Daily Archives: June 14, 2022

2022-06-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-06-14). The economic and geostrategic significance of the Black Sea region and the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. wsws.org Gaining direct access to the resources of the former Soviet Union, which had been closed off to imperialism for seven decades following the 1917 October Revolution, has been a major goal of the imperialist powers for decades.

Fight Back (2022-06-14). Interview with Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon, the international coordinator for the Bolivarian Socialist Council of Workers at the Workers' Summit of the Americas which took place June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: Why are you here at the Workers Summit of the Americas? | Jacobo Torres de Leon: We are here as a general response to the exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua from the USA's Summit of the Americas, on the part of the U.S. administration. They don't have the right to exclude any country. We question this and how they treat the countries of the Americas. Th…

Staff (2022-06-14). Iran submits note to IAEA on director general report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has sent an explanatory note on the May 30 report by the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Safeguards Agreement with Iran.

Editor (2022-06-14). Intellectual prostitutes call critics foreign agents, useful idiots. mronline.org A military funded academic, working at a school launched by Condoleezza Rice, claims leftist and anti-war journalists engage in Russian disinformation. His report doesn't provide any evidence or refute anyone's argument, but the legacy media laps it up.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-14). French Left-led NUPES coalition surges in French assembly polls. peoplesdispatch.org In the first round of French National Assembly elections on Sunday, June 12, the New Ecologic and Social Peoples Union (NUPES), led by leftist leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, achieved a major breakthrough. NUPES secured 25.7% of votes, giving a genuine challenge to the neoliberal Ensemble coalition, led by the French president Emmanuel Macron, which won 25.8% of votes. | Four candidates from NUPES have already won in the first round, with the Macronists securing one seat. Around 417 candidates front the Ensemble and 380 candidates from NUPES will contest run-offs. The far-right National Rally (RN) led by Marine Le Pen…

Editor (2022-06-14). Building the "New Three Rings": China's choice in the face of possible complete decoupling. mronline.org Since the change of China and the United States in 2018, the world situation has been in turmoil, and various "decoupling theories" have become popular at home and abroad.

Editor (2022-06-14). Journalists confront Antony Blinken and Luis Almagro at Summit of the Americas, call out hypocrisy. mronline.org On the second day of the 9th Summit of the Americas that is taking place in Los Angeles, journalists questioned officials from the United States government and the U.S.-controlled Organization of American States (OAS), calling out their hypocritical discourses on democracy and freedom of the press.

Editor (2022-06-14). U.S. president confirms deployment of troops in Yemen. mronline.org Biden's letter to Congress reaffirms continued U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition.

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2022-06-14). Slip slidin' away—the disappearing practice of overtime pay. mronline.org Slip slidin' away—that is what tends to happen to pro-worker reforms in our economic system. Things are structured so that without constant vigilance and struggle on our part, gains are gradually undone. A case in point: overtime pay.

The Mapping Project (2022-06-14). Massachusetts' Imperialist Landscape. mronline.org "Cannibalism," as writer Jack Forbes (Powhatan-Renapé/Delaware-Lenápe) defined it, "is the consuming of another's life for one's own private purpose or profit."

Staff (2022-06-14). Turkish soldier killed, three wounded in ongoing war in Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagJune 12, 2022 One Turkish soldier was killed in Iraq A soldier of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) has been killed in northern Iraq. The statement came from the Turkish National Defense Ministry, AZERTAC reported. It was stated that the incident took place as a result of the detonation of an explosive device planted by …

KWORINOCO (2022-06-14). Laila Tajeldine: Summit of the Americas Is Proof that US Has Lost Hegemony. orinocotribune.com The Summit of the Americas has proven that the US has lost its hegemony in the region and, in the words of Laila Tajeldine, a lawyer and international analyst, "it's good that they are figuring it out." She made these observations during an interview on the program Aquí con Enersto Villegas, aired on public television and social media. | During the interview, Tajeldine said that she hopes the US understands that "their policy has been wrong for many years." She also asserted that this erroneous policy has spurred the "rise of China and its political presence throughout the world," which is based on mutual benefic…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-14). Daily Round-up| Ecuadorian movements on indefinite national strike and more stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we take a look at the strike by Ecuadorian people's movements, the resignation of the Sadrists in Iraq and the violence in Sudar's Darfur…

