Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
As Senator, Vice …
globalresearch.ca/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-israeli-war-crimes/5746012

Biden's Timid Gaza Intervention Won't Count for Much But US Reaction Against Israel has Changed Significantly
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
During the Israeli bombardment of Beirut in August 1982, President Ronald Reagan phoned Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to express his "shock" and "outrage" at Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire on the Lebanese capital, demanding that they be stopped immediately. He said that Israeli actions were causing "needless destruction and bloodshed" and had halted US-led negotiations to bring about an end to the crisis.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/bidens-timid-gaza-intervention-wont-count-for-much-but-us-reaction-against-israel-has-changed-significantly/

So What Exactly is Biden's Israel Policy?
Phyllis Bennis | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
So just what is the Biden administration's policy towards Israel? Why did Biden take so long to respond to the violence as it spiraled out of control in Jerusalem and Gaza? Why do Biden's repeated "Israel has the right of self-defense" litanies so closely match the positions of his predecessor, despite the wide disparity between…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/so-what-exactly-is-bidens-israel-policy/

Bernie Sanders says "tone down the rhetoric" on Israel's crimes
Ali Abunimah | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-24
Senator fits mold of "white moderate" condemned by Martin Luther King Jr.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/bernie-sanders-says-tone-down-rhetoric-israels-crimes

The Fascism Construction Manual
Naomi Wolf | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
Immediately after the proclamation of this pandemic, many elements of absolute all-around totalitarianism were put into effect in most countries of the West, even in countries that had previously been robust democracies. All of this happened very quickly and comprehensively.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842722.php

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

As National Guard troops withdraw from US Capitol, police reports detail ongoing threats of fascistic violence
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
The warnings indicate that the threat of fascism has not lessened with the election and inauguration of Biden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/coup-m24.html

Let Lebanon be Lebanon: Paris should Stop Threatening Beirut with EU Sanctions
John Hickman | juancole.com | 2021-05-24
John Hickman "Governing Lebanon is surely more daunting than governing France."[1] That pearl of wisdom in an essay defending consociational democracy by University of Pennsylvania political scientist Brendan O'Leary has never been more accurate. A delicate balance of domestic interests with institutional vetoes at the best of times, Lebanese politics has been stalemated for months …
juancole.com/2021/05/lebanon-threatening-sanctions.html

NPR Should Ask Where Nicaraguan Non-Profits' Money Comes From
John Perry | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
Imagine what would happen if the US media discovered that a candidate in the mid-term elections was under investigation by the FBI for receiving money from a foreign government. Then, suppose it was one that's hostile to the US, perhaps Syria or Iran, and that the same government was also covertly funding election coverage in,…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/npr-should-ask-where-nicaraguan-non-profits-money-comes-from/

Syrian Refugees and Residents Abroad Vote Massively in Presidential Elections
Saheli Chowdhury | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-24
May 23 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–On Thursday, May 20, Syrian refugees and residents in different countries around the world voted in massive numbers at Syrian diplomatic missions that were turned into polling centers for the presidential elections. This was the first day of voting in a two-day process–within Syria, citizens will go to polls on May 26. | The generally peaceful electoral process was only marred by xenophobic attacks against Syrian voters in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed one voter, reported Syria News. | The first country to open the polling centers was Australia, where Syrians reg…
orinocotribune.com/syrian-refugees-and-residents-abroad-vote-massively-in-presidential-elections/

U.S. trying to extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the "crime" of securing food for the hungry: the case of Alex Saab v. The Empire
Roger Harris | mronline.org | 2021-05-24
The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. | May 24, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/24/u-s-trying-to-extradite-venezuelan-diplomat-for-the-crime-of-securing-food-for-the-hungry-the-case-of-alex-saab-v-the-empire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-trying-to-extradite-venezuelan-diplomat-for-the-crime-of-securing-food-for-the-hungry-the-case-of-alex-saab-v-the-empire

Canadian Media Launches Sinophobic Anti-China Campaign, Amid Years of Attacks on Chinese-Canadian Institutions
Aidan Jonah | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-24
Over the past few weeks there has been a ramping up of a sinophobic anti-China campaign by Canadian media. This campaign comes in total disregard of the clear links between rampant Sinophobia and the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes across the continent, including Canada. The core element of this campaign is a push to create the impression among Canadians that China is plotting to subvert Canadian "democracy" and infiltrate Canadian institutions. The groups used as proxies to push these dangerous narratives: Hong Kong "pro-democracy" dissident groups in Canada, and "Uyghur rights" groups and their imperialis…
orinocotribune.com/canadian-media-launches-sinophobic-anti-china-campaign-amid-years-of-attacks-on-chinese-canadian-institutions/

