Beware Donald Trump's Electoral Cleansing
Mike Lofgren | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
Is Trump using a calculated strategy that COVID-19 is not an equal-opportunity killer?
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/04/beware-donald-trumps-electoral-cleansing?cd-origin=rss

Protect the environment, prevent pandemics, 'nature is sending us a clear message'
news.un.org | 2020-06-04
On this year's World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, the UN is drawing links between the health of the planet, and human health, and highlighting the importance of protecting biodiversity, the system that supports life.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065692

Managing levels of specific protein, mineral early in COVID-19 may prevent severe illness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
PHOENIX ? Managing levels of calcium in the blood and the protein albumin early on in COVID-19 may prevent patients from progressing to severe illness and death, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the journal Gastroenterology found. The findings are based on the remarkably similar clinical features and autopsy results of patients who died …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/managing-levels-of-specific-protein-mineral-early-in-covid-19-may-prevent-severe-illness/

America's Unfinished Revolution
Josephine Lee | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
While Derek Chauvin and his fellow police officers must be prosecuted and convicted for homicide, we must see what the real role of the police is in our society. (Photo: Ella/cc/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/if_not_now.jpg …
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Why America's "Revolution" Won't be Televised. No one is Aiming at the Empire
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
The Revolution Won't Be Televised because this is not a revolution. At least not yet. | Burning and/or looting Target or Macy's is a minor diversion. No one is aiming at the Pentagon (or even the shops at the Pentagon Mall). …
globalresearch.ca/why-america-revolution-wont-televised/5714992

Trump Exploits Public Health and Racial Crises to Silence Public, Increase Pollution, Steamroll Vulnerable Communities
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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Stop Trump's Police State and Dictatorship!
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
Democrats are divided between cowards and silent disguised Trump supporters. | Both Democratic and Republican parties are fearful of the potential power …
globalresearch.ca/stop-trump-police-state-dictatorship/5714982

Racial Inequality Among Workers in Frontline Industries: Black Workers are Overrepresented and Undercompensated
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-04
The three figures below compare Black and White workers in six frontline industry groups (see our previous report for methodology). These figures show that: Black workers are much more likely to work in frontline industries than White workers. As Figure 1 shows, nearly three out of every ten (29.7 percent) Black workers work in one …
cepr.net/racial-inequality-among-workers-in-frontline-industries-black-workers-are-overrepresented-and-undercompensated/

US nurses speak on dangers of COVID-19 exposure at their workplaces
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
WSWS reporters spoke to nurses across the US who shared their anger and frustration over governmental and employer neglect throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/cdcr-j04.html

Economics behind the rebellion
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-04
Between March 18 and April 10, over 22 million people lost their jobs as the unemployment rate surged toward 15 percent. Over the same three weeks, U.S. billionaire wealth increased by $282 billion, an almost 10 percent gain.

Court Rejects Meatpacker's Efforts to Kill Lawsuit Over Slaughterhouse Pollution in South Platte River
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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Tamil nationalists exploit remembrance of war victims to advance pro-imperialist agenda
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Last month marked the eleventh anniversary of the bloody end of Sri Lanka's nearly 30-year war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/wign-j04.html

Nearly 65,000 COVID-19 deaths in UK according to Financial Times
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The FT highlighted the fact that in absolute terms the number of excess deaths in the UK is the highest in Europe, and internationally is only second to the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/cvft-j04.html

One third of labor force now jobless as pandemic unemployment climbs
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
WASHINGTON–Another 2.226 million people filed for jobless benefits in the week ending May 30, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on June 4. That pushed the total official number of jobless benefits claims in this new great depression to 42.65 million. And that may understate the case. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has said for weeks …
peoplesworld.org/article/1-3-of-labor-force-now-jobless-as-pandemic-unemployment-climbs/

After attacks by police, journalists fight to defend First Amendment
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
Journalists alarmed by dozens of incidents where reporters were shot at, manhandled, gassed, or arrested while covering demonstrations touched off by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd are fighting back legally. A freelance journalist, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis, and dozens of …
peoplesworld.org/article/after-attacks-by-police-journalists-fight-to-defend-first-amendment/

Billionaire Wealth Surges By Over Half Trillion Dollars During the Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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New claims for state unemployment insurance 1.9 million in last week of May
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-04
San José, CA – On Thursday, June 4 the federal Department of Labor reported that 1.9 million new claims for state unemployment insurance or UI benefits were filed in the week ending May 30. This was down by 250,000 claims from the previous week, continuing the slow decline in new applications. However, this was still more than two and a half times higher than the previous pre-pandemic record of almost 700,000 claims made during the deep 1981-82 recession. | The total number of people receiving state unemployment benefits – which is delayed by a week – rose by 650,000 to 21.5 million for the week ending May 23. Th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/4/new-claims-state-unemployment-insurance-19-million-last-week-may

When Profits and Politics Drive Science: Rushing a Vaccine to Market for a Vanishing Virus
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
More than 100 companies are competing to be first in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market. It's a race against time, not because the death rate is climbing but because it is falling

A call to the working class! Stop Trump's coup d'état!
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The Trump administration is attempting to carry out a coup against the Constitution and establish a presidential dictatorship based on the military and the police.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/pers-j04.html

The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle
Tom Soto | workers.org | 2020-06-04
Below is an article first posted online on April 24 by Tom Soto, who died on May 31. Comrade Soto had been a leading member of Workers World Party for two decades, beginning in the late 1960s. He distinguished himself in the struggles for open enrollment at the City University . . . | Continue reading The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49094/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-covid-19-pandemic-a-historic-event-that-will-intensify-global-working-class-struggle

Mayo Clinic Minute: Why tobacco users should call it quits
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
Tobacco users have an increased risk of becoming very sick if they contract the virus that causes COVID-19. If you use tobacco and want to stop, consider World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, May 31 as a start date. "During this time when the COVID-19 pandemic has made maintaining the health of ourselves and our …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-why-tobacco-users-should-call-it-quits/

13 Killed and 9,300 Arrested as United States Attempts to Halt National Unrest
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
More than 20,000 National Guard deployed in 29 states along with thousands more local, federal and military troops cannot quell the anger of African Americans and their allies | *** | Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced in a press conference on …
globalresearch.ca/13-killed-9300-arrested-united-states-attempts-halt-national-unrest/5715071

'Global solidarity' needed, to find affordable, accessible COVID-19 vaccine
news.un.org | 2020-06-04
In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical conference on Thursday that "a vaccine, by itself, is not enough".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065622

Organizing the Rich or the Poor?
Rev Dr Liz Theoharis | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
Those of us in the welfare rights movement always saw our work as the kindling for a wildfire of organizing by the poor and dispossessed. (Photo: Poor People's Campaign/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ppc_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/04/america-rich-or-poor?cd-origin=rss

Pollution Rises As China Ends COVID-19 Shutdown
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-04
As China's economy reopens, old pollution trends are reappearing. It's a cautionary tale for other countries as they end stay-at-home orders.
therealnews.com/stories/pollution-rises-china-ends-economic-covid-shutdown

Nearly half a million health care workers worldwide infected with coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The International Council of Nurses reports that 600 nurses have died in the COVID-19 pandemic and estimates that 450,000 health care workers of all kinds have been infected worldwide.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/coro-j04.html

White supremacist congressman Steve King defeated in Republican primary
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Steve King fell out of favor with his party by saying too blatantly what Trump and his cronies really think.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/prim-j04.html

The Knee for Change
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
One day the whole nation will take to its knee. (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/knee.jpg …
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Trump Executive Order Ignoring Core Environmental Laws is Egregious Authoritarian Act
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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Demands for Trump removal grow as 'fascist' speech condemned as declaration of war against U.S. public
Jake Johnston | mronline.org | 2020-06-04
"Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will be too late."
mronline.org/2020/06/04/demands-for-trump-removal-grow-as-fascist-speech-condemned-as-declaration-of-war-against-u-s-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demands-for-trump-removal-grow-as-fascist-speech-condemned-as-declaration-of-war-against-u-s-public

Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-06-04
Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest…
thenation.com/article/society/tom-cotton-jim-matthis/

'Starve the Beast': A Q&A With Alex S. Vitale on Defunding the Police
Zachary Siegel | thenation.com | 2020-06-04
'Starve the Beast': A Q&A With Alex S. Vitale on Defunding the Police…
thenation.com/article/society/alex-vitale-defund-police-interview/

Russia OKs Use of Nukes in Response to Non-Nuclear Attacks
Erika Williams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new government policy for nuclear deterrence on Tuesday that allows the use of nuclear weapons in response to conventional arms attacks. | Russia says its nuclear weapons are developed in order to deter potential attacks …
globalresearch.ca/russia-ok-use-nukes-response-non-nuclear-attacks/5715051

Capitalism, Climate Change, and Pandemic: Rob Wallace, Mike Davis, and Sabrina Fernandes
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-04
Join us and Fórum Popular da Natureza on Friday, June 5, at 6 pm ET/5 pm CT, for a conversation with Monthly Review author Rob Wallace, Mike Davis, and Sabrina Fernandes about capitalism, climate catastrophe, and pandemics. The event will be in English with simultaneous translation in Portuguese. To find out more, check out the Facebook …
mronline.org/2020/06/04/capitalism-climate-change-and-pandemic-rob-wallace-mike-davis-and-sabrina-fernandes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalism-climate-change-and-pandemic-rob-wallace-mike-davis-and-sabrina-fernandes

Beyond Nuclear Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump for Entire Inventory of U.S. "Spent" Reactor Fuel
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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Irish government plans full return to work by August
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Ireland is pressing ahead with a five-phase plan to enforce a full return to work by August, while talks for a viciously anti-working class coalition government continue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/irel-j04.html

Union supports ditching temporary workers at Meyer shipyard in Germany
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The unions are on the side of those raking in billions in aid to keep the German stock market bubbling.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/igme-j04.html

Plummer Building lighted as sign of hope and to remember George Floyd
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
On Saturday, May 30, Mayo Clinic will light the Plummer Building in Rochester yellow as a sign of hope for the days to come in conjunction with a virtual vigil being held to remember George Floyd. Mr. Floyd died on Monday from injuries inflicted by a police officer who was arrested on Friday for his actions.?The virtual …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/plummer-building-lighted-as-sign-of-hope-and-to-remember-george-floyd/

Three Cops Charged, Murder Count Upgraded in George Floyd's Death
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-04
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges after an independent investigation determined officers at the scene were culpable for Floyd's death.
therealnews.com/stories/three-cops-charged-murder-count-upgraded-in-george-floyds-death

Biothreat From the US on the Rise. America's Biological Defense Program
Vladimir Platov | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate many nations of the world, the global community and media outlets have been increasingly focusing on questionable activities being carried out at biolabs financed by funds from the US Department of Defense budget….
globalresearch.ca/biothreat-us/5715000

Cancer can't wait: Why some patients may benefit from expedited breast cancer treatments
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
When 62-year-old Diana Canty of Converse, Texas was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in February, 2020 she made plans to travel to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota because of the organization's reputation for excellence in cancer treatment. Diana's first experience with Mayo Clinic was a video appointment in April with breast surgeon, Tina Hieken , M.D. Then …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cancer-cant-wait-why-some-patients-may-benefit-from-expedited-breast-cancer-treatments/

Australian inquest says "grossly deficient" safety caused death of Anglo American mine worker
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The coronial inquest into the Grasstree Mine workers' death in 2014 is a damning indictment of Anglo American safety standards.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/angl-j04.html

Il Grande Cancro e l'Avvenire. Confinamento generale della popolazione: storia, analisi e prospettive
Benjamin Bourgeois | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
"Non scoprirai mai la verità se non sei pronto ad accettare l'imprevisto"

Survey exposes COVID-19 dangers facing call centre workers
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Several call centre workers have lost their lives to COVID-19, with thousands in fear that their health and safety is being jeopardised.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/call-j04.html

How Endless War Contributes to Police Brutality
Bonnie Kristian | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
Beyond the gear and surveillance, however, perhaps the most damaging effect of war on terror-encouraged police militarization is psychological. It pushes police officers engaging with the public to behave as they look, to act like soldiers dealing with enemy combatants. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/police_5.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/04/how-endless-war-contributes-police-brutality?cd-origin=rss

Our History is Our Future
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
We can be sure that the public grandiloquence of Barack Obama grated mightily on at least half of the country during his eight years in the Oval Office. Now, we Libtards find every Trump tweet excruciatingly inane

Caring About the Climate Crisis Means Supporting the Demand to Defund the Police
Alec Connon | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
Climate justice is about far more than reducing emissions. It is about building a fairer and more just world. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/defund.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/04/caring-about-climate-crisis-means-supporting-demand-defund-police?cd-origin=rss

How to safely go to your doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
Are you wondering if it's time to schedule those doctor appointments you've been putting off? Restrictions related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are easing in many places, but you may still have concerns about COVID-19. Learn how to stay safe from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) while getting the care you need. Do your homework Before you …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-safely-go-to-your-doctor-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

A Lavender League of Their Own
Peter Dreier | thenation.com | 2020-06-04
A Lavender League of Their Own…
thenation.com/article/society/women-baseball-gay-history/

Ban on giving coronavirus relief to tax avoiders gains steam. But one country isn't budging
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
Countries across Europe and further afield are taking bold legislative action against corporate tax avoiders in this time of crisis. Most encouragingly, governing parties of both the left and the right appear to have signed on to the effort. But there is one government that is conspicuously missing from that list. The reasons why are glaringly obvious. | No contribution, no pay-o…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/06/04/ban-on-giving-coronavirus-relief-to-tax-avoiders-gains-steam-but-one-country-isnt-budging/

Anger over US police assault on Australian journalists in Washington DC
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Had the attack occurred in a country such as China or Iran, the muted response from the Australian political establishment would undoubtedly have been very different.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/aust-j04.html

The Face of Rebellion: George Floyd and the Struggle Against Racism
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
America burns. Its streets are inflamed by an existential rage born of violence, dehumanization and despair. Trampled underfoot of a police jackboot for too long, the oppressed are striking back with a ferocious anger that has simmered for decades. The …
globalresearch.ca/george-floyd-struggle-against-racism/5715031

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: What we know about virus transmission
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common mode of transmission for COVID-19 is through close contact from person to person. While it is possible that someone can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes, this …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-what-we-know-about-virus-transmission/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Health and Human Services plays key role in supporting Americans amid COVID-19 crisis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a unique situation that has required work across federal and state agencies to support communities and frontline workers during this challenging time. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has played a key role by providing effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-health-and-human-services-plays-key-role-in-supporting-americans-amid-covid-19-crisis/

How Immunity for Cops and Facebook Kills Americans
Thom Hartmann | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
When you tell people they won't be held accountable for their actions, it almost always ends badly. That's what's happened with our police and our social media, two institutional pillars of personal and political society in America today. Removing those dual immunities could dramatically change–for the better–the lives of millions of Americans. For police, the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/04/how-immunity-for-cops-and-facebook-kills-americans/

Larry Kramer's Righteous Rage
Alisa Solomon | thenation.com | 2020-06-04
Larry Kramer's Righteous Rage…
thenation.com/article/culture/larry-kramer-obit/

The Truth Behind the Murder of Robert F. Kennedy: Conspiracy and Cover-up
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
On June 6, 2020, we will be commemorating the passing of Robert F. Kennedy. His legacy will live. Below is Michael Welch's Global Research radio interview with William Pepper. A full transcript is included. | "I went there because I …
globalresearch.ca/the-truth-behind-the-murder-of-robert-f-kennedy-conspiracy-and-cover-up/5642703

Shut Down the Death Traps
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2020-06-04
COVID-19 is setting people with disabilities back–more than they already were.
progressive.org/magazine/shut-down-the-death-traps-ervin-200604/

European media outlets fear bitter class struggles in the US
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The European press and ruling elite are not especially troubled by Trump's plan to erect a presidential dictatorship. Rather, they fear the president could provoke class struggles that would endanger the capitalist system and spread to Europe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/medi-j04.html

U.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
With the U.S. deciding to walk out of the Open Skies agreement, the U.S. is signaling to the world that it intends to return to days of Pax Americana that existed post-World War II, when it was the sole possessor of nuclear weapons. It has already walked out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/04/u-s-abandons-open-skies-for-new-age-space-weapons/

Several Palestinian Structures Demolished by Israeli Army near Jericho
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-04
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished 5 Palestinian-owned residential structures as well as two animal sheds in Deir Hajle, east of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. Mohammad Ghrouf, a local monitor of illegal Israeli settlements, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency, that Israeli soldiers stormed the area and demolished seven …
imemc.org/article/several-palestinian-structures-demolished-by-israeli-army-near-jericho/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=several-palestinian-structures-demolished-by-israeli-army-near-jericho

The American Experiment Is in Peril
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-06-04
Trump's Inaugural description of a hellscape strewn with 'American carnage' now reads like prophecy.
progressive.org/dispatches/american-experiment-in-peril-conniff-200604/

History: The 1887 Alaska Purchase and the US-Russia Bering Strait Rail Tunnel Project
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
In a recent paper entitled 'Tomorrow's Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation?' I introduced readers to the US-Russian grand design which shaped not only the sale of Alaska in October 1867 to the USA for $7.5 million, but also Russia's …
globalresearch.ca/today-multi-polar-potential-missed-chance-1867/5715011

New Report Condemns Age Discrimination in Voting at Home Across Seven States as Unconstitutional
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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'It's About Time' America Reckons With Its Racist Founding
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-04
The George Floyd uprisings revealed the inadequacies of both Biden and Trump, argues professor Gerald Horne.
therealnews.com/stories/its-time-america-reckons-with-racist-founding-history-george-floyd-uprisings

Domination and the Murder of George Floyd
Steven Newcomb | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
In our documentary movie "The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code," directed by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota Nation), we quote language from the papal document Dum diversas, issued by the Catholic Church in 1452. The dehumanizing language expressed in that papal document provides a means of understanding the heartless killing of an African-American named George…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/04/domination-and-the-murder-of-george-floyd/

Use of tear gas by US police may exacerbate COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Tear gas directly attacks the lungs, and its corrosive effects could make people far more susceptible to respiratory illnesses like COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/tear-j04.html

The treason of the ruling class
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-04
They have destroyed our capitalist democracy and replaced it with a mafia state.
mronline.org/2020/06/04/the-treason-of-the-ruling-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-treason-of-the-ruling-class

'Yes, I Will Name Names'
Julia Conley | zcomm.org | 2020-06-04
AOC Leads Charge Against Empty Corporate Claims of #BlackLivesMatter…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/yes-i-will-name-names/

Economic effects of pandemic to last a decade
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
The Congressional Budget Office has reduced its forecast for US growth over the next decade by a cumulative $7.9 trillion, equivalent to 3 percent of gross domestic product.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/econ-j04.html

As Trump Threatens to Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse to Comply
Candice Bernd | zcomm.org | 2020-06-04
"I can't do it. Even looking at my uniform is making me feel sick that I'm associated with this."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-trump-threatens-to-send-military-into-cities-some-gis-refuse-to-comply/

'A Funny, Brilliant Writer': The Life of Mark Anthony Rolo
Mrill Ingram | progressive.org | 2020-06-04
Author, journalist, playwright, educator, and 'Going Native' columnist passes from the world far too soon.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-life-of-mark-anthony-rolo-ingram-200604/

Disgraced former UAW President Gary Jones pleads guilty to corruption charges
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Jones' guilty plea brings the UAW corruption scandal to a new stage.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/auto-j04.html

Google sued for $5bn for stealing data from "every American with a PC or phone"
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-04
Alphabet's Google is facing yet another class-action lawsuit claiming illegal privacy infringements that seek at least $5 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday. The tech giant was sued Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California. Reuters reported that Google is accused of "covert and unauthorized data collection from virtually every American with a computer or phone." …
truepublica.org.uk/global/google-sued-for-5bn-for-stealing-data-from-every-american-with-a-pc-or-phone/

Drew Brees' apology for 'insensitive' comments not accepted
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
Before we dig into the latest foolish, uncouth statement coming out of the NFL, let's first look at their consistent behavioral patterns and backpedaling: A pointed question is asked regarding systemic racism and where the NFL or team stands on the issue. An insensitive, privileged reply is given. Then, hours later, a half-assed apology comes …
peoplesworld.org/article/drew-brees-apology-for-insensitive-comments-not-accepted/

The Forgotten Workers of Tiananmen Square
Tobita Chow | thenation.com | 2020-06-04
The Forgotten Workers of Tiananmen Square…
thenation.com/article/world/tiananmen-massacre-neoliberalism-china/

Minneapolis public schools vote to sever contract with police
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-04
"We want justice for George Floyd, and we know that justice isn't enough. And now is the time to defund the police and invest in community."
nationofchange.org/2020/06/04/minneapolis-public-schools-vote-to-sever-contract-with-police/