_____ (2022-06-14). London rail workers speak out ahead of national strike. popularresistance.org Rail workers across London spoke to campaign teams from the World Socialist Web Site ahead of the largest national rail strike since 1989. | 50,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will strike on June 21, 23 and 25, against wage, job and pension cuts. The government is planning an historic attack on the industry under its "Great British Railways" scheme. RMT and Unite members on the London Underground and train drivers represented by the ASLEF union are also due to walk out. | Reporters found a widening demand for united strike action to confront this threat in transport and throughout the…

WSWS (2022-06-14). Australian High Court overturns citizenship-stripping law but backs government power to do so. wsws.org While striking down one of the laws imposed by the previous Liberal-National government with the Labor Party's support, the court left the way open for an ongoing attack on the fundamental right to citizenship.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-06-14). Oakland Joins National March For Our Lives. indybay.org Rally and march calls out GOP and NRA as killers of children…

WSWS (2022-06-14). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Teachers in Uruguay are holding a one-day national strike Wednesday while Argentine teachers in Chubat province strike and thousands of Atlantic City, New Jersey casino workers take a strike vote.

____ (2022-06-14). China to basically built climate-adaptive society by 2035. ecns.cn China will significantly increase its ability to adapt to climate change by 2035, according to the newly released National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation 2035.

WSWS (2022-06-14). United Nations report reveals worsening social catastrophe in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The eruption of mass anti-government struggles across the island this year has been fuelled by the catastrophic social conditions detailed in the UN report.

Staff (2022-06-14). Desperate S Arabia seeks lasting deal with Yemen's Ansarulla. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — After the Saudi-Emirati coalition failed to achieve its goals in Yemen, Saudi officials have begaun new direct talks with Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah in order to reach a long-term agreement.

____ (2022-06-14). China's leading online academic database announces three-time free checking. ecns.cn China's leading online academic database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), announced on Sunday that it will provide three free dissertation checking services for each postgraduate, double from the previous 1.5 times per capita.

____ (2022-06-14). Iran, Croatia to expand coop. in intl. trade fairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Iran and Croatia will enhance bilateral cooperation in the field of trade and economy particularly in the area of international exhibitions.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-06-14). Justicia británica falla a favor de la deportación de migrantes. telesurtv.net El juez Rabinder Singh, de la Corte de Apelaciones del Reino Unido, señaló que no podía cambiar la decisión anterior.

____ (2022-06-14). China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operation. ecns.cn China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operation, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-06-14). Support pours in for scapegoated North Carolina nurse Michelle Heughins. wsws.org With increasing viciousness, nurses and health care workers are being victimized while the major hospital systems pursue lean staffing models to increase their bottom line and cut costs.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-06-14). Shahreza; National City of Pottery. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — Shahreza in Isfahan province has 30 active pottery workshops, making the city a ceramics production center in Iran. 70 percent of the soil of the city is suitable for making pottery.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-14). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.

Laurent Brayard (2022-06-13). Evgueny Karas, SBU agent and leader of the neo-Nazi group S 14. mronline.org Among the colorful fauna of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, and as a continuation of my work on the firm establishment of this ideology in Ukraine, here is an investigation into the S 14 group.

Hannah Gais, Megan Squire, Jason Wilson, Michael Edison Hayden (2022-06-13). White Nationalist Book Publishers Revealed. splcenter.org Hatewatch has identified three previously anonymous principals in the publishing company Antelope Hill Publishing, which specializes in translating historical works by Nazis, fascists and ultranationalists, and original works by contemporary white nationalists, neo-fascists and others on the far right. Hatewatch identified these individuals using a combination of public records, podcast recordings, commercial data services and a range of other documents and online materials.

