Monthly Archives: June 2022

2022-06-30: News Headlines

Jim McIlroy (2022-06-30). 20,000 teachers strike for better pay, conditions. greenleft.org.au More than 20,000 teachers marched from Hyde Park to New South Wales Parliament to demand a pay rise and better teaching conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.

Editor (2022-06-30). VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: What the NYTimes Gets Wrong About Inflation. scheerpost.com By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Christopher Leonard, author of "The Lords of Easy Money" has a piece in the 6/11/22 NYT (www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/op…) that addressed the issue of inflation's cause(s). He danced around your principal point, without actually saying it, namely that capitalism is in its death throes. …

JANET (2022-06-30). Ecuador's national strike at a crossroads. iacenter.org By Michael Otto June 27, 2022 Ibarra, Imbabura Province, Ecuador June 26 — The Indigenous-led National Strike in Ecuador that began June 13 enters its third week on June 27, as the people once again show their power in the streets and highways. Roadblocks in 23 provinces have closed every paved road in Ecuador. The masses have said, "Enough!" to banker President Guillermo Lasso and five years of a brutal neoliberal economic war that has deepened the poverty of the Indigenous, peasants and the precarious working poor who labor in the informal economy. Roadblocks are a huge weapon in the hands of the peasants…

RT (2022-06-30). Russia Challenges Western Accusations at UN Security Council. dissidentvoice.org Caleb Maupin reports on the recent allegation of Russian missile targeting an shopping center in Ukraine, dismissed by Russia at the United Nations.

WSWS (2022-06-30). Australian PM commits to NATO war offensive against Russia and China. wsws.org Albanese directly linked the US-NATO proxy war against Russia, triggered by goading Moscow into a reactionary invasion of Ukraine, to the mounting campaign by the US and its allies to ignite a similar war against China over Taiwan.

Peace council, Birgit Naujeck (2022-06-30). Negotiating at last and The Russian-American Friendship. indybay.org In fact, Russia's war is a response to NATO's eastward expansion, long criticized by the peace movement, and to Western policies of rearmament and confrontation, by which Russia feels more and more existentially threatened. It began as early as the 1990s with the expansion of NATO – contrary to clear, binding commitments to Moscow…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-30). Protesters condemn arrest of prominent Indian activist Teesta Setalvad. peoplesdispatch.org Teesta Setalvad was arrested on July 25 on a host of charges, including forgery and criminal conspiracy. She had spent the last 20 years fighting for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat anti-Muslim riots…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-06-30). Meeting with Ambassador of India to Russia. russiancouncil.ru On June 30, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), held a meeting with H.E. Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to Russia…

Sheerene Mohamed (2022-06-30). When will abortion become a right for every pregnant person in India? peoplesdispatch.org The 2021 amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act fails on two very important counts: in making abortion a right, and in actually granting access to abortion…

Editor (2022-06-30). The Angry Arab: Iran Losing Info War. scheerpost.com Marking the anniversary of Islamic revolution on Feb. 11, 2015, in Tehran. (Mostafameraji,CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By As'ad AbuKhalil / I still remember the reverberations of the Iranian revolution in the Arab world. It was a cataclysmic event like no other; a friend always laments that religion (in the Arab world) was on the way out before the revolution. | It has to be remembered that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was hugely unpopular among Arabs. He never cared to cultivate a favorable image for…

JANET (2022-06-30). Colombian election 'an extraordinary event'. iacenter.org June 29, 2022 Translated by M. Rafael and Daniela Ochoa-Bravo The statement below was issued June 22 by the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army) Segunda Marquetalia on the election of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, candidates of the Pacto Historico, as the first leftist president and vice president of Colombia. The FARC was founded in 1964 and waged a guerrilla insurgency against the right-wing, pro-imperialist Colombian government until signing a comprehensive peace agreement with the government in 2016. After the 2016 peace agreements, the majority of the FARC units demobilized and…

JANET (2022-06-30). Colombians elect Gustavo Petro, beating right wing. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt June 29, 2022 Voters in Colombia made history June 19, when they elected the first progressive president in the country's history. Gustavo Petro, previously a legislator and mayor of Bogota and one-time combatant with the M-19 guerrilla army, defeated right-wing candidate Rodolfo Hernández in a runoff election. Petro and Vice President-elect Francia Márquez — an environmentalist and the country's first Afro-Colombian vice president — take office August 7. Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez greet Colombian masses. Petro was previously the highest vote-getter in the May general election…

JANET (2022-06-30). Colombia's election raises hopes for peace. iacenter.org By M. Rafael June 29, 2022 Since the news of Gustavo Petro's victory in the Colombian elections on June 19, a massive sense of jubilation has washed across Colombia and the world over. Colombia for the first time in its history has elected a leftist government, after 80-plus years of nearly unending civil war: between Liberals and Conservatives, Marxist insurgents and the Colombian State, and the Colombian State against its own civilian population. Many believe that this elected administration will be able to do what all others said they would and end this legacy of violence. This is seen clearly in the energy in…

JANET (2022-06-30). Title IX weakened by SCOTUS Roe ruling. iacenter.org June 27, 2022 June 23 marked the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal legislation mandating equal opportunities for men's and women's participation in education, including sports. The very next day, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another 50-year-old decision — Roe v. Wade — thus denying women and girls protected by Title IX their bodily autonomy to choose when or whether to bear children. Title IX states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or acti…

Matt Sedlar (2022-06-30). Let's Count What Really Matters. cepr.net Regularly tracking four alternative economic indicators would provide a very different view of comparative performance from the one that emerges from GDP-based analysis. And public awareness of this revised view of reality could well mobilize support for fundamental different policies at the national and international level.

Ben Huff (2022-06-30). Faculty win union election after 5-year struggle in Santa Clara. liberationnews.org After a five-year-long hard-fought effort by the Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer Organizing Committee, these SCU faculty will be represented by the Service Employees International Union…

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-06-30). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Outrage on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-30). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-06-30). Imperial launches international scholarships for IB students. imperial.ac.uk Imperial is launching a new scholarship programme for international students studying the International Baccalaureate (IB).

Michael Kowalchuk (2022-06-30). Warsaw and Kyiv celebrate LGBTQ Pride with Equality Parade. liberationnews.org Tens of thousands of Poles and international attendees rallied in Warsaw on June 25 for the annual Equality Parade to demand equal rights for LGBTQ people across the country.

Peter Maiden (2022-06-30). Abortion Rights Rally in Fresno June 28. indybay.org People protested the anti-abortion Supreme Court decision at Fresno City Hall on Tuesday, June 28.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why it's important to help kids who identify as LGBTQ and may be struggling. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's not uncommon for teens to experience mental health issues like anxiety. It's believed 1 in 5 young people experiences some type of mental health issue during their teen years. For LGBTQ youth, the statistics are alarming. A recent national survey showed 45% expressed serious suicidal ideation. Dr. Marcie Billings, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic, says these kids need support. It can be as simple as listening. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/9qUM8FHQyVE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Mark Merritt (2022-06-30). Water protectors hold out hope for river flows. greenleft.org.au The second Darling/Baaka River convoy to highlight unsustainable water-sharing plans and ungoverned water-trading practices was organised in early May. Mark Merritt reports.

Michael Petrelis (2022-06-30). Friday 7/1: Speakout: 12PM 7/1 Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

WSWS (2022-06-30). Sri Lankan government declares virtual national lockdown! Fight for a socialist program to end the social calamity. wsws.org As the SEP has explained, there is no solution within the capitalist system for the workers and the poor, nor is there a national solution to the economic and social crisis.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-06-30). Palestinians 'are not animals in a zoo': On Kanafani and the need to redefine the role of the 'victim intellectual'. juancole.com Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, US media introduced many new characters, promoting them as 'experts' who helped ratchet up US propaganda, ultimately allowing the US government to secure enough popular support for the war. Though enthusiasm for war began dwindling in later years, the invasion of Iraq had begun with a …

JANET (2022-06-30). Down with SCOTUS! We will fight back! iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin June 28, 2022 On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States dealt a stunning blow to over half the country's population when it overturned the right to access legal abortions, granted by the top court 49 years ago in the precedent-setting Roe v. Wade ruling. The court's reactionary majority has denied women and all people who can bear a child equality, bodily autonomy and the right to make medical decisions. Philadelphia, June 24 The dissent from Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan asserts the Court's ruling means: "[F]rom the very moment of fertilization, a woman has no…

____ (2022-06-30). Marcos sworn in as Philippines' 17th president. ecns.cn Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos was sworn in as the 17th president of the Philippines on Thursday at the National Museum in Manila in front of thousands of people who witnessed the inauguration.

WSWS (2022-06-30). New Zealand opposition MPs applaud criminalisation of abortion in the US. wsws.org New Zealand's National Party leader Christopher Luxon, who could become the next prime minister, has equated abortion to murder, underscoring the fact that abortion and other social rights are under threat internationally.

The Global Research Team (2022-06-30). Your Support Has Kept Global Research Freely Accessible for Two Decades. globalresearch.ca The goal of the Global Research website is to shed light on complex and controversial issues often neglected by the mainstream media. It is through our readers' support and our authors' endeavors that allows us to sustain this objective. By …

Staff (2022-06-30). Russia condemns Israeli regime attacks on Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, condemned the Zionists' airstrikes on Damascus airport.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: What men under 40 should know about testicular cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org June is National Men's Health Month, and for young men, it's a good time to recognize the signs of testicular cancer. Approximately 1 of every 250 men in the U.S. will develop testicular cancer, with the average age of 33 at the time of diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR-az6uphA&feature=youtu.be Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 09) is in the downloads at the end of…

Shotgun Players (2022-06-30). Saturday 7/23: Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Ashby Stage | 1901 Ashby Ave | Berkeley, CA 94703…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Iran And Argentina In BRICS Would Advance The Multipolar Project. southfront.org BRICS' expansion is a necessary step to overcome the unipolar world order. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Science sat the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | A new step is being taken towards the expansion of the BRICS. Iran and Argentina asked this last week of June to join the group of emerging countries currently formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Beijing and Moscow, which are extremely affected by international sanctions,…

Editor (2022-06-29). Koch machine pressing Supreme Court to crush EPA. mronline.org Dark money groups funded by the fossil fuel billionaire are lobbying justices to block the agency from limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). In Video: Uncomfortable Questions To Ukrainian Authorities From Civilians In Kremenchug. southfront.org

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-29). While Biden Gives Ukrainian Army "The Most Lethal Weapon," War Profiteer BAE Systems Stock Soars. mronline.org The Russian Interior Ministry reported that it had destroyed U.S.-made howitzers through use of attack drones.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-29). Conversation with American Mercenary, DPR POW: "Be Better Informed" libya360.wordpress.com Jim "Fergie" Chambers Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, seen here on the Appalachian trail. Photo from the Telegram UK My conversation with American mercenary in Ukraine turned DPR POW, Alexander John-Robert Drueke NEW YORK, JUNE 28TH, 2022- Last week, two Americans who came to fight for the Ukrainian International Legion were widely reported as having been captured by…

Editor (2022-06-29). Why Roe v. Wade's Demise—Unlike Gay Rights or Ukraine—Isn't Getting Corporate America to Speak Up. scheerpost.com By Alessandro Piazza, Rice University / The Conversation Corporate America — once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot button issues — has, in recent years, become increasingly outspoken on a host of thorny topics, from gay rights to the war in Ukraine. That makes its relative silence in the face of the end of federal abortion rights all the more …

Amarynth (2022-06-29). Sweden and Finland joining NATO precedes an inevitable financial collapse of the current international system. thesaker.is Sweden and Finland joining NATO besides being a provocative act towards Russia, precedes an inevitable financial collapse of the current international system By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog The…

Jake Johnson (2022-06-29). Sanders, Fetterman Urge Buttigieg to Fine Airlines Over Flight Cancellations. commondreams.org "The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute, and delaying flights for hours on end," said the Vermont senator.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). US Government Openly Advocates Destroying Russia. southfront.org The US government commission urged for more support (clearly implying actual support exists already) to separatist movements inside Russia and in the diaspora. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Last week, on June 23, a United States government agency under the name Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission,

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). What More Proof Is Needed That America Is A Dictatorship, Not A Democracy? southfront.org | Written by Ever since 2014,

Anonymous Contributor (2022-06-29). Thousands Take to Streets in Boise, Idaho; Push Back Against the far-Right. itsgoingdown.org Report from so-called Boise, Idaho on recent protests and mobilizations against the Supreme Court ruling against Roe V Wade. In the heat of summer, on June 27th, 2022, roughly 4,000 people showed up to a demonstration at Cherie Buckner-Webb park in so-called downtown Boise, Idaho. The crowd was mixed with many attendees that had never…

_____ (2022-06-29). Key Takeaways From BRICS Summit. popularresistance.org Last week the 14th BRICS Summit took place virtually, chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The BRICS bloc (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) represents a key political, economic, and scientific force in the international arena. These nations represent half of the world's population and their collective GDP is greater that $20 trillion. | In today's context, the significance of the BRICS summit is increased to the extent that the bloc represents an alternative to the unipolar world of the decaying West. | What follows are some of the key points from the Summit's in Beijing: | Multilateral compromi…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-29). Daily Round-up | Iran, US to restart nuclear deal talks in Qatar & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you stories from the Iran nuclear deal, the persecution of communists in Swaziland, the arrest of an Indian journalist, and investigation into the disappearance of students in Mexico…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-29). Flooding in Indian State of Assam causes massive destruction. peoplesdispatch.org Over

Editor (2022-06-29). The Rightwing's Supreme Court Coup. mronline.org THE OFFICIAL overturn of Roe v. Wade was announced as this issue of ATCgoes to press. It didn't require a white-nationalist riot, invading the Capitol at the instigation of Donald Trump, to tear huge holes in long-established constitutional rights in the United States. Where that frontal assault failed, a flanking maneuver by the right wing has met with success — including a blatant pseudo-constitutional coup by Court.

Editor (2022-06-29). Where to get abortion pills and how to use them. mronline.org New U.S. restrictions could turn abortion into do-it-yourself medicine, but there might be legal risks.

Editor (2022-06-29). Growing Hope for Humanity: 65 Countries in Vienna Say No to Atomic Weapons in TPNW Declaration. scheerpost.com By Rafael de la Rubia / Pressenza In Vienna, a total of 65 countries with many others as observers and a large number of civil organisations, on Thursday 24 June and for three days, aligned themselves in the face of the threat of the use of atomic weapons and committed themselves to work for their …

Editor (2022-06-29). Steve Wasserman: Turn of the Screw. scheerpost.com By Steve Wasserman / Original to ScheerPost | Cuban rapper Maykel Castillo and visual artist Luis Manuel Otero who helped compose and record last year's Latin Grammy-winning "

Mairead Skehan Gillis (2022-06-29). Trans Resistance Day in Boston. workers.org Hundreds marched through the heart of Roxbury in Boston June 26 for Trans Resistance Day, chanting "We're taking back Pride" and "Trans liberation, not gentrification!" Trans Resistance Day, Boston, June 26 This was the third annual Trans Resistance Day in Boston, which replaced the corporate Pride parade in order to . . . |

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-06-29). We Have a Smoking Gun — Indict Trump. otherwords.org Trump White House insider and January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson provided startling and compelling evidence that Donald Trump deliberately set out to incite an insurrection at the Capitol. | Before giving his inflammatory speech, Hutchinson testified, Trump was told his supporters were armed with guns, knives, spears, and flagpoles and were wearing body armor. | "I don't f-ing care that they hav…

Otis Grotewohl (2022-06-29). Ravenswood Aluminum workers celebrate 30-year-old victory against company. workers.org A cake at a commemoration to honor the West Virginia workers who held out "one day longer" than Ravenswood Aluminum from 1990-92. WW Photo: Otis Grotewohl Ravenswood, West Virginia Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 commemorated the 30-year anniversary of the nearly two-year lockout at Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation on . . . |

Sulma Arias (2022-06-29). To Defend Our Rights, Defend Our Democracy. otherwords.org Protesters have poured into the streets following the Supreme Court's decision to end reproductive freedom. As a mother of three, I share this anguish and anger. I fear for our lives in a country that so easily takes away a fundamental right. | But we shouldn't be surprised — this far-right court has been chipping away at democracy itself for years. And as

Ann Brown (2022-06-29). Congresswoman Maxine Waters Requests Banking And Insurance Records Related To Chattel Slavery. moguldom.com House Financial Services Chair, longtime Congresswoman Maxine Waters wants to know if major banks and insurance companies have studied their institution's historic involvement in American chattel slavery. And on June 7, she and the Democrats sent them letters requesting their records related to chattel slavery. Chattel slavery, according to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, …

Editor2 (2022-06-29). Ecuador: "Stop the Massacre" orinocotribune.com By Carlos Crespo Jun 27, 2022 | "Stop the massacre" was the cry that ran through tears, pain and indignation on the twelfth day of the #ParoNacional2022. | "We have had a very difficult day"; "it has been a very strong day". "We denounce to the world… the wounded, the dead, the imprisoned. Let them know about these inhuman actions. We call for peace, for harmony, we cannot generate civil war between brothers". These were the words of the leaders of the #ParoNacional2022 around midnight, in their press conference to the country: Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), National Federa…

Fight Back (2022-06-29). Philippines: Fight the Marcos Firewall! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the National Security Council and various agencies of the reactionary government for the push to erect a Marcos Anti-Democracy (MAD) Internet Firewall in a desperate bid to censor online criticism and dissent against the incoming illegitimate Marcos II regime, as well as suppress progressive, patriotic and revolutionary journalism and literature that exposes the ills of the ruling system. | In a June 6 letter, Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, NSC direct…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-29). National Strike in Ecuador Completes 15 Days, Struggle Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians held a massive march in capital Quito to mark 15 days of the national strike On June 27. (Photo: CONAIE/Twitter) Ecuadorian peasant, Indigenous and Afro-descendant organizations have vowed to continue fighting against poverty and deep inequalities in the country, despite persecution, criminalization and repression by the state Monday,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-29). World's Largest Imperial Power Sponsors Calls for Russia to 'Decolonize'. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik Native American protesters and supporters gather at the Black Hills, now the site of Mount Rushmore, on July 3, 2020 in Keystone, South Dakota. © Getty Images / Micah Garen The United States, the most powerful colonial empire in modern history, is sponsoring a discussion on its adversary's 'imperialism' On June 23, 2022,…

Jeff Tischauser, Jason Wilson (2022-06-29). Patriot Front Propaganda Stunt Ends in Failure, Arrests. splcenter.org A propaganda banner hung by members of white nationalist group Patriot Front burst into flames and fell into traffic lanes on Interstate 35 near Sanger, Texas, on May 21, 2021, according to an arrest report and 2022 leaks of Patriot Front chats, documents and media.

Liberation Staff (2022-06-29). PSL National Webinar: What's Next In the Struggle For Abortion Rights? liberationnews.org Biden has within his power many different executive authorities that would provide abortion access in all states. But it will require a big struggle to make it happen.

Misión Verdad (2022-06-29). President Maduro: Venezuela is Ready to Start Business with French Oil Companies. orinocotribune.com On Monday, June 27, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed that his government has met with a high-level delegation from the US government sent to Caracas. | According to President Maduro, the US delegation, which met with the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, was in Venezuela for a second round of talks following the initial one that took place on March 5, thus giving "continuity to the bilateral agenda between the United States government and the government of Venezuela." | The president made these comments during the award ceremony of the Simón Bolívar National Prize for Jo…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-29). Israeli occupation court rejects early release appeal of Palestinian political prisoner Ahmad Manasra. peoplesdispatch.org Manasra's case gained international attention through the social media-based #FreeAhmadManasra campaign, which has called on the occupation court to immediately release the young prisoner who suffers from severe mental health conditions…

Staff (2022-06-29). AMLO Confirms Death of Migrants from Asphyxiation Inside a Truck in Texas. orinocotribune.com The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confirmed on Tuesday, June 28, during his daily morning press conference, that US authorities had found dead migrants inside a truck in the city of San Antonio, Texas, considered to have died from asphyxiation. Obrador added, "So far, there are deceased: 22 from Mexico, seven from Guatemala, two from Honduras, and 19 whose nationalities are still unknown." | Actualizo información de Texas proporcionada por autoridades de EU. fallecidos. 22 mexicanos. 7 guatemaltecos. 2 hondureños. Los demás por ser identificados aún. Estamos de luto. Tragedia enorm…

Staff (2022-06-29). White House Delegation Returns to Miraflores Palace in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 28, 2022 ( During the award ceremony for the National Journalism Award, the Venezuelan president said that the president of the National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, would receive the US delegation to continue discussing various issues. | "At this time, Jorge Rodríguez is receiving an important dele…

Harvey Markowitz (2022-06-29). New York City: LGBTQ+ community slams SCOTUS decision. workers.org Drag march, NYC, June 24 Tens of thousands from the LGBTQ+ community and supporters filled the streets of New York City June 24-26 to affirm the struggle for human rights and then rose up against the patriarchy-dominated U.S. Supreme Court for their "decision" outlawing abortion. — Renée Imperato |

Staff (2022-06-29). What happened in first day of Doha talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — An Iranian news source close to the country's Supreme National Security Council reported that on the first day of the Doha talks, the discussions on the remaining issues were followed by a technical approach with seriousness.

WSWS (2022-06-29). Stop the closure of the Ford Saarlouis plant! Stop the works council manoeuvres! No step-by-step job reductions! For the international unity of all Ford workers in defence of all jobs! wsws.org Our closest allies are our fellow Ford workers in Valencia, Cologne, Craiova, Istanbul, the USA, and, above all, India. The most important step in mounting a principled defence of the Saarlouis plant is to build our rank-and-file action committee.

____ (2022-06-29). Parades held to mark 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to motherland. ecns.cn Sightseeing buses and taxis hanging the Chinese national flags and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) flags participate in a parade to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, June 28, 2022.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-29). Raeisi urges for more coop. among Caspian Sea littoral states. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — "Cooperation among Caspian Sea littoral countries has become increasingly important amid international developments," President Ebrahim Raeisi said in his address to the meeting in Ashgabat.

Editor (2022-06-29). Thousands Protest Against G7 Summit in Germany. scheerpost.com By Nathaniel Flakin / The Group of 7 is currently meeting in southern Germany. The leaders of the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan — all men — are gathering in a castle in the Alps, close to the Austrian border. Schloss Elmau was already the location of Germany's last G7 summit These seven governments stand for vaccine imperialism, global warming, austerity,…

Staff (2022-06-29). Powerful explosion rocks southern Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — News sources on Wednesday reported a powerful blast near Aden International Airport in Yemen's Lahij.

PAI (2022-06-29). Labor law expert: Union-heavy states more likely to have laws protecting abortion rights. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—In yet another indication of the importance of unions to workers, a top labor law expert reports the same states with high union density, high wages, and paid family and medical leave are the states that protect the right to abortion—even after the Supreme Court declared that unconstitutional nationally. And vice versa, adds Sharon …

Betsey Piette (2022-06-29). Codicioso fabricante se enfoca en los jóvenes para obtener ganancias. workers.org En todo Estados Unidos, los políticos capitalistas, incluido el presidente Joe Biden, vomitan una verborrea interminable sobre la necesidad de controlar las armas de asalto, pero hacen poco para que esto ocurra. Mientras tanto, los padres de uno de los niños asesinados y un empleado de la escuela en Uvalde, . . . |

____ (2022-06-29). World's first LNG dual-fuel Suezmax oil tanker delivered in Guangzhou. ecns.cn The world's first LNG dual-fuel Suezmax oil tanker built by China Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) was delivered in southern China's Guangzhou on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-06-29). Hosting talks shows Qatar's good will in promoting dialogue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — Emphasizing Iran's support for Qatar's constructive role in the regional and international arenas, Bagheri Kani said hosting new round of talks is a sign of Qatar's goodwill in promoting dialogue and interaction.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-29). Guided Missile Strike In Syria's Afrin Leaves Nine Turkish-Backed Militants Dead (Video, Photos). southfront.org . | On June 29, nine Turkish-backed militants were killed and two others were wounded when an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) hit a bus that was carrying them near the town of Bosoufane which is located in the southern part of Turkish-occupied Afrin in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The slain militants were all members of the al-Sham Legion, a faction of the National Front for Liberation (NFL). The front is Turkey's main proxy in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib and a de…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-29). Ethnic Violence Plagues Ethiopia Near its Mighty New Dam. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Candlelight vigil outside the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral in Oakland, California, for those who died in the massacre in Wellega, Oromia Region, Ethiopia on June 18. Ongoing conflict in Ethiopia continues to claim the lives of many civilians, as recently happened in the Wellega region. Ethiopians have been in…

Ralph Underhill (2022-06-29). Ghislaine Maxwell is just the tip of the iceberg. thecanary.co By

____ (2022-06-29). Tianwen 1 completes its scientific mission. ecns.cn Tianwen 1, China's historic Mars mission, has accomplished all its preset scientific tasks, according to the China National Space Administration.

WSWS (2022-06-29). Strong interest in SEP meeting on the mass uprising in Sri Lanka. wsws.org "I read the WSWS article on how big companies in Sri Lanka have made profits in the midst of this crisis. I felt really angry when I went through the numbers. That is the wealth that can solve the problems of the suffering people."

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-06-29). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Anger on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

WSWS (2022-06-29). Lessons of the British rail strikes. wsws.org It is necessary to draw a balance sheet of last week's national strikes and the political lessons for the working class.

WSWS (2022-06-29). Costco workers reject sellout contract by 93 percent. wsws.org The deal was so rotten that the Teamster National Costco Bargaining Committee encouraged its members to vote "no," in a bid to save face.

