(2023-06-23). Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited. fair.org 
CounterSpin230623.mp3 New Republic ( This week on CounterSpin: 70% of House Republicans belong to the Republican Study Committee, which just released a budget that calls for curtailing programs supporting racial equity and LGBTQ rights, natch—and also for increased cuts and access hurdles for
(2023-06-24). CPC official says China, UK have common responsibility. ecns.cn Despite having different views on a number of issues, China and the United Kingdom share a common responsibility to shun group politics and bloc confrontations, and China welcomes genuine discussion based on equality and respect to expand mutual understanding, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said.
(2023-06-24). Addressing cancer concerns in the LGBTQ+ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During June, many cities and towns around the U.S. and the world celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community's accomplishments and the ongoing fight for equality and acceptance. When it comes to health, the LGBTQ+ community faces increased cancer concerns. Stigma and discrimination create barriers to health care, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer. Being aware of cancer risks and finding ways to overcome these challenges can be lifesaving. Mayo…
(2023-06-23). Two Shipwrecks Reveal the State of the World. fpif.org The sinking of two vessels—the Andrianna, filled with hundreds of desperate migrants, and the Titan, with a handful of multi-millionaires—provides a vivid picture of the world today. All drowning deaths in the ocean are tragic, and one has to sympathize with the families who have lost loved ones. Yet these events also dramatically demonstrate global economic inequality and injustice. | Those who died on the Titan have names. Stockton Rush, chief executive and founder of OceanGate, was the pilot of the Titan. Hamis Harding was a British businessman, chairman of Action Aviation based in Dubai, and an ex…
(2023-06-23). Inequality must be "priority" in climate change discussion, says Lula in Paris. peoplesdispatch.org President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made an impromptu speech during the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, on June 23, in Paris. In addition to discussing the key topics for Brazilian diplomacy, such as deforestation, global warming, and the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, he defended the importance of fighting inequality. | "It is not possible that in a meeting with so many presidents of important countries, the word inequality does not appear. Inequality in salary, race, gender, education, health," the president listed, sitting to the right of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, wh…
(2023-06-23). East LA high school principal removed, student walkout victory. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Students from East LA Performing Arts Magnet (ELAPA) at Esteban E. Torres High School walked out April 27, to demand the removal of Principal John Edward Estoesta. The students were initiated into action when one of their beloved teachers, James Lotter, who teaches AP literature, was fired in front of his students with zero explanation. | Lotter was scheduled to meet with Estoesta to address staff and student discontent regarding cases of racism, homophobia, transphobia, victim-blaming, and an early dismissal of students that interrupted the Black National Anthem during a Black History Month as…
(2023-06-24). Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community: Mayo Clinic expert addresses key topics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Being diagnosed with cancer is a hardship on its own, but it's especially challenging if a person is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Jewel Kling, M.D., director of women's health at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains that stigma and discrimination create barriers to healthcare, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer due to delayed cancer screenings as well as challenges with survivorship care. Increased cancer risks…
(2023-06-24). 'We Must Strike': A Message From A Rank-And-File UPS Worker Activist. popularresistance.org It has become almost cliche to say that nobody wants a strike, as if it were somehow uncouth to stand up for one's humanity without a qualifier. But wanting a strike is truly not the question. The question, rather, is do we NEED a strike? And the answer is an unequivocal YES! | We NEED a strike to unite our members at UPS, and our Teamsters Union as a whole. We NEED a strike to create a generation of militant Unionists, whose education will be the picket line, and whose graduation will be the launch of a new Labor movement. We NEED a strike to create the bonds that hold Labor together, that unite workers; those t…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] We are human, not artificial intelligence—medical teaching innovation in Taiwan. thelancet.com We appreciated Sandro Vento's Correspondence addressing the merit of a conducive environment in medical learning.1 With artificial intelligence development booming in recent years, there is a lot of interest in applying artificial intelligence to medical education to quickly produce many new doctors to resolve the problems of insufficient medical resources. However, lots of arguments have emerged about whether quickly produced new doctors have sufficient humanity in clinical practice. Here, we provide alternative experiences of medical education in Taiwan, which might be helpful for medical education providers ar…
(2023-06-24). Detroit teachers and students take their fight against layoffs to the auto plants. wsws.org On Thursday members of the Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee spoke to Stellantis autoworkers at Warren Truck to build unity against education cuts.
(2023-06-24). And then Biden blew it … mronline.org 
The Biden talk, made official by posting it on the White House site, is an insult to China. Whatever Blinken has said or done to smooth the relations is now gone. It was already known that the U.S. can not be trusted with anything that it says. What counts is what the U.S. does and there it has so far shown no positive move towards China.
(2023-06-24). Argentina: Repression against indigenous people in Jujuy (+human rights in Venezuela). mronline.org 
Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20.
(2023-06-24). Canadian sanctions on Russia: Powerless rage with a boomerang effect. mronline.org 
Canada's recent seizure of a Russian an-124 cargo plane, which had been delivering COVID supplies when it was grounded in February 2022 at Pearson Airport (it was forced to pay a fee for every minute, despite being trapped there), is another sanction among many others.
(2023-06-24). Dark history: How the U.S. experimented on its own people. mronline.org 
For years, government-related institutes have experimented on their own citizens, mainly minorities, to serve their own interests. Infamous and not entirely disclosed, here are some of the most unethical operations done by the U.S. on its own people and soil.
(2023-06-24). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Jasper J Brugts, Sumant P Radhoe, Pascal R D Clephas, et al. Remote haemodynamic monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures in patients with chronic heart failure (MONITOR-HF): a randomised clinical trial. Lancet 2023; published online May 20. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00923-6—In this Article, the upper limit of the 95% CI for the between-group comparison for urgent visits in table 2 has been corrected. This correction has been made to the online version as of June 22, 2023, and the printed version is correct.
(2023-06-24). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-24). Monday 6/26: #NoQuarry: Protecting Juristac Sacred Land Forum w/ Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-23). Insurance industry refuses policies to those most in need as climate change unfolds. mronline.org 
State Farm recently announced that it is halting new insurance policies for homeowners in the state of California, where the agency is currently the top insurance provider, due to rising "catastrophe exposure" coupled with inflating construction costs.
(2023-06-23). On the fundamental rights of the sex workers and others in India | Pradip Baksi. mronline.org 
It is for about one and a half decades now that our Sex Workers are raising the issues related to their lack of professional, legal and social rights before the members of the Other Sections of our society.
(2023-06-23). Two episodes at sea: The submersible Titan and hundreds of refugees drowned in the Mediterranean. mronline.org 
It is inevitable that such an event, in which there is a race against time and the elements, should attract the interest and concern of tens of millions.
(2023-06-23). Why should the decision of the British government to send depleted uranium to Ukraine be condemned? mronline.org 
The British government failed to review history and acknowledge the damage that has been caused to countries and their people through the use of depleted uranium.
(2023-06-23). Marx, the Anthropocene, and the Metabolic Rift. mronline.org 
A Polen Ekoloji seminar featuring John Bellamy Foster on the theoretical and historical background of Marx, the Anthropocene, and the metabolic rift.
(2023-06-23). Thursday 6/22: One Year Without Roe: The Current State of Abortion Access w/ NARAL Pro-Choice. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-06-23). The idea of degrowth communism was Marx's last breakthrough—and perhaps most important. mronline.org 
Even if Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito had not written
(2023-06-23). Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe. thecanary.co As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community has spread across social media. This has in turn triggered extreme online responses, including incitements to violence. Advocacy groups across Europe said the deluge of toxic content online is part of an overall trend of rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment …
(2023-06-23). EU wants to steal €200 billion from Russia to reconstruct Ukraine. infobrics.org Ukraine's dreams of reconstruction crushed by rising costs.
(2023-06-23). Study reveals global reservoirs are becoming emptier. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Over the past two decades, global reservoirs have become increasingly empty despite an overall increase in total storage capacity due to the construction of new reservoirs, according to a new study published by Nature Communications.
(2023-06-23). Russia Builds First Engine for Soyuz-5 Launch Vehicle. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Roscosmos announced that Russia has completed construction of the first liquid rocket engine RD-171MV for flight tests of the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle. | RELATED: | The Russian state corporation noted that it also plans to complete the assembly of the RD-171MV for the second Soyuz-5 carrier rocket and produce an engine for the third one this year. | So far, over 20 firing tests of the RD-171MV engine have be…
(2023-06-23). Chris Hedges on Cornel West 2024, RFK Jr., Green Party Strategy. scheerpost.com 
By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges rejoins the podcast to talk about his relationship with the Cornel West 2024 campaign, ballot access, strategy, RFK Jr. & more. Also, the nurses and teachers unions' endorsement of Joe Biden, the problem of business unionism, & whether RFK Jr. is accurately representing …
(2023-06-24). Why is Mass Organizing so important? podcasters.spotify.com In this we discuss in brief some examples and ideas of what organizing is and can look like among people everywhere, and why it is so important !
(2023-06-23). Criminal Case Is Opened Against Wagner Group Chief. telesurenglish.net The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday opened a criminal case against Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin on charges of organizing an armed mutiny. | RELATED: | The criminal case against Prigozhin was opened "under Article 279 of the Russian Criminal Code for organizing an armed riot," according to the statement from Russia's Prosecutor General's Office. | The FSB press office said the decision was made due to the seriousness of the si…
(2023-06-24). Environment coalition protests NT Labor's plans for more gas. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-24). Labor breaks election promise with new income management card. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-24). Ian Masters CIA Operative Protested At KPFA In Berkeley. indybay.org
(2023-06-24). Friday 6/23: Hands Off Korean Independent Journalist Jan Jin-young-Drop The Charges NOW! indybay.org San Francisco Korean Consulate | 3500 Clay St. | San Francisco…
(2023-06-24). Chinese-American Worker And Activist Arrested For Advocating For Peace. popularresistance.org Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between the US and China," say labor activists in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance of the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the US. | As a hotel worker, Liang was an active member in his union, UNITE HERE Local 26. He is also an activist in the Chinese-American community, ral…
(2023-06-24). Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota announce new pathway program for training nurse-midwives. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing are collaborating to create a new academic pathway for nurse-midwives that will expand the nurse-midwifery workforce in the Upper Midwest. The collaboration creates a pathway for students admitted to the University of Minnesota School of Nursing's Doctor of Nursing Practice program to complete the approximately 1,000 hours of required clinical training at Mayo Clinic hospitals in Minnesota and…
(2023-06-24). Bill protecting workers against union-busting advances in US Congress. peoplesdispatch.org The legislation, celebrated by labor leaders, organizers, and workers, would protect the right to organize a union. Practices such as captive audience meetings that are meant to dissuade workers from forming unions will be banned under this proposed law…
(2023-06-23). MORE THAN REFORM: BUILDING THE LABOR REVIVAL By: Bradley Crowder. midwesternmarx.com 
I will never forget the thick summer heat that filled the sanctuary of my rural Southern Baptist church when revival week came around. Once a year, we would host a traveling firebrand of a preacher to come and reignite the spark of our faith. The press of the bodies together in long wooden pews was in stark contrast to the normally cool, even austere atmosphere that usually occupied the space between the four walls we all held as holy. The world, even then, could often feel hopeless and c …
(2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…
(2023-06-23). Joe Biden to sign executive order to expand birth control access. plenglish.com The order is part of the administration's efforts to promote reproductive health care and comes one day ahead of the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. | It will also be the administration's only policy response to mark the anniversary, according to The Hill. | The order directs the secretaries of the Treasury and Labor Departments, as well as Health and Human Services (HHS), to consider new steps related to birth control, such as ensuring private health insurance covers all contraceptives either approved, cleared or granted by the Food and Drug Administration. | In all 50…
(2023-06-23). "The Palestine Laboratory": Antony Loewenstein on How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation. democracynow.org 
We speak with journalist and author Antony Loewenstein about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. Loewenstein explains that Israel's military-industrial complex has used the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that it then exports around the world for profit. "You find in over 130 countries across the globe in the last decades, Israel has sold … a range of tools of occupation and repression that have initially been tested in Palestine on Palestinians," Loew…
(2023-06-23). Sindicatos se movilizan por mejoras laborales en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Por la implementación de iniciativas de mayor seguridad, los constructores uruguayos se concentraron ante las oficinas del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (MTSS).
(2023-06-24). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Amazon Under Fire. levernews.com Good things are happening! Workers and regulators are holding some of the country's biggest corporations accountable for workers' rights violations. Plus, an Arkansas judge makes a landmark gender-affirming ruling, NYC tenants get a climate break, and more.Amazon Takes Some Hits: Amazon is in the hot seat. On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
(2023-06-24). Global solidarity with Writers Guild strike. workers.org 
The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and UNI Global Union (UNI-MEI) organized global in-person and social-media protests June 14 in a "Screenwriters Everywhere: International Day of Solidarity" with the Writers Guild (WGA) strike that began on May 1 — International Workers Day. Many . . . |
(2023-06-24). Friday 6/23: Bridge Bannering for Peace and Justice. indybay.org We'll be on the pedestrian bridge over Geary at Webster near Japantown in San Francisco.
(2023-06-24). Issues behind the Indian Child Welfare Act. workers.org 
Bulletin: In a major victory for Native nations and Tribal Sovereignty, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in a June 15, 2023, decision. Had SCOTUS failed to uphold ICWA, the results would have been disastrous. The article below was . . . |
(2023-06-24). West Coast dockworkers speak out against White House-backed tentative agreement. wsws.org In interviews and comments with the WSWS, dockworkers expressed anger of the proposed tentative agreement and denounced the invovlement of the Biden adminstration.
(2023-06-24). Workers at Wabtec locomotive plant in Erie, Pennsylvania walk out after decisive rejection of company's "final offer" wsws.org The 1,400 striking workers want an end to tiers and significant wage gains after enduring a 4-year pay freeze.
(2023-06-24). Senate bill would criminalize work slowdowns on US ports. wsws.org The recent series of job actions on the West Coast, in defiance of a union-backed "no strike pledge," has prompted the ruling class to develop open legal repression against workers as the next line of defense.
(2023-06-24). UPS demands new tiers, massive wage concessions in next contract with Teamsters union. wsws.org The American logistics giant is throwing down the gauntlet to its 340,000 workers, who voted earlier this month to strike by 97 percent.
(2023-06-23). East LA McDonald's workers strike, demand justice for Berta Montes! fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Workers at a local McDonald's went on strike June 9, as part of a weeklong struggle by employees to bring to light the heinous working conditions they have been forced to endure. The strikers called for an end to harassment from management, for union representation, and justice for Berta Montes, a McDonald's employee whose death many coworkers attribute to management's negligence and overall lack of interest in their worker's health and safety. | According to her coworkers, Berta Montes was feeling sick at work one day. When she asked her manager if she could be allowed to go…
(2023-06-23). SEIU Local 1000 rallies in downtown LA for a living wage contract. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – The largest union in the state of California, representing more than 96,000 state workers, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 held a spirited rally in downtown this morning, June 22. Rank and filers, union representatives, and supporters numbered 100 people. A large sound truck adjacent to Spring Street and in front of Governor Gavin Newsom's Los Angeles office, provided a stage for speakers. | Rank-and-filer Sol Marquez and her toddler joined the rally and watched as Aztec dancers blessed the ralliers. "I'm witnessing the dialogue that my fellow union members are having on…
(2023-06-23). France in Africa: Troops withdrawn, financial controls remain. workers.org 
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called June 16 for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which numbers just over 15,000 personnel. "Unfortunately, MINUSMA seems to have become part of the problem by fueling intercommunal tensions," Diop told the 15-member U.N. Security Council. "This situation is . . . |
(2023-06-23). U.S. imperialism behind assassinations of Philippine revolutionaries. workers.org 
Workers World Party recently sent a message of sympathy and solidarity to the Communist Party of the Philippines concerning the party's 10 members who were murdered by the bourgeois Philippine state. Ka Laan (Benito Tiamzon), Ka Bagong-Tao (Wilma Austria-Tiamzon) and eight of their comrades were assassinated Aug. 21, 2022. While . . . |
(2023-06-23). Chinese Medical Team Provides Free Service To Ghanaian Workers. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana provided free clinical service to more than 500 Ghanaian workers and dozens of Chinese workers in Accra, the capital of Ghana. | Related: | According to official data, the beneficiaries are employees of the China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group, a state-owned company that has undertaken major road and bridge projects in Ghana for almost 20 years. | "We hope to use our skill…
(2023-06-24). Pseudo-science and imperialism caught red-handed. uwidata.com 
By Dr Franklin Nyamsi President, Institut de l'Afrique des Libertés / African Freedom Institute In a study[1] published on June 19, 2023 on the reference site of the Egmont Institute, based in the capital of the European Union and NATO, Brussels, a duo of researchers from this organization set out to analyze the correlation between …
(2023-06-24). Rusia rechaza undécimo paquete de medidas de presión de la UE. telesurtv.net Moscú apuntó que las sanciones socavan las prerrogativas jurídicas internacionales del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU.
(2023-06-24). Presidente Lula rechaza imposiciones de la UE para acuerdo con Mercosur. telesurtv.net "Es inadmisible que tengamos una asociación estratégica y exista una carta adicional amenazando a un socio", subrayó el mandatario.
(2023-06-24). Unión por la Patria anuncia fórmula presidencial en Argentina. telesurtv.net Unión por la Patria expresó que han decidido conformar una lista de unidad que los representará en las próximas elecciones.
