More US weapons for Ukraine

US/NATO Proxy War in Ukraine

• Russia terminates grain transit deal due to sabotage and non-compliance

• Ukrainian counter-offensive fails

• Destruction of US chemical weapons stockpile an shipment o cluster munitions to Ukraine

• Torturer-in-chief decries use of torture

The United States has announced that it will provide an additional $1.3 billion in weapons aid for Ukraine, deepening its involvement in the war in defiance of repeated warnings by Russia. The package, announced on July 19, includes air defence systems and related munitions, anti-tank missiles, drones and other military equipment. It will be supplied through the U.S. arms industry. The U.S. has provided more than $42 billion in arms and military services to Ukraine since Russia launched its special military operation in late February 2022.

Dead end NATO Summit in Vilnius July 11-12

Montreal action July 8, 2023, one of many held in Canada and internationally opposing the NATO Vilnius summit.

NATO’s Vilnius Summit wrapped up on July 12 amidst the declarations that NATO emerged stronger than ever, more united than ever, more determined than ever to escalate the conflict with Russia “for as long as it takes” for the U.S. and NATO to prevail. But the facts show that it was a dead-end Summit — a cul-de-sac from which no exit is possible. As Jean Paul Sartre said in his existentialist one-act play titled Huis Clos (No Exit) written in 1944, where three characters find themselves in a mysterious room and can’t find a way out. The play is said to propose that “hell is other people” rather than a state created by God, both propositions being equally absurd.

Nonetheless, it just about sums up the predicament addressed by NATO members at the Vilnius Summit where irrational and unacceptable proposals are put forward as if they are serious and then announcements are made. The theatre of the absurd the world witnessed at Vilnius is a manifestation of the refusal of the U.S. and NATO members, Canada included, to take the measures which the conditions of the times demand. The path they are carving out for Ukraine, Europe and the world is a very dangerous one which the majority of the peoples of the world are sure to vigorously reject.

China responds to NATO disinformation and threats issued at Vilnius Summit

An ongoing concern about NATO is its hostile approach toward China. Modern China has been established on the basis of upholding the interests of the Chinese people and rejecting foreign interference. Thus, because it takes an independent path in the service of its own interests, not that of the U.S., NATO or anyone else, the U.S., Canada and other countries claim that it poses an existential threat to them, even though it has never threatened other countries. In this vein, NATO’s final communiqué from the Vilnius Summit mentions China 15 times and claims that “China’s stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values” and that it poses “systemic challenges” to the alliance.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin, at his regular press conferences on July 12 and 13 fielded several questions pertaining to the threats and disinformation from NATO about China, as well as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Those questions and replies are posted below.

Cuba rejects the presence of a US nuclear submarine in Guantanamo Bay

“We strongly reject the presence of a nuclear submarine in Guantanamo naval base from July 5 to 8. It’s a provocative escalation of US which makes it imperative to question what strategic purpose it pursues in our region, which was declared a Zone of Peace.” | Cubaminrex 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically rejected the entry into Guantánamo Bay, on July 5, 2023, of a nuclear-powered submarine that remained until July 8 at the US military base located there, which constitutes a provocative escalation of the United States, whose political or strategic motives are unknown.

German arms factory in Ukraine

The head of the German Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, announced an agreement to set up an arms factory in western Ukraine within the next 12 weeks. He did not disclose the location, but the plant is being built in Transcarpathia near Chornotysiv, the signs of which are shown in this map from the Rybar think tank. Rheinmetall supplied arms to the Hitlerites. In 1925, the German Reich acquired a controlling stake in Rheinmetall through Vereinigte Industrieanlagen AG. During WWII, Rheinmetall-Borsig was staffed in part by enslaved people from Nazi concentration camps. Polish, French, Soviet and Jewish enslaved people were forced to work on the very weapons being used to defend the Reich and prevent their own liberation. It has an arms plant in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.

Rheinmetall specialises in weaponized vehicles such as Leopard tanks, also manufacturing the guns, missiles and bombs to go with them. The armored-howitzer 2000 weapons system, produced by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall, known for its devastating destruction, was last used in Afghanistan. Rheinmetall is a joint stock company whose majority is however controlled by the Röchling family. 

In retrospect, Germany’s — in particular, then foreign minister and current president Steinmeier’s — diabolical role to align Germany with the neo-Nazi elements during the regime change in Kiev in 2014 and the subsequent German perfidy in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement (“Steinmeier formula”), as admitted recently in February by former Chancellor Angela Merkel should not be forgotten.