Staff (2022-06-13). From all continents: mercenaries from 55 nations serving in Ukrainian army. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagJune 13, 2022 Volunteers from 55 countries joined the international legion in Ukraine Volunteers from 55 countries have joined the international legion created in connection with the Russian attack in Ukraine. This figure was announced at a briefing by the representative of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine Damien Magru….According to him, the legion has …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-13). Next 100 Days of Ukraine War. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Ukrainian casualties in the conflict are running at a rate of somewhere between 600 and 1,000 a day, according to Guardian. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations held a videoconference on May 31 titled Russia's War in Ukraine: How does it end? The president of the think tank Richard Haas chaired the panel…

Staff (2022-06-13). IAEA highly politicized like many international bodies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Brian Berletic, an American geopolitical researcher says the IAEA is subject to a US-led voting bloc and the Israeli regime which is selected by US policymakers to lead regional aggression against Iran.

Staff (2022-06-13). Video: "Tàºrkiye" leads 37-nation NATO war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeJune 13, 2022 Tàºrkiye Leads Exercise EFES 2022 Multinational, Large Scale Exercise #EFES2022, Tàºrkiye's visible contribution to NATO's deterrence and defence posture, has been conducted successfully with participation of more than 10 thousand personnel from 37 Allied, partner and other friendly countries.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-13). Elections in Colombia: Between Hope and Concern. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Ruiz On Sunday 19 June, all eyes will once again be on Colombia and the results of the second round of the presidential elections: will it be more of the same in Colombia — one of the most dangerous countries for human rights defenders — or will there be a change, depending on whether…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-13). Arise, Africa! Roar China! Interview with Gao Yunxiang. libya360.wordpress.com Liu Zifeng 'Arise Africa, Roar China' is an important book exploring aspects of the historic linkages between progressive African Americans and the Chinese revolution. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in December 2021, the author, Dr. Gao Yunxiang was born and grew up in the People's Republic of China and is now Professor…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-13). "Summit of Exclusion" Backfires on Biden. libya360.wordpress.com Jill Clark-Gollub, Alina Duarte, John Perry "We would definitely have wanted a different Summit of the Americas. The silence of those absent challenges us. So that this does not happen again, I would like to state for the future that the fact of being the host country of the Summit does not grant the capacity…

_____ (2022-06-13). Ecuadorian Indigenous Organizations Start Strike Against Lasso. popularresistance.org From the early hours of Monday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) began a national strike against the government of Guillermo Lasso by blocking highways in provinces such as Pastaza, Napo, and Guayas. | CONAIE President Leonidas Iza said that the social mobilization, which will continue for an indefinite period of time, emerges as a result of the reluctance of the Lasso administration to continue the dialogue process, the last meeting of which took place on November 10, 2021. | Since then, Indigenous communities and farmers have been requested the reduction of fuel prices, the rene…

Editor (2022-06-13). New revelations of former U.S. Secretary of Defense confirm illegality of the extradition and arrest of diplomat Alex Saab. mronline.org In his new memoir, 'Sacred Oath,' former U.S. Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, who served under President Donald Trump at the time of the arrest of Alex Saab in Cape Verde, effectively admits that the White House was quite aware of the fact that Saab was a diplomat at the time of his capture.

Editor (2022-06-13). Doctor's Orders: 'Do Not Extradite Assange'. scheerpost.com By Doctors for Assange / Ahead of the U.K. Home Secretary's decision on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, a group of more than 300 doctors representing 35 countries have told Priti Patel that approving his extradition would be "medically and ethically unacceptable". | In an

Moderator (2022-06-13). Hedges: Society of Spectacle. scheerpost.com Original Illustration by Mr. Fish — "The Pupper Master" | By Chris Hedges / Special to ScheerPost | The

Editor (2022-06-13). 'The biggest rail strike in modern history': RMT raises the flag — News from the Frontline. mronline.org Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.

Editor (2022-06-13). Mexico's President AMLO condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba as 'genocide' and 'tremendous violation of human rights'. mronline.org Mexico's left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denounced the illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba as a "type of genocide" and "tremendous violation of human rights."

