(2022-06-18). UN slams Ukrainian attack on Donetsk maternity hospital. mronline.org 
The United Nations called the shelling of the maternity hospital in Donetsk a breach of humanitarian law.
(2022-06-18). Western media and politicians prefer to ignore the truth about civilians killed in Donetsk shelling. mronline.org 
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 at least five civilians and struck a busy maternity hospital—was perpetrated by Russian forces.
(2022-06-18). Crisis In Ecuador: Social Protests Stop Oil Production. southfront.org 
Leonidas Isa | Ecuador constantly faces a variety of problems, which is quite typical for a country in Latin America. This time, the most unique and urgent issues are the energy and social ones; these problems are not something new for Ecuador but are quite commonplace. In Ecuador, oil wells have recently stopped working. There have been these precedents before. The second problem is the Indian issue, which the government has not been able to solve for decades. | The main oil company of Ecuador, PetroOriental, said that…
(2022-06-18). Notes on a mask-less world. mronline.org 
Mask-lessness is becoming contagious and normalised in a world that is far from "normal".
(2022-06-18). The necessity of ecosocialist degrowth. mronline.org 
We need degrowth in industries ranging from armaments and advertising to fast fashion and fossil fuels, together with a dramatic reduction in consumption of the richest 1% who are responsible for 15% of emissions.
(2022-06-18). The truth never mattered at Guantánamo. mronline.org 
The deceit and lies and cover-ups of the worst moments in post-9/11 history have created an endless stage of hypocrisy for all the world to see.
(2022-06-18). How Our Consumption is Killing Poor Kids in Los Angeles. scheerpost.com By Joshua Frank / CounterPunch It's a gorgeous evening in San Pedro, California. I'm standing on the outskirts of a Little League ballpark that sits atop a knoll overlooking the sprawling Port of Los Angeles and the arching Vincent St. Thomas Bridge. Below is a sea of shipping containers, stacked high like Lego blocks, forming …
(2022-06-18). President Putin: St Petersburg International Economic Forum Plenary session. thesaker.is Ed Note: This transcript is not fully complete but we post it because of the renewed DDoS attacks on Russian infrastructure. When it is complete, we will do an update.
(2022-06-18). Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Faàßade. orinocotribune.com 
By Roger D. Harris Jun 15, 2022 | Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Valentín, who had been born in Mexico and spent most of his working…
(2022-06-18). 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.
(2022-06-18). The Israeli Histadrut, The AFL-CIO, Zionism & Labor Imperialism With Carol Lang. indybay.org The role of the Israeli Histadrut and the AFL-CIO was the focus of a presentation by CUNY professor Carol Lang. She spoke at a conference of the Labor Education Project On AFL-CIO International Operations. The AFL-CIO is tied to the racist Israeli Histadrut and has blocked solidarity resolutions for Palestinian people and workers. | AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler and AFT president Randi Weingarten also met with the leadership of the Israeli Labor Party which is in the Israeli government and supported the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The Israeli minister of Interior is a member of th…
(2022-06-18). China to allow more international flights. ecns.cn China's civil aviation authority said Friday that it is discussing with its counterparts in certain countries the possibility of gradually increasing international passenger flights in and out of the country.
(2022-06-18). Detention of Asadollah Assadi in Germany against intl. law. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — A senior Iranian judicial official has described the arrest and imprisonment of Iranian national Asadollah Assadi in Germany as in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
(2022-06-18). China to build more national air monitoring stations. ecns.cn China plans to build eight new national atmosphere background watch stations by the end of 2025 to strengthen greenhouse gas observation, according to the country's meteorological authority.
(2022-06-18). Chinese mainland reports 11 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
(2022-06-18). China has world largest monitoring network for disease, health risk factors. ecns.cn China has established the world's largest monitoring network for disease and health risk factors, the National Health Commission said Friday.
(2022-06-18). Tell the ADL: your lies will never silence the movement for Palestinian liberation. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is an endorser of the following petition, launched by Jews for Palestinian Right of Return. SIGN THE PETITION: www.change.org/p/tell-the-adl-your-lies-will-never-silence-the-movement-for-palestinian-liberation To add an organizational endorsement, please send a message to jfpror@gmail.com We, the undersigned, unequivocally condemn the Anti-Defamation League's recent slanderous attack on the movement for Palestinian liberation. At the organization's Virtual National …
(2022-06-18). Iran's Farzad bags gold at Asian para-cycling c'ships. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — The Asian para-cycling championship in India began Saturday and the Iranian para cyclist, Behrouz Farzad won a gold medal in the 1 km individual pursuit men underway in New Delhi.