Middle East Monitor (2022-06-29). Israeli Squatter-Settlers are Expanding Colonies in Palestinian West Bank in Advance of Biden's Visit and another Election. juancole.com By Adnan Abu Amer | ( Middle East Monitor ) As soon as it was announced that Israel is heading for yet another General Election, and the visit of US President Joe Biden to the region next month was confirmed, it was obvious that Israel's illegal settlers are going to take advantage of …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-29). U.S. Exposed as "Secret Partner" in Israeli Airstrikes Against Syria that Violate International Law. covertactionmagazine.com Dirty war in Syria continues as media attention focuses elsewhere The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Israel secretly coordinates …

_____ (2022-06-28). Climate Activists Block IMF Paris Office Doors. popularresistance.org Paris, France – Climate activists on Monday blocked entry to the International Monetary Fund's Paris office with some gluing their hands to its doors, demanding developing countries' debt be scrapped to help tackle climate change. | The Paris protest is part of a "Debt for climate" global campaign calling on wealthy-nation leaders attending the G7 summit in Germany to cancel the debts of poorer and less industrialized countries, known as the global south. | While low-emitting countries in the global south contribute the least to climate change, they tend to be the hardest-hit by the consequences, experts say. | "

_____ (2022-06-28). Lessons From Colombia: A Victory For The People. popularresistance.org On June 19, Colombians elected the first leftist president and the first Afro-Colombian vice president in history. This was possible, despite being in a repressive state, because of a strong national social movement that organized an effective national strike in the spring of 2021. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charo Mina Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and leader in the 2016 peace process, about this victory, the obstacles they faced and how they will counter efforts by the wealthy class to prevent further progress. Activists in the United States have much to learn from the Colombian people's movem…

Manerikar A, Budinger G, Bharat A. (2022-06-28). Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With COVID-19—Associated ARDS Who Underwent Lung Transplant—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Institutional and national cohort studies have reported the success of lung transplant for COVID-19—associated ARDS. However, given the unpredictable trajectory of patients with COVID-19—associated ARDS and the lack of clinically available biomarkers of permanent lung injury, referral for lung transplant requires careful evaluation of pulmonary physiology, radiographic and histologic changes, medical course, and treatment response. Furthermore, lung transplant referral should only be considered after sufficient time has passed from the onset of ARDS and after longitudinal multidisciplinary ev…

Suran M. (2022-06-28). Health Care for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. jamanetwork.com The Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs awarded about $8.3 million in grants so that American Indian and Alaska Native individuals living in urban areas have better access to health care services. A lack of adequate health care for the urban American Indian and Alaska Native population remains a critical issue, according to a statement released by the IHS.

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2022-06-29: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-06-29). Ecuador: "Stop the Massacre" orinocotribune.com By Carlos Crespo Jun 27, 2022 | "Stop the massacre" was the cry that ran through tears, pain and indignation on the twelfth day of the #ParoNacional2022. | "We have had a very difficult day"; "it has been a very strong day". "We denounce to the world… the wounded, the dead, the imprisoned. Let them know about these inhuman actions. We call for peace, for harmony, we cannot generate civil war between brothers". These were the words of the leaders of the #ParoNacional2022 around midnight, in their press conference to the country: Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), National Federa…

Liberation Staff (2022-06-29). PSL National Webinar: What's Next In the Struggle For Abortion Rights? liberationnews.org Biden has within his power many different executive authorities that would provide abortion access in all states. But it will require a big struggle to make it happen.

Staff (2022-06-29). White House Delegation Returns to Miraflores Palace in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 28, 2022 ( During the award ceremony for the National Journalism Award, the Venezuelan president said that the president of the National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, would receive the US delegation to continue discussing various issues. | "At this time, Jorge Rodríguez is receiving an important dele…

____ (2022-06-29). World's first LNG dual-fuel Suezmax oil tanker delivered in Guangzhou. ecns.cn The world's first LNG dual-fuel Suezmax oil tanker built by China Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) was delivered in southern China's Guangzhou on Tuesday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: What men under 40 should know about testicular cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org June is National Men's Health Month, and for young men, it's a good time to recognize the signs of testicular cancer. Approximately 1 of every 250 men in the U.S. will develop testicular cancer, with the average age of 33 at the time of diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR-az6uphA&feature=youtu.be Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 09) is in the downloads at the end of…

____ (2022-06-29). Parades held to mark 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to motherland. ecns.cn Sightseeing buses and taxis hanging the Chinese national flags and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) flags participate in a parade to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, June 28, 2022.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why it's important to help kids who identify as LGBTQ and may be struggling. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's not uncommon for teens to experience mental health issues like anxiety. It's believed 1 in 5 young people experiences some type of mental health issue during their teen years. For LGBTQ youth, the statistics are alarming. A recent national survey showed 45% expressed serious suicidal ideation. Dr. Marcie Billings, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic, says these kids need support. It can be as simple as listening. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/9qUM8FHQyVE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-06-28). Western officials admit Ukraine is crawling with CIA personnel. mronline.org The New York Times reports that Ukraine is crawling with special forces and spies from the U.S. and its allies, which would seem to contradict earlier reports that the U.S. intelligence cartel is having trouble getting intel about what's happening on the ground in Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Russian Ops in Ukraine (June 28-29, 2022): West Copes with Ukrainian Losses. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian Military Operations in Ukraine for June 28-29 2022: — Russia continues advances in Donbas; — Severodonetsk now completely under Russian control; — Lysychansk is being encircled; — Western media begins discussion on Ukraine's inevitable, permanent loss of territory; — West also admits limits to support it can provide Ukraine; References: US Department…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). LCI Gives the Floor to French Neo-Nazi Mercenary Fighting for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 24 June 2022, LCI published an interview with a French, Karel, who has signed up as a "volunteer" (a real mercenary) with the International Ukrainian Legion. Small problem: this French who fights for Ukraine is a neo-Nazi, already arrested in France and probably on the S list. In 2014, ´ Elle ª magazine…

I. J. Hoppes (2022-06-28). BDS Pittsburgh announces Pillsbury campaign victory. liberationnews.org Since October 2021, the Pittsburgh BDS coalition has been holding actions as part of a national campaign to boycott Pillsbury products in response to Pillsbury's participation in Israeli apartheid.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Ecuador's Uprising Escalates Despite Violent Government Repression. libya360.wordpress.com The Grayzone spoke with leaders of Ecuador's indigenous movements, now engaged in ferocious street protests against the privatization policies of President Guillermo Lasso, a billionaire banker. The activists addressed their demands and the repression they have witnessed, including arrests and alleged assassination attempts. In part two of our series on Ecuador's indigenous-led revolt against the…

Editor (2022-06-28). NATO To Increase High-Readiness Forces To Over 300,000 Troops. scheerpost.com By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced Monday that the alliance will increase its high-readiness force from 40,000 troops to over 300,000 as part of a plan he called "the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War." The NATO Response Force was formed in 2003 and was first activated …

Editor (2022-06-28). Thousands Take to Streets Against Upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain. scheerpost.com (Photo: UJCE) | By Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, June 26, in opposition to the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the city. Protesters called NATO a threat to global peace and demanded its dissolution. | The

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). NATO Announces Plan for Massive European Land Army. libya360.wordpress.com Andre Damon In what NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called the "biggest overhaul of our collective deterrence and defense since the Cold War," the US-led NATO alliance has announced plans to build a massive standing land army in Europe, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Stoltenberg said NATO would increase its "high readiness forces" sevenfold, from…

Staff (2022-06-28). NATO deployable surveillance/control unit supports Turkish war games with Azerbaijan, Jordan, Pakistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Allied Air CommandJune 28, 2022 NATO deployable control unit supports Turkish-led live-fly exercise Anatolian Eagle 22 From June 20 to 28, the deployed NATO surveillance and control unit DARS [Deployable Air Command and Control Centre] is supporting the Turkish-led multinational tactical live-fly training exercise Anatolian Eagle 22 (AE 22) at Konya Air Base, Tàºrkiye. …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Behind the Tin Curtain: BRICS+ vs NATO/G7. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Once upon a time, there existed an Iron Curtain which divided the continent of Europe. Coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the term was in reference to the then-Soviet Union's efforts to create a physical and ideological boundary with the west. The latter, for its part, pursued a policy of containment against…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-28). Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov resigns after losing no-confidence motion. peoplesdispatch.org Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov formally resigned on Monday, June 28, after his government lost a no-confidence vote last week. The government fell after it lost the support of the populist There is Such a People (ITN) party which disagreed with its policies on budget spending and the question of North Macedonia's European Union (EU) accession. The coalition government consisting of Petkov's pro-EU We Continue the Change (PP) party, the center-left Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Democratic Bulgaria, ITN, and others had the support of 123 legislators in the 240-seat National Assembly. With the ITN withdraw…

____ (2022-06-28). Total of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland hits 3.4 bln. ecns.cn The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses so far administered on the Chinese mainland hit 3.4 billion on Monday, data from the National Health Commission showed Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-06-28). Sri Lankan corporations reap large profits as workers and rural toilers face poverty and starvation. wsws.org The Lanka Hospitals Corporation, one of the largest of the more than 140 private hospitals in Sri Lanka, recorded a 2.8 billion-rupee turn over in the first quarter of this year, a 27 percent increase on the same period last year.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-28). Nepal's Rebuff Of SPP Is Major Failure In US Attempts To Expand Influence In South Asia. southfront.org China and India agree on Nepal's non-participation in US State Partnership Program Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst The…

Editor2 (2022-06-28). Two Countries Apply to Join BRICS. orinocotribune.com Iran and Argentina see potential in Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa bloc | The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially submitted its application to join the group of five leading economies made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the foreign ministry in Tehran announced on Monday. The move comes after the Iranian president addressed the BRICS summit last week. | While BRICS is not a treaty bloc, it has a "very creative mechanism with broad aspects," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, according to the Tasnim news agency. He added that Tehran has already ha…

Editor (2022-06-28). The Supreme Court and radical environmental deregulation. mronline.org In the face of today's complex, technological world, conservative state attorneys general and right-wing jurists are demanding a degree of legislative specificity that is impossible for non-experts to articulate.

Editor (2022-06-28). Transcending the 'imperial mode of living'. mronline.org An interview with political scientist Ulrich Brand…

Editor (2022-06-28). Patrick Lawrence: Who Should Control Foreign Policy? scheerpost.com March 15, 2019: Peace activists in Berlin discouraging Germany from buying combat aircraft that can be used as delivery systems for nuclear weapons. (Ippnw Deutschland, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | By Patrick Lawrence / I had a letter in the mail the other week from someone named Barry Klein, who resides in Houston. I filed it knowing I would write about it, and now I shall. | Klein runs a group called

Editor (2022-06-28). VIDEO: How the Democrats FAILED Women on Abortion | Katie Halper. scheerpost.com By

Mike Taber (2022-06-28). The Second International's Conflicted Legacy. mronline.org Virtually all socialists today are descendants of the Second International of 1889 to 1914. Yet its legacy remains sharply disputed. Some associate this International with its betrayal of socialist principles at the start of World War I, and think there is little reason to study it any further. Others see the prewar Second International as a model to be re-created. Both assessments are mistaken.

_____ (2022-06-28). Climate Activists Block IMF Paris Office Doors. popularresistance.org Paris, France – Climate activists on Monday blocked entry to the International Monetary Fund's Paris office with some gluing their hands to its doors, demanding developing countries' debt be scrapped to help tackle climate change. | The Paris protest is part of a "Debt for climate" global campaign calling on wealthy-nation leaders attending the G7 summit in Germany to cancel the debts of poorer and less industrialized countries, known as the global south. | While low-emitting countries in the global south contribute the least to climate change, they tend to be the hardest-hit by the consequences, experts say. | "

_____ (2022-06-28). Lessons From Colombia: A Victory For The People. popularresistance.org On June 19, Colombians elected the first leftist president and the first Afro-Colombian vice president in history. This was possible, despite being in a repressive state, because of a strong national social movement that organized an effective national strike in the spring of 2021. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charo Mina Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and leader in the 2016 peace process, about this victory, the obstacles they faced and how they will counter efforts by the wealthy class to prevent further progress. Activists in the United States have much to learn from the Colombian people's movem…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-28). G7: France Wants Venezuela & Iran's Oil Back on World Market. orinocotribune.com On Monday, June 27, a spokesperson for the government of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, requested the diversification of the world's sources of oil. Specifically, the spokesperson requested that petroleum products from Venezuela and Iran begin to flow on the world market. The request provides new evidence of the boomerang effects caused by the economic blockade imposed on Venezuela by the US and its allies, including France. | Within the framework of the G7 Summit being held in Germany, sources from Macron's administration stated that France considers it essential that the entire international communit…

Fight Back (2022-06-28). Thousands march for reproductive rights in Chicago. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Approximately 7000 people rallied in Federal Plaza on the evening of Friday, June 24, to protest Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The crowd was composed of activists and supporters of diverse genders, nationalities and political tendencies united in their anger at the attack on reproductive rights, most prominently the right to an abortion. | The protest was organized by the Chicago for Abortion Rights coalition and endorsed by over 45 local organizations. It was one of many such protests around the country. "We are the majority," said the emcee, Chicago for Abor…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Europe Under Foreign Domination. libya360.wordpress.com Hugo Farías Moya It is curious what is happening in Europe today. The old continent, as some call it. The continent that spread around the world what some authors call: Western Christian culture. Today, for the first time in history, it is under the exclusive dominion, not of another continent, but of an imperial country…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). The West's Plan B: Secure the Realm. libya360.wordpress.com Fadi Lama Having failed in preserving the unipolar order, the west will resort to Plan B — reviving a bipolar world based on the 'civilized' west and the 'barbarian' rest. Plan A: Global Hegemony By the late 1990s, it was clear that a China-led Asia would be the dominant economic, technological and military power of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Winds of Change Sweeping Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Richard S. Dunn Repudiation of Biden administration at Summit of the Americas and Colombia's election of a left-wing presidenta signifies a new era of independence and progressivism in Washington's traditional "backyard." The 9th Summit of the Americas came to an uneventful close on June 10th. Held in Los Angeles, California, the summit from almost all accounts,…

Staff (2022-06-28). Ecuador: Fuel Price Reduction Insufficient, Says CONAIE. orinocotribune.com Monday, June 27, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) rejected President Guillermo Lasso's recent announcement that, in response to the 15-day national strike, the country would reduce the cost of various fuels by 10 cents per gallon. | CONAIE branded the measure as "insufficient and insensitive, since it does not sympathize with the situation of poverty faced by millions of families." CONAIE stated that it would confer with its supporters to formulate a clear position in the coming days. | The organization that has led the protests warned that, despite persecution, criminalization, a…

Geoffrey Jacques (2022-06-28). Outlawing abortion is a step toward white minority theocratic tyranny. peoplesworld.org Outlawing abortion is a central goalpost in the unfolding of the far-right wing's takeover strategy. The crusade to install a white minority theocratic tyranny in the United States begins by revoking the political rights and personal freedoms the people of this country have won over the last 60 years or so. All this was signaled …

Prabir Purkayastha (2022-06-28). Death trumps life at Geneva WTO Ministerial. peoplesdispatch.org Big Pharma profits have trumped lives and health again. Some, such as India, China, Russia, South Africa, can produce vaccines for all, but there hang threats of sanctions by rich countries…

Manerikar A, Budinger G, Bharat A. (2022-06-28). Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With COVID-19—Associated ARDS Who Underwent Lung Transplant—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Institutional and national cohort studies have reported the success of lung transplant for COVID-19—associated ARDS. However, given the unpredictable trajectory of patients with COVID-19—associated ARDS and the lack of clinically available biomarkers of permanent lung injury, referral for lung transplant requires careful evaluation of pulmonary physiology, radiographic and histologic changes, medical course, and treatment response. Furthermore, lung transplant referral should only be considered after sufficient time has passed from the onset of ARDS and after longitudinal multidisciplinary ev…

Jake Watkins (2022-06-28). Indiana inmate fights to reform sentencing and end mass incarceration. peoplesworld.org NEW CASTLE, Ind.—Bryan Jones was just 25 years old when he was sentenced to prison for years in Indiana's Department of Corrections. "The judge had no intention of leaving me room to have another chance to change my life and the opportunity to make the most of that life in society," Jones told People's …

____ (2022-06-28). China shortens centralized quarantine periods, adjusts other guidelines. ecns.cn China has decided to shorten the centralized quarantine period for international travelers and close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases from 14 to seven days, according to a document released on Tuesday.

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-28). Police Brutality on Display as Protesters Rail Against Post-Roe World. commondreams.org "Both the Dobbs decision and state repression of protest against it violate human rights," said the president of the National Lawyers Guild.

WSWS (2022-06-28). IHR Emergency Committee stops short of declaring the monkeypox epidemic a global emergency. wsws.org The World Health Organization reported that the Emergency Committee did not feel the current state of the monkeypox epidemic constituted a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

____ (2022-06-28). At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) —At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, head of National Prisons Agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

____ (2022-06-28). U.S. in 'national battle' over abortion rights. ecns.cn A wave of protests and lawsuits has swept the United States after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

WSWS (2022-06-28). ILWU and PMA issue joint statement announcing no "work stoppages or lockouts" wsws.org Acknowledging that a deal is unlikely before July 1, the statement is an admission by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that dockworkers will be forced to labor without a contract for potentially months on end.

Suran M. (2022-06-28). Health Care for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. jamanetwork.com The Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs awarded about $8.3 million in grants so that American Indian and Alaska Native individuals living in urban areas have better access to health care services. A lack of adequate health care for the urban American Indian and Alaska Native population remains a critical issue, according to a statement released by the IHS.

Editor (2022-06-27). CIA, European Commandos Operating on the Ground in Ukraine: NYT. scheerpost.com A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on his working visit to the eastern Ukrainian conflict zone, 9 April 2021. [Handout photo/EPA/EFE] | By Kyle Anzalone / The New York Times

Editor (2022-06-27). Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By David Rovics / CounterPunch I turned on the news yesterday and there was Attorney General Merrick Garland somewhere in Ukraine, talking about being part of the effort to prosecute war crimes charges against the Russian invaders. Coincidentally, the night before seeing our chief prosecutor in Ukraine, I had finished reading Nils Melzer's recently-published book, …

Editor (2022-06-27). At Bonn climate talks, rich nations stab poor countries in the back — again. mronline.org The rulers of rich nations are like arsonists who, after lighting the fire, prevent anyone calling the fire brigade. An example of this took place at the Bonn Climate talks that finished on June 16.

Editor (2022-06-27). Ian Menter Raymond Williams and Education: History, Culture, Democracy. mronline.org In the 1950s and early 1960s, a group of remarkably talented left-wing intellectuals (almost all men) emerged in Britain, focusing both upon the radical interpretation and development of the core disciplines of the humanities: literature and history, and to a lesser extent, politics and philosophy; and also upon socialist political activism.

Editor (2022-06-27). A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile. scheerpost.com Hadi Tabbal in the New York premiere of The Vagrant Trilogy, written by Mona Mansour and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at The Public Theater. (Photo by Joan Marcus) | By Alisa Soloman / The opening of Mona Mansour's engrossing three-part epic about Palestinian displacement, The Vagrant Trilogy, was postponed for the last two years. But there's also a sense in which its run at New York's Public Theater was delayed by 33 years. In 1989—two and a half years into the First Intifada, which had brought the violenc…

Editor (2022-06-27). ScheerPost Contributors Honored Six Times at SoCal Journalism Awards. scheerpost.com By ScheerPost Staff / Original to ScheerPost | ScheerPost staff members won six awards, including two first place honors at the 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards gala on Saturday honoring journalists from print, television, radio, digital and student media platforms. More than 2,000 journalists competed, their work judged by members of other press clubs across the country. ScheerPost staff members were Natasha Hakimi Zapata, one of S…

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2022-06-28: News Headlines

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-06-28). Western officials admit Ukraine is crawling with CIA personnel. mronline.org The New York Times reports that Ukraine is crawling with special forces and spies from the U.S. and its allies, which would seem to contradict earlier reports that the U.S. intelligence cartel is having trouble getting intel about what's happening on the ground in Ukraine.

Editor (2022-06-28). NATO To Increase High-Readiness Forces To Over 300,000 Troops. scheerpost.com By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced Monday that the alliance will increase its high-readiness force from 40,000 troops to over 300,000 as part of a plan he called "the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War." The NATO Response Force was formed in 2003 and was first activated …

Editor (2022-06-28). Thousands Take to Streets Against Upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain. scheerpost.com (Photo: UJCE) | By Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, June 26, in opposition to the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the city. Protesters called NATO a threat to global peace and demanded its dissolution. | The

Staff (2022-06-28). NATO deployable surveillance/control unit supports Turkish war games with Azerbaijan, Jordan, Pakistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Allied Air CommandJune 28, 2022 NATO deployable control unit supports Turkish-led live-fly exercise Anatolian Eagle 22 From June 20 to 28, the deployed NATO surveillance and control unit DARS [Deployable Air Command and Control Centre] is supporting the Turkish-led multinational tactical live-fly training exercise Anatolian Eagle 22 (AE 22) at Konya Air Base, Tàºrkiye. …

____ (2022-06-28). Total of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland hits 3.4 bln. ecns.cn The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses so far administered on the Chinese mainland hit 3.4 billion on Monday, data from the National Health Commission showed Tuesday.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-28). Nepal's Rebuff Of SPP Is Major Failure In US Attempts To Expand Influence In South Asia. southfront.org China and India agree on Nepal's non-participation in US State Partnership Program Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst The…

Editor2 (2022-06-28). Two Countries Apply to Join BRICS. orinocotribune.com Iran and Argentina see potential in Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa bloc | The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially submitted its application to join the group of five leading economies made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the foreign ministry in Tehran announced on Monday. The move comes after the Iranian president addressed the BRICS summit last week. | While BRICS is not a treaty bloc, it has a "very creative mechanism with broad aspects," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, according to the Tasnim news agency. He added that Tehran has already ha…

Editor (2022-06-28). The Supreme Court and radical environmental deregulation. mronline.org In the face of today's complex, technological world, conservative state attorneys general and right-wing jurists are demanding a degree of legislative specificity that is impossible for non-experts to articulate.

Editor (2022-06-28). Transcending the 'imperial mode of living'. mronline.org An interview with political scientist Ulrich Brand…

Editor (2022-06-28). Patrick Lawrence: Who Should Control Foreign Policy? scheerpost.com March 15, 2019: Peace activists in Berlin discouraging Germany from buying combat aircraft that can be used as delivery systems for nuclear weapons. (Ippnw Deutschland, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | By Patrick Lawrence / I had a letter in the mail the other week from someone named Barry Klein, who resides in Houston. I filed it knowing I would write about it, and now I shall. | Klein runs a group called

Editor (2022-06-28). VIDEO: How the Democrats FAILED Women on Abortion | Katie Halper. scheerpost.com By

_____ (2022-06-28). Lessons From Colombia: A Victory For The People. popularresistance.org On June 19, Colombians elected the first leftist president and the first Afro-Colombian vice president in history. This was possible, despite being in a repressive state, because of a strong national social movement that organized an effective national strike in the spring of 2021. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charo Mina Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and leader in the 2016 peace process, about this victory, the obstacles they faced and how they will counter efforts by the wealthy class to prevent further progress. Activists in the United States have much to learn from the Colombian people's movem…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-28). G7: France Wants Venezuela & Iran's Oil Back on World Market. orinocotribune.com On Monday, June 27, a spokesperson for the government of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, requested the diversification of the world's sources of oil. Specifically, the spokesperson requested that petroleum products from Venezuela and Iran begin to flow on the world market. The request provides new evidence of the boomerang effects caused by the economic blockade imposed on Venezuela by the US and its allies, including France. | Within the framework of the G7 Summit being held in Germany, sources from Macron's administration stated that France considers it essential that the entire international communit…

Fight Back (2022-06-28). Thousands march for reproductive rights in Chicago. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Approximately 7000 people rallied in Federal Plaza on the evening of Friday, June 24, to protest Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The crowd was composed of activists and supporters of diverse genders, nationalities and political tendencies united in their anger at the attack on reproductive rights, most prominently the right to an abortion. | The protest was organized by the Chicago for Abortion Rights coalition and endorsed by over 45 local organizations. It was one of many such protests around the country. "We are the majority," said the emcee, Chicago for Abor…

Staff (2022-06-28). Ecuador: Fuel Price Reduction Insufficient, Says CONAIE. orinocotribune.com Monday, June 27, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) rejected President Guillermo Lasso's recent announcement that, in response to the 15-day national strike, the country would reduce the cost of various fuels by 10 cents per gallon. | CONAIE branded the measure as "insufficient and insensitive, since it does not sympathize with the situation of poverty faced by millions of families." CONAIE stated that it would confer with its supporters to formulate a clear position in the coming days. | The organization that has led the protests warned that, despite persecution, criminalization, a…

____ (2022-06-28). China shortens centralized quarantine periods, adjusts other guidelines. ecns.cn China has decided to shorten the centralized quarantine period for international travelers and close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases from 14 to seven days, according to a document released on Tuesday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why it's important to help kids who identify as LGBTQ and may be struggling. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's not uncommon for teens to experience mental health issues like anxiety. It's believed 1 in 5 young people experiences some type of mental health issue during their teen years. For LGBTQ youth, the statistics are alarming. A recent national survey showed 45% expressed serious suicidal ideation. Dr. Marcie Billings, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic, says these kids need support. It can be as simple as listening. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/9qUM8FHQyVE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…

Jake Watkins (2022-06-28). Indiana inmate fights to reform sentencing and end mass incarceration. peoplesworld.org NEW CASTLE, Ind.—Bryan Jones was just 25 years old when he was sentenced to prison for years in Indiana's Department of Corrections. "The judge had no intention of leaving me room to have another chance to change my life and the opportunity to make the most of that life in society," Jones told People's …

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-28). Police Brutality on Display as Protesters Rail Against Post-Roe World. commondreams.org "Both the Dobbs decision and state repression of protest against it violate human rights," said the president of the National Lawyers Guild.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: What men under 40 should know about testicular cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org June is National Men's Health Month, and for young men, it's a good time to recognize the signs of testicular cancer. Approximately 1 of every 250 men in the U.S. will develop testicular cancer, with the average age of 33 at the time of diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR-az6uphA&feature=youtu.be Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 09) is in the downloads at the end of…

Geoffrey Jacques (2022-06-28). Outlawing abortion is a step toward white minority theocratic tyranny. peoplesworld.org Outlawing abortion is a central goalpost in the unfolding of the far-right wing's takeover strategy. The crusade to install a white minority theocratic tyranny in the United States begins by revoking the political rights and personal freedoms the people of this country have won over the last 60 years or so. All this was signaled …

____ (2022-06-28). At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) —At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, head of National Prisons Agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

____ (2022-06-28). U.S. in 'national battle' over abortion rights. ecns.cn A wave of protests and lawsuits has swept the United States after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). The Fantasy of Fanaticism. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Despite what some "defense analysts" may be telling Western media, the longer the war continues, the more Ukrainians will die and the weaker NATO will become. For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Donbass: Full Liberation of Severodonetsk, Russia and LPR Control Zolotoye and Gorskoye. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 25 June 2022, about 800 civilians were finally able to leave the territory of the Azot factory in Severodonetsk, where they had been held by Ukrainian soldiers who had dug in. In the process, the territory of the factory and the industrial zone came under the control of the LPR (Lugansk People's…

John Catalinotto (2022-06-27). Thousands protest NATO Summit in Madrid. workers.org With the U.S.-led NATO about to begin its June 28-30 Summit in Madrid, following an agenda that includes prolonging the war against Russia in Ukraine and adding China as a key strategic enemy of the imperialist alliance, thousands of people took to the streets of the Spanish capital to protest . . . |

Editor (2022-06-27). NATO blockades Kaliningrad. mronline.org With the success of Russia's operations in Ukraine, we have to be concerned about NATO reacting to their strategic defeat by shifting their aggression not only to intense economic and propaganda warfare against Russia but also against Russia's position in the Baltic region.

