The Afghan-Pakistani Rapprochement Complicates India's Hybrid War Plans
Andrew Korybko | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-06-11
asia-pacificresearch.com/afghan-pakistani-rapprochement-complicates-india-hybrid-war-plans/5629118

Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-11
On Wikipedia, a small group of regime-change advocates and right-wing Venezuelan opposition supporters have blacklisted independent media outlets like The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/10/wikipedia-formally-censors-the-grayzone-as-regime-change-advocates-monopolize-editing/

Defund the Police, defund the Military
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-11
Defund the police, defund the military (Credit: CODEPINK) On June 1, President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty U.S. military forces against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in cities across America. Trump and state governors eventually deployed at least 17,000 National Guard troops across the country. In the nation's capital, Trump deployed nine Blackhawk assault helicopters, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/defund-the-police-defund-the-military/

European Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow to Israel's War on Palestine Solidarity
Palestinian BDS National Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
ECHR rules unanimously that French highest court's criminal conviction of Israel boycott advocates violates the European Convention on Human Rights' freedom of expression article | *** | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled unanimously today that the French highest court's …
globalresearch.ca/european-court-human-rights-deals-major-blow-israel-war-palestine-solidarity/5715685

Thousands march for Black lives in Dallas
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-11
Dallas, TX – On Saturday, June 6, about 5000 people rallied in 100-degree weather at Belo Garden Park across the street from the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, to demand justice for victims of police violence, community control of the police, and the resignation of Renee Hall, the chief of the Dallas Police Department. | The protest was called by the Dallas Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DAARPR), Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington American Muslims for Palestine Dallas, Migrante Texas, and Black Youth Project 100-Dallas. First the crowd heard spe…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/10/thousands-march-black-lives-dallas

Greek-Italian Maritime Deal Disrupts Turkey's Endeavour for East Mediterranean Dominance
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
Greece and Italy signed a historic agreement yesterday that demarcates the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the two countries in the Ionian Sea. The agreement signed between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio has …
globalresearch.ca/greek-italian-maritime-deal-disrupts-turkey-endeavour-east-mediterranean-dominance/5715635

Israel and the US Step Up Efforts to Intimidate the Hague War Crimes Court
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put …
globalresearch.ca/israel-us-step-up-efforts-intimidate-hague-war-crimes-court/5715642

Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-06-11
The power of the masters is indeed fragile. It can be restricted, even overturned, by a public dedicated to different goals. But that requires organization.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amid-protests-and-pandemic-trumps-priority-is-protecting-profits/

Russia shoots down "Ridiculous" Trump demand for Arms Embargo on Tehran
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-06-11
The Neoconservative wing of the Trump administration, which is dying to drag the United States into a war with Iran, suffered an embarrassing setback on Monday when its latest flimsy scheme crashed and burned.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/russia-shoots-down-ridiculous-trump-demand-for-arms-embargo-on-tehran/

[Commentary] Covert family planning as a symbol of agency for young, married women
Andrew Gibbs, Abigail Hatcher | thelancet.com | 2020-06-11
Family planning has long been seen as both a marker and a potential driver of women's autonomy and overall population health. Family planning is strongly linked to child and women's health outcomes, and tends to be better for nearly every household measure [1,2].
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30137-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War
Mehdi Hasan | zcomm.org | 2020-06-11
These are heavily armed men, many of them with military training, looking for new and greater opportunities for violent protest…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/boogaloo-movement-is-trying-to-hijack-anti-racist-protests-for-a-race-war/

AOC Introduces Bill to Ban Police Use of Teargas on Domestic Protests
Sebastian Murdock | zcomm.org | 2020-06-11
Though tear gas is banned in war, it's currently classified as a "riot control agent" that can be used for crowd control.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/aoc-introduces-bill-to-ban-police-use-of-teargas-on-domestic-protests/

Greeks say no to education system which only serves capitalist needs
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-11
Teachers and students in Greece observed an education strike on June 9, Tuesday, and staged protests across the country denouncing a controversial education bill proposed by the conservative New Democracy (ND) government.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/11/greeks-say-no-to-education-system-which-only-serves-capitalist-needs/

Viruses & imperialism
Tony Norfield | mronline.org | 2020-06-11
Despite conspiracy theories, there is no evidence whatsoever that the virus was manufactured in or escaped from a laboratory, in China or anywhere else. Such accusations ignore how easy viral transmission can be when other factors come into play.
mronline.org/2020/06/11/viruses-imperialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viruses-imperialism

Natural Gas Is Destroying the Climate and Our Lungs
Sandy Barnard | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2020-06-11
The debate over stoves is heating up. American foodies insist that food tastes better when cooked on a gas stove than on an electric, while others point out that stove preference is cultural, and electric stoves are the chef's preference in Asian countries. Often missing from this debate is the environmental and health perspective, which makes clear that natural gas has run its course. | F…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/06/11/natural-gas-is-destroying-the-climate-and-our-lungs/

Nord Stream 2 Trade Geopolitics: Towards a US-Germany "Tariff War". Washington Threatens Germany with Sanctions
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
The United States continues to threaten Germany with sanctions if the European country proceeds with the Nord Stream 2 project

The importance of self-care during difficult times
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-11
If you are struggling with overwhelming feelings, added anxiety, stress and fear, you are not alone. "We are in the midst of a dual pandemic of COVID-19 and social unrest caused by racism which affects all members of our communities," says Dr. Monica Taylor-Desir, co-chair of Diversity and Inclusion in Mayo Clinic's department of Psychiatry …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/the-importance-of-self-care-during-difficult-times/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Repetitive motion injuries during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-11
Dear Mayo Clinic: Earlier this year, I began experiencing some pain in my right hand and wrist. I am a systems engineer and have always done a fair amount of typing at work. Now with the COVID-19 pandemic, I am working at home and spending even more time on a keyboard. I'm finding the pain …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-repetitive-motion-injuries-during-covid-19/

PDF of June 11 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-11
Download 12-page PDF here. Tear down the walls: Prisons and class war; Texas jail is COVID hotspot. Special issue dedicated to George Floyd: Step one, movement demands 'DEFUND POLICE!' No Pride without justice!; Calif. Labor condemns murder; Racist monuments down; Why generals rebuked Trump; Police brutality in Buffalo; Journalists under . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 11 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49257/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-june-11-issue

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Precautions for a summer of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-11
With the onset of warmer weather and more and more states loosening their COVID-19 restrictions, lots of folks are wondering about some summer staples, like cookouts and a day at the beach or pool. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic, discusses how you can minimize your …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-precautions-for-a-summer-of-covid-19/

The Role of Police in a Racist-Capitalist Society. Defunding and Dismantling the US Police Being Fiercely Debated
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
Since the videotaped violent murder of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, there has been an upsurge in antiracist and anti-police brutality demonstrations and rebellions spanning across the United States. | When Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old woman …
globalresearch.ca/defunding-dismantling-police-debated-united-states/5715657

8 months after coup in Bolivia, another report debunks claims of electoral fraud
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-11
A new study published by researchers from the United States debunks the claim of the Bolivian far-right and the Organization of American States that Evo Morales' party had committed electoral fraud in the 2019 general elections…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/11/8-months-after-coup-in-bolivia-another-report-debunks-claims-of-electoral-fraud/

Trump agitates to restart the global nuclear arms race
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-11
By TruePublica: Time Magazine says Donald Trump is both "dangerous, impatient and foolish." EuroNews says Trump

Colombia jails policemen who discovered 2018 election fraud conspiracy
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-11
A judge agreed to jail the policemen who discovered Colombia's ruling party plotted with the mafia to rig the 2018 elections in favor of President Ivan Duque. In a controversial…
colombiareports.com/colombia-jails-policemen-who-discovered-2018-election-fraud/

Johnson's approval rating plummets as Britain hits worst C-19 death per million in the world
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-11
By TruePublica: As of June 9th, a YouGov tracker has seen the approval rating of the governments' handling of the Covid crisis plummet. About half (49%) of the population disapprove to the question

WHO Believes That Mass Protests Are Important Even in a 'Pandemic' Provided They're More Popular Than WHO
Pien Huang | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-11
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization took time at its daily press conference to address another pressing issue: the wave of protests against police violence and racial injustice. The demonstrations began in the U.S. when George Floyd died on May 25 after a police officer had pressed a knee into his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while detaining him in Minneapolis. | The protests are now spreading around the world to Europe, Africa and other regions. | "WHO fully supports equality and the global movement against racism. We reject discrimination of all kinds," said WHO director…
anti-empire.com/who-believes-that-mass-protests-are-important-even-in-a-pandemic-provided-theyre-more-popular-than-who/

The Spirit of Hoover's FBI is Revived under New Cyber-Warfare Protocols
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-11
This week, the Grayzone's Gareth Porter exposed an important strategy led by the FBI to purge the internet of alternative media outlets who question the mainstream narratives being used to shepherd society into an Orwellian post-COVID world order. | Although FBI propagandists strewn throughout mainstream media have attempted to project the idea that the corrupt days of America's internal Gestapo operation led by J. Edgar Hoover are a thing of the past, the reality is that its days of COINTEL PRO, MK Ultra, assassinations and media manipulation of the 1960s and 1970s not only didn't go away but only amplified t…
ahtribune.com/us/4216-hoover-fbi-cyber-warfare-protocols.html

"Equality Is the Soul of Liberty" Peaceful Protest in Palo Alto Pt. I
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
Speakers called for major structural change in policing policies, with some protesters demanding defunding of the Palo Alto Police Department at a rally of thousands on June 6. Photos here are of the rally at King Plaza. | Pt. II will feature photos of the 4 mile march through downtown streets and Palo Alto neighborhoods.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834041.php

Trump: Take back Seattle from 'domestic terrorists'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
US President Donald Trump late Wednesday complained that "domestic terrorists" have taken over Seattle, Washington amid George Floyd protests, putting the blame on Democratic governor and mayor."Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW ORDER," Trump said in one of his last tweets for the day.In a separate tweet, he urged Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to take back the control of the city."Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before," Tr…
yenisafak.com/en/news/trump-take-back-seattle-from-domestic-terrorists-3531780

Philippines: Denounce threats against protesters using Covid-19 as pretext
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-11
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement of Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer, Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Party denounces the Philippine National Police, whose spokesperson today, June 5, disparaged the mass actions against the Anti-Terror Bill saying the protesters compromised public health. The PNP's statement is a thinly veiled threat against the people's civil and political rights. | The PNP has now set the stage to stop further protest actions in an attempt to stop the mounting protest movement against the ATB. Earlier today, in the name of "public health," polic…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/11/philippines-denounce-threats-against-protesters-using-covid-19-pretext

Remote patient monitoring provides patients with comprehensive care at home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-11
When patients are diagnosed with COVID-19, they are required to self-isolate until the infection is cleared, often for at least two weeks. Some of these patients will be at risk for complications. These patients need support at home in a comprehensive way. Providing that support was the goal of Mayo Clinic's Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/remote-patient-monitoring-provides-patients-with-comprehensive-care-at-home/

Snowpiercer (2013): The Fate of Capitalism as a Globalist Runaway Train
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
"Western countries see the rest of the world as their playing field fit only for exploitation."

The Truth about Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Greg Mitchell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
Chris Wallace of Fox News has published his first book, Countdown 1945. It's about the final days of the run-up to dropping the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You might have hoped that it would be a bit contrarian …
globalresearch.ca/truth-about-hiroshima-nagasaki/5715689

5G, the New Track of the Arms Race
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-11
At Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada

Experts tell royal commission: 'Warming climate to blame for Black Summer fires'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-11
Climate crisis Jim McIlroyIssue 1268 Australia Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Black SummerJune 11, 2020The national bushfire roya…
greenleft.org.au/content/experts-tell-royal-commission-warming-climate-blame-black-summer-fires

The Powers That Be Are Ecstatic That the Left Believes the Biggest Problem Right Now Are Statues of Dead White Men
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-11
In the US and the EU both, we've witnessed the biggest monetary heist in history. We're sailing into a depression that central banks have set up for us over the past two decades. And we're doing so in the worst possible condition thanks to the Draconian, harebrained and unnecessary lockdowns that the politicians imposed on us. | Several of Empire's wars and occupations continue in Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria. Tension is being needlessly cultivated with China and Russia, and the entire architecture of nuclear arms control is just about done being thrown in that trash bin of history. | Simultaneously the…
anti-empire.com/the-powers-that-be-are-ecstatic-that-the-left-believes-the-biggest-problem-right-now-are-statues-of-dead-white-men/

Children More Likely to Be Hit by Lightning Than Die of Coronavirus, Oxford-Cambridge Analysis Finds
Robert Halfon | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-11
School children under the age of 15 are more likely to be hit by lightning than die from coronavirus, new figures suggest, amid mounting pressure for the government to get more to get pupils back into classrooms as quickly as possible. | Scientists from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford have called for "rational debate" based on the "tiny" risk to children and have suggested that it might be better for youngsters to be exposed to the virus early so they are protected in later life when…
anti-empire.com/children-more-likely-to-be-hit-by-lightning-than-die-of-coronavirus-oxford-cambridge-analysis-finds/

Everything Was Ready for a Color-Revolution Coup Against Trump but He Refused to Bite
CJ Hopkins | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-11
So, the GloboCap-Resistance Minneapolis Putsch appears to have not gone exactly to plan. Once again, Trump failed to go full-Hitler, despite their best efforts to goad him into doing so. They gave it quite a good shot, however. It was more or less a textbook regime-change op, or "color revolution," or whatever you call it. All the essential pieces were in place. All they needed Trump to do was declare himself dictator and impose martial law, so the generals could step in and remove him from office. | Unfortunately for the Resistance, Trum…
anti-empire.com/everything-was-ready-for-a-color-revolution-coup-against-trump-but-he-refused-to-bite/

Corona epidemic and Yemen
C Dettwiler, U Gasche and N Ramseyer | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
Authorities first wanted to calm down and played down the pandemic. Afterward, they had to convince the population to keep unusual physical distance, to wash their hands well at all times, and to refrain from major events. Finally, they wanted the population to accept the week-long lockdown, with business closures, exit, and travel restrictions.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/10/18834084.php

California Reparations AB 3121 – Did the Roman Catholic Church Endorse Slavery?
excerpt | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi courageously led the Congressional Leadership through a special ceremony in Emancipation Hall, Washington D.C. In the Rotunda of the California State Capitol is a celebration of Spanish State Sponsored Terrorism with the Roman Catholic Church blessing. If Restorative Justice is possible, then full and accurate consideration is essential. As the California State Legislature considers AB 3121 let courageous leadership flow from sea to shinning sea.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/08/18833966.php

"I Can't Breath" ILWU 10 & 34 Speak Out About Lynching of George Floyd & Action
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
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

UPRISING: The Democratic Party Exists To Co-Opt & Kill Authentic Change
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
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

Coronavirus transmission slowed in the UK but epidemic may continue for months
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-11
COVID-19 has slowed in the UK, but despite a drop in transmission rate the epidemic remains likely to continue for months, according to new analysis.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198114/coronavirus-transmission-slowed-uk-epidemic-continue

India reports largest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
The death toll due to the novel coronavirus in India rose to 8,102 and the number of cases reached 286,579 after the highest single-day spike of 357 fatalities and 9,996 cases reported in the past 24 hours, according the Ministry of Health on Thursday.According to the data, the number of active cases stands at 137,448, while 141,028 people have recovered so far.Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 94,041 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 36,841 and Delhi with 32,810.So far, healthcare professionals have performed 5,213,140 tests as of June 11, 9.00 a.m. (1530GMT), said the Indian Council…
yenisafak.com/en/world/india-reports-largest-single-day-jump-in-covid-19-cases-3531781

Turkey's Istanbul Airport partially resumes int'l flights
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
The Istanbul Airport partially resumed on Thursday to international flights, which have been suspended for two months as part of the normalization process from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines began scheduling flights again from Istanbul Airport to Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.Entry was limited only to passengers, who started to come to the airport early in the day and had their temperatures taken upon arrival with thermal camera.Social distance rules were also followed both by passengers and airport personnel.Turkish Airlines' first scheduled flight was made…
yenisafak.com/en/life/turkeys-istanbul-airport-partially-resumes-intl-flights-3531783

Coronavirus: Oman reports 1,067 new cases, 5 new deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region reported new COVID-19 cases and virus-linked fatalities on Thursday.In Oman, 1,067 new cases were registered over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 19,954, according to the Health Ministry.The Gulf country also confirmed five more deaths, bringing the tally to 89.A total of 6,632 patients have recovered from the virus so far.Minister of Health Dr. Ahmed Al Saeedi asked the public to limit family visits, and adhere to physical distance, wear face masks and observe precautionary measures.Bahrain's Health Ministry said that out of the 7,776 COVID-19 tests car…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-oman-reports-1067-new-cases-5-new-deaths-3531784

Cherry season ensues in Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
Syrian civilians have started harvesting cherries in the Idlib de-escalation zone in the northwest of the country amid relatively secure environment since cease-fire agreement inked between Turkey and Russia on March 5.Idlib is home to hundreds of thousands of cherry trees.However, farmers returning to their homes after the cease-fire have been badly affected by skyrocketing fertilization, tree pruning, transportation and fuel prices."We suffered a lot during the migration period. We returned to our land after the cease-fire. We look forward to this month every year," Syrian farmer Haci Ahmet Muhammad told Anadol…
yenisafak.com/en/world/cherry-season-ensues-in-idlib-syria-3531785

Pakistan blasts 'extra-judicial' killing of 9 Kashmiris
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
Pakistan on Monday accused Indian security forces of killing nine Kashmiri youths in so-called security operations in disputed Jammu and Kashmir."Pakistan strongly condemns unabated extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth in acts of state-terrorism perpetrated by Indian occupation forces in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK)," Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement, referring to killing of nine suspected militants in the last 24 hours in two separate gunfights in the Shopian district of the disputed valley."Several houses in the area were also destroyed and pellet guns and tear gas used against i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-blasts-extra-judicial-killing-of-9-kashmiris-3531782