The OAS Picks Sides in Haiti … Again
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-06-04
Haitian president Jovenel MoàØse, governing without parliament after terms expired in January without new elections taking place, is facing increasing questions over when, exactly, his own presidential mandate ends. MoàØse assumed the presidency after 2015 presidential elections, which had to be rerun after the discovery of widespread irregularities that undermined the credibility of the vote. …
cepr.net/the-oas-picks-sides-in-haiti-again/

Five years after its formation, Ni Una Menos continues struggle against gender-based violence
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-04
The Ni Una Menos movement was founded in 2015. On the anniversary of its founding, feminists held a virtual mobilization with the demand for a definitive end to all gender-based violence…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/04/at-five-years-since-formation-of-ni-una-menos-gender-based-violence-still-a-major-threat/

Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
WASHINGTON–Declaring that working people are saying, "We've had enough," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out systemic racism in the U.S. In a 77-minute Zoom telecast on June 3, Trumka and other labor leaders–AFSCME President Lee Saunders, Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson, Painters President Ken …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-other-labor-leaders-commit-unions-to-the-fight-against-racism/

Tales from the Fakebook
Terry Everton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-04
What does facebook actually represent? An artistic depiction contrary to how Facebook depicts itself.
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/tales-from-the-fakebook/

Coronavirus grief: Coping with the loss of routine during the pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
It isn't easy adjusting to changes brought on by the pandemic. Consider how to deal with grief caused by the loss of your normal routine. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed people's lives in many ways. In addition to feeling grief over the loss of life caused by COVID-19, you're likely grieving the loss …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/coronavirus-grief-coping-with-the-loss-of-routine-during-the-pandemic/

Organizing the rich or the poor?
Liz Theoharis | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-04
Which America will be ours after the pandemic?>…
nationofchange.org/2020/06/04/organizing-the-rich-or-the-poor/

I Remember the Lynchings of the 60s. They're Still Happening
Jim Hightower | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
I was naive until I wasn't. At just 18, the day after I graduated from high school, I drove from Boston to Atlanta to work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Two weeks later, on June 21, 1964, we got word that three young civil rights workers

Washington Post Invents a Growth Dividend from Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-04
Sweden has stood apart from most other wealthy countries in dealing with the pandemic, by not imposing some sort of shutdown, where non-essential businesses are closed and travel is kept to a minimum. Its Nordic neighbors all went this route and then engaged in extensive testing and tracing strategies. As a result, Sweden has seen …
cepr.net/washington-post-invents-a-growth-dividend-from-swedens-coronavirus-strategy/

Afghanistan faces medical emergency as COVID-19 cases rise
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-04
Two senior officials in Kunduz province reportedly died due to COVID-19 on June 3. According to observers, the Afghan government does not have adequate testing capacity and tens of thousands of samples are going untested every day…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/04/afghanistan-faces-medical-emergency-as-covid-19-cases-rise/

Carfilzomib is not superior to Bortezomib in delaying multiple myeloma progression after initial treatment
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-04
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Carfilzomib, a proteasome inhibitor used in combination with Lenalidomide, an immune modulating drug, is not superior to Bortezomib, Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone, in the initial treatment of multiple myeloma according to the results of phase 3 clinical trial presented today at #ASCO20 scientific program by Shaji Kumar, M.D. , a hematologist at Mayo Clinic. "Previous, small, single arm studies initially suggested that carfilzomib, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/carfilzomib-is-not-superior-to-bortezomib-in-delaying-multiple-myeloma-progression-after-initial-treatment/

Defending Land and Water From Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19
Jen Moore | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
Over the years, the mining industry has taken advantage of dictatorship, disasters, and a variety of distractions to expand operations in Latin America. In the time of Covid-19, with entire populations under lockdown and economies falling apart, mining companies have also hopped on the pandemic profiteering bandwagon. The potential implications are wide-reaching. In Latin America,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/04/defending-land-and-water-from-mining-profiteers-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

There Can Be No Getting Along Without Reform
Shukria Dellawar | progressive.org | 2020-06-04
Let us show each other

An Idea on Providing Coordination and Leadership
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
The country is filled with so much anger and so much action

'This is Huge': Move to Defund Police Gains Support Nationwide
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
"In moments of crisis, people want services and resources that go directly to help people rather than police that surveil, brutalize, and kill us." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1217491581.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/04/huge-move-defund-police-gains-support-nationwide?cd-origin=rss

AFL-CIO's Veteran Council Demands Resignation of Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs Chair Over Violent Clearing of Lafayette Square
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
"President Trump has set a violent and misguided tone in the wake of George Floyd's tragic murder. It is time for our leaders at every level to challenge and repudiate this dangerous rhetoric—and for those at the top of our military, who failed in this responsibility, to step down." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_milley_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/04/afl-cios-veteran-council-demands-resignation-defense-secretary-and-joint-chiefs?cd-origin=rss

Fossil Fuel Industry Could Face $25 Trillion Collapse Due to Clean Tech, Climate Policies, and Covid-19 Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
In a new analysis welcomed by climate campaigners, the London-based financial think tank Carbon Tracker warned Thursday that declining demand and rising investment risk due to cheaper renewable technologies, more aggressive government policies, and the coronavirus pandemic could cause a $25 trillion collapse in future fossil fuel profits. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fossilfuels_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/04/fossil-fuel-industry-could-face-25-trillion-collapse-due-clean-tech-climate-policies?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: US Police Forces Are Trained by Israel
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | How American Cities Were Reduced to Esper's …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-police-forces-trained-israel/5715074

PDF of June 4 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-04
Download 12-page PDF here. Not a riot

'FAKE WOKENESS': Video game firm Bethesda switches profile images to LGBT pride flag… but NOT on Middle East account
rt.com | 2020-06-04
The Bethesda video game company has drawn the ire of netizens who noticed that it had changed its Twitter profile logos to a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT Pride Month, but made an exception for its Middle East account. | The American firm has been flooded with comments accusing it of insincerity and meaningless virtue signaling in its quest to appear woke. Many angry gamers suggested that the only thing Bethesda cared about was money

Nurses rally as NSW upper house rejects public sector pay freeze
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-04
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Kerry SmithIssue 1268 Australia NSW Nurses and Midwives Association SydneyJune…
greenleft.org.au/content/nurses-rally-nsw-upper-house-rejects-public-sector-pay-freeze

Why America's Revolution Won't Be Televised
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-04
The so far purely emotional insurrection lacks political structure and a credible leader to articulate grievances | Pepe ESCOBAR | The Revolution Won't Be Televised because this is not a revolution. At least not yet. | Burning and/or looting Target or Macy's is a minor diversion. No one is aiming at the Pentagon (or even the shops at the Pentagon Mall). The FBI. The NY Federal Reserve. The Treasury Department. The CIA in Langley. Wall Street houses. | The real looters

How the Cold War, Which Never Actually Stopped, Actually Started
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-04
This will be the first-ever credible, or "historical," but brief, account of how the Cold War actually began, and of why it started, and of why it continues today (even though it started on the basis of lies which have long-since become exposed but

We Are Watching the Story of America Crash Headlong Into the Reality of America
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-04
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Once upon a time a brave nation liberated itself from the tyranny of the British empire and birthed freedom and democracy into the world. With the help of heroes like the abolitionists, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X it overcame systemic racial inequality, and now it is a shining exemplar of human rights, the respected friend of free democracies around the world and the hated foe of all tyrannical regimes. It is not without its faults and its past mistakes, but it is the best leader and protector of the liberal world order that we could possibly hope to have. | I also hav…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/04/we-watching-story-america-crash-headlong-into-reality-america/

Operating Outside the Rule of Law: Washington Pressures International Criminal Court
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-04
There is apparently no limit to what the United States and Israel can get away with without any consequences. The United States has been waging devastating economic warfare against Iran and Venezuela while also blaming China for a global health crisis that it is unwilling to help address due to its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Israel meanwhile is planning on illegally annexing significant parts of the Palestinian West Bank in July, with a green light from the Tr…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/04/operating-outside-the-rule-of-law-washington-pressures-international-criminal-court/

Across Colombia, Red Flags of Despair Fly as Harsh COVID Lockdown Is Extended for a Third Time
Nash Landesman | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-04
Bogota, Colombia

Turkey Rejoices at Deepening US-Chinese Cold War, Appreciating It Increases Its Value to Both
Mattew Petti | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-04
Related: Lockdown Bankrupted Turkey so China Will Buy It for the Price of Fish and Chips | | Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay said that the United States and Turkey have a "creative opportunity to understand each other" as U.S.-China tensions accelerate. | The U.S.-Turkish relationship has been strained, as both countries find…
anti-empire.com/turkish-vp-cold-war-with-china-is-a-creative-opportunity-to-mend-us-turkey-ties/

The State's Priority Is Protecting Itself, Not You
Bradley Thomas | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-04
Murray Rothbard pointed out in his book Anatomy of the State how the state is far more punitive against those that threaten the comfort and authority of government institutions and workers than they are against crimes against citizens. | This, according to Rothbard, exposed as a myth the notion that the state exists to protect its citizens. | "We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely–those…
anti-empire.com/the-states-priority-is-protecting-itself-not-you/

War Criminal Jim Mattis Opposes the Government Murder of People of Color
Ryan Saavedra | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-04
President Donald Trump slammed former Secretary of Defense James Mattis late on Wednesday after Mattis released a controversial statement about the president's handling of the violent riots across the country. | "Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world's most overrated General," Trump wrote. "I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His nickname was 'Chaos,' which I didn't like, & changed to 'Mad Dog.'" | "His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations," Trump continued. "I gave him a ne…
anti-empire.com/war-criminal-jim-mattis-opposes-the-government-murder-of-people-of-color/

Wednesday 6/3: Emergency Virtual Town Hall w/ NAACP: A Nation in Peril
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833651.php

Essays On Change – Call for Submissions
Corina Roberts | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Be the change, we're told. But how. What are the nuts and bolts of unraveling the tangled web we're trapped in? And can we resist just going back to sleep?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833711.php

Saturday 6/20: San Jose VIRTUAL Team Hope 10K Run & 5K Walk
Therese Crutcher-Marin | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833643.php

Sacramento, CA: Emergency Fund for Tee, Shot in Head with Tear Gas Canister
Friends of Tee | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
On May 30th, our beloved friend Tee Fansofa was shot in the head with a tear gas canister along with 7 rubber bullets; 3 to the head and 4 to the body above the waist.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833679.php

G7 Finance Ministers Discuss Coronavirus Debt and Transparency Impacts for Developing Coun
Zachary Conti | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Amidst questions of upcoming G7 meeting dates and which countries are participating, G7 Finance Ministers met virtually about economic issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833729.php

Nurses Join Forces Nationally to Warn Against Early Reopening
National Nurses United | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
June 2, 2020 – As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government follow strict guidelines before any further reopening measures are taken.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833665.php

Saturday 6/6: PRIDE is a RIOT: Resist Police Brutality
Kresge College | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833667.php

Thursday 6/4: Paddle Out: Black Lives Matter and George Floyd Memorial
George Floyd Paddle Out | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
2900 Pleasure Point Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-5408…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833669.php

Thursday 6/4: Intersection of Racial Inequality and Pride Month (webinar)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833713.php

NLG Statement on the President's Unlawful Declaration of Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
National Lawyers Guild | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
"When police continue to murder Black people with impunity and when calls for systemic change to policing and structural racism are ignored, popular unrest is inevitable," said National Lawyers Guild legal worker Kris Hermes. "Federal investigations and the targeting of Antifa will unfortunately result in increased surveillance and repression, and must be resisted."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833637.php

Wednesday 6/3: Black Lives Matter March in Santa Cruz
West Cliff Walkout | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Meet across the street from the Dream Inn on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833670.php

Thursday 6/4: Workshop: Relational Organizing Amidst Racial Violence (online)
Indivisible | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833733.php

Wednesday 6/3: Changing the Culture of Policing in our Community and Beyond
City of Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/03/18833701.php

Health Over Profits!" Where The Hell Is OSHA At? Oakland Speak-out For Health Safety &
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Trade unionists and workers spoke out about the failure of Cal-OSHA to defend health and safety on the job. Cal-OSHA because of Governor Newsom and the California legislature has less than 200 OSHA inspectors and there are no physical inspections. Workers also talked about how they are retaliated against for making health and safety complaints.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833645.php

Tuesday 6/2: Remembering Miles Hall!
Justice for Miles Hall | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online Event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833638.php

Nearly 2,000 rally for black lives in Seaside, 100s take Highway 1 in Monterey
NR | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Nearly 2,000 people met at a Seaside City Hall on Tuesday demanding an end to police brutality and justice for George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. 20 second video of march.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833688.php

'I Can't Breathe' Signs Suspended on Water Street Bridge Fishing Rods in Santa Cruz
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Signs positioned to read "I can't breathe" were installed on the City of Santa Cruz's Fishing Rods art installation on the Water Street Bridge.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833681.php

Friday 6/5: Women's March: Defund the Police 101 (webinar)
Women's March | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/03/18833703.php

Thursday 6/4: What We Must Do to Dismantle White Supremacy (webinar)
350 | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833639.php

Monterey, California 250th Anniversary
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Monterey 250 helps open the conversation of 2020 Alta California Juneteenth, Dia De Los Americanos.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833687.php

G7 Finance Ministers Discuss COVID-19 Debt & Transparency Impacts for Developing Countries
Zachary Conti | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Amidst questions of upcoming G7 meeting dates and which countries are participating, G7 Finance Ministers met virtually about economic issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The G7 meeting focused on aid, debt and transparency issues affecting developing countries impacted by the coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833730.php

As Trump Wages War on DC Residents, It's Clear He Must Resign Immediately
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-04
There is an iconic scene in the film The Dead Zone where a thoroughly unglued President Stilson, played by Martin Sheen, bulldozes one of his generals into co-authorizing a nuclear strike. "You are not the voice of the people, I am the voice of the people!" Stilson rages. "The people speak through me, not you!" After the launch is effected, upon being told an attack is not necessary, Stilson says with a smile, "The missiles are flying, hallelujah, hallelu…
truthout.org/articles/as-trump-wages-war-on-dc-residents-its-clear-he-must-resign-immediately/

GOP's Rand Paul Blocks Anti-Lynching Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-04
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is blocking the passage of a Senate bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime, because he worries that it would be used for lesser violent crimes that result in only "minor bruising." | Paul on Wednesday told reporters that he objected to the bipartisan measure, which appeared on the verge of…
truthout.org/articles/gops-rand-paul-blocks-anti-lynching-bill/

Will Our Future Be Organized by the Rich or the Poor?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-04
In the summer of 1995, when I was 18, I started visiting Tent City, a temporary encampment in an abandoned lot in northeast Philadelphia. About 40 families had taken up residence in tents, shacks, and other makeshift structures. Among them were people of various races, ages, and sexual orien…
truthout.org/articles/will-our-future-be-organized-by-the-rich-or-the-poor/

With Hydroxychloroquine Out of the News, Ingraham Pivots to Tear Gas Trutherism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-04
The Trump campaign on Tuesday sought to defend the president's Bible-toting photo-op

Clean tech and climate policies 'could cut fossil fuel profits by two thirds'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
The rise of clean tech such as renewables, electric cars and climate policies could cut global fossil fuel profits by two thirds, a report has found. | The report from financial think tank Carbon Tracker said the fossil fuel industry is approaching terminal decline, a disruption that is being hastened by the impacts of coronavirus (Covid-19) driving falling demand for fuels such as oil. | The world may already have seen peak demand for fossil fuels in 2019, the analysis asserted. | Renewables are outperforming fossil fuels on cost for generating electricity in much of the world, and electric vehicle batteries are…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/04/clean-tech-and-climate-policies-could-cut-fossil-fuel-profits-by-two-thirds/

Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
Face coverings will be mandatory on public transport in England from 15 June, transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced. This will include buses, trains, aircraft and ferries. Currently, passengers are advised to wear a face covering but are not stopped from travelling without one. | At a Downing Street press conference, Shapps said changes would be made to the conditions of travel for trains and buses. | "This will mean that you can be refused travel if you don't comply and you could be fined," he said. | "Alongside transport operators, this will be enforced by the British Transport Police if necessary, but…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/04/face-coverings-to-be-mandatory-on-public-transport-in-england/

Thousands of homeless people 'at risk of eviction from hotels at end of June'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
Thousands of homeless people in hotels could return to the streets at the end of the month if the government does not provide councils with urgent funding, a charity is warning.Crisis said contracts between local authorities in England and hotels are due to terminate at the end of June, due to current government money running out.Almost 15,000 people are housed in emergency accommodation such as hotels, according to the latest government figures, after local authorities moved people into safe accommodation during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. | The Govt announced today that 15,000 people are now in tempora…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/04/thousands-of-homeless-people-at-risk-of-eviction-from-hotels-at-end-of-june/

Blue Planet Live presenter condemns 'way we manipulate wildlife'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
The mismanagement of the environment and the destruction of natural wildlife habitats have allowed viruses like coronavirus (Covid-19) to emerge, according to a zoologist and broadcaster. | Liz Bonnin, who co-presents Blue Planet Live, described the coronavirus pandemic as an "existential crisis" and blamed the over-extraction of natural resources and the "manipulation" of wildlife. | Scientists believe Covid-19 has origins in animals, likely from bats, and may have come from live animal markets in China. | Previous global epidemics including severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Ebola have also been linke…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/04/blue-planet-live-presenter-condemns-way-we-manipulate-wildlife/

UK government wants your credit details and more, with some help from Cummings's pals
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-06-04
The artificial intelligence (AI) firm employed by Dominic Cummings on the Vote Leave project is now working directly with the government on a highly sensitive data-matching project. | The Canary has obtained a partly redacted version of the project's contract, and the details are scary. | In short, according to the contract, the government will be able to match someone's credit details with their social media accounts and their utilities payments. All, apparently, to assist in coronavirus (Covid-19) intelligence gathe…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/06/04/uk-government-wants-your-credit-details-help-cummings-pals/

Disband the police? Minneapolis City Council actually considering celebrity advice
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Minneapolis City Council is now considering getting rid of its police department entirely, after four officers were charged in the killing of George Floyd, an African-American man they were trying to arrest. | Though the officers involved were fired immediately and charged with murder within days

'Practice the eye gouge': Project Veritas claims to have INFILTRATED ANTIFA, will 'expose its violent nature'
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Conservative investigative website Project Veritas claims it has "infiltrated" the controversial Antifa movement to expose its "violent nature," days after Donald Trump said he would declare it a "terrorist organization." | Project Veritas' James O'Keefe tweeted a five-minute teaser clip of its investigation into the Antifa (anti-fascist) movement on Thursday, promising more would be revealed on Friday. | One alleged Antifa organizer caught on camera said the "whole goal of this is to get out there and do dangerous things as safely as possible." Another suggested practicing "things like the eye gouge," because…
rt.com/usa/490804-project-veritas-infiltrated-antifa/

What would Ranger Smith say? Driver stunned to see WILD BEAR running through Russian city (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-04
A wild beast was filmed running through the center of a Siberian town, just a month after a man was nearly killed in a bear attack on the streets of another Russian city. | The bear was spotted racing down an empty narrow road in downtown Yeniseysk, a city of around 18,000 people in Siberia. A short video filmed by a driver shows the wild animal moving in front of the car before turning away from the road onto a lawn and fleeing somewhere near houses. | –ù–∏–á–µ–≥–æ –Ω–µ–æ–±–ã[mda…
rt.com/russia/490770-bear-russia-yeniseysk-siberia/

Queen's Brian May says he's 'crawling on hands and knees' after HEART ATTACK but recovering slowly
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Rock legend and lead guitarist of the band Queen, Brian May, has revealed that while he is recovering slowly from a recent heart attack, he had "no idea" he was at risk and revealed he is still "crawling on his hands and knees." | …
rt.com/uk/490735-brian-may-crawling-heart-attack/

'Near normality': Jordan to reopen hotels & shorten night curfew from Saturday
rt.com | 2020-06-04
The government in Jordan said on Thursday it would reopen hotels and cafes, allow sporting events without spectators and shorten a night curfew as of Saturday. The night curfew will be shortened to begin at midnight rather than 7pm, and day-long curfews in place every Friday are being scrapped. | However, PM Omar al-Razzaz told reporters that while the country had now returned to near normality, it would now toughen enforcement of social distancing to ensure there was no risk of a resurgence of coronavirus infections. | Jordan took early steps in mid-March to restrict the mobility of its 10 million people, sea…
rt.com/newsline/490800-jordan-reopen-hotels-normality/

US nuclear secrets reportedly stolen from missile contractor. Surprised to learn that Russian hackers are blamed again?
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Cyber extortionists have stolen confidential documents possibly containing information about the United States Minuteman III nuclear deterrent, according to reports. | The hackers retrieved the files via Westech International, a US Air Force maintenance and engineering subcontractor working on the LGM-30G Minuteman III land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, Sky News revealed. | The Minuteman III is a key nuclear deterrent system that controls thermonuclear warheads that c…
rt.com/usa/490755-nuclear-secrets-russian-hackers/

