2020-06-19: Social Media Postees

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[Comment] Framing health stories: Highlights 2020 photography competition open for submissions
Joanna Palmer | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
The video and pictures of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, USA, as police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck while he pleaded that he could not breathe, as well as photographs of subsequent anti-racism protests around the world, are some of the most powerful images this year. These pictures highlight the devastating impacts of structural racism and the deep inequities in our societies, and have given renewed urgency to the Black Lives Matter movement. This year has also brought moving and sometimes shocking photographs of health-care staff working in challenging conditions–too often…
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[Perspectives] Seeing COVID-19 through José Saramago's Blindness
Daniel Marchalik, Dmitriy Petrov | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Some 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the emotional devastation, socioeconomic impacts, and pressures on front-line health-care workers continue to shape our world. While words cannot always do justice to the extent of individual suffering from this disease, fiction can sometimes offer a way to process the present moment, and this feels particularly true of Portuguese writer José Saramago's Blindness (1995).
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[World Report] COVID-19 resurgence in Iran
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Iran was one of the first countries to experience a COVID-19 epidemic, and began relaxing restrictions in April, but cases have since rebounded. Sharmila Devi reports.
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[Comment] Wakley Prize Essay 2020: medicine and plain truths in a pandemic year
Niall Boyce, Bianca Brandon, Gabriella Merry, Joanna Palmer, Jonathan Pimm, Maneet Virdi | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
"Sorrow and Truth, sit you on either side of me, whilst I am relieved of this deadly burden…Lend me art, without any counterfeit shadowing, to paint and delineate to the life the whole story of this mortal and pestiferous battle."1 When London-based Renaissance author Thomas Dekker came to write his account of the 1603 plague outbreak, he renounced the "silver-tongued muses", feeling that only plain words and plain truth could do justice to the moment. Four centuries on, the COVID-19 pandemic demands a similar response.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31415-X/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Men's health: COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for overdue policy action
Peter Baker, Alan White, Rosemary Morgan | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a cruel light on the state of men's health globally. In 38 out of 43 countries for which provisional data were available, as of June 10, 2020, more men than women have died from COVID-19 despite a similar number of confirmed cases in each sex.1 In several countries, including the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, and Spain, about twice as many men as women have died from COVID-19.1 International Men's Health Week on June 15–21 is an opportune time to focus attention on this issue and the need for a new and systematic approach to improve the health of men generally.
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[Editorial] Global governance for COVID-19 vaccines
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered serious gaps in the health-care systems of many nations. In particular, it exposes a fragmented global governance system that does not have the structures to coordinate the pooling and sharing of resources needed to combat pandemics. Since the early days of the pandemic, medical protectionism has emerged as nations scrambled for their own stocks of personal protective equipment and ventilators. COVID-19 vaccines could be the next example. Already there is a danger of a vaccine bidding war, with governments competing for a limited number of doses, well before a vaccine even reac…
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[Comment] Tranexamic acid for severe gastrointestinal bleeding
Anders Perner, Morten Hylander Mà∏ller | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Severe gastrointestinal bleeding is frequent and associated with use of blood products and endoscopic and invasive procedures, including emergency surgery, which increases the risk of mortality.1 Interventions to stop bleeding include the use (often in an escalating manner) of proton-pump inhibitors, transfusion of blood products, therapeutic endoscopy, endovascular coiling, and open laparotomy.1,2 Tranexamic acid is also used in some patients in an attempt to inhibit blood clot breakdown by fibrinolysis that can occur in some cases.
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[Correspondence] Testing rimegepant for migraine–time to revise the trial design? — Authors' reply
Robert Croop, Peter J Goadsby, David A Stock, Richard B Lipton | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
We thank Sara Gasparini and colleagues for their critique of our work.1 In stating that single-attack studies of acute treatments for migraine with no active comparator have major problems in their methods, however, they ignore their own recommendation that clinical studies should take regulatory requirements and the needs of clinical practice into account.2 Studies of single migraine attacks are the global standard for establishing the efficacy of acute treatments of migraine and the cornerstone of regulatory approval in the USA.
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[Correspondence] Testing rimegepant for migraine–time to revise the trial design?
Sara Gasparini, Claudia Torino, Damiano Branca, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Umberto Aguglia | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
We read with interest the results of the phase 3 trial by Robert Croop and colleagues1 on the use of rimegepant for treatment of acute migraine. We feel that this study, like other similarly designed trials, has major problems in its methods, which suggests caution should be taken when examining the results.
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[Correspondence] Doing meaningful systematic reviews is no gravy train
Hans Lund, Carsten Juhl | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Imagine all the scientific papers, it is not hard to do. But, imagine all these papers without any kind of syntheses or summing up: it would be returning to "intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and pathophysiologic rationale as sufficient grounds for clinical decision making".1 No doubt, a systematic review is not the perfect solution and faces a lot of challenges, not least the ones highlighted by Richard Horton2 and Ian Roberts.3…
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[World Report] Plain packaging ruling hailed as a victory for tobacco control
John Zarocostas | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
The decision of the World Trade Organization's appeals body is expected to spur more countries to implement similar stringent packaging laws. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
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[Correspondence] Doing meaningful systematic reviews is no gravy train
Jaap J van Netten, Sicco A Bus, Nicolaas C Schaper, Jan Apelqvist, Benjamin A Lipsky | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Richard Horton1 questions the reliability of systematic reviews. We agree that it is time to "hear this story".1 However, we would like to suggest a way to move forward with meaningful systematic reviews.
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[Correspondence] Cancer and cardiovascular disease
Jonathan P S Knisely, Sonia A Henry, Shahryar G Saba, Lindsay L Puckett | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Helen Strongman and colleagues1 provide valuable information on cardiovascular consequences that affect adults surviving a wide range of common cancers. We are concerned that some important signals might be obscured by inadequate data on known risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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[Correspondence] Antipsychotics for schizophrenia and substance misuse — Authors' reply
Maximilian Huhn, Myrto Samara, Stefan Leucht | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Alain Dervaux raises concerns about the generalisability of our findings in patients with schizophrenia who also have comorbid substance abuse disorder. Indeed, in our analysis we excluded studies in which patients had specific characteristics, such as first episode patients, patients with predominantly negative symptoms, treatment-resistant patients, and patients with comorbid substance abuse disorder (as stated in our protocol registered at PROSPERO, CRD42014014919). The basis of this decision was to preserve transitivity.
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[Correspondence] Cancer and cardiovascular disease — Authors' reply
Helen Strongman, Alexander R Lyon, Isabel dos Santos Silva, Liam Smeeth, Krishnan Bhaskaran | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
We thank Nasra Alam and colleagues and Jonathan Knisely and colleagues for their comments about our cohort study.1…
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[Correspondence] Cancer and cardiovascular disease
Nasra Alam, Alison K Wright, Darren M Ashcroft, Andrew G Renehan | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
Helen Strongman and colleagues1 concluded that "survivors of most site-specific cancers had increased medium-term to long-term risk for one or more cardiovascular diseases compared with that for the general population." The accompanying Comment2 argued that there should be further research into whether cancer should be included in cardiovascular risk prediction tools and refers to cardiovascular models such as Framingham3 and the Pooled Cohort Equations.4…
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[Articles] Effects of a high-dose 24-h infusion of tranexamic acid on death and thromboembolic events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (HALT-IT): an international randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
The HALT-IT Trial Collaborators | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
We found that tranexamic acid did not reduce death from gastrointestinal bleeding. On the basis of our results, tranexamic acid should not be used for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding outside the context of a randomised trial.
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[Correspondence] Antipsychotics for schizophrenia and substance misuse
Alain Dervaux | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
In their network meta-analysis of the efficacy and tolerability of 32 oral antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, Maximillian Huhn and colleagues1 found some efficacy differences between antipsychotics. However, treatment studies in patients with schizophrenia have generally excluded those with past or current substance use disorders. A systematic review and meta-analysis showed that schizophrenia and substance use disorder comorbidity was highly prevalent among adults (41 ∑7%).
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Yemen: Saudi Airstrike Kills Four Children as UN Removes Kingdom From List of Child Killers
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-19
Adrianne Lapar, director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict said the decision "sends the message that powerful actors can get away with killing children."
mintpressnews.com/yemen-airstrike-kills-children-un-saudi-arabia-human-rights-blacklist/268718/

Lesser of Two Evils: Chomsky vs. Greenwald . . . and the Ignored Factor
Bruce E. Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Noam Chomsky believes that it is so imperative that Trump be defeated that he will vote for Biden, while Glenn Greenwald challenges the political strategy of the lesser-of-two-evils dictum. It is difficult to imagine anyone more intellectually commanding than Chomsky, but Greenwald is no inferior. Chomsky and Greenwald are unbroken, rational warriors who apply contrasting…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/lesser-of-two-evils-chomsky-vs-greenwald-and-the-ignored-factor/

Ten-Point agenda for the Global South after COVID-19
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-06-19
In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly passed a New International Economic Order (NIEO), which was driven by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
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Speight of Black Men Found Hanged Sparks Fears of Wave of Racist Terror
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-19
As the nation grapples with long-simmering racial tensions reignited by the murder of George Floyd, a series of suspicious hanging deaths of black men is sparking fears of a new wave of anti-black terror.
mintpressnews.com/speight-of-suspicious-hanging-deaths-sparks-fears-of-fresh-racist-terror/268709/

Polls: Four Weeks of Protest Have Radically Altered American Views on Police
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-19
American voters now support sweeping changes to policing; 83 percent want a ban on racial profiling, 92 percent want police to be required to wear body cameras and White Americans' concern over police violence has increased by 50 percent since 2019.
mintpressnews.com/polls-four-weeks-of-protest-have-radically-altered-american-views-on-police/268733/

[Comment] The Lancet Commission on dengue and other Aedes-transmitted viral diseases
Annelies Wilder-Smith, Steven W Lindsay, Thomas W Scott, Eng Eong Ooi, Duane J Gubler, Pamela Das | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
The past 50 years have seen the emergence of epidemic arboviral diseases transmitted by the urban mosquito, Aedes aegypti. More than 120 countries are affected by frequent and cyclical dengue epidemics that result in an estimated annual 400 million infections and 100 million symptomatic cases.1 Chikungunya virus re-emerged in 2004 from east Africa and spread to Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Europe.2,3 Zika virus spread from sub-Saharan Africa through Asia and the Pacific to the Americas, where it caused a major outbreak associated with severe birth defects and neurological complications.
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Trump Signed a Bill Calling for Sanctions Against China's So-called "Treatment of Uighurs"
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Leaked excerpts from the upcoming memoir The Room Where It Happened has made stunning allegations against U.S. President Donald Trump. Former U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton, claims in his book that Trump attempted to interfere in a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-signed-bill-calling-sanctions-against-china-so-called-treatment-uighurs/5716481

'Black Lives Matter' Is International
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-19
Corte Madera, California – The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th was the spark that ignited the tinder of accrued injustice throughout the US and globally. This injustice has deep antecedents in the US and indeed in much of what is now called the Global South. There is a shared history of colonial conquest of the Indigenous and the abominable institution of the enslavement of African peoples. | What happened has its roots in systemic oppression that has resonated internationally. Just as the police suffocated George Floyd, US unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua,…
popularresistance.org/black-lives-matter-is-international/

[Comment] Offline: A novel solution to live with coronavirus
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
"Could you spare half an hour for me to get your advice on a potential safe and effective (and rapid) way out of the UK's current situation?" The text message was from a professor of medicine and epidemiology at an English university. I called him. He had an extraordinary proposal. Given where the country is now, he said, we needed more radical ideas about not only how to save lives but also how to save the economy. The country is collapsing. This coronavirus will be with us for some time. We can't live in lockdown forever.
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99 Years Later, Wounds of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Have "Never Been Remedied"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-19
President Trump's first campaign rally since the start of the pandemic takes place Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, despite a spike of COVID-19 cases there. Trump rescheduled the rally to Saturday after facing backlash for saying it would happen on Juneteenth — a celebration of African Americans' liberation from slavery — amid a nationwide uprising against racism and police brutality. Tulsa is also the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history, when a white mob in 1921 killed as many as 300 people in a thriving African American business district known as "Black Wall Street." For more on this…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/19/tulsa_oklahoma_history_and_present

Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Liberation & Day to Remember "Horrific System That Was Slavery"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-19
June 19 is Juneteenth, celebrating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black people in the United States learned they had been freed from bondage. As momentum grows to enshrine it as a national holiday, we speak with author and historian Gerald Horne, who says that while the story of Juneteenth is "much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented," increased recognition of the day "provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of this horrific system that was slavery."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/19/juneteenth_history

[Obituary] Larry Kramer
Andrew Green | thelancet.com | 2020-06-20
HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist and author. Born in Bridgeport, CT, USA, on June 25, 1935, he died of pneumonia on May 27, 2020, in New York, NY, USA, aged 84 years.
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How DREAMers Defeated Trump: Supreme Court DACA Win Shows "Sustained Pressure of Activism" Works
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-19
In a 5-4 decision led by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Trump's attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The federal program created by President Obama in 2012 protects from deportation about 700,000 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. Luis Cortes, one of the lawyers who defended DACA at the Supreme Court, says the key to the victory was being able to share the stories of DACA recipients. "What moved Chief Justice Roberts in our case was the stories," says Cortes, who is a DACA recipient himself. We also speak with Erika Andiola, advo…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/19/daca_scotus

The 'Palestinian Chair': Exposing Israel's Direct Role in US Violence
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is, once more, shedding light on US-Israeli collaboration in the fields of security and crowd-control. From California to New York, and from Washington State to Minneapolis,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/the-palestinian-chair-exposing-israels-direct-role-in-us-violence/

Loose Cannon Pompeo. No Breakthroughs in US-China Meeting in Hawaii
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
On Wednesday, Pompeo met with China's Yang Jiechi. | He holds several high-level positions in Beijing, including CPC Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission director. | Both officials met in Hawaii, the meeting requested by Pompeo at at a time of dismal …
globalresearch.ca/no-breakthroughs-us-china-meeting-ease-tensions/5716455

Roaming Charges: Nothing But Rednecks for 400 Years, If You Check
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back, you look and find Nothing but rednecks for four hundred years, if you check — Public Enemy + Almost every violent act committed by police in the US is already illegal. Making these acts more illegal won't change police behavior. Making these…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/roaming-charges-nothing-but-rednecks-for-400-years-if-you-check/

Roaming Charges: Nothing But Rednecks for 400 Years, If You Check
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find Nothing but rednecks for four hundred years, if you check — Public Enemy + Almost every violent act committed by police in the US is already illegal. Making these acts more illegal won't change police behavior. Making these…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/roaming-charges-nothing-but-rednecks-for-400-years-if-you-check/

From the Covid-19 Battle Can Come Unstoppable Citizen Power to Propel "Full Medicare for All" Through Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Frontline healthcare, transit, and grocery clerk workers are too busy risking their lives helping and saving people exposed to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic to see themselves emerging as the force that can overcome decades of commercial obstruction to full Medicare for All. These heroic, courageous, and selfless people are getting the job done, often without…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/from-the-covid-19-battle-can-come-unstoppable-citizen-power-to-propel-full-medicare-for-all-through-congress/

High Court says California can stay a sanctuary state
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-19
WASHINGTON–By a 7-2 vote, but without a written decision being issued, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled California can stay a sanctuary state for undocumented people — a position the state's union movement strongly pushed to passage several years ago. Technically, the justices rejected the anti-Hispanic anti-migrant GOP Trump regime's demand the justices hear the …
peoplesworld.org/article/high-court-says-california-can-stay-a-sanctuary-state/

Latino groups, AFL-CIO hail Supreme Court's pro-DACA decision
Mark Gruenberg, Roberta Wood | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-19
WASHINGTON–Immigrant rights groups, the AFL-CIO and other human rights organizations hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's June 18 decision which effectively leaves in place the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and blocks President Donald Trump's long campaign to end DACA and toss its 700,000 recipients — the Dreamers — out of the country. …
peoplesworld.org/article/latino-groups-afl-cio-hail-supreme-courts-pro-daca-decision/

Climate Crisis: Keystone XL Supreme, Cap and Trade Takes Hit and California Geoengineering
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-19
The Trump administration tries to push Keystone XL to the US Supreme Court, California's appellate court rules on cap and trade, and California's governor backs away–but not really–from solar radiation geoengineering.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-keystone-xl-supreme-cap-and-trade-takes-hit-and-california-geoengineering

Video: Idlib Al-Qaeda Promotes Its 'Successes' in Fight Against Syrian Army
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces are amassing their troops and equipment near the town of Ayn Issa in northern Raqqah. This town, located near the crossroad of the M4 highway and the Sanliurfa-Raqqah road, has been the …
globalresearch.ca/idlib-al-qaeda-promotes-successes-fight-against-syrian-army/5716425

Barbaric U.S. Sanctions on Syria Are Futile Extension of Failed Regime-Change War
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-19
A total blockade of war-torn Syria is the desired effect of sweeping new sanctions imposed this week by the United States. The purpose is to prevent the Arab nation from achieving reconstruction and international normalization after suffering nearly a decade of war. | Washington's objective is to make regime change in Damascus inevitable by making social conditions in the country as unbearable for the population as it possibly can. | With cruel Orwellian irony, the American sanctions implemented this week bear the words "Syria Civilian Protection Act". | The U.S. legislation was passed by both parties in the Cong…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/19/barbaric-us-sanctions-on-syria-futile-extension-of-failed-regime-change-war/

Russia Denies that Putin Tried to Block UN Security Council Recognition of Palestine
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-19
Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, denied that President Vladimir Putin had blocked a 2016 UN Security Council's resolution that recognizes Palestinian statehood on the 1967 border lines. Zakharov's remarks came during a press briefing on Wednesday, in which she responded to claims by an Israeli online newspaper, Israel …
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The Caesar Act: The Latest Western Attack on Syria Didn't Drop From a Plane
Eva Bartlett | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-19
As Syria struggles to recover from over a decade of US-imposed conflict, it faces a new deadly threat in the form of sweeping sanctions under the Caesar Act.
mintpressnews.com/caesar-act-latest-western-attack-syria-didnt-drop-from-plane/268697/

How Workers Can Win the Class War Being Waged Against Them
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Organized labor led no mass opposition to Trump's presidency or the December 2017 tax cut or the failed U.S. preparation for and management of COVID-19. Nor do we yet see a labor-led national protest against the worst mass firing since the 1930s Great Depression. All of these events, but especially the unemployment, mark an employers' class war against employees. The U.S. government directs it, but the employers as a class inspire and benefit the most from it.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/how-workers-can-win-the-class-war-being-waged-against-them/

How Workers Can Win the Class War Being Waged Upon Them
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-06-19
We need to recognize the class war that is underway and commit to fighting it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-workers-can-win-the-class-war-being-waged-upon-them/

San Antonio activists seek justice, demand reopening of police killings
Rachell Tucker | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-19
Like in other places around the country, thousands are in the streets in San Antonio demanding justice for victims of national significance like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, but also for local victims of police terror.
liberationnews.org/san-antonio-activists-see-justice-demand-reopening-of-police-killings/

The Narrative of the Leakers: "Collateral Murder" and the Assange Indictment
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
When the superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia against Julian Assange on May 23, 2019, there was one glaring omission. It was an achievement, it might even be said the achievement, that gave the WikiLeaks publisher and the organisation justified notoriety. Collateral Murder, as the leaked…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/the-narrative-of-the-leakers-collateral-murder-and-the-assange-indictment/

March set for RNC in Jacksonville: 'We can't breathe'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-19
Jacksonville, FL — The Coalition to March on the RNC applied for permits from the city of Jacksonville, June 17, to hold a rally and march opposed to Donald Trump and the Republican National Convention. | The main slogan of the event will be "We Can't Breathe — Defeat Donald Trump." The Coalition to March on the RNC will seek to emphasize the Black-led struggle against police brutality under the past four years of Trump in office. The Coalition also stands for a people's agenda — money for living-wage jobs, education, universal healthcare, peace and equality. | The Coalition to March on the RNC…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/19/march-set-rnc-jacksonville-we-can-t-breathe

Eight SNA soldiers martyred in YPG/PKK attack in N Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
At least eight soldiers of the Syrian National Army (SNA) were martyred in an attack carried out by the YPG/PKK terrorist group in Afrin, northwestern Syria.From Tal Rifat district, terrorists attempted to infiltrate front lines in Bassouta region in the south of Afrin province.The terrorist group continued to target Syrian National Army and civilian settlements in Afrin and Azaz provinces from Tal Rifat despite a Turkey-Russia deal that foresees their withdrawal from the region.On Oct. 9, 2019, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eight-sna-soldiers-martyred-in-ypg-pkk-attack-in-n-syria-3532536

Russia to assess Arctic fuel spill damage by July 1
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Russia's environmental watchdog will finish its assessment of the damage done by last month's fuel spill in the Arctic city of Norilsk by July 1, it said on Friday.Some 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked into rivers and subsoil on May 29 in Norilsk, home to mining giant Norilsk Nickel , in an incident that Greenpeace has compared to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-to-assess-arctic-fuel-spill-damage-by-july-1-3532502

Minnesota mass gathering participants eligible for COVID-19 testing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-19
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently announced that any Minnesota resident who participated in a protest, vigil, or other mass gathering, including first responders, are eligible to receive a COVID-19 test. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Minnesota are helping to support public health departments in local communities and have …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/minnesota-mass-gathering-participants-eligible-for-covid-19-testing/

Lebanon's people are demanding structural change
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
Bachir Nakhal of the Lebanese Communist Party analyses the recent protests in Lebanon in the aftermath of the relaxation of COVID-19-related restrictions. He explains the key demands raised by the protesters and how the left has been organizing during the COVID-19 crisis.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/lebanons-people-are-demanding-structural-change/

Was It Only "Fear Itself?": FDR and Today
Gary Olson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-19
Police and National Guard Attacking Protestors Outside the White House in 2020 (Erin Schaff, New York Times) "Movement" politics is how the people flex their power, while electoral politics under the corporate duopoly is the domain of the moneyed classes. — Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report While it's myth that after the stock market crash …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/was-it-only-fear-itself-fdr-and-today/

Riots: An All-American Tradition
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
The most noteworthy aspect of the series of popular demonstrations in response to the "police lynchings" of African-Americans that have occured over the last few years may well be how few riots have taken place. The term "riot" has been widely invoked to describe the protest movement that emerged in the wake of the Minneapolis…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/riots-an-all-american-tradition/

Twin Histories: Segregation and Police Violence in Minneapolis
Nick Alexandrov | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
George Floyd's murder tape gives sight, if you look closely, of a world little-named in pieces on his killing. Sustained police savagery marks this world, one city bureaucrats worked, long ago, to segregate, and more recently to keep that way. It is Minneapolis. And knowing its linked police and housing histories is crucial to making sense of today's protests. These histories show a city saturated in violence–state-sanctioned violence.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/twin-histories-segregation-and-police-violence-in-minneapolis/

Living the Panther Dream — An Interview with Black Panther Party Veteran Member Aaron Dixon
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Policeman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Captured on camera and viewed by millions, Floyd's brutalization inspired an uprising in multiple cities across the United States and the world. In Seattle, WA, protesters in an area termed "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest," (CHOP),…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/living-the-panther-dream-an-interview-with-black-panther-party-veteran-member-aaron-dixon/

Policing Protest: the Dangers of Media Bias During Urban Uprisings
Peter Blackmer | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Peter Blackmer is a Research Fellow at the Detroit Equity Action Lab, an initiative of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/policing-protest-the-dangers-of-media-bias-during-urban-uprisings/

Mass protests against police violence expand in advance of Juneteenth rallies across the US
wsws.org | 2020-06-19
Demonstrations have taken place in 1,670 US towns and cities in response to the killing of George Floyd, other murderous acts of violence by police and the repression of protesters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/19/prot-j19.html

City Bar Calls For Investigation Following Arrests Of Legal Observers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-19
The New York City Bar Association on Wednesday called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York Police Department to "immediately investigate" the alleged targeting of nine legal observers earlier this month during a protest against police brutality in the Bronx. | In a statement, the City Bar said it was "gravely concerned" by what it called "concerted efforts" in New York, and across the country, to interfere with the work of observers at mass demonstrations protesting systemic racism and police killings of black Americans. | The City Bar specifically cited reports that legal observers associated with the Nation…
popularresistance.org/city-bar-calls-for-investigation-following-arrests-of-legal-observers/

Tuesday 6/23: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests Pt. 2
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834310.php

Do Not Belittle Protesters in U.S. By Calling Their Struggle A "Color Revolution"!
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-19
For almost a decade, I have been covering "Color Revolutions" in virtually all parts of the world. While making a film for TeleSur, I was facing Egyptian tanks, risking my life under sniper fire, getting roughed-up in the middle of clashes of the supporters of al-Sisi and Morsi. | Together with Syrian commanders, I was also facing the terrorists in Idlib; challenged the Ukrainian fascists; encountering Bolivian indigenous elders high in the Altiplano, after the revolution of Evo Morales and MAS was crashed by the U.S.-sponsored coup in 2019. I regularly worked in Venezuela, Lebanon, and Iraq. And of course, ag…
ahtribune.com/us/4230-color-revolution.html

Podcast: How the Democratic Party Unleashed Decades of Racial Injustice and Police Brutality on Communities of Color
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-19
Margaret Kimberly and Monique Cullars Doty join MintCast to discuss how Democrats attempt to save face by co-opting justice movements, including Black Lives Matter, and the party's roots in White supremacy.
mintpressnews.com/podcast-black-lives-matter-democratic-party-racial-injustice/268745/

US Court Ruling: You Can Be "Too Smart" to Be a Cop
Melissa Dykes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Relevant to the present crisis, this article was first published on GR on December 18, 2014 | Can a person actually be "too smart" to be a cop in America? "Considering all the police brutality and officer-involved shootings in the news …
globalresearch.ca/us-court-ruled-you-can-be-too-smart-to-be-a-cop/5420630

New UN report offers blueprint for greener, more resilient world of work
news.un.org | 2020-06-19
Jobs, livelihoods and the well-being of workers, families and businesses across the globe, continue to take a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic; with micro, small and medium enterprises in particular, suffering the dire economic consequences, according to a new policy brief released by the UN on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066642

Squashing the Vote
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
In late May, before the surge of Covid-19 cases in 22 states, Trump threatened to withhold aid to Michigan and Nevada over their plans to permit voting by mail. Such withholding is illegal. Trump alleged that vote by mail leads to voter fraud. This is hogwash. Trump's fabrication about voter fraud is an attempt to…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/squashing-the-vote/

Masks, gloves — the ocean is filling up with COVID trash
Joseph Winters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-19
Are oil companies the true heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic? That's sure what they'd like you to think. In a recent flurry of "corporate reputation advertising" highlighted by Emily Atkin in the newsletter HEATED, oil and gas companies, plus the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) — an industry group that counts Chevron, Exxon, Citgo, and many others …
peoplesworld.org/article/masks-gloves-the-ocean-is-filling-up-with-covid-trash/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 and gastrointestinal concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-19
Dear Mayo Clinic: I've been hearing so much information about COVID-19 that I'm worried that every ache or pain may be related. I have been having stomachaches and then I began having diarrhea. I'm wondering if those are symptoms of COVID-19 and if I should get tested? Answer: There is certainly a lot of information …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-covid-19-and-gastrointestinal-concerns/

Current Environment Provides Opportunity to Intensify Resistance to Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-19
Now is not the time to divert even more public funds to private businesses like charter schools. Disaster capitalism has harmed the public interest and public schools in many ways. The nation's public schools have been suffering budget cuts for years and now with the "COVID Pandemic" they will experience deeper funding cuts. Yet the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/current-environment-provides-opportunity-to-intensify-resistance-to-charter-schools/

Bolivians demand freedom for female political prisoners and immediate general elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
A large group of Bolivians, mostly women, demonstrated in the capital, La Paz, on June 17. They demanded freedom for all female political prisoners, who have been arrested on false charges by the de-facto government led by far-right Jeanine àÅñez, after the coup against President Evo Morales in November 2019. In addition to the liberation of the political prisoners, they also called for immediate general elections in the country. àÅñez has been trying to delay the elections using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext, in pursuit of her imperialist and neoliberal policies. | At around 10 am, wearing face…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/bolivians-demand-freedom-for-female-political-prisoners-and-immediate-general-elections/

Dylan Does Have a Lot on His Mind, But the NYT Didn't Want to Talk About It
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
"Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind," the New York Times reported on June 12. That's for sure. In late March, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down America, the 79 year old singer-songwriter released "Murder Most Foul," an epic, 17-minute song-poem about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Since "Who killed JFK?" is…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/dylan-does-have-a-lot-on-his-mind-but-the-nyt-didnt-want-to-talk-about-it/

The Political Economy of Covid-19
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Governments around the world are attempting to prop up a failing capitalist system by — surprise! — throwing money at wealthy individuals and corporations, especially in the financial industry. In other words, in this time of unprecedented crisis and economic difficulty, it's business as usual. We were here not much more than a decade ago,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/the-political-economy-of-covid-19/

America's Intifada Must Dig Deeper
Sam Bahour | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Palestinians' sustained struggle for freedom and independence offers many lessons The murder of George Floyd and the White House's mishandling (to put it politely) of the COVID-19 pandemic may be providing the perfect toxic storm to fix America. The road to creating an equitable American society will be long and hard, but the U.S. civil rights…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/americas-intifada-must-dig-deeper/

The elite's Covid-19 coup to destroy humanity that is also fast-tracking four paths to human extinction
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-19
I encourage you to have a ponder. There is a great deal at stake at this time. A human future, no less.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/18/the-elites-covid-19-coup-to-destroy-humanity-that-is-also-fast-tracking-four-paths-to-human-extinction/

Bolivians demand freedom for female political prisoners and immediate general elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
A large group of Bolivians, mostly consisting of women, demonstrated in the capital, La Paz, on June 17. They demanded freedom for all female political prisoners, who have been arrested on false charges by the de-facto government led by far-right Jeanine àÅñez, after the coup against President Evo Morales in November 2019. In addition to the liberation of the political prisoners, they also called for immediate general elections in the country. àÅñez has been trying to delay using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext, in pursuit of her imperialist and neoliberal policies. | At around 10 am, wearing face…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/bolivians-demand-freedom-for-female-political-prisoners-and-immediate-general-elections/

National campaign, big names calling on COVID-19 survivors to help others defeat it
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-19
A national coalition, including Mayo Clinic, is launching a nationwide push for plasma donations to help fight COVID-19. The campaign has some big names behind it. Today a coalition of more than 30 organizations is launching a national donor recruitment campaign — "The Fight Is In Us" — with the goal of connecting survivors with …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/calling-all-covid-19-survivors-now-you-could-help-others-defeat-it/

The Political Economy of Covid-19
Pete Dolack | zcomm.org | 2020-06-19
Governments around the world are attempting to prop up a failing capitalist system by — surprise! — throwing money at wealthy individuals and corporations, especially in the financial industry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-political-economy-of-covid-19/

Pakistan struggles with rising number of COVID-19 cases
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
Pakistan has the second highest number of cases in south Asia after India. The World Health Organization had earlier recommended the re-imposition of restrictions that had been lifted by the government of Pakistan.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/pakistan-struggles-with-rising-number-of-covid-19-cases/

PDF of June 18 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-19
This week's issue is a 16-page PDF. Justice for Rayshard Brooks! Stonewall means unite and fight back! TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Gov't, Klan & the state; New hearing for Rodney Reed; Free Jalil, Mutulu! CeCe McDonald & right to self-defense; WORKERS STRUGGLES; COVID_19 CRISIS: the Bronx; domestic violence; ANTI_RACIST REBELLIONS: . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 18 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49447/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-june-18-issue