Norway mosque attacker sentenced to 21 years in prison
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
A Norwegian court on Thursday sentenced a man who staged an attack at a mosque to 21 years in prison, the maximum prison term possible, according to local media reports.On Aug. 10 last year, Philip Manshaus, killed his 17-years-old stepsister at home and stormed the nearest mosque during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Baerum, outside Oslo.Manshaus opened fire on people in the mosque but was overpowered by one of the men in the mosque. One elderly man was injured.He was charged with the murder of his stepsister and the terrorist attack at the Al-Noor Islamic Center and found quilty, according to the Norwegia…
yenisafak.com/en/world/norway-mosque-attacker-sentenced-to-21-years-in-prison-3531778

EASA awards first certification for fully electric commercial aircraft
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified a fully electric two-seater airplane, the Pipistrel Velis Electro, for the first time, the aviation body announced Thursday.The first type certification worldwide of a fully electric aircraft will pave the way for environmentally sustainable and emission-free aviation, the statement noted.Calling the move an exciting breakthrough, EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said: "This is the first electric aircraft EASA has certified but it will certainly not be the last, as the aviation industry pursues new technologies to reduce noise and emissions and to improve the susta…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/easa-awards-first-certification-for-fully-electric-commercial-aircraft-3531787

Ethiopia urges Egypt to stop pressure over Nile dam
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
Ethiopia has urged Egypt to stop "exerting external diplomatic pressure" while the trilateral talks on the Nile dam Ethiopia is constructing have resumed between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on Tuesday.The call came in a press release issued by the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Energy at the end of the second-day of trilateral talks on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.The negotiations restarted recently after the collapse of US-sponsored talks last February with Ethiopia quitting, saying US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin openly sided with Egypt by calling on Ethiop…
yenisafak.com/en/world/ethiopia-urges-egypt-to-stop-pressure-over-nile-dam-3531786

England's COVID-19 test and trace 'not perfect but fit for purpose'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
England's COVID-19 Trace and Track is functioning effectively nationwide even though it can still be improved, programm…
yenisafak.com/en/world/englands-covid-19-test-and-trace-not-perfect-but-fit-for-purpose-3531788

How Western Media Confines US Imperialism To The Past
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
Many of the newspapers that

The Corruption of Science. The Hydroxychloroquine Lancet Study Scandal. Who Was Behind It? Anthony Fauci's Intent To Block HCQ on Behalf of Big Pharma
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
The Guardian has revealed the hydroxychloroquine study scandal which was intent on blocking HCQ as a cure for COVID-19. "Dozens of scientific papers co-authored by the chief executive of the US tech company behind the Lancet hydroxychloroquine study scandal are …
globalresearch.ca/the-corruption-of-science-the-hydroxychloroquine-lancet-study-scandal-who-was-behind-it-anthony-faucis-intent-to-block-hcq-on-behalf-of-big-pharma/5715568

The Corona "Global False Alarm", the Campaign against Racism and Neoliberalism
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
"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

The Corruption of Science. The Hydroxychloroquine Lancet Study Scandal. Who Was Behind It? Anthony Fauci's Intent To Block HCQ on Behalf of Big Pharma
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
The Guardian has revealed the hydroxychloroquine study scandal which was intent on blocking HCQ as a cure for COVID-19. "Dozens of scientific papers co-authored by the chief executive of the US tech company behind the Lancet hydroxychloroquine study scandal …
globalresearch.ca/the-corruption-of-science-the-hydroxychloroquine-lancet-study-scandal-who-was-behind-it-anthony-faucis-intent-to-block-hcq-on-behalf-of-big-pharma/5715568

Flights Logs Suggest Bolivia Coup May Have Been Planned in Brazil
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-10
Flight logs of the Bolivian presidential jet show that on November 11, the day of the coup, the aircraft was not in La Paz or any other Bolivian airport, but flying to Brazil's capital Brasilia.
mintpressnews.com/flights-logs-suggest-bolivia-coup-was-planned-in-brazil/268464/

Now Comes the Davos Global Economy "Great Reset". What Happens After the Covid-19 Pandemic?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
For those wondering what will come after the Covid19 pandemic has successfully all but shut down the entire world economy, spreading the worst depression since the 1930s, the leaders of the premier globalization NGO, Davos World Economic Forum, have just …
globalresearch.ca/davos-great-reset/5715515

Moving Street Protests from Futility to Utility
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-10
The nationwide street protests following the gruesome murder of George Floyd, who was pinned to the ground and choked by a Minneapolis police officer and three accomplices, were spontaneous and diverse. No leaders, charismatic or otherwise put out the call for people to turn out in the face of militarized police legions. It was a wondrous …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/moving-street-protests-from-futility-to-utility/

In Astonishing Move, Both Defense Secretary Esper and Joint Chiefs Chair Milley Tell Troops to Defend Constitution and People's Freedom, Not President
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
President Trump really went a bridge too far with his bizarre Bible photo op and his order for federal troops to attack peaceful White House protesters to allow him to exit his white house bunker and walk unimpeded across the street to a church to have his photo taken holding it up (after having it…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/in-astonishing-move-both-defense-secretary-esper-and-joint-chiefs-chair-milley-tell-troops-to-defend-constitution-and-peoples-freedom-not-president/

#DefundThePolice and more: An agenda for real reform
Jesse Jackson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-10
As the worldwide demonstrations continue two weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, the question is whether outrage will lead to real reforms. Fundamental reforms would begin with ending the "qualified immunity" of police, curbing the militarization of police forces, transferring funds and functions to social agencies, imposing residency requirements, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/defundthepolice-and-more-an-agenda-for-real-reform/

#DefundThePolice and more: An agenda for real reform
Jesse Jackson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-10
As the worldwide demonstrations continue two weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, the question is whether outrage will lead to real reforms? Fundamental reforms would begin with ending the "qualified immunity" of police, curbing the militarization of police forces, transferring funds and functions to social agencies, imposing residency requirements, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/defundthepolice-and-more-an-agenda-for-real-reform/

Defund the Police, Defund the Military
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-10
Together we must seize this moment to move from incremental reform to real systemic change, not just within the U.S. but throughout the racist, neocolonial world that is policed by the U.S. military…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/defund-the-police-defund-the-military/

Militarized Police, A Gift from Israel?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and …
globalresearch.ca/militarized-police-gift-israel/5715540

Trump Regime Wants 84 Million Iranians Ill-Nourished and Starved
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
Trump regime hardliners want imports of food, medicines, medical equipment, and other humanitarian goods blocked from entering Iran. | They want the world community going along with a high crime against humanity on the Iranian people. | They want them denied treatment …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-wants-84-million-iranians-ill-nourished-starved/5715548

Suppressing the Truth, Sustaining The Lie. Censorship is the "New Normal" in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
Censorship is the new normal in the US. They're increasingly threatening speech, press, and academic freedoms

What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/what-is-next-for-palestinian-popular-resistance-in-gaza-speaking-to-journalist-wafaa-aludaini/

Palestine Bleeds: Israel's Execution of an Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-10
In recent years, the Israeli army has upgraded its code of conduct, adopting a shoot-to-kill policy of any Palestinian they suspect of attempting to harm Israeli occupation soldiers, even when the alleged Palestinian 'attacker' is no longer posing a threat.
mintpressnews.com/israel-execution-eyad-hallaq-not-exception-but-norm/268455/

Brazil: New Arrests in Relation to Marielle Franco's Murder
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
The Public Prosecution Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) Wednesday ordered the arrest of firefighter Maxwell Simoes Correa who has been accused of being involved in the murder of the Socialist councilor Marielle Franco and her driver on March 14, 2018. | RELATED: | Brazil: Marielle Franco's Murder Suspects to Trial | According to police investigations, Co…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-New-Arrests-in-Relation-to-Marielle-Francos-Murder-20200610-0001.html

Buffalo Police Assaulted a 75-Year-Old Longtime Peace Activist, Now Trump Is Attacking Him Too
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-10
We look at the story of peace activist Martin Gugino, who was hospitalized in critical condition after being pushed to the ground by a police officer in Buffalo last week

"Out of Options in Terms of Reform": Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the Racist History of Police in U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-10
Protests in defense of Black lives and calls to defund the police continue across the U.S., from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and New York. We speak with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, about the significance of this moment and the history of policing in the U.S. "We haven't seen a moment like this in at least half a century," Muhammad says. "It's hard to know for sure where we're going to go from this moment, but it's clear that when we look at the history of po…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/10/khalil_gibran_muhammad_history_us_policing

"Justice Will Be Served": Family Pays Tribute to George Floyd and Demands Change at Houston Funeral
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-10
A private funeral was held in Houston Tuesday for George Floyd, two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer killed him by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd's death has sparked protests against police brutality and racism across the United States and around the world. We play excerpts from the funeral service and hear from Floyd's family and dignitaries.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/10/george_floyd_funeral_houston

Bernie Sanders Is Not Done Fighting
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-06-10
When you break it down to what we are fighting for, it turns out that a lot of what we're fighting for already exists in other countries on earth…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bernie-sanders-is-not-done-fighting/

Afghanistan: US Troops Drawdown Depends On Taliban Commitment
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
U.S. troops still won't perform a complete withdraw from Afghanistan as the Taliban has not yet met the conditions required to it, commander for the Middle East Gen. Frank McKenzie said on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Pakistan, U.S. Seek to Restart Afghan Peace Talks | Even when there are supposedly less than 9000 soldiers in the Middle East country and, as reported by Mckenzie, 8,600 of them could return to the U.S in July, the drawdown is subject to a very specific condition, in order to preserve…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-US-Troops-Drawdown-Depends-On-Taliban-Commitment-20200610-0013.html

Cristina Lombana, the village idiot of Colombia's Supreme Court?
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-10
The seemingly endless absurdities of magistrate Cristina Lombana are increasingly becoming an embarrassment for Colombia's Supreme Court. Lombana has been a problem ever since President Ivan Duque appointed the former…
colombiareports.com/cristina-lombana-the-village-idiot-of-colombias-supreme-court/

There's a Crisis in US Capitalism
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
U.S. economic policy now focuses on what is already the worst business cycle downturn since the 1929 crash. As data accumulate, it may well prove to be the worst in global capitalism's entire history. Forty million jobless U.S. workers find incomes lost, savings disappearing and over-indebted family finances worsening.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/theres-a-crisis-in-us-capitalism/

Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-06-10
The power of the masters is indeed fragile. It can be restricted, even overturned, by a public dedicated to different goals. But that requires organization.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amid-protests-and-pandemic-trumps-priority-is-protecting-profits/

Noam Chomsky: Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Many years ago, social scientist Bertram Gross saw "friendly fascism"

100 Cuban Doctors to Remain in Kenya Until the End of the Year
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Kenya's Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe Wednesday confirmed that his country has renewed an agreement for a brigade of Cuban doctors to continue collaborating in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Italy Recommends Cuban Medical Brigade for Nobel Peace Prize | …
telesurenglish.net/news/100-Cuban-Doctors-to-Remain-in-Kenya-Until-the-End-of-the-Year-20200610-0006.html

Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians in Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Many Palestinians suffered, late on Tuesday at night, from the severe effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters towards a peaceful Palestinian protest in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local media sources and eyewitnesses reported that the …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-several-palestinians-in-hebron-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-injure-several-palestinians-in-hebron-3

Rights experts condemn use of force against journalists covering US protests
news.un.org | 2020-06-10
Journalists covering ongoing protests denouncing systemic racism and police brutality in the United States must be able to do their job in peace, two experts on the right to freedom of expression said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066022

Tampa Bay students lead rally for community control of the police, justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-10
Tampa, FL – On Monday, June 8, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC) led a crowd of around 500 on a march through the historic neighborhood of Ybor City to demand community control of the police in the Tampa Bay Area. The march ended at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) building, where protesters demanded charges be dropped for the hundreds of protesters arrested by HCSO over recent weeks. | Elizabeth Kramer, an organizer with TBCAC, stated, "The vast majority of arrested protesters have been completely peaceful, and the manner in which HC…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/10/tampa-bay-students-lead-rally-community-control-police-justice-george-floyd

Palestinian authority hints at declaration of sovereign state if Israel continues with annexation plan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-10
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shatyyeh reiterated PA's rejection of the so-called Peace Plan proposed by US president Donald Trump, and said that the PA has devised a counterproposal…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/10/palestinian-authority-hints-at-declaration-of-sovereign-state-if-israel-continues-with-annexation-plan/

"Equality Is the Soul of Liberty" Peaceful Protest in Palo Alto Pt. I
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
Speakers called for major structural change in policing policies, with some protesters demanding defunding of the Palo Alto Police Department at a rally of thousands on June 6. Photos here are of the rally at King Plaza. | Pt. II will feature photos of the 4 mile march through downtown streets and Palo Alto neighborhoods.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834041.php

America's Forever Wars Have Come Home
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
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

Dominican Republic: Police Put Down Anti-Racism Protest
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Dominican Republic's Santo Domingo conservative organizations and police Tuesday confronted anti-racism activists who claimed justice for George Floyd in a demonstration. | RELATED: | Dominicans Head to Polls to Vote in Municipal Elections | "Those nationalists came and threw themselves at us and the police, instead of taking the attitude of protecting us, what they did was to stop us," said Reconocido (recognized) non-governmental organization leader Ana Maria Belique. | Reconocido…
telesurenglish.net/news/dominican-republic-police-sofocates-an-anti-racism-protest-20200610-0009.html

We Won't Win the Climate Fight Without Youth Leadership
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Jamie Margolin, 18, youth climate lawsuit litigant and founder of youth-led climate activist group Zero Hour, gets a lot done. | By noon on a typical day in school, as Margolin chronicles in her guide for youth activists, Youth to Power, she has already posted on Zero Hour and her own social media, responded to DMs and emails, done her homework, gone to classes, fielded m…
truthout.org/articles/we-wont-win-the-climate-fight-without-youth-leadership/

The Police Have Been Spying On Black Reporters And Activists for Years
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
On Aug. 20, 2018, the first day of a federal police surveillance trial, I discovered that the Memphis Police Department was spying on me. | The ACLU of Tennessee had sued the MPD, alleging that the department was in violation of a 1978 consent decree barring surveillance of residents for political purposes. One of the first witnesses called to the stand: Sgt. Timothy Reynolds, who is white. To get intel on activists and organizers, including those in the Black Lives Matter movement, he'd posed on Facebook as a "man of color," befriending people and trying to infiltrate closed circles.
popularresistance.org/the-police-have-been-spying-on-black-reporters-and-activists-for-years/

India's COVID-19 Cases Surge With Nearly 10,000 New Infections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
India reported Wednesday a new surge of nearly 10,000 COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with a total caseload of 276,583, the fifth-highest in the world, as the country emerges from its lockdown. | RELATED: | New Protests in Kashmir as Indian Troops Kill Nine Rebels | The health ministry confirmed 9,985 new cases and 274 deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 7,745 people have died from the virus. | Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and New Delhi are the worst-hit states. | The s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indias-COVID-19-Cases-Surge-With-Nearly-10000-New-Infections-20200610-0016.html

Youth protests and worker strikes show mounting social opposition in Brazil
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Strikes and job actions are intersecting with protests of tens by thousands of youth who have joined the international wave of demonstrations against police violence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/braz-j10.html

The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-06-10
The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic…
thenation.com/article/society/protest-coronavirus-justice/

Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, six young Palestinian men, after the army invaded the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and attacked protesters. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired gas bombs at many Palestinians protesting the invasion. They added that the soldiers also chased many …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-six-palestinians-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-abduct-six-palestinians-in-jerusalem

Police terror, COVID-19 are women's issues
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-10
Justice for Breonna Taylor protest, Louisville, Ky., May 29. These slightly edited remarks were given by Monica Moorehead at a June 7 International Women's Alliance webinar: "Building our militant global women's movement to resist imperialism in the time of COVID-19." This series of International Women's Alliance webinars could not have . . . | Continue reading Police terror, COVID-19 are women's issues at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49239/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-terror-covid-19-are-womens-issues

Trump Loves Democracy…in Hong Kong
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
As you run from the tear gas militarized police are firing as you protest racist murders by cops, you can take solace in the fact that the Trump Administration is terribly upset that democracy is being crushed in Hong Kong.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/trump-loves-democracyin-hong-kong/

Protests erupt in Syria as the economy collapses
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
The Syrian pound has fallen precipitously following Lebanon's economic crisis last October and now the US's Caesar Act allowing President Donald Trump to impose fresh sanctions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/syri-j10.html

Seattle Protesters Occupy 6-Block 'Autonomous Zone' Around Police Precinct
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-10
"We cannot have a pacified movement."
theantimedia.com/seattle-protesters-occupy-6-block-autonomous-zone-around-police-precinct/

Another Brewing Scandal: Saudi Arms Sales, the Ghost of a Reporter, and America's Oil War in Yemen
Charlotte Dennett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
George Floyd by police, followed by the president's calls for military intervention against protestors, are causing words like "dictatorship," "authoritarianism," and even "fascism" to become part of the national discourse. But the president has been dismantling …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arms-sales-ghost-reporter-america-oil-war-yemen/5715517

Rewriting History: The Problem with Toppling Our Monuments
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
On Sunday a statue to the 19th century English merchant Edward Colston was seized from its pedestal and violently hurled into Bristol harbour by a group of protestors demonstrating as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. The incident has …
globalresearch.ca/rewriting-history-toppling-monuments/5715579

Police, Protests, And Human Transformation: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-10
One of the many good things coming out of these protests is a widening mainstream awareness of what a garbage president Obama was. | ~ | "Without the police you'd have vigilantism!" | Vigilantism? You mean like when a band of armed thugs inflict extrajudicial violence upon someone who pissed them off? Like the police do constantly? | ~ | Right wingers seem completely incapable of distinguishing between the ideology that's all about holding massive demonstrations with the goal of dismantling the police and the ideology that's all about kneeling in front of cameras wearing Kente cloth. This makes cross-ideological…

Police, Protests, And Human Transformation: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

