How a US and Qatari regime change deception produced 'Caesar' sanctions driving Syria towards famine
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-25
Like the mysterious figure it is named for, the Caesar sanctions bill is the product of an elaborate deception by…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/25/us-qatari-intelligence-deception-produced-the-caesar-sanctions-syria-famine/

How a US & Qatari regime change deception produced the 'Caesar' sanctions driving Syria towards famine
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-25
Like the mysterious figure it is named for, the Caesar sanctions bill is the product of an elaborate deception by…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/25/us-qatari-intelligence-deception-produced-the-caesar-sanctions-syria-famine/

Video: Infighting Among Idlib Al Qaeda Radicals Resumes with Renewed Energy
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Late on June 23, the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on alleged Iranian-linked targets near al-Sukhna and Kabajab in central Syria and near Tel Al-Sahn in the countryside of as-Suwayda in southern Syria. A second wave of Israeli strikes early …
globalresearch.ca/video-infighting-among-idlib-radicals-resumes-renewed-energy/5716949

Meet the far-right oligarchs working to topple Mexico's progressive President AMLO
José Argàºello | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-25
A Trump-like Mexican oligarch, Gilberto Lozano, is leading a coalition of corporate leaders and far-right fanatics called FRENA to try…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/25/frena-gilberto-lozano-mexico-coup-amlo/

Interactive Map Shows Police Using Violence Against Peaceful Protesters in 125 Cities and 40 States
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-25
Click here to view the map. It hasn't been a great couple of weeks for the supposed "Land of the Free" these days, though a lot of brave protesters across the country have continued to stand up to a lot of cowardly militarized police and American soldiers who have been using weaponized military helicopters, M-16…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/25/interactive-map-shows-police-using-violence-against-peaceful-protesters-in-125-cities-and-40-states/

Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Jordan Valley
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, dozens of Palestinians in Fasayel village, in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The villagers, accompanied by several cabinet members and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials, were trying to hold a meeting in the village, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-jordan-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-injure-many-palestinians-in-jordan-valley

PDF of June 25 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-25
Download the 12-page PDF. Juneteenth: Racist cops, statues under siege; Finishing the unfinished revolution Black Trans Lives Matter; Uprising vs. cops and more; Tulsa reparations, 1921 to 2020; Workers resist racism, union-busting; Indigenous-Black solidarity; Colonizers, enslavers toppled; ILWU shuts down West Coast; Stop police terror! Palestine to U.S.; WORLD: Virus . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 25 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49647/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-june-25-issue

U.S to Palestine, stop racist police terror!
calvin deutschbein | workers.org | 2020-06-25
Demilitarize!Durham2 Palestine at the annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street., joining over 200 social justice organizations,. Feb/ 8. Durham, N.C. As the uprising rocks the U.S., increasingly the veil over policing — a form of neocolonialism — is wearing thin. In the Triangle area of North Carolina, home of the . . . | Continue reading U.S to Palestine, stop racist police terror! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49627/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-to-palestine-stop-racist-police-terror

UN Security Council Members Slam Illegal Israeli Annexation Scheme
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Israeli settlements breach international law, an indisputable fact. | The UN Charter bans use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, as well as forcible acquisition of territory not its own. | A joint statement by nearly …
globalresearch.ca/un-security-council-members-slam-illegal-israeli-annexation-scheme/5717015

Capitalism/The cause of COVID-19 deaths
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-06-25
China set up a system for checking the people entering residential buildings for COVID-19 symptoms. Here a security guard checks temperatures on Feb. 26 in Beijing. June 23 — Does the COVID-19 virus operate differently in capitalist countries than in socialist countries? Based on a comparison of global numbers of . . . | Continue reading Capitalism/The cause of COVID-19 deaths at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49636/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalism-the-cause-of-covid-19-deaths

Trump Admitted Relocation of American Soldiers to Poland Is Aimed Against Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
It appears that despite achieving so-called independence from the Soviet Union and joining the EU and NATO in 2004, Lithuania does not have full sovereignty. In yesterday's negotiations with US President Donald Trump, the interests of Vilnius were not …
globalresearch.ca/trump-admitted-relocation-american-soldiers-poland-aimed-against-russia/5716996

Trump Unloads on Bolton After Bolton Unloads on Trump
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-25
John Bolton's new memoir "The Room Where It Happened," which came out two days ago in spite of White House attempts to block it, is the stand…

Trump Unloads on Bolton After Bolton Unloads on Trump

Fear in the John F. Kennedy Assassination. "Some Americans Consider the Possibility that it Was A Regime Change Operation"
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
One of the fascinating phenomena in the JFK assassination is the fear of some Americans to consider the possibility that the assassination was actually a regime-change operation carried out by the U.S. national-security establishment rather than simply a murder carried …
globalresearch.ca/fear-in-the-john-f-kennedy-assassination-some-americans-consider-the-possibility-that-it-was-a-regime-change-operation/5717010

Role of sanctions in U.S. plan for world domination — a commentary
| workers.org | 2020-06-25
By Samuel Thomas Sanctions: This is the well-known method of spreading democracy and prosperity through death, starvation, shortages and economic collapse. Throughout U.S. history, this method of regime change, ostensibly intended to be implemented against countries at war or allied to a country at war with the U.S., they are . . . | Continue reading Role of sanctions in U.S. plan for world domination — a commentary at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49630/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=role-of-sanctions-in-u-s-plan-for-world-domination-a-commentary

Boycotting Israel Is Not A Crime, Says European Human Rights Court
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-25
The EHRC overturned the French court's convictions of 12 BDS activists for "incitement to discrimination" in a watershed ruling for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
therealnews.com/stories/boycotting-israel-not-a-crime-european-human-rights-court-france

Assange faces second indictment by US on charges of recruiting hacktivists
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-25
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will face a fresh indictment on charges of having "hired" and "conspired" with hacktivist groups, including Anonymous, LulzSec, and "a famous teenage hacker in Australia"
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/25/assange-faces-second-indictment-by-us-on-charges-of-recruiting-hacktivists/

US Government Expands Assange Indictment to Criminalize Assistance Provided to Edward Snowden
Kevin Gosztola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
The United States government expanded their indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to criminalize the assistance WikiLeaks provided to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden when staff helped him leave Hong Kong. | Sarah Harrison, who was a section editor for WikiLeaks, …
globalresearch.ca/us-government-expands-assange-indictment-criminalize-assistance-provided-edward-snowden/5717008

Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the Neoliberal Color Revolution in America
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
"The protests, riots, violent and non-violent actions sweeping across the United States since May 25, including an assault on the gates of the White House, begin to make sense when we understand the CIA's Color Revolution playbook," writes economic researcher, …
globalresearch.ca/blm-neoliberal-color-revolution-america/5716946

Beyond COVID-19 Aid, Ethiopia Hoists Africa's Flag
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Ethiopia, by all standards, is a reputable country in East Africa. It gains popularly from different angles. In terms of politics, Ethiopia has been touted as a country with an excellent model of democracy in Africa. For his efforts in …
globalresearch.ca/beyond-covid-19-aid-ethiopia-hoists-africa-flag/5716986

Amazing facts about the virus
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-06-25
Medical staff in Wuhan, China, celebrate after all coronavirus patients were discharged from temporary emergency hospital, March 9. Facts are stubborn things. Take the fact that the People's Republic of China, with four times the population of the U.S., has had far fewer COVID-19 deaths, even though it was the . . . | Continue reading Amazing facts about the virus at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49633/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amazing-facts-about-the-virus

"Referendum in Russia exposes the sham of bourgeois democracy"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-25
Roman Kononenko from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation talks about the ongoing referendum in Russia on the constitutional reforms proposed by president Vladimir Putin. He also talks about how the country handled the COVID-19 pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/25/referendum-in-russia-exposes-the-sham-of-bourgeois-democracy/

Repair & Revive: Rev. William Barber on Fighting Racism, Poverty, Climate Change, War & Nationalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-25
The Poor People's Campaign offered a counterpoint to President Trump's sparsely attended Tulsa campaign rally with a mass digital gathering that unveiled a policy platform to spur "transformative action" on five key issues of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and the threat of religious nationalism. "We have to repair and revive," says Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. "That has to be a part of if we're truly going to ever be the democracy we claim to be on paper."
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/25/poor_peoples_campaign_assembly_william_barber

Democratizing Energy To Counter The Climate Catastrophe
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
Youth climate activists have been striking to demand immediate climate action from political powers. They conjoined the issues of climate and labor by calling for a global climate strike in September, 2019, in which a historic 7.6 million schoolkids, (grand)parents and workers from 185 countries participated. Over 70 trade unions around the world supported the strike and the number of climate groups that are demanding a just transition for fossil fuel workers are also steadily increasing. | The European landscape of climate activism is becoming densely populated. Numerous communities are defending nature together…
popularresistance.org/democratizing-energy-to-counter-the-climate-catastrophe/

Racialized Militarism, Peacebuilding And Defunding The Military
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
As the Canadian government prepares to spend $1 billion on Raytheon missiles and related equipment, award a $19 billion contract for new fighter jets in 2022, and increase spending to $32.7 billion a year on the military by 2026, it is both timely and necessary to have a conversation about peacebuilding and the structures of violence. In this regard, the Canadian Peace Initiative has a campaign to establish a federal Department of Peace. And Eriel Tchekwie Deranger has urged NGOs advocating for a Green New Deal to: "center the destructive intertwined roles of capitalism, consumerism, militarism and colonialism as…
popularresistance.org/racialized-militarism-peacebuilding-and-defunding-the-military/

Massive Uprisings Confront White Supremacy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer tortured George Floyd to death in what his brother, Philonise Floyd, called "a modern-day lynching in broad daylight." Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in all 50 states and Washington D.C.; the anti-racist uprisings continue. | Why do a majority of people in this country now support the Movement for Black Lives? Why have calls to defund and abolish the police entered the mainstream discourse? Why are people risking the deadly coronavirus to join the protests? And why are we seeing what may be the broadest popular movement in the history of the United Stat…
popularresistance.org/massive-uprisings-confront-white-supremacy/

Sunday 6/28: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit.Walk.Listen. | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park (19th st. and Telegraph ave), Oakland, CA | Dear siblings, these times are a great call for change. | As mindfulness practitioners, we can breathe for others who cannot. Let's bring the practice of peaceful compassionate nonviolence to the streets; to listen, to follow, and support black people. | As Thich Nhat Hanh once said: "Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity." | Together we can walk in peace, love, compassion and awareness.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834485.php

Saturday 6/27: Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
Santa Cruz Clock Tower | Pacific Ave. and Water St., Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/24/18834551.php

Tuesday 6/23: Community Meeting on Police Response at Protests
San José Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
Zoom online meeting | Register in advance for this meeting: bit.ly/ComMtg0623 (or us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApd-yvrjIvGtIy2_uCkP4yNI3-5dheaEDs) | After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834486.php

"No Layoffs" "Stop The Greed" Frontline UCSF Workers Protest Cutbacks In Middle Of Covid
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
UCSF AFSCME 3299 Frontline healthcare workers and other union members from UC rallied and protested against the 3,000 cutbacks by UC management and regents. These cutbacks in the midst of a major pandemic will not only threaten the workers the care of the patients and the public.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/24/18834553.php

How U.S. and Brazil Leadership That "Neglects Science" Led to Hemisphere's Worst Coronavirus Crises
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-25
As coronavirus infections worldwide approach 10 million, nearly half can be found in the two largest countries in the Americas: the United States and Brazil, which now has the worst infection rate in the world and could surpass the U.S. death toll next month. "What we see in the country is a reflection of the leadership that we have," says Marcia Castro, professor of demography, chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-chair of Harvard's Brazil Studies Program, noting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has downplayed the pandemic's severity an…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/25/brazil_us_coronavirus_cases_surge_marcia

COVID-19's far reaching impact on global drug abuse
news.un.org | 2020-06-25
More than 35 million people around the world now suffer from drug addiction, according to the latest annual report on the scourge, from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released on Thursday, which also analyzes the far-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global drug markets.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066992

First Person: Innovation brewing at Hawaii coffee farm
news.un.org | 2020-06-25
Innovation and experimentation are helping a coffee farm in the US state of Hawaii to prosper in a competitive market, an approach which has helped the company to get through the global COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066362

Pandemic proves opportunity for industry power grab
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-25
By Tamasin Cave: The UK government has been "incredibly receptive" to businesses lobbying to shape its response to Covid-19 The decision to allow pubs and restaurants to reopen on July 4, before schools, and to relax social distancing, are the latest concessions to the alcohol industry during the Covid-19 crisis, after the government classified off-licences …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/pandemic-proves-opportunity-for-industry-power-grab/

Debunking Trump and Corporate Media's WHO/China coverup conspiracy theories
Joshua Cho | mronline.org | 2020-06-25
The Trump administration suspended funding to WHO in April–the UN's primary infectious disease–fighting body–accusing it of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus," and of taking China's allegedly deceptive claims about its handling of COVID-19 at "face value." But corporate media had already been boosting these same talking points.
mronline.org/2020/06/25/debunking-trump-and-corporate-medias-who-china-coverup-conspiracy-theories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=debunking-trump-and-corporate-medias-who-china-coverup-conspiracy-theories

UK Health Ministry Has No Records on Turkish Protective Equipment (PPE) Fiasco and Won't Say if Files Destroyed
Ian Cobain | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Department responsible tells MEE it has no documents about botched import of medical gear, raising concerns of cover-up ahead of inquiry into government's response to Covid-19 | *** | The British government's health ministry says it has no record whatsoever of its …
globalresearch.ca/uk-health-ministry-has-no-records-turkish-ppe-fiasco-wont-say-files-destroyed/5716910

Bernie Is Right: Unite to Dump Trump
Rand Wilson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-25
When there are only two viable electoral choices, the decision to choose a neoliberal over a neofascist does not mean support for the neoliberal cause…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bernie-is-right-unite-to-dump-trump/

Biden surges to double point lead over Trump. But here's why that's nothing to celebrate
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden now holds a double-digit poll lead over president Donald Trump in the US presidential election race. Such an insurmountable lead makes an end to the Trump era seem all but inevitable, even at this early stage of the campaign. But progressives have little to celebrate. Because although the Trump presidency has been a sordid compendium of reactionary policies and shocking incompetence, a Biden presidency would represent a return to a status quo of neol…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/06/25/biden-surges-to-double-point-lead-over-trump-but-heres-why-thats-nothing-to-celebrate/

Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in His Venezuela Chapter
Leonardo Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
John Bolton's upcoming book, The Room Where It Happened, it is obvious that the tale Bolton spins is full of fabrications, half-truths, propaganda and the occasional kernel of …
globalresearch.ca/bolton-weaves-tall-tale-venezuela-chapter/5716948

Brazilian oligarchs sacrifice people for profit
Ryan Cecil Jobson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-25
Business leaders are using social media and political influence to spread coronavirus disinformation — and endangering thousands of lives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/brazilian-oligarchs-sacrifice-people-for-profit/

US Sends Powerful Message to Iran, Venezuela as Warship Sails Near Caracas
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
The U.S. Naval Command in the southern region announced on Wednesday, that a warship belonging to it sailed near the Venezuelan coast, hours after an Iranian tanker was docked in the port of Caracas. | According to the Southern Command's official …
globalresearch.ca/us-sends-powerful-message-iran-venezuela-warship-sails-near-caracas/5717012

U.S. must return its political prisoner Simón Trinidad to Colombia
W. T. Whitney, Jr. | mronline.org | 2020-06-25
Simón Trinidad matters; his time has come. This leader of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) faced bizarre and unfounded criminal charges in a U.S. court. He's being held under the cruelest of conditions in a federal prison in Florence, Colorado. He will die there unless he is released. Simón Trinidad will be …
mronline.org/2020/06/25/u-s-must-return-its-political-prisoner-simon-trinidad-to-colombia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-must-return-its-political-prisoner-simon-trinidad-to-colombia

U.S. coronavirus infection rate now highest since pandemic began
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-25
More than 45,500 new coronavirus infections were reported in the U.S. overnight, not by the federal government but by state health departments–blowing out of the water by some 11,000 the previous one-day record of 34,203 reached on April 25. The soaring infection rate in the U.S. is being driven by out-of-control outbreaks in the nation's …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-coronavirus-infection-rate-now-highest-since-pandemic-began/

Lack of accessible child care could cripple families and economic recovery
Martha Burk | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-25
Child care in the time of coronavirus is one of the most challenging financial and logistical hurdles facing families. But while it's certainly much more difficult now with many child care facilities closed, it's far from a new problem. Most families–single-parent and two-parent alike–struggled with child care even in normal times, regardless of their incomes. …
peoplesworld.org/article/lack-of-accessible-child-care-could-cripple-families-and-economic-recovery/

Masters of Space: Deep Space Strategy in the Age of Trump
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-25
The United States "must be capable of winning wars that extend into space," asserts a just-released "Defense Space Strategy" report. It is the first space strategy document issued by the U.S. since President Donald Trump, after declaring that the U.S. must achieve "dominance in space," signed a measure this past December authorizing establishment of a…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/25/masters-of-space-deep-space-strategy-in-the-age-of-trump/

Masters of Space: Deep Space Strategy in the Age of Trump
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-25
The United States "must be capable of winning wars that extend into space," asserts a just-released "Defense Space Strategy" report. It is the first space strategy document issued by the U.S. since President Donald Trump, after declaring that the U.S. must achieve "dominance in space," signed a measure this past December authorizing establishment of a Space Force.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/25/masters-of-space-deep-space-strategy-in-the-age-of-trump/

Having sucked America dry, tech giants seek new markets beyond reach of U.S. antitrust laws
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-25
An aggressive push to consolidate companies in the tech sector, coupled with the world's ever-increasing dependence on digital platforms and tools, is quickly leading to a crisis of sovereignty.
mronline.org/2020/06/25/having-sucked-america-dry-tech-giants-seek-new-markets-beyond-reach-of-u-s-antitrust-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=having-sucked-america-dry-tech-giants-seek-new-markets-beyond-reach-of-u-s-antitrust-laws

India's internal emergency: A brutal chapter in authoritarianism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-25
On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of India's notorious internal emergency, we take a look at what led to that decision and the impact it had on the country's democracy…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/25/indias-internal-emergency-a-brutal-chapter-in-authoritarianism/

Capitalism and the Throttling of Democracy in India
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
The deregulation of international capital flows (financial liberalisation) has effectively turned the planet into a free-for-all bonanza for the world's richest capitalists. Under…
globalresearch.ca/capitalism-throttling-democracy-india/5716965

Meng, Huawei and Canadian Law: Soap, Rinse and Dry-Laundered
Harry Glasbeek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Prologue | One of the graver risks for big-time criminals is that investigators will be able to identify them and their deeds by 'following the money'. The criminals have to hide the proceeds of their crimes. This is done by depositing …
globalresearch.ca/meng-huawei-canadian-law/5716975

The Struggle against Racism in the United States
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
"We beseech independent African states to help us bring our problem before the United Nations, on the grounds that the United States Government is morally incapable of protecting the lives and the property of 22 million African-Americans. And on the …
globalresearch.ca/united-nations-human-rights-council-holds-session-racism-united-states/5716957

The US "Soft War" on Iran and Its Allies Turns Against Washington
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
The US administration under Barack Obama drafted "Caesar's Law" in 2016 to subdue Syria but kept it in the drawer. President Donald Trump and his administration dusted it off and are now implementing "Caesar's Law". In fact, Trump's policy is …
globalresearch.ca/us-soft-war-iran-allies-turns-against-washington/5717001

Media Executive Warns that Big Tech Is Secretively Seizing "All the Power" over Information
Steve Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Newspaper executive Peter Wright has slammed big tech for secretively developing and changing algorithms for news distribution without giving the industry any indication whatsoever of what they are doing. | Wright of DMG Media, which is the parent company of The …
globalresearch.ca/media-executive-warns-big-tech-secretively-seizing-all-power-over-information/5716990

Congressman Engel Bragged, 'I Sit Down with AIPAC on Every Piece of Legislation' Coming Out of Foreign Affairs Committee
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Embattled congressman Eliot Engel, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has bragged that he sits down with the rightwing pro-Israel organization AIPAC on "every piece of legislation coming out of the Foreign Affairs Committee." | In a 2018 speech …
globalresearch.ca/engel-bragged-sit-down-aipac-every-piece-legislation-coming-out-foreign-affairs-committee/5716884

UN Secretary General Urges 'Israel' to Cancel Annexation West Bank
QUDSN | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on 'Israel' to cancel plans to annex parts of the West Bank, saying such a decision would be "the most serious violation of international law." | Guterres said the Israeli annexation plans would be destructive. …
globalresearch.ca/un-chief-urges-israel-cancel-annexation-west-bank/5717005

UN Secretary General Urges 'Israel' to Cancel the Annexation of the West Bank
QUDSN | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on 'Israel' to cancel plans to annex parts of the West Bank, saying such a decision would be "the most serious violation of international law." | Guterres said the Israeli annexation plans would be destructive. …
globalresearch.ca/un-chief-urges-israel-cancel-annexation-west-bank/5717005

Deregulating GMOs via the UK's Agriculture Bill — What Happens Next?
Pat Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
Recently we alerted our supporters to an amendment to the UK's Agriculture Bill, proposed by Julian Sturdy MP chair of the APPG for Science & Technology in Agriculture. If adopted the amendment would effectively deregulate GMOs. | We have been very …
globalresearch.ca/deregulating-gmos-agriculture-bill/5716993

Hong Kong's Cartoonists Aren't Giving Up on Dissent
Rachel Cheung | thenation.com | 2020-06-25
Hong Kong's Cartoonists Aren't Giving Up on Dissent…
thenation.com/article/society/hong-kong-cartoons-national-security-law/

Israeli Soldier Given Derisory Sentence for the Unlawful Killing of a Palestinian Fisherman
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
Press Release By Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: On 15 June 2020, an Israeli military court sentenced an Israeli soldier, who shot and killed 23-year-old Palestinian fisherman, Nawwaf al-Attar, off the coast of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, to a derisory 45-day prison sentence to be served through military-related …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldier-given-derisory-sentence-for-the-unlawful-killing-of-a-palestinian-fisherman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldier-given-derisory-sentence-for-the-unlawful-killing-of-a-palestinian-fisherman

Israeli Court Sentences A Detainee To Four Life Terms In Prison
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
An Israeli court on Wednesday sentenced a Palestinian detainee to four life terms, in addition to imposing a fine of 16 Million Shekels after convicting him of killing two Israeli soldiers and of wounding 7 settlers (causing a young woman to miscarry) in two separate incidents in the year 2018, …
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Israeli Troops Abduct Two Palestinians From Two West Bank Cities
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
Israeli troops abducted early on Thursday morning two Palestinian residents from two different West Bank cities. Local media outlets reported that Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem city in the West Bank. The sources said that the soldiers broke into and …
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PCHR: Palestinian Civilian Shot and Killed by IOF at al-Container Checkpoint in Eastern Bethlehem
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
On Tuesday, 23 June 2020, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian after opening fire at his vehicle, which collided into the traffic island in the center of al-container military checkpoint, east of Bethlehem. The military claimed that the victim attempted to carry out a run-over attack, but according to the …
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Israeli Troops Cause the Injury of Dozens of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-25
Israeli troops caused on Wednesday night the injury of at least thirty eight Palestinian residents in the occupied East Jerusalem, by means of shooting rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas in the village of Abu Deis, east of the occupied Palestinian city. The local Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said …
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Selective Tolerance: AIPAC and its Pro-Apartheid Ilk Come to Bat for Black Lives Matter
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-25
Pro-Israel groups in America are sending mixed signals: yes, we want equality for Black Americans; no, we do not want the same for Palestinians.
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The people will not be ignored, the time is now for CPAC!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-25
Chicago, IL – When it comes to police reform, the powers that be in Chicago have been negligent in their response to the demands of the people of this city and this nation. People across the country are calling for systemic police reforms now. The resounding voice of the people in the streets is, "We will not accept this anymore!" In Chicago, we're not new to this plaintive cry, unfortunately. We have the longest standing movement for community control of the police in the country, stretching back to the 1969 police murder of Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party. Yet our city is lagging behind every other majo…
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The people will not be ignored, the time is now for CPAC!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-25
Chicago, IL – When it comes to police reform, the powers that be in Chicago have been negligent in their response to the demands of the people of this city and this nation. People across the country are calling for systemic police reforms now. The resounding voice of the people in the streets is, "We will not accept this anymore!" In Chicago, we're not new to this plaintive cry, unfortunately. We have the longest standing movement for community control of the police in the country, stretching back to the 1969 police murder of Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party. Yet our city is lagging behind every other majo…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/24/people-will-not-be-ignored-time-now-cpac

The Oppressed Have the Moral Right to Decide How Best to Resist Their Oppression
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-25
Question: Should people from the oppressor group tell the oppressed people how to conduct their resistance? Should Jews tell Palestinians what form their resistance to Israeli oppression should take? During World War II should Germans have directed Jewish, Roma, Slavic resistance in the concentration camps? Nowadays, should whites be telling Blacks how to resist systemic …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-oppressed-have-the-moral-right-to-decide-how-best-to-resist-their-oppression/

Freedom Rider: Democrats move right and towards defeat
Margaret Kimberley | mronline.org | 2020-06-25
Besides not being Trump, the Democrats offer nothing, but think they can win with a candidate who has no constituency, charisma or any platform positions that would attract more voters.
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Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods': Black Lives Matter meets 'Rambo' [spoilers]
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-25
Spike Lee's new film for Netflix, Da 5 Bloods, about the aftereffects on African-American soldiers of the Vietnam War, opens spectacularly. A documentary sequence begins with Muhammad Ali detailing why he chooses not to fight: "My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother or some darker people…for big powerful America..for what?..They never lynched me, …
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[Spoiler-free] Review: 'Da 5 Bloods' reclaims narrative of Black soldiers in Vietnam
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-25
War is hell. War never really ends. And if, as a civilian observer, you find it important to experience the realities and complexities of war and racism, then Spike Lee's latest film Da 5 Bloods is required watching. But be warned, it will not be an easy viewing: There will be discomfort, anger, and tears. Following …
peoplesworld.org/article/spoiler-free-review-da-5-bloods-reclaims-narrative-of-black-soldiers-in-vietnam/

United Nations warns Israel against proposed annexation of parts of occupied West Bank
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-25
UN secretary general António Guterres said that if implemented, the annexation plan would constitute a most serious violation of international law and grievously harm the prospect of a two-state solution…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/25/united-nations-warns-israel-against-proposed-annexation-of-parts-of-occupied-west-bank/

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now!
| workers.org | 2020-06-25
This statement was issued by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Contact the PSC at prisonersolidarity@gmail.com. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THE POLICE DICTATORSHIP OVER PHILADELPHIA CAN BEGIN TO END AND THE MESSAGE OF THE GLOBAL UPRISING BE HEARD: FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL NOW! At this moment of a . . . | Continue reading Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now! at Workers.org…
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Court backlog of criminal cases tops half a million but it's not just Covid
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Courts face a backlog of more than half a million criminal cases, official estimates show. Some of the rise comes as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. But a critic of the government's approach has said the bulk of the problem has nothing to do with the pandemic. And the critic has cautioned against reducing the use of juries to clear the backlog. | The number of cases waiting to be heard by magistrates increased by 22% between the week ending 8 March and 17 May to around 484,000, according to provisional data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). | However, outstanding crown court cases rose…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/25/court-backlog-of-criminal-cases-tops-half-a-million-but-its-not-just-covid/

ROAR Roundtable: COVID-19 and the climate crisis
John Bellamy Foster | mronline.org | 2020-06-25
If "everything affects and is affected by every other thing," we must respond to the dangers to human existence in the 21st century by changing the system, creating a different form of social metabolic reproduction. There is no other way.
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Bolton's Memoir Bolts from the Stable
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-25
President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton would have been confident. His indulgent The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir pitted him against the administration in a not infrequent battle over material that is published by …
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Rebuilding After Recession: A Plan For Jobs
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
Government investment in green technology and infrastructure is needed to create thousands of jobs and prevent a recession. | Working with unions and employers, the government has put in place the Job Retention Scheme and self-employed income support schemes, protecting the jobs and incomes of millions of workers during the coronavirus crisis. | But more is needed, and fast. Without further bold action from the government, we risk huge losses of jobs and livelihoods and possibly the deepest recession since the 1930s. The OECD estimates that unemployment could hit 11 per cent this year. But this is not inevitable,…
popularresistance.org/rebuilding-after-recession-a-plan-for-jobs/

In Seattle, a Yugoslavia Déjà Vu
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-25
Sensible people with a modicum of historical perspective are raising the question that until recently they dared only whisper: Quo vadis United States of America? | We can delegate to specialists debate over the ultimate nature and causes of the current unrest in the United States. The focus here is not on that but on one of the more ominous characteristics of the crisis, whatever its origins might be judged to be. In the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle two weeks ago, for the first time since the Civil War in the 1860s, something purporting to be a competing government was established on U.S. territory. So…
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Latin Americans Fighting Mining Companies During COVID19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
Over the years, the mining industry has taken advantage of dictatorship, disasters, and a variety of distractions to expand operations in Latin America. In the time of Covid-19, with entire populations under lockdown and economies falling apart, mining companies have also hopped on the pandemic profiteering bandwagon. | In Latin America, the areas of interest to mining companies whether they are exploring or digging for gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and other minerals can extend to vast areas of entire countries. Their activities also affect important ecosystems. These include high-altitude wetlands and glacier…
popularresistance.org/latin-americans-fighting-mining-companies-during-covid19/

What's The Alternative To Police In Schools?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
Thousands of Chicagoans have rallied in the past couple weeks behind the demand that Chicago Public Schools end its relationship with the police department. | But a small group of advocates have been working on this issue for years, and they've won significant progress in recent months. We don't know the impact of those changes yet — though we do know that alternatives to police in schools need much greater support. | A new Chicago Police Department policy implemented last August removed so-called school resource officers from involvement in day-to-day disciplinary matters. It requires screening of potentia…
popularresistance.org/whats-the-alternative-to-police-in-schools/

CHOP And The Juneteenth Longshore Strike
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
On June 19, the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union (ILWU), a militant union of 42,000 members, shut down 29 ports along the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as workers withheld their labor for 8 hours. The strike was organized to demonstrate the labor movement's solidarity with black lives after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and held on the Juneteenth anniversary of the emancipation of the last chattel slaves in the US in 1865. | As part of the action, a mass demonstration marched through Oakland's port and downtown, with several thousand in attendance.
popularresistance.org/chop-and-the-juneteenth-longshore-strike/

A Better Health Care System?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-25
Suzanne Gordon, a longtime health care reporter and author of Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans, says the VA "outperforms the private sector with one hand tied behind its back." | The VA delivers health care to around nine million veterans each year at more than 1,200 sites across the country. In Wounds of War, Gordon described the VA as resembling "the health care systems of almost all other industrialized nations: a full-service health care system that both pays for and delivers all types of care to those it serves." | The VA's health care providers are salari…
popularresistance.org/a-better-health-care-system/