Editor (2022-06-27). CIA, European Commandos Operating on the Ground in Ukraine: NYT. scheerpost.com A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on his working visit to the eastern Ukrainian conflict zone, 9 April 2021. [Handout photo/EPA/EFE] | By Kyle Anzalone / The New York Times

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). A Pivotal Moment in Eastern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Ukrainian troops retreat from Severodonetsk city in the eastern Luhansk Oblast after weeks of fighting, June 24, 2022 The retreat of Ukrainian troops from Severodonetsk city in the Luhansk Oblast of the country is a pivotal moment in the ongoing conflict. The Russian forces are now almost in total control over the…

Editor (2022-06-27). Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By David Rovics / CounterPunch I turned on the news yesterday and there was Attorney General Merrick Garland somewhere in Ukraine, talking about being part of the effort to prosecute war crimes charges against the Russian invaders. Coincidentally, the night before seeing our chief prosecutor in Ukraine, I had finished reading Nils Melzer's recently-published book, …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-27). US Expects Biden and Xi Will Speak in the Coming Weeks. news.antiwar.com National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Monday that Sullivan said one of the reasons for the talks is the growing "convergence" among the US and its allies on the view of China. "We do think that there is increasing convergence, both at the G7 and at NATO, around the challenge China poses," Sullivan said. | Earlier this month,…

A Guest Author (2022-06-27). UNAC says: 'End the U.S.-NATO proxy war with Russia'. workers.org The United National Antiwar Coalition issued the following statement on the eve of demonstrations and conferences against the NATO Meeting in Madrid, Spain, June 25-26. UNAC calls for an end to NATO expansion and an end to NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance; it is offensive as was shown . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Massacre in Melilla: A Barbaric Crime. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandro López 37 refugees dead, hundreds injured in Spanish-Moroccan police massacre at Melilla border Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, working with Moroccan police acting as the European Union's border guards, have carried out a barbaric massacre at the borders of the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Africa. At least 37 migrants were killed and 1 …

Editor (2022-06-27). Title IX weakened by SCOTUS Roe ruling. workers.org June 23 marked the th anniversary of Title IX, the federal legislation mandating equal opportunities for men's and women's participation in education, including sports. The very next day, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another -year-old decision — Roe v. Wade — thus denying women and girls protected by Title . . . |

Michael Otto (2022-06-27). Ecuador's national strike at a crossroads. workers.org Ibarra, Imbabura Province, Ecuador June 26 — The Indigenous-led National Strike in Ecuador that began June 13 enters its third week on June 27, as the people once again show their power in the streets and highways. Roadblocks in 23 provinces have closed every paved road in Ecuador. The masses . . . |

Editor (2022-06-27). At Bonn climate talks, rich nations stab poor countries in the back — again. mronline.org The rulers of rich nations are like arsonists who, after lighting the fire, prevent anyone calling the fire brigade. An example of this took place at the Bonn Climate talks that finished on June 16.

Editor (2022-06-27). Ian Menter Raymond Williams and Education: History, Culture, Democracy. mronline.org In the 1950s and early 1960s, a group of remarkably talented left-wing intellectuals (almost all men) emerged in Britain, focusing both upon the radical interpretation and development of the core disciplines of the humanities: literature and history, and to a lesser extent, politics and philosophy; and also upon socialist political activism.

Editor (2022-06-27). Nation's largest union of nurses condemns Supreme Court overturn of constitutional right to abortion. mronline.org Registered nurses understand that abortion is a basic health care service, and as a union of health care providers dedicated to advocating for the best interests of our patients, National Nurses United opposes any efforts to restrict our patients' control and choices over their own health care and their own bodies.

Editor (2022-06-27). U.S. gov't body plots to break up Russia in name of 'decolonization'. mronline.org The U.S. government's Helsinki Commission held a Congressional briefing plotting ways to break up Russia as a country, in the name of supposed "decolonization."

Editor (2022-06-27). A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile. scheerpost.com Hadi Tabbal in the New York premiere of The Vagrant Trilogy, written by Mona Mansour and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at The Public Theater. (Photo by Joan Marcus) | By Alisa Soloman / The opening of Mona Mansour's engrossing three-part epic about Palestinian displacement, The Vagrant Trilogy, was postponed for the last two years. But there's also a sense in which its run at New York's Public Theater was delayed by 33 years. In 1989—two and a half years into the First Intifada, which had brought the violenc…

Editor (2022-06-27). ScheerPost Contributors Honored Six Times at SoCal Journalism Awards. scheerpost.com By ScheerPost Staff / Original to ScheerPost | ScheerPost staff members won six awards, including two first place honors at the 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards gala on Saturday honoring journalists from print, television, radio, digital and student media platforms. More than 2,000 journalists competed, their work judged by members of other press clubs across the country. ScheerPost staff members were Natasha Hakimi Zapata, one of S…

Editor (2022-06-27). Thousands of Workers on Strike at South Africa's Impala Platinum Mines. scheerpost.com By Over 4,000 contract workers launched an indefinite strike on Monday, June 20, at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The action was organized by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). Strike notices were issued to three companies contracted to provide services to Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) — Reagetswe Mining Group, Triple M Mining, and Newrak Mining. | Over 4000 workers will down…

Michael E. Tigar (2022-06-27). The Supreme Court, rights, and judicial abdication. mronline.org The Supreme Court Justices have left town for the summer. Their sense of justice departed a few months ago, along with their fidelity to the history and text of the Constitution.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Ecuador: Popular Uprising Continues in the Streets of Quito as Parliament Discusses Lasso's Removal. libya360.wordpress.com Resumen Latinoamericano A massive and full Assembly was held at the CCE on the 13th day of the #paronacionalecuador2022, the bases were informed of the permanence of the 10-point national agenda and the call for the unity of more sectors of the country until results are achieved. Masiva y con àÅgora llena se realiza la…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Ecuador: "Stop the Massacre" libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Crespo (Image by Walker Vizcarra) "Stop the massacre" was the cry that ran through tears, pain and indignation on the twelfth day of the #ParoNacional2022. "We have had a very difficult day"; "it has been a very strong day". "We denounce to the world… the wounded, the dead, the imprisoned. Let them know about…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Russia-Africa Summit to Reconvene. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe After a visit to Russia by the two leading officials of the African Union (AU), an announcement has been made that President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold another gathering to work towards key issues facing both geopolitical regions. The last Africa-Russia Summit was held in Sochi during 2019 prior to the advent…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-27). Statement by New World Mathaba: Brutal Attacks on Africans in Morocco Highlights Crisis in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com STATEMENT ISSUED BY NEW WORLD MATHABA: BRUTAL ATTACKS ON AFRICANS IN MOROCCO HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS IN AFRICA On June 24th, approximately 2000 African migrants made a desperate attempt at a mass border crossing, climbing the iron fence separating Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Footage of African bodies piled up at the foot of the…

Staff (2022-06-27). Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia to hold joint military exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyJune 27, 2022 Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Georgia to hold joint exercise 'Eternity-2022″ exercises will be held on October 17-28 with participation of Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian servicemen, APA reports citing Turkish National Defense Ministry. It has been noted that the first planning meeting for the exercise has been held in Turkiye. The meeting has …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-27). Philippines ruling class debates anti-communist 'red tagging,' raising repression fears. peoplesworld.org Just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., "red tagging" has re-emerged as a national debate in the Philippines. In what is being seen as a possible shift in attitudes within the ruling dispensation, Menardo Guevarra, Justice Secretary in the outgoing Rodrigo Duterte administration, called the practice of red tagging dangerous. …

Brenda Ryan (2022-06-27). New York City: Reclaim PRIDE. workers.org In celebration of of LGBTQ+ Pride, thousands of people brought a powerful fighting spirit to the Queer Liberation March for Trans and BIPOC Freedom, Reproductive Justice and Bodily Autonomy on June 26. New York City, June 26. WW PHOTO: Brenda Ryan Held the same day as the NYC Pride Parade, . . . |

____ (2022-06-27). Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 per Minute on Their MAD Policy. transcend.org 24 Jun 2022 – They call it MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction. It is about the nuclear-armed powers' doctrine of military strategy and national security policy. And they spent on their MAD policy more than 156.000 US dollars, every single minute, in just one year—2021.

Martha Grevatt (2022-06-26). Wide spectrum of class struggles at Labor Notes conference. workers.org Chicago The 2022 Labor Notes conference, sponsored by the magazine of the same name, brought 4,000 worker-activists to Chicago June 17-19. The multinational, multigendered, multigenerational gathering gave voice to a range of struggles, from union drives to strikes to building rank-and-file caucuses opposed to class-collaborationist union leaders. A rally the . . . |

Danny O'Brien (2022-06-26). Portland: Delegation brings solidarity to migrant seafarers. workers.org Portland, Oregon The writer was part of the delegation that boarded the Otago Harbour ship. Members of Workers World Party and the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers boarded the Otago Harbour cargo ship on a Central Eastside port in Portland on May 23 to visit with migrant seafarers and deliver . . . |

Workers World Party (2022-06-26). Free Mumia! Free 'Em All! Support WW reporting. workers.org The U.S. has the highest percentage of its population in prisons — more than any other country in the world and disproportionately people of color. That's not even counting detention centers for im/migrants who flee their homes to escape U.S. imperialist aggression and impoverishment. Here, they are brutally mistreated, detained, . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-06-26). Letters from behind the walls. workers.org Workers World Staff, I am incarcerated in SCI Albion in Pennsylvania. I came across an older newspaper and love the content. I saw an ad and was hoping to get a subscription. Keep up the great work please. James G. Albion, Pennsylvania ** Greetings, My name is Delfino H. I . . . |

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2022-06-27: News Headlines

Rqorinoco (2022-06-27). Through the Month of May, Three Times More Tourists Than Last Year Arrived in Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Liz Conde Sánchez — Jun 23 | In 2020, tourism in the country declined to a level last seen in 1996, when the landmark first million international visitors arrived, and in 2021 only 356,453 vacationers visited | After a precipitous decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other international issues, the Cuban tourism sector is recovering, and evidence of the rebirth is the number of visitors who have arrived through the month of May: 1,070,3 , three times more than this period in 2021. | The news was announced by tourism expert, José Luis Perelló, during the XV International Seminar on Journalism and T…

Staff (2022-06-27). Under unilateral sanctions but generous host of refugees. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Hosted by about 5 million Afghan nationals in the country, Iran is the fourth country in the world that generously hosts refugees despite enduring the consequences of oppressive sanctions.

Editor (2022-06-26). Europe Dumps Its Climate Commitments After Facing Shortage of Russian Gas. scheerpost.com (Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/picture alliance) | By Abdul Rahman / At least three major European economies have decided to go back on their commitments to "green energy" amid the ongoing energy shortage, putting a question mark on the future of the global environmental movement. This disastrous shift in policy is another example of how the West's economic warfare against Russia has a global cost. | People across the continent are facing an unprecedented rise in…

Editor (2022-06-26). Scott Ritter: The Fantasy of Fanaticism. scheerpost.com Main square of Severodonetsk, Ukraine, February 2018. (Visem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By Scott Ritter / For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated Western media coverage of Russia's "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine. | In a stunning admission, Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former senior adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and Intelligence Services, noted that the optimi…

Maxyyjones (2022-06-26). The Paradoxical Seeds of the Holocaust: Oppression and Death Live On In the Apartheid State. scheerpost.com The minaret of the Al-Omari mosque and St. George Greek Orthodox church are reflected in the broken windshield of a vehicle in Lyd. | By Miko Peled / Lyd, Occupied Palestine — It is becoming increasingly difficult for Israel and the agencies that promote Zionism around the world to portray Zionism in rosy colors…

Staff (2022-06-26). IMF Approves $1 Billion for Ecuador while Police Repression of Protests Increases. orinocotribune.com The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of $1 billion for Ecuador as part of the extended agreement within the framework of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), signed in 2020 between the IMF and the government of Ecuador. | In a

Anonymous103 (2022-06-26). The Brutality of "Bulldozer Justice" in India. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | It looks all too eerily similar as a method: the expulsion of individuals from their home, the demolition of said home and the punishing of entire families. All excused by a harsh reading of local regulations. But this method, used by Israeli authorities for years against vulnerable Palestinians, has become a weapon of choice for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. | On June 12, Muslim activist Javed Mo…

Editor (2022-06-26). NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts. scheerpost.com By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' first budget agreement, saying it "excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city's jails…[and] increase the Police Department's budget." This is the culmination of a fierce debate, the Times told readers, between a mayor with "politically moderate roots" and a progressive city …

Editor (2022-06-26). 'Progressive' Food Company Amy's Kitchen Faces Multiple Unfair Labor Practice Charges. scheerpost.com Workers at Amy's Kitchen report a breakneck work pace, denial of bathroom breaks, and surveillance, threats, and firings for speaking up. Photo: Eric Rider | By Angela Bunay / The spirit of unionizing is in the air, from Amazon to Starbucks. Now the workers in two frozen food factories in Califor…

Editor (2022-06-26). The Chris Hedges Report: Journalism and Argentina's Dirty War. scheerpost.com In the late 1970s and 1980s, Argentina's civic-military dictatorship disappeared over 30,000 people, using death squads trained by the US as part of the now infamous Operation Condor.

Editor (2022-06-26). The Haitian Revolution Today and the Limits of Token Solidarity. scheerpost.com By Seth Donnelly / CounterPunch In 1826, the Congress of Panama was organized by Simon Bolivar, including representatives from Peru, Mexico, and what was then Gran Colombia (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela) and the United Provinces of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica). Bolivar, who had been given refuge twice in …

Eli Horowitz (2022-06-26). Capitalism Is the Real Information War. mronline.org Under capitalism, corporate dishonesty has become so commonplace that most of us take it for granted.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-26). Ecuador: South American Country Faces A Two Dimensional Storm. southfront.org Written by Simon Ndiritu | Ecuador has been gripped by protests since in 2019 in response government's austerity measures; the protests have escalated over the last weeks leading to the president declaring the state of emergency. In 2019, the government rolled back fuel subsidies that had been in place for 40 years and introduced tax and labor reforms citing fall in international oil prices which had adversely affected the oil producing economy. Consequently, Diesel and Gasoline prices incr…

Staff (2022-06-26). Turkish envoy says Azerbaijani army always ready for war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyJune 26, 2022 Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani army is always ready for war "I congratulate the entire Azerbaijani people, led by Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, on the 104th anniversary of the formation of the Armed Forces. The decision of national leader Heydar Aliyev to celebrate June 26 as Armed Forces Day actually …

Staff (2022-06-26). International statement: Israel out of the Tour de France! samidoun.net To add your organizational signature to this call, please email collectifpalestinevaincra@gmail.com. From July 1 to 24, 2022, the 109th edition of the Tour de France will launch from Copenhagen, Denmark, and then proceed through several cities in Belgium and France. For the third consecutive year, the biggest cycling competition in the world is welcoming the …

____ (2022-06-26). (W.E.Talk) Why the U.S. Keeps Doubting China on Human Rights Issues. ecns.cn Michael Borchmann, German expert on China and former head of the European and International Affairs Division of the Hessen State Government in Germany, shares his opinion.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-26). Raeisi in Intl. Anti-Narcotics Day ceremony. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) — International Anti-Narcotics Day was commemorated in a ceremony at the complex of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters of the Iranian Law Enforcement or the anti-narcotics police with the participation of President Ebrahim Raeisi.

____ (2022-06-26). Xinjiang slams Uyghur labor act. ecns.cn Xinjiang strongly condemns and firmly opposes the United States' "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act", said a spokesman for the Uyghur autonomous region's government on Friday, adding that the act would seriously undermine the stability of international industrial and supply chain.

Staff (2022-06-26). Tehran backing any national figure takes office as Iraqi PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) — Tehran supports any national figure who takes office as Prime Minister in Iraq, the Iranian envoy to Baghdad said, adding that the stability of Iraq will be in the interest of Iran and regional countries.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese people are in no hurry to tie the knot. ecns.cn The average age of first marriage of Chinese people stood at 28.67 in 2020 after continuously rising since 2010, China News Service reported on Friday, citing the statistical yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-26). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-26). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-26). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese mainland reports 2 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Saturday reported two locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, which were in Beijing and Guangdong respectively, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-26). Raeisi censures lack of determination to fight narcotics. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) — There seems to be a serious weakness in forming an international determination in the fight against drugs, and until this weakness is compensated, the situation will not improve.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese envoy calls for more int'l support for Afghanistan. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the international community to step up support for Afghanistan.

_____ (2022-06-26). British Rail Workers Lead Fight Against Cost Of Living Crisis. popularresistance.org As working class sections and low income households in the UK are suffering from the ongoing cost of living crisis, rail workers are organizing a massive mobilization against proposed austerity measures and job cuts. Over 50,000 rail workers of 13 train operating companies and the London Tube began a strike action on Tuesday, June 21, under the leadership of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) demanding higher wages at par with the soaring inflation and protesting against the job cuts that will result from the austerity policies proposed by the authorities. The strike continued on Thu…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-26). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the temperature rises in the summer, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illnesses, and learn how to prevent them. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

Amarynth (2022-06-25). The BRICS+ show themselves as an alternative to the current international financial system, but still with caution. thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog Since the beginning of Operation Z in Ukraine, unfortunately interpreted as an invasion or an occupation of Ukrainian territory by the Russians, realpolitik…

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2022-06-26: News Headlines

____ (2022-06-26). Xinjiang slams Uyghur labor act. ecns.cn Xinjiang strongly condemns and firmly opposes the United States' "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act", said a spokesman for the Uyghur autonomous region's government on Friday, adding that the act would seriously undermine the stability of international industrial and supply chain.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-26). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the temperature rises in the summer, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illnesses, and learn how to prevent them. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-26). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-26). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese people are in no hurry to tie the knot. ecns.cn The average age of first marriage of Chinese people stood at 28.67 in 2020 after continuously rising since 2010, China News Service reported on Friday, citing the statistical yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese mainland reports 2 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Saturday reported two locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, which were in Beijing and Guangdong respectively, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese envoy calls for more int'l support for Afghanistan. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the international community to step up support for Afghanistan.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-26). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-06-25). Terrapiattismo geopolitico dell'Italia. globalresearch.ca L'Italia, mentre chiede a Washington di essere ammessa alla Five Eyes, la più potente alleanza spionistica mondiale a guida Usa, boicotta il Forum economico internazionale di San Pietroburgo a scapito dei propri interessi nazionali. | Due eventi — uno a Occidente …

Editor (2022-06-25). Why Sanctions Always Fail. scheerpost.com By Andrew Cockburn / Early in the Ukraine war, President Biden boasted on twitter that thanks to "unprecedented" sanctions, the "Russian economy is on track to be cut in half" and the ruble had been reduced to "rubble." All instruments of economic warfare had been deployed against Ukraine's invader, from the freezing of central bank reserves to sanctions on Russian cats. Today, the cats may be still at home, but the ruble is at a seven year high, Russian interest and inflation rates are headed downwards, and industrial pro…

Amarynth (2022-06-25). The BRICS+ show themselves as an alternative to the current international financial system, but still with caution. thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog Since the beginning of Operation Z in Ukraine, unfortunately interpreted as an invasion or an occupation of Ukrainian territory by the Russians, realpolitik…

Thierry Meyssan (2022-06-25). The Ideology of the Banderists. orinocotribune.com By Thierry Meyssan — Jun 21, 2022 | While Stepan Bandera was an agent of the Gestapo and left only the memory (positive for some) of the massacres and tortures he organized, Dmytro Dontsov was—and still is—the reference thinker of Ukranian nationalists. It is he who invented Ukrainian racialism and imagined the fanaticism of Ukrainian nationalists as a weapon. | If in previous articles I have presented the history of the Banderist movement from the interwar period to the present day, I would like to talk here about their ideology. | Their reference intellectual, then and now, is Dmytro Dontsov (…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-25). Knock, Knock: Russian Ka-52 Helicopter Destroys Ukrainian Military Position With LMUR Missile. southfront.org The LMUR missile at in the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021. Source: the Analytical Network News Agency (ANNA). | On June 25, Russian sources shared a video showing a strike by a Ka-52 attack helicopter on a position where Ukrainian troops were holding out. | The attack helicopter targeted the position with the LMUR [Lightweight Multifunction Missile], also known as the Izdeliye 305. The missile scored a direct hit on the position, impacting the front door with high precision.

_____ (2022-06-25). The Paradoxical Seeds Of The Holocaust. popularresistance.org Lyd, Occupied Palestine — It is becoming increasingly difficult for Israel and the agencies that promote Zionism around the world to portray Zionism in rosy colors. This is primarily because there is a history of close to 100 years of Zionism; and the actions of the Zionist State, Israel, have a history of seven and a half decades of violence and racism. To add to that, in February, Amnesty International came out with a damning report demonstrating in no uncertain terms that Israel is engaged in the crime of apartheid and has been since the day it was established. | The Amnesty report is fewer than 300 page…

_____ (2022-06-25). The Paradoxical Seeds of The Holocaust: Oppression and Death Live On in the Apartheid State. popularresistance.org It is becoming increasingly difficult for Israel and the agencies that promote Zionism around the world to portray Zionism in rosy colors. This is primarily because there is a history of close to 100 years of Zionism; and the actions of the Zionist State, Israel, have a history of seven and a half decades of violence and racism. To add to that, in February, Amnesty International came out with a damning report demonstrating in no uncertain terms that Israel is engaged in the crime of apartheid and has been since the day it was established. | The Amnesty report is fewer than 300 pages long and can, and indeed must,…

John Catalinotto (2022-06-25). Antiwar protest planned for NATO Summit in Madrid — WW commentary. workers.org The most aggressive and powerful military alliance in the history of humanity, NATO is holding a summit June 29-30 in Madrid to plan its next confrontations with Russia and China — and to reinforce its domination of the world, despite contradictions within the imperialist camp. In opposition to these plans, . . . |

_____ (2022-06-25). Alternatives To A World At War Divided In Two. popularresistance.org This weekend, a Peace Summit is organized in Madrid where various organizations and international movements will meet to oppose NATO and work together to organize the struggle for real security of the people and the planet. | The withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan marked the end of an era: the Global War on Terror. Back in 2018, the Trump administration announced that the entire US effort would be directed at preventing Russia and China from consolidating as world powers. That idea of multipolarity — of a world with several poles developing and cooperating in peace — had to be destroyed…

Editor (2022-06-25). Double-Standards at the UN Human Rights Council. mronline.org It is no secret that the UN Human Rights Council essentially serves the interests of the Western developed countries and does not have a holistic approach to all human rights. Blackmail and bullying are common practices, and the US has proven that it has sufficient "soft power" to cajole weaker countries.

Editor (2022-06-25). The United States- the Pacific bully. mronline.org The US dominates the Pacific Islands to an extent China can never hope to achieve. With Australia's support, the US is now engaged in an arms build-up in its Pacific territories and de-facto colonies in a little known boost to its containment of China.