Prince Charles sees 'golden opportunity' in Covid-19 pandemic as UK economy faces biggest recession in centuries
rt.com | 2020-06-04
The UK's Prince Charles has said that the coronavirus crisis represents a global "reset moment"

Czech Republic may drop travel restrictions for Germany, Austria & Hungary on Friday
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Prague will drop restrictions on travel to and from Austria, Germany and Hungary on Friday, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was quoted as saying on Thursday. The move follows the reopening of the border with Slovakia on Wednesday. It is also part of a plan to allow free travel with most EU countries as of June 15. | "I am hoping that as of midnight tomorrow travel will be freed up with these countries," CTK cited Babis as saying during a trip to Karlovy Vary. The government will meet on freeing up travel on Friday morning, according to Babis. | Austria, which shares a border with the Czechs, has opened to al…
rt.com/newsline/490775-czech-drop-travel-restrictions/

WATCH: Massive landslide sweeps 8 HOUSES out to sea in Norway as residents run for their lives
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Incredible eyewitness footage showing the exact moment a huge landslide swept eight houses out to sea in northern Norway was captured by a shocked resident, as panicked locals fled for their lives with seconds to spare. | The breathtaking scene occurred in Kraknes, Alta, on Wednesday morning. As eyewitness video shows, the land itself appeared to liquify and sweep the properties out to sea, churning the buildings in its path into rubble as they entered the water. | The owner of one of the eight houses, Jan Egil Bakkeby, had noticed a crack in the street the day before, but opted to stay put overnight.
rt.com/news/490749-landslide-sweeps-houses-away-norway/

Facebook selectively slaps 'state-controlled media' warning on some government-funded outlets ahead of 2020 US elections
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Facebook is labeling content posted by state-funded media outlets and plans to bar them from running ads in a conveniently loophole-packed effort to prevent "foreign influence" in the 2020 US presidential election. | Russian and Chinese media outlets' pages have already been graced with the new warning labels, which Facebook announced on Thursday in a blog post. The social media behemoth claimed it is taking other factors into account besides government ownership, explaining "if we determine that there ar…
rt.com/usa/490823-facebook-warning-state-owned-rt/

BoJo to self-isolate again? UK business minister awaiting Covid-19 test results held meeting with PM HOURS before feeling unwell
rt.com | 2020-06-04
A UK business minister awaiting Covid-19 test results conducted a meeting with Boris Johnson just hours before becoming ill in the House of Commons, meaning the prime minister may have to self-isolate yet again. | During a Downing Street media briefing on Thursday, the prime minister's spokesman revealed that Business Secretary Alok Sharma held a 45-minute meeting on Tuesday with Johnson in which Chancellor Rishi Sunak was also present. | Just hours later, Sharma was seen sweating and wiping his nose at the dispatch box in the House of Commons on Wednesday, prompting him to take leave from Parliament and self…
rt.com/uk/490773-johnson-self-isolate-coronavirus/

'Kiss my shoes': Two British teenagers arrested after video showing pair racially abusing black boy goes viral
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Two teenagers have been arrested in England after a shocking video went viral on social media, showing a young man and woman racially bullying a black boy and telling him to get on his knees and kiss their shoes. | Footage of two youths in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire abusing the boy was shared on Snapchat on Wednesday night. West Yorkshire Police confirmed on Thursday morning that the two teenagers had been arrested in connection with the racially aggravated incident. | Chief Superintendent Julie Sykes of Kirklees Police said a 17-year-old male had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assa…
rt.com/uk/490789-teenagers-arrested-abuse-black-holmfirth-video/

New York Times CANCELED by liberals over Senator Cotton's 'Send in the troops' op-ed
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Opinion editors at the New York Times are facing calls to resign over publishing an op-ed by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton making a case for deploying the military to quell the riots that have broken out across the US. | Published on Wednesday and titled "Send in the troops," Cotton's op-ed argued that the police and even the National Guard couldn't quite provide an "overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers" and that the US military should be used for the purpose. | Times subscribers

Irish PM Varadkar hopes 'air bridges' with selected countries will be possible within weeks
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Within the next few weeks, Ireland hopes to resume air travel with countries that are at a similar stage in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. | "I hope that as the world returns to a new normality, we will see international air travel resume, in the first instance through air bridges with countries that have suppressed the virus to a similar extent as ours," Varadkar told parliament. | "This however is some weeks away and it's far too soon for anyone to book their holidays yet but summer is not yet lost," the prime minister added. | Ireland requires anyone entering t…
rt.com/newsline/490774-ireland-air-bridges-travel/

EU and China postpone Leipzig summit due to coronavirus as Europe seeks broader scrutiny of foreign investment
rt.com | 2020-06-04
A summit between China and the European Union, planned for September in the German city of Leipzig, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the German government has said. | The decision was made after Chancellor Angela Merkel held separate phone calls with Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Council President Charles Michel, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Wednesday. "They agreed that the meeting cannot take place at the envisaged time given the pandemic but should be rescheduled," Seibert added. | A similar summit that was due to take place at the end of March in China was also…
rt.com/newsline/490792-eu-postpones-china-summit/

Iran, Turkey resume border activities
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

My skin color is not a crime, but your racism should be
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Maintaining public health top priority for gov't: Pres. Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Grain fields in Markazi Province
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
ARAK, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Iran keen on continuous coop. with China's NPC: Ghalibaf
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Global COVID-19 deaths cross 388,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Iran records 3,574 new COVID-19 cases
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

Persian Gulf Anthropological Museum
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA)

Pakistan felicitates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA)

'Did México Pay for It?': Netizens Scoff as White House Erects Fencing, Concrete Barriers – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
The federal government's decision to fortify the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) has drawn criticism from netizens and Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser.
sputniknews.com/us/202006041079521837-did-mxico-pay-for-it-netizens-scoff-as-white-house-erects-fencing-concrete-barriers—video/

Searching 'Racist' on Twitter Yielded Donald Trump's Profile as Top Result
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Typing "racist" into Twitter's people search yielded US President Donald Trump as the first suggested account on Wednesday, the British news outlet The Independent first reported.
sputniknews.com/society/202006041079521638-searching-racist-on-twitter-yielded-donald-trumps-profile-as-top-result-/

Measures Against Nord Stream 2 Show Neglect of Interest in EU Consumers, Company Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Earlier, US Senators introduced legislation expanding sanctions against Nord Stream 2 that apply to all companies that provide certification, insurance and port facilities for the project.
sputniknews.com/world/202006041079521567-measures-against-nord-stream-2-show-neglect-of-interest-of-eu-consumers-company-says/

Ahmaud Arbery Case Advances After Georgia Judge Rules Charges Meet Probable Cause Threshold
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Georgia judge Wallace E. Harrell ruled on Thursday that the charges in the Ahmaud Arbery case meet the probable cause threshold, indicating the case against the three men involved in Arbery's killing will be advancing.
sputniknews.com/us/202006041079521901-georgia-judge-rules-charges-in-ahmaud-arbery-case-meet-probable-cause-threshold/

UNESCO Chief Condemns Killing of Ruptly Journalist Al-Quaiti in Yemen
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Thursday condemned the killing of Ruptly stringer Nabil Hassan al-Quaiti in Yemen.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006041079522262-unesco-chief-condemns-killing-of-ruptly-journalist-al-quaiti-in-yemen/

All Weapons Prepared for Canada's Worst Mass Shooting Purchased Illegally in US, Police Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
TORONTO (Sputnik) – All of the weapons prepared ahead in Canada's worst mass shooting during the 13-hour rampage in the province of Nova Scotia on 18 April were purchased illegally in the United States, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Supt. Darren Campbell told reporters.
sputniknews.com/world/202006041079522454-all-weapons-prepared-for-canadas-worst-mass-shooting-purchased-illegally-in-us-police-says/

Sky News Blames Russians for US Defense Contractor Hack Without Evidence
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
After discovering that hackers hit a US defense contractor with ransomware, the UK's Sky News reported on Wednesday that "Russian-speaking" people were suspected of the attack, wholly without evidence.
sputniknews.com/science/202006041079522078-sky-news-blames-russians-for-us-defense-contractor-hack-without-evidence/

Footage of 'Israeli Aggression' in Syria, Alleged Aftermath Emerges Online
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Another report on what is seen by Syrian media as "Israeli aggression" emerged Thursday after a missile appeared in the sky over the city of Masyaf, in Syrian province of Hama.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006041079522115-footage-of-israeli-aggression-in-syria-alleged-aftermath-emerges-online/

Authors of Hydroxychloroquine Study Retract Publication in Lancet Over Unverifiable Source Data
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Since the promotion of hydroxychloroquine by US President Donald Trump as a possible treatment for those afflicted with the coronavirus, the drug has been the subject of controversy, as top medical journals rebuked the claim and major drug trials were halted.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006041079521279-authors-of-hydroxychloroquine-study-retract-publication-in-lancet-over-unverifiable-source-data/

German official hopeful for summer holidays in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
Germany is in talks with Ankara over measures that could make it possible for German tourists to travel to Turkey for summer holidays, a senior government official said on Thursday. | Thomas Bareiss, Germany's commissioner for tourism, expressed hope that they would be in a position to lift travel warnings for non-EU member countries like Turkey in the coming weeks, depending on the pandemic situation. | "We are working to ensure that travel warnings for third countries can also be lifted step-by-step in the coming weeks," he said in an interview with German press agency DPA. | "I don't see any reason to keep a t…
yenisafak.com/en/news/german-official-hopeful-for-summer-holidays-in-turkey-3531216

Virus shouldn't deepen injustices across world: Erdogan
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
Turkish president on Thursday said coronavirus vaccination should be a common property of all humankind and produced at an adequate quantity for all.In a video message issued for the 2020 Global Vaccination Summit held in London, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the outbreak should not be allowed to lead to further divisions in the world."There is no doubt that the availability of the vaccine to humanity as a whole and its production in adequate quantities for all are critical as its development," he said. | "COVID-19 has reminded us once again that we are actually one big family sharing a common fate and future," Erdog…
yenisafak.com/en/world/virus-shouldnt-deepen-injustices-across-world-erdogan-3531224

George Floyd was infected with COVID-19, autopsy reveals
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
George Floyd, whose fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stirred a global outcry over racial bias by U.S. law enforcement, tested positive for the coronavirus, his autopsy showed, but the infection was not listed as a factor in his death.The official cause of death, according to the full 20-page report made public on Wednesday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office, was cardiopulmonary arrest while Floyd was being restrained by police taking him into custody on May 25.The coroner ruled the manner of death to be a homicide. Four police officers since fired from their jobs for their role in the inciden…
yenisafak.com/en/world/george-floyd-was-infected-with-covid-19-autopsy-reveals-3531196

WHO 'very concerned' by new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said it is "very concerned" about a new Ebola outbreak that has recently claimed four lives in the western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)."We are very concerned about this new outbreak in Mbandaka, where we have worked very closely with the government in 2018 to contain the last outbreak," WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said at a joint media briefing of the WHO and the World Economic Forum.The DRC government confirmed on Monday that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease is occurring in Mbandaka in the western Equateur province.The Health M…
yenisafak.com/en/world/who-very-concerned-by-new-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-3531217

Turkey, Azerbaijan mark 102 years of diplomatic ties
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
Shortly after the foundation of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic (ADR) on May 28, 1918, it inked the Treaty of Batumi with the then-Ottoman Empire on June 4, 1918, thus marking the friendly relations in political, legal, commercial and military fields.With the treaty, the Ottoman Empire recognized the independence of Azerbaijan, which could in turn apply to the Empire for military help in the case of any threat.The agreement was signed by Halil Bey Mentese, the head of the Ottomans' Chamber of Deputies. and the Commander of the Caucasian Front of the Ottoman Army, Mehmet Vehip Pasa, and the President of the Az…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-azerbaijan-mark-102-years-of-diplomatic-ties-3531225

'Deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 was genocide'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
The Soviet Union's brutal 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars bears all the hallmarks of genocide, according to a foreign policy expert.Hakan Kirimli, a political scientist at Bilkent University in Turkey's capital Ankara, told Anadolu Agency that on May 18, 1944, the Soviet Union exiled all the Tatars from Crimea, leaving not a single one."They were kept in extremely harsh conditions where they were sent, and half of them were killed," Kirimli added.Describing the deportation as a "genocide," Kirimli said: "They wanted the Crimean Tatars to completely disappear from history, and they even removed the phrase 'Crim…
yenisafak.com/en/world/deportation-of-crimean-tatars-in-1944-was-genocide-3531219

PROFILE: Who is Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga?
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
A French court ruled Wednesday that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga should be handed to a UN tribunal for trial. | The court is based in The Hague as well as in Arusha in the East African nation of Tanzania. | The 84-year-old was arrested in May in France. | – Who is Kabuga? | Kabuga was born in 1935 in northern Rwanda's Byumba prefecture, now called the Gicumbi district, bordering Uganda. | He rose from humble origins to become one of Rwanda's richest men, before allegedly using his wealth to sponsor the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group

Turkish president marks World Environment Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday marked World Environment Day, highlighting the importance of global efforts to resolve environmental problems."Humanity today strives for a greener and more liveable world where sustainable use of resources is adopted, biodiversity is preserved, hunger and poverty are minimized, and environmental pollution is prevented," Erdogan said in a statement ahead of the day.Stressing the solution of environmental problems requires the cooperation of all countries at the global scale and the implementation of long-term policies through joint efforts, he stated that Turkey…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-president-marks-world-environment-day-3531215

UK MP's: 'Kashmir is an international issue'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
Terming Kashmir an international issue, several British members of Parliament on Wednesday called for international intervention to resolve the dispute, taking into consideration aspirations of Kashmiris. Addressing an online international conference hosted by UK-based Jammu Kashmir Self-Determination Movement International, Azad Kashmir President Masood Khan sought cross-party action by British lawmakers to address the long-pending Kashmir issue."Kashmir is literally burning right now. Young men are losing their lives. Domicile rules would change the very nature and composition of what we call Jammu and Kashmir…
yenisafak.com/en/news/uk-mps-kashmir-is-an-international-issue-3531221

EU to use $2.7 billion fund to buy promising COVID-19 vaccines
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
The European Union is preparing to use an emergency 2.4-billion- euro ($2.7 billion) fund to make advance purchases of promising vaccines against the new coronavirus, EU officials told Reuters.The move was discussed at a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday, after Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands said they were speeding up negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to secure access to vaccines currently under development.The EU rainy-day fund, known as the Emergency Support Instrument (ESI), would also be used to increase vaccine production capacity in Europe and offer liability insurance to pharmaceu…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-to-use-27-billion-fund-to-buy-promising-covid-19-vaccines-3531222

SpaceX launches 60 internet satellites into orbit
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-04
SpaceX successfully launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Wednesday.The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 0125GMT .This was the fifth launch made by the Falcon 9 rocket, its white exterior scorched by its previous trips through the atmosphere, according to Space.com.The rocket was previously used for launching Starlink satellite groups twice, once Iridium NEXT communications satellite groups, and once a Canadian state communications satellite. SpaceX's first Crew Dragon carrying two US NASA astronauts– Robert Behnken and D…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/spacex-launches-60-internet-satellites-into-orbit-3531220

Minnesota: Anti-War Committee demands justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-04
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 4 statement from Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. | The police killing of George Floyd has ignited a rebellion that has spread across the entire United States. Minneapolis is the epicenter for this movement, and the people of the Twin Cities are committed to ensuring that George Floyd is the last life stolen by police in Minnesota. We in the Anti-War Committee stand with the movement for Black lives as we demand Justice for George Floyd. We stand against the war waged on Black and brown communities by police forces all across the country, and we stan…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/4/minnesota-anti-war-committee-demands-justice-george-floyd

George Floyd Memorial Service in Minneapolis
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-04
Minneapolis, MN

The Problem With Chainsaw Medicine: the Forest Service's Move to Cut Oregon's Big Trees
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-04
The Forest Service is proposing to remove the prohibition against logging trees larger than 21 inches that grow in national forests on the eastside of the Cascades in Oregon. The probation was put into place when ecological studies demonstrated the critical importance of large-diameter old-growth trees to overall forest ecosystem function. The Forest Service argues…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/04/the-problem-with-chainsaw-medicine-the-forest-services-move-to-cut-oregons-big-trees/

Trump Sends Unambiguous Message To Police And Vigilantes
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-04
It is time to embrace the parallels, to be unafraid to speak a clear truth: Whether by design or lack of it, Donald Trump and the Republican Party operate an American state that they have increasingly organized on fascist principles. It is also time to consider what else the fascists may yet do, during an unprecedented pandemic, amid unprecedented unemployment, faced with unprecedented resistance ahead of an unprecedented election. The Republican Party wants to make "antifascist" a category of terrorist; whether or not it actually uses active-duty soldiers to round up this new class of undesirables in the "nation…
popularresistance.org/trump-sends-unambiguous-message-to-police-and-vigilantes/

Minnesota Cops Trained By Israeli Police, Who Often Use Knee-On-Neck Restraint
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-04
Officers from the US police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law-enforcement officers. At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago, the second time such an event had been held. | There they learned the violent techniques used by Israeli forces as they terrorize the occupied Palestinian territories under the guise of security operations. | The so-called counterterrorism training conference in Minneapolis was jointly hosted by the FBI. The training of US po…
popularresistance.org/minnesota-cops-trained-by-israeli-police-who-often-use-knee-on-neck-restraint/

The Murder Of George Floyd Is Normal In An Abnormal Society
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-04
The recent murder of George Floyd in the US is sadly unsurprising in a country that upholds capitalist exploitation through white supremacy | There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the ugly drama of US history. As you read this, somewhere in the United States, another person will be killed–another poor person whom the police deem to be a threat. Tomorrow another will be killed; and then another. These deaths are normal for the system. Outrage against this system is a logical, a…
popularresistance.org/the-murder-of-george-floyd-is-normal-in-an-abnormal-society/

Remembering "Big Floyd": Houston Friends of George Floyd Describe Him as a "Man of Peace"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-03
As historic protests against police brutality continue nationwide, we go to Houston, Texas, the longtime home of George Floyd, who was killed by Minneapolis police last week. More than 60,000 people took to the streets Tuesday to honor his memory. We hear Floyd in his own words and speak to two of his friends about his work mentoring young men in one of the city's historically Black communities, the Third Ward. He was "already preaching peace, love, God, unity, advocating against gun violence," says Corey Paul, Houston hip-hop artist and entrepreneur, who ministered with Floyd alongside Patrick "P.T." Ngwolo, pas…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/3/houston_memorial_george_floyd

Killed at Home: Legal Battle Reopened over 2011 Police Shooting of Elderly Black Ex-Marine in NY
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-03
We look at a major development in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a Black man killed in his own apartment in White Plains, New York, during a police confrontation in 2011, after he accidentally triggered his medical alert pendant. On Monday, the 2nd Circuit of Appeals ruled a federal judge was wrong to dismiss parts of a lawsuit against the police for excessive use of force. "My family and I are extremely overjoyed that the original ruling was vacated," says Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. "I think that people are now coming together, and they're saying that extrajudicial killings and summary executions of unarmed B…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/3/kenneth_chamberlain_sr_2011_police_killing

The Coup Against 'The Most Loyal Ally'
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
The Australian High Court has ruled that correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia, her viceroy in the former British colony, is no longer "personal" and the property of Buckingham Palace. Why does this matter? Secret letters written in 1975 by the Queen and her man in Canberra, Sir John Kerr, can now…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/the-coup-against-the-most-loyal-ally/

An Unavoidable Recognition of Failure: Trump's Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-03
Patrick COCKBURN | In October 2001 I was standing on a hilltop 40 miles north of Kabul watching US aircraft bomb the Taliban front line. The night sky was lit up with the flash of explosions and the sparkle of ineffectual anti-aircraft fire. It was fairly obvious who was going to come out the winner. | A few weeks later the US-backed anti-Taliban forces advanced south and captured Kabul without the Taliban putting up any resistance. It looked as if they had suf…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/03/unavoidable-recognition-failure-trump-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective wins legal victory in face of hostile Obama-appointed judge & govt prosecution
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-03
The sentencing of the final four from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective marked another defeat for Juan Guaidó and his…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/03/venezuelan-embassy-protection-collective-wins-legal-victory-in-face-of-hostile-obama-appointed-judge-govt-prosecution/

Facts Vs. Fake
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
Do you know who coined the curse, "conspiracy theory" or accusation, "you are conspiracy theorist!"? It was nobody less than the CIA in the 1950s, to silence those who saw through the lie of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. This was a complete lie by US war strategists to install fear in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/facts-vs-fake/

CoronaShock and the Hybrid War against Venezuela
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social order in the bourgeois state crumbled, while the social order in the socialist parts of the world appeared more resilient.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/coronashock-and-the-hybrid-war-against-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronashock-and-the-hybrid-war-against-venezuela