Covid-19: NHS plans for second wave bigger than first
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-25
The Health Service Journal reports that health services in at least one of the NHS's seven regions are preparing to cope with a second peak of coronavirus demand more than twice the size as the first. By Alison Moore — HSJ: The NHS in the South East of England insisted this scenario was for …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/covid-19-nhs-plans-for-second-wave-bigger-than-first/

China's Huawei to build 1 bln pound research facility in England
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
The facility will employee around 400 people and focus on the production of optical devices for use in fibre-optic communication systems, the company said in a statement."The UK is home to a vibrant and open market, as well as some of the best talent the world has to offer," said Huawei Vice President Victor Zhang.British officials are currently reviewing how best to securely deploy Huawei equipment in the country's 5G networks, after granting the Chinese firm a limited role in January.($1 = 0.8045 pounds)…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/chinas-huawei-to-build-1-bln-pound-research-facility-in-england-3532969

UK COVID-19 death toll from confirmed cases rises by 149 to 43,230
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Britain's official death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 149 to 43,230, the Department of Health said on Thursday.Including deaths from suspected cases of the disease, Britain's toll is over 54,000.
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-covid-19-death-toll-from-confirmed-cases-rises-by-149-to-43230-3532968

Iran's coronavirus death toll tops 10,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Iran on Thursday confirmed 143 additional fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 10,130.A further 2,595 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 215,096, Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said.He said a total of 175,103 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, adding that 2,899 remain at hospitals in critical condition.Over 1.53 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari said.After emerging in China last December, the virus has spread to at least 188 countries and regions.The p…
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Global drug use soars 30% in 10 years: UN
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Around 269 million people used drugs worldwide in 2018, 30% more than in 2009, while over 35 million people suffer from drug use disorders, a UN report said on Thursday.The report released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna also analyses the impact of COVID-19 on the drugs markets.While the pandemic effects are not yet fully known, the report said that border and other restrictions linked to the pandemic have already caused shortages of drugs on the street, leading to increased prices and reduced purity.The report noted that rising unemployment and reduced opportunities caused by the pandemic a…
yenisafak.com/en/life/global-drug-use-soars-30-in-10-years-un-3532962

WHO says 10th Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is over
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
A World Health Organization official announced Thursday the end of the 10th Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as no new cases were reported for more than 50 days.During a media briefing on COVID-19 and Ebola in Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, commended the "leadership of the DRC president, and the sacrifice and perseverance of 16,000 front line responders and communities … who have brought about the end of this 10th Ebola outbreak in the country!"Moeti also thanked the people, health workers, including WHO experts, who either got ill, were injured or lo…
yenisafak.com/en/world/who-says-10th-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-is-over-3532957

Germany, France shore up political, financial aid to beleaguered WHO
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
France and Germany expressed political and financial backing for the World Health Organization (WHO) in its fight against the coronavirus on Thursday, with Berlin saying it would contribute a record half billion euros in funding this year.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking at a news conference in Geneva, said the agency, criticised by the United States for being slow off the mark in tackling the pandemic, was getting the financial and political support it needed.U.S. President Donald Trump said last month that the United States was cutting ties with the "China-centric" WHO, but he has still not formal…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-france-shore-up-political-financial-aid-to-beleaguered-who-3532948

Bayer to pay up to $10.9 bln to settle bulk of Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
The German drugs and pesticides maker has come to terms with about 75% of the 125,000 filed and unfiled claims overall, it said in a statement on Wednesday of the deal to end legal disputes it inherited with its $63 billion takeover of Monsanto in 2018.The settled cases over Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkillers account for about 95% of those currently set for trial, it added."The Roundup settlement is the right action at the right time for Bayer to bring a long period of uncertainty to an end," Bayer Chief Executive Werner Baumann said. "Unfortunately, we have to pay an awful lot of money for a product…
yenisafak.com/en/life/bayer-to-pay-up-to-109-bln-to-settle-bulk-of-roundup-weedkiller-cancer-lawsuits-3532955

India says China amassed troops along border in violation of agreements
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
China has deployed large numbers of troops and weapons along a disputed Himalayan border in violation of bilateral agreements, India's foreign ministry said on Thursday, accusing Beijing of escalating tensions and triggering a deadly clash last week."At the heart of the matter is that since early May the Chinese side had been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the LAC," ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a briefing in New Delhi, referring to the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border."This is not in accordance with the provisions of our various bilateral agreements," he said,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/india-says-china-amassed-troops-along-border-in-violation-of-agreements-3532967

ECB to provide euro liquidity to non-euro area C.banks
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced it will offer euro loans against collateral to central banks outside the euro area to backstop funding markets amid the coronavirus pandemic."Eurosystem repo facility for central banks (EUREP) introduced as precautionary backstop to address pandemic-related euro liquidity needs outside euro area," the bank said in a statement.New facility will be available until June 2021 and allow a broad set of central banks to borrow euro against euro-denominated debt issued by euro area central governments and supranational institutions."EUREP addresses possible euro liqui…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/ecb-to-provide-euro-liquidity-to-non-euro-area-cbanks-3532952

Indian capital readies vast quarantine centre as coronavirus cases mount
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Authorities in New Delhi worked to convert a spiritual centre into a huge quarantine facility on Thursday as novel coronavirus cases in the Indian capital overtook the financial hub Mumbai for the first time.Delhi now has 70,390 coronavirus cases, with more than 40,000 detected in the last two weeks.That is more than Mumbai's 69,528, though the city, long considered one of India's biggest coronavirus hot spots, has seen a higher rate of deaths.Nationally, a record 16,922 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, federal data released on Thursday showed, taking total cases in the country to nearly half a milli…
yenisafak.com/en/world/indian-capital-readies-vast-quarantine-centre-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-3532958

At least 250 Indians stranded in Pakistan return home
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
At least 250 Indian nationals stranded in Pakistan due to coronavirus restrictions were repatriated on Thursday.A total of 748 Indian nationals will return home over three days until June 27, Pakistan's Interior Ministry said in a statement.It said 250 more Indians will cross over from the Wagah-Attari land border near the northeastern city of Lahore on Friday, and the remaining 248 will go back on Saturday.The Indian citizens, some of them Kashmiri students studying in Pakistan, were stranded in different cities, including Lahore and the capital Islamabad, due to coronavirus-related lockdown.From March to May, P…
yenisafak.com/en/world/at-least-250-indians-stranded-in-pakistan-return-home-3532953

Top Turkish diplomat attends SE Europe group meeting
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday took part in a meeting of a group of southeastern European countries, including the Balkans.Mevlut Cavusoglu met his counterparts from South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) member states via video conference.Cavusoglu said on Twitter that they discussed regional cooperation and opportunities within SEECP during the coronavirus normalization process."Turkey is taking over 2020-21 Chairmanship of SEECP, the broadest regional organization in the Balkans. @TurkishCiOSEECP," he added.Next week, on July 1, Turkey is set to take over the SEECP chairmanship for one year.In…
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-diplomat-attends-se-europe-group-meeting-3532966

The 674 steps: Eiffel Tower reopens, minus lifts, after virus break
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
The Eiffel Tower on Thursday welcomed its first visitors for three months – but with elevators still off-limits, they faced a long climb to sample its breathtaking views.Shut down in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak – its longest period out of action since World War Two – Paris's most famous landmark re-opened under strict hygiene and safety controls.All wearing face masks as directed on a hot and sunny day, tourists queued up for security checks at the entrance, where hand gel dispensers have been installed, before setting off up the 674 steps to the tower's second floor."It's great because I never was…
yenisafak.com/en/world/the-674-steps-eiffel-tower-reopens-minus-lifts-after-virus-break-3532965

Public vote on constitutional changes in Russia begins
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Russians Thursday have started to vote on the constitutional changes that will allow the incumbent president to serve two more terms in office.The vote will last from June 25 to July 1 to avoid mass gatherings at the polls, associated with risks of the coronavirus spreading, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) explained in a statement.The polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time (0500-1700GMT). The precinct election commissions issued recommendations for the residents of each house in their districts, indicating the best time for casting ballot to better organize the voter turnout.Ho…
yenisafak.com/en/world/public-vote-on-constitutional-changes-in-russia-begins-3532949

Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits eastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
A magnitude-5.4 earthquake jolted Turkey's eastern province of Van on Thursday, according to the country's disaster agency.The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said the quake struck off the Ozalp district at 1.03 p.m. local time (1003 GMT). It originated at a depth of 6.9 kilometers.Van Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez said some houses were damaged due to the tremors, and damage assessment studies are ongoing.No casualties have been reported so far.Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter that further updates on the situation will be given to the public by Van Governorate and AFAD.Iran and T…
yenisafak.com/en/news/magnitude-54-earthquake-hits-eastern-turkey-3532946

Pakistan 'disappointed' with US terrorism report
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Pakistan on Thursday said it was disappointed by a recent terrorism report by the US, saying it gave a selective and self-contradictory account of the country's efforts to counter terrorism and terrorist financing.In a Foreign Ministry statement, Islamabad said the US State Department's 2019 Country Report on Terrorism ignored its "crucial role" in degrading Al Qaeda in the region and "diminishing the threat that the terrorist group once posed to the world.""Similarly, the Report acknowledges the sharp decrease in the incidence of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. However, it neglects to explain that this was only p…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-disappointed-with-us-terrorism-report-3532964

Turkey says Libya's GNA demands Haftar withdraw from Sirte, Jufra
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Libya's internationally recognised government demands that Khalifa Haftar's forces withdraw from the coastal city of Sirte and Jufra region as pre-conditions for ceasefire talks, Turkey said on Thursday.With Turkish military support, the Government of National Accord (GNA) has reversed a 14-month offensive on Tripoli by Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), which is backed by Egypt, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told broadcaster CNN Turk that the United States, which Turkey has urged to take a more active role in Libya, was reluctant to play a "decisive role" in t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-says-libyas-gna-demands-haftar-withdraw-from-sirte-jufra-3532963

EU covering up Greek human rights violations, says Turkish spox
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Turkey on Thursday slammed remarks by Greek and EU officials critical of Ankara's handling of the migrant issue along its borders, calling them an attempt to whitewash Athens' human rights violations.The remarks this Wednesday by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at the Turkish-Greek border show Greece's effort to cover up its crimes against asylum seekers under the EU umbrella, said Hami Aksoy, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman."The fact that the EU Commission is a partner to this is exemplary," Aksoy said.Aksoy cited the words of Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Euro…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-covering-up-greek-human-rights-violations-says-turkish-spox-3532950

Daesh/ISIS suspect going on trial in Paris
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
A man accused of being a so-called "emir" of the terror group Daesh/ISIS is due for his day in court in Paris on Thursday, facing trial for his alleged offenses in Syria.Tyler Vilus, a.k.a., Abou Hafs, is accused of leading a terrorist group and committing murders in an organized gang in Syria in 2013-2015, among other offenses.Vilus was arrested on July 2, 2015, nearly five years ago to the day, while boarding a plane to Prague at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, and was later extradited to face trial.Turkey has long championed the repatriation of European nationals found to belong to terrorist groups.Vilus' phone,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/daesh-isis-suspect-going-on-trial-in-paris-3532947

Dubious 'Coronavirus Resistant' Products Flood Indian Market as Cases Continue to Spiral
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): With the number of COVID-19 cases in India crossing 400,000, the 'fear of being next' is causing panic among people. Therefore, the Indian government has been proactive in preventing people from getting lured by false ad campaigns marketing products as COVID-19 remedies or those that claim to protect against the virus.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079709838-dubious-coronavirus-resistant-products-flood-indian-market-as-cases-continue-to-spiral/

Bolton's Book Has 'Misleading and Manipulative Presentations' of Erdogan-Trump Talks, Ankara Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
In his memoir published on 23 June, John Bolton claimed that US President Donald Trump was manipulated and easily influenced by the leaders of China, Russia, Turkey, and North Korea.
sputniknews.com/world/202006251079715134-boltons-book-has-misleading-and-manipulative-presentations-of-erdogan-trump-talks-ankara-says/

Nepal Rubbishes Reports of China Grabbing Its Land in Himalayan Region
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): Three opposition parliamentarians in Nepal had earlier put forth a motion in the House of Representatives asking to restore territory encroached upon by China through dialogue. There were also media reports quoting a "Nepali government department doc" that China had occupied 36 hectares in 4 of the nation's northern districts.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079718142-nepal-rubbishes-reports-of-china-grabbing-its-land-in-himalayan-region/

India, China Swear Upon Past Agreements, New Confidence-Building Measures to Break Stand-off
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): India and China have been in a border stand-off along the 4,057km long Line of Actual Control since the last week of April. The tensions between the neighbours escalated last week when 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a violent face-off between the Indian Army and PLA.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079709926-india-china-swear-upon-past-agreements-new-confidence-building-measures-to-break-stand-off/

Nepal Opposition MPs Move Resolution in Parliament to Reclaim Land Allegedly Encroached on by China
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): China has allegedly encroached on 36 hectares of land in four northern districts of Nepal by diverting the flow of rivers that act as a natural boundary. The Survey Division of Nepal's Agriculture Department reported the encroachment back in November 2019, but the K.P. Sharma Oli government put a lid on its claims.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079715433-nepal-opposition-mps-move-resolution-in-parliament-to-reclaim-land-allegedly-encroached-on-by-china/

India Urges Russia to Deliver Igla-S Missile System ASAP Amid Border Tensions, Media Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): Media outlets earlier reported that Indian authorities have decided to "pressure" Russia into expediting the delivery of its S-400 air defence missile system to New Delhi amid the latter's ongoing border face-off with China.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079716198-india-urges-russia-to-deliver-igla-s-missile-system-asap-amid-border-tensions-media-claims/

India, Pakistan Engage in Mortar Shelling, Firefight at Border
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): India and Pakistan, at odds over Jammu and Kashmir since independence, have been accusing each other of constant ceasefire violations across the Line of Control (LoC). While India claimed that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire over 2,000 times in 2020, Islamabad accused New Delhi of breaking the pact over 957 times.
sputniknews.com/world/202006251079716480-india-pakistan-engage-in-mortar-shelling-firefight-at-border/

Two Terrorists Killed, 5 Members of Pakistan-Based Terror Group Lashkar-e-Taiba Arrested in Kashmir
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian security forces have been engaged in major counter-terror operations in the Kashmir Valley since April of this year. Security forces have eliminated more than 110 terrorists so far, with intelligence services claiming that infiltration attempts from the Pakistani border may witness a sharp increase this summer.
sputniknews.com/india/202006251079714300-two-terrorists-killed-5-members-of-pakistan-based-terror-group-lashkar-e-taiba-arrested-in-kashmir/

Calls to List Antifa as Terrorist Organisation in Sweden in the Wake of Black Lives Matter Riots
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
US President Donald Trump has argued the violent Black Lives Matter rallies that blossomed across the country following the death of African American George Floyd in police custody and which include looting and pillaging, are being led by Antifa, and pledged to designate it as a terrorist organisation, making it illegal on American soil.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006251079714365-calls-to-list-antifa-as-terrorist-organisation-in-sweden-in-the-wake-of-black-lives-matter-riots/

Norway Paves Way for Big Expansion of Arctic Oil Exploration Amid 'Challenging' Developments
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
Norway is western Europe's biggest oil producer and has built the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund worth over $1 trillion on the back of its oil wealth. In the words of Norwegian Energy Minister Tina Bru new discoveries are needed to uphold employment and value creation.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006251079715050-norway-paves-way-for-big-expansion-of-arctic-oil-exploration-amid-challenging-developments/

Jupiter's Europa Could Provide 'Best Chances' of Mapping Alien Life in Solar System, Scientists Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-25
While it's a riddle about whether or not life is harboured in the depths of cosmic bodies other than Earth, researchers are looking forward to NASA's Europa mission. It is already destined to go down in history given multiple promising theories about life-sustaining liquids on Jupiter's legendary moon.
sputniknews.com/science/202006251079716641-jupiters-europa-could-provide-best-chances-of-mapping-alien-life-in-solar-system-scientists-say/

Iran's information about Judge Mansouri's case limited to reports of Romanian media: spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-25
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — A spokesman of Iran's Judiciary Gholamhossein Esmaeili condemned Romania's lack of cooperation with Iran on the death case of Iranian Judge Mansouri, who lost his life in Romania, saying that the Islamic Republic has no more information about the case than what Romanian media have reported and a short quotation from Bucharest's Prosecutor.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160184/Iran-s-information-about-Judge-Mansouri-s-case-limited-to-reports

VIDEO: Locust attack on pistachio gardens on Kerman
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-25
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Locust swarms have attacked pistachio gardens in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province, southern Iran. As desert locust infestations in East Africa and South-West Asia have intensified in recent months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided an additional $200,000 to further strengthen Iran's technical capacity to control Desert Locust.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160173/VIDEO-Locust-attack-on-pistachio-gardens-on-Kerman

UNSC calls for implementation of JCPOA: Iran's amb
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-25
TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) –Iran's ambassador to the UN said that the UNSC members states unanimously called for full implementation of the JCPOA.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160188/UNSC-calls-for-implementation-of-JCPOA-Iran-s-amb

The Heat: U.S. immigration and DACA ruling
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-25
U.S. President Trump temporarily suspends new work visas, barring foreigners from seeking employment in the United States.
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/25/the-heat-u-s-immigration-and-daca-ruling

Walk-in centres to provide coronavirus testing in 'heart of communities'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Walk-in centres for coronavirus (Covid-19) testing are to be set up to make it easier for people without cars to get tested for the virus.Six centres are being trialled in Newcastle, Rochdale, Leeds, Brent, Newham and Slough, with the latter described as a hybrid drive and walk through.The exact location of the centres has not been confirmed by officials but one is understood to be on a basketball court, and there have been reports they will spring up in empty shops and car parks.A source at the Department of Health and Social Care said officials were working on "walk through testing sites in England for people w…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/25/walk-in-centres-to-provide-coronavirus-testing-in-heart-of-communities/

Countries around the world are taking swift action to quash Covid hotspots as England gets set to head to the pub
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Governments and businesses are ramping up precautions after the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases increased in various parts of the world.Meanwhile, in the UK, where daily confirmed cases rose by 653 and deaths by 154, the government is pressing on with plans to ease lockdown in England, by far the worst affected of the four nations.Indonesia was expected to pass the 50,000 mark for confirmed infections on Thursday.In Melbourne, health workers planned to go door to door to test more than 100,000…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/25/countries-around-the-world-are-taking-swift-action-to-quash-covid-hotspots-as-england-gets-set-to-head-to-the-pub/

Russians begin voting on changes allowing Putin to stay in power until 2036
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Polls have opened in Russia for a week-long vote on constitutional changes that would allow president Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.The vote on a range of constitutional amendments, proposed by Putin in January, was initially scheduled for 22 April but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.It was later rescheduled for 1 July, with polling stations opening a week earlier and staying open for seven days in an effort to avoid crowds on the main voting day.The proposed amendments include a change in the constitution that would allow 67-year-old Putin, who has ruled Russia for over two decades…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/06/25/russians-begin-voting-on-changes-allowing-putin-to-stay-in-power-until-2036/

Thursday 7/2: LaborFest 2020: South Africa & COVID & Class struggle
Herb Mintz | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
This is a internet Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834522.php

Friday 7/3: LaborFest 2020: Film: "Sir, No Sir" — The GI Movement to End the Vietnam War
Herb Mintz | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
This is a internet Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to participate. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834523.php

Trump Unloads on Bolton After Bolton Unloads on Trump
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-25
John Bolton's new memoir "The Room Where It Happened," which came out two days ago in spite of White House attempts to block it, is the standard kiss and tell that senior American politicians and officials tend to write to make money for their retirement. There should be no question but that Bolton has done his best to cast the president in as bad a light as possible,…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/25/trump-unloads-on-bolton-after-bolton-unloads-on-trump/

Human Nature: An Oppressive Construct
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-25
Rod DREHER | A reader sends in a link to this nine-minute New Yorker documentary about a woke young couple raising their child to be gender-neutral. I had to stop watching it out of pity for this kid. These loons are going to screw him or her up terribly, and he or she will hate them: | Blank-slate utopians, man. So very many of our problems today come from a refusal to accept givenness as a natural condition. | So many on the left today have forgotten human nature. In his sizzling monologue last night, Tucker Carlson featured a can't-make-this-stuff-up moment. I've cued the monologue clip to that moment:…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/25/human-nature-an-oppressive-construct/

Billions of children are being punished by the pandemic
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-06-24
There are immense casualties from this Great Lockdown. Incomes have collapsed for half the world's population, while hunger rates are on the rise. But there are other casualties, other victims, often less remarked upon.
mronline.org/2020/06/24/billions-of-children-are-being-punished-by-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=billions-of-children-are-being-punished-by-the-pandemic

'Act with necessary force': Greta Thunberg says BLM protests & 'corona crisis' give blueprint for climate change fight
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-24
The Black Lives Matter protests across the world show the 'necessary force' people need to use when fighting global warming, teen activist turned climate change icon Greta Thunberg believes.
mronline.org/2020/06/24/act-with-necessary-force-greta-thunberg-says-blm-protests-corona-crisis-give-blueprint-for-climate-change-fight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=act-with-necessary-force-greta-thunberg-says-blm-protests-corona-crisis-give-blueprint-for-climate-change-fight

Billions of children are being punished by the pandemic
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
The deep impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on children who are suffering disproportionately amid the pandemic with limited access to education and higher levels of violence…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/billions-of-children-are-being-punished-by-the-pandemic/

Outbreak at San Quentin: COVID Is Skyrocketing in CA Prisons. Why Haven't More People Been Released?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-24
As coronavirus rapidly spreads through California's overcrowded prisons, 400 people have tested positive for the virus at San Quentin State Prison. Advocates and incarcerated people warn conditions behind bars make it nearly impossible to stop the virus once it enters. We speak with Adnan Khan, executive director of Re: Store Justice, an organization that advocates for policy and alternative responses to violence and life sentences. He links inhumane prison conditions to the mass uprising in the streets against systemic racism and state violence. "There are literally millions of people in prison based on the 'cred…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/24/san_quentin_coronavirus

Palestinian Scholar Noura Erakat: Israeli Forces Killed My Cousin on His Sister's Wedding Day
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-24
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday killed 27-year-old Ahmed Erekat at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank as he was on his way to pick up his sister, who was set to be married that night. Ahmed Erekat is the nephew of senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and cousin of Palestinian American legal scholar Noura Erakat, who says Israeli claims that Ahmed was attempting a car-ramming attack on soldiers are completely unfounded. "What we understand is that Ahmed lost control of his car or was confused while he was in his car. That was all it took to have a kne…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/24/noura_erakat

The Next AOC? Progressive Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Takes Big Lead Over Rep. Eliot Engel in NY Primary
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-24
In what could be one of the biggest progressive upsets of the year, Jamaal Bowman, an African American former middle school principal, appears headed to victory over 16-term Democratic Congressmember Eliot Engel in Tuesday's New York primary election. The race has not been called, but Bowman has a large lead over Engel, the powerful chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee known for his support of Israel. Bowman supports a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and defunding the police. We air his remarks from a campaign party late Tuesday.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/24/jamaal_bowman

Behind the Veil of the Protest Movement, the War on the American People Is Gaining Pace
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
"This is not a momentary civil disturbance. This is a serious, and highly organized political movement…It is deep and profound and has vast political ambitions. It is insidious, it will grow. It's goal is to end liberal democracy and challenge …
globalresearch.ca/behind-protest-movement-war-american-people-gaining-pace/5716840

Video: "Militants" Launch Massive Drone Attack on Russian Airbase in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
Late on June 22, Russian air defense units repelled a massive drone attack on Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria. According to local sources, Russian Pantsir and Tor systems launched almost two dozen missiles at unmanned aerial vehicles launched by …
globalresearch.ca/video-militants-launch-massive-drone-attack-russian-airbase-syria/5716821

Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?
Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-24
Joe Biden wants you to believe that he is opposed to Israel's likely annexation of parts of the West Bank that Netanyahu plans to carry out in July. "I do not support annexation," he said during a call with American Jewish donors on June 16. But only a month ago, Biden senior foreign policy advisor …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/will-biden-remain-tone-deaf-to-palestinian-rights/

Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
Biden's unconditional support for Israel's rightwing government is not only less and less popular among Americans, but it guarantees continued repression against Palestinians and continued unrest in the region…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/will-biden-remain-tone-deaf-to-palestinian-rights/

US Sanctions Iranian Ship Captains as Russia Hosts Venezuelan FM
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-24
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov reiterated his opposition to US aggression in Venezuela.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14920

The PLO's Half-Hearted Attempt to Counter Israeli Annexation of Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-24
As soon as Washington's plan was announced in January, followed by Israel's insistence that annexation of Palestinian territories was imminent, the PLO spun into a strange political mode, far more unpredictable and bizarre than ever before.
mintpressnews.com/plo-half-hearted-attempt-counter-israel-annexation/268909/

Chinagate Is The Craziest Conspiracy Theory Yet
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
It is totally unbelievable to imagine that Trump purportedly solicited China's support for his re-election campaign via international economic means and even endorsed the country's anti-terrorist policies in Xinjiang. Nothing could be further from the truth. | Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's book contains many passages that are receiving a lot of attention from the mainstream media, but one stands out among the rest. The disgraced official, who was fired by Trump last September, claims that the President sought China's help for his re-election campaign. According to Bolton, Trump asked President Xi…

Chinagate Is The Craziest Conspiracy Theory Yet

Chinagate Is the Craziest Conspiracy Theory Yet. Alleged Pro-Trump Election Meddling
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
It is totally unbelievable to imagine that Trump purportedly solicited China's support for his re-election campaign via international economic means and even endorsed the country's anti-terrorist policies in Xinjiang. Nothing could be further from the truth. | Former National Security Advisor | …
globalresearch.ca/chinagate-craziest-conspiracy-theory-yet/5716835

A US Navy Destroyer Just Entered Venezuelan Waters. Is Trump Trying to Start a War?
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-24
The USS Nitze is conducting what the US military is calling a "freedom of navigation operation… contesting an excessive maritime claim by Venezuela."
mintpressnews.com/uss-nitze-enters-venezuela-waters-trump-trying-to-start-a-war/268898/

Experts See Ulterior Motives Behind US Decision to Finally Deport Haitian Death Squad Leader
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-24
Emmanuel "Toto" Constant was immediately arrested after touching down in Port-au-Prince, 26 years after he fled to the US following the Raboteau massacre.
mintpressnews.com/experts-ulterior-motives-us-decision-deport-emmanuel-toto-constant-haitia/268934/

White Lives Don't Matter
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
William Engdahl ( www.globalresearch.ca/america-own-color-revolution/5716153 ) explains where the money for Black lives Matter, Antifa, Act Blue, and associated socialist organization partners in overthrowing "whiteness" comes from–the Ford Foundation, Soros' foundations, Kellogg Foundation, Ben & Jerry's, Hewlett Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Heinz Foundation, Apple, Disney, Nike. | With George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Teddy Roosevelt disposed of, Jesus and Christ…

White Lives Don’t Matter

Trump Sanctions the International Criminal Court
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
On June 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring a national emergency. Is the emergency the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 450,000 people worldwide, including 110,000 in the US? Is it racist cops killing Black Americans? Is it the nation's sky-high unemployment and the threat of a second Great Depression? No, no, and no. It's the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/trump-sanctions-the-international-criminal-court/

Kosovo 'president' cancels US trip after war crimes indictment but Trump-sponsored talks still on
rt.com | 2020-06-24
Talks sponsored by US President Donald Trump between Serbia and its breakaway province of Kosovo will still take place but without Kosovo leader Hashim Thaci, who was indicted for war crimes by an international court in The Hague. | Thaci has notified the White House that he was not coming, Ambassador Richard Grenell, Trump's special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia talks, confirmed on Wednesday. | "I respect his decision not to attend the discussions until the legal issues of those allegations are settled," Grenell added. | The President of Kosovo has just informed us that he has canceled his trip to Washington, D.C.
rt.com/news/492838-kosovo-president-war-crimes/

Bayer Pays $10 Billion to Settle Thousands of Monsanto Glyphosate Lawsuits
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
After decades of widespread use as company scientists played down research showing a definitive link between the product and growing rates of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Monsanto parent company Bayer has agreed to pay up to $10 billion to settle claims that …
globalresearch.ca/bayer-pays-10bn-settle-thousands-monsanto-glyphosate-lawsuits/5716844

Troubling India-China Border Skirmishes. Dangerous Game. Was Washington Involved in Spearheading Conflict?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
A longstanding line of control dispute along the border separating China and India flared up weeks earlier. | Both countries claim sovereignty over the disputed territory. Until April, forces of both countries hadn't used live fire for decades. | According to Indian …
globalresearch.ca/troubling-india-china-border-skirmishes-dangerous-game-was-washington-involved-in-spearheading-conflict/5716860

"Greater Israel" in the Making: Netanyahu Regime's Illegal Annexation Scheme Nears Implementation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
Trump's unlawful Deal of the Century scheme green-lighted Israeli annexation of illegally established settlements on stolen Palestinian land and the Jordan Valley. | Netanyahu earlier vowed to press ahead with annexation. | Reportedly on or around July 1, he'll initially announce the …
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-in-the-making-netanyahu-regimes-illegal-annexation-scheme-nears-implementation/5716873

US sanctions five Iranian ship captains for bringing oil to Venezuela
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Speaking to reporters, Pompeo also said the United States continues to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido. Washington, which seeks the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and most other Western governments have recognized Guaido as the legitimate leader of the OPEC nation.
yenisafak.com/en/news/us-sanctions-five-iranian-ship-captains-for-bringing-oil-to-venezuela-3532892

Let's Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right
Marshall Auerback | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
COVID-19 will force us to rethink many of the assumptions underlying existing GND proposals…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/lets-make-sure-we-get-the-green-new-deal-right/

Reclaiming Work: Can Cooperatives Overthrow The Gig Economy?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
The pandemic has brought into focus the stark conditions and precarity faced by workers in the gig-economy. When the dust settles, can these workers who were at the frontlines of this crisis build a fairer future? The workers featured in Reclaiming Work believe so. This short documentary by Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis of black & brown film features cycle courier cooperatives who offer a socialist alternative to the digital giants of Deliveroo and Uber. In fact, La Pájara, one of the cycle cooperatives showcased in the documentary, was formed following protest movements against Deliveroo in Madrid. Coope…
popularresistance.org/reclaiming-work-can-cooperatives-overthrow-the-gig-economy/