Editor (2022-06-25). Can Workers Overseas Provide: Tips for US Labor Organizers? scheerpost.com By Steve Early / CounterPunch The worldwide spread of Covid-19 created major challenges for workers and their unions throughout the globe. Very similar pandemic disruptions provided a timely reminder of the inter-connectedness of the global economy—and the need for cross-border links that enable workers to share information about their own struggles and learn from organized …

Editor (2022-06-25). GUIDE: How Will My State Be Impacted By The Overturning of Roe v. Wade? scheerpost.com Thousands of demonstrators march to the US Supreme Court during the Bans Off Our Bodies abortion-rights rally in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2022. Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images. | By Molly Shah / | The map above visually represents the likely conditions for abortion access in all states in a post-Roe US. This map does not visually represent the current status of abortion laws and restrictions in each state, and it is likely that many states will c…

Editor (2022-06-25). How Clarence Thomas' Concurring Opinion Suggests Other Rights May Be Vulnerable After Roe: Analysis. scheerpost.com By Meaghan Ellis / AlterNet A new analysis is breaking down the context of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg explained how Thomas' remarks appear to suggest that the abortion ban could only be the beginning of the conservative attack …

Editor (2022-06-25). Inflation Sparks Global Wave of Protests for Higher Pay, Aid. scheerpost.com By Aya Batrawy / AP Rising food costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people's wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers' strikes around the world. This week alone saw protests by the political opposition in Pakistan, nurses in Zimbabwe, unionized workers in Belgium, railway workers in Britain, Indigenous people in Ecuador, hundreds …

Editor (2022-06-25). The Assange Animus and the Spy Trial Ahead. scheerpost.com By John Kendall Hawkins / CounterPunch There's a schadenfreude going around when it comes to Julian Assange. I can feel the seethe and bristle crawling up my neck. Some people seem to want him to suffer for what he's done. And, believe you me, he's done plenty. This came home to me in a most …

Editor (2022-06-25). 'The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety'. scheerpost.com By Janine Jackson / Janine Jackson interviewed Alec Karakatsanis about the recall of Chesa Boudin for the Janine Jackson: Politico, in a

Leslie Feinberg (2022-06-25). Leslie Feinberg brings Rainbow Flags to 'FREE MUMIA! workers.org Feinberg gave these remarks at the historic Free Mumia rally, Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 7, 2000. (youtube.com/watch?v=zV4rxNZaF9M) My name is Leslie Feinberg, and we've come with Rainbow Flags for Mumia! We are here today to demand a new trial for Mumia. And we are here to stand . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-06-25). How the 'Janes' created underground abortion access. workers.org A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is expected to overturn the 1973 SCOTUS Roe v. Wade ruling sometime during late June — and pave the way to re-criminalization of the right to abortion. At this writing 26 states are poised to outlaw abortion and . . . |

Steve Sweeney (2022-06-25). Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped. mronline.org MEXICAN President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will raise the case with US President Joe Biden when they meet next month.

Staff (2022-06-25). Ecuador: Lasso Complains of 'Destabilization Process' and Authorizes 'Progressive Use of Force'. orinocotribune.com Thursday, June 23 marked the 12th day of the indefinite national strike called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador (CONAIE) and to which other social groups have joined. So far five deaths have been reported as a result of violent repression of the protests by security forces. The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, said on Friday, June 24, that there is an "attempt to destabilize our democracy." He made this comment in a message to the nation. | "It has been proved that the true intention behind the violence is to generate a coup," President Lasso commented, and called on the "internation…

J.M. Straughn (2022-06-25). Despite views of U.S. majority, Supreme Court overturns right to abortion, harming millions. workers.org As of today, June 24, there is no federal right to access safe, legal abortions. The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the legal right to access abortion, decided by the high court in 1973 in the Roe v. Wade case, which permitted abortions until "viability." The state of . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-25). Ahead of the WHO emergency deliberations, the World Health Network declares monkeypox a pandemic. wsws.org The World Health Network released a statement on Wednesday calling the current outbreak of monkeypox infections across the globe a pandemic and demanding the WHO declare a public health emergency of international concern. Deliberations are underway in Geneva as the emergency committee convened on Thursday, June 23, 2022.

Madison Johnson (2022-06-25). Portland Pride says 'Ban the cops!'. workers.org Thousands of loud and proud Portlanders lined the streets in the downtown area of Oregon's largest city on June 19 to show that queer people will not be silenced. As Portland Workers World Party members marched down the sidewalk carrying radical signs, they were delighted to see the overwhelmingly positive . . . |

Gavin O'Reilly (2022-06-25). Victoria electoral de Gustavo Petro: øRumbo a un cambio de régimen en Colombia? globalizacion.ca La victoria de Gustavo Petro en las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia del domingo, que marca la primera vez que Bogotá elige a un jefe de estado de izquierda, no fue el único evento geopolítico de gran alcance que tuvo lugar…

Editor (2022-06-25). 'A Revolutionary Ruling—And Not Just for Abortion': A Supreme Court Scholar Explains the Impact of Dobbs. scheerpost.com By Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell / The Conversation The Supreme Court's decision to reverse years of constitutional protection for the right to get an abortion is more than 200 pages long. Morgan Marietta, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and editor of the annual SCOTUS series at Palgrave Macmillan, studies the ideas and ideology of …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-25). Shamkhani meeting with Borrell. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani held a meeting with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in Tehran on Saturday.

____ (2022-06-25). China adopts amendment to anti-monopoly law. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to pass an amendment to the Anti-monopoly Law, which will take effect on Aug. 1, 2022, at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Esmita Charani, Martin McKee, Manica Balasegaram, Marc Mendelson, Sanjeev Singh, Alison H Holmes (2022-06-25). [Correspondence] Global burden of antimicrobial resistance: essential pieces of a global puzzle. thelancet.com Christopher J L Murray and colleagues1 provide a compelling contribution to the understanding of the burden of disease attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2019. Focusing on 23 bacterial pathogens, they used two-stage spatiotemporal modelling to estimate this burden to be larger than diseases such as HIV and malaria, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa. This new information should raise this issue higher on the global health agenda. They also, however, highlight the scarcity of high-quality data for infectious diseases and antibiotic consumption, with the authors having to rely on…

_____ (2022-06-25). Dozens in Boulder Protest Christian Nationalist Group and its Spreading of Extremism. popularresistance.org On June 4, 2022, an evangelical event series called Let Us Worship kicked off their summer tour in the plains of Northern Colorado along the Rocky Mountains' Front Range. As their worshiping began outside of Vinelife Church, dozens of protesters marched along the west side of a barbed wire fence separating the church's property from public land. They got as close to the stage as possible where Sean Feucht, the organization's founder, was performing music and stirring up his audience, to disrupt the event and the organization's agenda of spreading Christian Nationalist ideologies. | For two hours, the queer, antif…

WSWS (2022-06-25). Wave of protests against India's new military recruitment scheme driven by anger over mass unemployment. wsws.org The Modi government and military view the recruitment scheme as critical to freeing up funds to acquire new weapons systems and aggressively pursue India's great-power ambitions, including against its principal rivals China and Pakistan.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Australian defence minister cajoles India over Russia and China. wsws.org While insisting that he was not "lecturing" India, Marles called on the Indian government of Narendra Modi to align against Moscow as well as Beijing.

Richard Horton (2022-06-25). [Comment] Offline: The UK, a knave among nations. thelancet.com In 2015, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Health published an admiring report, The UK's Contribution to Health Globally—Benefiting the Country and the World. They identified four sectors where Britain added important value. The UK had shown consistent global leadership towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Tens of thousands of health workers across Africa and Asia had received education and training through National Health Service volunteering. The UK was the only G7 nation to meet the 0 ∑7% GNI target for donor aid.

Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J L Murray, Kevin S Ikuta, Tomislav Mestrovic, Lucien Swetschinski, Benn Sartorius (2022-06-25). [Correspondence] Global burden of antimicrobial resistance: essential pieces of a global puzzle — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Esmita Charani and colleagues, Marlieke E A de Kraker and Stephan Harbarth, Timothy R Walsh and colleagues, Denis Mukwege and colleagues, and Diane Ashiru-Oredope and colleagues for their interest in our work1 and insightful comments that will improve the quality of our estimation process in the future. Estimating the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is laden with challenges, but undertaking this enormous task is crucial for steadfast decisions on resource allocation from a national, regional, and global perspective, as well as for research prioritisation and intervention evaluation.

WSWS (2022-06-25). India and the US send envoys to Sri Lanka amid worsening economic crisis. wsws.org Prime Minister Wickremesinghe told parliament that the country was "facing a far more serious situation" than the current shortages of fuel and other essentials and warned of "a possible fall to rock bottom."

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-25). Iran volleyball powerfully defeats Canada in 2022 VNL. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — The national Iranian men's volleybal easily defeated Canada in 3 straight sets in Week 2 of 2022 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Saturday.

NNU, Healthcare Now, People's Action (2022-06-25). Tuesday 6/28: #Patients Over Profits! Medicare For All & 2022 Midterms w/ National Nurses United. indybay.org Online webinar…

Luis Chirino (2022-06-25). Cuba bets on renewable energy. america.cgtn.com As Cuba looks to invest more in green energy sources, the island hosted an international Renewable Energy Fair this week in Havana, attended by experts and officials from some 29 countries.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-06-25). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

A Guest Author (2022-06-25). Abolishing the death penalty — and capitalism — WW commentary. workers.org By Workers World Houston bureau To understand the systemic cruelty and deep inequalities that persist in the criminal injustice system in the U.S., one need look no further than the death penalty. 2011 Texas march to end the death penalty The death penalty evolved from the rope to the chair . . . |

Staff (2022-06-25). Iran SCOCOEX proper investment platform for SCO members. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — A member of the policy-making council of Iran SCOCOEX 2022 International Event said that the event provides a useful platform for a boom in tourism and paves the way for investment for all member states.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government bans walkout as Ryanair workers strike across Europe. wsws.org Airline workers are a strategic, section of the working population whose mobilisation points to the vast social and industrial power of the international working class.

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2022-06-25). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

Staff (2022-06-24). Canary Islands: Spain to boost NATO Eurofighter fleet to 90. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJune 23, 2022 Spain finalizes $2.1 billion deal for 20 Eurofighters to replace old F-18s Spain is set to receive 20 Eurofighter jets to replace a batch of F-18s the country's air force operates from the Canary Islands, according to Airbus Defence and Space, the largest company of the industry consortium making the aircraft. …

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2022-06-25: News Headlines

Marie Kelly (2022-06-25). How the 'Janes' created underground abortion access. workers.org A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is expected to overturn the 1973 SCOTUS Roe v. Wade ruling sometime during late June — and pave the way to re-criminalization of the right to abortion. At this writing 26 states are poised to outlaw abortion and . . . |

J.M. Straughn (2022-06-25). Despite views of U.S. majority, Supreme Court overturns right to abortion, harming millions. workers.org As of today, June 24, there is no federal right to access safe, legal abortions. The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the legal right to access abortion, decided by the high court in 1973 in the Roe v. Wade case, which permitted abortions until "viability." The state of . . . |

The Conversation (2022-06-25). America's religious Communities are divided over the issue of Abortion. juancole.com Interview by Kalpana Jain, The Conversation | Interviewed: Luis Josué Salés, Scripps College; Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary; Samira Meht University of Colorado Boulder; Steven K. Green, Willamette University; Susan M. Shaw; Oregon State University. Since the first indications that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, following a …

John J. Mearsheimer (2022-06-25). The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War: A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer. juancole.com Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies: "Professor John J. Mearsheimer will discuss the current Russian invasion on Ukraine whilst exploring the potential causes and consequences of the crisis. In this lecture, Prof. Mearsheimer will aim to focus on both the origins of the war in Ukraine and some of its most important consequences. He will …

Editor (2022-06-25). Why Sanctions Always Fail. scheerpost.com By Andrew Cockburn / Early in the Ukraine war, President Biden boasted on twitter that thanks to "unprecedented" sanctions, the "Russian economy is on track to be cut in half" and the ruble had been reduced to "rubble." All instruments of economic warfare had been deployed against Ukraine's invader, from the freezing of central bank reserves to sanctions on Russian cats. Today, the cats may be still at home, but the ruble is at a seven year high, Russian interest and inflation rates are headed downwards, and industrial pro…

Amarynth (2022-06-25). The BRICS+ show themselves as an alternative to the current international financial system, but still with caution. thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog Since the beginning of Operation Z in Ukraine, unfortunately interpreted as an invasion or an occupation of Ukrainian territory by the Russians, realpolitik…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-25). Knock, Knock: Russian Ka-52 Helicopter Destroys Ukrainian Military Position With LMUR Missile. southfront.org The LMUR missile at in the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021. Source: the Analytical Network News Agency (ANNA). | On June 25, Russian sources shared a video showing a strike by a Ka-52 attack helicopter on a position where Ukrainian troops were holding out. | The attack helicopter targeted the position with the LMUR [Lightweight Multifunction Missile], also known as the Izdeliye 305. The missile scored a direct hit on the position, impacting the front door with high precision.

John Catalinotto (2022-06-25). Antiwar protest planned for NATO Summit in Madrid — WW commentary. workers.org The most aggressive and powerful military alliance in the history of humanity, NATO is holding a summit June 29-30 in Madrid to plan its next confrontations with Russia and China — and to reinforce its domination of the world, despite contradictions within the imperialist camp. In opposition to these plans, . . . |

Editor (2022-06-25). Double-Standards at the UN Human Rights Council. mronline.org It is no secret that the UN Human Rights Council essentially serves the interests of the Western developed countries and does not have a holistic approach to all human rights. Blackmail and bullying are common practices, and the US has proven that it has sufficient "soft power" to cajole weaker countries.

Editor (2022-06-25). The United States- the Pacific bully. mronline.org The US dominates the Pacific Islands to an extent China can never hope to achieve. With Australia's support, the US is now engaged in an arms build-up in its Pacific territories and de-facto colonies in a little known boost to its containment of China.

Editor (2022-06-25). Inflation Sparks Global Wave of Protests for Higher Pay, Aid. scheerpost.com By Aya Batrawy / AP Rising food costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people's wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers' strikes around the world. This week alone saw protests by the political opposition in Pakistan, nurses in Zimbabwe, unionized workers in Belgium, railway workers in Britain, Indigenous people in Ecuador, hundreds …

Editor (2022-06-25). 'The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety'. scheerpost.com By Janine Jackson / Janine Jackson interviewed Alec Karakatsanis about the recall of Chesa Boudin for the Janine Jackson: Politico, in a

Leslie Feinberg (2022-06-25). Leslie Feinberg brings Rainbow Flags to 'FREE MUMIA! workers.org Feinberg gave these remarks at the historic Free Mumia rally, Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 7, 2000. (youtube.com/watch?v=zV4rxNZaF9M) My name is Leslie Feinberg, and we've come with Rainbow Flags for Mumia! We are here today to demand a new trial for Mumia. And we are here to stand . . . |

Steve Sweeney (2022-06-25). Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped. mronline.org MEXICAN President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will raise the case with US President Joe Biden when they meet next month.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Ahead of the WHO emergency deliberations, the World Health Network declares monkeypox a pandemic. wsws.org The World Health Network released a statement on Wednesday calling the current outbreak of monkeypox infections across the globe a pandemic and demanding the WHO declare a public health emergency of international concern. Deliberations are underway in Geneva as the emergency committee convened on Thursday, June 23, 2022.

____ (2022-06-25). Chinese envoy calls for more int'l support for Afghanistan. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the international community to step up support for Afghanistan.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Australian defence minister cajoles India over Russia and China. wsws.org While insisting that he was not "lecturing" India, Marles called on the Indian government of Narendra Modi to align against Moscow as well as Beijing.

____ (2022-06-25). Xinjiang slams Uyghur labor act. ecns.cn Xinjiang strongly condemns and firmly opposes the United States' "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act", said a spokesman for the Uyghur autonomous region's government on Friday, adding that the act would seriously undermine the stability of international industrial and supply chain.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Wave of protests against India's new military recruitment scheme driven by anger over mass unemployment. wsws.org The Modi government and military view the recruitment scheme as critical to freeing up funds to acquire new weapons systems and aggressively pursue India's great-power ambitions, including against its principal rivals China and Pakistan.

A Guest Author (2022-06-25). Abolishing the death penalty — and capitalism — WW commentary. workers.org By Workers World Houston bureau To understand the systemic cruelty and deep inequalities that persist in the criminal injustice system in the U.S., one need look no further than the death penalty. 2011 Texas march to end the death penalty The death penalty evolved from the rope to the chair . . . |

Esmita Charani, Martin McKee, Manica Balasegaram, Marc Mendelson, Sanjeev Singh, Alison H Holmes (2022-06-25). [Correspondence] Global burden of antimicrobial resistance: essential pieces of a global puzzle. thelancet.com Christopher J L Murray and colleagues1 provide a compelling contribution to the understanding of the burden of disease attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2019. Focusing on 23 bacterial pathogens, they used two-stage spatiotemporal modelling to estimate this burden to be larger than diseases such as HIV and malaria, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa. This new information should raise this issue higher on the global health agenda. They also, however, highlight the scarcity of high-quality data for infectious diseases and antibiotic consumption, with the authors having to rely on…

_____ (2022-06-25). Dozens in Boulder Protest Christian Nationalist Group and its Spreading of Extremism. popularresistance.org On June 4, 2022, an evangelical event series called Let Us Worship kicked off their summer tour in the plains of Northern Colorado along the Rocky Mountains' Front Range. As their worshiping began outside of Vinelife Church, dozens of protesters marched along the west side of a barbed wire fence separating the church's property from public land. They got as close to the stage as possible where Sean Feucht, the organization's founder, was performing music and stirring up his audience, to disrupt the event and the organization's agenda of spreading Christian Nationalist ideologies. | For two hours, the queer, antif…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the temperature rises in the summer, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illnesses, and learn how to prevent them. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

____ (2022-06-25). China adopts amendment to anti-monopoly law. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to pass an amendment to the Anti-monopoly Law, which will take effect on Aug. 1, 2022, at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

NNU, Healthcare Now, People's Action (2022-06-25). Tuesday 6/28: #Patients Over Profits! Medicare For All & 2022 Midterms w/ National Nurses United. indybay.org Online webinar…

____ (2022-06-25). Chinese people are in no hurry to tie the knot. ecns.cn The average age of first marriage of Chinese people stood at 28.67 in 2020 after continuously rising since 2010, China News Service reported on Friday, citing the statistical yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government bans walkout as Ryanair workers strike across Europe. wsws.org Airline workers are a strategic, section of the working population whose mobilisation points to the vast social and industrial power of the international working class.

Richard Horton (2022-06-25). [Comment] Offline: The UK, a knave among nations. thelancet.com In 2015, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Health published an admiring report, The UK's Contribution to Health Globally—Benefiting the Country and the World. They identified four sectors where Britain added important value. The UK had shown consistent global leadership towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Tens of thousands of health workers across Africa and Asia had received education and training through National Health Service volunteering. The UK was the only G7 nation to meet the 0 ∑7% GNI target for donor aid.

Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J L Murray, Kevin S Ikuta, Tomislav Mestrovic, Lucien Swetschinski, Benn Sartorius (2022-06-25). [Correspondence] Global burden of antimicrobial resistance: essential pieces of a global puzzle — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Esmita Charani and colleagues, Marlieke E A de Kraker and Stephan Harbarth, Timothy R Walsh and colleagues, Denis Mukwege and colleagues, and Diane Ashiru-Oredope and colleagues for their interest in our work1 and insightful comments that will improve the quality of our estimation process in the future. Estimating the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is laden with challenges, but undertaking this enormous task is crucial for steadfast decisions on resource allocation from a national, regional, and global perspective, as well as for research prioritisation and intervention evaluation.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-25). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…

Madison Johnson (2022-06-25). Portland Pride says 'Ban the cops!'. workers.org Thousands of loud and proud Portlanders lined the streets in the downtown area of Oregon's largest city on June 19 to show that queer people will not be silenced. As Portland Workers World Party members marched down the sidewalk carrying radical signs, they were delighted to see the overwhelmingly positive . . . |

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing dementia risks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than 55 million people worldwide are believed to be living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. And women are likely to be twice as affected by dementia as men. Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. It's not one disease. And Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic, says…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-25). Iran volleyball powerfully defeats Canada in 2022 VNL. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — The national Iranian men's volleybal easily defeated Canada in 3 straight sets in Week 2 of 2022 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Saturday.

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-25). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

WSWS (2022-06-25). India and the US send envoys to Sri Lanka amid worsening economic crisis. wsws.org Prime Minister Wickremesinghe told parliament that the country was "facing a far more serious situation" than the current shortages of fuel and other essentials and warned of "a possible fall to rock bottom."

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

Workers World Party (2022-06-24). Abolish the Supreme Court! Down with patriarchy! workers.org Today the Supreme Court of the United States has stripped pregnant and potentially pregnant people of control over their bodies and their lives. Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision granting the legal right to abortion — wrested from SCOTUS by the women's liberation movement — has been overturned. Workers World . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-24). Neo-Nazis and Foreign Fighters Among Thousands of Surrounded Forces in Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Up to 2,000 Ukrainian troops, nationalists and foreign fighters have been surrounded by the Russian forces and the Donbass militias, Moscow claimed on Friday. The forces were encircled in two neighboring towns in the Lugansk People's Republic. Four Ukrainian battalions. as well as an artillery unit are among those trapped, the Defense Ministry announced. The encircled…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-24). From Economy to Outer Space: Conclusions of the 14th BRICS Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met on June 23 in the context of the BRICS Summit amid major shifts in the geopolitical and economic order following the Russian military operation in Ukraine and the consequential sanctions from the West. The summit was held in a virtual format for…

JANET (2022-06-24). End the US/NATO Proxy War with Russia Statement by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC). iacenter.org www.UNACpeace.org UNAC calls for an end to NATO expansion and an end to NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance, it is offensive as was shown by its war on Afghanistan, its surrounding of Russia and in this present US/NATO proxy war with Russian in Ukraine. Steps towards war In 1991, the US promised to not move NATO east of Germany. To date it has moved into 14 of these countries. In 2014 the US helped orchestrate a coup that overthrew the elected government of Victor Yanukovych, who they felt was too open to good relations with Russia. That coup banned Yanukovych's Party, the largest in the country. The second la…

JANET (2022-06-24). Haiti suffers in U.S.-created turmoil. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel June 22, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes white Ukrainian refugee child. Haitian migrants of African descent, attempting to enter at the Texas border, are hunted down by U.S. Border Patrol mounted on horses. Haiti is in a process of collapse in its ability to function as a country on a daily basis. Half of its people don't have access to clean water and have trouble finding enough food to feed themselves and their families. Social services — education, roads, public health care in this time of pandemic — and other types of social and physical infrastructure have nearly vanished. Hai…

Staff (2022-06-24). Pentagon to ship $4 million more in military equipment to Ukraine, including rockets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressJune 23, 2022 Officials: US to send rocket systems, other aid to Ukraine The United States will send another $4 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help push back Russian progress in the war, officials announced Thursday. The latest package includes four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-24). NATO Blockades Kaliningrad. libya360.wordpress.com Christopher Black With the success of Russia's operations in Ukraine, we have to be concerned about NATO reacting to their strategic defeat by shifting their aggression not only to intense economic and propaganda warfare against Russia but also against Russia's position in the Baltic region. The blockade imposed on Kaliningrad on June 20th by Lithuania,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-24). Russian Ops in Ukraine (June 24, 2022): Russian Encirclement Closes on Ukrainian Forces. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for June 24, 2022 Russian forces encircle, kill, capture, or drive out 2,000+ Ukrainian forces near Severodonetsk; Ukrainian forces ordered to withdraw from Severodonetsk; Lysychansk next to be encircled; HIMARS now in the hands of Ukrainian troops, more on the way; Western analysts…

Jordan Schachtel (2022-06-24). Ukraine is a Mess: Celeb Visits, Banned Books, Ethnic Cleansing, A Broken War Effort, Sponsored by the "Free World" globalresearch.ca Ukraine is a total mess. A mess of epic proportions. | | And sponsored by the "Free World," which, in 2022, hardly resembles anything having to do with freedom or any semblance of western tradition. | Let's absorb the headlines of the past …

Editor (2022-06-24). A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Slavoj Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left. scheerpost.com By Jonathan Cook / MintPress News Have you noticed how every major foreign policy crisis since the U.S. and U.K.'s invasion of Iraq in 2003 has peeled off another layer of the left into joining the pro-NATO, pro-war camp? It is now hard to remember that many millions marched in the U.S. and Europe against …

Vijay Prashad (2022-06-24). Colombia Votes in Its First Left Government. mronline.org On June 19, 2022, long lines brought 39 million Colombian (out of a population of 51 million) to vote in their presidential election. In rural areas, where the vote is often suppressed due to desolation or violence, the lines seemed longest.