The Murder of George Floyd is Normal for an Abnormal Society
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the ugly drama of U.S. history.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/the-murder-of-george-floyd-is-normal-for-an-abnormal-society/

The murder of George Floyd is normal in an abnormal society
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the ugly drama of U.S. history.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/the-murder-of-george-floyd-is-normal-in-an-abnormal-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-murder-of-george-floyd-is-normal-in-an-abnormal-society

The murder of George Floyd is normal in an abnormal society
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
Vijay Prashad writes on how the recent murder of George Floyd in the US is sadly unsurprising in a country that upholds capitalist exploitation through white supremacy…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/the-murder-of-george-floyd-is-normal-in-an-abnormal-society/

Democrats Recently Voted to Give Trump Even MORE Police Power
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-03
Even as the president has overseen a nationwide wave of police brutality in response to the George Floyd protests, Democrats are voting to increase the executive branch and the national security state's powers. Last week, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to reauthorize the questionably named USA FREEDOM Act, an updated and amended version of the 2001 PATRIOT Act. Sign…
mintpressnews.com/democrats-renew-usa-freedom-act-trump-more-police-powers/268215/

Attorney Resigns From Use of Force Committee After Being Shot, Gassed by Denver Police
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-03
Elisabeth Epps, a Colorado-based attorney and bail activist, publicly resigned from the Denver Police Department's Use of Force Committee last night after being shot and tear gassed by the same force she was trying to regulate. "Plenty of Black folks will shuck & jive for ya, it just can't be me anymore," Epps said via Twitter, sharing pictures of the welts across her body and legs from police gunshots. | Dear @DenverPolice, | After 3 years working on your Use of Force committee, I hereby resign. | We met last Thursday with Chief Pazen. Hours late…
mintpressnews.com/attorney-elisabeth-epp-resigns-use-of-force-committee-shot-denver-police/268223/

U.S. campaign against Cuba's medical brigades targets healthcare, not 'forced labor'
Joe Emersberger | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
For decades, Cuba has sent tens of thousands of its medical professionals abroad to work in countries where natural disasters or poverty have left people without healthcare. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the catastrophic U.S. response to it, the absurdity of a propaganda war against Cuban medical missions has become more obvious …
mronline.org/2020/06/03/u-s-campaign-against-cubas-medical-brigades-targets-healthcare-not-forced-labor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-campaign-against-cubas-medical-brigades-targets-healthcare-not-forced-labor

"Total Domination": Popular Rebellion in the Shadow of Trumpism-Fascism
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
I joined a decent-sized civil and human rights march in Iowa City two nights ago. It started with mostly young and white people milling around, quietly chalking and talking at City Hall. When the numbers got big enough and two young Black sparkplug activists showed up, we took to (and took over) the downtown streets and had a rally at the Old Capital building on the University of Iowa's scenic, tree-filled Pentacrest. Then we headed over to the Johnson County Jail, the headquarters of racist mass incarceration in Johnson County (which is named after a former U.S. Vice President reputed to have killed the great Na…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/total-domination-popular-rebellion-in-the-shadow-of-trumpism-fascism/

Revolution, Not Riots: Prospects for Radical Transformation in the Covid-19 Era
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
Within the context of these intensified protests, many self-identified radicals I have talked to believe we are witnessing the beginnings of a political and economic revolution, in light of the violent protests that have now taken over dozens of cities in the U.S. But we should be wary of romantic celebrations of revolution. Americans are nowhere near developing the radical working-class consciousness that's needed for a socialist revolution.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/revolution-not-riots-prospects-for-radical-transformation-in-the-covid-19-era/

Nineteen Facts About American Policing That Will Blow Your Mind
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-03
Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington. | Lee CAMP | With all the protests and anger and violence across the country, a justified discussion about policing has begun on our corporate media airwaves. (I would say the discussion is overdue, but in fact we've had it roughly every three years for the past 40 years.) However, despite all the coverage, a deeper debate sits ignored

Protests erupt against killing of disabled Palestinian man by Israeli police
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
Hundreds of protesters gathered in cities across Palestine and Israel to denounce the killing of an innocent and unarmed Palestinian man by the Israeli forces. Iyad Hallaq, who was diagnosed with autism, was shot down by Israeli police on May 30…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/protests-erupt-against-killing-of-autistic-palestinian-man-by-israeli-police/

PFLP: Support for people in the U.S. confronting injustice and racism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-03
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Translation by Greg Butterfield of Struggle / La Lucha. | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) expressed its support for people in the U.S. confronting the injustice and racism practiced by the U.S. government in various cities and towns in the United States. | This statement came in response to the repression against those protesting the deliberate killing of a Black citizen by the police in the city of Minneapolis, reflecting the racist character and right-wing policies of t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/3/pflp-support-people-us-confronting-injustice-and-racism

O Mundo Pós-Pandemia numa Bola de Cristal
Aquiles Fraga | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-03
Os homens fazem a sua própria história, mas nà£o a fazem segundo a sua livre vontade; nà£o a fazem sob circunstâncias de sua escolha e sim sob aquelas com que se defrontam diretamente, legadas e transmitidas pelo passado. (Marx, 18 …
globalresearch.ca/o-mundo-pos-pandemia-numa-bola-de-cristal/5714971

US attorney: "protestors are playing right into the government's hands"
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-03
By John W Whitehead: What is unfolding before us is not a revolution. The looting, the burning, the rioting, the violence: this is an anti-revolution. The protesters are playing right into the government's hands, because the powers-that-be want this. They want an excuse to lockdown the nation and throw the switch to all-out martial law. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-states/us-attorney-protestors-are-playing-right-into-the-governments-hands/

If You Can't Beat 'Em
Terry Everton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
An irreverent take on what the hoi polloi protesting the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota's finest might otherwise be doing.
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/if-you-cant-beat-em/

Protests break out in Balochistan region of Pakistan after murder of woman
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
Hundreds staged a protest in Turbat city seeking #JusticeForBramsh, an eight-year-old girl who was fired upon along with her mother by armed robbers. The attack on the girl has triggered massive protests in the Balochistan region…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/protests-break-out-in-balochistan-region-of-pakistan-after-murder-of-woman/

Police are Attacking Journalists at Protests. We're Suing
Brian Hauss | aclu.org | 2020-06-03
As people take to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and too many other Black people who have been killed by police in recent years, journalists have joined them to bear witness. While covering these protests in cities throughout the country, journalists have become conspicuous targets for arrest, intimidation, and assault by police officers, even though (or perhaps because) they are clearly identifiable as members of the press. , , These apparently deliberate attacks on journalists violate the First Amendment freedom of the press, and they will not go u…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/police-are-attacking-journalists-at-protests-were-suing

Armed Chicanos in Texas lead Black Lives Matter protest
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-03
Laredo, TX – On May 30, 200 mostly working-class protesters took to the streets and in front of their city hall to unite in solidarity with Black sisters, brothers and comrades around the U.S. The event was called for and led by Red Wing and was part of the National Day of Protest call made by the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR). | The event began with a Fred Hampton chant, "I am! I am! A revolutionary! A revolutionary!" Continuing with the spirit of Hampton, Red Wing activists explained the importance of the Black revolutionary. | Dozens marched and chanted to demand justice an…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/3/armed-chicanos-texas-lead-black-lives-matter-protest

'Justice Does Not Equal Convictions'
Anna Simonton | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
'Justice Does Not Equal Convictions'…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-criminal-justice-protests/

Tanker truck plows into protesters on I-35W bridge, no charges filed
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-03
Minneapolis MN

Margaret Kimberley: Black Misleaders Are Seeking an End to Grassroots Protest
Margaret Kimberley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-03
New York City ( BAR)

Violence Towards Protesters Shows Why Many Want To Abolish Police
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-03
Minneapolis organizer Tony Williams speaks about the ongoing uprisings and how groups can work towards the strategic dismantling of the police.
therealnews.com/stories/violence-to-protesters-minneapolis-shows-why-abolish-police

The Sadism of American Power
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
It was just a couple of weeks ago that President Trump was both inciting and praising anti-lockdown protesters around the country. These included armed white militia men who stormed state capitol buildings demanding an end to public health measures to curb the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus. Many of them were filmed harassing nurses…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/the-sadism-of-american-power/

WW photographer targeted by police
Workers World Philadelphia bureau | workers.org | 2020-06-03
On June 1, while taking photos at a Justice for George Floyd march in Philadelphia, Joe Piette, whose photographs appear frequently in the pages of Workers World was intentionally targeted by police. This is one of many reports of journalists, including photographers and camera crews covering the George Floyd protests, . . . | Continue reading WW photographer targeted by police at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49075/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ww-photographer-targeted-by-police

Failure to Protect: How Minneapolis Police Cater to White Privilege
Ally Nissen | progressive.org | 2020-06-03
Even in protests against racial policing, the city's cops have shown more concern for the safety of white people.
progressive.org/dispatches/minneapolis-police-cater-white-privilege-nissen-200603/

Violence Towards Protesters Shows Why Many Want to Abolish Police
The Real News Network | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
Minneapolis organizer Tony Williams speaks about the ongoing uprisings and how groups can work towards the strategic dismantling of the police.
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/violence-towards-protesters-shows-why-many-want-to-abolish-police/

The Response to Protests Against Police Brutality is Not More Brutality
Vera Eidelman | aclu.org | 2020-06-03
Around the country, people are bursting back onto the streets to protest police brutality and demand racial justice in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Their message is vital, and it is correct: Police violence is one of the leading causes of death for Black men in America, and police officers who kill rarely face any type of accountability. This needs to stop. , , Yet in too many cities, the police response has been only more brutality. I…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-response-to-protests-against-police-brutality-is-not-more-brutality

As US Protests Show, the Challenge is How to Rise Above the Violence Inherent in State Power
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
Here is one thing I can write with an unusual degree of certainty and confidence: Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would not have been charged with the (third-degree) murder of George Floyd had the United States not been teetering on a knife edge of open revolt. Had demonstrators not turned out in massive numbers on …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/as-us-protests-show-the-challenge-is-how-to-rise-above-the-violence-inherent-in-state-power/

Israeli Troops Crackdown on Peaceful Protest at Home of Shiekh Sabri, Arrest Two
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
Israeli troops, early on Wednesday, stormed the home of Ikrima Sabri, current head of the Higher Islamic Council and former Mufti, in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian sources in the occupied old city of Jerusalem said that the attack on Sabri's home followed Israeli troops' crackdown on a Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-crackdown-on-peaceful-protest-at-home-of-shiekh-sabri-arrest-two/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-crackdown-on-peaceful-protest-at-home-of-shiekh-sabri-arrest-two

Thousands honor trans Black people at Stonewall on 5th day of NYC protests
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-03
New York, NY – On day five of the protests that have overtaken New York, one took place at the Stonewall Inn. On June 2 at 5 p.m., over 7000 protesters gathered at the historic location of the Stonewall Riots to honor Black trans lives lost to police violence. | The protest was one of the later ones in the day and had to be moved back from its original starting time as Governor Cuomo enforced a new week-long 8 p.m. curfew. | The speakers covered the gamut of topics but focused on how the police targeted Black trans people, and how cops have never been friends to the LGBTQ community. Two names that continued to co…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/3/thousands-honor-trans-black-people-stonewall-5th-day-nyc-protests

Susan Rice Blames Russia for George Floyd Riots: 'Right out of the Russian Playbook'
Zachary Evans | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-03
Editor's note: So is CNN's Chris Cuomo (of the it's-illegal-to-read-Wikileaks fame) Russian? | twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1267987525198585856 | | Former Obama adviser Susan Rice has blamed the violent protests that rocked major American cities over the weekend on "foreign actors," and even suggested that Russia could be involved in stirring them up. | "I'm not reading the intelligence today, or these days

Revealed: Trump's latest email to his supporters shows his descent into fascism
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
Following the killing of George Floyd by a Minnesota state police officer, Donald Trump's response has been seen as racist and an incitement to violence against protesters. But now an email has emerged that, even at best, looks like the action of a fascist dictator.Racist Donald Trump: As The Canary has been documenting, in the wake of Floyd's death, Trump has angered and outraged many people across the world with his behaviour and actio…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/06/03/revealed-trumps-latest-email-to-his-supporters-shows-his-descent-into-fascism/

Catch and release: Rioters jailed in St. Louis and New York set free by local prosecutors
rt.com | 2020-06-03
Even as US police crack down on riots and looting, authorities from St. Louis to New York City are simply releasing everyone arrested in connection with the unrest, due to the reform championed by social justice activists. | Retired police captain David Dorn was gunned down by looters and four active duty police were shot in St. Louis, Missouri, as protests over last week's death of George Floyd in Minnesota turned into violent riots on Monday. The 25 people arrested in connection with the unrest were released by circuit attorney Kim Gardner, however. | "It's unfathomable that every single person arrested that…
rt.com/usa/490697-rioters-looters-released-prosecutors/

'It's a dynamic situation': Esper does about-face on plan to return some 200 troops to home bases from DC after WH visit
rt.com | 2020-06-03
No active-duty troops that were recently deployed to the DC area to manage heated protests will be leaving just yet, the Pentagon said

Assassination of social activists continues in Colombia despite lockdown
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), 115 environmentalists, human rights defenders, Indigenous, peasant and social leaders, and more than 20 former combatants of the FARC guerrilla group have been killed so far this year…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/assassination-of-social-activists-continues-in-colombia-despite-lockdown/

The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review
Daniel Pan, Shirley Sze, Jatinder S. Minhas, Mansoor N. Bangash, Nilesh Pareek, Pip Divall, Caroline ML. Williams, Marco R. Oggioni, Iain B. Squire, Laura B. Nellums, Wasim Hanif, Kamlesh Khunti, Manish Pareek | thelancet.com | 2020-06-03
Data on ethnicity in patients with COVID-19 in the published medical literature remains limited. However, emerging data from the grey literature and preprint articles suggest BAME individuals are at an increased risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to White individuals and also worse clinical outcomes from COVID-19. Further work on the role of ethnicity in the current pandemic is of urgent public health importance.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30148-6/fulltext?rss=yes

JFK, MLK, RFK, 50 Years of Suppressed History: New Evidence on Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-03
Fifty years of research shows that three humane visions of global peace were thwarted by three covert assassinations. In each case eyewitness accounts were written out of history. In each case the "lone gunman" fiction denied society a true understanding of the deep politics of history…
globalresearch.ca/50-years-of-suppressed-history-new-evidence-on-the-assassination-of-john-f-kennedy-martin-luther-king-and-robert-f-kennedy/5329847

WHO chief updates journalists on Ebola outbreak, COVID-19 treatment study
news.un.org | 2020-06-03
Nearly 50 staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners arrived in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, location of the country's latest Ebola outbreak.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065522

How Has Bolivia's de Facto Regime Taken Advantage of COVID-19 to Consolidate Its Power and Repress Political Rivals?
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-03
On April 29, Bolivia's de facto president, Jeanine àÅñez, announced that the country would be moving into a "dynamic quarantine" phase on May 11. This decision was intended to alleviate the social and economic repercussions of the pandemic by loosening lockdown restrictions. However, the most heavily affected areas ‚Äï located primarily in poor communities ‚Äï …
cepr.net/how-has-bolivias-de-facto-regime-taken-advantage-of-covid-19-to-consolidate-its-power-and-repress-political-rivals/

Pandemic Ramps Up Risks for the Homeless
Hank Kalet | progressive.org | 2020-06-03
Situation becomes more precarious as COVID-19 shuts down access to shelters.
progressive.org/dispatches/pandemic-ramps-up-risks-for-homeless-kalet-200603/

Proposals to Ease Covid's Blow on the Hardest Hit All But Ignored by Corporate Media
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2020-06-03
New York Times photo (4/12/20) of Floridians waiting in line to sign up for unemployment benefits. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-03_at_12.29.09_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/03/proposals-ease-covids-blow-hardest-hit-all-ignored-corporate-media?cd-origin=rss

Over 8000 Dunams of Palestinian Farmland Burned by Israeli 'Training' in Jordan Valley
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
Israeli military training on Tuesday caused a wide area of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to burn, Quds News Network reported. Local sources said that the Israeli military's use of live ammunition caused fire to burn nearly 180 dunams of agricultural land and 8200 dunams of pastoral land, used …
imemc.org/article/over-8000-dunams-of-palestinian-farmland-burned-by-israeli-training-in-jordan-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=over-8000-dunams-of-palestinian-farmland-burned-by-israeli-training-in-jordan-valley

The Corona Class War
Sam Pizzigati | progressive.org | 2020-06-03
Will the crisis reduce economic inequity or just be another sop for the rich?
progressive.org/magazine/the-corona-class-war-pizzigati/

Action at WCCO to end media bias against victims of police violence (Day 9)
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-03
MINNEAPOLIS

The President Wants You to Be Misinformed
Rebecca Gordon | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
The President Wants You to Be Misinformed…
thenation.com/article/politics/the-president-wants-you-to-be-misinformed/

Tear gas, bullets, and a less-than-holy photo op
Dan Wright | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-03
Desecration of a cherished symbol and a holy place? Far greater sins occurred behind the scenes! Crowds in Lafayette Park dispersed without warning by tear gas and a painful hail of "less-lethal" bullets, no doubt aimed at faces and eyes. Ahead of the much publicized photo op, a parish priest forcibly removed from the premises. …
peoplesworld.org/article/tear-gas-bullets-and-a-less-than-holy-photo-op/

Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-06-03
Smack in the middle of the biggest pandemic in a century, President Donald Trump has announced he is withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. One would expect Trump's decree to bring an outcry from all the people here who specialize in public health. That's happening, but it's not . . . | Continue reading Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49072/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-who-the-pandemic-and-big-pharma

The World at crossroads
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
Radical reforms in reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades will need to be put on the table. Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy. They must see public services as investment rather than as liabilities and look for ways to make the labour market less insecure. …
mronline.org/2020/06/03/the-world-at-crossroads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-at-crossroads

The Time for Thoughts and Prayers is Over
Jeffery Robinson | aclu.org | 2020-06-03
A police officer with his hand casually in his pocket knelt on George Floyd's neck for almost 9 minutes while several colleagues watched or knelt on other parts of Mr. Floyd's body. The officers knew people were filming, but they were confident no one would stop them. They were right, and they killed Mr. Floyd without interference from anyone, apart from the cries of horrified bystanders. After all, they had badges and guns. On that day, Minneapolis police conducted a racial terror lynching of George Floyd in broad daylight that was filmed by onlookers and then sent across America. President Trump's reaction…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-time-for-thoughts-and-prayers-is-over

From Mississippi to Minneapolis: Leaving the 'Abyss of Despair'
Jennifer Loewenstein | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
In the early morning hours of August 28th, 1955, two white men burst into the Mississippi home of Moses Wright where 14-year-old Emmett Till slept. Till had come down from Chicago to visit his cousins and was accused of having flirted with a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, while at a local country store with some…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/from-mississippi-to-minneapolis-leaving-the-abyss-of-despair/

Biden offers a sharp contrast to Trump in remarks on the uprising
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-03
When it comes to the uprising against racism that is sweeping the country and how national leadership should react to it Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden offered a sharp contrast yesterday to President Trump. Trump has continued spewing out racist dog whistles and code words

Armed Israeli Settlers Raze 350 Palestinian-owned Land, Kick Farmers off Land
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
An illegal Israeli settler, on Tuesday, razed lands in the Palestinian Bedouin community al-Malihat area, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to sources. Suleiman Malihat, Fatah official, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that an armed colonist levelled 350 dunams of Palestinian-owned lands, to build a separation …
imemc.org/article/armed-israeli-settlers-raze-350-palestinian-owned-land-kick-farmers-off-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-israeli-settlers-raze-350-palestinian-owned-land-kick-farmers-off-land

Dozens of Palestinian Prisoners Set to Go on Hunger Strike
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners, inside the Israeli Hadareem jail, are reportedly prepared to start a collective open hunger strike, in the near future. The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said, on Wednesday, that the hunger strike comes in response to maltreatment of inmates in the Hadareem prison. The PPS added …
imemc.org/article/dozens-of-palestinian-prisoners-set-to-go-on-hunger-strike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dozens-of-palestinian-prisoners-set-to-go-on-hunger-strike

Olympian Gwen Berry to the USOC: 'Where's My Apology?'
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Olympian Gwen Berry to the USOC: 'Where's My Apology?'…
thenation.com/article/society/olympics-gwen-berry-racism/

Avoiding the Obvious: Skim Reading, Exams and the Internet
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
It is the anxiety-inducing nightmare for the studious: A dream where you find yourself in an exam hall, which might, on ordinary days, be a gym or some other facility. It is repurposed for that most cruel of blood sports: sorting out the learned from the dolts, the prize winners from the dunces. The stern …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/avoiding-the-obvious-skim-reading-exams-and-the-internet/

