Daily Archives: June 10, 2020

2020-06-10: News Headlines

_____ (2020-06-11). Should UK local gov't pension schemes be invested in overt brutal racism like this? truepublica.org.uk Guest Writer: A sure-fire method of ensuring this news outlet will be attacked with a wave of bots attempting to crack open its security systems and take it down from public view is to report on Israel in a negative light. But let's call out Israel for what it really is as a state. From …

Vijay Prashad (2020-06-10). Tear down the racist statues, end racist debt and pay for reparations. mronline.org Bring down the statues, surely. But more than that: cancel the debt and provide reparations to the formerly colonized for the centuries of theft and brutality.

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2020-06-10). A Mass Uprising Is Here: Protect It From The Ruling Class. dissidentvoice.org Demonstrators on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in downtown Los Angeles (AP Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu) The breadth of the uprising is astounding with antiracism protests in all 50 states and more than 500 cities plus more than 13,500 arrests in 43 cities. This weekend there were larger numbers of protesters in the streets including cities and towns of …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-06-10). The Corona "Global False Alarm", the Campaign against Racism and Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca "The media is the most powerful entity on earth. Because they control the minds of the masses, they have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power…If you're not careful, the newspapers …

Philip Giraldi (2020-06-10). Militarized Police, A Gift from Israel? globalresearch.ca The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and …

Alan Macleod (2020-06-10). "By Design" and a "Test Run for November" — Georgia Chaos Is Blueprint for November Election. mintpressnews.com Georgia is shaping up to be an unlikely battleground state in the November presidential election, and if Trump loses Georgia, his chances of overall victory are slim.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-06-10). Palestine Bleeds: Israel's Execution of an Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm. mintpressnews.com In recent years, the Israeli army has upgraded its code of conduct, adopting a shoot-to-kill policy of any Palestinian they suspect of attempting to harm Israeli occupation soldiers, even when the alleged Palestinian 'attacker' is no longer posing a threat.

Medea Benjamin (2020-06-10). Defund the Police, Defund the Military. zcomm.org Together we must seize this moment to move from incremental reform to real systemic change, not just within the U.S. but throughout the racist, neocolonial world that is policed by the U.S. military…

A Guest Author (2020-06-10). Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism. workers.org By Alex Colwell and Mark Herrera Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas June 2 — Throughout the U.S., people have been both very afraid and outraged by what is happening at this moment of crisis — whether it's the economic instability of capitalism that COVID-19 . . . |

Jordan Whelchel (2020-06-10). Philadelphia rises up against racism and repression in historic march. liberationnews.org Approximately 100,000 people assembled by the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a rally organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Margaret Kimberley (2020-06-10). Rebellion, Confusion and Kente Cloth: The Establishment Can't Handle Black Lives Matter. mintpressnews.com Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and newspapers face revolts when they are caught spreading propaganda. In Europe and the United States monuments to genocidaires are defaced and pulled down.

David Fields (2020-06-10). 'The Ascent': 1970s Soviet film affirms deeply human values in dangerous times. peoplesworld.org The Ascent is not the type of movie you would expect about World War II—or the Great Patriotic War, as it was known in the Soviet Union where the film was made. First, a little background: The Soviet Union generally boosted the heroics of that war in popular culture whenever possible, and for good reason. …

A Guest Author (2020-06-10). Prisoner Solidarity Committee of WWP: Ôªø'NYPD's racist brutality a death sentence for protesters'. workers.org New York city cops prepare to brutally attack and arrest protestors. DE BLASIO: RELEASE ALL PROTESTERS FROM JAIL NOW! A statement of the Prisoner Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party June 10 — Since this statement/petition was drafted, those arrested in the New York City George Floyd protests have been . . . |

Editor (2020-06-10). EDITORIAL: °Defiende a lxs resistentes y al levantamiento! workers.org °La gente se levanta, se levanta contra la violencia policial! La furia ardiente se encendió en una tormenta de fuego en todo Estados Unidos cuando la policía linchó a George Floyd en Minneapolis el 25 de mayo. Philadelphia, June 6 Inmediatamente hubo indignación pública, después de ver cómo los supremacistas . . . |

