(2025-05-06). Résolution citoyenne relative à l'engagement militaire et financier de la France en Ukraine. defenddemocracy.press Apr 17, 2025 Depuis de nombreux mois, la France mobilise sa diplomatie, ses finances et ses armées dans le conflit russo-ukrainien. Le président de la République n'a jamais reàßu pour cela l'aval, ni du peuple, ni du parlement. Fidèle à sa vocation première et à l'image de la première et désormais célèbre "tribune des généraux", Place …
(2025-05-06). Tripoli denounces 'degrading' images of abducted Libyan MP. newarab.com 
The North African country has been wracked by unrest since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising. | It is split between the UN-recognised government in the capital Tripoli in the west and a rival administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar that rules from Benghazi and Tobruk in the east. | I…
(2025-05-05). Ukraine War Day A Return to Chivalry? Part I. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com 
When you had left our pirate fold | We tried to raise our spirits faint | According to our custom old | With quips and quibbles quaint | But all in vain the quips we heard | We lay and sobbed upon the rocks | Until to somebody occurred | A startling paradox | A paradox? | A paradox | A most ingenious paradox! | (W.S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance) | Dear Readers: | There was a Latin word caballus ("pack horse"), which was probably not of original Latin (or even Indo-European) origins, most likely borrowed from a non-Latin speaking tribe whom the Latins encountered somewhere in their distant past.
(2025-05-05). Ukraine Seemingly Gearing up for Victory Day Attack. thesiriusrepo 
Paul discusses why thwarted Ukrainian drone strikes today as well as recent statements and actions by Kiev seemingly indicate that Moscow should take the risk of an attack on Victory Day very seriously.
(2025-05-05). Ukraine's battlefield position is deteriorating fast. responsiblestatecraft.org 
The election of U.S. President Donald Trump changed U.S. policy toward Ukraine from "
(2025-05-05). Romania's far right wins first round of presidential elections. newarab.com 
The closely watched rerun could potentially herald a foreign policy shift in the EU country of 19 million, which has become a key pillar of NATO since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | With 99 percent of ballots counted, nationalist AUR party leader Simion – a fan of US President Donald Trump – was leading with 40.5 percent of the vote. | He will face off against pro-EU Bu…
(2025-05-05). Why doesn't the 'Deal-Maker' close the deal? thealtworld.com This Trump transformation of America was intended to be rebuilt as America First. | The story, both on Ukraine and Iran, is that President Trump wants a 'deal' — and both deals are available — yet he seems nonetheless to have boxed himself in. Trump presents his Administration as being something rougher, meaner, and far less sentimental. It aspires to emerge, apparently, as also something more centralized, coercive, and radical. | In domestic policy, there may be some truth to this categorisation of the Trumpian ethos. In foreign policy, however, Trump tergiversates. The reason is not clear, but the f…
(2025-05-05). Odessa tragedy: 11 years without justice. pressenza.com 2 May 2024. Exactly 11 years ago, a tragedy took place in Odessa that has become a bloody stain in the history not only of Ukraine but of the whole of Europe. In the Trade Union House, a building meant to protect people's rights, dozens of anti-fascists died in the fire, suffocated in the smoke or were torn apart by the crowd. Their crime was merely disagreement with the political course established after the events of Maidan. Today, years later, their memory unites those who continue to demand the truth and punishment of those responsible. | By Jaroslav Procházka | 'Not a picnic, but hell": how it was | On May 2…
(2025-05-05). Torture, Death of a Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Custody. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A commemoration Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna who died in Russian captivity, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 11, 2024. | © 2024 Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images…
(2025-05-05). Covering up Ukrainian Nazis is nothing new. defenddemocracy.press The Canadians have been doing it for almost 80 years Ian Proud Apr 28, 2025 A number of topics remain taboo in discussing the war in Ukraine. Busification, Zelensky's democratic mandate, Ukraine's casualty numbers and anything suggesting that Ukraine cannot win are all off limits. Likewise the problem of alleged neo-Nazis in Ukraine. One of …
(2025-05-05). Is Trump Selling Out to Zelensky and Neocons? defenddemocracy.press Ekaterina Blinova May 5, 2025 Donald Trump promised peace in 24 hours — but now he's arming Ukraine, just like Joe Biden, whom he blasted over the conflict. Two Patriot Systems A US Patriot air defense system from Israel will be heading to Ukraine, as Western allies weigh sending another, the NYT reported on May 4. Under US …
(2025-05-05). Transcript of Legitimate Targets interview: 26 April. gilbertdoctorow.com Transcript submitted by a reader LegitTargets/status/1915517034030653722?t=wtQA-vs4B-6-zFw9IUj8nw&s=19 Legitimate Targets: 0: 00Welcome back to "Legitimate Targets", everybody. I hope you're all having a great day. There are some big shakeups ongoing with these US-Russia peace talks over the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. And I'm really not that surprised. I, well, we'll get into everything and what's going …
(2025-05-05). The Red Nation Podcast Fascism, imperialism, and the law w/ Nina Farnia. therednation.org 
TRN Podcast host Nick Estes is joined by legal scholar Nina Farnia (@NinaFarnia) to discuss America's supposed slide into oligarchic fascism, what remains of the Western "rules-based order," and how the war in Ukraine and the Gaza holocaust have enriched the US ruling class. Check out her article, "Imperialism in the Making of U.S. Law" Watch the video edition on The Red …
(2025-05-05). These women are giving their legislators a piece of their mind — one quilt square at a time. anabaptistworld.org The card holders on the long dining room table offered guidance to the women assembled around it: "Keep it Constitutional" and "Keep it Kind." With those themes in mind, about 10 women, using beige or light blue fabric pieces and colorful markers, sat down to craft messages to their state representative or senator: "Checks and …
(2025-05-05). The US/EU/NATO's Regime Change Playbook for Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré. transcend.org The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.