85% of Indian domestic workers not paid during lockdown, says survey
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
The survey by the Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC) also stated that they are facing discrimination and stigma as employers doubt them of being carriers of the virus…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/85-of-indian-domestic-workers-not-paid-during-lockdown-says-survey/

Could Covid-19 Mean the End of Asylum Law in the United States?
Jack Herrera, Quito Tsui | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Could Covid-19 Mean the End of Asylum Law in the United States?
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-refugee-asylum-law/

Why Punks Need the Post Office
Mark Hassenfratz | progressive.org | 2020-06-03
DIY record labels have long relied on…
progressive.org/dispatches/punks-need-the-post-office-hassenfratz-200603/

Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let's Break It
Sophie Lewis | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let's Break It.
thenation.com/article/society/family-covid-care-marriage/

Israeli Forces Arrest Eleven Palestinians Including Teens across West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 5 Palestinian youths from Ramallah and Al-Bireh District; | 1. Musa Ahmed Hamed, 22, from Silwad, | 2. Basil Mufeed Atta, | 3.
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-arrest-eleven-palestinian-civilians-across-west-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-arrest-eleven-palestinian-civilians-across-west-bank

Just Like Covid-19, Racial Justice Is a Climate Story
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Just Like Covid-19, Racial Justice Is a Climate Story…
thenation.com/article/environment/coronavirus-racial-justice-climate/

"You Can't Fix Stupid"
William Hawes | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
Robert Reich's new work, The System: Who Rigged it, How We Fix it offers a wide-ranging critique of our nation's contemporary political and economic ills. Reich does a brilliant job succinctly reminding us of the scale and scope of corporate corruption, economic inequality, and political spinelessness in America. Reich's diagnosis is on point and there …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/you-cant-fix-stupid/

We Are Watching The Story Of America Crash Headlong Into The Reality Of America
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-03
I have a bedtime story for you. | Once upon a time a brave nation liberated itself from the tyranny of the British empire and birthed freedom and democracy into the world. With the help of heroes like the abolitionists, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X it overcame systemic racial inequality, and now it is a shining exemplar of human rights, the respected friend of free democracies around the world and the hated foe of all tyrannical regimes. It is not without its faults and its past mistakes, but it is the best leader and protector of the liberal world order that we could possibly hope to have…

We Are Watching The Story Of America Crash Headlong Into The Reality Of America

Big banks profit from COVID-19 as food, shelter, even water at risk for millions
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-06-03
On top of COVID-19, another epidemic

UN chief underlines need to protect refugees and migrants in COVID-19 pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-06-03
The UN Secretary-General has expressed hope that the COVID-19 crisis will lead to a rethinking of how the world supports refugees, migrants and internally displaced people.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065322

"A riot is the language of the unheard"
David Ruccio | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
More than 50 years ago (on 14 April 1967), Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of his famous speeches, on "The Other America," at Stanford University.* King patiently explained to the audience of students and faculty members that, while in his view "riots are socially destructive and self-defeating," they are "in the final analysis. . …
mronline.org/2020/06/03/a-riot-is-the-language-of-the-unheard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-riot-is-the-language-of-the-unheard

Continued resistance to school reopening in South Africa
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
The 27,000 members-strong Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) has sought Pretoria High Court's interdict against the South African government's decision to reopen schools starting from June 8. | On Tuesday, June 2, an urgent application filed by the union on May 29 naming Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga as the respondent, was scheduled for its first hearing. | However, the judge postponed the matter till June 9, "stating that the department (of basic education) was not ready to proceed and that he needed more time to familiarize himself with the matter as it of a higher profile," EUSA said in a statem…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/continued-resistance-to-school-reopening-in-south-africa/

The UK Compared With Other Countries on the Pandemic
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-03
As I write (the weekend of 30-31 May), the UK's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 38,489. Even the rightwing Financial Times regards this figure as an under-estimate, and says the actual toll is 60,300. The Murdoch-owned Sky News reports that the UK's population-adjusted COVID19 death toll has now overtaken Italy's: UK: 543…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/03/the-uk-compared-with-other-countries-on-the-pandemic/

Manipulating the Message: Police Attacks on Free Press and the Fencing in of Humanity
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-03
Journalists and dissidents alike are being targeted by American police in the land of the free. Is it as simple as an out of control police force, or something…
mintpressnews.com/manipulating-the-message-police-attacks-free-press-journalists/268236/

Third Parties Sue For Ballot Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-03
Third parties are fighting for survival during the coronavirus pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/third-parties-sue-ballot-access-canvassing-petition-signatures-pandemic

Masha Gessen on Trump's 'Autocratic Attempt' on America
Stephanie deGooyer | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Masha Gessen on Trump's 'Autocratic Attempt' on America…
thenation.com/article/society/masha-gessen-interview/

How White People Can Step Up–and Step Back–Right Now
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
How White People Can Step Up–and Step Back–Right Now…
thenation.com/article/society/white-people-george-floyd/

To the White People Who Keep Asking How to 'Help'
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
To the White People Who Keep Asking How to 'Help'…
thenation.com/article/society/white-people-anti-racism/

General elections in Bolivia to be held on September 6
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-03
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was overthrown in a coup, welcomed the news and appealed to the people to vote for the presidential candidates of the Movement Towards Socialism party…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/03/general-elections-in-bolivia-to-be-held-on-september-6/

My white friend asked me to explain white privilege, so I decided to be honest
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-03
By Lori Lakin Hutcherson: Yesterday I was tagged in a Facebook post by an old high school friend asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his query but also my response to it, as it may be a helpful …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/my-white-friend-asked-me-to-explain-white-privilege-so-i-decided-to-be-honest/

Bicycles: Setting the wheels of change in motion during and after COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-06-03
World Bicycle Day highlights the potential for transforming the way the world moves around, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, helping create a healthier, more sustainable future, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065552

Trump's War on the Hungry
Karen Dolan | progressive.org | 2020-06-03
The Trump administration has waged war on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly called food stamps.
progressive.org/op-eds/trump-war-on-hungry-dolan-200603/

'Stronger response' key, to build a safer and more stable future: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-06-03
UN chief António Guterres is calling for greater unity and solidarity to defeat COVID-19 and build a better world in the wake of the global pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065562

Why Should Anyone Care About Paying Big Bucks for Vaccine Government Funded?
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-03
The New York Times ran a piece on the second round of government funding for the development of a coronavirus vaccine. The piece only mentions in passing the issue raised by some Democrats in Congress about the price of any vaccine that gets developed through this funding. This is probably too simple for the NYT …
cepr.net/why-why-should-anyone-care-about-paying-big-bucks-for-vaccine-government-funded/

In Defense of the Fed's Bailout
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-03
(This piece originally ran on my Patreon page.) I see that my friend, David Dayen, is highly critical of the Federal Reserve Board's bailout of corporate America. I'm afraid that I will have to disagree with him on this one. Before going into details, let me briefly give my bailout credentials. I was one of …
cepr.net/in-defense-of-the-feds-bailout/

WAFA: UN High Commissioner "Israel Must Investigate" Killing of Eyad al-Hallaq
The Palestinian News & Info Agency | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on Tuesday, stressed that Israel must swiftly develop to a full, independent, impartial, competent and transparent investigation into Israeli forces' killing of a Palestinian man with a mental disability in Jerusalem, stating that: "those responsible must be held …
imemc.org/article/wafa-un-high-commissioner-israeli-must-investigate-killing-of-eyad-al-hallaq/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wafa-un-high-commissioner-israeli-must-investigate-killing-of-eyad-al-hallaq

Robin Andersen and Eleanor Goldfield
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-06-03
Mickey's first guest this week is media scholar Robin Andersen, who explains the misleading consequences of portraying the coronavirus crisis as a "war;" she and Mickey also review the media treatment of the police murder of…
projectcensored.org/robin-andersen-and-eleanor-goldfield/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robin-andersen-and-eleanor-goldfield

Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-03
In the midst of the worst multi-layered crisis in U.S. history, the nation has cause to celebrate today after voters in two states delivered a powerful double victory to the forces of progress. In Iowa, as Republican primary voters were dumping Rep. Steve King, one of the country's most notorious white supremacists, people in Ferguson, …
peoplesworld.org/article/voters-dump-a-white-supremacist-and-make-a-black-woman-mayor/

US must address deep-seated grievances to move beyond history of racism and violence
news.un.org | 2020-06-03
Voices calling for an end to "the endemic and structural racism that blights US society" must be heard and understood, for the country to move past its "tragic history of racism and violence", the UN Human Rights chief said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065572

Climate Crisis, Pandemics and Bad Governance: Humanity's Existential Threats
Gilbert Mercier | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
Since I started News Junkie Post, eleven years ago, I have, as a rule, avoided the first person narrative. In my mind, there is a simple reason for an aversion for the "me, myself, and I" type of storytelling so widespread in our culture. The first person is fine for a journal, an autobiography of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/climate-crisis-pandemics-and-bad-governance-humanitys-existential-threats/

Louisville Police left the body of David McAtee on the street for 12 hours
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-03
To lose your job when someone has died at your hands is a small price to pay.
mronline.org/2020/06/03/louisville-police-left-the-body-of-david-mcatee-on-the-street-for-12-hours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisville-police-left-the-body-of-david-mcatee-on-the-street-for-12-hours

China's National Security Law Could End Hong Kong's Autonomy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-03
The announced law could establish Chinese security institutions in Hong Kong, ending historically protected freedom around dissent and free speech.
therealnews.com/stories/china-national-security-law-could-end-hong-kong-autonomy

Moses Sumney's Songs of Freedom
Stephen Kearse | thenation.com | 2020-06-03
Moses Sumney's Songs of Freedom…
thenation.com/article/culture/moses-sumney-grae-album-review/

Food and Agroecology: Coping with Future Shocks
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-03
The food crisis that could follow in the wake of the various lockdowns that were implemented on the back of the coronavirus may have long-lasting consequences. We are already seeing food shortages in the making. In India, for instance, supply chains have been disrupted, farm input systems for the supply of seeds and fertilisers have …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/food-and-agroecology-coping-with-future-shocks/

Israeli Settlers Raze Palestinian Land to Build Settler-only Road
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-03
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, seized and bulldozed a portion of Palestinian-owned land in Tell and Immatain villages, near Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian Information Center. Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities, Ghassan Daghlas, said that illegal colonial settlers used bulldozers to clear land for the purpose of building …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-raze-palestinian-land-olive-groves-near-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-settlers-raze-palestinian-land-olive-groves-near-nablus

Greece: "Solidarity with the Struggle of the Workers and People of USA Against Barbarism"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-03
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the influential Greek labor organization, the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME), that was sent to AFSCME Local 3800. | PAME, a member of the WFTU, expresses its solidarity with the workers and the people of the United States who are on the streets of rage against barbarism and misery. | The assassination of George Floyd was another death toll in the world's richest country. Murdered either by racism or by poverty. The pain and misery of millions of poor Americans is shared by that of the thousands of Greek immigrants in USA, as well as the…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/greece-solidarity-struggle-workers-and-people-usa-against-barbarism

NSW coal seam gas moratorium passes first hurdle
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-03
Workers & unions Pip HinmanIssue 1268 Australia coal seam gas mining gas moratorium bill SydneyJune 4, 2020Since 2011, eff…
greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-coal-seam-gas-moratorium-passes-first-hurdle

Revealed: US chlorinated chicken will be in trade deal
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-03
TruePublica Editor: The British government are working really hard on a trade deal with Trump's America and stalling with the biggest trading partner in the world, the European Union. The idea is to quietly drift past the June 30th EU withdrawal agreement extension, force a hard Brexit through on December 31st but announce in early …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/revealed-us-chlorinated-chicken-will-be-in-trade-deal/

VIDEO: At Least Prince Charles Tried
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-03
The sun may finally be setting on the British Monarchy.
strategic-culture.org/video/2020/06/03/video-at-least-prince-charles-tried/

The Sword of Damocles Over Western Europe: Follow the Trail of Blood and Oil
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-03
In Part 1, we left off in our story at the SIS-CIA overthrow of Iran's Nationalist leader Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. At this point the Shah was able to return to Iran from Rome and British-backed Fazlollah Zahedi, who played a leading role in the coup, replaced Mosaddegh as Prime Minister of Iran. | Here we will resume our story. | An Introduction to the 'Shah of Shahs', 'King of Kings' | One important thing to know about Mohammad Reza Shah was that he was no fan of Br…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/03/sword-damocles-over-western-europe-follow-trail-blood-oil/

Australia Is Destroying Aboriginal Heritage Sites for Mining Profit
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-03
When it comes to Aboriginal land rights in Australia, several contradictions emanate. In May, the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation which represents Aboriginal communities, won exclusive native title rights to land which is mined by Fortescue Metals Group. With legal possession of their land, the Aboriginal communities can now seek compensation for economic and spiritual damage inflicted by the mining corporation

US Navy Sails Into Russia's Barents Sea for the First Time Since the 1980s in What Is to Be "the New Normal"
Thomas Nilsen | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-03
The US and UK naval group leaves the Barents Sea Friday evening after five days in waters where Russia's Northern Fleet normally exercises. The voyage marks a new age with U.S. Navy surface warships sailing in the north. | The U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs office at the headquarters in Naples, Italy, confirms in a phone interview with the Barents Observer that the group of warships is now sailing west into the Norwegian Sea. | This was the first time since the 1980s warships with American flags have sailed the Baren…
anti-empire.com/us-navy-sails-into-russias-barents-sea-for-the-first-time-since-the-1980s-in-what-is-to-be-the-new-normal/

Lockdowns Saved No One, Made COVID Worse, and Sentenced Many More to Death From Non-COVID on Top
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-03
: | 1. Lockdowns Saved No One: | When we were headed into lockdowns in March

Extremely Well-Written Piece on How Much of the Nuclear Arsenal Is Nothing but an Unneeded and Dangerous Make-Jobs Program
Mark Thompson | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-03
When you get to a certain age, you may need help in getting around. You know: canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. Same thing's true with nuclear bombers. To face ever-improving air defenses over countries they might have to attack, they're turning into lobbers, not bombers. They can fly close to their targets, but stay outside the range of enemy air defenses. That way, the thinking goes, they can "safely" lob atomic weapons, designed to kill millions, with minimal risk to the weapon or the people deploying it. | Bizarre world, this nuclear-war biz. | Just brand it "deterrence," the liturgy goes, and it's not only lo…
anti-empire.com/keeping-the-unneeded-and-unnecessarily-dangerous-nuclear-triad-alive/

Minneapolis School Board Votes to Terminate $1.1 Million Contract With Police
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-03
In response to the killing last week of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, Minneapolis Public Schools voted on Tuesday to end its $1.1 million contract with the city's police department. | The unanimous vote was made after the board agreed that the actions of police against Floyd

Dunblane massacre victim's father brands opposition to firearms ban 'appalling'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
An attempt by ministers to obstruct a firearms ban a day after the Dunblane massacre has been condemned as "appalling" by the father of one of the victims.Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 pupils and their teacher in the gym hall of Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996 before shooting himself.Newly declassified Cabinet minutes from the following day, as reported in the Times Scotland, show ministers expected to come under pressure for a public inquiry into gun control.They were concerned it would produce "unwelcome" results and agreed to chose the judge leading the inquiry "carefully".A memorial plaque comme…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/03/dunblane-massacre-victims-father-brands-opposition-to-firearms-ban-appalling/

The Tories' latest rough sleeper advice is an absolute insult
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
A letter sent by the Conservative homelessness minister to councils has caused outrage. Because it shows that either the Tories are wilfully ignorant to the causes of rough sleeping, or they really don't care either way. | An appalling record: | The Conservative government's response to the historical and ongoing homelessness crisis during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has been appalling at best. As The Canary previously reported, in March, the government…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/06/03/the-tories-latest-rough-sleeper-advice-is-an-absolute-insult/

Lancet 'expresses concern' over hydroxychloroquine paper
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
The Lancet has raised concerns about a study it recently published that prompted the World Health Organisation to suspend trials of two anti-malarial drugs as a potential Covid-19 therapy.The paper, published on 22 May, found hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine had been linked to increased risk of death and heart arrhythmias among people admitted to hospital with coronavirus.US president Donald Trump has been criticised for promoting the drugs

Architect of Sweden's relaxed coronavirus approach admits mistakes were made
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
Sweden's chief epidemiologist showed contrition as criticism mounted over the Scandinavian country's hotly-debated method of fighting Covid-19, which has resulted in one of the highest death rates per capita in the world.Sweden has stood out among European nations and the world for the way it has handled the pandemic, not shutting down the country or the economy like others but relying on citizens' sense of civic duty.Swedish authorities have advised people to practice social distancing, but schools, bars and restaurants have been kept open the entire time. | Only gatherings of more than 50 people have been banne…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/03/architect-of-swedens-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-admits-mistakes-were-made/

Urban red foxes 'becoming more similar to domesticated dogs'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
Urban red foxes are becoming more similar to domesticated dogs due to how they have adapted to city environments, according to new analysis.The study found urban foxes in the UK have a smaller brain size capacity than their rural counterparts with a different snout shape also helping forage for food in urban surroundings.With most lockdown measures still in place, the study also suggested there have been more frequent animal sightings in the cities where red foxes have become well-established.Dr Kevin Parsons

Public Health England denies parts were missing from BAME coronavirus report
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-03
Public Health England (PHE) has insisted it published its review on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in full following claims that parts were removed by government officials. | The study, unveiled by health secretary Matt Hancock on Tuesday, found BAME individuals have a much higher risk of death from Covid-19 than white people, as do those from poorer backgrounds, men and anyone who is obese or suffering from diabetes. | A report in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) said that sources had informed it that the Department of Health removed a key section from the review. | It said a draft that was circu…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/03/public-health-england-denies-parts-were-missing-from-bame-coronavirus-report/

Academic Year 2020/21: Imperial announces 'multi-mode' teaching for Autumn term
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-03
Autumn term will begin on schedule and campuses will be reopened, as the College prepares to offer a combination of in-person and online learning.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197816/academic-year-202021-imperial-announces-multi-mode

Million-pound fund a "step change" for innovative coronavirus research
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-03
Community Jameel and Imperial College London have created a new fund to support the scale-up of crucial COVID-19 projects.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197914/million-pound-fund-step-change-innovative-coronavirus

OBEY! NY Governor Cuomo's curfew billboard spawns dystopian memes
rt.com | 2020-06-03
Governor Andrew Cuomo has taken over a billboard in New York City's Columbus Circle to give updates on the curfew. Its eerie aesthetic drew dystopian comparisons and fueled a lot of memes. | In addition to the curfew schedule, the billboard features a variety of changing text messages, which for whatever reason seem to be designed to look like the governor's tweets: "DO NOT BE A CRIMINAL," "LOOTING INSULTS GEORGE FLOYD'S MEMORY," "HELP ME RESTORE CALM." | The dystopian aesthetic has been widely panned on social media, prompting horrified reactions like "We are living in a dystopian nightmare. Please tell me th…
rt.com/usa/490698-cuomo-dystopian-billboard-curfew/

US police state faces revolt as Trump expands it at home and abroad
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-02
Dr. Gerald Horne on the George Floyd protests, the black freedom struggle, and Trump's expansion of the US police state…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/02/us-police-state-faces-revolt-as-trump-expands-it-at-home-and-abroad/

Autopsy Reports Showing George Floyd's Death Was a Homicide Underscore Corruption & Police Impunity
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-02
Two autopsies have agreed George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police was a homicide. "I don't think that most of us are surprised that the county medical examiner tried to find a reason related to why George Floyd died that distanced it from law enforcement's role," says Nekima Levy Armstrong, civil rights attorney, activist, founder of the Racial Justice Network and former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP. She also discusses the local history of police accountability: "What this does is illustrates the corruption that exists within Hennepin County, where you have law enforcement wor…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/2/nekima_levy_armstrong_george_floyd_autopsies

"A Declaration of War Against Americans": Trump Threatens to Deploy Military to Quell Protests
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-02
As a historic week-long uprising against police violence continues and curfews are in place across the United States, President Trump has declared himself "the president of law and order" and threatened to send thousands of heavily armed soldiers into the streets. "President Trump's speech almost amounted to a declaration of war against Americans," says Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. We also speak with William Arkin, longtime reporter on the military, who notes Trump is getting "no pushback" from Defense Department officials.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/2/trump_insurrection_act_military_against_protests

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: Protests Are the Result of "Police Terror with No Accountability"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-02
As thousands in Los Angeles continue to protest against police brutality and face mass arrests, Mayor Eric Garcetti is facing criticism for increasing the budget for the Los Angeles Police Department. Organizers have called on the City Council to enact a People's Budget that slashes money for police and invests in services for the community instead. "We have created a system that overrelies on law enforcement and prioritizes their money, their budget, their needs over everything else," says Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and Reform L.A. Jails. "Now is the time that we redirect resources back…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/2/patrisse_cullors_black_lives_matter