(2022-06-18). CA State Parks Commission considers one of the most endangered historic sites in America. indybay.org California State Park and Recreation Commission may visit one of the most endangered historic preservation sites in America. Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Gold Mining District represents "hidden figures" from the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. As the Nation celebrates Juneteenth Freedom, California State Parks regional staff continues a generational effort to erase, distort and destroy all authentic golden legacy by people of African descent during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875)…
(2022-06-18). Democracy, General Strikes & Fascism At AFL-CIO With Van Deusen Pres Vermont AFL-CIO. indybay.org Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen reports on the refusal of the AFL-CIO Executive Council to allow his state's resolution for democracy in the AFL-CIO with direct election of the national officers by the rank and file as well as preparing for a general strike against any attempted coup or insurrection.
(2022-06-18). Chinese president addresses 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday attended and addressed the plenary session of the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in virtual format upon invitation.
(2022-06-18). China's renewable energy capacity expands in first five months. ecns.cn China's installed capacity of renewable energy registered double-digit growth in the first five months of the year as the country strived to reach its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.
(2022-06-18). Israel Strikes Military Positions In Gaza Following Rocket Attack On Ashkelon (Videos). southfront.org 
Israeli Air Force Squadron 190 AH-64A Peten, 27 June 2013, Taken by Oren Rozen, Via Wikimedia. | On June 18, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a series of strikes on positions of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas Movement, in the Gaza Strip. | The strikes were a response to a rocket attack targeted the town of Ashkelon. Palestinian fighters launched a single rocket at the Israeli town, which is located some ten kilometers to the north of Gaza, in the early morning…
(2022-06-18). Stella Assange: 'We Are Going to Fight This'. scheerpost.com 
By Joe Lauria / Julian Assange's wife and one of his lawyers on Friday vowed to fight the decision of British Home Secretary Priti Patel to sign an extradition order earlier in the day sending imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the United States to face trial on espionage and computer intrusion charges. | "This is the outcome that we have been concerned about for the last decade," Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson told a London press conference. "This decision is a grave threat to fr…
(2022-06-17). Noam Chomsky: In Ukraine, Diplomacy Has Been Ruled Out. scheerpost.com 
[ By David Barsamian: Let's head into the most obvious nightmare of this moment, the war in Ukraine and its effects globally. But first a little background. Let's start with President George H.W. Bush's assurance to then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not move…
(2022-06-17). Glenn Greenwald : Joe Biden's Submissive — and Highly Revealing — Embrace of Saudi Despots. scheerpost.com 
By Glenn Greenwald / Substack | Then-Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (2nd R) welcomes then-US Vice President Joe Biden (C) at the Riyadh airbase on October 27, 2011, upon his arrival in the Saudi capital with a US official delegation to offer condolences to the King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz following the death of his brother, Crown Prince Sultan. AFP PHOTO/STR (Credit: AFP via Getty Images) | In 2018, President Trump issued
(2022-06-17). Glenn Greenwald: The UK's Decision to Extradite Assange Shows Why The US/UK's Freedom Lectures Are a Farce. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / Substack | People protest with t-shirts and easter eggs at Largo di Torre Argentina to demand Julian Assange's freedom against extradition, on April 11, 2022 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Simona Granati Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) | The eleven-year persecution of Julian Assangewas extended and escalated on Friday morning.The British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, approved the U.S.'s extradition request to send Julian Assange to Virginia to stand trial on eighteen felony charges under the 1917 Espionage Act and other statutes in connection with the 2010 publication by WikiLeaks of thous…
(2022-06-17). The lethality of Washington's Global Monroe Doctrine: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
This past week, as part of its policy to dominate the American hemisphere, the United States government organised the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. U.S. President Joe Biden made it clear early on that three countries in the hemisphere (Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) would not be invited to the event, claiming that they are not democracies.
