The Victims of MH17 Deserve More than the Shoddy Lies Perpetrated by Politicians and Media
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The ABCs Insider program broadcast each Sunday morning is one of the ABCs most watched and most important programs. The three guests are drawn from the country's mainstream media outlets. This is perhaps itself a limitation considering the broad range …
globalresearch.ca/victims-mh17-deserve-more-than-shoddy-lies-politicians-media/5715458

Che, Chez and Ross Cannard: Organic Farming, Sonoma, California
Jonah Raskin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-09
Why is it guerrilla-style farming? Because it's bucking big, corporate agriculture that relies on big machines, and that chews up and spits out workers all day long. Also because it builds soil rather than depletes it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/che-chez-and-ross-cannard-organic-farming-sonoma-california/

Harry Dodge's 'My Meteorite' Is Like a Wonderful Sculpture
Taliah Mancini | thenation.com | 2020-06-09
Harry Dodge's 'My Meteorite' Is Like a Wonderful Sculpture…
thenation.com/article/culture/harry-dodge-my-meteorite-interview/

National Guard Soldier Who Deployed to DC Identified as Neo-Nazi
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-09
Columbus, OH

China suspends debt repayment for 77 developing nations, regions
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-09
China has announced the suspension of debt repayment for 77 developing countries and regions as the nation is working with other G20 members to carry out the G20 debt relief initiative for low-income countries, Chinese officials said at a press briefing at the State Council Information Office on Sunday.
mronline.org/2020/06/09/china-suspends-debt-repayment-for-77-developing-nations-regions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-suspends-debt-repayment-for-77-developing-nations-regions

Selected Articles: Censorship and Injustice Amid COVID-19
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The COVID-19 War in Japan: Is National Face-Saving More Important than the People's Lives? | By Prof. Joseph H. Chung, June 09, 2020 | The bad choice of policy priority was shown with the arrival of the cruiser Diamond Princess on …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-censorship-injustice-amid-covid-19/5715485

Niente sovranità economica senza quella politica
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Si discute attualmente su quanti e quali finanziamenti l'Italia riceverà dall'Unione europea e a quali condizioni. Da Bruxelles arrivano messaggi tranquillizzanti. Ma poiché tali finanziamenti saranno forniti per la maggior parte sotto forma di prestiti, diversi economisti avvertono che c'è …
globalresearch.ca/niente-sovranita-economica-senza-quella-politica/5715394

Nà£o há soberania económia se nà£o existir soberania política
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Actualmente, discute-se quanto e que financiamento a Itália receberá da Unià£o Europeia e sob que condiàßàµes. Chegam mensagens tranquilizadoras de Bruxelas. Mas como tais financiamentos serà£o concedidos em grande parte, sob a forma de empréstimos, vários economistas alertam que existe …
globalresearch.ca/nao-ha-soberania-economia-se-nao-existir-soberania-politica/5715398

Niente sovranità economica senza quella politica
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Si discute attualmente su quanti e quali finanziamenti l'Italia riceverà dall'Unione europea e a quali condizioni. Da Bruxelles arrivano messaggi tranquillizzanti. Ma poiché tali finanziamenti saranno forniti per la maggior parte sotto forma di prestiti, diversi economisti avvertono che c'è …
globalresearch.ca/niente-sovranita-economica-senza-quella-politica-2/5715474

Liberal Leaders Aiding and Abetting Rioters Just the Latest Campaign Strategy to Usurp Trump
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-09
In a fractious election year that has already witnessed Russiagate, impeachment and a pandemic, Americans are now forced to contend with the malignant scourge of rioting and looting following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white cop. Now, many Democrats seem content to the let the whole house burn down to achieve some sort of twisted justice . | To get a true sense of the mob mentality that is now leading the United States straight to the abyss, you could do no worse than a visit to the nation's embattled capital. There, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently evicted 1,200 members of the…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/09/liberal-leaders-aiding-and-abetting-rioters-just-latest-campaign-strategy-usurp-trump/

Somalia: Trapped in Revolution and Instability
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-09
Somalia's brutal arid landscape and unfortunate colonial borders keep the nation a dry well packed powder keg waiting for the next spark.
strategic-culture.org/video/2020/06/09/somalia-trapped-in-revolution-and-instability/

The Pentagon's Battle Space Is Expanding
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-09
On 1 June the US Air Force Times reported that two B-1B Lancer nuclear bombers based in South Dakota had just completed a "long-range training flight" to the Black Sea during which they carried out manoeuvres to practice using "a long-range missile designed to target and destroy enemy ships." This deployment was "especially important to prepare B-1 crews to counter new and emerging threats and to be ready for a conflict against a major power, as outlined in…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/09/the-pentagons-battle-space-is-expanding/

Food Not Bombs 40th Anniversary – Co-Founder Keith McHenry Interview
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Interview with Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs, on the on-going struggle to feed and house the unhoused people of Santa Cruz, California during the coronavirus pandemic. Originally broadcast on "Transformation Highway" on KZSC, 88.1 FM.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/08/18833956.php

Budget Time: Transfer Police Budget to Services for the Workingclass
Name of the Game Is Money | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
On June 7, 2020, around 3 p.m., a march of a few thousand young people was seen on Bay Street, coming from the Marina, turning onto Columbus and filled the entire length of Columbus to Stockton, where it turned for a block to Vallejo, the heart of the working class Chinese immigrant community, where they stood and chanted "Black Lives Matter" outside a police station.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833940.php

AFA-CWA Pres Sara Nelson Likes ILWU Action On June 9th To Act In Memorial To George Floyd
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
ILWU Local 10, 34 and all west coast locals will be stopping work on June 9,2020 to remember George Floyd who was murdered by the police in Minneapolis. Also there will be a West Coast shutdown of all Ports on Juneteenth June 19, 2020. CWA AFA President Sara Nelson supported the action…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/08/18833960.php

"I Can't Breath" ILWU 10 & 34 Speak Out About Lynching of George Floyd & Action
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
ILWU 10 president Trent Willis & ILWU 34 president Keith Shanklin talk about the murder of George Floyd and the systemic racist attacks on longshore workers and their families. They also discuss the shutdown of West Coast docks on Juneteenth June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of Blacks and the fight today.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834059.php

George Floyd's murderer, Derek Chauvin's June 8 court date
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
George Floyd's Murderer, Derek Chauvin:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833942.php

UPRISING: The Democratic Party Exists To Co-Opt & Kill Authentic Change
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Watch them. Watch Democrats and their allied media and corporate institutions try to sell the public a bunch of words and a smattering of feeble, impotent legislation to mollify the masses, without ever giving the people the real changes that they actually need.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834071.php

"Stick to Sports" Has Gone by the Wayside on Right-Leaning Sports Talk Radio
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-09
Donald Trump's near-frantic desire to reopen the national economy in order to salvage his reelection hopes has been about as subtle as an earthquake in a nail gun factory. He has found support for this push from within his voter base, from certain portions of the business community, and from conservative governors in less-populated states where COVID-19 has not (yet) done substantial damage. | It is a high-risk gamble fraught with lethal consequences that are already being felt. While cities li…
truthout.org/articles/stick-to-sports-has-gone-by-the-wayside-on-right-leaning-sports-talk-radio/

Nature-friendly farming delivers for wildlife, climate and profits, charity says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
Nature-friendly farming can deliver for wildlife, carbon storage and profits, the National Trust has said after an audit of a farm run by the conservation charity.Wimpole Home Farm is a 1,419-acre mixed arable and livestock farm near Cambridge, which has been run using organic, wildlife friendly and sustainable farming methods for the past 12 years, the Trust said.A full "health check" of Wimpole's wildlife and how it is storing carbon has revealed benefits for the environment, as well as public access through a network of footpaths and financial returns from growing food, the charity said.The findings are publis…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/09/nature-friendly-farming-delivers-for-wildlife-climate-and-profits-charity-says/

Grenfell Inquiry plans to resume on 6 July
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is planning to resume in four weeks, officials have said.The second phase of the investigation into the disaster was halted on 16 March by chair Martin Moore-Bick as the coronavirus pandemic hit. The third anniversary of the fire, which happened on 14 June 2017, takes place this Sunday.At least one panel member fell ill with suspected Covid-19, and there were concerns over the safety of other participants.Martin Moore-Bick (Stefan Rousseau/PA)6 July is now the intended date for hearings to resume, with limited numbers of people in the room, the inquiry said on Tuesday.In a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/09/grenfell-inquiry-plans-to-resume-on-6-july/

Minister forced to backtrack on care homes policy claims
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
A minister has become embroiled in a row after apparently saying that policies blamed for the high rate of Covid-19 deaths in care homes were based on scientific advice. | The movement of elderly patients into residential care without testing them for coronavirus in order to free up hospital beds has been blamed for the high death toll in care homes

George Floyd's body arrives at church for private funeral
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
George Floyd's body has arrived at a church in Houston, Texas, for a private funeral to be followed by his burial.The service caps off six days of mourning for the Black man whose killing inspired a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice.Floyd was to be laid to rest next to his mother in the suburb of Pearland. He cried out for his mother as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck on 25 May.About 6,000 people attended a public memorial on Monday in Houston, where Floyd grew up.Mourners pay respects to George Floyd during a public visitation (AP/David J. Phillip, Pool)Und…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/06/09/george-floyds-body-arrives-at-church-for-private-funeral/

Imperial and France's CNRS expand partnership with joint PhDs and data projects
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-09
Imperial and France's CNRS have further strengthened their links by announcing new joint PhD projects and the first awards of a big data seed fund.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197877/imperial-frances-cnrs-expand-partnership-with

World Oceans Day: get united to protect precious waterbodies
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Iran records 2,095 new COVID-19 infections, 74 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Rouhani stresses expansion of economic coop. with Kyrgyzstan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Iran's re-export of fishery products to EU kicks off despite US sanctions
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

MP calls on intelligence min. to pursue perpetrators of martyr Soleimani's assassination
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Hashd al-Sha'abi foils ISIL attack on Iraqi oil facility
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Police confiscate 265 kg illicit drugs in central Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

5.7-Richter quake jolts southern Fars province
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

All Iranian soldiers ready for self-sacrifice to preserve security
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Belarus congratulates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Iranian coppersmith from North Khorasan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Hassan Nasrallah condoles demise of Abdullah Shallah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Turkish Airlines remains top brand in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines remained to be the most valuable brand in the country in 2020, according to a leading London-based independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy firm on Tuesday.The carrier's brand value increased to $1.98 billion in 2020, versus $1.73 billion in 2019, according to the 14th edition of Brand Finance's Turkey 100 report.Established in 1933 with a fleet of five aircraft, Turkish Airlines currently has a fleet of some 350 aircraft flying to around 320 worldwide destinations, except during the pandemic period.The state-lender Ziraat and private-lender Garanti fo…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-airlines-remains-top-brand-in-turkey-3531571

Robot built for Japan's ageing workforce finds coronavirus role
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Mira Robotics developed its "ugo" robot to reinforce greying Japan's shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese startup is offering its machine as a tool in the fight against the outbreak, the company's CEO said."The coronavirus has created a need for robots because they can reduce direct contact between people," Ken Matsui told Reuters at his company's workshop in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. "We've had inquiries from overseas, including from Singapore and France."The latest feature of the remote-controlled or so-called avatar robot is a hand attachment that uses ultraviolet light to kill…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/robot-built-for-japans-ageing-workforce-finds-coronavirus-role-3531588

Global economy to diminish by about 5.2%: World Bank
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
The World Bank on late Monday predicted the global economy will diminish by about 5.2% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, indicating it one of the four most severe downturns in 150 years."In all, the pandemic is expected to plunge a majority of countries into recession this year, with per capita output contracting in the largest fraction of countries since 1870," the bank said in its June report.The report indicated that advanced economies are expected to shrink by 7% in 2020.As for China, the country's economy is projected to slow to 1% in 2020

Turkey brings back over 300 citizens from Canada
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Turkey on Tuesday brought back 301 citizens stranded in Canada due to the coronavirus lockdown as part of the country's ongoing evacuation efforts.A Turkish Airlines flight conducted the fourth repatriation flight from Canada.The plane from Toronto Pearson International Airport safely landed at Istanbul Airport at 12.25 p.m. local time (0925GMT).The citizens were carried to the terminal by buses, and their temperatures were taken there.Observing the social distancing rules, the passengers filled special information forms, and after passing passport controls, they received their luggage and left the airport.The Tu…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-brings-back-over-300-citizens-from-canada-3531595

Turkish FM hails World Accreditation Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Mevlut Cavusoglu in a statement said there are a range of sectors such as food, tourism, environment and technology which benefit from accreditation policies.Technical troubles in global trade, he said, have been overcome due to accreditation services, which proved their worth during the coronavirus outbreak with evaluation of masks and protective equipment.Referring to the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK), Cavusoglu said the organization is a source of confidence both for Turkey and the region.TURKAK, he said, quickly adapted itself to the latest requirements amid the pandemic, and played its role in increa…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-fm-hails-world-accreditation-day-3531596

Cornflakes for lunch! German parents say open school before mum goes nuts
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Manage a global team of 3,500 people? No problem, says Katrin Lehmann, head of customer innovation and maintenance at German business software company SAP.Do it while looking after four kids, including home schooling 10-year-old Benno? It almost finished her off."I was going nuts," she said. "All of them eat different things and they all complain, whatever you do. I said, right: cornflakes for lunch."Germany experienced far lower death rates than other large European countries from the coronavirus, and has been quicker than many to begin easing lockdown measures. But schools have been slow to reopen, and working…
yenisafak.com/en/news/cornflakes-for-lunch-german-parents-say-open-school-before-mum-goes-nuts-3531591

Armed group halts production at Libya's largest oilfield
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Libya's El-Sharara oilfield, the country's largest, was forced to stop production on Tuesday as an armed group stormed the facility, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said."This is a criminal act that amounts to treachery against the Libyan people and national economy as the closure will cause the public treasury more losses," NOC said in a statement.On Sunday, El-Sharara oilfield resumed production after a months-long hiatus.On Jan. 17, warlord Khalifa Haftar's militia closed Az-Zuwaytinah port, claiming that oil revenues were being used by the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord.El-Sharara…
yenisafak.com/en/world/armed-group-halts-production-at-libyas-largest-oilfield-3531573

Turkish charities send 3 truckloads of aid to Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Three truckloads of humanitarian aid gathered by various charity association in Turkey were sent Tuesday to vulnerable people in war-torn Idlib, northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country.Several relief organizations and benefactors collaborated to prepare the humanitarian aid which included water, flour and dry food.The trucks carrying supplies arrived in Turkey's southern Hatay province to be transferred to Idlib.The aid will be distributed among residents of rural areas in Idlib.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011, when the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkish-charities-send-3-truckloads-of-aid-to-idlib-3531572

Lockdowns prevented 3.1 million deaths in Europe: Study
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Two months of lockdown measures across Europe have saved 3.1 million lives in Europe, according to a new study.According to the study conducted by scientists at Imperial College London, strict measures, such as school closures, in 11 European countries played a significant role in slowing the pandemic.In the study, published in the journal Nature, the scientists analyzed data from 11 countries

Pangolin scales removed from Chinese medicine list
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
China removed the pangolin scales from an official 2020 list of traditional medicines as part of efforts to protect the population of the world's most-trafficked mammal in the wild, local media reported on Tuesday.Following Friday's move of upgrading the protection level of the pangolin, China took another step towards the pangolin or its original Malay name "pengguling," which is seen as "positive signal" and believed to eradicate one of the most dangerous threats to pangolins, the Global Times daily reported."The latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 does not include pangolins, which means the ma…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pangolin-scales-removed-from-chinese-medicine-list-3531587

Turkey arrests 86 FETàñ terror suspects
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Turkish police on Tuesday arrested at least 86 people in two separate probes for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETàñ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup.Istanbul prosecutors said the arrests came after they issued warrants for 44 suspects, including active-duty members of the Turkish Armed Forces and other professions, after they were found to be using payphones to stay in touch with terror affiliates.A prosecutors' statement said that in another investigation, prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 114 suspects, including 21 on active duty.Seeking the total 158 suspec…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-arrests-86-feto-terror-suspects-3531594

Israeli annexation plan 'very dangerous': Russia
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Israel's "dangerous" plans to annex Palestinian territories could provoke further discontent and violence, dooming prospects for a two-state solution, warned a top Russian diplomat on Tuesday.In the near future the new coalition government of Israel "may begin practical steps" to implement its stated plans to annex Palestinian territories, said Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's deputy foreign minister."We believe that such a development would be very dangerous. We agree with the assessments and warnings in this regard, which are reflected in the latest decisions of the Arab League on this issue."The Arab League has cond…
yenisafak.com/en/world/israeli-annexation-plan-very-dangerous-russia-3531568

Six PKK/KCK suspects arrested in southern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Turkish police have arrested six people for their alleged links to the PKK/KCK terror group, security sources said on Tuesday.As part of an investigation launched by prosecutors in the southern Mersin province, arrest warrants were issued for nine people for their alleged involvement in the so-called youth camp of the terror group, the office of provincial prosecutors said in a written statement.The suspects were rounded up in operation conducted by the local gendarmerie forces, while remaining three suspects are wanted.Many digital materials and documents related to the terror group were seized in the searches a…
yenisafak.com/en/news/six-pkk-kck-suspects-arrested-in-southern-turkey-3531566

Iraq confirms full commitment to new OPEC oil deal
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Iraq has confirmed its full commitment to the new agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC nations who will continue curbing their crude productions for an additional month, OPEC said in a statement on Tuesday.Iraq's Minister of Oil Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael confirmed in a phone call with Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Salman his country's full commitment to the decisions taken by OPEC nations last Saturday, according to the statement.The two ministers discussed the current conditions and recent oil market developments, and the efforts undertaken by the 23-member nations of OPEC to restore balan…
yenisafak.com/en/news/iraq-confirms-full-commitment-to-new-opec-oil-deal-3531569

Senior YPG/PKK terrorist neutralized in eastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Turkish security forces "neutralized" a wanted terrorist in the eastern province of Elazig, the Interior Ministry announced Tuesday.The operation by security forces neutralized at least two terrorists, including Salih Ekinci, a terrorist responsible for martyring Turkish security forces.He was in charge for the so-called "Amed" province's "Ape Musa" region in Elazig."Terrorist Salih Ekinci was among those responsible for a terrorist attack carried out by YPG/PKK on March 19, 2018, martyring one soldier and one village guard along the Diyarbakir-Hani-Topcular highway," said a ministry statement.Ekinci, codenamed "
yenisafak.com/en/news/senior-ypg-pkk-terrorist-neutralized-in-eastern-turkey-3531567

Day of Action to Stop Police Crimes | June 13·µó ∞ 2020
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | Over the past two weeks as Minneapolis and the rest of country have erupted in outrage over the murder of George Floyd by law enforcement–a spark which has ignited the collective experience of police terror across America going back as far as the institution of police has existed here–we have seen law enforcement double down on their crimes. As authorities dragged their feet to charge the four officers responsible for killing George Floyd, demonstrations have been met with su…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/day-action-stop-police-crimes-june-13-2020

Day of Action to Stop Police Crimes | June 13·µó ∞ 2020
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | Over the past two weeks as Minneapolis and the rest of country have erupted in outrage over the murder of George Floyd by law enforcement–a spark which has ignited the collective experience of police terror across America going back as far as the institution of police has existed here–we have seen law enforcement double down on their crimes. As authorities dragged their feet to charge the four officers responsible for killing George Floyd, demonstrations have been met with su…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/day-action-stop-police-crimes-june-13-2020

Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
Over the past couple decades, Capital One, Lugo's pursuer, helped lead the way in transforming the nation's local courts into collection machines. As recently as the 1990s, these courts conformed to the picture most people have in their heads, primarily working as a venue where a judge resolved disputes between two sides represented by a lawyer. Now the most common type of case is debt collection, a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report found. Lining up against debtors who are almost never represented by an attorney, debt collection companies win millions of court judgments each year, which then allow them to seize…
popularresistance.org/debt-strike-needed-as-debt-collectors-keep-coming-after-millions-of-people/

The Rest Of The World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
U.S. officials, whether Democrat or Republican, pretend that only other countries violate human rights. Every year, the State Department issues a report on worldwide human rights with the heaviest criticism aimed at enemies du jour such as China, Russia, and Iran. | Human rights, as defined by U.S. officials, include freedom of the press, maintaining an independent judiciary, and civil rights. But most of the world, the United Nations included, goes further, saying human rights include the right to a job, health care, and housing, among other things. | Not surprisingly, U.S. leaders never mention authoritative in…
popularresistance.org/the-rest-of-the-world-sees-uprisings-not-riots/

Governor Cuomo: Avoid Budget Cuts by Not Rebating Stock Sales Tax to Wall Street!
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is basking in the popularity of his meticulous Covid-19 news briefings and simultaneously predicting a pandemic-driven $61 billion state deficit over four years. Astonishingly, the Governor electronically rebates an existing tiny stock transfer sales tax back to Wall Street. This stock transfer sales tax, bringing in an estimated 13 to…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/governor-cuomo-avoid-budget-cuts-by-not-rebating-stock-sales-tax-to-wall-street/

Marx, ecology and industrial agriculture
Martin Empson | mronline.org | 2020-06-08
British climate activist and socialist Martin Empson writes on why the fight against climate change must be a fight for system change and for socialism.
mronline.org/2020/06/08/marx-ecology-and-industrial-agriculture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marx-ecology-and-industrial-agriculture

You Can Be An Anti-Imperialist, Support African-Americans, And Also Oppose Terrorism
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
The false narrative that's being propagated in the Alt-Media Community alleging that opposition to Antifa's nationwide spree of urban terrorism disqualifies one from being an anti-imperialist and supporter of African-Americans deserves to be directly debunked because it amounts to nothing more than an attempt to trick people into accepting the selective "normalization" of terrorist means to ideological ends. | Many In The Alt-Media Community Showed Their True Terrorist-Supporting Face | " The Alt-Media Community Betrayed Average Americans",…

You Can Be An Anti-Imperialist, Support African-Americans, And Also Oppose Terrorism