The Political Economy of Covid-19
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Governments around the world are attempting to prop up a failing capitalist system by — surprise! — throwing money at wealthy individuals and corporations, especially in the financial industry. In other words, in this time of unprecedented crisis and economic difficulty, it's business as usual. We were here not much more than a decade ago,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/the-political-economy-of-covid-19/

Pandemic's negative impact on Australian scientific research future could last decades
wsws.org | 2020-06-19
Research in the university sector is expected to decrease by at least $3 billion in 2020 due to the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/19/aust-j19.html

Bolton account of Trump White House: Another volley in the conflict within the US ruling elite
wsws.org | 2020-06-19
Press reviews indicate that Bolton's book attacks Trump entirely from the right, expressing particular bitterness that the administration did not go to war against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/19/bolt-j19.html

Why Trump Should Resign
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Donald Trump should resign as president in light of a profile of disgrace about him by his onetime national security adviser, John Bolton. Bolton's long-awaited book about a president who has been nothing but controversially bombastic in his more than three years in office paints a devasting portrait of Trump as a leader more concerned…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/why-trump-should-resign/

Why Is the US Still Sanctioning Syria? Beijing Pressures Washington
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Chinese media highlighted a recent plea by Beijing to the US to lift sanctions against Syria. | China's CGTN in an article titled, " Chinese envoy asks U.S. to lift unilateral sanctions on Syria," would report: | A Chinese envoy on | …
globalresearch.ca/why-us-sanctioning-syria/5716437

China and India Increase Mutual Violence
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-06-19
asia-pacificresearch.com/china-india-increase-mutual-violence/5629143

Colonial History, Gunboat Diplomacy and China Bashing
Nora Fernandez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
I remember a sociology professor that was Maoist, a girl who belonged to a Maoist group and another one who studied Mandarin. A colorful magazine from China sold everywhere, picturing in glossy paper, clean, good looking youth of both sexes …
globalresearch.ca/history-gunboat-diplomacy-and-china-bashing/5716432

Colombia's economic reactivation: 'Black Friday' in midst of pandemic
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-19
A plan of Colombia's President Ivan Duque to reactivate the economy turned into an epidemiological nightmare as crowds gathered at large retailers in the midst of a pandemic on Friday,…
colombiareports.com/colombias-economic-reactivation-black-friday-in-midst-of-pandemic/

Congress approves controversial bill allowing life imprisonment for child rapists
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-19
Colombia's congress approved a constitutional amendment to sentence convicted child rapists and killers to life in prison amid a major controversy. The constitutional amendment proposed by the government of President…
colombiareports.com/congress-approves-controversial-bill-allowing-life-imprisonment-for-child-rapist/

Colombia's military investigated over arms trafficking for illegal armed groups
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-19
Top officials of Colombia's security forces are suspected of arms trafficking for organized crime groups, weekly Semana reported on Thursday. A network within the 4th Brigade in Medellin, the Arms…
colombiareports.com/colombias-military-investigated-over-arms-trafficking-for-illegal-armed-groups/

VIDEO: The "Lock Step" Simulation Scenario: "A Coronavirus-like Pandemic that Becomes Trigger for Police State Controls"
Helen Buyniski | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
First published on February 5, 2020. In-depth analysis of the Simulation of a pandemic conducted in 2010 under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. | By now, those following the novel coronavirus epidemic are familiar with Event 201, the pandemic simulation…
globalresearch.ca/all-sectors-us-establishment-lock-step-deep-states-latest-bio-war/5702773

Hancock promises shielding announcement imminent — leak confirms end July
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-19
An announcement on a possible end to the coronavirus shielding programme in England will come "very soon", the UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, said Tuesday 17th June, after healthcare charities called for clarity on the government's plans. The scheme affects roughly 2.2 million "clinically extremely vulnerable" people, a category that includes those who have had transplants, are having …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/hancock-promises-shielding-announcement-imminent-leak-confirms-end-july/

DfID merger — "signals a hollowed out state forced to rely on corporate partners to function"
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-19
By TruePublica: Following the election, Boris Johnson wanted the Department for International Development (DfID) to merge into the Foreign Office. This move would accelerate the hijacking of the aid budget into a tool for the benefit of British interests, rather than a means of fighting global inequalities, which is what the British taxpayer has always …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/dfid-merger-signals-a-hollowed-out-state-forced-to-rely-on-corporate-partners-to-function/

July 31 cutoff looms for unemployed
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-19
San José, CA – In six weeks, tens of millions of unemployed people face the end of the additional $600 a week in unemployment insurance benefits. This additional benefit that helps low income workers the most is set to expire due to its being opposed by the Republican-controlled Senate. These same workers were hardest hit by the pandemic recession, and many face the prospect of their jobs not coming back. This is just another example of how the economic relief has helped large corporations, which can aided by the Federal Reserve, while low-income workers are subject to punishment by republicans who see the aid as…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/19/july-31-cutoff-looms-unemployed

The Israeli Defense Forces is a Misnomer
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Unless one defines defense as attacking others with overwhelming force, the Israeli Defense Forces have never been a defensive force. As scholar and author Haim Beshreeth-Zabner makes clear in his just published history An Army Like No Other, the IDF was designed to be an offensive armed force intended to take and keep territory. In…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/the-israeli-defense-forces-is-a-misnomer/

Why Killer Cops Go Free
Ishmael Reed | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Introduction to Why Killer Cops Go Free On Wednesday, I watched Senator Tim Scott's pitiful presentation of the Republican's predictably weak answer to the murders of black men and women by the police. Can you imagine hanging out with Trump, McConnell, and Lindsay Graham? How Scott has to swallow his pride as they say dumb…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/why-killer-cops-go-free/

Unsimple Twists of Fate in an Election Year, a Pandemic Year, and Year Four of Donald Trump
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
What we expect comes to pass far more often than what we do not, though it can sometimes seem otherwise because an improbable turn of events is remarkable in ways that an expected outcome is not. Sudden transformations of longstanding states of affairs are especially remarkable, even when — indeed, especially when — they make…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/unsimple-twists-of-fate-in-an-election-year-a-pandemic-year-and-year-four-of-donald-trump/

Tipping the Nuclear Dominos
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
If the Trump administration follows through on its threat to re-start nuclear tests, it will complete the unraveling of more than 50 years of arms control agreements, taking the world back to the days when school children practiced "duck and cover," and people built backyard bomb shelters.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/tipping-the-nuclear-dominos/

Higher Education, the Pandemic, Capitalism and Power
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
This article is based on a talk I gave at a recently held conference on how higher education unions are responding to the pandemic and proposed cuts. It was held by Higher Educators United, a Northern California group of faculty from many different colleges seeking to work together to address shared issues and concerns, something…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/higher-education-the-pandemic-capitalism-and-power/

Trump's Incitement of Police Violence
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Arrogance by police often mirrors the stance of individuals above the cops. I was in Manhattan two decades ago to give a lecture. A squad car with flashing lights was suddenly behind me. I pulled to the curb and got out of my car. My attire included a classic Brooks Brothers blue blazer and my…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/trumps-incitement-of-police-violence/

Why Killer Cops Go Free
Ishmael Reed | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
In our country, the police, who have been infiltrated by Nazis and Klansmen, are above the law which is why the police in my city are permitted to continue to defy federal mandates that they reform. Clearly, the police departments in the United States need to be De-Nazified and De-Ku Kluxified.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/why-killer-cops-go-free/

Dirty Details Emerge as to Why Mnuchin is Fighting Congress Over Releasing the Names of Recipients of PPP Loans
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
Taxpayers' money is being used to make the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Thus, the public has every right to know the names of the recipients of those loans. Despite originally promising transparency, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is now stonewalling Congress on releasing a list of the recipients. Congress sold the plan to the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/dirty-details-emerge-as-to-why-mnuchin-is-fighting-congress-over-releasing-the-names-of-recipients-of-ppp-loans/

Here Comes Your 19th Nervous Breakdown: the Mental State of Donald Trump
Daniel Beaumont | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
The attitude of the media and the American people towards Donald Trump's personality has been the longest emperor-has-no-clothes tale ever told. A man who has been called a "fucking moron" by one of his own appointees, has been routinely praised for his wiliness and his political acumen, his intuitive knowledge of the American people. An…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/here-comes-your-19th-nervous-breakdown-the-mental-state-of-donald-trump/

Containing the Black Lives Matter Movement: Democrats and Republicans Play Good Cop/Bad Cop
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-19
A long smoldering and now massive popular response to injustice has been catalyzed by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Even Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson concedes, "this was without precedent in the modern era." A broad consensus critical of the coercive police function of the US state is building.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/19/containing-the-black-lives-matter-movement-democrats-and-republicans-play-good-cop-bad-cop/

Lawsuit Challenges Trump OK of Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument

| globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
A federal lawsuit filed today says President Trump's June 5 executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was illegal. The lawsuit notes that the Antiquities Act allows presidents to create national monuments to …
globalresearch.ca/lawsuit-challenges-trump-ok-commercial-fishing-atlantic-marine-monument/5716463

The Globalization of "Fast Food". Behind the Brand: McDonald's
Peter Salisbury | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
This article was first published in The Ecologist in 2011 | In the first of a major new series following on from the ground breaking Behind the Label, Peter Salisbury takes a look at one of the biggest brands in the …
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-fast-food-behind-the-brand-mcdonald-s/25309

Statues and Colonial History: Churchill, Columbus and Leopold Fall Down
Margaret Kimberley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Millions of white people glorify mass murderers because their sense of identity and place in society is deeply tied to white supremacy. | "It is important to name and shame the mass murderers." | The perpetrators of crimes against humanity are often …
globalresearch.ca/churchill-columbus-leopold-fall-down/5716436

The US "Caesar's Law" Sanctions Regime against Syria. How It Will Affect Lebanon: Israel Will be Targeted
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
The enactment of " Caesar's Law" — the new US sanctions designed to "pursue individuals, groups, companies, and countries that deal with the Damascus government" — is apparently directed against Syria but in reality aims to subdue Lebanon and …
globalresearch.ca/syria-caesar-law-how-affect-lebanon-israel-targeted/5716466

Dark Clouds of Military Tension Over the Korean Peninsula, North Korea Waited, Disappointed and Now Angry
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
In 2012, a young man educated in the West took over the power in Pyongyang; he has decided to transform North Korea into an ordinary country where people can live decent life. | His name is Kim Jong-un. He has …
globalresearch.ca/military-tension-korean-peninsula-north-korea-waited-disappointed-angry/5716429

The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families
Dean Henderson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco)…
globalresearch.ca/the-federal-reserve-cartel-the-eight-families/25080

US to Form Icebreaker Fleet for the Arctic. "Polar Security Cutter"
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
In the past few months, the United States has tightened its policies in the Arctic, as several measures show. For decades, Washington has not been concerned with strengthening its military presence at the poles, giving greater focus to other regions …
globalresearch.ca/us-form-icebreaker-fleet-arctic/5716471

Nixon-Trump vs. the Strategy of Tension
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Nixon 68 is back with a vengeance, with President Trump placing himself as the guarantor/enforcer of Law & Order. | That slogan guaranteed Nixon's election, and was coined by Kevin Phillips, then an expert in "ethnic voting patterns". | Philips makes …
globalresearch.ca/nixon-trump-strategy-tension/5716422

Reverse Logic: Trump Sanctions the International Criminal Court
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
The decision by the Trump administration to sanction members of the International Criminal Court defies logic, in so far as there is any logic to sanctions. As a policy tool, such tools are supposedly designed to target specific members of | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-sanctions-international-criminal-court/5716509

OCHA — Protection of Civilians Report ( 2-15 June 2020 )
OCHA | imemc.org | 2020-06-19
United Nations Office For The Coordination Of Humanitarian Affair: Protection of Civilians Report (2 — 15 June 2020) Biweekly highlights: Seventy Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized in the West Bank due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 90 people and affecting over 280.
imemc.org/article/ocha-protection-of-civilians-report-2-15-june-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ocha-protection-of-civilians-report-2-15-june-2020

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-19
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, into Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp, in northern West Bank, and abducted three young Palestinian men. Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers, driving a car with Palestinian license plates, infiltrated into Jenin, and kidnapped two young men, who remained unidentified at the time …
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Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-19
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in Qaffin town, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, after invading and ransacking their homes. Media sources in Tulkarem said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers violently searched homes, causing damage, and abducted …
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Israel To Demolish A Palestinian Home Near Occupied Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-19
The City Council in occupied Jersusalem informed, Thursday, a Palestinian family of a demolition order targeting their home in the Sawahra town, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital. The home is owned by Yassin Taha Zaatra, and was built 10 years ago, sheltering him and his family. The property is …
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Mayo again ranked among 'Best Children's Hospitals' by U.S. News & World Report
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-19
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Children's Center has again been ranked as the top-performing children's hospital in the five state region including the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin on U.S. News & World Report's 2020-2021 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. "As in years past, the Mayo Clinic Children's Center ranks among the top Children's Hospitals in …
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Tipping the Nuclear Dominos
Conn Hallinan | zcomm.org | 2020-06-19
If the Trump administration follows through on its threat to re-start nuclear tests, it will complete the unraveling of more than 50 years of arms control agreements, taking the world back to the days when school children practiced "duck and cover"
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Detention of HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas is violation of rights, says top Turkish court
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
The Turkish constitutional court said the detention of Selahattin Demirtas is in violation of his rights to liberty and security provided by the country's constitution. He has been in jail since November 2016…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/detention-of-hdp-leader-selahattin-demirtas-is-violation-of-rights-says-top-turkish-court/

Aboriginal group in Australia files lawsuit over land loss due to mining
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-19
An aboriginal group in Australia filed cases against the Western Australia State government over the loss of land due to mining and other activities. According to reports, two cases were filed by members of the Tjiwarl tribe in Western Australia for cultural damage and loss of access to land in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The case was filed at a federal court tribunal on June 17, Wednesday. | Among the activities listed as the reasons for the loss of land are lands and groundwater licenses granted to mining companies, like BHP Group, and a highway development project. | The case is reportedly inspired by the…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/19/aboriginal-group-in-australia-files-lawsuit-over-land-loss-due-to-mining/

'We move forward in our fight'
Maria Young | zcomm.org | 2020-06-19
Local unions march from Oakland to Berkeley in support of Black Lives Matter…
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Foreign Troops: What is too Close for Comfort?
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-19
Tensions in the skies. RT presented a news story of the United States intercepting a fleet of Russian bombers off the Alaskan coast. Four Russian Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by Su-35 and MiG-31 fighters jets, flew from Siberia toward Alaska where they were shadowed by US F-22 fighters. The US and NORAD admitted that the Russian …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/foreign-troops-what-is-too-close-for-comfort/

The 1921 Tulsa massacre: U.S. 'ethnic cleansing'
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-19
Since Trump announced that his first campaign rally would be in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19, there has been renewed interest in the 1921 racist Tulsa massacre that targeted "Black Wall Street." The rally has since been rescheduled for June 20. Decades later, Tulsa has continued its white supremacist legacy . . . | Continue reading The 1921 Tulsa massacre: U.S. 'ethnic cleansing' at Workers.org…
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Biden VP Front Runner Susan Rice Has a History of Criticizing Israel…While Also Letting Its Government Do Whatever It Wants
Miachael Arria | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
The Associated Press reports that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is dwindling down his list of potential running mates down and Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice remains one of the favorites. An Atlantic piece from May, explains the political logic behind such a pick: "[T]he interest Biden has expressed in Rice reflects his concerns that the ongoing economic and public…
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Climate crisis and social transformation in the age of Corona
Norbert Trenkle | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
Material wealth in the form of useful things and utilities is only a means subordinated to the objective of capital accumulation and is sacrificed when that objective can no longer be achieved… Without the state, capitalist society would fly apart immediately. The state, however, is an essential precondition for abstract wealth production and dependent on it.
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South Africa's public broadcaster to cut 600 jobs
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
South Africa's public broadcaster has issued notices to employees, saying it intends to retrench 600 workers.In a statement issued Thursday, the South African broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said notices of redundancy were issued following the launch of the broadcaster's new Target Operating Model.The indebted public broadcaster said its new model was a strategic renewal initiative aimed at transforming the Corporation into a financially sustainable, self-sufficient and fit-for-purpose public broadcaster."The notice of redundancy will impact approximately 600 employees and these affected employees will be invited…
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Wikipedia's Culture of Editorial Chaos and Malice
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Perhaps the greatest farce in the modern history of technology is the perception of Wikipedia as a legitimate encyclopedia. It has none of the qualifications as such but has all of the characteristics of a compromised propaganda machine disguised as …
globalresearch.ca/wikipedia-culture-editorial-chaos-malice/5716412

Antifa movement: Anti-establishment rebels
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-19
A day after Donald Trump's election victory, Hispanic students at Royal Oak High School in Michigan were harassed by their classmates who started chanting, "Build the wall!" Once installed in office, the White House occupant announced the immigration ban on Muslims and a few hours later, someone set fire to the local Islamic Center in …
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Turkey neutralizes three terrorists in N. Iraq operation
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Turkish army on Friday neutralized three terrorists as part of Operation Claw-Tiger in northern Iraq, security sources said.Operation Claw-Tiger is being carried out in line with Turkey's legitimate defense rights arising from the international law, and is oriented against the PKK and other terrorist elements that have recently escalated harassment and attacks on Turkish security posts and base areas, threatening the security of border and civilians.The operation is continuing successfully.Operation Claw-Tiger, launched right after Operation Claw-Eagle, has been destroying terrorist targets in Haftanin, northern…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-neutralizes-three-terrorists-in-n-iraq-operation-3532501

Turkey's 'Tortum Waterfall' prepares for tourist boom
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Environmental planning around Tortum Waterfall in Turkey's eastern Erzurum province is underway to attract more visitors.Located on Erzurum-Artvin highway in northeastern Turkey, in the Uzundere district of Erzurum, Tortum is the country's biggest waterfall.Around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above the sea level, it is a natural wonder, with its water falling from a height of approximately 50 meters (164 feet).The waterfall attracts tourists both from Turkey and abroad.It is also nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List.With a collaborative effort of the governorate and the mayorship of Erzurum, the provincial autho…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-tortum-waterfall-prepares-for-tourist-boom-3532532

Editorial/Celebrating Juneteenth during an uprising
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-19
On Juneteenth, commemorated on June 19, African Americans mark the anniversary of the day in 1865 when union troops arrived in Galveston Island to inform the enslaved people in Texas that the heinous system of slavery had ended. The delayed announcement forced an estimated 250,000 African descendants to languish under . . . | Continue reading Editorial/Celebrating Juneteenth during an uprising at Workers.org…
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New Alliance Against China: D-10 Countries Threatened By China Unite Against It
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-19
In late May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom floated the idea of creating a new international platform–D10, or Democracy 10 alliance. The D10 is to comprise the Group of Seven (G7) states and three others; it will be discussed formally at the G7 meeting in June. The proposed members of the alliance are the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.), along with Australia, India and South Korea. The purpose of this alliance is not entirely for mutual benefit. The agenda, Boris Johnson suggests, is to attack China. | Many of the states in the D10 have been hi…
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At Least 2,000 More Black Americans Were Lynched Than Previously Reported
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-19
White mobs and individuals lynched at least 2,000 more Black Americans than previously documented, according to a new report from the Equal Justice Initiative. | The report, released Tuesday, documents confirmed lynchings during the Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1876, after the end of the Civil War and Black Americans' emancipation from slavery. The group's previous report on the subject, from 2015, detailed 4,500 racial terror lynchings from 1877 to 1950 — adding up to nearly 6,500 confirmed lynchings of Black people in the U.S. from 1865 to 1950. | EJI notes that thousands more lynchings "may never be…
popularresistance.org/at-least-2000-more-black-americans-were-lynched-than-previously-reported/

Somyurek and Labor's stinking mess exposed
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-19
Democracy Sue BoltonIssue 1269 Australia capitalism Australian Labor Party branch stackingJune 19, 2020Victorian Premier Daniel A…
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Bolsonaro in China shop: Spats worsen Brazil's pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Eleven tons of urgently needed medical equipment donated to combat COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has been stuck in China since the beginning of April due to diplomatic issues, according to Brazilian news outlet Folha De S. Paulo.It is one of the many shipments awaiting bureaucratic clearance, it said, at a time when Brazil desperately needs ventilators and personal protective equipment to fight a skyrocketing number of coronavirus infections and deaths.In a matter of weeks, confirmed cases of infection in the South American nation soared to nearly one million, with the death toll expected to top 50,000 in a day or…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bolsonaro-in-china-shop-spats-worsen-brazils-pandemic-3532538

Russia comes out of pandemic with minimal loss: Putin
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is coming out of the coronavirus pandemic "with minimal losses".At the same time, a lot of problems related to the pandemic remain on the agenda, Putin said at a video-conference with the country's government members."The most important thing is that this situation [of pandemic] united us all, this is a fact, and it allowed us to get out of this situation with minimal losses," he said.He recalled there are some regions where the daily growth in COVID-19 cases is still high."We are now talking about positive trends and positive examples. But we must not f…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-comes-out-of-pandemic-with-minimal-loss-putin-3532540

Iran reports 120 more deaths related to coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Iran on Friday confirmed 120 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,392.Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said a further 2,615 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 200,262.A total of 159,192 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, he said, adding that 2,833 remain at hospitals in critical conditions.Over 1.37 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari said.Iran sees an upward trend in daily infections in many provinces, especially in the southwestern Khuzestan provi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-reports-120-more-deaths-related-to-coronavirus-3532495

Dealing with pandemic, economy ahead of ASEAN Summit
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
"So far, they have not share any specific agenda, but I am sure that the coronavirus handling in the region will be the top priority," Retno Marsudi said at a teleconference in Jakarta on Thursday.As of Friday, ASEAN countries have confirmed more than 123,000 cases of COVID-19, while Indonesia remains the worst-hit country with 43,803 cases so far.The summit, which was supposed to be held in Vietnam on June 27-28, was canceled as member states struggle to contain the pandemic and it will be held virtually on June 26.Apart from the coronavirus, leaders of the regional bloc will also discuss about developments in r…
yenisafak.com/en/news/dealing-with-pandemic-economy-ahead-of-asean-summit-3532503

India reports record rise in coronavirus cases as major city locks down
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday as the southern city of Chennai locked down following fresh outbreaks there.Given India's high population density, experts have long worried that a sustained COVID-19 outbreak would lead to pressure on its stretched healthcare system.Prime Minister Narendra Modi lifted most restrictions that were part of a nearly three-month nationwide lockdown on June 8, despite the continuing rise in cases.Data from India's federal health ministry on Friday showed an additional 13,500 cases over the previous 24 hours, with over 300 deaths.Indi…
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Philippines reports 661 new COVID-19 cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
The Philippines on Friday reported 661 new COVID-19 cases taking country's tally past 28,000.The Philippines Department of Health reported in a statement 460 more infections, with tests results released within three days, whereas test results of additional 201 cases were released after more than four days.It added that 14 more people died due to the disease.In total, 1,130 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 so far in the island state, while 7,378 patients have recovered and released from the health facilities.The Philippines has also reported 28,459 confirmed cases.After originating in China last December,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/philippines-reports-661-new-covid-19-cases-3532494

EU must pay full $6.5B to Turkey: Top Hungary diplomat
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
The EU should respect its commitment to Turkey and pay the entire sum of ‚Ǩ6 billion ($6.5 billion) promised under a 2016 deal to stem irregular migration, Hungary's foreign minister said Friday."Turkey has a crucial role in stopping illegal migration," which is why "the EU should pay the ‚Ǩ6 billion it previously promised to Turkey," Szijjarto said in streaming video on Facebook, speaking after a high-level videoconference with his counterparts from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.Szijjarto was referring to the 2016 Turke…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-must-pay-full-65b-to-turkey-top-hungary-diplomat-3532533

Turk Telekom uses yuan for trade with China
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Turkey's telecommunications giant Turk Telekom took the first step to trade in local currencies through a new mechanism provided by Turkey and China's new swap agreement on Friday.The GSM firm used Chinese yuan for import payments after the swap agreement, which removed the obstacles for using local currencies in bilateral trade instead of a third country's currencies, Turk Telekom said in a press release.Earlier, the Turkish Central Bank announced that the first usage of the Chinese yuan funding under the swap agreement signed with China was realized on Thursday.According to the bank, Turkish companies in variou…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turk-telekom-uses-yuan-for-trade-with-china-3532537

Spain increases coronavirus death toll to over 28,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Spain reported on Friday a total of 28,313 coronavirus deaths as of Thursday, after adjusting its database to avoid duplications and errors, a health ministry official said.The death toll series had not been updated since June 7, when Spain reported 27,136 deaths, while the country was implementing a new methodology for logging deaths and cases.
yenisafak.com/en/world/spain-increases-coronavirus-death-toll-to-over-28000-3532500

EU extends sanctions on Russia: Merkel
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
EU leaders have agreed to extend diplomatic and economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. | Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, after a videoconference meeting of EU leaders, Merkel criticized Russia for not taking sufficient steps to implement the 2015 Minsk agreement, aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. | "In today's European Council meeting we decided to extend these sanctions for another six months," Merkel said. | The sanctions were first imposed in 2014 in response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and were later expand…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-extends-sanctions-on-russia-merkel-3532534

Two wanted Daesh terrorists caught in SE Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Two women, both Russian citizens, who were wanted by Interpol for being members of the Daesh terrorist group, were arrested in Turkey's southeast in a joint operation by Turkish security and intelligence units on Friday.After being tipped off that a group of terrorists from Syria's war zones were entering Turkey illegally, an operation was conducted in coordination with the prosecutor's office in Kilis province.In the joint operation by police and the National Intelligence Organization, two women were apprehended in the central district of Kilis.The suspects were identified by the initials S.K (29) and R.E. (33),…
yenisafak.com/en/news/two-wanted-daesh-terrorists-caught-in-se-turkey-3532496

Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 0.99% at close
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Turkey's benchmark stock index rose by 0.99% to 113,611.89 points at the closing session of Friday.Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 111,327.92 points. It has earned 1,117.27 points from Thursday's close of 110,939.66 points.The price of one ounce of gold was $1,731.80 by market close, down from $1,722 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.The price of Brent crude oil was around $42.60 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Friday.Exchange Rates Thursday Friday | USD/TRY 6.8580 6.8440 | EUR/TRY 7.6970 7.6850 | GBP/TRY 8.5420 8.5290…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-borsa-istanbul-up-099-at-close-3532535

UN food relief agency faces funding threat
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-19
Elisabeth Byrs, a spokesperson for WFP, said the food relief agency's flights could be stopped by the end of July."It will hit countries in Africa, where it's badly needed, Latin America, and of course, the Middle East and Asia. All the people who need our assistance will suffer from the lack of assistance," she warned during a UN video briefing from Geneva."Unless donors provide a substantial injection of funds by the end of the first week of July, WFP will have no choice but to ground most of its humanitarian air fleet by the end of July."She said the UN agency's services were of critical importance in view of…
yenisafak.com/en/news/un-food-relief-agency-faces-funding-threat-3532541

Friday 6/19: Workers' Collective Mourns Victims of Covid19 and Broken Promise of Emancipation
Dwight A Ost | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
AMAZON FULFILLMENT CTR-6015 Giant Hwy-Richmond CA…
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In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic Oakland McDonald employees take legal action
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
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PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for wildfire deaths
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
With the help of California Governor Gavin Newsom, Pacific Gas & Electric receives a mere slap on the wrist for what has been deemed the deadliest US corporate crime ever prosecuted.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834300.php

Federal Criminal Complaint Links Attack on SC Sheriffs, Oakland Security Officers to Boogaloo Movement
FRED | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
U.S. Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has been charged federally with murder and multiple other counts in connection to the attacks on Santa Cruz Sheriff's deputies in Ben Lomond on June 6, as well as the attacks on federal security officers outside the federal building in Oakland on May 29. The attacks on law enforcement officers left two dead and three injured in total. Evidence in the federal criminal complaint links Carrillo, a right-wing libertarian extremist, to the Boogaloo movement. Also charged is Millbrae resident Robert Alvin Justus Jr. for aiding and abetting in the murder of the federal officer. Ph…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/16/18834278.php

Wednesday 7/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State in the Age of Trump and Pandemic
Oakland Privacy | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
Online via Zoom. | Check here: oaklandprivacy.org/next-meeting/ starting a few days before the meeting.
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Friday 6/26: United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Ilona Gazarova | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
Advocacy for Humankind is Hosting an Event for United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834297.php

"I Can't Breathe": Remembering David Cross, Killed by Corrections Officers in Santa Cruz County Jail
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2020-06-19
David Cross, a 44-year-old local plumber, was killed on September 18, 2005 in Santa Cruz County Jail while experiencing a mental health crisis. Corrections officers who responded that day to address his health issues decided Cross needed to be restrained, so they sat on his back as he lay on his stomach and "hog tied" him on the floor of the jail. Cross screamed, "I can't breathe," "I'm going to die," and "Please get off me," before his body went limp after 3 1/2 minutes of being restrained. Fast forward to 2020, and it is likely that many will see the killing of David Cross in a new light. The world is currently…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834295.php

Foreign Troops: What Is Too Close for Comfort?
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-19
Tensions in the skies. RT presented a news story of the United States intercepting a fleet of Russian bombers off the Alaskan coast. Four Russian Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by Su-35 and MiG-31 fighters jets, flew from Siberia toward Alaska where they were shadowed by US F-22 fighters. The US and NORAD admitted that the Russian planes stayed in international airspace and did not enter American sovereign airspace. | http: //youtu.be/jmqgpkixULo | Siberia and Alaska are close. At its narrowest point the Bering Strait separates Russia and the US by only 88.5 km (55 mi), so it wouldn't take long upon leaving one coa…
ahtribune.com/us/4231-foreign-troops.html

After Spending $1 Billion Japan Gives Up on Installing a Costly (and Unproven) US Missile Shield
Sam LaGrone | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
Japan is backing away from installing two Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems in the country over technical concerns, Minster of Defense Taro Kono told reporters on Monday. | "In view of the cost and time [necessary] for the deployment, we will halt the process," Kono told reporters, according to Kyodo News. "For the time being, we'll maintain our missile defense capability by Aegis-equipped destroyers." | In particular, Kono said there were concer…
anti-empire.com/after-spending-1-billion-japan-gives-up-on-installing-a-costly-and-unproven-us-missile-shield/

Floundering NATO Tries to Surface by Confronting China
Brian Cloughley | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
On June 8 Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the U.S.-NATO military alliance, gave a speech at NATO's new billion dollar headquarters in Brussels. It was followed by a selection of patsy questions, but in spite of the trite predictability of Stoltenberg's statements and the eager friendliness of the questioners, enough was said to indicate that NATO is still on the lookout for enemies to attempt to justify its continuing shaky existence. | New on the Stoltenberg list is China, which is a long way from the North…
anti-empire.com/floundering-nato-tries-to-surface-by-confronting-china/

US Wants to Surround China With Missiles, but Its Asian Clients Don't Want to Host Them
David S. Cloud | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
The governor of a Japanese territory where the Pentagon is thinking about basing missiles capable of threatening China has a message for the United States: Not on my island. | "I firmly oppose the idea," said Gov. Denny Tamaki, the governor of Okinawa, in an email to The Times. | Officials in other Asian countries are also signaling they don't want them. | But Pentagon planners aren't backing down after the Trump administration withdrew last year from a 33-year-old arms control treaty that barred U.S. land-based intermediate-range missiles in Asia. | Senior officials now say that putting hundreds of American miss…
anti-empire.com/us-wants-to-surround-china-with-missiles-but-its-asian-clients-dont-want-to-host-them/

