National News
Sunak slammed for parroting prejudice
by Deng Xiaoci and Du Qiongfang , Global Times
China firmly opposed and strongly condemned the wrongful claims made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Group of Seven (G7) summit in which he called China the "biggest challenge of our age to global security and prosperity", saying that he was simply parroting other people's words that constituted malicious slanders in disregard of the facts.
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Stop US nukes coming to Lakenheath!
by New Worker correspondent
London comrades travelled to Suffolk last month to join hundreds of other anti-war campaigners outside the Lakenheath airbase in Suffolk on Saturday 20th May. The demonstrators were protesting against the return of US nuclear bombs to UK soil for the first time since 2008.
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Korean solidarity in Liverpool
by New Worker correspondent
The Korean Friendship Association (KFA) of the UK took the fight to defend People’s Korea to Merseyside by holding a vibrant afternoon meeting on Saturday 20th May at the Casa Bar in the heart of Liverpool’s university district.
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Scottish Political News
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
The last week in May is General Assembly Week in Scotland, during which Scotland’s Presbyterian churches hold their AGMs. This gives us an excuse to take the spiritual pulse of the nation.
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International News
The Cuban stethoscope in other lands
by Roberto Morejón , Radio Havana Cuba
Cuban doctors in service in other latitudes confess their joy for being useful to the people, although they say they are moved when their patients cannot afford the cost of the tests required to reach an accurate diagnosis.
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Erdoğan wins again
by Ilya Tsukanov , Sputnik
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secured a third term in office on Sunday. Under his watch, Ankara has pursued arguably its most independent foreign policy since Turkey’s entry into the NATO alliance in 1952. Erdoğan doubled down on efforts to escape Washington’s grip after the USA tried to coup him in 2016.
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Kissinger at 100: still a war criminal
by the Editor of Workers World (USA)
Henry Kissinger was 100 years old on 27th May 2023, offering proof that world-class war criminals can escape punishment if they commit their crimes in the service of US imperialism.
Kissinger was National Security Adviser to President Richard Nixon and then Secretary of State under Nixon and President Gerald Ford. Many of his well-wishers in the ruling class and its media are using this birthday to note his role in US “diplomacy” during that period, 1969–77.
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Racism in Florida and Spain
by Roberto Morejón , Radio Havana Cuba
Signs of intolerance towards minorities were recently reiterated from the governor's office in Florida and the stands of a Spanish stadium.
The ultra-conservative Ron DeSantis, who intends to challenge the no less retrograde Donald Trump for the Republican Party's candidacy for the US presidential elections in 2024, exhibits as "endorsement" his frenetic policies in Florida.
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Features
The New Cold War that Threatens the World
by Vijay Prashad , People’s Democracy (India)
IN July 2020, a group of us joined together to create the No Cold War platform (nocoldwar.org). We drafted a statement with a strong title: A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity.
The statement reads: “We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the US government in regard to China. These constitute a threat to world peace and are an obstacle to humanity successfully dealing with extremely serious common issues which confront it such as climate change, control of pandemics, racist discrimination and economic development.
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Why is Bakhmut Called Artemovsk and What's Its True Story?
by Ekaterina Blinova , Sputnik
For months, the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) ‘meat grinder’ has been the centre of the world's attention. On 20th May 2023, at noon, the city was fully liberated by Russian forces. What is so special about Bakhmut and what is it famous for?
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War crimes – the real face of US foreign policy
by Bradley Blankenship , Global Times
Under numerous banners – ranging from democracy to human rights and anti-terrorism – the USA has launched numerous wars, exported chaos and interfered in the internal affairs of countless nations around the world. In those countries where Washington has had or still has a military presence, it has left only ruin in its wake.
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Britain’s secret war in Syria
by Ilya Tsukanov, Sputnik
The UK formally joined the US-led coalition against ISIS in 2014 and took part in the 2018 missile strikes on Syrian government targets after a false flag chemical attack in Douma. But the extent of British operations in the war-torn country has largely remained under wraps, especially in relation to the use of Britain's special forces.
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