Editor (2022-06-13). Robert Lipsyte: Please Take My Gun. scheerpost.com The logo of Beretta on the grip of a Beretta 92 9 mm pistol. [ By The gun I carried on the streets of New York City in the late 1960s was a Beretta, similar to the pistol James Bond packed in the early Ian Fleming novels. It was a small, dark beauty that filled me with bravado. I was never afraid when I had it in my pocket, which is why I'm so very afraid now. | I was pac…

Editor (2022-06-13). Why the Spirit of June 12, 1982, Matters. scheerpost.com Anti-Nuclear Rally in Central Park on June 12, 1982, in New York City. (PL Gould / Getty Images) | By Leslie Cagan / Forty years, and the memory is as vivid as ever. It was a beautiful spring day. The United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament was about to get underway, and we were determined to be heard. The arms race had to stop, we said; nuclear weapons had to be abolished—and instead of endlessly pouring extravagant amounts of money into military budgets, it was time to put our national tr…

Joe Piette (2022-06-13). Philly celebrates Disability Pride. workers.org Disability advocates, the Philadelphia Freedom Band, and family, friends and allies joined together June 11 for the 10th annual Disability Pride PA parade to demand an inclusive society. MC Imani Barbarin, aka Crutches and Spice, with music by LACHI, 4 Wheel City, Gooch and the Motion and Danie Ocean, entertained . . . |

Larry Holmes (2022-06-13). La clase obrera y la crisis capitalista mundial. workers.org Los siguientes extractos son de los comentarios de Larry Holmes, Primer Secretario del Partido del Mundo Obrero, en una reunión de la sucursal de Nueva York el 19 de mayo. La mayoría de los economistas burgueses predicen ahora una recesión, que es una fuerte caída de la economía. Una recesión . . . |

Anonymous103 (2022-06-13). US's Engagement With Nepal Is Part Of Its Indo-Pacific Wider Vision To Counter China. southfront.org Prime Minister Sher Bahadur DeubaThe US expects "absolute allies", but the new polycentric world that is emerging makes room for diversified bilateral relations. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | An Oxford Analytica March 24 executive summary concluded that Washington's engagement in South Asia will broaden. This is visible in the recent Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu meetings with Bangladesh authorities and other high level engagements with S…

Judy Albert, Claire M. Cohen, Sandra Fox, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, Kay Tillow (2022-06-13). 5 Reasons We Need a National Organization to Energize the Fight for Single Payer. commondreams.org Health care is a national crisis that requires a national solution.

Staff (2022-06-13). 2 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in US' Indiana. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting at an Indiana nightclub early Sunday, police said.

____ (2022-06-13). What Worries Me, Really… smoothiex12.blogspot.com No, it is not even the fact that Rep. Adam Kinzinger is a corrupt neocon and his main degree is in political "science", and that despite him earning his "wings" and flying safe tanker and, later, recon missions over Afghanistan (known for its world-class air force and air-defense, s/) as a member of Air National Guard, the guy has zero understanding of real war and operations. So, he pushes now a legislation on

A Guest Author (2022-06-13). Two years after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak and not one lesson learned. workers.org By Steve Brooks This article previously ran as an op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee. For six and a half hours, the Greyhound-size prison bus bounced precariously along a highway from Chino north toward San Quentin. Incarcerated men in orange jumpsuits were tightly packed inside, with metal restraints uncomfortably wrapped . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-13). Students, teachers and workers rally against gun violence in cities across the US. wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality spoke to students and workers on the social and political roots of mass violence in the US.

WSWS (2022-06-13). Spain deports whistle-blower Mohamed Benhalima to Algeria to face execution. wsws.org Benhalima's deportation is a damning indictment of Spain's nominally "progressive" PSOE-Podemos government, and a blatant violation of international law…

Staff (2022-06-13). IAEA BoG resolution completely planned, political action. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the anti-Iranian resolution issued at the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency was a completely political and planned action.

Staff (2022-06-13). Raeisi felicitates Philippines national day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi send a congratulatory message to the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and felicitated the country's national day.