Economic Ministry Forecasts Russia Won't Climb Back to Pre-Lockdown Levels Until Late 2022
Ben Aris | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
Russia's Ministry of Economy has released a fresh forecast for 2019-2022. The ministry said there will be no V-shaped recovery: after a 5% plunge in 2020, real GDP will only recover starting in mid-2022. The Ministry of Economy predicts GDP growth of 2.8% in 2021 and 3% in 2022. | The Urals price stays below the base budget price of $42, at which point the Russian budget breaks even. Urals will average $31.1 per barrel this year, rising to $35.4 in 2021 and only in 2022 will it return to the breakeven price of $42.2 when Russia Inc. goes back into profit. | That means the Ministry of Finance will rely on the Nati…
anti-empire.com/economic-ministry-forecasts-russia-wont-climb-back-to-pre-lockdown-levels-until-late-2022/

How the Saudis and the Qataris Duked It out in Washington, and Took Over the Imperial City in the Process
Moran Palumbo | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-19
It was a bare-knuckle brawl of the first order. It took place in Washington, D.C., and it resulted in a KO. The winners? Lobbyists and the defense industry. The losers? Us. And odds on, you didn't even know that it happened. Few Americans did, which is why it's worth telling the story of how Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari money flooded the nation's capital and, in the process, American policy went down for the count. | The fight began three years ago this month. Sure, the pugilists hadn't really liked each other that much before then, but what happened in 2017 was the foreign-policy equivalent of a sucker punch. On t…
anti-empire.com/how-the-saudis-and-the-qataris-duked-it-out-in-washington-and-took-over-the-imperial-city-in-the-process/

Tipping the Nuclear Dominos
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-19
Conn M. HALLINAN | If the Trump administration follows through on its threat to re-start nuclear tests, it will complete the unraveling of more than 50 years of arms control agreements, taking the world back to the days when school children practiced "duck and cover," and people built backyard bomb shelters. | It will certainly be the death knell for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, passed by the UN'S G…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/19/tipping-the-nuclear-dominos/

Social Media and OPSEC: How Much Information Are You Giving Away?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-19
J.G. Martinez D. | For many, the current situation has brought us lessons to learn. Quarantine, crisis, and collapse: all of these events bring consequences that impact like a ton of bricks. With the lack of decent jobs available (something that in Venezuela has been hard to find since somewhere around 2012) it has been normal to see an increase in crime. A young, uneducated population, will look for the means to provide for themselves in any manner they choose, including finding victims on social media. Add drug and…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/19/social-media-and-opsec-how-much-information-are-you-giving-away/

Defending History or Double Standard?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-19
There is no equivalence between Western imperialists, colonizers and racists and Soviet war heroes. But there is a clear double standard in how demolishing the latter statues is somehow acceptable to Western governments. Because it fits a geopolitical agenda of rewriting the history of World War II to demean Russia. | (Click the image to enlarge)…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/19/defending-history-or-double-standard/

Britain to join despised TTP: Wikileaks — "a huge transfer of power from people to big business"
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-19
TruePublica Editor: I have always maintained from the soon after the EU referendum that Brexit was a con. The team here at TruePublica have relentlessly warned that far from taking back control, Brexit was a trojan horse for big business, to gain control and dominate our lives. Half of our modest lobbying budget went to …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britain-to-join-despised-ttp-wikileaks-a-huge-transfer-of-power-from-people-to-big-business/

Racism in the U.S. is far deeper and broader than ever thought, let alone acknowledged
Dr. Davood Rahni | iranian.com | 2020-06-19
In commemoration of Juneteenth Day The 8 minutes, 46 seconds lethal knee-jerking, chokehold, and neck crushing of excessive police brutality force inflicted on the late slain George Floyd and now endured heavily by his family and the Nation and the world over as a whole, has had far more adverse American and global ramifications and …
iranian.com/2020/06/18/racism-in-the-us-is-far-deeper-and-broader-than-ever-thought/

Iran-Pakistan agree to further strengthen economic ties despite coronavirus
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-06-19
Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment welcoming the resumption of trade activities at the common border stressed the need to further enhance bilateral economic ties between the two states despite coronavirus pandemic. Ambassador Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini met with Abdul Razak Dawood on Thursday to discuss …
iranian.com/2020/06/18/iran-pakistan-agree-to-further-strengthen-economic-ties-despite-coronavirus/

Selected Articles: Dark Clouds of Military Tension Over the Korean Peninsula
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-19
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Wikipedia's Culture of Editorial Chaos and Malice…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-dark-clouds-military-tension-korean-peninsula/5716500

We Need a Green New Deal
Ted Franklin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-18
If the pandemic has driven one lesson home, it is that the ruling class can always find money when it comes time to save capital…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-green-new-deal/

Venezuelan Oil Output Continues Decline as Refinery Resumes Operations
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-18
Venezuelan crude exports on track for 70 year low as Washington continues to target tankers and shipping companies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14912

Global Capitalism, "World Government" and the Corona Crisis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
The COVID-19 crisis is marked by a public health "emergency" under WHO auspices which is being used as a pretext and a justification to triggering a Worldwide process of economic, social and political restructuring.
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis/5712312

Michel Chossudovsky: Biographical Summary
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
There are a number of deliberate "errors" and omissions in Michel Chossudovsky's wikipedia entry. Defamatory statements. | The same applies to the wikipedia entry for Global Research which has been merged with Chossudovsky's entry. The objective is to smear GR. …
globalresearch.ca/michel-chossudovsky-biographical-summary/5580999

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Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-06-18
Antifa, end of COVID-19, and other big orange lies.
progressive.org/dispatches/magammunity-fiore-200618/

France's Call on NATO to Stop Ignoring the "Turkey Problem". Further Divides the Alliance
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and this calls to question why NATO still exists today. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has militarily intervened in many sovereign countries such as Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, while also expanding …
globalresearch.ca/frances-call-on-nato-to-stop-ignoring-the-turkey-problem-further-divides-the-alliance/5716313

Modi's Major Himalayan Mistake Crushed The Indian Military's Morale
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-18
The death of at least 20 members of the Indian military during non-firearm clashes with China along their disputed frontier in Kashmir has been extremely demoralizing for this already distressed institution, but it's all due to Modi's major Himalayan mistake in thinking that he can reap immediately tangible benefits from his new American patron by making a show out of "containing" China. | Modi's Latest Mistake Was His Worst One Yet | At least 20 members of the Indian military were killed during non-firearm clashes with China earlier this week along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, which crushed the morale of…

Modi's Major Himalayan Mistake Crushed The Indian Military's Morale

"Movements Work": As Activists Occupy Seattle's Capitol Hill, City Bans Tear Gas, Expels Police Union
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-18
In Seattle, the fight to demilitarize and defund the police continues as the King County Labor Council voted to expel the Seattle police union Wednesday, following weeks of protest. Seattle police sparked outrage for responding to massive protests against police brutality by using pepper spray, tear gas and flashbangs on demonstrators and reporters. Activists then formed an autonomous zone in response to the police department's abandonment of a precinct building. On Wednesday, President Trump threatened to send troops into Seattle to dismantle the community-run Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, which extends over se…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/18/seattle_police

Rashad Robinson on Recent Spike in Hanging Deaths, the Cancellation of "Cops" & Boycotting Facebook
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-18
For more than a decade, the racial justice organization Color of Change led a push to cancel the long-running TV show "Cops," which glorifies police aggression. Now the show has been cancelled, along with A&E's "Live PD." "The thing about these shows is that they call themselves reality programming, but they are only from the vision of the police officers," says Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change. "These shows have served as a PR arm for law enforcement." He is now calling on Netflix to cancel "Border Security: America's Front Line."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/18/rashad_robinson_corporate_response_blm

Murder Charge for Atlanta Cop Who Shot & Killed Rayshard Brooks Shows the "Power of a Movement"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-18
Prosecutors have charged the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks with felony murder, and accuse Garrett Rolfe of twice shooting Brooks in the back and then kicking him as he lay dying. A second officer, Devin Brosnan, faces four charges, including assault. We talk to Rashad Robinson of Color of Change about the charges in Atlanta and growing calls to defund the police. "For the last 20 years in this country, violent crime has basically steadily went down," Robinson says. "At the same time, police budgets have continued to rise, continued to expand. We've militarized police."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/18/rashad_robinson_rayshard_brooks_atlanta

"Tear Gas Is a Weapon": Amnesty Report Reveals Police Use of Tear Gas Fuels Rights Abuses Worldwide
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-18
As police officers in nearly 100 U.S. cities and towns have fired tear gas on protesters in recent weeks and left many with severe injuries, a new Amnesty International report finds the use of tear gas continues to grow each year, and fuels police human rights violations against peaceful protesters on a global scale. "Everywhere we look, police are just very quick to use tear gas, which is not a safe product and can cause real injuries," says Brian Castner, senior crisis adviser on arms and military operations for Amnesty International.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/18/police_tear_gas_amnesty_international

USAF Paints Fighter Jet Russian Color Scheme to Prepare for Dogfights
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
A General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon at Hill Air Force Base, located in northern Utah, recently had an exterior makeover paint scheme that mimics the Russian Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter, reported Defense Blog. | The 576th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron painted …
globalresearch.ca/usaf-paints-fighter-jet-russian-color-scheme-prepare-dogfights/5716339

Israeli Colonists Raze Palestinian-owned Lands near Nablus
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
Illegal Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, razed several dunams of land that belongs to the Palestinian village of Qusra, south of Nablus city, in the northern occupied West Bank, to be used for a road for illegal colonial projects, according to a settlements-watch group. Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, chief monitor of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-near-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-colonists-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-near-nablus

Armed Israeli Settlers Level Palestinian-owned Land near Jericho
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
An Israeli settler, on Wednesday, levelled vast amounts of Palestinian-owned lands in the Bedouin al-Malihat area, northwest of Jericho, in the eastern occupied West Bank, local sources said. Fatah official, Suleiman Malihat, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that an armed settler levelled 350 dunams (87 acres) of nearby Palestinian-owned land, …
imemc.org/article/armed-israeli-settlers-level-palestinian-owned-land-near-jericho/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-israeli-settlers-level-palestinian-owned-land-near-jericho

Trump's Order to Withdraw US Troops from Syria Good-for-Nothing
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Mark Taliano, author and activist, says the US troops' deployment to the oil fields areas in Eastern Syria is an act of reoccupation, indicating the futility of US President's order to withdraw its forces from the Arab country. | *** | Speaking …
globalresearch.ca/trump-order-withdraw-us-troops-syria-good-for-nothing/5716312

The Plot to Make Trump a One-Term President? Why Do They Want him Out? Will a Biden Presidency Make a Positive Difference?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Why would perhaps a majority of the US ruling class want Trump defeated in November? | Even though he's far from a prototypical Western leader — a businessman/reality TV personality turned politician — he aided and abetted the greatest wealth transfer …
globalresearch.ca/plot-make-trump-one-term-president/5716324

Now It's DPRK-Gate: North Korea to Attack US 2020 Presidential Election? "Don't Mess with Us"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
North Korea is one of countless numbers of nations that have been grievously attacked and otherwise harmed by the US. | Throughout its post-WW II history, it never attacked another country preemptively — not South Korea or any others, threatening none …
globalresearch.ca/north-korea-cyberattack-us-election/5716323

From the Covid-19 Battle Can Come Unstoppable Citizen Power to Propel "Full Medicare for All" through Congress
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-18
Frontline healthcare, transit, and grocery clerk workers are too busy risking their lives helping and saving people exposed to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic to see themselves emerging as the force that can overcome decades of commercial obstruction to full Medicare for All. These heroic, courageous, and selfless people are getting the job done, often without …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/from-the-covid-19-battle-can-come-unstoppable-citizen-power-to-propel-full-medicare-for-all-through-congress/

America's Recessional: Time to Bring the Troops Home
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Two weeks ago a senior Trump Administration official revealed that the president had decided to withdraw 9,500 American soldiers from Germany and that the administration would also be capping total U.S. military presence in that country at 25,000, which might …
globalresearch.ca/america-recessional-time-bring-troops-home/5716356

Alleged election fraudster to preside Colombia's senate while in court
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
Controversial Senator Arturo Char will have a tough year presiding over Colombia's senate while trying to prevent the Supreme Court from destroying President Ivan Duque's coalition. The conservative Radical Change…
colombiareports.com/alleged-election-fraudster-to-preside-colombias-senate-while-in-court/

US Supreme Court rules against Trump bid to end 'Dreamers' immigrant program
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, ruling against his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants, dubbed "Dreamers," who entered the United States illegally as children.The justices upheld lower court rulings that found that Trump's 2017 move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, was unlawful.
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-bid-to-end-dreamers-immigrant-program-3532424

A Landmark Supreme Court Decision Affirms LGBTQ Rights
aclu.org | 2020-06-18
It's been more than 50 years since Black and Brown trans women led the revolutionary Stonewall Riots, fighting back against police brutality and discrimination and launching a movement for equality. This week, we celebrated another incredible landmark in the fight for LGBTQ rights. , , In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed that it is illegal for employers to fire or otherwise discriminate against someone simply because they are LGBTQ. Though more work remains to protect the rights of the LGBTQ community, this decision will go a long way towards affirming legal protections in education, housing, cred…
aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/a-landmark-supreme-court-decision-affirms-lgbtq-rights

California "Berning" for Ro Khanna to Chair the State's Delegation to DNC
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-06-18
Sanders defeated Biden by a margin of 8 percent in the California primary. But hidebound tradition as well as raw political power are arrayed against the Bernie delegates pushing for Khanna to chair the delegation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/california-berning-for-ro-khanna-to-chair-the-states-delegation-to-dnc/

Video: Idlib Militants Attack Turkish-Russian Patrols as Turkey Shifts Focus to Northern Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
On June 16, a joint convoy of the Turkish Army and the Russian Military Police became the target of a new IED attack during a patrol along the M4 highway in southern Idlib. The explosion damaged a BTR-82A armored personnel …
globalresearch.ca/video-idlib-militants-attack-turkish-russian-patrols-turkey-shifts-focus-northern-iraq/5716276

Crippling new sanctions punish Syrian civilians for US defeat in proxy war
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-18
As Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long war, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions under the Caesar…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/18/crippling-new-sanctions-punish-syrian-civilians-for-us-defeat-in-proxy-war/

Leaked documents reveal right-wing oligarch plot to overthrow Mexico's AMLO
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-18
Mexico's economic oligarchs and establishment political parties have united in a secret alliance to try to remove left-wing President López…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/18/mexico-overthrow-president-amlo-boa/

Leaked documents reveal right-wing oligarch plot to overthrow Mexico's AMLO
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-18
Mexico's oligarchs and establishment political parties have united in a secret alliance to try to remove left-wing President López Obrador…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/18/mexico-overthrow-president-amlo-boa/

'We marched against the system' in Austin, Texas
| workers.org | 2020-06-18
Austin protest, June 7. By Ananya Sabharwal and Isabella Ricks Austin, Texas On June 7, the Austin Justice Coalition, an activist-led organization founded by Chas Moore and oriented toward battling institutional racism, led a protest spanning two miles from Huston-Tillotson University to the Texas State Capitol to bring awareness to . . . | Continue reading 'We marched against the system' in Austin, Texas at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49429/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-marched-against-the-system-in-austin-texas

No mask, no service: American Airlines bans #WalkAway founder for not complying with Covid-19 rules
rt.com | 2020-06-18
Conservative activist Brandon Straka has been banned from flying with American Airlines after he was booted from a plane for refusing to wear a mask as part of the company's Covid-19 guidelines. | "American Airlines thoroughly reviewed an incident on June 17 involving one of our customers, Brandon Straka," the company said in a statement on Thursday. "As a result of this review, Mr. Straka will not be permitted to fly American, as he failed to comply with our stated policy and crewmember instructions." | Straka is the first person in the US to be banned by an airline for not wearing a mask. He will continue t…
rt.com/usa/492304-american-airlines-coronavirus-masks-banned/

Journalists expose CIA spying on Assange and demand his freedom
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
This is a summary of a significant recent online discussion about those spying on Julian Assange and figures close to the Trump administration and the CIA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/15/18834243.php

"Equality Is the Soul of Liberty" Peaceful Protest in Palo Alto Pt. II
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
At a rally in Palo Alto's King Plaza on June 6, protesters called out loudly for defunding the Palo Alto Police Department. After the rally of thousands, they marched a 4.6 mile route through the city.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/16/18834261.php

Military COIN Experts Claim They Can End US Unrest in Just 17 Years
Red Friday | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
Military experts in counterinsurgency and nation-building claim they can bring nationwide protests against police brutality under control in just 17 years, sources report. | "The unrest in our country is something we can fix, no problem," Bob Egon, CEO of the Center for Perpetual War, said today. "We have a civilian population upset at their government. They're overwhelmingly peaceful, and they have a positive view of the US Military. This is a situation we've dealt with many times before." | "If we send in the troops now, we can have these protesters making IEDs inside a week." | "We had some random guy in the o…
anti-empire.com/military-coin-experts-claim-they-can-end-us-unrest-in-just-17-years/

Far-right US Air Force sergeant charged in slaying of federal officer and local police
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
Contrary to the claims of the Trump administration, far-right groups and state agents, not "far-left terrorists," have been the source of homicidal violence throughout the anti-police brutality protests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/poli-j18.html

Too late to reform, time to disband Philly police
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Philadelphia The Philadelphia Police Department, the fourth largest in the U.S., is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, founded in 1854. Its history has been marked by patterns of police brutality, intimidation, coercion and disregard for constitutional rights. Philadelphia protest, June 6. Recently, a statue of former Police Commissioner . . . | Continue reading Too late to reform, time to disband Philly police at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49470/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=too-late-to-reform-time-to-disband-philly-police

Minnesota mass gathering participants eligible for COVID-19 testing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-18
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently announced that any Minnesota resident who participated in a protest, vigil, or other mass gathering, including first responders, are eligible to receive a COVID-19 test. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Minnesota are helping to support public health departments in local communities and have …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/minnesota-mass-gathering-participants-eligible-for-covid-19-testing/

Don't let the government use war memorials and the far-right as an excuse to clamp down on protest
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-18
Penny Mordaunt is the latest government minster to express outrage over vandalism at the Cenotaph. But Mordaunt has gone a stage further in ludicrous and dangerous ideas for dealing with those causing damage: she wants to send people to battle camps alongside the armed forces. | Politicians on all sides are engaged in the faux outrage and dangerous posturing that is pandering and em…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/06/18/dont-let-the-government-use-war-memorials-and-the-far-right-as-an-excuse-to-clamp-down-on-protest/

Reflections on the protests and Black Liberation — a WW commentary
Olujimi Alade | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Philadelphia On May 30, after sleeping in after a long work shift, I decided to make my way down to City Hall for the protests planned in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Making my way down to the parkway and to the art museum, I was astonished by the . . . | Continue reading Reflections on the protests and Black Liberation — a WW commentary at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49474/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflections-on-the-protests-and-black-liberation-a-ww-commentary

Close to victory: Campaign to end the Oakland School Police Department
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Black Organizing Project banner, Oakland, Calif., June protests. Oakland, Calif. June 14 — For nearly 10 years, the Black Organizing Project has been fighting to defund and dismantle the Oakland School Police Department. Oakland is the only school district in Alameda County with its own police system. After years of . . . | Continue reading Close to victory: Campaign to end the Oakland School Police Department at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49435/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=close-to-victory-campaign-to-end-the-oakland-school-police-department

Community Control Of The Police — And A Whole Lot More
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
The wave of people's protests across the nation, backed by solidarity actions in cities around the world, has caused the corporate oligarchy and its servants to make promises they can't keep and give lip service to programs they have always resisted. The Congressional Black Caucus, the vast bulk of whose members backed militarization of local police and elevation of cops to the status of "protected" class, now claims to favor limits on police arsenals, less legal immunities for cops and a grab-bag of other reforms they previously dismissed out of hand. Mayors that know damn well they will have to cut spending acr…
popularresistance.org/community-control-of-the-police-and-a-whole-lot-more/

Here's What 'Nonlethal' Weapons Can Do To The Body
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
Civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd's death has spread around the world, and in some places, protesters are being met with tear gas, rubber bullets, stun guns, and other tactics intended to control crowds without taking lives. | Known as nonlethal or less-lethal weapons, many of these tactics were originally pitched as a way to make warfare more humane by incapacitating a person or encouraging them to flee. Law enforcement agencies later adopted these weapons from the military as an alternative to using firearms. | Yet people who study nonlethal weapons wonder if reclassification is in order, as research con…
popularresistance.org/heres-what-nonlethal-weapons-can-do-to-the-body/

Police investigate desecration of enslaved African man's grave in "retaliation attack" in Bristol
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-18
Police are investigating after the grave of an enslaved African man was vandalised in a "retaliation attack", following the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed and a message scrawled in chalk on flagstones nearby. It called for the statue of Colston, which was pulled down and thrown into the harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June, to be put back or "things will really heat up".St Mary's church in Henbury, Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)The Grade II-listed, brightly painted memorial to Scip…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/18/police-investigate-desecration-of-enslaved-african-mans-grave-in-retaliation-attack-in-bristol/

Armed Extremist Groups Aren't Lone Wolves — They Were Galvanized by the GOP
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
Protesters are being menaced and shot by heavily-armed right-wing militias over the removal of racist statues across the country. Where does this eruption of violence stem from? | The answer lies in the rise of far right groups that are armed to the teeth — this is the U.S. after all, where we love our guns more than we love our children, so of course they are. These groups seem increasingly prepared to take their fight against liberal democracy (small "l," small "d," in the classic sense)…
truthout.org/articles/armed-extremist-groups-arent-lone-wolves-they-were-galvanized-by-the-gop/

Seattle Trader Joe's Workers Fear Retaliation After Attending BLM Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
On the afternoon of Friday, June 12, grocery shoppers who frequent the Trader Joe's on Capitol Hill in Seattle were met with an unexpected sign posted to the front door. "Today, our store closed at 1pm," the sign read. "The store will be closed indefinitely starting 6/13/2020." | The announcement came as a shock to many in the community who…
truthout.org/articles/seattle-trader-joes-workers-fear-retaliation-after-attending-blm-protests/

Tuesday 6/23: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests Pt. 2
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834310.php

Severity of respiratory failure and outcome of patients needing a ventilatory support in the Emergency Department during Italian novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 outbreak: Preliminary data on the role of Helmet CPAP and Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Andrea Duca, Irdi Memaj, Federico Zanardi, Carlo Preti, Andrea Alesi, Lorenzo Della Bella, Elena Ghezzi, Fabiano Di Marco, Ferdinando Luca Lorini, Serena Venturelli, Stefano Fagiuoli, Roberto Cosentini | thelancet.com | 2020-06-18
The population of patients suspected for COVID-19 infection presenting at our ED showed a very high rate of severe respiratory failure, with urgent need of a large amount of intensive care resources. Mortality rates of critically ill patients with confirmed COVID-19 (76.5%) are similar to previously reported studies with similar population. CPAP/NIPPV could be a valid strategy to treat severely hypoxic patients that cannot be intubated in the ED due to lack of intensive care resources.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30163-2/fulltext?rss=yes

If Black Lives Matter, must 'Gone with the Wind' be gone?
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-18
In 1953 author Simone de Beauvoir asked Must We Burn De Sade? regarding the French Marquis and his sadomasochistic books. Today, as the multiple plagues of COVID-19, widespread economic displacement and police brutality disproportionately ravage the African-American community, we're likewise asking: Must Gone with the Wind be gone? On June 10, the birthday of Hattie …
peoplesworld.org/article/if-black-lives-matter-must-gone-with-the-wind-be-gone/

On the road again: COVID-19 safety tips for commuters
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-18
Many commuters are back on the road as COVID-19 restrictions are lifting across the country and businesses are reopening. For commuters using public transportation, car sharing services and carpooling, close proximity to fellow commuters may raise concerns about safety and risk of infection. That's because COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person through droplets produced …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/on-the-road-again-covid-19-safety-tips-for-commuters/

As a Police Policy Maker, Prosecutor, and Public Interest Lawyer, This Is What I Fear, and This Is What We Can Do Together
William John Cox | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
There is a new contagion sweeping across America, more deadly than the COVID-19 virus released by our collapsing environment, and even more dangerous than the world-wide economic collapse triggered by the pandemic. The widening collapse has undermined our local and | …
globalresearch.ca/police-policy-maker-prosecutor-public-interest-lawyer-this-what-i-fear-this-what-we-can-do-together/5716360

"Main Victim of Caesar Act Is the Syrian Citizen." Ambassador Bashar Al-Ja'fari
Dr. Bachar al-Jaafari | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
The Caesar Act comes at a time when the whole world is suffering not only in the health arena (Covid-19) but also in the financial one. | Syria specifically is suffering from great duress. Coming out of a ten year long …
globalresearch.ca/ambassador-jafari-main-victim-caesar-act-syrian-citizen/5716342

Pollution Rises As China Ends COVID-19 Shutdown
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-18
counterpunch.org/2020/06/18/pollution-rises-as-china-ends-covid-19-shutdown/

COVID-19 killing the working class in Britain at more than twice the rate of the wealthiest
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
The pandemic is exacerbating the effects of already growing socioeconomic and urban inequalities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/depr-j18.html

PDF of June 18 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-18
This week's issue is a 16-page PDF. Justice for Rayshard Brooks! Stonewall means unite and fight back! TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Gov't, Klan & the state; New hearing for Rodney Reed; Free Jalil, Mutulu! CeCe McDonald & right to self-defense; WORKERS STRUGGLES; COVID_19 CRISIS: the Bronx; domestic violence; ANTI_RACIST REBELLIONS: . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 18 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49447/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-june-18-issue

From Toxic Food to Agrarian Disaster: Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
During the early days of the coronavirus lockdowns, in some quarters there was a certain degree of optimism around. Although millions of people were suffering, the hope was that the Covid-19 crisis would shine light on societal and economic systems …
globalresearch.ca/from-toxic-food-to-agrarian-disaster-dirty-deals-done-dirt-cheap/5716335

Mexican autoworkers say General Motors is covering up COVID-19 outbreak at Silao plant
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
The coverup of COVID-19 cases by GM and hundreds of manufacturing companies across Mexico is not only sanctioned by the López Obrador government, it is part of an official policy of under-reporting cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/mexi-j18.html

Covid-19 and Dexamethasone: Some hope for serious patients
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-18
A randomised and controlled clinical study conducted in the UK has found that the readily available steroid drug, Dexamethasone, could be a game changer in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/18/covid-19-and-dexamethasone-some-hope-for-serious-patients/

Irish housing rights group demands ban on evictions during COVID-19 crisis
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-18
A Day of Action was observed on June 17 on the call of the Community Action Tenants Union of Ireland. The COVID-19 lockdown has worsened the plight of tenants and homeless people in Irish cities…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/18/irish-housing-rights-group-demands-ban-on-evictions-during-covid-19-crisis/

A New Look at Old Pandemics
Norman Stockwell | progressive.org | 2020-06-18
Mike Davis's 2005 study of the risks of an avian flu pandemic has come back with a vengeance in the time of COVID-19.
progressive.org/magazine/new-look-at-old-pandemics-stockwell/

The COVID Coup: The BlackRock Takeover Of American Interests
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-06-18
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 (6/18/20). 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-covid-coup-the-blackrock-takeover-of-american-interests/

Local Officials: Pledge to Divest from Police and Reinvest in Black Communities
aclu.org | 2020-06-18
In the wake of the killings by police of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, we are seeing a massive popular political realignment around the role and scope of policing in the United States, led by Black organizers and Black-led movement groups. More than ever before, this movement is calling for divestment from police departments, and reinvestment into the life-affirming services that help communities thrive., , It's not enough for local governments to make small cuts, to invest in yet another set of flawed training programs, or to paint the streets with slogans. Cities, towns and local leaders mus…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/local-officials-pledge-to-divest-from-police-and-reinvest-in-black-communities

Colombia's coronavirus aid used to pay pack election contributions?
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
Colombia's Inspector General said Tuesday he was investigating $12.5 million (COP47 billion) in coronavirus aid funds ended up in the pockets of elections campaigns sponsors. The granting of government contracts…
colombiareports.com/colombias-coronavirus-aid-used-to-pay-pack-election-contributions/

Countries fail to protect a billion children from violence each year, UN warns
news.un.org | 2020-06-18
Each year, half of the world's children — around one billion youngsters — are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence because countries fail to follow established strategies to protect them, according to a new UN report issued Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066622

Colombia's coronavirus aid used to pay back election contributions?
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
Colombia's Inspector General said Tuesday he was investigating how $12.5 million (COP47 billion) in coronavirus aid funds ended up in the pockets of elections campaigns sponsors. The granting of government…
colombiareports.com/colombias-coronavirus-aid-used-to-pay-pack-election-contributions/

John Bolton's new book slating President Trump may have delighted the MSM, but seems to be driven by venom, not facts
Scott Ritter | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-18
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's book "The Room Where It Happened" accuses Trump of incompetence and …

John Bolton’s new book slating President Trump may have delighted the MSM, but seems to be driven by venom, not facts

Brazil: Minister of Education announces his departure from Bolsonaro government
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-18
Brazil's Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, announced on the afternoon of Thursday June 18 that he is stepping down from the government of Jair Bolsonaro. He made the announcement through a video published on Twitter, where he is standing next to the president. Until now there is still no information about the transition period with the position. | His fall comes after the minister participated in a series of anti democracy rallies principally against the Supreme Federal Court (STF). According to sources from the Planalto Palace, his…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/18/brazil-minister-of-education-announces-his-departure-from-bolsonaro-government/

The India-China border clash and the inflammable state of world geopolitics
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
The Indo-China border dispute is only one of numerous global flashpoints where US aggression has incited or aggravated inter-state conflicts and transformed them into potential catalysts of a global conflagration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/inch-j18.html

Open letter to Colombia's press freedom foundation on promoting free press
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
Dear Fernando et al, I am writing to express my surprise that the Assembly of the Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) has not taken action, i.e. sanctions,…
colombiareports.com/open-letter-to-colombias-press-freedom-foundation-on-promoting-free-press/

Colombia's potential cocaine production reached all-time high in 2019: UN
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
Colombia's potential cocaine production reached a new high in 2019 despite a drop in registered hectares of coca, the base ingredient of the illicit drug, according to the United Nations….
colombiareports.com/colombias-potential-cocaine-production-reached-all-time-high-in-2019-un/

Pablo Escobar's involvement in 1985 palace of justice siege another urban myth?
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-18
The popular belief that late drug lord Pablo Escobar ordered and financed the 1985 guerrilla attack on Colombia's Palace of Justice increasingly appears to be a far-right urban myth. The…
colombiareports.com/pablo-escobars-involvement-in-1985-palace-of-justice-attack-another-urban-myth/

Coronavirus Pandemic Deepens New York's Hunger Crisis
Sharon Lerner | zcomm.org | 2020-06-18
Some longtime advocates say they have been warning for years about the hunger the pandemic has exacerbated.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/coronavirus-pandemic-deepens-new-yorks-hunger-crisis/

Sharp rise in new coronavirus cases in US south and west
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has doubled since the federal "slow the spread" guidelines were allowed to expire.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/covi-j18.html

'Workers First' car caravans drive mass turnouts nationwide
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-18
WASHINGTON–From Fairbanks to San Juan and from Bangor to Honolulu, workers nationwide turned out June 17 in car caravans, at press conferences, and in call-ins to lawmakers to demand solons "Put Workers First For Racial And Economic Justice." Their top demands are additional economic aid during the coronavirus pandemic, for workers, not bosses, and for …
peoplesworld.org/article/workers-first-car-caravans-drive-mass-turnouts-nationwide/