Vijay Prashad (2022-06-24). We Need to Build the Architecture of Our Future: The Twenty-Fifth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In April 2022, the United Nations established the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy, and Finance. This group is tracking the three major crises of food inflation, fuel inflation, and financial distress. Their second briefing, released on 8 June 2022, noted that, after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic:…

JANET (2022-06-24). Finnish protesters say/ No to NATO, yes to peace. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto June 17, 2022 In response to U.S. attempts to take advantage of the war propaganda to expand NATO to include Finland and Sweden, the anti-war and anti-imperialist movements in both Scandinavian countries have taken to the streets. The photo is of a demonstration June 4 in Helsinki, Finland. The sign in front reads, "Yes to peace, no to NATO," while the one right behind it reads, "Always reject NATO." Demonstration in Helsinki, Finland, June 4. Banner in front reads: 'Yes to peace, no to NATO.' Credit: Heikki Mà§nnikkà∂, Communist League, Finland In both countries the conservative par…

Staff (2022-06-24). Video: NATO battle groups ready to "defeat aggressor" in Baltic region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeJune 24, 2022 NATO's Multinational Battlegroups in the East of the Alliance It's been five years since NATO deployed four multinational battlegroups to its eastern flank. The battlegroups, stationed in the three Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as in Poland, were one of several measures announced…in …

Misión Verdad (2022-06-24). Kremlin to Lithuania: Russia May Take Countermeasures after Blockade on Kaliningrad. orinocotribune.com The Kremlin has warned Lithuania that it may take radical measures to protect its national interests as the Baltic country is partially blockading the Russian city of Kaliningrad. | Kaliningrad is located between the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members Poland and Lithuania. It is a territory physically detached from Russian territory. Supplies from Russia arrive by rail and gas pipelines through Lithuania, which announced last week that it was banning the rail transit of goods subject to EU sanctions, including coal, advanced technology, metals and construction materials.

Staff (2022-06-24). Canary Islands: Spain to boost NATO Eurofighter fleet to 90. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJune 23, 2022 Spain finalizes $2.1 billion deal for 20 Eurofighters to replace old F-18s Spain is set to receive 20 Eurofighter jets to replace a batch of F-18s the country's air force operates from the Canary Islands, according to Airbus Defence and Space, the largest company of the industry consortium making the aircraft. …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-24). US Military Conducts Taiwan Strait Flyover Amid Heightened Tensions. news.antiwar.com On Friday, a US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane "A US Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on June 24. The United States will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait," US Indo-Pacific Command said in a stat…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-06-24). Has Britain drafted a law to protect Israel's weapons makers? electronicintifada.net Palestine Action believes it is being targeted by the National Security Bill.

Editor2 (2022-06-24). Belgium Returns Remains of Assassinated Congolese Leader Patrice Lumumba but What About Justice? orinocotribune.com By Tanupriya Singh Belgium has returned a gold crowned tooth of Patrice Lumumba to his family. However, activists point out that there has been no accountability or justice for his brutal assassination following a western-backed coup in 1961 | Over six decades after his assassination, Belgium has repatriated the mortal remains of Congolese independence leader and Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo presented Lumumba's gold-crowned tooth to his family at a ceremony held at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on Monday, June 20. The remains were placed in a caske…

Boothdw (2022-06-24). The Elephants in the Womb. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-06-24). Investors in long-term care profit as aged and disabled residents and workers bear brunt of COVID-19. mronline.org Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities were hit particularly hard as both residents and workers suffered high infection and mortality rates. A number of reports indicate that such an outcome is linked to widespread privatization.

Editor (2022-06-24). Petro, a historic victory. mronline.org With just over 98 percent of the precincts counted, the triumph of Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historic Pact, in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections was confirmed.

Editor (2022-06-24). Bernie Sanders Advocates for Leonard Peltier's Release from Prison. scheerpost.com "I continue to support efforts to free him," Sanders said of Leonard Peltier, 77-year-old Indigenous rights activist, in a letter obtained by HuffPost.

Editor (2022-06-24). Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar's World Cup. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch A sordid enterprise, nasty, crude and needless. But the World Cup 2022 will be, should anyone bother watching it, stained by one of the highest casualty rates amongst workers in its history, marked by corruption and stained by a pharisee quality. The sportswashers, cleaning agent at the ready, will be …

Editor (2022-06-24). Michael Moore: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM: Millions Must Respond. scheerpost.com Beyonce and her army of women at the barricades. (From her "Run The World (Girls)" music video) | By Michael Moore / | Friends, | The choices we make in the next few hours will determine the fate of our democracy. | Minutes ago the Supreme Court ruled, once again, that women are indeed second-class citizens — stripped of their rights to control thei…

Editor (2022-06-24). Nolan Higdon & Mickey Huff: Has America Lost the Key to Democracy? scheerpost.com [ | Click to subscribe on: Mickey Huff. [Project Censored] | In recent years, as the internet has come to dominate discourse, divisions in the US.even within families—have…

Editor (2022-06-24). Rail Firms Paid Shareholders £800m Before Asking Workers to Take Wage Cut. scheerpost.com FirstGroup CEO Matthew Gregory was paid £840,000 in the last financial year — 6% more than he received in 2019-2020. | | MediaWorldImages / Alamy Stock Photo | By Adam Bychawski / Train companies paid out nearly £800m to shareholders last year before telling rail unions that employees must take a real-terms pay cut for them to stay afloat. | More than ,000 train workers across 13 train companies began three days of industrial action on Tuesday. The National Union of Rail, M…

Editor (2022-06-24). Ralph Nader: The Continuing Damages from Corporate-Managed so-Called Free Trade. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader The great progressive Harvard economist and prolific best-selling author, John Kenneth Galbraith, wrote that, "Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest." I wished he had written that assertion before I took Economic 101 at Princeton. One of the vested ideas taught as …

Editor (2022-06-24). The Supreme Court Strips Us of Miranda Warnings. scheerpost.com (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images) | By Elie Mystal / In 1966, the Supreme Court created the now famous "Miranda warnings," in the seminal case

JANET (2022-06-24). Workers' Summit of the Americas opposes imperialism. iacenter.org By Richie Merino June 14, 2022 The Workers' Summit of the Americas, a coalition of more than 50 trade unions and social organizations from North and South America, met in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 10-12. They gathered in response to the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Ninth Summit of the Americas, organized by the U.S. State Department. That summit was held in Los Angeles during the same time period. Participants at the Workers Summit of the Americas, held in Tijuana June 10-12 Biden's Summit of the Americas was a howling blunder, even in the view of the U.S. corporate media. Bloomberg News sta…

_____ (2022-06-24). Ecuador's National Strike: Government and Indigenous Movements Very Far from Dialogue. popularresistance.org On the 10th day of the national strike in Ecuador, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Leonidas Iza, presented four conditions to the government of Guillermo Lasso before entering negotiations. The most significant condition was the end of police repression and cancellation of the nationwide state of exception. | The indigenous leader also requested assurances that the government would not impose new decrees during the national strike, an end to attacks on demonstrators, respect for the humanitarian protection zones.

_____ (2022-06-24). Ecuador: Government And Indigenous Movements Very Far From Dialogue. popularresistance.org On the 10th day of the national strike in Ecuador, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Leonidas Iza, presented four conditions to the government of Guillermo Lasso before entering negotiations. The most significant condition was the end of police repression and cancellation of the nationwide state of exception. | The indigenous leader also requested assurances that the government would not impose new decrees during the national strike, an end to attacks on demonstrators, respect for the humanitarian protection zones. | Government response to requests In response, Ec…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-24). President-Elect Petro: Duque and Guaidó Stole Monómeros. orinocotribune.com During his campaign, the newly elected president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who will be sworn in on August 7, accused the current Colombian president, Iván Duque, of giving former Venezuelan Deputy Juan Guaidó the transnational corporation Monómeros, which caused an increase in the value of food and of the dollar in Colombia. | Petro remarked during his campaign in Barranquilla, on April 23, that the high inflation in Colombian supermarkets is not a result of the fertile land running out or because of a halt in cultivation— on the contrary, he stated that it is due to a political problem. | Monómeros is a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-24). Washington Splits Asia in Two. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitry Bokarev The modern world is torn by contradictions: the US and its allies, accustomed to global domination, seek to maintain and expand their position at the expense of the interests of other countries, leading to crises and conflicts. In the Middle East, wars have been raging for decades, and in Europe, fighting has broken…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-24). Thousands of workers on strike at South Africa's Impala Platinum mines. peoplesdispatch.org The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is an end to exploitation by labor contractors…

AutumnSun (2022-06-24). Free Leonard Peltier Santa Cruz 6-20-2022. indybay.org The benefit was held at The Spot and was sponsored by Barrios Unidos and The American Indian Movement and others.

WSWS (2022-06-24). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: Haryana childcare workers hold three-day protest; Pakistan: Health care workers in Islamabad oppose privatisation; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers impose bans; Australian airline pilots vote to strike at Regional Express.

____ (2022-06-24). (W.E. Talk) U.S. aim to 'maintain the existing international order' is not convincing. ecns.cn It has been a year and a half since the Biden administration took office, but China-U.S. relations have yet to bottom out. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently summed up "invest, align, compete"in the newly-announced governmental approach to China. So who is undermining the international order? And how should the U.S. find a new path in its China approach?

Joe Glenton (2022-06-24). As Afghans dig through earthquake rubble, their wealth remains in the hands of US banks. thecanary.co Afghans in the east of the country have spent several days digging through rubble, often by hand, following an earthquake. The disaster hit both Afghanistan and Pakistan on The Taliban gove…

WSWS (2022-06-24). 000 Chilean copper miners launch strike against Boric government. wsws.org The country's first national miners' strike in 20 years is an industrial rebellion against Gabriel Boric and his pseudo-left-backed government.

____ (2022-06-24). Afghanistan seeks international support as earthquake claims over 1,000 lives. ecns.cn The Taliban-run administration in Afghanistan has called for international assistance amid ongoing rescue operations following the devastating earthquake Wednesday in the eastern area of the Asian country.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-24). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

WSWS (2022-06-24). One in five Americans previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 reports lingering symptoms of Long COVID. wsws.org The National Center for Health Statistics and the Census Bureau reported that one in five Americans previously infected with COVID affirmed on the Household Pulse Survey that they had lingering symptoms three months after their infection subsided. The implication is that there are millions of Americans suffering from Long COVID.

Editor (2022-06-24). Despite the Left's victories, warning signs of a Fascist backlash appear in Colombia & beyond. mronline.org The decaying colonial regime in Colombia has reached a crisis. Its people, devastated by corporate destruction of their living standards and a corrupt narco regime which has exacted tremendous brutality upon them, has elected a leftist presidential candidate.

Maryam Jameela (2022-06-24). Fascist Tories want to scrap the Human Rights Act. thecanary.co A new And th…

Walden Bello (2022-06-24). Reflections on a Path-Breaking Campaign for Democratic Socialism in the Philippines. fpif.org In the Philippines, as in the U.S., the "left" presents itself "the 'progressive' tail of the liberal elite." Our campaign made room for an actual progressive agenda.

____ (2022-06-24). Cleric lauds managing role of martyr Beheshti in intl. arenas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazem Sedighi praised the prominent role and huge managing capacity of the late Shahid Beheshti in international spheres.

____ (2022-06-24). Xi hosts 14th BRICS Summit, stresses importance of fostering high-quality partnership. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired the 14th BRICS Summit on Thursday evening in Beijing via video link. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Summit.

____ (2022-06-24). BRICS emphasizes diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear issue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Leaders of BRICS group including emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in a statement stressed the need to a political and diplomatic solution over Iran's nuclear issue.

____ (2022-06-24). Saudi-led coalition not even show mercy to Yemeni pilgrims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Criticizing sabotage of Saudi aggressor coalition on sending Yemeni pilgrims to Mecca to perform Hajj rituals, Yemeni National Salvation Government called on UN and intl. organizations to fulfill their duties in this respect.

____ (2022-06-24). More trust urged for Sino-Indian relations. ecns.cn State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China's and India's common interests far outweigh their differences and the two countries should support rather than undermine each other, as he met with Pradeep Kumar Rawat.

Dr. Robert Malone (2022-06-24). Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Analysis Re-do: "Serious adverse events of special interest": Dr. Malone. globalresearch.ca There has been a bit of a stir lately concerning…

Staff (2022-06-24). Alberto Fernández pidió la incorporación de Argentina al BRICS. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Argentina pidió la incorporación de su país al grupo BRICS, que conforman Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica. "Aspiramos a ser miembros plenos de este grupo de naciones que ya representa el 42% de la población mundial y el 24% del producto bruto global", dijo el mandatario, al participar de manera virtual en una reunión ampliada en la XIV Cumbre del BRICS.

_____ (2022-06-24). Brazil: Officials Working With Indigenous Peoples Go On Strike. popularresistance.org On Thursday, officials from the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) paralyzed their activities and joined the national day of protests called to reject the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and ethnologist Bruno Araujo-Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon. | Carrying banners calling for justice, human rights defenders and environmental activists gathered in Brasilia and other Brazilian cities to demand protection for the Indigenous Peoples and demand that the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro open an exhaustive investigation into "the chain of crime in the Amazon." | In Rio de Janeiro, social activists paid tr…

Michelle Begue (2022-06-24). Students win award in NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge. america.cgtn.com A group of Colombian students from National University of Colombia won the Safety Award in NASA's 28th annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Donbass: Zolotoye and Gorskoye Cauldron and the Almost Complete Encirclement of Lisichansk. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 22 June 2022, the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic) announced that the encirclement of Zolotoye and Gorskoye was now complete, while another cauldron is closing in on Lisichansk. Despite the Ukrainian army's continued terror bombardment of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and Yassinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) — with much less intensity than…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Greek Arms Deliveries to Ukraine Undermine Security of Aegean Islands. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos According to the Greek press, Ukraine has received more than 100 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, 60 Stinger missiles and other armaments from Greece. In April, the Greek authorities announced that they would no longer supply arms to Ukraine in order not to weaken their own security in the face of new threats from…

_____ (2022-06-23). Robbed By Law Enforcement. popularresistance.org I am a fan of bad television. I admit it. I even DVR it. I watch an awful show on the National Geographic Channel every week about Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and how they intercept drugs and birds and food and other contraband from people arriving from abroad into the airports of New York, Atlanta and Miami. | I was watching an episode this week where an elderly Korean man arrived at JFK airport in New York with a few hundred dollars in his pocket. | For no apparent reason, he was pulled into secondary for a more comprehensive search. When the CBP officer went through the man's wallet, he found four cash…

_____ (2022-06-23). Union Kitchen Workers Declare Victory In Their Efforts To Unionize. popularresistance.org The National Labor Relations Board determined Tuesday that a majority of Union Kitchen workers voted to unionize, according to the freshly-minted labor union's collective bargaining agent, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400. The NLRB reviewed the results of the formal election, which took place three months ago, after CEO and founder Cullen Gilchrist challenged some ballots — including those of two vocally pro-union workers who cast ballots but were fired before their votes had been counted. | NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado confirmed that a majority of valid votes cast had been in favor of…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-23). Military Situation In Syria On June 23, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib: 2 time in Idlib province, 1 in Aleppo province, 2 in Lattakia province; | On June 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Tal Tamar; | On June 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On June 22, Damascus International Airport resumed operations, according to the Syrian Ministry of Transport.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Food Insecurity Increases in the U.S. While it Declines in Nicaragua Whose Socialist Government Has Defied U.S. Regime Change Designs. libya360.wordpress.com Nan McCurdy Workers at Houston food bank. [Source: time.com] Expansion of Public Sector in Nicaragua Has Improved Quality of Life for Everyone In 2018, 48% of U.S.-based churches had their own food-distribution ministry or supported efforts run by other churches or organizations such as food pantries or food banks. These faith-based ministries, unlike government programs, provide…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). French Imperialism vs. Crypto Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Sebs Solomon The Central African Republic (CAR) recently added Bitcoin as a legal currency, tokenized natural resources, and even created a "cryptocurrency economic zone" called Sango—following in the footsteps of El Salvador. The CAR is still using its French currency (CFA franc) just like El Salvador is still using the American dollar. In addition to the crypto economic zones, CAR is also offering e-residency…

Florence CGTN (2022-06-23). Pop-up art exhibit in Texas celebrates Black hair. america.cgtn.com For decades, Black Americans have faced discrimination based on the natural texture of their hair, and the way they style it. Everything from Afros, to braids, to cornrows has been targeted. A recent national study found that girls as young as 5-years-old have faced …

Contributing Writers (2022-06-23). Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID/By Kennedy Hall. marktaliano.net An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle. Original Link Here: Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization By Kennedy H..]…

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AutumnSun (2022-06-24). Free Leonard Peltier Santa Cruz 6-20-2022. indybay.org The benefit was held at The Spot and was sponsored by Barrios Unidos and The American Indian Movement and others.

____ (2022-06-24). Afghanistan seeks international support as earthquake claims over 1,000 lives. ecns.cn The Taliban-run administration in Afghanistan has called for international assistance amid ongoing rescue operations following the devastating earthquake Wednesday in the eastern area of the Asian country.

____ (2022-06-24). More trust urged for Sino-Indian relations. ecns.cn State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China's and India's common interests far outweigh their differences and the two countries should support rather than undermine each other, as he met with Pradeep Kumar Rawat.

NNU, Healthcare Now, People's Action (2022-06-24). Tuesday 6/28: #Patients Over Profits! Medicare For All & 2022 Midterms w/ National Nurses United. indybay.org Online webinar…

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-24). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-24). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-24). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

____ (2022-06-24). Xi hosts 14th BRICS Summit, stresses importance of fostering high-quality partnership. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired the 14th BRICS Summit on Thursday evening in Beijing via video link. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Summit.

____ (2022-06-24). (W.E. Talk) U.S. aim to 'maintain the existing international order' is not convincing. ecns.cn It has been a year and a half since the Biden administration took office, but China-U.S. relations have yet to bottom out. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently summed up "invest, align, compete"in the newly-announced governmental approach to China. So who is undermining the international order? And how should the U.S. find a new path in its China approach?

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Donbass: Zolotoye and Gorskoye Cauldron and the Almost Complete Encirclement of Lisichansk. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 22 June 2022, the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic) announced that the encirclement of Zolotoye and Gorskoye was now complete, while another cauldron is closing in on Lisichansk. Despite the Ukrainian army's continued terror bombardment of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and Yassinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) — with much less intensity than…

Editor (2022-06-23). China Will Decide the Outcome of Russia v. the West. scheerpost.com By John Feffer / Tom Dispatch | In its attempt to swallow Ukraine whole, Russia has so far managed to bite off only the eastern Donbas region and a portion of its southern coast. The rest of the country remains independent, with its capital Kyiv intact. | No one knows how this meal will end. Ukraine is eager to force Russia to disgorge what it's already devoured, while the still-peckish invader clearly has This might seem like an ordinary territorial dispute between predator and pr…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. libya360.wordpress.com Evgeny Norin Ukrainian propaganda has elevated the Azov Battalion's protracted but ultimately doomed final stand, in Mariupol, to heroic proportions. Adding further pathos to this sentimental story were the desperate calls for help from the commanders of the units entrapped in the bowels of the Azovstal factory and the photogenic young wives of the besieged…

Editor (2022-06-23). Is the West finally realizing that Russia will win the war in Ukraine? mronline.org This article is the fourth in a series of articles I have written covering the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Greek Arms Deliveries to Ukraine Undermine Security of Aegean Islands. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos According to the Greek press, Ukraine has received more than 100 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, 60 Stinger missiles and other armaments from Greece. In April, the Greek authorities announced that they would no longer supply arms to Ukraine in order not to weaken their own security in the face of new threats from…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). The Ideology of the Banderists. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan If Stepan Bandera was an agent of the Gestapo and left only the memory (positive for some) of the massacres and tortures he organized, Dmytro Dontsov was -and still is- the reference thinker of Ukranian nationalists. It is he who invented Ukrainian racialism and imagined the fanaticism of Ukrainian nationalists as a weapon….

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). The West's War in Ukraine is a War against Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh As recent events surrounding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine have shown unambiguously — and quite convincingly — the West's so-called 'war effort' in Ukraine is less about defending Ukraine and more about what some Western pundits call "erasing" Russia as a power capable of wielding influence at the global level. The war,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Ukraine's Regime is a Terrorist Entity Like al-Qaeda and ISIS. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The current Kiev regime can hardly be called a "state" even with certain reservations. Just like the notorious terrorist groups banned in Russia and in many countries around the world, such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The behavior of the Kiev authorities is typically terrorist: terror against…

The Socialist Program (2022-06-23). Building Revolutionary Solidarity Across the Americas Against the Failed "Summit of the Americas" liberationnews.org In a true show of intercontinental solidarity, words from Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel joined the speeches of Native activist and Co-Director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Jean Roach, National Director of BYP100 D'atra Jackson, and host of this show, Brian Becker, at the final plenary of the three-day-long People's Summit for Democracy in early June.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-23). Gaza blockade: How many more people have to die? peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the 15-year-long blockade of Gaza by Israel and Egypt and the role of the international community in continuing this brutal siege…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-23). Rusia aboga por mundo multipolar en cumbre del grupo Brics. telesurtv.net Participan los líderes brasileño, Jair Bolsonaro; indio, Narendra Modi; chino, Xi Jinping y sudafricano, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Editor (2022-06-23). Julian Assange, Alina Lipp, and Anne-Laure Bonnel—When truth becomes a crime in the West. mronline.org Julian Assange, Alina Lipp and Anne-laure Bonnel are three journalists who are paying a high price for telling the truth in the West: attempts to suffocate them financially, followed by censorship, threats of imprisonment or imprisonment altogether, and even physical and psychological torture in the case of Assange.

Editor (2022-06-23). UK to introduce new 'bill of rights' after migrant deportation defeat. mronline.org Britain will begin legislating for a new 'bill of rights' on Wednesday, giving the government the authority to disregard European Court of Human Rights judgments.

Editor (2022-06-23). America's Second Civil War is Underway. scheerpost.com By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost | The frightening epidemic of gun violence in the US has become a commonplace reality. Easy access to firearms is an obstacle that national politicians have not been able to overcome with more than lip service. But gun violence is merely one ominous symptom of a growing social collapse that directly threatens our nearly 2 -year old system of democratic capitalism. | We begin with this: There have been 260 mass shootings so far this year, and 2022 is projected to hit an all-time record.

Editor (2022-06-23). John Kiriakou: Robbed by Law Enforcement. scheerpost.com A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, 2019. (Michael Ball, CC0, Wikimedia Commons) | By John Kiriakou / I am a fan of bad television. I admit it. I even DVR it. I watch an awful show on the National Geographic Channel every week about Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and how they intercept drugs and birds and food and other contraband from people arriving from abroad into the airports of New York, Atlanta and Miami. | I was watching an epi…

Editor (2022-06-23). Judeo-Terrorist Stab Palestinian to Death, and Ram Peace Activists at Protest. scheerpost.com By Richard Silverstein / Richard Silverstein | Ali Hassan Harb, 27-year-old electrical engineer murdered in cold blood by a Judeo-terrorist settler | There have been two tragic, horrifying incidents of Judeo-terrorism in the past few days. The first was the

Editor (2022-06-23). The Fed's Austerity Program to Reduce Wages. scheerpost.com By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch The Federal Reserve Board's ostensible policy aim is to manage the money supply and bank credit in a way that maintains price stability. That usually means fighting inflation, which is blamed entirely on "too much employment," euphemized as "too much money."[1] In Congress's more progressive days, the Fed was charged with …

Editor (2022-06-23). VIDEO: Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295. scheerpost.com By Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman / Conversation between Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman exploring questions surrounding Marxism, communism, capitalism, socialism, human nature, economics, governments, corporations and more. | Richard WolffRichard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the

Editor (2022-06-23). Videos from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference. scheerpost.com By Alexandra Bradbury / Labor Notes Wow! What an amazing weekend. Thank you to all 4,000 troublemakers who converged in Chicago June 17-19 and made this year's Labor Notes Conference incredible. The energy you brought, the stories you shared, the connections you made, the ideas and plans you're bringing back home—that's what it's all about. …

Editor (2022-06-23). Who Is to Blame for Inflation? The Power Brokers of Capitalism. scheerpost.com To save not just the bankers but also the labyrinth itself, central bankers stepped in to replace the financiers' pyramids with public money. (Photo: Getty Images/ By Yanis Varoufakis / The blame game over surging prices is on. Was it too much central-bank money being pumped out for too long that caused inflation to take off? Wa…

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-06-23). "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" mronline.org To look at neo-fascism withoutits economic moorings, to ignore the fact that the neo-fascist government is actually based on a neo-liberal-neo-fascist alliance, and, in general, to look at politics as a self-contained sphere unconnected to the economy, is a liberal trait that the Left must not imitate.

TeleSUR Desk (2022-06-23). Another Young Ecuadorian Dies During National Strike. mronline.org "It is worrying how military and police violence has escalated against those who exercise their right to protest and resist," said the Alliance of Ecuadorian Human Rights Organizations.

_____ (2022-06-23). Robbed By Law Enforcement. popularresistance.org I am a fan of bad television. I admit it. I even DVR it. I watch an awful show on the National Geographic Channel every week about Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and how they intercept drugs and birds and food and other contraband from people arriving from abroad into the airports of New York, Atlanta and Miami. | I was watching an episode this week where an elderly Korean man arrived at JFK airport in New York with a few hundred dollars in his pocket. | For no apparent reason, he was pulled into secondary for a more comprehensive search. When the CBP officer went through the man's wallet, he found four cash…

_____ (2022-06-23). Union Kitchen Workers Declare Victory In Their Efforts To Unionize. popularresistance.org The National Labor Relations Board determined Tuesday that a majority of Union Kitchen workers voted to unionize, according to the freshly-minted labor union's collective bargaining agent, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400. The NLRB reviewed the results of the formal election, which took place three months ago, after CEO and founder Cullen Gilchrist challenged some ballots — including those of two vocally pro-union workers who cast ballots but were fired before their votes had been counted. | NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado confirmed that a majority of valid votes cast had been in favor of…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-23). Military Situation In Syria On June 23, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib: 2 time in Idlib province, 1 in Aleppo province, 2 in Lattakia province; | On June 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Tal Tamar; | On June 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On June 22, Damascus International Airport resumed operations, according to the Syrian Ministry of Transport.