Hands off the monuments to Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant!
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Protesters in San Francisco recently knocked over a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, who commanded the Union to victory in the Civil War and suppressed the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. | In this perspective from the World Socialist Web Site, Tom Mackaman and Niles Niemuth explain why this and similar actions around the country only help the ruling class's objective of pitting members of the working class against each other.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834438.php

Bolton weaves a tall tale in his Venezuela chapter
Leonardo Flores | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
Per Bolton, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro remains in power only because the Trump administration lacked the determination to keep the pressure on. He argues that sanctions were neither strict nor swiftly applied. Yet during Bolton's tenure, the Trump administration blocked Venezuela's ability to trade gold, froze the assets of state oil company PDVSA (including US based subsidiary Citgo Petroleum), sanctioned Venezuela's Central Bank, and imposed an economic embargo. All of this occurred between November 2018 and August 2019, during Bolton's tenure as Trump's National Security Advisor. | Four major sanction…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/bolton-weaves-a-tall-tale-in-his-venezuela-chapter/

Why the Dreamers won
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-24
The Supreme Court for over 230 years has carried out the conservative goals of its creators. It has protected private property — including the "ownership" of human beings — and minimized the right of the poor to associate for united struggle. Currently, SCOTUS consists of a majority of conservative and . . . | Continue reading Why the Dreamers won at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49600/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-dreamers-won

Coast to coast, marchers declare: 'Black trans lives matter!'
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-06-24
"Say his name! Tony McDade!" These words rang out on June 20 as hundreds of Clevelanders, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community and allies, marched to the theme, "All Black Lives Matter." They took to the streets to raise the name of Tony McDade, a Black trans man killed by police . . . | Continue reading Coast to coast, marchers declare: 'Black trans lives matter!' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49607/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-to-coast-marchers-declare-black-trans-lives-matter

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-24
By Dr Clodagh Harris and Ian Hughes: The Covid-19 pandemic has spawned a rash of articles speculating about how our world will change in the aftermath of the virus. Indian author and political activist Arundhati Roy has described the pandemic as a portal, an opportunity for humanity collectively to break with the past, leaving our 'dead …
truepublica.org.uk/global/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-exposed-why-we-urgently-need-to-re-imagine-democracy/

Fight to Vote: COVID-19 threatens activist's opportunity to vote
splcenter.org | 2020-06-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/06/25/fight-vote-covid-19-threatens-activists-opportunity-vote

Police Lessons From Cuba
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the United States. Police live in the cities they patrol. They generally treat citizens with respect. As I documented in my book Dateline Havana, police beatings of criminals are rare and police murders are nonexistent. Cuba has one of the lowest crime rates in Latin America. | The ongoing protests for Black lives in the United States have forced an unprecedented national debate about the role of policing. Should police departments be defunded and that money be diverted to help poor communities?
popularresistance.org/police-lessons-from-cuba/

May All Be Revealed
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
"If wars can be started by lies then they can be stopped by truth." | ~ Julian Assange | "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be." | ~ P C Hodgell | Human life is confusing. A human's purpose in life is to make it less so. | The healthiest desire a human can have is for confusion and obfuscation to be replaced with clear seeing. This means wanting the truth to be revealed, whether it be for matters as large as the global-scale agendas of secretive power structures, or matters as small as the delusion-based mental habits hidden in your own subconscious. For the lover of truth, it's all the same desire…

May All Be Revealed

New US indictment of Assange accuses WikiLeaks founder of 'conspiring with Anonymous' hackers… in FBI sting op?
rt.com | 2020-06-24
A superseding US indictment of Julian Assange broadens the charges against the WikiLeaks founder by accusing him of conspiring with a hacker affiliated with the groups Anonymous and LulzSec — who turned out to be an FBI informant. | The US Department of Justice revealed the new indictment on Wednesday, intended to "broaden the scope of the conspiracy" Assange was accused of in May 2019, shortly after he was hauled out…
rt.com/usa/492856-assange-new-conspiracy-charges/

As peace in Sudan remains elusive, protesters mobilize to "correct the revolution"
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
The repeated delays in peace talks to end the civil war in Sudan have also delayed the formation of the legislative council. This has effectively stalled any progress in meeting the demands of the Sudanese Revolution which overthrew Omar al-Bashir…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/as-peace-in-sudan-remains-elusive-protesters-mobilize-to-correct-the-revolution/

Int'l law will determine future of Libya, says Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
The vice president of Turkey on Wednesday underlined that international law would determine Libya's future."Putschists should know that it will be on the legitimate basis of international law that will determine the future of peace in Libya," Fuat Oktay said, adding that with Tripoli's "decisive stance" and Turkey's support, all "games and traps have been thwarted."Oktay said Turkey would back "its Libyan brothers until peace, tranquility and justice are established in the country."He emphasized that those who until now "could not propose any approach towards resolution" to the conflict between the war-torn count…
yenisafak.com/en/world/intl-law-will-determine-future-of-libya-says-turkey-3532874

Mapping Police Violence Across The USA
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
Police forces across the United States have committed widespread and egregious human rights violations in response to largely peaceful assemblies protesting systemic racism and police violence, including the killing of Black people. | Amnesty International has documented 125 separate incidents of police violence against protesters in 40 states and the District of Columbia between 26 May and 5 June 2020. These acts of excessive force were committed by members of state and local police departments, as well as by National Guard troops and security force personnel from several federal agencies. Among the abuses docum…
popularresistance.org/mapping-police-violence-across-the-usa/

Why Black Lives Matter Global Network's Fundraising Bonanza Rings the Scam Alarm
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
Though the Black Lives Matter Global Network positions itself as a charity, its funding and spending are not transparent, while its activities appear partisan and less than peaceful, say Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel and Robert Bishop, retired corporate CPA, suspecting the entity may be involved in potential fraud and money laundering schemes.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006241079708414-why-black-lives-matter-global-networks-fundraising-bonanza-rings-the-scam-alarm/

US unilateralism poses serious threat to international peace, security: Ghalibaf
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called the unilateral behavior of the US a serious threat to international peace and security and stressed the need for regional and international cooperation to counter the irrational actions of the White House.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160148/US-unilateralism-poses-serious-threat-to-international-peace

Sunday 6/28: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit.Walk.Listen. | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park (19th st. and Telegraph ave), Oakland, CA | Dear siblings, these times are a great call for change. | As mindfulness practitioners, we can breathe for others who cannot. Let's bring the practice of peaceful compassionate nonviolence to the streets; to listen, to follow, and support black people. | As Thich Nhat Hanh once said: "Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity." | Together we can walk in peace, love, compassion and awareness.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834485.php

Tuesday 6/23: Community Meeting on Police Response at Protests
San José Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Zoom online meeting | Register in advance for this meeting: bit.ly/ComMtg0623 (or us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApd-yvrjIvGtIy2_uCkP4yNI3-5dheaEDs) | After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834486.php

Saturday 6/27: Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Santa Cruz Clock Tower | Pacific Ave. and Water St., Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/24/18834551.php

Mobilize, Organize, Legislate, and
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
Millions marched across the United States in protest and celebration of Juneteenth on June 19. There have been localized million people marches, specifically in 1982 in New York for a nuclear freeze; in Washington D.C. in 1995 the Million Man March to "convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male;" the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/mobilize-organize-legislate-and/

Popularity of Bail Funds Continue Protests' Momentum
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-24
ATLANTA–On June 1, police officers had 20-year-old William Lefforge, and about 50 other protesters, boxed in on the sidewalk near Atlanta City Hall. The officers warned the protesters they had three minutes to leave, but according to Lefforge, the group could not get by the police. The police arrested them and transported Lefforge and his group to the Atlanta Detention Center. Lefforge estimated his arrest happened around 4 p.m., well before the 9 p.m. curfew that Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has since lifted. | Lefforge called his mother, Jen, who in turn reached out to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. Thanks to…
therealnews.com/columns/popularity-of-bail-funds-continue-protests-momentum

What Elinor Ostrom's Work Tells Us About Defunding The Police
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
In the past weeks, I've watched the news about the explosion of protests against police brutality and racism in the United States and around the world, and the resulting conversations on police defunding, reform or abolition. As I scrolled through social media and obsessively scanned and rescanned the headlines, a small thought tugged at me. | It was the story of how one of my heroes, Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009, had arrived at the research that made her famous. Ostrom has become celebrated as the person who introduced the world to "the commons" — that is, ho…
popularresistance.org/what-elinor-ostroms-work-tells-us-about-defunding-the-police/

Republican Police Reform Bill Fails to Pass US Senate Vote
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
The GOP initiative was announced last week by President Donald Trump in response to the protests over the death of George Floyd that have been ongoing for weeks and demands to "defund the police". Trump refused to cut the funds, suggesting instead an array of measures aimed at preventing new cases of police brutality.
sputniknews.com/us/202006241079711285-republican-police-reform-bill-fails-to-pass-us-senate-vote-/

Get Police Out of Schools — Including University Campuses
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-24
The brutal police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, among many others, and the wave of national Black-led protests against racist police brutality that followed, have permanently altered the realm of the possible. Once deemed fringe or too radical, calls to defund and abolish the police are not only within view of the mainstream, but are suddenly on the table. Such demands ha…
truthout.org/articles/get-police-out-of-schools-including-university-campuses/

"No Layoffs" "Stop The Greed" Frontline UCSF Workers Protest Cutbacks In Middle Of Covid
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
UCSF AFSCME 3299 Frontline healthcare workers and other union members from UC rallied and protested against the 3,000 cutbacks by UC management and regents. These cutbacks in the midst of a major pandemic will not only threaten the workers the care of the patients and the public.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/24/18834553.php

Selected Articles: Behind the Veil of the Protest Movement
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-social-impacts-economic-dimensions-drug-trade/5716895

[Research Paper] COVID-19 in Wuhan: Sociodemographic characteristics and hospital support measures associated with the immediate psychological impact on healthcare workers
Zhou Zhu, Shabei Xu, Hui Wang, Zheng Liu, Jianhong Wu, Guo Li, Jinfeng Miao, Chenyan Zhang, Yuan Yang, Wenzhe Sun, Suiqiang Zhu, Yebin Fan, Yuxi Chen, Junbo Hu, Jihong Liu, Wei Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-06-24
Women and those who have more than 10 years of working, concomitant chronic diseases, history of mental disorders, and family members or relatives confirmed or suspected are susceptible to stress, depression and anxiety among HWs during the pandemic. In addition, since HWs often have a greater stigma against mental problems than the general public, it is worthwhile to address the needs of the HWs during this pandemic and to provide appropriate psychological supports for those people at high risk of mental problems.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30187-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Whistleblowing and patient safety during COVID-19
Richard Armitage, Laura B Nellums | thelancet.com | 2020-06-24
It has been rightly noted that health workers globally must be able to speak out during COVID-19, allowing them to draw public attention to inadequate PPE supplies and unsafe working conditions, while being protected from censorship, attack, government intimidation, harassment, and arrest [1]. But such systemic failure to provide health workers with the resources they need represents only one of numerous situations in which clinicians may consider raising the alarm. Health service whistleblowing procedures that are secure and robust are of paramount importance to patient safety, and must be strengthened and prote…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30169-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Under the over in a time of cyclone and corona
Puja Bhattacharjee | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
Despite Cyclone Amphan, no income due to the lockdown and Covid fears, Sabita Sardar preferred to evade hostile cops and poor shelter facilities, and returned to her home under Kolkata's Gariahat flyover…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/under-the-over-in-a-time-of-cyclone-and-corona/

Public Library Closures: Covid and the Act of Sanitizing Human Cultures
Brett Jordan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
"The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man"– T.S. Eliot | One of the earliest casualties of the COVID-19 lockdown was the public library. It seemed evident, even in …
globalresearch.ca/public-library-closures-covid-and-the-act-of-sanitizing-human-cultures/5716829

We Are Witnessing A Nightmarish Technocratic Reengineering Of Our Lives Under The Guise Of COVID-19
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-06-24
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 (6/24/20). 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/witnessing-nightmarish-technocratic-reengineering-our-lives-under-guise-of-covid-19/

COVID-19: Recovery will be slower following 'crisis like no other', IMF predicts
news.un.org | 2020-06-24
Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast, according to a report published on Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1067052

The COVID-19 pandemic and the global plight of refugees and migrant workers
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tear through the global population, the disease is having an especially devastating impact on the tens of millions of displaced people throughout the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/pers-j24.html

Ten reasons to be concerned about 5G — and it has nothing to do with C-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-24
By Annelie Fitzgerald and Tom Imber: 5G has nothing to do with the coronavirus Covid-19 but as you'll see there is a strong case for supporting legal action against it. 5G and existing wireless technologies use artificial radio-frequency radiation (RFR) that has adverse effects on health. 5G has not been safety tested. 5G is …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/ten-reasons-to-be-concerned-about-5g-and-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-c-19/

The UK and Boris Johnson on the Skids
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
As I write (the weekend of 20-21 June), the UK's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 43,632, and the total number of cases over 300,000. The total number of excess deaths (the number of deaths for a period of a particular year typically calculated against the average for that time of year for the preceding 5 years) is 64,500 (according to the UK's Office for National Statistics).
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/the-uk-and-boris-johnson-on-the-skids/

Anti-China racism aims to distract Australians as U.S. economic control grows
Celeste Dale | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-24
SYDNEY–The ramping up of anti-China sentiment in Australia has contributed to layoffs for many Australians working in international education, an industry which has already been seriously impacted by travel restrictions pertaining to COVID-19. While the reasons made by institutions such as universities continue to center purely around COVID-19, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has …
peoplesworld.org/article/anti-china-racism-aims-to-distract-australians-as-u-s-economic-control-grows/

Frankenstein Chimeras: COVID, Wuhan Labs and Biosafety
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
In 2015, the Wuhan Institute of Virology started experimenting how to make a natural virus more pathogenic and easier to transmit. In the military jargon of hiding reality, experts call this weaponization of viruses "gain of function." University of North Carolina scientists trained Chinese scientists how to manipulate viruses, while leaving no traces of their genetic engineering methods, which create microscopic pathogenic monsters known as Chimeras.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/frankenstein-chimeras-covid-wuhan-labs-and-biosafety/

The High-Tech Profiling of Native Americans Under COVID-19 Could Be Headed Your Way
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-24
As a racial profiling scandal unfolds in a New Mexico hospital targeting Native American mothers, the same principles of racial discrimination dominate the emerging technological surveillance landscape.
mintpressnews.com/high-tech-profiling-native-americans-covid-19-soon-headed-way/268922/

170 signatories endorse UN ceasefire appeal during COVID crisis
news.un.org | 2020-06-24
UN Member States, Observers and others, sent a strong political message this week, with the announcement that 170 signatories have now endorsed the UN's call to silence the guns, and stand united against the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066982

First Ebola, then COVID-19. The Plight of West Africa
Hazel Healy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
Four years ago, New Internationalist travelled to West Africa to hear the stories of communities in recovery from the deadly Ebola epidemic. Hazel Healy gets back in touch. | *** | In early April, Sierra Leone confirmed its first case of coronavirus, …
globalresearch.ca/first-ebola-then-covid-19-the-plight-of-west-africa/5716849

Here are the private companies with £million contracts for the failed NHSX tracing app
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
A storm has erupted over the failed government track and trace app for coronavirus (Covid-19). Because it's emerged that it wasted millions of pounds on the unsuccessful tech. So, people are wondering where this money has gone. But we already know part of that answer. | Corona chaos: | The Guardian reported that on 18 June, health secretary Matt Hancock ditched the NHSX [the NHS's tech arm] track and trace app. It said: In an embarrassing U-turn, Ma…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/06/24/here-are-the-private-companies-with-million-contracts-for-the-failed-nhsx-tracing-app/

Bio-surveillance, invisible borders and the dangerous after-effects of COVID-19 measures
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-24
By Ayelet Shachar: Long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, we may continue to be affected by its residue of ultra-sophisticated technologies of bio-surveillance. If I ask you to close your eyes and imagine a border, what image comes to mind? Most of us would think of barbed-wire fences planted firmly on frontier locations. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/bio-surveillance-invisible-borders-and-the-dangerous-after-effects-of-covid-19-measures/

COVID-19 and the Dire Living Conditions of India's Bottom Half Billion
Joseph D'Souza | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
If you have ever walked by Mumbai's southern seacoast, you may have noticed a strange-looking tower rising above the apartment complexes. Measuring 27-stories high and featuring three helipads, an 80-seat theater and an 168-car garage, among other amenities, the skyrise …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-exposes-dire-living-conditions-india-bottom-half-billion/5716882

More than 1,500 COVID-19 infections at pork processing plant in Germany
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
The Tà∂nnies Group, Germany's largest meat processing firm, has a long record of putting profits before the health and safety of its workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/meat-j24.html

France backs Egypt's threat to intervene against Turkey in Libyan war
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Even as COVID-19 threatens millions in Africa, the NATO powers risk escalating their nine-year carve-up of Libya into a major regional or even global conflict.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/fran-j24.html

Covid Is Making a Comeback
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
It was only last week that we heard endless BS about Covid being a hoax, and that masks, social distancing, and close downs were pointless. This week we learn that Covid is surging in more than half of the country. | thehill.com/policy/healthcare/504197-fauci-gives-congress-covid-19-warning?userid=439965 | I have no doubt that the virus will be used in behalf of self-serving agendas. Nevertheless, I also wonder about the external cost imposed on others by the propaganda that the virus is a hoax…

Covid Is Making a Comeback

Wrongfully Arrested Because Face Recognition Can't Tell Black People Apart
Victoria Burton-Harris | aclu.org | 2020-06-24
Early this year, Detroit police arrested Robert Williams — a Black man living in a Detroit suburb — on his front lawn in front of his wife and two little daughters (ages 2 and 5). Robert was hauled off and locked up for nearly 30 hours. His crime? Face recognition software owned by Michigan State Police told the cops that Robert Williams was the watch thief they were on the hunt for., , There was just one problem: Face recognition technology can't tell Black people apart. That includes Robert Williams, whose only thing in common with the suspect caught by the watch shop's surveillance feed is that…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/wrongfully-arrested-because-face-recognition-cant-tell-black-people-apart

The Untold Number of People Implicated in Crimes They Didn't Commit Because of Face Recognition
Clare Garvie | aclu.org | 2020-06-24
In January, Michigan resident Robert Williams was arrested for shoplifting from a watch store in downtown Detroit a year ago–a crime he did not commit. Police thought he was connected to the crime because of a face recognition search that found similarities between grainy surveillance footage of the theft and Mr. Williams' driver's license photo. , , What makes this case unique is not that face recognition was used, or that it got it wrong. What makes it unique is that we…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-untold-number-of-people-implicated-in-crimes-they-didnt-commit-because-of-face-recognition

Racial-communalist politics and the second assassination of Abraham Lincoln
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
In the one month since the killing of George Floyd, the mass, multi-racial and international demonstrations against police violence are in danger of being hijacked by a faction of the ruling class that is aggressively promoting a brand of racial-communal politics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/25/pers-j24.html

Democrats Are Moving to the Right Again and Towards Another Defeat
Margaret Kimberley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-24
"We can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it's all within our wheelhouse and nobody has to be punished. No one's standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change." – Joe Biden…
mintpressnews.com/joe-biden-democrats-moving-to-right-again-towards-defeat/268889/

Boris Johnson reinforces imperialist agenda of Britain's overseas aid
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
The Department for International Development, which disperses Britain's £15.2 billion aid budget, is to be subsumed under the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/merg-j24.html

For a Racism-Free 22nd Century, We Need a Billionaire-Free 21st
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
The novel coronavirus just keeps coming — and so do the billions for America's top billionaires. The nation's five richest — Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, and Larry Ellison — have added a combined $101.7 billion to their net worth since the virus hit hard nationally in March. These five exceedingly affluent…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/for-a-racism-free-22nd-century-we-need-a-billionaire-free-21st/

Canada's New Democrats prop up pro-austerity, pro-war Liberals
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Underscoring its support for the government's $650 billion corporate bailout, the NDP again voted to keep the Liberals in office.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/ndpc-j24.html

Pandemic intensifies unemployment and poverty among Turkish workers
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Millions of workers are losing their jobs, left unable to meet basic needs as billions go to cheap loans in the interests of the ruling class in Turkey.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/turk-j24.html

John Bolton Is a Terrorist in Pinstripes
James Carden | thenation.com | 2020-06-24
John Bolton Is a Terrorist in Pinstripes…
thenation.com/article/politics/john-bolton-review/

The Wasp Network Highlights Our Lack of Freedom to Tell the Truth on the Cuban Five Case
Stansfield Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-24
The film Wasp Network, based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, The Story of the Cuban Five by Fernando Morais, is a co-production between France, Spain, Belgium and Brazil. It was shown in Cuba last December, soon after it came out. You can now watch it on Netflix. It is not a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-wasp-network-highlights-our-lack-of-freedom-to-tell-the-truth-on-the-cuban-five-case/

Jessy Dayane: "Bolsonaro has never tried to hide his authoritarian project"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
The coup d'état in 2016 which overthrew Dilma Rouseff of the Workers' Party of Brazil, marked a new period in Brazil characterized by the attack on democracy. The illegal maneuvering to eliminate popular leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the 2018 elections and effectively solidify the election of far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro was another step in this process. | Under the leadership of Bolsonaro, Brazilian state institutions and programs have been systematically dismantled, funding for public education and health has been cut, and tensions within Brazilian society have been heightened. | In this context, the…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/jessy-dayane-bolsonaro-has-never-tried-to-hide-his-authoritarian-project/

The Anti-American Universities Are a Much Greater Threat to Us than Putin and China
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
This is an introduction to a letter written by a black American professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He says that the University no longer serves scholarship and has become a servant to the Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter. He says that the university is akin to a suppressive regime that crushes real diversity and exiles free debate. At the end of his letter, he damns the University of California regents and the Berkely history department for eulogizing George Floyd, a depraved, drug-ridden thug "who hurt women. A man who hurt black women. With the full collaboration of the UCB history depa…

The Anti-American Universities Are a Much Greater Threat to Us than Putin and China

China vs India: Who Benefits? US Meddling
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
A recent border dispute between China and India have resulted in multiple casualties including deaths. It is the first time in decades that this scale of violence has been seen between the two nations. Western headlines have immediately tried to …
globalresearch.ca/china-india-who-benefits/5716820

U.S. must return political prisoner Simón Trinidad to Colombia
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-24
Murderous violence and oligarchy were at the center of Colombian political life during the 20th century. Colombians by the millions were marginalized, impoverished, and/or displaced from small land holdings. Violence and the failings of liberal democracy turned Simón Trinidad into a revolutionary. Few in the United States and Europe know about him. Colombia's allies in …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-must-return-political-prisoner-simon-trinidad-to-colombia/

US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as 'Coronavirus'
Sen. Scott Jensen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
First published on April 15, 2020 | Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He's also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingraham where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen says the American Medical Association …
globalresearch.ca/hospitals-getting-paid-more-label-cause-death-coronavirus/5709720

Australia: Coronavirus infections spike in Melbourne's working class suburbs
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton declared that the state was at a "tipping point."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/melb-j24.html

A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself
Jewelle Gomez | thenation.com | 2020-06-24
A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself…
thenation.com/article/culture/coronavirus-sexuality-california/

Coronavirus: 10 million infections milestone looms — WHO's Tedros
news.un.org | 2020-06-24
The world is on track to reach 10 million coronavirus cases within the next week, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief executive said on Wednesday, a "sober reminder" that as research continues into therapeutics and vaccines, utmost efforts are needed now to suppress transmission and save lives.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1067042

Scientists confirm reusable containers safe to use during coronavirus pandemic
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-24
"Based on the best available science and guidance from public health professionals, ‚Äãit is clear that reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene‚Äã.‚Äã‚Äã">…
nationofchange.org/2020/06/24/scientists-confirm-reusable-containers-safe-to-use-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

Whistleblowing, the Pandemic and a 'Law and Order' System of Injustice
Jeffrey Sterling | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
It is hard to find many positives as the death toll from the novel coronavirus continues to climb, but as we have seen before with situations of crisis, truth does find a way to make itself known. In the sense of whistleblowing, we saw it with the crisis involving the president, which demonstrated the worth and power of whistleblowers to bring accountability to power (though of course, the end result had more to do with denial than truth). Now we see the revealing nature of whistleblowing once again as so many have been coming forward to reveal how we have had no preparedness nor plan with regard to combatting th…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/whistleblowing-the-pandemic-and-a-law-and-order-system-of-injustice/

How Do Big Payments to CEOs Who Took Their Companies Into Bankruptcy Maximize Shareholder Value?
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-24
Bankruptcy typically means that shareholders are largely or totally wiped out. This should raise the question of why CEOs of companies that went bankrupt are getting large bonuses from these companies, as this NYT article points out. These payments are consistent with a story where corporate boards primarily owe their allegiance to top management, not …
cepr.net/how-do-big-payments-to-ceos-who-took-their-companies-into-bankruptcy-maximize-shareholder-value/

Johnson used pandemic to step up privatisation of UK public sector
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
The corporate raid underscores the cynicism of government ministers clapping frontline workers and hailing NHS workers as "heroes."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/priv-j24.html

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-24
BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to trillions of bailout dollars from the Federal Reserve. The fate of a large portion of the country's corporations has been put in the hands of a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/meet-blackrock-the-new-great-vampire-squid/

Corporate Backers of the Blue
Gin Armstrong | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
How Corporations Bankroll U.S. Police Foundations…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/corporate-backers-of-the-blue/

Battlefield Report from the Belly of the Beast
John R. Hall | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-24
For a half century, I've been of the opinion that there is just one social issue of real importance. Until we put an end to state warfare, or mass-murder for corporate profit, all other causes are meaningless. Recently I've come to the conclusion that the age of bombing for dollars has nearly come to an …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/battlefield-report-from-the-belly-of-the-beast/

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid
Ellen Brown | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
To most people, if they are familiar with it at all, BlackRock is an asset manager that helps pension funds and retirees manage their savings through "passive" investments that track the stock market. But working behind the scenes, it is much more than that. BlackRock has been called…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/meet-blackrock-the-new-great-vampire-squid/

Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-24
counterpunch.org/2020/06/24/geographies-of-racial-capitalism-with-ruth-wilson-gilmore/

Ten years since the US-backed coup against Australian Labor PM
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Literally overnight, a handful of factional warlords, including US "protected sources," engineered Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ouster, entirely behind the backs of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/coup-j24.html

Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels
Rachel Monroe | thenation.com | 2020-06-24
Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels…
thenation.com/article/culture/wendy-lesser-scandinavian-noir-interview/

Filing Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Alaska LNG Project

| globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
Environmental groups and an Alaskan Native village council filed a formal request Monday for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its approval of the Alaska LNG project, which would export U.S. fossil fuel to Asia. | The appeal says the …
globalresearch.ca/filing-challenges-trump-administration-approval-alaska-lng-project/5716852

Leading Scientists Conclude Elephant Poaching in Africa Has Not Decreased in Past Decade
Environmental Investigation Agency | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
A new scientific paper warns that the world cannot lower its guard on protecting elephants. | The paper, published yesterday (24 June), presents rigorously peer-reviewed analysis showing that while elephant poaching has declined in East Africa, it has not diminished in …
globalresearch.ca/leading-scientists-conclude-elephant-poaching-africa-not-decreased/5716848

NATO 2030: How to Make a Bad Idea Worse. Expanding the "Atlantic Alliance" into the Pacific
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
Just when you thought the leaders of NATO could not push the limits of insanity any further, something like NATO 2030 is announced. | After helping blow up the Middle East and North Africa, dividing the Balkans into zones of war …
globalresearch.ca/nato-2030-how-make-bad-idea-worse/5716832

Major earthquake hits Mexico, at least six dead
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck southern Mexico on the morning of June 23 at 10.29. At least six people died due to collapse of buildings and other accidents in the State of Oaxaca, which was the epicenter of the earthquake. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, after the earthquake. | Thousands of people remained outside their homes for hours after the quake due to the aftershocks. Over 147 aftershocks were reported by noon, most of them small with magnitude between 3 and 5, which…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/major-earthquake-hits-mexico-at-least-six-dead/

Israeli Military Uproots Dozens of Palestinian-owned Olive Trees in Jordan Valley
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted, early on Wednesday, dozens of long-standing olive trees in the northern Jordan Valley area of Al-Aghwar, in the occupied West Bank, as part of its illegal annexation plan of the entire area. Mo'taz Bsharat, a Palestinian Authority (PA) official monitoring Israel's illegal colonialist activities in the …
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Settlers Attack Several Palestinians in the West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
Palestinian civilians were injured, on Tuesday, when a group of illegal Israeli settlers assaulted them in Ras Karkar village, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that several colonists assaulted Palestinian farmers working on their land. The assaulted family members Rateb …
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UN's Security Council Discusses Israeli Annexation Plan for Parts of West Bank
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
United Nations' Security Council (UNSC) will be convening, on Wednesday, in New York City, for a discussion on the planned Israeli annexation of large parts of the West Bank, expected by early next month. Deputy-spokesperson for the United Nations' (UN) Secretary General, Farhan Haq, said in a press briefing that UN …
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Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian-owned Home in Silwan
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished a Palestinian-owned home, on Tuesday, in Silwan neighborhood in Jerusalem, under the pretext of the lack of an Israeli permit. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported that municipality crews, backed by Israeli special forces as well as police, stormed Silwan, surrounded the …
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Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians in the West Bank
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
Israeli troops abducted early on Wednesday several Palestinian residents in different parts of the West Bank. In the West city of Qalqilia, the troops abducted six residents including Wael Abuqamar, 44, Yousef Alra'y, 39, Belal Meskawi, 39, Ibrahim Shbaita, 40, as well as two brothers, Husseun Ibtaly, 23 and Bara', …
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Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Home In Beit Hanina
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in the al-Fool neighborhood in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, only two months after the family of nine built it. The demolition came just hours before a court session was supposed to be held to discuss an appeal filed by the …
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Israeli Troops Demolish a Palestinian Home in Betunia, Near Ramallah
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-24
Israeli troops demolished, early on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian-owned home in the central West Bank town of Betunia, west of Ramallah. Local sources said that a large Israeli military force, including a bulldozer, invaded Betunia town, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They added that the soldiers forced out …
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Immigration groups slam US decision to suspend immigration visas
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
The Trump administration on Monday decided to suspend a variety of immigration visas until the end of the year. The National Immigration Forum has decried the order as an attempt to divide communities.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/immigration-groups-slam-us-decision-to-suspend-immigration-visas/

Trump signs reactionary proclamation expanding immigration restrictions
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
The order extends and expands anti-immigrant restrictions on workers coming to the US for jobs in multiple industries.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/immi-j24.html