Study of key nations: Pandemic could have been 90 times worse
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-18
BERKELEY, Calif.–It may be stating the obvious, but while the coronavirus pandemic is bad — 6.2 million sufferers and 444,563 dead worldwide as of mid-morning June 17 — it could have been worse, a lot worse, a new comprehensive study shows. Try almost 90 times worse. What would that mean, in practical terms? Though the …
peoplesworld.org/article/study-of-key-nations-pandemic-could-have-been-90-times-worse/

Justin Trudeau continues the Conservatives Pro-Corporate/Empire International Policies
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-18
The international community's rejection of Canada's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council isn't a surprise. In the below introduction to my recently published House of Mirrors: Justin Trudeau's Foreign Policy I detail how Liberal foreign policy has largely mimicked Stephen Harper's who lost a bid for the Security Council in 2010. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/justin-trudeau-continues-the-conservatives-pro-corporate-empire-international-policies/

Justin Trudeau Continues the Conservatives Pro-Corporate/Empire International Policies
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-18
The international community's rejection of Canada's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council isn't a surprise. In the below introduction to my recently published House of Mirrors: Justin Trudeau's Foreign Policy I detail how Liberal foreign policy has largely mimicked that of Stephen Harper who lost a bid for the Security Council …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/justin-trudeau-continues-the-conservatives-pro-corporate-empire-international-policies/

Jane McAlevey's Vision for the Future of American Labor
Eleni Schirmer | zcomm.org | 2020-06-18
Systematic grassroots organizing is the key to repairing today's ravaged democracy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/jane-mcaleveys-vision-for-the-future-of-american-labor/

Skating on Thin Ice in the Antarctic: Threat to Polar Sea Ice from Escalating Plastic Pollution
Tom Gammage | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Plastic pollution has now been found in Antarctic sea ice, which has far-reaching consequences for the health of the planet and underlines the need for a global treaty the tackle it. | When we hear about plastic pollution, it's normally …
globalresearch.ca/skating-thin-ice-serious-threat-polar-sea-ice-escalating-plastic-pollution/5716285

Cecil Rhodes' Project for a Renewed Single Anglo-Saxon Empire. Submission of the "Uncivilized World". "We are the Finest Race"
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
In 1877, while laying out his agenda for the formation of a secret society to recapture Britain's lost colony of America and the submission of "inferior" races (ie. non anglo-saxon) under the control of a renewed British Empire, Cecil Rhodes,…
globalresearch.ca/cecil-rhodes-project-for-a-renewed-single-anglo-saxon-empire-submission-of-the-uncivilized-world-we-are-the-finest-race/5716273

Why Japan Cancelled Installation of American Missiles in Its Territory. US Military Presence Threatens Japan's Security
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Since 1945, when the United States bombed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons, Japan has entered an era of total submission to Washington, demilitarizing and abdicating its own real sovereignty. Tokyo came under the umbrella of American …
globalresearch.ca/three-reasons-japan-cancelled-installation-american-missiles-territory/5716338

Redrawing the Cultural Cityscape: The Destiny of Colonial Monuments in Ireland
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
"Symbols are what unite and divide people. Symbols give us our identity, our self-image,our way of explaining ourselves to others. Symbols in turn determine the kinds of stories we tell; and the stories we tell determine the kind of history …
globalresearch.ca/destiny-colonial-monuments-ireland/5716298

Ballots, Bullets and the African American Struggle in Georgia
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Continuing problems with voter suppression and the brutal execution of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta highlights racism and national oppression in the contemporary South | *** | "This is why I say it's the ballot or the bullet. It's liberty or it's death. …
globalresearch.ca/ballots-bullets-african-american-struggle-georgia/5716290

Demilitarizing the Police and Ending "Qualified Immunity"
Ben Barbour | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Before proposing solutions to demilitarize the police, decrease abuses by law enforcement, and increase accountability for law enforcement, it is imperative to understand how US law enforcement became an extension of the military. | On May 25th, George Floyd | …
globalresearch.ca/case-demilitarizing-police-ending-qualified-immunity/5716352

Lebanon Is Victim of Its Deeply Entrenched Political Elite
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Lebanon is the victim of its deeply entrenched political elite, which has refused to adopt and execute meaningful reforms since tens of thousands of Lebanese poured into the streets last October to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and the …
globalresearch.ca/lebanon-victim-deeply-entrenched-political-elite/5716350

The Plot to Kill Martin Luther King: Survived Shooting, Was Murdered in Hospital
Craig McKee | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
Pepper was able to piece together what really happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis right down to who gave the order and supplied the money, how the patsy was chosen, and who actually pulled the trigger.
globalresearch.ca/the-plot-to-kill-martin-luther-king-survived-shooting-was-murdered-in-hospital-an-interview-with-william-pepper/5544005

Low Budget America! Living at the Outset of a "New Normal". Economy Slowed Down to a Crawl
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-18
The great British rock group The Kinks, stars of the 60s 'British Invasion', outdid themselves in 1979 with 'Low Budget'. Check out these lyrics: | Cheap is small and not too steep | But best of all cheap is cheap | Circumstance has | …
globalresearch.ca/low-budget-america-living-at-the-outset-of-a-new-normal-economy-slowed-down-to-a-crawl/5716275

Israeli Forces Abduct Several Palestinians in the West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
Israeli soldiers abducted, early on Thursday morning, several Palestinian residents from a number of West Bank cities, towns and villages. In the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli special forces invaded the Aqbat Jaber refugee camp, south of the city and abducted a young man, according to Palestinian security sources. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-abduct-several-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-abduct-several-palestinians-in-the-west-bank

Army Demolishes A Home, A Carwash Facility, In Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a Palestinian home in the al-Khader town, and a carwash facility in Teqoua' town, south and east of Bethlehem city, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Several army jeeps, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded the al-Khader town, before demolishing a two-room house, owned by …
imemc.org/article/army-demolishes-a-home-a-carwash-facility-in-bethlehem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=army-demolishes-a-home-a-carwash-facility-in-bethlehem

Al-Zahar: 'Calm, in Return for Calm' Can't Last Forever
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
In a new statement to media outlets, influential Hamas leader in Gaza, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, warned that the continuation of the Israeli siege and the 'calm, in return for calm' on both sides of the borders, can not last forever. Al-Zahar's remarks, which were reported by local Palestinian media outlets, including …
imemc.org/article/al-zahar-calm-in-return-for-calm-cant-last-forever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=al-zahar-calm-in-return-for-calm-cant-last-forever

Israeli Settler Attacks Elderly Palestinian Protecting his Land in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
An illegal Israeli settler, on Thursday, attacked an elderly Palestinian man in Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, pepper-spraying him in the face, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Witnesses said that an illegal Israeli settler pepper-sprayed Mohammad Daoud Abbasi, in the face, along with his sons, causing them all to suffer …
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PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (June 11 — 17, 2020)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-06-18
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (11 — 17 June 2020) Summary The Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-pronged violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-june-11-17-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-june-11-17-2020

Mayo again ranked among 'Best Children's Hospitals' by U.S. News & World Report
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-18
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Children's Center has again been ranked as the top-performing children's hospital in the five state region including the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin on U.S. News & World Report's 2020-2021 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. "As in years past, the Mayo Clinic Children's Center ranks among the top Children's Hospitals in …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-again-ranked-among-best-childrens-hospitals-by-u-s-news-world-report/

US imposes new sanctions on Syria under Caesar Act
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-18
The US administration announced a new set of political and economic sanctions against Syria on June 17, Wednesday, under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection act. The act was enacted in the US in December 2019 and made part of the National Defence Authorisation act for the year 2020. | The Caesar act asks the government of Syria and its allies, Russia and Iran, to halt military operations aimed at retaking territories captured by armed militias and rebel forces supported by Turkey and the US in Syria. The Syrian government has rejected the act, saying that it cannot allow such a division of the country. | The exe…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/18/us-imposes-new-sanctions-on-syria-under-caesar-act/

Atlanta cop who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder, could face death penalty
wsws.org | 2020-06-18
The charge is one of eleven made against Officer Garrett Rolfe and may be the first time in more than a century that a police officer in the US has been threatened with the death penalty for an active duty killing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/brks-j18.html

Defunding 'justified' murder
Robert Koehler | zcomm.org | 2020-06-18
At its core, there is always an enemy, conveniently dehumanized so that his or her death is virtually always justified. Justification is so easy when you don't imagine a victim's 8-year-old daughter waiting for him in her birthday dress…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/defunding-justified-murder/

'We are unified as Pueblo on the removal of monuments that glorify murderers'
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Pulling down hated statue of conquistador butcher, Juan de Oñate. The uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd has become a movement against white supremacy. Generations of anger have exploded against settler colonialism and slavery and all white-supremacist historical monuments. In New Mexico, the Pueblo Nations still seethe . . . | Continue reading 'We are unified as Pueblo on the removal of monuments that glorify murderers' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49438/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-unified-as-pueblo-on-the-removal-of-monuments-that-glorify-murderers

Delbert Africa, Warrior for the people!
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Delbert Africa's daughter Yvonne Orr-El: 'They murdered my father.' Delbert Orr Africa passed away on the evening of June 15 surrounded by friends and his MOVE family. A June 16 press release from MOVE describes Africa as "an early counterpart 42 years before George Floyd." In 1978, Delbert Africa was . . . | Continue reading Delbert Africa, Warrior for the people! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49432/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delbert-africa-warrior-for-the-people

Trump threatens to re-start nuclear weapons tests, undoing 50 years of agreements
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-18
If the Trump administration follows through on its threat to restart nuclear tests, it will complete the unraveling of more than 50 years of arms control agreements, taking the world back to the days when school children practiced "duck and cover" and people built backyard bomb shelters. It will certainly be the death knell for the Comprehensive …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-threatens-to-re-start-nuclear-weapons-tests-undoing-50-years-of-agreements/

Patents and the Pandemic, Again
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-18
(This post originally appeared on my Patreon page.) I know I have been pounding on this a lot, but it is important and there is a lot of money at stake. All we need (okay, maybe not all) is some clear thinking. The Washington Post had a good piece this week talking about how a …
cepr.net/patents-and-the-pandemic-again/

On the Line: Signs of the Times
progressive.org | 2020-06-18
We asked friends, readers, and contributors to send us some of the signs that are appearing in the midst of this pandemic. Here's a sampling.
progressive.org/magazine/otl-signs-of-the-time/

Starving Syria and Lebanon into submission
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-18
Hezbollah and its allies won't wait for their countries to be crippled before retaliating for the 'Casear Act' | As the so-called 'Caesar Act' came into force on Wednesday, the US announced the imposition of individual sanctions on 39 prominent Syrians — including President Bashar al-Asad and his wife Asma al-Akhras — while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo served notice that additional, more punishing, sanctions are to follow. | It is futile to point out that this Act is illegal, or set out all the evidence that those who will be punished most by it are the ordinary people of Syria, the great majority o…

Starving Syria and Lebanon into submission

Possible framework for restarting the baseball season?
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-18
Will there be a season, or won't there be a season? It's the urgent question–almost heartfelt plea for divine intervention–hanging over all baseball fans as June double-times it toward July; the initially projected month to restart the 2020 Major League Baseball season. As of now, the chances of us seeing live baseball are 50/50. But …
peoplesworld.org/article/possible-framework-for-restarting-the-baseball-season/

UN refugee chief laments nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced
news.un.org | 2020-06-18
Global displacement reached a staggering 79.5 million people last year – almost double the number of people in crisis registered a decade ago — owing to war, violence, persecution and other emergencies, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066492

How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet
Mike Davis | mronline.org | 2020-06-18
LAPD Chief William H. Parker was initially wary of Dragnet but also saw the opportunity to publicize his views on law and order. LAPD advisors closely examined the script to guarantee that the LAPD officers on Dragnet were ethical, efficient, terse and white.
mronline.org/2020/06/18/how-lapd-chief-william-h-parker-influenced-the-depiction-of-policing-on-the-tv-show-dragnet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-lapd-chief-william-h-parker-influenced-the-depiction-of-policing-on-the-tv-show-dragnet

Police Must Be Guardians, Not Warriors
Yohuru Williams | progressive.org | 2020-06-18
We can't reform police until we reckon with their history of enforcing white supremacy.
progressive.org/dispatches/police-be-guardians-not-warriors-williams-200618/

Nigel Farage — culture wars supremo
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-18
In a world awash in conspiracy theories, simplistic stories that have a single, clear message are quickly taking over just as traditional (real) journalists struggle to keep pace and get the right balance in their investigations, conspiracy theorists who pitch simple "us vs. them" scenarios are getting more airtime. One example noted in this article …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/nigel-farage-culture-wars-supremo/

Multinational unity wins another battle at Harvard
Workers World Boston bureau | workers.org | 2020-06-18
Harvard University custodial staff take a knee. During the recent worldwide upsurge for justice, the Black and Brown workers' fight to save their jobs — at the flagship bourgeois enterprise Harvard — led to the university's first antiracist action on June 9. A multi-union worker-organizing initiative drew close to 70 . . . | Continue reading Multinational unity wins another battle at Harvard at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49425/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=multinational-unity-wins-another-battle-at-harvard

Why the police cannot be reformed
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-18
These edited remarks were made at a June 11 webinar sponsored by Workers World Party: "Why we must abolish the police." What a historical, earth-shattering shift just three months has made! Who would have thought the main debate in the country and the world would be whether the police should be . . . | Continue reading Why the police cannot be reformed at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49477/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-police-cannot-be-reformed

Bolivia. Morales alerta a comunidad internacional: àÅñez se aferra al poder
| workers.org | 2020-06-18
Por Resumen Latinoamericano Según concluyó una investigación independiente, el informe hecho por la misión de observación electoral de la OEA a las elecciones del 20 de octubre de 2019 en Bolivia, y que sirvió a la oposición para generar un golpe de Estado contra el presidente Evo Morales, tenía serias . . . | Continue reading Bolivia. Morales alerta a comunidad internacional: àÅñez se aferra al poder at Workers.org…
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Report estimates 9,000 non-COVID excess deaths from pandemic in England
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-18
Around 9,000 non-COVID-19 deaths in England during three months of the pandemic would not have occurred had the pandemic not happened.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198444/report-estimates-9000-non-covid-excess-deaths

Three Populists And Three Women
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
Looking at the total Covid-19/Coronavirus global death statistics on Saturday, 13 June 2020, three things become noticeable. The first remarkable issue is that Donald Trump's USA has just exceeded the total number of fatalities it suffered during World War I. In that war, the USA lost 116,516. On Saturday morning, the USA had lost 116,795 to the Coronavirus, continuing on an approximately daily death rate of between 800 to 1,000 since the last few weeks. It happened on Donald Trump's watch and no blame shifting can change the fact that the USA did rather badly compared to all other countries on earth. | Secondly,…
popularresistance.org/three-populists-and-three-women/

Warren, Harris, Rice? Which Horrible Woman Will Be Empire's Helmsman If Democrats Win?
Bill Barrow | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. | Democrats with knowledge of the process said Biden's search committee has narrowed the choices to as few as six serious contenders after initial interviews. Among the group still in contention: Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama's national security adviser. | Those with knowledge declined to name other contenders and said the process…
anti-empire.com/warren-harris-rice-which-horrible-woman-will-be-empires-helmsman-if-democrats-win/

Britain approves spending of 3.5 billion pounds on railway bailout
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Britain has so far approved spending of 3.5 billion pounds ($4.38 billion) to keep its railways running during the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Thursday.Under emergency measures brought in on March 23 for six months, the government has been providing financial support to rail companies to keep trains running for key workers despite overall passenger numbers plunging by as much as 96%.The government has approved 3.5 billion pounds of spending to ensure rail services continue to operate and it was not yet possible to provide an estimate of the total cost incurred to date, junior transport minister C…
yenisafak.com/en/world/britain-approves-spending-of-35-billion-pounds-on-railway-bailout-3532406

Barbarism on the Rise: Hunting Mama Wolves and Bears and Their Cubs in Alaska
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-18
Like the French monarch Louis XIV, Trump said I am the state. I can do anything I want. There's no climate change. Corporations are right about the environment and pollution. I will follow their guidance. In about 3.5 years, he reversed the modicum of theoretical and real environmental and public health protection Americans enjoyed.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/18/barbarism-on-the-rise-hunting-mama-wolves-and-bears-and-their-cubs-in-alaska/

The Case for Nationalizing the Fossil Fuel Industry
MPCSSRR | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2020-06-18
Read the Paper | The climate is in crisis. Scientists have repeatedly warned policymakers that to have a reasonable chance at limiting global warming to 1.5 ∫C, emissions need to be rapidly wound down. But the power of the fossil fuel corporations, armed with hundreds and hundreds of lobbyists on the Hill, won't have any of it. They must extract, extract, extract. Corporations are unwilling, and markets are simply incapable of rapidly phasing out the industry that is destroying our planet. | There is another way. Peop…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/06/18/the-case-for-nationalizing-the-fossil-fuel-industry/

FROM THE FIELD: Adapting to Lesotho's changing climate
news.un.org | 2020-06-18
Living in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho comes with its fair share of challenges, including land degradation and climate change, which are upending traditional farming practices.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066612

Booze-addict monkey terror: Indian primate jailed for life after carnivorous rampage leaves 250 injured & 1 dead
rt.com | 2020-06-18
An alcoholic pet monkey has been locked up for good in Uttar Pradesh after a terror spree that left 250 people injured and one dead. Efforts to rehabilitate the animal were scrapped and zoo doctors affirm he's a menace to society. | …
rt.com/news/492281-alcoholic-carnivorous-monkey-attack/

New NDAA Omits COVID19, Escalates Great Power Conflict
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
A summary report of the Senate Armed Services Committee's proposed version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act reveals a disconcerting disconnect between the U.S. government's approach to national security and the impact of COVID-19 on America's economy and society. | The novel coronavirus has killed more Americans than all but two of the country's wars. It has undermined the prosperity of most of the rest of its population. It has laid bare the country's racial inequalities and devastated the global economy. Relief efforts are incurring federal debt on a scale certain to reduce funding for other purpo…
popularresistance.org/ndaa-omits-covid19-escalates-great-power-conflict/

COVID-19: A Polygraph For These Times
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
Like a lie detector, COVID-19 has made obvious at least two phenomena that have been taking place already over the past few years: the decline of the U.S. empire and the failure of capitalism. For a number of years now, the U.S. has been losing this super-power status, its economy has lost range, and the dollar has hit the skids. Its international reserves do not cover even 2% of the exorbitant external debt and it is not sufficient for even 2 months of imports (hence the desperation to re-open the economy in the midst of the pandemic.) for decades, the U.S. has imported more than it has exported, and its commerc…
popularresistance.org/covid-19-a-polygraph-for-these-times/

Second COVID-19 Wave And The US Economy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
It is increasingly likely that things are about to get worse in terms of US public health. And as that happens, so too will the US economy experience a further negative impact from the virus. A second wave now emerging means not just a further decline in public health, but an eventual second wave of problems for the US economy as well. | What a second wave all but ensures is that the US economic recovery will not be 'V-Shape' but will be 'W-Shape'; that is, a W shape recovery characterized by periods of short and shallow GDP growth, followed by brief periodic economic relapses thereafter. These short, shallow rec…
popularresistance.org/second-covid-19-wave-and-the-us-economy/

A Majority Of Workers Are Fearful Of Coronavirus Infections At Work
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
The majority of workers and roughly 70% of Black and Hispanic workers who are currently working onsite at their workplaces, and not at home, believe they face considerable risks from the coronavirus. These workers are not being provided with sufficient protection on the job. Moreover, new polling commissioned by EPI shows that vulnerable workers are not receiving extra compensation proportionate to the risks they are being exposed to. Workers require and deserve both safety protections and extra compensation in these circumstances, and they should not be forced to choose between their health and having an income.
popularresistance.org/a-majority-of-workers-are-fearful-of-coronavirus-infections-at-work/

US Trails World In Coronavirus Response And Almost Everything Else
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-18
Data from around the world on how nations are handling Coronavirus makes clear that, as in most things (this claim is documented below), the United States is exceptionally awful. Among wealthy countries, only Sweden, which has chosen to intentionally allow the disease to spread, has done worse. A handful of countries in Latin America and the Middle East are doing worse than the United States, though some are doing better. As in many world rankings, as documented below, the United States looks fair to middling as a third-world country, but off-the-charts terrible as a wealthy country — much less as a country…
popularresistance.org/us-trails-world-in-coronavirus-response-and-almost-everything-else/

Planet Earth Police Department Blew Up Seven Innocent Black People in Somalia, Including a Child
Al Jazeera | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
The United States military has not adequately investigated two air raids in Somalia earlier this year that have killed at least seven civilians, including a child, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW). [HRW is a major lobbyist for regime-change wars, and as such they're very tame on the Pentagon. If they say seven there was likely more.] | In a report released on Tuesday, the rights group said the killing of the civilians was in apparent violation of the laws of war. The HRW was referring to incidents on February 2 and March 10 in Jilib and Janaale, where no evidence of a military target involving the al-Sha…
anti-empire.com/planet-earth-police-department-blew-up-seven-innocent-black-people-in-somalia-including-a-child/

Russia: Almost 500 doctors die from COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Almost 500 doctors died due to the novel coronavirus in Russia, contracting it at work, the country's Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare announced on Thursday.Russia was not fully prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak, with problems in the beginning, including lack of protective means, head of the service Alla Samoylova said at a video-conference in Moscow.Authorities have so far managed to fix most of them, and the complaints about security flaws are "rather rare" now, Samoylova added."As of today, we say the spread of the virus is not over yet. More than half a million people in Russia are ill, over 7,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/russia-almost-500-doctors-die-from-covid-19-3532421

Iran sees no change in its policy towards Syria: VP Jahangiri
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Es'hagh Jahangiri said that Tehran's policy towards Damascus has not changed.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159928/Iran-sees-no-change-in-its-policy-towards-Syria-VP-Jahangiri

Turkey: Lockdown set for university, high school exams
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
There will be a general lockdown on June 20 and 27 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., said a ministry statement.People taking the exam and using public transport to get there as well as relatives dropping off the students will be exempt.Municipalities will take necessary measures to prevent disruption in public transportation, with more service offered as needed, the statement said.During the lockdown, bakeries, markets, grocery stores, and butchers will remain open, it said.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-lockdown-set-for-university-high-school-exams-3532429

NGO sounds alarm on use of wild plants to cure COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Wild plant species are under pressure due to its usage to treat COVID-19 and make money, according to the report published by the international wildlife watchdog TRAFFIC on Thursday."Wild plant species used in herbal treatments of COVID-19 are set to come under heightened harvesting pressure, both as a result of increased demand and because of more people turning to wild harvesting as an alternative source of income during times of high unemployment and economic crisis," TRAFFIC said.The report asserted that herbal products containing wild plant ingredients are used to prevent and treat COVID-19 in South America,…
yenisafak.com/en/life/ngo-sounds-alarm-on-use-of-wild-plants-to-cure-covid-19-3532428

Iran's daily death toll from coronavirus drops below 100
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Iran on Thursday confirmed 87 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,272.Iran's daily number of COVID-19 fatalities dropped under 100 for the first time after the last four days.Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said a further 2,596 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 197,647.A total of 156,991 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, he said, adding that 2,795 remain at hospitals in critical conditions.Over 1.34 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari said.Afte…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-daily-death-toll-from-coronavirus-drops-below-100-3532400

Five more Iraqi lawmakers test positive for coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
At least five more Iraqi members of parliament have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Thursday.Mahasin Hamdun Dali, Alaa Nasi and Laith Dulaimi from Mosul are among the lawmakers tested positive for the virus, Hoshiar Karadag, the head of the parliament, told reporters.The parliament would not be suspended due to the latest developments, Karadag added.Wahdi Jumeili, another lawmaker, also announced on social media that he tested positive for COVID-19.No information was provided regarding the identity of the fifth lawmaker, who contracted the virus.On Wednesday, an Iraqi medical so…
yenisafak.com/en/world/five-more-iraqi-lawmakers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-3532422

Merkel urges EU compromise on COVID-19 recovery package
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on EU member states to reach a quick compromise on the COVID-19 economic recovery package, and warned that the bloc is facing the biggest challenge since its foundation.Addressing lawmakers in parliament on Thursday, a day before a key summit of European leaders via videoconference, Merkel said the coronavirus crisis has deepened inequality within the EU, indicating the bloc was vulnerable."Cohesion and solidarity in Europe have never been as important as they are now," she stressed, adding that no country can withstand this crisis alone.Merkel urged EU members, which ex…
yenisafak.com/en/news/merkel-urges-eu-compromise-on-covid-19-recovery-package-3532402

UK death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases rises by 135 to 42,288
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
The UK death toll from confirmed cases of the new coronavirus has risen to 42,288, an increase of 135, the latest daily figures from the government showed on Thursday.
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-death-toll-from-confirmed-covid-19-cases-rises-by-135-to-42288-3532427

Russia revises sharply higher coronavirus death toll among medics
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Russia has revised steeply higher, to nearly 500, the number of medical workers who have died after contracting COVID-19, illustrating the severe toll the pandemic has taken on its frontline doctors and nurses.The Health Ministry had reported on May 26 that 101 medics had died from the coronavirus, a figure that was much lower than an unofficial tally of 444 deceased medical workers compiled online by Russian doctors.Alla Samoylova, the head of a Russian healthcare watchdog, updated the official figure on Thursday to 489, the TASS news agency reported, some 6.4% of the overall nationwide death toll.Russia, which…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-revises-sharply-higher-coronavirus-death-toll-among-medics-3532405

Aramco CEO says to use cash, debt to pay dividends
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Saudi Aramco will use a combination of cash and debt to pay its dividend of $18.75 billion for the first quarter of this year, the company's chief executive said on Thursday."It will be a combination of both," Amin Nasser told reporters during a phone call, when asked whether Aramco would tap debt markets to cover the dividend or use its own cash."We would like to use our free cash definitely most of time, but other debt instruments from banks or bonds are also available for us as we have a strong balance sheet."
yenisafak.com/en/economy/aramco-ceo-says-to-use-cash-debt-to-pay-dividends-3532407

UK's Johnson, France's Macron to discuss coronavirus, Brexit: spox
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron will most likely talk about the global fight against the novel coronavirus and Britain's future relationship with the European Union at talks later on Thursday."President Macron is visiting London to mark an important event in the shared history of our two countries and to commemorate the sacrifices made during the Second World War," Johnson's spokesman told reporters."But it is also an opportunity for the PM and the president to discuss a range of other issues and I expect them to talk about the global fight against coronavirus and also for our fu…
yenisafak.com/en/news/uks-johnson-frances-macron-to-discuss-coronavirus-brexit-spox-3532409

Turkey fully prepared for high school entrance exam
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
Turkey has taken all preventive measures against coronavirus prior to the high school entrance exam (LGS) which will take place on Saturday, the education minister said Thursday."The number of examination centers has been increased to around 18,000 from 13,000 because we want the students to be comfortable," Ziya Selcuk told Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk.The number of invigilators has also been increased to 353,000 from 148,000 to provide better assistance to students, he added.He said separate centers have been allocated for children who are quarantined due to coronavirus.Prior to entering the examination hall, s…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-fully-prepared-for-high-school-entrance-exam-3532425

Russian maneuvers in Libya poses risk: US AFRICOM
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) revealed new evidence of active Russian aircraft in Libyan airspace Thursday, saying it poses a risk for all civilians."Russia's sustained involvement in Libya increases the violence and delays a political solution," AFRICOM head of operations US Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Bradford Gering said in a statement. "Russia continues to push for a strategic foothold on NATO's southern flank and this is at the expense of innocent Libyan lives."Two images of MiG-29 and Su-24 Russian aircrafts flying through Libya was shared by the command.In late May, AFRICOM reported at least 14 MiG-29s and sever…
yenisafak.com/en/news/russian-maneuvers-in-libya-poses-risk-us-africom-3532419

Turkey denies harassing French vessel in Mediterranean
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
The allegations were baseless, and the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) have been a major contributor to the NATO military alliance for the past seven decades, said a senior Turkish official, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media."The Turkish Armed Forces has the experience to tell the difference between hazardous moves, harassment, friendly activities, cooperation, solidarity, and coordination," he added. | Rebuffing foreign press reports quoting France's military as saying the Turkish navy harassed a French warship, the official said such one-sided coverage of a simple issue — w…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-denies-harassing-french-vessel-in-mediterranean-3532408

Magnitude 7.4 tremor hits N. Zealand, no tsunami threat
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-18
A powerful earthquake of 7.4 magnitude shook the northeastern coast of New Zealand on Thursday, the state-run media said.According to Radio New Zealand, the authorities placed preliminary vacation warning."Civil Defense is asking coastal residents from the East Coast, up to eastern Northland, who felt it 'long and strong' to move to higher ground as a precaution," it reported.The government research agency GNS Science is still evaluating the tsunami threat from the quake, it added.However, the National Emergency Management Agency said in a recent update: "There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand following the M7…
yenisafak.com/en/world/magnitude-74-tremor-hits-n-zealand-no-tsunami-threat-3532426

Bolton Down the Hatches
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-18
US President Donald Trump is lashing out at former national security adviser John Bolton over explosive claims made in a new tell-all book, marking the latest former Trump administration official to turn on the president.
sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006181079658006-bolton-down-the-hatches/

'Make Sure I Win': Uncut Bolton Book Says Trump Asked China to Buy Farm Products to Ensure 2020 Win
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-18
As the Trump administration rushes to block publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's tell-all book on the White House, the problem remains that journalists across the country have still received advance copies of the text and seen things US President Donald Trump wants to prevent the public from knowing.
sputniknews.com/us/202006181079657444-make-sure-i-win-unredacted-bolton-book-reportedly-reveals-deeply-embarrassing-truth-about-trump/

One Officer Dead, Another Injured After Shooting in New Zealand's West Auckland, Suspect at Large
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-18
Armed police and ambulances arrived on the scene, as police confirmed that two officers had been shot. One of them died, and another was seriously injured during an incident in Massey, a suburb of Auckland, near Reynella Drive.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006181079658353-two-schools-go-into-lockdown-in-massey-as-new-zealand-police-respond-to-critical-incident/

Putin on WW2 Legacy, Allies, Soviet Army Contribution, History Revision Attempts
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-18
World War II ended in 1945 with the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies. Pondering over the "real lessons" of the 75th Anniversary of defeating Nazism, Russian President Vladimir Putin has written an article for the US magazine National Interest.
sputniknews.com/world/202006181079656158-putin-on-ww2-legacy-allies-soviet-army-contribution-history-revision-attempts/

Health Ministry confirms 2,596 infections, 87 deaths in 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iran's Health Ministry announced that 2,596 new cases of infections with the novel coronavirus disease have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159927/Health-Ministry-confirms-2-596-infections-87-deaths-in-24-hours

Iran-Venezuela alliance a glorious example for nations to follow: American analyst
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — An American columnist and political author says the Iran-Venezuela alliance against the US is a glorious model for other nations to stand against Washington's hegemonic policies.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159898/Iran-Venezuela-alliance-a-glorious-example-for-nations-to-follow

VIDEO: Moment when Iran's new-generation naval cruise missiles hit target
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — During maneuvers on Thursday in the Sea of Oman, the Iranian Navy successfully test-fired short- and long-range sea-to-sea and coast-to-sea cruise missiles.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159929/VIDEO-Moment-when-Iran-s-new-generation-naval-cruise-missiles