State-sponsored disinformation spread about agenda for NATO Summit

NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania | Steve Rutchinski

The NATO Vilnius Summit, July 11-12, brings together the heads of state and governments of all NATO members and “key partners.” According to reports, “key partners” include the heads of U.S. corporations involved in armaments production.

The actual agenda for the Summit has not as yet been announced. Nonetheless, a concerted campaign of speculation and disinformation is taking place to justify what cannot be justified. Its aim is to disorient the peoples of the NATO countries in Europe, as well as Ukraine and other countries affected by the U.S./NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Its main characteristic is to forget about how matters pose themselves in the context of today’s historical turning point and, instead, make irrational assessments and prognostications for purposes of eking out a cushy living in the world of punditry.

Maine speaks against the war

By No Harbour for War, Facebook

The anti-war movement is active in the impoverished American state of Maine. On June 24 a vigorous demonstration was held during the rain in the small city of Lewiston, featuring their demands: “No War With Russia,” “No NATO! No War!”, and “Bring Our War $$ Home!”

June 25, 1950: Anniversary of the Start of the Korean War

Demand U.S. Sign a Peace Treaty to End the Korean War! U.S. Troops Out of Korea Peninsula!

On June 25, 1950, the U.S. imperialists, under the aegis of the United Nations, launched a brutal illegal war of aggression against the Korean nation. The coalition involved troops from 16 other countries including Canada.[1]

Today, when the U.S. imperialists and their appeasers, such as Canada, are stepping up war preparations in the Asia Pacific, it is more important than ever to remember the terrible tragedies visited upon the Korean people during that war that must never again be permitted.

This day. Remember the Rosenbergs, murdered by the US ruling circles 70 years ago

Crimes of the Cold War | DOUGAL MACDONALD

On June 19, 1953, U.S. citizens Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York on the false charge of conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The U.S. and Soviet Union were nominally allies against Nazi Germany at the time so the Rosenbergs were actually sentenced to death for passing secrets to a U.S. ally, which makes no sense. But the U.S. was a Soviet ally in name only. It is now well-known that the U.S. ruling circles, which had conspired with Nazi Germany during the war, had decided to openly betray the anti-fascist alliance before the war ended and to rebuild Germany as an anti-communist bulwark against the Soviet Union.

Juneteenth and the end of slavery: A brief history of Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebration in Richmond, Virginia, 1905.

On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 415-14 to make Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday, following a unanimous vote in favour in the U.S. Senate on June 15. It was signed into law by the president on June 17. It is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law in 1983.

D-Day June 6, 1944: Normandy landing during World War Two

D-Day landing in Normandy, June 6, 1944.

By Hilary LeBlanc

On June 6, 1944, during World War II, an invasion force comprised of U.S., British and Canadian troops landed on the coast of Normandy, France. This date known to history as D-Day, refers to the long-awaited invasion of northwest Europe to open a Second Front against the Nazi forces of Adolf Hitler who had occupied France and most of Europe and had been waging a savage war against the Soviet Union. To that time, the Soviet Union had borne the brunt of the fight against Hitler. From 1941 to 1945, the Soviet peoples fought more than 75 per cent of the German and Axis forces and suffered the loss during the war, all-told, of more than 20 million people.

Land for new US embassy in Jerusalem was owned by Palestinians before 1948, files show

The fact is that the vast majority of the land in the state of Israel is land that is owned by Palestinians (TS)

Ahead of U.S. President Biden’s visit to Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian families in the U.S. and East Jerusalem present documents – including rental contracts going back decades – testifying that they owned the land before it was seized by Israel after the 1948 war

U.S. Supreme Court decision and importance of affirming women’s rights

An interview with Dawn Hemingway (Carrell), one of the main organizers of Canada’s 1970 Abortion Caravan

Demonstration outside U.S. Consulate in Toronto, June 25, 2022, affirms women’s abortion rights and denounces U.S. Supreme Court Decision

TML: Thank you for joining us. You were one of the main organizers of Canada’s 1970 Abortion Caravan which boldly affirmed women’s rights at that time, bringing women into the front lines of the fight for rights. Before we ask you about that, please tell us what you think about the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn its previous Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973.

Deplorable U.S. Supreme Court decision on women’s right to abortion and health care

Protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 26, 2022.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 213-page ruling, overturned the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade on June 24. This Supreme Court ruling of the “greatest democracy” is an attack on the Right to Be of all. It means that there is no longer a constitutional right to an abortion. Now states will decide when and if abortions can occur, with some having outright bans under any circumstances. Twenty-six states already have laws that will criminalize doctors and health care providers who provide abortions, forcing many to close down or cancel appointments.

Involvement of Asia Pacific countries in NATO

2022 Rim of the Pacific War Exercises | Yi Nicholls

NATO, the aggressive alliance ostensibly based in the North Atlantic that is led by the U.S. has been trumpeting about the participation of several countries from the Asia Pacific in its upcoming summit in Madrid. At a June 15 press conference prior to the NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated:

“For the first time in our history we will invite our Asia Pacific partners, the Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Australia, Japan and also the President of south Korea will participate in the NATO Summit, which is a strong demonstration of our close partnership with these like-minded countries in the Asia Pacific.”

2022 Rim of the Pacific war exercises

U.S.-led war preparations in Asia Pacific and Canada’s participation!

The 2022 edition of the U.S.-led war exercises Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) is taking place from June 29 to August 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The U.S. Navy says the aim of the war exercises is for “a network of capable, adaptive partners [to] train and operate together in order to strengthen their collective forces and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. RIMPAC 2022 contributes to the increased interoperability, resiliency and agility needed by the Joint and Combined Force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.”

Juneteenth and the end of slavery

All Out for People’s Empowerment! End the Injustice NOW! | Dougal MacDonald

107th Coloured Troops, Ft. Woodbury, Arlington County, Virginia, November 1, 1865.

June 19, 1865 or Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day) is celebrated across the United States in appreciation of the vital contributions made by African Americans in emancipating the four million people enslaved by the system of slave labour and in carrying forward the fight for justice and equality before and since the U.S. Civil War. Recent actions across the U.S. salute the determined and undaunted resistance to police violence, government impunity, and demands for accountability and for change that favours the people.

Demands for reparations increase in the US. International jurists find US guilty of genocide against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples

A distinguished panel of nine international jurists has released its detailed and documented final verdict finding the United States guilty of genocide against Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples. The jurists examined five counts, including police killings, racist mass incarceration, treatment of political prisoners, and environmental and health care racism.

Juneteenth Festivals in the United States

Celebrate Resistance to Advance the Fight for the Rights of All!

March in Seattle, Washington, June 19, 2020 in the midst of the protests movement against the killing of George Floyd.

On June 19 across the United States Juneteenth celebrations bring out the spirit of the broad and persistent resistance of African Americans to slavery. The celebrations bring together many different organizations, artists, activists and people from many walks of life to celebrate the victory over slavery and the ongoing fight for rights. It is with pride in resistance against great odds that African Americans justly stand and celebrate and organize to consolidate their best traditions. Juneteenth squarely puts forward that it is the people that are decisive and it’s their struggle for rights that moves society forward, making it a day of celebration for all.

Buffalo shooter an avowed pro-Nazi

People in the U.S. Oppose More Police Powers and Demand Their Rights Be Upheld | Kathleen Chandler

It is now well established that the mass killing which took place in Buffalo on May 14 was pre-planned. It is also known that the individual responsible for killing ten Black people and wounding three others is a racist connected with neo-Nazis and their white supremacist theories. This includes connections to neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Payton Gendron posted pictures of himself wearing symbols of the Nazi Azov Battalion. According to reports, the connections were such that the live stream of the killings was posted by these Nazis in Ukraine.

40th anniversary of New York City march against war, nuclear weapons and for human needs

– Voice of Revolution –

June 12, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the historic New York City “March for Nuclear Disarmament and Human Needs.” More than a million people marched in 1982, effectively shutting down midtown Manhattan for the day. The numbers were such that people filled the streets from start to finish of the march. Many of the feeder marches never reached the starting point at the United Nations as wave after wave of people marched toward the UN or rallied where they stood. It was a powerful and united stand against the U.S. use, testing and buildup of its nuclear arsenal. No More Hiroshimas! U.S. Disarm Now! Fund Human Needs! Abolish Nuclear Weapons, March for Peace and Justice! were among the demands raised.

Kissinger (II) – The conception of total war to divide the world

The essence of Kissinger’s message of what he means by detente and negotiations is the promotion of the use of nuclear weapons.

Serbian football fans’ banners name countries that have been subject to U.S./NATO military aggression, March 17, 2022. 

The tone of the speech by Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, delivered to the Davos World Economic Forum on May 23, and of his May 9 interview with the Financial Times, is one of detente and negotiations. But the essence of what he means lurks behind this talk, which is the promotion of the use of nuclear weapons.