Black and Indigenous solidarity deepens
Stephanie Hedgecoke | workers.org | 2020-06-24
As pent-up anger against white supremacy boils over in the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, Black and Indigenous solidarity in California is taking down statues of Junípero Serra—the hated boss of the California mission system which enslaved and murdered thousands of Native people during Spanish colonization. In San . . . | Continue reading Black and Indigenous solidarity deepens at Workers.org…
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Two years of US sanctions against Iran
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-24
The US withdrew the last set of exemptions provided to some foreign companies to work on Iranian nuclear sites in May, which also marked the second anniversary of Donald Trump administration's renewed aggression against Iran.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/24/two-years-of-us-sanctions-against-iran/

Osman Kavala and the Snails: watch, enjoy, share
Osman Kavala | zcomm.org | 2020-06-24
The world's first lockdown opera, ten minutes of delight against oppression…
zcomm.org/zvideo/osman-kavala-and-the-snails-watch-enjoy-share/

Antigone from Canada recounts the struggle of an immigrant youth to defend her brother against state violence
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Unlike insipid mainstream Canadian cinema, Antigone deals honestly with critical issues such as the oppression of immigrants, police violence, a mounting youth revolt and, to some extent, social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/anti-j24.html

Trump touts fake wall; EU mulls real 'wall' to bar Americans
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-24
On Tuesday in Arizona Trump had his picture taken at the phony prop he calls his "beautiful wall," one of the props along the border with Mexico that he runs to every time he wants to stir up fear of immigrants. While he was doing that the European Union was drafting plans to establish a …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-touts-fake-wall-eu-mulls-real-wall-to-bar-americans/

Serial TV and the global drug pandemic
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-24
Three new series deal variously with the drug pandemic, that byproduct of the despair that follows in the neoliberal wake. As opportunities shrink because of a global upward redistribution of wealth away from both the working and middle classes and the socially responsible agencies of the state, more people turn to the powerful opioid fentanyl–it's …
peoplesworld.org/article/serial-tv-and-the-global-drug-pandemic/

As the pandemic spirals out of control, Trump attacks testing, holds indoor rally in Phoenix
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
The deadly back-to-work drive is bipartisan, with Democratic governors and mayors taking the lead in reopening businesses and forcing workers back on the job without any real protection.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/covi-j24.html

Cowardly Tampa police chief runs, hides, from community discussion on police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-24
Tampa, FL – On Tuesday June 23, the Tampa community gathered in the hundreds at the Tampa Convention Center for the monthly Tampa Citizens Review Board meeting. This was the first Citizens Review Board meeting since the outbreak of the justice for George Floyd uprising at the end of May. At the convention center, the city used pandemic social distancing guidelines to prevent many from getting into the building. While 50 people were allowed in the chamber where the meeting was proceeding, 30 were allowed to sit in a lobby outside and watch on a tv screen. Many dozens more were left to congregate at the entrance to…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/24/cowardly-tampa-police-chief-runs-hides-community-discussion-police

Cowardly Tampa police chief runs, hides, from community discussion on police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-24
Tampa, FL – On Tuesday June 23, the Tampa community gathered in the hundreds at the Tampa Convention Center for the monthly Tampa Citizens Review Board meeting. This was the first Citizens Review Board meeting since the outbreak of the justice for George Floyd uprising at the end of May. At the convention center, the city used pandemic social distancing guidelines to prevent many from getting into the building. While 50 people were allowed in the chamber where the meeting was proceeding, 30 were allowed to sit in a lobby outside and watch on a tv screen. Many dozens more were left to congregate at the entrance to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/24/cowardly-tampa-police-chief-runs-hides-community-discussion-police

Trump's Lack of Empathy is Pathological
Bill Ballas | progressive.org | 2020-06-24
Trump's prevarications and actions throughout the pandemic are tragic and immoral, and negatively affect the other crises nesting inside him.
progressive.org/op-eds/trump-lack-empathy-pathological-ballas-200624/

Low budget Amerika!
Philip Farruggio | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-24
Without that extra UBI income, many of us will never be able to survive this Economic Pandemic!!
nationofchange.org/2020/06/23/low-budget-amerika/

Whistleblowing, the pandemic and a 'law and order' system of injustice
Jeffrey Sterling | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-24
The American psyche must come out from behind the flag and confront the realities of its quixotic view of the American dream and American justice.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/24/whistleblowing-the-pandemic-and-a-law-and-order-system-of-injustice/

Fascist US Army soldier faces terrorism-related charges
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Ethan Melzer, 22, is facing life in prison for passing on information regarding the deployment of his unit to an occult neo-Nazi organization, Order of the Nine Angels.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/nazi-j24.html

Juneteenth/ Racist cops, statues under siege
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-06-24
On Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 — also known as Freedom Day, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told they were finally freed. Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, declaring that all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be forever free, took over . . . | Continue reading Juneteenth/ Racist cops, statues under siege at Workers.org…
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Honoring Che: Revolutionary hero, internationalist
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-06-24
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine." Those are the words of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, anti-imperialist, guerrilla fighter and a leader of the Cuban revolution. This working-class hero is revered by revolutionaries and oppressed peoples worldwide. Che . . . | Continue reading Honoring Che: Revolutionary hero, internationalist at Workers.org…
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Biden Can Reverse Trump's Failures on Iran
Jamal Abdi, Ryan Costello | commondreams.org | 2020-06-24
By January 2021, the U.S. is likely to have been in material breach of the JCPOA for 32 months and will have very little credibility or leverage to insist on changes to the agreement or a grand bargain addressing all of the international community's concerns about Iran. (Photo: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.com) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-24_at_12.36.13_pm.png …
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Siberian Arctic records temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit
wsws.org | 2020-06-24
Thawing permafrost in the Arctic is one of several "tipping points" that can trigger even greater climate-related catastrophes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/clim-j24.html

"Six Months To Avert Climate Crisis": Climate Breakdown And The Corporate Media
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-24
In his classic science fiction novel, Foundation, Isaac Asimov posited a future in which 'psychohistorians' could predict outcomes based on past history and the large-scale behaviour of human populations by combining psychology and the mathematics of probability. Using 'psychohistory', the protagonist Hari Seldon discovers that the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire will collapse in 500 years. He …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/six-months-to-avert-climate-crisis-climate-breakdown-and-the-corporate-media/

Temperatures climb to 38C in COLDEST city on Earth – records broken as Russian Arctic endures more ANOMALOUS hot weather
rt.com | 2020-06-24
Scientists are already alarmed at the spike in temperatures in Russia this year. While the mercury is creeping up everywhere, in Siberia it has spiked dramatically, delivering unprecedented heat. | This summer is on course to be the hottest since record-keeping began, in the world's largest country. Towns usually still blanketed by snow at this time of year are experiencing a blazing heatwave, thanks to the escalating climate crisis. | The effects of global warming have arrived and are already causing problems, especially in Siberia. A massive oil spill in the far northern mining city of Norilsk earlier this y…
rt.com/russia/492837-global-warming-siberia-wildfire/

Rechargeable Electric Car Batteries. Strategic Raw Materials
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
The demand for raw materials used to manufacture rechargeable batteries will grow rapidly as the importance of oil as a source of energy recedes, as highlighted recently by the collapse of prices due to oversupply and weak demand resulting from …
globalresearch.ca/demand-raw-materials-electric-car-batteries-set-rise-further-unctad-reprot/5716889

Turkey remands Iraqi national over links to Daesh/ISIS
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
A Turkish court on Wednesday remanded an Iraqi national into custody over links to the Daesh/ISIS terror group, according to a security source.The suspect was arrested from a cell house in the western Denizli province where he was hiding after participating in terrorist activities in Syria, said the source on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The operation was launched as part of the investigation against Daesh by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Denizli, the source added.Many digital materials were also seized from the address raided.Turkey was one of the first countries…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-remands-iraqi-national-over-links-to-daesh-isis-3532876

Turkish army seizes large PKK ammunition in N.Iraq
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
The Turkish army seized a large amount of ammunition as part of a fresh anti-terror operation in northern Iraq, said the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Wednesday.The ministry said in a written statement that search and sweep activities by commandos as part of the Operation Claw-Tiger seized an RPG-7 rocket launcher, two AK-47s, a 40-milimeter grenade thrower, 18 hand grenades, as well as ammunition for four anti-tank launchers, two anti-personnel rocket launchers, and 25 grenade throwers along with many others.It also added that various documents and life-sustaining materials were also found and destroyed.T…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-army-seizes-large-pkk-ammunition-in-niraq-3532875

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Produce Hypersonic Missile Parts, Space Launch Systems
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
US President Donald Trump has invoked a wartime executive power giving him the authority to mobilize US industry, saying that without presidential direction, US industry "cannot reasonably be expected" to provide the materials necessary for hypersonic weapons development "adequately and in a timely manner."
sputniknews.com/military/202006241079712022-trump-invokes-defense-production-act-to-produce-hypersonic-missile-parts-space-launch-systems/

Privatization And The Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
Unlike other epidemics or pandemics — such as tuberculosis, SARS, MERS or HIV/AIDS — COVID-19 has hit hardest at the world's wealthiest countries. As of early June 2020, the 37 industrialized countries of the OECD accounted for 59% of all cases and 78% of deaths, even though they constitute less than 18% of the total population affected. | Looking at the pandemic's effects in another way — using cases and deaths per million population — paints an even starker picture. OECD countries have a prevalence ratio of 2,890 cases per million and a mortality rate of 225 per million, compared with 86…
popularresistance.org/privatization-and-the-pandemic/

NYPD Enforcement Of Low-Level Offenses Accounts For Huge Department Expenditures, Racial Disparities
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
New York City criminalizes drugs and low-level broken windows offenses at a startling rate, with enforcement in these areas accounting for a vast proportion of the NYPD's policing activities and the city's budget, according to a new brief from Drug Policy Alliance. DPA released the brief in support of the Communities United for Police Reform coalition call for Mayor de Blasio and the NYC Council to cut the FY21 NYPD expense budget by $1 billion and redirect savings to core needs in Black, Latinx and other NYC communities of color that have long been the target of the drug war and racist policing. | The brief, "NY…
popularresistance.org/nypd-enforcement-of-low-level-offenses-accounts-for-huge-department-expenditures-racial-disparities/

Kangaroo Point refugees have endured seven years of slow torture
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-24
Anti-racism Alex BainbridgeIssue 1270 Australia asylum seekers Kangaroo PointJune 25, 2020Refugees in the Kangaroo Point detention centre are making a passionate cry for freedom. And their supporte…
greenleft.org.au/content/kangaroo-point-refugees-have-endured-seven-years-slow-torture

Postal Workers caravan delivers 2 million 'Save USPS' petitions to Washington
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-24
WASHINGTON–Snaking its way from the Washington Navy Yard to the U.S. Senate, a caravan of cars driven by Postal Workers delivered petitions with two million names on them, demanding lawmakers enact the Heroes Act, including its $25 billion to save the U.S. Postal Service from financial devastation the coronavirus has caused to its revenues and …
peoplesworld.org/article/postal-workers-caravan-delivers-2-million-save-usps-petitions-to-washington/

Paris nears pre-pandemic air pollution levels
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Air pollution in Paris has more than doubled since the end of lockdown on May 11, and hit the highest level among European cities, said a new study put out on Wednesday.The Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), an independent research organization based in Helsinki, Finland, found that the level of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the atmosphere has nearly doubled since confinement was lifted. | Although the level of air pollution — which dropped by 60% during lockdown — is not presently at pre-COVID-19 level, it has risen in the capital by 120%. | COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, origina…
yenisafak.com/en/world/paris-nears-pre-pandemic-air-pollution-levels-3532890

Italy says 28 migrants test positive to COVID-19 on quarantine ship
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Dozens of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean have tested positive for the new coronavirus while held in a quarantine ship off the southern Italian coast, Sicily's regional leader Nello Musumeci said on Wednesday.In April Italy banned migrant rescue ships from docking in its ports until July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It now transfers all those saved at sea onto large ferries which must wait off its coast.After saving more than 200 people stranded at sea last week, the Sea-Watch 3 charity boat arrived on Sunday in the Sicilian town of Porto Empedocle.The mainly African passengers were immediately moved to…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-says-28-migrants-test-positive-to-covid-19-on-quarantine-ship-3532882

COVID-19 death toll rises in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
The death toll from the novel coronavirus rose Wednesday in Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, according to health authorities in the three countries.In a statement, the Kuwaiti Health Ministry said four people had died from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 338.A further 742 cases were detected, bringing the total infections in the country to 41,775, the ministry said, adding that the number of recoveries rose to 32,809 after 505 people had recovered.In Oman, the Health Ministry confirmed two additional fatalities, pushing the death toll to 142. As many as 1,142 more cases were register…
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-death-toll-rises-in-kuwait-oman-bahrain-3532885

'Pandemic threatens future of 600M kids in South Asia'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
The coronavirus pandemic is profoundly impacting the future of 600 million children in South Asia, UNICEF warned in a report.The UN agency called on governments to take immediate action to protect millions of children and families in the region."The COVID-19 pandemic is unraveling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent millions of families from slipping back into poverty," said the report.It said immunization, nutrition, and other vital health services have been severely disrupted, potentially threatening the lives of up t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pandemic-threatens-future-of-600m-kids-in-south-asia-3532887

Global economy to contract by 4.9% in 2020: IMF
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday once again slashed its economic forecasts, estimating a contraction of 4.9% in global GDP, lower than 3% it predicted previously."The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated," the IMF's World Economic Output report said.In 2020, while the global economy is expected to narrow by 4.9%, it will rebound by 5.4% in 2021, according to the report."For the first time, all regions are projected to experience negative growth in 2020," the report highlighted.The report said advanced economies will contract by 8%…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/global-economy-to-contract-by-49-in-2020-imf-3532891

Top Turkish, Spanish diplomats talk COVID-19, tourism
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Mevlut Cavusoglu and Arancha Gonzalez Laya discussed the latest developments on the outbreak in both countries, effort to bring back tourism, and Turkish-EU relations, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.As tourism worldwide ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey's new case numbers are falling, and the country is looking to bring back tourists by restarting flights and issuing certificates for businesses that have taken necessary steps against the outbreak.Spain is also seeking to reassure tourists as its numbers fall and its borders reopen.
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-spanish-diplomats-talk-covid-19-tourism-3532877

COVID-19 recovery rate at 40% in Bangladesh
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Bangladesh on Wednesday registered 3,462 new cases positive for coronavirus, taking the total count to 122,660 since the first case was detected in early March.Out of total infections, more than 49,500 patients have so far recovered with some 2,000 fresh recoveries in the past 24 hours.The recovery rate now stands at 40.49%, according to the Health Ministry.Meanwhile, the country witnessed the deaths of 37 people from COVID-19, virus-caused disease, rising the tally to 1,582, Nasima Sultana, a director general at the Health Ministry, told a regular online news conference.The South Asian country with a population…
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-recovery-rate-at-40-in-bangladesh-3532870

Pakistan receives $1B in loans to fight pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Pakistan on Wednesday received $1 billion loans to prop up its struggling economy that has taken a hit from global coronavirus restrictions, the central bank announced.The Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank each have lent $500 million to cash-strapped Pakistan."SBP [State Bank of Pakistan] has received USD 1 bn [$1 billion] today with USD 500 mn [$500 million] each from ADB and WB," the SBP said in a Twitter post, without providing more details. | The ADB had signed an agreement for a $500 million loan with Pakistan on June 19 following the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank each si…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-receives-1b-in-loans-to-fight-pandemic-3532886

Turkey popular tourist destination for Serbia
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
As many as 1,000 Serbian tourists have already started their holidays in Turkey this summer, the country's travel agency association said Wednesday.The information from the National Association of Travel Agencies of Serbia (YUTA) came after Turkish Airlines resumed its flights to the country only a few days ago after a three-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.Turkey's flagship air carrier company resumed its flights between Belgrade and Istanbul on Monday."Tourists who traveled to Turkey have no problems," said the director of YUTA, Aleksandar Senicic.The rise in Serbian tourists arriving in Turkey…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-popular-tourist-destination-for-serbia-3532894

British PM Johnson dismisses criticism on local lockdowns, coronavirus app
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed criticism on Wednesday of his government's plans to implement local lockdowns if there are flare ups of the novel coronavirus and of an app to trace the spread of the virus.At prime minister's questions, the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer suggested both systems were not yet ready before England eases its coronavirus lockdown from July 4.In response, Johnson said: "We have a very effective cluster-busting operation which is designed to ensure that we keep those outbreaks under control.""I am not going to pretend … that this thing is beaten or that the virus…
yenisafak.com/en/news/british-pm-johnson-dismisses-criticism-on-local-lockdowns-coronavirus-app-3532871

Russia displays military might to mark WW II victory
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Some 14,000 troops from 13 countries as well as vintage and the latest state-of-art military hardware marched along the Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday to mark the 75th anniversary of its victory in World War II.The parade, which highlighted Russia's fighting capabilities were also held in 28 other cities under the shadow of coronavirus pandemic. The parade was also marked by a colorful fly-past by fighter aircrafts.Russia showed its military might by displaying the latest stealth fighter jet Su-57 with hypersonic Kinzhal complexes, Ka-52 helicopters, and Armata tanks.Originally, the parade was scheduled to tak…
yenisafak.com/en/news/russia-displays-military-might-to-mark-ww-ii-victory-3532863

German reporter plays tourist in Antalya, lauds Turkey's coronavirus precautions
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
An enthusiastic correspondent from the Germany-based Bild newspaper hopped on a flight from Berlin to Turkey's popular holiday getaway of Antalya, probing the country's safety measures for those seeking a change of atmosphere during the global coronavirus pandemic. Michael Quandt penned his travel experience as a tourist in Turkey in an article titled "Even the lifeguard wears a mask," mapping out the country's precautions against the virus. He underlined that it is mandatory for all travelers who board a plane to wear masks and the violation of this rule costs between 70 and 700 euros.Passengers' body temperatur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/german-reporter-plays-tourist-in-antalya-lauds-turkeys-coronavirus-precautions-3532872

Norway plans big expansion of Arctic oil exploration
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Norway is planning a major expansion of oil exploration in the Arctic, despite commitments to tackling global warming and opposition from environmental groups.Minister of petroleum and energy Tina Bru said on Wednesday the expansion was needed to protect jobs and generate wealth.The government will auction up to 136 new oil exploration blocks in a major licensing round, with 125 of those in the Arctic Barents Sea, a relatively unspoiled corner of the planet."We need new discoveries to uphold employment and value creation," Bru said in a statement.Norway is western Europe's biggest oil producer and has built the w…
yenisafak.com/en/world/norway-plans-big-expansion-of-arctic-oil-exploration-3532873

First COVID-19 Case Registered at Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
In mid-March, Ukraine introduced a nationwide quarantine for a month and subsequently extended it several times. The Ukrainian government decided to relax coronavirus-related restrictions starting 11 May.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006241079708006-first-covid-19-case-registered-at-chernobyl-nuclear-plant/

Hajj 2020: It Was an Uneasy Decision to Limit Number of Pilgrims Due to COVID, Saudi Officials Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
Having dragged the world into a global recession, the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted people's spiritual lives as well: almost two million Muslim pilgrims won't be able to make a journey to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabian officials have explained that it was an uneasy decision.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006241079705390-hajj-2020-it-was-an-uneasy-decision-to-limit-number-of-pilgrims-due-to-covid-saudi-officials-say/

India's Rajasthan to Sue Yoga Guru Ramdev Over 'Illegal Human Trial' of Anti-COVID-19 Drug
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): On Tuesday, Indian Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's company Patanjali Yogpeeth officially launched an ayurvedic medicine that claims to cure COVID-19 patients. According to Ramdev, the medicine "Coronil and Swasari" isn't an immunity booster but a cure for coronavirus patients.
sputniknews.com/india/202006241079707354-indias-rajasthan-to-sue-yoga-guru-ramdev-over-illegal-human-trial-of-anti-covid-19-drug/

Pakistan Accuses India of Diverting Attention from China Stand-off While Downsizing Diplomatic Ties
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): On Tuesday, India summoned a Pakistani envoy and asked to reduce the staff of Pakistan's High Commission by 50% in light of alleged espionage acts and dealing with terrorist organisations. It also said that Pakistan has "engaged in a sustained campaign to intimidate the officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad".
sputniknews.com/asia/202006241079704841-pakistan-accuses-india-of-diverting-attention-from-china-stand-off-while-downsizing-diplomatic-ties/

Despite Border Tensions Between India and China, Russia to Ensure RIC Remains Viable, Experts Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): The foreign ministers of Russia, India, and China on Tuesday participated in a special videoconference session called by Moscow to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006241079698344-despite-border-tensions-between-india-and-china-russia-to-ensure-ric-remains-viable-experts-say/

Iran-China to improve 25-year-coop. document: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — In a tweet in Chinses, Iranian FM Zarif informed that in his talks via a video conference with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday, they have conferred on the development of a 25-year cooperation document as well as some other issues.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160157/Iran-China-to-improve-25-year-coop-document-Zarif

Rouhani calls for expansion of border security cooperation with Pakistan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed hope that Iran and Pakistan would expand cooperation in ensuring the security of common border areas.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160159/Rouhani-calls-for-expansion-of-border-security-cooperation-with

Army chief lauds defensive synergy with IRGC
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) –Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi hailed the constructive cooperation between the Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in building a great defensive mechanism against the threats.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160145/Army-chief-lauds-defensive-synergy-with-IRGC

Iran carries out 90% of its trade via sea: PMO deputy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Deputy Chief Executive of Ports and Maritime Organization [PMO] for Maritime Affairs said that 90 percent of Iran's trade and business is done via sea.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160142/Iran-carries-out-90-of-its-trade-via-sea-PMO-deputy

Israeli regime facing 'collapse from within': Parliament Speaker
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the Israeli regime is declining while pointing to the need for continuing resistance against the occupation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160146/Israeli-regime-facing-collapse-from-within-Parliament-Speaker

Iran determined to develop all-out ties with Bulgaria: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to develop all-out cooperation and collaboration with Bulgaria.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160162/Iran-determined-to-develop-all-out-ties-with-Bulgaria-Rouhani

UN Security Council to start talks on Iran arms embargo: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — The United Nations Security Council is due to hold the first round of talks under US pressure on Iran arms embargo on Wednesday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160153/UN-Security-Council-to-start-talks-on-Iran-arms-embargo-report

US has made UNSC 'ineffective' against crimes of Zionist regime
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the United States has made the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] 'inefficient' against the atrocities and crimes committed by Israel.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160167/US-has-made-UNSC-ineffective-against-crimes-of-Zionist-regime

Fighting against terrorism requires global action: FM spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi on Wed. said that fighting against terrorism requires global action and that all countries must be committed to it.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160164/Fighting-against-terrorism-requires-global-action-FM-spox

Iraqi army eliminates ISIL elements in northern Iraq
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — The Iraqi army has killed 12 ISIL elements in an operation in the north part of the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160165/Iraqi-army-eliminates-ISIL-elements-in-northern-Iraq

IRGC ground force vows firm response to terrorists activities
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — The commander of IRGC Ground Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour asserted that dealing firmly with any terrorist groups is IRGC ground forces permanent agenda.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160147/IRGC-ground-force-vows-firm-response-to-terrorists-activities

This Way Lies Madness: The Summer of Hate Meets the Age of Intolerance
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-24
globalresearch.ca/summer-hate-meets-age-intolerance/5716909

The Heat: China-EU relations
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-24
Chinese and European Union officials meet to boost economic ties amid a global health crisis.
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/24/the-heat-china-eu-relations

'Either stupid or a liar': Piers Morgan blasts UK business minister Sharma over 240,000 coronavirus tests claim
rt.com | 2020-06-24
TV presenter Piers Morgan has accused UK Business Minister Alok Sharma of telling "a bare-faced lie" after claiming 240,000 people were tested for Covid-19 on Monday. The government is currently not providing "people tested" data. | Morgan, who co-hosts ITV's 'Good Morning Britain' show, hit out at Sharma on Wednesday, after the secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy made the "240,000" claim on the BBC's 'Breakfast' program earlier that morning. | That is a bare-faced lie, which I would say to his face, if we weren't still subject to the 57th day of a government boycott. | Morgan has b…
rt.com/uk/492787-morgan-sharma-covid19-tests/

EU 'irrelevant' during pandemic & failed in its Covid-19 response, citizen survey reveals
rt.com | 2020-06-24
New polling reveals a deep disappointment among EU citizens with the bloc's response to the coronavirus pandemic and their governments' handling of it, though a majority say they want EU nations to work more closely in future. | The European Council on Foreign Relations think tank surveyed 11,000 people in the nine countries that make up about two-thirds of the EU's population: Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Th…
rt.com/news/492835-eu-failed-response-covid19/

Deadly Pakistan plane crash caused by pilots chatting about Covid-19, inquiry report says
rt.com | 2020-06-24
Covid-19 has claimed many lives, but the deadly illness now appears to be responsible for a plane crash that killed 97, according to Pakistan's aviation minister, who said the pilots were too busy talking about the virus to focus. | A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashed in Karachi on May 22, when it landed short of the runway on its second attempt, killing all but two on board, and causing damage to dozens of homes. It appears the pilots were so engrossed in chatting about Covid-19 that they disregarded "several warnings and alerts" about speed, ground proximity and the landing gear not being down,…
rt.com/news/492804-pakistan-crash-coronavirus-pilots/

It's Israel's CHOICE whether to annex West Bank, Pompeo proclaims
rt.com | 2020-06-24
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared the choice of whether Israel should annex the occupied West Bank is "for Israelis to make." Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory remain illegal under international law. | Pompeo gave the go-ahead to Israel's annexation effort during a press conference on Wednesday, effectively telling Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would not stand in his way. | Decisions about Israelis extending sovereignty to those places are decisions for the Israelis to make. | Tel Aviv has vowed to annex a sizable chunk of the West Bank by July 1 — 30 percent, b…
rt.com/news/492826-pompeo-israel-annexation-west-bank/

Republican police reform bill fails in Senate due to Democrat opposition
rt.com | 2020-06-24
A police reform bill proposed by Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) failed on a procedural vote due to opposition from Democrats, who said it does not go far enough. | Wednesday's vote on the cloture motion was 55 in favor and 45 against, with 60 votes needed to move the bill forward. | Scott, who is African-American, pleaded with his colleagues to not think of this as a Republican or Democrat issue, but something that would start addressing the issues that have plagued the country for decades. | Democrats countered that Scott's proposal didn't ban chokeholds or no-knock warrants and failed to hold police ac…
rt.com/usa/492836-republican-police-reform-bill-fails/

EU's Barnier accuses UK of 'backtracking' on commitments, but says Brexit trade deal 'still possible'
rt.com | 2020-06-24
A post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and UK is possible, but only if London stops "backtracking" on its commitments and shows a "willingness" to work towards an agreement, Brussels' top negotiator Michel Barnier has said. | Speaking at a video conference on Wednesday, Barnier urged the UK to send "clear signals" demonstrating that it's ready to work towards an agreement with the European Union before the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. | "Our problem is not related to timing, but to substance, in particular, that the UK keeps backtracking on its commitments in the political declaration,"
rt.com/news/492841-barnier-eu-uk-backtracking-brexit/

Bumper crop of researchers win Royal Society of Chemistry awards
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-24
Nine academics from Imperial have been recognized with prizes in the annual Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) awards.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198594/bumper-crop-researchers-royal-society-chemistry

Nicola Sturgeon adamant there'll be no 'reckless race' with England on easing lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
Scotland's first minister has insisted she will not be drawn into a "reckless race" with other parts of the UK on lifting coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions.Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged Scotland's pace in coming out of lockdown is "slightly slower than England's" but said she hopes it is "more likely to be sustainable than if we went faster".She was criticised by the Scottish Conservatives for maintaining the two-metre social distancing rule, which is being relaxed in England from 4 Jully.(PA Graphics)While Sturgeon announced a series of dates when restrictions in Scotland will be eased — if progress in tac…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/24/nicola-sturgeon-adamant-therell-be-no-reckless-race-with-england-on-easing-lockdown/

Scientists propose lifting lockdown for whole city to trial mass testing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
Scientists have proposed lifting lockdown completely for a "medium-sized city" to see if coronavirus can be controlled through weekly testing of residents. | A paper published in the Royal Society Open Science journal argues that a demonstration study is needed to see if such regular testing, strict household quarantine, contact tracing and mobile phone apps could end the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic. | Researchers suggest large-scale testing of city residents could be done through examining saliva samples — a technique called RT-LAMP testing, which they said is cheaper and more viable than nasal or thro…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/24/scientists-propose-lifting-lockdown-for-whole-city-to-trial-mass-testing/

Health leaders say UK must start preparing for second Covid-19 wave
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to ensure Britain is properly prepared for the "real risk" of a second wave of coronavirus.Ministers have been warned that urgent action is needed to prevent further loss of life and to protect the economy amid growing fears of a renewed outbreak over the winter.The appeal is backed by the presidents of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Surgeons, GPs and Nursing — as well as the chair of the British Medical Association.It comes after Tuesday's announcement by Boris Johnson of the biggest easing to date of the coronavirus lockdown in England.Boris Johnson announ…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/24/health-leaders-say-uk-must-start-preparing-for-second-covid-19-wave/

Boris Johnson slammed for PMQs 'dodgy answers'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
Boris Johnson was accused of either dodging questions or giving "dodgy answers" as he came under fire over the government's coronavirus (Covid-19) contact tracing app. | Labour leader Keir Starmer clashed with Johnson at Prime Minister's Questions over England's readiness to ease lockdown restrictions. | Instead of answering a question about a working track and trace app, Johnson responded by urging Starmer to press Labour councils to encourage children to return to school. | Some £11.8 million was spent by the Government on developing its own NHSX app before it was ditched. It is now examining software cre…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/24/boris-johnson-slammed-for-pmqs-dodgy-answers/

As the UK heads into a heatwave Siberia is going off the charts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-24
Scientists have expressed concerns about the implications for the rest of the world after a heatwave in Russia's Siberia region.On Saturday, the thermometer hit a likely record of 38C — or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit — in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in Russia's Sakha Republic.The World Meteorological Organisation said it is looking to verify the temperature reading, which would be a record for the region north of the Arctic Circle.The increasing temperatures in Siberia have been linked to wildfires that grow bigger and more severe every year, as well as the thawing of the permafrost.Scientists are ala…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/24/as-the-uk-heads-into-a-heatwave-siberia-is-going-off-the-charts/

Arizona Mega-Church Hosting Trump Falsely Claims Air Filter Kills 99.9% of COVID
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-24
Disease experts rejected claims by an Arizona mega-church set to host President Donald Trump on Tuesday that its new air filtration system is capable of killing 99.9% of the new coronavirus. | Brendon Zastrow, the chief financial officer at Dream City Church, and Pastor Luke Barnett posted a video touting the CleanAir EXP filter ahead of Trump's visit. | "When you come into our auditorium, 99.9% of COVID is gone — if it was there in the first place," Zastrow said in the video obtaine…
truthout.org/articles/arizona-mega-church-hosting-trump-falsely-claims-air-filter-kills-99-9-of-covid/