Russian Diplomats Expelled from Czechia Because of Likely Fake News Story
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The secret services of Czechia had first informed its government in April that it had damning evidence against two Russian diplomats in the country that would warrant their expulsion. It was alleged, without any evidence given publicly, that Russian diplomats …
globalresearch.ca/russian-diplomats-expelled-czechia-likely-fake-news-story/5715340

Rahm Emanuel, the Worst Man for the Moment
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-08
The American Prospect See article on original site "The moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism. To deal with the growing economic inequity that exists in our nation, to deal with the denial of the promise of this nation." No, that was not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, or Elizabeth Warren speaking–it …
cepr.net/rahm-emanuel-the-worst-man-for-the-moment/

Dr Bouthaina Shaaban speaks to Vanessa Beeley, Damascus
Vanessa Beeley | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
Dr Bouthaina Shaaban on the hybrid war strategy being waged by the West, Israel, Turkey, Gulf States against Syria and her allies. | We had a meeting, during which we discussed most aspects of the maximum pressure campaign the sado-barbaric US Coalition is imposing upon Syria and all the nations who would defend her or provide economic support, trade and military collaboration. | Covid19 was discussed and the deliberate westernization of this alleged "pandemic" to further tighten the screws on an already economically devastated country that has endured 10 years of war, plagued by the various terrorist gangs cr…

Dr Bouthaina Shaaban speaks to Vanessa Beeley, Damascus

What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza?
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-08
Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza's recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and several wars that resulted in the death and wounding of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But none of Israel's wars impacted Aludaini's life as much as …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/what-is-next-for-palestinian-popular-resistance-in-gaza/

WAFA: Israel Committed 27 Violations Against Journalists in May 2020
The Palestinian News & Info Agency | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
The Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) said in a report, on Sunday, that it has documented 27 violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories during May. The report on Israeli violations against journalists states that these violations included …
imemc.org/article/wafa-israel-committed-27-violations-against-journalists-in-may-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wafa-israel-committed-27-violations-against-journalists-in-may-2020

Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela logra victoria legal frente a una juez hostil nombrada por Obama y la fiscalía del gobierno
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-08
La sentencia contra los cuatro miembros del Colectivo de Protección de la Embajada de Venezuela, quienes fueron los últimos ocupantes…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/07/colectivo-embajada-venezuela-jueza-fiscalia/

Challenging Authority, the Only Viable Option for Positive Change
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
State-sponsored class warfare rages. Ongoing for decades, it's all about governance of, by, and for the privileged few at the expense of most others. | What's untenable persists with no end of it in prospect, no plan for improving the lives …
globalresearch.ca/challenging-authority-viable-option-positive-change/5715275

What America and the World Need Now: Dismantle Big Money Power, Get Money Out of Politics. End Institutional Racism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Mass protests in the US and elsewhere over racist killings of Black men like George Floyd aren't good enough. | They divert attention from an array of core issues ignored by officialdom and establishment media. | Justice won't be served unless they're …
globalresearch.ca/what-america-world-need-now/5715380

80 Lawmakers Demand Trump Ditch Any Thought of Resuming 'Dangerously Provocative' Nuclear Tests
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
"When Americans say that they want and need tests, they weren't talking about the nuclear kind." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-testing-nukes.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/08/80-lawmakers-demand-trump-ditch-any-thought-resuming-dangerously-provocative-nuclear?cd-origin=rss

The Subversion of New York City's Official Policy to Curb Police Brutality
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-08
In early November 1966, my sister and I‚Äïarmed with a bucket of home-made paste, a wide brush, and a thick roll of "Vote No" posters‚Äïheaded off from my student apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to plaster the surrounding area with the signs. The Patrolman's Benevolent Association (PBA), a very powerful police union, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-subversion-of-new-york-citys-official-policy-to-curb-police-brutality/

Minneapolis City Council Vows to Dismantle Police Dept. After Mass Protests & Grassroots Organizing
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-08
After nearly two weeks of historic protests, the Minneapolis City Council has announced it will move to dismantle the city's police department in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. "We've got to create a system of public safety that works for everybody," says Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/8/minneapolis_police_abolition

The End of Policing: Alex Vitale on How Cops & Their Unions Cover Up Inequality, Exploitation
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-08
Professor Alex Vitale argues the answer to police violence is not "reform." It's defunding. The author of "The End of Policing" says the movement to defund the police is part of "a long story about the use of police and prisons to manage problems of inequality and exploitation." He asks, "Why are we using police to paper over problems of economic exploitation?" He also discusses the role of police unions. "They become, in many cities, the locus, the institutional hub, for a whole set of right-wing 'thin blue line' politics that believe that policing is not only effective but it's the most desirable way to solve o…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/8/alex_vitale_end_of_policing

"The Time Is Now": Tens of Thousands in NYC March for Justice, Peace & an End to Racist Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-08
As hundreds of thousands took to the streets nationwide and around the world to call for police accountability and demand Black lives matter in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, Democracy Now! spoke to some of the people who joined the historic protests Saturday in New York City.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/8/nyc_protest_voices

Defund the Police: Linda Sarsour & Mychal Denzel Smith on What Meaningful Change Would Look Like
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-08
Amid growing calls in New York City for police accountability, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shift some of the city's funding for police and reallocate it to social services. We get response from Linda Sarsour, longtime Palestinian American Muslim organizer and co-founder of Until Freedom, which along with others has led the push to institute meaningful change. We also speak with author Mychal Denzel Smith, who notes that "one thing that's come of this global pandemic of COVID-19 is an understanding of what constitutes essential, what do we actually need. And police have shown that they are inessential."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/8/bill_de_blasio_nypd_police_funding

Decolonise our future
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-08
OpenDemocracy See article on original site Biological and climate emergency is a reality, but there is no justice in how its causes and consequences are divided up between the Global North and the Global South. The median person in the US consumes 44 million calories per day. The human body requires intake of 2 thousand …
cepr.net/decolonise-our-future/

CIA's Forgotten Coup Against 'The Most Loyal Ally'
John Pilger | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
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. On November 11, 1975, Kerr infamously sacked the reformist government of 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,…
anti-empire.com/cias-forgotten-coup-against-the-most-loyal-ally/

No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad
Ajamu Baraka | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
The ruling class is befuddled and confused about how to respond to the ongoing street demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd. (Photo: EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/blm_5.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/08/no-compromise-no-retreat-defeat-war-against-africanblack-people-us-and-abroad?cd-origin=rss

No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The justice for George Floyd mobilizations today reflected the state's worst nightmare

FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European writers critical of US foreign policy. The bureau's justification for the removal was dubious, and it sets a troubling precedent for other …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-launches-open-attack-foreign-alternative-media-outlets-challenging-us-foreign-policy/5715296

Demolition Notices, Halt Construction Ordered by Israeli Military
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
Israeli forces notified two Palestinian home owners, on Sunday, of the order to demolish their homes in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Popular committee coordinator in Yatta, Rateb al-Jabour, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli soldiers notified two …
imemc.org/article/demolition-notices-halt-construction-ordered-by-israeli-military/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demolition-notices-halt-construction-ordered-by-israeli-military

The U.S. rebellion for black lives
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-08
As protests rage across America against police brutality and systemic racism, Akunna Eneh, an activist from Boston, argues that the movement sparked by the murder of George Floyd has exposed the true face of American society.
mronline.org/2020/06/08/the-u-s-rebellion-for-black-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-u-s-rebellion-for-black-lives

Arresting Justice: Victimizing the Victimizers Won't End the Policing Crisis
Paul M. Renfro | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
In the wake of the brutal slayings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Tony McDade in Tallahassee, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, demonstrators nationwide and throughout the world have trained their anger on racialized police brutality and state violence, more broadly. While many have expressed support for decarceration, abolition, and cuts to police budgets, some of these same activists and commentators have petitioned for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/arresting-justice-victimizing-the-victimizers-wont-end-the-policing-crisis/

Trump's Path to Historical Ignominy
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
History has always treated harshly those tyrants and strongmen who have been gratuitously violent toward their subjects and citizens and believed in purposely creating misery for their charge. Donald John Trump, the third impeached president of the United States, decided to clear peaceful protesters gathered a full block from the White House, so he could have his photograph taken standing in front of a church. It was not any church, but St. John's Episcopal Church, dubbed the "Church of the Presidents," owing to the several chief executives who have worshiped there over the decades. | To prepare for Trump's photo…

Trump’s Path to Historical Ignominy

Joseph Bolognia, 54, Philly Police Inspector off the streets, facing possible attempted murder charge
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
When we thought we had seen it all, we then get this pig faced motherfucker and his Trumpist Nazi friends. Watch him bash the head of a teenage (white) girl during an attack on peaceful demonstrators. This guy has a lifetime history of far more than the complaints on record, it goes much further with allegations yet to be proven of a police "special squad" working with human traffickers and drug dealers, keeping them safe and protecting them from prison for cash. Time that was looked into and a couple of dozen Philly boys in blue sent to do a few decades of federal time including for felony murder, what they do w…

Joseph Bolognia, 54, Philly Police Inspector off the streets, facing possible attempted murder charge

"Light 'Em Up": Warrior-Cops Are the Law–and Above the Law–as Violence Grips America
William Astore | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
From their front porches, regular citizens watched a cordon of cops sweep down their peaceful street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rankled at being filmed, the cops exceeded their authority and demanded that people go inside their houses. When some of them didn't obey quickly enough, the order

Buffalo, New York mayor protects police in attack on 75-year-old
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The Democratic mayor's comments follow another week of vicious police assaults against peaceful protesters across the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/poli-j08.html

Trump's Path to Historical Ignominy
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-08
History has always treated harshly those tyrants and strongmen who have been gratuitously violent toward their subjects and citizens and believed in purposely creating misery for their charge. Donald John Trump, the third impeached president of the United States, decided to clear peaceful protesters gathered a full block from the White House, so he could have his photograph taken standing in front of a church. It was not any church, but St. John's Episcopal Church, dubbed the "Church of the Presidents," owing to the several chief executives who have worshiped there over the decades. | To prepare for Trump's photo…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/08/trumps-path-to-historical-ignominy/

Thousands in New York City March for Justice, Peace and an End to Racist Police
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
As hundreds of thousands took to the streets nationwide and around the world to call for police accountability and demand Black lives matter in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, Democracy Now! spoke to some of the people who joined the historic protests Saturday in New York City. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: We end this broadcast in the streets of New York, where hundreds of…
truthout.org/video/thousands-in-new-york-city-march-for-justice-peace-and-an-end-to-racist-police/

Trump's New White House Barrier Transformed Into Black Lives Matter Memorial
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
As peaceful protests continued to flower and grow in U.S. cities and around the world over the weekend, a newly-erected security fence established around the White House in Washington, D.C. became what one reporter described as a " crowd-sourced memorial wall"

Giving drivers £6,000 to switch to electric car would be 'fantastic move'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-08
Motoring and environmental groups have welcomed the prospect of a new car scrappage scheme encouraging motorists to switch to electric vehicles. | The AA described it as "fantastic" while Greenpeace said it would be "moving in the right direction". | Boris Johnson is considering launching plans to give drivers up to £6,000 to exchange their petrol or diesel car for an electric model, the Daily Telegraph reported. | In March the government reduced the maximum grant available for electric car buyers under the Plug-In Car Grant by £500 to £3,000. | But it has been urged to help manufacturers hit ha…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/08/giving-drivers-6000-to-switch-to-electric-car-would-be-fantastic-move/

Belgian Police Warn of Strikes After Clashes During Anti-Racism Protests in Brussels
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-08
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – Belgium's two biggest police trade unions on Monday warned of a strike following riots in central Brussels, which started as a peaceful rally against racism.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006081079560295-belgian-police-warn-of-strikes-after-clashes-during-anti-racism-protests-in-brussels/

The police murder of George Floyd sparks mass protests throughout the world
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-08
This weekend, hundreds of thousands of workers and youth will protest the police murder of George Floyd, not only in the United States, but in Australia, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Brazil, South Korea and many other countries.
mronline.org/2020/06/08/the-police-murder-of-george-floyd-sparks-mass-protests-throughout-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-police-murder-of-george-floyd-sparks-mass-protests-throughout-the-world

The Mask Revolution
Israel Shamir | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-08
Who could have guessed that the Floyd protest was the best Coronavirus vaccine? The same people that warned us that the virus is the deadliest plague and staying-at-home is the only escape, now commanded us to march amongst throngs, shoulder-to-shoulder against police! It appears they have the dreadful pandemic under their command, on tap: now …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-mask-revolution/

Houston protests police murder of George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Houston, TX – The police murder of George Floyd, the catalyst of a national and now global wave of mass demonstrations against anti-Black racism and police brutality, took place in Minneapolis. But Floyd was a son of Houston, Texas, a longtime and much beloved neighborhood personality of the Third Ward, one of the city's historic centers of African-American life. Judging by the sheer size of the recent protests in Houston, Floyd's home city will never forget him. | The largest demonstration in Floyd's honor in Houston occurred on Tuesday, June 2, when an estimated 60,000 people came downtown for a march and rally…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/houston-protests-police-murder-george-floyd

Houston protests police murder of George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Houston, TX – The police murder of George Floyd, the catalyst of a national and now global wave of mass demonstrations against anti-Black racism and police brutality, took place in Minneapolis. But Floyd was a son of Houston, Texas, a longtime and much beloved neighborhood personality of the Third Ward, one of the city's historic centers of African-American life. Judging by the sheer size of the recent protests in Houston, Floyd's home city will never forget him. | The largest demonstration in Floyd's honor in Houston occurred on Tuesday, June 2, when an estimated 60,000 people came downtown for a march and rally…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/houston-protests-police-murder-george-floyd

Tens of thousands continue UK protests against racism and police brutality
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
More than 100,000 people across Britain continued to protest the death of George Floyd over the weekend.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/pruk-j08.html

Tear Gas Is Banned in International Warfare—-Why Are Police Using It on U.S. Civilians?
Janea Wilson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
On June 2, President Trump threatened to deploy military troops against Americans in response to nationwide protests after the recent murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Trump's suggestion to use military force against U.S. civilians shocked many–but in fact police …
globalresearch.ca/tear-gas-banned-international-warfare-why-police-using-us-civilians/5715285

Ten Days that May Have Changed the World: an Internationalist Perspective
Richard Greeman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Sparked by the police murder of George Floyd and fueled by Minneapolis authorities' reluctance to arrest and charge the murderer's three police accomplices, mass protests have been sweeping across the U.S. with an intensity not seen since the 1960s. In over 150 cities, African Americans and their allies have flooded the streets, braving the Covid…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/ten-days-that-may-have-changed-the-world-an-internationalist-perspective/

RIP George Floyd and Solidarity with Those Fighting Back
subMedia | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-08
It's been a historic and heavy two weeks in the US, following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. Calls for justice have grown from a mid-sized protest outside a precinct to a nation-wide uprising, leading Donald Trump to run to his bunker and threaten to call in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/rip-george-floyd-and-solidarity-with-those-fighting-back/

Millions march in cities and towns in every part of the US to oppose racism and police violence
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The demonstrations over the weekend to protest the police murder of George Floyd, among the biggest nationwide mobilizations of workers and youth in US history, signaled a new stage in the movement of the American working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/demo-j08.html

The BBC just showed utter disregard for Black lives and the UK's racism
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-06-08
On 7 June, Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol tore down a statue of Edward Colston

Protesting in Phoenix for Dion Johnson, another Black man killed by police
Mathew Tanner | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
PHOENIX, Ariz.–People in Phoenix are angry. The situation here may seem identical to the rest of the nation: spontaneous protest and civil unrest in response to the murder of George Floyd. And Arizona officials and local Phoenix leaders have pushed the idea that an amorphous, subversive criminal element of rioters and looters is descending on Phoenix, …
peoplesworld.org/article/protesting-in-phoenix-for-dion-johnson-another-black-man-killed-by-police/

Hundreds of thousands join protests against police violence across Europe
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The size and wide geographical spread of the protests over Floyd's murder reflect broad-based opposition to racism and police violence around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/euro-j08.html

Teen students lead Nashville's largest ever protest against racist police violence
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
NASHVILLE–A huge gathering of protesters–led by students–congregated at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville the evening of Thursday, June 4, to protest the horrific murder of George Floyd and the overall issue of racist police violence. The Bicentennial Mall Park is composed of 19 mostly grassy acres with plaques commemorating area history from ancient Indigenous times to the 20th Century. By the estimates …
peoplesworld.org/article/teen-students-lead-nashvilles-largest-ever-protest-against-racist-police-violence/

Ten Days that May Have Changed the World. Mass Protests across America
Richard Greeman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Sparked by the police murder of George Floyd and fueled by Minneapolis authorities' reluctance to arrest and charge the murderer's three police accomplices, mass protests have been sweeping across the US with an intensity not seen since the 1960s. In …
globalresearch.ca/ten-days-may-have-changed-world/5715292

Thousands protest across South Florida against police violence
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Miami, FL – Thousands took to the streets of Miami June 6, to protest police violence against Black and brown communities in the U.S. and to continue demanding justice for George Floyd. Protesters called for arresting killer cops in all cities, demilitarizing the police, and community control over the police. They took to the streets and marched for miles along Biscayne Avenue, from the Torch of Friendship at Bayside all the way to Wynwood. | There were two different marches happening simultaneously in Miami plus several others in cities like Miramar and Davie in Broward County. | There were also several actions…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/thousands-protest-across-south-florida-against-police-violence

Australian protesters speak out: "The class systems need to be abolished"
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The demonstrations were "a great show of people power and it's a great show of how the world should move forward."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/auin-j08.html

Amazon workers declare support for mass protests as management imposes pay cut
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
Amazon workers expressed solidarity with the protests, even as the company, which provides facial recognition software to police departments, feigned concern over racism and inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/amaz-j08.html

For This to Slip Would Be the 'End of Empire'
Alastair Crooke | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
A hot humid day, but a gentle, warm breeze is blowing. The smoke and tear gas swirl gently to and fro, hanging in the dense, sweaty air, as shafts of dazzling sunlight scythe through the smokiness at sharp angles. A mass protest is forming. Youths are chattering; people moving aimlessly. It still has not solidified into purpose, yet the raw tenseness of the coming conflict hangs, as palpably as does the smoke in the air. It is evident

Thousands protest across South Florida against police violence
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Miami, FL – Thousands took to the streets of Miami June 6, to protest police violence against Black and brown communities in the U.S. and to continue demanding justice for George Floyd. Protesters called for arresting killer cops in all cities, demilitarizing the police, and community control over the police. They took to the streets and marched for miles along Biscayne Avenue, from the Torch of Friendship at Bayside all the way to Wynwood. | There were two different marches happening simultaneously in Miami plus several others in cities like Miramar and Davie in Broward County. | There were also several actions…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/thousands-protest-across-south-florida-against-police-violence

Police killing of Giovanni López sparks protests, political crisis in Mexico
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
Protests broke out in Guadalajara and Mexico City after footage surfaced of the brutal arrest of López, who died of his wounds the next day, for not wearing a COVID-19 facemask.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/mexi-j08.html

Progressives in Ireland unite to demand justice for George Floyd
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-08
Marches in solidarity with the anti-racist protests in the US were held, defying police restrictions, in Dublin in the Irish Republic and Belfast in Northern Ireland. Protesters, however, adhered to the COVID-19 safety protocol…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/08/progressives-in-ireland-unite-to-demand-justice-for-george-floyd/

Camouflage: How the Israeli Left Continues to Hoodwink Us with Corrupted Slogans
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
To reach the hearts and minds of Americans, the Zionist Israeli Left is manipulating the Black Lives Matter movement. The slogans and images of protestors coming out of Tel Aviv continue to hoodwink the world with a sudden and self-serving …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-left-continues-hoodwink-us-corrupted-slogans/5715302

Rescind, Reform, and Fight: 3 Steps for Racial Justice
Candice Francis, Abdi Soltani | thenation.com | 2020-06-08
Rescind, Reform, and Fight: 3 Steps for Racial Justice…
thenation.com/article/society/protest-california-aclu/

For This to Slip Would Be the 'End of Empire'
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-08
A hot humid day, but a gentle, warm breeze is blowing. The smoke and tear gas swirl gently to and fro, hanging in the dense, sweaty air, as shafts of dazzling sunlight scythe through the smokiness at sharp angles. A mass protest is forming. Youths are chattering; people moving aimlessly. It still has not solidified into purpose, yet the raw tenseness of the coming conflict hangs, as palpably as does the smoke in the air. It is evident

Couldn't Bury Your Father Because of Lockdown? Public Health Experts Have a New Exciting Message for You: "ACAB!"
Dan Diamond | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
For months, public health experts have urged Americans to take every precaution to stop the spread of Covid-19–stay at home, steer clear of friends and extended family, and absolutely avoid large gatherings. | Now some of those experts are broadcasting a new message: It's time to get out of the house and join the mass protests against racism. | "We should always evaluate the risks and benefits of efforts to control the virus," Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins epidemiologist, tweeted on Tuesday. "In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the ha…
anti-empire.com/couldnt-bury-your-father-because-of-lockdown-public-health-experts-have-a-new-exciting-message-for-you-acab/

Tuesday 6/9: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833916.php

Police kill unarmed 22-year-old man in Vallejo, California
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
The Vallejo, California Police Department has a well-established track record of brutality and murder. | On Tuesday, June 2, Vallejo police gunned down an unarmed 22-year old whose last text sent was one asking his sisters to sign a petition protesting the police murder of George Floyd.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833865.php

Black Lives Matter! Labor Rally & March In SF
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Hundreds of Northern California trade unionists marched and rallied in San Francisco Hunters Point Bay View district to protest the murder of George Floyd and many other Black workers and youth. Some community members also spoke out about the murders.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833881.php

San Rafael Says "Say Their Names"
Downtown Protest | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
28 names on a cardboard sign…Black Americans murdered by police. There are many many more, protesters lamented.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833846.php