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-06-10). Organization of the Islamic Cooperation To Meet Over Israeli Annexation Plan. imemc.org Palestinian Authority's (PA) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al-Malki, on Tuesday, said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), comprising of dozens of Islamic and Arab nations, will convene on Wednesday, at the foreign ministers' level over planned Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Al-Malki said in a statement, that …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-06-10). Palestinian authority hints at declaration of sovereign state if Israel continues with annexation plan. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shatyyeh reiterated PA's rejection of the so-called Peace Plan proposed by US president Donald Trump, and said that the PA has devised a counterproposal…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-06-10). Israeli Forces Demolish Several Palestinian Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly knocked down, on Tuesday morning, a number of Palestinian-owned homes in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem. Head of the Palestinian committee for defending Palestinian lands in the Sawarha neighborhood, Youmis Ja'far, told media outlets that Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the neighborhood and forced local …

news.un (2020-06-10). Rights experts condemn use of force against journalists covering US protests. news.un.org Journalists covering ongoing protests denouncing systemic racism and police brutality in the United States must be able to do their job in peace, two experts on the right to freedom of expression said on Wednesday.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2020-06-10). Black Lives Matter solidarity: No Pride without justice! workers.org Fifty-one years ago cops assaulted and arrested LGBTQ2+ people — mostly Black and Latinx people — at the Stonewall Bar in New York City. That police raid and resulting queer resistance sparked three days of rebellion and ignited the modern LGBTQ2+ movement in the U.S. and around the world. Leading . . . |

Staff (2020-06-10). "Justice Will Be Served": Family Pays Tribute to George Floyd and Demands Change at Houston Funeral. democracynow.org A private funeral was held in Houston Tuesday for George Floyd, two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer killed him by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd's death has sparked protests against police brutality and racism across the United States and around the world. We play excerpts from the funeral service and hear from Floyd's family and dignitaries.

Staff (2020-06-10). Buffalo Police Assaulted a 75-Year-Old Longtime Peace Activist, Now Trump Is Attacking Him Too. democracynow.org We look at the story of peace activist Martin Gugino, who was hospitalized in critical condition after being pushed to the ground by a police officer in Buffalo last week — an attack captured on video that has been viewed millions of times. On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the 75-year-old activist on Twitter, suggesting he staged his fall and was "an ANTIFA provocateur," echoing baseless claims from a segment on the far-right channel One America News Network. We speak with Lu Aya, a member of the New York-based group The Peace Poets, who organized with Martin in the group Witness Against Torture. "Marti…

Staff (2020-06-10). "Out of Options in Terms of Reform": Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the Racist History of Police in U.S. democracynow.org Protests in defense of Black lives and calls to defund the police continue across the U.S., from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and New York. We speak with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, about the significance of this moment and the history of policing in the U.S. "We haven't seen a moment like this in at least half a century," Muhammad says. "It's hard to know for sure where we're going to go from this moment, but it's clear that when we look at the history of po…

Staff (2020-06-10). Headlines for June 10, 2020. democracynow.org George Floyd Laid to Rest, Two Weeks After Killing by Police Sparked Global Uprising, Coronavirus Cases Surge in States That Eased Lockdowns Two Weeks Ago, Georgia Election "Catastrophe" Disproportionately Affects Voters of Color, Protesters Topple Monuments to Slave Traders, Racists and Mass Murderers, Seattle Protesters Take Over City Hall as Calls Grow to Defund Police, New York State Will No Longer Hide Disciplinary Records of Police Officers, Phoenix Protests Demand Justice for Dion Johnson, Black Man Fatally Shot by State Trooper, Minneapolis Police Admit to Slashing Tires of Parked Vehicles During Recent G…

Staff (2020-06-10). Noam Chomsky: Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits. truthout.org Many years ago, social scientist Bertram Gross saw "friendly fascism" — an insidious authoritarianism that denies democratic rights for corporate ends without the overt appearance of dictatorship — as a possible political future of the United States. | Today, that future has arrived. Donald Trump has not only consolidated the integration between Big Business and government, but now, with the country in the grip of some of the biggest protests in more than half a century, he is ac…