Iran urges intl. community to not let US use intl. bodies as 'political instrument'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Ambassador Kazem Gharibabadi condemned the US policy of using economic terrorism against other countries, warning that international organizations should not be used as 'political tool' at the hands of Washington.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159924/Iran-urges-intl-community-to-not-let-US-use-intl-bodies-as

Tehran not to allow IAEA inspections based on enemies' allegations: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the country will not let IAEA inspect sites based on allegations made by enemies of the Islamic Republic, even if it is clear that inspections will debunk those allegations.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159933/Tehran-not-to-allow-IAEA-inspections-based-on-enemies-allegations

Iran will continue path of development despite all pressures: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the inauguration of national projects in the country shows that hostilities and pressures cannot stop Iran in its path to progress.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159930/Iran-will-continue-path-of-development-despite-all-pressures

US' use of coercion against countries rooted in long history of racism: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — An Iranian diplomat noted that Washington's coercive measures against other nations can be traced back to the long history of racial superiority in the United States.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159926/US-use-of-coercion-against-countries-rooted-in-long-history

Iraq summons Turkey's ambassador for second time in week
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkish ambassador Fatih Yildiz over violation of Iraq's territory by Turkey's forces on June 17.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159932/Iraq-summons-Turkey-s-ambassador-for-second-time-in-week

Damascus to confront US sanctions as it does against terrorism: Syrian Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-18
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Syrian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday, strongly condemning the fresh round of US sanctions against the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159931/Damascus-to-confront-US-sanctions-as-it-does-against-terrorism

The Heat: China-U.S. Relations and COVID-19
Mike Walter | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-18
Top diplomats from the United States and China meet in Hawaii. Could this be a turning point for better relations?
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/18/the-heat-china-u-s-relations-and-covid-19

'Who's dead? I'm not': Alan Sugar calls for swifter easing of UK lockdown as coronavirus hasn't killed him
rt.com | 2020-06-18
The star of Britain's The Apprentice Alan Sugar has said the UK should follow the US' lead and reopen more quickly from Covid-19 lockdown, citing the fact that he has not died since the lifting of restrictions where he's staying. | Sugar reasoned that because neither he, his wife nor anyone he knows personally has died from Covid-19, that's a sure sign the peak has passed and, frankly, it's time for consumers to get back out there. His argument failed to impress many on Twitter, as his name trended on Thursday with people lashing out at him for seemingly forgetting about the many thousands who have succumbed t…
rt.com/uk/492271-alan-sugar-coronavirus-lockdown-lift/

Russian Deputy PM believes Covid-19 second wave can be avoided, Moscow denies lockdown to resume in fall
rt.com | 2020-06-18
The dreaded second wave of coronavirus in Russia can be avoided if safety measures are observed, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who has fronted the country's response to the pandemic. | Read more | | Back in business? Moscow economy almost back to normal as capital lifts lockdown | Meanwhile, Moscow's Department of Education has firmly denied media reports that self-isolation rules will again be introduced in the capital on September 20. The department slammed such speculation as provocative and untrue. | "The depart…
rt.com/russia/492290-russia-covid19-2nd-wave-avoidable/

'Independent' Facebook fact-checker exposed as partisan smear factory packed with CNN alumni
rt.com | 2020-06-18
Facebook fact-checker Lead Stories is a biased outfit bristling with ex-CNN staffers that presents itself as neutral, despite most of its employees having donated to the Democratic Party, a conservative outlet has revealed. | The National Pulse (TNP), whose story about supposed financial links between Black Lives Matter, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and fundraiser ActBlue was flagged as "partly false" by Lead Stories on Facebook, did some digging on Wednesday to find out who was…
rt.com/usa/492294-lead-stories-factcheck-facebook-cnn/

Indian minister calls for boycott of 'ALL Chinese goods' after deadly border clash
rt.com | 2020-06-18
An Indian government minister has called for an economic boycott of China, following a deadly Chinese-Indian military clash in a disputed border region. | "China is a country that betrays", Ramdas Athawale, India's minister for social justice and empowerment wrote on Twitter, adding that India "should boycott all Chinese goods". He then became more specific, posting, "Chinese restaurants and hotels serving Chinese food should be closed in India!" | Athawale is known for making bold proclamations. He previously made the headlines for a show of solidarity with China in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
rt.com/news/492280-india-minister-boycott-china/

ÔªøNATO launches PROBE into France-Turkey naval standoff over Libya after Paris complains
rt.com | 2020-06-18
NATO is looking into a run-in between the French and Turkish navies, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. The incident occurred when a French vessel attempted to check a ship suspected of smuggling arms to Libya. | "We have made sure that the NATO military authorities are investigating the incident to bring full clarity into what happened," NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said on Thursday. | France has publicly called out fellow NATO member Turkey for its actions, claiming that Ankara's frigates were acting "extremely aggressive" towards one of its naval vessels.The French ship tried to check a "
rt.com/news/492278-france-turkey-nato-libya/

Berlin's threats will 'not be left unanswered' Russian ambassador says, after Germany links Chechen ex-militant's murder to Moscow
rt.com | 2020-06-18
The Russian envoy to Germany, Sergey Nechaev, has blasted Berlin for blaming the murder of a former Chechen insurgent leader on a Russian "state entity". Such accusations lack proof and only hurt bilateral relations, he said. | "We consider the accusations leveled against the Russian authorities to be baseless and unsupported by evidence," Nechaev said in a statement, commenting on the latest indictment issued by the German prosecutors in relation to a high-profile murder that took place in Berlin's Tiergarten Park last August. | A 40-year-old man, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was shot by a suspect identified as a…
rt.com/news/492299-berlin-georgian-murder-moscow-response/

Putin: 75 years after WW2, new global crisis calls for victorious anti-Nazi coalition to work together again
rt.com | 2020-06-18
In 1945, they defeated Adolf Hitler and Imperial Japan. Now, 75 years on, Vladimir Putin believes that the present global health and economic emergency requires the Second World War allies to unite once more. | In a lengthy op-ed, published in American foreign policy journal 'The National Interest' and Russian government newspaper 'Rossiyskaya Gazeta,' the Russian president discusses the reasons behind the rise of the Nazis. He also outlines the benefits of…
rt.com/russia/492297-putin-wwii-global-crisis-coalition/

Putin: 75 years after WW2, new global crisis calls for victorious anti-Nazi coalition to work together again
rt.com | 2020-06-18
In 1945, they defeated Hitler and Imperial Japan. Now, 75 years on, Vladimir Putin believes that the present global health and economic crisis requires the Second World War allies to unite once more. | In a lengthy op-ed, first published in American foreign policy journal 'The National Interest' on Thursday, the Russian president discusses the reasons behind the rise of Adolf Hitler. He also outlines the benefits of…
rt.com/russia/492297-putin-wwii-global-crisis-coalition/

WHO COVID-19 vaccine co-lead appointed to head Business School Advisory Board
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-18
Sir Andrew Witty, a World Health Organization Special Envoy, has been appointed chair of the Business School's Advisory Board.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198433/who-covid-19-vaccine-co-lead-appointed-head

High cortisol levels associated with greater risk of death from COVID-19
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-18
COVID-19 patients with very high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly and die, say researchers.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198437/high-cortisol-levels-associated-with-greater

Domestic abuse survivors 'not guaranteed homelessness protection', warn charities
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-18
Charities warn that domestic abuse survivors may be forced to choose between staying with their abuser or becoming homeless, unless the government lets other household members seek housing support on their behalf. | Homelessness charity Crisis and domestic abuse charities have written to the government asking for an urgent change to a key part of the incoming domestic abuse bill. The change would allow others in the home to apply for help in securing emergency housing. | This is already the case for other groups who receive automatic priority need status, such as pregnant women. | "The unbearable choice":…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/18/domestic-abuse-survivors-not-guaranteed-homelessness-protection-warn-charities/

Trump Claimed Coronavirus Will "Fade Away" on a Day That Saw 26,000 New Cases
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump tried to portray the current state of the coronavirus crisis in the United States in a positive light, implying that the disease would soon be disappearing on its own, without scientific evidence backing his claim. | Although he said a vaccine was close to being developed, he also suggested the need for one wouldn't be that strong by the time it would be fully developed and available. | "We're very close to a vaccine and w…
truthout.org/articles/trump-claimed-coronavirus-will-fade-away-on-a-day-that-saw-26000-new-cases/

Amid Calls for a General Strike, Labor Will Shut Down 29 Ports on Juneteenth
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
It was Tuesday, May 26, the same day the video of George Floyd's murder by four Minneapolis policemen surfaced. James Curbeam was walking to his car outside a Lowe's store not far from where he lives in Nashville, Tennessee, when a white woman approached him demanding to know, "Why are you following me?" Curbeam, who is chairman of the Teamsters National Black Caucus, told Truthout his immediate sinking thought was: How can I defend myself to the police when they come? | Fortunately, he de-esc…
truthout.org/articles/amid-calls-for-a-general-strike-labor-will-shut-down-29-ports-on-juneteenth/

Trump Claims He Made Juneteenth Famous. It's Been Widely Celebrated Since 1865
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
In his Juneteenth message delivered in 2019, President Donald Trump stated, "as a Nation, we vow to never forget the millions of African Americans who suffered the evils of slavery." | However, Trump apparently forgot at least one thing from that declaration, issued one year ago this week: that the celebration around Juneteenth existed at all. | In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published…
truthout.org/articles/trump-claims-he-made-juneteenth-famous-its-been-widely-celebrated-since-1865/

911 Services That Dispatch Mental Health Counselors, Not Cops, Gain Traction
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Capt. Jason Castleberry grabbed his shoulder radio, responding to a dispatcher from his office at Austin EMS's Station 5, "Chip 100, chip 1, are you calling me?" "Yes, we've got a confirmed psych call. Are you available?" "Yes, we'll get moving." | Castleberry helps oversee the city's Community Health Paramedic team, abbreviated as CHP, or "chip," and this was just the type of call I had come to the station that morning to witness. We hopped…
truthout.org/articles/911-services-that-dispatch-mental-health-counselors-not-cops-gain-traction/

Trump Defends Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks in the Back
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
President Donald Trump late Wednesday came to the defense of the now-former Atlanta officer who shot and killed 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot last week, blaming the victim for not fully cooperating and declaring that "police have not been treated fairly in our country." | "You can't resist a police officer, and if you have a disagreement, you have to take it up after the fact," Trump said in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News. "It was a very sad — very, very sad — thing.
truthout.org/articles/trump-defends-cop-who-shot-rayshard-brooks-in-the-back/

Cancelation of Cop Shows Signals a Cultural Shift in Glorifying Police Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-18
For more than a decade, the racial justice organization Color of Change led a push to cancel the long-running TV show "Cops," which glorifies police aggression. Now the show has been cancelled, along with A&E's "Live PD." "The thing about these shows is that they call themselves reality programming, but they are only from the vision of the police officers," says Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change. "These shows have served as a PR arm for law enforcement." He is now calling on Netfl…
truthout.org/video/cancelation-of-cop-shows-signals-a-cultural-shift-in-glorifying-police-violence/

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic Oakland McDonald employees take legal action
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834283.php

Friday 6/19: Workers' Collective Mourns Victims of Covid19 and Broken Promise of Emancipation
Dwight A Ost | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
AMAZON FULFILLMENT CTR-6015 Giant Hwy-Richmond CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834290.php

Federal Criminal Complaint Links Attack on SC Sheriffs, Oakland Security Officers to Boogaloo Movement
FRED | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
U.S. Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has been charged federally with murder and multiple other counts in connection to the attacks on Santa Cruz Sheriff's deputies in Ben Lomond on June 6, as well as the attacks on federal security officers outside the federal building in Oakland on May 29. The attacks on law enforcement officers left two dead and three injured in total. Evidence in the federal criminal complaint links Carrillo, a right-wing libertarian extremist, to the Boogaloo movement. Also charged is Millbrae resident Robert Alvin Justus Jr. for aiding and abetting in the murder of the federal officer. Ph…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/16/18834278.php

Wednesday 7/15: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State in the Age of Trump and Pandemic
Oakland Privacy | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
Online via Zoom. | Check here: oaklandprivacy.org/next-meeting/ starting a few days before the meeting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834305.php

From the irrationalism of the market to the irrationalism of life in neoliberalism
Patrick Schreiner | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
The only thing that matters is whether the market rewards the efforts or not. By definition, compulsion does not come from the market. The distribution results of functioning markets are always just and superior to any other distribution variant, according to Hayek.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/15/18834241.php

"I Can't Breathe": Remembering David Cross, Killed by Corrections Officers in Santa Cruz County Jail
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2020-06-18
David Cross, a 44-year-old local plumber, was killed on September 18, 2005 in Santa Cruz County Jail while experiencing a mental health crisis. Corrections officers who responded that day to address his health issues decided Cross needed to be restrained, so they sat on his back as he lay on his stomach and "hog tied" him on the floor of the jail. Cross screamed, "I can't breathe," "I'm going to die," and "Please get off me," before his body went limp after 3 1/2 minutes of being restrained. Fast forward to 2020, and it is likely that many will see the killing of David Cross in a new light. The world is currently…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834295.php

Walking on Thin Ice: Can America's "Exorbitant Privilege" and King Dollar Survive a 17.9% Budget Deficit?
Stephen S. Roach | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
The era of the U.S. dollar's "exorbitant privilege" as the world's primary reserve currency is coming to an end. Then French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing coined that phrase in the 1960s largely out of frustration, bemoaning a U.S. that drew freely on the rest of the world to support its over-extended standard of living. For almost 60 years, the world complained but did nothing about it. Those days are over. | Already stressed by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. living standards are about to be squeezed as never before. At the same time, the world is having serious doubts about the once widel…
anti-empire.com/walking-on-thin-ice-can-americas-exorbitant-privilege-and-king-dollar-survive-a-17-9-budget-deficit/

Kim Jong Un's Well-Timed 'Surprise' Portends Another Nuke Crisis
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
If there is one thing I have learned about making a career out of studying North Korea it is this: the Kim regime loves to tell those who pay attention to its unique propaganda many times what it is going to do before it does it–sometimes even telegraphing for us in clear language the next crisis it intends to start. | If that holds constant now, then Pyongyang seems once again hellbent on sparking a crisis with the U.S. North Korea, angry that multiple summits with Seoul…
anti-empire.com/kim-jong-uns-well-timed-surprise-portends-another-nuke-crisis/

The Empire Declares a "Maximum Pressure" War of Economic Strangulation on Devastated Syria
Sheren Khalel | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
The United States has imposed a sweeping set of new sanctions against any country, individual or entity that provides support to the Syrian government – a campaign that experts warn may devastate the lives of ordinary Syrians trying to survive and rebuild after nine years of war. | The Caesar Act, passed in Congress last year, took effect on Wednesday. It seeks to pressure Syrian President Bashar…
anti-empire.com/the-empire-declares-a-maximum-pressure-war-of-economic-strangulation-on-devastated-syria/

America: Too Weak to Rein in Its Own Empire
Matt Purple | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-18
A grievous blow to international security has just been dealt. President Donald Trump has announced that American troops are to be withdrawn from…Germany. Yes, Germany. Why are American troops in Germany? Because we have to fight them over there so we don't fight them here, you see, and there are few generators of terrorism and chaos in the world today quite like the Berlin club circuit. | The real surprise isn't that we're pulling troops out of Germany; it's that they're still there 75 years after World War II ended. And according to the White House, they aren't even all being withdrawn, just a quarter of them…
anti-empire.com/america-too-weak-to-rein-in-its-own-empire/

Let's Not All Rush Out And Buy John Bolton's Book
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-18
The world of arts and letters is atwitter this week. John Bolton has a new book coming out–provided it can clear the gauntlet of Donald Trump's censorious rage, that is. Bolton's tome is called The Room Where It Happened, and despite what the title might suggest, it contains no details about the author's conception.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/18/lets-not-all-rush-out-and-buy-john-boltons-book/

70 per cent of 'red wall' voters want deal with EU — majority frightened by Trump's America
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-18
By TruePublica: Even the hornblowers in the right-wing media are beginning to get the message that this government have lost all credibility when it comes to Covid, the economy and then Brexit. The Spectator gets it — "It isn't news to say the Johnson administration doesn't understand how to fight Covid-19 or reopen schools or …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/70-per-cent-of-red-wall-voters-want-deal-with-eu-majority-frightened-by-trumps-america/

Iran Showcases Launch of Newest Land-to-Sea Missile in Indian Ocean — Video
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-06-18
After importing all types of armaments and equipment for years, Iran has been increasingly switching toward the domestic production of military wares presenting new achievements of its defence industry almost every year. Iranian naval forces have tested newly acquired land-to-sea and sea-to-sea cruise missiles. This occurred during the so-called "Ramadan Martyrs" drills conducted in the …
iranian.com/2020/06/18/iran-showcases-launch-of-newest-land-to-sea-missile-in-indian-ocean-video/

Milwaukee Pride for Black Lives Matter
Liberation staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-18
Well over 3,000 people turned out to a "March with PRIDE for #BLACKLIVESMATTER" rally and march, brought together in only a couple days by members of the Black and Brown LGBTQ community in Milwaukee. Signs such as "White Silence is Violence," "Queer and Trans for Black Lives Matter," and "Black and Brown Unity," put the …
liberationnews.org/milwaukee-pride-for-black-lives-matter/

Meet Jamaal Bowman, the Bronx Principal Challenging One of the Most Powerful Dems in Congress
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-17
In the Bronx, the second most economically unequal district in New York state, the insurgent primary campaign of former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman threatens to unseat 16-term Democratic congressmember and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. Bowman supports defunding the police, Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. He has also gotten high-profile endorsements from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The New York Times editorial board. "I've worked in this district for the last 10 years as a middle school principal," Bowman says. "Ove…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/17/jamaal_bowman_eliot_engel_ny16

US Rejects Venezuela Legislative Elections as TSJ Intervenes in Two Opposition Parties
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-17
The new leadership of Democratic Action and Justice First confirmed that their parties will contest the National Assembly later this year.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14911

Let Them Eat Weapons: Trump's Bizarre Arms Race
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-17
In late May of this year, President Donald Trump's special envoy for arms control bragged before a Washington think tank that the U.S. government was prepared to outspend Russia and China to win a new nuclear arms race. "The president has made clear that we have a tried and true practice here," he remarked. "We know how to win …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/let-them-eat-weapons-trumps-bizarre-arms-race/

"Most Overpaid Cops in the Country" Seattle Police Rake in up to $300k per Year
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
As the Seattle City Council begins its inquest into cutting police funding, it could start with the massively bloated salaries of its top cops.
mintpressnews.com/overpaid-cops-country-seattle-police-rake-300k-per-year/268664/

"It Will Take Me Just Under Twenty Five Years to Pay off the First Surgery" — Journalist Blinded by Cops Speaks Out
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
"The only reason I'm dealing with this so well is I think poverty and low wage work is just as brutal and visceral as losing an eye to a police bullet." – Linda Tirado…
mintpressnews.com/linda-tirado-blinded-journalist-shot-by-police-speaks-out/268639/

Can Serbia Trust Washington's Assurances in Upcoming Meeting with Kosovo?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
It came as a shock to everyone when it was announced yesterday that discussions and negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo will take place at the White House in Washington on June 27. This came as a surprise as it was …
globalresearch.ca/can-serbia-trust-washington-assurances-upcoming-meeting-kosovo/5716224

America's Own Color Revolution
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Color Revolution is the term used to describe a series of effective CIA-led regime change operations using techniques developed by the RAND Corporation, "democracy" NGOs and other groups since the 1980's. They were used in crude form to bring down the Polish communist regime in the late 1980s.
globalresearch.ca/america-own-color-revolution/5716153

America's Own Color Revolution
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Color Revolution is the term used to describe a series of remarkably effective CIA-led regime change operations using techniques developed by the RAND Corporation, "democracy" NGOs and other groups since the 1980's. They were used in crude form to bring …
globalresearch.ca/america-own-color-revolution/5716153

Selected Articles: America's Own Color Revolution
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
America's Own Color Revolution | By F. William Engdahl, June 17, 2020 | Color Revolution is the term used to describe a series of remarkably effective CIA-led regime change operations using techniques developed by the RAND Corporation, "democracy" NGOs and other …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-america-own-color-revolution/5716232

The US' Planned Imposition of Draconian "Secondary Sanctions" on Syria. Targets Any Entity Doing Business with Syria
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
The US hopes that making Syrians even more desperate than they already are could catalyze another Color Revolution at one of the country's most critical moments in its history, which could then be exploited for regime change purposes. | Reuters reported | …
globalresearch.ca/us-planned-imposition-secondary-sanctions-syria/5716159

"Disruptor on Road to Reconciliation": Trump Doubles Down on Rally in Tulsa, Site of 1921 Massacre
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-17
President Donald Trump says he will push ahead with a massive campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, even as COVID cases are surging there as the state reopens. Trump delayed the rally by one day after it was originally scheduled for June 19, Juneteenth, a celebration marking the emancipation of enslaved people. Tulsa is also the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history, when a white mob in 1921 killed as many as 300 people in a thriving African American business district. "The rally is troubling to a lot of people because of both the venue, Tulsa, and because of the timing," says Hannibal…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/17/tulsa_oklahoma_black_wall_street_massacre

No Oversight of $1.5 Billion Electric Project Raises Alarm over Privatization of Puerto Rico's Power
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-17
As hurricane season begins, we look at moves to privatize Puerto Rico's electric grid and a new investigation that reveals the island's government failed to follow proper oversight or examine the environmental impact when it issued a $1.5 billion contract to a company for the first large power generation project since Hurricane Maria, that will continue its reliance on fossil fuels. Former Puerto Rico Chief of Staff Ingrid Vila Biaggi co-authored the report and calls it "an ill-conceived project full of fiscally irresponsible practices."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/17/puerto_rico_power_project_privatization

Exposing Israel's Direct Role in US Violence
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-17
The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is, once more, shedding light on US-Israeli collaboration in the fields of security and crowd-control. From California to New York, and from Washington State to Minneapolis, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/exposing-israels-direct-role-in-us-violence/

IRGC Gears Up For 'Routine' Fuel Shipments To Venezuela, Defying Trump
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-06-17
Here we go again — Iran is prepping a round two of major sanctions-busting gas delivery to fuel-starved Venezuela, which is of course rich on heavy crude oil but currently lacks the capacity to refine it based on its derelict and badly in need of repair facilities. Amid continued White House threats of military intervention to uphold a sanctions …
iranian.com/2020/06/16/irgc-gears-up-for-routine-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-defying-trump/

How An Internet 'Persona' Helped Birth Russiagate
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Four years ago today, on June 15, 2016, a shadowy Internet persona calling itself "Guccifer 2.0" appeared out of nowhere to claim credit for hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee on behalf of WikiLeaks and implicate Russia by dropping "telltale" but synthetically produced Russian "breadcrumbs" in his metadata. | Thanks largely to the corporate media, the highly damaging story actually found in those DNC emails — namely, that the DNC had stacked the cards against Bernie Sanders in the party's 2016 primary– was successfully obscured. | The media was the message; and the message was that…
popularresistance.org/how-an-internet-persona-helped-birth-russiagate/

"America is a Culture of Violence": Trump's Illusory Police Reform Executive Order
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Police aren't the problem in the US. They operate as trained and ordered by higher authorities. | They serve and protect privileged interests at the expense of beneficial social change — the real systemic issue vital to address getting no attention, …
globalresearch.ca/trump-illusory-police-reform-executive-order/5716218

US Congress Calls it "Civilian Protection": Washington Wants 17 Million Syrians Starved Into Submission
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Implementation of the so-called Caesar Syria Civilian Protection legislation (Caesar Act) is the latest shoe to drop in Washington's long war of aggression on the country, its legitimate leadership, and 17 million people. | Signed into law by Trump last December, …
globalresearch.ca/us-wants-17-million-syrians-starved/5716188

Nonviolent and Violent Protest
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
Author, activist, and intellectual Chris Hedges referred to an often quoted statement by the late Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture): "In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none." The former leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panthers Party's observation was made in reaction to Black…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/nonviolent-and-violent-protest/

Maudro warns EU not to interfere in Venezuela's internal affairs
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — President Nicolas Maduro has warned the European Union (EU) against interfering in Venezuela's domestic affairs.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159910/Maudro-warns-EU-not-to-interfere-in-Venezuela-s-internal-affairs

SCOTUS Must Now Ensure LGBTQ People Are Not Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs
Rose Saxe | aclu.org | 2020-06-17
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal ban on sex discrimination in employment, protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The decision was based on a straightforward reading of the law: Discriminating against someone because they are LGBTQ is inherently sex discrimination. In his dissent, Justice Alito raised concerns about implications for employers with religious objections to hiring LGBTQ people, but the questions before the court i…
aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/scotus-must-now-ensure-lgbtq-people-are-not-turned-away-from-taxpayer-funded-programs

The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman …
globalresearch.ca/global-reset-unplugged/5716178

The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, …
globalresearch.ca/global-reset-unplugged/5716178

Towards a Baghdad-Moscow Axis? Russia's Massive Oil Projects in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
In Iraq, a seldom mentioned and noteworthy oil cooperation is carried out between Baghdad and Moscow. Russian companies, namely Rosneft and Lukoil have developed new oil fields in Iraq. | A notable project is Lukoil's West Qurna-2. | West Qurna-2 field is …
globalresearch.ca/towards-a-baghdad-moscow-axis-russias-massive-oil-projects-in-iraq/5716147

Video: Russian Surface-to-Air Missile Systems in Syria Shoot Down Militants' Drones
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Tor short-range surface-to-air missile systems have downed more than 45 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Syrian militants, according to the chief of the Russian Air Defense Forces Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov. | "Since the start of combat duty, the calculations | …
globalresearch.ca/video-russian-tor-surface-air-missile-systems-shot-down-45-drones-syria/5716148

On Behalf of 43 NGOs, Al Mezan calls to lift Israel's illegal Gaza closure at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: United Nations Human Rights Council — 43rd Regular Session Item 7 — Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Joint Oral Intervention Delivered by: Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights NGOs in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social …
imemc.org/article/on-behalf-of-43-ngos-al-mezan-calls-to-lift-israels-illegal-gaza-closure-at-the-un-human-rights-council-geneva/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-behalf-of-43-ngos-al-mezan-calls-to-lift-israels-illegal-gaza-closure-at-the-un-human-rights-council-geneva

After the West Bank When (How Soon) Will the East Follow?
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-17
Whatever percentage of the West Bank Israel begins to annex in July, it will eventually annex the rest. Will it then turn to the east bank of the Jordan river? | Since the 19th century, the Zionist project was based on the seizure of all Palestine, including territory east of the Jordan. The map of 'Israel' presented to the Paris peace conference in 1919 extended northwards into what is now Lebanon and included the city of Sidon; in the northeast, all the Golan Heights and Syria almost as far as Damascus; in the southeast the entire Jordan River valley, with the territory it desired extending almost to the tow…
ahtribune.com/world/north-africa-south-west-asia/palestine/4229-west-bank-the-east-follow.html

Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening of the sanctions screws. This time …
globalresearch.ca/trump-hammers-cuba-cuba-cures-sick/5716216

Why Cuban doctors should receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-17
Due to Cuba's extraordinary commitment to humanity, to public health and to internationalism, a group of human rights organizations and social movements across the world have launched a campaign to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuba's Henry Reeve medical brigade…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1035218/

2020 Voters' Calendar—The General Election Starts in August
Mimi Kennedy, Steven Rosenfeld | commondreams.org | 2020-06-17
Activists are winning no-excuse mail voting and COVID-19-excuse mail voting in many states. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/voteee.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/17/2020-voters-calendar-general-election-starts-august?cd-origin=rss

2020 Voters' Calendar—The General Election Starts in August
Mimi Kennedy, Steven Rosenfeld, & Alan Minsky | commondreams.org | 2020-06-17
Activists are winning no-excuse mail voting and COVID-19-excuse mail voting in many states. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/voteee.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/17/2020-voters-calendar-general-election-starts-august?cd-origin=rss

A Collective Bargain
Jane McAlevey | zcomm.org | 2020-06-17
In A Collective Bargain, longtime labor organizer, environmental activist, and political campaigner Jane McAlevey makes the case that unions are a key institution capable of taking effective action against today's super-rich corporate class…
zcomm.org/zvideo/a-collective-bargain/

Struggle Theater: Don't Let Theatrics Shroud the Reality of Systemic Oppression
Eleanor Goldfield | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
America's power brokers are hoping murals, kente cloth, and a series of half-baked legislative reforms will appease activists into giving up the fight for real change.
mintpressnews.com/black-lives-matter-dont-let-theatrics-undermine-police-reform/268605/

FBI Misled Congress: Black Activists Still Under Investigation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
As Black activists around the country lead protests for racial justice, following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people, MediaJustice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is still surveilling Black activists using a dated designation they testified to Congress was no longer in use. Of one million pages of documents, responsive to a FOIA request filed by MediaJustice and the ACLU, up to one-third of the pages are on open investigations of Black people as "domestic terrorist" threats for potential "Black identit…
popularresistance.org/fbi-misled-congress-black-activists-still-under-investigation/

#WalkAway founder removed from flight for refusal to wear mask, as US airline trade group threatens to blacklist violators
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Political activist Brandon Straka was removed from an American Airlines flight for refusing to wear a mask the day trade group Airlines for America announced that passengers who refuse to mask up can be blacklisted from flying. | Straka, a former Democratic Party member who very publicly left the party and started the #WalkAway movement, revealed he was removed from an American Airlines plane at Dallas Airport for refusing to wear a mask on Wednesday, noting on Twitter that it was the "1st time this has happened" to him, and complaining the mask requirement was "not a federal law." Flight attendants apparently…
rt.com/usa/492165-passengers-warned-flight-mask-airlines/

Journalists expose CIA spying on Assange and demand his freedom
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-17
This is a summary of a significant recent online discussion about those spying on Julian Assange and figures close to the Trump administration and the CIA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/15/18834243.php

"The Netanyahu government is a betrayal of the people's mandate"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-17
The Communist Party-led Hadash has emerged as a major force among the leftist groups in Israel. Hadash has displaced the exhausted Israeli left bloc of the Labour and Meretz in the recently concluded elections to the Knesset. Here, Peoples Dispatch (PD) talks to Arafat Bdarny, Secretary-General of the Israeli Communist Youth, regarding the relevance of the communist movement in contemporary Israeli politics and the peace process. | Peoples Dispatch (PD): What has been the status of the COVID-19 spread in Israel and what has its impact been on the people, especially the working class? How effective has been the go…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/17/the-netanyahu-government-is-a-betrayal-of-the-peoples-mandate/

US monitors urge Colombia to accelerate slowed down peace process
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-17
Scholars monitoring Colombia's peace process urged the government of President Ivan Duque to accelerate the country's peace process that has slowed down under his watch. The Kroc Institute of the…
colombiareports.com/us-monitors-urge-colombia-to-accelerate-slowed-down-peace-process/

New Mexico protester wounded by far-right shooter
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Encouraged by President Trump and working in concert with local police departments, far-right elements have been allowed to attack and intimidate peaceful protesters across the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/abqs-j17.html

Israel Increases Secretive Nuclear Stockpile to 90 Warheads: Enough to Blow Up the Planet
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Israel may have increased its nuclear stockpile from 80 warheads in 2019 to 90 in 2020, according to a new report by a leading global arms watchdog. | The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in its annual report on …
globalresearch.ca/israel-increases-secretive-nuclear-stockpile-90-warheads/5716185

Israel Increases Secretive Nuclear Stockpile to 90 Warheads: Report
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Israel may have increased its nuclear stockpile from 80 warheads in 2019 to 90 in 2020, according to a new report by a leading global arms watchdog. | The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in its annual report on …
globalresearch.ca/israel-increases-secretive-nuclear-stockpile-90-warheads/5716185

