Today is Quds Day, an event organised by The Islamic Republic of Iran to demonstrate support for the Palestinian people who since 1948 have suffered under occupation in the once and future multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation of Palestine.
For the second time this week, a Ukrainian member of parliament (Rada) called on the Ukrainian regime to take a direct lesson from Adolf Hitler. Yuriy Bereza who came to power as part of the far-right People’s Front party said that if the leaders of the regime do not follow radical measures to prevent the break-up of the country, the only solution will be a ‘Night of the Long Knives’.
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It is both sad and surreal that prominent organisations in the west have been mostly silent about the attempted ethnic cleansing of Donbass people by the Ukrainian regime in a war of aggression that has all ready taken the lives of over 10,000 souls.
Civilians continue to be targeted as part of a war to punish the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics for daring to exercise their right to democratic self-determination.
A woman from Crimea was visiting her grandson in Donetsk when she was filmed confronting OSCE officials. She accused them of complicity in the shellings and murder of civilians at the hands of the Kiev regime and spoke of her fear for her young grandson’s life.
The heart wrenching footage demonstrates the human side of the fascist war of aggression against Dombass, beyond the harrowing statistics.
An historic meeting has taken place in Donetsk, wherein leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and representatives of the Russian State Duma and Federation Council have meet to discuss further steps to help integrate the Donbass republics with the institutions of the Russian Federation.
Yesterday, I marched in my local Immortal Regiment, an event where millions throughout the world hold photos of loved ones, comrades and heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
This year, because of the fight against fascism currently transpiring in Donbass, Donetsk People’s Republic leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko said that people can additionally carry images of the fallen heroes of the Donabss people’s war for liberation against fascist aggression from the post-coup Ukrainian regime which was installed in February of 2014.
Two roadside bombs have been detonated in the Donetsk People’s Republic on a road beside a Great Patriotic War memorial that is to be a location of activities for tomorrow’s Victory Day celebrations in Donetsk.
The bombs appear to be part of a targeted assassination attempt on Donetsk People’s Republic leader Alexander Zakharchenko. Zakharchenko’s motorcade was to drive down the road where the blasts occurred. Luckily the bombs detonated prematurely and no one was hurt.
On the eve of Victory Day which is banned in Ukraine but will be celebrated widely in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Kiev regime’s neo-Nazi volunteer militia, The Azov Battalion has been ordered to ‘cleanse’ the civilian populations of Maryinka, and Krasnogorovka, two cities controlled by the forces loyal to the fascist junta.
Many people in these cities which are not far from Donetsk, look to the Donetsk People’s Republic for protection and are loyal to the political institutions of Donetsk.
The Korean Peninsula is often thought of as a volatile region, a dangerous region, an unpredictable ‘weaponised’ region. In particular, the United States has accused North Korea of being a threat to regional peace and stability.
Objectively, there is some truth to all of this, but the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Korean states is far less unstable than the Syria/Iraq border which is currently controlled by ISIS.
The 2nd of May marks the three year anniversary of one of the most tragic events of the 21st century. 42 peaceful protesters were killed when gangs of fascist thugs, most from far outside the region, went on a rampage that can only be described as hellish.
The Prelude
For months, peaceful protesters had set up camp outside the Odessa Trade Unions House. They were there to show solidarity against the fascist, nationalistic and ultra-right wing forces gathered on the Maidan in Kiev.