WSWS (2022-06-13). Facing an international outcry, India's Hindu supremacist government cynically distances itself from top BJP officials' anti-Muslim incitement. wsws.org Modi and his BJP have ratcheted up their communalist offensive as the social crisis has deepened and opposition among India's workers and rural toilers to mass joblessness and soaring prices, the government's ruinous response to the pandemic, and its "pro-investor" policies has swelled.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Consumer Health: Life after cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Cancer Survivors Day will be observed Sunday, June 5, which make this a good time to learn more about life after cancer. One in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 16.9 million cancer survivors are alive today, according to the American Cancer Society. Survival rates are improving for many types of cancer, thanks to advances in cancer screening and treatment. Many cancer treatments take a toll, though, in the form of side effects…

Staff (2022-06-13). Ruling bloc, left-wing coalition lead in 1st round. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — French President Emmanuel Macron is at risk of losing his outright majority after a strong challenge from a coalition of left-wing parties in National Assembly elections.

Staff (2022-06-13). IAEA urges resumption of nuclear talks now. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday urged Iran to resume talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord.

Staff (2022-06-13). MP proposes suspension of Iran membership at IAEA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini Spokesman for the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Monday that he has proposed the suspension of Iran's IAEA membership in response to the anti-Iran resolution.

Florence CGTN (2022-06-13). U.S. drops COVID-19 testing requirement for international travelers. america.cgtn.com Traveling into the United States from abroad has just become a lot easier, as its requirement for a negative COVID-19 test prior to take-off was dropped on Sunday. The restriction, introduced to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, had been in place since …

Sven Rohleder, Dr. Diogo Costa, Prof Kayvan Bozorgmehr (2022-06-13). [Articles] Area-level socioeconomic deprivation, non-national residency, and Covid-19 incidence: A longitudinal spatiotemporal analysis in Germany. thelancet.com Socioeconomic deprivation, and proportion of non-nationals are independently associated with the incidence of Covid-19. Regional planning of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination strategies would benefit from consideration of area-level deprivation and non-national residency.

Leslie Feinberg (2022-06-13). PRIDE in Cuba: 'Bringing revolution's humanity to all aspects of life'. workers.org The following is one installment of Feinberg's "Lavender & Red" series on the intersection of LGBTQ+ and socialist history; this installment appeared Aug. 18, 2007, in Workers World newspaper. The 120-part series was published between 2004 and 2008 and can be downloaded free at workers.org/books. Some of the language that . . . |

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-06-13). New study investigates plunder of Native American land. peoplesworld.org In its first six decades of existence, the U.S. created a trail of treaties that led to a massive transfer of Indigenous wealth. Michael John Witgen's second book, Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America, published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-13). Blast in factory in southwest Iran leaves dozens injured. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — A large explosion in a sodium bicarbonate factory in the Fars Province in southeast Iran has left dozens of people injured, the medical officials say.

_____ (2022-06-13). Big Tobacco Is Funding Opposition To Global Covid Vaccine Access. popularresistance.org Major tobacco companies including British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International are funding an anti-regulatory, libertarian-leaning organization, Consumer Choice Center (CCC), that is working to restrict global Covid-19 vaccine access. CCC is mobilizing to defeat a proposal at the World Trade Organization to suspend intellectual property rules related to Covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines. | The WTO proposal is aimed at expanding global access to life-saving Covid-19 products, and reversing staggering international inequities. By funding its opposition, critics say the tobacco industry is undermin…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-13). Crisis over IAEA cameras in Iran 'hand-made': Ulyanov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Russia's envoy to international organizations based in Vienna has once again criticized the Western countries for approving the recent anti-Iran resolution in the IAEA Board of Governors.

WSWS (2022-06-13). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 3. wsws.org The SEP is based on the strategy of permanent revolution that animated the 1917 October Revolution. Only through the revolutionary mobilization of the working class, leading the rural and urban toilers, can the democratic and social aspirations of the oppressed masses be realized as part of the world socialist revolution.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-13). Nuclear powers posses 12,705 warheads: research. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, the United States and Russia — had 12,705 nuclear warheads in early 2022, according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

____ (2022-06-13). Hindus, Dharmists, Devotees and Politics. transcend.org Many Krishna Devotees, Dharmists and Hindus in general will say they are not interested in politics or getting involved with it or even in voting. It is a distraction from their normal activities or spiritual pursuits. Or they feel all politicians are crooked or corrupt anyway, so what makes the difference between one or the other.