(2022-06-17). Bolivia: Coup President Añez Sentenced as a Usurper. orinocotribune.com Former Bolivian senator Jeanine Añez will serve a ten-year prison sentence for overthrowing the constitutional government on November 12th, 2019, the court ruled late Friday evening in the case of Golpe de Estado II. | The right-wing strategy had been to drag out the legal proceedings for as long as possible. In the last week of the trial, Añez was turning off her zoom camera, leaving her seat regularly without asking the court permission, and falling asleep because, she said, she was "very tired." Her family promises to take the "persecution" of the former Senator to the highest international tribunals. | On the…
(2022-06-17). Baltic: NATO holds unprecedented air combat drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJune 16, 2022 NATO Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem controls largest BALTOPS air play From June 5 to 17, fourteen NATO Allies and Partners Finland and Sweden are participating in the multinational maritime-focused annual exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). NATO's Northern Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) staff ensure control of participating aircraft. *** "This …
(2022-06-17). Morocco backed by NATO states, with Turkish drones: Algeria dragged into worsening Western Sahara conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HinduJune 14, 2022 The Western Sahara dispute and why Algeria-Spain ties have soured ==== Turkey expands armed drone sales to Ethiopia and Morocco — sources Bayraktars And Harops: Is Morocco A Rising Drone Power? ==== Morocco has controlled the disputed Western Sahara territory for decades while the Polisario Front comprised of indigenous people continues …
(2022-06-17). ExxonMobil responds to Biden's call for increased oil production. mronline.org 
ExxonMobil responded to the US President by urging his administration to enact emergency measures.
(2022-06-17). New Bill that passed House reinvokes old Russian bogeyman as pretext for more U.S. intervention in Africa. mronline.org 
Liberal Democrats shamefully all voted for the "Countering Malign Russian Influence Activities in Africa" Act—seems like relic from bygone era…
(2022-06-17). Nicolás Maduro's Eurasian tour is a victory lap for the Bolivarian Revolution. mronline.org 
In a major turn toward re-engagement, Maduro has announced increased ties with states in North Africa, West Asia and beyond.
(2022-06-17). Nine World leaders hold trigger to nuclear war. mronline.org 
As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing, a rejection of great power, war, exploitation, and aggression.
(2022-06-17). Craig McNamara Reveals the Truth Behind the Lies of His Father, Robert McNamara. scheerpost.com 
Craig McNamara. [Malika Lewis] | Click to subscribe on: Thousands of words have been penned about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968, including by McNamara in his 1996 autobiograph…
(2022-06-17). MBS and Putin: Why Talk to One and Not the Other? scheerpost.com 
By Daniel Warner / CounterPunch President Biden is confronted with two decisions: The first is whether to go to Saudi Arabia this summer to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to try to persuade him to increase his country's oil output. The second is whether to speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try …
(2022-06-17). Report: US Secretly Reviews and Approves Many Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. scheerpost.com 
By Dave DeCamp / | According to a report Israel frequently bombs Syria and frames the operations as strikes against Iran or Hezbollah, although the air raids often kill Syrian government troops and members of Iraq's Shia mi…
(2022-06-17). U.S. Senate From Partisan (GOP) Swamp to a Bipartisan Graveyard for Democracy. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader Since January 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed 412 bills (See: Congress.gov) and sent them to the Senate. Unfortunately, the Senate hasn't acted. "What?" you say, "don't the Democrats control both Chambers of Congress?" Sure, by the barest of margins. Handcuffed by the filibuster, a Senate rule (not a federal law) …
(2022-06-17). If Poverty Is a Moral Issue, Then the U.S. Is Bankrupt. scheerpost.com 
By Sonali Kolhatkar / Newspaper headlines are warning of
(2022-06-17). A January 6th Spectacle Won't Save Democracy. scheerpost.com 
By Nolan Higdon / Original to ScheerPost | The televised hearings on the events of January 6, 2021 (January 6th) on the alleged insurrection at the Capitol after the 2020 election illustrates the sclerotic state of American politics and news media. It occurs at a time when
(2022-06-17). Summit Of The Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks In Imperial Faàßade. popularresistance.org Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Workers Summit of the Americas, organized as an alternative to Biden's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Our summit was as a place where countries besieged by and barred from the US could participate and was held in cooperation with a kindred counter-summit in Los Angeles. | Valentín, who had been born in Mexico and spent most of his working life in the United States, had seen the border from both perspectives. He commented about Biden's summit that although the…
(2022-06-17). Emtrasur Flight in Argentina: Another Attempt by Media to Poison Political Relations. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad June 16, 2022 | Since June 8, an event has shocked the Argentine press, encouraged by the opposition to the government of Alberto Fernández, and by certain local Israeli organizations. These forces have used the grounding of a Venezuelan flight to justify an attack, not only on the current Peronist administration of Argentina, but also on the key geopolitical targets of Venezuela and Iran. | The retention of a Boeing 747, with Venezuelan registration YV3531, is causing a series of reactions that are linked to politics and international relations in Argentina, and that have little to do with…
(2022-06-17). Russian Mir Payment System to be Operational in Venezuela this Year. orinocotribune.com According to information that the president of the Central Bank of Venezuelan, Calixto José Ortega Sánchez, shared with Sputnik News, Venezuelan officials expect the Russian Mir payment system to be operational in the South American country as early as this year. | "We have the will for this system to be working this year if possible. I think that the most important thing is to have the will, that is what at this moment is determining the speed with which the project is being reviewed," said Ortega Sánchez during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). | He specified that tomorrow, on Friday, Jun…
(2022-06-17). The Heat: UN Sustainable Development Goals. america.cgtn.com 
Sustainable development impacts all of our lives. Yet according the United Nations Secretary-General progress is in peril.
(2022-06-16). US Biowarfare: Fever-Carrying Mosquitoes Studied in Ukrainian Labs May Have Been Used Against Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com The Russian Defence Ministry earlier reported discovering files in seized bio laboratories in Ukraine which indicated that scientists were carrying out tests on dangerous pathogens with the presumed intent to use them as components in biological weapons. The ministry said these laboratories were funded by the US for over a decade. The Ukrainian biological laboratories…
(2022-06-16). Russian Ops in Ukraine (June 16, 2022): West Sends Arms, Russia Still Gaining Ground. libya360.wordpress.com Update for Russian Military Operations in Ukraine for June 16, 2022 Russian forces continue to gain ground in the Donbas; Russia also gains ground outside Kharkov; Western media covers up Ukrainian shelling of civilian targets in Donetsk; The flood of Western weapons continues, but limitations are manifesting themselves; Harpoon anti-ship…
(2022-06-16). The Trend Toward a Multipolar World is Defined by Class Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong These edited remarks were given by the author at an event held on June 11th by Friends of Socialist China titled The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism's Global War on Multipolarity. The emerging multipolar world is the result of struggles for national sovereignty and self-determination, which are connected with the world wide class struggle….
(2022-06-16). Denis Pushilin And Kharkov. Larry On NATO Support. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I don't have the link yet, but yesterday Denis Pushilin, the Head of Donetsk PR has been heard as saying that Kharkov and all of Kharkov Oblast need to be liberated. Pushilin is a very noticeable figure as, for now at least, the Head of independent and recognized by Russia DPR, but also, de facto a fully integrated Russia's political figure now. Very important at that and fully coordinated with Kremlin. So, when figure of such prominence speaks aloud on such matters then we should pay attention. This matters in so far as our assumptions on territorial goals of SMO are concerned. Now, three EU stooges talking abou…
(2022-06-16). Philippines: "Terrorist designation" of Ka Louie et al is outrageous. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 15 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The improperly named "Anti-Terrorism Council" today announced that it issued a resolution last May 25 (Resolution No. 31) which "designated" the former chief negotiator of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Ka Louie Jalandoni and five other people being associated with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as "terrorist individuals." | The Party and the revolutionary movement firmly denounces the ATC for…
(2022-06-16). Are We Witnessing a Preemptive Coup in Colombia? libya360.wordpress.com James Patrick Jordan Activists from Colombia's major cities are being rounded up and detained as part of "Plan Democracy", a strategy described by Jorge Luís Vargas Valencia, General Director of the Colombian National Police, at a June 14, 2022 press conference. Vargas said that police were being put in a "maximum state of alert," because…
(2022-06-16). Ecuador: CONAIE and Unions to Maintain National Strike. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News CONAIE President Leonidas Iza addresses indigenous movement bases after being released from police and military custody. June 15, 2022. Mobilizations will continue and key roads remain blocked as the indefinite Ecuador-wide protests against the neoliberal policies of Guillermo Lasso's administration head into a fourth day. Security forces have been unsuccessful in trying to lift 24…