Seattle Protesters Tear-Gassed Just Hours After City's 30-Day Ban on Its Use
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
In spite of assurances from Seattle leaders last week that there would be a 30-day ban on the use of tear gas, demonstrators were still subjected to the chemical agent in the city on Sunday evening. | Both Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Chief of Police Carmen Best had emphasized that a temporary ban on tear gas would be in place while its e…
truthout.org/articles/seattle-protesters-tear-gassed-just-hours-after-citys-30-day-ban-on-its-use/

Former cop Derek Chauvin appears in court over George Floyd's murder, with bail set at $1.25mn
rt.com | 2020-06-08
The former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd has appeared in court for the first time over the death. Floyd's killing while in police custody sparked widespread protests against police brutality. | Derek Chauvin appeared at the short hearing at Hennepin County District Court via video link, and the judge set bail at $1.25 million without conditions or $1 million with conditions. According to the terms outlined, if posting the lower bail amount, Chauvin would have to avoid contact with Floyd's family, and refrain from handling firearms and conducting any police work. | Derek Cha…
rt.com/usa/491237-chauvin-court-bail-floyd-murder/

Boris Johnson Says Protesters Who Engage in Vandalism Will 'Face Full Force of Law'
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-08
A wave of protests against racial inequality and police brutality has swept through the United Kingdom over the death of African American man George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, with instances of police officers attacked and historic monuments vandalised by protesters.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006081079559911-boris-johnson-says-protesters-who-engage-in-vandalism-will-face-full-force-of-law/

UN sends 72 truckloads of aid to Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
The UN on Monday sent 72 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country.The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib, Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province.The aid will be distributed among residents of Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.Idlib falls within a de-…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-sends-72-truckloads-of-aid-to-idlib-syria-3531501

White | cops wash | feet | of black | protesters | during | demonstration | in US
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
As tens of thousands of people take part in Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the world over the killing of George Floyd, the U.S. state of North Carolina played host to the most interesting form of protest witnessed yet. White cops and demonstrators washed the feet of black protesters to show their solidarity against racism and police brutality.The event was reportedly organized by ex-priest Faith Wokom; because according to the Christian belief, foot-washing represents love and humility. Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American, was filmed gasping for air and pleading for breath as now-fired police officer…
yenisafak.com/en/world/whitecops-washfeetof-blackprotestersduringdemonstrationin-us-3531486

Violence Towards Protesters Shows Why Many Want To Abolish Police
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
Welcome to the Real News. I'm Kim Brown. After several sustained days of protest in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd on May 25th, the epicenter of this latest uprising movement, Minneapolis, is experiencing an over militarized response with Minnesota National Guard troops joining alongside Minneapolis Police Department and the Minnesota State Police law enforcement agencies in attempting to quell the uprisings. But organizers on the ground there are using their ingenuity to coordinate mutual aid and redistribution efforts, plus providing a platform for the solution to the crisis of over-policing and…
popularresistance.org/violence-towards-protesters-shows-why-many-want-to-abolish-police/

US Veterans, Including Active Duty, Reject Militarization Against Demonstrators
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
The United States is in the midst of a mass uprising against police violence, but also a whole list of grievances such as the lack of jobs, health care, education and more. Sustained protests have been going on for two weeks defying curfews and severe repression by police. The national guard has been deployed to 23 states and President Trump threatened to deploy the military against people expressing their First Amendment rights. We speak with Danny Sjursen, a retired Major and spokesperson for About Face: Veterans Against the War, about how members of the military are responding to current events. Veterans have…
popularresistance.org/veterans-active-duty-reject-militarization/

FROM THE FIELD: Pacific islanders confront twin threats of climate change and coronavirus
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
People living on an isolated island community in the Pacific Ocean are finding ways to reduce their dependence on expensive imported food while promoting climate resilient farming techniques, thanks to a programme supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065852

Four Palestinians, including a Child Abducted by Israeli Forces and Police
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
Israeli police abducted, on Sunday, abducted four Palestinians, including a child, from occupied east Jerusalem the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said that police forces stormed as-Sa'diyya neighborhood in Silwan district, and abducted a child, identified as Yazan Haddad. Also in Silwan, police abducted two young men after storming …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-including-a-child-abducted-by-israeli-forces-and-police/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinians-including-a-child-abducted-by-israeli-forces-and-police

Israeli Colonist Injures A Palestinian Child In Her Eye
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
An illegal Israeli colonialist settler attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian child in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, causing an injury in one of her eyes, in addition to cuts and bruises. Media sources said the colonist assaulted the child, identified as Mariam Yasser Najeeb, 11, while playing and riding her …
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Israeli Military Razes Land in Gaza, Sets up Mobile Homes in West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
The Israeli military invaded the blockaded Gaza Strip, on Monday morning, and razed land in the Abu Safiya area. A local monitor told Quds Press, that military vehicles, including 3 bulldozers intruded into and proceeded to level Palestinian lands, east of Jabalia, northern besieged Gaza Strip. In the occupied West …
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct 23 Palestinians In Occupied Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, 23 Palestinians, most of them are members of Fateh Movement, from their homes in several parts of occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported. Silwanic stated that the soldiers conducted violent searches of dozens of homes in …
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Israeli Shabak Claims Arresting A Palestinian Believed To Be Behind The Death Of A Soldier During Jenin Invasion
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-08
The Israeli Security Agency (Shabak) lifted, on Sunday evening, a gag order on the abduction of a Palestinian who is believed to be behind the death of an Israeli soldier during an invasion into Ya'bad town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, on May 12, 2020. The Shabak …
imemc.org/article/israeli-shabak-claims-arresting-a-palestinian-behind-the-death-of-a-soldier-during-jenin-invasion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-shabak-claims-arresting-a-palestinian-behind-the-death-of-a-soldier-during-jenin-invasion

Bolsonaro government attempted to censor Brazil's coronavirus case count and death toll
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
There are now more than 7 million officially confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, an increase of one million cases in nine days, and more than 400,000 dead.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/covi-j08.html

NYT Says Farmers to Get 10 Million Food Stamp Person Years of Government Aid
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-08
That is not precisely what the newspaper said because it prefers to use really big numbers that it knows are meaningless to almost all of its readers. It instead told readers that the aid is expected to be $16 billion. This is in addition to the 7.5 million food stamp person years that farmers got …
cepr.net/nyt-says-farmers-to-get-10-million-food-stamp-person-years-of-government-aid/

NYT Says Farmers to Get 10 Million Food Stamp Person Years of Government Aid
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-08
That is not precisely what the newspaper said because it prefers to use really big numbers that it knows are meaningless to almost all of its readers. It instead told readers that the aid is expected to be $16 billion. This is in addition to the 7.5 million food stamp person-years that farmers got in …
cepr.net/nyt-says-farmers-to-get-10-million-food-stamp-person-years-of-government-aid/

The government just gave the corporate press £35m of your money
Nathan Sparkes | thecanary.co | 2020-06-08
The economic effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) are being felt by people and businesses all over the UK. But spare a thought for Rupert Murdoch, Daily Mail owner the 4th Viscount Rothermere, Telegraph owners the Barclay brothers, and Gannett (the multi-billion-dollar US company of which one subsidiary is Newsquest, which owns dozens of local newspapers across the UK). They must have been struggling because the newspapers they own, having taken a break from bashing folk on the poverty line for 'taking state handouts', have grab…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/06/08/the-government-just-gave-the-corporate-press-35m-of-your-money/

German government's stimulus package: €50 billion for automakers, €1 billion for childcare
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
Like the previous bailouts, the latest package showers cash on the rich, concealed behind a few modest rations for families and will produce a further increase in social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/germ-j08.html

Coronavirus: World Bank confirms deepest recession since World War Two
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
The COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2 per cent this year, representing the deepest recession since World War Two, and triggering a dramatic rise in extreme poverty, the World Bank said Monday in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065902

German corporations seize on pandemic to implement mass layoffs and welfare cuts
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
In close cooperation with the German government, major firms are using the coronavirus crisis to prepare for global trade war and carry out long-planned attacks on the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/cuts-j08.html

Congressional Dems unveil big police reform package
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
WASHINGTON–Responding to the mass movement for comprehensive change in the nation's police departments

Communalism and Coronavirus: India's New Strain of Virus
Parul Verma | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-06-08
asia-pacificresearch.com/communalism-coronavirus-india-new-strain-virus/5629099

No time to take 'foot off the pedal' as coronavirus pandemic worsens: WHO
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening globally, with more than 136,000 cases recorded on Sunday: the highest number in a single day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065892

"Unprecedented" transfer of personal NHS information to shady tech Co's
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-08
By Mary Fitzgerald and Corri Crider: Hours before facing court proceedings from openDemocracy over its massive NHS COVID-19 data deal with private tech firms, the UK government has caved to pressure and released all the contracts governing its deals with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and controversial AI firms Faculty and Palantir. The contracts, released to openDemocracy …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/unprecedented-transfer-of-personal-nhs-information-to-shady-tech-cos/

Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the world
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered this weekend in cities far from the United States to express anger over the death of George Floyd, a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality is resonating with wider calls to address racism from Australia to Asia to Europe. In Berlin, where police said 15,000 people rallied …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-live-matter-movement-sweeps-the-world/

How Endless War Contributes to Police Brutality
Bonnie Kristian | zcomm.org | 2020-06-08
This dynamic is deliberate: Police officers are explicitly trained to conceive of themselves as warriors in battle, always on high alert and prepared to kill…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-endless-war-contributes-to-police-brutality/

The Fires This Time and Next
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
George Floyd is dead, murdered by a policeman while three others stood by and did nothing to protect him. Eric Garner is dead, murdered by a policeman while at least seven others milled about and did nothing to protect him. Over the decades, countless and uncounted black men, women, and children have died, killed in the custody of police. Some of these deaths and the preludes to them have been captured by cellphone cameras and uploaded to social media. Many more have not.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/the-fires-this-time-and-next/

'Why Minneapolis?': How Deep Surveillance of Black Muslims Paved the Way for George Floyd's Murder
Vanessa Taylor | progressive.org | 2020-06-08
The city has a long history of spying on its Black residents.
progressive.org/dispatches/deep-surveillance-black-muslims-taylor-200608/

Minneapolis: 'Disband, defund,' or community control, of the police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Minneapolis, MN – On June 7, Minneapolis officials tried to pull one over on the people again, in the guise of promising real change after the murder of George Floyd. Nine city council members declared a "commitment to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department." The announcement was made at community meeting held by Black Visions and Reclaim the Block, two grassroots organizations that have been calling on the council to divest from MPD since 2018. | Even if the proposal comes to pass, it will do little to deliver true justice and to avenge the victims who have been brutalized and murdered by the police over th…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/minneapolis-disband-defund-or-community-control-police

Minneapolis: 'Disband, defund,' or community control, of the police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Minneapolis, MN – On June 7, Minneapolis officials tried to pull one over on the people again, in the guise of promising real change after the murder of George Floyd. Nine city council members declared a "commitment to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department." The announcement was made at community meeting held by Black Visions and Reclaim the Block, two grassroots organizations that have been calling on the council to divest from MPD since 2018. | Even if the proposal comes to pass, it will do little to deliver true justice and to avenge the victims who have been brutalized and murdered by the police over th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/minneapolis-disband-defund-or-community-control-police

Syria: Will the Great Middle Eastern War Begin in the Levant?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The world is in turmoil. 2020 has already brought major multiple crises, with the Iranian-American clash in Iraq which followed the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, and the COVID-19 health pandemic and economic disaster that struck all …
globalresearch.ca/syria-great-middle-eastern-war/5715326

Three Missouri Voters Explain Why Everyone Should be Able to Vote by Mail in 2020
Leila Rafei | aclu.org | 2020-06-08
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world operates, but as the presidential election approaches, many states have failed to respond when it comes to voting. The safest way to vote during the pandemic is to vote by mail, but state restrictions block many voters from doing so. The ACLU has sued 10 states for restricting access, including Missouri, where the state legislature just voted to expand acce…
aclu.org/news/voting-rights/three-missouri-voters-explain-why-everyone-should-be-able-to-vote-by-mail-in-2020

New Jersey health department whistleblowers' letter highlights criminality of state's pandemic response
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
A letter by anonymous officials makes clear that thousands of deaths were the result of deliberate policy decisions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/newj-j08.html

World Oceans Day: Don't be colour blind, help blue oceans keep the planet green
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
The COVID-19 pandemic is a "sharp reminder" of how we are all intimately connected to each other and to nature, the UN chief said on Monday, World Oceans Day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065872

Turkish government arrests opposition and Kurdish deputies
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
Increasingly unpopular, due to the botched official response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is lashing out at bourgeois opposition parties.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/turk-j08.html

The Enemy is Government-Granted Patent Monopolies, not the Market
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-08
(This is the first entry in an exchange with Leigh Phillips. I am responding to a piece he wrote in Jacobin last week about the drug industry's response to the pandemic.) Leigh Phillips had a very useful piece in Jacobin on how patent protections are impeding progress in developing and distributing vaccines or treatments for …
cepr.net/the-enemy-is-government-granted-patent-monopolies-not-the-market/

The Gaza Strip Under Israeli Military Siege
Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The following article aims at providing a critical analysis of the Israeli policies towards the colonized Gaza Strip and its Palestinian people. Consequently, it will concentrate on the Military Siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and on the deliberate Israelipolicy …
globalresearch.ca/gaza-strip-under-israeli-military-siege-question-security-war-crimes/5715311

"Light 'Em Up"
William J. Astore | zcomm.org | 2020-06-08
Warrior-Cops Are the Law

Conn. health workers demand PPE, honor their lost
Gil Netter | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
NEW LONDON, Conn.

Charles Dickens put ordinary people at the heart of the story
Jenny Farrell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-08
The English novelist Charles Dickens was born in 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars, into the lower petty bourgeoisie, whose life experience partly overlapped with that of the proletariat. He died on June 9, 1870, at the age of 58. We write this on the 150th anniversary of his death. Although Dickens's authorial perspective always remained …
peoplesworld.org/article/charles-dickens-put-ordinary-people-at-the-heart-of-the-story/

Israel Continues to be Rewarded for Killing American Sailors: Remembering the USS Liberty
Raouf Halaby | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
June 8, 1967 stands as yet another "date of infamy" in the annals of American history. And even though numerically the dead and wounded American servicemen numbered in the hundreds instead thousands, June 8, 1967 is as heinous a date of infamy as the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the 9/11 attacks on…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/israel-continues-to-be-rewarded-for-killing-american-sailors-remembering-the-uss-liberty/

Drone Wars at Ten #3: What's Next? A Peek at the Future
Chris Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
In this final post to mark our 10th birthday, I want to peek a little into the future, looking at what we are facing in relation to drone warfare in the coming years. Of course predicting the future is always …
globalresearch.ca/drone-wars-what-next-peek-future/5715276

Oil Price Wars, Covid-19 Havoc and the Evolving US-China Trade War
John A. Mathews | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The US-China relationship continues to sour under the impact of Covid-19, with the Trump administration threatening to cut all ties with China in a move that would divide the world into two competing trade entities.1 It's been a bad …
globalresearch.ca/oil-price-wars-covid-19-us-china-trade-war/5715308

Che, Chez and Ross Cannard: Organic Farming, Sonoma, California
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
On an overcast Friday morning near the end of spring, Juan Umaña rolled up his shirt sleeves and went to work in a newly ploughed field with rich black soil on an organic farm in Sonoma County, California, an hour or so North of the Golden Gate Bridge. Born and raised in Colombia, with a tattoo…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/che-chez-and-ross-cannard-organic-farming-sonoma-california/

10,000-plus march against police crimes in Jacksonville FL
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Jacksonville, FL – On Saturday, June 6, over 10,000 residents of Jacksonville came out to an historic march hosted by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee. This march came a week after 3500 people gathered on the headquarters of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) to demand: Release of body camera footage being held hostage by JSO; an end to excessive force, by instituting community control via a Civilian Police Accountability Council; and transparency in testing and reporting of COVID-19 for those in JSO custody. | With the June 6 march being the largest civil rights demonstration in the city's histor…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/10000-plus-march-against-police-crimes-jacksonville-fl

10,000-plus march against police crimes in Jacksonville FL
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Jacksonville, FL – On Saturday, June 6, over 10,000 residents of Jacksonville came out to an historic march hosted by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee. This march came a week after 3500 people gathered on the headquarters of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) to demand: Release of body camera footage being held hostage by JSO; an end to excessive force, by instituting community control via a Civilian Police Accountability Council; and transparency in testing and reporting of COVID-19 for those in JSO custody. | With the June 6 march being the largest civil rights demonstration in the city's histor…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/10000-plus-march-against-police-crimes-jacksonville-fl

Solidarity is the world's 'best line of defence': UN General Assembly president
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
Back in September, the world committed to a landmark political declaration on universal health coverage. Now, in the throes of the COVID-19 crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly has reiterated the importance of investing in health as "an investment in human capital, social and economic development and the empowerment of all people".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065932

China Sends Sixth COVID-19 Aid Installment as Venezuela Thanks 'True Friends'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-08
The country is relaxing it's lockdown on a week-on-week-off basis despite rising cases.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14901

Air Pollution, Mental Illness, and Covid-19
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-08
Lockdowns imposed in response to Covid-19 forced millions of people to stay at home, businesses closed and a widespread hush descended. The major beneficiary of the controls has been the natural environment; in particular there has been a dramatic reduction in air pollution everywhere. But as countries begin to lift restrictions, road traffic levels are …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/air-pollution-mental-illness-and-covid-19/

Behind Covid Crisis: Agriculture Bill Amendment Aims to Deregulate GMOs in the UK
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-08
By Beyond GMO: It wasn't so long ago we reported a shambolic debate in the House of Lords, led by Viscount Ridley, which introduced the idea of deregulating GMOs in the UK. Advocates on both sides of the House showed how little they really understood the issues, but that doesn't mean the issues went away. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/behind-covid-crisis-agriculture-bill-amendment-aims-to-deregulate-gmos-in-the-uk/

'Stand strong' for justice over impunity, Security Council hears
news.un.org | 2020-06-08
In tackling the myriad global challenges posed by COVID-19, the world must not ignore the perils of endemic hatred and division, and instead, "stand strong" in the face of those who favour impunity over justice, a senior UN judge told the Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065922

Kevin Alexander Gray on KPFA
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Listen here.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/kevin-alexander-gray-on-kpfa/

An Unknowable Tragedy: Sundarbans After Cyclone Amphan‚Äã
Subhankar Banerjee | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Asuper cyclone named Amphan struck Sundarbans on Wednesday, May 20, and continued north causing widespread destruction. A transnational nursery of universal importance, Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest on Earth and is situated on a delta formed by the confluence of three rivers–the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and the Meghna–on the Bay of Bengal spanning across south…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/an-unknowable-tragedy-sundarbans-after-cyclone-amphan%e2%80%8b/

Black Politics and Liberation: A CounterPunch Reading List
CounterPunch Editors | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
What It Feels Like to be Black in America by Kevin Alexander Gray What Does Black Lives Matter Want? by Robin D.G. Kelley Black Subjugation in America by Kim Scipes Until We Win: Black Labor and Liberation in the Disposable Era by Kali Akuno With or Without White People, Black Lives Matter by George Payne…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/cpreader/

Understanding the New Unemployment Numbers
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Seventy-three percent of the unemployed report being on temporary layoffs. The May jobs numbers were considerably better than most analysts had expected with the economy reportedly adding 2,509,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate fell by 1.4 percentage points to 13.3 percent. This improved labor market picture should not have been surprising since many businesses across…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/understanding-the-new-unemployment-numbers/

Grizzly Deaths: Time to Admit to Yellowstone's Killing Crisis
Louisa Willcox | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Recovery of grizzly bears

This is the Most Important Presidential Election Since the Last Presidential Election
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Every four years without fail (and usually a little earlier in each quadrennial cycle), both "major" American political parties wind up and toss the same slow, fat pitch across the public's plate: This is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes. Maybe even the most important presidential election EVER. You gotta vote. And this…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/this-is-the-most-important-presidential-election-since-the-last-presidential-election/

Media Buries George W. Bush's Lies and Atrocities
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Former president George W. Bush has returned to the spotlight to give moral guidance to America in these troubled times. In a statement released on Tuesday, Bush announced that he was "anguished" by the "brutal suffocation" of George Floyd and declared that…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/media-buries-george-w-bushs-lies-and-atrocities/

Give Venezuela Back Its Gold: Case Goes to London Court
Venezuela Solidarity Campaign | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Venezuelan authorities appeared in court in London last Thursday May 28 to demand that the Bank of England comply with instructions to sell part of the 31 tons of gold it holds on behalf of Venezuela. | Venezuelan Central Bank President …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-gold-case-goes-london-court/5715322

Not Just "A Few Bad Apples": U.S. Police Kill Civilians at Much Higher Rates than Other Countries
Alexi Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
There is no question that the number of police killings of civilians in the U.S.

