Image via WFTU Reposted from the People’s World ATHENS—In response to Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) has called for international action by the labor movement worldwide on Nov. 29. The date coincides with the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. “The ongoing bloodshed has been […]
World Federation of Trade Unions sets Nov. 29 as global Palestine solidarity day / by Special to the People’s World
In the Midst of Brutal War: Extravagance and Proxy Intrigues Ignite Global Outrage By Andrei Datsyuk | The Islander | November 21, 2023 In the heart of Eastern Europe, where the tumult of war clashes with the allure of Western support, a seismic scandal unfolds, casting a long shadow over Ukraine’s leadership. President Volodymyr Zelensky, […]
It pays to be friends with Zelensky: $75m yachts reveal sudden wealth of the Ukrainian leader’s inner circle
Naciones Unidas.- La superficie helada del mar en la Antártida retrocedió este septiembre 1,5 millones de kilómetros cuadrados con respecto a la media en un mes similar en el pasado, reveló este lunes el secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, que acaba de regresar de un viaje al continente blanco. Esa superficie equivale a […]
El hielo retrocedió en la Antártida 1,5 millones de kilómetros cuadrados en septiembre
from thefreeonline 0n 28th Nov 2023 by Andrew Korybko and thefreeonline at Nuclear-news
Zelensky’s forthcoming conscription drive might be the last straw that breaks and could result in an Uprising and/or perhaps even a Zaluzhny-led mutiny .
Ukraine Parliament Passes Law Allowing Officers to Shoot Disobedient Troops
The EU’s official statistics body Eurostat confirmed that an estimated 650,000 military-age Ukrainian men escaped to the bloc since the start of Russia’s special operation, despite Martial Law and Military Mobilisation of all male Ukrainian citizens aged 18 to 60, prohibited them from travelling abroad, unless they could provide documents that they fulfilled specified conditions for exemption.[18][19][20.
As it runs out of ‘Cannon Fodder’ Ukraine has repeatedly demanded that the EU deport hundreds of thousands ‘Draft Dodgers’, fortunately the EU continues to refuse.
“I don’t think I can be a good soldier right now in this war,” a Ukrainian computer programmer named Volodymyr told the Times.“Look at me,” he said, in a pub in Warsaw. “I wear glasses. I am 46. I don’t look like a classic fighter, some Rambo who can fight Russian troops.” He took a sip of his beer and stared into his glass..
The BBC reported on this shortly after Zelensky promised that a new conscription drive will begin next week, and the timing of their article can thus be interpreted as a subtle signal that they expect this policy to fail. The West has been pushing Zelensky to expand the conscription age to men aged 17-70 and mobilize more women, Russian intelligence said earlier this week. Kiev has neither confirmed nor denied these claims.
Conscription in Russia is only a 12-month draft, which is mandatory for all male citizens who are between 18 and 30 years old, with a number of exceptions.. The anti- war movement has been heavily repressed, despite brave anarchists attacking military call-up centers. Even so, Russian youth do not conform, many still refuse the draft and oppose the Russian state. There is still no martial law and many have been able to flee the country
In Russia there is no martial law and still no General Mobilization, with TOO MANY people volunteering for the military, and ‘low’ casualties due to a policy of evading frontal attacks. Putin confirmed in his December 2023 annual questions session that no new mobilisation is necessary.
Solidarity call for Russian anarchists facing up to 18 years jail – The Free
Polls claim the Putin led patriotic national revival has overwhelming support, gradually cracking down on all ‘western values’ and even including LGBTQ .
Russia is being careful about the danger of mass refusal after the extensive anti-war campaign in previous wars. There is still no general mobilisation and war policy has mainly avoided direct confrontations in favour of indirect artillery, drone and air bombing with ‘limited casualties’.. There were scandals, for example, when some conscripts were sent to the war front despite promises to the contrary, and a new online draft system is being introduced after complaints and scandals at local ‘mistakes, favoritism’, etc. It is claimed that Russia Recruited Over 100,000 Troops in 2023, ‘making increased conscription unnecessary for now’. Russia Wants to Recruit 400,000 New Contract Soldiers: Report
Support Russian Draft Dodgers – People Before Profit support this resistance to Russia’s war – just as we also oppose NATO’s massive shipments of weaponry to Ukraine.
As it turns out, Zelensky’s parliamentary ally David Arakhamia admitted just the other day that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson convinced the Ukrainians to abandon spring 2022’s Istanbul peace process with Russia despite the two warring sides having been on the brink of a deal.
This makes the UK state broadcaster’s aforesaid signal bittersweet since their country is morally responsible at least in part for all the deaths over the past 20 months since Kiev pulled out of those peace talks.