Trump's Ratings in Free Fall as COVID Infections Rise by 25 Percent in One Week
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-24
As the nation struggles to rein in new cases of coronavirus, most Americans by a wide margin disapprove of the way President Donald Trump has tried to manage the crisis, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday. | The poll finds that nearly three-in-five Americans, 58 percent, disapprove of how Trump has handled the pandemic and believe he has done a poor job of trying to address and c…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-ratings-in-free-fall-as-covid-infections-rise-by-25-percent-in-one-week/

Jamaal Bowman Is on Track to Score AOC-Type Win Over 16-Term Congressman Engel
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-24
Jamaal Bowman, a former educator and school principal from the Bronx in New York, appears to have defeated 16-term Rep. Eliot Engel Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for that seat in Congress. | Although votes were still being counted due to the large volume of absentee ballots, many news agencies were announcing Bowman's win, and the candidate himself declared victory in a rousing sp…
truthout.org/articles/jamaal-bowman-is-on-track-to-score-aoc-type-win-over-16-term-congressman-engel/

Thursday 7/2: LaborFest 2020: South Africa & COVID & Class struggle
Herb Mintz | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
This is a internet Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834522.php

Disease, Power and Capitalism
Stefan Bollinger | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Have you tried DeepL.com, academia.edu, grin.com or grammarly.com? Send me your comments and/or discoveries – as we await the reopening of the libraries and the Biden landslide! Will the great comedian Stephan Colbert be the dark horse candidate at the last moment? Marc…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834464.php

Friday 7/3: LaborFest 2020: Film: "Sir, No Sir" — The GI Movement to End the Vietnam War
Herb Mintz | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
This is a internet Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to participate. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834523.php

Washington Sailing on Collision Course With China
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-24
As of this month, the United States is deploying three of its aircraft carriers simultaneously to patrol the Pacific in what is designed to be a clear threat to China. Each carrier strike group comprises destroyers, aircraft and submarines. The U.S. has 11 aircraft carriers in total. | Rear Admiral Stephen Koehler, director of operations at Indo-Pacific Command, is quoted as saying of the unusual deployment. "Carriers and carrier strike groups writ large are phenomenal symbols of American naval power. I really am pretty fired up that…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/24/washington-sailing-on-collision-course-with-china/

Twitter Censors Trump for 'Threat of Harm', Has No Problem With Threats to Bomb Foreigners
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-24
Power is the ability to control what happens. Absolute power is the ability to control what people think about what happens. Our world does not widely understand this, and it is ruled by people who do. We're going to have to change this if we're to begin moving collectively toward health and harmony.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/24/twitter-censors-trump-for-threat-of-harm-has-no-problem-with-threats-to-bomb-foreigners/

Israel Leverages Dubious 'Nuclear Archives' to Re-enlist IAEA in Campaign Against Iran
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lent itself to the political interests of the United States and Israel, provoking a needless conflict with Iran | *** | The approval by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of a June …
globalresearch.ca/israel-leverages-dubious-nuclear-archives-re-enlist-iaea-campaign-against-iran/5716759

Trump Attacks Anti-Fascists But Is Silent on Boogaloo & Far-Right Groups Engaged in Deadly Violence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-23
President Trump claims without evidence that anti-fascists are inciting riots at protests against police brutality, but has downplayed groups like the "boogaloo" movement, which are using the protests as cover to carry out violence, even murder. "We know that in this country the far right holds a monopoly on political violence and that since September 11th, far-right extremists have killed far more people than members of any other ideology," says Cassie Miller, senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center. We also speak with journalist Ali Winston about a new BBC investigation into how the neo-Nazi…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/23/far_right_groups_violence

Meet Brandon Saenz: Dallas Protester Who Lost Eye After Police Shot Him with "Less Lethal" Projectile
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-23
As a new Amnesty International report documents at least 125 instances of police violence against Black Lives Matters protesters in 40 states from May 26 to June 5, we speak with Brandon Saenz, a 26-year-old Black man shot in the face by Dallas police with so-called less-lethal ammunition that shattered his left eye and fractured his face. We also speak with his lawyer, Daryl Washington, about how he has since helped to win a 90-day preliminary injunction against the police use of chemical agents and rubber bullets in Dallas.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/23/brandon_saenz_dallas_police

A New Voting Crisis: Kentucky Closes 95% of Polling Places, Leaving Louisville with Just One
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-23
As primary voters head to the polls in New York, Kentucky and Virginia, they face long lines, even as President Trump continues to attack mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to fraud. Kentucky has reduced the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170 — a 95% reduction. "There's the potential for record turnout," notes Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, despite such suppression tactics.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/23/new_york_kentucky_virginia_primaries

Afghanistan records increasing Taliban attacks ahead of negotiations
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
The Afghan government claims that last week was the bloodiest in the country's 19 years of fighting. The National Security Council noted that 422 attacks were carried out by the Taliban leading to the death of close to 300 security personnel…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/afghanistan-records-increasing-taliban-attacks-ahead-of-negotiations/

Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?
Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
Let's hope this letter from over 100 organizations shows Biden the widespread support for him to shed his "Israel-right-or-wrong" position and instead openly and explicitly distinguish right from wrong. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_biden_6_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/23/will-biden-remain-tone-deaf-palestinian-rights?cd-origin=rss

Erekat: "Netanyahu Is Responsible For Ahmad Erekat's Execution"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
The Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the head of its Negotiations Affairs Department, Dr. Saeb Erekat, strongly denounced the Israel army's killing of his relative Ahmad Erekat, and held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for the crime. Erekat stated that Netanyahu's policies against the Palestinian civilians …
imemc.org/article/erekat-netanyahu-is-responsible-for-ahmad-erekats-execution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erekat-netanyahu-is-responsible-for-ahmad-erekats-execution

These 3 Studies Can Prove To Anyone That Systemic Racism Is Very Very Real
Lee Camp | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
Racism is like sewage. Whether we're currently engaging in a national dialogue about it or not, it's still there. It runs under our streets, our buildings, our society. Millions of tons of shit. Rarely is racism truly visible to the naked eye. More often, it trickles along beneath our collective consciousness, quietly infecting everything. A…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/these-3-studies-can-prove-to-anyone-that-systemic-racism-is-very-very-real/

These 3 Studies Can Prove To Anyone That Systemic Racism Is Very Very Real
Lee Camp | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
Racism is like sewage. Whether we're currently engaging in a national dialogue about it or not, it's still there. It runs under our streets, our buildings, our society. Millions of tons of shit. Rarely is racism truly visible to the naked eye. More often, it trickles along beneath our collective consciousness, quietly infecting everything. A…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/these-3-studies-can-prove-to-anyone-that-systemic-racism-is-very-very-real/

Russia Can't Broker China-India Peace: The Best It Can Do Is Balance Its Response to this Crisis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Nobody should have the false expectation that the virtual Foreign Minister's meeting between the Russian, Chinese, and Indian dignitaries, nor the presence of the latter two's Defense Ministers in Moscow this week to attend the delayed Victory Day celebration there, …
globalresearch.ca/russia-cant-broker-sino-indo-peace/5716767

How We Sold the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia for Plastic Shopping Bags
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
For months, this has been a story that I have wanted to share with young readers in Hong Kong. Now it seems to be the really appropriate time, when the ideological battle between some West superpowers and China is raging, …
globalresearch.ca/how-we-sold-soviet-union-czechoslovakia-plastic-shopping-bags/5716748

British soldiers 'got away with murder' in Iraq, as government sent unqualified officers to investigate war crimes — report
rt.com | 2020-06-23
The British government had no interest in prosecuting its soldiers' war crimes in Iraq and sent untrained investigators to make sure accused troops went free, a group of veterans told South Africa's Daily Maverick. | Nadhem Abdullah was 18 years old when British paratroopers raided his village of al-Ferkah, Iraq, in 2003. Abdullah was collared by the soldiers and beaten, allegedly with fists, rifle butts and helmets, until he was bloodied and dead. Two years later, seven soldiers with the 3rd Battalion ('3 Para') of the Parachute Regiment stood trial in London for the killing, and were acquitted. | The judge a…
rt.com/uk/492747-british-war-crimes-iraq/

Is the JCPOA Nuclear Deal Doomed?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Trump regime hardliners want the landmark JCPOA nuclear deal eliminated to facilitate escalation of sanctions war on Iran — risking things turning hot. | Decades of US hostility toward the country are all about wanting it transformed into a vassal state …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-nuclear-deal-doomed/5716770

Let's Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
Advocates of the Green New Deal (GND) are looking to change the way we handle a range of problems facing society, especially in the wake of environmental challenges occasioned by climate change. In response, policymakers have suggested a variety of programs designed to deal with these challenges. Should any of these be reconsidered in the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/lets-make-sure-we-get-the-green-new-deal-right/

Bolsonaro Fraudulently Circumvented Trump's COVID-19 Immigration Ban
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
Smuggled His Scandal-Plagued Ex-Education Minister Into the U.S.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bolsonaro-fraudulently-circumvented-trumps-covid-19-immigration-ban/

Hands off the monuments to Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant!
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
Protesters in San Francisco recently knocked over a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, who commanded the Union to victory in the Civil War and suppressed the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. | In this perspective from the World Socialist Web Site, Tom Mackaman and Niles Niemuth explain why this and similar actions around the country only help the ruling class's objective of pitting members of the working class against each other.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834438.php

Ethiopia's Disinterest in Dam Negotiations Can Ignite War with Egypt
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Another attempt to resolve the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over a large Chinese-funded hydroelectric dam built on the Nile River has failed. This has increased tensions over control of the most important water source in the region, especially for …
globalresearch.ca/ethiopia-disinterest-dam-negotiations-ignite-war-egypt/5716744

The Federal Reserve Is Getting Desperate to Jump Start the Economy
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
In a sign that the Federal Reserve is growing increasingly desperate to jump-start the economy, the Fed's Secondary Market Credit Facility has begun purchasing individual corporate bonds. The Secondary Market Credit Facility was created by Congress as part of a …
globalresearch.ca/federal-reserve-getting-desperate/5716763

Victoria Nuland Alert. Her Ambition is Confront Russia to Deter Putin
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
It is difficult to find anything good to say about Donald Trump, but the reality is that he has not started any new wars, though he has come dangerously close in the cases of Venezuela and Iran and there …
globalresearch.ca/victoria-nuland-alert/5716751

Supreme Court DACA Decision: Was It More Concerned About Humanity or Legality?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
On June 17, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the 700,000 immigrants, who were minors when they were brought into the US without immigration papers, would continue to be protected from being deported. The media largely focused on the humane impact the decision would have on the many lives whose future depended on it. But…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/supreme-court-daca-decision-was-it-more-concerned-about-humanity-or-legality/

The Supreme Court upholds DACA. So what now?
Carlos Rodriguez | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-23
We have to be willing to embrace new ways of thinking about creating healthy communities, in the same way we've changed our habits during the current pandemic.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/23/the-supreme-court-upholds-daca-so-what-now/

'Exploitation of a Pandemic to Reshape Immigration Law': Trump Order on Worker Visa Restrictions Sparks Outrage
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
"As long as the Trump administration is in office, they will continue to look for excuses to justify extending this ban." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/new-visa-restrictions-exploitation-pandemic.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/exploitation-pandemic-reshape-immigration-law-trump-order-worker-visa-restrictions?cd-origin=rss

The Global Reset: Unplugged
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-23
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, Illuminati, or simply the Beast, or anything else …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-global-reset-unplugged/

Israeli Troops Dismantle Palestinian-owned Agricultural Structures in Hebron
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
Israeli troops dismantled, by force, early on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian-owned caravan in the West Bank city of Hebron. Local Palestinian activist in southern Hebron, Fouad al-Amour, told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that Israeli troops invaded the Al-Awar neighborhood, using armored vehicles and bulldozers and abruptly began dismantling an …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-dismantle-palestinian-owned-agricultural-structures-in-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-dismantle-palestinian-owned-agricultural-structures-in-hebron

DNC 'Snubs' Climate Movement Just as Greenpeace Endorses Democratic Panel's Visionary Plan
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
Despite mounting pressure on Democrats to craft a 2020 platform that includes ambitious climate policies, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez on Monday announced a drafting committee that "snubs progressive climate activists again," in the words of journalist Emily Atkin. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tom_perez_dnc_climate_debate_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/dnc-snubs-climate-movement-just-greenpeace-endorses-democratic-panels-visionary-plan?cd-origin=rss

Black Activists Expose The FBI Targeting Their Movements
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
In 2017, a leak from the FBI revealed they were targeting black activists organizing to end racist policies and practices calling them "Black Identity Extremists." This is consistent with the FBI's long history of investigating and harassing black and brown activists. Organizations like Media Justice and the ACLU have been working to get information from the FBI about what they are doing and who they are targeting but the FBI has been putting barriers in their way. We speak with Myaisha Hayes of Media Justice about what they have learned so far and its impact on activists. Hayes also discusses their efforts to ur…
popularresistance.org/black-activists-expose-fbi/

Japanese reporter goes to CHAZ to prove it's peaceful, leaves within 15 min with BLACK EYE
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A Japanese artist, activist and reporter went to Seattle to cover the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) and to show that the protest was non-violent. He left within 15 minutes having been severely beaten up. | Oogesa Taro, the organizer of a collaborative social art project called ' Without Borders', travelled to the US to explore the ongoing protests that erupted in the wake of the George Floyd killing by Minneapolis police. | "Ç∑"Ç¢"Éà"É´"Å´&Aacute…
rt.com/usa/492663-japanese-reporter-chaz-black-eye/

Assange Extradition: '60 Minutes' Gives Assange Fair Shake
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
Australia's 60 Minutes newsmagazine Sunday night aired an extensive interview with Stella Morris, Julian Assange's partner, and featured the two boys the couple have had together. While the promos for the segment during the week indicated it would focus on salacious questions such as, "How does one get pregnant in an embassy?" and "Did Pamela Anderson give your relationship cover?," the 24-minute spot ditched the usual smears against the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher and instead humanized him to a large national audience. | The segment made clear Assange was never charged with rape in Sweden, was only wanted for…
popularresistance.org/assange-extradition-60-minutes-gives-assange-fair-shake/

"All Hell Broke Loose."
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2020-06-23
When Kishon McDonald saw the video of George Floyd's murder at the hands of four officers from the Minneapolis Police Department, he could tell it was going to turn the country upside down., , "I knew it was going to catch fire," he said., , McDonald, a former sailor in the U.S. Navy, watched over the following days as demonstrations against police brutality spread from Minneapolis to cities and towns across the country, eventually reaching Washington, D.C., where he lived., , On June 1, he heard that people were planning to peacefully gather at Lafayette Square, a small park directly across from the White…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/all-hell-broke-loose

Devastating South Sudan coronavirus deaths,'a tragedy that can be prevented', Security Council hears
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
South Sudan is facing the twin threat of COVID-19 and an uptick in violence that risks unravelling a fragile ceasefire and derailing the peace process, the top UN official in the country says. Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, David Shearer said that so far, nearly 2,000 cases of novel coronavirus – and 35 deaths – have been recorded in South Sudan.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066952

Several international delegates join Palestinians' protest against proposed Israeli annexation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
The protests in Jericho in the Jordan Valley were part of the Palestinian Authority's popular initiatives against the annexation move by Israel. The UN peace envoy and representatives of Russia, China and EU attended the protest…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/several-international-delegates-join-palestinians-protest-against-proposed-israeli-annexation/

UN condemns killing of Indonesian peacekeeper in DR Congo
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack believed to be carried out by rebel militia on peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), which left one Indonesian 'blue helmet' dead, and another injured.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066912

Greenpeace USA Endorses the DNC Climate Crisis Council 2020 Platform
commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/06/23/greenpeace-usa-endorses-dnc-climate-crisis-council-2020-platform?cd-origin=rss

Thousands Of Palestinians Protest Against Israeli Annexation Plan
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
Thousands of Palestinians have rallied in Jericho to protest against Israel's unilateral plan to annex large swaths of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley. | Monday's gathering was also attended by dozens of foreign diplomats, including the United Nations peace envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, and the European Union's representative, Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff. | British, Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Jordanian diplomats were also at the rally. | Citing the presence of the dignitaries, Al Jazeera's Nida Ibrahim said: "Palestinians hope that by doing gatherings like this, they would pressure the…
popularresistance.org/thousands-of-palestinians-protest-against-israeli-annexation-plan/

Hopes Quashed: The Sudan Uprisings
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
John Young has lots of guts and stamina to probe every nook, cranny and hidden crevice of the multiplex conflicts, strife, wars and struggle for power in a country, the Sudan, that lacks the necessary ingredients to call itself a viable nation-state. Young provides exacting detail demonstrating the deep fractures that disenable peace processes and…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/hopes-quashed-the-sudan-uprisings/

Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit.Walk.Listen. | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
Dear siblings, these times are a great call for change. | As mindfulness practitioners, we can breathe for others who cannot. Let's bring the practice of peaceful compassionate nonviolence to the streets; to listen, to follow, and support black people. | As Thich Nhat Hanh once said: "Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity." | Together we can walk in peace, love, compassion and awareness.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834485.php

Tuesday 6/23: Community Meeting on Police Response at Protests
San José Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
Zoom online meeting | Register in advance for this meeting: bit.ly/ComMtg0623 (or us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApd-yvrjIvGtIy2_uCkP4yNI3-5dheaEDs) | After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834486.php

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Bridgestone workers in Argentina, hospital workers in Peru and delivery drivers in Brazil were just some of the workers joining protests this past week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/wrkr-j23.html

Corporate backers of the Blue: How corporations bankroll U.S. police foundations
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-23
Companies that say they stand with protesters have been funding police foundations for years.
mronline.org/2020/06/23/corporate-backers-of-the-blue-how-corporations-bankroll-u-s-police-foundations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corporate-backers-of-the-blue-how-corporations-bankroll-u-s-police-foundations

Protest, Riot, Loot, and Burn for Black Freedom in America?
Anthony Hall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
In Russia Today, Helen Buyniski reflects on corporate responses to the depiction of Black people in brand labeling. Buyniski highlights the comments of B and G Foods as it jumped onto the bandwagon of corporate virtue signaling. The company …
globalresearch.ca/protest-riot-loot-burn-black-freedom-america/5716727

The NBA Should Join the Struggle Against Institutionalized Racism
Ari Rottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
A police officer once head-butted my dad in the face after he was arrested protesting against Israel's oppression of the Palestinians. My mother, during a different protest, was grabbed by the hair by an officer on a horse and brutally dragged on the ground. These stories shocked me when I first heard them, but now…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/the-nba-should-join-the-struggle-against-institutionalized-racism/

The War Zone is America: a Military Spouse's Perspective on Racism and Armed Violence in the United States
Andrea Mazzarino | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
Recently, in this Black Lives Matter protest moment, my five-year-old son looked at me and asked, "Mommy, where did all the brown people go? Did the police here shoot them?" We'd just moved to the outskirts of a more affluent rural town from a city where my son and three-and-a-half-year-old daughter mixed daily with black,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/the-war-zone-is-america-a-military-spouses-perspective-on-racism-and-armed-violence-in-the-united-states/

Eight Palestinians Injured by Israeli Forces in Jordan Valley Protest
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
Israeli military forces shot and injured 8 Palestinian civilians, Monday evening, in Jericho in the occupied Jordan Valley, Palestinian Information Center reported. Thousands of Palestinians turned out to the protest against the impending annexation of much of the Jordan Valley, however, Israeli forces closed entrances to Jericho city, leading to …
imemc.org/article/eight-palestinians-injured-by-israeli-forces-in-jordan-valley-protest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eight-palestinians-injured-by-israeli-forces-in-jordan-valley-protest

Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Injure one Palestinian, Arrest Three at Joseph's Tomb
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
In the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian youth, late on Monday night, and caused many others to suffocate by tear gas fired at protesters, by Israeli forces, near Joseph's Tomb. Witnesses told media outlets that the soldiers clashed with tens of Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-cause-others-to-suffocate-by-tear-gas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-cause-others-to-suffocate-by-tear-gas

Israeli Soldiers Injure a Palestinian, Cause Others to Suffocate by Tear Gas
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
In the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian youth late on Monday night and caused many others to suffocate by tear gas canisters, they fired on protesters near the Jousef Tombstone. Witnesses told media outlets that the soldiers clashed with tens of Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-cause-others-to-suffocate-by-tear-gas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-cause-others-to-suffocate-by-tear-gas

Bristol media outlets make a powerful and necessary stand after police target Colston protesters
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-23
On 7 June, people celebrated as the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was finally pulled down and then thrown in the harbour in Bristol. Predictably, this amazing act was followed by condemnation from all sides of the party political spectrum and Avon and Somerset police launched an investig…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/06/23/bristol-media-outlets-make-a-powerful-and-necessary-stand-after-police-target-colston-protesters/

Protest At Rutgers Against Austerity Response To Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
Two months into the pandemic-induced crisis at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the unions representing 20,000 of the university's workers came together and held a car caravan to the university president's house to protest layoffs. Protest signs reading #WeRNotDisposable and calling on the university to "protect the most vulnerable" decorated car windows; inside the cars, union members and their supporters wore red and their face masks. | The coalition of unions includes AAUP-AFT, the Part-Time Lecturer Faculty Chapter of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, AFSCME Local 888, and the Union of Rutgers Administrators-AFT; together,…
popularresistance.org/protest-at-rutgers-against-austerity-response-to-pandemic/

Secret Service Forces Reporters to Leave White House as Police Beat Protesters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
Without initially offering an explanation, the Secret Service late Monday ordered members of the press to leave the White House grounds as law enforcement officials in riot gear used pepper spray and batons to beat back a nearby protest at which some attempted to topple a statue of former President Andrew Jackson. | A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement hours later that "four members of the media were misdi…
truthout.org/articles/secret-service-forces-press-to-leave-white-house-as-police-beat-protesters/

VIDEO: Protests near White House
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Protesters gathered near White House last night to show their anger over the murder of a black citizen by US police.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160118/VIDEO-Protests-near-White-House

#JusticeforSteve: List of victims of police brutality worldwide gets longer but endless number of hashtags falls on deaf ears
rt.com | 2020-06-23
As the world grapples with questions concerning police brutality, racism, and discrimination, it's worth taking a look back at a case that sparked outrage and calls for police reform in France a year ago. | The case of Steve Maia Caniço put a long record of excessive use of force by police under the microscope. | But, one year later, what has changed, if anything? Not a whole lot. Anti-police protests in the US have sparked renewed anger at the French police system. Steve represents just one of many cases of police brutality which resulted in the death of an innocent person. Time has passed but #Justice…
rt.com/news/492729-justiceforsteve-france-police-brutality/

Trump threatens vandals with '10yrs in prison' for defacing Andrew Jackson statue, St. John's Church amid clashes near White House
rt.com | 2020-06-23
US President Donald Trump has warned of harsh consequences for anyone defacing statues or monuments in Washington, DC, saying the vandals could spend up to a decade in prison. | READ MORE: Black House Autonomous Zone? WATCH protesters erect barricades, try to pull down Andrew Jackson statue in Washington DC | "Numerous people arrested in DC for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John's Church across the…
rt.com/usa/492646-trump-dc-statue-church-vandals/

Enforcing the law is now 'threats of harm'? Twitter CENSORS Trump again
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Twitter has censored another post by President Donald Trump, claiming his warning against creating an 'autonomous zone' outside the White House amounted to a "threat of harm" and violated their policy against abusive behavior. | "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, DC, as long as I'm your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday, after a large crowd of masked protesters tried setting up barricades in Lafayette Park. | Graffiti declared the set-u…
rt.com/usa/492753-woke-twitter-censors-trump/

The Black Radical Tradition Can Help Us Imagine a More Just World
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
Just as quickly as protests mounted in cities and towns across the country after George Floyd joined the ever-growing list of Black people murdered by police, public health officials began to warn of upcoming spikes in COVID-19 cases due to the lack of social distancing. It is not as though the mostly masked protesters are ignorant of the health risks of participating in mass gatherings, it…
truthout.org/articles/the-black-radical-tradition-can-help-us-imagine-a-more-just-world/

Trump Threatens Prison for Those Trying to Remove Slaveholder Monuments
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
President Donald Trump threatened this week to imprison any protesters who dared to deface or tear down the statue of former President Andrew Jackson, which sits just outside the White House in nearby Lafayette Park. | Demonstrators had made attempts to remove the statue of Jackson, who was a slaveholder and led a genocidal campaign against Indigenous peoples in the So…
truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-prison-for-those-trying-to-remove-slaveholder-monuments/

Report on Broken Windows Spending Bolsters Call to Redirect $1 Billion of NYPD Budget to Harmed Communities
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
After nearly a month of nationwide racial justice protests and renewed calls to defund local police forces and reinvest that money in resources that better serve communities, a new policy brief on Tuesday detailed how much policing in New York City is focused on drug and other low-level offenses and disproportionately impacts Black and Latinx residents. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12188857781.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/report-broken-windows-spending-bolsters-call-redirect-1-billion-nypd-budget-harmed?cd-origin=rss

George Floyd's Killing and Its International Repercussions
Farhang Jahanpour | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-23
Part One — Part 2 here. The gruesome killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25 May 2020 has given rise to an unprecedented campaign against police brutality in the United States, and in turn has acted as a fuse for a worldwide uprising against racism and inequality. Floyd's killing triggered massive demonstrations in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/george-floyds-killing-and-its-international-repercussions/

COVID-19 rages through food processing plants, warehouses and manufacturing facilities
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
More than 24,000 meatpacking workers have been infected and at least 91 have died.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/lead-j23.html

Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
When countries begin building back from the COVID-19 pandemic they must also work towards dismantling laws that discriminate against women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for International Widow's Day on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066892

Push to reopen early behind current COVID outbreak in South
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
The current coronavirus outbreak in the South and West is explained by the loosening of restrictions and lockdowns that began on the Memorial Day weekend, according to the nation's top health officials and experts. The out-of-control rise in cases in Florida, Arizona, Oregon, and many other states, they say, can be traced to what happened …
peoplesworld.org/article/push-to-reopen-early-behind-current-covid-outbreak-in-south/

Covid — Government being sued yet again, this time over the awarding of a PPE contract
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-23
Non-profit organisation the Good Law Project is suing the UK government for awarding PestFix a £108 million contract to supply it with personal protective equipment (PPE) at the height of the coronavirus outbreak. PestFix was the only bidder competing for the contract in early April, according to the Good Law Project, which issued proceedings for …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/covid-government-being-sued-yet-again-this-time-over-the-awarding-of-a-ppe-contract/

Ford workers express health concerns as COVID-19 pandemic spreads
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Ford workers spoke to the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter about returning to work during the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/ford-j23.html

Quarantine bungles in New Zealand threaten new COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
The Ardern government has placed the military in charge of quarantine hotels after health authorities allowed travellers to leave without being cleared of COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/nzni-j23.html

WATCH LIVE: Fauci and Redfield Testify Before Congress on Failures of Trump Response to Covid-19
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
"There have been a lot of unfortunate missteps in the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic," said one Democratic lawmaker ahead of the hearing. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fauci_testimony.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/watch-live-fauci-and-redfield-testify-congress-failures-trump-response-covid-19?cd-origin=rss

US-owned auto parts maker fires dozens of workers in Matamoros, Mexico for demanding truth about COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Tridonex Cardone management has fired dozens of workers who demanded the truth about the spread of infection and death at the US company's Mexican plants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/mata-j23.html

When workers got sick, we organized our warehouse and won
Elsa Rodriguez Flores | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
By winning basic protections against COVID-19 at our Barnes & Noble warehouse, we showed the tremendous power immigrant workers have when they organize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-workers-got-sick-we-organized-our-warehouse-and-won/

Black Immigrant Domestic Workers Share Notes on the Storm
Negin Owliaei, Sofia Salazar | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 at three times the rate of white Americans and face higher rates of unemployment. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-23_at_12.30.33_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/23/black-immigrant-domestic-workers-share-notes-storm?cd-origin=rss

Bolivia's de-facto president enacts law to hold general elections on September 6
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
The decision was celebrated by diverse sectors in Bolivia that have been mobilizing against de-facto government's handling of the health and economic emergencies intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/bolivias-de-facto-president-enacts-law-to-hold-general-elections-on-september-6/

After COVID-19: Thinking Differently About Running the Health Care System
Butler SM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-23
Wars and other national crises force society to act differently for a while. But in doing so, they highlight organizational actions and innovations that should not end with the crisis and should be allowed to play a greater role in the future. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has similar features, and it should spur policy makers who shape the US health care system, to–as Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs often urged–"think different."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767311

Arizona mired in pandemic as governor puts profits before people
Josh Bacopulos | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
"Arizona is the new national hotspot for COVID-19" tweeted Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton on June 14. The enormous rise of COVID cases and hospitalizations in the Grand Canyon State has put Arizona into the national and global spotlight as a case study of how not to handle a global pandemic. Every week, Arizona is breaking …
peoplesworld.org/article/arizona-mired-in-pandemic-as-governor-puts-profits-before-people/

COVID-19 upends 'entire generation' of 600 million South Asian children
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the "hopes and futures of an entire generation", warns a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF.
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Dominant Global Viral Strain Found in Beijing Cases
Leng Shumei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
The coronavirus mutation discovered to be currently dominating the world has been pinpointed as the cause of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, which experts say indicates that the virus was imported from outside China. | The Chinese Center for Disease …
globalresearch.ca/dominant-global-viral-strain-found-beijing-cases/5716754

'Black Lives Matter' is About More than the Police
Patrisse Cullors | aclu.org | 2020-06-23
Every time another Black person is murdered by the police, it's easy to point to a single officer as the culprit. George Floyd was killed under the knee of officer Derek Chauvin — we saw it ourselves. But Chauvin is just one officer in a culture of police violence, and policing is just one of the systems responsible for taking Black lives. COVID-19 exposed a number of the others. , , It's no coincidence that Black people, who are more likely to be killed by the police, are also dying at disproportionate rates of COVID-19. While some say it's due to the prevalence of underlying health issues like diabetes…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/black-lives-matter-is-about-more-than-the-police

Canada presses ahead with final phase of back-to-work drive
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Contrary to the ruling elite's claim of a return to "normality," everything indicates that the drop in COVID-19 infections in Quebec and across Canada is temporary.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/quco-j23.html

Cultivating Laughter as an Antidote to COVID-19
Fessell D. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-23
In this narrative medicine essay, a physician reviews the science supporting the beneficial health effects of humor and offers tips on how to bring humor into one's everyday personal and professional life during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767333

Trump's Advisor Peter Navarro's Dangerous Agenda. Preventing "Made in China" from Entering the US Market?
Junaid S. Ahmad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has made numerous reckless decisions to combat the virus, demonstrating a deadly incompetence. Indeed, with even minimal intelligent preparedness in the richest country on the planet, up to eighty percent of the …
globalresearch.ca/peter-navarro-dangerous-agenda/5716735