The Forgotten Coup Against 'The Most Loyal Ally'
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-02
On November 11, 1975, Gough Whitlam, then Prime Minister of Australia, was to inform Parliament about the secret CIA presence in his country, by day's end, he was out of a job.
mintpressnews.com/forgotten-cia-coup-against-australia-gough-whitlam/268164/

The Forgotten Coup Against 'The Most Loyal Ally'
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-02
John PILGER | The Australian High Court has ruled that correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia, her viceroy in the former British colony, is no longer "personal" and the property of Buckingham Palace. Why does this matter? | Secret letters written in 1975 by the Queen and her man in Canberra, Sir John Kerr, can now be released by the National Archives. Kerr infamously sacked the reformist government of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam, and delivered Australia into the hands of the United States. | Today, Australia is a vassal state bar none: its politics, intelligence agencies, mil…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/02/the-forgotten-coup-against-the-most-loyal-ally/

NATO returns to Libya to challenge Russia
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. At the end of May, the Pentagon marked a dramatic escalation by accusing Moscow of bolstering "Kremlin-linked mercenaries" who are allegedly helping Khalifa Haftar, the eastern warlord in Libya.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/nato-returns-to-libya-to-challenge-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nato-returns-to-libya-to-challenge-russia

Top Venezuelan opposition leaders blame The Grayzone and Nicolas Maduro for US uprising against police brutality
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-02
Unhinged right-wing Venezuelan opposition leaders point to Max Blumenthal's t-shirt as evidence of a devious plot by the government of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/02/top-venezuelan-opposition-leaders-blame-the-grayzone-and-nicolas-maduro-for-us-uprising-against-police-brutality/

Video: Who's Funding the Protest Movement? Who's Behind it?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Author's Note | This interview was first published in November 2011. It focussed on the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, both of which were funded by corporate foundations. | Who is behind the protest movements in the US? | Who is behind …
globalresearch.ca/occupy-wall-street-ows-and-the-arab-spring-whos-funding-the-protest-movement-whos-behind-it/5368043

Video: Syrian Air Force Received Batch of MIG-29 Jets From Russia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Russia has intensified its military involvement in the Syrian conflict. | On May 30, Syrian state media announced that it had received a batch of MiG-29 multirole fighters from Russia. Damascus did not provide details regarding the number of the received …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-air-force-received-mig-29-jets-russia/5714731

Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
It is interesting to watch how the folks in Congress and the White House have been using the at-least- somewhat self-generated crisis over COVID-19 to serve as cover for legislation and other activities that many Americans just might object to. They are assuming that the public is so consumed with the virus, as well as with the riots over the police killing of George Floyd, that it is not paying attention to other high crimes and misdemeanors that the government might be engaged in. | There are three rather interesting stories that have received minimal attention from the mainstream media during the past several…

Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus

Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
It is interesting to watch how the folks in Congress and the White House have been using the at-least- somewhat self-generated crisis over COVID-19 to serve as cover for legislation and other activities that many Americans just might object to. …
globalresearch.ca/government-mischief-coronavirus/5714815

Susan Rice Goes Full Conspiracy Rant on CNN: 'Russians Behind Race Protest Mayhem!'
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
"This is fuxxing lunacy

George Floyd protests: Police escalating violence across America
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
While some in media have condemned the protests as violent "looters" imposing "tyranny" upon the country, much of the violence is being deliberately instigated and propagated by an out of control police force that appears to have gone berserk over the widespread public challenge to their authority and their impunity to act as they wish.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/george-floyd-protests-police-escalating-violence-across-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=george-floyd-protests-police-escalating-violence-across-america

Solidarity with U.S. protests in India
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist). | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) organizes demonstrations expressing solidarity with the American people fighting against racist oppression and anti-people, pro-capitalist policy of the Trump administration | Undaunted by the Corona pandemic Cadres and leaders of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) marched om the streets and organized demonstrations in the metropolises and numerous small towns throughout India voicing solidarity with struggling people of USA who have come o…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/solidarity-us-protests-india

Exponentially Rising Hunger in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
How is it possible that anyone could go hungry in the world's richest country? | The scourge of neoliberal indifference toward public welfare caused the disturbing reality. | It's the American way, supported by both right wings of the one-party state

Combat Troops Coming to US Streets?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
In his book titled "The Psychology Science (1966)," psychologist Abraham Maslow said the following: | "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." | Others made similar …
globalresearch.ca/combat-troops-coming-us-streets/5714803

Lee Camp: 19 Facts About American Policing That Will Blow Your Mind
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-02
Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington.
mintpressnews.com/lee-camp-19-facts-american-police-will-blow-your-mind/268186/

Palestine: Surrendering or Preparing for a Third Intifada?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Through its failed foreign policy, the US administration has unwittingly and unwillingly become the greatest supporter of the "Axis of the Resistance" led by Iran. Along with Israel, Washington is, in fact, globally encouraging countries to rebel against its dominance. …
globalresearch.ca/palestine-surrendering-preparing-third-intifada/5714790

"I Can't Breathe": The Murder of George Floyd Was a Lynching in Broad Daylight
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-06-02
Demonstrators march down I-94 in St. Paul, Minnesota, protest after the death in police custody of George Floyd on May 31. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-02_at_12.12.56_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/02/i-cant-breathe-murder-george-floyd-was-lynching-broad-daylight?cd-origin=rss

Of Plowshares and Protests: The Moral Obligation to Resist
Kathy Kelly | progressive.org | 2020-06-02
On nuclear weapons and police brutality, what's our excuse not to do…
progressive.org/dispatches/the-moral-obligation-to-resist-kelly-200602/

Nationwide looting and arson as urban poor lose fear and pent-up rage at cops and the system explodes
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-02
Redistribution by another name…
nationofchange.org/2020/06/02/nationwide-looting-and-arson-as-urban-poor-lose-fear-and-pent-up-rage-at-cops-and-the-system-explodes/

Vale Jack Mundey: Inspirational Australian Union Leader
John Andrew Tully | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
Jack Mundey, the leader of the NSW Builders Labourers' Federation between 1968 and 1974 has passed away at the age of 90. An initiator of the "green bans", Jack was a Marxist who rediscovered the ecological essence of Marxism.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/vale-jack-mundey-inspirational-australian-union-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vale-jack-mundey-inspirational-australian-union-leader

Is Silence Complicity?
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-02
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Peaceful protests in Indiana met with police violence
Jason Jones | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
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NYC protests continue despite curfew
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
New York, NY – On the early evening of June 1, around 1500 people gathered in the Lower East Side. This was one gathering out of dozens happening throughout the five boroughs. | This rally, in particular, was called to bring attention to the injustices of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing and to demand the firing of Officer Garcia. On May 2, footage was released that showed an incident of police brutality. Two individuals were targeted by the cops, namely Officer Garcia, because they weren't social distancing. However, the footage shows them 6 feet apart and following state guidelines. | The speak…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/nyc-protests-continue-despite-curfew

Social Justice Is The Way To End Riots
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
Eddie Conway talks with Jacqueline Luqman about the myths surrounding peaceful protests, uprisings, economic oppression and capitalism, valuing property over people, and the country's founding on violence.
therealnews.com/stories/social-justice-is-the-way-to-end-riots

Appleton, WI joins in demanding justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Appleton, WI – On May 30, as many as 1000 people braved the pandemic, wearing masks and practicing social distancing where they could while filling Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton. People joined together to protest the savage and racist police killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd last week, and to rally for the Black Lives Matter movement. | With chants of "No justice, no peace!" and signs that read "Police accountability now!" the diverse crowd of outraged protesters stood in the sun for hours and marched several times around the police station. The demonstration was able to proceed without any troubl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/appleton-wi-joins-demanding-justice-george-floyd

Protestors Defy Curfew as Raleigh Values Property Over Life
Danica Jorden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
After a night of heavy-handed riot police response to pockets of youthful protestors in its gentrified downtown, Raleigh mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin announced an absolute curfew on Monday, June 1, 2020, starting at 8: 00 pm. Under the curfew, no one is …
globalresearch.ca/protestors-defy-curfew-raleigh-values-property-over-life/5714752

Behind the Walls: Prisoner resistance roundup
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-06-02
Prisoners are acting to protect themselves and each other in the middle of the global pandemic as they protest inhuman cages across the country and across the world. In the brutal facilities of incarceration in the U.S. alone, there have been hundreds of recorded actions related to COVID-19 since late . . . | Continue reading Behind the Walls: Prisoner resistance roundup at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49058/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behind-the-walls-prisoner-resistance-roundup

Thousands march in Fort Lauderdale against killer cops
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Over 3000 members of the South Florida community took to the streets in downtown Fort Lauderdale to protest the killing of George Floyd. They marched to demand the arrest of the other Minneapolis cops involved in Floyd's murder and an end to all racist police violence. | The protesters, all wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, gathered at Huizenga Park where they rallied, heard speeches and chanted phrases such as, "Black lives matter," and "I can't breathe!" While speeches were going on, volunteers handed out water bottles and snacks for anyone in attendance who needed help cop…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/thousands-march-fort-lauderdale-against-killer-cops

Know Your Rights While Protesting Police Brutality
aclu.org | 2020-06-02
The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy and enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people across the country have taken to the streets to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality and systematic racism against Black people. , , Especially in the time of COVID-19, it's important to know your rights and stay safe while protesting. In this video taken over the weekend at a protest in Brooklyn, New York, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney for the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project, sh…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/know-your-rights-while-protesting-police-brutality

Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests
Andrew McCormick | thenation.com | 2020-06-02
Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests…
thenation.com/article/politics/military-insurrection-act/

Thousands In Baltimore March For Justice For George Floyd
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
Protesters blocked streets and highways to demand politicians end police brutality and economic violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/thousands-protesters-baltimore-march-justice-george-floyd

Jax Fraternal Order of Police president threatens local teacher
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Jacksonville, FL – Just hours after 3500 people rallied for police accountability in downtown Jacksonville on May 30, the president of the city's police union took to Facebook and threatened a local teacher and community activist. | The target of these threats was Christina Kittle of the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC), who helped co-organize and lead the massive May 30 peaceful protest. Kittle also teaches middle school civics in Jacksonville, where she serves as her school's union representative. | "This is Christina Kittle, one of the organizers of the so-called peaceful protest today in Jackson…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/jax-fraternal-order-police-president-threatens-local-teacher

Hundreds in New Orleans rally against police, racism and gender-based violence
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
New Orleans, LA – May 30, 400 New Orleanians gathered in Duncan Plaza to protest in memory of George Floyd and in solidarity with Minneapolis demonstrators. The rally coordinated with the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression's National Day of Protest. Participants demanded: "Justice for victims of police crime," "Community control of the police," and "Mass release of prisoners, in response to COVID-19." | The crowd of demonstrators, which was multinational and mostly made up of Black and white working-class people, made militant chants. They proudly shouted, "Fuck 12", "Abolish the police" an…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/hundreds-new-orleans-rally-against-police-racism-and-gender-based-violence

Police Repression Backfires As Protests Multiply
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
Professor Lester Spence argues America is facing two pandemics: COVID-19 and political policing.
therealnews.com/stories/police-repression-backfires-protests-multiply-pandemics-policing

Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
Was he declaring martial law, or was he not? The vagueness of Trump's "law and order" speech Monday night was calculated to give the appearance of getting tough against those protesting the murder of George Floyd and the systemic racism ingrained in U.S. policing, but he left out precise details as to exactly what he …
peoplesworld.org/article/turning-point-trump-threatens-military-rule-turns-country-toward-fascism/

Selected Articles: Racism and the Protest Movement in America
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-long-overdue-civil-unrest-us/5714818

Is Silence Complicity?
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-02
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. |

Black Owner of Yaya's BBQ Killed by Louisville Police Often Gave Them Free Meals
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
A 53-year-old Black business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, was killed by police gunfire early on Monday morning during protests in that city, as law enforcement attempted crowd control in the neighborhood near his barbecue business. | David McAtee, 53, was considered a "community pillar" partially due to the popularity of his restaurant, Yaya…
truthout.org/articles/black-owner-of-yayas-bbq-killed-by-louisville-police-often-gave-them-free-meals/

Anti-Fascist Activists Speak Out Against Trump's "Terrorist" Label
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
The sight of burned police stations and looted corporate shopping centers sent right-wing media into a tailspin as protests escalated the weekend of May 29. Those media and right-wing politicians quickly concocted a narrative that deemed anti-fascists (or "antifa") the enemy of choice. The aggressive protest tactics were said to be the work of "outside agitators," a common theme used to delegitimize protests. Instead of understanding that the vast majority of protesters were taking up aggressive protests…
truthout.org/articles/anti-fascist-activists-speak-out-against-trumps-terrorist-label/

Demands for Trump's Removal Grow as Fascist Speech Condemned
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
President Donald Trump's pledge Monday evening to deploy the full force of the U.S. military against demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd

Trump's Anti-Blackness Is Overt in Protest Response and Covert in Policymaking
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
Over the weekend, President Trump used his bully pulpit to openly fantasize about the Secret Service siccing "vicious dogs" on demonstrators outside the White House who were protesting police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota last week. Trump's calls for violence against protesters reflect the anti-Blackness of economic policies he and the GOP have relentlessly pursued since 2016, including recent attempts to destroy public sector jobs and to make discrimination in…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-anti-blackness-is-overt-in-protest-response-and-covert-in-policymaking/

Protests Are the Result of Police Terror With No Accountability
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
Image Credit: Courtesy E. Mackey | As thousands in Los Angeles continue to protest against police brutality and face mass arrests, Mayor Eric Garcetti is facing criticism for increasing the budget for the Los Angeles Police Department. Organizers have called on the City Council to enact a People's Budget that slashes money for police and invests in services for the community instead. "We have created a system that overrelies on law enforcement and prioritizes their money, their budget, their needs over every…
truthout.org/video/protests-are-the-result-of-police-terror-with-no-accountability/

Wales's health minister defends George Floyd protesters in US
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
Wales's health minister has defended people protesting against the death of George Floyd in the United States, saying the loss of black lives was the "biggest harm" to the country. | Vaughan Gething said that the US was not alone in appearing to be "going backwards" on race relations, and that though all lives should matter "in some countries they don't". | African American Floyd died in police custody last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. | Gething, who became the first black minister of any of the UK's devolved governments in 2013, was speaking after posting a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/02/waless-health-minister-defends-george-floyd-protesters-in-us/

Bishop 'outraged' after tear gas used on crowds before Trump church photo op
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
A bishop in the US has said she is "outraged" after tear gas was used to clear protesters ahead of president Donald Trump visiting a church to pose for photos while holding a bible.Thousands of protesters had gathered at Lafayette Park by the White House in Washington DC on Monday as part of demonstrations over the death of African American George Floyd in police custody.Shortly before Trump made an address to the nation, police officers dispersed the peaceful crowd, firing tear gas and using flash bangs.After the president had used his speech to threaten to deploy the military if US state governors did not stop…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/06/02/bishop-outraged-after-tear-gas-used-on-crowds-before-trump-church-photo-op/

Imperial shows solidarity with protesters against racial injustice
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-02
Many members of the Imperial community have expressed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing of George Floyd.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197915/imperial-shows-solidarity-with-protesters-against

VIDEO: Street of Los Angeles amid US widespread protests
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Over 20,000 People Rallying Against Police Violence in Paris, Reports Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
PARIS (Sputnik) – More than 19,000 people took to streets in Paris on Tuesday in protest against police violence that is believed by many to be the cause of death of black man Adama Traore in custody, the BFMTV broadcaster reported, citing a police source.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006021079502465-over-19000-people-rallying-against-police-violence-in-paris-reports-say/

US Park Police Deny Using Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters in Nation's Capital
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States Park Police (USPP) used smoke canisters and pepper balls to disperse protests in Washington, and not tear gas as was reported by media, Acting Chief Gregory Monahan said in a statement.
sputniknews.com/us/202006021079502707-us-park-police-deny-using-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-in-nations-capital/

Videos: Thousands of Protesters Defy DC Police Curfew Outside White House
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Thousands of protesters on Tuesday converged outside the White House to protest one day after US police violently dispersed peaceful protesters in Washington, DC, using tear gas and rubber bullets.
sputniknews.com/us/202006021079503159-fk-your-curfew-thousands-of-protesters-descend-on-white-house-day-after-violent-police-attack/

Hong Kong's Lam Blasts US for 'Double Standard' Security Law Criticism Amid Protest Repressions
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sharply criticized the US on Tuesday for applying a "double standard" to the city's new national security law being drafted by Beijing, as the US has seen widespread police repression and violence against Black Lives Matter protesters.
sputniknews.com/world/202006021079502425-hong-kongs-lam-blasts-us-for-double-standard-security-law-criticism-amid-protest-repressions/

US Senate Majority Leader Blocks Resolution to Condemn Trump Use of Tear Gas on Protesters
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Senator Chuck Schumer's resolution to condemn President Donald Trump for deploying federal officers who used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters in the nation's capital.
sputniknews.com/us/202006021079502790-us-senate-majority-leader-blocks-resolution-to-condemn-trump-use-of-tear-gas-on-protesters/

Communist Party of the Philippines oppose repression of U.S. protests
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 2 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Denounce brutal suppression of U.S. protests against racism and fascism! Support and draw inspiration from the American people's mass protest actions! | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the American people in condemning U.S. President Donald Trump for ordering the mobilization of police and national guard forces to "dominate and crush" mass protest actions currently sweeping across the United States. He has denounced the mass actions and organizations and threatened to "desi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/communist-party-philippines-oppose-repression-us-protests

WFTU Campaign: Solidarity to the U.S. people's struggle
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | The popular outrage that erupted a week ago in the United States after the cold-blooded murder of 47-year-old African-American worker George Floyd by police in Minneapolis is continuing against the state repression and the brutal force used by the police. Hundreds of thousands of Americans took the streets over the weekend in more than 80 major cities, in two-thirds of the country's states, to protest state barbarism and racist violence, of the repressive forces. | Despite the outcry over the 47-year-old's…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/wftu-campaign-solidarity-us-people-s-struggle

Protests, Riots, And Clashes Grow
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
The country-wide rebellion that was kicked off by the police murder of George Floyd continues to grow, as across the US people hit the streets in solidarity. Mass demonstrations, freeway shut-downs, riots, looting, and clashes with law enforcement were widespread; as authorities rushed to call in the national guard. In many cities, large scale demonstrations that remained peaceful were also held. | What follows is a brief overview of the extensive resistance that was seen on Saturday, May 30th, for some cities, the second and third day of hitting the streets. Military buildup in Minneapolis also continued, as did…
popularresistance.org/protests-riots-and-clashes-grow/

Extremists Are Among Those Fomenting Violence In Twin Cities
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
Protesters and onlookers have posted numerous videos and accounts of confrontations with white men on social media, sometimes including symbols associated with fringe groups that originated online. | Many people have also told MPR News reporters of witnessing armed men in Minneapolis. | Bridget Schumann was out for a run near Calhoun Square in south Minneapolis on Friday night when she saw a truck that was being driven aggressively, honking and intimidating other drivers. The truck had a big white sticker on the back of the cab with the OK sign symbol associated with white supremacists. | "There were two men in t…
popularresistance.org/extremists-are-among-those-fomenting-violence-in-twin-cities/

Trump Labels Anitfa As A Terrorist Organization Without Any Basis In Fact
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
United States President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the U.S. will go ahead and label Antifa as a "terrorist organization," raising serious concerns about the unconstitutionality of such a threat if carried out. | "The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization," Trump said, as protests over the murder of the black man, George Floyd, continued in at least 30 cities in the United States on Sunday, with Minneapolis as the epicenter. | Without evidence, Trump and several top officials from his administration, including U.S. Attorney General William Barr, have blamed Antifa an…
popularresistance.org/trump-labels-anitfa-as-a-terrorist-organization-without-any-basis-in-fact/

White Women Line Up To Form Human Shield To Protect Black Protesters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
Injustice and discrimination tend to be described in binary terms: good vs. evil, female vs. male, Black vs. White. | However, at one of the at least twenty anti-police violence demonstrations held across the country on Thursday, an act of alliance disrupted that line of thinking by showing White bodies on the line to protect Black lives. | In an image captured by photographer Tim Druck, scores of White women in Lousiville lined up arm-in-arm to form a human shield separating the Louisville Metro Police from protestors expressing their angst about the murder of Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people at…
popularresistance.org/white-women-line-up-to-form-human-shield-to-protect-black-protesters/

White Women Caught Tagging BLM on Starbucks
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
Two white protesters got called out by a black protester for tagging a Starbucks with graffiti repping the Black Lives Matter movement … and the bizarre encounter was caught on video. | Check it out … you see two white women decked out in all black and wearing face masks/coverings spraying 'BLM' along the side of a Starbucks in L.A., as well as other messaging. One African-American woman who's also protesting gets in their faces and questions what they're doing … and why. Watch what happens when she confronts them. | The white gals were NOT down to stick around for answers, as they mumbled incoherent respon…
popularresistance.org/white-women-caught-tagging-blm-on-starbucks/