UK: Johnson government demands police repression of George Floyd protests
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Tory MPs as well as Labourites denounced "thuggery" and "violent" protesters, focusing on the tearing down of the statue of a Bristol slave trader Edward Colston.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/prot-j10.html

It's time for a new approach to end police brutality
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-06-10
The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May has been followed by waves of protests and outrage across the US and the world. Unfortunately, there's little new in any of this, as we've been here before with US police assaulting and killing Black people. And these attacks and killings have also been followed by mass protests and unrest. | Dr Cornel West, who referred to George Floyd's killing as "a lynching at the highest level" said it's: 400 years of Black people…
thecanary.co/video/2020/06/10/its-time-for-a-new-approach-to-end-police-brutality/

Still Protesting After All These Years
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
On Wednesday, June 4, I joined thousands of marchers in Kitchener, Ontario, the town in which I live, to protest racism and police brutality. I have, in the last few years, participated in local events in support of Palestinian self-determination …
globalresearch.ca/protesting-after-all-these-years/5715553

George Floyd laid to rest as nationwide protests over police violence continue
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
The murder of Floyd, caught on bystander cellphone video in excruciating detail, has served as a catalyst for the largest nationwide and international outpouring of political opposition in decades.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/floy-j10.html

US protests: The challenge is how to rise above the violence inherent in state power
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-10
By Jonathan Cook

Proponents of racial politics react with hostility to multi-racial protests against police murder of George Floyd
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Democratic Party officials and their black nationalist supporters have denounced white "outside agitators."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/race-j10.html

2014-16 vs Today: What Made the Mass BLM Protests Today So Much Larger than Five Years Ago?
Peter Crowley | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
As protests continue to mount over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, what has turned the Black Lives Matter protests of 2014-2016 into mass protests today? Has the zeitgeist shift so much in the past five years? Did people truly started to realize that the police have unchecked power…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/2014-16-vs-today-what-made-the-mass-blm-protests-today-so-much-larger-than-five-years-ago/

Prisoner Solidarity Committee of WWP: Ôªø'NYPD's racist brutality a death sentence for protesters'
| workers.org | 2020-06-10
New York city cops prepare to brutally attack and arrest protestors. DE BLASIO: RELEASE ALL PROTESTERS FROM JAIL NOW! A statement of the Prisoner Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party June 10

President Trump Is Seeking Another Victim
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
On George Floyd final viewing day and celebration of his life (under the Democratic Party supervision), the fascistic minded President Trump is seeking another victim! He has tweeted: "Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year …
globalresearch.ca/president-trump-seeking-another-victim/5715531

US Navy to Bar Confederate Flags From Ships, Aircraft, Bases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
The United States Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations, ships, and aircraft it was announced Tuesday, as the military and the country grapples with questions about racial inequality. | RELATED: | Mourners Gather at George Floyd Memorial as Protests Continue | The Navy made the move amid protests across the U.S. and other countries sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed on May 25 after four white police…
telesurenglish.net/news/U.S.-Navy-to-Bar-Confederate-Flags-From-Ships-Aircraft-Bases-20200609-0031.html

Khalil Gibran Muhammad Discusses the Significance of Calls to Defund the Police
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Protests in defense of Black lives and calls to defund the police continue across the U.S., from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and New York. We speak with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, about the significance of this moment and the history of policing in the U.S. "We haven't seen a moment like this in at least half a century," Muhammad says.
truthout.org/video/khalil-gibran-muhammad-discusses-the-significance-of-calls-to-defund-the-police/

Amazon Puts One-Year Moratorium on Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
Tech giants question whether face detecting technologies should be used by law enforcement agencies, as protests against police brutality continue in the United States following the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.
sputniknews.com/us/202006101079579536-amazon-puts-one-year-moratorium-on-police-use-of-facial-recognition-technology/

UN dispatches 57 trucks carrying aid to Syria's Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
The UN on Wednesday dispatched a total of 57 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for needy people in Idlib city of northwestern Syria.Truckloads of supplies entered the Syrian city through the Cilvegozu border crossing of 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-escalation zone forged under an agreem…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-dispatches-57-trucks-carrying-aid-to-syrias-idlib-3531696

HBO Max pulls 'Gone with the Wind' over racist portrayals
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
HBO Max has removed war epic film "Gone with the Wind" from its recently launched streaming service over its depiction of slavery, parent WarnerMedia said on Wednesday, joining other media companies that have pulled controversial TV shows as demand for racial sensitivity increases across the country.The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police triggered protests in the United States against racial inequality, while also forcing companies to check deep-seated racism prevalent in popular shows and films that are deemed insensitive.ViacomCBS Inc did not renew "Cops" and Netflix Inc pulled "Little Bri…
yenisafak.com/en/world/hbo-max-pulls-gone-with-the-wind-over-racist-portrayals-3531692

Ecuador: Two Inmates Die in Lacatunga's Prison Riot
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Ecuador's National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of their Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) Thursday reported two convicts died after an inmate riot in North Central Sierra Regional prison, located in Lacatunga, in Cotopaxi province. | RELATED: | Ecuador: New Protests Rejecting Moreno's Economic Measures | "The two dead are Walter M., who was serving a sentence for the crime of rape, and Kelvin V., who was sentenced for the crime of murder," SNAI informe…
telesurenglish.net/news/ecuador-two-inmates-died-in-lacatungas-prison-riot–20200610-0002.html

Defund The Police, Then Abolish It
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
The United States' powder keg of racial capitalism, searing inequality and violent policing, compounded by the state's ruinously indifferent response to a global pandemic and a sputtering economy, has finally exploded. Mass protest has shaken the country, with more than 40 cities instituting curfews and 23 states calling in a total of 17,000 National Guard troops to stamp out the uprisings. | The eruption of righteous fury pulsating around the US represents a historic moment not seen since America's last mass urban rebellions, the "long hot summer" of 1967 and the 1968 uprisings following Martin Luther King Jr.'s…
popularresistance.org/defund-the-police-then-abolish-it/

The Roots Of Violent Protest: Violent Cops
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
You will be shocked, simply SHOCKED, to learn that after decades of researching effective methods for police response to large crowd actions, researchers have found

The COVID-19 Lockdown In Rural Virginia
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
What if you live in a small college town in a rural county in the mountainous area of Virginia, the county with a population of 100,000 and the town 30,000 (along with 30,000 students during the academic year), where 91 people have so far tested positive for the virus with 1 fatality?
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/the-covid-19-lockdown-in-rural-virginia/

COVID-19 cases rise rapidly after South Asia's governments abandon lockdowns
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have all recorded dramatic increases in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the past week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/saco-j10.html

California labor condemns police murder of George Floyd
Dave Welsh | workers.org | 2020-06-10
International Longshore Workers Union leaders traveled from California to Houston to attend George Floyd's memorial service, June 8. This is big. Seemingly out of nowhere, the "silent majority" of the working class took to the streets in towns and cities across the land

Domestic violence: 'The epidemic within the pandemic'
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-06-10
"My husband won't let me leave the house" has become an all-too-familiar cry for help since the mandatory lockdown was instituted in early March

Peru Tops 200,000 COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
The number of COVID-19 cases in Peru surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, less than a month after the coronavirus caseload topped 100,000 in the country. | RELATED: | Peru: Cuban Medical Brigade Sent to Help Fight COVID-19 | A total of 1,227,691 tests for the virus have been carried out so far, with 203,736 positive cases, the health ministry said in its latest report. | The South American country has registered 5,738 deaths from the disease, representing the third-highest death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean after Brazil and Mexico. | "Out of all the people who tested positive, to date 92,929 of them have…
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Tops-200000-COVID-19-Cases-20200610-0005.html

Victims of neoliberalism, poor countries face consequences in healthcare systems
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-10
Healthcare is a political choice. The statement, presented by the Dossier n ∫ 29 of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, launched on Tuesday (9), is based on the crisis scenario deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries that have suffered the effects of neoliberal governments in recent years: Brazil , Argentina, South Africa, and India. | The study depicts the way in which, during the fight against covid-19, healthcare agents are considered essential, while it is widely recognized that they are not guaranteed many rights. However, the analysis argues that such evident neglect results fr…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/10/victims-of-neoliberalism-poor-countries-face-consequences-in-healthcare-systems/

We Don't Need No Stinking Vaccine for COVID-19
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
A Glaring Omission | With the 24/7 media circus coverage of Covid-19 I find it particularly interesting that there is an obvious glaring omission of some extremely important facts relative to dealing with a virus, especially one that is allegedly so …
globalresearch.ca/we-dont-need-vaccine-covid-19/5715559

Still much to learn about new coronavirus: WHO
news.un.org | 2020-06-10
Research is ongoing to determine how the virus that causes COVID-19 can be transmitted by people who show no symptoms of the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 spreads in US auto plants as officials hide information from workers
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed among workers at General Motors' assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, in recent days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/auto-j10.html

Training a Dog
Jon Crawford | thenation.com | 2020-06-10
Training a Dog…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-california/

Colombia's finance minister open to universal basic income, but fails to see urgency
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-10
Colombia's finance minister promised Congress on Tuesday he would look into the possibility of implementing a universal basic emergency income in response to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus….
colombiareports.com/colombias-finance-minister-opens-to-universal-basic-income-but-fails-to-see-urgency/

Throughout COVID-19 recovery, 'plummeting' clean energy costs can help climate action
news.un.org | 2020-06-10
As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new UN report published on Wednesday shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever

Microsoft Says it Supports Racial Justice. Will it Refuse to Power Discriminatory Police Surveillance?
Matt Cagle | aclu.org | 2020-06-10
As major tech companies rush to claim solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, they're being rightfully called out for the ways their products and workplace conditions actively undermine the rights and safety of Black people. IBM has listened and stopped development of face recognition, a technology that supercharges police surveillance and has repeatedly been shown to disproportionately misidentify Black and Brown people. Amazon announced today that it would stop selling the te…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/microsoft-says-it-supports-racial-justice-will-they-refuse-to-power-discriminatory-police-surveillance

PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct 19 Palestinians In West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn and morning hours, 19 Palestinians during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the city, and abducted …
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Baghdad Central on Hulu: Where is the outrage?
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Baghdad Central, a six-part series on Hulu, is a crime drama set in the wake of the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/bagh-j10.html

How Che Guevara Taught Cuba to Confront COVID-19
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
Beginning in December 1951, Ernesto "Che" Guevara took a nine-month break from medical school to travel by motorcycle through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. One of his goals was gaining practical experience with leprosy. On the night of his twenty-fourth birthday, Che was at La Colonia de San Pablo in Peru swimming across the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/how-che-guevara-taught-cuba-to-confront-covid-19/

Bridgestone tire defends safety "playbook" as infections rise at Iowa plant
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
Working with United Steelworkers Local 1301, Bridgestone has continued production despite rising infections among workers and the surrounding community.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/desm-j10.html

Dictionary Merriam-Webster to Edit 'Racism' Entry Upon Request
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
U.S. dictionary Merriam-Webster will update its definition of the term racism after a young Black woman from Missouri contacted the editorial team saying the current definition does not reflect the oppression of black people as it should, media have reported. | RELATED: | Thousands of People Attend George Floyd's Funeral in Houston | Kennedy Mitchum, 22, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, emailed the dictionary last month, following the killing of black U.S. citizen G…
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Iran Urges UN to Prevent the US From Extending Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Iran's President Hassan Rohani Wednesday urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to curb U.S. attempts to extend sanctions against his country. | RELATED: | Iran Condemns CIA Agent Involved in Soleimani's Murder | Next October, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a 2015 nuclear deal popularly known as "The Arms Embargo", will be lifted as agreed in the UNSC resolution 2231. | Currently, however, the United States does not recognize this international agre…
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Liberal Leaders Aiding and Abetting Rioters. Just the Latest Campaign Strategy to Usurp Trump
Robert Bridge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/liberal-leaders-aiding-abetting-rioters-latest-campaign-strategy-usurp-trump/5715538

The Political Narrative Around the Origins of COVID-19 is Starting to Crumble
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-10
Confusing messages surrounding COVID-19's transmissibility are laying bare the factional tug of war over how to blame China for the pandemic without implicating the West.
mintpressnews.com/political-narrative-around-origins-of-covid-19-crumbling/268444/

The fate of international students in the US in the era of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
As the COVID-19 pandemic deepens the crisis of American society, US colleges and international students face a precarious future.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/scra-j10.html

Ending Emergency Unemployment Insurance Supplements
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-10
The Republicans have been working hard to ensure that the $600 weekly supplement to unemployment insurance benefits, which was put in place as part of the pandemic rescue package, is not extended beyond the current July 31 cutoff. They argue that we need people to return to work. They do have a point. The supplement …
cepr.net/ending-emergency-unemployment-insurance-supplements/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Repetitive motion injuries during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-10
Dear Mayo Clinic: Earlier this year, I began experiencing some pain in my right hand and wrist. I am a systems engineer and have always done a fair amount of typing at work. Now with the COVID-19 pandemic, I am working at home and spending even more time on a keyboard. I'm finding the pain …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-repetitive-motion-injuries-during-covid-19/

Swiss left groups intensify campaign to save jobs and public services amid pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-10
The Swiss Party of Labor (PST-POP) has initiated a campaign to institute a Corona Solidarity Tax to help people in distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Swiss Communist Party has sought a parliamentary initiative to legally prohibit layoffs during this period of crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/10/swiss-left-groups-intensify-campaign-to-save-jobs-and-public-services-amid-pandemic/

COVID-19: 'Unparalleled economic shock' threatens development hopes and gains
news.un.org | 2020-06-10
As the diverse and severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt across the world, an "unparalleled economic shock" is putting development gains at risk, the UN chief told a meeting of high-powered business leaders on Wednesday.
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A Better Health Care System?
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2020-06-10
Despite glitches during the pandemic, the VA provides a model for the nation.
progressive.org/magazine/a-better-health-care-system-jaffe/

EU calls for immediate ceasefire in Libya and an end to all foreign intervention
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-10
The statement comes even as the warring factions in the country are backed by various EU members and are supplied arms by them. The conflict in Libya has escalated over the past few weeks…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/10/eu-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-libya-and-an-end-to-all-foreign-intervention/

Israeli Forces Demolish Several Palestinian Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Israeli troops reportedly knocked down, on Tuesday morning, a number of Palestinian-owned homes in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Head of the Palestinian committee for defending Palestinian lands in the Sawarha neighborhood, Youmis Ja'far, told media outlets that Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the neighborhood and forced local …
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Insect Decline From Pesticides Will Impact Food: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
A new report released Tuesday draws attention to the worldwide decline in insects and warned of the impact that this could have on global food cultivation and ecosystems. | RELATED: | Insects Replace Pesticides in Spain's 'Sea of Plastic' | The publication entitled Insect Atlas, which comes from two progressive networks: Brussels-based Friends of the Earth and Berlin-based Heinrich Bà∂ll Foundation after the results found, made calls for global policies to boost the conservation of a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Insect-Decline-From-Pesticides-Will-Impact-Food-Report-20200610-0011.html

With Latest Lunacy, Trump Has Moved Into Nixon Territory
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2020-06-10
And Perhaps Beyond…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/with-latest-lunacy-trump-has-moved-into-nixon-territory/

Why Washington Keeps Lobbying for War in the Middle East
Jessica Draper, Morgan Palumbo | thenation.com | 2020-06-10
Why Washington Keeps Lobbying for War in the Middle East…
thenation.com/article/world/why-washington-keeps-lobbying-for-war-in-the-middle-east/

'The Ascent': 1970s Soviet film affirms deeply human values in dangerous times
David Fields | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-10
The Ascent is not the type of movie you would expect about World War II–or the Great Patriotic War, as it was known in the Soviet Union where the film was made. First, a little background: The Soviet Union generally boosted the heroics of that war in popular culture whenever possible, and for good reason. …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-ascent-1970s-soviet-film-affirms-deeply-human-values-in-dangerous-times/

Two Million Arab Lives Don't Matter
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
The hypocrisy of the Black Lives Matter movement is astounding. BLM and its followers shout down those who insist all lives matter, regardless of race. In the BLM universe, skin pigmentation is the determinate, as it is for all racists….
globalresearch.ca/two-million-arab-lives-dont-matter/5715513

Ultimately, All Monuments Are Ozymandias
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
The great philosopher John Stuart Mill probably did more than anyone to map out the proper boundaries of the individual and the state in the western model of political democracy. Furthermore, he talked not just of the state but of …
globalresearch.ca/all-monuments-ozymandias/5715582

A Nation in Turmoil. Elections Looming. The Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."– George Santayana | Watch and see: this debate over police brutality and accountability is about to get politicized into an election-year referendum on who should occupy the White House….
globalresearch.ca/a-nation-in-turmoil-elections-looming-the-militarization-of-u-s-police-forces/5715523

Abolish the Police, Abolish the Military, Abolish ICE: Dismantle Systems of Oppression
William Hawes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
In this crucial moment, all of us who desire change should begin to think very carefully about a unified message and a coherent, organizing principle in the fight against endemic racism and police brutality in this country. I believe the …
globalresearch.ca/abolish-police-abolish-military-abolish-ice-dismantle-systems-oppression/5715569

The prosecutors trying to make Colombia's 2018 election rigging plot go away
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-10
The policemen who coincidentally discovered ties between drug traffickers and Colombia's ruling party found out the hard way organized crime has also infiltrated the Prosecutor General's Office. Major Yefferson Tocarruncho…
colombiareports.com/the-prosecutors-trying-to-make-colombias-2018-election-rigging-plot-go-away/

Spain: Gov't Decrees Mask Use as Mandatory
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Spain's government Thursday announced that mask use on public transportation and common spaces would be mandatory as a COVID-19 precautionary measure. | RELATED: | Spain: Tourist Activities Will Gradually Resume in July | "I would like to emphasize here the mandatory use of the mask in the terms you already know, whenever a distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained," Health Minister Salvador Illa briefed in a press conference. | The norm is part of the decree-law on urgent prevent…
telesurenglish.net/news/spain-govt-decreed-mask-use-as-mandatory-20200610-0010.html

Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism
Alex Colwell and Mark Herrera | workers.org | 2020-06-10
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas June 2

Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism
| workers.org | 2020-06-10
By Alex Colwell and Mark Herrera Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas June 2

COVID-19 eruptions increasing in US meatpacking plants, logistics centers
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
As all levels of government abandon any attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, workplaces are increasingly becoming vectors of transmission.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/covi-j10.html

Remote patient monitoring provides patients with comprehensive care at home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-10
When patients are diagnosed with COVID-19, they are required to self-isolate until the infection is cleared, often for at least two weeks. Some of these patients will be at risk for complications. These patients need support at home in a comprehensive way. Providing that support was the goal of Mayo Clinic's Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/remote-patient-monitoring-provides-patients-with-comprehensive-care-at-home/

The Madness of Donald
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
Trump's racism was manifest before he took office with his "birtherism" campaign against President Barack Obama, but the media were similarly late in referring to Trump as a "racist." And for the past three and a half years, Trump's mental instability has been manifest, but references to his steady deterioration are rare and oblique. His compulsive need to be better and smarter than everyone around him borders on the psychotic.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/the-madness-of-donald/

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Israel Loses Its Best
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
Emigration In 2012 the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on a poll suggesting that at least one-third of Israelis would consider emigrating abroad if the opportunity presented itself. This was not to be temporary phenomenon. An updated 2018 Newsweek article stated that…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/israel-loses-its-best/

Grizzly Miracle: Grand Teton's 399 Emerges with Quadruplets
Louisa Willcox | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-10
Grand Teton's matriarch, Grizzly 399, is perhaps the most famous grizzly bear alive. And she has recently performed a miracle, emerging with four new cubs! If there ever was a mom capable of commanding this tiny but vivacious army, it is the maestro mother, bear 399. Her feat is remarkable for several reasons. For one,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/10/grizzly-miracle-grand-tetons-399-emerges-with-quadruplets/

Organization of the Islamic Cooperation To Meet Over Israeli Annexation Plan
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Palestinian Authority's (PA) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al-Malki, on Tuesday, said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), comprising of dozens of Islamic and Arab nations, will convene on Wednesday, at the foreign ministers' level over planned Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Al-Malki said in a statement, that …
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A consumer economy?
Michael Dawson | mronline.org | 2020-06-10
Richard Heinberg is a very important scholar and an apparently lovely human being. His books are always penetrating, and both his contribution to and his review of Michael Moore's corporate-green-censored movie, Planet of the Humans, demonstrate his continuing efforts to speak crucially unheard truths.
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Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Youth Who Suffers From Epilepsy
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Israeli troops abducted, on Tuesday at night a young man who suffers from epilepsy, near the illegal Itamar colony, built on Palestinian lands near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The father of the abducted young man, Ghassan Nasasra, said that he was informed about the …
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Army Issues Demolition, Halt Construction, Orders Targeting Buildings Near Salfit
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and handed several residents demolition orders and notices for halting construction, allegedly for not being licensed by Israel. Dr. Tamer Rayyan, the head of Qarawat Bani Hassan Town Council, stated that the soldiers …
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Army Confiscates 160 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
The Israeli military issued, Wednesday, military orders for the illegal confiscation of privately-owned Palestinian lands in the Qalqilia governorate, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Abu Sheikh, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the orders were handed to many residents, informing them of the …
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Israeli Military Invades Parts of Northern Gaza As Israeli Navy Attacks Fishermen
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-10
Israeli troops invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian lands near Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, while Israeli navy ships attacked fishermen off the coast of Gaza. Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded …
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As Amazonian wildfire season approaches, we must protect the vulnerable forest
Daniel Ross | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-10
Jair Bolsonaro's aggressive deregulation and exploitation of the Amazon's resources threatens the entire planet.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/10/as-amazonian-wildfire-season-approaches-we-must-protect-the-vulnerable-forest/

Step one, movement demands 'DEFUND POLICE!'
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-10
June 8

EDITORIAL: °Defiende a lxs resistentes y al levantamiento!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-10
°La gente se levanta, se levanta contra la violencia policial! La furia ardiente se encendió en una tormenta de fuego en todo Estados Unidos cuando la policía linchó a George Floyd en Minneapolis el 25 de mayo. Philadelphia, June 6 Inmediatamente hubo indignación pública, después de ver cómo los supremacistas . . . | Continue reading EDITORIAL: °Defiende a lxs resistentes y al levantamiento! at Workers.org…
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FTP! Cops out of labor movement, youth in!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-10
The American Federation of Labor was founded in 1886 and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1935. The two union federations merged in 1955. For most of this time police organizations

Nine Council Members Vow to Disband Minneapolis Police
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-10
Minneapolis, MN

The Davos Reset 2021 Agenda of the World Economic Forum. A New Phase of Economic and Social Destruction?
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
On June 3, 2020, as a consequence of the "global health crisis", the World Economic Forum WEF in Geneva announced a "unique twin summit" for January 2021 in Davos, Switzerland.(1) The theme should be "The Great Reset". The WEF defines …
globalresearch.ca/davos-reset-2021-agenda-world-economic-forum/5715508

Die Davos-Reset-2021-Agenda des Weltwirtschaftsforums WEF
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
Am 3. Juni 2020 kàºndigte das World Economic Forum WEF in Genf als Folge der ‚Äûglobalen Gesundheitskrise" fàºr Januar 2021 einen ‚Äûeinzigartigen Zwillingsgipfel" in Davos in der Schweiz an. (1) Das Thema soll lauten: ‚ÄûThe Great Reset", oder auf Deutsch …
globalresearch.ca/die-davos-reset-2021-agenda-des-weltwirtschaftsforums-wef/5715511

The Greek "Bail-out" Program: A Colossal Failure
Dimitris Konstantakopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
Read Part I here. | A colossal failure | If we judge the Greek program not on the basis of our own criteria, but on the basis of the goals it set itself and of its predictions, we can safely say …
globalresearch.ca/greek-bail-out-program-colossal-failure/5715528

Political ABCs: The Difference Between "Cop" and "Crook", Maybe It Is Just a Badge?
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
While it may be common knowledge that fire departments originated as private organisations to defend the interests of property insurers, it has probably been forgotten that in the US police were originally the hired gangs of landowners and merchant-industrialists. As …
globalresearch.ca/political-abcs-difference-between-cop-crook-maybe-badge/5715525

Flood In Ghana's Capital Kills At Least Six People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
A downpour that hit Accra, Ghana's capital, killed at least six people according to the information given by the authorities Tuesday. | RELATED: | Ghana: Wildcat Gold Miners Perish From Mercury Seeking Riches | George Ayisah, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), confirmed that the victims, a child among them, died on Tuesday in Okai-Koi North, a suburb of the capital. | The NADMO rescue team saved 300 citizens in two of the city's worst-hit a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Flood-In-Ghanas-Capital-Kills-At-Least-Six-People-20200610-0012.html

Rebellion, Confusion and Kente Cloth: The Establishment Can't Handle Black Lives Matter
Margaret Kimberley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-10
Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and newspapers face revolts when they are caught spreading propaganda. In Europe and the United States monuments to genocidaires are defaced and pulled down.
mintpressnews.com/establishment-democrats-cant-handle-black-lives-matter/268422/

Masked | gangs in Greece recorded forcing migrant boats back to Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
Shocking photos were released by The Times newspaper from footage seen by its reporters showing a group of organized masked men pushing migrant boats into Turkish waters in the Aegean Sea to prevent them from reaching Greece."Footage seen by The Times shows two men in balaclavas boarding a boat packed with men, women and children. They remove the outboard motor and leave the boat to drift," it reported on Wednesday.The video was filmed and shared by a migrant on the bo…
yenisafak.com/en/world/maskedgangs-in-greece-recorded-forcing-migrant-boats-back-to-turkey-3531694

Sex Work is Real Work, and it's Time to Treat it That Way
LaLa B Holston-Zannell | aclu.org | 2020-06-10
Sex workers aren't always a part of the conversation about police brutality, but they should be. Police regularly target, harass, and assault sex workers or people they think are sex workers, such as trans women of color. The police usually get away with the abuse because sex workers fear being arrested if they report. If we lived in a world that didn't criminalize sex work, sex workers could better protect themselves and seek justice when they are harmed. , , Protecting sex workers from police viole…
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Black Lives Matter solidarity: No Pride without justice!
Minnie Bruce Pratt | workers.org | 2020-06-10
Fifty-one years ago cops assaulted and arrested LGBTQ2+ people

Iran to Take Legal Action If S Korean Banks Fail to Release Funds: CBI Chief
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-06-10
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran called on South Korean banks to release Iran's oil money frozen under US pressure, warning that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to take legal action under international law. "It is appalling to see that (South) Korean banks have conveniently neglected their obligations, common international financial agreements, and …
iranian.com/2020/06/10/iran-to-take-legal-action-if-s-korean-banks-fail-to-release-funds-cbi-chief/

Excavations reveal rare find of Bronze Age culture in Iran
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-06-10
Iran has recently unearthed a rare Bronze Age culture, related settlements and relics following to rounds of excavation in a plain near the north-central city of Qom. "Archaeological excavations carried out at a broad natural sandy-gravel hill named Tepe Yousef Khan has revealed relics and remains which are related to the Kura–Araxes culture known as …
iranian.com/2020/06/10/excavations-reveal-rare-find-of-bronze-age-culture-in-iran/

Founder of Iran Studies Center, Tel Aviv University: Israel is pistachios for Iran
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-06-10
"I have news for you. Israel is half of the city of Tehran, in terms of population. You don't go through such a revolution for a tiny small country which is peanuts, or maybe in this case you say pistachios for the Iranians. We are nothing. You don't create a revolution because of the state …
iranian.com/2020/06/09/founder-of-iran-studies-center-tel-aviv-university-israel-is-pistachios-for-iran/

Iran To Shut Down Several TV Channels Beaming Programs To Other Countries
RFE | iranian.com | 2020-06-10
Iran's state television may have to shut down several foreign language channels due to financial strains caused by sanctions, mismanagement, falling viewership figures and long-standing differences between the state broadcaster and the presidential administration. Payman Jebelli, the head of the external services of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Broadcasting organization (IRIB) told Fars news agency …
iranian.com/2020/06/10/iran-to-shut-down-several-tv-channels-beaming-programs-to-other-countries/

The True Plight of Black Americans
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-10
Walter E.WILLIAMS | While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called "systemic racism." Instead, we need to look at the responsibilities of those running our big cities. | Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and Philadelphia. The most common characteristic of these cities is that for decades, all of them have been run by liberal Democrats. Some cities

Christopher Steele's Very Stupid Dossier
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-10
"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." So declared Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But he was wrong. The gods don't make them mad

Sir Dearlove Joins Anti-China Counter-Gang Operation
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-10
Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove's new role as anti-China provocateur gives us the opportunity to look into the mind of empire and see how our society is being played to acquiesce to an agenda that will ultimately lead to WW III. By adding his voice to those Anglo-American fanatics blaming China for creating COVID-19 in a lab and intentionally spreading it around the world, Sir Dearlove has demonstrated a classic case of "gang/counter-gang operations" practiced by the British Empire for centuries.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/10/sir-dearlove-joins-anti-china-counter-gang-operation/

OOOPS: Black Business Ownership Collapses by 41% in US Lockdowns
Michael Sasso | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-10
The Covid-19 economic shutdown has hurt African American businesses the most among racial and ethnic groups in U.S., with a 41% decline of black owners from February to April, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows. | While the pandemic has hit entrepreneurs across the board, closing some 3.3 million small businesses at least temporarily, the sidelining of 440,000 African Americans was especially severe. Black own…
anti-empire.com/ooops-black-business-ownership-collapses-by-41-in-us-lockdowns/

Corona epidemic and Yemen
C Dettwiler, U Gasche and N Ramseyer | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
Authorities first wanted to calm down and played down the pandemic. Afterward, they had to convince the population to keep unusual physical distance, to wash their hands well at all times, and to refrain from major events. Finally, they wanted the population to accept the week-long lockdown, with business closures, exit, and travel restrictions.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/10/18834084.php

Food Not Bombs 40th Anniversary – Co-Founder Keith McHenry Interview
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
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

California Reparations AB 3121 – Did the Roman Catholic Church Endorse Slavery?
excerpt | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi courageously led the Congressional Leadership through a special ceremony in Emancipation Hall, Washington D.C. In the Rotunda of the California State Capitol is a celebration of Spanish State Sponsored Terrorism with the Roman Catholic Church blessing. If Restorative Justice is possible, then full and accurate consideration is essential. As the California State Legislature considers AB 3121 let courageous leadership flow from sea to shinning sea.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/08/18833966.php

"I Can't Breath" ILWU 10 & 34 Speak Out About Lynching of George Floyd & Action
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
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

AFA-CWA Pres Sara Nelson Likes ILWU Action On June 9th To Act In Memorial To George Floyd
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
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

George Floyd's murderer, Derek Chauvin's June 8 court date
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
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 | 2020-06-10
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

Trump Mulls Replacing Jared Kushner After Blaming Him for Tanking Poll Numbers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Though President Donald Trump publicly praised his son-in-law Jared Kushner as "my star" on Monday, he has privately fumed about his top adviser over his sagging poll numbers, according to Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman. | Trump and Kus…
truthout.org/articles/trump-mulls-replacing-jared-kushner-after-blaming-him-for-tanking-poll-numbers/

Georgia Election Condemned as Result of Deliberate GOP Voter Suppression
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Photos of would-be Georgia voters standing

Met Police accused of racism after rapper Wretch 32's father is Tasered at home
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-10
Police are facing calls for a watchdog investigation after rapper Wretch 32's father was Tasered by police in his home. | Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and human rights group Amnesty have urged the Independent Office for Police Conduct to launch an inquiry into what happened. | Oliver Feeley-Sprague from the charity said it "beggars belief" that the Metropolitan Police internal standards department found no misconduct had occurred. | Footage posted online showed 62-year-old Millard Scott tumbling downstairs at his north London home after an officer is heard to warn: "Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are."
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/10/met-police-accused-of-racism-after-rapper-wretch-32s-father-is-tasered-at-home/

Neil Ferguson talks modelling, lockdown and scientific advice with MPs
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-10
Imperial's Neil Ferguson told MPs that introducing lockdown measures in the UK a week earlier would have reduced deaths by at least half.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198155/neil-ferguson-talks-modelling-lockdown-scientific

Poland to open EU borders on Saturday, allow international flights from Tuesday
rt.com | 2020-06-10
Poland will open its borders with fellow European Union countries on Saturday and allow international flights from next Tuesday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday. The country closed its borders to visitors in March to stop the spread of the coronavirus. | "In some countries… this pandemic is still behaving in a very disturbing way," Morawiecki said, adding that Warsaw will now limit opening borders to EU states. | Poland has seen a recent rise in infections, mostly around coal mines in the south. On Monday, 599 new cases were reported

Putin stresses importance of Libya ceasefire in phone call with Erdogan
rt.com | 2020-06-10
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday and stressed the importance of a ceasefire in Libya as soon as possible, the Kremlin's press service said. | The two leaders expressed "mutual concern over the mass armed clashes ongoing in the country," the statement said. Putin also stressed the need for renewed inter-Libyan dialogue. | Discussing Syria, Putin and Erdogan underlined the need to implement Russian-Turkish agreements on the Idlib de-escalation zone. | The presidents discussed joint efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, and noted the…
rt.com/newsline/491412-putin-libya-ceasefire-erdogan/

Call Russia 'sponsor of TERROR'! Imperial-minded House Republicans urge return to Cold War footing & drastic sanctions policy
rt.com | 2020-06-10
The largest House GOP caucus has released a 'national security strategy' that envisions escalating sanctions against China and Russia, more war on terrorism in the Middle East, and a Cold War-type infowar, among other things. | The 120-page proposal unveiled by the Republican Study Committee on Wednesday is pitched as "a conservative, solutions-oriented plan for preserving American leadership around the globe." | It offers a laundry list of possible actions agains…
rt.com/usa/491455-call-russia-sponsor-terror-republicans/

Rocket blast hits Baghdad's Green Zone, triggers sirens at US Embassy on eve of 'strategic dialogue'
rt.com | 2020-06-10
At least one rocket was fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in the Iraqi capital, with a loud blast reported in the area. The attack reportedly resulted in no casualties and only minor damage. | A Katyusha rocket landed within the Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday morning, setting off sirens at the US Embassy, Reuters reported, citing a witness. Nobody was killed in the blast, according to Iraq's Security Media Cell, which added that the rocket is believed to have been fired from a nearby sports stadium. | A local reporter shared footage of the aftermath of the explosion, purporting to…
rt.com/news/491469-iraq-green-zone-rocket/

Rocket blast hits Baghdad's Green Zone, triggers sirens at US embassy on eve of 'strategic dialogue'
rt.com | 2020-06-10
At least one rocket was fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in the Iraqi capital, with a loud blast reported in the area. The attack reportedly resulted in no casualties and only minor damage. | A Katyusha rocket landed within the Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday morning, setting off sirens at the US embassy, Reuters reported, citing a witness. Nobody was killed in the blast, according to Iraq's Security Media Cell, which added that the rocket is believed to have been fired from a nearby sports stadium. | A local reporter shared footage of the aftermath of the explosion, purporting to…
rt.com/news/491469-iraq-green-zone-rocket/

Top EU official BACKS Twitter in fact-checking 'war' with Trump, says Europe should take same approach
rt.com | 2020-06-10
Twitter has received unexpected support in its fact-checking war with US President Donald Trump. The EU Commission's vice president for values and transparency,Vera Jourova, said it has taken exactly the approach Europe needs. | Jourova, who leads the bloc's own crusade against disinformation, waded into the Trump-Twitter dispute, praising the instant messaging service for "promoting the facts" instead of taking down the president's tweets altogether. | "I support the Twitter reaction to tweets of President Trump," she said during a press conference. "They did not delete it. We all can see it. They provided fa…
rt.com/news/491451-eu-twitter-fact-check-trump/