Eternal Fixation: The Madeleine McCann Disappearance Show
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
The "lost child" endures as motif and theme, the stalking shadow of much literature, the background to a society's anxiety. The child, often deemed innocent, becomes the ink blot of loss in such disappearance. In Australia, it was captured by …
globalresearch.ca/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-show/5715361

Remembering Francois Houtart
Lau Kin Chi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Three years ago, on this day, Francois Houtart left us. | He died in his sleep in the early hours of June 6 in Quito. It was only when I was working on his autobiography after his death that I learnt …
globalresearch.ca/remembering-francois-houtart/5715316

Global Research: Honest Journalism in Uncertain Times
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Dear Readers, | We regularly receive feedback from you telling us how important the articles we publish are to you, especially in today's tumultuous and uncertain times. We thank you, and pledge that we will continue to deliver our daily dose …
globalresearch.ca/keep-diversity-and-transparency-in-media-alive/5640591

The Arctic Northern Sea Route: Russia Conducts Record-Breaking Delivery of LNG to China
Malte Humpert | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Russia is one step closer to achieving year-round navigation in the Arctic. An ice-capable tanker made the earliest delivery of LNG to China via the Northern Sea Route. | *** | For the past several years a fleet of fifteen specialized Arc7 …
globalresearch.ca/arctic-ice-melts-russia-conducts-record-breaking-delivery-lng-china/5715336

Colonialism and Racism. To America, Black Lives Only Sometimes Matter
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
There is no doubt that colonialism and racism sit at the root of America's domestic problems. The push to dominate others abroad is directly linked to the belief that those who are different at home should also be dominated. | There …
globalresearch.ca/america-black-lives-only-sometimes-matter/5715306

Russian Academician Arbatov's Washington Leanings, Recommends Moscow to Avoid a Strategic Alliance with China
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
If there were a Russian version of the website PropOrNot, Academician Arbatov could find himself listed there as "American agent/dupe." | Arbatov directs the International Security Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of …
globalresearch.ca/russian-academician-arbatov-washington-leanings/5715364

America's Fracking Industry: Donald Trump's Lost Dream for World Energy Domination
Felix Imonti | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Donald Trump has no solution to the crisis in the domestic hydraulic fracturing industry that won't have dire consequences for the economy. The survival of the industry lies in Saudi Arabia. | It was not until 2013 that the real potential …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-lost-dream-world-energy-domination/5715299

Trump confers with Modi over explosive India-China border dispute
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
Intensifying the US strategic offensive against China, the Trump administration has publicly sided with India, and is goading New Delhi on in its border standoff with Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/inch-j08.html

India and Australia sign military pact amid tense border conflict with China
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The Modi-Morrison "summit" occurred just two days after US President Trump reiterated his support for India's confrontation with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/inau-j08.html

Russian Academician Arbatov's Washington Leanings
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-08
If there were a Russian version of the website PropOrNot, Academician Arbatov could find himself listed there as "American agent/dupe." | Arbatov directs the International Security Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He demonstrates his Washington leanings by his recommendation that Russia avoid a strategic alliance with China. This, of course, is a Washington position. It seems curious coming from a Russian security expert at a time when US foreign policy is dominated by neoconservatives who are hostile to both Russia and China because the two…

Russian Academician Arbatov’s Washington Leanings

Syria Sends Advisors to Aid US Rebels
Addison Blu | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
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America Is trying to Ban Korea, Taiwan and China (!) From Selling Chips to Huawei If They've Been Made With US-Made Tools
David P. Goldman | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
Editor's note: In the long run why would anyone continue buying American machine tools? | | South Korea has told Washington that restrictions on semiconductor sales to Huawei and other Chinese companies are "unacceptable," according to industry sources. | Seoul is trying to mediate between Beijing and Washington following the US Commerce Department's May 18 announcement that sales of computer chips to companies on its "entity list" will require a license if they are produced with US technology, even if they are produced overseas by foreign companies. | After the US temporarily banned exports of high-end smar…
anti-empire.com/america-is-trying-to-ban-korea-taiwan-and-china-from-selling-chips-to-huawei-if-theyre-printed-with-us-made-machine-tools/

COVID-19, Antifa, and Black Lives Matter: The Battle for Control of the Internet
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-08
Many observers have noted that the time through which we are living now seems unprecedented. We are all experiencing an amazing convergence of so many monumental developments that combine into a fast-moving narrative. In recent days the focus suddenly shifted from COVID-19 and compulsory vaccines to insurrection and anarchy from within. Suddenly the vaccine czar, Bill Gates, has been swept from the center stage of current events. Suddenly multi-billionaire Gates has been upstaged by multi-billionaire George Soros. | What is going on? What are the themes of continuity and disjuncture that characterize the stran…
ahtribune.com/world/4209-covid-19-antifa-black-lives-matter.html

Syria: Will the Great Middle Eastern War Begin in the Levant?
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-08
The world is in turmoil. 2020 has already brought major multiple crises, with the Iranian-American clash in Iraq which followed the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, and the COVID-19 health pandemic and economic disaster that struck all continents and stole the lives of over 400 thousand people around the world, costing tens of millions of jobs. None of this, however, prevented America from imposing even more sanctions on Iran, Syria and Venezuela. Iran

Private prison corporations profit from civil unrest in Washington D.C
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Letter From Nancy Pelosi To The Impeached President Donald J. Trump:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833845.php

AFA-CWA Pres Sara Nelson Likes ILWU Action On June 9th To Act In Memorial To George Floyd
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
ILWU Local 10, 34 and all west coast locals will be stopping work on June 9,2020 to remember George Floyd who was murdered by the police in Minneapolis. Also there will be a West Coast shutdown of all Ports on Juneteenth June 19, 2020. CWA AFA President Sara Nelson supported the action…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/08/18833960.php

Colombia (Audio) Por la liberacià≤n de la Madre Tierra
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
La liberación de la Madre Tierra sigue bien parada, juntando fuerzas.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833859.php

Sunday 6/7: National Service of Mourning for Poor & Low-income Workers Lost to COVID-19 (PPC)
Poor Peoples Campaign & partners | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Online livstream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833870.php

Worker Surveillance Is on the Rise, and Has Its Roots in Centuries of Racism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
As technology advances, so do the ever-watching eyes of the world's largest companies. High-tech workplace surveillance is troubling to workers who are organizing for a union and now have to work around not just management, but also seemingly omniscient machines. But as public conversation around workplace technology focuses on automation, a whole realm of technology is being developed so that companies can surveil their workers in order to manage their productivity, make hiring and promotion…
truthout.org/articles/worker-surveillance-is-on-the-rise-and-has-its-roots-in-centuries-of-racism/

Minneapolis City Council Members Pledge to Abolish the Police Department
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis city council members pledged on Sunday to vote in favor of a resolution disbanding the city's police force and replacing it with a broad system of community responses to the city's issues. | Nine councilmembers announced their intent to "dismantle" and "abolish" the police department and system of policing currently in place in Minneap…
truthout.org/articles/minneapolis-city-council-members-pledge-to-abolish-the-police-department/

Police Violence in Minneapolis Affirms Why Cops Have No Place in Labor Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-08
The police have no place in the labor movement. They are an anti-labor institution and share no interests with the working class. For over 200 years, they have operated at the behest of white elites to ensure that workers remain divided by race. The fact that police are unionized should not distract us from this fundamental fact. | Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, the most recent in a long line of casualties that tog…
truthout.org/articles/police-violence-in-minneapolis-affirms-why-cops-have-no-place-in-labor-movement/

New Zealand eradicates coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-08
New Zealand has eradicated the coronavirus from its shores after health officials reported on Monday that the final person known to have been infected had recovered.The news swiftly led to the country's government announcing all forms of public events can again take place without limitations or social distancing guidelines.It has been 17 days since the last new case was reported in New Zealand, and Monday also marked the first time since late February there had been no active cases.Health officials caution that new cases could be imported into the country, which has closed its borders to everybody but citizens an…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/08/new-zealand-eradicates-coronavirus/

Survey highlights loneliness of young people during lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-08
More than half of young people who said their wellbeing has been affected by the coronavirus lockdown have experienced loneliness, analysis suggests. | An Opinions and Lifestyle Survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 50.8% of those aged 16 to 24 said they were lonely during the lockdown. | By contrast, just under a quarter (24.1%) of people aged 55 to 69 who reported their wellbeing as being affected by the lockdown said they had felt lonely. | The ONS said this echoes previous research exploring chronic loneliness, showing that people in younger age groups were most likely to report lone…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/08/survey-highlights-loneliness-of-young-people-during-lockdown/

Countries must work together on CO2 removal to avoid dangerous climate change
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-08
The Paris Agreement lays out national quotas on CO2 emissions but not removal, and that must be urgently addressed, say the authors of a new study.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197993/countries-must-work-together-co2-removal

Lockdown and school closures in Europe may have prevented 3.1m deaths
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-08
Large-scale lockdowns and other non-pharmaceutical interventions in Europe have been successful in reducing the transmission levels of SARS-CoV-2.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198074/lockdown-school-closures-europe-have-prevented

'We KNEW a pandemic would happen': It's UNCLEAR if EU will handle 2nd Covid-19 wave any better, Austrian ex-FM tells RT
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Covid-19 did not come out of the blue but the EU still had trouble uniting its members, Austria's retired chief diplomat told RT, adding there is no certainty the bloc will perform better when the deadly virus makes a comeback. | "That there will be pandemics, everybody knew it, and plans had been there," Karin Kneissl, former Austrian foreign minister, told RT. | Ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, every EU member had had both a national crisis strategy and a plan how to tackle it on a coordinated EU level, she explained. | Given such plans "do exist," she said it was puzzling…
rt.com/news/491181-kneissl-eu-covid-second-wave/

WHO warns of Covid-19 rebound risk, says pandemic is 'WORSENING' globally
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Now is not the time to become complacent and drop our guard about the coronavirus as the pandemic is still growing globally, World Health Organization officials have warned. | Despite some improvements in infection rates in Europe, the global Covid-19 situation is "worsening" yet again, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday during an online press briefing. Sunday, June 7, had most reported cases in a single day so far of the outbreak, he added. | According to Tedros, active surveillance and contact tracing are still essential to ensure the virus doesn't rebound.
rt.com/news/491236-who-coronavirus-worsening-rebound-warning/

'We KNEW a pandemic would happen': UNCLEAR whether EU will handle 2nd Covid-19 wave any better, ex-Austrian FM tells RT
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Covid-19 did not come out of the blue but the EU still had trouble uniting its members, Austria's retired chief diplomat told RT, adding that there's no certainty the bloc will perform better if the deadly virus makes a comeback. | "That there will be pandemics, everybody knew it, and plans had been there," Karin Kneissl, the former Austrian foreign minister, told RT. | Ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, every EU member state had had both a national crisis strategy and a plan for tackling it on a coordinated EU level, she explained. | Given such plans "do exist," she said it was puzzling "why there was not mor…
rt.com/news/491181-kneissl-eu-covid-second-wave/

Tunisian president ends coronavirus curfew
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Tunisia on Monday ordered an end to a curfew imposed in March to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Announcing President Kais Saied's decision, his office cited success in controlling the disease. | Shops, businesses, mosques, cafes and hotels in the country had already been reopened after the government locked down nearly all ordinary business for months. | The country has recorded 1,048 cases of Covid-19 and 48 deaths, compared with nearly 10,000 cases in neighboring Algeria, Reuters reported. | Tunisians returned to mosques and cafes on June 4, and international borders will reopen fully by the end of the…
rt.com/newsline/491214-tunisia-ends-curfew-president/

Putin praises Egypt's efforts towards Libyan settlement in phone call with President Sisi
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Cairo's diplomatic efforts towards Libya's settlement in a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fatah el-Sisi on Monday, the Kremlin press service said. | The presidents "confirmed a mutual bid towards continuing coordination with an aim to ensure the soonest end of warfare and the launch of intra-Libyan talks under the UN auspices," the Kremlin said. | The phone call was initiated by Egypt. Sisi briefed Putin on the talks in Cairo on June 6 with President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh and Commander of the Libyan National Army…
rt.com/newsline/491220-putin-egypt-libya-sisi/

WHO urges states to press on with efforts to contain pandemic and prevent second peaks
rt.com | 2020-06-08
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to press on with efforts to contain the coronovirus, saying the pandemic was worsening globally and has not peaked in Central America. | "More than six months into the pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online briefing in Geneva. | The top emergencies expert, Mike Ryan, said cases of infection in Central American countries were still on the rise. He called for international support for the region. | Ryan also said the need now was to focus on prevent…
rt.com/newsline/491228-who-contain-global-america/

WATCH Russian Army SHOOT burning Siberian oil well with anti-tank gun to put out fire
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Russia's Defense Ministry has carried out an unusual operation in Eastern Siberia. Soldiers helped put out a blaze at an oil well by demolishing the burning wellhead with point-blank fire from an anti-tank gun. | Troops from the Central Military District, still wearing their Covid-19 protection masks, can be seen maneuvering the T-12 cannon off a trailer, and positioning it a mere 180 meters (200 yards) away from the target, then repeatedly shooting it with 100mm shells. | The operation, in the Irkutsk region, was carried out "with a jeweler's precision," the Defense Ministry said in a statement accompanying t…
rt.com/russia/491243-russia-gun-oil-well-fire/

Isn't that racist? Kentucky governor vows to 'prioritize' free healthcare for African-Amerians
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear intends to 'put dollars' into ensuring all of the state's African-American residents have healthcare, citing 'inequalities' in Covid-19 treatment

WATCH Russian army SHOOT burning Siberian oil well with anti-tank gun to put out fire
rt.com | 2020-06-08
The Russian Defense Ministry helped put out a blaze at an oil well in the Irkutsk region by demolishing the burning wellhead with point-blank fire from an anti-tank gun flow into the remote area of Siberia. | Soldiers from the Central Military District, still wearing their Covid-19 protection masks, can be seen maneuvering the T-12 cannon off a trailer, and positioning it mere 180 meters (200 yards) away from the burning wellhead, then repeatedly shooting it with 100-mm shells. | The operation was carried out "with jeweler's precision," the Defense Ministry said in a statement accompanying the video. | With…
rt.com/russia/491243-russia-gun-oil-well-fire/

Isn't that racist? Kentucky governor vows to 'prioritize' free healthcare for African Americans
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear intends to 'put dollars' into ensuring all of the state's African-American residents have healthcare, citing 'inequalities' in Covid-19 treatment

North Korea vows to sever ALL communications with Seoul
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Pyongyang will cut off inter-Korean hotlines with Seoul, the government has threatened, insisting the south stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material across the DMZ, North Korean media reported. | Insisting the south must "pay the price" for tolerating "anti-Republican acts," on Tuesday the North Korean government said it would begin severing communications with Seoul, starting with a number of hotlines established between the two sides. | "The direct communication line between the Central Committee headquarters building and the Blue House will be completely blocked and discarded," Pyongyang said…
rt.com/news/491248-pyongyang-cuts-communication-lines-seoul/

North Korea vows to sever ALL communications with Seoul
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Pyongyang will cut off inter-Korean hotlines with Seoul, the government has threatened, insisting the South should stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material across the DMZ, North Korean media reported. | Demanding that the South must "pay the price" for tolerating "anti-republican acts," on Tuesday the North Korean government said it would begin severing communications with Seoul, starting with a number of hotlines established between the two sides. | "The direct communication line between the Central Committee headquarters building and the Blue House will be completely blocked and discarded," Py…
rt.com/news/491248-pyongyang-cuts-communication-lines-seoul/

Tehran Univ. to host Intl. Conference on "Coronavirus Battlefield"
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

2,043 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: spokseman
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

VIDEO: Canadian former MP talks of racial violence, police brutality over Floyd's death
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Hashd al-Sha'abi, Iraqi Army launch op. against ISIL near Syrian border
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

US imposes new sanctions against Iranian tankers
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Iranians stranded in Kazakhstan return home amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Sticking to JCPOA sole way to tackle nuclear issue: China
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Nature of Lake Soha to Laton waterfall with breathtaking views
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
ARDABIL, Jun. 09 (MNA)

Silkworm farm in NE Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
BOJNOURD, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Indian ship evacuating nationals from Iranian port of Bandar Abbas
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Leader thanks crew of oil tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Surge in production, key to resolve problems for entering new century: Pres. Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Raeisi condemns West's hosting Iranian financial criminals
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Authority of Armed forces due to popularity: Ghalibaf
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

New bridge between Iran-Turkmenistan, source of strengthening ties between two nations'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-08
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

US Nimitz Carrier Group Deploys After Crew Finishes Coronavirus Training, Quarantine
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-08
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US aircraft carrier Nimitz and elements of its strike group (NIM CSG) sailed into the Pacific after the entire crew completed a 14-day quarantine, tested negative for the novel coronavirus and practiced mitigation protocols while being tested during a pre-deployment cruise, the US Navy announced in a press release.
sputniknews.com/us/202006081079560223-us-nimitz-carrier-group-deploys-after-crew-finishes-coronavirus-training-quarantine/

Google Says Will Roll Out COVID-19 Alerts on Affected Public Transit, Available Test Sites
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-08
NEW YORK (Sputnik) – Google announced that it will soon roll out novel coronavirus alerts that will help users avoid affected public transit systems and also know in advance if they are eligible to go to a particular testing site.
sputniknews.com/world/202006081079559687-google-says-will-roll-out-covid-19-alerts-on-affected-public-transit-available-test-sites/

Libya's National Oil Corporation Resumes Production at El Feel Oilfield
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-08
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday announced that oil production has resumed at the El Feel field in the southern part of the country, one day after resuming work at the Sharara field, and said that it was lifting force majeure on exports from both oilfields.
sputniknews.com/africa/202006081079559814-libyas-national-oil-corporation-resumes-production-at-el-feel-oilfield/

Turkey exported 2,000 respirators during virus pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
During medical supply shortages in many countries worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey managed to manufacture and export some 2,000 life-saving mechanical ventilators around the globe, including 1,500 to Brazil, said Turkey's technology and industry minister on Monday.Turkey also developed methods to produce two different medicines which it had previously imported, Mustafa Varank told an online meeting on COVID-19 vaccine and medicine projects.With severe shortness of breath a hallmark of the novel coronavirus, ventilators have been a critical need amid the global pandemic.Numerous countries faced diff…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-exported-2000-respirators-during-virus-pandemic-3531495

Turkey's auto production tops 415,000 in Jan-May
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Automakers in Turkey produced 415,454 vehicles, including automobiles, light commercial vehicles, and tractors, in January-May, according to a sectoral report released on Monday.In the first five months of 2020, Turkey's auto production dropped 35% on a yearly basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Automotive Manufacturers Association.The report said nearly 80% of manufactured vehicles were exported, marking a 38% annual decline to 331,391 units as most of the country's export markets implemented coronavirus-related lockdown measures.The country's automotive exports totaled some $9 billion in the five-month…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-auto-production-tops-415000-in-jan-may-3531483

Turkish Central Bank to back import-cutting investments
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey will continue to back investments that will reduce imports and increase exports, said Berat Albayrak, the country's treasury and finance minister, on Monday.Citing a recent announcement that the Turkish Central Bank would start reallocating its Turkish Lira rediscount credits for firms, Albayrak said a total of 400 million Turkish liras ($59 million) would be provided to companies with a maximum maturity of 10 years.By the end of March, the bank announced that Turkish lira rediscount credits of up to 60 billion Turkish liras ($8.9 billion) would be extended to exporting and FX-earning services to contain…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/turkish-central-bank-to-back-import-cutting-investments-3531485

Economies of Turkey, Italy to bounce: Italian chamber
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey and Italy's economies will bounce in the manufacturing and tourism sectors when the wheels restart to turn amid the pandemic, the head of Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Monday.All countries plan to reactivate their economies to revive the global trade after the COVID-19 outbreak, Livio Manzini stressed in a press release.Several experts and economists believe Turkey will have an important role in global supply chains after the pandemic period, especially in its region.Turkey and Italy have $20 billions of bilateral trade volume, he said, adding: "This shows we are in second place among th…
yenisafak.com/en/news/economies-of-turkey-italy-to-bounce-italian-chamber-3531480

Iran's death toll from coronavirus surpasses 8,350
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Iran on Monday confirmed 70 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,351. | A further 2,043 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 173,832, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said. | According to the spokesman, 136,360 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,619 patients remain in critical condition. | Some 1.1 million tests have been conducted in the country so far, according to the spokesman. | Iran sees an upward trend in daily infections in many provinces, especially in the s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-death-toll-from-coronavirus-surpasses-8350-3531481

Turkey introduces new regulations amid normalization
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey revised Monday coronavirus measures for the normalization from the outbreak.An official letter by the Health Ministry, which was sent to governors' offices in 81 provinces as well as all health institutions of Turkey, said that some of the restrictions that had been implemented due to the outbreak are partially or totally lifted.According to the new rules, patient visits will be allowed for one person to meet the needs of the inpatient and the visit will be paid after working hours. Visits are not allowed in intensive and palliative care units.On condition of complying with the rules set up by the ministry…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-introduces-new-regulations-amid-normalization-3531482

'Hunger is worse than corona': Sudanese demand end to lockdown amid economic woes
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Like many Sudanese, car mechanic Mohamed Othman says the government must end its coronavirus lockdown now so that he can get back to work because "me and my family have no other source of income".The transitional civilian government, which runs Sudan under a power-sharing deal with the army, ordered most businesses, markets, schools and mosques to shut and imposed travel restrictions nearly two months ago.But it is facing growing demands to end the restrictions from a population mired in poverty and facing annual inflation of nearly 100% as well as complaints that promised aid for poorer Sudanese has failed to ma…
yenisafak.com/en/world/hunger-is-worse-than-corona-sudanese-demand-end-to-lockdown-amid-economic-woes-3531499

UK reports lowest daily COVID-19 deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Britain on Monday reported 55 new coronavirus-related deaths, the lowest since the lockdown that started on March 23. The death toll rose to 40,597.The official figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care show a total of 287,399 people have tested positive so far.The country has now reported less than 100 deaths for a second day; however, the official reported numbers have been smaller during the outbreak due to lower reporting at weekends.No new deaths have been reported at London hospitals on Monday, according to the National Health Service England.- Mandatory self-isolationThe UK began imposin…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-reports-lowest-daily-covid-19-deaths-3531502

Turkey orders 149 people detained for suspected FETàñ links
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkish security authorities on Monday launched multiple operations in various provinces to arrest terror suspects affiliated with the FETO

Turkey's first lady marks World Oceans Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey's first lady on Monday marked the occasion of June 8, World Oceans Day."Water is life. Oceans are the home of countless species. Let's remember once again on June 8 #WorldOceans Day that the cleanliness of the oceans, seas and coasts is vital for our world," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.She underlined that seas and oceans are the "common frontier" of all countries in the world, and called to act with a "common conscience" on this matter."If we can make #ZeroWaste philosophy a lifestyle that includes seas as well, we can carry the vast blues to the future," Erdogan said."Our children do not deserve a futur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-first-lady-marks-world-oceans-day-3531487

Germany: Suspect arrested over plans to attack Muslims
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
German police arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack against Muslims, officials announced on Monday.The suspect talked about his plans during an anonymous internet chat last week, state prosecutor's office in the northern German city of Celle said in a statement.He wanted to carry out an attack similar to the 2019 mosque shootings in New Zealand's Christchurch, to draw attention from the international media, the prosecutors said.Police found arms, hard drives, far-right publications and documents, during searches at the apartment of the suspect in the northern city of Hildesheim.Ge…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-suspect-arrested-over-plans-to-attack-muslims-3531503