For international working-class action against the COVID-19 pandemic!
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Only an independent political intervention by the international working class against the capitalist system can put an end to the mass deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/pers-j23.html

How Washington intends to triumph
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-23
During the quarter of Western lockdown, the map of the Middle East was profoundly transformed. Yemen has been divided into two separate countries, Israel is paralysed by two Prime Ministers who hate each other, Iran openly supports NATO in Iraq and Libya, Turkey occupies northern Syria, Saudi Arabia is close to bankruptcy. All alliances are being called into question and new dividing lines are appearing or rather reappearing. | For two decades Washington has been trying to "reshape" the "Greater Middle East", an arbitrarily defined region stretching from Afghanistan to Morocco. However, over the last three years…

How Washington intends to triumph

"Beyond the Pandemic, Geopolitics as Usual". A Permanent Brainwash
Michel Raimbaud | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Whatever can be said, we have been about three or four billion people locked down on the five continents, forced to experience a kind of "house-arrest". Unexpectedly, in a few weeks, this "exception" has become the standard status for crowds …
globalresearch.ca/beyond-pandemic-geopolitics/5716733

Bolton Tells All Too Late
Peter Kuper | thenation.com | 2020-06-23
Behind the scenes. After the fact.
thenation.com/article/politics/alt-rally-venues/

Bolton appeals for right-wing Republicans to break with Trump on foreign policy
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
The former Trump national security advisor has given numerous anti-Trump press interviews to promote his newly launched–and lucrative–White House memoir.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/bolt-f23.html

Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo: Loathsome Peas in a Pod
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
For nearly a year and a half, from April 2018 to September 2019, the Trump administration was in the hands of a "war cabinet." With Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, and John Bolton as National Security Adviser, Donald Trump created one of the most aggressive foreign policy teams in the history of the presidency. Bolton and Pompeo were fixated on going to war against Iran; were contemptuous toward our European allies and the entire European Community; and were opponents of arms control and disarmament.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/trump-bolton-and-pompeo-loathsome-peas-in-a-pod/

Jessy Dayane: "Bolsonaro makes people choose between hunger and dying of coronavirus"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
Brazilian social leader Jessy Dayane discusses how Bolsonaro's position on coronavirus has undermined efforts to contain the spread of the virus and has resulted in the unnecessary sacrificing of lives…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/jessy-dayane-bolsonaro-makes-people-choose-between-hunger-and-dying-of-coronavirus/

India-China conflict threatens to undermine Russian foreign policy
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
While the US has intervened aggressively on the side of India, Russia sees the clash as a challenge to its geo-strategy and is seeking to negotiate a resolution to the conflict.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/russ-j23.html

Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Pitfalls, and Perspective
Desai AN. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-23
In this Medical News article, JAMA Fishbein Fellow Angel N. Desai, MD, MPH, speaks with scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus, PhD, about the potential of artificial intelligence in health care and the current coronavirus pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766942

Health experts blast Trump order to cut down coronavirus testing
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
TULSA, Okla.–GOP President Donald Trump's order to cut down coronavirus testing–because, in so many words, the results would make him look bad–is drawing flak from health experts and top congressional Democrats. Trump boasted about his order at his half-filled controversial rally on June 20 in Tulsa, Okla. Health experts, both nationally and in the Sooner …
peoplesworld.org/article/health-experts-blast-trump-order-to-cut-down-coronavirus-testing/

Kentucky voting chaos: 600,000 Louisville voters, one polling place
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–Imagine trying to jam 600,000 people into one convention center. That is what's happening in Louisville, Ky., in the June 23 primary. The result could be a rerun of Georgia's disaster earlier in June: Long lines and chaos. In a supposed attempt to counter the coronavirus pandemic and stop "community spread" of the contagion, …
peoplesworld.org/article/kentucky-voting-chaos-600000-louisville-voters-one-polling-place/

Dangerous and Uncertain: Coronavirus and the Nuclear Industry
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Accountability has always been a problem in the nuclear industry, despite praises to the contrary. Constantly keeping its muddled head above water with government handouts to remain competitive; ostensibly keeping a hand in the energy sector despite a sketchy record, …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-nuclear-industry/5716740

Walkout by sorting office workers at Barnsley Royal Mail after coronavirus outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Royal Mail workers at the central post sorting office in Barnsley, England walked out yesterday after colleagues tested positive for coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/roya-j23.html

Shortest season since 1878, union balks as Major League Baseball plans a 60-game slate
Ronald Blum | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark met …
peoplesworld.org/article/shortest-season-since-1878-union-balks-as-major-league-baseball-plans-a-60-game-slate/

Vegetable Consumption and Progression of Prostate Cancer–Reply
Parsons J, Pierce JP, Marshall JR. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-23
In Reply Dr Kerley raises 4 concerns with the design and conduct of the MEAL trial: (1) evidence of dietary changes in the control group; (2) a potential placebo effect in the control group; (3) an inability to achieve predefined dietary targets in the intervention group; and (4) a failure of the intervention to incorporate fat intake. We believe these issues do not change the validity of our conclusions.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767320

Class struggle intersectionality in the fight for graduate student housing justice
Dante O'Hara | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
The critical piece missing from discussions about intersectionality is the intersection of class. Since the terms intersectionality and identity politics were coined by known Black feminist scholars Kimberlé Crenshaw and Barbara Smith, respectively, the establishment (including mainstream media, the military-industrial complex, and educational institutions), has watered down their powerful ideas. Bought out by private corporations, …
peoplesworld.org/article/class-struggle-intersectionality-in-the-fight-for-graduate-student-housing-justice/

Savagery in the Great Basin
Katie Fite | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
The Bureau of Land Management has spent the pandemic churning out rapacious public land projects at breakneck speed. This includes egregious grazing decisions drastically increasing livestock numbers for powerful ranchers. After complaints, Idaho BLM Director John Ruhs responded that ranching was an essential service. At the same time, an avalanche of BLM deforestation projects hit.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/savagery-in-the-great-basin/

Richard Pryor How Capitalism Promotes Racism
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/richard-pryor-how-capitalism-promotes-racism/

C.O.N.Y. — Commune of New York
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
C.O.N.Y. — Commune of New York With a plastic spoon in hand Fished up from a garbage can And twelve-ounce paper coffee cup Filled with macaroni I walk beside my bony pony, Tony, To C.O.N.Y. Commune of New York North up Broadway Past Madison Square Whose name's been changed Old James was such a hilding…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/c-o-n-y-commune-of-new-york/

Under the Over in a Time of Cyclone and Corona
Puja Bhattacharjee | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
Even when the howling wind and torrential rain brought by Cyclone Amphan was causing havoc around her on May 20, Sabita Sardar was not afraid. "We are used to dealing with bad weather. I wasn't feeling scared. In fact, those who live in concrete homes were more scared," she said. For 40 years now, Sabita…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/124214/

Patents and the Pandemic, Again
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
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 company set up by a hedge fund, with…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/patents-and-the-pandemic-again/

Global Warming and Cooling After CO2 Shutoff at +1.5 ∞C
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-23
I have done further analytical modeling of global warming, using the same general method described earlier. The question addressed now is: what is the trend of temperature change after an abrupt shutoff of all CO2 emissions just as the net temperature rise (relative to year 1910) reaches +1.5 ∞C, given the lifetime of CO2 in the…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/23/global-warming-and-cooling-after-co2-shutoff-at-1-5c/

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid, "Global Financial Giant"
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to trillions of bailout dollars from the Federal Reserve. The fate of …
globalresearch.ca/meet-blackrock-new-great-vampire-squid/5716728

Mexican Government Punishes Companies and Citizens that Supplied Food to Venezuela
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
Mexico and US are two countries that have a curious political history, alternating in long periods of rivalry and Mexican subordination. In fact, Mexico was the first country to suffer the consequences of American expansionist ideology, both for its policy …
globalresearch.ca/mexican-government-punishes-companies-citizens-supplied-food-venezuela/5716765

Israeli Bulldozers Continue to Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem and Occupied West Bank
Ahmed Al-Burai | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
According to a local information centre, in the past decade alone, Israel has demolished 200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem leaving 440 Palestinians homeless. In the cruellest and most vicious way, the occupation forces obliged the owners of these …
globalresearch.ca/jerusalemites-shouldnt-left-alone-face-israeli-bulldozers/5716756

Chokehold on Diplomat Exposes Israel's Special Type of Apartheid
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
An Israeli diplomat filed a complaint last week with police after he was pulled to the ground in Jerusalem by four security guards, who knelt on his neck for five minutes as he cried out: "I can't breathe." | There are …
globalresearch.ca/chokehold-diplomat-exposes-israel-special-type-apartheid/5716746

Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians, Including a Woman in East Jerusalem
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
Israeli troops abducted, early on Tuesday, several Palestinian residents, including a woman, in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Wadi Hilweh Information Center in the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that Israeli intelligence service, backed by Israeli troops, broke into the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, stormed and vandalized a number …
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Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians, Including a Woman in East Jerusalem
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
Israeli troops abducted early on Tuesday several Palestinian residents, including a woman, in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Wadi Alhelwa Information Center in the Selwan neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem, reported that Israeli intelligence service, backed by Israeli troops, broke into the Wadi Elhelwa neighborhood, stormed and vandalized a …
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Palestinian Baby Dies After Israel Denies Permit for Medical Treatment
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
The Israeli Annexation Plan, announced last month by Israeli authorities, and put into practice this month, has apparently claimed its first victim, as a Palestinian baby scheduled for a lifesaving operation in Israel was denied a permit by Israeli authorities who run the West Bank and Gaza under martial law. …
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Hours Before His Sister's Wedding, Israeli Soldiers Kill A Young Palestinian Man Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-23
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man near the "Container" military roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, east of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The head of Abu Dis Town Council, Ahmad Abu Hilal, said the soldiers shot the young man, identified as Ahmad Mustafa Erekat, 26, from …
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Comment Washington entend triompher
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-23

| Durant le trimestre de confinement des Occidentaux, la carte du Moyen-Orient a été profondément transformée. Le Yémen a été divisé en deux pays distincts, Israà´l est paralysé par deux Premiers ministres qui se détestent, l'Iran soutient ouvertement l'Otan en Iraq et en Libye, la Turquie occupe le Nord de la Syrie, l'Arabie saoudite est proche de la faillite. Toutes les alliances sont remises en cause et de nouveaux clivages apparaissent ou plutà¥t réapparaissent. | Depuis deux décennies Washington tente de ´ remodeler ª le ´ Grand Moyen-Orient ª, un région arbitraireme…

Comment Washington entend triompher

La ´ guerre douce ª menée par les USA contre l'Iran et ses alliés se tourne contre Washington
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-23
En 2016, l'administration américaine sous Barack Obama a rédigé la loi César pour soumettre la Syrie, mais a jugé qu'il valait mieux la reléguer aux oubliettes. Le président Donald Trump et son administration estiment que le temps est venu de la dépoussiérer. Pour l'Iran, la politique de Trump est une véritable manne tombée du ciel, car elle pousse l'administration américaine dans les brans de Téhéran. L'Iran récolte aujourd'hui d'énormes bénéfices régulièrement, des alliés solides et des bastions de résistance des suites de la politique boiteuse des USA au Moyen-Orient. Motivé par la menace de la mise en &asymp…

La « guerre douce » menée par les USA contre l'Iran et ses alliés se tourne contre Washington

The US "soft war" on Iran and its allies turns against Washington
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-23
The US administration under Barack Obama drafted "Caesar's Law" in 2016 to subdue Syria but kept it in the drawer. President Donald Trump and his administration dusted it off and are now implementing "Caesar's Law". In fact, Trump's policy is manna to Iran: the US administration is playing straight into the hands of Tehran. Iran is reaping huge benefits, including more robust allies and resistant strongholds as a result of the US's flawed Middle Eastern policies. Motivated by the threat of the implementation of "Caesar' Law", Iran has prepared a series of steps to sell its oil and finance its allies, bypassing de…

The US “soft war” on Iran and its allies turns against Washington

Clopidogrel Noninferior to Ticagrelor With Less Bleeding
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-23
Among older patients with acute coronary syndrome, platelet inhibition with clopidogrel significantly reduced bleeding risk without increasing thrombotic events compared with ticagrelor, a noninferiority trial in The Lancet reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767326

Sisi on the warpath in Libya
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-23
Egyptian military poised to intervene directly if Turkish-backed forces recapture Sirte | Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA), which controls most of the west of the country, was right to accuse Egyptian President Abdelfattah as-Sisi of 'beating the drums of war' in the statement he made on Saturday while touring an army base in western Egypt. In a carefully-scripted announcement, Sisi declared that the Libyan city of Sirte and the nearby al-Jufra airbase, which the GNA is intent on recapturing, are a 'red line' for Egypt. He gave every impression that the Egyptian military was poised to intervene to supp…

Sisi on the warpath in Libya

Reading terror suspect fought in US-British proxy war to overthrow Libya's Gaddafi
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
Saadallah and his family have connections to the British-based group of Libyans who were opposed to the rule of the country's then-leader, Colonel Gaddafi.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/saad-j23.html

Extreme weather 'record' likely in Arctic Circle, says UN weather agency WMO
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
Reports that temperatures in a Russian town in the Arctic Circle likely reached a record 38C (100.4F), last weekend, have been approved by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) pending final verification, it said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066882

Minneapolis police reform coalition keeps pressure on mayor and state lawmakers
Wayne Nealis | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
MINNEAPOLIS–Disgust and indignation sum up Minneapolis community leaders' reaction to Mayor Jacob Frey's latest move to address police crime and brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. At a press conference on the morning of Monday, June 22, they alleged the mayor's action was designed to keep their voices out of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/minneapolis-police-reform-coalition-keeps-pressure-on-mayor-and-state-lawmakers/

UK students in precarious situation during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
An online petition demanding the reimbursement of all this year's fee due to the pandemic has gathered 345,731 signatures as of the time of writing. Another one, that only asks for refunds for the third semester, has 109,282 signatures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/stud-j23.html

New CEPR and Oxfam America Paper Details the Urgent Need for a Major Allocation of IMF Reserve Assets to Assist Developing Countries Dealing with the Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
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More Mind Reading as Washington Post Pushes Another Round of Pandemic Checks as Stimulus
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-23
For some reason, reporters feel it is part of their job to read politicians' minds. We got another taste of this in a Washington Post news story pushing the idea of sending out another big check as a stimulus. The piece begins by telling readers: "President Trump has told aides he is largely supportive of …
cepr.net/more-mind-reading-as-washington-post-pushes-another-round-of-pandemic-checks-as-stimulus/

Ministers in Westminster bubble believe voters trust them
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-23
By Josiah Mortimer: Speaking in the House of Lords on last week, Green peer Baroness Natalie Bennett raised the idea that countries with more cooperative, democratic political systems have higher levels of public trust in politics — and in their governments' handling of the current pandemic. Cabinet Office minister Lord True replied: "I strongly disagree …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/ministers-in-westminster-bubble-believe-voters-trust-them/

The fight to put the SEP on the ballot continues as Illinois court denies challenge to relaxed ballot access rules
wsws.org | 2020-06-23
An appeals court denied a challenge to an April ruling that the pandemic and social distancing presented a "nearly insurmountable hurdle" to the in-person collection of tens of thousands of signatures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/23/illi-j23.html

America Is Exceptional in All the Wrong Ways
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
This pandemic has exposed what has long been true: On the global stage, America is the exception, but not in the way we would like to believe. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-23_at_4.22.39_pm.png …
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Whistleblowing, the Pandemic and a 'Law and Order' System of Injustice
Jeffrey Sterling | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
George Floyd, Michael Brown and the countless others, including myself, have fallen victim to a system of justice that has been blinded not by the quest for equality, but by the sightlessness of a law and order system and attitude that refuses to see and acknowledge its own injustice. (Photo: Wolfram Kastl/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/black_lives_matter_solidarity_1.png …
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Whistleblowing, the Pandemic and a 'Law and Order' System of Injustice
Z3K3 | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
America, my country deemed an African American fighting for his civil rights as a threat to national security…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/whistleblowing-the-pandemic-and-a-law-and-order-system-of-injustice/

Alternatives to Policing: Putting the Power and Money Back Into Our Communities
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-06-23
Project Censored researcher and author Amber Yang, a Restorative Justice and Wellness Coordinator at Novato High School in Marin County, California rejoins the show along with Phoebe Smith, a long-time…
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'There Is No Political Solution': Accelerationism in the White Power Movement
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-06-23
In December 2018, a man named Rinaldo Nazzaro purchased 30 acres of remote land in Republic, Washington, a city of roughly 1,000 people about an hour's drive south of the Canadian border. The tract was meant to serve as a training ground for a terroristic white power group he founded earlier that year called The Base.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/06/23/there-no-political-solution-accelerationism-white-power-movement

Sexual violence against children during armed conflict, vastly under-reported
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
While warring parties agreed to more than 30 action plans, road maps, command orders and other measures to better protect children in 2019 — the highest number in any one year — rape and other forms of sexual violence remain vastly under-reported, including against boys, the leading UN advocate on the issue told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066962

Students Not Suspects: the movement to defund and remove school police
Mathew González | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-23
On June 16, during a closed-door Los Angeles Unified School District board meeting, members from Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, Students Deserve, and other members of the Students Not Suspects Coalition gathered on the corner of Lucas Avenue and Third street, near downtown Los Angeles, before marching toward the LAUSD building. Surrounded by a crowd …
liberationnews.org/students-not-suspects-the-movement-to-defund-and-remove-school-police/

Virtual Poor People's Campaign Rally Draws Crowd of More Than a Million
Sarah Anderson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
The virtual rally lifted up people who are living the interconnected injustices that have been the campaign's focus for the past two years: systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism and the war economy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/virtual-poor-peoples-campaign-rally-draws-crowd-of-more-than-a-million/

Podur's "The Path of the Unarmed"
Dave Markland | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
Frequent Z writer Justin Podur is in the midst of writing what appears to be a young adult-aimed book of fiction (sci-fi perhaps) that seeks to relate what a "leftist," revolutionary point of view is. Entitled "The Path of the Unarmed," the story describes the political education of a youth named Unarmed Warrior who receives Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/podurs-the-path-of-the-unarmed/

EDITORIAL — Stonewall significa unirse para luchar
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-23
Los gobernantes reaccionarios de los EE.UU. intentan desalentar, dividir y derrotar a los pobres, los oprimidos y los trabajadores de cualquier manera posible, en cualquier oportunidad posible. Sylvia Rivera, miembro de Young Lords, veterana de Stonewall Uprising, fundadora de Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR). Mire la táctica de operaciones psicológicas . . . | Continue reading EDITORIAL — Stonewall significa unirse para luchar at Workers.org…
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Russia to abandon flat tax after almost two decades, will start moving back to progressive system — Putin
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Russia is planning to introduce a progressive tax regime, adding a 15% tax bracket for those earning over five million rubles ($72,000) a year, President Vladimir Putin said. The money will be used to treat severely ill children. | In a televised address on Tuesday, Putin explained that a tax hike would raise approximately 60 billion rubles a year ($870 million), with Russia's highest earners paying an extra two percent tax on their income. The rate for all other Russians will remain unchanged at 13 percent. | He said that the tax increase will be used to treat children with serious illnesses, removing the nee…
rt.com/russia/492744-putin-progressive-tax-regime/

Stir Crazy! Episode #58: It's Just Getting Started
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-23
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown. If you have questions/comments/suggestions for the show email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com…
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-58-its-just-getting-started

Arctic Climate Research Imperiled
commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/06/23/arctic-climate-research-imperiled?cd-origin=rss

UK citizens' climate assembly backs green pandemic recovery and lifestyle shift
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-23
The UK's first national citizens' assembly on climate breakdown has backed changes to the economy and lifestyles that will drive down emissions in the wake of coronavirus.A report shows "striking" agreement within the citizens' assembly that steps taken by the government to help the economy recover should also cut greenhouse gases and that green changes to lifestyles should be encouraged.Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by six parliamentary select committees and asked to examine how the country meets its legal target to cut greenhouse gases to zero overall by mid-century.More than 100 people, who are represen…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/23/uk-citizens-climate-assembly-backs-green-pandemic-recovery-and-lifestyle-shift/

Another New Study Points to the Dangers of Geoengineering the Climate
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-06-23
A recently published study from MIT casts doubt on the safety of the science of geoengineering and outlines potential dangers of the controversial field. A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology is adding to the growing list of concerns around the controversial science of geoengineering. Researchers have found that geoengineering techniques could significantly change …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/science/another-new-study-points-dangers-geoengineering-climate/

'France's hypocritical, ill-conceived strategy jeopardizing Libya's political stability'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Recently, France, an ally of warlord Haftar, accused [1] Turkey of thwarting cease-fire efforts by breaking a UN arms embargo.Until December last year, Haftar maintained a military edge over the legitimate government of Libya thanks to significant support from a number of countries, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Russia and France. Turkey signed a military pact with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in November 2019, and since then it has provided significant military support, first and foremost armed drones and air defense systems, which have shifted the balance on the ground i…
yenisafak.com/en/news/frances-hypocritical-ill-conceived-strategy-jeopardizing-libyas-political-stability-3532774

Meet BlackRock, The New Great Vampire Squid
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
BlackRock has been called "the most powerful institution in the financial system," "the most powerful company in the world" and the "secret power." It is the world's largest asset manager and "shadow bank," larger than the world's largest bank (which is in China), with over $7 trillion in assets under direct management and another $20 trillion managed through its Aladdin risk-monitoring software. BlackRock has also been called "the fourth branch of government" and "almost a shadow government", but no part of it actually belongs to the government. Despite its size and global power, BlackRock is not even regulated…
popularresistance.org/meet-blackrock-the-new-great-vampire-squid/

'Workers First' Car Caravans Drive Mass Turnouts Nationwide
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
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 racial justice and economic justice and to force the federal government to order employers to provide anti-coronavirus protective gear. | To make their views heard, at least 1,000 cars, festooned with posters and flags, honked their way to Capitol Hill from two sites in the…
popularresistance.org/workers-first-car-caravans-drive-mass-turnouts-nationwide/

Feeding The People In Times Of Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
In its 2019-2023 Strategic Plan for Nicaragua, the United Nations World Food Program said that "In the last decade… Nicaragua is one of the countries that has reduced hunger the most in the region," while the government reports that chronic child malnutrition dropped from 21.7 percent in 2006 to 11.1 percent in 2019 for children under 5 years of age. Nicaragua was also one of the first countries to achieve Millennium Development Goal Number 1 of cutting undernutrition in half from 2.3 million in 1990-1992 to 1 million in 2014-2016, placing it among the countries of the region that had reduced hunger the most in…
popularresistance.org/feeding-the-people-in-times-of-pandemic/

Livin' On Tulsa Time: Infiltrating 'Trump Country' To Fly A Different Flag
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
Once spotted — read: ironically snitched on by onlooking National Guardsmen — our group was rapidly swarmed by a boatload of aggressive, somewhat violent, police officers. | My Marine Corps infantry veteran buddy was shoved to the ground and hit his head (thankfully without serious injury) with the rest quickly shepherded to the exits. Arrest seemed imminent, but in the end only the three climbers — plus a distinctly soft-spoken and older Vietnam veteran "packing" only a camera — were actually booked. There was some crowd jeering directed our way during the exit march, with one memorable…
popularresistance.org/livin-on-tulsa-time-infiltrating-trump-country-to-fly-a-different-flag/

COVID-19 crisis has reminded society of the importance of public services
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
On Public Service Day, we spoke to Jammu Anand of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Employees Union in India. He spoke about the different crises being faced by the public sector right now.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/covid-19-crisis-has-reminded-society-of-the-importance-of-public-services/

Frontline public servants lauded for 'remarkable acts of service to humankind'
news.un.org | 2020-06-23
As the world continues to grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday paid tribute to frontline public sector workers for their "remarkable acts of service to humankind", marking Public Service Day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066922

Hunter's millions: Ukrainian MP reveals new 'Biden-Poroshenko' tapes, claims VP's son was paid 'protection money' by Burisma
rt.com | 2020-06-23
More tapes of what appear to be Joe Biden's phone calls with the former president of Ukraine have surfaced, along with documents showing how much his son Hunter was paid by Burisma, a gas company desperate to avoid prosecution. | Ledgers show payments of $3.4 million from Burisma to Rosemont Seneca Bohai, the company co-founded by Hunter Biden, for "consulting services," former prosecutor Konstantin Kulyk and Ukrainian MP Andrii Derkach revealed on Monday in Kiev. | Kulyk added that these services clearly amounted to "political protection of Burisma" and its owner Mykola Zlochevsky by US vice president at the…
rt.com/news/492755-biden-poroshenko-burisma-ukraine-tapes/

Public services workers demand greater investment amid pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-23
On Public Service Day, workers around the world are demanding greater investments and the rolling back of neoliberal policies. These policies have undervalued the essential services provided by those employed in this sector…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/23/public-service-workers-demand-greater-investment-amid-pandemic/

Trials with Oxford COVID-19 vaccine start in Brazil
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Trials will count on 2,000 health workers volunteers in Sao Paulo and 1,000 people in Rio de Janeiro.Brazil's health regulator Anvisa approved human clinical trials for this potential vaccine, developed by Oxford and supported by AstraZeneca Plc, earlier in June. Brazil, where the disease is still rife, is the first country outside the United Kingdom to start testing the Oxford vaccine.Researchers expect to launch the vaccine by year-end.
yenisafak.com/en/life/trials-with-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-start-in-brazil-3532786

French StopCovid app led to 1.8 million activations as of June 22
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
France's state-supported "StopCovid" contact-tracing app has been downloaded by 1.9 million people, roughly 2% of the population, leading to 1.8 million activations as of June 22, digital affairs minister Cedric O said on Tuesday.The "StopCovid" smartphone app, which was launched on June 2, warns users if they have come into contact with anyone infected with the coronavirus to help to contain the epidemic as France emerges from lockdown.
yenisafak.com/en/technology/french-stopcovid-app-led-to-18-million-activations-as-of-june-22-3532782

Italian cities see bicycle boom after COVID-19 lockdown
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help the environment.Some 540,000 bikes have been sold nationwide since shops across the country reopened in early May, according to sector lobby Ancma, a 60% increase in the first month compared to the same period in 2019.To keep people off metros and buses and avoid road congestion, the government has offered to contribute up to 500 euros ($562.70) for city-dwellers who buy traditional or "pedal-assisted" electrical bicycles.The subsidy, wh…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italian-cities-see-bicycle-boom-after-covid-19-lockdown-3532784

'Kashmir militants bent on stopping demographic change'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Militancy in Indian-administered Kashmir remains the same, by and large, but countering India's demographic plans appears to be its primary focus now, experts say. On Aug. 5, 2019, Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped two pieces of legislation that guaranteed Kashmir an autonomous political status besides barring people outside Jammu and Kashmir from buying land or applying for government jobs in the disputed region.Recently, amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, New Delhi introduced domicile laws that made an unspecified number of its citizens eligible for jobs and residency in Jammu and…
yenisafak.com/en/news/kashmir-militants-bent-on-stopping-demographic-change-3532781

Spain pushes clean energy decree to speed renewable rollout
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Spain's cabinet approved on Tuesday a decree aimed at smoothing the rollout of renewable energy generation, with measures to combat speculation in the market, cut red tape and overhaul an outdated auction system to reassure investors and lower prices.Spain wants to make use of rich natural resources including prodigious sunlight both to reduce pollution and create jobs, in response to the devastation the coronavirus has wrought on an economy that relies heavily on tourism and cars.It follows plans being developed by the European Union (EU) to use low-carbon investments to battle the downturn. Spain is working on…
yenisafak.com/en/world/spain-pushes-clean-energy-decree-to-speed-renewable-rollout-3532783

Indonesian Muslim scholars worried by Europe Islamophobia
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Indonesian Muslim intellectuals have voiced their concerns following a recent report on mounting Islamophobia in western countries.A report published Sunday by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), a think tank based int eh Turkish capital Ankara, outlined the discrimination and xenophobia that many Muslims face in European countries. The European Islamophobia Report 2019 recounted many Islamophobic developments that occurred last year in both Europe and across the world."The elections to the European parliament and to several national parliaments saw a further rise in popularity of…
yenisafak.com/en/news/indonesian-muslim-scholars-worried-by-europe-islamophobia-3532780

Turkish students commemorate anniversary of Korean war
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
Yunus Emre Institute in Seoul has prepared a memorial video with Turkish students living in South Korea on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.In a written statement, the Yunus Emre Institute said the video also included Sude Kaya Surenoglu, the granddaughter of Korean War veteran Rafet Surenoglu and currently a student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.Speaking in Korean, Turkish students in the video said: "Today is the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, which displayed South Korea's struggle to become a strong democratic country. As Turkey, exactly 70 years ago from today, we proudly…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkish-students-commemorate-anniversary-of-korean-war-3532776

UK quarantine policy will be led by public health, says PM Johnson
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-23
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that any changes to the country's quarantine policy would be based on public health guidance and not a desire to open up the economy."We will have a policy on air bridges that is based on public health," he told lawmakers in parliament as he announced an easing of some lockdown measures in England on Tuesday.Britain has a 14-day quarantine policy in place for arrivals into the country from abroad, but the government has said it is looking at "air bridges" which would allow restriction-free travel between countries with low infection rates.
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-quarantine-policy-will-be-led-by-public-health-says-pm-johnson-3532785

US Homeland Security to Probe Nigel Farage Dodging COVID-19 Travel Ban to Attend Donald Trump Rally
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
British politician and leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage put in an appearance at Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 20 June, sparking speculations as to how he was able to dodge a US ban on individuals travelling from the UK under the presidential proclamation to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
sputniknews.com/world/202006231079694845-us-homeland-security-to-probe-nigel-farage-dodging-covid-19-travel-ban-to-attend-donald-trump-rally/

US Military's 'Unprecedented' Deployment to Asia-Pacific Risks Confrontation With China – Think Tank
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
The US military is deploying "unprecedented" numbers of soldiers to the Asia-Pacific region, AFP reported Tuesday, citing a senior Chinese official.
sputniknews.com/military/202006231079701587-us-militarys-unprecedented-deployment-to-asia-pacific-risks-confrontation-with-china—think-tank/

Two Militants, One Soldier Killed in Intensified Anti-Militancy Operations in Kashmir
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian security forces have stepped up operations to eliminate militants from Kashmir since the region was stripped of its special status in August 2019. According to security forces, they have shot and killed about 35 militants in June alone in the twin districts of Pulwama and Shopian in South Kashmir.
sputniknews.com/india/202006231079694078-two-militants-one-soldier-killed-in-intensified-anti-militancy-operations-in-kashmir/