'Our history will not be tampered with!' Trump rules out renaming US military bases named after Confederate generals
rt.com | 2020-06-10
US President Donald Trump has declared opposition to renaming a dozen military bases that bear the names of Civil War generals who fought for the Confederacy, saying they are part of history and a proud military heritage. | Mentioning Fort Bragg, Fort Hood and Fort Benning by name, Trump tweeted on Wednesday that the "Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage" and "history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom." | "My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," he added. | It has been suggested that we should rena…
rt.com/usa/491457-trump-rejects-renaming-bases-confederacy/

Minneapolis PD scrambles to 'reform,' distancing itself from officers' union as threat of defunding looms
rt.com | 2020-06-10
The chief of police in Minneapolis has cut off talks with the police union and proposed an 'early warning' system for officer misconduct, as he struggles to save the force from a City Council determined to disband it. | Medaria Arradondo pledged a "thorough review" of the city's contract with the police, announcing on Wednesday that his department was pulling out of negotiations with the union to make major changes to how policing is done in Minneapolis. The chief promised to implement an early warning system that will allow supervisors to spot problematic conduct more quickly and hinted that changes to existi…
rt.com/usa/491443-minneapolis-police-reform-defund/

Thomas Lane, one of ex-cops charged in George Floyd's death posts $750,000 bail & leaves jail
rt.com | 2020-06-10
One of the four Minneapolis police officers charged for the killing of George Floyd has been released from custody after making bail, which had been conditionally set at $750,000. | Former officer Thomas Lane was released from the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported, citing jail records. Lane is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death in late May, who was killed after fellow officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest. | Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, has said the case against…
rt.com/usa/491471-thomas-lane-floyd-bail-jail/

Thomas Lane, one of ex-cops charged over George Floyd's death posts $750,000 bail & leaves jail
rt.com | 2020-06-10
One of the four Minneapolis police officers charged over the killing of George Floyd has been released from custody after making bail, which had been conditionally set at $750,000. | Former officer Thomas Lane was released from the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported, citing jail records. Lane is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death in late May. The victim was killed after fellow officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest. | Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, has said the case…
rt.com/usa/491471-thomas-lane-floyd-bail-jail/

Cracked silo at under-construction UK nuclear plant releases DUST CLOUD after accident
rt.com | 2020-06-10
A silo at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset has suffered structural damage, releasing a cloud of granulated slag into the surrounding area and temporarily halting work on the joint French-Chinese venture. | The 115-foot (35-meter) tower buckled at around 7: 30 am local time on Wednesday. Although initial reports were of an explosion, the smoke was in fact a cloud of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS), which was being used to reinforce the concrete, according to a spokesperson with Electricite de France (EDF). | No one was injured and no radiation was released in the incident, according to…
rt.com/uk/491445-hinkley-nuclear-accident-cloud/

WHO in talks with S Arabia on delaying Hajj ritual due to pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA)

Roads min. says grounds paved to connect holy shrines of Iran, Iraq
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Iran, Russia voice concern over humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Syria
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Iranian embassy in Madrid planning for fourth direct flight to Tehran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Palestinian people have no choice but resort to resistance: Deputy FM
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Senegal congratulates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Homegrown defense systems protecting Iranian sky: deputy cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Army chief names 'enhancing military readiness' as force's main mission
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Iran at forefront of fight against drug trafficking: cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Be ashamed of crying wolf over detention of an Iranian
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

'I Can't Breathe' gallery in Tehran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

Iranian Parliament's open session on Jun. 10
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

US Carriers Reagan, Nimitz Sail Into Pacific After Monthslong Absence of American Warships
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
The US Navy has come roaring back from the COVID-19 lockdowns of months past, now having three aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006101079579724-us-carriers-reagan-nimitz-sail-into-pacific-after-monthslong-absence-of-american-warships/

Spain's Andalusia Fines Belgian Prince for Breaking Coronavirus Rules – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
MADRID (Sputnik) – Belgian Prince Joachim has been fined for breaking a mandatory quarantine shortly after arriving in Spain last month, Spanish media said Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006101079579133-spains-andalusia-fines-belgian-prince-for-breaking-coronavirus-rules—reports/

Semantic Arguments, George Floyd Laid to Rest, Arming Iran, Trump Sued
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
Defunding the police might be the current focus, but this fight must be for so much…
sputniknews.com/radio-political-misfits/202006101079579779-semantic-arguments-george-floyd-laid-to-rest-arming-iran-trump-sued/

CNN Mocks Trump Camp for Demand it Withdraw Poll Showing Biden Leads President in 2020 Race
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
US President Donald Trump's campaign has issued a cease and desist letter to CNN and threatened to pursue further legal actions over a recent "anti-Trump poll" that it claims was part of an attempt to "misinform and mislead actual voters."
sputniknews.com/us/202006101079579955-cnn-mocks-trump-camp-for-demand-it-withdraw-poll-showing-biden-leads-president-in-2020-race/

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise in Several States, While Millions of Americans Remain Uninsured
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, physician and co-editor of Popular Resistance.
sputniknews.com/radio_the_critical_hour/202006101079579840-covid-19-hospitalizations-rise-in-several-states-while-millions-of-americans-remain-uninsured/

North Korea: US Has No Standing to Comment on Inter-Korean Affairs
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) criticized the United States on Thursday, saying the US has no standing to comment on internal Korean affairs. Earlier this week, Pyongyang severed contact with Seoul over propaganda distribution by defectors in the South.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006101079579355-north-korea-us-has-no-standing-to-comment-on-inter-korean-affairs/

Turkish defense company distributes aid in Pakistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
Turkey's leading defense company Roketsan on Wednesday distributed food packages among 1,000 families in Pakistan through the Turkish Red Crescent.The food packages distribution event held in Rawalpindi, a city adjacent to the capital Islamabad, was attended by Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul and the country's head of the Turkish Red Crescent Carlos Camilo.The ongoing coronavirus crisis and earlier lockdown has deprived a large number of poor families and daily wage workers of their source of income in Pakistan.Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Camilo said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affecte…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-defense-company-distributes-aid-in-pakistan-3531698

Saudi Arabia records 36 new virus deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
Saudi Arabia confirmed 36 additional deaths from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, according to the health ministry.A ministry statement said 3,717 new infections and 1,615 recoveries were registered over the past 24 hours.The kingdom's confirmed cases from coronavirus now stand at 112,288, including 819 deaths, and 77,954 recoveries.The pandemic has claimed more than 411,900 lives in 188 countries and regions since originating in China's Wuhan city last December. The US, Brazil and Russia are currently the worst-hit countries.Over 7.26 million cases have been reported worldwide, while more than 3.38 million pe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-arabia-records-36-new-virus-deaths-3531701

Saudi Arabia records 36 new virus deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
A ministry statement said 3,717 new infections and 1,615 recoveries were registered over the past 24 hours.The kingdom's confirmed cases from coronavirus now stand at 112,288, including 819 deaths, and 77,954 recoveries.The pandemic has claimed more than 411,900 lives in 188 countries and regions since originating in China's Wuhan city last December. The US, Brazil and Russia are currently the worst-hit countries.Over 7.26 million cases have been reported worldwide, while more than 3.38 million people have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-arabia-records-36-new-virus-deaths-3531701

Turkey to reopen tourism facilities: Minister
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
Speaking to CNN Turk, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy commented on the revival of tourism in the country."In tourism, there is no other country that has done certification better and more reliable than Turkey," the minister said.The country's main priority in this process is to resume air traffic to all countries, he added.Turkey on Wednesday reported 2,241 more recoveries, 17 deaths and 922 more cases of the coronavirus.To a question about the reopening of Hagia Sophia for worship, Ersoy said: "If the court decision comes through [to open Hagia Sophia for worship], I will not be worried about tourism, we will find a solution.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-to-reopen-tourism-facilities-minister-3531702

Dr. Anthony Fauci says 'worst pandemic' far from over
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
A top US infectious disease expert has said that the coronavirus outbreak turned to be his "worst nightmare," and that the fight against its spread is far from over.Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the remarks Tuesday during a virtual appearance at the BIO Digital health-care conference."In a period of four months, it has devastated the whole world," Fauci said. "And it isn't over yet. And it's condensed in a very, very small time frame."He stressed that the pandemic is "very different" from other outbreaks such as Ebola and HIV due to its fast transmissio…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dr-anthony-fauci-says-worst-pandemic-far-from-over-3531697

Erdogan, Putin discuss Libya, Idlib over phone
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the latest situation in Libya and Idlib, northwestern Syria.According to the Turkish Communications Directorate, the two leaders also discussed regional issues and steps to be taken in…
yenisafak.com/en/news/erdogan-putin-discuss-libya-idlib-over-phone-3531700

Turkey: 'City of gladiators' ready for visitors
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-10
The ancient city of Kibyra, also known as the "city of gladiators," in southwestern Turkey is set to become a new tourist hotspot.The 2,300-year-old city is located among juniper and cedar forests in the Golhisar district of Burdur province at an altitude of 1,350 meters (4,429 feet).The town, where excavations began in 2006, fascinates visitors with its monumental buildings.It is admired by many for its magnificent 10,400-person-capacity stadium built with Roman and Byzantine architectural tradition, its odeon (music house) covered with the Medusa mosaic, the Late Roman bath, agoras, main street, theatre with a…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-city-of-gladiators-ready-for-visitors-3531695

Tanzania s COVID Free by 'God's Will': President Maghufuli
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-10
Tanzania's President John Magufuli Sunday affirmed his nation is COVID-19 free due to prayer powers. | RELATED: | US Navy to Bar Confederate Flags From Ships, Aircraft, Bases | "Coronavirus in our country has been removed by the powers of God," Magufuli declared at a church service in Dodoma, Tanzania's capital. | Tanzania's health authorities said no positive cases for COVID-19 have been reported over the last six weeks, so the unofficial toll is superior to official reports of…
telesurenglish.net/news/tanzania-is-covid-free-by-gods-will-president-maghufuli-says–20200610-0004.html

US Postal Service covers up COVID-19 death toll in New York City
wsws.org | 2020-06-10
"There are people that have been gone for weeks, and people who have been gone who never came back."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/10/usps-j10.html

The Network In Defense Of Humanity Demands Justice For George Floyd
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
The Network in Defense of Humanity adds its voice to those of thousands in the United States and around the world who are demanding Justice for George Floyd. | The image of a man of African descent being killed by a racist policeman is very common in the United States. In fact, the police murder about a thousand people annually; a disproportionate number of them are Black. | George Floyd's murder was no different, but it has been on an exponential level since the scene of his death by torture was documented in detail as he told the white policeman "I can't breathe"–first he appealed to his torturer, then to…
popularresistance.org/the-network-in-defense-of-humanity-demands-justice-for-george-floyd/

Why Covid-19 Racial Disparities Make The Case For Medicare For All
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
The racial disparities of COVID-19 have received much attention. Blacks are dying at a higher rate that is typically more than double the rate of whites. But we need to move beyond naming the problem of fighting for solutions. Medicare for All would go a long way to beginning to address racial disparities in health care in general and for COVID-19 in particular. | The obvious and immediate need of black and other working-class populations caught in the teeth of the pandemic is the right to health care treatment without the burden of cost. Even before the pandemic, lower-income, Latino, and younger workers were mo…
popularresistance.org/why-covid-19-racial-disparities-make-the-case-for-medicare-for-all/

Hispanic Americans On The Front Lines Of COVID-19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
Workforce needs are changing and immigrants and Americans of all kinds are critical to the fight, response, and recovery that we face in the coming months. As the country continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Hispanic Americans are playing an important role on the front lines in healthcare, food supply, education, and biomedical industries. There are 2.2 million Hispanic healthcare workers (or 13.0% of the total workforce) nationwide, almost one-third of which are immigrants. Hispanic Americans are even more prominent in another essential sector of the U.S economy: the food supply chain. Hispanic workers are…
popularresistance.org/hispanic-americans-on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19/

ILWU, ILA, And Teamsters Take Action In Honor Of George Floyd
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters laid down their tools in a work stoppage for eight minutes and forty-six seconds, the precise measure of time that George Floyd, handcuffed and helpless to resist, was forced to endure a policeman's lethal knee on his neck. Killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, Floyd was buried today in Houston. | Trent Willis, president of ILWU Local 10, Keith Shanklin, president of ILWU Local 34, and Gabriel Prawl, former Secretary/ Treasurer of ILWU Local 52 in S…
popularresistance.org/ilwu-ila-and-teamsters-take-action-in-honor-of-george-floyd/

From Occupation to 'Occupy': The Israelification of American domestic security
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-09
One of the first comprehensive surveys of Israeli training of US local and federal law enforcement officials. By Max Blumenthal…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/09/occupation-occupy-israel-us-police/

Police Attacking Protestors, Journalists and Doctors While Defending Racist Attackers
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-09
Historically, it has been law enforcement that has escalated race riots rather than protestors, the latest unrest has been no exception. | MPN– A man in a black sedan car barrels towards a large Seattle demonstration protesting the killing of George Floyd. After he stops, he gets out and shoots a protestor at point blank range. The crowd scatters in terror. The man, still brandishing his weapon, casually walks thro…

Police Attacking Protestors, Journalists and Doctors While Defending Racist Attackers

Police Attacking Protestors, Journalists and Doctors While Defending Racist Attackers
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-09
A man in a black sedan car barrels towards a large Seattle demonstration protesting the killing of George Floyd. After he stops, he gets out and shoots a protestor at point blank range. The crowd scatters in terror. The man, still brandishing his weapon, casually walks through the mayhem towards the line of police, and is apprehended without incident. The police surround him, facing the crowd, shielding him from a non-e…
mintpressnews.com/police-attacking-protestors-journalists-doctors-defending-racist-attackers/268340/

Fake taxis among the latest tools in the NYPD's rights-busting crackdown on protesters
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-06-09
The NYPD is famous for violating civil rights so it comes as no surprise that protests over the police brutality in the city have elicited a violent crackdown from the city's finest.
mronline.org/2020/06/09/fake-taxis-among-the-latest-tools-in-the-nypds-rights-busting-crackdown-on-protesters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fake-taxis-among-the-latest-tools-in-the-nypds-rights-busting-crackdown-on-protesters

From Superpredators to Black Lives Matter: Hillary Clinton's Opportunistic Career Arc
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-09
An honest reckoning of Clinton's past unearths a myriad of troubling incidents and positions that are difficult to square with her newfound radical antiracist stance.
mintpressnews.com/superpredators-black-lives-matter-hillary-clinton/268328/

Tear down the racist statues, end racist debt and pay for equalizing reparations
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-09
The statues are coming down. The most recent avalanche began in the United States after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police and the uprising it occasioned. In Philadelphia, the city removed a statue of former police commissioner Frank Rizzo; the mayor agreed with the protesters who called for its immediate removal, saying that…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/09/tear-down-the-racist-statues-end-racist-debt-and-pay-for-equalizing-reparations/

White House Claims Violence at US Protests Incited by Maduro Affiliates, Offers No Evidence
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-09
Without offering evidence, a senior Trump administration official recently claimed the White House had information that supported claims that people who have been instigating violence at protests honoring George Floyd in Miami, Florida, may be linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
sputniknews.com/us/202006091079570956-white-house-claims-maduro-affiliated-protesters-inciting-violence-at-us-demonstrations/

Malcolm or MLK?
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Two weeks ago, the world witnessed a murder of an innocent Black man, George Floyd, what many, including Jesse Jackson, called a "public lynching" in broad daylight, at the hands of a white policeman. It was a brutal killing by the manner in which Minneapolis policeman, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee into Floyd's neck, slowly…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/malcolm-or-mlk/

Militarized Police a Gift from Israel?
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-09
Training of American police in brutal tactics revealed | The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and perceived police brutality. As it also comes at a time of coronavirus pandemic and record unemployment, it has the potential to change the U.S. in fundamental ways. The core issue is that many on the left, as well as some on the right, see America's police as something like an "occupying force," increasingly sel…

Militarized Police a Gift from Israel?