There's a Much Better Way to Create Forest Jobs Than Ron Wyden's Big Timber Welfare Act, Pass NREPA Instead
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
Oregon's Democratic Senator Ron Wyden recently introduced a bill (S.3684) that uses the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to throw another $10.6 billion into the Forest Service budget. That's on top of the $5.7 billion Congress already appropriated to the agency this year and comes out to a whopping $45 million a day, most of which would be…
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Joe Biden Is A Racist Who Loves Police Brutality
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
Biden's history of enthusiastic racism stretches back decades. From the moment he entered the U.S. Senate in the early 1970s, he vocally opposed busing to achieve school desegregation. "Opposing busing" has long been racist code for opposing Black and brown children going to school with white children. At a time when "separate but equal" was beginning to become politically unpalatable, Biden's leadership against busing, in the most generous possible interpretation, provided cover for segregationists to continue their work. He has spent his life fighting for policies that make life worse for Black, Indigenous, and…
popularresistance.org/joe-biden-is-a-racist-who-loves-police-brutality/

What Next As The Whip Of Reaction Fails To Cow The Masses?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
Over the last two years, more Americans were killed by police than Americans were killed in combat in Afghanistan over the last 18 years. ‚ĨMore Americans were killed by police in the last three years than people were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ‚Ä™Combine this with a devastating economic crisis and pandemic, and it is easy to understand why a tipping point has been reached, as the accumulated rage and humiliation of centuries spills over onto the streets. | Earlier this year, in the 2020 draft Perspectives for the Coming American Revolution, we wrote the following:…
popularresistance.org/what-next-as-the-whip-of-reaction-fails-to-cow-the-masses/

FBI Launches Open Attack On 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
The FBI has publicly justified its suppression of dissenting online views about US foreign policy if a media outlet can be somehow linked to one of its adversaries. The Bureau's justification followed a series of instances in which Silicon Valley social media platforms banned accounts following consultations with the FBI. | In a particularly notable case in 2018, the FBI encouraged Facebook, Instagram and Google to remove or restrict ads on the American Herald Tribune (AHT), an online journal that published critical opinion articles on US policy toward Iran and the Middle East. The bureau has never offered a clea…
popularresistance.org/fbi-launches-open-attack-on-foreign-alternative-media-outlets/

Fortress On A Hill: Interview With Kevin Zeese
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance stops by the podcast to discuss his path to becoming an activist during protests in the 60's and 70's, what he's learned from Ralph Nader, police brutality and militarization, Kevin's long standing work on the Vietnam war and Venezuela, and the dynamics of "lesser evil voting." | Kevin Zeese is a public interest attorney who has worked for economic, racial and environmental justice since graduating from George Washington Law School in 1980. | He co-directs PopularResistance.org which works to build the independent movement for transformational change. Kevin co-hosts, "Clearing th…
popularresistance.org/fortress-on-a-hill-interiew-with-kevin-zeese/

Fortress On A Hill: Interiew With Kevin Zeese
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance stops by the podcast to discuss his path to becoming an activist during protests in the 60's and 70's, what he's learned from Ralph Nader, police brutality and militarization, Kevin's long standing work on the Vietnam war and Venezuela, and the dynamics of "lesser evil voting." | Kevin Zeese is a public interest attorney who has worked for economic, racial and environmental justice since graduating from George Washington Law School in 1980. | He co-directs PopularResistance.org which works to build the independent movement for transformational change. Kevin co-hosts, "Clearing th…
popularresistance.org/fortress-on-a-hill-interiew-with-kevin-zeese/

Message from Freedom Road Socialist Organization to the June 6 solidarity actions in Germany
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-07
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Freedom Road Socialist Organization to Rebell, the youth league of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD). | Freedom Road Socialist Organization salutes Rebell, the youth league of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, and all the participants in the June 6 solidarity actions that are standing with the great struggle against racist discrimination that is unfolding in the U.S. | The police murder of George Floyd and the rebellion in Minneapolis have set the U.S. ablaze with protests

Arab Group to Convene at UN over Israeli Annexation Plan
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-07
Palestine's mission at the United Nations (UN) reportedly announced on Saturday, that a meeting involving Arab countries' representatives at the international organization, will be convened this Monday, within Palestinian efforts underway, to challenge Israeli government's plans to annex large parts of the Palestinian West Bank, to the occupation state of …
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PLO Official Condemns Israeli Violations in Occupied East Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-07
Senior Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee, condemned on Sunday, what she described as Israeli violations across the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, in light of the recent Israeli entry ban, imposed on a grand Palestinian Muslim scholar. In a statement, issued by Ashrawi earlier today, the senior …
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Palestine Is Gone! Gone! راحت فلسطين
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
Lately, a particular memory/image of my grandmother Sitti Fattoum has been coming back to me vividly. She'd be sitting in a chair, maybe watching TV, or at the kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee, when suddenly, without provocation, she …
globalresearch.ca/palestine-gone-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%aa-%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86/5715237

DeRay Mckesson got his start in the corporate school privatization movement
Drew Franklin | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-07
Before becoming a media celebrity backed by banks and large corporations, activist DeRay Mckesson was a ruthless school administrator and…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/07/deray-mckesson-tfa-corporate-school-privatization/

Shocker: US state propaganda outlets censor Black Lives Matter protests
Yasha Levine | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-07
It's hard for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to sell the USA as a shining example of civil liberties…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/07/us-propaganda-censor-black-lives-matter-protests/

Media Downplay Global South Leadership on Covid-19
Alan MacLeod | commondreams.org | 2020-06-07
German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery while accompanied by her bodyguards in Berlin on May 13, 2020. (Photo: Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/merkel_0.jpg …
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WOLA: Media's 'Left' Source for Pro-Coup Propaganda in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | zcomm.org | 2020-06-07
The US blockade is a naked expression of imperial might, which WOLA and other Western propaganda amplifiers hide behind empty rhetoric about "democracy" and "human rights."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/wola-medias-left-source-for-pro-coup-propaganda-in-venezuela/

The Illusion of Economic Recovery Began in the US
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
Protracted main street depression conditions have existed in the US since 2008 with no relief for ordinary Americans in prospect. | Before economic collapse this year, unemployment exceeded 20%, Labor Department numbers rigged to pretend otherwise. | The so-called U-3 BLS number …
globalresearch.ca/illusion-economic-recovery-began-us/5715250

Bolivia Under Dictatorship: US The Real Power
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
A little more than six months after the coup d'état (10-11 November 2019) against President Evo Morales in Bolivia, now exiled in Argentina, he warned of the serious situation his country is facing under a de facto government headed by the self-proclaimed President Jeanine Añez, who in addition to repression involving massacres against the population and persecution and imprisonment of political leaders and militants, is systematically destroying the social and economic model and achievements of the overthrown government of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS). | Now that country is confronting the COVD-19 pandem…
popularresistance.org/bolivia-under-dictatorship-us-the-real-power/

With new life, Afghan peace push a race against time
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
A continuing cessation of hostilities and an uptick in exchange of Taliban and government prisoners has given the Afghan peace process, often fragile and near collapse at times, a new lease on life.Analysts believe the three main sides in the decades-long conflict

Movement to Defund Police Gains 'Unprecedented' Support Across US
Sam Levin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-07
Activists say the way to stop police brutality and killings is to cut law enforcement budgets and reinvest in services. Some lawmakers now agree…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/movement-to-defund-police-gains-unprecedented-support-across-us/

Ramadan Shalah: Palestinian advocate of Jerusalem
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Palestinians have bid farewell to the former head of Islamic Jihad group, Ramadan Shalah, who died at hospital on Saturday.Born in the Gaza Strip in 1958, Shalah left to Egypt to pursue his study in the field of economics.During his study in Egypt, Shalah met with Palestinian activist Fathi Shqaqi with whom he co-founded the Islamic Jihad group.Graduating from university in 1981, he returned to Gaza where he became a professor of economics at the Islamic University.Shalah was known for his fiery sermons against the Israeli occupation, which prompted Israeli authorities to put him under house arrest and banned him…
yenisafak.com/en/world/ramadan-shalah-palestinian-advocate-of-jerusalem-3531422

Israeli Troops Shoot, Wound Five Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-07
On Saturday afternoon, Israeli occupying soldiers in Kufur Qaddoum village, on the outskirts of the Palestinian West Bank city of Qalqilia, reportedly shot and wounded five local Palestinian peaceful protestors with rubber-coated steel bullets. Local Palestinian sources said that an Israeli army troop attacked a peaceful protest near the Omar …
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Protesters attacked by the police and their allies have the moral right to defend themselves
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-06-07
Across the US, Black Lives Matter protesters are under violent attack by the police and the national guard. Far-right white supremacists are also visible. But people can only take so much, and if attacked, protesters have a moral right to defend themselves. | State violence: | The assaults on protesters by police and the national guard have been widespread. | For example, in Chicago: | Has nobody in charge of US police realised that everyone has mobile phones and that their violence against protesters will be filmed and sent around the globe? Each mindless attack on peaceful protesters adds fuel to the fl…
thecanary.co/global/2020/06/07/protesters-attacked-by-the-police-and-their-allies-have-the-moral-right-to-defend-themselves/

After peaceful protests, NSW Police take their violent revenge
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-07
Anti-racism Pip HinmanIssue 1268 Australia Black Lives Matter rally NSW Police Force SydneyJune 7, 2020Numbers count. The 50…
greenleft.org.au/content/after-peaceful-protests-nsw-police-take-their-violent-revenge

Saturday 6/6: Peaceful Protest and March: King Plaza Palo Alto
Silence is Violence | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
In front of Palo Alto City Hall in MLK Jr. Plaza | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833831.php

Friday 6/5: Say No to Racism – Peaceful Solidarity Protest (Palo Alto)
Community | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Greer Park | 1127 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833822.php

Black Lives Matter protest in Sweden descends into violence and vandalism (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-07
The Swedish city of Gothenburg has been shaken by street violence, after an initially peaceful 'Black Lives Matter' protest turned into a riot. Police clashed with demonstrators, who threw stones and smashed storefronts. | Defying the Swedish government's coronavirus guidelines

'You talk like Goebbels': Global Times editor-in-chief shoots back at Pompeo's parallels between China & Nazi Germany
rt.com | 2020-06-07
The editor-in-chief of a major Chinese tabloid slammed Mike Pompeo for comparing his country to Nazi Germany, likening his words to those of Hitler's propaganda chief and reminding the secretary of state of America's endless wars. | Hu Xijin took to Twitter on Sunday venting his anger about Mike Pompeo's remarks. | "You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the world apart. You aren't like a top diplomat, instead, you talk like Goebbels of Nazi Germany. I'm worried that world peace will eventually be destroyed by extreme politicians like you," he wrote. | You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the…
rt.com/news/491131-pompeo-goebbels-china-nazi/

Cops and protesters brawl in London, as PM declares demonstrations 'subverted by thuggery'
rt.com | 2020-06-07
After a peaceful demonstration at the US embassy, some 'Black Lives Matter' protesters in London showed up at Downing Street where the scene grew more chaotic. Police clashed with the crowd in an attempt to restore order. | The gathering at London's US embassy on Sunday drew thousands of people, and was the city's fourth 'Black Lives Matter' demonstration in a week. However, once the crowd dispersed, not everyone went home. Droves of people marched on Whitehall, rattling barriers outside Prime Minister Boris…
rt.com/uk/491141-london-protests-clashes-police/

London police chief says 14 officers injured during anti-racism protests
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Fourteen police officers were injured in "shocking and completely unacceptable" assaults during anti-racism protests in central London on Saturday, London police chief Cressida Dick said on Sunday.After a largely peaceful day, small numbers of protesters briefly clashed with mounted police on Saturday after thousands gathered to voice their anger at police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis."I am deeply saddened and depressed that a minority of protesters became violent towards officers in central London yesterday evening. This led to 14 officers being injured," Dick, who is Commissioner o…
yenisafak.com/en/world/london-police-chief-says-14-officers-injured-during-anti-racism-protests-3531424

National Guard Troops Refuse Trump's Race War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
Courage to Resist is currently assisting members of the National Guard who resisted Trump's orders to violently attack people on the streets of Washington DC peacefully and lawfully protesting racial injustice. Now that Trump is threatening to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to send active-duty troops in cities across the US, it's time for every member of the military to search their conscience. We want to make sure we're there to support the brave men and women who continue to refuse these illegal orders. | One Guardsmen who is resisting Trump's orders originally hoped to join medical missions assisting in natural…
popularresistance.org/national-guard-troops-refuse-trumps-race-war/

Denver labor rally calls for justice for George Floyd, victims of police violence
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-07
Denver, CO – Protests for George Floyd and other victims of police violence have continued into their second week in Denver, with thousands joining the struggle for justice. Saturday, June 6 saw a coalition of numerous labor unions join together to demand justice. Speakers from Teamsters Local 455, SEIU Local 105 and CWA Local 7777 emphasized the need for unity between the labor movement and anti-racist groups, noting that solidarity between the two groups is essential to ending police terror. | Zee Rainey, a steward from Teamsters Local 455 stated, "There's no hate unless we divide." The group then marched to t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/denver-labor-rally-calls-justice-george-floyd-victims-police-violence

Denver labor rally calls for justice for George Floyd, victims of police violence
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-07
Denver, CO – Protests for George Floyd and other victims of police violence have continued into their second week in Denver, with thousands joining the struggle for justice. Saturday, June 6 saw a coalition of numerous labor unions join together to demand justice. Speakers from Teamsters Local 455, SEIU Local 105 and CWA Local 7777 emphasized the need for unity between the labor movement and anti-racist groups, noting that solidarity between the two groups is essential to ending police terror. | Zee Rainey, a steward from Teamsters Local 455 stated, "There's no hate unless we divide." The group then marched to t…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/7/denver-labor-rally-calls-justice-george-floyd-victims-police-violence

After the Lockdown, the Jailbreak
Robert Shetterly | commondreams.org | 2020-06-07
People hold banners during a protest over the death killing of George Floyd on June 2, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/george_floyd_protest_0.jpg …
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Eight Minutes, Forty-six Seconds … Remembering George Floyd
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
Eight minutes, forty-six seconds is a long time: a long time when you are meditating; a long time while waiting for a protest march to pass; a long time with your finger on the video button of your phone following …
globalresearch.ca/eight-minutes-forty-six-seconds-our-thoughts-are-with-george-floyd/5715247

Tuesday 6/9: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833916.php

Police kill unarmed 22-year-old man in Vallejo, California
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
The Vallejo, California Police Department has a well-established track record of brutality and murder. | On Tuesday, June 2, Vallejo police gunned down an unarmed 22-year old whose last text sent was one asking his sisters to sign a petition protesting the police murder of George Floyd.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833865.php

San Rafael Says "Say Their Names"
Downtown Protest | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
28 names on a cardboard sign…Black Americans murdered by police. There are many many more, protesters lamented.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833846.php

Top Recipients of Police Money Include Trump and Leading Congressional Democrats
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-07
Police reform is now a congressional priority following nationwide protests against police violence and systemic racism after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Many of the protests in cities across the country, including Washington, D.C., have been met with militarized force and violence. | Black Lives Matter, one of the main organizing bodies behind the protests, has long fought for transparency and accountability in response to police violence against Black communities. With Fl…
truthout.org/articles/top-recipients-of-police-money-include-trump-and-congressional-democrats/

Thousands Protest Against Police Violence Outside US Embassies in UK and Spain
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-07
After the U.S. saw its largest demonstrations yet over the police killing of George Floyd, massive demonstrations kicked off Sunday outside of the U.S. embassies in the United Kingdom and Spain as thousands gathered in a show of solidarity with America's uprising against law enforcement brutality and systemic racial injustice. | Thousands of Britons fl…
truthout.org/articles/thousands-protest-against-police-violence-outside-us-embassies-in-uk-and-spain/

Protesters pull down statue of slave trader and push it into harbour
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-07
Protesters in Bristol have pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th Century slave trader.The bronze memorial to Edward Colston situated in Bristol city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left College Green.It had been the subject of an 11,000-strong petition to have it removed.Protesters throw the statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour (Ben Birchall/PA)Images showed crowds rushing to stamp on the statue, which stood in Colston Avenue, before it was rolled along the road and pushed into the harbour.Earlier, protester John McAllister, 71, tore down black bin bags used to hide the statue to d…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/07/protesters-pull-down-statue-of-slave-trader-and-push-it-into-harbour/

Woke Justice: Philadelphia Inquirer chief editor loses job over 'Buildings Matter, Too' headline
rt.com | 2020-06-07
Stan Wischnowski, top editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, faced the need to resign as the newspaper dared to question the consequences of the riots damaging the city's historic center. | The headline, which read "Buildings Matter, Too," sat atop a Tuesday column that in all respects was sympathetic to the crowds of protesters and rioters, even going as far as calling the smashing and burning of historic shopfronts "a just and justified response" to police brutality. Columnist Inga Saffron lamented though, that these buildings

NYT Opinion Editor Resigns After Op-Ed by Senator Cotton Calls For Using Troops Amid Protests
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
The op-ed that raised unrest in the editorial office of the New York Times was written by GOP Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and called for using military force to quell ongoing and widespread protests against police brutality over the death of George Floyd. Earlier, opinion editor James Bennet defended the piece and apologized.
sputniknews.com/us/202006071079550363-new-york-times-opinion-editor-resigns-after-op-ed-by-senator-calls-for-using-troops-amid-protests/

Austin Police Department Allegedly Fakes Thank-You Notes Amid Floyd Protests, Receives Backlash
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
In every state and in almost every major city across the United States, as well as in many cities around the world, ongoing massive demonstrations against police brutality provoked by the killing of African-American George Floyd at the hands of white police officers last month are looking increasingly like a cultural movement.
sputniknews.com/us/202006071079550162-austin-police-department-allegedly-fakes-thank-you-notes-amid-floyd-protests-receives-backlash/

Black Lives Matter UK: Protesters in Bristol Pull Down Statue of Slave Trader
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
An 18ft bronze statue of Bristol-born 17th century slave trader Edward Colston was erected in 1895 and has long been a point of controversy as it pays tribute to the city's role in the slave trade.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006071079549825-black-lives-matter-uk-protesters-in-bristol-pull-down-statue-of-slave-trader/

Chemical Weapon Use Is Dangerous In A Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
When Amira Chowdhury joined a protest in Philadelphia against police violence on Monday, she wore a mask to protect herself and others against the coronavirus. But when officers launched tear gas into the crowd, Chowdhury pulled off her mask as she gasped for air. "I couldn't breathe," she said. "I felt like I was choking to death." | Chowdhury was on a part of the Vine Street Expressway that ran underground. Everyone panicked as gas drifted into the dark, semi-enclosed space, she said. People stomped over her as they scrambled away. Bruised, she scaled a fence to escape. But the tear gas found her later that eve…
popularresistance.org/chemical-weapon-use-is-dangerous-in-a-pandemic/

Medical Workers Die-In To Protest Police Brutality
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
New York – Hundreds of medical workers at SUNY Downstate staged a die-in on Thursday to protest police brutality and the health disparities that affect black Americans. | Emergency medical residents and other hospital staff kneeled or lay on the ground for eight minutes and 46 seconds

How Endless War Contributes To Police Brutality
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
The indefensible death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers and the indiscriminate police violence in subsequent protests have returned police misconduct to the center of our national conversation. | It is not a conversation we may quickly or easily conclude. The problems in American policing are multitude and systemic, matters of both policy and culture. Much of this can only be corrected at the state or local level, and as there are around 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, this is a monumental task. In very few cases could sweeping federal action affect any substantive…
popularresistance.org/how-endless-war-contributes-to-police-brutality/

Bringing the coral reefs back to life
news.un.org | 2020-06-07
Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which is leading to rising sea temperatures. "Cryopreservation", a pioneering scientific technique, could be one way to help save them.
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Bringing the coral reefs back to life
news.un.org | 2020-06-07
Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which is leading to rising sea temperatures. "Cryopreservation", a pioneering scientific technique", could be one way to save them.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065632

Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian-owned Stands at Qalandia Checkpoint
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-07
Israeli Troops reportedly knocked down, on Sunday, several Palestinian-owned grocery stands near the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israeli army bulldozer began knocking down the stands, owned by vendors and some other small commercial outlets, abruptly …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-owned-stands-at-qalandia-checkpoint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-demolish-palestinian-owned-stands-at-qalandia-checkpoint

MST presents Popular Agrarian Reform plan to overcome social and economic crisis
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-07
In Brazil, the pandemic has affected the economy, politics, nature and has had more severe effects on the lives of the poorest workers. There is no clear optimistic scenario for the future, especially considering the federal government's stance in relation to the thousands of deaths and the deepening social crisis in the country. | For the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST by its Brazilian Portuguese acronym), the mobilization and organization of the people, which seeks to join forces to build a new national project, points to only one way forward: the construction of the Popular Agrarian Reform. | This Frida…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/07/mst-presents-popular-agrarian-reform-plan-to-overcome-social-and-economic-crisis/

The Slow Exodus of Palestinian Christians
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-07
‚Ä¢ To read this essay on the Americans for Middle East Understanding website, click here ‚Ä¢ For a PDF version, click here It was inevitable that when the coronavirus pandemic reached the occupied Palestinian territories, as it did in early March, it would find its first purchase in Bethlehem, a few miles south-east of Jerusalem …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-slow-exodus-of-palestinian-christians/

A Strategy for Global Democracy and Wealth Sharing
Peter Phillips | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
It is time for power to the people! | Global capitalist inequality contributes directly to health pandemics, environmental degradation, and mass poverty. Elite-corporate oligarchs control the governments and political parties. They use established militarized police states to protect their vast empires …
globalresearch.ca/strategy-global-democracy-wealth-sharing/5715255