“NATO’s Proxy War On Russia Through Ukraine Appears To Be Winding Down” for the many reasons enumerated in the preceding hyperlinked analysis, yet instead of recommencing those same talks like the West is reportedly pressuring him to do, Zelensky is hellbent on perpetuating the conflict.
“Time Magazine Shared Some ‘Politically Inconvenient’ Truths About Ukraine” last month, one of which was an unnamed senior advisor saying that he has a messianic delusion of victory, and this proves it.
Ukrainian Draft Dodgers Flood EU and Russia
Amidst his spiraling Western supported rivalry with Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny, which the New York Times made sure that everyone was aware of after publishing a surprisingly candid piece about political-military tensions in Ukraine earlier this month, it can’t be ruled out that a mutiny might materialize.
Continue reading “Support Russian and Ukrainian War Resisters – Over Half A Million Ukrainian Men Fled To Escape Conscription- EU”
Last night, the Kurdish People’s Democratic Assembly in Haringey, London, was subject to nothing short of an aggressive invasion by the police. There were no warrants and no legitimate reason for the aggression and violence that they conducted themselves with against a community of civilians celebrating a cultural event. agreement..
Police invade Kurdish Assembly
This invasion by the Metropolitan Police comes only two days after UK defence minister Grant Shapps and Turkish counterpart Yaşar Güler held a meeting agreeing to “enhance” defence and security cooperation.
As a result of foreign influence on parliament, we are seeing an increase in the number of people within our communities being arrested through the liberally applied ‘Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act‘ (2000), including last week when our community was subject to another aggressive display by the police as they swarmed a small protest, outnumbering the protesters themselves and separating parents from the children, then interrogating them in front of their helpless and crying children. There is also the upcoming trial of Mark Campbell and a Kurdish asylum seeker, ‘Berîtan’, on the 17th and 18th of January, who will face trial for holding a Kurdish flag during a protest.
We must also highlight that this year is also 100 years since Kurdistan was divided by the Sykes-Picot agreement. Since that agreement, the Kurdish people have been subject to continuous attempts of ethnic cleansing, genocide, and ecocide by Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, including the Dersim Massacre, the Anfal Genocide Campaign, the Yazidi Genocide, etc.
As a result, many civilians are forced to seek asylum in the UK and elsewhere. Yet what we are seeing is that, despite Turkey’s support for the ISIS insurgency in North and East Syria, the ethnic cleansing they have committed in Afrîn, and their heinous violations of human rights in Turkish prisons, as members of NATO, Grant Shapps and the UK government would have us believe that they are valuable allies whose “influence cannot be underestimated.”
The Kurdish People’s Democratic Assembly invites all ethnic, religious, and cultural communities and organisations across the UK to unite with us to prevent the criminalisation of communities, mainly through the misuse of the Terrorism Act. The Metropolitan Police should not be a ‘for hire’ mercenary service to do the bidding of foreign dictatorships, and UK politicians must not be able to use the means of the justice system to advance their own political agendas.
Long Live the Democratic Resistance
Biji Berxwedan
from thefreeonlinetps Nov 27th Freedom News
The Birmingham offices of property company ‘LondonMetric’ have been shut down this morning by Palestine Action, with a lock-on action to disrupt another link in Israel’s weapons supply chain. The offices’ windows have been smashed, and the building covered in blood-red paint, as activists have prevented access to the premises at 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham. The site has been shut down in opposition to LondonMetric’s partnership with Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
Weapons factory protesters on trial for Elbit occupation | Morning Star
LondonMetric owns the land and building at Unit F, Meridian Business Park, Meridian E, Leicester LE19 1WZ, from which Elbit operates their UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS) drone factory. U-TacS exports millions of pounds worth of drone technologies annually to Israel, including parts for armed Hermes drones. These drones have well-documented links to war crimes and are sure to play a significant role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which so far has cost the lives of over 20,000 Palestinians. By leasing the Leicester U-TacS factory to Elbit, LondonMetric is in part responsible for the deadly products manufactured there and the Palestinian lives lost as a result.
LondonMetric’s Birmingham offices have previously been met with protests by the group Youth Front For Palestine, and action by Palestine Action will continue until the company end their association with Elbit. This strategy of expansive direct action, targeting companies which facilitate Elbit’s British operations, has seen Elbit’s property managers, recruiters, logistics providers and others met with resistance, calling for the cessation of their partnerships with Israel’s arms trade, as Palestine Action seeks to make the environment inhospitable for companies complicit in war crimes.
This isn’t a war against Hamas. It’s not a war at all. It’s a military operation to facilitate an ethnic cleansing. Caitlin Johnstone Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1675239207&show_artwork=true&maxheight=750&maxwidth=500 ❖ If you’re just tuning in, Israeli intelligence ignored mountains of information that the October 7 attack was coming and left Israelis completely undefended, then […]
Hamas Isn’t The Target, It’s The Excuse
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