| |  |  | People’s Conference for Palestine begins in Detroit The People’s Conference for Palestine begins today in Detroit, MI, and organizers expect thousands of people to attend this three-day historic gathering to discuss the ongoing global struggle for Palestinian liberation. The conference is being convened by the Palestinian Youth Movement, People’s Forum, Al-Awda Right to Return Coalition, National Students for Justice in Palestine, the Answer Coalition, amongst others and has been endorsed by a further 300 organizations. Notable speakers include world-renowned British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who has operated in numerous conflict zones including in Gaza post-October 7, Palestinian scholar and activist Rabab Abdulhadi, as well as physician Mustafa Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), and president of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees. The conference will be live-streamed via the Breakthrough News Youtube channel. 3PM EST: People's Conference for Palestine | Opening Keynote 4PM EST: People's Conference for Palestine | The War on Palestine Tune in for this historic conference! | | |  | Protesters denounce a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant in Washington, DC, on 25 March. (Photo via Electronic Intifada, Michael Nigro / SIPA USA) | | |
| ICC Chief Prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Officials, causing outrage by the US ruling class. On Monday, May 20, The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Court’s criminal prosecutor is also seeking arrest warrants for three Palestinian resistance leaders, in what many see as a hypocritical move, seeing as Palestinians have the legal right to resist occupation under the Geneva Convention. The U.S. and other Western allies have reacted in outrage to the decision, with Senator Lindsey Graham declaring that if the Court goes after Israel, ‘we’re next,’ — a blatant admission of the U.S.’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza. U.S. officials are now threatening to sanction the ICC over the warrants. On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also ordered Israel to halt its invasion of Rafah, but stopped short of calling for a complete ceasefire. Criticisms and pressure against Israel continue to grow, as the movement for a free Palestine grows and Zionists lose the war of public opinion. | | |  | Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gather to bid farewell to the bodies of the martyrs in Tabriz on May 21, 2024 (Photo via Reuters) | | |
| Iranian President and other top officials are killed in a helicopter crash On Sunday, May 19, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and accompanying officials, died in a helicopter crash in Iran's eastern province. A funeral ceremony and procession for President Raisi and Foreign Minister Abdollahian was held in Tehran on Wednesday, in which hundreds of thousands of Iranians participated. Elections will take place in June as, per Iran’s constitution, the country must elect a new president within 50 days of the death or resignation of the incumbent president. Raisi is credited with transforming Iran’s public image in recent years, and his death signifies a moment of transition and uncertainty for the country. Iranian officials have blamed U.S. sanctions on the aviation industry in the country as the reason for the crash, but some have speculated that the crash could have been due to direct interference by the United States or Israel. | | | | | | | | | | | With the rise of intergovernmental alliances such as BRICS, this article from Dongsheng News addresses the challenges and opportunities of de-dollarization. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | - In India, the ruling Modi government (BJP) has failed to implement key agreements made with the farmers’ movement, and now faces protest by farmers’ organizations going into the final phase of India’s seven-phase national elections.
- China has re-established direct flights with Cuba to strengthen relationships with the Caribbean, with Air China resuming flights between Beijing and Havana on Friday.
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine as the U.S. continues pouring billions into the proxy war that has killed thousands, with Ukraine facing significant military setbacks, a renewed offensive from Russia, and declining U.S. public support.
- On June 2, the people of Mexico will head to the polls for the presidential election between Candidates Claudia Sheinbaum, from the Morena, PT, Verde coalition “Let’s Continue Making History”, and Xóchitl Gálvez, from the PRI, PAN, PRD coalition, as AMLO’s tenure comes to an end, as well as many local elections.
- Students erected a new Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, demanding the university “divest from all entities profiting from the Israeli occupation” and “accurately reflect the city of Detroit” in calling for a ceasefire.
- This week, the IOF laid siege to Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last hospital in northern Gaza, barely functioning after months of bombings and the obstruction of aid or supplies into Gaza. This map shows every single hospital in the Gaza strip attacked by Zionist forces.
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