The Kremlin Under Drone Attack, Failed Attempt to Assassinate President Putin?

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 03, 2023

The drone attack directed against the Kremlin (allegedly) with a view to killing President Putin is no trivial matter. The Kremlin is the seat of the Russian government, comparable to the White House. How would America have reacted in the case of a drone attack directed against the White House?

Kiev’s Counterattack Unlikely to be Successful Due to Big Casualties

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, May 03, 2023

Ukrainian plans to launch a counteroffensive look rather difficult to implement. At a meeting of Russian top military officials held on May 2nd, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported the official assessments on Ukrainian casualties during the last month.

Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China

By Sara Flounders, May 03, 2023

While the U.S.-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine continues unabated, the U.S. is preparing at breakneck speed for war with China, using Taiwan as the excuse. Taiwan, like Ukraine, is a pawn. The military and economic threats on both China and Russia are a desperate bid to quash the emergence of a multipolar world. 

In Canada We Must Say: Give Peace a Chance

By Robin Breon, May 03, 2023

In Canada today, the war hawks are circling overhead in swiftly scudding skies while on the ground, the drum majors of militarism are leading the call for an arms race with the tenacity of a snare drummer performing “The Downfall of Paris.”

Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army

By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead, May 03, 2023

What does it say about the state of our freedoms that there are now more pencil-pushing, bureaucratic (non-military) government agents armed with weapons than U.S. Marines?

What China Is Really Playing at in Ukraine

By Pepe Escobar, May 03, 2023

Imagine President Xi Jinping mustering undiluted Taoist patience to suffer through a phone call with that warmongering actor in a sweaty T-shirt in Kiev while attempting to teach him a few facts of life – complete with the promise of sending a high-level Chinese delegation to Ukraine to discuss “peace”.

The Pending WW III Resolution in Congress to Defend Ukraine Against Russia

By Eric Zuesse, May 03, 2023

On April 25th, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Ranking Member Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced the Ukraine Victory Resolution in the House of Representatives. Then, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC), introduced the same resolution in the Senate.

Rerunning Biden’s Blunderland, “I’m Running for Reelection”

By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 03, 2023

President Joseph Biden has done what many from his own party dreaded but dare not say. Last month, via a painful video (watch below), the aged Democrat declared his candidacy for a second term in the White House, branding himself a defender of US democracy.

2.4 Million Participate in May Day Demonstrations Across France

By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 03, 2023

In France since January millions have taken part in rolling general strikes and mass demonstrations in response to the government’s pension reforms, which will not only raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64, the new law imposes a 43-year work requirement in order to receive full benefits.

Obama’s Broken Promises in Afghanistan

By Shane Quinn, May 03, 2023

The election victory in November 2008 of an African-American, Barack Obama, seemed to signal an ongoing decline for America’s white elites, those who had long controlled the centres of power in the US; but shortly before Obama’s inauguration on 20 January 2009, he proposed another bailout of America’s private banks worth $1.18 trillion, and after he assumed the presidency he dispensed with a further $412 billion in 2010.