Coronavirus Shows Why We Need Separation of Medicine and State!
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
It seems like only yesterday. Americans were denied the right to go to their churches. They were denied the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital. They were denied the right to open their businesses and go to …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-shows-why-we-need-separation-medicine-state/5715453

US Elections and Trump's Sinking Approval. Main Street Depression and Unemployment
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
It's a political lifetime from now to November 3 presidential, congressional, and local elections. | Things can swing back and forth numerous times between now and then. | Most often, Americans vote with their pocketbook. | If unprecedented main street Depression and unemployment …
globalresearch.ca/trump-sinking-approval/5715442

Defund, Reform, or Disband US Police? What About the Pentagon, CIA, NSA, US Gulag, and Wall Street Owned Fed Etc!
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Indeed police killings, brutality, and its other unacceptable practices against America's most disadvantaged are a major societal problem needing correction. | Cutting its funding or even replacing it with an alternate societal control system won't fix things. | The problem isn't cops. …
globalresearch.ca/defund-reform-disband-us-police-what-about-pentagon-cia-nsa-us-gulag-wall-street-owned-fed/5715441

Hong Kong's 'pro-democracy' movement allies with far-right US politicians that seek to crush Black Lives Matter
Ajit Singh | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-09
As a Hong Kong protest leader promotes far-right condemnations of US anti-racism demonstrations and activists shut down a Black Lives…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/09/hong-kongs-far-right-us-politicians-crush-black-lives-matter/

Amid Protests & Pandemic, 200+ Unhoused People Sheltering in Minneapolis Hotel Now Face Eviction
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
We go to Minneapolis, where the community has taken over a Sheraton hotel to provide shelter to more than 200 unhoused people amid protests and the pandemic. Now they face eviction. "Using hotels for emergency housing is an obvious answer," says Rosemary Fister, community organizer. "They are largely vacant as we enter an economic depression in the midst of a global pandemic."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/minneapolis_sanctuary_hotel

"Essential Labor, Expendable Lives": Mass Transit Workers Worry About Safety as NYC Begins to Reopen
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
As New York City begins to partially reopen, we look at what it means for the nation's largest public transportation system. "It's a very stressful and dangerous situation," says Seth Rosenberg, a subway operator, shop steward with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and a member of a small coalition of transit workers called Local 100 Fightback. "The safety measures are not in place to protect transit workers or riders."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/nyc_transit_safety

DACA Recipients "Want to Be in the Streets Building Solidarity" But ICE Arrests 3 at Phoenix Protest
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
Immigration agents are facing accusations of targeting protesters who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Police in Phoenix, Arizona, arrested community activist Máxima Guerrero as she was leaving a protest on May 30 with a group of legal observers. She was one of three DACA recipients arrested over that weekend in Phoenix. We get an update from Sandra Castro Solis with the Phoenix-based grassroots immigrant justice group Puente Human Rights Movement, who says that despite the risks, "we're in a moment where people want to be out in the streets building that solidarity."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/sandra_castro_solis_ice

Immigration Agents Target People at Police Brutality Protests, Including a U.S. Citizen Military Vet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
As protests against police brutality continue nationwide, immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at some of the demonstrations. A viral video showed a group of ICE agents working with the New York City Police Department to detain a protester at a George Floyd rally in New York City last week, and advocates say agents held the man on the ground as they pointed three guns at him and handcuffed and searched him. He was reportedly released after agents found a military veteran's ID on him, and is a U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent. We spea…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/mizue_aizeki

The Brexit Crisis Led to Totally Incompetent Leadership at a Time of Unprecedented Calamity. Now We are Paying for It
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Britain is failing to cope with the Covid-19 epidemic as well as other countries in Europe and East Asia have. Out of 62,000 excess deaths in the UK, says former chief scientific officer Sir David King, "40,000 excess deaths could have been avoided if government had acted responsibly". The failure is devastating: on a single…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/the-brexit-crisis-led-to-totally-incompetent-leadership-at-a-time-of-unprecedented-calamity-now-we-are-paying-for-it/

The US and Israel Hope to Scare the Hague War Crimes Court off from Helping Palestine
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-09
In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put on trial. Created in 2002, the court, it was imagined, would act as a deterrent …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-us-and-israel-hope-to-scare-the-hague-war-crimes-court-off-from-helping-palestine/

Palestinian solidarity with George Floyd
Susan Abulhawa | workers.org | 2020-06-09
The following remarks were prepared for a rally at LOVE Park in Philadelphia on June 4. My name is Susan Abulhawa, from Workers World Party, and I bring revolutionary greetings and solidarity from Palestine, where Palestinians have been marching in the streets of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Haifa, Gaza and beyond in . . . | Continue reading Palestinian solidarity with George Floyd at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49209/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-solidarity-with-george-floyd

Video: Ajamu Baraka on George Floyd Protests
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Ajamu Baraka, National Coordinator for Black Alliance for Peace joins Camila on From the South to discuss the rebellion which has come in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. | Black Alliance for Peace has called …
globalresearch.ca/video-ajamu-baraka-george-floyd-protests/5715414

One Way To Deal With Cops Who Lie? Blacklist Them
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
Kim Gardner has dropped more than 100 cases that relied on statements from the 29 officers who got on the list for alleged lying, abuse or corruption. And she won't accept new cases or search-warrant requests from them, either. | From Philadelphia to Houston to Seattle, district attorneys recently elected on platforms of criminal justice reform are building similar databases of their own. Often known as "do not call" lists, they are also called "exclusion lists" or "Brady lists" after a famous Supreme Court decision requiring prosecutors to disclose to defense lawyers information about unreliable police officers…
popularresistance.org/one-way-to-deal-with-cops-who-lie-blacklist-them/

Poland Wants to Become Washington's Eastern European Bulwark Against Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The "Defender Europe 2020" was to be the most ambitious and largest military exercise by the U.S. and NATO since the Cold War. The U.S.-led multinational exercises are undoubtedly hostile actions against Russia. It is through these military exercises that …
globalresearch.ca/poland-become-washington-eastern-european-bulwark-against-russia/5715448

Arrest of Sudanese war crimes suspect 'extremely significant': UN rights chief
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
The arrest of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, an alleged former Janjaweed militia leader in the restive Darfur region of Sudan, has been hailed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as an "extremely significant development".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065992

Video: Egypt Sends Battle Tanks to Libyan Border as Haftar Forces Retreat Under Turkish Strikes
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The Turkish involvement in the Libyan conflict allowed the Government of National Accord (GNA) to turn the tide of the battle of Tripoli and even develop further success by expanding control over a notable chunk of northern Libya. | After capturing …
globalresearch.ca/video-egypt-sends-battle-tanks-libyan-border-haftar-forces-retreat-under-turkish-strikes/5715404

Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu's Plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank
Prof. Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Arab48 reports that some 6,000 Israelis gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the Netanyahu government's plan to annex one third of the Palestinian West Bank. | The gathering was addressed via video by US Senator Bernie …
globalresearch.ca/palestinian-lives-matter-huge-jewish-arab-rally-tel-aviv-decries-netanyahu-plan-annex-west-bank/5715456

Why is tear gas banned in war but not from peaceful protests?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-09
In the midst of national protests against racism and police brutality, President Donald Trump on Monday walked a short distance from the White House to St. John's Church. The visit was for a photo op in which Trump held up a bible as though it were a ticket he had just plucked from a raffle …
mronline.org/2020/06/09/why-is-tear-gas-banned-in-war-but-not-from-peaceful-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-is-tear-gas-banned-in-war-but-not-from-peaceful-protests

Nukes in Space: the Extinction Rebellion Yet to Be
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
In January 2017, President Trump ordered the Department of Defense to conduct a Nuclear Posture Review. The document published a year later makes clear that the US possesses nuclear weapons, in part, so that "our diplomats continue to speak from a position of strength on matters of war and peace." The Nuclear Posture Review cites Russia as the evil menace against which the US must defend by renewing its nuclear stockpiles.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/nukes-in-space-the-extinction-rebellion-yet-to-be/

Palestinians across the West Bank protest Israeli annexation plans
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-09
On June 8, Monday, thousands of Palestinians protested against the proposed Israeli plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank. These non-violent and peaceful protests were met with brutal repression from Israeli security forces. | The demonstrations were part of the commemorations marking the 53rd anniversary of Naksa (letdown) Day, when, in 1967, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip began. This was following the six-day war. | As per multiple media reports, demonstrations were held in the occupied West Bank towns of Bil'in, Ni'lin, Kafr Qaddum, Hares, Qusin and cit…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/09/palestinians-across-the-west-bank-protest-israeli-annexation-plans/

"Equality Is the Soul of Liberty" Peaceful Protest in Palo Alto Pt. I
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Speakers called for major structural change in policing policies, with some protesters demanding defunding of the Palo Alto Police Department at a rally of thousands on June 6. Photos here are of the rally at King Plaza. | Pt. II will feature photos of the 4 mile march through downtown streets and Palo Alto neighborhoods.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834041.php

Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Officer Violence Against Protesters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-09
President Donald Trump on Monday applauded U.S. police officers as "great, great people" who "have been letting us live in peace," praise that is starkly odds with the direct experience of protesters and journalists on the ground who in recent days have witnessed

Big Green Meltdown Over Planet of the Humans
Josh Schlossberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
As a former environmental activist and environmental journalist with a brief appearance in Jeff Gibbs' film Planet of the Humans–I was the guy trespassing at the biomass facility–I'm blown away by the amount of discussion the film has generated. POTH brings up a slew of critical environmental issues ranging from ecosystem destruction to species extinction…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/big-green-meltdown-over-planet-of-the-humans/

One step closer to freedom for Ana Belen Montes
Jason Cohen | workers.org | 2020-06-09
For close to 20 years Ana Belen Montes, a Puerto Rican woman, has been held hostage in a federal prison located in Fort Worth, Texas. Due to the hard work of dedicated activists an international movement in solidarity with Montes has forced the federal government to grant her early release . . . | Continue reading One step closer to freedom for Ana Belen Montes at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49205/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-step-closer-to-freedom-for-ana-belen-montes

Kenyans protest against police brutality and killing of innocent civilians
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-09
Police in Kenya are accused of using excessive force and violence in the name of imposing the lockdown to prevent COVID-19, especially against people in the slums of capital Nairobi. Protesters also expressed solidarity with the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the US…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/09/kenyans-protest-against-police-brutality-and-killing-of-innocent-civilians/

Colombia's health workers begin protests weeks before projected coronavirus peak
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-09
Colombia's health organizations announced protests for Tuesday as the government reportedly failed to make almost 90% of the promised investments to confront the impending peak in coronavirus infections. According to…
colombiareports.com/colombias-health-workers-begin-protests-weeks-before-projected-coronavirus-peak/

Eight Minutes, Forty-Six Seconds
B. Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
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 a scene of terror; an unimaginable time when you are being crushed by human weights…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/123675/

White House Tries to Link US Protests to Venezuelan Government
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-09
The best part of a major, nationwide protest movement is having someone to blame.
theantimedia.com/white-house-tries-to-link-us-protests-to-venezuelan-government/

Pentagon War Game Includes Scenario for Military Response to Domestic Generation Z Rebellion
Nick Turse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
In the face of protests composed largely of young people, the presence of America's military on the streets of major cities has been a controversial development. But this isn't the first time that Generation Z

Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
Pan Pylas | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
LONDON (AP)–The toppling of a statue of a notorious slave trader in Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, on Sunday by anti-racism protesters was greeted with joyous scenes. Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue of Edward Colston before pulling it down. Footage of the moments after the statue crashed to the ground saw …
peoplesworld.org/article/racist-monuments-fall-watery-end-for-slave-trader-statue-in-uk/

Police Violence Has Brought America's Forever Wars Home
William Astore | thenation.com | 2020-06-09
Police Violence Has Brought America's Forever Wars Home…
thenation.com/article/society/george-floyd-protests-national-guard/

What the US protests reveal
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-09
Anti-racism protests in the United States have rapidly evolved into a promotion of the ideas championed by the Democratic Party. It was no longer a question of fighting for equality in law for all or challenging the prejudices of certain police officers, but of reopening a cultural conflict at the risk of a new Civil War. | Protests across the West against racism in the United States are masking the evolution of the conflict there. It has evolved from a questioning of the remnants of black slavery to a conflict that could challenge the integrity of the country. | Last week I pointed out that the United States sho…

What the US protests reveal

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette censors accurate reporting of protests against police brutality
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
The newspaper's management has barred two black reporters from covering the protests on the grounds they are too sympathetic to the demonstrators.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/pitt-j09.html

1000 protesters brave Tropical Storm Cristobal to rally in Tally against police brutality
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-09
Tallahassee, FL

The world stands up against racism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-09
Following the brutal murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis and the outbreak of protests across the US, people across the world have mobilized in solidarity and to raise the banner of anti-racism in their own contexts…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/09/the-world-against-racism/

Thousands pay respects to George Floyd as Minneapolis cop is arraigned on murder charges
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Protests demanding justice for Floyd and against police violence continued on Monday for the fourteenth day in a row.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/floy-j09.html

Across Canada tens of thousands join protests against police violence
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Whilst the trigger for the demonstrations was the brutal police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters emphasized that police violence and racism are similarly rampant in Canada.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/capr-j09.html

Protests erupt in Germany against police violence, racism and fascism
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
The outbreak of mass protests in the US against the police murder of George Floyd was the spark that ignited demonstrations in Germany against the return of the far right and the growth of unemployment and social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/demo-j09.html

Black lawmakers in California set goals: Study reparations, revive affirmative action
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
As waves of protest continued to surge throughout the U.S. following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the California Legislative Black Caucus last week unfurled a far-reaching legislative agenda to advance racial and economic justice in the state. As she opened a press conference in Sacramento on June 2, caucus chair Assemblymember Shirley …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-lawmakers-in-california-set-goals-study-reparations-revive-affirmative-action/

London Mayor Proposes Statues Purge Over Anti-Racism Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-09
Amid worldwide demonstrations against racism over George Floyd's murder, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced Tuesday that the city may remove statues of imperialist figures. | RELATED: | Europe Protests in Support of US Anti-Racist Uprising Continue | According to Khan, this monument's "purge" meets London officials' desire to reflect the diversity, an aspect strongly attached to this capital, a host city for immigrants. | On this line, a commission was set up whose task would be…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-London-Major-Proposes-Statues-Purge-20200609-0017.html

Police targeting NLG legal observers at Black Lives Matter protests
National Lawyers Guild | mronline.org | 2020-06-09
Since protests have spread to all 50 states in response to the police murders of George Floyd and countless other Black people, law enforcement has responded with a violent show of force against protestors as well as journalists, street medics, and legal support.
mronline.org/2020/06/09/police-targeting-nlg-legal-observers-at-black-lives-matter-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-targeting-nlg-legal-observers-at-black-lives-matter-protests

Historic protests topple monuments of racism
Minnie Bruce Pratt | workers.org | 2020-06-09
People poured through U.S. streets the first week of June, as if answering Martin Luther King Jr.'s cry: "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." Those torrents of people are carrying out a mighty change through the U.S., and a prime example is pulling down . . . | Continue reading Historic protests topple monuments of racism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49198/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=historic-protests-topple-monuments-of-racism

Tuesday 6/9: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833916.php

Black Lives Matter! Labor Rally & March In SF
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
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

Over 200 Unhoused People Sheltering in Minneapolis Hotel Now Face Eviction
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-09
We go to Minneapolis, where the community has taken over a Sheraton hotel to provide shelter to more than 200 unhoused people amid protests and the pandemic. Now they face eviction. "Using hotels for emergency housing is an obvious answer," says Rosemary Fister, community organizer. "They are largely vacant as we enter an economic depression in the midst of a global pandemic." | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now…
truthout.org/video/over-200-unhoused-people-sheltering-in-minneapolis-hotel-now-face-eviction/

Tory councillor calls slave trader a 'hero' after Bristol statue toppling
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
A Conservative Party councillor has described 17th century slave trader Edward Colston as a "hero" to the city of Bristol, claiming that his statue was pulled down by a "criminal mob".According to the BristolLive website, Cllr Richard Eddy, who represents the ward of Bishopsworth on Bristol City Council, condemned the toppling of the controversial statue amid protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd in police custody in the US.Floyd died last month after a police officer in Minneapolis restrained him by holding a knee on his neck

US Navy to ban Confederate flag on ships & bases to 'ensure unit cohesion,' following similar move by Marines
rt.com | 2020-06-09
The US Navy has signaled that it will bar public displays of the Confederate flag on installations, warships and aircraft, mirroring a similar decision by the Marines as protests over police brutality and racism sweep the country. | Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday said on Tuesday that an order is being drawn up to prohibit the controversial flag "from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines," adding that the move is meant to "ensure unit cohesion, preserve good order and discipline." | The order is meant to ensure unit cohesion, preserve good…
rt.com/usa/491348-navy-bans-confederate-flag/

The Heat: U.S. protests fallout in U.S
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-09
Demands for racial justice and an end to police brutality continue in the United States. As the white police officer accused of killing African American George Floyd makes a court appearance.
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/09/the-heat-u-s-protests-fallout-in-u-s

DC National Guardsmen Test Positive for COVID-19 After Largely Forgoing Face Masks During Protests
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-09
After being deployed to police tens of thousands of protesters in Washington, DC, for more than a week, the city's National Guard garrison has registered cases of COVID-19. The guardsmen rarely wore masks during their patrols.
sputniknews.com/us/202006091079570795-dc-national-guardsmen-test-positive-for-covid-19-after-largely-forgoing-face-masks-during-protests/

Mothers' sit-in against PKK continues in SE Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-09
Dozens of mothers launched the protest on Sept. 3, 2019 in Diyarbakir province, outside the offices of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a party accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.Solmaz Ovunc, a mother of a child who was abducted by the terror group when he was just 15, called on her son to surrender to security forces."HDP took away my son and handed it over to PKK. I want my son from HDP," Ovunc said, accusing the HDP of tricking her child into joining the terror group and going to the mountains.Omer Tokay, another protester whose son Mehmet was abducted at the age…
yenisafak.com/en/news/mothers-sit-in-against-pkk-continues-in-se-turkey-3531574

A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another 'Foreign Agitator' Is Behind US Racial Unrest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
We've seen various state and federal officials over the past two weeks of George Floyd protests point to a 'foreign hand' stirring the unrest for the purpose of creating deeper instability in American society, already unsettled by months of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. | Of course, the 'nefarious Russians' were the first to be named

From George Floyd To COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
Compounding the devastation of coronavirus, Black people in the US continue to face threats, brutality, and death for going to and from work. For being out jogging. For being poor. For sleeping in their own bed. For watching birds in a park. For being Black. | The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade highlight this grim reality. Now millions of people all across the country are protesting. After experiencing two months of grief from COVID-19, there is now a righteous feeling of collective anger. | According to the statement from UE national officers, "It is not surprising that p…
popularresistance.org/from-george-floyd-to-covid-19-two-pandemics-target-black-workers/

Over 600 Groups And Families Of People Killed By Police Call For UN Investigation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
The undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world, call on member states of the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis borne out of the repression of nationwide protests. The recent protests erupted on May 26 in response to the police murder of George Floyd | in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was only one of a recent string of unlawful killings of unarmed Black people by police and armed white vigilantes. | We ar…
popularresistance.org/600-groups-families-of-people-killed-by-police-call-for-un-investigation/

UK: Virus infection rate increases as Johnson government continues ending lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Since imposing a lockdown on March 23, Johnson and government ministers have proclaimed keeping the "R" rate below 1 as the precondition for ending the lockdown. But ending the lockdown continues.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/ukco-j09.html

The BlackRock COVID Bail Out Plan Written BEFORE The "Crisis" & US Gov's Lockdown "Success" Story
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-06-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (6/8/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/the-blackrock-covid-bail-out-plan-written-before-the-crisis-us-govs-lockdown-success-story/