____ (2022-06-13). Individual Efforts for Environmental Sustenance. transcend.org It may be mentioned that Mahatma Gandhi promoted reuse of items and not wasting anything — paper, clothing, shoes or food, etc. In fact the simple dress that he wore was demonstrably aimed at simplicity and non wastage.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-13). AFL-CIO President Shuler's goal: "More than one million new" unionists. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, formally elected to her first full term in office, has set a goal to "grow our movement by more than one million working people" in a decade. If it succeeds—and she admits it won't be easy—that would mark a substantial increase in organized labor's density, especially in the private sector, where …

Staff (2022-06-13). Russia becomes India's second biggest oil exporter. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Russia rose to become India's second biggest supplier of oil in May, pushing Saudi Arabia into third place but still behind Iraq which remains No. 1, data from trade sources showed.

____ (2022-06-13). Chad Declares Food Emergency While International Agencies Sound the Alarm. transcend.org 9 Jun 2022 – There have been 20 hunger hotspots listed by UN humanitarian organizations while underlying problems remain unaddressed. Two of the major UN agencies are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geopolitical regions of the world.

Staff (2022-06-13). IAEA urges Iran to resume nuclear talks now. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday urged Iran to resume talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord.

Staff (2022-06-13). IRCS ready to dispatch medicine to Sri Lanka. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Pir-Hossein Kolivand, Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said that the society is ready to send medicine and physicians to Sri Lanka.

Staff (2022-06-13). Iraqi minister of culture visits visits Iran National Museum. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Hassan Nazem at the head of a delegation visited the National Museum of Iran on Sunday.

____ (2022-06-13). China launches national energy-saving week. ecns.cn China launched its annual National Energy Efficiency Promotion Week on Monday to raise awareness of energy efficiency and promote green lifestyles, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

Staff (2022-06-13). Over 0 works to vie at 13th Iran Intl. Sport FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — More than 0 cinematic works will compete at the 13th Iran International Sports Film Festival that is set to take place in July 2022.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-12). The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism's Global War on Multipolarity. libya360.wordpress.com This webinar on Saturday 11 June (11am US Eastern, 8am US Pacific, 4pm Britain, 11pm China) addresses the latest developments in international politics, particularly around NATO, AUKUS, the war in Ukraine, and the increasing militarization of the US-led New Cold War. Topics include: * NATO, AUKUS and the military infrastructure of the New Cold War…

_____ (2022-06-12). Iran V UAE — 'Russia And Ukraine Gulf Edition' Coming Soon? popularresistance.org Although receiving miniscule media coverage, Thursday's announcement that Israel had deployed military infrastructure to the UAE and Bahrain in the shape of radar systems, ostensibly to counter an alleged missile threat from nearby Iran, should be a cause for concern amongst onlookers. | Coming in the same 24 hour period in which Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett paid a surprise visit to the Emirates, and in which Israeli Forces bombed Damascus International Airport, the announcement that both Abu Dhabi and Manama had agreed to host Israeli military infrastructure should be seen as the first step towards cur…

Editor (2022-06-12). Glenn Greenwald: Joe Biden's Revealing Embrace of Saudi Despots. scheerpost.com Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Mar. 22, 2018. ( By Glenn Greenwald | In 2018, President Trump issued

_____ (2022-06-12). Colombia: World Power Of Life Or Neo-Fascist Pillar? popularresistance.org We live at a historical crossroads, an era of civilizational crisis where life and death are at stake worldwide, a situation in which Colombia faces a deep dilemma. On May 29, 2022, around 21 million citizens voted in Colombia's national elections to elect its executive branch. The victory of the Historical Pact "Colombia Can" comes to the fore, an alignment of the new left with Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice-presidential formula. It is the first time that a left-wing coalition has triumphed in a presidential election in Colombia, adding 8.5 million votes, the largest number obtained in th…

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