Norway's Oldest Party Favours Joining EU
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
Despite having twice opted out of the European Community and the European Union following referendums in 1972 and 1994, Norway is seeing a shift in both public opinion and party politics toward Brussels.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006231079694137-norways-oldest-party-favours-joining-eu/

New Season, New You: Husky Gets Summertime Blowout
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
Huskies are beautiful dogs originating from Siberia, Russia; however, as majestic-looking as these snow dogs are, they become high-maintenance for their owners when warm temperatures come about and they shed their coats.
sputniknews.com/videoclub/202006231079700618-new-season-new-you-husky-gets-summertime-blowout/

Afghanistan seeking to expand Parliamentary ties with Iran: Afghan official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Speaker of Afghanistan's House of the People Mir Rahman Rahmani congratulated Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on his election as the Iranian Parliament Speaker.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160116/Afghanistan-seeking-to-expand-Parliamentary-ties-with-Iran-Afghan

Saudi Arabia bans international pilgrims for this year's hajj
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia made the decision to restrict this year's hajj, or pilgrimage to the sacred Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina, for pilgrims arriving from abroad due to coronavirus-related epidemiological precautions, Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160103/Saudi-Arabia-bans-international-pilgrims-for-this-year-s-hajj

Europe played into hands of two fools: Shamkhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani asked why Europe ignored the common stupidity of the two incompetent idiots in leaving JCPOA and played into their hands by issuing an anti-Iranian resolution.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160114/Europe-played-into-hands-of-two-fools-Shamkhani

Electricity Monitoring Center, Shahroud Power Plant inaugurated concurrently
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
SHAHROUD, Jun. 23 (MNA) — Shahroud Power Plant and Electricity Industry Monitoring Center were inaugurated simultaneously on Tue. through video conference in the presence of Energy Minister Eng. Reza Ardakanian, Chief Executive of Iran's Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company [TAVANIR] Mohammad Hassan Motavalizadeh and Managing Director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company Mohsen Tarztalab.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160117/Electricity-Monitoring-Center-Shahroud-Power-Plant-inaugurated

US shares draft resolution with UNSC to extend arms embargo on Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — With the ban on arms transactions with Iran set to expire in October under terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, the US has shared its prepared anti-Iranian draft resolution with members of the UN Security Council, sources say.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160110/US-shares-draft-resolution-with-UNSC-to-extend-arms-embargo-on

Iran incessantly monitoring enemies' movements: intelligence min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-23
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — The unknown soldiers of Imam Zaman [May God Hasten His Reappearance] are thoroughly monitoring the malicious movements of criminal imperialist, usurper regime of Israel and sworn enemies of the country incessantly.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160119/Iran-incessantly-monitoring-enemies-movements-intelligence

The Heat: U.S. election campaign
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-06-23
Amid the ongoing pandemic, U.S. Donald Trump holds his first campaign rally.
america.cgtn.com/2020/06/23/the-heat-u-s-election-campaign

SECOND German region REIMPOSES Covid-19 lockdown after slaughterhouse outbreak
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A second German district is reimposing lockdown measures following an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Toennies meat factory in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which saw 1,500 employees testing positive for the virus. | Officials said on Tuesday that the Warendorf district in the northern and most populous state would be placed under lockdown again, just hours after the neighboring district of Guetersloh made the same decision. | Also on rt.com | | German region RETURNS TO LOCKDOWN over Covid-19 outbreak at meat factory | The Toennies slaughterhous…
rt.com/news/492745-second-german-coronavirus-lockdown/

Farage investigated by US Homeland Security over trip to attend Trump Tulsa rally
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A US congressman who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security has launched an investigation into Nigel Farage after the Brexit Party leader apparently flew to America to attend a Donald Trump rally during the Covid-19 pandemic. | US Democrat representative Bennie G Thompson sent a letter to Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, on Monday, requesting "all relevant documents" on the decision to "waive the travel ban for Mr Farage," saying it raised "troublin…
rt.com/uk/492674-farage-investigated-trip-trump-tulsa/

'Unrealistic': Russia says it won't pressure China to join nuclear talks on Washington's behalf
rt.com | 2020-06-23
US expectations that China will join nuclear arms control talks are unrealistic, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, noting the only way forward is bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington. | Ryabkov pointed out that he made that clear to US special envoy for arms control Marshall Billingslea as the two met in Vienna on Monday for negotiations on prolonging the New START Treaty, which expires in February. | "We quite thoroughly explained to them why counting on China joining [the negotiations] is unrealistic," Ryabkov said, noting that Moscow will not pressure Beijing the way Washingt…
rt.com/news/492749-russia-us-china-nuclear-vienna/

Moscow marks 75 years since victory over Nazis with traditional parade on Red Square (FULL VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-23
The traditional Victory Day parade, rescheduled from May 9 due to the coronavirus pandemic, is taking place on Red Square in Moscow. | The huge event features 13,000 troops, 234 military vehicles and 75 aircraft. | The new date wasn't chosen at random, as the first Victory Parade was held in the same location on June 24, 1945. In memory of this occasion, state-of-the-art hardware as well as historic World War II uniforms and weapons are on display along the Kremlin walls. | Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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'Terrorism': New York Times accused of 'doxxing for clicks' by popular, anonymous Slate Star Codex blogger
rt.com | 2020-06-23
The author behind the wildly popular blog, Slate Star Codex (SSC), has decided to go dark after a New York Times journalist said they would doxx them in an upcoming article, despite claiming it would be a "mostly positive piece." | The blog, reportedly penned by a practicing psychiatrist under the name Scott Alexander, covers topics such as human cognition, politics and medicine, and shot to fame in recent months over its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. | Scott Alexander claims they spoke to a New York Times tech reporter who apparently discovered the blog author's real name and said they would reveal it…
rt.com/usa/492678-new-york-times-accused-doxxing-slate-star-codex/

WATCH LIVE: Moscow marks 75 years since victory over Nazis with iconic parade on Red Square
rt.com | 2020-06-23
The traditional Victory Day parade, rescheduled from May 9 due to the coronavirus pandemic, is taking place on Red Square in Moscow. | The huge event features 13,000 troops, 234 military vehicles and 75 aircraft. | The new date wasn't chosen at random, as the first Victory Parade was held in the same location on June 24, 1945. In memory of this occasion, state-of-the-art hardware as well as historic World War II uniforms and weapons are on display along the Kremlin walls.
rt.com/news/492759-red-square-parade-victory-day/

US soldier charged with terrorism for 'helping Satanic neo-Nazi group' to plot 'mass casualty' attack on own unit
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A US Army private faces charges for attempted murder and terrorism after passing sensitive military information to an "occult-based neo-Nazi group" in preparation for a major terrorist attack on fellow soldiers. | The 22-year-old private, Ethan Melzer, was hit with a six-count indictment on Monday for his role in the sinister plot, in which he is said to have revealed the location, strength and armaments of his own unit to facilitate an ambush. | "Melzer plotted a deadly ambush on his…
rt.com/usa/492644-neo-nazi-satanist-attack-plot/

Shocking VIDEO shows laughing man throwing huge firework at sleeping homeless person in Harlem (DISTURBING)
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A man was captured on video throwing a live firework at what appears to be a sleeping homeless person in Harlem, with a massive explosion seen going off at point-blank range. | A brief clip made the rounds on social media on Monday night, showing a group of men and women recording the assailant as he pitched a lit firework at somebody laying on the sidewalk, presumably a homeless man, outside a business in Harlem. The firework is seen detonating just inches away from the victim's body, making a loud bang and shooting off flares as one bystander is heard laughing. | Warning: This video contains disturbing image…
rt.com/usa/492645-fireworks-sleeping-homeless-person/

'No exceptions!' Trump orders the arrest of anyone vandalizing monuments, warns they face up to 10 years in prison
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Donald Trump has authorized law enforcement to arrest anyone who vandalizes statues or other landmarks on federal property and sentence them to as much as a decade in prison. He said the measures can also be imposed retroactively. | The US president wrote on Twitter that he would no longer tolerate the destruction of federal property. | "I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent," he said,…
rt.com/usa/492692-trump-people-vandalizing-monuments-arrested/

First volunteer receives Imperial COVID-19 vaccine
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-23
The first healthy volunteer has now received a candidate coronavirus vaccine developed by Imperial researchers.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198533/first-volunteer-receives-imperial-covid-19-vaccine

Parliamentarians hear of 'high chance' of coronavirus vaccine
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-23
Two of Imperial's leading coronavirus experts gave evidence to the House of Lords about their research to tackle COVID-19…
imperial.ac.uk/news/198557/parliamentarians-hear-high-chance-coronavirus-vaccine

Virus numbers surge globally as many nations ease lockdowns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-23
The number of global coronavirus (Covid-19) cases has continued to surge in many large countries which have been lifting lockdowns, including the US, even as new infections stabilise or drop in parts of western Europe.In the UK, Department of Health figures for 22 June recorded 958 new cases and 15 deaths over the previous day. The government is looking to reopen cinemas and museums and health secretary Matt Hancock has described the virus as being "in retreat".India has been recording about 15,000 n…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/06/23/virus-numbers-surge-globally-as-many-nations-ease-lockdowns/

Hospitality bosses not meaningfully consulted over pre-lockdown plans, MPs told
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-23
Hospitality firms and leaders were not "meaningfully consulted" over Government plans to tell customers to avoid pubs and restaurants, in the run up to lockdown, a trade body boss told MPs. Furthermore, they've had very little warning to prepare for lockdown easing. | Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said more businesses shut down than the sector had previously predicted, as consumer demand for takeaway food and deliveries plunged in March. | The comments came as she was questioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) select committee, alongside Just Eat's UK boss Andr…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/23/hospitality-bosses-not-meaningfully-consulted-over-pre-lockdown-plans-mps-told/

Eton headmaster apologises to former pupil for racism
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-23
The headmaster of Eton College has reportedly apologised to a black former pupil for the racism he was subjected to during his studies in the 1960s.Writer Dillibe Onyeama told the BBC he was bullied daily during his four years at the elite fee-paying school.Fellow students used slurs and asked if he had maggots in his hair, and Onyeama was accused of cheating when he performed well while having any poor performance attributed to his race.Onyeama, who is Nigerian, detailed his experiences in a book when he finished school in 1969.Three years later, he…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/23/eton-headmaster-apologises-to-former-pupil-for-racism/

Trump Responds to COVID-19 Spike by Cracking Down on Immigration
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
The number of new COVID-19 cases are spiking in several states, but President Trump did not announce new public health responses on Monday. Instead, he issued an executive order extending and expanding suspensions of immigration and guest worker programs until the end of the year. The White House is also moving to push lower-wage workers out of the H-1B visa program, and it barred asylum seekers from gaining lawful employment for one year after filing a claim. | Meanwhile, the administration is already w…
truthout.org/articles/trump-responds-to-covid-19-spike-by-cracking-down-on-immigration/

Radical Mothering for Abolitionist Futures Post-COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
The initial effects of COVID-19 coupled with the current uprisings against police violence have torn us from our common sense of normalcy. This sudden shift in the toxic state of living under the violence of racial capitalism, white supremacy, and settler colonialism affords us the opportunity to uplift centuries of communal wisdom that abound all around us. The current pandemic made it increasingly apparent that capitalism, not simply COVID-19, is the disaster. | The killing by white vigilantes (including an ex…
truthout.org/articles/radical-mothering-for-abolitionist-futures-post-covid-19/

It's Trump vs. Bolton, and I'm Rooting for a Meteor
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-06-23
Source: Truthout Trump and Bolton Photo by Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock.com 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 Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/its-trump-vs-bolton-and-im-rooting-for-a-meteor/

Trump's Arizona Trip Showcases the Biggest Failures of His Presidency
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
After his debacle in Tulsa, a huge failure with an abysmal turnout and what may still have been a super-spreader event for a deadly virus, Donald Trump needs to set low expe…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-arizona-trip-showcases-the-biggest-failures-of-his-presidency/

Kentucky Closes 95 Percent of Polling Places, Leaving Louisville With Just One
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
As primary voters head to the polls in New York, Kentucky and Virginia, they face long lines, even as President Trump continues to attack mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to fraud. Kentucky has reduced the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170 — a 95% reduction. "There's the potential for record turnout," notes Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, despite such suppression tactics. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Co…
truthout.org/video/kentucky-closes-95-percent-of-polling-places-leaving-louisville-with-just-one/

Defund the Police. Invest in Black Farmers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-23
For years, I lived two blocks from Cup Foods — the corner store that George Floyd was killed in front of by Minneapolis police on May 25. | That store is like many of the others in this country where working-class, Black and Brown folks get a fair amount of their food. Walk into these stores, and you will also find overpriced daily necessities, such as shampoo and deodorant, as well as an ample supply of junk food. To Cup Foods's credit, they do stock fresh fruits and vegetables. Still, the supply that they can offer is…
truthout.org/articles/defund-the-police-invest-in-black-farmers/

Disease, Power and Capitalism
Stefan Bollinger | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
Have you tried DeepL.com, academia.edu, grin.com or grammarly.com? Send me your comments and/or discoveries – as we await the reopening of the libraries and the Biden landslide! Will the great comedian Stephan Colbert be the dark horse candidate at the last moment? Marc…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/22/18834464.php

Sins of "The Father" Torn Down, A New Way Forward At Hand
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
Be ye not afraid, "the nakedness and drunkenness of our fathers" can no longer be tolerated as a bastardized translation of a moral compass of divinity.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/21/18834400.php

Covid-19 Will Accelerate March of the Robots
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-23
Tech revolution threatens an unemployment crisis in China and developed world after gathering pace during pandemic | Gordon WATTS | They have been compared to quantum leaps in humanity's historic journey. But they are more like Grand Canyon-style jumps in our evolution. | During the past 200 years, technological revolutions have expanded the borders of globalization and have dragged millions of people out of poverty. Yet they have come at a price. | The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be no different. | Already the landscape is changing dramatically with China at the forefront of this brave, new world for some…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/23/covid-19-will-accelerate-march-of-the-robots/

Stop the Madness of Congressional
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-23
Stephen MOORE | The coronavirus shutdown has flattened multiple industries across America — everything from airlines and manufacturers to hospitals, retailers, oil and gas producers, and restaurants. Many of the 30 million small and large businesses in the country have reported a 30% reduction in revenues. Amid the carnage, one sector of the economy is thriving like never before in the history of the republic: the government. | Congress has already spent more than $2 trillion on phases one, two, three and 3 1/2 of coronavirus relief packages. The irresponsible bill from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would rais…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/23/stop-the-madness-of-congressional/

NATO 2030: How to Make a Bad Idea Worse
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-23
Just when you thought the leaders of NATO could not push the limits of insanity any further, something like NATO 2030 is announced. | After helping blow up the Middle East and North Africa, dividing the Balkans into zones of war and tension, turning Ukraine upside down using armadas of neo Nazis, and encircling Russia with a ballistic missile shield, the leaders of this Cold War relic have decided that the best way to deal with instability of the world is… more NATO. | In a June 8th online event co-sponsored by the Atlantic Council, NATO…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/23/nato-2030-how-make-bad-idea-worse/

Report: Economic implications of Covid-19 and Brexit 2021
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-06-23
By TruePublica Editor: Best for Britain is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to keep campaigning for the closest possible future relationship with Europe. They commissioned a report, which was put together by the Social Market Foundation to analyse the double whammy effect of the pandemic and Brexit (both with and without a deal) on …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/report-economic-implications-of-covid-19-and-brexit-2021/

La Nato al timone della politica estera italiana
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
I ministri della Difesa della Nato (per l'Italia Lorenzo Guerini, Pd), riuniti in videoconferenza il 17/18 giugno, hanno preso una serie di ´decisioni per rafforzare la deterrenza dell'Alleanza ª. Nessuno perà≤ in Italia ne parla, né sui media (social compresi) né …
globalresearch.ca/la-nato-al-timone-della-politica-estera-italiana/5716802

'This Is Why We March': Poll Shows Overwhelming US Support for Police Reform, Increased Accountability
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
Nearly a month into the nationwide uprising over racial injustice and police brutality, Americans across the political spectrum agree that policing in the U.S. must undergo serious reforms in order to serve the public, according to a poll released Tuesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1222125980.jpg …
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As EU Looks to Reopen Borders, US Covid-19 Surge Means Americans May Not Be Welcome
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
The European Union is preparing to allow travelers from dozens of countries onto the continent again starting July 1 as the bloc of 27 member nations reopens its borders—but Americans are unlikely to be welcome for the foreseeable future due to the Trump administration's failure to control the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1214325999.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/eu-looks-reopen-borders-us-covid-19-surge-means-americans-may-not-be-welcome?cd-origin=rss

'A Water Emergency Threatens Every Corner of Our Country': Analysis Shows 80% Spike in US Utility Bills Over 8 Years
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
A report about 12 U.S. cities published Tuesday in the Guardian sheds light on a water affordability crisis in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced millions of Americans out of work, underscoring the importance of universal access to water and sanitation and provoking demands for both a moratorium on utility shutoffs and broader reforms. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tap-water_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/water-emergency-threatens-every-corner-our-country-analysis-shows-80-spike-us?cd-origin=rss

Nadler Says 'Waste of Time,' But Progressives Say 'Impeach Barr'—and Do It Now
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-23
"Investigating and impeaching Barr ahead of the November election would be a powerful sign that the work of restoring the rule of law in America is well underway, even before the first presidential ballot is cast." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nadler.gaveler_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/23/nadler-says-waste-time-progressives-say-impeach-barr-and-do-it-now?cd-origin=rss

Police Violence and Racism Have Always Been Tools of Capitalism
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
The system-wide challenges the United States faces with policing are entrenched and deeply rooted. When the historical and current practices of police are examined, it is evident police have been designed to uphold the status quo including racial injustice and …
globalresearch.ca/police-violence-racism-tools-capitalism/5716633

Greta Thunberg Says Covid-19 Should Be Global Wake-Up Call to 'Act With Necessary Force' to Tackle Climate Emergency
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
In a new radio program, the Swedish teenager details and reflects on her travels around the world the past year as a youth climate leader. | | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/22/greta-thunberg-says-covid-19-should-be-global-wake-call-act-necessary-force-tackle?cd-origin=rss

Five Black & Brown Men Have Been Recently Found Hanged in Public. Were Some of Them Lynched?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-22
As mass protests against racism and police brutality continue, at least five men — four Black and one Latinx — have been found hanging in public across the U.S. in recent weeks. We speak with Jacqueline Olive, director of "Always in Season," a documentary that examines the history of lynchings through the story of Lennon Lacy, an African American teenager who was found hanged from a swingset in 2014. "They deserve a full investigation," Olive says of the recent hangings,…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/22/us_public_hangings_lynching_history

Trump Fires Top U.S. Prosecutor as William Barr Moves to Expand "Imperial Presidency"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-22
After a dramatic weekend showdown, the Trump administration has ousted Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan who led multiple prosecutions and investigations into allies of the president. We look at the extraordinary measures U.S. Attorney General William Barr took to protect Trump, with New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon, who has profiled Barr. "He believes in a very strong executive presidency, a kind of imperial presidency in which a huge amount of power resides in the president," she says of the attorney general.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/22/william_barr_geoffrey_berman_firing

"Robert E. Lee Was a Brutal Slave Master": Activist's Call to Rename Louisiana School Goes Viral
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-22
We play a video that has now gone viral from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where community activist Gary Chambers Jr. calls out members of the Lee High School school board for their racism during a June 18 meeting to discuss a resolution to rename the school, which is named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Chambers urged members to choose a name in honor of people who fought slavery and racism, not someone who defended it, and addressed board member Connie Bernard, who had defended Robert E. Lee and was seen shopping on her computer during the meeting.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/22/gary_chambers_connie_bernard

What History Shows Us About Responding to Coronavirus
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-06-22
Interview on the challenges of responding to the coronavirus, the future of our relationship to technology, and history's lessons for moving forward…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-history-shows-us-about-responding-to-coronavirus/

Documentos filtrados revelan plan derechista para derrocar al Presidente AMLO de México
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-22
Oligarcas mexicanos y los partidos del establishment político, con ayuda de los medios, Washington y Wall Street, se han unido…
thegrayzone.com/2020/06/22/boa-plan-derrocar-amlo-mexico/

Biden Bashes Trump's Willingness to Meet with Venezuela's Maduro
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-22
The White House insisted that Trump "has not lost confidence" in opposition leader Guaido.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14915

UN Chief calls for reparations to amend slavery's legacy
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2020-06-22
The U.N.'s Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet urged countries to confront legacy of slavery and colonialism.
mronline.org/2020/06/22/un-chief-calls-for-reparations-to-amend-slaverys-legacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-chief-calls-for-reparations-to-amend-slaverys-legacy

Study: COVID-19 Exacerbating America's Massive Wealth Inequality and Racial Divide
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-22
Black Americans are dying at almost three times the rate whites are, with Latinos and Native Americans also dying at elevated levels to the rest of the population.
mintpressnews.com/study-covid-19-exacerbating-americas-massive-wealth-inequality-and-racial-divide/268833/

Syrians confirm death of missing relatives by photos
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians searching for their relatives have stepped up their efforts after the US adopted the Caesar Act, a law which imposes sanctions on the Syrian regime for war crimes.Families, who have long given up on ever finding their relatives, click on web links where photos of people killed in regime prisons are posted, in a desperate attempt to confirm the death of their loved ones.Imaduddin Rasit, the founding member of a France-based association monitoring Syrian casualties of war and prisoners, said more than 6,000 photos of people tortured to death were shared on the internet.The photos we…
yenisafak.com/en/news/syrians-confirm-death-of-missing-relatives-by-photos-3532719

US Economic Embargo‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã on Syria Is 'Crime Against Humanity'
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
The US economic embargo against Syria which doesn't have the approval of the UN Security Council is a "crime against humanity," a Canadian political commentator has said. | *** | Mark Taliano added that the United States and its allies are supporting …
globalresearch.ca/us-economic-embargo%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b-syria-crime-against-humanity/5716583

Sri Lankan SEP holds online meeting on global protests against police murders
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
Wije Dias, General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka, delivered the main speech at an online meeting on the global protests against the police killings and moves towards autocratic methods of rule.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/wijw-j22.html

Trump Slams Guaidó While Expressing Openness in Speaking with Maduro
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
In what potentially could be a radical change in Washington's policy towards Venezuela, U.S. president Donald Trump confessed that he has had doubts about his decision to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of the South American country. Trump …
globalresearch.ca/trump-slams-guaido-expressing-openness-speaking-maduro/5716640

'Assad must go' no more, says US envoy for Syria. Except US policy is still regime change by another name
rt.com | 2020-06-22
While special envoy James Jeffrey says the US no longer demands regime change in Syria, only "change of behavior," his explanation shows this distinction is without a difference and no November election results will change it. | "We're not demanding total victory, we're not saying that Assad has to go," Jeffrey said on Monday, during a live event hosted by the Middle East Institute and moderated by MEI director Charles Lister. | Instead, he explained, the goal of the Caesar Syria Civil…
rt.com/news/492629-usa-sanctions-syria-jeffrey/

Tampa Bay community honors life of murdered Tallahassee activist Oluwatoyin Salau
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-22
Tampa, FL – On June 20, Tampa Bay community members gathered at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square to honor the life of Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau, who was sexually assaulted, abducted and murdered. Salau was a known Black Lives Matter activist in Tallahassee, Florida. Her death follows a recent wave of violence against, and murder of, Black people in the United States committed by the police, white vigilantes and others. | The vigil began at 7 p.m. and was co-hosted by the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC), Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the Intersections of Tampa Advocates (ITA…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/22/tampa-bay-community-honors-life-murdered-tallahassee-activist-oluwatoyin-salau

Julian Assange's fiancé calls on the Australian government to secure his freedom
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
The "60 Minutes" program was the first substantive examination of Assange's plight by the Australian media since the coronavirus pandemic began.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/assa-j22.html

Immunity for US diplomat's wife involved in teen's death branded 'absurd,' critics blast UK double standards over Assange
rt.com | 2020-06-22
A former British ambassador has called US and UK claims that Anne Sacoolas — the wife of a US intelligence officer — had immunity, as "a palpable absurdity." Sacoolas is accused of killing Harry Dunn last year in a car crash. | …
rt.com/uk/492576-sacoolas-dunn-death-assange-extradition/

COVID 'exacerbating existing vulnerabilities' in Central African Republic: Lacroix
news.un.org | 2020-06-22
The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative elections in December, but the political situation is still fragile – and security conditions volatile – amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1066862

Armed Protesters Peacefully March On Oklahoma Governor's Mansion
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-22
Between 150 and 200 protesters peacefully marched from the Ralph Ellison Library to the Governor's Mansion on Saturday to deliver a double-barreled message. | "We aren't going to allow people to come into our communities and brutalize us," event organizer Omar Chatman said before the event. "If you come into our community, know we are armed." | The 1000 Brothers and Sisters in Arms protest might not have approached its eponymous numbers, but it bore enough artillery to pop the National Rifle Association's buttons. | Community organizer Michael Washington was among the speakers who said the march was a response to…
popularresistance.org/armed-protesters-peacefully-march-on-oklahoma-governors-mansion/

Responding to mass protests against police brutality, Germany's Left Party appeals for a police state
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
Germany's Left Party has responded with open hostility to the mass protests against police violence that have spread around the world following the police murder of George Floyd.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/left-j22.html

Trading One Uniform for Another: Can Police Be "De-Militarized" When So Many Cops Are Military Veterans?
Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
Calls for de-militarization of law enforcement have gained new momentum in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality. That process won't be easy in a nation where nearly one fifth of all cops are military veterans — including Derek Chauvin, George Floyd's killer in Minneapolis and Robert McCabe, one of two officers charged with felony…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/trading-one-uniform-for-another-can-police-be-de-militarized-when-so-many-cops-are-military-veterans/

Building multinational unity for Black lives
Cathy Rojas | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-22
On June 14, a Black Lives Matter protest began in Jackson Heights, the most diverse urban area in the world, ending in the immigrant neighborhood of Corona, the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in New York City. The protest had an explicitly theme of "Multinational Unity for Black Lives," and united the multinational, largely immigrant …
liberationnews.org/building-multi-national-unity-for-black-lives/

Black Communities Can Not Wait Any Longer. The Time to Divest Is Now
Gillian Ganesan | aclu.org | 2020-06-22
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, 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. Further still, these protests are not confined to cities and towns across America — they have crossed our borders and are taking place globally., , These calls are being heard, and the power of the people has already led to momentu…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/black-communities-can-not-wait-any-longer-the-time-to-divest-is-now

Protesting for Black Lives in Trump Country
Mesha Jefferson | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
I grew up biracial in a small, conservative town. Still, after living for years in Austin, moving back to one was a culture shock — it felt like going back in time. For the last three years I've lived in Volusia County, Florida — home to Daytona Beach, many small towns and suburbs, and a…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/protesting-for-black-lives-in-trump-country/

Playing the Mao Card
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
In their effort to transform their discomfort with the current #BlackLivesMatter protests into a superficially sophisticated critique, right-wing "intellectuals" in the United States and Europe have latched onto a dubious historical analogy. When former congressman Newt Gingrich, the National Review's David Harsanyi, Breitbart's Joel Pollak, and other right-wingers look at the protests against police violence,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/playing-the-mao-card/

Juneteenth: ILWU shuts down 29 ports along the West Coast
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-06-22
Oakland, Calif. Taking bold stands against systemic racism and oppression is nothing new for the Bay Area's Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10. The union has organized work stoppages to protest many injustices from apartheid in South Africa to the police murder of Oscar Grant to the Israeli bombing . . . | Continue reading Juneteenth: ILWU shuts down 29 ports along the West Coast at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49579/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=juneteenth-ilwu-shuts-down-29-ports-along-the-west-coast

National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression brings CPAC demand to Minneapolis
Wayne Nealis | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-22
MINNEAPOLIS–Community control of the Minneapolis police took a step toward that goal at a forum hosted by the Twin Cities Justice for Jamar Clark Coalition on Thursday, June 18. The Coalition has played a leading role in organizing protests and actions demanding justice for George Floyd, murdered by MPD officer Derek Chauvin. Special guest Frank …
peoplesworld.org/article/national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repression-brings-cpac-demand-to-minneapolis/

UN dispatches 36 trucks carrying aid to Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
The UN on Monday dispatched a total of 36 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for needy people in Idlib city of northwestern Syria.Truckloads of supplies entered the Syrian city through the Cilvegozu border crossing of Turkey's southern Hatay province.The aid will be distributed among residents of Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone forged under an agreement…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-dispatches-36-trucks-carrying-aid-to-idlib-syria-3532716

Riot Police Deployed in the Hague Against Anti-Lockdown Protesters, Hundreds Arrested
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-22
As thousands of people gathered in central Hague on Sunday to voice concerns over the government's COVID-19 restrictions, agents in riot gear, mounted police units and water cannon were sent to disperse the crowd.
sputniknews.com/europe/202006221079683904-riot-police-deployed-in-the-hague-against-anti-lockdown-protesters-hundreds-arrested/

Wednesday 6/24: On Common Ground: Black Businesses Through Pandemic and Protest
KQED | indybay.org | 2020-06-22
Virtual/Online Event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/19/18834349.php

Global variation in the prevalence of suicidal ideation, anxiety and their correlates among adolescents: A population based study of 82 countries
Tuhin Biswas, James G. Scott, Kerim Munir, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Lal B. Rawal, Janeen Baxter, Abdullah A. Mamun | thelancet.com | 2020-06-22
Suicidal ideation and anxiety are common among adolescents although their prevalence has predominantly been studied in high income countries. This study estimated the population prevalence of suicidal ideation and anxiety and their correlates with peer support, parent-adolescent relationship, peer victimization, conflict, isolation and loneliness across a range of low-income, lower-middle-income, upper-middle-income countries and high-income countries (LMICHICs).
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30139-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Everyday Poverty Crises
David Altheide | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
Most people would agree that the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 brought many hardships that qualified as a crisis of epic proportion, the worst since the Spanish Flu in 1918. But most Americans overlook how ordinary these hardships are for millions of their poor neighbors. People suffered world-wide. Covid-19 affected many Americans in numerous ways. After…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/everyday-poverty-crises/

Missing: 505 COVID Masks Destined for Baghdad Hospital via UPS
Claudia Lefko | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
Iraqi medics arrive at the capital Baghdad's suburb of Sadr City on May 21, 2020, to test residents for COVID-19, as part of measures taken by the authorities aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/baghdad_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/22/missing-505-covid-masks-destined-baghdad-hospital-ups?cd-origin=rss

COVID-19 flares again in China
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
While still relatively small, the outbreak is a warning that the highly infectious coronavirus can rapidly re-emerge if restrictions are removed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/chin-j22.html