"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

Intel Drop, June 7, 2020, Never Go Back
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-07
Right off, this is your chance. America is coming awake. | Don't be the same person, this was a lesson. 110,000 are dead, 85% over 60, us, our friends, for some parents and grandparents, lives cut short. | For healthcare workers, endless thousands sick, some extremely sick. For others, scars that will last a lifetime. | Time to be better people. No, this wasn't an accident, it wasn't natural and VT has been scrupulous in reporting. We stick by our first stories in March, Wuhan games, North Carolina. | Please, no attempts at "herd immunity." Also realize that your kids, no matter what you do, will probably see to…

Intel Drop, June 7, 2020, Never Go Back

George Floyd Is the Spark but Systemic Issues Are the Fuel
Keith Lamb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
As a European growing up in the Cold War with the image of America as the land of liberty and freedom the scenes of carnage that we see today are truly saddening. Superficially this is a problem of racial discrimination …
globalresearch.ca/george-floyd-spark-systemic-issues-fuel/5715239

Unanswered Questions Drive Convalescent Plasma Research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-07
Kari Houser donating convalescent plasma On Saturday, March 14, in southwest Wisconsin, a woman was working in her yard, raking and clearing the first spring weeds. She coughed a bit during the day, and felt some achiness in her lower back, some fatigue. It was in the high 30s that day, but she was warm …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/unanswered-questions-drive-convalescent-plasma-research/

Cape Town Together: organizing in a city of islands
Writers' Community Action Network | zcomm.org | 2020-06-07
An emerging movement of self-organized, decentralized community action networks responds to the local realities of COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/cape-town-together-organizing-in-a-city-of-islands/

Gangster State Capitalism
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
Hanne Herland of the European Herland Report has just had her book published in which she argues that the ruling elite has resurrected feudalism by financializing the economy and offshoring middle class jobs. The title is New Left Tyranny, …
globalresearch.ca/gangster-state-capitalism/5715241

Who Is the Source of Violence in the US?
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-07
The 1% is the source of violence in the U.S. Antifa is nothing but a flag which is carried mostly by "secret informants" rather than by a few politically confused Antifa disciples! | The Trump Administration is using this name to …
globalresearch.ca/source-violence-us/5715243

Indigenous youth leader: 'We are rising up against police brutality against First Nations people'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-07
Anti-racism Paul GregoireIssue 1268 Australia First Nations Black deaths in custody Black Lives MatterJune 7, 2020On J…
greenleft.org.au/content/indigenous-youth-leader-we-are-rising-against-police-brutality-against-first-nations-people

Gumbaynggirr custodians stop work in Nambucca State Forest
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-07
Environment Kerry Smith Issue 1268 Australia Nambucca Heads State ForestJune 7, 2020Gumbaynggirr custodians are claiming a hard-fought victory by stopping the NSW Forestry Corporation from logging cultural sites in the Nambucca State forest. | On June…
greenleft.org.au/content/gumbaynggirr-custodians-stop-work-nambucca-state-forest

The Racist Public Execution of George Floyd Is a Transformative American Moment
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-07
The racist summary execution of Citizen Floyd has created an historic moment of truth for America and the new populism. The social violence we are starting to see in response to the twin-evils of the police state, whether by public executions by the police or COVID-lockdown and, is what we forecasted starting with pre-COVID analytic pieces like ' Rage and Bloodshed Ahead' and several essays afterward on that theme in March 2020. | Because there are hundreds of killing…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/07/the-racist-public-execution-floyd-transformative-american-moment/

They Don't Care About the Data, and They Never Have
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-07
Allan STEVO | The number of viruses in you, or any other perfectly healthy human, at this moment outnumber your own cells by a factor of 100, as virologist Dr. John Mokili points out: "In the human holobiont, the 10^13 human cells are outnumbered 10-fold by bacteria and 100-fold by viruses." Is the world really turning upside down over a virus? | Data Is Readily Available Today Like Never Before | We live in the age of the Internet. That means with a few clicks, viewpoints that used to take hours of librar…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/07/they-dont-care-about-the-data-and-they-never-have/

FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging U.S. Foreign Policy
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-07
Thus the question of "attribution" has become the FBI's key lever for censoring alternative media that publishes critical content on U.S. foreign policy, or which attacks mainstream and corporate media narratives. If an outlet can be somehow linked to a foreign adversary, removing it from online platforms is fair game for the feds.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/07/fbi-launches-open-attack-foreign-alternative-media-outlets-challenging-us-foreign-policy/

Private prison corporations profit from civil unrest in Washington D.C
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Letter From Nancy Pelosi To The Impeached President Donald J. Trump:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833845.php

Colombia (Audio) Por la liberacià≤n de la Madre Tierra
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
La liberación de la Madre Tierra sigue bien parada, juntando fuerzas.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833859.php

Sunday 6/7: National Service of Mourning for Poor & Low-income Workers Lost to COVID-19 (PPC)
Poor Peoples Campaign & partners | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Online livstream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833870.php

Why Is the University of California Punishing Students During a Pandemic?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-07
In an experience now familiar to many, faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) logged onto Zoom on May 15 and stared into the online abyss. Hundreds of squares awaited us, some with actual faces, others with initials written on dark backgrounds. The alienation that we have experienced from teaching remotely, and the exhaustion of transforming our classes into an online format, both pale in comparison to the bizarre spectacle we were about to witness. One after another, we asked…
truthout.org/articles/why-is-the-university-of-california-punishing-students-during-a-pandemic/

We Need a Universal Basic Income Now and After COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-07
As the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the summer, over 3 8 .5 million U.S. workers are now jobless. While an unforeseen era of social distancing takes hold, consumer purchasing has slowed to a crawl, labor markets face shortages and supply chains are interrupted. Unprecedented economic uncertainty for the world's population

Labour slams parliament voting and delay in making face masks compulsory on public transport
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-07
The way that parliament works during the current coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic needs to be reviewed, the shadow transport secretary has suggested. Speaking on Sky News' Sophy Ridge programme following a week in which MPs were required to queue in order to vote, Labour's Jim McMahon has backed a return to electronic voting. | He said: I do think we need to review the way that Parliament works. The frustration with Parliament of course is if it's at all avoidable, then it should be avoided and we can vote electronically, we can vote in 15 seconds, we don't have to be queuing up for 40 minutes. | Aside from it bein…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/07/labour-slams-parliament-voting-and-delay-in-making-face-masks-compulsory-on-public-transport/

Imperial social enterprise to accelerate low-cost COVID-19 vaccine
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-07
Imperial College London has formed a new social enterprise VacEquity Global Health (VGH) to bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the world.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198053/imperial-social-enterprise-accelerate-low-cost-covid-19

Netanyahu says Covid-19 won't diminish Israel's commitment to fighting Iran's nuclear program, urges 'crippling' sanction
rt.com | 2020-06-07
The coronavirus pandemic should not be an obstacle in fighting Iran, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said calling for harsh sanctions against Tehran after a critical report by the international nuclear watchdog. | The PM insisted that "coronavirus does not diminish our determination to act against Iranian aggression at all," vowing to do everything to prevent Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon. | "Iran systematically violates its commitments by hiding sites, by enriching fissile materials and other violations," Netanyahu said as he opened a government meeting on Sunday. | He called on the international comm…
rt.com/news/491120-iran-crippling-sanctions-iaea/

Mark Wahlberg accused of downplaying his own HATE CRIMES after mourning for George Floyd
rt.com | 2020-06-07
Actor Mark Wahlberg jumped on the bandwagon in paying his tributes to George Floyd, but he's now been accused of hypocrisy for his own history of hate crimes. For Wahlberg, it's a history he's tried

Trump orders National Guard to withdraw from DC as 'everything is under perfect control'
rt.com | 2020-06-07
With the situation in the capital "under perfect control," Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of the National Guard from Washington DC, but warned that the troops may be redeployed if the riots resume. | "I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control," the president tweeted. | I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control. They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer…
rt.com/usa/491118-trump-national-guard-withdrawal/

Iran's petchem production capacity to increase by 107k tons
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-07
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA)

630 kg of illicit drugs seized in S Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-07
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Asalem-Khalkhal green road
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-07
KHALKHAL, Jun. 08 (MNA)

Omani speaker calls for boosting parliamentary ties with Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-07
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA)

Enemies seek to damage Iran, Afghanistan friendly relations: police chief
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-07
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA)

Representatives for Russian Billionare Deny Reports He Bought Munch's 'The Scream' For $120 Mln
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
"The Scream" is an iconic painting created by Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, depicting a desperate human appearing to howl in pain, and is considered to be one of the most profound artistic symbols of anguish and anxiety in art. Munch painted four versions of the famous painting, two in paint and two in pastel.
sputniknews.com/society/202006071079549907-russian-billionare-abramovich-buys-munchs-the-scream-for-120-mln-reports-claim/

Tory And Labour Neck and Neck in Opinion Polls as Coronavirus Crisis Deepens
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
The Conservatives were reelected in December 2019 with a majority of 80, as the opposition Labour Party suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Since that time, the country has seen the effects of the coronavirus as public opinion has begun to shift away from the Tory government.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006071079549871-tory-and-labour-neck-and-neck-in-opinion-polls-as-coronavirus-crisis-deepens/

UK Pharma Giant AstraZeneca Seeking Biggest Merger in Industry History With US Rival Gilead
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
Drug companies across the world are racing to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Many have entered into profitably appealing corporate mergers to collaborate to meet the urgent global demand for an inoculation against the virus.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006071079549990-uk-pharma-giant-astrazeneca-seeking-biggest-merger-in-industry-history-with-us-rival-gilead/

Russia's Admiral Kasatonov Stealth Warship Completes State Sea Trials
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-07
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate is capable of destroying surface ships, convoys and airborne military units, along with searching and targeting submarines and providing anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-missile defence.
sputniknews.com/military/202006071079550169-russias-admiral-kasatonov-stealth-warship-completes-state-sea-trials/

Iran coronavirus deaths rise by 72 to 8,291
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Iran on Sunday confirmed 72 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,291.A further 2,364 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 171,789, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.According to the spokesman, 134,349 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,596 patients remain in critical condition.Iran's daily number of COVID-19 cases dropped to around 800 in early May, but daily figures show an upward trend in recent days after authorities took measures to ease restrictions.Despite…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-coronavirus-deaths-rise-by-72-to-8291-3531415

Don't celebrate victory over coronavirus too soon, Pope tells Italians
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social distancing and wearing masks.Francis, addressing several hundred people in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing, reacted to applause that broke out when he said their presence, albeit reduced, was a sign that Italy had overcome the acute phase of the pandemic."Be careful. Don't cry victory too soon," he cautioned them, departing from his prepared text.Nearly 34,000 people have died in Italy from the coronavirus, the fourth highest toll…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dont-celebrate-victory-over-coronavirus-too-soon-pope-tells-italians-3531419

US senator Scott says China trying to sabotage vaccine development
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by Western countries, Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday."We have got to get this vaccine done. Unfortunately we have evidence that communist China is trying to sabotage us or slow it down," he said during an interview on BBC TV."China does not want us … to do it first, they have decided to be an adversary to Americans and I think to democracy around the world."Asked what evidence the United States had, Scott declined to give details but said it had come through the intelligence community."Thi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-senator-scott-says-china-trying-to-sabotage-vaccine-development-3531416

Turkey | eyes safer waters as it delivers first software package for domestic | radar system
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Turkey's coastal radar surveillance system project, which aims to detect illegal activities along western shores, has received its first software package, the country's Defense Industry Director said on Sunday."Turkey's territorial waters and coasts will be safer now with the implementation of domestic systems. We've currently delivered the first software package of 'The Coastal Surveillance Radar System Project' to the Turkish Coast Guard Command. It will entail surveillance stations equipped with radar, electro-optic and other sensors," ƒ∞smail Demir announced on his official Twitter account.The coas…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkeyeyes-safer-waters-as-it-delivers-first-software-package-for-domesticradar-system-3531418

Japan declines to join US, others in condemning China for Hong Kong law
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries involved.The United Kingdom, the U.S., Australia and Canada condemned China on May 28 for imposing a law that they said would threaten freedom and breach a 1984 Sino-British agreement on the autonomy of the former colony.Tokyo separately issued a statement May 28, the day China's parliament approved the national security legislation, saying the nation was "seriously concerned" about the move, which observers fear coul…
yenisafak.com/en/world/japan-declines-to-join-us-others-in-condemning-china-for-hong-kong-law-3531417

More On Mueller's Forensics-Free Findings
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-07
At the time of our Memo, it was already clear that Mueller's findings would be fatally incomplete. We were virtually certain that Mueller's report would lack the forensic findings that we VIPS had arrived at through the kind of rigorous investigation that the FBI avoided doing. So we gave our Memo to you with the title: "Mueller's Forensics-Free Findings". | Sans forensics, Mueller's report fell far short of Rosenstein's earlier commitment "to ensure a full and thorough investigation". It was also clear to us that relying for forensics on CrowdStrike, a private cyber-security firm of checkered reputation, picked…
popularresistance.org/more-on-muellers-forensics-free-findings/

Governor Cuomo: Avoid Budget Cuts by Not Rebating Stock Sales Tax to Wall Street
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-06-06
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily news conference amid the coronavirus outbreak on March 20, 2020. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cuomo_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/06/governor-cuomo-avoid-budget-cuts-not-rebating-stock-sales-tax-wall-street?cd-origin=rss

Italian communists to Freedom Road Socialist Organization: 'Fronte Popolare is at your side'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Italian Marxist- Leninist organization Fronte Popolare. | Dear comrades of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, | In these days of pain, pride and struggle, Fronte Popolare is at your side. Our organization is supportive of those who are fighting for the dignity and rights of all women and men. The results of the mass uprising that exploded with the murder of George Floyd by a racist policeman are of decisive importance not only for American society and for the redemption of the nationalities and oppressed communities that make it up, but for…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/5/italian-communists-freedom-road-socialist-organization-fronte-popolare-your-side

Italian communists to Freedom Road Socialist Organization: 'Fronte Popolare is at your side'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Italian Marxist- Leninist organization Fronte Popolare. | Dear comrades of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, | In these days of pain, pride and struggle, Fronte Popolare is at your side. Our organization is supportive of those who are fighting for the dignity and rights of all women and men. The results of the mass uprising that exploded with the murder of George Floyd by a racist policeman are of decisive importance not only for American society and for the redemption of the nationalities and oppressed communities that make it up, but for…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/5/italian-communists-freedom-road-socialist-organization-fronte-popolare-your-side

The Corona "Global False Alarm", the Campaign against Racism and Neoliberalism
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
"The media is the most powerful entity on earth. Because they control the minds of the masses, they have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power…If you're not careful, the newspapers …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-neoliberalism-and-the-campaign-against-racism/5714970

Belt and Road: Can China's Silk Road Survive Coronavirus?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
China's priority infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), faces enormous problems just seven years after it was proclaimed in 2013. Serious problems and charges of China luring poorer nations into what a leading Indian analyst termed a "debt …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-can-chinas-silk-road-survive-coronavirus/5714768

Rebellion against police exposes the haves and have-nots
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-06
Monica Moorehead delivered this talk as a panelist on a June 4 Workers World Party webinar "It is right to rebel against police terror." This rebellion has not only swept the U.S. but is electrifying the entire world, from Palestine to France to Iran to Africa. Every global sector of . . . | Continue reading Rebellion against police exposes the haves and have-nots at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49153/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebellion-against-police-exposes-the-haves-and-have-nots

Five questions for new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about his UK and US national security establishment links
Matt Kennard | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-06
The public deserves answers about the UK's new opposition leader and his relationship with the British national security establishment, including…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/05/five-questions-for-new-labour-leader-sir-keir-starmer-about-his-uk-and-us-national-security-establishment-links/

Cop pushes old white man over backwards, leaves victim bleeding and unconscious after head hits sidewalk hard
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-06
This cancer of a creeping police state and of rampant brutality in our communities will continue and grow worse.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/06/cop-pushes-old-white-man-over-backwards-leaves-victim-bleeding-and-unconscious-after-head-hits-sidewalk-hard/

Rep. Ilhan Omar Surrenders to Israel Lobby
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-06
The nearly complete corruption of the U.S. republican form of government has largely come about due to the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court in January 2010 that basically permitted unlimited donor-spending on political campaigns based on the principle that providing money, normally through a political action committee (PAC), is a form of free speech. The decision paved the way for agenda-driven plutocrats and corporations to largely seize control of the formulation process for certain policies being promoted by the two national parties. | No one has benefited from the new rules more than the state…
ahtribune.com/us/israelgate/4206-ilhan-omar-surrenders.html

Trump Has Adopted a "Viva Death!" Approach to the Presidency
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-06-06
The protests are not just calling for an end to police brutality in Black communities, but for much more fundamental restructuring of social and economic institutions…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-has-adopted-a-viva-death-approach-to-the-presidency/

Joe Biden secures Democratic presidential nomination
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-06
Joe Biden has officially clinched the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, setting him up to meet Donald Trump for the leadership of a country beset by the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest. Biden said in a statement: It was an honour to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded, and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party. | Biden has been his party's presumptive nominee since rival Bernie Sanders ended his campaign in April. But the former vice president's campaign had suffered setbacks with allegations o…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/06/joe-biden-secures-democratic-presidential-nomination/

George Floyd protest is 'for the benefit' of 'democratic struggles' abroad, says US group known for promoting regime change
rt.com | 2020-06-06
The National Endowment for Democracy, a soft-power group mostly known for splashing government dollars on pro-US influence campaigns overseas to enforce regime change, has endorsed protests against police brutality at home. | Also on rt.com | | America masterminded 'color revolutions' around the world. Now the very same techniques are being used at home | In a statement on Friday, the NED came out in support of the protests against the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, which, while originally peaceful, spiralled into violence, wreck…
rt.com/usa/491008-ned-endorses-protests-regime-change/

Ilhan Omar takes heat after backing call to disband Minneapolis police & replace with 'non-violent' alternative
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has joined a growing call to disband the Minneapolis police force, arguing it is "beyond reform" after the killing of George Floyd. Critics have pilloried the suggestion as dangerous and "asinine." | The congresswoman took to Twitter on Friday to endorse an op-ed penned by a Minneapolis councilman, which urged the dissolution of the city's police department and "start fresh" after years of failed efforts at reform. Such improvements are impossible under a "system that is rotten," Omar said. | The Minnea…
rt.com/usa/491007-omar-disband-police-criticism/

When did Venezuela's Economic Crisis begin?
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-06-06
The starting point for Venezuela's current depression has been the subject of some debate. It can get a bit technical, so I'll weigh in on it here. Looking at Real GDP Inflation adjusted (i.e. real) Gross Domestic Product (GDP ) is essentially a country's aggregate income. I say "essentially" because there is an adjustment that Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/when-did-venezuelas-economic-crisis-begin/

Bhima Koregaon case: A comprehensive timeline
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-06
June 6 marks the second anniversary of the arrest of activists as part of the Elgar Parishad case in India. The case has been a dangerous instance of how dissent is being persecuted by India's current far-right wing government led by prime minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. | On June 6, 2018, five activists were arrested for allegedly having participated and organized a series of violent clashes following a mass mobilization in the city of Pune on December 31, 2017. While the violence that occurred was carried out by Hindu right-wing groups, the police had constructed a narrative that those res…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/06/bhima-koregaon-case-a-comprehensive-timeline/

Police brutality protesters gather in Lansing and Grand Rapids
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Grand Rapids, MI – Protesters gathered in several major Michigan cities last weekend, including Grand Rapids and Lansing, demanding justice for the Minneapolis Police Department's killing of George Floyd and for all victims of police brutality. | On Saturday, May 30, protesters in Grand Rapids gathered at Rosa Parks Circle for what was planned to be a silent march through the city. Instead, protesters crowded around the Grand Rapids Police Department shouting, "I can't breathe!" "No justice, no peace!" "Hands up! Don't shoot!" and "Say his name: George Floyd!" Thousands of people surrounded the building containin…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/police-brutality-protesters-gather-lansing-and-grand-rapids

Police brutality protesters gather in Lansing and Grand Rapids
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Grand Rapids, MI – Protesters gathered in several major Michigan cities last weekend, including Grand Rapids and Lansing, demanding justice for the Minneapolis Police Department's killing of George Floyd and for all victims of police brutality. | On Saturday, May 30, protesters in Grand Rapids gathered at Rosa Parks Circle for what was planned to be a silent march through the city. Instead, protesters crowded around the Grand Rapids Police Department shouting, "I can't breathe!" "No justice, no peace!" "Hands up! Don't shoot!" and "Say his name: George Floyd!" Thousands of people surrounded the building containin…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/police-brutality-protesters-gather-lansing-and-grand-rapids

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 | 2020-06-06
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

Friday 6/5: Say No to Racism – Peaceful Solidarity Protest (Palo Alto)
Community | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
Greer Park | 1127 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833822.php

Friday 6/5: Fire Jared Yuen – One Week After Peaceful Protest (San José)
JH | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
San José City Hall | 200 E Santa Clara St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833821.php

Saturday 6/6: Peaceful Protest and March: King Plaza Palo Alto
Silence is Violence | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
In front of Palo Alto City Hall in MLK Jr. Plaza | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833831.php

Horse bolts through crowd as police harass demonstrators at peaceful Black Lives Matter rally
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-06
A horse bolted through a crowd of people in central London during a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday 6 June. The incident took place after police mounted on horses clashed with protesters at a peaceful rally outside Downing Street.The London protest was carried out peacefully for much of Saturday afternoon, but scuffles began at around 6pm when police tried to harass protesters. Videos circulating on social media showed mounted police charging through protesters to try and disperse them. One officer appeared to fall off their horse, which then bolted

TEXAS CHAINSAW counter-protester: Man arrested after confronting demonstrators with infamous 'massacre' weapon (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-06
A chainsaw-wielding Texan has been detained after threatening a group of demonstrators with his lumber-cutting mechanical tool. Thankfully, the altercation did not devolve into Hollywood-inspired violence. | A small group of seemingly peaceful protesters in McAllen, Texas briefly found themselves in a real-life slasher film, after a man with a chainsaw rushed at them while shouting profanities. | Footage of the bizarre incident shows a man pointing the deadly tool at protesters as he shouts at them. | "Move! Go home!" he yells above his roaring chainsaw. | He then uses a racial slur while warning against prote…
rt.com/usa/491014-texas-chainsaw-protesters-video-antifa/