(2023-06-24). Uruguayan exporters concerned about competitiveness and drop in sales. plenglish.com "Exports in May fell for the ninth consecutive month and this time the drop was 31.2 percent," Teresa Aishemberg, executive secretary of the Uruguayan Exporters Union, told local media. | This drop is mainly explained by lower sales to China, which completed a year of declines in the purchase of meat, seeds, timber and fish, Aishemberg noted. | She described as a constraint the Government's exchange rate policy with respect to the dollar, which continues to fall here while in other countries the US currency recorded increases in May and in the accumulated balance. | "The exchange difference that was generated la…
(2023-06-23). "Holodomor": A Fact-Based Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Anton, via Hampton Think Tank In this piece, I will examine the situation in the Soviet Union, particularly in Ukraine, 1932—1933, of what is commonly referred to as "Holodomor". "Holodomor" refers to the claim of an "intentional man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine caused by Communist collectivization of the Soviet Union" or often times more specifically, of…
(2023-06-23). Struggle for dignity and rights in Jujuy continues. peoplesdispatch.org 
Mobilizations continue across Jujuy in rejection of the reforms to the local constitution, promoted by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales of the right-wing Radical Civic Union party. On Thursday, June 22, tens of thousands of people mobilized across the country as part of a national strike to express solidarity with the people of Jujuy and against the actions of Morales. | In Jujuy, members of Indigenous communities, teachers' unions, and social organizations held marches and blocked major roads and highways across the province. They are demanding withdrawal of the reforms to the Provincial Constitution, which…
(2023-06-23). Russia Responds To 11th EU Sanctions Package. telesurenglish.net The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday that, in response to another package of EU restrictions, it has expanded the number of representatives of EU institutions barred from entering Russian territory. | RELATED: | The European Union's (EU) actions are "illegitimate and undermine the international legal prerogatives of the United Nations Security Council," the ministry said in a statement. It warned that Moscow will continue to gi…
(2023-06-24). New Zealand sinks into recession. wsws.org With international financial institutions paying close attention, the country's Labour-led government is carrying out a far-reaching assault on jobs and living standards.
(2023-06-23). Chicago Billionaire Believes He Can Reduce Murder Rate With Jobs. moguldom.com Billionaire Chicago real estate investor James Crown promises to reduce the murder rate in Chicago and make it "the safest city in America" by creating jobs in poor neighborhoods, funding violence intervention programs and strengthening law enforcement agencies. One of the wealthiest businessmen in Chicago, Crown heads up the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club …
(2023-06-24). Armed Munity In Russia. Situation In Second Half Of June 24. southfront.org 
Police in Moscow | In the second half of June 24, the situation with the armed munity announced by the public head of PMC Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhin, reached to what could be described as the first breaking point. | According to reports, forward detachments of the Wagner units loyal to Prigozhin are about to reach Moscow Region (unconfirmed reports claim that Wagner units entered Tula Region). The movement of Wagner units took place amid little clashes with security forces. | Russian security forces and military mostly…
(2023-06-24). 1 Year After "Dobbs," We Must Build Movements to Defeat Anti-Abortion Extremists. truthout.org It's been one year since Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the ruling that ended federal protections for abortion rights by overturning the almost 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade. The ruling was the culmination of decades-long work by the anti-abortion right, which has chipped away at abortion access at the state level, lined up "trigger bans" and mobilized to reignite the clinic… |
(2023-06-24). Communists meeting in New York have a plan to defeat the MAGA fascists. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK — The National Committee of the Communist Party, USA, that organization's top leadership, launched a meeting this morning here in New York with a declaration that the nationwide party organization is putting its full force behind a movement it expects will inflict a strategic defeat upon the MAGA right and its leader, "the …
(2023-06-24). Anti-war groups in Ireland disrupt security conference at Cork University. peoplesdispatch.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-cons…
(2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.
(2023-06-23). UWI discloses the Ukrainian intelligence report: Kyiv's psychological warfare operation against Crimean Tatars. uwidata.com 
By I≈üƒ±kgàºn Akfƒ±rat The documents from the Ukrainian Security Service reveal the extent of intelligence operations against the Crimean Tatar National Assembly. The Kiev regime not only infiltrated the movement with spies to divide it, but also conducted a campaign of defamation on social media. Ukraine's intelligence agency has labeled the Crimean Tatars as a …
(2023-06-23). When Forest Defenders Are Under Attack, People Everywhere Will Fight Back! itsgoingdown.org 
Announcement of rapid response demonstrations in solidarity with the ongoing struggle to save the Weelaunee forest if the movement is repressed during the upcoming week of action. Brave forest defenders will gather in Atlanta next week, from June 24th to July 1st, for the Defend the Atlanta Forest & Stop Cop City Week of Action….
(2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…
(2023-06-23). DeSantis anti-immigrant law sparks mass worker exodus in Florida. nationofchange.org The new law places harsh restrictions on undocumented immigrants.
(2023-06-23). BRICS: Impediments and Potential Areas of Cooperation. infobrics.org There are potential areas of cooperation that the BRICS countries can explore to promote economic growth and development. By working together to reduce trade barriers, invest in infrastructure, and promote innovation, the member-countries can build a stronger, more integrated economic bloc that can compete with the developed countries of the world…