Dian Maria Blandina (2022-06-23). IMF loans continue to undermine health in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org The International Monetary Fund has a long history of insisting on loan conditionalities which are harmful to public services. This practice did not change even during the pandemic, with African countries being some of the worst affected…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). Food Insecurity Increases in the U.S. While it Declines in Nicaragua Whose Socialist Government Has Defied U.S. Regime Change Designs. libya360.wordpress.com Nan McCurdy Workers at Houston food bank. [Source: time.com] Expansion of Public Sector in Nicaragua Has Improved Quality of Life for Everyone In 2018, 48% of U.S.-based churches had their own food-distribution ministry or supported efforts run by other churches or organizations such as food pantries or food banks. These faith-based ministries, unlike government programs, provide…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). French Imperialism vs. Crypto Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Sebs Solomon The Central African Republic (CAR) recently added Bitcoin as a legal currency, tokenized natural resources, and even created a "cryptocurrency economic zone" called Sango—following in the footsteps of El Salvador. The CAR is still using its French currency (CFA franc) just like El Salvador is still using the American dollar. In addition to the crypto economic zones, CAR is also offering e-residency…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-23). The Wide Role Brazil's Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon. libya360.wordpress.com Pedro Marin In the Brazilian Amazon, as deforestation reaches record levels and rivers are increasingly polluted, the illegal gold mining contributing to these problems continues largely unabated. The response of the government has been to increase military action to curb environmental crimes in Brazil. Far from achieving this purpose, however, the military intervention has only led to tragedies in the…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-23). Philippines blocks over two dozen websites over "terrorist" tag, movements raise alarm. peoplesdispatch.org The websites blocked at the request of the outgoing National Security Adviser include progressive media websites Bulatlat, Monthly Review and Counter Punch, as well as the website of legally active left-wing political coalition Bayan Muna…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-06-23). Health workers will not stop fighting for a better alternative to WTO COVID-19 response. peoplesdispatch.org George Poe Williams from the National Health Workers Union of Liberia comments on the recent outcome of the WTO Ministerial Conference and the disappointment this has caused among health workers…

____ (2022-06-23). 192 key fugitives arrested in China's special campaign. ecns.cn Chinese police have caught 192 key fugitives of crimes against the control of the national border and frontier in an ongoing campaign since September 2021, the National Immigration Administration said Thursday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the temperature rises in the summer, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illnesses, and learn how to prevent them. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

WSWS (2022-06-23). Australian minister dispatched to Sri Lanka to demand a halt to refugees fleeing destitution. wsws.org The visit had nothing to do with helping the island's masses. Its purpose was to block people from trying to escape the social catastrophe to seek refuge in Australia.

Editor2 (2022-06-23). Canada Steps Up Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples to Push Pipelines. orinocotribune.com By Nick Cunningham Jun 19, 2022 | An International Human Rights Body Condemned Canada's Treatment Of Indigenous Communities Opposing Two Major Oil And Gas Pipelines. | Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. | "The Governments of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of…

WSWS (2022-06-23). Stalinist PCF discusses French national unity government with Macron. wsws.org The struggle against war and austerity can only be waged by mobilizing workers internationally against nationalist, pseudo-left groups that are rapidly turning to the right.

Staff (2022-06-23). Cumbre de los Brics: Rusia resalta influencia y potencial del grupo. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, señaló este jueves, en la XIV Cumbre de los Brics, que las cinco naciones del grupo (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) "tienen un potencial político, económico, científico, tecnológico y humano realmente enorme", que les permite realizar un trabajo conjunto efectivo para garantizar la estabilidad, seguridad y el bienestar internacionales, así como el crecimiento sostenible y la prosperidad.

____ (2022-06-23). China to establish national demonstration zones for IPR protection. ecns.cn China will establish a batch of demonstration zones for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection by 2025, according to a notice recently published by the National Intellectual Property Administration.

WSWS (2022-06-23). With Modi's support, BJP governments waging bulldozer campaign of state lawlessness and terror targeting Muslims. wsws.org Governments led by India's ruling BJP are illegally demolishing the homes of Muslims, so as to whip up communal tensions and divert popular anger and frustration over mass joblessness and soaring prices into reactionary channels.

WSWS (2022-06-23). Sri Lankan trade unions back IMF austerity policies. wsws.org The Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe government, with active union support, is imposing a new round of harsh attacks on jobs and social conditions.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-23). Syria's Damascus Airport Resumes Operations Nearly Two Weeks After Israeli Attack. southfront.org Syria's transportation minister Zuhair Khuzaym inspecting work on the northern runway of Damascus International Airport on June 22. Source: Syrian Air. | Syria's Damascus International Airport resumed operations on June 23, nearly two weeks after it was placed out of service as a result of a The attack, which took place on June 10, inflicted heavy…

____ (2022-06-23). Over 1,700 internet hospitals are established in China. ecns.cn More than 1,700 internet hospitals have been approved and established in China and integrated online and offline medical service has formed basically, said National Health Commission.

Harvey Wasserman (2022-06-23). The Second Amendment Demands Gun Control. commondreams.org A National Guard, yes. Heavily-armed lunatics roaming the streets unregulated? Never.

Jordan Schachtel (2022-06-23). Already Expired: Moderna's upcoming Omicron shot is formulated for a variant that no longer exists. globalresearch.ca Moderna's reformulated mRNA COVID injection, the highly touted — and continuously delayed — "Omicron vaccine," was tailored to an Omicron subvariant that no longer exists. | The pharmaceutical company's Omicron-specific shot was formulated for the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, which hasn't …

____ (2022-06-23). Xi urges int'l solidarity to promote growth. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for international solidarity and coordination to maintain world peace and stability and promote global sustainable development.

Florence CGTN (2022-06-23). Pop-up art exhibit in Texas celebrates Black hair. america.cgtn.com For decades, Black Americans have faced discrimination based on the natural texture of their hair, and the way they style it. Everything from Afros, to braids, to cornrows has been targeted. A recent national study found that girls as young as 5-years-old have faced …

____ (2022-06-23). Officials: 5th CIIE preparations in full swing. ecns.cn The fifth edition of the China International Import Expo will be held as planned in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10, and preparations for the mega event are in full swing despite challenges like the recent COVID-19 outbreak, officials said on Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-23). Chinese FM meets Indian new ambassador. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Pradeep Kumar Rawat, India's new ambassador to China in Beijing Wednesday.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-23). Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID/By Kennedy Hall. marktaliano.net An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle. Original Link Here: Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization By Kennedy H..]…

____ (2022-06-23). China issues regulatory protocols for webcast performers. ecns.cn China's National Radio and Television Administration and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture have jointly issued a set of regulatory protocols for webcast anchors.

_____ (2022-06-22). Farmers' Indebtedness Most Important Cause Of Suicides. popularresistance.org A very recent study on farmer suicides during 2000-2018 in six districts of Punjab has stated that as many as 88% of these were due to debts. | This study by Sukhpal Singh, Manjeet Kaur and HS Kingra of Punjab Agriculture University published in the Economic and Political Weekly has stated about this state, which has seen the most intensive form of the green revolution in India, "Of the total 9,291 farmer suicide cases, more than 77% were those of marginal and small farmers who cultivated up to two hectares of land. It is important to note that the number of these small landholdings is around 34% of the total lan…

Editor (2022-06-22). Labor's militant minority. mronline.org How a new class of "salts"—radicals who take jobs to help unionization—is boosting the organizing efforts of long-term workers.

Editor (2022-06-22). Neil Faulkner — 'Alienation, Spectacle, and Revolution: A Critical Marxist Essay'. mronline.org The tradition of concise introductions to Marxist theory is a long one, stretching back perhaps to Engels's Anti-Dàºhring. Alienation, Spectacle and Revolution enters stridently into this tradition with an acerbic, tremendously illuminating, and urgent style.

_____ (2022-06-22). Crises Exacerbated by the West have Led to an Increase in Drug Production and Consumption. journal-neo.org Drugs and terrorism have become an instrument of international politics. Drugs have been increasingly used by certain actors in international life, especially the United States and its Western allies, to enhance their hegemony. Such actions not only destroy the youth and entire nations, but also create chains of corruption in countries which are then used …

_____ (2022-06-22). Latest UN-Led Talks Over Libyan Elections Fail. popularresistance.org The United Nations Special Advisor on Libya said on Monday, June 20, that the Libyan parties participating in the recent round of talks in Egyptian capital Cairo have failed to reach a consensus over a legal process to hold national elections in the war-torn country. The failed talks have led to fresh apprehensions about the future of the peace process in Libya. | The third round of talks between the representatives of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS) and the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament were held between June 12 to 20. The first two rounds of talks were held in Cairo last month. The talks to resol…

Amarynth (2022-06-22). Sitrep: International reserve currency based on a basket of BRICS currencies. thesaker.is This news just out MAJOR! Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that banks from BRICS nations can freely connect to the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS),…

_____ (2022-06-22). Antifascists Helped Push Back White Supremacists At Coeur d'Alene Pride. popularresistance.org In the months leading up to June 11th, antifascists in and surrounding Coeur d'Alene recognized the threat that queer folks were facing from both local and faraway fascists. Different collectives outside Coeur d'Alene got together to assess the risks of traveling to north Idaho to support and defend Pride and to establish goals for the day. Antifascist crews worked hard brainstorming and predicting potential outcomes, taking care to prioritize the safety of Pride attendees and vulnerable folks living in north Idaho. Eventually, crews decided the best and safest goals would be to: | Create a buffer between the fas…

Editor (2022-06-22). Pañuelos Verdes, Acompañamiento, Solidaridad. mronline.org The Global South has much to teach the Global North about fighting for reproductive justice, providing abortions to whoever needs them, regardless of the law–and about building a mass, international, feminist movement.

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2022-06-23: News Headlines

Editor (2022-06-23). Is the West finally realizing that Russia will win the war in Ukraine? mronline.org This article is the fourth in a series of articles I have written covering the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

The Socialist Program (2022-06-23). Building Revolutionary Solidarity Across the Americas Against the Failed "Summit of the Americas" liberationnews.org In a true show of intercontinental solidarity, words from Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel joined the speeches of Native activist and Co-Director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Jean Roach, National Director of BYP100 D'atra Jackson, and host of this show, Brian Becker, at the final plenary of the three-day-long People's Summit for Democracy in early June.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-23). Gaza blockade: How many more people have to die? peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the 15-year-long blockade of Gaza by Israel and Egypt and the role of the international community in continuing this brutal siege…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-23). Rusia aboga por mundo multipolar en cumbre del grupo Brics. telesurtv.net Participan los líderes brasileño, Jair Bolsonaro; indio, Narendra Modi; chino, Xi Jinping y sudafricano, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Editor (2022-06-23). Julian Assange, Alina Lipp, and Anne-Laure Bonnel—When truth becomes a crime in the West. mronline.org Julian Assange, Alina Lipp and Anne-laure Bonnel are three journalists who are paying a high price for telling the truth in the West: attempts to suffocate them financially, followed by censorship, threats of imprisonment or imprisonment altogether, and even physical and psychological torture in the case of Assange.

Editor (2022-06-23). UK to introduce new 'bill of rights' after migrant deportation defeat. mronline.org Britain will begin legislating for a new 'bill of rights' on Wednesday, giving the government the authority to disregard European Court of Human Rights judgments.

Editor (2022-06-23). America's Second Civil War is Underway. scheerpost.com By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost | The frightening epidemic of gun violence in the US has become a commonplace reality. Easy access to firearms is an obstacle that national politicians have not been able to overcome with more than lip service. But gun violence is merely one ominous symptom of a growing social collapse that directly threatens our nearly 2 -year old system of democratic capitalism. | We begin with this: There have been 260 mass shootings so far this year, and 2022 is projected to hit an all-time record.

Editor (2022-06-23). The Fed's Austerity Program to Reduce Wages. scheerpost.com By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch The Federal Reserve Board's ostensible policy aim is to manage the money supply and bank credit in a way that maintains price stability. That usually means fighting inflation, which is blamed entirely on "too much employment," euphemized as "too much money."[1] In Congress's more progressive days, the Fed was charged with …

Editor (2022-06-23). Who Is to Blame for Inflation? The Power Brokers of Capitalism. scheerpost.com To save not just the bankers but also the labyrinth itself, central bankers stepped in to replace the financiers' pyramids with public money. (Photo: Getty Images/ By Yanis Varoufakis / The blame game over surging prices is on. Was it too much central-bank money being pumped out for too long that caused inflation to take off? Wa…

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-06-23). "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" mronline.org To look at neo-fascism withoutits economic moorings, to ignore the fact that the neo-fascist government is actually based on a neo-liberal-neo-fascist alliance, and, in general, to look at politics as a self-contained sphere unconnected to the economy, is a liberal trait that the Left must not imitate.

TeleSUR Desk (2022-06-23). Another Young Ecuadorian Dies During National Strike. mronline.org "It is worrying how military and police violence has escalated against those who exercise their right to protest and resist," said the Alliance of Ecuadorian Human Rights Organizations.

Dian Maria Blandina (2022-06-23). IMF loans continue to undermine health in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org The International Monetary Fund has a long history of insisting on loan conditionalities which are harmful to public services. This practice did not change even during the pandemic, with African countries being some of the worst affected…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-23). Philippines blocks over two dozen websites over "terrorist" tag, movements raise alarm. peoplesdispatch.org The websites blocked at the request of the outgoing National Security Adviser include progressive media websites Bulatlat, Monthly Review and Counter Punch, as well as the website of legally active left-wing political coalition Bayan Muna…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-06-23). Health workers will not stop fighting for a better alternative to WTO COVID-19 response. peoplesdispatch.org George Poe Williams from the National Health Workers Union of Liberia comments on the recent outcome of the WTO Ministerial Conference and the disappointment this has caused among health workers…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-23). Syria's Damascus Airport Resumes Operations Nearly Two Weeks After Israeli Attack. southfront.org Syria's transportation minister Zuhair Khuzaym inspecting work on the northern runway of Damascus International Airport on June 22. Source: Syrian Air. | Syria's Damascus International Airport resumed operations on June 23, nearly two weeks after it was placed out of service as a result of a The attack, which took place on June 10, inflicted heavy…

____ (2022-06-23). Xi urges int'l solidarity to promote growth. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for international solidarity and coordination to maintain world peace and stability and promote global sustainable development.

AutumnSun (2022-06-23). Free Leonard Peltier Santa Cruz 6-20-2022. indybay.org The benefit was held at The Spot and was sponsored by Barrios Unidos and The American Indian Movement and others.

WSWS (2022-06-23). With Modi's support, BJP governments waging bulldozer campaign of state lawlessness and terror targeting Muslims. wsws.org Governments led by India's ruling BJP are illegally demolishing the homes of Muslims, so as to whip up communal tensions and divert popular anger and frustration over mass joblessness and soaring prices into reactionary channels.

____ (2022-06-23). China to establish national demonstration zones for IPR protection. ecns.cn China will establish a batch of demonstration zones for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection by 2025, according to a notice recently published by the National Intellectual Property Administration.

____ (2022-06-23). China issues regulatory protocols for webcast performers. ecns.cn China's National Radio and Television Administration and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture have jointly issued a set of regulatory protocols for webcast anchors.

WSWS (2022-06-23). Australian minister dispatched to Sri Lanka to demand a halt to refugees fleeing destitution. wsws.org The visit had nothing to do with helping the island's masses. Its purpose was to block people from trying to escape the social catastrophe to seek refuge in Australia.

WSWS (2022-06-23). Stalinist PCF discusses French national unity government with Macron. wsws.org The struggle against war and austerity can only be waged by mobilizing workers internationally against nationalist, pseudo-left groups that are rapidly turning to the right.

Jordan Schachtel (2022-06-23). Already Expired: Moderna's upcoming Omicron shot is formulated for a variant that no longer exists. globalresearch.ca Moderna's reformulated mRNA COVID injection, the highly touted — and continuously delayed — "Omicron vaccine," was tailored to an Omicron subvariant that no longer exists. | The pharmaceutical company's Omicron-specific shot was formulated for the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, which hasn't …

Editor2 (2022-06-23). Canada Steps Up Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples to Push Pipelines. orinocotribune.com By Nick Cunningham Jun 19, 2022 | An International Human Rights Body Condemned Canada's Treatment Of Indigenous Communities Opposing Two Major Oil And Gas Pipelines. | Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. | "The Governments of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of…

NNU, Healthcare Now, People's Action (2022-06-23). Tuesday 6/28: #Patients Over Profits! Medicare For All & 2022 Midterms w/ National Nurses United. indybay.org Online webinar…

____ (2022-06-23). 192 key fugitives arrested in China's special campaign. ecns.cn Chinese police have caught 192 key fugitives of crimes against the control of the national border and frontier in an ongoing campaign since September 2021, the National Immigration Administration said Thursday.

____ (2022-06-23). Over 1,700 internet hospitals are established in China. ecns.cn More than 1,700 internet hospitals have been approved and established in China and integrated online and offline medical service has formed basically, said National Health Commission.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-23). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

____ (2022-06-23). Chinese FM meets Indian new ambassador. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Pradeep Kumar Rawat, India's new ambassador to China in Beijing Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-23). Officials: 5th CIIE preparations in full swing. ecns.cn The fifth edition of the China International Import Expo will be held as planned in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10, and preparations for the mega event are in full swing despite challenges like the recent COVID-19 outbreak, officials said on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-06-23). Sri Lankan trade unions back IMF austerity policies. wsws.org The Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe government, with active union support, is imposing a new round of harsh attacks on jobs and social conditions.

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-23). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heat exhaustion and heatstroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the temperature rises in the summer, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illnesses, and learn how to prevent them. Watch: The Mayo Clinic…

G. Dunkel (2022-06-22). Haiti suffers in U.S.-created turmoil. workers.org U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes white Ukrainian refugee child. Haitian migrants of African descent, attempting to enter at the Texas border, are hunted down by U.S. Border Patrol mounted on horses. Haiti is in a process of collapse in its ability to function as a country on a daily basis. . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). Most African Countries Support Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Apparently, Volodymir Zelensky's popularity in Ukraine is very low. The Ukrainian leader called for a virtual diplomatic meeting with African heads of state, but the event failed completely. Almost all African leaders declined to participate, hampering Zelensky's plans to make the meeting a pro-Kiev propaganda stage. Meanwhile, the Russian government's popularity is growing…

WSWS (2022-06-22). Australian Labor foreign minister visits Solomon Islands, reinforcing threats over China ties. wsws.org Every aspect of Penny Wong's visit to Solomon Islands reeked of neo-colonial arrogance and hypocrisy.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). Southern Ukraine is the Priority in NATO's Planning. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The desolate Snake Island in the Black Sea off Odessa has become a major theatre of contestation between Russia and NATO On the night of February 24, when Russian forces crossed the western and northern borders of Ukraine, the world's attention was riveted on the fate of Kiev. Hardly anyone paid attention…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). 'Ukraine Fatigue' Intensifies as Sanctions Boomerang Ravages Western Economies. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic On February 24, the political West sounded decidedly self-confident as it expected Russia was heading back to the disastrous 1990s, with the country's social and economic prospects seemingly in tatters. Russian forex reserves were stolen, banks cut off from SWIFT, Western airspace banned, while anything remotely connected to Russia and its magnificent civilizational contributions…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-22). In Video: Russian Tor-M2 System Intercepts Polish Drone With New Missile Over Ukraine. southfront.org Screen grab from footage released by the Russian Ministry of Defense. | On June 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage showing a Tor-M2 air-defense system intercepting a Polish-made FLYEYE mini drone over an unspecified part of Ukraine. | The Tor-M2 is one of the more modern versions of the Tor medium-altitude, short-range air-defense system. This version has an improved fire control radar coverage and protection against spoofing. It can also engaged up to four targets simultaneously. | The air-defense s…

Editor (2022-06-22). VIDEO: Senator Elizabeth Warren Challenges Fed Chair Jerome Powell in Senate Banking Committee Hearing. scheerpost.com By C-SPAN www.c-span.org/video/?c 20972/user-clip-sen-warren-questions-fed-chair-powell Senator Elizabeth Warren challenges and urges caution to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Sen. Warren warned about what a recession could mean for millions of Americans and how rate hikes will raise borrowing costs for families and put jobs at risk.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-06-22). To Prevent Formula Shortages, Break Up Monopolies. otherwords.org It's a tough time to be the parent of a newborn in the United States today. Not only is child care prohibitively expensive, but the cost of all things — including baby products — is rising. And there's been a months-long shortage of baby formula. | There's nothing more important to a parent than providing for their child. As a mother who was unable to breastfeed, I relied on formula. I remember once making a long drive to another town when my local store was out of the brand my child was used to. | It was a stressful experience — and mild compared to what millions of parents are feeling right no…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-22). Putin Says Russia Will Redirect Exports to BRICS Nations. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of BRICS leaders on Wednesday that Russia is BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which together represent more than 40% of the world's population. Russia's BRICS partners have not followed the US-led sanctions campaign, and some have stepped up Russian oil imports…

_____ (2022-06-22). Farmers' Indebtedness Most Important Cause Of Suicides. popularresistance.org A very recent study on farmer suicides during 2000-2018 in six districts of Punjab has stated that as many as 88% of these were due to debts. | This study by Sukhpal Singh, Manjeet Kaur and HS Kingra of Punjab Agriculture University published in the Economic and Political Weekly has stated about this state, which has seen the most intensive form of the green revolution in India, "Of the total 9,291 farmer suicide cases, more than 77% were those of marginal and small farmers who cultivated up to two hectares of land. It is important to note that the number of these small landholdings is around 34% of the total lan…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-22). Dispatches from India: Has the economy really recovered? peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we take a look at the struggle of workers in Chennai to get permanent jobs, the true nature of India's economic recovery, and the issues faced by Kashmir's Pandit community…

Tanupriya Singh (2022-06-22). Belgium returns remains of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba but what about justice? peoplesdispatch.org Belgium has returned a gold crowned tooth of Patrice Lumumba to his family. However, activists point out that there has been no accountability or justice for his brutal assassination following a western-backed coup in 1961…

Peter Certo (2022-06-22). In OtherWords: June 22, 2022. otherwords.org This week, more evidence has poured in as Congress investigates the January 6, 2021 coup attempt. | We've heard from Trump appointees and election officials who told the president directly that the 2020 results were valid even as he publicly said otherwise. We've heard from survivors of the violence. And we've heard from ordinary poll workers who got death threats simply for doing their job. | In OtherWords, veteran attorney Mitchell Zimmerman argues

Bella DeVaan (2022-06-22). A Pastor Marches for a Moral Economy. otherwords.org To Reverend Andrew Wilkes, inequality is a dire and immoral injustice. The pastor and political scientist spends every Sunday considering how to build a more equitable economy with his New York congregation. | "From unemployment to health care outcomes, virtually every issue hits poor folks the hardest," he told me. | As a result, pastors like him have more prayers to shepherd, more funerals to perform, and more concerns to ease — "not because it's God's will or because fate declared it," he said, "but because identifiable policy choices have created burdens on people that should be lifted." | These choices…

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-06-22). The Evidence Is Clear: Trump Must Be Indicted. otherwords.org The bipartisan congressional commission investigating the January 6 coup attempt has found strong evidence that Donald Trump is a criminal. As the hearings reveal, the former president illegally plotted to stay in office after the American people voted to boot him out. | Now he must be indicted. | Trump's criminality is proven not by the words of his enemies, but by the sworn testimony of Republicans he himself appointed or hired —including his own officials and staff, his attorney general William Barr, and Republican election lawyers and campaign personnel. | The evidence indicates Trump committed three ma…

Dante Strobino (2022-06-22). Low-wage workers descend on D.C. workers.org Washington, D.C. — Tens of thousands of poor people, low-wage workers and their allies rallied here June 18 for the Poor People's Campaign Moral March and Low Wage Workers Assembly against "poverty, systemic racism and voter suppression." Starbucks workers — including some of the Memphis 7 fired for organizing — . . . |

Editor (2022-06-22). Labor's militant minority. mronline.org How a new class of "salts"—radicals who take jobs to help unionization—is boosting the organizing efforts of long-term workers.

Editor (2022-06-22). Neil Faulkner — 'Alienation, Spectacle, and Revolution: A Critical Marxist Essay'. mronline.org The tradition of concise introductions to Marxist theory is a long one, stretching back perhaps to Engels's Anti-Dàºhring. Alienation, Spectacle and Revolution enters stridently into this tradition with an acerbic, tremendously illuminating, and urgent style.