Texas CHAINSAW counter-protester: Man arrested after confronting demonstrators with infamous 'massacre' weapon (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-06
A chainsaw-wielding Texan has been detained after threatening a group of demonstrators with his lumber-cutting mechanical tool. Thankfully, the altercation did not devolve into Hollywood-inspired violence. | A small group of seemingly peaceful protesters in McAllen, Texas briefly found themselves in a real-life slasher film, after a man with a chainsaw rushed at them while shouting profanities. | Footage of the bizarre incident shows a man pointing the deadly tool at protesters as he shouts at them. | "Move! Go home!" he yells above his roaring chainsaw. | He then uses a racial slur while warning against prote…
rt.com/usa/491014-texas-chainsaw-protesters-video-antifa/

From White House to Golden Gate: Massive crowds rally nationwide to protest the death of George Floyd (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Thousands of protesters flooded the main streets, squares and bridges in nationwide protest over the death of George Floyd, leading some to question whether a second wave of Covid-19 is imminent. | Chicago, Washington, DC and New York all saw large groups gather to march and demonstrate, all of which have been peaceful as of Saturday afternoon. | Massive, peaceful turnout today at Union Park in #Chicago. #blacklivesmatter‚úä&#63…
rt.com/usa/491074-george-floyd-protests-black-lives-matter/

Judge BLOCKS Denver police from using tear gas & plastic bullets on 'peaceful' protesters
rt.com | 2020-06-06
A federal judge in Denver has barred police from using tear gas, plastic bullets, and any projectiles against demonstrators, saying the threat to protesters' physical safety and free speech outweighs the threat to property. | R. Brooke Jackson, a US district court judge in Colorado, has granted a temporary restraining order against the Denver Police Department and those assisting local officers in suppressing the protests that have rocked the city in the case of four plaintiffs who acc…
rt.com/usa/491012-denver-police-ban-tear-gas/

Egyptian President Announces Cairo's New Peace Initiative for Libya Including Ceasefire
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
CAIRO (Sputnik) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi announced on Saturday Cairo's peace initiative for Libya that envisages ceasefire and conditions for a political settlement of the conflict.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006061079538349-egyptian-president-announces-cairos-new-peace-initiative-for-libya-including-ceasefire/

Protester explains how he was brutally assaulted by Secret Service officials in Washington, D.C
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
The demonstrator explained how federal officials provoked and then assaulted peaceful demonstrators outside the White House last weekend as protests against police brutality swept the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/brut-j06.html

[World Report] COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up
Asher Mullard | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
Vaccine makers are racing to develop COVID-19 vaccines, and have advanced ten candidates into clinical trials. But challenges remain. Asher Mullard reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31252-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Editorial] Salient lessons from Russia's COVID-19 outbreak
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
Alexander Myasnikov, Russia's COVID-19 information chief, said in mid-April that it would be "impossible" for Russians to get the virus, estimating the probability of extensive spread in Russia at "0 ∑0%". This hubris has been sorely exposed. As of June 2, Russia has 423‚Äà186 cases, the third most in the world, while relatively few deaths from COVID-19 (5031) have been recorded. The rapid spread of the epidemic in Russia has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the health system, and presents the traditionally strong Russian leadership with a new challenge.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31280-0/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Healthier societies for healthy populations
Healthier Societies for Healthy Populations Group | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
The COVID-19 pandemic makes the importance of health and wellbeing clear. The pandemic's implications for societies are far reaching. Yet the response to this pandemic and the creation and promotion of health and wellbeing require action beyond the health sector–and beyond the usual ways of working in global health. Governments are not adequately tackling inequality, ongoing economic crises, or continuing environmental damage, which undermines the health of current and future generations. For example, tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diets, air pollution, and insufficient physical exercise contribute to m…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31039-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Regenerative medicine: challenges and opportunities
Giulio Cossu, Robin Fears, George Griffin, Volker ter Meulen | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
In 2018, the Lancet Commission on stem cells and regenerative medicine1 reported how, despite an exponential growth in experimental therapies, there had been limited clinical uptake. Regenerative medicine comprises various novel approaches such as cell and gene therapy that have produced life-saving therapies for a few genetic diseases affecting blood or skin. Enthusiasm about the broad potential of regenerative medicine led to a gap between expectations and the realities of translating technologies into clinical practice.
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[Comment] Offline: COVID-19 and the ethics of memory
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
Lockdowns are lifting. Lives are returning. And livelihoods are being gradually reclaimed. Very tentatively, societies are beginning to put the pandemic behind them. There are understandable fears of flare-ups. In the UK, several scientists who advise government are warning that ending strict home curfews is premature. There are still about 2000 new cases of infection being diagnosed daily in the UK (the figure in Italy is around 500) and the test, trace, and isolate system remains incomplete. According to WHO, total confirmed cases of COVID-19 are now approaching 6 million globally, with almost 400‚Ä&…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31279-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] Indigenous populations: left behind in the COVID-19 response
Kaitlin Curtice, Esther Choo | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
Scholar Annie Belcourt described Native American populations in the USA as having lives that are "challenging and short". Globally, across countries and populations, Indigenous peoples face a greater burden of disease than non-Indigenous peoples, including cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and have higher infant and maternal mortality and lower life expectancy. Their health is impacted by epigenetic stressors of generational oppression and violence, including disproportionate numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women, lower educational attainment, and persistent poverty.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31242-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Clinical Picture] Neuropathy, encephalopathy, status epilepticus, and acute intermittent porphyria
Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby, Fatma R Elkafrawy, Karim Ziada | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in status epilepticus–he had been having repeated episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures without gaining consciousness between them. He was in a wheelchair. He was intubated and the seizures were controlled with midazolam and he was then transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). On examination his blood pressure (BP) was 220/110 mm Hg, and his heart rate was 120 beats per min. He was given labetalol and his blood pressure lowered.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31045-X/fulltext?rss=yes

[Review] Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations
Xi Li, Harlan M Krumholz, Winnie Yip, Kar Keung Cheng, Jan De Maeseneer, Qingyue Meng, Elias Mossialos, Chuang Li, Jiapeng Lu, Meng Su, Qiuli Zhang, Dong Roman Xu, Liming Li, Sharon-Lise T Normand, Richard Peto, Jing Li, Zengwu Wang, Hongbing Yan, Runlin Gao, Somsak Chunharas, Xin Gao, Raniero Guerra, Huijie Ji, Yang Ke, Zhigang Pan, Xianping Wu, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xinying Xie, Yujuan Zhang, Jun Zhu, Shanzhu Zhu, Shengshou Hu | thelancet.com | 2020-06-06
China has substantially increased financial investment and introduced favourable policies for strengthening its primary health care system with core responsibilities in preventing and managing chronic diseases such as hypertension and emerging infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, widespread gaps in the quality of primary health care still exist. In this Review, we aim to identify the causes for this poor quality, and provide policy recommendations. System challenges include: the suboptimal education and training of primary health-care practitioners, a fee-for-service payment s…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30122-7/fulltext?rss=yes

On Palestinian Naksa Day, Israeli Forces Suppress Marches across West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-06
Several Palestinian demonstrations were held on Friday, condemning the Israeli government's plan to annex more of the West Bank, were met with tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets, fired by Israeli forces, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The protests were held on the same day as the 53rd anniversary of …
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Israeli Troops Shoot, Injure Four Palestinians at Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-06
Israeli military reportedly wounded, on Friday, at least four Palestinians, as a result of Israeli soldier's shooting rubber-coated steel bullets towards the dozens of local Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, a part of the West Bank district of Qalqilia. Those wounded today were taking part …
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Brazil's President Bolsonaro calls demonstrators "terrorists," threatens military repression
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
Gen. Hamilton Mourà£o viciously attacked protests against the murder of George Floyd and social inequality, calling for the arrest of demonstrators.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/bras-j06.html

Protests against police crimes fill the streets of Salt Lake City
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Salt Lake City, UT – Thursday, June 4 marks the sixth night in a row that downtown streets in Salt Lake City has been shut down due to protests for justice for George Floyd, Bernardo Palacios and all victims of police violence. After five strong days of protesting, chanting and marching against police brutality and its many victims, it does not appear that the nationwide movement will be losing any steam here in Utah. | At least 700 people gathered at the State Capitol June 4 in what started as a quiet gathering of speakers that turned into a march through downtown of about 2000. After a few short speeches and c…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/protests-against-police-crimes-fill-streets-salt-lake-city

Mass protests erupt across Canada against police brutality and Trump
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
Protesters denounce Canadian police brutality and racism, following the US police murder of George Floyd.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/capr-j06.html

Keith Ellison and politicians: We demand justice for George and all victims of police crimes!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
St. Paul, MN – On Friday, June 5, the day after the Minneapolis memorial for George Floyd, and two days after all of his killers were finally charged for his murder, the building that houses the office of state Attorney General Keith Ellison was shut down by some 3000 protesters who came to demand more than charges in this single case. Organized by the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J), they called for re-opening all the cases of police homicide that district attorneys have failed to prosecute in counties across the state, and for community control of police to bring an end to police crimes agains…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/keith-ellison-and-politicians-we-demand-justice-george-and-all-victims-police-crimes

Lindsey Graham, Protests, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-06
Liberals are talking about Lindsey Graham's sexual orientation again. If you are more interested in the fact that Lindsey Graham is a hypocritical closeted gay Republican than you are in the fact that Lindsey Graham is a murderous war pig who advances mass military slaughter at every opportunity, your priorities are disordered. | Obviously Graham is so deep in the closet he's partied with the White Witch and Aslan the Lion, but the real scandal is that he is a closet psychopath. Jeffrey Dahmer didn't leave…

Lindsey Graham, Protests, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

The police murder of George Floyd sparks mass protests throughout the world
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined demonstrations in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/pers-j06.html

Don't Shame Protesters and Park-Goers Over Covid-19 Spreading—Shame Corporations and the State
Natalie Shure | commondreams.org | 2020-06-06
Some of the highest risks for Covid-19 spread have been imposed by police. (Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/police_6.jpg …
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Will U.S. troops be used against protesters?
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-06-06
June 5

"I Can't Breathe" The George Floyd Protests with the Blacktivist Des Mims; Rev. Wanika K. Stephens and Kulwa Apara | Along the Line Ep.92
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-06-06
On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore George Floyd protests with the Blacktivist Des Mims; Rev. Wanika K. Stephens and Kulwa Apara, Along The…
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The Establishment Only Dislikes Trump Because He Puts an Ugly Face on The Empire
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-06
Barack Obama has given his perfunctory speech about the Black Lives Matter protests taking place in America today, and it was every bit as full of pretty words and empty of actual substance as you'd expect from a president who spent eight years stagnating the progressive movement with empty hope narrative while advancing the same murderous oppressive agendas as his predecessors. | The former president talked about changes that need to be made as though he wasn't the most p…
ahtribune.com/us/americas-collapse/4208-trump-puts-an-ugly-face-on-the-empire.html

Police kill unarmed 22-year-old man in Vallejo, California
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
The Vallejo, California Police Department has a well-established track record of brutality and murder. | On Tuesday, June 2, Vallejo police gunned down an unarmed 22-year old whose last text sent was one asking his sisters to sign a petition protesting the police murder of George Floyd.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833865.php

Police Use of Tear Gas Could Make the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-06
Chowdhury was on a part of the Vine Street Expressway that ran underground. Everyone panicked as gas drifted into the dark, semi-enclosed space, she said. People stomped over her as they scrambled away. Bruised, she scaled a fence to escape. But the tear gas found her later that evening, inside her own house; as police unleashed it on protesters in her predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia, it seeped in. | "I can't even be in my own house without escaping the violence of the state," said C…
truthout.org/articles/police-use-of-tear-gas-will-make-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse/

Black Lives Matter protests spread to three continents
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-06
Thousands of people have rallied in Europe and Australia to honour George Floyd and to voice support for the Black Lives Matter movement.The worldwide wave of solidarity following the killing of Floyd in Minneapolis also served to highlight racial discrimination outside the United States.In Paris, demonstrators tried to gather in front of the US Embassy, defying restrictions imposed by authorities because of the coronavirus pandemic. | They were met by riot police and French security forces sealed off the embassy behind an imposing ring of metal barriers and roadblocks."You can fine me 10,000 or 20,000 times, the…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/06/black-lives-matter-protests-spread-to-three-continents/

'We're coming to get you out of the White House': NBA champion sends warning to Trump amid George Floyd protests
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Former basketball star Stephen Jackson promised US President Donald Trump that he will not be re-elected this fall as protests against police brutality hit all of the states and receive support from overseas. | "I'm making you a promise, you will not be in the White House come November. You will not be reelected, I'm telling you now," Jackson, who won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003, said in a video posted on Instagram. | "We're coming to get you out of the White House," he said. | Jackson earlier told the media that he became a close friend of George Floyd years ago as they both grew…
rt.com/usa/491031-jackson-trump-floyd-protests/

Thousands rally outside US embassy in Paris against police brutality in America & France (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-06
A huge crowd protested outside the US embassy in central Paris over George Floyd's death and the brutality of law enforcement in France, in violation of the ban on public gatherings introduced by the French capital. | Several hundred people came to Place de la Concorde, not far from the US embassy and the French Presidential Palace, despite the city authorities banning the rally due to the Covid-19 pandemic and violent outbursts during a similar event mid-week. | Plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont réussit à atteindre la Place de la Concorde, malgré le dispositif de police important autour de la zone. Ils récl…
rt.com/news/491065-france-floyd-protests-adama/

'We all bleed the same color': Thousands of demonstrators turn out for BLM protests across Germany (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Huge rallies across Germany mark yet another European country to see anti-racism protests inspired by Black Lives Matter demonstrations that began in the US. | Videos and photographs show hundreds of people assembled on the banks of the Rhine River in the city of Cologne as they hold signs reading "End police brutality" and "We all bleed the same color." | Danke #Kà∂ln & es wird immer voller. (Alle tragen Masken & alle versuchen Abstand zu halten) | Was fà§llt auf? Mit 33Jahren gehà∂re ich zu den à§lteren Teiln…
rt.com/news/491038-cologne-germany-blm-protests-video/

Biden hits delegate target to cement Democratic nomination after gaffe-prone campaign as protests overshadow election
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Former Vice President Joe Biden has become the Democratic presidential nominee for 2020, scoring enough delegates to secure the nomination despite a string of embarrassing gaffes and major distractions from the race. | Also on rt.com | | Biden apologizes for telling black DJ he 'ain't black,' but his supporters were already making excuses for him | Though a number of contests remain in this year's primary season, Biden reached the threshold for his party's nomination on Friday night, winning support from 1,993 delegates, according to the Associated Press."
rt.com/usa/491010-biden-nomination-delegates-primary/

People in London Protest Against Police Brutality Following George Floyd's Death – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
Nationwide protests erupted in the United States and spread to other countries in late May following the death of African American man, George Floyd, during detention by police in Minneapolis.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006061079537495-people-in-london-protest-against-police-brutality-following-george-floyds-death—video/

Video: Thousands March Across Golden Gate Bridge in Black Lives Matter Protest, Blocking Traffic
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
San Francisco is one of many major US cities that has joined the wave of nationwide protests against police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody over a week ago.
sputniknews.com/us/202006061079541458-video-photo-thousands-march-across-golden-gate-bridge-in-black-lives-matter-protest/

Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
As protests and demonstrations engulf the United States in opposition to police violence, some media platforms have suggested that those involved are part of an anti-capitalist movement infiltrated by the radical left.
sputniknews.com/viral/202006061079541615-fox-news-mocked-as-attack-and-dethrone-god-warning-goes-viral-on-twitter/

New York Police Deputy Commissioner Says Looting Across City Intelligence Failure of NYPD
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – John Miller, the deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism of the New York Police Department (NYPD), said that looting across the city amid George Floyd protests was an intelligence failure of NYPD.
sputniknews.com/us/202006061079541963-new-york-police-deputy-commissioner-says-looting-across-city-intelligence-failure-of-nypd/

Open Letter: African Writers In Solidarity With African Americans
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
We support the protests in the United States and across the world as our people demand justice for any and all racial killings whether by police or civilians. We are aware that these are not quiet protests. We do not expect it and neither should the United States of America. The killings were not done quietly. The police brutality and state sanctioned murders were done loudly with no fear of consequences from those who perpetrated them. | We acknowledge the African Union's condemnation of the United States government's continual terrorism towards African-Americans. We believe that the African Union can and should…
popularresistance.org/open-letter-african-writers-in-solidarity-with-african-americans/

More Than 10,000 People Reportedly Arrested At US Protests
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death, according to an Associated Press tally of known arrests across the U.S. | The count has grown by the hundreds each day as protesters spilled into the streets and encountered a heavy police presence and curfews that give law enforcement stepped-up arrest powers. | Los Angeles has had more than a quarter of the national arrests, followed by New York, Dallas and Philadelphia. Many of the arrests have been for low-level offenses such as curfew violations and failure to disperse. Hundreds we…
popularresistance.org/more-than-10000-people-reportedly-arrested-at-us-protests/

First Person: Collecting the 'Book of Life' for coral reefs
news.un.org | 2020-06-06
With the climate crisis threatening coral reefs around the world, a researcher in Hawaii is part of a team pioneering new techniques to preserve living coral sperm and larvae, and ultimately save the biodiversity and genetic diversity of coral reefs not just in Hawaii but across the world.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065642

Climate Crisis: Black Lives Matter, Looting Puerto Rico, And California's Environmental Racism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-06
This week the climate justice movement says Black Lives Matter, disaster capitalists are still looting Puerto Rico, and California is neglecting to fix the environmental racism of its oil infrastructure.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-black-lives-matter-looting-puerto-rico-and-californias-environmental-racism

Climate Crisis: Black Lives Matter, Looting Puerto Rico, And California's Environmental Racism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-06
This week the climate justice movement says Black Lives Matter, disaster capitalists are still looting Puerto Rico, and California is neglecting to fix the environmental racism of its oil infrastructure.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-black-lives-matter-looting-puerto-rico-and-californias-environmental-racism

Muslim Worshipers Perform Friday Prayers on Threatened Palestinian Land
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-06
Dozens of Muslim Palestinian worshipers reportedly performed Friday prayer, on the land of the village of Hares, in the Salfit District, northern occupied West Bank. According to the mayor of Hares, Omar Samara, said that this Friday's prayer is the second to be performed on the same piece of land …
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Israeli Military and Police Forces Detain Palestinians, including Journalist
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-06
Israeli police detained four Palestinian youths from occupied Jerusalem, on Saturday, local sources reported. Sources told the Palestinian Information Center that the Israeli police closed the Bab al-Amud or Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to the Old City, for several hours. Police reportedly abducted three youths in the area, …
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Slain Palestinian's Home, Mourning Tents Invaded by Israeli Police in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-06
Israeli police, on Thursday evening, invaded the home and mourning tent of Palestinian martyr, Eyad al-Hallaq, in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said that the Israeli police searched the family home and mourning tent, showing grave disrespect, and provoking confrontations with locals, …
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The real looters pocketed $11.7 billion
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-06-06
Who are the real looters? They wear elegant business suits, not hoodies or jeans. They dine at fancy restaurants, not hotdog stands. They hang out in boardrooms, not on street corners. Bankers Get Out of Jail Free Monopoly They don't rob banks. They ARE the banks. They are the U.S. . . . | Continue reading The real looters pocketed $11.7 billion at Workers.org…
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How to safely go to your doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-06
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/

How to travel safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-06
Are you considering rescheduling travel that you put off because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Maybe you have work or family obligations that require you to travel. Yet worries about safe travel and lodging are holding you back. Get the facts about your travel options and learn how to protect yourself if you must travel. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/6-3-how-to-travel-safely-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
This article, translated from French, was written prior to the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English

A Strategy for Global Democracy and Wealth Sharing
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-06-06
By Peter Phillips It is time for power to the people! Global capitalist inequality contributes directly to health pandemics, environmental degradation, and mass poverty. Elite-corporate oligarchs control the governments and…
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Turkish-Russian trade-off in Libya?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-06
Moscow seems to have concluded that Haftar can't win, and opted to cut its losses | The success of forces aligned with Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in taking full control of Tripoli, ending Gen. Khalifa Haftar's year-long siege of the capital, and going on to capture the town of Tarhouna, is a major triumph for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It was his decision to give his full military backing to the GNA that turned the tables both in the air and on the ground: crucially the squadrons of Bayrakdar drones he deployed, and the thousands of battle-hardened Islamist fighters he…

Turkish-Russian trade-off in Libya?