Will Moscow Save The West Bank From Annexation?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Palestinian efforts against Israel's plans to annex Palestinian territory are being exercised on three levels. Locally, Palestinians have severed all relations, including security coordination, with Israel and the United States. Regionally, Jordan has been spearheading the Arab response to the Israeli plan, including efforts by the only two Arab countries that have a peace plan with Israel: Jordan and Egypt. | On the international level, Palestinian energy has been largely focused on three members of the Middle East Quartet — the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia. The focus is on these three in…
popularresistance.org/will-moscow-save-the-west-bank-from-annexation/

NATO squabbling over Libya continues, as France accuses Turkey of 'hostile and aggressive' acts in blocking UN arms embargo
rt.com | 2020-06-17
France and Turkey are at loggerheads over Libya. After a confrontation between their navies off the coast of the country, France is now calling Ankara's "hostile and unacceptable" behavior an obstacle to peace. | Though it was a NATO bombing campaign that reduced Libya — once an oil-rich and prosperous nation — to rubble and civil war, the alliance is split on how to rebuild the shattered country. Turkey backs the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, while France claims to be a neutral party in the GNA's war against the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LNA). | French Foreig…
rt.com/news/492178-france-turkey-hostile-libya/

"Equality Is the Soul of Liberty" Peaceful Protest in Palo Alto Pt. II
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-17
At a rally in Palo Alto's King Plaza on June 6, protesters called out loudly for defunding the Palo Alto Police Department. After the rally of thousands, they marched a 4.6 mile route through the city.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/16/18834261.php

Beware the hijacking of U.S. Protests into a "Color Revolution"
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-17
The May 25th killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota shocked the world and set off mass protests against racism and police brutality in dozens of cities from the mid-western United States to the European Union, all in the midst of a global …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/beware-the-hijacking-of-u-s-protests-into-a-color-revolution/

Danish communists protest granting government aid to companies operating from tax havens
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-17
Protests across Denmark were organized by the Communist Party between June 9-13 against the government providing financial aid to foreign companies operating from tax havens as part of the COVID-19 relief packages…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/17/danish-communists-protest-granting-government-aid-to-companies-operating-from-tax-havens/

Bringing America to the Knee
Ipek S. Burnett | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
When Black Lives Matter protesters join together in Minneapolis, Louisville, Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York, and take a knee to leverage their despair and outrage in quest for racial justice, to lay bare the instability of a deeply broken system, to take part in a movement, they evoke much of the aforementioned–from reverence and love, to the memories of violence and resistance.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/bringing-america-to-the-knee/

Imperialism, Diamonds and Power: The Plan of Cecil Rhodes Secret Society for Global Control
Steven MacMillan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
The question of whether a statue of Cecil Rhodes should be taken down has been raging in Britain in recent weeks, fuelled by the George Floyd protests that have swept the world. Personally, I am not a fan of people …
globalresearch.ca/imperialism-diamonds-power-plan-cecil-rhodes-secret-society-global-control/5716207

Lebanon in Economic Free Fall–MES EP.58
Marwa Osman | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-17
1st segment | Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades has already cost thousands of jobs, with unrest stirring again as protesters lashed out at the government's response. The depreciation in the Lebanese Lira is driving up prices, hitting disposable incomes and forcing many Lebanese to rein in the free-spending lifestyles they'd become accustomed to. To discuss this issue with us from Beirut is Dr. Hussein Gharbieh academic and political commentator. | 2nd segment | Libya's conflict has taken a new twist after an attempt by eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the capital, Tripoli, crumbled rapidly…

Lebanon in Economic Free Fall–MES EP.58

In India, Left leads fightback against govt.'s inhumane policies
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-17
Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Maxist), talks about the all-India protest day organized by the party on June 16. She analyses the multiple failures of the government during the lockdown, as well as its anti-worker and anti-democratic policies. She also talks about the resistance emerging from the ground against these policies.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/17/in-india-left-leads-fightback-against-govt-s-inhumane-policies/

Murderous US Military Agents and Left-wing Extremists Share Stage in the Fake News Sweepstakes
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
A USAF sergeant with ties to a Second Amendment group has been charged with murdering a federal security officer at a George Floyd protest to bring about police reform while Fox News deems Antifa and BLM'ers seeking the same "domestic terrorists."
mintpressnews.com/murderous-us-military-agents-and-left-wing-extremists-share-stage-in-the-fake-news-sweepstakes/268673/

Atlanta's Black community demands: Justice for Rayshard Brooks!
Arielle Robinson | workers.org | 2020-06-17
June 13 — Amid existing protests in support of Black people murdered by police and white supremacists in Georgia and elsewhere, Atlanta protesters continue to brave the streets to fight for Rayshard Brooks — murdered by Atlanta police on Friday night, June 12. Demonstrators near I-75/85 in Atlanta to protest . . . | Continue reading Atlanta's Black community demands: Justice for Rayshard Brooks! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49405/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atlantas-black-community-demands-justice-for-rayshard-brooks

Atlanta's Black community demands: Justice for Rayshard Brooks!
Arielle Robinson | workers.org | 2020-06-17
June 13 — Amid existing protests in support of Black people murdered by police and white supremacists in Georgia and elsewhere, Atlanta protesters continue to brave the streets to fight for Rayshard Brooks — murdered by Atlanta police on Friday night, June 12. June 17 — Fired Atlanta cop Garrett . . . | Continue reading Atlanta's Black community demands: Justice for Rayshard Brooks! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49405/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atlantas-black-community-demands-justice-for-rayshard-brooks

CHAZ Seattle: Imagining the police-free future
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-06-17
In the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis police May 25, demonstrations, protests, marches, rallies and rebellions have spread across the U.S. This is now the largest display of civil unrest in decades, a true revolt against the racist police state that has occupied this stolen . . . | Continue reading CHAZ Seattle: Imagining the police-free future at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49398/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chaz-seattle-imagining-the-police-free-future

Macron unleashes riot police against French health care protests
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
The Macron administration organized a violent assault on health care workers who just weeks earlier were self-servingly hailed for their sacrifice during the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/fran-j17.html

Support grows in Chicago for a new approach to police accountability
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-17
CHICAGO–This city is the national epicenter of police torture of African-American men. So, it's not surprising tens of thousands have taken to the streets following the police execution of George Floyd. "The wounds run deep here. Many protests make this an uprising," Jazmine Salas, 28, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression …
peoplesworld.org/article/support-grows-in-chicago-for-a-new-approach-to-police-accountability/

Support grows in Chicago for a new approach to police accountability
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-17
CHICAGO- This city is the national epicenter of police torture of African American men. So, it's not surprising tens of thousands have taken to the streets following the police execution of George Floyd. "The wounds run deep here. Many protests make this an uprising," Jazmine Salas, 28, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and …
peoplesworld.org/article/support-grows-in-chicago-for-a-new-approach-to-police-accountability/

UN sends 49 truckloads of aid to Syria's Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
The UN on Wednesday sent 49 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Idlib, northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country.Truckloads of supplies entered Idlib 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…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-sends-49-truckloads-of-aid-to-syrias-idlib-3532326

Life And Times At The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Over the past few weeks we have witnessed one of the largest uprisings in recent US history. The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, brought millions of people in the US and around the world out into the streets in aggressive demonstrations. In cities across the country, police precincts were set on fire, corporate stores looted, and as the police turned their sights on the protests, the numbers only grew. | In Seattle, Washington, confrontations with protesters in a gentrified part of the city known as Capitol Hill led to law enforcement's retreat from their office. Organizers and community…
popularresistance.org/life-and-times-at-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/

Solidarity And The Absent State In Puerto Rico
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Puerto Rican artists, entertainers, and athletes have been conspicuous in calling for protests against the government, which the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP) firmly controls. Indeed, January 2020 was uncannily similar to last July, when El Residente, Bad Bunny, Ilde, Daddy Yankee, Ricky Martin, and other artists roused scores of thousands of their fans to rise in opposition to Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Seven months later, as the government failed to take any decisive action toward a relief effort, anger was building against Rosselló's hapless successor. Even more damaging for the practice of democra…
popularresistance.org/solidarity-and-the-absent-state-in-puerto-rico/

Police detain PKK/YPG terror sympathizer who jumped on PM Johnson's car
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
British police on Wednesday detained a sympathizer of the terrorist YPG/PKK after he allegedly tried to jump on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's car in front of parliament.The man is thought to be among a small group of protesters who carried symbols of the YPG/PKK in Parliament Square.According to eyewitnesses, the man jumped on the prime minister's car while Johnson was leaving the House of Commons after Prime Minister's Questions – a weekly session where lawmakers ask the government questions.A security vehicle hit Johnson's car when it had to break suddenly due to the incident, but there are no reports of injur…
yenisafak.com/en/world/police-detain-pkk-ypg-terror-sympathizer-who-jumped-on-pm-johnsons-car-3532325

Anti-Racism Protest Against Police Brutality Takes Place in Atlanta – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
Amid the Black Lives Matter movement, protests against police brutality and racial injustice have spread across all 50 of the Unites States. In Atlanta, they have been reignited with the killing of Rayshard Brooks, shot dead by a police officer in a drive-thru line at a Wendy's fast food restaurant.
sputniknews.com/us/202006171079644605-anti-racism-protest-against-police-brutality-takes-place-in-atlanta—video/

Boris Johnson's car 'crashed into motorbike' during Kurdish protest in London
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
Boris Johnson's convoy was targeted by Kurdish protesters as the prime minister left the Palace of Westminster: | Kurdish man arrested after throwing himself in front of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's car causing the Prime Minister's car to crash into police motor bike! He was protesting against Turkey's invasion of South Kurdistan. He is from South Kurdistan. FLASH NEWS. @ReutersUK @AP pic.twitter.com/3X0CDUZooc | — Stop Turkey's Racist War on Kur…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/17/boris-johnsons-car-crashed-into-motorbike-during-kurdish-protest-in-london/

"And This Happened in Los Angeles:" Malcolm X describes police brutality against members of the Nation of Islam
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-17
There was police brutality and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police to cover it up by propagating a false image across the country, that there was a blazing gun battle which involved Muslims and police shooting at each other.
mronline.org/2020/06/17/and-this-happened-in-los-angeles-malcolm-x-describes-police-brutality-against-members-of-the-nation-of-islam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-this-happened-in-los-angeles-malcolm-x-describes-police-brutality-against-members-of-the-nation-of-islam

What Trump Continues to Say (About the Plague)
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
In three previous pieces in CounterPunch I compiled Donald Trump's statements on the COVID-19 pandemic up to May 2nd-3rd. Here is a continuation of that list. Rather than place Trump's statements in strict chronological order, I have sometimes put 2 or more of statements from different days together, to highlight Trump's contradictions and subsequent deviations–…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/what-trump-continues-to-say-about-the-plague/

Welcoming early results on use of dexamethasone in sickest COVID-19 patients, WHO warns it's 'no cure-all'
news.un.org | 2020-06-17
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a common steroid, dexamethasone, can potentially help save the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19, but it warned that it is by no means a cure-all.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066572

Three Populists and Three Women
Thomas Klikauer — Nadine Campbell | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
Looking at the total Covid-19/Coronavirus global death statistics on Saturday, 13th June 2020, three things become noticeable. The first remarkable issue is that Donald Trump's USA has just exceeded the total number of fatalities it suffered during World War I. In that war, the USA lost 116,516. On Saturday morning, the USA had lost 116,795…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/three-populists-and-three-women/

More than 40 percent of all US deaths from COVID-19 are in nursing homes
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
A report published Tuesday says that there were 51,000 COVID-19 deaths among residents of US nursing homes and extended care facilities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/usco-j17.html

Faurecia workers denounce unsafe return to work
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Workers at the Faurecia plant in Saline, Michigan described how the company and union were concealing the spread of COVID-19 in the plant.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/faur-j17.html

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Brazil's meat processing plants and mines
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Clusters of coronavirus at large companies across the country threaten the lives of thousands of workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/bras-j17.html

Real world leaders show up the populists in Covid crisis
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-17
Jacinda Ahern, the prime minister of New Zealand, who was not well-known on the global stage — has now announced that her nation is now virus-free and all Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted. Germany's leader Angela Merkel used her scientific background to enable her to logically explain Germany's pragmatic strategy for dealing with Covid. Germany's …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/real-world-leaders-show-up-the-populists-in-covid-crisis/

UK: 600,000 workers already kicked off payrolls during COVID-19 lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Companies are implementing long-planned restructuring operations with mass layoffs, a halt to hiring, and pay cuts the order of the day.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/ukec-j17.html

Let's Bridge the Digital Divide
Gissela Moya | progressive.org | 2020-06-17
COVID-19 has shown us that the digital divide isn't sustainable if we want all Americans to have a fair shot at success.
progressive.org/op-eds/bridge-the-digital-divide-moya-200617/

Brazil sees record spike in COVID-19 infections with close to 35,000 new cases on Tuesday
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-17
Brazil recorded its highest daily spike in the number of COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, June 16 with close to 35,000 new cases and more than 1,200 deaths. As of June 17, Brazil has more than 923,180 cases of infection with over 45,240 deaths, second only to the United States. | According to the country's health ministry, within 24 hours on Tuesday Brazil recorded a total of 34,918 fresh cases of infection and 1,282 deaths which is one of the highest in the world since the COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11. | This happened a day after the top official in charge of handling coronavirus in the cou…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/17/brazil-sees-record-spike-in-covid-19-infections-with-close-to-35000-new-cases-on-tuesday/

On the road again: COVID-19 safety tips for commuters
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-17
Many commuters are back on the road as COVID-19 restrictions are lifting across the country and businesses are reopening. For commuters using public transportation, car sharing services and carpooling, close proximity to fellow commuters may raise concerns about safety and risk of infection. That's because COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person through droplets produced …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/on-the-road-again-covid-19-safety-tips-for-commuters/

Who for Veep?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-17
The big question for Bernie-ites is who they want for vice-president.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/16/who-for-veep/

Bipartisan Deadlock: Working People and Youth Must Call for President Trump's Resignation Now! Joe Biden is Not An Alternative
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
The deep and insolvable differences among the wealthy elite indicate that the next U.S. President will be in the office by use of force, not through election and votes. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are preparing the American people …
globalresearch.ca/working-people-youth-must-call-president-trump-resignation-now/5716167

French state hands €15 billion bailout to Airbus and Air France
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
While aerospace firms are receiving massive financial support from the state, they are preparing restructuring plans to slash jobs, wages and benefits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/macr-j17.html

Move Charity Dollars to the Front Lines
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
Congress should pass a three-year "Emergency Charity Stimulus" to move $200 billion to frontline working nonprofit groups by increasing payout requirements for private foundations and donor-advised funds. These billions have already been paid for by tax breaks taken by wealthy donors. This is $200 billion that won't add a penny to what taxpayers will pay.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/move-charity-dollars-to-the-front-lines/

Dozens die in India-China border clash
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
It is the enmeshing of the India-China rivalry with the strategic confrontation between China and US imperialism that makes the border dispute so combustible and incendiary.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/inch-j17.html

Korybko to Indian Media: India Is Doing America's Bidding Against China
Parth Satam | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-06-17
asia-pacificresearch.com/india-doing-america-bidding-against-china/5629127

Nonsense About China That "Everybody" Knows
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
I want to do a bit more beating up on a NYT piece this morning on breaking ties with China. There is a widely held view in policy circles that the pandemic showed that our extensive economic ties with China are a bad thing. I will ask a simple question, how? First to get over…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/nonsense-about-china-that-everybody-knows/

India and China Dispute: The World's Longest Unmarked Border
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Incongruous, deadly, bizarre. Two nuclear powers engaging in a fatal skirmish over a piece of territory with no economic resources, using rocks and clubs with protruding nails. A stone-age fight in the nuclear era. | Einstein said he did not know …
globalresearch.ca/india-china-dispute-world-longest-unmarked-border/5716195

Sticks, Stones and Death in Galwan Valley
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-17
Things along the Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas have rarely lacked interest, notably along the secretive, heavily patrolled 3,488 km Line of Actual Control. Neither China nor India have ever quite sorted out their differences on that front, plagued by territorial claims over unclearly demarcated boundaries. The administration of Narendra Modi might well have wood …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/sticks-stones-and-death-in-galwan-valley/

Colombia projects 41,000 coronavirus deaths before end of 2020
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-17
Colombia's government informed the Constitutional Court that it expects the coronavirus to kill more than 41,500 citizens before the end of the year, local media reported Tuesday. Between March 6…
colombiareports.com/colombia-projects-41000-coronavirus-deaths-before-end-of-2020/

US deports Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder to Germany
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-06-17
US authorities deported Carlos Lehder, one of the co-founders of the Medellin Cartel, to Germany where he arrived on Tuesday. The 70-year-old Lehder, who has both a Colombian and a…
colombiareports.com/us-deports-medellin-cartel-founder-carlos-lehder-to-germany/

Report: Unemployment by Christmas could reach over 3 million
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-17
Boris Johnson has been warned 10 per cent of the British workforce could be unemployed by the end of December, due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis. A ten per cent unemployment figure would mean 3.3 million people out of work in the UK. These levels (numerically, not a percentage of population) have …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/report-unemployment-by-christmas-could-reach-over-3-million/

Coronavirus crisis: Where is the British left?
Ian Sinclair | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-17
peoplesworld.org/article/coronavirus-crisis-where-is-the-british-left/

Reimagining Public Safety In One Of America's Deadliest Cities
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-17
Mayoral Democratic primary winner Brandon Scott discusses calls to cut the Baltimore police budget to fund social programs, his approach to the drug war, and economic development in a city that's long subsidized corporations at the expense of taxpayers.
therealnews.com/stories/reimagine-public-safety-baltimore-mayor-police

Global Issues Require United Action and a Reinvigorated UN
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-17
Whatever corner of the world one happens to live in, the most pressing issues of the day affect everyone. Pandemics/epidemics and the environmental emergency; war and terrorism; poverty and food insecurity; overpopulation and the displacement of persons. Such crises cannot be limited by borders or controlled by nation states; no government or corporate power can …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/global-issues-require-united-action-and-a-reinvigorated-un/

Reimagining Public Safety In One Of America's Deadliest Cities
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-17
Mayoral Democratic primary winner Brandon Scott discusses calls to cut the Baltimore police budget to fund social programs, his approach to the drug war, and economic development in a city that's long subsidized corporations at the expense of taxpayers.
therealnews.com/stories/reimagine-public-safety-baltimore-mayor-police

Fed boosts support for stock market by expanding corporate debt purchases
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Fed chairman Jerome Powell said it would take some time before employment and economic activity returned to pre-pandemic levels.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/fedr-j17.html

Inside CHAZ: An "Autonomous" Three Block-Long Seattle Street Threatens America, What?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
President Donald Trump from his New Jersey private golf club tweeted this past Friday morning June 12, that "The terrorists burn and pillage our cities." He was referring to demonstrators occupying three blocks along a single street, in Seattle's most culturally active neighborhood. Trump demanded that the mayor and governor, "Must end this Seattle takeover now!" Or else he would call in the army.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/inside-chaz-an-autonomous-three-block-long-seattle-street-threatens-america-what/

Band of Brothers, Tangled Up in Blue
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed– Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) — Langston Hughes, "Let America Be America Again" (1936) Keep on keeping on — that's what one…
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Emperor Trump Now Stands Partially Naked
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
A child exposing the nakedness of the emperor by speaking truth to power? Not these days. More than half of the United States — not just liberals and the left but also the mainstream media and some Republicans — has been shouting at Emperor Trump for months on end that he has no clothes. These…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/emperor-trump-now-stands-partially-naked/

Reforming the Police and Jails of New Orleans: an Interview With Sade Dumas
Jason Kerzinski | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
"If it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly takes a movement to undo an occupation." — Ruth Wilson Gilmore Since 2004, the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) — which includes Women With A Vision, Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children, Voice of the Experienced, and New Orleans Workers' Center for…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/reforming-the-police-and-jails-of-new-orleans-an-interview-with-sade-dumas/

Get Rid of the Presidency
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
For some time now, but maybe since the Kennedy administration (which ended in a hail of voter-suppressed gunfire), I have been thinking that one of the biggest problems with American democracy is the presidency itself, the idea that the chief magistrate of the country should be one person elected every four years by a few swing voters in Ohio, North Carolina, or Florida.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/17/get-rid-of-the-presidency/

Miles Davis on Getting Stopped By The Police
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-17
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The Rich Are 'Defunding' Our Democracy
Sam Pizzigati | zcomm.org | 2020-06-17
On matters both petty and profound, America's deepest pockets are quietly getting their way…
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Controversy over History of World War II. Russia Marks 75 Years, Military Parade
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
The world celebrates the year 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism during the World War II. For the first time in history, Russia postponed its military parade traditionally held on Moscow's Red Square on May …
globalresearch.ca/russia-marks-75-years-end-ww-ii-military-parade/5716213

The Miracle of Salisbury. The Skripals Affair
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
It turns out that the BBC really does believe that God is an Englishman. When the simple impossibility of the official story on the Skripals finally overwhelmed the dramatists, they resorted to Divine Intervention for an explanation — as propagandists …
globalresearch.ca/miracle-salisbury/5716204

"I Can't Breathe, Please, Please!" The Martyrdom of George Floyd, Tortured and Murdered by US Police in 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds, May 5, 2020
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon …
globalresearch.ca/i-cant-breathe-martyrdom-george-floyd-tortured-murdered-us-police-8-minutes-46-seconds-may-5-2020/5716169

Why this 'Pandemic' Is Looking More Like a Social Engineering Experiment
Richard Enos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Yesterday my wife, a native of Korea, made the arduous trip to her homeland from Toronto in order to help her mother, who had been diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, with the protocols of High-Dose Vitamin C and a natural …
globalresearch.ca/why-pandemic-like-social-engineering-experiment/5716199

America: An Empire Eating Itself
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
The United States finds itself in a less-than-unique position of an empire in terminal decline. With nations around the globe standing up economically, militarily, and politically — closing off once lucrative avenues of exploitation — the US finds itself turning …
globalresearch.ca/america-empire-eating-itself/5716163

The Horrible Truth About Winston Churchill
Peter Frost | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
This article was first crossposted in 2018. | George W. Bush installed a bust of Winston Churchill in the Oval Office at the White House. When Barack Obama came to power he had the bust returned to Britain. | Obama's Kenyan grandfather, …
globalresearch.ca/the-horrible-truth-about-winston-churchill/5626729

Israeli Army Demolishes Many Structures, Stores, Near Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, before demolishing a shed, an under-construction building, and several stores, owned by Palestinians from the town. The WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency has reported that the soldiers demolished a shed owned by …
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Adalah backs warning from UN human rights experts: Morning after Israel's West Bank annexation will be 'vision of 21st century apartheid'
Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
17/06/2020: ADALAH — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights In Israel: UN experts:…
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UN experts: Israel's annexation of West Bank land a serious violation of UN Charter, Conventions
The Palestinian News & Info Agency | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
GENEVA, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (WAFA): Israel's planned annexation of large swaths of the occupied West Bank land starting July 1 constitutes a serious violation of the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions and the international community has a duty to prevent it, today said 47 of the independent …
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Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians, Including Four Children, In Silwan
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five children, in addition to a mother and her son, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the town, …
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Israeli Forces Confiscate Palestinian-owned Bulldozers, Equipment
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, seized five Palestinian-owned bulldozers in addition to other excavation equipment, in the western Almazra'a village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Board-member of the municipality of the western Mazra'a village, Waseem Ladadwa, told the Palestinian WAFA News Agency that dozens of Israeli soldiers …
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Israeli Forces Close an Archaeological Site in Nablus City
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Israeli forces closed, early on Tuesday, an ancient archaeological site in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Mayor of Sebastia village, north of Nablus city, Mr. Mohammad Azem, confirmed that Israeli troops invaded the village in the early hours of dawn, and began cordoning off the Sebastia archaeological …
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Army Uproots Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Israeli army jeeps and armored bulldozers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Badia ash-Sharqiya area in the al-Freidis village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before bulldozing and uprooting Palestinian lands. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the "Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission," has reported that the Israeli …
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Israeli Colonists Burn Palestinian Lands Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-17
Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers burned, on Wednesday evening, Palestinian agricultural in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources said the colonists came from the illegal Ronim outpost, and burnt agricultural lands in the eastern area of the village, setting fields and trees …
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The Yezidis survived ISIS genocide. Now Turkey is bombing their homeland
Finn Reynolds | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
The Yezidi (Yazidi) people have faced over 70 genocides and mass killings throughout their history. Most recently, they were left undefended when Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) swept through Iraq, killing, raping, and enslaving thousands of the long-oppressed minority in what the United Nations described as a genocide. | Daesh was driven out of the Yezidis' mountainous homeland of Shengal (also known as Sinjar). But the Yez…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/06/17/the-yezidis-survived-isis-genocide-now-turkey-is-bombing-their-homeland/

North Korea blows up liaison office to send message to Trump
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
While nominally directed at Seoul, Pyongyang's action expressed its deep frustration with the failure of the Trump administration to conduct any meaningful negotiations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/nkor-j17.html

The BBC's Sitting in Limbo: Compelling dramatization of the anti-migrant Windrush scandal
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
Vicious measures were introduced in the aftermath of the 2008 banking crash and subsequent bailout to try and divide the working class by scapegoating ethnic minorities and migrants for the austerity that followed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/wind-j17.html

The Murders of Floyd and Halak Exposed the US and Israel as Settler-Colonial Enterprises
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
The systemic oppression faced by blacks and Palestinians in the United States and Israel is indicative of a deeply rooted racism rarely found in true democracies.
mintpressnews.com/murders-floyd-halak-exposed-us-israel-settler-colonial-enterprises/268649/

The Fall of the Dancing Bear
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-17
Trump is a "dancing bear," controlled by Attorney General William Barr, part of a CIA cabal put together, in partnership with former FBI Director Robert Mueller, during the 1970s. | Barr and Mueller are and have been for decades, close personal friends despite attempts to represent them as otherwise. Not only are they friends but they are "cohorts in crime," as the expression goes, always working together, plotting their plots, scheming their schemes. | The years of American decline under Trump, rapid and catastrophic, seems to be one of those schemes, with Trump playing little or no real role at all, not really…

The Fall of the Dancing Bear

Canada's grocery chains slash wages as pandemic continues to rage
wsws.org | 2020-06-17
The decision to abolish the pay premium shows the companies' shocking disregard for the lives of workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/17/groc-j17.html

College Tuition Strikes Go National
Paul Kiefer | progressive.org | 2020-06-17
Undergrads at the University of Chicago refused to pay tuition during the pandemic–now they're inspiring other campuses to do the same.
progressive.org/dispatches/college-tuition-strikes-go-national-kiefer-200617/

An "Autonomous" three block-long Seattle street threatens America — what?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-17
President Donald Trump from his New Jersey private golf club tweeted this past Friday morning June 12, that "The terrorists burn and pillage our cities."
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Turkish diplomat elected President of historic 75th UN General Assembly
news.un.org | 2020-06-17
Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly in a vote held on Wednesday that was emblematic of its time.
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America's Lack of Moral Courage on Reparations
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2020-06-17
How much longer will the United States stand in the way of the rest of the world?
progressive.org/dispatches/america-lack-moral-courage-reparations-hunt-200617/

A different war: For my father on Father's Day
Barton Kunstler | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-17
The shabbier and more senseless the war…the more hollow its objectives and justifications…the more one-sided our advantage…the more distorted the news from the front…the more random the casualties on all sides.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/17/a-different-war-for-my-father-on-fathers-day/

On Maintaining Perspective In The Year 20 Fucking 20
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-17
~ Liane Moriarty, "Big Little Lies" | Whenever an author, filmmaker or other artist sets out on the noble endeavor of pointing people toward the ideal of living life to its fullest, they usually wind up depicting a character going off on all sorts of wild adventures, skydiving, trekking across the Himalayas, and so on. | In my opinion reminding people to live life to its fullest is the artist's single most important job, but this is also where most storytellers get it wrong. Most people who live wild, interesting lives sleepwalk through the whole ride just like everyone else; in the end they're left with a few am…

On Maintaining Perspective In The Year 20 Fucking 20

On Maintaining Perspective In The Year 20 Fucking 20
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-17
"As Jane looked around her, she felt that dissatisfied feeling she often experienced when she was somewhere new and lovely. She couldn't quite articulate it, except with the words: if only I was here. This little beachside cafe was so exquisite she longed to really be there, except of course, she was there, so it didn't make sense." | ~ Liane Moriarty, "Big Little Lies" | Whenever an author, filmmaker or other artist sets out on the noble endeavor of pointing people toward the ideal of living life to its fullest, they usually wind up depicting a character going off on all sorts of wild adventures, skydiving, trek…

On Maintaining Perspective In The Year 20 Fucking 20

Stonewall still means fight back!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-17
The reactionary rulers of the U.S. are attempting to discourage, divide and defeat poor, oppressed and working people in any way possible, at any possible opportunity. Look at the psychological operations ploy tried by white supremacist Trump in setting his first 2020 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. — site of . . . | Continue reading Stonewall still means fight back! at Workers.org…
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Delbert Africa °Presente!
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-06-17
MOVE's Minister of Defense Delbert Africa, 73, died from cancer on June 15 at home and surrounded by his family. Delbert was one of the MOVE 9, who all received life sentences following a racist Philadelphia police raid on the MOVE house and headquarters in 1978. Delbert Africa, January 2020. . . . | Continue reading Delbert Africa °Presente! at Workers.org…
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Stonewall means unite to fight back
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-17
The reactionary rulers of the U.S. are attempting to discourage, divide and defeat poor, oppressed and working people in any way possible, at any possible opportunity. Look at the psychological operations ploy tried by white supremacist Trump in setting his first 2020 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. — site of . . . | Continue reading Stonewall means unite to fight back at Workers.org…
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A greener future? Russian energy minister predicts Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate shift away from hydrocarbons
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Is the game up for "black gold?" Well, Russia's energy minister won't go that far but he believes its importance in the worldwide energy marketplace is set to significantly decline. This has serious implications for oil producers. | Read more | | Covid-19 is 'FIRE DRILL' for climate crisis & BLM is 'inseparable' from struggle for sustainability, UN official claims | Alexander Novak thinks the current pandemic and the growing competitiveness of renewable sources will lead to a greener market. | Speaking during an online conference of the World En…
rt.com/russia/492152-covid19-hydrocarbons-shift-away/

After the Lockdowns, a Global Hunger Crisis (And the Mother of All Migrant Crises)
Arif Husain | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-17
The [irrational response to the] coronavirus pandemic and its punitive economic effects are about to set off the next global hunger crisis. | In the last four years, conflicts, climate change and economic instability raised the number of people suffering acute hunger — when the absence of food endangers people's livelihoods and, in some cases, their lives — from 80 million to 135 million people. The pandemic could drive 130 million more people into that state by December. More than a quarter of a billion people are likely to be acutely hungry in 2020. | Rising Hunger: | The [irrational respons…
anti-empire.com/after-the-lockdowns-a-global-hunger-crisis/

Climate change is killing Americans. Health departments aren't equipped to respond
DRVPBHEGAR | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-17
How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC's fight against climate change…
nationofchange.org/2020/06/17/climate-change-is-killing-americans-health-departments-arent-equipped-to-respond/