RT (2020-06-10). 'Our history will not be tampered with!' Trump rules out renaming US military bases named after Confederate generals. rt.com US President Donald Trump has declared opposition to renaming a dozen military bases that bear the names of Civil War generals who fought for the Confederacy, saying they are part of history and a proud military heritage. | Mentioning Fort Bragg, Fort Hood and Fort Benning by name, Trump tweeted on Wednesday that the "Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage" and "history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom." | "My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," he added. | It has been suggested that we should rena…

RT (2020-06-10). 'Homage to hate, not heritage': Pelosi demands removal of all Confederate statues from US Capitol. rt.com US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for all Confederate statues in Congress to be removed, insisting they represent "cruelty and barbarism" and are a "grotesque affront" to American ideals. | The call to scrap the monuments came on Wednesday, with Pelosi penning a "Monuments to men who advocated cruelty and barbarism to achieve such a plainly racist end are a grotesque…

RT (2020-06-10). Rapper Ice Cube slammed for bizarre 'ANTI-SEMITIC' tweetstorm — but Twitter yet to intervene. rt.com US rapper and actor Ice Cube is being slammed as "anti-Semitic" for a series of strange tweets that appear to criticize Jewish people, linking them to a strange conspiracy theory. There has been no reaction from Twitter. | One image in particular tweeted by the 'Friday' star seems to have drawn most of the attention on social media. The picture shows the Jewish Star of David with a cube outlined in the middle. The tweet itself is in reply to another one of the rapper's posts depicting similar cube-like structures at landmarks across the world. | | © icecube Twitter | The black outlined hexagon seems to…

Anand Naidoo (2020-06-10). The Heat: Global reaction to U.S. policies. america.cgtn.com Are protests against racism and police violence in the United States adding to a perception of a country in decline?

en.mehrnews (2020-06-10). Palestine calls for establishing intl. front against Israeli annexation plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Foreign Minister of Palestinian National Authority, Riyad al-Maliki, called for the formation of an international front against Israeli plan to annex part of the West Bank.

yenisafak (2020-06-10). Israel's annexation violates Int'l law: Germany. yenisafak.com German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday that Israel's annexation of the West Bank will be a violation of international law."Europe regards annexation as a violation of international law," Maas told a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.Maas, who is the first diplomat to visit Israel since the formation of the Israeli government last month, did not refer to specific European responses to the annexation decision once implemented.He stressed that the aim of his visit to Israel was to "learn more about Israel's plans".Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced th…

Michael T. Klare (2020-06-10). Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism. thenation.com Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism…

Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead (2020-06-10). Kids Give Hope for Less Racist Future. progressive.org With revolutionised digital technology and more antiracism teachings in schools, today's children are amplifying their call for racial equality.

teleSUR (2020-06-10). Dominican Republic: Police Put Down Anti-Racism Protest. telesurenglish.net Dominican Republic's Santo Domingo conservative organizations and police Tuesday confronted anti-racism activists who claimed justice for George Floyd in a demonstration. | RELATED: | "Those nationalists came and threw themselves at us and the police, instead of taking the attitude of protecting us, what they did was to stop us," said Reconocido (recognized) non-governmental organization leader Ana Maria Belique. | Reconocido…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-06-10). Young Cypriots demand justice for George Floyd. peoplesdispatch.org The United Democratic Youth Organisation organized a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Nicosia on June 5, Friday, in solidarity with the anti-racism protests in the US and to demand justice for George Floyd…

Dean Baker (2020-06-10). Government-Granted Patent Monopolies and Structural Racism. cepr.net No, I have not gone off the deep end, there is an important connection that I will get to in a moment. First, I want to be clear that I am not trying to take anything away from the immediate issue that has brought hundreds of thousands into the streets, the police killing of George …

William Hawes (2020-06-10). Abolish the Police, Abolish the Military, Abolish ICE: Dismantle Systems of Oppression. globalresearch.ca In this crucial moment, all of us who desire change should begin to think very carefully about a unified message and a coherent, organizing principle in the fight against endemic racism and police brutality in this country. I believe the …