Organizing against police brutality in Boston
| workers.org | 2020-06-06
By Queen-Cheyenne and Leighsandra Sheppard This talk was jointly read at the June 4 Workers World Party webinar on "It is right to rebel against police terror." Before we begin, we just want to inform everyone that we will be discussing police and military violence and our experiences on the . . . | Continue reading Organizing against police brutality in Boston at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49138/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=organizing-against-police-brutality-in-boston

From George Floyd back to the structural violence of capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-06
Across the country–in city after city–the people have erupted in righteous indignation to George Floyd's recorded lynching. His extrajudicial murder set off a rebellion that had been primed by the highly publicized white-vigilante murder of Ahmaud Arbery and the botched, "no-knock" police raid that killed Breonna Taylor in her bed.
mronline.org/2020/06/06/from-george-floyd-back-to-the-structural-violence-of-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-george-floyd-back-to-the-structural-violence-of-capitalism

Rally and March to Defund MPD after George Floyd: Day 12
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-06
Minneapolis, MN

The Truth Behind the Murder of Robert F. Kennedy: Conspiracy and Cover-up
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
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

DOJ Inspector General investigates prison guards killing inmate with pepper spray
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-06
"He died because of the mace. You do not mace an asthmatic…They murdered my son."
nationofchange.org/2020/06/06/doj-inspector-general-investigates-prison-guards-killing-inmate-with-pepper-spray/

Syria: Will the Great Middle Eastern War Begin in the Levant?
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-06
The world is in turmoil. 2020 has already brought major multiple crises, with the Iranian-American clash in Iraq which followed the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, and the COVID-19 health pandemic and economic disaster that struck all continents and stole the lives of over 400 thousand people around the world, costing tens of millions of jobs. None of this, however, prevented America from imposing even more sanctions on Iran, Syria and Venezuela. Iran

Australian government hands more cash to big business as recession deepens
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
The slump began before the main COVID-19 pandemic restrictions commenced, and has led to the greatest loss of livelihoods since the 1930s Great Depression.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/econ-j06.html

Don't believe the hype: Unemployment increased in May
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
San José, CA – Corporate-owned media is blaring that the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in May to 13.3%, from 14.7% in April. This was far better than even the most optimistic economist expected and even led to at least one to declare that "the recession is over." Well, when something is too good to be true, it usually isn't true. | This report flies in the face of all the other reports on the job market in May. The Labor Department's own report on continuing unemployment insurance claims, including regular state unemployment insurance, the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), the federal Pandemic…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/5/don-t-believe-hype-unemployment-increased-may

Unanswered Questions Drive Convalescent Plasma Research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-06
Kari Houser donating convalescent plasma On Saturday, March 14, in southwest Wisconsin, a woman was working in her yard, raking and clearing the first spring weeds. She coughed a bit during the day, and felt some achiness in her lower back, some fatigue. It was in the high 30s that day, but she was warm …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/unanswered-questions-drive-convalescent-plasma-research/

UK: After the clapping stops–The way forward for NHS workers
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
Things came to a head last week because it has become impossible for the government to maintain the charade of unity behind "our carers."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/clap-j06.html

The Shallow Deep-State Goes Deeper as It Moves Toward Martial Law
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-06
I am not trying to be cute and play with words. That title is meant to convey what it says, so let me explain. The people who own the United States and their allies around the world have a plan. It is so simple that it is extremely devious. Their plan has been in operation …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-shallow-deep-state-goes-deeper-as-it-moves-toward-martial-law/

Julián Gil: "Our triumph and our victory are in the hope and strength of being together"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-06
Two years have passed since social leader Julian Gil was detained in front of the office of Colombian social movement Congreso de los Pueblos. We share his reflections on his two years of incarceration…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/06/julian-gil-our-triumph-and-our-victory-are-in-the-hope-and-strength-of-being-together/

Julián Gil: "Our triumph and our victory should be the hope and strength in being together"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-06
Two years have passed since social leader Julian Gil was detained in front of the office of Colombian social movement Congreso de los Pueblos. We share his reflections on his two years of incarceration…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/06/julian-gil-our-triumph-and-our-victory-should-be-the-hope-and-strength-in-being-together/

The Tests: The Achilles Heel of the COVID-19 House of Cards
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
"The tool is not the problem, it's what we do with it." |

The COVID-19 Exposure
John Morrissey | zcomm.org | 2020-06-06
We must renew efforts to document the rapacious and unsustainable destructiveness of the capitalist web of life, and we must argue convincingly for other ways of living…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-covid-19-exposure/

Racial inequalities contribute to higher unemployment rates in black communities, new research reveals
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-06
The "devastating effects of COVID-19 on the economic and physical well-being of black Americans were entirely predictable given persistent economic and health disparities."
nationofchange.org/2020/06/06/racial-inequalities-contribute-to-higher-unemployment-rates-in-black-communities-new-research-reveals/

China's Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us?
Lin Liangduo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
Translated from Chinese for Global Research. | Enough is enough. Enough hypocrisy for this one world. | What do you want from us, anyway? What Do You Really Want from Us? | When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-message-to-donald-what-do-you-want-from-us/5701954

German Official Leaks Report Denouncing Corona as 'A Global False Alarm'
Daniele Pozzati | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
Germany's federal government and mainstream media are engaged in damage control after a report that challenges the established Corona narrative leaked from Germany's Ministry of the Interior. | | Wir machen unsere Leser auf die Zusammenfassung dieses wichtigen durchgesickerten Berichts aufmerksam, der …
globalresearch.ca/german-official-leaks-report-denouncing-corona-global-false-alarm/5714528

What chance of pulling off a GCC reconciliation?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-06
Trump is trying to get Saudi Arabia and the UAE to make up with Qatar, but only to rally them all against Iran | The feud within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been brought back to pubic attention by US President Donald Trump's latest bid to ease it. He has reportedly been trying to persuade Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to re-open their airspace to Qatari airliners because its closure forces them to detour over Iran and earns the country a substantial income in over-flight fees. We haven't been told of details of these efforts, or whether they have made any headway. | The GCC crisis erupted in the summer of 2…

What chance of pulling off a GCC reconciliation?

Over 20,000 tons of diesel spilled in Russian arctic river
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
The catastrophe on the Ambarnaya underlies the dangers bound up with the "new scramble for the Arctic" by the major powers and corporations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/arct-j06.html

Collaborations with Grenfell Tower Inquiry must end after corporate witnesses granted legal immunity
wsws.org | 2020-06-06
The attorney general announced that any statements given to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry by companies cannot be used as evidence against them in a future prosecution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/gren-j06.html

Rally and March to Defund MPD after George Floyd: Day 12
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-06
Minneapolis, MN

Selected Articles: The Corona "Global False Alarm"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-06
Israel Is, Like the US, Prime Target for New Mass Uprising | By Michael Jansen, June 05, 2020 | Having announced he would begin the process to annex portions of the occupied Palestinian West Bank on July 1, he must be …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-covid-19-neoliberalism-campaign-against-racism/5715188

A Cult of Death
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-06
I do not believe that a nation dies save by suicide. To the very last every problem is a problem of will; and if we will we can be whole. | G.K. Chesterton | I | It is not easy to comment on the period we are now living through. While most discussion is limited to news accounts and medical bulletins focused on a disease supposedly in circulation since the start of the year, a few more forward-looking critics are daring to report on the alleged mismanagement of the related emergency. In any case, it is already clear that the reactions and opinions triggered by the viral pathology, on which debate is strictly fixed…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/06/cult-of-death/

Will the U.S. Military Hammer Strike the Citizen Nails?
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-06
When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to look like nails. This year alone, the U.S. government will spend roughly $740 billion on its military, though the real figure when you add in all costs exceeds a trillion dollars. With so much "invested," as the Pentagon likes to say, in that military, there's a strong tendency to see it as the solution to the most stubborn problems. All problems become nails either to be whacked down or pulled out and discarded depending upon which end of the military hammer our rulers choose to employ. | Americans are used to "our" military being used to hammer h…
ahtribune.com/us/americas-collapse/4207-military-hammer-strike-the-citizen.html

Private prison corporations profit from civil unrest in Washington D.C
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
Letter From Nancy Pelosi To The Impeached President Donald J. Trump:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833845.php

The arrests of officers in the George Floyd murder is part of pacification campaign
WeCopwatch | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
What we have been seeing the last couple days is the beginning of a pacification campaign. Police violence is growing an uncontrollable and leaderless movement and now that the rabbit has the gun, the state is working on overdrive to pacify a popular rebellion before it creates space for substantial change. This campaign is layered and we must pay attention as:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/05/18833808.php

100,000 Covid19 deaths later, USA empire blames China instead
DLI | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
After getting lots of info and warnings on then emerging global Covid19 pandemic in January & February, the USA ruling elite chose to ignore and sidestep best practice measures to combat the impending disaster. Instead, both White House and Congress continued bipartisan bickering, in addition to simply blaming China and the WHO for not getting the word out sooner. This is the typical m.o. of a serial global bully, who offers nothing but wild criticism of others while doing nothing to resolve urgent problems.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833803.php

Sunday 6/7: National Service of Mourning for Poor & Low-income Workers Lost to COVID-19 (PPC)
Poor Peoples Campaign & partners | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
Online livstream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833870.php

Companies Are Using Pandemic to Squeeze Money From Incarcerated People Like Me
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-06
The sun is shining bright as it sits high in the clear blue sky. Its warmth comforts the skin as a light breeze blows. The view of the beach is breathtaking. Everyone there has a bright smile, and at first glance, one would think this was a snapshot of the perfect moment in time. | These are the types of photographs you'll find on the website linked to one of the largest communications providers for prisons and jails in the United States, Securus. Prison communications companies like Securu…
truthout.org/articles/companies-are-using-pandemic-to-squeeze-money-from-incarcerated-people-like-me/

Breaking With AFL-CIO, Affiliated Labor Council May Vote to Expel Police Union
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-06
The executive board of MLK Labor, the central body of labor groups which represents more than 150 unions and 100,000 workers in the Seattle, Washington, area approved a resolution Thursday giving an ultimatum to the Seattle Police Officers Guild: Address Seattle Police Department's systemic racism or face potential expulsion. | The Police Officers Guild represents and negotiates labor contra…
truthout.org/articles/breaking-with-afl-cio-affiliated-labor-council-may-vote-to-expel-police-union/

WHO's next? Quitting UN health body is an option unless it stops being 'partisan' & 'political', Brazil's Bolsonaro says
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Shortly after the WHO warned Latin America that lifting lockdowns would be premature, President Bolsonaro threatened to consider quitting the "partisan" entity. It comes as Brazil's Covid-19 cases surges past 600,000. | "I'm telling you right now, the United States left the [World Health Organization], and we're studying that [possibility], in the future," Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told journalists Friday. Eith…
rt.com/news/491013-brazil-considers-leaving-who/

Dutch farmers will kill 10,000 mink for fear of coronavirus. Are pigs and cattle next?
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Coronavirus deaths in the Netherlands have plummeted. Still, the government has ordered the slaughter of 10,000 captive mink, the first sign of a potential US-style mass cull. | Bred in captivity for their fur, mink are subjected to some appalling conditions throughout their short lives. However, the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a new threat into the lives of these creatures. After their handlers infected mink on Dutch farms with Covid-19 in April, and af…
rt.com/news/491071-netherlands-cull-mink-animals/

The Heat: Political Unrest in U.S. Amid Upbeat Economic News
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-06
Amid civil unrest and a global pandemic, some positive news in the United States, the economy adding 2.5 million jobs.
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/06/the-heat-political-unrest-in-u-s-amid-upbeat-economic-news

Pres. Rouhani felicitates Sweden on National Day
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Desert locust to fuel hunger in Asia, Pacific: FAO
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Many articles of US-Iraq strategic agreement to be amended: Iraqi politician
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA)

Al-Kazemi's cabinet completed after parliament's vote of confidence
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Iran registers 2269 new COVID-19 infections, 75 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Responding to US president pointless, wrong: expert
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Iran, Spain stress police diplomacy relations
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

US has no right to initiate anything under UNSCR 2231: Iran UN envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Iranian Parl. attacked by US-backed terrorists in 2017: Mousavi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Michael White expelled due to disease exacerbation, human rights considerations: Iranian official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Agreement between OPEC members 'goes ahead' as predicted: Zanganeh
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Iran can supply agricultural needs by implementing crop pattern: FAO expert
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

'Funfair' goes to Palm Springs film festival
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

Iran's 'foreign trade council' established to boost non-oil goods exports
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

German envoy to Iran to tender his resignation: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA)

11 security personnel killed in Afghanistan bomb blast
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-06
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA)

Scientists Call For 'Urgent' Action to Prevent 'Probable' Second Coronavirus Outbreak
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
Calls for a public inquiry into Boris Johnson's widely criticised handling over the Covid-19 pandemic are picking up steam, with some arguing that if such action is not taken, the UK risks an even higher death toll.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006061079538249-UK-public-inquiry-coronavirus/

Early Rebound Expected for Asia Pacific Tourism Industry Hit by COVID-19, Says Senior APEC Official
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
APEC member states are looking for ways to revive the tourism sector, which prior to the coronavirus pandemic was the backbone for the region's SMEs, contributing $1.5 trillion to GDP.
sputniknews.com/interviews/202006061079540622-early-rebound-expected-for-asia-pacific-tourism-industry-hit-by-covid-19-says-senior-apec-official/

'Beware of the Dog': Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Mosaic Laid Bare by Archaeologist
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
As archaeologist Bethany Hughes explained, the mosaic in question served as the inspiration for "millions of modern doormats".
sputniknews.com/science/202006061079537580-beware-of-the-dog-secrets-of-ancient-pompeii-mosaic-laid-bare-by-archaeologist/

US Media Calls Russia's Mysterious Khabarovsk-Class Sub Potential 'Defining Submarine of 2020'
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
In addition to being a major component of Russia's overall naval doctrine, submarines are of crucial importance to the country's nuclear triad, with their silent operations lurking under the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic and Pacific guaranteeing a strategic response in the event of an enemy first strike.
sputniknews.com/military/202006061079537910-us-media-calls-russias-mysterious-khabarovsk-class-sub-potential-defining-submarine-of-2020/

'Can't Stand to See This Punk in Office': Snoop Dogg Says He'll Vote For First Time in 2020
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
The US presidential election is scheduled for 3 November 2020, with incumbent President Donald Trump facing Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who has formally cinched the nomination, having secured the necessary number of delegates.
sputniknews.com/us/202006061079541356-cant-stand-to-see-this-punk-in-office-snoop-dogg-says-hell-vote-for-first-time-in-2020/

On the Brink? Western Countries Launch New Anti-China Alliance
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
With tensions continuing to boil between China and the West over a host of security and economic issues, the latter has decided to ramp up the confrontation to a new level.
sputniknews.com/world/202006061079537372-anti-china-west-alliance/

Italy hopes EU nations will open borders to Italians from June 15
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Italy hopes other EU countries will reopen their borders to Italian citizens on June 15, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday, as coronavirus travel restrictions across Europe are gradually eased.Italy – which has the world's fourth-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States, Britain and Brazil – opened its doors to other EU citizens on June 3, but most European countries are still largely off-limits for Italian nationals."June 15 is an important date for many of our citizens," Di Maio told a news conference during a visit to neighbouring Slovenia.Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar told the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-hopes-eu-nations-will-open-borders-to-italians-from-june-15-3531360

Turks stream out for first lockdown-free weekend in nearly two months
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Turks streamed outside on Saturday for their first weekend without a coronavirus lockdown in nearly two months, the day after President Tayyip Erdogan suddenly scrapped a stay-at-home order.Cafes, restaurants and other facilities had reopened on Monday as infection rates slowed and restrictions on intercity travel had been lifted as the infection rate slowed.On Saturday, people flooded beaches and shores in Istanbul, and hundreds queued to get into parks. Others bought ice cream in the warm weather – under new hygiene rules. In the capital, Ankara, daytrippers caused traffic jams."The last time I was here was 70…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turks-stream-out-for-first-lockdown-free-weekend-in-nearly-two-months-3531357

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 407 to 183,678
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 407 to 183,678, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.The reported death toll rose by 33 to 8,646, the tally showed.
yenisafak.com/en/world/germanys-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-407-to-183678-3531347

Ireland's phased plan to ease coronavirus lockdown
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Ireland has announced a revised schedule for gradually re-opening the economy over the coming months, speeding the easing of coronavirus restrictions.These are the measures planned in each of the remaining phases of the plan, which will be reviewed if there is a spike in the number of infections, hospital admissions or deaths.Phase 2: From June 8- Allow for people to travel within their own county, or up to 20 km from their homes, whichever is greater- A maximum of six people will be able to meet with each other indoors- All retail outlets can open (shopping centres to open June 15)- Public libraries a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irelands-phased-plan-to-ease-coronavirus-lockdown-3531359

Iran's death toll from pandemic surpasses 8,200
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Iran on Saturday confirmed 75 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,209. | A further 2,269 people tested positive for the virus, raising the overall count to 169,425, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said. | Jahanpour said 130,300 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,578 patients remain in critical condition. | Some 1.06 million tests have been conducted in the country so far, according to the spokesman. | The country continued seeing an upward trend in daily infections in many provinces, especia…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-death-toll-from-pandemic-surpasses-8200-3531353

Moscow's annual book fair draws crowds despite coronavirus curbs
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Hundreds of Moscow residents flocked to an open-air book fair in Red Square on Saturday, though some publishing houses opted to stay away as city authorities keep most coronavirus restrictions in place.Organisers of the annual book fair, which was attended by 300,000 people last year, have implemented numerous measures to stem the spread of the virus – with chairs spaced one metre apart and temperature checks at the entrance."You either mourn that the industry is in crisis or go and take part in the book fair with all the precautions in place," said Natalia Eihwald from the Kompas-Gid children's publishing house,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/moscows-annual-book-fair-draws-crowds-despite-coronavirus-curbs-3531356

Libyan army liberates Wadi Wishka, moves to Sirte
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
The Libyan army on Saturday liberated Wadi Wishka area near the eastern city of Sirte from militias of warlord Khalifa …
yenisafak.com/en/news/libyan-army-liberates-wadi-wishka-moves-to-sirte-3531355

Egypt's Sisi announces new Libya initiative with eastern-based leaders
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a new initiative for Libya on Saturday alongside east Libya-based leaders, which proposes an elected leadership council and a ceasefire starting on June 8.Speaking alongside Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar and eastern parliament head Aguila Saleh in Cairo, Sisi said the agreement included a call for negotiations in Geneva and the exit of all foreign fighters from Libya.
yenisafak.com/en/news/egypts-sisi-announces-new-libya-initiative-with-eastern-based-leaders-3531352

Libyan army liberates Wadi Wishka, moves to Sirte
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
The Libyan army on Saturday liberated Wadi Wishka area near the eastern city of Sirte from militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar, a military spokesman said. | "Our forces managed to seize control of Wadi Wishka area and are advancing towards Buerat, 95 km from Sirte ," Ibrahim Beit al-Mal told Anadolu Agency. | Earlier Saturday, the Libyan army launched a military operation, code-named "Path of Victory", to capture the cities of Sirte and Jufra and the towns of Wadi Wishka, Buerat, Jarif and Qasr Abu Haid from Haftar's forces. | The move came one day after the army liberated the strategic city of Tarhuna

Libyan army launches operation to retake Sirte, Jufra
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
The Libyan army launched a military operation on Saturday to liberate cities in eastern and central Libya from militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar. | In a statement, military spokesman Abdel-Hadi Dara said the operation, code-named "Path of Victory", aims to liberate the cities of Sirte and Jufra and the towns of Wadi Wishka, Buerat, Jarif and Qasr Abu Haid from Haftar's forces. | He said warplanes struck two military vehicles belonging to Haftar south of Wadi Wishka. | For his part, army spokesman Mohammed Kanunu said government forces have been ordered to advance towards Wadi Wishka and Sirte. | He said Libyan w…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libyan-army-launches-operation-to-retake-sirte-jufra-3531350

Pakistan appoints special envoy to Afghanistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Pakistan has appointed a senior diplomat as its special ambassador to Afghanistan following spearheaded efforts to start intra-Afghan negotiations aimed at ending Washington's longest war in neighboring Afghanistan.Mohammad Sadiq Khan, who had served as Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan from 2008 to 2014, called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi soon after the announcement of his new assignment in capital Islamabad, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.Khan, a former spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, would play "an effective role in strengthening ties" between the two neighboring cou…
yenisafak.com/en/news/pakistan-appoints-special-envoy-to-afghanistan-3531349

Warsaw hopes some US troops based in Germany will be moved to Poland
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday he hoped that some of the U.S. troops that are set to be removed from Germany will be reassigned to Poland.U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to cut the number of U.S. troops stationed in Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The move would reduce the U.S. troop presence in Germany by 9,500 troops from the 34,500 troops that are currently permanently assigned there."I deeply hope that as a result of the many talks that we had … part of the troops based today in Germany which are being removed by the United States … will inde…
yenisafak.com/en/world/warsaw-hopes-some-us-troops-based-in-germany-will-be-moved-to-poland-3531346

Iraq parliament makes Ihsan Ismail oil minister: lawmakers
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-06
Iraq's parliament on Saturday approved Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail as oil minister, lawmakers said.The parliament also approved the nomination of several other ministers including foreign, trade, justice and culture.Ismail is the chief of Iraq's state-run Basra Oil Company.
yenisafak.com/en/news/iraq-parliament-makes-ihsan-ismail-oil-minister-lawmakers-3531358

More Than 17,000 Troops In 23 States And DC Activated
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
The National Guard has drastically increased its response to unrest sweeping America over what prosecutors say was the murder of a handcuffed black man by Minneapolis police. There are now more than 17,000 National Guard troops in 23 states and the District of Columbia have been activated to help quell the unrest. | That's more than a three-fold increase in just over a day. | "The hardest mission we do is responding in times of civil unrest," Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said in a statement posted on the NGB homepage ."The activation of Guard members in response to civil unre…
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Defeat The War Against The African/Black People In The US And Abroad
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
The ruling class is befuddled and confused about how to respond to the ongoing street demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd. The mobilizations clearly disrupted their plans for "normalcy" with the forced opening of the economy. The ferocity of the demonstrations that had not been seen since the brief uprising in 92 in response to the Rodney King verdict seems to have caught the authorities completely by surprise. | In the 1992 street actions in Los Angeles the nation and the world saw the first multi-racial, multi-national street action that was very different from the Black rebellions that rocked…
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Police Unions: It's Time To Change The Law And End The Abuse
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
Collective action is the source of working people's power. It is the source of the labor movement's power. It is the source of power that has enabled workers to secure

'Major Co-Option': Without Action, Hospitals' BLM Statements Are Performative
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-06
As the fight against racial inequality in the US has become a national, pervasive movement following the killing of Minneapolis, Minnesota, resident George Floyd, many corporations have argued that they too are helping in the struggle for justice. One anonymous doctor reminds Sputnik that these statements, without acts, are simply performative. | An academic physician based in Washington, DC, who wished to remain anonymous joined Radio Sputnik's Political Misfits on Friday to provide insight on performative allyship and how their own hospital is contributing to the problematic practice. | "I just witnessed major…
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Urge your Reps to help end police violence!
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2020-06-01
George Floyd should still be alive today. Since we can't bring him back to his family, we must take action for justice. We need to take action for justice for George as well as for Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Oscar Grant, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner and ALL the thousands of people whose names …
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Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
☎️🗣Call your Reps. to ✂ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we've alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone