After Seeing So Much Heat And Texas Mass Murder Killer Didn't Have Body Armor. moguldom.com Many people are questioning the police response to the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. On May 24. suspected Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, shot his gradmother got into a truck and drove toward the elementary school a few miles away. He crashed his truck into a ditch in outside the …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-05-26). Mortgage Lenders Are Backing Away From Mortgages Under $100,000 Because Of Lack Of Profit. moguldom.com The dream of homeownership is becoming more elusive for Americans looking to secure affordable mortgages. Studies show it's not only because of skyrocketing home prices and interest rates but also because lenders are less likely to fund small-dollar mortgages under $100,000. "It is particularly hard for people who are buying smaller houses with smaller mortgages …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). A Brief History of Domestic Terrorism: From Cointelpro to 9/11 and Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Ehret Since a new wave of 'domestic terror attacks' have erupted over the past two weeks both in Buffalo and now more recently in Texas, the citizens of the USA and trans-Atlantic community more broadly are being whipped up into a frenzy of fear and confusion over the causes of 'domestic terror' which can…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-26). Two Years Since George Floyd's Death, Has Anything Changed in the US? libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques Protestors in the Bronx, NY (Photo via: the Party for Socialism and Liberation) The gains and setbacks in the movement for Black lives prove how racism is woven deeply into the fabric of capitalism and US society Police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on May 25, 2020, shocking the consciousness of the entire…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-05-26). Minneapolis Bowls a Strike Against Sweeps in the Face of Continued Attacks by the City on Houseless Encampments. itsgoingdown.org Report on ongoing encampment defense in so-called Minneapolis, MN. Minneapolis encampment defenders sought to "strike" back against camp sweeps on Tuesday 5/25 with a, "You Sweep? We Strike!," breakfast and bowling event at a longstanding encampment. Defenders of camps have been organizing weekly morning get-togethers to defend against potential evictions, and display to the city…

SAM (2022-05-26). In the Shadow of Davos, Central Bankers Go Rogue — and Rational. inequality.org

Brittani Banks (2022-05-26). The People's Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region. independentmediainstitute.org In a recent interview, Brian Nichols, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, was asked the question that is on everyone's mind ahead of the June 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California: Will three particular countries in Latin America (Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua) be invited? Nichols responded with neither …

JANET (2022-05-26). Biden's saber-rattling in Asia. iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl May 25, 2022 President Joe Biden used his first trip to Asia as an opportunity to renew saber-rattling against the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In Japan May 23, when asked if the U.S. would "defend" Taiwan militarily if China were to intervene, he replied, "Yes, that's the commitment we made." (Reuters, May 23) During a three-day visit to South Korea starting May 20, Biden met with business leaders and held a summit with recently elected President Yoon Seok-youl. The former prosecutor ran on an anti-communist platform. The two leaders discussed an exp…

Isaac Nellist (2022-05-26). No more housing sell-offs! greenleft.org.au Hands off Glebe and Action for Public Housing organised a rally to demand the NSW government stop selling off public housing. Isaac Nellist reports.

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-05-26). US to renew Chevron's Venezuela licence. greenleft.org.au Andreína Chávez Alava reports that United States President Joe Biden's administration has authorised Chevron to negotiate its licence and "the terms of potential future activities in Venezuela" with Venezuelan state oil company, PDVSA.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-05-26). What will it take to make Labor deliver on climate action? greenleft.org.au Expectations are high that climate action will be on the agenda, now the climate-denialist Coalition has been booted out. But, as Alex Bainbridge argues, Labor's support for big fossil fuel projects must be challenged by building powerful grassroots action.

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