As domestic violence rises during coronavirus lockdown, India deserves a special focus
Amira Khan | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
Trigger warning: this article mentions cases of sexual violence that may cause some readers distress. | Women around the world have been suffering from an increase in domestic violence during coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdowns. And this seems to be the case in India, where around a third of women have reportedly experienced such violence in their lives. Indeed, a 2018 pol…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/06/09/as-domestic-violence-rises-during-coronavirus-lockdown-india-deserves-a-special-focus/

Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on 'life-support'
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-hit communities "on life-support" in the north-east, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065952

Pandemic 2.0: Amazon Deforestation Could Unleash A Wave Of Pandemics Sooner Than We Think
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-09
Brazil's government simultaneously risks triggering the next pandemic, endangers its indigenous people, and accelerates the climate crisis by scaling up deforestation of the Amazon.
therealnews.com/columns/pandemic-2-brazil-coronavirus-bolsonaro-amazon-indigenous-people

German Pesticide and Chemical Co's gets £1bn UK bailout despite mammoth dividend plan
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-09
By Zach Boren: Chemicals manufacturers BASF and Bayer have been given enormous payouts of Covid-19 support cash from the British government just weeks after announcing plans to distribute billions to shareholders in dividends. The world's largest chemicals company BASF, which makes agricultural, industrial and automotive products at its eight UK plants, has received £1 billion …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/german-pesticide-and-chemical-cos-gets-1bn-uk-bailout-despite-mammoth-dividend-plan/

Existing Drugs Might Treat COVID-19
Abbasi J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-09
Drugs already marketed for conditions including schizophrenia might have potential as treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a NatureÔªø study suggests.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766844

A reality check on the ongoing spread of the coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
More than 400,000 men, women and children have lost their lives from COVID-19 and the lives of countless millions more remain in danger as the number of cases continues to grow.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/pers-j09.html

Oedipus and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Antiel RM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-09
This Arts and Medicine feature draws lessons from Sophocles' classic tragedies Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus about the limits of medicine and the importance of community in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766555

The COVID-19 War in Japan: Is National Face-Saving More Important than the People's Lives?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The performance of Shinzo Abe in the war against the corona virus has been less than poor. | Abe is blamed for having put the policy priority to the Olympics and Abenomics over human life. | The Japanese people have the legendary …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-japan-national-face-saving-more-important-people-lives/5715408

Invest in humanitarian relief now, to limit possible 'catastrophic' impact of coronavirus
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) heard strong appeals on Tuesday for more funds to be steered into the UN's COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, as it opened its annual Humanitarian Affairs Segment

Public health expert who slammed government coronavirus response speaks out against antisemitism attacks
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
A public health expert has come under attack, accused of "radical leftism" and antisemitism. | Professor John Ashton was chair of the UK Public Health Association and was north west regional director of public health between 1993 and 2006. He made a number of high profile media appearances earlier in the year, including interviews on Newsnight, Panorama, and as a panelist on Question Time. Ashton was highly critical of the Conservative go…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/06/09/public-health-expert-who-slammed-government-coronavirus-response-speaks-out-against-antisemitism-attacks/

Can the Russian Health Care System Cope With the Coronavirus?
Estelle Levresse | thenation.com | 2020-06-09
Can the Russian Health Care System Cope With the Coronavirus?
thenation.com/article/world/russia-coronavirus-health-care/

How Will COVID-19 Affect the Health Care Economy?
Cutler D. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-09
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created an economic crisis alongside a health care crisis. During the 2 weeks ending on March 28, nearly 10 million people filed for unemployment insurance, dwarfing any previous monthly numbers. Estimates suggest that the US economy will contract by 10% to 25% during the second quarter. The US has entered a COVID-19 recession.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766852

Homeless Shelters Face High COVID-19 Risks
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-09
The CDC has recommended steps that homeless shelters should take to prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission after studying outbreaks at several facilities across the United States.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766884

FROM THE FIELD: The UN's mission to transform agriculture, for people and planet
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
How can agriculture become better able to resist major international shocks such as climate change, and health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic?>…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065912

New Jersey becomes the first state to add the climate crisis to their curriculum
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-09
nationofchange.org/2020/06/09/new-jersey-becomes-the-first-state-to-add-the-climate-crisis-to-their-curriculum/

New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
Even as countries buckle under the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider the links between gender inequality and crisis, particularly in communities affected by climate change and conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065982

We're Working to Safeguard Our Democracy and Our Health
Dale Ho | aclu.org | 2020-06-09
No one should have to choose between their health and their vote, but during the Wisconsin primary, an estimated 19,000 Milwaukeeans were forced to risk their health to cast their primary ballots. More than 50 Milwaukee County voters have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and were identified as having been infectious or infected at the time of voting; more than half of them had no other known po…
aclu.org/news/voting-rights/were-working-to-safeguard-our-democracy-and-our-health

Saudi Arms Sales, the Ghost of a Reporter, and America's Oil War in Yemen
Charlotte Dennett | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
IG Steve Linick, who accused Pompeo of misconduct, has become the latest victim in a string of politically motivated firings of government watchdogs. If the president's bunker mentality isn't disturbing enough, a deeper look into this scandal shows how racism lies at the heart of Trump's and Pompeo's foreign policy. And how oil, most notably in the Middle East, and most particularly, in Yemen, is the driving force.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/saudi-arms-sales-the-ghost-of-a-reporter-and-americas-oil-war-in-yemen/

Police, the Blue Gang that Terrorizes America
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-09
One thing is clear, a majority of American people are unwilling to accept the brutal killing of African Americans by police. What is also clear is that a minority, and it is a strong and very well armed, albeit ignorant and brutal minority, that encourage police crimes and from whose numbers police are too often recruited. | The explosion happening now in the US was predicted, since 9/11 the American people have become "terror suspects" within their own country, a nation no one recognizes, a surveillance state, a police state, a nation drowning in corruption and one now ruled by a dictator. | It has become popula…

Police, the Blue Gang that Terrorizes America

How Che Guevara Taught Cuba to Confront COVID-19
Don Fitz | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-09
Beginning in December 1951, Ernesto "Che" Guevara took a nine-month break from medical school to travel by motorcycle through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. One of his goals was gaining practical experience with leprosy. On the night of his twenty-fourth birthday, Che was at La Colonia de San Pablo in Peru swimming across the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/how-che-guevara-taught-cuba-to-confront-covid-19/

SouthFront is Censored under Cover of Pandemic
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-09
Censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread in the COVID19 era. This article documents the case of SouthFront. Introducing SouthFront Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and maps about the conflict in Syria? Detailed reports about the conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Venezuela? News about the rise of ISIS in Mozambique? Original …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/southfront-is-censored-under-cover-of-pandemic/

SouthFront Is Censored Under Cover of Pandemic
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Introducing SouthFront | Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and maps about the conflict in Syria? Detailed reports about the conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Venezuela? News about the rise of ISIS in Mozambique? Original analysis of events in …
globalresearch.ca/southfront-censored-under-cover-pandemic/5715412

Australian government ending COVID-19 childcare scheme
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
The abrupt announcement is part of a broader roll-back of limited relief measures introduced in response to the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/chil-j09.html

Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On
Abbasi J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-09
This Medical News article is an interview with the University of New Mexico's Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, about the pandemic's mental toll on health care workers–and how they and their employers can safeguard their emotional well-being.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766525

Justin Trudeau: Campaigning for a Seat on the UN Security Council
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-09
Justin Trudeau is campaigning aggressively for a seat on the UN Security Council. Over the past month he has called about two dozen world leaders and recently organized calls with groupings of UN ambassadors from the Americas, Africa, Arab states and Asia. Just prior to the pandemic the PM attended the African Union Summit in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/justin-trudeau-campaigning-for-a-seat-on-the-un-security-council/

We Need a Universal Basic Income Now and After COVID-19
Jack Delaney | zcomm.org | 2020-06-09
In easing pandemic uncertainty and promoting a post-pandemic recovery, a permanent UBI with large investments in social programs will increase solidarity, ease poverty and stabilize a volatile market that's headed toward depression…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-universal-basic-income-now-and-after-covid-19/

Keep marching: From streets to voting booth and back again
Joe Sims | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
With a nationwide uprising over the public execution of George Floyd, and Trump's use of military force in D.C.'s Lafayette Square, the country has entered an extremely dangerous period. Institutionalized racist police violence, always present, is now front and center in the COVID-sparked economic crisis. The pandemic, along with the uprising against racist violence, has …
peoplesworld.org/article/keep-marching-from-streets-to-voting-booth-and-back-again/

Health care worker layoffs surge in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Essentia Health of Duluth, Minnesota, is engaging in job destruction to cover the impact of the pandemic on its bottom line and the losses incurred with the nosedive of a building project.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/esse-j09.html

Act now to avert COVID-19 global food emergency: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-06-09
Although the COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this and other dire impacts of the crisis can be avoided if countries act immediately to shore up global food security, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065962

Problem of external debt in the third world
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-09
There is a massive problem of external debt building up for the Third World, of which the recent Argentine debt crisis was only one manifestation. At the root of the problem is the collapse of primary commodity prices in the world market which began in April 2011. | In March and April 2020, this fall of course has been precipitous, but even if we leave aside these two months, which fall within the pandemic period, we find that between April 2011 and December 2019, there has been a 38% fall in the All Commodity Price Index prepared by the International Monetary Fund or IMF (base 2016). | Since a large number of…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/09/problem-of-external-debt-in-the-third-world/

The Democratic Party Exists to Co-Opt and Kill Movements
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-09
Barack Obama made a whole political career out of this.
theantimedia.com/the-democratic-party-exists-to-co-opt-and-kill-movements/

Police and Their Apologists Have Already Lost the Argument
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-09
Videos have made it clear that the institution of policing in America is completely sick from coast to coast, right down to its very culture.
theantimedia.com/police-and-their-apologists-have-already-lost-the-argument/

Sri Lankan president establishes military taskforce: Another step toward dictatorship
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
The working class can stop the threat of a dictatorship only by mobilising its independent strength to overthrow capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/sril-j09.html

Sports round-up: Players advance Black Lives Matter message
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
The organic, non-violent uprisings nationwide following the murder of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer–coupled with Trump's divisive, inherently racist response to the atrocity and his use of military force against American citizens–have forced the nation to look inwards and firmly draw a line in the sand of what is and isn't acceptable within our democracy …
peoplesworld.org/article/sports-round-up-players-advance-black-lives-matter-message/

The Descent of America
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Complaints about American decline have been commonplace since at least the Vietnam War era. In the late 1980s, declinism experienced an upsurge with the publication of The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, by Paul Kennedy, which warned of the dangers of imperial overstretch. Even America's putative victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/the-descent-of-america/

The Six-Day War: The Myth of an Israeli David Versus an Arab Goliath
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
June 2, 1967, was a tense day at the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv. For weeks, IDF generals had been pushing the government to initiate a war and the atmosphere was tense. Israel's Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, …
globalresearch.ca/six-day-war-myth-israeli-david-versus-arab-goliath/5715461

Black teenager shot by white cop: The play 'Scraps' for home viewing
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
The Matrix Theatre Company's award-winning production of Scraps by Geraldine Inoa is now available for viewing on the company's Youtube page. In a provocative mash-up of poetry, realism, and expressionism, Scraps boldly chronicles how the family and friends of a black teenager shot by a white police officer struggle to cope in the aftermath. Set …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-teenager-shot-by-white-cop-the-play-scraps-for-home-viewing/

Viral video forces police to back down in Buffalo, N.Y
| workers.org | 2020-06-09
By Victor Enrique June 7

Can We Survive Our Collective Stupidity?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-09
I have come to the conclusion that collectively Americans are mentally and emotionally stupid. On any given day there is endless evidence that this is the case. Just a few selections from news of the last couple of days should suffice to establish the point. | Instead of reforming police training as a rational response to George Floyd's death from an aggressive restraint technique, the Minneapolis city council voted to disband the Minneapolis police. Council woman Lisa Bender responded to a citizen's question what she is supposed to do if she faces a threat in her home and there are no police to call: "Yes, I hea…

Can We Survive Our Collective Stupidity?

Milwaukee: Families of Alvin Cole, Jay Anderson, Jr., march with Milwaukee Alliance demanding 'Justice for Thee 3'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-09
Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of June 6, over 200 people rallied on the corner of North 76th and West Burleigh Streets near the Milwaukee-Wauwatosa border to stand with the family of Alvin Cole, as well as members of the family of Jay Anderson, Jr. Both Cole and Anderson, along with Antonio Gonzales, were all murdered by Joseph Anthony Mensah, a member of the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD). Despite these three killings, Mensah still works for WPD. The rally was called co-organized by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR). | Alvin Cole was killed by Officer Mensah in early F…
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Milwaukee: Families of Alvin Cole, Jay Anderson, Jr., march with Milwaukee Alliance demanding 'Justice for Thee 3'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-09
Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of June 6, over 200 people rallied on the corner of North 76th and West Burleigh Streets near the Milwaukee-Wauwatosa border to stand with the family of Alvin Cole, as well as members of the family of Jay Anderson, Jr. Both Cole and Anderson, along with Antonio Gonzales, were all murdered by Joseph Anthony Mensah, a member of the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD). Despite these three killings, Mensah still works for WPD. The rally was called co-organized by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR). | Alvin Cole was killed by Officer Mensah in early F…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/milwaukee-families-alvin-cole-jay-anderson-jr-march-milwaukee-alliance-demanding-justice-th

Stephen Smith, progressive W.V. candidate, turns campaign into anti-COVID battalion
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
CHARLESTON, W. VA.–Going into the start of this year's West Virginia gubernatorial election campaign, Stephen Smith, director of a grassroots kids and families coalition for the last six years, knew what he had to do. As the progressive in the race, Smith faced two establishment candidates in the state's June 9 Democratic primary: Ben Solango …
peoplesworld.org/article/stephen-smith-progressive-w-v-candidate-turns-campaign-into-anti-covid-battallion/

On the Front Lines
Sharon Johnson | progressive.org | 2020-06-09
Community health centers play a vital role in the age of COVID-19.
progressive.org/magazine/on-the-front-lines-johnson/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Despite the highest level of COVID-19 cases in Latin America, the government of Panama is reopening the economy regardless of workers' health concerns.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/wrkr-j09.html

How Che Guevara Taught Cuba to Confront COVID-19
Don Fitz | zcomm.org | 2020-06-09
Che's vision to redesign medical care so that it would encompass Cuba and extend beyond its borders laid the foundation for its eclipsing US corporate medicine today…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-che-guevara-taught-cuba-to-confront-covid-19/

UK: Postal workers at Bridgewater walk out as six COVID-19 cases confirmed at Wellingborough
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Workers have faced threats of disciplinary action such as "wilful delay of the mail," which can lead to instant dismissal.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/roya-j09.html

Shutdowns stopped 60 million Covid-19 infections in the U.S., new research finds
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-09
The two studies provide fresh evidence that the severe economic sacrifice the COVID-19 shutdowns caused were worth it to save many millions of lives.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/09/shutdowns-stopped-60-million-covid-19-infections-in-the-u-s-new-research-finds/

Chinese doctor's death rekindles anger over health system
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
Wuhan City Central Hospital's website published nothing about Hu Weifeng's death from COVID-19 and his colleagues were barred from being interviewed by the media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/chin-j09.html

End Police, With the Utmost Respect for Farmers
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
End Police, With the Utmost Respect for Farmers Perhaps you won't believe it Incredulous as you are But my father's father fought In the army of the Tsar In 1916 he deserted And would've been caught, and shot Lucky for us, though, Before they could get him The empire vanished

Paradigms Take Years to Shift
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Defund Police. Invest in Black Lives. What just weeks ago was a slogan is fast becoming law. In just the last week, the Minneapolis school board resolved to cut their contract with city police in the schools. The mayor of Los Angeles announced that his city was considering cutting the city's police budget by some…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/paradigms-take-years-to-shift/

Turd Blossom Surfaces Again
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Just when you thought reality-based thinking couldn't take any more hits and still stand, up pops Karl Rove

A Trip From Utopia to Distopia
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
Utopia: a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment. Dystopia: a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. You can't get much further away from the news than on the north shore of Montana's largest water body, Fort Peck Lake. While cattle and bison…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/a-trip-from-utopia-to-distopia/

Trump is Not the Problem
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
The Trump-bashing among the slate of Democratic candidates for president never got beyond the occasional blurb that Trump is not the problem. An extended discussion about what this means was neither compatible with the time limit on responses in the debates nor the agenda limits of the candidates themselves. Trump's outrageous tweets and comments to…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/trump-is-not-the-problem/

Israel's Left and Black Lives Matters
Myles Hoenig | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
A message to Israel's 'left'. The Jewish people are the Chosen Ones, but only in your heads. Your history of oppression by mostly Christian forces throughout history has been well documented. You have suffered incredible harm to your population. Your enemies have succeeded at times in decimating your people's numbers in their domain, but your…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/israels-left-and-black-lives-matters/

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/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Woman Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday afternoon, a young Palestinian woman at a military roadblock near Nablus city, in northern West Bank. Mohammad 'Azem, the Mayor of Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of Nablus, said the abducted young woman has been identified as Lian Nizar Kayed, 22, from Sebastia. 'Azem added that …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-a-young-woman-near-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-abduct-a-young-woman-near-nablus

Palestinian Tents, Agricultural Structures, Greenhouse Demolished by Israeli Authorities
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
The Israeli 'civil administration' invaded al-'Isawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on Monday and proceeded to demolish agricultural structures belonging to Ahmad Abed Mahmoud, and Abed Nemer Mahmoud, according to Quds News Network. Also on Monday, the Israeli military dismantled and seized a Palestinian-owned greenhouse in the village of al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiya, …
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct 22 Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, twenty-two Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians …
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Demolition Orders Delivered to Several Palestinians Structures in West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
Israeli forces, on Monday, delivered demolition orders against several Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. In the northern West Bank village of Hares, the Palestinian owners of a 100 dunam plot containing a park, an unpaved road, retaining walls, a playground and a storage space, …
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Israeli Settlers Puncture Palestinian-owned Vehicles, Vandalize Homes
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
Illegal Israeli settlers, on Monday, punctured the tires of Palestinian-owned vehicles, in the occupied West Bank town of As-Sawiya, south of Nablus Alray reported. Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, monitors illegal settlement activities said that Israeli colonists stormed the town of As-Sawiya and cut the tires of more than eight vehicles. …
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Army Demolishes A Home, Displacing disabled Mother, 8 Children, In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-09
The Israeli authorities demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, displacing 10 Palestinians, including a physically challenged mother and eight children. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that dozens of soldiers, police officers and personnel of the City …
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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

Radical Reforms: Disbanding Police Forces in the US
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
"I've been saying for the last several years … American policing is at a crossroads."

