Selected articles (May 24, 2023)
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Stella Assange in Australia: Bring Julian Assange Home
May 22, 2023
The following is the speech delivered on Monday by Stella Assange to the National Press Club in Canberra, provided in a tweet by Gabriel Shipton, Assange’s brother.
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2a)
The EU Is Over-Invested in the Ukrainian War-Project
By Alastair Crooke
May 22, 2023
Ukraine is not a stand-alone foreign policy issue, but rather the pivot around which Europe’s economic prospects will rotate.
2b)
US hopes to snatch victory from jaws of defeat in Ukraine
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
May 21, 2023
The G7 Leaders’ 2700-word statement on Ukraine, issued in Hiroshima after their summit meeting glossed over the burning question today — the so-called counter-offensive against the Russian forces.
2c)
Ukraine war: The short view
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
May 12, 2023
Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky has somewhat eased the suspense by his remark to the western media on Thursday that his army needs to wait and still needs “a bit more time” to launch the much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces.
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3a)
Jeddah Meeting Unites the Arab League With Damascus
By Steven Sahiounie
May 21, 2023
While there may be division between Qatar and Syria now, they are united in their support of seeking the freedom of Palestine.
3b)
The Arabs Are Reunited And Israel Is Out
Moon of Alabama
May 19, 2023
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/05/the-arabs-are-reunited.html#more
Just ten weeks ago I was in awe. „This is huge!“ I wrote about the surprising news of the restoration of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran after mediation by China (and Russia). With that it was obvious that the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen between Iran friendly and Saudi sponsored forces would be coming to an end. But no one predicted the speed with which that is now happening. Today President Assad of Syria was welcomed back in Saudi Arabia to a summit of the Arab League.
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NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon
By Pepe Escobar
May 20, 2023
With G7 “leadership” mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia.
Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon
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5a)
The inside story of Russia-Iran-India connectivity
The G7 is stupefied by the dynamic progress of the multipolar order embodied by the Russian-led INSTC and the Chinese-led BRI, with Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar now poised to play a transformative role.
By Pepe Escobar
May 23, 2023
https://thecradle.co/article-view/25155/the-inside-story-of-russia-iran-india-connectivity
5b)
More news and analysis about Iran
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US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows
Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
By Ben Norton
May 20, 2023
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/18/us-911-wars-million-deaths-displace/
Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار 