(2022-06-04). NATO Chief Says Ukraine Shouldn't Drop Goal of Driving Russia Out of Crimea. news.antiwar.com In an interview with The Washington Post, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine shouldn't avoid declaring ambitious war aims of driving Russia out of the eastern Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has controlled since 2014. "They have the right to say that they are fighting for the whole of Ukraine," Stoltenberg said. …
(2022-06-04). Neo-liberalism and anti-inflationary policy. mronline.org 
Central banks all over the capitalist world are raising, or are about to raise, interest rates as a means of countering the currently rampant inflation, which is certain to push a world economy that is barely recovering from the effect of the pandemic, back towards stagnation and greater unemployment.
(2022-06-04). International Red Cross as a sponsor of the Nazi regime in Ukraine Smuggling Arms. thealtworld.com Once upon a time, in ancient times, no one remembers any more, when in the north of Africa freedom and democracy decided to overthrow the old bloody dictator, one of the very famous international humanitarian organizations decided to help the oppressed people. | This organization was called the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, this organization was located in Geneva and declared with all its appearance that the employees of this organization are not just fighters for peace, but personify the Conventions on international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. | This organization could…
(2022-06-04). India's Top Diplomat Reminded The West That The World Doesn't Revolve Around It. oneworld.press By calling a spade a spade and publicly discussing the open secret that all countries are primarily driven by the pursuit of what their leaderships sincerely regard as their objective national interests, MEA Jaishankar is doing a global service by removing the taboo that's informally surrounded any talk about this fact.
(2022-06-04). Nationalist Delusions Are Driving Instability In Armenia. oneworld.press It's nothing but a nationalist delusion to imagine that Karabakh won't inevitably be comprehensively reincorporated back into the same country that the entire international community — including Armenia — agrees that it's an integral part of.
(2022-06-04). President Maduro Presents Report of Venezuela's Fight Against Colombian TANCOL Paramilitaries. orinocotribune.com 
On Thursday, June 2, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, presented an assessment of Operation Bolivarian Shield 2022 and the fight against TANCOL paramilitary and drug trafficking gangs that enter Venezuela from Colombia and have tried to take over different areas of the country. | President Maduro urged the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) to dismantle all these Tancol groups physically, territorially, logistically, militarily, politically, and socially. | The president reported that 257 structures and camps belonging to TANCOL groups in Apure state have been destroyed, of which 23 were laboratorie…
(2022-06-04). The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 1). scheerpost.com The United States has 25 percent of the world's prison population, some 2.3 million people, most of whom are poor, although it represents less than 5 percent of the global population. Its prisons are notorious for their violence, overcrowding and human rights abuses, including the widespread use of solitary confinement. But what is often not examined is what happens to those released from prisons into a society where they face legalized discrimination imposed by numerous laws, rules and policies that result in permanent marginalization, thrust into a criminal caste system. These former prisoners are often d…
(2022-06-04). [Perspectives] Health as activism: rethinking social medicine in India. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep problems and inequities in India's health infrastructure, which has suffered from decades of underinvestment. But the pandemic also galvanised a wide range of community participation. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), volunteers, and health-care workers arranged for the supply of oxygen, helped register people for vaccination, ran vaccination camps, and visited communities and schools to speak about the virus and precautions. Notably, many local women, who trained as accredited social health activists (ASHAs), took part in these efforts.
(2022-06-04). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Central Gaza. imemc.org 
On Friday night, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians on their lands near the perimeter fence in the central district of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the fence, fired several rounds at the two Palestinians before abducting them. The sources added that the army fired many live …
(2022-06-04). Marcos Jr. Presidency: A long view. mronline.org 
For three decades, contemporary public discourse on the Philippines has been marked by reference to a period called the "post-Marcos era." Weeks after a high-stakes national election, that widely-accepted historical marker is suddenly obsolete.
(2022-06-04). Supreme Court deals blow to prisoners seeking to overturn wrongful convictions. mronline.org 
The decision will leave thousands of people barred from challenging their sentences in federal court in situations where they have exonerating evidence that their lawyers failed to submit at trial.
(2022-06-04). Army Confiscates A Palestinian Car In Tubas. imemc.org 
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers confiscated a Palestinian car in Khirbet Ibziq village, north of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. Abdul-Majid Khdeirat, the head of Khirbat Ibziq Village Council, said the soldiers invaded and searched several residential tents owned by Mohannad al-Ghibya and confiscated his car. Khdeirat added that dozens of …
(2022-06-04). Army Injures Many Palestinians In Beit Dajan. imemc.org 
On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians in Beit Dajan, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Dozens of Palestinians held the weekly procession against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities on their lands while chanting for national unity and ongoing struggle until liberation and independence. The soldiers attacked the nonviolent protesters with live …
(2022-06-04). Army Injures Several Palestinians, Causes Fire In Lands, South Of Nablus. imemc.org 
On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians and caused fires in farmlands in Qaryout village, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said a large group of illegal colonizers, accompanied by many soldiers, invaded the water spring area in the village and prevented the Palestinians from reaching it. …
(2022-06-04). Awawda And Rayyan Continue Hunger Strike Despite Deteriorating Conditions. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Khalil Awawda, 40, and Raed Rayyan, 27, are continuing the hunger strikes they started 94 and 59 days ago, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges or trial. The PPS said Awawda, from Ethna town northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, started the …
(2022-06-04). Israeli Army Injures Three Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, three Palestinians and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinians marched from the center of the town while chanting against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities, ongoing occupation, and escalating violations. …
(2022-06-04). International Union of Left Publishers condemns attack on The People's Forum. peoplesdispatch.org [On Friday, June 3, a far-right coalition attempted to occupy The People's Forum, a socialist and anti-racist space in New York. They were reportedly abetted by the police who were present at the space but allowed the physical attacks and verbal harassment of the staff and guests of The People's Forum. The International Union of …
(2022-06-04). A Strong Minimum Wage Delivers A Strong Economy. progressivehub.net ZACH SILK | CIVIC SKUNK…
(2022-06-04). Iran warns against attempts to undermine IAEA credibility. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman warned against undermining and weakening the credibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
(2022-06-04). Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to visit India. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) — Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will be on India visit next week, with key focus expected to be on connectivity especially via Chabahar port, and on the situation on Afghanistan, Indian media have said.
(2022-06-04). Imam Khomeini's movement changes global equations: Nakhalah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Resistance Movement said that the movement taken by the late Imam Khomeini (RA) changed the international equations.
(2022-06-04). Niki Karimi named as jury member at Tribeca Film Fest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) — Iranian actress, producer, director, and screenwriter Niki Karimi has been named as the jury member of the International Narrative Feature Competition section at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.
(2022-06-03). U.S. State-Affiliated NewsGuard Targets Consortium News. scheerpost.com 
By Joe Lauria / Consortium News is being "reviewed" by NewsGuard, a U.S. government-linked organization that is trying to enforce a narrative on Ukraine while seeking to discredit dissenting views. | The organization has accused Consortium News, begun in 1995 by former Associated Press investigative reporter Robert Parry, of publishing "false content" on Ukraine. | It calls "false" essential facts about Ukraine that have been suppressed in mainstream media: 1) that there was a U.S.-back…
(2022-06-03). What Are Uvalde Police Hiding? progressivehub.net JOHN STOEHR | THE EDITORIAL BOARD…
(2022-06-03). Craig Murray: The Power of Lies. scheerpost.com 
By Craig Murray / The comments on Peter Oborne's The Guardian chose a comment full of these entirely untrue assertions as its "Guardian pick" to head the section: | If you look thro…
(2022-06-03). Patrick Lawrence: Will Biden Provoke War with China? scheerpost.com 
Click to subscribe on: Patrick Lawrence. | "We are the provocateurs" — offered as a condemnation of current US foreign policy — might seem the sort of untutored comment attributed by establishment pundits to the "fake news" environment of t…
(2022-06-03). Kiriakou: Guarding Democracy From News. scheerpost.com 
By John Kiriakou / Original to ScheerPost | The past month has seen blows against freedom of speech for independent news outlets and, indeed, for all Americans. I'm not being hyperbolic here. There are real threats to our freedom of speech against which we ought to mobilize. | First, the Biden administration named something called a "Disinformation Governance Board," housed in the Department of Homeland Security, whose job will supposedly be to "standardize the treatment of disinformation by the agencies it oversees." That means that the government will be the final arbiter of what disinformation is. It will d…
(2022-06-03). In Photos: Turkish-Backed Syria Militants Are Preparing For New Operation Against SDF. southfront.org 
Turkey's proxies in Syria have been preparing to take part in any new Turkish operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | On June 2 and 3, the Revolutionaries Committee for Liberation and the Liberation and Construction Movement, two semi-independent coalitions made up of several factions from the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, shared photos showing their ongoing preparations for a possible operation against the Kurdish-led group. | The photos show hundreds of Turkish-backed militants arme…
(2022-06-03). Biden's Student Debt Cancelation Starts With Disappointing Salvo. progressivehub.net MORGAN SMITH | CNBC…
(2022-06-03). Assault Weapons Ban Must Be Reinstated, Biden Says. progressivehub.net DAVID SMITH | THE GUARDIAN…
(2022-06-02). The Chris Hedges Report: How to Defeat the Billionaire Class. scheerpost.com 
By Chris Hedges / Since being elected to office in 2013, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and her socialist party have been locked in a bitter battle against the city's moneyed elites, who have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a corporate PAC called "A Better Seattle" and saturated television and digital platforms with negative advertising. Sawant is hated because she is effective. Following a three-year struggle against the richest man in the world—Jeff Bezos[m…
(2022-06-02). Uvalde Shooting: A Case For Defunding The Police And Disarming Teens. progressivehub.net OLAYEMI OLURIN | TEEN VOGUE…
(2022-06-02). Biden Hikes Medicare Prices And Funnels Profits To Private Insurers. progressivehub.net MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK | THE LEVER…
(2022-06-02). Nurses stepped up to support Canada through the pandemic. nursesunions.ca Now governments must step up to support nurses.
(2022-06-02). War In Yemen Comes Under Increasing Scrutiny From Progressives. progressivehub.net SARA SIROTA | THE INTERCEPT…
(2022-06-02). Chesa Boudin Recall Divides A So-Called Progressive City. progressivehub.net CHRISTOPHER D. COOK | THE NATION…