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

The Health Risks of 5G Radiofrequency Radiation Technology
Prof. Tom Butler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Inroduction | This short critical review explores the findings of extant research on the health risks posed by 5G technologies that emit radiofrequency radiation (RFR)1. It also provides evidence that the processes by which policy decisions have been made concerning the …
globalresearch.ca/review-health-risks-radiofrequency-radiation-employed-5g-technology-implications-uk-policymaking/5715481

The Use of of Damaging Dicamba Pesticides on Farmers in America

| globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
On June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the new over-the-top use registrations of dicamba formulations XtendiMax, FeXapan, and Engenia are null and void, effective immediately. The ruling was crystal clear: These pesticides can …
globalresearch.ca/joint-statement-national-family-farm-coalition-center-food-safety-center-biological-diversity-pesticide-action-network-north-america-petitioners-national-family-farm-coalition-epa-monsanto/5715446

Deutsche Bank Close to Bankruptcy
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
It seems that collapse of the institution would destroy global financial system. | Deutsche Bank, one of Europe's largest banks, recently asked hundreds of its managers to voluntarily renounce receiving their monthly salaries, complying with the bank's program to try to …
globalresearch.ca/deutsche-bank-bankruptcy/5715463

No-win: Britain's Inevitable International Car Crash
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Leaving aside personal political allegiances for one moment, it should not be forgotten that without doubt, the cabinet run by Boris Johnson is the least experienced to lead the country, probably since the first Labour party win in 1924. It …
globalresearch.ca/britain-international-car-crash/5715451

US Dollar Cycle Points to New All-time Highs for Gold
Hubert Moolman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
The US Dollar index is not a true measure of value of the US dollar. It just tracks an "exchange rate" between the US dollar and a basket of significant fiat currencies. | For a true measure of value of the …
globalresearch.ca/us-dollar-cycle-points-new-all-time-highs-gold/5715469

A Pipelineistan Fable for Our Times
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-09
Once upon a time in Pipelineistan, tales of woe were the norm. Shattered dreams littered the chessboard

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

The World Health Organization comes under new US attack for its relationship to China
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
China and the WHO are useful scapegoats for the systematic neglect of the health and lives of millions of people on the part of the Trump administration and other imperialist governments…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/who-j09.html

Inauthentic Behavior: SouthFront is the Latest Victim of the Facebook Banhammer
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-09
The censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread. The latest victim to fall to Facebook and YouTube's overzealous banhammer is well-known conflict watchdog website, SouthFront.
mintpressnews.com/inauthentic-behavior-southfront-latest-victim-facebook-banhammer/268408/

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-2/5715474

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/5715394

Iran to Execute Alleged CIA Spy Involved in Killing of Ex-Quds Commander Soleimani
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-06-09
On 3 January, a US drone strike, authorised by President Donald Trump, killed Qasem Soleimani and Shia militia commander Abu Mahdi Muhandis who both were in a car at the Baghdad International Airport. Iran's judiciary spokesman has announced that a citizen of the Islamic Republic, who allegedly provided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with …
iranian.com/2020/06/09/iran-to-execute-alleged-cia-spy-involved-in-killing-of-ex-quds-commander-soleimani/

Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: "We Are Being Governed by An Oligarchy"
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-09
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: Can Europe survive the Covid-19 crisis? | Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: It depends on what you mean by "survive". Complex societies don't "die"; something always remains–the question is: what? If you mean the European Union or the European Monetary Union, will they still exist when the virus has left? Of course. If you ask if the virus is undermining them, I think one must not forget that both EU and EMU were already undermining themselves before the pandemic; remember Brexit? Also remember the tensions between Germany and the Mediterranean countries, and between Germany in particular and the…
ahtribune.com/interview/4214-wolfgang-streeck.html

Johnson government falls in behind Washington's economic war with China
wsws.org | 2020-06-09
The "Get Brexit Done/Global Britain" perspective has been exposed as a chimera.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/09/hong-j09.html

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/

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/

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/

SouthFront Is Censored under Cover of Pandemic
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-09
Introducing SouthFront | Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and maps about the conflict in Syria? Detailed reports about the conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Venezuela? News about the rise of ISIS in Mozambique? Original analysis of events in the US and Russia? SouthFront is the place. | SouthFront is unique and influential, reaching a global audience of hundreds of thousands. They have opinion articles but their reports and videos are informational and factual. Their website says, | "SouthFront focuses on issues of international relations, armed conflicts and cri…
ahtribune.com/culture-media/4211-southfront-is-censored.html

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

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

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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

Eiffel Tower reopens on June 25, after longest closure since WWII
rt.com | 2020-06-09
Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower will welcome back visitors on June 25, after its longest closure since World War II, those responsible for its management said on Tuesday. | One of France's most popular tourist attractions, it had been forced to shut for more than three months, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. | Wearing a face mask will be compulsory for all visitors aged 11 or older after the reopening, according to Reuters. | The French government started to ease lockdown measures in the country from mid-May, the Palace of Versailles reopened on June 6 and the Louvre will welcome back visitors from July 6.
rt.com/newsline/491320-france-paris-eiffel-tower/

NOT 'very rare': WHO WALKS BACK claim on asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-06-09
The World Health Organization has qualified its bombshell claim that asymptomatic people rarely infect others with Covid-19, scrambling to explain how its earlier statement was misinterpreted and based on a "misunderstanding." | WHO coronavirus lead Maria Van Kerkhove attempted on Tuesday to clear up controversy around her previous claim that asymptomatic transmission was "very rare," insisting she had been speaking based on the results of just "two or three" studies. To claim asymptomatic transmission is rare globally would be a "misunderstanding," she explained. | "I was just responding to a question, I wasn…
rt.com/news/491327-who-reverses-coronavirus-asymptomatic-transmission/

Austria 'may open borders' to Italy & over 20 European states as Salzburg Festival begins on August 1
rt.com | 2020-06-09
Austria will reopen its borders to Italy and more than 20 other European countries next week, officials were quoted as saying on Tuesday. The move could ease tensions with Rome after Vienna singled its southern neighbor out for continued coronavirus-related checks. | Details of the decision will be finalized at a ministerial meeting on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing officials. The Foreign Ministry has not commented on the report. | The Salzburg Festival of classical music, Europe's top festival, announced on Tuesday it will stage a reduced 100th anniversary celebration, with capacities limited to about 50…
rt.com/newsline/491283-austria-salzburg-borders-italy/

Police chief ousted for backing 'gun-toting' vigilantes who defended small town from alleged 'Antifa threat'
rt.com | 2020-06-09
Amid rumors of an impending Antifa invasion, a number of armed individuals gathered in the small town of Snohomish, Washington, and were praised for doing so by the town's sheriff. He has now been demoted for his support. | Snohomish Police Chief Keith Rogers was ousted amid a slew of complaints after his vocal support for a gathering of several hundred "armed vigilantes" who converged on the town of 9,000 inhabitants on May 31. | www.facebook.com/SnohomishPD/posts/1412336185625305 | Rogers was criticized for referring to the gathering as a "festive night of tailgating and celebratory pleasantries." De…
rt.com/usa/491299-police-chief-ousted-vigilantes-antifa/

Apple 'planning to ditch Intel's chips' in big hardware move
rt.com | 2020-06-09
Tech giant Apple is reportedly on the cusp of announcing a shift to its own main processors in Macs, ending a 15-year partnership with Intel Corp. The move comes two years after a major security flaw was found in Intel processors. | …
rt.com/news/491336-apple-macs-replacing-intel-chips/

Rouhani stresses expansion of economic coop. with Kyrgyzstan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
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Iran records 2,095 new COVID-19 infections, 74 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA)

World Oceans Day: get united to protect precious waterbodies
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)

A trip to Nahavand's nature in Hamedan Prov
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-09
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

All Iranian soldiers ready for self-sacrifice to preserve security
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)

Iran's re-export of fishery products to EU kicks off despite US sanctions
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)

Belarus congratulates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker
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)

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

New York Assembly Passes Bill Removing Protections for Police Officer Disciplinary Records
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-09
On Tuesday evening, the New York Assembly passed a bill by a 101-43 vote that would allow disciplinary records of police officers to be released. It would repeal a law that has been used since 1976 to prevent the public from becoming aware of police misconduct.
sputniknews.com/us/202006091079571213-new-york-assembly-passes-bill-removing-protections-for-police-officer-disciplinary-records/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

Pushed by National Uprising, Democratic Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Overhaul Policing
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
The new measure includes provisions to ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants and limits transfers of military-grade equipment to local law enforcement. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/police-reform-bill.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/08/pushed-national-uprising-democratic-lawmakers-unveil-legislation-overhaul-policing?cd-origin=rss

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

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/

Decolonize 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/

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/

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

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/

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

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

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/

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

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

"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

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

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

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/

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/

Dozens Abducted by Israeli Forces in Occupied Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-08
Occupying Israeli forces have kidnapped dozens of Palestinians Monday in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center said in a report. | RELATED: | What's Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini | Citing local sources, the report said at least 29 Palestinians were abducted, including a woman and three minors, after Israeli forces broke into…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dozens-Abducted-by-Israeli-Forces-in-Occupied-Palestine-20200608-0013.html

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

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

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

Montreal Police Disperse Peaceful Protesters With Tear Gas
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-08
Demonstrators were gassed Monday in Montreal, Canada as they were protesting against racism and police brutality. | RELATED: | Europe Protests in Support of US Anti-Racist Uprising Continue | Protester gathered in the center of this Canadian city to march peacefully, as part of the global display of repudiation stirred by George Floyd's murder last May 25, suffocated to death when in custody by U.S police. | This is the second time in a week when people take Montreal streets to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Montreal-Police-Disperse-Peaceful-Demonstrators-With-Gas-20200608-0011.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/

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/

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

Time Served and $25 a Month in Fines in First Sentencing of Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Activists
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
"I don't apologize for it," said sentenced activist Elizabeth McAlister. "I think the weapons are completely destructive of life." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kbp_group_2_signs_horiz.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/08/time-served-and-25-month-fines-first-sentencing-kings-bay-plowshares-anti-nuclear?cd-origin=rss

White residents wash black priests' feet during George Floyd vigil in US
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Several white locals washed the feet of black pastors during a prayer for George Floyd in North Carolina, invoking a religious rite that sparked a flurry of divisive comments online. | The ritual, which was organized by pastors Faith and Soboma Wokoma in Cary, North Carolina, was part of a prayer walk for black Minnesota man George Floyd, who died in police custody in late May. | Protesters, which included Black Lives Matter activists, first observed eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence to mark the length of time that a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd's neck before he died. | In addition to…
rt.com/usa/491151-black-pastors-feet-washing/

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/

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

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

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

The global protests and the fight against capitalism
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
The global wave of demonstrations against police violence is the response to decades of unending war, the destruction of basic democratic rights, and a massive concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny ruling elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/pers-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

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

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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/

Transparency and change in the US under Democrats? 'Don't be fooled,' says UN torture expert
rt.com | 2020-06-08
The notion that the Democratic Party would be better than Republicans at delivering transparency and accountability is flawed, because US government impunity is "systemic," UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has said. | With the November presidential election looming and protests raging across the US following the police killing of George Floyd, many on the Left are insisting that change will only come if people "vote Democrat" and "vote blue no matter who." | Yet, Democrats taking the wheel in January 2021 would not necessarily bring any significant change in terms of transparency and accountability…
rt.com/usa/491188-melzer-un-democrats-accountability/

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

Governor Cuomo's Pandemic Wealthcare Plan
Michael Kink , Kevin Connor | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
It's time for Cuomo to work with elected officials in the state legislature. They—not the billionaires—are the representatives of the people in our democracy. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cuomo_primary_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/08/governor-cuomos-pandemic-wealthcare-plan?cd-origin=rss

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

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/

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/

Four Numbers that Show America's Disdain for Its Most Vulnerable People
Paul Buchheit | commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
A recipient carries a box of food as others wait in line at a Food Bank distribution for those in need as the coronavirus pandemic continues on April 9, 2020 in Van Nuys, California. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/food_trump_coronavirus_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/08/four-numbers-show-americas-disdain-its-most-vulnerable-people?cd-origin=rss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

This week in history: June 8-14
wsws.org | 2020-06-08
25 years ago: France ends moratorium on nuclear weapons testing in the PacificOn June 13, 1995, the French government announced that it would resume nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific. French President Jacques Chirac decided to end the three-year moratorium on nuclear testing, citing France's "higher interests," just shy of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in World War Two–earning himself the hostile label "Hirochirac."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/08/twih-j08.html

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

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/

"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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

US: Minneapolis Council Pledge New Alternative Police Model
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-08
The city council of Minneapolis Sunday announced that the city's police department would implement a new model after the killing of George Floyd. | RELATED: | China's Exports Rose in May, While Imports Fell Amid COVID-19 | "In Minneapolis and cities across the U.S., it is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe," Minneapolis city council president Lisa Bender said. | Minneapolis councilmembers pledged to build a community-led police model, as an alte…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-minneapolis-council-pledged-for-an-alternative-police-model-20200608-0002.html

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

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

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/

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/

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

62% Of Big Oil, Gas, And Mining Corporations Score Small Business Bailout Funds
commondreams.org | 2020-06-08
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/06/08/62-big-oil-gas-and-mining-corporations-score-small-business-bailout-funds?cd-origin=rss

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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-23-palestinians-in-occupied-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-abduct-23-palestinians-in-occupied-jerusalem

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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-military-razes-land-in-gaza-set-up-mobile-homes-in-west-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-military-razes-land-in-gaza-set-up-mobile-homes-in-west-bank

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Venezuela-Bound Oil Tankers Tracked by Iranian Satellite: IRGC General
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-06-08
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Space Division said the homegrown 'Noor' (light) satellite that was launched into space in April is fully operational and has been used to track the oil tankers that recently carried fuel to Venezuela. In an exclusive interview with Tasnim, Brigadier General Ali Jafarabadi highlighted the IRGC's …
iranian.com/2020/06/08/venezuela-bound-oil-tankers-tracked-by-iranian-satellite-irgc-general/

Did Napoleon Bonaparte Offer Nader Shah's Son the Peacock Throne?
Farid Parsa | iranian.com | 2020-06-08
Napoleon was inspired by Nader Shah's military conquests. He must have read the biography of Nader Shah which was in print by 1770 in French translation. The book was written by Nader's personal historian, Minister Mirza Mehdi Khan and was translated first into English by Sir William Jones. Nader Shah, a Turkic peasant became a great military …
iranian.com/2020/06/07/did-napoleon-bonaparte-offer-nader-shahs-son-the-peacock-throne/

Syria Sends Advisors to Aid US Rebels
Addison Blu | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
WASHINGTON

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

Million-pound fund a "step change" for innovative coronavirus research
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-08
Community Jameel and Imperial College London have created a new fund to support the scale-up of crucial COVID-19 projects.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197914/million-pound-fund-step-change-innovative-coronavirus

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

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/

'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/

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/

24yo suspected looter charged with first-degree murder of retired black cop David Dorn
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Police have charged Stephan Cannon, a 24-year-old local man, with the killing of retired police captain David Dorn during riots in St. Louis. The veteran cop was shot dead while confronting looters. | Also on rt.com | | CCTV footage released by police shows armed people in looted shop near where black cop David Dorn was killed | Cannon, who was one of the "persons of interest" seen ransacking a St. Louis pawn shop on surveillance footage last Monday, was charged with the murder of Dorn, a black police captain who retired after serving over 38 years o…
rt.com/usa/491148-black-captain-murder-suspect-charged/

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
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/

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/

CrossFit loses corporate partnerships after CEO mocks 'racism is a public health issue' virtue-signal
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Athletic brand Reebok and several affiliate gyms have canceled their partnerships with fitness giant CrossFit after its CEO tweeted a mocking response to a statement calling racism a "public health issue." | CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman might have cost his company millions with just 13 characters. After he replied to a tweet from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation calling racism and discrimination "critical public health issues that demand an urgent response" by quipping "It's FLOYD-19," Reebok and affiliate gyms hurried to distance themselves from the popular fitness brand. | It's FLOYD-19.–…
rt.com/usa/491146-crossfit-ceo-floyd-controversy-affiliates/

WATCH: Mysterious FIREBALL lights up skies in eastern US, burns so bright it was seen from Canada
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Stunning video shows an incredibly bright fireball lighting up the skies above Tennessee, but the as-yet-unexplained phenomenon was so bright that it was visible from as far north as Canada. | The American Meteor Society received at least 120 reports from 12 states across the US –and several from Ontario in Canada– about an extremely bright object in the sky. Despite the number of observers, so far only one video of the fireball has appeared online. | Fireball caught over Knoxville, TN last night | This fireball has been see from IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV & Ontario! We received 1…
rt.com/usa/491209-mysterious-fireball-eastern-united-states-video/

2,043 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: spokseman
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)

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

Indian ship evacuating nationals from Iranian port of Bandar Abbas
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)

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

Authority of Armed forces due to popularity: Ghalibaf
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)

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)

VIDEO: Canadian former MP talks of racial violence, police brutality over Floyd's death
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/

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/

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

'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

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

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

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…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/theres-a-much-better-way-to-create-forest-jobs-than-ron-wydens-big-timber-welfare-act-pass-nrepa-instead/

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/

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