Daily Archives: June 11, 2020

2020-06-11: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2020-06-11). Tear Down Racist Statues, End Racist Debt, Pay for Equalizing Reparations. zcomm.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…

Eds. (2020-06-11). Fred Hampton: Black Panther and red revolutionary. mronline.org Fred Hampton's politics are a lesson in how to fight racism and capitalism together, argues Sean Ledwith…

MBNJSD (2020-06-11). Defund the Police, defund the Military. dissidentvoice.org Defund the police, defund the military (Credit: CODEPINK) On June 1, President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty U.S. military forces against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in cities across America. Trump and state governors eventually deployed at least 17,000 National Guard troops across the country. In the nation's capital, Trump deployed nine Blackhawk assault helicopters, …

Fight Back (2020-06-11). Thousands march for Black lives in Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, June 6, about 5000 people rallied in 100-degree weather at Belo Garden Park across the street from the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, to demand justice for victims of police violence, community control of the police, and the resignation of Renee Hall, the chief of the Dallas Police Department. | The protest was called by the Dallas Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DAARPR), Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington American Muslims for Palestine Dallas, Migrante Texas, and Black Youth Project 100-Dallas. First the crowd heard spe…

Palestinian BDS National Committee (2020-06-11). European Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow to Israel's War on Palestine Solidarity. globalresearch.ca ECHR rules unanimously that French highest court's criminal conviction of Israel boycott advocates violates the European Convention on Human Rights' freedom of expression article | *** | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Jonathan Cook (2020-06-11). Israel and the US Step Up Efforts to Intimidate the Hague War Crimes Court. globalresearch.ca In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put …

_____ (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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-06-11). The importance of self-care during difficult times. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you are struggling with overwhelming feelings, added anxiety, stress and fear, you are not alone. "We are in the midst of a dual pandemic of COVID-19 and social unrest caused by racism which affects all members of our communities," says Dr. Monica Taylor-Desir, co-chair of Diversity and Inclusion in Mayo Clinic's department of Psychiatry …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-06-11). The Role of Police in a Racist-Capitalist Society. Defunding and Dismantling the US Police Being Fiercely Debated. globalresearch.ca Since the videotaped violent murder of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, there has been an upsurge in antiracist and anti-police brutality demonstrations and rebellions spanning across the United States. | When Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old woman …

Mehdi Hasan (2020-06-11). Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War. zcomm.org These are heavily armed men, many of them with military training, looking for new and greater opportunities for violent protest…

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 …

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.

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.

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2020-06-10). What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini. counterpunch.org Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza's recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and several wars that resulted in the death and wounding of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But none of Israel's wars impacted Aludaini's life as much as

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 …

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.

Alex Colwell and Mark Herrera (2020-06-10). Decades of struggle: Dallas-Fort Worth pushes back racism. workers.org 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 has exposed or the recent rise in police violence against Black lives. Then, on . . . |

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2020-06-10). 'Voter suppression' could be happening in Black communities while American politicians say 'Black Lives Matter'. thecanary.co Primary election voting On Twitter, many people Pittman Park polling location didn't open until 8: 10am. The 1 machine they dedicated to this l…

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. …

Pien Huang (2020-06-11). WHO Believes That Mass Protests Are Important Even in a 'Pandemic' Provided They're More Popular Than WHO. anti-empire.com In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization took time at its daily press conference to address another pressing issue: the wave of protests against police violence and racial injustice. The demonstrations began in the U.S. when George Floyd died on May 25 after a police officer had pressed a knee into his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while detaining him in Minneapolis. | The protests are now spreading around the world to Europe, Africa and other regions. | "WHO fully supports equality and the global movement against racism. We reject discrimination of all kinds," said WHO director…

ahtribune (2020-06-11). Jacob Cohen: "The Zionists Have Become Masters in The Art of Propaganda" ahtribune.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen: What is your analysis of the annexation of the West Bank this July 1? | Jacob Cohen: The Zionist regime is not crazy enough to annex the entire West Bank, because then it would have to naturalize all Palestinians. It only wants to annex the "useful" West Bank, i.e. the Jordan Valley, thus preventing a possible Palestinian State to control its own borders and the large Jewish settlement blocs. It would thus continue to have a submissive and cheap labor force at its disposal, and the cooperation of a docile Palestinian police force to maintain colonial order. | It is not sure that this annexa…