Editor (2022-06-22). Ecuadorians Continue To Resist as National Strike Enters Second Week. scheerpost.com Since June 13, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians have been mobilizing across the country as a part of an indefinite national strike against the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso and his regressive economic policies. Photo: Alexander Crespo | By Tanya Wadhwa / Since June 13, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians have been mobilizing across the country as a part of an indefinite national strike against the right-wing government of President Guillermo Las…

Editor (2022-06-22). Electoral Victory of Colombians Petro and Marquez is Unprecedented. scheerpost.com By W.T. Whitney / CounterPunch The comment overflowed with enthusiasm: "June 19 will be remembered as a day of the people and will be a moment of celebration for democracy … Today was a day for changing history." The reference was to the million-vote plurality achieved by Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and his vice-presidential running-mate Francia …

Editor (2022-06-22). Free Assange? Yes, But That's Not Nearly Enough. scheerpost.com By Thomas Knapp / CounterPunch On June 17, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face 18 criminal charges: One count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, and 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. If convicted on all charges, Assange faces up to …

Editor (2022-06-22). Joseph E. Stiglitz: How the U.S. Could Lose the New Cold War. scheerpost.com Vladimir Putin, left, and Xi Jinping. [ By Joseph E. Stiglitz | The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders' portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic hum…

Editor (2022-06-22). 'Moral Failure': California Dem Pulls Plug on Fossil Fuel Divestment Legislation. scheerpost.com Young people participate in a demonstration for S.B. 1173, proposed state legislation in California that would force two of the state's biggest pensions to divest from the fossil fuel industry. (Photo: Fossil Free California/Instagram) | By Brett Wilkins / Climate, environmental, and social justice advocates on Tuesday condemned the decision by a Democratic California lawmaker to kill proposed legislation that would require two of the state's leading pension fund…

Editor (2022-06-22). The Tragic Absurdity of Qatar's World Cup Sportswashing. scheerpost.com A general view shows flags of the qualified countries for the 2022 World Cup in the Qatari capital Doha during a flag-raising ceremony of the last remaining countries to qualify, on June 16, 2022. (Photo by Mustafa Abumunes / AFP via Getty Images) | By Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff / Were there not so much suffering involved, the Qatar 2022 World Cup would be an absurdist parody of sportswashing. The extraordinarily popular event is meant to put a happy gloss on both the brutal kingdom of Qatar and soccer's…

Editor (2022-06-22). The right to self defense. workers.org We were still reeling from the racist massacre at Buffalo, New York, the slaughter of children in Uvalde, Texas. Then came news of a June 11 attempt by white supremacists to ambush a public Pride in the Park celebration in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Over 30 white men of the Patriot . . . |

Gloria Rubac (2022-06-22). Juneteenth: death penalty abolitionists march in Texas. workers.org June 19 — Yancy Balderas, an activist with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, led the call "Texas says death row!" Juneteenth marchers and parade watchers in Houston responded with "We say, hell no!" Abolitionists participate in Juneteenth, Houston. Balderas carried a sign with a photo of herself and her . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-06-22). Rally demands fair contract for Philadelphia Museum of Art workers. workers.org June 14 workers' rally, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Credit: WW PHOTO: Joe Piette Philadelphia Hundreds of workers, labor activists and union officials from around the U.S. and other countries converged on the "Rocky" steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art June 14, to demand its Board of Trustees agree on . . . |

Ryan Lockwood (2022-06-22). Buffalo's working-class Pride. workers.org WW Photo: Ellie Dorritie Workers World Party's Buffalo branch kicked off its third annual People's Pride event on June 14. Members and people from the community gathered for a cookout and a screening of "Pride," a historic film made in 2014 about the London-based group "Lesbians and Gays Support the . . . |

Scott Williams (2022-06-22). Mumia Abu-Jamal ‚àí a hero for young people. workers.org This excerpted text was first handed out at a youth conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia, December 2012. Some statistics have been updated. George Washington. Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Young people in the U.S. are taught in school to see these men as heroes. But this is the history . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-22). Defying repression, Ecuadorians continue to protest against neoliberalism. peoplesdispatch.org At least two indigenous protesters have been killed in the ongoing anti-government protests in Ecuador. Since June 13, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians have been mobilizing across the country as a part of an indefinite national strike against the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso. Since then, protestors have faced widespread repression and violence by the security forces of the country.

_____ (2022-06-22). Crises Exacerbated by the West have Led to an Increase in Drug Production and Consumption. journal-neo.org Drugs and terrorism have become an instrument of international politics. Drugs have been increasingly used by certain actors in international life, especially the United States and its Western allies, to enhance their hegemony. Such actions not only destroy the youth and entire nations, but also create chains of corruption in countries which are then used …

_____ (2022-06-22). Latest UN-Led Talks Over Libyan Elections Fail. popularresistance.org The United Nations Special Advisor on Libya said on Monday, June 20, that the Libyan parties participating in the recent round of talks in Egyptian capital Cairo have failed to reach a consensus over a legal process to hold national elections in the war-torn country. The failed talks have led to fresh apprehensions about the future of the peace process in Libya. | The third round of talks between the representatives of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS) and the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament were held between June 12 to 20. The first two rounds of talks were held in Cairo last month. The talks to resol…

Amarynth (2022-06-22). Sitrep: International reserve currency based on a basket of BRICS currencies. thesaker.is This news just out MAJOR! Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that banks from BRICS nations can freely connect to the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS),…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). Exile on Main Street: The Sound of the Unipolar World Fading Away. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The future world order, already in progress, will be formed by strong sovereign states. The ship has sailed. There's no turning back. Let's cut to the chase and roll in the Putin Top Ten of the New Era, announced by the Russian President live at the St. Petersburg forum for both the Global North and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). June 21: New Year for Some Andean Peoples. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Andean New Year Ceremony.Internet Just a few decades ago, to announce or publicly display the ritual celebration of our gratitude to the Sun, (June 21), was unthinkable and a cause for shame. Yes, it was a cause for social derision. Ignorant, the "enlightened" called us. Now, the celebration of gratitude and clamor to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-22). National Security State Censoring of Anti-Imperialist Voices the Latest Phase of Their Long-Term Strategy to Divide and Control the Left. libya360.wordpress.com Stansfield Smith The US rulers use many tools to disrupt and disorganize the anti-war and anti-imperialist left. Three discussed here include: one, corporate control of the news media gives them free reign to spread disinformation and fake news against foreign and domestic targets. Two, they use government and corporate foundation resources to fund and promote…

Staff (2022-06-22). Turkey extends troop deployment in occupied Libya. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsJune 22, 2022 Tàºrkiye extends mandate for troop deployment in Libya Tàºrkiye's parliament on June 21 extended for another 18 months a mandate that allows the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya. The mandate was renewed with the votes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and its nationalist allies which hold a …

Staff (2022-06-22). Militarized Ecuador: First Death in Protests Against Guillermo Lasso. orinocotribune.com Caracas, Jun 21, 2022 ( The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), which has been leading the national mobilization that began on June 13, is asking that the government reduce fuel prices, address unemployment, regulate…

Staff (2022-06-22). US Sanctions on Russia Affect Aircraft Production in the US. orinocotribune.com The US-imposed sanctions on Russia have affected the manufacture of aircraft by US multinational The Boeing Company. This is the reason behind its recent suspension of the manufacture of 737 MAX aircraft, due to a lack of titanium and other critical components supplied by Russia. The halt in production was confirmed last According to aviation security expert Roman Gusarov, Russia supplies critical parts and components to the US aircraft man…

WSWS (2022-06-22). Sri Lankan government shuts down government offices and schools. wsws.org Amid spiralling unrest, the government has begun a new round of talks with the International Monetary Fund about the further harsh austerity measures it must impose.

Sam Ben-Meir (2022-06-22). The Second Amendment Is a Palladium of Death. It Should Be Repealed. commondreams.org We have made a fetish out of the Second Amendment: it has become a loathsome idol for which no amount of American blood is sufficient.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-06-22). Indigenous alliance's national strike threatens Ecuador's conservative government. peoplesworld.org A national strike is unfolding now throughout Ecuador under the auspices of the Ecuadorian Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE, as per Spanish-language initials). It is strong particularly in Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, and Pastaza provinces. Launched on June 13, the strike has continued for over a week. On June 20, thousands of marchers entered Ecuador's capital, …

Editor (2022-06-22). Assange Put on Suicide Watch After Patel Decision, Father Says. scheerpost.com John and Gabriel Shipton at Berlin rally. (Joe Lauria) | By Joe Lauria / After British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed Julian Assange's extradition order on Friday the authorities in Belmarsh prison stripped Julian Assange and threw him into a completely empty cell in an attempt to prevent his suicide, Assange's father has said. | It was just one more instance in which the prison humiliated his son, Shipton told a rally on Tuesday night at the offices of the Junge Welt newspape…

Staff (2022-06-22). Iran, Azerbaijan national libraries to boost coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Head of the National Library and Archives of Iran Alireza Mokhtarpour and Anar Karimov, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan in a meeting discussed developing Iran-Azerbaijan cultural ties.

Editor (2022-06-22). Criminalizing Palestine Solidarity Activism in the UK. scheerpost.com Nov. 4 2017: Protest in London demanding U.K. recognition of Palestine and end of British support for Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank and its brutal siege of Gaza. (Alisdare Hickson, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0) | By Yara Hawari / Consortium News | In January, British Education Secretary

Karla Mendes (2022-06-22). Continúa la guerra contra periodistas y defensores ambientales en la Amazonía. globalizacion.ca Desde que me convertí en periodista ambiental hace seis años, mi familia, amigos y conocidos me etiquetaron como "loco". øPor qué? Porque estaban extremadamente asustados después de leer mis artículos y escuchar mis testimonios de experiencias de reportajes de investigación…

WSWS (2022-06-22). UK: Migrant nurses speak out against the dreadful conditions patients face in Sri Lanka. wsws.org "The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has created enormous problems in regard to the shortages of essential medical equipment and medicines for vulnerable children."

Editor (2022-06-22). UK Railway Workers Begin Largest Strike in 30 Years. scheerpost.com By La Izquierda Diario Argentina / Train stations across the United Kingdom and the London Underground remained closed or inoperative on Tuesday. Striking railway and transport workers are demanding better salaries in the context of a sharp increase in prices. | Inflation in the country currently stands at 9.2 percent, and could reach upwards of 11 percent in the fall when energy and oil prices are likely to rise again, according to government officials. Prices are expected to rise by percent in Octo…

Monica Moorehead (2022-06-22). Trabajadores inmigrantes de construcción exigen condiciones de trabajo seguras. workers.org Al día siguiente del 1 de mayo -Día Internacional de los Trabajadores-, un grupo de trabajadores de la construcción inmigrantes, principalmente de Guatemala, lanzó la campaña Cabricanecos en una acción realizada a primera hora de la mañana en Brooklyn, en protesta por las peligrosas condiciones de trabajo a las que . . . |

____ (2022-06-22). Damascus Intl. Airport to resume activity on June 23. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Syria's Ministry of Transport announced on Wednesday that Damascus International Airport will be put into service as of tomorrow, Thursday.

Staff (2022-06-22). Russia's Lavrov due in Tehran to discuss JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Russian ministry's spokeswoman on Wednesday announced that the country's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will depart for Tehran today to discuss Tehran-Moscow ties and several international issues including the nuclear deal.

Editor (2022-06-22). Pañuelos Verdes, Acompañamiento, Solidaridad. mronline.org The Global South has much to teach the Global North about fighting for reproductive justice, providing abortions to whoever needs them, regardless of the law–and about building a mass, international, feminist movement.

WSWS (2022-06-22). UK Royal Mail workers ballot for national strike action against imposition of 2 percent pay award. wsws.org As far as the CWU is concerned, Royal Mail's charter for sweatshop labour is negotiable.

USC School of Public Policy (2022-06-22). Thursday 6/23: Roe v. Wade: What Happens Next w/ Women's Health, Abortion Access & National Discourse? indybay.org Online via Zoom – FREE…

_____ (2022-06-22). Antifascists Helped Push Back White Supremacists At Coeur d'Alene Pride. popularresistance.org In the months leading up to June 11th, antifascists in and surrounding Coeur d'Alene recognized the threat that queer folks were facing from both local and faraway fascists. Different collectives outside Coeur d'Alene got together to assess the risks of traveling to north Idaho to support and defend Pride and to establish goals for the day. Antifascist crews worked hard brainstorming and predicting potential outcomes, taking care to prioritize the safety of Pride attendees and vulnerable folks living in north Idaho. Eventually, crews decided the best and safest goals would be to: | Create a buffer between the fas…

WSWS (2022-06-22). Stop right-wing violence against student criticism! Stop supporting the radical right-wing professor Baberowski! wsws.org The Humboldt University Presidium is responsible for a climate of violence and the intimidation of students who oppose the return of militarism and right-wing extremism.

____ (2022-06-22). COP15 event relocated, China keeps presidency. ecns.cn The second phase of the United Nations' negotiations on the world's new biodiversity conservation goals through 2030, known as COP15, has been relocated from Kunming, Yunnan province, to the Canadian city of Montreal, between Dec 5 and 17.

WSWS (2022-06-22). India: Chennai Ford workers continue their strike against planned plant closure defying management threats. wsws.org The ICFI supporters have repeatedly intervened among striking Ford workers, discussing with them the need for formation of their own rank-and-file committees independent of treacherous unions .

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-06-22). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

Workers World Party (2022-06-22). °ORGULLO significa LUCHAR DE NUEVO! workers.org Orgullo de Nueva York, contingente del Partido Mundo Obrero, 28 de junio de 2017. °Esta es una declaración del Caucus LGBTQ+ del Partido Mundo Obrero para los desfiles del orgullo, las marchas de lesbianas (dykes, en inglés) y las acciones de liberación trans en todo el país! °Un daño a . . . |

Staff (2022-06-22). Passenger plane catches fire after landing at Miami Airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — A passenger plane caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport Tuesday.

____ (2022-06-22). China to continue to enhance opening-up: Xi. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said China will continue to enhance opening-up and foster a business environment that is based on market principles, governed by law and up to international standards.

Staff (2022-06-22). UK systematic racism deeply-rooted in its history. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — The Deputy Head of International Affairs of Judiciary and Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights has said that the UK's systematic racism is deeply rooted in its history.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-22). Asciende a 89 las muertes por inundaciones en la India. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 6 millones de habitantes de la India y Bangladesh han debido desplazarse para huir de las inundaciones.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-22). Fuel crisis forces shutdown in Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org As Sri Lanka begins bailout talks with the IMF this week, fuel riots were registered at several gas stations across national capital Colombo which were met with repression by the security forces…

Editor (2022-06-22). The Pentagon Gets More Money and Americans Pay the Price. scheerpost.com An aerial view of the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. (Jason Reed / Reuters) | By Katrina vanden Heuvel / Bipartisanship is a rare and endangered species in today's bitterly divided Washington. Except when it comes to one thing: the Pentagon budget. | From Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democrats to minority leader Mitch McConnell and his fellow Senate Republicans, all agree that the Defense Department—which already boasts a budget higher, in comparable dollars, than its levels durin…

Contributing Writers (2022-06-21). "The First Casualty of War is the Truth". What is Really Happening in Donbass/By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell. marktaliano.net A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell Global Research, June 21, 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-06-21). West at inflection point in Ukraine war. mronline.org Henry Kissinger predicted some three weeks ago that the Ukraine war was dangerously close to becoming a war against Russia. That was a prescient remark. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a weekend interview told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper that in the alliance's estimation, the Ukraine war could wage for years.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-21). Is There Really a U.S. Government Agency that Gives Out Awards for Deceiving the Public? covertactionmagazine.com Check out this year's "Democracy Awards" handed out by the National Endowment for Democracy. They were presented to Ukrainian NGOs …

Roger Annis (2022-06-21). Denunciation of Vladimir Putin's Essay on History of Russia and Ukraine is Unwarranted. covertactionmagazine.com Far from condemning the national aspirations of Ukrainians, Putin defends them In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published a historical essay …

Editor (2022-06-21). Captive labor: Exploitation of incarcerated workers. mronline.org Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and two out of three of these incarcerated people are also workers. In most instances, the jobs these nearly 800,000 incarcerated workers have look similar to those of millions of people working on the outside.

Editor (2022-06-21). Colombia's first ever left-wing president: Gustavo Petro wins historic election. What does it mean? mronline.org Gustavo Petro won Colombia's June 19 election, becoming its first ever left-wing president. We analyze what this means for Latin America, the US, Venezuela, the military, paramilitary groups, the powerful oligarchy, and social movements.

Hakim FE, Farooq AV. (2022-06-21). Update on Dry Eye Disease—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Wirta's Letter discusses varenicline nasal spray as a potential treatment option for dry eye disease. This drug, which was approved after submission of our clinical update, is an exciting addition to the current armamentarium of therapies for dry eye disease. The goal of our article was to provide an overview of the pathophysiology of dry eye disease, an approach to evaluating patients, and a review of current treatment strategies for clinicians practicing outside the field of ophthalmology. Therefore, we felt that discussion of pipeline treatments and those under investigation was beyond the scope of…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-21). 1 ,000 bring Poor People's Campaign demands to D.C.: "We won't be silent" peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Demanding an "end to policy murder" that slams poor and low-wealth people, Poor People's Campaign Co-Chair the Rev. William Barber II and more than 1 ,000 allies took to the streets of the nation's capital in a mass rally Saturday. Their goal: Massive changes in federal policy away from enriching the rich, corporations, and the capitalist …

Jason Jones (2022-06-21). Organizer's notebook: Indianapolis social workers decide to go union. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS—Motivated by union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, my co-workers and I at Step-Up, a social service agency here, decided that it was time to demand representation and democracy in our workplace. The 23 social workers and case managers at Step-Up provide care coordination, case management, and mental health counseling to clients living with HIV and …

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2022-06-22: News Headlines

AutumnSun (2022-06-22). Free Leonard Peltier Santa Cruz 6-20-2022. indybay.org The benefit was held at The Spot and was sponsored by Barrios Unidos and The American Indian Movement and others.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-22). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

____ (2022-06-22). COP15 event relocated, China keeps presidency. ecns.cn The second phase of the United Nations' negotiations on the world's new biodiversity conservation goals through 2030, known as COP15, has been relocated from Kunming, Yunnan province, to the Canadian city of Montreal, between Dec 5 and 17.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production. During National Men's Health Week — June 13—19 — Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjkjFfFC8Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end…

USC School of Public Policy (2022-06-22). Thursday 6/23: Roe v. Wade: What Happens Next w/ Women's Health, Abortion Access & National Discourse? indybay.org Online via Zoom – FREE…

Editor (2022-06-21). VIDEO: Ecuador's Indigenous Revolt Against Their Neoliberal President. scheerpost.com By The Grayzone The Grayzone spoke with leaders of Ecuador's indigenous movements, now engaged in ferocious street protests against the privatization policies of President Guillermo Lasso, a billionaire banker. The activists defended their demands and detailed the brutal repression they have witnessed as their rebellion spreads across one of the last right-wing controlled countries on …

Editor (2022-06-21). 'Totally Unacceptable': US Rejecting 90% of Afghans Seeking Asylum Under Humanitarian Program. scheerpost.com Afghans seek shelter from fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces on August 14, 2021. (Photo: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times) | By Brett Wilkins / As a coalition of human rights groups on Monday implored the international community to do more to help Afghan refugees, new reporting revealed that the United States is rejecting the overwhelming majority of Afghans seeking to enter the country under a humanitarian program—including relatives o…

Editor (2022-06-21). Nagasaki Survivor Denounces 'Absolute Evil' of Nuclear Bombs on Eve of Vienna Summit. scheerpost.com Sueichi Kido. [ By A survivor of the August 9, 1945 bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States conveyed the inhumanity of atomic weapons on Monday ahead of an international meeting that seeks to eliminate the world's…

Editor2 (2022-06-21). The Old World is Over: Key Takeaways from Putin's First Major Speech Since Russia's Military Offensive in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia's and the world's future, in a key address | New centers of power have emerged, the unipolar world order isn't coming back, and the "colonial" way of thinking has failed, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday, in what the Kremlin The old world order is gone with the wind | When the US declared victory in the Cold War, Americans designated themselv…

____ (2022-06-21). Multinational companies still regard China as important destination: report. ecns.cn Although the global supply chain has entered a new round of reconstruction, China is still an important investment destination for multinational companies around the world, said a report.

Editor (2022-06-21). Colombia's first ever left-wing president: Gustavo Petro wins historic election. What does it mean? mronline.org Gustavo Petro won Colombia's June 19 election, becoming its first ever left-wing president. We analyze what this means for Latin America, the US, Venezuela, the military, paramilitary groups, the powerful oligarchy, and social movements.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-21). "The First Casualty of War is the Truth". What is Really Happening in Donbass/By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell. marktaliano.net A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell Global Research, June 21, 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-21). Emails Reveal USAID Officials Were Alarmed Over China-Solomon Islands Pact. news.antiwar.com Newly released internal emails from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed that officials in the agency were very alarmed by the news of China and the Solomon Islands signing a security pact. The Solomon Islands has come under heavy pressure from the US, Australia, and New Zealand over the pact, which was …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-06-21). West at inflection point in Ukraine war. mronline.org Henry Kissinger predicted some three weeks ago that the Ukraine war was dangerously close to becoming a war against Russia. That was a prescient remark. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a weekend interview told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper that in the alliance's estimation, the Ukraine war could wage for years.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-21). Is There Really a U.S. Government Agency that Gives Out Awards for Deceiving the Public? covertactionmagazine.com Check out this year's "Democracy Awards" handed out by the National Endowment for Democracy. They were presented to Ukrainian NGOs …

Roger Annis (2022-06-21). Denunciation of Vladimir Putin's Essay on History of Russia and Ukraine is Unwarranted. covertactionmagazine.com Far from condemning the national aspirations of Ukrainians, Putin defends them In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published a historical essay …

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-06-21). Why India must decouple from I2U2. peoplesdispatch.org A subaltern role to serve US and Israeli interests cannot enhance India's prestige in West Asia where, as it is, Modi government is perceived as an Islamophobic regime backed by religious fanatics…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-21). Targeted attacks force Sikh minority to flee from Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org At least 111 Sikhs have been granted emergency visas in neighboring India after a Sikh gurdwara was stormed by extremists in Kabul on June 18, killing two and injuring seven others…

Editor (2022-06-21). "Fight Poverty, Not the Poor!": Thousands Rally in Washington DC. scheerpost.com The Poor People's Campaign organized a massive rally in Washington DC on June 18. Photo: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II/Twitter | By Tanupriya Singh / Thousands of people gathered in the US capital of Washington DC on June 18 to participate in the 'Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls'. The action was organized by the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) to address a broad range of interconnected issues affecting the country's 140 mil…

Tanupriya Singh (2022-06-21). 0,000 people at risk of eviction in Brazil as Supreme Court moratorium nears end. peoplesdispatch.org The Zero Evictions Campaign has warned that 142,000 families might lose their homes if the STF-issued injunction against evictions is allowed to expire on June 30.

Editor (2022-06-21). Captive labor: Exploitation of incarcerated workers. mronline.org Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and two out of three of these incarcerated people are also workers. In most instances, the jobs these nearly 800,000 incarcerated workers have look similar to those of millions of people working on the outside.

Editor (2022-06-21). A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America's Wars. scheerpost.com By Ann Jones / TomDispatch Best of TomDispatch: Ann Jones, War Wounds America's Father's Day was first celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Washington State. That was only a few years before Ann Jones's father went to war. His was the Great War which turned out — with its trenches of frozen mud, rats and …

Larry Holmes (2022-06-21). Top banker says, 'An economic hurricane is coming' — Workers of the world, time to get ready to fight! workers.org This slightly edited talk was given by WWP First Secretary, Larry Holmes, at a New York City branch meeting on June 16. The economic crisis that is unfolding is by far the biggest development right now. Bigger than anything I can think of, and a lot of important things are . . . |

Mirinda Crissman (2022-06-21). Juneteenth: emancipation, resistance and reparations. workers.org Houston This article, which appeared in the June 23, 2021, issue of Workers World, is being reprinted here to celebrate the victory of Juneteenth officially recognized as a federal holiday. Juneteenth march, Ft. Worth, Texas, June 18. After decades of struggle for recognition, Juneteenth has been made a federal holiday . . . |

_____ (2022-06-21). Indigenous Protesters Continue To Arrive In Ecuador's Capital City. popularresistance.org Hundreds of demonstrators continued to enter Ecuador's capital on Monday during the eighth day of a mobilization against the government called by the indigenous movement, while the blockade of roads connecting the city of Quito (north) with the north and south of the country is maintained, | Images published on social networks show people walking on the road or in buckets of pick-up trucks in their eagerness to mobilize. | In the afternoon, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) reported the arrival of indigenous people from the south of the country, who are currently near the Machachi…

_____ (2022-06-21). Workers at US abortion rights groups seek unions to prepare for post-Roe care. popularresistance.org As reproductive rights groups brace for an anticipated US supreme court decision to overturn Roe v Wade and strike down federal abortion rights in America, workers at these groups are organizing to unionize ahead of the expected legal changes. | About 400 workers at 28 clinics in five states in the midwest — Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, announced in late May 2022 their intent to unionize with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa. They have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board after a majority of workers signed authorization cards and their request for…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-21). Bolton Predicts Rupture Within Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The national security advisor to the White House during the Trump administration, John Bolton, has suggested that we could be seeing the beginning of an ultimate rupture within the Venezuelan opposition. | During an interview with Similarly, he added that towards the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, t…

Andy Kroll (2022-06-21). What Difference Does a War Make? tomdispatch.com From his first days in office, Joe Biden and his national security advisers seemed determined to revive America's fading global leadership via the strategy they knew best — challenging the "revisionist powers" Russia and China with a Cold War-style aggressiveness. When it came to Beijing, the president combined the policy initiatives of his predecessors, pursuing Barack Obama's "strategic pivot" from the Middle East to Asia, while continuing Donald Trump's trade war with China. In the process, Biden revived the kind of bipartisan foreign policy not seen in Washington since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991…

Anonymous349 (2022-06-21). Lithuania Trying To Provoke War With Russia By Blocking Kaliningrad. southfront.org Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | European authorities are stopping the transit Russian goods in the Kaliningrad region, which is officially a part of the Russian territory. Such a measure tends to significantly increase tensions on the European continent and contribute negatively at a time of major concerns about international peace and security. | On June 18, the governor of Kaliningrad…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). "…Chile…Colombia…Brazil???": Bolsonaro Despair at Left Resurgence. libya360.wordpress.com BRASILWIRE Folha's Monica Bergamo reports that, following the victory of Gustavo Petro, President Jair Bolsonaro sent a message on a private WhatsApp group in which he despaired at the result. Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro was elected president on Sunday with 40.32% of the vote. It is the first time the left has won an election in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Despite the Left's Victories, Warning Signs of a Fascist Backlash Appear in Colombia & Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The decaying colonial regime in Colombia has reached a crisis. Its people, devastated by corporate destruction of their living standards and a corrupt narco regime which has exacted tremendous brutality upon them, has elected a leftist presidential candidate. Not one who represents a radical change, but one who at least represents a break…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Do Colombians and Venezuelans Need to Become Political "Allies"? libya360.wordpress.com Franco Vielma The election of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia and his running mate as vice-president, Francia Márquez, is undoubtedly a political milestone in this country, especially considering the long cycle of right-wing conservative governments that took the form of a political caste since the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948. This event…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Ecuadorians Continue to Resist as National Strike Enters Second Week. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Since June 13, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians have been mobilizing across the country as a part of an indefinite national strike against the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso and his regressive economic policies. Photo: Alexander Crespo Defying the state of emergency, enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-21). 1 ,000 bring Poor People's Campaign demands to D.C.: "We won't be silent" peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Demanding an "end to policy murder" that slams poor and low-wealth people, Poor People's Campaign Co-Chair the Rev. William Barber II and more than 1 ,000 allies took to the streets of the nation's capital in a mass rally Saturday. Their goal: Massive changes in federal policy away from enriching the rich, corporations, and the capitalist …

____ (2022-06-21). Iran elected as ICA Board member. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — The Chairman of Iranian Chamber of Cooperatives was elected as a member of Board of Directors of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) by a majority of votes in the General Assembly of the Alliance.