UK Government Urged To Suspend Export Of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets And Riot Shields To US
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
The government is being urged to suspend the sales of British tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to the United States amid fears they are being used against civil rights protesters. | The US has been rocked by angry demonstrations for nearly a week following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died pleading for air while a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for eight minutes. | The police response, apparently endorsed by president Donald Trump, has seen security forces ramming crowds with cars, deploying gas and baton rounds against peaceful demonstrators, and arresting and shoo…
popularresistance.org/uk-government-urged-to-suspend-export-of-tear-gas-rubber-bullets-and-riot-shields-to-us/

Israeli Forces Hand out Demolition Orders near Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-02
Palestinian residents of Birayn village, south of Hebron, were informed, on Sunday, about Israel's intent to demolish five residential structures in addition to village council building, according to a local activist. Activist, Foad Amour, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that an Israeli army force invaded the village to hand demolition …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-residential-structures-receive-demolition-orders-near-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-residential-structures-receive-demolition-orders-near-hebron

Save the Life of Imprisoned Indian Public Intellectuals and Social Justice Activists
Dr. Ashok Kumbamu | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Chief Justice of India | 5, Krishna Menon Marg | New Delhi, 110011 | India | .. | We, the undersigned, demand the release of public intellectuals and social justice activists, Prof. G.N. Saibaba and Varavara Rao, who are imprisoned in fabricated cases and …
globalresearch.ca/save-life-imprisoned-indian-public-intellectuals-social-justice-activists/5714824

[Commentary] Endpoints used in phase III randomized controlled trials of treatment options for COVID-19
Aakash Desai, Bishal Gyawali | thelancet.com | 2020-06-02
Studies to identify potential drugs effective in treating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are currently ongoing at a rapid pace, although no drug has yet shown improved mortality outcomes in a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Whether the ongoing RCTs are using endpoints that matter remains unknown. Here we provide a summary of the endpoints used in the actively recruiting phase III RCTs for the treatment of COVID-19.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30147-4/fulltext?rss=yes

State Terrorism Across America
Joe Giambrone | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-02
In a blizzard of destruction, assaults on peaceful demonstrators, provocateurs, lies, cover-ups, and fascist proclamations, America teeters at a tipping point. The murder, by police, of George Floyd, has sparked a jaw-dropping response across America. Police in many locations have behaved as instigators and perpetrators of savage violence against citizens attempting to exercise their First …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/state-terrorism-across-america/

Put human rights at the centre of coronavirus response urges Muhammad-Bande
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
The nations of the world must put human rights at the heart of their ongoing response to COVID-19 and ensure that everyone can enjoy "justice and peace" wherever they may be, the President of the General Assembly said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065312

Nobel Peace Prize Campaign for Cuban Physicians grows across the globe
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-02
Cuban doctors' solidarity, once again, has gained international attention. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1,800 Cuban healthcare professionals have been sent to dozens of countries. In response to the initiative, a Nobel Peace prize campaign to honor the physicians have been gaining more support each day. | Launched by the French organization " Cuba Linda" and by the France-Cuba Committee,…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/02/nobel-peace-prize-campaign-for-cuban-physicians-grows-across-the-globe/

How Barack Obama Destroyed Libya
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-02
Libya's long-running civil war has taken a new turn in recent weeks after the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord launched an offensive against would-be strongman Khalifa Haftar, pushing him and his Libyan National Army out of Tripoli and a number of near-by strongholds. But anyone who thinks that peace is at hand after nine years of anarchy and collapse should think again. Odds are all but certain that all it will do is introduce new chaos into a country that has already seen more than its fair share. | But before we speculate about the future, let's pause for a moment to consider the past and how th…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/02/how-barack-obama-destroyed-libya/

'Tough On Crime' Cities Might Make Violence Worse
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
Baltimore's leading mayoral candidates are embracing calls for change, but their proposals risk worsening mass incarceration and inequality.
therealnews.com/stories/tough-on-crime-cities-might-make-violence-worse-baltimore-election-mayor

One year after taking charge, Nayib Bukele faces severe criticism for handling of COVID-19
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-02
Salvadoran president's first year in office has been marked by political tensions, militarization and false promises. However, his failures in handling COVID-19 are bringing more people on to the streets…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/02/one-year-after-taking-charge-nayib-bukele-faces-severe-criticism-for-handling-of-covid-19/

'Unprecedented' financing needed to halt recession of 'unparalleled proportions': Mohammed
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
As COVID-19 has halted economic activity and threatens social wellbeing across the globe, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a wide-ranging policy discussion on Tuesday, exploring financing options to address the pandemic and mobilize the resources needed for a proactive recovery.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065332

C'en est assez du consensus!
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
En théorie, les politiques et les médecins qui ont suivi de longues études sont des scientifiques. Mais en pratique, rares sont ceux qui ont une démarche scientifique. Personne aujourd'hui ne souhaite endosser la responsabilité des mesures prétendument sanitaires qui ont été prises (confinement, distanciations sociales, port de masques et de gants). Tous se réfugient derrière des décisions collégiales, l'invocation de la Science et le consensus. | Collégialité de faàßade: | L'épidémie de Covid-19 a pris de surprise les responsables politiques qui avaient perdu de vue leur fonction première : protége…

C’en est assez du consensus!

DC On Fire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
— US government prioritizes ordinary Americans over the desires of wealthy sociopaths. |

Yemen: International Donors Raise Half of $2.4b Aid Target
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-02
International donors pledged Tuesday US$1.35 billion in humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Yemen, well below a US$2.41 billion fundraising target, according to the United Nations. | RELATED: | Yemen Demands Saudi Arabia to Stop New Air Attacks | "A total of US$1.35bn in pledges has been announced from a wide range of donors to the humanitarian response in Yemen including to fight COVID-19," a U.N. spokeswoman told reporters. | The videoconference was organized by the U.N. and Saudi Arabia, a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Donors-Conference-Raises-Half-of-Aid-Pledged-20200602-0022.html

Breaking the Paralysis of Servitude. A New Normal Based on Fear Based Uniformity
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
It has become abundantly clear that 'we the people' are being subjected to a divisive and derisive 'leadership' pantomime of truly global proportions and we cannot any longer simply hope some sanity will emerge to change this situation. | Stand back …
globalresearch.ca/breaking-paralysis-servitude/5714777

Enough with the Consensus Already!
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
In theory, politicians and doctors who have studied for a long time are scientists. But in practice, few have a scientific approach. No one today wants to take responsibility for the allegedly sanitary measures that have been taken (confinement, social distancing, wearing masks and gloves). They all take refuge behind collegial decisions, the invocation of science and consensus. | Faàßade of collegiality: | The Covid-19 outbreak took by surprise politicians who had lost sight of their primary function: to protect their fellow citizens. | Panicked, they turned to a few gurus. In this case the mathema…

Enough with the Consensus Already!

Coronavirus a challenge, and opportunity, to fix remittances system than funnels billions home from abroad
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
Often the equivalent of several hundred dollars a month, remittances

Thank you, rioters
Daniel Taylor | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
Once again, Black America has surged to the front lines of the global struggle. This year, the United States has stood out primarily as a leading centre of right-wing lunacy, political breakdown and murderous incompetence in the pandemic. Now, it is showing the world something else: the potential for sudden eruptions of mass resistance that …
mronline.org/2020/06/02/thank-you-rioters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-rioters

Fight for public education and make it a right!
Nathalie Hrizi | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-02
In March, schools started to close across the country. They closed too late.
liberationnews.org/fight-for-public-education-and-make-it-a-right/

Final Technocratic "Lock Step" Plan Is Here As Martial Law Rolls Out Across The Nation
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-06-02
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (6/1/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/final-technocratic-lock-step-plan-here-as-martial-law-roles-out-across-nation/

'Dogged pragmatism' needed to save Ocean: UN Special Envoy
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
'Dogged pragmatism' is needed to save the Ocean as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065192

Securing the Sails of Love in the Tempest
Bruckner J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatrician confronts an impending neurofibromatosis type 1 diagnosis in her infant son and finds heroic parents of her patients who have profound medical challenges.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766638

George Floyd Murder Enflames US. America Is a Failed State
Shenali D Waduge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
On 26 May 2020 social media watched a black man (George Floyd) handcuffed and pinned to the pavement pleading to the 4 white American police officers

Stir Crazy! Episode #45: Blacked Out
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
On today's show: TRNN investigative journalist Stephen Janis, "Smart Start Podcast" host Richard Snow, and TRNN executive producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown. If you have comments/suggestions for the show please email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com…
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-45-blacked-out

The FBI Finds 'No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement' in Sunday's Violence
Ken Klippenstein | thenation.com | 2020-06-02
The FBI Finds 'No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement' in Sunday's Violence…
thenation.com/article/activism/antifa-trump-fbi/

Poem: Jesus and the Black Body
Linda Wiggins-Chavis | progressive.org | 2020-06-02
Arms and legs of burnished bronze…
progressive.org/dispatches/jesus-and-the-black-body-wiggins-chavis-200602/

Two knees: One a call for change, the other a murder weapon
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
A tale of two knees. One, belonging to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, pressed into soft green grass for a minute and 56 seconds. The other, that of Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin, violently digging into the soft tissue of an African-American man's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, senselessly robbing the man …
peoplesworld.org/article/two-knees-one-a-call-for-change-the-other-a-murder-weapon/

Life on the Edge
Frances Moore Lappe | progressive.org | 2020-06-02
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into uncharted territory, with challenges that we have never seen before, but also fresh opportunities.
progressive.org/magazine/life-on-the-edge-moore-lappe/

Surgery vs Endoscopy for Early Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis
Qian Y, Hu L, Liao Z. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
To the Editor In the ESCAPE randomized clinical trial, Dr Issa and colleagues concluded that early surgery compared with an endoscopy-first approach resulted in significantly less pain over 18 months among patients with chronic pancreatitis. We are concerned about the generalizability of the finding.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766626

Fact and Opinion on the Present Epidemic
jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
The recent meeting of the American Public Health Association in Chicago was devoted largely to the present epidemic of influenza. An abstract of the proceedings of the sessions devoted to this subject appears in this issue of The Journal. This abstract is not, of course, a verbatim report of the proceedings, but represents that which seems of permanent value, eliminating a large mass of discussion that was argumentative rather than of the nature of scientific evidence. There are certain large phases of the subject on which much evidence was presented leading to what might be expressed as a consensus of opinion. I…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766620

Rebellion and repression: capitalism's long hot summer begins
PSL Statement | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-02
Trump declared last night from the White House that he would "end the riots" with a national military mobilization to "dominate the streets" and that "if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary," he would "deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them."
liberationnews.org/rebellion-and-repression-capitalisms-long-hot-summer-begins/

These Kids Are All Right: From Tragedy to Activism
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2020-06-02
A review of the new documentary 'Parkland Rising.'…
progressive.org/dispatches/from-tragedy-to-activism-rampell-200602/

Israeli forces arrest several Palestinians in occupied territories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-02
Israeli forces arrested 23 Palestinians from different parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on June 1, Monday. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), among those arrested are two former prisoners and two minors. | At least six Palestinians were arrested from Hebron and five from a Jordan Valley village. The reasons for the arrest were not made clear by the Israeli forces. An 18-year-old school boy and a 16-year-old minor have been arrested from Beit Umar town near Hebron city. | Though Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinians, the number of such arrests has increased in the last c…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/02/israeli-forces-arrest-several-palestinians-in-occupied-territories/

Effect of C-Reactive Protein–Guided or Fixed Antibiotic Duration on Clinical Failure in Patients With Gram-Negative Bacteremia
von Dach E, Albrich WC, Brunel A, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This randomized trial compares the effects of C-reactive protein (CRP)–guided antibiotic duration (discontinuation once CRP declined by 75% of peak value) vs fixed 7- vs 14-day durations on 30-day clinical failure rate among patients with gram-negative bacteremia.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766635

Putting tourism before people's lives is entirely on brand for this government
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
The government continues to botch its response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has already caused many thousands of needless deaths. And now ministers are discussing the easing of quarantine rules for travellers arriving in the UK. According to BBC Newsnight, the government is considering relaxing the 14-day quarantine requirement for people coming to the UK. | These disc…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/06/02/putting-tourism-before-peoples-lives-is-entirely-on-brand-for-this-government/

COVID-19 and the Financial Health of US Hospitals
Khullar D, Bond AM, Schpero WL. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This Viewpoint reviews the revenue sources and financial liquidity of nonfederal US general hospitals to estimate the economic effects pandemic-related reductions in elective procedures and outpatient revenues might have, and argues for targeted government financial support for smaller, independent, and more rural institutions.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765698

Who are the real terrorists? Mainstream media misreports uprisings across New England
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-02
There is no where in the United States that is free from the epidemic of police terror.
liberationnews.org/who-are-the-real-terrorists-mainstream-media-misreports-uprisings-across-new-england/

Coronavirus a challenge, and opportunity, to fix remittances system than funnels billions home from abroad
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
With a euro here and a dollar there, remittances

Surgery vs Endoscopy for Early Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis–Reply
Kempeneers MA, Bruno MJ, Boermeester MA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In Reply Dr Qian and colleagues are concerned about the generalizability of the ESCAPE trial and call for a standardized endoscopy strategy for better control of painful chronic pancreatitis.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766628

Independent Autopsy Concludes George Floyd's Death Was A Homicide
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
An independent autopsy released by Floyd's family raises serious questions about the previous findings, which implied underlying health issues were responsible for his death. Forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht says police should never place downward pressure on a person in a prone position…
therealnews.com/stories/independent-autopy-george-floyd-family-rules-death-homicide

Malcolm X on Being American
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-02
counterpunch.org/2020/06/02/malcolm-x-on-being-american/

Association Between Thrombolytic Door-to-Needle Times and Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
Man S, Xian Y, Holmes DN, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This cohort study estimates associations between intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) door-to-needle times of less than 4.5 hours for acute ischemic stroke and 1-year mortality or readmission among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766633

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Donald Trump and the Strange and Ugly Death of the Republican Party
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
Gepostet von Gordon Duff am Dienstag, 2. Juni 2020…

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Donald Trump and the Strange and Ugly Death of the Republican Party

Illinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump's dangerous turn
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
CHICAGO

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Hospital safety during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
While many nonessential businesses closed or suspended operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals continued to operate and take care of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. How have Mayo Clinic hospitals navigated the pandemic and kept patients and staff safe? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Robert Cima, chair of hospital practice at Mayo Clinic, explains …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-hospital-safety-during-covid-19/

Coronavirus grief: Coping with the loss of routine during the pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
It isn't easy adjusting to changes brought on by the pandemic. Consider how to deal with grief caused by the loss of your normal routine. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed people's lives in many ways. In addition to feeling grief over the loss of life caused by COVID-19, you're likely grieving the loss …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/coronavirus-grief-coping-with-the-loss-of-routine-during-the-pandemic/

Focus on Looting Detracts From Racism
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
As people of conscience in the United States rage against the institutional racism most recently demonstrated in the savage, brutal murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump and a government-compliant media are struggling to take control of the narrative. | This …
globalresearch.ca/looting-detracts-racism/5714744

US Sanctions Shipping Companies, Torpedoes Venezuela Oil-for-Food Deal
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-02
Washington is cracking down on swap deals that provide Venezuela with food, fuel and other vital imports in exchange for crude oil.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14894

Transcutaneous Magnetic Stimulation for Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Storm
Markman TM, Hamilton RH, Marchlinski FE, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This case series describes outcomes for 5 patients with VT storm refractory to drug therapy treated with left stellate ganglion transcutaneous magnetic stimulation (TCMS) to reduce cardiac sympathetic input.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765760

Tribe Thumps Trump's Tweet
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-02
Trump uses tweets as a means of keeping his image out in the public without paying a dime.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/02/tribe-thumps-trumps-tweet/

e-Cigarette Hoodies and Backpacks Prompt FDA Warnings
Voelker R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
Ten companies have received FDA warnings to stop manufacturing or selling products such as backpacks and hoodies that are designed to hold or hide electronic cigarettes.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766616

Do Gut Bacteria Play a Role in Preeclampsia?
Hampton T. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
As investigators from diverse biomedical fields continue to study gut microbes' widespread effects on health and disease, 1 group is homing in on preeclampsia. Gut microbiota imbalances have been linked to conditions like obesity and the metabolic syndrome, which can contribute to pregnancy complications. Researchers recently questioned whether these imbalances also might be associated with preeclampsia, a condition that lacks reliable prediction methods and can lead to serious and even fatal complications for both mother and baby.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766611

New study shows how SARS-CoV-2 made its journey from bats to humans
Sandipan Talukdar | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-02
A lot has been said about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, both in terms of conspiracy theories and scientific evidence. While the conspiracy theorists still spitefully campaign that the novel coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab or it was accidentally leaked from the lab, evidence contradicts such malicious notions and has firmly said that the virus has natural roots. It has also been said that the novel coronavirus jumped to humans from bats via another mammal, the pangolins. | In a latest development, scientists have found that the SARS-CoV-2 could jump to humans from animals by doing crucial rearrangem…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/02/new-study-shows-how-sars-cov-2-made-its-journey-from-bats-to-humans/

NEO: The Strange Case of an America in Flames
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
The tricks used against Libya, Syria and Ukraine are come home to roost | For a decade or more, the world has seen riots that weren't riots at all, Maidan Square, Hong Kong, Tripoli, Cairo and they have seen terror attacks, Paris, Boston and others. All have been staged. | Now the US is in flames. | Is there something in common here? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Ukraine was overthrown by a CIA plot or that the Arab Spring, the series of fake revolutions, albeit failed, in Syria were staged as well, every single one. | Now those who have turned the world inside out are ready to turn inward, albeit "

NEO: The Strange Case of an America in Flames

DC On Fire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-02
Alternate timeline: |

Plummer Building lighted as sign of hope and to remember George Floyd
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
On Saturday, May 30, Mayo Clinic will light the Plummer Building in Rochester yellow as a sign of hope for the days to come in conjunction with a virtual vigil being held to remember George Floyd. Mr. Floyd died on Monday from injuries inflicted by a police officer who was arrested on Friday for his actions.?The virtual …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/plummer-building-lighted-as-sign-of-hope-and-to-remember-george-floyd/

The Black Man Lab In Atlanta Is Providing A Reprieve For Men
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-02
Atlanta's Black Man Lab is a forum where Black men can speak frankly and honestly address their concerns, even in the middle of a pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/black-man-lab-atlanta-provides-safe-reprieve-for-men

The Bronx is burning again: COVID-19's impact on New York's most underserved district
Lucy Cruz | workers.org | 2020-06-02
COVID-19 continues to rage on as an international pandemic months after the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China. Never to be outdone, the U.S. now has the most virus cases worldwide, with a staggering death toll of over 100,000 people. This is despite the U.S. hoarding the lion's share of the . . . | Continue reading The Bronx is burning again: COVID-19's impact on New York's most underserved district at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49066/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bronx-is-burning-again-covid-19s-impact-on-new-yorks-most-underserved-district

Action-Informed Artificial Intelligence–Matching the Algorithm to the Problem
Lindsell CJ, Stead WW, Johnson KB. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This Viewpoint discusses ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) methods can enhance the use of health care data in detection, prognostication, and prediction; suggests ways in which AI tools might be better developed and deployed; and calls for increased focus on anticipated changes that will be made in the health care system to better benefit from the use of AI.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765667

The Year of Making America Great
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-06-02
The Year of Making America Great…
thenation.com/article/society/the-year-of-making-america-great/

Effect of a Patient-Centered Decision Support Tool on Rates of Trial of Labor After Previous Cesarean Delivery
Kuppermann M, Kaimal AJ, Blat C, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of a patient-centered decision support tool vs usual care on rates of trial of labor among women with a previous cesarean delivery.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766634

'The U.S. vs China: Asia's New Cold War?' by Jude Woodward reviewed by Sean Ledwith
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has slammed into the global system with almost the same impact we might expect from an asteroid strike. All aspects of economic, cultural and political activity on the planet have been devastated and disrupted in ways that seemed unimaginable just a few months ago.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/the-u-s-vs-china-asias-new-cold-war-by-jude-woodward-reviewed-by-sean-ledwith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-u-s-vs-china-asias-new-cold-war-by-jude-woodward-reviewed-by-sean-ledwith

Racing against time, medical researchers, life science companies and COVID-19 survivors launch national campaign to drive plasma donation
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
"The Fight Is In Us" campaign seeks to mobilize COVID-19 survivors to accelerate the development of potentially lifesaving therapies [ROCHESTER, Minn.]