'New contract' needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay
news.un.org | 2020-06-17
The UN Secretary-General has called for "a new contract for nature" to address ongoing global challenges connected to land degradation, such as forced migration, hunger and climate change.
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Neoliberalism Is In Critical Condition
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Now is the moment to transition away from an economic system that thrives on exploitation. | The Covid-19 pandemic is tearing the neoliberal playbook apart as politicians and citizens realise that, in times of pandemic, markets won't save the day. | The privatisation-deregulation-austerity recipe is becoming obsolete, leaving ways for a diversity of interventionist policies. Meanwhile, outside of markets, solidarity initiatives are blooming, creating the experiential and affective base for a paradigm shift away from self-interested individualism. | This is an opportunity for a long-awaited transition away from an…
popularresistance.org/neoliberalism-is-in-critical-condition/

German Party Calls For Sanctions On Israel
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
Germany's left-wing party Die Linke is calling for sanctions on Israel if it proceeds with its planned annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank. | In Germany there is a strictly enforced — but intellectually lazy and morally repugnant — elite consensus that unconditional support for Israel and inaction in the face of its crimes against Palestinians are necessary to atone for the murder of millions of European Jews in German government death camps. | Few prominent German politicians have the courage or moral clarity to understand that genuine and principled atonement would mean applying the…
popularresistance.org/german-party-calls-for-sanctions-on-israel/

Racism, Lack Of Jobs As Workers Face Social Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-17
The capitalist class in the United States now wants to force unemployed workers to take a job, any job, no matter how dangerous or low paid. This attack on workers' incomes drags down the economy because workers won't earn enough to buy the goods and services they would normally consume. | For those workers who should qualify for unemployment insurance (UI), the requirements vary. Income levels and time worked are usually prominent reasons given for not providing UI. Undocumented workers are almost always excluded. Even documented foreign nationals often have problems. | It can take weeks to open a UI claim. Most…
popularresistance.org/racism-lack-of-jobs-as-workers-face-social-pandemic/

Here's Exactly Who's Profiting from the War on Yemen
Alex Kane | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Priyanka Motaparthy, a researchers for Human Rights Watch, arrived at a market in the Yemeni village of Mastaba on March 28, 2016, to find large craters, destroyed buildings, debris, shredded bits of clothing and small pieces of human bodies. | …
globalresearch.ca/who-profiting-war-yemen/5716222

Facebook Surrounds Africa
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
Many industries and service companies are failing or shrinking due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who have gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon — writes The New York Times…
globalresearch.ca/facebook-surrounds-africa/5716157

Is Universal Credit prepared for two million new claimants as winter arrives?
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-17
New research from Citizens Advice has found that out of 500 people surveyed who have applied for Universal Credit as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, more than half (53%) have faced hardship during the five-week wait for their first payment. The charity, which is presented evidence on the five-week wait at last week's Work …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/is-universal-credit-prepared-for-two-million-new-claimants-as-winter-arrives/

'Turkish social aid program reached over 6M households'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
The Turkish state helped millions of families through social assistance programs and offered financial support worth billions of dollars during the COVID-19 outbreak, a top government official said on Wednesday.The government launched the Social Protection Shield program to cater to citizens' needs during the pandemic, Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Turkey's family, labor and social services minister, told Anadolu Agency's Editor's Desk.She said the program includes services such as short-time work allowance, unemployment benefits, cash support, and social assistance.According to the minister, the government has so far ex…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-social-aid-program-reached-over-6m-households-3532321

EU hopes to provide COVID-19 vaccines in a year
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
The EU plans to provide COVID-19 vaccines to its member states within 12-18 months, according to its new strategy announced on Wednesday.The European Commission will sign agreements with vaccine producers on behalf of EU member states to help the development and production of vaccines against the virus.The deal will contribute to the cost of research and development in exchange for delivering a certain number of cures in an agreed period of time.The EU hopes to start the vaccination program within 12-18 months from now, if not earlier."This is a moment for science and solidarity. Nothing is certain, but I am conf…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-hopes-to-provide-covid-19-vaccines-in-a-year-3532294

Italian FM's Turkey trip postponed
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
A planned Wednesday visit to Turkey by Italy's top diplomat has been postponed to Friday, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio's visit to Turkey, "previously scheduled for today (17 June 2020) is postponed to Friday 19 June," the ministry said in a statement Wednesday.At Friday's meeting, Di Maio and Turkey's Mevlut Cavusoglu are set to discuss Turkish-Italian relations, Turkey's EU accession process, and the fight against COVID-19.The talks are also expected to cover current regional and international issues.Di Maio will be one of the first foreign ministers to visit T…
yenisafak.com/en/news/italian-fms-turkey-trip-postponed-3532292

Iran's virus death toll rises by 120 to hit 9,185
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
Iran on Wednesday confirmed 120 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,185.Iran's daily number of COVID-19 fatalities decreased to under 100 in mid-April and recorded as 34 on May 25, but daily figures have shown an upward trend in last four days after authorities took measures to ease restrictions.Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said a further 2,612 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 195,051.A total of 154,812 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, he said, adding that 2,789 rema…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-virus-death-toll-rises-by-120-to-hit-9185-3532295

Pakistan: Government ally party quits ruling coalition
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
A key partner in Pakistan's government on Wednesday announced it was quitting the ruling coalition.The Balochistan National Party (BNP), which has four seats in the 342-member lower house — the National Assembly — left the coalition led by Prime Minister Imran Khan's center-right Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusing the ruling party of failing to fulfill an agreement it had made during the government's formation after the 2018 general elections.The BNP's demands revolved around various issues being faced by the inhabitants of the country's southwestern Balochistan province, a key route of multi-billion-doll…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-government-ally-party-quits-ruling-coalition-3532323

Experts urge diplomatic talks to defuse India-China tensions
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
The border clashes between Indian and Chinese armies that led the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in the Ladakh region has shocked the country's diplomatic and military community.Since 1975, this is the first time, when causalities were reported in a border clash between the two countries.However, both military and diplomatic experts have urged the government to raise the level of dialogue from military to diplomatic or even to political level to end the standoff and deescalate tensions.Speaking to Anadolu Agency, former diplomat G.S. Iyer, who had also a long stint in Beijing from 1968-74 said the latest incident…
yenisafak.com/en/news/experts-urge-diplomatic-talks-to-defuse-india-china-tensions-3532317

China says it has agreed with India to de-escalate border situation
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
China and India have agreed to de-escalate the situation at their border as soon as possible following a clash between the their troops, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told Indian Foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a phone call on Wednesday that India should severely punish those responsible for the conflict and control its frontline troops, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.China and India have blamed each other for the clash on Monday, which killed at least 20 Indian soldiers.
yenisafak.com/en/world/china-says-it-has-agreed-with-india-to-de-escalate-border-situation-3532290

'Turkey can benefit most from supply chain shift'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
Turkey stands to benefit the most from a shift of supply chains away from China, according to the regional head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).Addressing a virtual meeting held by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK) on Wednesday, Suma Chakrabarti stated that the coronavirus pandemic forced companies to put considerable emphasis on the resilience and diversification of their supply chains."They will have to do so to survive, to recover, to flourish," he added.Stating that the EBRD regions have the potential to significantly scale up their exports, Chakrabarti said:…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-can-benefit-most-from-supply-chain-shift-3532297

Coronavirus vaccine could be on market in mid-2021
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
A vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic by CureVac could be on the market in mid-2021, the unlisted German company said on Wednesday.CureVac might be able to apply for approval early next year, Klaus Cichutek, President of German vaccine regulator PEI, added during a joint videoconference.
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-vaccine-could-be-on-market-in-mid-2021-3532289

Virus case tally surges in Oman, Morocco
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
Oman confirmed two more fatalities from coronavirus on Wednesday, while Morocco reported fresh infections. | In a statement, the Omani Health Ministry said the country's death toll from the virus rose to 116 after two people had died. | A further 810 new cases were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall infections to 26,079, the ministry said. | According to the ministry, 708 patients have recovered, pushing the number of recoveries to 11,797. | Meanwhile, Morocco's Health Ministry said 54 people tested positive for the disease, while 23 patients have recovered. | The country's toll now stands at…
yenisafak.com/en/world/virus-case-tally-surges-in-oman-morocco-3532296

Turkish police arrest 34 over suspected links to FETàñ
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
At least 34 suspects were arrested Wednesday for their alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.Local police in the central Nigde province carried out simultaneous operations in 10 provinces in coordination with the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, according to a security source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The operation against the terror group's infiltration into the judiciary covered the provinces of Nigde, Elazig, Aksaray, Afyonkarahisar, Adana, Kahramanmaras, Zonguldak, Tokat, Kayseri, as well as…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-police-arrest-34-over-suspected-links-to-feto-3532288

Scores of Israelis storm Al-Aqsa complex in Jerusalem
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
The official with the Jordan–run Islamic Waqf Department said 171 settlers toured the site under the protection of Israeli police. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to security concerns. | The Waqf department has repeatedly called on the Israeli government to halt settler visits to the holy site as they trigger confrontations with Muslim worshippers.. | Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world's third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times. | Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 196…
yenisafak.com/en/world/scores-of-israelis-storm-al-aqsa-complex-in-jerusalem-3532298

Turkish ministers visit Libya, Tripoli government says
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
Turkish government officials including the foreign and finance ministers arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday to meet Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), the GNA said in a Facebook post.Turkish support has been critical to the GNA in staving off a 14-month assault on Tripoli by the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), which is backed by the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Egypt.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-ministers-visit-libya-tripoli-government-says-3532324

Turkish | cat nurses abandoned newborn bunny
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
An 18-year-old Turkish youth did not expect to witness an amazing spectacle of motherhood when he brought home a newborn rabbit that had been abandoned in a cornfield in Turkey's southern of province Osmaniye.The Karaoƒülu family cat, Sarƒ±kƒ±z (roughly translating into "Yellow Girl"), which had recently given birth herself, welcomed the uncommon guest wholeheartedly and decided to breast-feed the little bunny along with her litter."The rabbit, which we named Pamuk, was hungry and exhausted when i came across it. I first fed it to the best of my abilities. Then I suddenly saw our…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkishcat-nurses-abandoned-newborn-bunny-3532319

Turkish first lady marks desertification, drought day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-17
Turkey's first lady on Wednesday marked the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that is celebrated annually on June 17 across the world."Land is life, love, homeland, our future. Our children do not deserve a world with depleted resources, rather blue sky, fertile lands and verdant forests," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.This fact should be remembered again on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, she stressed.Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations, according to the UN.Obse…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-first-lady-marks-desertification-drought-day-3532322

Trump's Florida Golf Club Seeks Rent Relief Over COVID-19-Induced Financial Setbacks
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
US President Donald Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, has asked Palm Beach County to defer some of the $88,338 monthly rent it pays to lease the land due to a "significant impact" on the business from the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/society/202006171079645851-trumps-florida-golf-club-seeks-rent-relief-over-covid-19-induced-financial-setbacks/

Brazilians Forced to Self-Organize While Political Elites Use Pandemic as Chance to Rewrite Rules
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
With over 920,000 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus and at least 45,000 related deaths, the highly contagious virus is far from "under control" in Brazil. One expert tells Sputnik that despite this and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's lack of leadership the self-organization of vulnerable Brazilians persists.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006171079645899-brazilians-forced-to-self-organize-while-political-elites-use-pandemic-as-chance-to-rewrite-rules/

Trade Rep Lighthizer Refutes Bolton's Claim That Trump Sought Re-Election Help From Xi Jinping
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
In his to-be-published tell-all book John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, according to an extract revealed by The Washington Post, claimed that the president asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to ensure that POTUS was re-elected in the upcoming 2020 presidential race.
sputniknews.com/us/202006171079645822-trade-rep-lighthizer-refutes-boltons-claim-that-trump-sought-re-election-help-from-xi-jinping/

Civil Rights Groups Call for Facebook Boycott Over Platform's Failure to Address Hate Speech
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
Several civil rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), have urged corporations to boycott advertising on Facebook in July because they believe the platform has failed to address hate speech.
sputniknews.com/society/202006171079645559-civil-rights-groups-call-for-facebook-boycott-over-platforms-failure-to-address-hate-speech/

Taiwan Warns Off Two Chinese Aircraft in Fourth Recent Incident
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-17
In the fourth such incident in just nine days, Taiwanese aircraft on Wednesday warned off two People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft nearing the island's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
sputniknews.com/asia/202006171079645363-taiwan-warns-off-two-chinese-aircraft-in-fourth-recent-incident/

Iran COVID-19 update: 2,612 new infections, 120 deaths in 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — According to the Iranian Health Ministry, the novel coronavirus disease has claimed 120 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159908/Iran-COVID-19-update-2-612-new-infections-120-deaths-in-24

Beijing, Moscow deplore US sanctions on Syria
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — In a statement during a Security Council's session and in comments on imposing so-called "Caesar Act" by the US, representatives of Russia and China to the UN asserted that the US sanctions against Syria target the Syrian people.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159912/Beijing-Moscow-deplore-US-sanctions-on-Syria

Yazd mourns for martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadiq (PBUH)
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
YAZD, Jun. 17 (MNA) — The mourning ceremony of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadiq (PBUH), the sixth Imam of Shi'ite world, was held in Yazd, central Iran. Imam Sadiq attained martyrdom on the 25th Shawwal 14 A.H. Attendants of the ceremony observe health protocols in order to avoid the spread of the lethal coronavirus.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/159905/Yazd-mourns-for-martyrdom-anniversary-of-Imam-Jafar-Sadiq-PBUH

Iran, Azerbaijan hold phone talk on development of economic relations
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — In a telephone conversation, Iran's minister of finance Farhad Dejpasand and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev conferred on expansion of mutual economic ties under the outbreak of coronavirus.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159911/Iran-Azerbaijan-hold-phone-talk-on-development-of-economic-relations

Iraqi PM vows to stand by Iran in hard times
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said that Baghdad will stand by Tehran during the hard times as Tehran did the same.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159916/Iraqi-PM-vows-to-stand-by-Iran-in-hard-times

Tehran, Baghdad ink new financial accord
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), announced on Wednesday that under a newly penned financial framework between Tehran, Baghdad, Iran will use its financial resources in Iraq for purchasing basic goods and unsanctioned products.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159913/Tehran-Baghdad-ink-new-financial-accord

Tehran, Tunis confer on expansion of parliamentary ties
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — In a meeting between Iran's ambassador to Tunis Mohammad-Reza Raouf-Sheybani and Tunisia's speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People Rachid al-Ghannouchi the two sides discussed enhancement of relations between the parliaments of the two countries and activation of friendship committee of Iran and Tunisia.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159906/Tehran-Tunis-confer-on-expansion-of-parliamentary-ties

Education min. inaugurates projects in North khorasan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
BOJNOURD, Jun. 17 (MNA) — Iran's Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in his trip to North Khorasan province on Wednesday inaugurated some educational projects.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/159914/Education-min-inaugurates-projects-in-North-khorasan

Pompeo announces new round of US sanctions against Syria's Assad, his wife
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-17
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — To further weaken the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the United States on Wednesday imposed fresh round of penalties on 39 Syrian individuals and companies including Assad and his wife Asma personally, Mike Pompeo announced.
en.mehrnews.com/news/159915/Pompeo-announces-new-round-of-US-sanctions-against-Syria-s-Assad

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-17
"What's been most striking to me is just how one-sided the rules are when Americans take on their own government…. It has been dismaying to learn the extent to which rules and laws shield the government from accountability for its …
globalresearch.ca/system-rigged-qualified-immunity-police-state-stays-power/5716174

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-17
Lawyers tend to offer complicated, convoluted explanations for the doctrine of qualified immunity, which was intended to insulate police from frivolous lawsuits, but its real purpose, writes constitutional attorney John Whitehead, is to rig the system,…
mintpressnews.com/system-is-rigged-qualified-immunity-is-how-police-stay-in-power/268628/

Collusion with China, wanting to stay in office forever: Leaked Bolton book excerpts cash in on anti-Trump frenzy
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Former national security adviser John Bolton has leaked excerpts of his book to major newspapers, accusing President Donald Trump of colluding with leaders in China and Turkey, and obstruction of justice "as a way of life." | Facing a DOJ lawsuit seeking to block the publication of his memoir for containing classified information, Bolton decided to go to the press, leaking parts of the book to the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. | | Breaking News: John Bolton says in his new book that the House…
rt.com/usa/492185-bolton-book-leaked-trump-china/

'Absolutely untrue': US trade envoy denies Bolton claim that Trump sought re-election help from China's Xi
rt.com | 2020-06-17
The top US trade official has forcefully denied ex-national security advisor John Bolton's allegation that the president went to his Chinese counterpart for help in the 2020 race, insisting it "never happened." | Excerpts published from Bolton's forthcoming book on Wednesday claim that, during a sideline meeting at last year's G-20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to boost his country's purchases of US agricultural goods, believing it would aid his re-election bid. Pressed about the claim at a Senate hearing later on Wednesday, Trump's top trade envoy, Robert Lighthizer,…
rt.com/usa/492188-lighthizer-bolton-china-trump/

'Absolutely untrue': US trade envoy denies Bolton claim that Trump sought re-election help from China's Xi
rt.com | 2020-06-17
The US' top trade official has forcefully denied an allegation by ex-national security adviser John Bolton that President Donald Trump went to his Chinese counterpart for help with the 2020 election, insisting it "never happened." | Excerpts published from Bolton's forthcoming book on Wednesday claim that, during a sideline meeting at last year's G20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to boost his country's purchases of US agricultural goods, believing it would aid his re-election bid. Pressed about the claim at a Senate hearing later on Wednesday, Trump's top trade envoy,…
rt.com/usa/492188-lighthizer-bolton-china-trump/

Collusion with China, wanting to stay in office forever: Leaked Bolton book excerpts cash in on anti-Trump frenzy
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Former national security adviser John Bolton has leaked excerpts of his book to major newspapers, accusing President Donald Trump of colluding with leaders in China and Turkey, and obstruction of justice "as a way of life." | Facing a DOJ lawsuit seeking to block the publication of his memoir for containing classified information, Bolton decided to go to the press, leaking parts of the book to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. | | Breaking News: John Bolton says in his new book that the House…
rt.com/usa/492185-bolton-book-leaked-trump-china/

Trump saw Venezuela as 'really part of the US,' thought invasion was 'cool' — but backtracked because of Putin, Bolton claims
rt.com | 2020-06-17
US President Donald Trump thought it would be "cool" to invade Venezuela but was persuaded not to by "Soviet-style propaganda" from Moscow, claims former national security adviser John Bolton in book excerpts leaked to the press. | Trump said invading Venezuela would be "cool" and described the South American country as "really part of the United States," according to the Washington Post, one of three publications that were given access to some content from Bolton's memoir, 'The Room Where It Happened.' | | So Bolton says in his boo…
rt.com/usa/492190-bolton-book-trump-venezuela/

You better 'reconsider': G7 urges China not to impose its law on Hong Kong
rt.com | 2020-06-17
The Group of Seven countries have attempted to press China into changing its mind on imposing its national security law on Hong Kong, which they view as Beijing stripping the city of its Western-backed autonomy. | The foreign ministers of G7 on Wednesday expressed their "grave concern" about China's move. The statement insisted that the change contradicts local laws, international treaties and a UN declaration. | We strongly urge the Government of China to re-consider this decision. | As an international community we all have a stake in üá≠üá∞success & prosperit…
rt.com/news/492179-g7-china-hong-kong/

Trump signs bill allowing anti-China sanctions over alleged Uighur human rights abuses
rt.com | 2020-06-17
President Donald Trump has signed a bill that would allow the US to sanction Chinese officials for the alleged repression of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang Province. The bill passed Congress with bipartisan support. | Trump signed the act into law on Wednesday, and a statement from the president accused the Chinese government of the "systematic use of indoctrination camps, forced labor, and intrusive surveillance to eradicate the ethnic identity and religious beliefs of Uyghurs and other minorities in China." | The president will now have 180 days to submit a report to Congress identifying the officials re…
rt.com/usa/492183-trump-china-sanctions-bill-uyghur/

'We can't be an ostrich': Paris warns NATO to take head out of the sand on alliance's 'Turkey problem' in Libya
rt.com | 2020-06-17
France's defense ministry said NATO can't bury its head in the sand when it comes to Turkey's recent behavior in Libya. It also accused the Turkish navy of harassing a French warship in the Mediterranean, a charge Ankara denies. | "We have known complicated moments in the alliance, but we can't be an ostrich and can't pretend there isn't a Turkey problem at NATO. We have to see it, say it, and handle it," a ministry official said ahead of a NATO summit on Wednesday. | According to defense ministry sources, a French ship participating in a NATO mission in Mediterranean waters was recently subjected to aggressiv…
rt.com/news/492156-france-nato-turkey-libya/

Atlanta cop charged with murder in Rayshard Brooks shooting may face DEATH PENALTY, after partner turns witness
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Police officer Garrett Rolfe is facing eleven charges, including felony murder and aggravated assault, in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, after his partner turned state's evidence. Rolfe faces a possible death sentence. | Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges, which include three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly firing his weapon "recklessly" in the effort to bring down Brooks, on Wednesday. In addition to felony murder, Rolfe has been charged with violating his oath as a police officer, for not properly arresting Brooks and for standing on his body af…
rt.com/usa/492182-atlanta-cops-charged-murder-brooks/

Potential new NASA mission aims to unearth mysteries of Neptune's weird moon Triton
rt.com | 2020-06-17
A new NASA mission, which could be greenlit next summer, aims to untangle the mysteries of Triton, Neptune's largest moon. | Slightly bigger than the dwarf planet Pluto, Triton is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation and has a retrograde orbit. But the whimsical nature of this extraterrestrial rock doesn't stop there — and when NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Triton on August 25, 1989, a lot of eyebrows were raised. | That was because Vo…
rt.com/news/492157-nasa-mission-neptune-triton/

Operation In(ter)ception: Hackers are targeting European aerospace and military companies, tech security experts warn
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered highly targeted malware attacks against aerospace and military companies in Europe and the Middle East, highlighting how effective spear phishing can be when targeting individuals. | The spear-phishing attacks, which the Slovakian internet security company ESET has dubbed Operation In(ter)ception, involved the attackers directly contacting executives on LinkedIn. | Spear phishing is the practice of sending emails from a known or trusted sender in…
rt.com/news/492189-hackers-operation-interception-military/

Florida bridge 'at risk of imminent collapse' after concrete fell and crack appeared overnight (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-17
Boats are being told to steer clear of the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, Florida, after the US Coast Guard (USCG) warned it could collapse at any moment. Concerned locals posted photos of a crack at the south end of the structure. | …
rt.com/usa/492148-florida-roosevelt-bridge-collapse-warning/

Podcast: Vaccine production, safety on public transport, and emerging economies
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-17
In this edition: How to make a billion COVID-19 vaccines, why women feel unsafe on public transport, and how emerging economies fare under COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198393/podcast-vaccine-production-safety-public-transport

Imperial celebrates the 2020 winners of the President's Awards for Excellence
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-17
Imperial has announced the winners of this year's President's Awards for Excellence.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198375/imperial-celebrates-2020-winners-presidents-awards

Sadiq Khan takes £15,300 pay cut amid warning on austerity after coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
Sadiq Khan has slashed his own pay by 10% as he called on Boris Johnson to bail out local authorities facing funding black holes as a result of coronavirus.The London mayor warned that authorities across the country faced a shortfall of business rate and council tax income.In the capital that could mean cuts across the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority due to a shortfall of almost £500 million in funding.Khan is taking an immediate reduction to his £152,734 salary, cutting it by almost £15,300, and has frozen pay for his senior appoin…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/17/sadiq-khan-takes-15300-pay-cut-amid-warning-on-austerity-after-coronavirus/

North Korea says it is sending soldiers to joint border sites
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
North Korea has said it will send soldiers to closed inter-Korean co-operation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at frontline areas, nullifying deals reached with South Korea two years ago.The announcement is the latest in a series of provocations by North Korea in what experts believe are calculated moves to apply pressure on Seoul and Washington amid stalled nuclear negotiations.On Tuesday, the North destroyed an empty inter-Korean liaison office in its territory.The demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong (Korean Central News Agency/Korea Ne…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/17/north-korea-says-it-is-sending-soldiers-to-joint-border-sites/

Relaxing two-metre rule would only boost bus capacity by one passenger
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
Changing the two-metre social distancing rule to one metre would only boost bus capacity by one passenger per vehicle, a metro mayor has warned. | West of England mayor Tim Bowles said major reform of bus funding is required as operators are unable to meet demand on some routes. | He told the Commons' Transport Select Committee: "First Bus have done work and trials on that. | "They did modelling on two-metre distancing, one-and-a-half-metre and one metre. | "If you think about how tight buses are, even if you reduce that to one metre they've worked out you will get one additional passenger on a bus. | "If you're…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/17/relaxing-two-metre-rule-would-only-boost-bus-capacity-by-one-passenger/

Tory MPs launches scathing attack on teachers over school reopening
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-17
A Tory MP has accused union leaders of causing "sheer damage" to the teaching profession by portraying schools as "death traps" to parents through their response to reopening schools in England. | Addressing bosses of education unions, Conservative Jonathan Gullis, a former teacher, said their actions in warning against rushing to open schools more widely were "utterly disgraceful". | It came after Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said schools would not be able to fully reopen in September if social distancing rules remain in place. | Speaking at a virtual Education Sel…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/17/tory-mps-launches-scathing-attack-on-teachers-over-school-reopening/

Post-COVID Economy May Have More Robots, Fewer Jobs and Intensified Surveillance
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
Spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, global capitalism is on the brink of a new round of worldwide restructuring based on a much greater digitalization of the entire global economy and society. This restructuring began in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession but the changing social and economic conditions brought about by the pandemic will vastly accelerate the process. It is likely to heighten the concentration of capital worldwide and worsen social inequality. Enabled by digital appli…
truthout.org/articles/post-covid-economy-may-have-more-robots-fewer-jobs-and-intensified-surveillance/

Fauci Will Not Attend Trump Rally, Citing COVID Risks
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
As President Donald Trump prepares for his upcoming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this Saturday, Anthony Fauci, a member of Trump's coronavirus task force, is saying he wouldn't personally attend any campaign event at this time, due to the possibility of contracting the disease. | Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, explained in an interview with The Daily Beast on Tuesday that he…
truthout.org/articles/fauci-will-not-attend-trump-rally-citing-covid-risks/

Trump Doubles Down on Rally in Tulsa, Site of Race Massacre, as COVID Cases Rise
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
President Donald Trump says he will push ahead with a massive campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, even as COVID cases are surging there as the state reopens. Trump delayed the rally by one day after it was originally scheduled for June 19 — the day of the Juneteenth celebration marking the emancipation of enslaved people. Tulsa is also the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history, when a white mob in 1921 killed as many as 300 people in a thriving African Americ…
truthout.org/video/trump-doubles-down-on-rally-in-tulsa-site-of-race-massacre-as-covid-cases-rise/

Health Care Anti-Bias Tools May Be Endangering Classes of Essential Workers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
Bias is so baked into health care delivery that COVID-19 forces us to rethink how we allocate resources so Black and Brown people don't suffer more than they already have. | Health care providers worldwide are now considering how to most fairly allocate scarce resources in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Most guidelines agree on a utilitarian principle of maximizing benefit for the most people. These criteria prioritize hea…
truthout.org/articles/health-care-anti-bias-tools-may-be-endangering-classes-of-essential-workers/

Trump Administration Sued for Denying Loans to Small Business Owners With Record
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
A coalition of civil rights groups including the ACLU sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for denying coronavirus relief loans to small business owners with criminal records, arguing the restrictive policy violates the law and perpetuates systemic racial injustices by discriminating against people of color. | "The excluded small business owners are more likely to be Black and Latinx because of bias in our criminal legal system, and their communities are hardest hit by Covid-19," ReNi…
truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-sued-for-denying-loans-to-small-business-owners-with-record/

Bolton's New Book Alleges Trump Asked China's Xi to Help Him Win 2020 Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
According to a book written by former National Security Advisor John Bolton, set to be made public next week, President Donald Trump sought the help of China's President Xi Jinping to benefit politically in this year's presidential race. | Bolton makes the startling allegations in his book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. The alleged interaction between Xi and Trump took place at the Group of 20 Summit last year. | As Bolton tells it, Xi had complained to Trump about critics…
truthout.org/articles/boltons-new-book-alleges-trump-asked-chinas-xi-to-help-him-win-2020-election/

It's Trump vs. Bolton, and I'm Rooting for a Meteor
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
I thought it was over in September 2019, when Donald Trump and his third national security adviser, the execrable John Bolton, got into a "You're Fired/I Quit!" fight on the front page of all the papers. "Maybe he's really gone now," I thought wistfully of Bolton, the war-humping neoconservative ghoul who has haunted U.S. foreign policy in one form or another since the Reagan administration, lo these 40 long year…
truthout.org/articles/its-trump-vs-bolton-and-im-rooting-for-a-meteor/

Pelosi Pushes Rule Requiring Masks at Congressional Hearings
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-17
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is hoping to establish firm rules on wearing facial coverings in committee hearings, and giving the sergeant-at-arms the authority to remove from the chamber lawmakers who do not abide by the standards. | Late on Tuesday, Pelosi asked House committee chairs to tighten rules on masks in order to reduce the potential spread of coronavirus within the lawmaking body's chambers. Under the new rules, the s…
truthout.org/articles/pelosi-pushes-rule-requiring-masks-at-congressional-hearings/

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic Oakland McDonald employees take legal action
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-17
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/17/18834283.php

Federal Criminal Complaint Links Attack on SC Sheriffs, Oakland Security Officers to Boogaloo Movement
FRED | indybay.org | 2020-06-17
U.S. Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has been charged federally with murder and multiple other counts in connection to the attacks on Santa Cruz Sheriff's deputies in Ben Lomond on June 6, as well as the attacks on federal security officers outside the federal building in Oakland on May 29. The attacks on law enforcement officers left two dead and three injured in total. Evidence in the federal criminal complaint links Carrillo, a right-wing libertarian extremist, to the Boogaloo movement. Also charged is Millbrae resident Robert Alvin Justus Jr. for aiding and abetting in the murder of the federal officer. Ph…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/16/18834278.php

From the irrationalism of the market to the irrationalism of life in neoliberalism
Patrick Schreiner | indybay.org | 2020-06-17
The only thing that matters is whether the market rewards the efforts or not. By definition, compulsion does not come from the market. The distribution results of functioning markets are always just and superior to any other distribution variant, according to Hayek.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/15/18834241.php

COVID Lockdowns Have Sped Up the Spread of Other Diseases, a Measles Explosion Feared
Jan Hoffman | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-17
As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are readily prevented by vaccines. | This spring, after the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned that the pandemic could spread swiftly when children gathered for shots, many countries suspended their inoculation programs. Even in countries that tried to keep them going, cargo flights with vaccine supplies were halted by the pandemic and health workers perted…
anti-empire.com/covid-lockdowns-have-sped-up-the-spread-of-other-diseases-a-measles-explosion-feared/

China Claims Quantum Supremacy With Satellite Test, Sends Secure Message Over 1200 Kilometers
Dave Makichuk | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-17
Chalk up another amazing achievement for Chinese scientists. | A Chinese team has successfully established a satellite-based network using quantum entangled photons that can send passwords 1,120 kilometers away. | The distance is about 10 times further than the old, optic fiber-based quantum tech could do, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Monday. | The experiment shows quantum entanglement, described by Albert Einstein as a "spooky action," still exists at such a distance. | Experts said this represents a major milestone in building a practical global-s…
anti-empire.com/china-claims-quantum-supremacy-with-satellite-test-sends-secure-message-over-1200-kilometers/