WSWS (2022-06-21). Sri Lankan police arrest 21 anti-government protesters. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Socialist Equality condemn Monday's arrests and the ongoing police witch hunt of anti-government protesters.

Hakim FE, Farooq AV. (2022-06-21). Update on Dry Eye Disease—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Wirta's Letter discusses varenicline nasal spray as a potential treatment option for dry eye disease. This drug, which was approved after submission of our clinical update, is an exciting addition to the current armamentarium of therapies for dry eye disease. The goal of our article was to provide an overview of the pathophysiology of dry eye disease, an approach to evaluating patients, and a review of current treatment strategies for clinicians practicing outside the field of ophthalmology. Therefore, we felt that discussion of pipeline treatments and those under investigation was beyond the scope of…

Staff (2022-06-21). Cuba celebra el Día Internacional del Yoga (+Fotos). cubadebate.cu "Agradecido con todas las instituciones que han colaborado con esta actividad. Quería resaltar que el yoga, no solo trae ventajas para la Educación Física, sino también para la vida. Esta práctica milenaria originaria de la India, sana y trasmite paz", dijo el Excelentísimo Señor Janakiraman, Embajador de la India en Cuba.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-21). Daily Round-up | Gustavo Petro wins in Colombia, Mélenchon surges in France. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories from the election results in Colombia and France, protests in Tunisia and the escalating economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka…

____ (2022-06-21). China renews alert as high temperatures hit northern regions. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Tuesday renewed an orange alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves continued to sweep the northern part of the country.

____ (2022-06-21). China remains an important destination for multinationals' global investment. ecns.cn

_____ (2022-06-21). US Outlines Continued Primacy Over Asia at 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue. journal-neo.org The British International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has hosted the "Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore since 2002. It is billed as "Asia's premier security summit," all while being almost entirely Western-centric in agenda and design. To help illustrate this, since the format was created, the first plenary meeting has always been centered around the US …

WSWS (2022-06-21). Apple Store employees in Towson, Maryland vote to unionize. wsws.org Workers are seeking a way to collectively fight the massively profitable tech giant. But the International Association of Machinists will offer them no way forward.

____ (2022-06-21). Foreign interest in A shares rises. ecns.cn The recent bullish performance of the tech-heavy ChiNext in Shenzhen has come amid international investors' increasing interest in A-share companies, especially the smaller-cap technology companies, experts said on Monday.

____ (2022-06-21). Cainiao opens China-U.S. sea freight service. ecns.cn Cainiao Network has introduced an international logistics service promising "port-to-warehouse" delivery between China and the United States within 30 days, the latest move to facilitate cross-border transportation and bolster exports by Chinese merchants.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-21). Iran begins beach handball world c'ships with defeat. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — The national Iranian beach handball team lost to powerful Denmark at its first match at the 2022 IHF Men's Beach Handball World Championships underway in Greece.

Jason Jones (2022-06-21). Organizer's notebook: Indianapolis social workers decide to go union. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS—Motivated by union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, my co-workers and I at Step-Up, a social service agency here, decided that it was time to demand representation and democracy in our workplace. The 23 social workers and case managers at Step-Up provide care coordination, case management, and mental health counseling to clients living with HIV and …

____ (2022-06-21). Healthcare in Xinjiang gets promising prognosis. ecns.cn The establishment and development of national and regional medical centers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have bolstered the medical landscape and enabled patients in Northwest China with critical illnesses and intractable diseases to receive much needed treatment.

WSWS (2022-06-21). Third National Congress of the SEP (Sri Lanka): Greetings from Canadian, Australian and UK sections. wsws.org Greetings from the Canadian, Australian and UK sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) were read to the Congress.

Editor (2022-06-20). 100 Million people in America are saddled with health care debt. mronline.org To calculate the true extent and burden of this debt, the KHN-NPR investigation draws on a nationwide poll conducted by KFF for this project. The poll was designed to capture not just bills patients couldn't afford, but other borrowing used to pay for health care as well.

Editor (2022-06-20). Inflation in a time of Corona and war. mronline.org Evidence-based answers to the main (policy) questions concerning the return of high inflation.

Editor (2022-06-20). What's the story behind inflation? mronline.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the rate of inflation rose to 8.6% in May, the latest high in a period of rapid growth in prices following the COVID-19 recession in March 2020. Indeed, inflation is now higher than it has been in the past 40 years.

Editor (2022-06-20). Gustavo Pedro Wins Historic Elections in Colombia. scheerpost.com By Preliminary results from Colombia's second round presidential race indicate the victory of the left-wing Historic Pact coalition led by Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez. The duo had received 40% of the votes cast in the first round, 10 points shy of a first round victory. The progressive duo was facing off against political outsider Rodolfo Hernández of the League of Anti-Corruption Governors movement who received just under 47% of the vote in the precount. | The period leading up t…

Editor (2022-06-20). Michael Moore: Lift Every Voice: Thoughts from a Juneteenth Holiday. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore Juneteenth greetings, my friends. On this episode of Rumble with Michael Moore, I celebrate and reflect on this important new holiday and the opportunity it provides to teach the real history of our country — and commit ourselves to finishing the job begun by Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln: true …

Editor (2022-06-20). Michael Moore: The Graduate. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / My graduating class at Davison High School had voted that I should give the graduation address at our commencement ceremony, which took place years ago this weekend. The senior class had also voted me "Class Comic." That should've been all the warning the school administration needed — that the senior class wanted the class clown to give the official graduation speech. They should've known this would not end well. | In the weeks leading up to the end of the school year, those of us with the "good grades" were ind…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-06-20). Assange is doing his most important work yet. mronline.org British Home Secretary Priti Patel has authorized the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act in a case which seeks to set a legal precedent for the prosecution of any publisher or journalist, anywhere in the world, who reports inconvenient truths about the U.S. empire.

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2022-06-21: News Headlines

Roger Annis (2022-06-21). Denunciation of Vladimir Putin's Essay on History of Russia and Ukraine is Unwarranted. covertactionmagazine.com Far from condemning the national aspirations of Ukrainians, Putin defends them In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published a historical essay …

Editor2 (2022-06-21). The Old World is Over: Key Takeaways from Putin's First Major Speech Since Russia's Military Offensive in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia's and the world's future, in a key address | New centers of power have emerged, the unipolar world order isn't coming back, and the "colonial" way of thinking has failed, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday, in what the Kremlin The old world order is gone with the wind | When the US declared victory in the Cold War, Americans designated themselv…

Editor (2022-06-21). Nagasaki Survivor Denounces 'Absolute Evil' of Nuclear Bombs on Eve of Vienna Summit. scheerpost.com Sueichi Kido. [ By A survivor of the August 9, 1945 bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States conveyed the inhumanity of atomic weapons on Monday ahead of an international meeting that seeks to eliminate the world's…

Editor (2022-06-20). 100 Million people in America are saddled with health care debt. mronline.org To calculate the true extent and burden of this debt, the KHN-NPR investigation draws on a nationwide poll conducted by KFF for this project. The poll was designed to capture not just bills patients couldn't afford, but other borrowing used to pay for health care as well.

Kurt Nimmo (2022-06-20). Biden Tells Americans to Sacrifice for the Nazis of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Back in February, when Russia went into Ukraine to denazify and disarm the country, the corporate media declared brave and patriotic Ukrainians would push the Russians out and eventually retake Crimea and the Donbas. In order to do this, we …

Editor (2022-06-20). Washington, Allies Plan for a Long War Against Russia in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Kyle Anzalone / AntiWar.com The Washington Post reports the White House is planning for an extended conflict in Ukraine. Leaders in NATO, the UK and Germany have joined the US in support of a long war. However, there is anxiety among some in the Western alliance that war fatigue will set in and support for Kiev …

_____ (2022-06-20). It's Not The Conflict In Ukraine, Our Food System Is Broken. popularresistance.org Much attention is being given to the impacts the conflict in Ukraine and the US sanctions on Russia will have on our food supply this year, but farmer Jim Goodman, president of the National Family Farm Coalition, explains why our food system has been in crisis for a long time. Goodman discusses how the causes of the broken food system – corporatization, consolidation, a rigid supply chain and the climate crisis – are all coming together to make farmers reconsider whether it even makes sense to plant crops. He also explains that farmers could feed the world in ways that are good for our health and for the planet,…

Contributing Writers (2022-06-20). Western Media and Politicians Prefer to Ignore the Truth about Civilians Killed in Donetsk Shelling/By Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net By Eva Bartlett Global Research, June 20, 2022 Internationalist 360 ∞ 16 June 2022 When Kiev's guilt in attacks on a maternity hospital cannot be denied, it's simply brushed under the carpet Following intense Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk on June 13, some Western media sources, in tandem with outlets in Kiev, unsurprisingly claimed that the attack — which killed …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-20). Tryzub: The National Revolution Fantasized by Ukranian Nationalists. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Among the many ultranationalist organisations with a whiff of the sulphur, there is now Trizub, referring to the Ukrainian nationalist symbol of the Trident. The Ukraine is full of such groups and parties, in what is described in the West as folklore, but its origins lie both in the history of the Ukrainian…

Eva Bartlett (2022-06-20). Western Media and Politicians Prefer to Ignore the Truth about Civilians Killed in Donetsk Shelling. globalresearch.ca When Kiev's guilt in attacks on a maternity hospital cannot be denied, it's simply brushed under the carpet | Following intense Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk on June 13, some Western media sources, in tandem with outlets in Kiev, unsurprisingly claimed that …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-20). China's Long War on Poverty. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez In late 2020, the Chinese government announced that its goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2021 (the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China) had been met. At the start of the targeted poverty alleviation program in 2014, just under 100 million people were identified as living below the poverty…

Park Min-hee (2022-06-20). "Global NATO": Upcoming Summit Intended to Transform the "Atlantic Alliance". New "Strategic Concept" Envisaged. globalresearch.ca Special "partner nations" have been invited to the NATO summit to be held in Madrid, Spain, from June 29-30. In addition to the leaders of the 30 NATO member states, the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand…

Tanupriya Singh (2022-06-20). "Fight poverty, not the poor!": Thousands rally in Washington DC. peoplesdispatch.org Labor unions, civil society and religious groups joined the Poor People's Campaign on June 18 to demand justice and redressal for the 140 million people in the US facing poverty and growing insecurity…

Editor (2022-06-20). Inflation in a time of Corona and war. mronline.org Evidence-based answers to the main (policy) questions concerning the return of high inflation.

Editor (2022-06-20). What's the story behind inflation? mronline.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the rate of inflation rose to 8.6% in May, the latest high in a period of rapid growth in prices following the COVID-19 recession in March 2020. Indeed, inflation is now higher than it has been in the past 40 years.

Editor (2022-06-20). Gustavo Pedro Wins Historic Elections in Colombia. scheerpost.com By Preliminary results from Colombia's second round presidential race indicate the victory of the left-wing Historic Pact coalition led by Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez. The duo had received 40% of the votes cast in the first round, 10 points shy of a first round victory. The progressive duo was facing off against political outsider Rodolfo Hernández of the League of Anti-Corruption Governors movement who received just under 47% of the vote in the precount. | The period leading up t…

Editor (2022-06-20). Michael Moore: Lift Every Voice: Thoughts from a Juneteenth Holiday. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore Juneteenth greetings, my friends. On this episode of Rumble with Michael Moore, I celebrate and reflect on this important new holiday and the opportunity it provides to teach the real history of our country — and commit ourselves to finishing the job begun by Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln: true …

Editor (2022-06-20). Michael Moore: The Graduate. scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / My graduating class at Davison High School had voted that I should give the graduation address at our commencement ceremony, which took place years ago this weekend. The senior class had also voted me "Class Comic." That should've been all the warning the school administration needed — that the senior class wanted the class clown to give the official graduation speech. They should've known this would not end well. | In the weeks leading up to the end of the school year, those of us with the "good grades" were ind…

Moderator (2022-06-20). Hedges: The Triumph of Death. scheerpost.com Original illustration by Mr. Fish — "The Four Horseman" | By Chris Hedges / Special to ScheerPost | It is hard to be sanguine about the future. The breakdown of the ecosystem is well documented. So is the refusal of the global ruling elite to pursue measures that might mitigate the devastation. We accelerate the extraction of fossil fuels, wallow in profligate consumption, including our consumption of livestock, and make new wars as if we are gripped by a Freudian death wish. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Conquest, War, Famine and Death — gallop into the 21rst century. | Those who rul…

_____ (2022-06-20). The AFL-CIO's Official New Goal: Continued Decline. popularresistance.org The single best measurement of the strength of labor unions is union density‚Äâ—‚Äâthe percentage of the total workforce that is unionized. Nothing makes the crushing decline of unions in America more intelligible than the fact that at their height in the mid-20th century, one in three workers was a union member, and today, scarcely one in 10 is. All of the downstream damages to the working class‚Äâ—‚Äâlower relative wages, higher economic inequality, less political power‚Äâ—‚Äâflow from this de…

Ann Brown (2022-06-20). Tanya Taylor Breaks Down Her Discipline In Saving $1M For Retirement By Age 48. moguldom.com Tanya Taylor, a -year-old New York-based accountant and financial coach, said she saved $1 million for retirement by the time she was 48. Now, she's sharing how she did it. "At age 48, I hit $1 million in my savings for retirement, almost three decades after I'd made it a goal," Taylor wrote in Business Insider. …

_____ (2022-06-20). Tens Of Thousands Demand Action At Rally On Eve Of UK Rail Strikes. popularresistance.org The protest held on the eve of ahead of this week's national rail strikes by 50,000 rail workers on June 21, 23 and 25. | Seeking to maintain control of an emerging strike wave, the union bureaucracy pulled out all the stops. Even so, while the demo was somewhat larger than the annual TUC protests in recent years, it was much smaller than that held in 2011 of around 200,000, called after the Conservative government came to power and first launched a savage austerity offensive. | Organized amid a powerful sentiment among workers for taking on the Johnson government and the employers, the turnout testifies to the d…

Ann Brown (2022-06-20). On Juneteenth, US Government Claims It Recommits To Justice But Black America Ask How: Reparations. moguldom.com The country celebrates Juneteenth as a federal holiday today, June 20, 2022, after Joe Biden signed the legislation on June 17, 2021. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the 12th legal public holiday and commemorates the day Union soldiers led by Gen. Gordon Granger arrived on June 19, 1865, in the coastal city of Galveston, Texas, …

Anonymous767 (2022-06-20). SouthFront's Further Work Will Not Be Possible Without Your Support. southfront.org A global war is ongoing!: | Today, it can be stopped only by us, ordinary people who have become victims of politicians and propaganda. Many of us found ourselves on different sides of the front lines, regardless of our citizenship, nationality or faith. | We need to be united! | In March and early June, SouthFront overcame a series of attacks on our website. Nonetheless, there are no signs that pressure on us will soften anytime soon. | SouthFront work in providing independent coverage of key conflicts around the world disturbs those interested in instigating the global instability. SF Team is determined…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-20). Non-Aligned Countries Are Now 'Fence Sitters' for the Political West. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic The political West seems to have lost any semblance of understanding geopolitics and diplomacy, while some might argue it has completely lost grasp of logic and reality. The belligerent power pole simply refuses to let go of the notion it has supposedly "won" the (First) Cold War. While this idea might have held…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-20). Taiwan: Red Lines and Strategic Ambiguity. libya360.wordpress.com Stefania Fusero On May 5, 2022, the State Department amended its Taiwan factsheet removing the part in which it acknowledged that Taiwan is a part of China and stated that the US does not support Taiwan's independence. While Washington has said the update does not reflect a change in its policy, it has clearly increased both…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-20). Mass actions against President Kais Saied's rule intensify in Tunisia. peoplesdispatch.org Tunisia witnessed numerous protests on Sunday, June 19. The country's largest trade union UGTT observed a national strike last week, while judges have decided to extend their strike for a third consecutive week…

Staff (2022-06-20). Gustavo Petro is Colombia's New President. orinocotribune.com The preliminary results on the electoral pre-count of the National Registry of Colombia reveal that presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, of the Historical Pact, is ahead of his opponent Rodolfo Hernández, of the League of Governors against Corruption. With 99.67% of the votes counted, the center-left politician, with .48%, obtained the advantage over Hernández, who partially accumulated 47.26%. | Petro tweeted at 5: 11 p.m. Colombian time: "Today is a holiday for the people. Let us celebrate the first popular victory. May so much suffering be cushioned by the joy that today floods the heart of the homeland. This…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-06-20). Assange is doing his most important work yet. mronline.org British Home Secretary Priti Patel has authorized the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act in a case which seeks to set a legal precedent for the prosecution of any publisher or journalist, anywhere in the world, who reports inconvenient truths about the U.S. empire.

____ (2022-06-20). China renews orange alert for high temperatures. ecns.cn China's national observatory on Monday renewed an orange alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves hit parts of the country.

WSWS (2022-06-20). Third National Congress of the SEP (Sri Lanka): Greetings from the French and German sections of the world Trotskyist movement. wsws.org Greetings from the German and French sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International were read to the Third National Congress of the SEP in Sri Lanka held from May 14 to May 16.

____ (2022-06-20). The Mirror on India and Sistine Chapel. transcend.org Mirror mirror on the wall | Who is the best of them all | Is it books that you read | While you laid in your bed…

Frank Hammer (2022-06-20). Open Letter To Labor Notes About Relationship To US NED Funded AFL-CIO "Solidarity Center" indybay.org Retired UAW Local 909 president Frank Hammer challenges Labor Notes about their relationship with the US NED funded "Solidarity Center" in Mexico and the US. The AFL-CIO International Departmen AIFLD t was involved in the attack and murder of Mexico City Ford workers yet Labor Notes has refused to cover this issue and the fact that the "Solidarity Center" is now receiving $75 million a year from the National Endowment for Democracy which was set up by the US government and CIA.

____ (2022-06-20). China conducts land-based mid-course missile interception test. ecns.cn China conducted a land-based, mid-course missile interception test on Sunday night, and the test had achieved its goals, the Defense Ministry said.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-20). Report: US Secretly Reviews and Approves Many Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. globalresearch.ca According to a report

____ (2022-06-20). India Is Becoming a Hindu-Fascist Enterprise. transcend.org 17 Jun 2022 – The practice of bulldozing Muslim homes and businesses for purely punitive reasons is proof that India is 'transitioning pretty brazenly into a criminal Hindu fascist enterprise.'

WSWS (2022-06-20). Hung parliament emerges from French legislative elections in debacle for Macron. wsws.org Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party won a record 142 seats amid an upsurge of strikes and protests, but the neo-fascist National Rally also won a record 89 seats.

____ (2022-06-20). SMEs to digitalize, become resilient in face of pandemic. ecns.cn More efforts are needed from Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises to drive digital transformation, as digital resilience will become a key for smaller companies to quickly respond to business disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

____ (2022-06-20). Is There Life After Death? transcend.org 16 Jun 2022 – A review of 'James and Whitehead on Life after Death' by David Ray Griffin – The meaning of death, and whether humans do or do not survive it in some form, has always obsessed people, from the average person to the great artists and thinkers. Death is the mother of philosophy and all the arts and sciences.

Michael Snyder (2022-06-20). If The Streets Of America Are This Chaotic Now, What Will They Be Like When Things Really Start Hitting The Fan? globalresearch.ca If you are not alarmed by what is happening to our largest cities, you should check to see if you still have a pulse. Once upon a time, the beautiful new cities that our forefathers constructed were the envy of …

USC School of Public Policy (2022-06-20). Thursday 6/23: Roe v. Wade: What Happens Next w/ Women's Health, Abortion Access & National Discourse? indybay.org Online via Zoom – FREE…

Pepe Escobar (2022-06-20). St. Petersburg 2022 Forum Sets the Stage for the "War of Economic Corridors" globalresearch.ca The St. Petersburg in 2022 is even more crucial as it directly connects …

____ (2022-06-20). Iran urges IAEA to stop politicized approach to nuclear issue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) — A member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that the country expects International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to stop its political and biased actions against Iran.

The Expose (2022-06-20). W.H.O to declare Public Health Emergency of International Concern over COVID Vaccine-Induced Shingles (Monkeypox). globalresearch.ca The World Health Organization is set to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the end of June 2022 over Covid-19 vaccine-induced shingles which all member states including the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-20). The peaceful revolution of Colombia's "nobodies" colombiareports.com The historic election victory of Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro is largely due to a massive increase in voter turnout. According to the National Registry, Sunday's turnout was 58%, the highest…

WSWS (2022-06-20). Sri Lankan SEP public meeting on "The lessons of the mass uprising in Sri Lanka" wsws.org Workers and youth need to urgently draw political lessons from the past three months of anti-government strikes and protests so as to advance the struggle against brutal austerity measures of the Rajapakse regime.

Jacob G. Hornberger (2022-06-20). An Endless Stream of Scary Official Enemies. globalresearch.ca Any government that is a national-security state needs big official enemies — scary ones, ones that will cause the citizenry to continue supporting not only the continued existence of a national-security state form of government but also ever-growing budgets for …

Staff (2022-06-20). 'Liberation' to vie at German film festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) — Directed by the Iranian filmmaker Milad Maleki, the short film "Liberation" is scheduled to be screened at LUCAS (International Festival for Young Film Lovers) in Germany.

____ (2022-06-20). No absolute majority for Macron following legislative elections: Interior Ministry. ecns.cn French President Emmanuel Macron will not have an absolute majority in the upcoming National Assembly following the second round of legislative elections held on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-20). Macron's alliance leads legislative elections without absolute majority: reports. ecns.cn President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is leading the French legislative elections without winning the absolute majority in the new National Assembly, French news channel BFMTV reported on Sunday.

TeleSUR Desk (2022-06-20). Democrats call on Biden to expand vaccine cooperation with Cuba. mronline.org The lawmakers said the Cuban vaccines, produced at reduced cost with limited infrastructure, could assist the Joe Biden administration's goal to distribute cheap and effective vaccines worldwide.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-19). Historic victory for Gustavo Petro in Colombia's elections. colombiareports.com Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro became Colombia's first progressive president-elect since the 1930's after a historic vote on Sunday. According to the National Registry, Petro defeated the runner-up, the allegedly corrupt…

_____ (2022-06-19). Labor Notes 2022: Which Way Forward For The Movement? popularresistance.org After decades of decline and stagnation, U.S. Labor stands at a crossroads. On one side is the same old path of the labor bureaucracy that has sold its soul to the Democratic Party and which has no vision for a renewed labor movement beyond further entrenching itself in the U.S. state. On the other side are the thousands of new young activists and workers marching to the beat of a new grassroots unionism who have the potential to build a national movement to organize millions of workers from below. The formation of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and the victory at the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, as well as t…

_____ (2022-06-19). National Community Programs Tracker. popularresistance.org For decades, rooftop has allowed homeowners to generate their own renewable electricity — reducing their dependence on monopoly utilities and lowering their energy bills. However, rooftops are not a viable option for many people. What about those who can't afford one? What about renters? Plus, only a portion of buildings have roofs that are large enough, facing the right direction, and sunny enough for . | Community picks up where traditional rooftop fails. | Through community , individuals subscribe to a portion of a nearby garden and get credits on their energy bill…

_____ (2022-06-19). Canada Steps Up Surveillance Of Indigenous Peoples To Push Pipelines. popularresistance.org Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. | "The Governments of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of land defenders and peaceful protesters to intimidate, remove and forcibly evict Secwepemc and Wet'suwet'en Nations from their traditional lands," the United Nations Committe…

_____ (2022-06-19). Canada Steps Up Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples To Push Fossil Fuel Pipelines Forward. popularresistance.org Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. | "The Governments of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of land defenders and peaceful protesters to intimidate, remove and forcibly evict Secwepemc and Wet'suwet'en Nations from their traditional lands," the United Nations Committe…

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