Robert Fantina (2020-06-10). Still Protesting After All These Years. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, June 4, I joined thousands of marchers in Kitchener, Ontario, the town in which I live, to protest racism and police brutality. I have, in the last few years, participated in local events in support of Palestinian self-determination …

teleSUR (2020-06-10). Dictionary Merriam-Webster to Edit 'Racism' Entry Upon Request. telesurenglish.net U.S. dictionary Merriam-Webster will update its definition of the term racism after a young Black woman from Missouri contacted the editorial team saying the current definition does not reflect the oppression of black people as it should, media have reported. | RELATED: | Kennedy Mitchum, 22, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, emailed the dictionary last month, following the killing of black U.S. citizen G…

Andrey Areshev (2020-06-10). The True Plight of Black Americans. strategic-culture.org Walter E.WILLIAMS | While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called "systemic racism." Instead, we need to look at the responsibilities of those running our big cities. | Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and Philadelphia. The most common characteristic of these cities is that for decades, all of them have been run by liberal Democrats. Some cities — such as Detroit, Buffalo,…

Women's March (2020-06-10). Wednesday 6/10: Women's March: A Tough Conversation on White Womanhood & Dismantling Systemic Racism. indybay.org Online webinar…

en.mehrnews (2020-06-10). Trump eying Whites for November elections: West Asia commissioner for human rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — As the US in engulfed in anti-racism protests following the brutal suffocation of black citizen George Floyd by a white policeman in Minneapolis on May 25, some analysts and politicians are of the opinion that Donald Trump, who is not hiding his racist tendencies, is seeking to use the situation to win the votes of the whites in the November elections.

en.mehrnews (2020-06-10). 'I Can't Breathe' gallery in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — The Art Bureau of Iran's Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has launched an international cartoon exhibition on "I Can't Breathe" to show protests against racism in the US. Over 40 Iranian and foreign artists are showcasing 72 works at the event.

yenisafak (2020-06-10). HBO Max pulls 'Gone with the Wind' over racist portrayals. yenisafak.com HBO Max has removed war epic film "Gone with the Wind" from its recently launched streaming service over its depiction of slavery, parent WarnerMedia said on Wednesday, joining other media companies that have pulled controversial TV shows as demand for racial sensitivity increases across the country.The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police triggered protests in the United States against racial inequality, while also forcing companies to check deep-seated racism prevalent in popular shows and films that are deemed insensitive.ViacomCBS Inc did not renew "Cops" and Netflix Inc pulled "Little Bri…

_____ (2020-06-10). Abandoned Communities Arrange Black/Brown Truce. popularresistance.org "After days of tensions and anti-black racism fueled by the Chicago Police Department, gangs from Little Village and the West Side are negotiating an understanding." | "Latinx and Black street organizations from the west side of the Little Village neighborhood and from North Lawndale have come together in a day understanding to commit to continuing working on Black and Brown unity,"

Charlotte Dennett (2020-06-10). Another Brewing Scandal: Saudi Arms Sales, the Ghost of a Reporter, and America's Oil War in Yemen. globalresearch.ca George Floyd by police, followed by the president's calls for military intervention against protestors, are causing words like "dictatorship," "authoritarianism," and even "fascism" to become part of the national discourse. But the president has been dismantling …

Massoud Nayeri (2020-06-10). President Trump Is Seeking Another Victim. globalresearch.ca On George Floyd final viewing day and celebration of his life (under the Democratic Party supervision), the fascistic minded President Trump is seeking another victim! He has tweeted: "Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year …

Matt Cagle (2020-06-10). Microsoft Says it Supports Racial Justice. Will it Refuse to Power Discriminatory Police Surveillance? aclu.org As major tech companies rush to claim solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, they're being rightfully called out for the ways their products and workplace conditions actively undermine the rights and safety of Black people. IBM has listened and

Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Aisha Nyandoro, Anne Price (2020-06-10). If Black Lives Matter, the 'Welfare Queen' Myth Must Go. thenation.com Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Aisha Nyandoro, Anne Price If Black Lives Matter, the 'Welfare Queen' Myth Must Go…

Elie Mystal (2020-06-10). The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic. thenation.com The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic…

Laura Flanders (2020-06-10). Paradigms Take Years to Shift. zcomm.org Defund Police. Invest in Black Lives. What just weeks ago was a slogan is fast becoming law…