Vaccine Developers Have a Problem: the Virus Is Going Away Too Quickly on Its Own
William Booth | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-17
Related: UK Vaccine Team: Vaccine Is Now in a "Race Against Virus Disappearing" | | The top teams rushing to develop coronavirus vaccines are alerting governments, health officials and shareholders that they may have a big problem: The outbreaks in their countries may be getting too small to quickly determine whether vaccines work. | A leader of the Oxford University group, one of the furthest ahead with human trials, admits the reality is paradoxical, even "bizarre," but said the declining numbers…
anti-empire.com/vaccine-developers-have-a-problem-the-virus-is-going-away-too-quickly-on-its-own/

North Korea Blows Up Joint Liaison Office Building With South Korea After Announcing End of Interest in US Relations
Kim Hjelmgaard | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-17
Andrei Lankov: "Pyongyang has long resented Seoul's failure to live up to its grandiose promises. The North scoffs at mere symbolic exchange, but the South risks angering the U.S. by pursuing anything more substantial." | | North Korea blew up a liaison office building it operates with South Korea, officials in Seoul said Tuesday, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated amid stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and the Tru…
anti-empire.com/north-korea-blows-up-joint-liaison-office-building-with-south-korea-after-announcing-end-to-relations-with-the-us/

Battle of Belorussia — June 1944: The Greatest Victory That Still Shapes Our 21st Century World
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
On June 16 this year, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was removing another 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany reducing American troop levels there to a derisory 24,500. | The move came only a week before the 76th anniversary of the start of the most decisive battle of World War II, the destruction of the heart of the fearsome and monstrous Nazi war machine — Army Group Center — in the Battle of Belorussia. It was an achievement that continues to shape our 21st century world. | The COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd tragedy have at least shut up the usual childish fairy tales that flood the U.S.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/battlebelorussia-june-1944-greatest-victory-that-still-shapes-21st-century-world/

Battle of Belorussia — June 1944: The Greatest Victory That Still Shapes Our 21st Century World
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
On June 16 this year, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was removing another 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany reducing American troop levels there to a derisory 24,500. | The move came only a week before the 76th anniversary of the start of the most decisive battle of World War II, the destruction of the heart of the fearsome and monstrous Nazi war machine — Army Group Center — in the Battle of Belorussia. It was an achievement that continues to shape our 21st century world. | The COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd tragedy have at least shut up the usual childish fairy tales that flood the U.S.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/battlebelorussia-june-1944-greatest-victory-that-still-shapes-21st-century-world/

America: Too Weak To Rein In Its Own Empire?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
The real surprise isn't that we're pulling troops out of Germany; it's that they're still there 75 years after World War II ended. And according to the White House, they aren't even all being withdrawn, just a quarter of them, a reduction of 9,500 that will leave 25,000 American boots on German soil.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/america-too-weak-to-rein-in-its-own-empire/

America: Too Weak To Rein In Its Own Empire?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
The real surprise isn't that we're pulling troops out of Germany; it's that they're still there 75 years after World War II ended. And according to the White House, they aren't even all being withdrawn, just a quarter of them, a reduction of 9,500 that will leave 25,000 American boots on German soil.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/america-too-weak-to-rein-in-its-own-empire/

J.K. Rowling Should Coach Drew Brees on How to Handle America's Cultural Revolutionaries: Never Apologize
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
The world just got a lesson from two public figures — J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter fantasy books, and Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints — on how to deal with an increasingly influential group of individuals, wrongly identified as 'social justice warriors'. Ironically, Rowling defended herself from an all-out blitz from the mob far better than the NFL star. | In these angry, hysterical times, when merely stating biological fact is enough to trigger the electronic lynch mob, most people prefer to keep their opinions to themselves. And in the event that a person does fi…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/jk-rowling-should-coach-drew-brees-on-how-handle-america-cultural-revolutionaries-never-apologize/

J.K. Rowling Should Coach Drew Brees on How to Handle America's Cultural Revolutionaries: Never Apologize
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-17
The world just got a lesson from two public figures — J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter fantasy books, and Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints — on how to deal with an increasingly influential group of individuals, wrongly identified as 'social justice warriors'. Ironically, Rowling defended herself from an all-out blitz from the mob far better than the NFL star. | In these angry, hysterical times, when merely stating biological fact is enough to trigger the electronic lynch mob, most people prefer to keep their opinions to themselves. And in the event that a person does fi…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/17/jk-rowling-should-coach-drew-brees-on-how-handle-america-cultural-revolutionaries-never-apologize/

Iraq ready to pay back its debts to Iran
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-06-17
Iraqi Minister of Finance Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi said in the meeting with the governor of Central Bank of Iran Abdonasser Hemmati that Iraq is ready to pay all the debts to Iran. After the meeting, Hemmati told IRNA that Iraq has expressed readiness to pay back its debts to Iran and the previous agreements between …
iranian.com/2020/06/17/iraq-ready-to-pay-irans-debts-minister-says/

Iran to Use Joint Mechanism with Iraq for Foreign Purchases
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-06-17
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) unveiled plans for using a joint mechanism with Iraq to purchase basic commodities and items excluded from the list of anti-Iranian sanctions. Iran's top banker Abdonnaser Hemmati, who is on a visit to Iraq with a ranking economic delegation, held a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Ali …
iranian.com/2020/06/17/iran-to-use-joint-mechanism-with-iraq-for-foreign-purchases/

Venezuelan Attorney General Orders Arrest of Tupamaro Party Leader, Indicts FAES for Extra-Judicial Killings
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-16
Jose Pinto called the death a "false positive" orchestrated by the party's enemies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14909

Goodbye, Columbus: Bree Newsome Bass on the Movement to Topple Racist Statues Across the Globe
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-16
As protesters worldwide continue to topple monuments to racists, colonizers and Confederates as part of the wave of demonstrations against racism and state violence, we speak to Bree Newsome Bass, artist and antiracist activist based in North Carolina, who five years ago was arrested at the state Capitol in South Carolina after scaling a 30-foot flagpole to remove the Confederate flag. She says the current backlash against racist symbols reflects "impatience with the pace of incremental progress" both in the United States and elsewhere. "People are tired of centuries of colonialism and white supremacist ideology.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/16/bree_newsome_bass_racist_monuments_symbols

Trump Willing to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Americans in Effort to Win Election
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
One reason large numbers of American's won't wear a mask is that they are following Trump's lead. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_ford_michigan_coronavirus.png …
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Hundreds march to defend DACA for immigrant youth, support movement against police terror
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-16
Minneapolis, MN – With the Supreme Court set to rule on their future, almost 1000 immigrant youth and their supporters marched on June 12 to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shields 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. | Organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), the march started outside of Senator Amy Klobuchar's office on Washington Avenue and marched to the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. | The march was very spirited, and speakers and chants made repeated connections between the fight against deportation and the fight of Blac…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/16/hundreds-march-defend-daca-immigrant-youth-support-movement-against-police-terror

Failed For-Profit Healthcare 'Will Continue to Compound Pandemic's Effect' in US, Warns Nobel Economist
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
"Anything is better than pretending that the market can deliver healthcare—because it can't," says laureate Angus Deaton. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/deaton-inequality-covid.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/failed-profit-healthcare-will-continue-compound-pandemics-effect-us-warns-nobel?cd-origin=rss

Civil Rights Activist Annie Chambers Is Marching Again Against Police Brutality
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-16
Reverend Annie Chambers marched for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King throughout the 60s. This month she took to the streets to demand an end to police brutality when Baltimore City joined the nationwide movement calling for justice for George Floyd, a Black man killed by police in Minnesota. | The lifelong organizer says that while history repeats itself, racism is even worse than in her youth. "In the 50s and 60s we were taught to suffer. We got beat and shot and attacked by dogs. And you heard what Donald Trump say–get the dogs out on them," Chambers said in a phone interview with The Real News on…
therealnews.com/columns/civil-rights-activist-annie-chambers-is-marching-again-against-police-brutality

Time to Act on Dr. King's Call to Tackle Evils of Racism, Economic Exploitation, and War
Alice Slater | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
"As we begin to tell the truth and seek ways to repair the damage of racism," writes Slater, "it is well to remember Martin Luther King's 1967 speech, where he broke with a sympathetic society, similarly to the way global activists today are being asked by the establishment to 'tamp it down' and not ask to 'defund the police' as unnecessarily provocative." (Photo: Pixaby/WikiImages/CC0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ban_the_bomb_0.jpg …
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WATCH Orthodox Jewish activists use BOLT CUTTERS to reopen New York park closed under Covid-19 lockdown
rt.com | 2020-06-16
Growing restless under New York City's ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a group of Orthodox Jews have taken matters into their own hands, using a pair of bolt cutters to forcefully reopen a park shuttered as part of the restrictions. | Led by activist Heshy Tischler and a number of state assemblymen, the group was seen in videos shared to social media on Monday breaking the lock off a gate barring the entrance to a park in Williamsburg, allowing a crowd gathered outside to enter, to cheers of "Heshy!" | Based Orthodox Jews reject de Blasio's hypocritical orders to close the park (for social distancing) and cut th…
rt.com/usa/491941-new-york-orthodox-jews-lockdown/

Seattle bans police use of tear gas, pepper spray & chokeholds as anarchist crowd reigns over portion of city
rt.com | 2020-06-16
Seattle City Council has voted to make it illegal for police to deploy tear gas, pepper spray and chokeholds on peaceful demonstrators, as part of the city is being overrun by activists declaring it an "autonomous zone." | All nine members of the council voted to strip the city police of the authority to use a number of controversial crowd control means on Monday. | In a series of separate votes, the council banned the city from "owning, purchasing, renting, storing or using Crowd Control Weapons (CCWs)," which are defined as "kinetic impact projectiles, chemical irritants, acoustic weapons, water cannons" and…
rt.com/usa/491940-seattle-police-ban-tear-gas/

Good vibes by day, wild west by night: CHAZ is an anarchist camp with a split personality (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-16
The Left says it's a peaceful community of activists and rebels. The Right says it's an anarchic dystopia ruled by a warlord. The truth is that the experience in Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone differs from day to night. | For more than a week now, a collection of Antifa types, anarchists, 'Black Lives Matter' activists and leftists of all stripes have occupied a six-block area around an abandoned police precinct in downtown Seattle. The 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,' or CHAZ, is a district without police, in which the ideas of the radical Left can bloom, and in which the occupiers hope to demonstrate…
rt.com/usa/492060-chaz-seattle-inside-videos/

Now CHAZ has guns: Seattle autonomous zone 'warlord' filmed handing out AR-15s to followers
rt.com | 2020-06-16
Raz Simone, the so-called warlord of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone carved out of Seattle by activists, has been filmed handing out assault rifles to minors. That's a state felony, if only there were anyone to enforce the law. | Video that surfaced on Monday — from Simone's own June 10 Facebook livestream, apparently — shows him handing out assault rifles that look like the ubiquitous AR-15 semi-automatic, including to individuals who look far younger than 21. | Washington state law, which came into effect last year, makes it a gross misdemeanor to transfer an assault rifle to anyone under 21, w…
rt.com/usa/491937-chaz-seattle-warlord-guns/

One person shot after protesters attempt to pull down statue in Albuquerque (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-16
A demonstration in Albuquerque, New Mexico ended in violence after an individual was shot as protesters attempted to topple a statue. Unconfirmed reports claim the shooter was a member of a militia, but this has been disputed. | Demonstrators assembled outside the Albuquerque Museum on Monday, in what was initially billed as a "prayer gathering" and a "peaceful call" for the removal of a nearby statue of a Spanish conquistador. But it appears the group decided to take more active measures to ensure the statue's removal — a trash bag was put over the conquistador's head, and a metal chain was tied around t…
rt.com/usa/491946-albuquerque-shooting-protest-video/

Demonstrator Shot in New Mexico as Right-Wing Militia Attacks Protest Over Monument to Brutal Conquistador
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
"These extremists cannot be allowed to silence peaceful protests or inflict violence." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/alb.shooting.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/demonstrator-shot-new-mexico-right-wing-militia-attacks-protest-over-monument-brutal?cd-origin=rss

LA demands community control of police, Justice for George Floyd and Richard Castillo
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-16
Los Angeles, CA – On June 13, Centro CSO held a protest at the corner of Houston and Soto Streets in Boyle Heights, less than a block from where killer LAPD cop Frank Hernandez was caught on video brutally attacking Richard Castillo on April 27. Protesters demanded community control of the police and justice for George Floyd, Castillo and all victims of police terror. | Organized as part of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression's Day of Action to Stop Police Crimes, the event also celebrated the recent prosecution of Officer Hernandez after a campaign led by Centro CSO. | On June 9, after…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/16/la-demands-community-control-police-justice-george-floyd-and-richard-castillo

A powerful call to rename streets that are 'still littered with slave traders' names'
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
On 7 June, Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol tore down a statue of Edward Colston — a slave trader. This was a hugely symbolic and important action. After this, in the UK and around the world, other statues came down. Although this doesn't end systemic racism, it does shine a light on our abhorrent colonial history. It also marks an important shift in refusing to memo…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/06/16/a-powerful-call-to-rename-streets-that-are-still-littered-with-slave-traders-names/

Tampa protesters claim partial victory, vow to continue struggle
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-16
Tampa, FL – On Monday, June 15, State Attorney Andrew Warren announced he would be dropping criminal cases against 67 protesters arrested in downtown Tampa on June 2. | On the previous day, June 14, over 200 protesters gathered at Joe Chillura Courthouse Square in downtown Tampa and demanded State Attorney Warren drop the charges against protesters arrested at Justice for George Floyd rallies in recent weeks. The protest also joined with the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repressions call for a day of action against police crimes. The protest raised demands for community control of the police, def…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/16/tampa-protesters-claim-partial-victory-vow-continue-struggle

Climate Crisis: Trump's Regulatory Attack, DNC On Climate, California Fires, And Brazil COVID Chaos
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-16
Under the cover of COVID-19 and protests, Trump hacks away at bedrock environmental law. Plus, a Democratic Party committee lays out its climate platform, wildfires erupt in California, and climate chaos engulfs Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-trumps-regulatory-attack-dnc-on-climate-california-fires-and-brazil-covid-chaos

Protests good, playgrounds bad? NYC mayor chews out locals reopening kids' parks after cheering on George Floyd marchers
rt.com | 2020-06-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had harsh words for parents and neighborhood groups "taking the law into their own hands" by cutting locks on city playgrounds, but has continued to defend the protesters who crowd city streets. | The mayor scolded New Yorkers for busting open padlocked playgrounds, during a press conference on Tuesday at which he reminded reporters that the sites are set to remain closed until "Phase 2" of post-coronavirus reopening. | "We're not going to allow people to take the law into their own hands." @BilldeBlasio says playg…
rt.com/usa/492045-deblasio-playgrounds-protests-hypocrisy/

NBC colludes with UK thought police to get ZeroHedge & Federalist deplatformed from Google Ads, smear them as 'far-right'
rt.com | 2020-06-16
Google has threatened to drop ZeroHedge and the Federalist from its ad platform after NBC and a UK 'cyber-hate' watchdog denounced the outlets for allegedly publishing "fake news" about the ongoing George Floyd protests. | After initially reporting that Google had "removed both sites' ability to monetize" via Google Ads after they were found in violation of the platform's rules regarding race-related speech on Tuesday, NBC quietly stealth-updated its article to…
rt.com/usa/492062-nbc-federalist-zerohedge-google-deplatformed/

Columbus Statue Focal Point for South Philly Right-Wingers
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-06-16
Philadelphia, PA — Marconi Plaza has served as the gathering site for right-wing South Philly residents this past weekend. Members of the crowd were predominantly of Italian-American heritage, reflecting the ethnic composition and culture of some of the surrounding neighborhoods. | Two weeks ago the city…
unicornriot.ninja/2020/columbus-statue-focal-point-for-south-philly-right-wing-bullies/

COVID-19 Crisis Accelerating "Long-term Decline of Coal"
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
That long term decline is because the filthy fossil fuel cannot compete with renewables which get cheaper by the day. (Photo: Marcel Kusch/picture alliance via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/coalplant.jpg …
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What Should the Punishment Be for the Crime of Weaponizing a Virus for Political Purposes?
Thom Hartmann | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on "Fighting for America's Seniors" at the Cabinet Room of the White House June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump participated in the roundtable to discuss the administration's efforts to "safeguard America's senior citizens" from COVID-19. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/president_trump_weaponizing_covid19.jpg …
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Interview with Andy Brooks of New Communist Party of Britain on the COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-16
Fight Back! interviewed Andy Brooks, General Secretary of the New Communist Party of Britain, on the impact of the pandemic in Britain. | Fight Back!: How are the working people of Britain being impacted by the pandemic? | Brooks: Well the pandemic is something no one in living memory has ever experienced. Thousands of workers, including many pensioners, have died due to the coronavirus. The emergency measures that were eventually taken in late March have now reduced the mortality rate. But many of those deaths could have been avoided if the Johnson government had taken emergency action when COVID-19 first sprea…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/16/interview-andy-brooks-new-communist-party-britain-covid-19-pandemic

Interview Most Foul
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-16
Imagine this: A so-called presidential historian for a major television network publishes an interview in the most famous newspaper in the world with the most famous singer/songwriter in the world, who has recently written an explosive song accusing the U.S. government of a conspiracy in the assassination of the most famous modern American president, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/interview-most-foul/

Defund The Police Movement Gains Momentum As Police Killings Continue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-16
"What have the police been good for?" Samantha Master of Organize Black said. "They have not prevented crime." | Organizing Black, the group she works with, had just shut down a street in downtown Baltimore, blocking it off with cars so that others could paint 'Defund the Police' in giant letters in front of Baltimore's City Hall. It was June 12, and inside of City Hall, the city council was considering cuts to the police budget, interrogating Commissioner Michael Harrison and other members of command about the Baltimore Police Department's budget of more than half a billion dollars a year. | "What we know is tha…
therealnews.com/columns/defund-the-police-movement-gains-momentum-as-police-killings-continue

Brazilian Democracy Hangs by a Thread
L.A. Pontes | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-16
It's hard to admit how far off Brazil has strayed. Less than forty years ago, the country was coming out of a military dictatorship, and for more than three decades stood on a steady, and shiny, path to development. Now again, there's a military president ruling the country, with a military as his Vice, several …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/brazilian-democracy-hangs-by-a-thread/

Smashing the Illusion 'Farmer Clout:' Part II
Brad Wilson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-16
This is Part II Part I is here: zcomm.org/zblogs/smashing-the-illusion-farmer-clout-a-white-paper-by-brad-wilson/ (Continuing from Part I.) Specific Farm State Data I've also started crunching the commodity crop numbers for various "farm states," such as states where House and Senate Agriculture Committee members are based. For example, Iowa (Tom Harkin, Charles Grassley & Steve King, Leonard Boswell) and Kansas Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/smashing-the-illusion-farmer-clout-part-ii/

We may have lost parliament. But support and solidarity can unite the left. | Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
On both sides of the Atlantic, the prospects for electoral socialism have dimmed. Fossilised old guard political party establishments — in Labour and the US Democrats — have stood in the way of the transformation that millions of people know we need. Both the Corbyn and Sanders movements were struck down by reactionary forces. We warned then, that if they prevented our inevitable revolution, we would have to take to the streets. | The cold-blooded murder of George Floyd has stirre…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/06/16/we-may-have-lost-parliament-but-support-and-solidarity-can-unite-the-left-chris-williamson/

After Rayshard Brooks murder by Atlanta police, NAARPR demands community control of the police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-16
Chicago, IL – Frank Chapman, Executive Director of the recently formed National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, today, June 15, called for immediate passage of legislation establishing democratic community control of the police in every city and town across the nation. | Chapman stated, "This is really the only way the people will have the power to make the changes that everyone is demanding in the wake of countless murders by police. This is the only way to stop the killings, torture and brutality — a virtual war against Black and brown communities." | "What is it going to take? How many…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/16/after-rayshard-brooks-murder-atlanta-police-naarpr-demands-community-control-police

Cutting State and Local Budgets is an Attack on the Country's Black Workers
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-06-16
Congress is currently debating whether the next pandemic rescue package should include substantial aid for state and local governments. These governments are experiencing massive budget shortfalls as revenues have plummeted due to the pandemic at the same time as demand for pandemic-related services rises. These shortfalls dwarf the shortfalls they faced in prior downturns, as …
cepr.net/cutting-state-and-local-budgets-is-an-attack-on-the-countrys-black-workers/

UK: Pandemic produces surge in household debt, accelerates child poverty
wsws.org | 2020-06-16
Tens of thousands of jobs have already gone, and job losses are expected to mount as companies take advantage of the situation to impose long-term restructuring plans.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/18/cvcp-j16.html

Sturgeon warns against 'reckless relaxation' of lockdown measures
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
There must not be a "reckless relaxation" of coronavirus lockdown measures to get Scotland's economy moving again, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. | It comes as official figures show the number of Scots out of work increased by 30,000 to 127,000 over the period February to April. | With unemployment rising, she said an extension to the UK government's furlough scheme, in which public funds have paid the wages of hundreds of thousands of Scots, is almost certainly essential. | The impact of the job retention scheme means the latest figures are "likely to be an underestimate of the full impact of Covid-19"
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/16/sturgeon-warns-against-reckless-relaxation-of-lockdown-measures/

'We Must Act Now': 180 House Democrats Urge Pelosi to Save Clean Energy Industry 'Decimated' by Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
As Congress continues to debate whether and how to keep helping workers and businesses impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, over three-quarters of House Democrats sent a letter Monday urging the lower chamber's party leaders to ensure the delivery of further relief to the "crucial" clean energy industry, which has been "decimated" by the public health crisis and resulting economic fallout. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-464555404_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/we-must-act-now-180-house-democrats-urge-pelosi-save-clean-energy-industry-decimated?cd-origin=rss

Stop the brutality. Abolish prisons
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-16
Indigenous Deborah GreenIssue 1269 Australia Aboriginal death in custody Bandyup Women's Prison GeraldtonJune 17, 2020On…
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Stop the brutality: Abolish prisons
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-16
Indigenous Deborah GreenIssue 1269 Australia Aboriginal death in custody Bandyup Women's Prison GeraldtonJune 17, 2020On…
greenleft.org.au/content/stop-brutality-abolish-prisons

Coronavirus may move travel into 'the realm of luxury' in Iran
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-06-16
The coronavirus pandemic may turn tours and travels in Iran into luxury items as observing health protocols will rise the cost of travel in the country, Mohammad Ali Vaqefi, the vice president of the Iranian Tour Operators Association, has warned. "With the continuation of the coronavirus outbreak, tourists may prefer individual travel rather than tours. …
iranian.com/2020/06/15/coronavirus-may-move-travel-into-the-realm-of-luxury-in-iran/

Trump's 'AIDS vaccine' gaffe torn apart on social media — but was it really a gaffe?
rt.com | 2020-06-16
US President Donald Trump is being savaged for praising the government scientists who'd "come up with the AIDS vaccine," with his haters holding it up as proof of incipient dementia. But it's not as outlandish as it sounds. | Trump made the remark during a press conference on Tuesday before signing an executive order on police reform, making a momentary diversion to update reporters on the progress towards a vaccine against Covid-19. Predicting researchers will have "a very successful vaccine, therapeutic, and cure" before the end of 2020, he hailed the "incredible scientists and doctors" who'd come up with "m…
rt.com/usa/492058-trump-aids-vaccine-claim-coronavirus/

Jewish center to host imam who defended al-Qaeda medic and justified call for Israel's destruction
rt.com | 2020-06-16
A prominent Jewish cultural center in New York is taking the unusual step of hosting an imam who once justified calls for Israel's destruction and defended an al-Qaeda medic. | The 92Y cultural center has invited Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, of New York's Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, to a virtual conference where he will discuss how society can move past the shared hardships of "recent events" with Rabbi Peter Rubinstein of New York's Central Synagogue. | The event's description does not detail whi…
rt.com/usa/492015-jewish-center-hosts-controversial-imam/

Woke warriors try to cancel Domino's over 8 year-old 'thank you' tweet to White House press sec
rt.com | 2020-06-16
It seems there's now no statute of limitations on getting canceled, as the woke brigade has turned on Domino's Pizza because, eight years ago, it thanked now-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for a complimentary tweet. | Way back in 2012, then 24-year-old McEnany tweeted the extraordinary hot-take that Domino's Pizza was better, "wayyyy better" than any pizza in New York City. The restaurant outlet noticed the message and thanked her for "one heck of a compliment!" | @kayleighmcenany That's one heck of a compliment! Thanks for th…
rt.com/usa/491995-woke-cancel-dominos-tweet-kayleigh-mcenany/

Racism has contributed to risk of BAME communities dying from Covid-19 — report
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
Racism and social inequality have contributed to the increased risk of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities (BAME) contracting and dying from Covid-19, according to a new study. | The report — from Public Health England (PHE) and based on stakeholder engagement with 4,000 people — found that historic racism may mean people are discriminated against when it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE) and may result in people from BAME backgrounds being less likely to seek care or demand better protection. | The report points to a raft of recommendations from stakeholders, including the need to…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/16/racism-has-contributed-to-risk-of-bame-communities-dying-from-covid-19-report/

Covid-19 deaths in England and Wales remain way above pre-lockdown levels
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
Coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths in England and Wales have fallen to their lowest number since lockdown was first implemented, the latest weekly data shows. But the figure remains nearly three times as high as it was when lockdown began. | A total of 1,588 deaths registered in the week ending June 5 mentioned Covid-19, down from 1,822 in the previous seven-day period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). | It is the lowest number since 539 coronavirus-related deaths were registered in the week ending 27 March, four days after prime minister Boris Johnson introduced strict lockdown measures…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/16/covid-19-deaths-in-england-and-wales-remain-way-above-pre-lockdown-levels/

New Zealand records two new cases of coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
New Zealand is no longer free from the new coronavirus after health officials say two women who flew from London to see a dying parent had tested positive.But before they were tested, the women had been given an exemption to leave quarantine on compassionate grounds and had travelled from Auckland to Wellington by car.Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield said that as part of their travel plan, the women had no contact with any people or any public facilities on their road trip.The country reported earlier this month it had eradicated the virus domestically (Mark Baker/AP)Nevertheless, the new cases have s…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/16/new-zealand-records-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus/

Allies defend 'talented' No 10 aide Munira Mirza over race commission role
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-16
Senior Tories have rallied around Boris Johnson's aide Munira Mirza after the prime minister was accused of waging a "culture war" by allowing her to play a major role in setting up his commission on racial disparity.Mirza, the head of the No 10 policy unit, has previously questioned the existence of institutional racism and hit out at a "culture of grievance" among anti-racism campaigners.Her involvement in establishing the body was condemned by shadow justice secretary David Lammy, who claimed her role undermined the commission.The prime minister announced the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities after a s…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/16/allies-defend-talented-no-10-aide-munira-mirza-over-race-commission-role/

The RCMP (And Justin Trudeau) Should Not Get Away with Naming 'The RCMP Problem' As Racism…Only
ahtribune.com | 2020-06-16
[Since the RCMP/GRC is believed by many to be frequently sexist (anti-feminist), frequently anti-the indigenous people and "people of colour" (racist), and – as this column suggests – frequently corrupt… perhaps it should be completely de-commissioned and replaced with a wholly new, "peoples'" National Police Force.] | In the minds of most Canadians who have looked at the 22 murders in Nova Scotia happening over thirteen or so hours in April the RCMP did major things wrongly …. The result of that was, assuredly, the high number of deaths … which (it is alleged) could and would have been, at least, very m…
ahtribune.com/world/americas/canada/4227-rcmp-racism.html

Trade between Iran, India to return to normal in 2 weeks
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-06-16
Trade between Iran and India, which has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, is expected to return to normal within one or two weeks, the vice-chairman of Iran-India Joint Chamber of Commerce told ILNA on Sunday. Parham Rezaei said while the coronavirus has created some problems for trade between the two countries, which are still …
iranian.com/2020/06/15/trade-between-iran-india-to-return-to-normal-in-2-weeks/

Trump's 'Caesar' Style Siege on Syria, A Sign of Impending Regional Failure
Tim Anderson | iranian.com | 2020-06-16
Would be emperor Donald Trump has announced the 'Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act', to tighten the genocidal siege on the Syrian people. Without a hint of irony, this new edict imposes even more serious obstacles to the Syrian people getting access to energy, food and medicines, while claiming its purpose is to 'protect' those same …
iranian.com/2020/06/16/trumps-caesar-style-siege-on-syria-a-sign-of-impending-regional-failure/

Iran resumes electricity imports from Turkmenistan
Press TV | iranian.com | 2020-06-16
Iran has resumed imports of electricity from neighboring Turkmenistan amid a surge in domestic consumption that requires moves to spread the load across the national power grid. Head of Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Chamber of Commerce Majid Mohammad Nejad said on Tuesday that Iran would pay for electricity provided by the Turkmens through bartering goods. "Imports of …
iranian.com/2020/06/16/iran-resumes-electricity-imports-from-turkmenistan/

'This Is Mass Murder': Covid-19 Deaths in US Prisons Have Risen by 73% the Past Month
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
After months of warnings that the coronavirus pandemic has turned U.S. detention facilities into "ticking time bombs" and a "nightmare waiting to happen," the New York Times reported Tuesday that deaths related to Covid-19 in prisons across the country have soared by 73% since mid-May. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12244247881.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/mass-murder-covid-19-deaths-us-prisons-have-risen-73-past-month?cd-origin=rss

'Just What the Doctor Ordered': Bill Would Protect Whistleblowers Who Sound Alarm Over Abuse of Covid-19 Relief Funds
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
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'Unprecedented' Border Clash Between China and India Leaves at Least 20 Dead as Dangerous Tensions Rise
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
"It is an extraordinary escalation. No shots fired for 45 years, and then at least 20 soldiers dead in one evening in rock-throwing and bludgeoning." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/china_india.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/unprecedented-border-clash-between-china-and-india-leaves-least-20-dead-dangerous?cd-origin=rss

'Make America Grim Again': With Only 14% Very Happy, Americans Haven't Been This Sad Overall Since Nixon
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-16
Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 116,000 Americans, people across the country are reporting lower levels of happiness than at any point in nearly 50 years, according to a new survey. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1220244720_1_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/16/make-america-grim-again-only-14-very-happy-americans-havent-been-sad-overall-nixon?cd-origin=rss

ILWU planning Juneteenth work stoppage
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-15
San Francisco, CA — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Coast Longshore Division is planning a large-scale work stoppage June 19. | According to the union, "On Friday, June 19, 2020, the ILWU Coast Longshore Division will stop work for eight hours on the first shift in 29 West Coast ports from Bellingham, Washington to San Diego, California in observance of Juneteenth. This action follows on the heels of the June 9, 2020 action in which the ILWU Coast Longshore Division stopped work coastwide at 9: 00 a.m. for nine minutes in honor of George Floyd, adding to the chorus of voices protesting police…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/15/ilwu-planning-juneteenth-work-stoppage

A close look at the global context for Hong Kong's struggle
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-15
Democracy Alex Salmon Mark TanIssue 1269 China Hong KongJune 16, 2020 | Unfree Speech: The threat to Global Democracy & Why We Must Act, Now | By Joshua Wong & Jason Y Ng | Penguin Books, 2020 | 268p…
greenleft.org.au/content/close-look-global-context-hong-kongs-struggle

Young Activist Found Hanging From Tree Near City Hall, Cops Claim It Was Suicide
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-14
Many people believe it was a hate crime.
theantimedia.com/young-activist-found-hanging-from-tree-near-city-hall-cops-claim-it-was-suicide/

Atlanta Police Shoot and Kill Rayshard Brooks as Protests Continue Worldwide
Jessica Corbett | theantimedia.com | 2020-06-14
"This is not the first time a black man has been killed for sleeping."
theantimedia.com/atlanta-police-shoot-kill-rayshard-brooks-as-protests-continue-worldwide/

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