Media Begging for a 'Second Wave'
Dr. Thomas Price | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
The media is churning out countless alarmist stories each day about the threat of COVID-19 and the dangers of societal reopening. "Risk of new lockdown rises with fear of second COVID-19 wave," writes Reuters, as on…
globalresearch.ca/media-begging-second-wave/5716646

Coronavirus spreading among agriculture and seafood workers in the US
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
While immigrant farm workers are considered essential by the federal government, there have been no nationwide mandates placed on the agriculture industry to protect them from COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/farm-j22.html

Virtual Poor People's Campaign Rally Draws Crowd of More Than a Million
Sarah Anderson | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
The virtual rallies over the weekend organized by the Poor People's Campaign "lifted up people who are living the interconnected injustices that have been the campaign's focus for the past two years: systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism and the war economy. Many spoke of how the Covid-19 pandemic has only deepened existing inequalities." (Photo: Poor People's Campaign) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-22_at_11.38.50_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/22/virtual-poor-peoples-campaign-rally-draws-crowd-more-million?cd-origin=rss

Poor turnout, hate speech, COVID infections mark Trump's Tulsa rally
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-22
TULSA, Okla.–President Donald Trump addressed his flop of a rally Saturday in a speech that tried to convince his supporters that literally everywhere they turn there are "left-wing radicals" waiting for Joe Biden to be elected so that they can make their move and destroy the American way of life. He praised Confederate statues and …
peoplesworld.org/article/poor-turnout-hate-speech-covid-infections-mark-trumps-tulsa-rally/

How Biden Can Prove He's Serious About Busting Corporate Monopolies
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-22
Washington Monthly See article on original site At the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Americans quickly learned just how unprepared the country was for a pandemic. One of the most alarming revelations was that the U.S. had nowhere near the number of ventilators and other life-saving medical equipment it needed to fight the virus. That's …
cepr.net/how-biden-can-prove-hes-serious-about-busting-corporate-monopolies/

Over 100 U.S. Organizations Urge Biden to Support Equality for Palestinians
commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
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If We're Going to Defund Militarized Police Departments, Why Not Add the Pentagon?
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
When Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a resolution recently to cut $350 billion from the Defense budget, the only media outlets that covered her bill were independent progressive ones. In a statement on her website Lee said,…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/if-were-going-to-defund-militarized-police-departments-why-not-add-the-pentagon/

Profit Move Underlies Trump Push to Place Foreign Aid Spending Under White House Control
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-22
The Trump administration is angling to move billions of dollars earmarked for humanitarian aid directly into the State Department, partially bypassing USAID and giving the White House near-total discretionary control over how and to who those funds are allocated around the world.
mintpressnews.com/profit-move-underlies-trump-push-place-usaid-foreign-aid-spending-white-house-control/268865/

India and China rush troops, weaponry to disputed border region
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
India has placed on the "highest alert" the 300,000 troops it has arrayed along its 3,500-kilometer border with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/inch-j22.html

L.A. County reports 1,784 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths
Los Angeles Times | ktla.com | 2020-06-22
Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday reported 1,784 new cases of the coronavirus and 11 related deaths. The county now has recorded more than 83,000 cases of the virus and over 3,120 deaths. The continued rise in new cases came amid the first weekend of more businesses sectors reopening, as bars, card rooms and …
ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-reports-1784-new-coronavirus-cases-11-deaths/

Coronavirus Rent Freezes Are Ending—and A Wave of Evictions Will Sweep America
Emily A. Benfer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
A woman wearing a mask walks past a wall bearing graffiti asking for rent forgiveness in Los Angeles on May 1, 2020. (Photo: Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images file) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/forgiverent.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/06/22/coronavirus-rent-freezes-are-ending-and-wave-evictions-will-sweep-america?cd-origin=rss

World coronavirus cases rocket past 9 million as pandemic accelerates
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
Public health expert warns that infections will not come in waves, but as "one very, very difficult forest fire of cases."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/covi-j22.html

Colorado Adopts Mandatory Vaccinations for Children
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
Since the arrival of the coronavirus, the use of and familiarity with vaccines has dramatically increased prompting a more aware and questioning public. With little more than a 48 hour public notice, many Coloradans were enjoying a brilliant Sunday afternoon …
globalresearch.ca/colorado-adopts-mandatory-vaccinations-children/5716592

California Governor Hands Out Fracking Permits on Behalf of Big Oil
Steve Horn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
On June 1, in the midst of the turmoil created by the coronavirus pandemic and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration quietly issued 12 fracking permits to Aera Energy, a joint venture owned …
globalresearch.ca/gavin-newsom-hands-out-fracking-permits-connected-driller/5716661

The Rhetoric of Democracy-building in Ukraine. NATO and the Militarization of Eastern Europe
Lital Khaikin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
Buying Freedom on the Free Market | Obscured by the mythology of pursuing economic and political autonomy, Ukraine plays the latest role in a long, unfolding process of western corporate, political and military interests establishing the "territorial integrity" not of independent …
globalresearch.ca/linking-people-reforms-rhetoric-democracy-building-ukraine/5716573

Corporations continue to slash workforces in Britain
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
Employers are using every opportunity to exploit the pandemic crisis and further slash costs as they shed thousands of workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/redu-j22.html

Bermuda-Based Big Oil Corporation's Taxpayer Bailout Exemplifies Trump Administration's Fear Of Transparency
commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
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Maeve in America: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
Maeve Higgins | progressive.org | 2020-06-22
Stimulus money is shoveled into airlines and corporations while newspapers are left scrabbling for scraps.
progressive.org/magazine/read-the-news-today-oh-boy-higgins/

The Final 100 Seconds
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
Never before this year 2020 has the world-famous Doomsday Clock registered only "100 seconds-to-midnight." According to the Science & Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, since WWII, the world has never been so perilous.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/the-final-100-seconds/

To Make Crime, Create Laws
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
It is generally considered a beneficial thing for politicians to have on their resumés–that they sponsored many laws during their time in Congress. But how beneficial is that to the rest of us? The vast majority of these laws are the babblings of those shit kids gone adult who wanted 900 rules for an average game…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/to-make-crime-create-laws/

No, We're Not All Antifa Now. But We Should Be
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
"I've occasionally encountered mass hysteria in other countries," Nicholas Kristof writes at the New York Times. "In rural Indonesia, I once reported on a mob that was beheading people believed to be sorcerers, then carrying their heads on pikes. But I never imagined that the United States could plunge into such delirium." Kristof's writing about…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/no-were-not-all-antifa-now-but-we-should-be/

Why Race is Everything in America
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-22
The issues of 'race' and 'racism' have been with us since the founding of our august republic. Unfortunately, they are perniciously still with us today. They were the reason we fought the Civil War (1861-1865) and have mired our history throughout. There is no period in our history, the history of the United States, when…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/22/why-race-is-everything-in-america/

Having Sucked America Dry, Tech Giants Seek New Markets Beyond Reach of US Antitrust Laws
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-22
An aggressive push to consolidate companies in the tech sector, coupled with the world's ever-increasing dependence on digital platforms and tools, is quickly leading to a crisis of sovereignty.
mintpressnews.com/tech-companies-seek-new-markets-beyond-reach-us-antitrust-laws/268843/

The Multiple Hands of British Intelligence. "The Real British Empire is A Nasty Beast"
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
In my last article, I reviewed the case of Gough Whitlam's firing at the hands of the Queen's Governor General Sir John Kerr during a dark day in November 1975 which mis-shaped the next 45 years of Australian …
globalresearch.ca/from-dodgy-dossiers-sacking-whitlam-british-empire-stands-exposed/5716651

The Multiple Hands of British Intelligence. "The Real British Empire is A Nasty Beat"
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
In my last article, I reviewed the case of Gough Whitlam's firing at the hands of the Queen's Governor General Sir John Kerr during a dark day in November 1975 which mis-shaped the next 45 years of Australian …
globalresearch.ca/from-dodgy-dossiers-sacking-whitlam-british-empire-stands-exposed/5716651

Commemorating Juneteenth: The Continuing Unresolved Issues from the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
Author's Note: The following is the text of a speech delivered on June 19, 2010 on the 145th anniversary of Juneteenth. This address is being republished in honor of the 155th commemoration of Juneteenth in light of the resurgence …
globalresearch.ca/juneteenth-continuing-unresolved-issues-civil-war-thirteenth-amendment/5716582

Canada's UN Security Council Loss Shows Its "Foreign Policy Weaknesses"
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
India, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, and Kenya after a second round, won the June 17 elections at the 74th United Nations Assembly for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for a two-year term starting on January 1, 2021. | The …
globalresearch.ca/canada-unsc-loss-shows-foreign-policy-weaknesses-embolden-reform-movement/5716575

Soldiers Injure A Palestinian Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-22
Israeli soldiers injured, Monday, a Palestinian man near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and took him to an Israeli hospital. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that the young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, was shot with live Israeli army fire on …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-near-ramallah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-injure-a-palestinian-near-ramallah

Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Property Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-06-22
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Monday, Palestinian property in Beitillu village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said the colonists infiltrated into the village and punctured the tires of many cars, in addition to writing racist graffiti. They added that the colonists fled …
imemc.org/article/illegal-israeli-colonists-attack-palestinian-property-near-ramallah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illegal-israeli-colonists-attack-palestinian-property-near-ramallah

Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Young Women at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-22
Israeli police assaulted and arrested five Palestinian young women, and an Al-Aqsa guard, on Sunday, inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem, Quds Press reported. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) said in a brief statement, "The occupation forces arrested five girls and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-arrest-palestinian-young-women-at-al-aqsa-mosque-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-arrest-palestinian-young-women-at-al-aqsa-mosque-in-jerusalem

Israeli Troops Abduct 18 Palestinians in Pre-Dawn Invasions
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-06-22
Israeli troops abducted, on Monday, several Palestinian residents, across the West Bank and the internationally-recognized occupied Jerusalem, in continuation of widespread Israeli military crackdown on the Palestinian population. In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli troops invaded the al-'Isawiya neighborhood, local sources reported. This is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem that has …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-18-palestinians-in-pre-dawn-invasions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-abduct-18-palestinians-in-pre-dawn-invasions

Suspected assailant in Reading terrorist attack was known to UK intelligence agencies
wsws.org | 2020-06-22
If the assailant is Saadallah, it would be the second terrorist attack carried out in Britain by a Libyan national–who was known to UK intelligence agencies–in the space of three years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/read-j22.html

Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return: Two Sides of the Same Bloody Coin
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-22
Both in Israel and the US, conversations about reparations and the Palestinian right of return are stifled by arguments explaining why injustice must go on and a yearning for the status quo.
mintpressnews.com/reparations-palestinian-right-of-return-two-sides-same-bloody-coin/268817/

Milwaukee: Families deliver complaints and march against Wauwatosa Police Department
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-22
Milwaukee, WI – The families of Alvin Cole, Jay Anderson, Jr., and Antonio Gonzales ("Thee 3"), along with organizers from the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Community Task Force MKE, and their supporters, mobilized in the early afternoon of June 18. | Their purpose was to deliver complaints to Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber and to Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride before marching to Mayfair Mall. The event was focused on winning justice for "Thee 3", all murdered by the same person: Joseph Anthony Mensah of the Wauwatosa Police Department. | Responding to a July 2015 911 call pl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/21/milwaukee-families-deliver-complaints-and-march-against-wauwatosa-police-department

One Question: How Can We Use the Pandemic to Organize Workers?
progressive.org | 2020-06-22
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progressive.org/magazine/one-question-use-pandemic-organize-workers/

Let's Work to End Racial Wealth Divide
Omar Ocampo | progressive.org | 2020-06-22
Even before the pandemic, our research at the Institute for Policy Studies found that median white families had literally dozens of times more wealth than median Black or Latinx families.
progressive.org/op-eds/work-to-end-racial-wealth-divide-ocampo-collins-200622/

Trump Gets One Right: U.S. Should Pull its Troops from Germany
Shaan Sachdev | progressive.org | 2020-06-22
The President's pledge to reduce troops in Germany faces resistance from war hawks on both sides of the aisle.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-should-pull-troops-from-germany-sachdev-200622/

The Cold War is back and Trump is no Truman
Thomas Magstadt | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-22
When the curtain went up on the rolling crisis that was the Cold War, Harry Truman was president. Donald Trump is no Truman.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/22/the-cold-war-is-back-and-trump-is-no-truman/

ILWU shuts down 29 ports for Juneteenth, Movement for Black Lives
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-22
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union made a significant intervention into the national uprising against racism by organizing the Juneteenth West Coast Port Shutdown on June 19, closing down 29 ports in the U.S. and Canada. This act of solidarity is in keeping with the union's long tradition of fighting racism and for working-class unity. …
liberationnews.org/ilwu-shuts-down-29-ports-for-juneteenth-movement-for-black-lives/

EDITORIAL — Celebrando Juneteenth durante un levantamiento
Editor | workers.org | 2020-06-22
Juneteenth conmemorado el 19 de junio, los africo-americanos conmemoran el aniversario del día en 1865 cuando las tropas sindicales llegaron a la isla de Galveston para informar a la gente esclavizada en Texas que el atroz sistema de esclavitud había terminado. El anuncio retrasado obligó a aproximadamente a 250.000 afrodescendientes . . . | Continue reading EDITORIAL — Celebrando Juneteenth durante un levantamiento at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/06/49571/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editorial-celebrando-juneteenth-durante-un-levantamiento

Amy Klobuchar ends bid to become Biden's running mate in favor of a "woman of color"
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-22
Who will be Biden's running mate now that Amy Klobuchar is out of contention? The political record and background of the leading candidates reveals that nearly every one of them is a "law and order" Democrat with a record of defending the police.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/20/18834355.php

Agricultural products of Tarom, Zanjan province
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
Zanjan, Jun. 23 (MNA) — Tarom is one of the towns in Zanjan province with different agricultural products. The town is called 'Iran's India' due to its untouched nature and good climate.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160064/Agricultural-products-of-Tarom-Zanjan-province

Germany arrests suspected Assad regime torturer
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
German police arrested a Syrian former secret service employee on suspicion of crimes against humanity, officials said on Monday. | Alaa M., who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015, was arrested in the central state of Hesse on Friday, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. | The suspect worked for the military intelligence as a doctor, and he was strongly suspected of torturing inmates in 2011 at an Assad regime prison in the city of Homs. | The prosecutors accused the Assad regime of using brutal force to suppress the political opposition, torturing and murdering many of them in prisons…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-arrests-suspected-assad-regime-torturer-3532708

Turkish security forces nab explosives belonging to PKK
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
Security forces in southeastern Turkey seized explosives and ammunition on Monday belonging to the PKK/YPG terror organization.According to the local authorities in Hakkari province, the forces located and launched an operation on a hideout of the terror group. Searching the area, the local gendarmerie forces seized at least five handmade explosives totaling 8.5 kilograms (18 pounds), nine detonators, four rocket launchers, cables and other explosive materials they found buried underground.The explosives were destroyed at the scene.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a te…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-security-forces-nab-explosives-belonging-to-pkk-3532721

Okinawa Residents Warned of Chlorine Gas Exposure After Fire Erupts at US Military Hazmat Facility
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
Residents of Okinawa, Japan learned Monday morning that they should seek treatment if they experience signs of chlorine gas or smoke exposure after a fire broke out at a hazardous materials facility at the U.S. air base there. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1180625220_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/22/okinawa-residents-warned-chlorine-gas-exposure-after-fire-erupts-us-military-hazmat?cd-origin=rss

ILWU shuts down West Coast ports to honor Juneteenth
Michelle Kern, Alex Farr | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-22
OAKLAND, Calif.–In honor of Juneteenth, 29 West Coast ports–all the major ports from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego–were shut down for eight hours June 19 by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Here in Oakland, an estimated 10,000 marchers gathered at the Oakland SSA terminal port at a 10 a.m. rally to hear union and …
peoplesworld.org/article/ilwu-shuts-down-west-coast-ports-to-honor-juneteenth/

Military standoffs apart, Chinese investments roar in India
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
Amid the clamor to boycott Chinese goods and cut trade ties, in the wake of the killing of its 20 soldiers in a border clash, experts in India have warned that it will inflict more damage to the country itself.Out of $92 billion worth annual trade, Indian exports account for just $18 billion, according to the figures available with India's Commerce Ministry.Videos of Indians breaking and burning functional Chinese appliances, such as television sets, have been doing the rounds in social media. Ramdas Athawale, a government minister, even demanded a ban on restaurants selling Chinese food.But a fact check suggests…
yenisafak.com/en/world/military-standoffs-apart-chinese-investments-roar-in-india-3532700

No second wave of coronavirus: US White House adviser Kudlow
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Monday there is no second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, even though there are some flare-ups in states such as Florida, and it is unlikely there will be widespread shutdowns across the country."There are some hotspots. We're on it," Kudlow said in an interview with CNBC. "We know how to deal with this stuff now. It's come a long way since last winter and there is no second wave coming."
yenisafak.com/en/world/no-second-wave-of-coronavirus-us-white-house-adviser-kudlow-3532717

South Korea battling 2nd wave of coronavirus: Official
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
Health authorities in South Korea on Monday urged for an amplified guard against coronavirus, saying that it was battling a "second wave" of the novel infection.The country has seen a rise in new virus cases for some time now. However, the latest number of cases i.e. 17, is the lowest since May 26.It has reported a total of 12,438 cases thus far, including 280 deaths, and 10,881 recoveries after successfully suppressing the first wave, which began this February."We originally predicted that the second wave to emerge in fall or winter," Yonhap News Agency quoted Jeong Eun-kyeong, chief of Korea Centers for Disease…
yenisafak.com/en/world/south-korea-battling-2nd-wave-of-coronavirus-official-3532704

'No-swab' saliva test for coronavirus piloted in Britain
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
A weekly coronavirus testing regime using a "no-swab" saliva test is being trialled in Southampton, southern England, and could result in a simpler and quicker way to detect outbreaks of the virus, the British government said on Monday."Saliva testing could potentially make it even easier for people to take coronavirus tests at home, without having to use swabs," said Health Secretary Matt Hancock."This trial will also help us learn if routine, at-home testing could pick up cases of the virus earlier."More than 14,000 doctors and health workers, other essential workers and university staff and their households wi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/no-swab-saliva-test-for-coronavirus-piloted-in-britain-3532697

Libya's Sarraj meets AFRICOM commander
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
A closed meeting began Monday between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, the US ambassador in Tripoli Richard Norland, and commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Gen. Stephen Townsend, according to local media.The two US officials arrived at Zuwarah Airport, west of Tripoli, Libya Al-Ahrar TV channel reported, citing anonymous sources.Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga and the military commander of the western region, Osama al-Juweili, were present at the meeting.Officials are yet to comment on the reported news.* Writing by Mahmoud Barakat…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libyas-sarraj-meets-africom-commander-3532707

EU raises 'serious concern' over Egypt's Libya remarks
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
The EU is concerned about the recent surge in declarations on Libya as they work against the de-escalation of the conflict, the bloc's chief spokesman for the foreign policy said on Monday, commenting on the Egyptian president's threat of military intervention. | "The people of Libya … do not need more escalation, do not need more confrontation. In this light, the recent escalation of declarations, statements, and the interference by outside actors is a source for serious concern," EU spokesman Peter Stano said. | He also reminded international actors involved in the conflict to "work on diffusing the tensions,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-raises-serious-concern-over-egypts-libya-remarks-3532718

Libyan government exposes Haftar's financial corruption
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
The documents published by the government-led Operation Volcano of Rage showed the illegal seizure of state land and property by the Military Investment Authority, an economic arm of Haftar's militia.They also revealed that the warlord had illegally seized assets of agricultural projects and investment projects in Libya.The government earlier revealed that Haftar's Military Investment Authority had signed an agreement with the Union of Italian Fishing in March 2019 under which Italian fishing boats were allowed to fish in Libya's territorial waters in return for 10.000 euros ($11,100) a month for 5 years.In 2016,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/libyan-government-exposes-haftars-financial-corruption-3532709

Spokesperson Refutes Story That Bolton Will Vote For Democrat Biden Over Trump
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-22
The former Trump appointee is set to release a memoir on Tuesday detailing his days as the national security adviser for US President Donald Trump. Excerpts of the book have already sparked a wave of criticism against his former boss.
sputniknews.com/us/202006221079683887-bolton-to-vote-for-democrat-biden-as-trump-doesnt-represent-republican-cause/

Ex-Indian Prime Minister Hits Out at Modi Over 'No Intrusion' in Ladakh Remark Amid China Tensions
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian PM Narendra Modi triggered a wave of discontent with his statement that 'no one intruded into our territory' following the India-China border skirmish on 15 June, when 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The remark rattled several retired army officer who called it disrespectful to the memory of fallen servicemen.
sputniknews.com/world/202006221079685081-ex-indian-prime-minister-hits-out-at-modi-over-no-intrusion-in-ladakh-remark-amid-china-tensions/

Netizens Enraged as Full Page Tennessee Newspaper Ad Declares 'Islam' Will 'Detonate Nuclear Device'
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-22
The published ad was paid for by a religious group referring to itself as "Ministry of Future for America", who defined their mission "to proclaim the final warning message" of the Christian Bible.
sputniknews.com/viral/202006221079684134-netizens-enraged-as-full-page-tennessee-newspaper-ad-declares-islam-will-detonate-nuclear-device/

UNWTO chief thanks Iran for adopting measures against COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization thanked the Iranian government for adopting necessary measures regarding the pandemic.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160072/UNWTO-chief-thanks-Iran-for-adopting-measures-against-COVID-19

No foreign provocation can undermine Iran-Afghanistan close relation: Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its twitter account on Monday wrote that no ill-intended foreign provocation can undermine Iran-Afghanistan close relation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160063/No-foreign-provocation-can-undermine-Iran-Afghanistan-close-relation

Tehran condemns ratification of anti-Iranian human rights resolution by UNHRC
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — The Spokesperson of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs Abbas Mousavi censured approval of an anti-Iranian human rights resolution in the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
en.mehrnews.com/news/160066/Tehran-condemns-ratification-of-anti-Iranian-human-rights-resolution

IAEA's anti-Iran resolution, final nail in the coffin of Iran's relations with West
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — The IAEA Board of Governors' recent resolution, while having been the final nail in the coffin of Iran's relations with the West, could serve as an opportunity if the government plays its cards right.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160060/IAEA-s-anti-Iran-resolution-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-Iran-s

Impressive Zomorrod waterfall in N Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
HAVIQ, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Located some 9km south of Haviq city in Gilan province, Zomorrod Waterfall bestows tranquility to tourists. There are two waterfalls in the area with the larger one having a 15m height and a smaller one having a 12m height with stair-like appearance. These are also being referred to as 'Twin Waterfall'.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160056/Impressive-Zomorrod-waterfall-in-N-Iran

Iran to send black box of Ukrainian plane to France: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held phone talk with his Canadian counterpart Francois-Philippe Champagne and said that the Islamic Republic will send the black box of the Ukrainian plane to France in the upcoming days.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160081/Iran-to-send-black-box-of-Ukrainian-plane-to-France-Zarif

IRGC Navy to establish permanent base in Indian Ocean: navy cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that IRGC is looking to establish a permanent base in the Indian Ocean by the end of the current Iranian year.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160061/IRGC-Navy-to-establish-permanent-base-in-Indian-Ocean-navy-cmdr

Iraq launches 3rd phase of "Heroes of Iraq"
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) –A spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces announced that the third phase of the "Heroes of Iraq" operation has been launched by the participation of Hashd Alsha'abi forces.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160076/Iraq-launches-3rd-phase-of-Heroes-of-Iraq

US expands work visa ban to protect American jobs from 'millions of aliens' from India, Mexico & China
rt.com | 2020-06-22
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order putting new restrictions on foreign work visas until the end of 2020, a move the administration said is needed as the economy suffers in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. | Signed on Monday evening, the order freezes several types of work visas — including the H1B for highly skilled workers — which the White House says will keep some 500,000 American jobs from going to foreign employees, part of what it deemed an "America-first recovery." | "American workers compete against foreign nationals for jobs in every sector of our economy, including again…
rt.com/usa/492641-trump-expands-visa-ban/

Trump warns of 'RIGGED' election, claims millions of mail-in ballots will be forged by foreign powers
rt.com | 2020-06-22
The upcoming presidential election will be the scandal of the century, Donald Trump has predicted, stating that the use of mail-in ballots opens the door to widespread vote fraud as well as foreign meddling. | In one of his signature all-caps tweets, the US leader expressed his concerns about November's contest against Democrat Joe Biden. | "RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!" shrieked Trump's tweet. | RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL B…
rt.com/usa/492579-trump-election-rigged-mail-ballots/

Fake news or about-face? Bolton DENIES he's voting for Biden after the Telegraph reports him saying so in interview
rt.com | 2020-06-22
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has refuted a report by the Telegraph that he plans to cast his ballot for Joe Biden, the Democrat rival of his former boss, as he continues to tout his tell-all book in the media. | …
rt.com/usa/492530-telegraph-biden-bolton-book-voting/

Trump says he gave 'wacko' John Bolton a chance, just to hear 'differing points of view'
rt.com | 2020-06-22
Calling him a "wacko" and a "liar," President Donald Trump has mockingly defended his decision to hire warhawk adviser John Bolton, who recently unleashed a tirade of criticism at his old boss in a tell-all book. | "I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of being Senate confirmed because he was considered a wacko, and was not liked, a chance," Trump tweeted on Monday. | "I always like hearing differing points of view," he added, before issuing a damning appraisal of the former national security advisor's time in the administration, whom he called an incompetent "liar." | I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of…
rt.com/usa/492591-trump-wacko-john-bolton/

US slaps 'foreign missions' restrictions on 4 more Chinese state media outlets
rt.com | 2020-06-22
The US State Department has reclassified four Chinese news outlets as "foreign missions," declaring them "propaganda outlets" and imposing strict controls on their ability to employ journalists and conduct business in the US. | Chinese outlets Global Times, China Central Television, China News Service, and People's Daily have joined a growing list of state-run outlets subjected to intensified scrutiny as the media war between Beijing and Washington heats up. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus announced the additions on Monday, proclaiming the named organizations are "effectively controlled by the gove…
rt.com/usa/492634-state-dept-media-chinese-restrictions/

Seoul says military option on the table over Pyongyang's plans to drop leaflets prompted by its people's 'unquenchable anger'
rt.com | 2020-06-22
South Korea has warned it's ready for an armed response against the North's plans to drop leaflets if it violates the two states' military agreement. Equipment is reportedly being set up to spread the leaflets "deep inside South." | South Korean defense authorities said on Monday they are closely watching Pyongyang's leafleting methods and are leaving a military response option on the table. Kim Jun-rak, the spokesperson of the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff, stressed that Seoul was prepared to take military action if any aerial vehicle is flown over the Demilitarized Zone, which would violate the 2018 inter-Ko…
rt.com/news/492580-south-korea-military-leaflets/

'Storm on the horizon,' NYPD commissioner warns, as data shows city shootings up 358 PERCENT
rt.com | 2020-06-22
Shootings in New York City increased by a massive 358 percent over the last seven days, compared with the same time last year. The skyrocketing numbers have prompted the police commissioner to warn the worst is yet to come. | There were 12 shootings during the seven-day period in question last year, while 2020 has seen 55. More than 70 people were wounded in the 55 shootings, with at least 19 injured on Saturday when the city saw over a dozen incidents, most of which occurred in the Bronx. In one of these incidents, a man died after being shot in the neck while washing his car. | "It takes a long time to turn…
rt.com/usa/492617-nyc-shootings-358-percent/

Trump Spreads Baseless Claims About Foreign Powers Counterfeiting Ballots
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-22
President Donald Trump is continuing to push back against the idea of expanding mail-in voting for the upcoming 2020 elections, baselessly arguing that the practice is rife with fraud. | Many voting experts and lawmakers are hoping to expand mail-in (or absentee) voting due to concerns some voters have of voting in-person due to the coronavirus, or the possibility that infection rates could rise again by November and thus deter voter participation. | Trump, however, tweeted on Monday morning tha…
truthout.org/articles/trump-spreads-baseless-claims-about-foreign-powers-counterfeiting-ballots/

Firing of Top US Prosecutor Fuels Barr's Move to Expand "Imperial Presidency"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-22
After a dramatic weekend showdown, the Trump administration has ousted Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan who led multiple prosecutions and investigations into allies of the president. We look at the extraordinary measures U.S. Attorney General William Barr took to protect Trump, with New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon, who has profiled Barr. "He believes in a very strong executive presidency, a kind of imperial presidency in which a huge amount of power resides in the presi…
truthout.org/video/firing-of-top-us-prosecutor-fuels-barrs-move-to-expand-imperial-presidency/

Time To Shut It Down! A Day Of Action & ILWU Juneteenth At Port Of Oakland
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-22
The ILWU initiated Committee Against Police Terror and Systemic. Racism rallied at the Port of Oakland on Juneteenth which is June 19, 2020. At the Port a rally was held before the march.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/20/18834384.php

Sins of "The Father" Torn Down, A New Way Forward At Hand
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-06-22
Be ye not afraid, "the nakedness and drunkenness of our fathers" can no longer be tolerated as a bastardized translation of a moral compass of divinity.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/21/18834400.php

Selected Articles: US Sanctions on Syria
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-22
If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a donation or becoming a member. Your …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-sanctions-syria/5716666

House Dems Introduce Bill to Prevent Big Pharma Price-Gouging During Covid-19 Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
On the heels of polling that showed 88% of Americans worry Big Pharma will exploit the ongoing pandemic to hike drug prices, House Democrats on Monday introduced two bipartisan bills to prevent price-gouging for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines and to strengthen oversight of federal spending on coronavirus research and development. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12137062381_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/22/house-dems-introduce-bill-prevent-big-pharma-price-gouging-during-covid-19-pandemic?cd-origin=rss

'Poverty Is a Policy Choice': Studies Detail How Poorest Saved by Covid-19 Stimulus—and Why More Is Needed
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
"When you look at the size of the government response, it makes sense." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/food_trump_coronavirus_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/22/poverty-policy-choice-studies-detail-how-poorest-saved-covid-19-stimulus-and-why?cd-origin=rss

Calling Pandemic a 'Pivotal Moment' to Make Lasting Changes for Families, Economists Demand $50 Billion In Relief for Child Care Industry
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
One hundred economists called on federal lawmakers to pass an immediate investment of $50 billion into the U.S. childcare industry, writing that as with many aspects of the economy, the coronavirus pandemic illustrated the precarious nature in which childcare centers operate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-667089932_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/22/calling-pandemic-pivotal-moment-make-lasting-changes-families-economists-demand-50?cd-origin=rss

Corporate Interests Nervous as Progressive Democrats Surge Ahead of NY and Kentucky Primaries
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-22
"They were always going to have more money on their side. But we have the better candidate, with better ideas, and a better campaign." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1220622079.jpg …
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