The Bank of Canada: In Crisis and Beyond
Prof. Scott Aquanno | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Viewing the COVID-19 pandemic as a purely exogenous shock, Canadian economists and policymakers have tended to predict a quick return to economic growth once health restrictions are lifted. As an account of current events, this turns a blind eye to …
globalresearch.ca/bank-canada-crisis/5714811

Carfilzomib is not superior to Bortezomib in delaying multiple myeloma progression after initial treatment
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Carfilzomib, a proteasome inhibitor used in combination with Lenalidomide, an immune modulating drug, is not superior to Bortezomib, Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone, in the initial treatment of multiple myeloma according to the results of phase 3 clinical trial presented today at #ASCO20 scientific program by Shaji Kumar, M.D. , a hematologist at Mayo Clinic. "Previous, small, single arm studies initially suggested that carfilzomib, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/carfilzomib-is-not-superior-to-bortezomib-in-delaying-multiple-myeloma-progression-after-initial-treatment/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: What we know about virus transmission
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common mode of transmission for COVID-19 is through close contact from person to person. While it is possible that someone can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes, this …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-what-we-know-about-virus-transmission/

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law urge officials to withdraw law enforcement, National Guard at elections
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-02
"We are sounding an alarm regarding the potential deployment of the National Guard, state police and local law enforcement on Tuesday as voters prepare to cast ballots in primary elections."
nationofchange.org/2020/06/02/lawyers-committee-for-civil-rights-under-law-urge-officials-to-withdraw-law-enforcement-national-guard-at-elections/

Long-term Outcomes After Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Muth CC. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
The role of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in the management of acute ischemic stroke is well established, and faster administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been associated with better short-term outcomes in clinical practice.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766614

A Structured, Electronic Approach to Shared Decision-making and Attempted Trial of Labor
Swamy GK, Grotegut CA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In 2018, more than 1.2 million pregnant women in the US underwent a cesarean delivery as part of their birth experience. Maternal indications for cesarean delivery include a lack of progress during labor, placental abnormalities, and complex medical conditions. Fetal conditions include multifetal gestation, fetal malpresentation (breech), congenital anomalies, and fetal intolerance of labor. Although generally safe for mother and fetus, cesarean deliveries are associated with significantly higher risk of maternal morbidity, including maternal transfusion, surgical injury, unplanned hysterectomy, intensive care un…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766613

Democratic senator offers amendment ending transfer of military equipment to police forces
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-02
"The cycle of police brutality sparking unrest, and that unrest being met by the militarized police is increasingly familiar in modern American society."
nationofchange.org/2020/06/02/democratic-senator-offers-amendment-ending-transfer-of-military-equipment-to-police-forces/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Health and Human Services plays key role in supporting Americans amid COVID-19 crisis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a unique situation that has required work across federal and state agencies to support communities and frontline workers during this challenging time. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has played a key role by providing effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-health-and-human-services-plays-key-role-in-supporting-americans-amid-covid-19-crisis/

This Is Not a Revolution. It's a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
"When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system's game. The establishment will irritate you–pull your beard, flick your face–to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how …
globalresearch.ca/not-revolution-blueprint-locking-down-nation/5714725

Patient and Study Participant Rights to Privacy in Journal Publication
Flanagin A, Bauchner H, Fontanarosa PB. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
Personal health information is defined as identifiable data related to the past, present, or future health status of an individual. Personal health information has been considered protected health information, which is governed by ethical principles and laws to shield against intrusions into an individual's rights to privacy. However, rapid growth in the volume of electronic health records, access to other health information, and increasing use of personal health data by artificial intelligence, social media, technology, and other companies are threatening the traditional tenets of privacy protections for persona…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766612

The Pandemic Revives Fears the U.S. Is Developing 'Ethnic Bioweapons' Against Russia
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
It has been 75 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Russia postponed its annual Victory Day celebrations last month due to the health crisis as …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-revives-fears-us-developing-ethnic-bioweapons-against-russia/5714743

Yemen: 'Hanging on by a thread', UN chief requests funding to meet staggering humanitarian crisis
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
More than five years of conflict have left Yemenis "hanging on by a thread, their economy in tatters" and their institutions "facing near-collapse", the UN chief told a virtual pledging conference on Tuesday, calling for a demonstration of solidarity with some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065292

Address 'appalling impact' of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges
news.un.org | 2020-06-02
Urgent action is needed to address "the major disproportionate impact" of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065272

COVID-19 and 6 Dimensions of Health Care Poised for a "New Normal"
Berwick DM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In this Viewpoint, Donald Berwick summarizes the rapid changes the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought on the pace, scientific standards, delivery mechanisms, and working conditions of health care and how it has sharply increased awareness of the societal costs of poor public health preparedness and health inequities.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765699

Owner Assaulted by Troopers While Protecting His Business
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-02
Minneapolis, MN

Unemployment in USA now exceeds that of 1933 Great Depression
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-02
By TruePublica: As most people will know, the Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, …
truepublica.org.uk/global/unemployment-in-usa-now-exceeds-that-of-1933-great-depression/

Black Lives Matter: The Perils of Liberal Philanthropy
Prof. Karen Ferguson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
This carefully research article first published in 2016 shows that Black Lives Matter has been funded by philanthropists and corporate foundations including Soros' Open Society Initiative and the Ford Foundation which has links to the CIA. | The underlying objective is …
globalresearch.ca/perils-liberal-philanthropy/5714788

Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, and Thiamine for Septic Shock–In Reply
Fujii T, Udy AA, Bellomo R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In Reply We agree with Dr Long and colleagues that the timing of interventions is important in the management of sepsis. They suggest that early administration of vitamin C is essential for the intervention to have beneficial effects, even though no data on the timing of intervention were reported in the study by Marik et al. In the VITAMINS trial, an elevated lactate level was required to meet the consensus definition of septic shock. During the study period, sepsis resuscitation in Australasian emergency departments for patients with suspected septic shock was administration of 27 mL/kg of intravenous fluids be…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766629

Drugs for Depression
jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
This Medical Letter provides a Table summarizing key information about drugs for depression published as part of a comprehensive review on the topic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766630

Serial TV and indignities of class: 'Snowpiercer,' 'Normal People,' 'Little Fires Everywhere'
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
One of the effects of the coronavirus crisis is the accentuation of already exacerbated class differences. Yes, "middle-class" digital workers cheered what amounts to working-class first responders from their windows, but that did not result in increased pay for these workers performing the most dangerous tasks involving medical treatment and food supplies. Jeering from the …
peoplesworld.org/article/serial-tv-and-indignities-of-class-snowpiercer-normal-people-little-fires-everywhere/

Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, and Thiamine for Septic Shock
Long MT, Kory P, Marik P. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
To the Editor The Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, and Thiamine in Patients With Septic Shock (VITAMINS) trial found that vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine, compared with hydrocortisone alone, did not improve outcomes in patients with septic shock.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766627

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Drug Receives Approval
Voelker R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to a new drug for patients with metastatic triple–negative breast cancer.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766615

Who's Trashing Downtown Every Night and Why?
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-02
The corporate media and corporate politicians are paralyzed with indecision. Which fake myth do we adhere to? "Black people burning down their own neighborhoods" or "outside agitators"? What if it's both, and more…? Media coverage of the past few days and nights of the multiracial uprising that is currently taking place in various forms in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/whos-trashing-downtown-every-night-and-why/

Managing levels of specific protein, mineral early in COVID-19 may prevent severe illness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-02
PHOENIX ? Managing levels of calcium in the blood and the protein albumin early on in COVID-19 may prevent patients from progressing to severe illness and death, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the journal Gastroenterology found. The findings are based on the remarkably similar clinical features and autopsy results of patients who died …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/managing-levels-of-specific-protein-mineral-early-in-covid-19-may-prevent-severe-illness/

New laws to criminalise public interest information
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-02
By TruePublica Editor: A new Declassified report published only a few days ago goes to show the situation we find our selves in right now. In the midst of a crisis, while the commentariat are lobbing rocks at each other over the endless scandals and the media are focused on the pandemic

Pride 2020 is About Resilience, and we are Resilient Together
aclu.org | 2020-06-02
Pride has never been just about the parties. To the LGBTQ community, Pride is about staking our place in the world and speaking truth to power. It's about making clear that we're here, we belong, and we are resilient

5G, novo campo da corrida aos armamentos
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Na base aérea de Nellis, no Nevada

5G, nuovo campo della corsa agli armamenti
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Alla base aerea Nellis in Nevada

Refugee rights car cavalcade shows solidarity with Villawood detainees
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-02
Refugees & migrants Coral WynterIssue 1268 Australia Villawood Detention Centre COVID-19 SydneyJune 2, 2020An "End Deten…
greenleft.org.au/content/refugee-rights-car-cavalcade-shows-solidarity-villawood-detainees

Speaking the 'language of the unheard' is our only option
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-02
Anti-racism Benji PKIssue 1268 Australia RacismJune 2, 2020″(A) riot is the language of the unheard…" | Dr. Martin Luther King | "Yeah, you're right

Corbyn slams the elite offensive that snatched change away from Britain, in a powerful new interview
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
In a new interview with Middle East Eye (MEE), Jeremy Corbyn has made some powerful observations about the multi-faceted elite campaign which stopped him becoming prime minister. | He spoke, for example, about media propaganda, state opposition to his ethical foreign policy stances, struggles with the Labour Party machine, and Brexit. | Media propaganda: | Britain'…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/06/02/corbyn-slams-the-elite-offensive-that-snatched-change-away-from-britain-in-a-powerful-new-interview/

George Floyd Endgame: Martial Law and a Police State
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
It is disturbing to hear people who should know better describe the George Floyd riots as anarchism. The riots are not anarchistic, they are nihilistic. The people engaged in looting, arson, and widespread assault have zero comprehension of political philosophy….
globalresearch.ca/george-floyd-endgame-martial-law-police-state/5714723

Biosecurity and Politics
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-02
What is most striking about the exceptional measures that have been set in motion in our country (and in many others too) is the inability to see them outside of the immediate context they apparently function in. Hardly anyone seems to have attempted–as any serious political analysis would require–to interpret these measures as symptoms and signs of a broader experiment, in which a new paradigm of governance over people and things is at play. | Already in a book published seven years ago (TempeÃÇtes microbiennes, Gallimard 2013)–one that now merits an attentive rereading–Patr…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/02/biosecurity-and-politics/

So Who Defeated the Nazi Germany?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-02
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/02/so-who-defeated-nazi-germany/

Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-02
There are three rather interesting stories that have received minimal attention from the mainstream media during the past several weeks that one might think are worthy of press coverage and even of some genuine debate in Congress. A little light shed on some important issues might actually help the public to understand the probable consequences of certain unwise or unnecessary actions undertaken by the federal government. | The first story relates to the Senate vote approving the USA Freedom Re-Authorization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6172). The renewal is particularly important because the act includes some features o…
ahtribune.com/us/israelgate/4199-mischief-in-an-age-of-coronavirus.html

Majority of Americans Support Uprisings, Disagree With Trump, Poll Finds
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
As President Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to use aspects of the U.S. military against Americans involved in the demonstrations in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, polling so far shows that most people are not happy…
truthout.org/articles/majority-of-americans-support-uprisings-disagree-with-trump-poll-finds/

This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It's Been Great for His Family
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have become the public faces of the $3 trillion federal coronavirus bailout. Behind the scenes, however, the Treasury's responsibilities have fallen largely to the 42-year-old deputy secretary, Justin Muzinich. | A major beneficiary of that bailout so far: Muzinich & Co., the asset ma…
truthout.org/articles/this-treasury-official-is-running-the-bailout-its-been-great-for-his-family/

To Become Safer Amid Pandemic We Must Explore Our Responses to Abuse More Deeply
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-02
Becoming safe from an abusive partner has most often been defined by the act of leaving the relationship. Leaving can cause hardship, including financial struggles, and is more difficult for survivors who are marginalized by race, gender identity, disability, language or immigration status. While leaving an abuser has been shown to increase danger in the short-term, it is still considered…
truthout.org/articles/to-become-safer-amid-pandemic-we-must-explore-our-responses-to-abuse-more-deeply/

MPs to return to Westminster after virtual proceedings dropped
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
MPs will return to Westminster on Tuesday after the government dropped virtual proceedings, despite concerns shielding politicians will be unable to attend. | A hybrid system enabling parliamentarians to either attend the Commons in person or contribute to proceedings from afar via Zoom has been in place since the end of April. | But Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg announced last month that the government was pushing ahead with plans for a physical-only Commons after the Whitsun recess, which ends on 2 June. | He has tabled a motion preventing the resumption of virtual voting that allowed MPs to have their say fro…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/02/mps-to-return-to-westminster-after-virtual-proceedings-dropped/

MPs endure Alton Towers-style queuing as they decide lockdown voting procedure
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
Chaotic scenes emerged in the House of Commons as MPs were forced to join an Alton Towers-style queue to decide their voting method during the Covid-19 pandemic.Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and his officials were left repeatedly shouting instructions at MPs as social distancing measures required them to join a queue, keep two metres apart, walk through the Commons chamber and announce their vote.The queue stretched for several hundred metres, snaking through Westminster Hall and running to Portcullis House, the newer part of the parliamentary estate.It came as the government dropped procedures which allowed MPs to vote…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/02/mps-endure-alton-towers-style-queuing-as-they-decide-lockdown-voting-procedure/

Downing Street scraps weekend press conferences
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
The daily Downing Street press conferences will no longer take place at weekends when viewing figures are "significantly lower", Number 10 has said. | Briefings have been held on all but two days since 16 March, but the government has decided to scrap them on Saturdays and Sundays from this week. | Boris Johnson, who has appeared at 12 press conferences so far, will lead at least one briefing a week from now on, alongside scientific and medical experts. | The prime minister's official spokesperson told a Westminster briefing: "From this week, the press conferences will be on weekdays only, so no longer on Saturda…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/02/downing-street-scraps-weekend-press-conferences/

Prostate cancer is now the UK's most commonly diagnosed cancer
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, according to new figures. | Data analysed by the charity Prostate Cancer‚ÄØUK shows prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to be the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease, with 57,192 new cases in 2018

Johnson facing Tory revolt over plans to end remote voting in parliament
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
Boris Johnson is facing a Tory revolt over controversial plans to end online voting in parliament, which could exclude vulnerable MPs from representing their constituents fully during the coronavirus crisis. | Senior conservatives including select committee chairs and a former Cabinet minister have tabled amendments to government plans to force all MPs to vote in person when they return on Tuesday. | MPs have been able to either attend parliament in person or contribute online during the pande…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/02/johnson-facing-tory-revolt-over-plans-to-end-remote-voting-in-parliament/

Endangered species of seahorse returns to former stronghold due to lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-02
The endangered spiny seahorse has recolonised its former stronghold in Dorset due to the coronavirus lockdown, marine conservationists say.During one regular survey dive at Studland Bay, the Seahorse Trust found 16 seahorses including pregnant males and a juvenile that had been born this year.This is the largest number found in a single dive on the site since the charity began monitoring there in 2008.Prior to this, a seahorse had not been seen at the site for two years.Studland Bay in Dorset (Martin Keene/PA)Neil Garrick-Maidment, who founded the Seahorse Trust, puts the increase down to the reduction in people,…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/02/endangered-species-of-seahorse-returns-to-former-stronghold-due-to-lockdown/

Neil Ferguson says UK must keep transmission reduced by 65% to control pandemic
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-02
Imperial's Professor Neil Ferguson says that the UK must keep coronavirus transmission suppressed by around 65% to control the pandemic.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197913/neil-ferguson-says-uk-must-keep

Imperial scientists show policymakers how UK can benefit from circular economy
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-02
How to transition to a circular economy, a topic rising up the economic and climate agendas, was the focus of The Forum's latest policy workshop.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197876/imperial-scientists-show-policymakers-uk-benefit

'Resisting, standing up against enemies', key success of Imam Khomeini: Interior min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA)

Iran to respond to any enemy's threat at same level: Brig. Gen. Pakpour
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Vietnam felicitates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

US sanctions should not disrupt developing economic ties between Iran-Serbia
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Khomeini's policies led to durability of Iranian revolution despite threats: Falk
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Russia's State Duma Speaker calls for interaction between Iranian, Russian legislators
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Army Air Force plays key role in securing Iran's airspace: cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

Imam Khomeini shook thesis of secularization: German expert
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA)

Iran's export of products to Afghanistan up 30% in current year: IRICA
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-02
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA)

More Elephants Found Dead in Botswana as Anthrax, Poison Ruled Out as Causes
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Wildlife authorities in Botswana have reported at least 110 mysterious elephant deaths in the northwest part of the country – a jump from the 56 carcasses discovered as of an earlier announcement in May. However, anthrax and poisoning were recently ruled out as causes behind the animals' deaths.
sputniknews.com/society/202006021079502989-more-elephants-found-dead-in-botswana-as-anthrax-poison-ruled-out-as-causes/

Former US President George W. Bush Says It's 'Time for America to Examine Our Tragic Failures'
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Former US President George W. Bush on Tuesday released a statement saying it's "time for America to examine our tragic failures."
sputniknews.com/us/202006021079502391-former-us-president-george-w-bush-says-its-time-for-america-to-examine-our-tragic-failures/

'Questions to Heaven': China to Carry Out Its First Mission to Mars This Summer
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
China has set a goal to become a major space power as a means of catching up with Russia and the United States, pursuing ambitions to launch missions to the red planet and the Moon.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006021079503047-questions-to-heaven-china-to-carry-out-its-first-unmanned-mission-to-mars-this-summer/

Trump Faces New Lawsuit Over Executive Order Targeting Twitter – Advocacy Group
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump faces a new lawsuit accusing him of breaking the First Amendment to the US Constitution by issuing an executive order targeting Twitter and other social media platforms as they seek to counter misinformation, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said in a news release.
sputniknews.com/us/202006021079503104-trump-faces-lawsuit-over-executive-order-targeting-twitter-advocacy-group-says/

COVID-19: 'There's a Good Chance That Child Sexual Abuse at Home Will Go Down', Academic Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
A former UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, looking at what effect the coronavirus lockdown has had on child abuse, warned that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a "perfect storm" for vulnerable children forced into isolation with their abusers.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006021079501403-covid-19-theres-a-good-chance-that-child-sexual-abuse-at-home-will-go-down-academic-says/

Is the Republican Party Fascist?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
Donald Trump is the culmination of how the Republican Party has been developing for years. Together they threaten to establish an authoritarian state in the service of big capital. They endanger the lives, health, and living standards of the working class and the rest of the population. But supporting the Democratic Party is not the …
mronline.org/2020/06/02/is-the-republican-party-fascist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-the-republican-party-fascist

Hemodialysis Device for Very Small Pediatric Patients
Voelker R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
A new device that provides continuous hemodialysis or hemofiltration therapy to critically ill pediatric patients has received FDA marketing authorization.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766617

Poor Neighborhoods Are Only Getting Poorer
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
The latest maps of coronavirus cases in the U.S. confirm much of what we already know about the economics of location: People in poor neighborhoods have it worse. Health care isn't as accessible, the ability to socially distance is less, and many residents fall into the role of essential workers, unable to work from home. What new research shows is that number of poor neighborhoods in metropolitan areas has actually doubled from 1980

When Can A Soldier Disobey An Order?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
In March 1968, a U.S. infantry platoon under the command of 2nd Lt. William "Rusty" Calley conducted a raid of a hamlet called My Lai in Quang Ngai Province of South Vietnam. After taking the hamlet, Calley ordered his men to round up the remaining civilians, herd them into a ditch, and gun them down. Somewhere between 350 and 500 civilians were killed on Calley's instruction. | Calley was court-martialed for his actions and charged with 22 counts of murder. At his trial, he testified that his company commander, Capt. Ernest Medina, had ordered him to kill "every living thing" in My Lai, telling him there were no…
popularresistance.org/when-can-a-soldier-disobey-an-order/

Two Bimbo Bakery Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
Two workers who were employed at Bimbo Bakeries USA's Cicero factory have passed away due to COVID-19, according to records from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. | Their deaths come after the company fired two other employees who were quoted in a Cicero Independiente article published on April 7 raising concerns about the lack of workplace safety during the COVID-19 crisis. Prior to the two deaths, Bimbo Bakery USA workers, many of whom are organizing with a group called Black Workers Matter, accused the company's Cicero factory of lacking proper sanitation, failing to enforce social distancing, and bei…
popularresistance.org/two-bimbo-bakery-workers-dead-others-fired-after-raising-covid-19-concerns/

Major Public Defense Nonprofit In New York Is Unionizing
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
One of the nation's most respected public defender nonprofits is unionizing, the latest in a surge of union drives at prominent nonprofits across the country. | The Bronx Defenders, a large nonprofit that defends low-income people in the Bronx, New York, told management today that they intend to unionize with the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, an affiliate of the UAW. The proposed union will have about 270 members, covering virtually the entire non-management staff. Of those, about 100 are not attorneys, including everyone from social workers to paralegals to facilities workers. | Employees at the Bronx Defe…
popularresistance.org/major-public-defense-nonprofit-in-new-york-is-unionizing/