As National Guard troops withdraw from US Capitol, police reports detail ongoing threats of fascistic violence
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
The warnings indicate that the threat of fascism has not lessened with the election of inauguration of Biden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/coup-m24.html

People's Bailout Coalition Places New York Times Ad With Nearly 200 Progressive Groups Calling on Congress to Go Bigger and Bolder to Deliver Jobs and Justice
Johanna Kichton | peoplesaction.org | 2021-05-24
As Biden Proposes Reducing His Recovery Package, campaigns Urge Congress to Invest $10 Trillion Over Next Decade on Climate, Jobs, and Justice Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.–The People's Bailout today placed an ad in The New York Times along with three other networks and nearly 200 organizations calling on Congress to go bigger …
peoplesaction.org/2021/05/peoples-bailout-coalition-places-new-york-times-ad-with-nearly-200-progressive-groups-calling-on-congress-to-go-bigger-and-bolder-to-deliver-jobs-and-justice/

A Biden Speech to Transform the Middle East
John Whitbeck | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
President Biden has a problem. He wishes to escape from the Middle East quagmire and focus American foreign policy on the perceived China threat. However, in the wake of the recent Israeli-Palestinian carnage, there is no escape. He must do something. But what? Doing the same thing yet again while hoping for a different result…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/a-biden-speech-to-transform-the-middle-east/

Belarus Scrambles Fighter Jet, Forces Civilian Plane To Land And Arrests Opposition Figure
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-24
Click to see full-size image | On May 23rd, Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land. | When the civilian plane landed, authorities arrested an opposition figure who was on board, drawing condemnation from Europe and the United States. | Roman Pratasevich was arrested after the flight in which he was traveling was diverted to Belarus, allegedly after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials…
southfront.org/belarus-scrambles-fighter-forces-civilian-plane-to-land-and-arrests-opposition-figure/

This week in history: May 24-30
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
25 years ago: Peres ousted in Israeli general electionOn May 29, 1996, the Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, won a narrow victory in the Israeli general election, ousting Labor's Shimon Peres. The election dealt a blow to illusions that the Jewish and Arab masses could achieve peace and social progress within the framework established by imperialism in the Middle East.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/twih-m24.html

Elections in Peru: Shift to the Left or Slide Backwards to the Far Right?
priscilla | dsausa.org | 2021-05-23
RSVP Here Stakes are high as Peruvians go to the polls to elect their next President on June 6th. The country has been devastated by the mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis, which has led to tens of thousands of reported deaths, mass employment, and economic decline. The two candidates in the second round of the…
dsausa.org/calendar/elections-in-peru-shift-to-the-left-or-slide-backwards-to-the-far-right/

How to Fight Big Pharma — And Win
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-23
The Biden administration's decision to support waiving World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rules to help fight COVID-19 has the potential to help shift the global power balance toward governments and their people and away from mega-corporations. | At Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, an organization founded to dismantle corporate overreach of our "trade" and globalization policies, we celebrate the Biden-Harris administration's departure from decades of U.S. trade officials relentlessly attacking other countries' acc…
truthout.org/articles/how-to-fight-big-pharma-and-win/

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-23
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

More Of The Same: Biden's Hybrid War Against China
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-23
US President Joe Biden's budget proposal for the next fiscal year was recently announced, and it requests $715 billion for his first Pentagon budget, 1.6% more than the $704 billion enacted under Donald Trump's administration. The outline states that the primary justification for this increase in military spending is to counter the threat of China, and identifies China as the United States' "top challenge." | Within the proposal is an endorsement of US Indo-Pacific Command head Admiral Philip Davidson's request for $4.7 billion for the "Pacific Deterrence Initiative," which will increase US military capabilities…
popularresistance.org/more-of-the-same-bidens-hybrid-war-against-china/

Saharawis Call for International Pressure Against Morocco for Its Handling of Migration Crisis
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-23
On Friday, May 20, the Saharawi independence organization Polisario Front called on the international community to pressure Morocco to stop instrumentalizing illegal immigration to push for its claim over Western Sahara. | According to an official statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, the Ministry has urgently called "on the UN, the African Union and the European Union to impose on Rabat the obligation to turn the page on its aggressive policies of drug trafficking and illegal immigration, and to abandon its shameful use of terrorism." | This was the first official…
orinocotribune.com/saharawis-calls-for-international-pressure-against-morocco-for-its-handling-of-migration-crisis/