Kissinger addresses how the US should proceed to order and divide the world (I)

What Kissinger is saying is that Ukraine, Taiwan and other issues should be used to pit China and Russia against each other in a manner that favours the U.S. and prevents them from establishing a “permanent alliance.”

A plethora of former U.S. presidents and vice-presidents, secretaries of state, national security advisors, newspapers and pundits of various kinds have been giving opinions about the Ukraine crisis and discussing U.S. foreign policy and the direction it should take. On May 23, Henry Kissinger, four days before he turned 99 years old, spoke virtually at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. In the lead up to the WEF he also gave an interview to the Financial Times on May 9. He addressed the issues of Ukraine, China, Russia and nuclear weapons.

US Congress resolution calls for use of NATO for more intervention into member states

Using talk of “democratic principles” NATO is to be further weaponized politically and militarily. Claims of “shared democratic values” will also be used to justify actions against Russia, China, and other countries for purposes of U.S. domination | KATHLEEN CHANDLER

April 30, 1975 – 47th Anniversary of the Reunification of Vietnam

The Great Spring Victory that culminated in the fall of Saigon and American occupiers fleeing for their lives, achieved the reunification of Vietnam 47 years ago, on April 30, 1975.

“Nothing More Precious than Independence and Freedom; They Have Chosen Uncle Ho’s Path”

The Great Spring Victory that culminated in the fall of Saigon and American occupiers fleeing for their lives, achieved the reunification of Vietnam 47 years ago, on April 30, 1975. The reunification of Vietnam shines in the annals of the liberation struggles of the peoples of the world. The defeat of U.S. imperialist aggression lifted the spirit of the peoples of the world who were striving to put an end to colonialism and imperialism. Revolution was then in flow. The world has since changed greatly, going into a period of retrogression and retreat of revolution, yet today’s Socialist Republic of Vietnam continues to shine and inspire.

47th anniversary of Vietnamese people’s great victory over the US imperialists: The real American war in Viet Nam – ‘kill anything that moves’

By DOUGAL MACDONALD

Victory monument in Xuan Loc, Vietnam

Forty-seven years ago, the U.S. imperialists were resoundingly defeated by the heroic Vietnamese people, who had suffered greatly at the hands of the French colonialists and then the U.S. imperialists. Historic photos show the last of the U.S. invaders scrambling frantically to escape Viet Nam by helicopter, trying to save their worthless skins from the wrath of people’s war.

US Senator Joe Manchin tours oil sands

Promotion of Canada’s Integration into U.S. War Machine | Peggy Morton

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney hosted Joe Manchin, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Democratic Senator from West Virginia during the week of April 11. Manchin met with Kenney, Energy Minister Sonya Savage, and energy top executives and also toured the oil sands.

CBC

US President Biden’s ‘united efforts’ Warsaw speech repeats failed unity doctrine

Dictating unity does not make it so | Kathleen Chandler

Banner drop in Baltimore, Maryland, March 25, 2022.

The more U.S. President Biden dictates to Europe to unite by submitting to U.S. control, the more it becomes evident that conditions of life have their own trajectory and do not obey dictates. The same is the case within the United States where Biden is failing to unite the military and the military and civilian bureaucracies with his NATO expansion, troop deployment in Europe and provoking the conflict in Ukraine.

Biden’s forte is supposed to be his ability to broker deals which get consensus around what the presidency is proposing. This was not at all evident in the major speech Biden gave in Warsaw, Poland on March 26, after the Extraordinary Meeting of NATO held in Brussels on March 24 and of the G7 and European Commission also on March 24.

Millions of Yemenis hold mass rallies condemning continued war and siege

by Emad Almarshahi

(March 7 ) – Millions of Yemenis in the capital Sana’a and other provinces staged mass rallies to denounce the oil blockade and aggression against Yemen.

No to plunging the peoples of Europe into a U.S./NATO-provoked war! All out to rally Canadians against warmongering, lies and disinformation

– Statement by the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) –

Anti-war demonstration at U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, February 9, 2022. Demonstrations took place in Kyiv and different places around Europe in February against NATO, including to coincide with the Munich Security Conference meeting in Munich on February 19. 

Amidst all the warmongering, lies and disinformation over what Russia is or is not doing in Ukraine to defend its strategic interests, the obvious question arises as to who is threatening the peace in Europe? Is it Russia because it has taken pre-emptive action to defend its interests against the continuous escalation of the expansion of U.S. troops and bases and of U.S.-led NATO forces on Russia’s borders? Or is it the United States and its aggressive military alliance NATO, which includes Canada, which have expanded their field of operation into eastern Europe threatening the very borders of Russia?