Women's March (2020-06-11). Wednesday 6/10: Women's March: A Tough Conversation on White Womanhood & Dismantling Systemic Racism. indybay.org Online webinar…

Sit.Walk.Listen. and SF Sanghas (2020-06-11). Sunday 6/14: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter. indybay.org Civic Center Plaza (McAllister & Polk)…

Eli Frances (2020-06-11). Wednesday 6/10: Filipinos For Black Lives. indybay.org Meeting at Grand Oriente Filipino Hotel in SOMA and marching all the way to I-Hotel in Kearny. San Francisco…

R. Robertson (2020-06-11). Tsuru for Solidarity Vigil: Black Lives Matter/Free Families Detained by ICE. indybay.org Tsuru for Solidarity, a community of Japanese Americans, supports the Black Lives Matter movement and calls for the release of families detained by ICE. On June 7, at Orange Park in South San Francisco, they offered prayers and performed bon odori dance for all the lives lost to state violence. As part of their sojourn, some laid paper cranes in the memorial garden at the former site of the Tanforan Assembly Center where 7,800 were imprisoned in 1942 for just one "crime"–their Japanese ancestry.

California Nurses United (2020-06-11). Saturday 6/13: UCSF Nurses Say – Black Lives Matter! indybay.org UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158 (in front of the Adult Hospital Entrance)…

SV BLM March (2020-06-11). Wednesday 6/10: Black Lives Matter March in Scotts Valley. indybay.org Meet at Siltanen Park, 127 Vine Hill School Road, Scotts Valley | March to MacDorsa Park, 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley…

WSWS Repost (2020-06-11). Bakersfield, California protester dies after being run over by neo-Nazi. indybay.org There is absolutely no reason to believe the account of the police that Robert Forbes (illustrated) was killed in an accident this past weekend.

Labor Video Project (2020-06-11). "I Can't Breath" ILWU 10 & 34 Speak Out About Lynching of George Floyd & Action. indybay.org ILWU 10 president Trent Willis & ILWU 34 president Keith Shanklin talk about the murder of George Floyd and the systemic racist attacks on longshore workers and their families. They also discuss the shutdown of West Coast docks on Juneteenth June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of Blacks and the fight today.

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 . . . |

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…

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 grot…

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). 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?

Adriaan Alsema (2020-06-10). Cristina Lombana, the village idiot of Colombia's Supreme Court? colombiareports.com The seemingly endless absurdities of magistrate Cristina Lombana are increasingly becoming an embarrassment for Colombia's Supreme Court. Lombana has been a problem ever since President Ivan Duque appointed the former…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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 …

IMEMC News (2020-06-10). Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Youth Who Suffers From Epilepsy. imemc.org Israeli troops abducted, on Tuesday at night a young man who suffers from epilepsy, near the illegal Itamar colony, built on Palestinian lands near Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The father of the abducted young man, Ghassan Nasasra, said that he was informed about the …

IMEMC News (2020-06-10). Army Confiscates 160 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Qalqilia. imemc.org The Israeli military issued, Wednesday, military orders for the illegal confiscation of privately-owned Palestinian lands in the Qalqilia governorate, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Abu Sheikh, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the orders were handed to many residents, informing them of the …

IMEMC News (2020-06-10). PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct 19 Palestinians In West Bank" imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn and morning hours, 19 Palestinians during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of the city, and abducted …

IMEMC News (2020-06-10). Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, six young Palestinian men, after the army invaded the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and attacked protesters. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired gas bombs at many Palestinians protesting the invasion. They added that the soldiers also chased many …