(2021-06-26). [Perspectives] An open invitation to address anti-Indigenous systemic racism. thelancet.com I am always surprised when a health-care practitioner says, "I don't need to take cultural safety training, I am not racist, and besides I took all that in my professional training". Such statements are puzzling for me. I have not seen meaningful improvements in the health status or experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples or a reduction in complaints of anti-Indigenous racism in the health-care system. In fact, the enduring impacts of colonialism in Canada have yet to be adequately addressed.
(2021-06-26). [Obituary] Ayman Abu Al-Ouf. thelancet.com Leading physician in the Gaza Strip. Born in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, on Aug 19, 1971, he was killed by an air raid on Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestinian territory, on May 16, 2021, aged 49 years.
(2021-06-26). [Obituary] Mouin Ahmad Al-Aloul. thelancet.com Psychiatrist with a special interest in addiction. Born in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestinian territory, on June 20, 1954, he was killed by an air raid on Gaza City on May 16, 2021, aged 66 years.
(2021-06-25). Our New Postracial Myth. zcomm.org Fighting racism—in academia, in media, in activism, in art, in education, or in public service—is more than a job for most of us. It's a calling to save nations from their national histories, to save human beings from human beings…
(2021-06-25). Canada genocide evidence piles up; over 600 more Indigenous children's bodies found. peoplesworld.org 
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found at least 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children—a discovery that follows last month's report of 215 bodies found at another school. The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated …
(2021-06-25). Pelosi names 'white supremacy' & 'anti-Semitism' as root causes of Capitol riot, announcing new Congress probe into 'insurrection'. rt.com 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will create a select committee to investigate the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, but claimed the unrest was driven by white supremacist hate and anti-Semitism well ahead of the inquiry. | Pelosi announced the new congressional committee on Thursday, saying the House-led investigation would look into the "root causes" of the incident, as well as what precautions could have been taken to better secure the halls of Congress. | "This morning, with great solemnity and sadness, I am announcing the House will be establishing a select committee on the January 6th insurrection," P…
(2021-06-25). Is America Back? Biden Abroad, and the "Specter of Fascism" at Home. counterpunch.org Joe Biden's first foreign trip as president has generally been labelled a success. He appeared alert. He delivered his scripted lines adequately. He handled press conferences without major gaffes. The U.S. press reported, very predictably, that foreign leaders expressed relief at the U.S. leadership change. Vladimir Putin did Biden an unexpected favor by telling Russian
(2021-06-25). Nine Points of Difference: A Response to Noam Chomsky on American Fascism. counterpunch.org It was nice to see the nation's leading left intellectual Noam Chomsky recently concede that the F-word, fascism, has at least some applicability — as in "neoliberal proto-fascism" — to the Trumpo-Republifascist Party. For more than four years, he's been part of a chorus of academics who have been resistant to the notion that the
(2021-06-25). Lack of Resolution Discourages International Donors From Aiding Gaza, ICRC President Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) Ksenia Shakalova – International donors are becoming more reluctant to allocate funds for humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip due to lack of progress in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer said.
(2021-06-25). After the nightmare of the Gaza massacre, what comes next? juancole.com The bombing was the worst I've experienced, but it can't contain the Palestinian uprising that is showing the world the true face of Israel[/pullquote] By Aya Al-Ghazzawi | — ( OpenDemocracy.net) — We were all so excited. Ramadan was coming to an end, and preparations for the Eid al-Fitr holiday were underway. As the eldest …
(2021-06-25). Seattle teachers union endorses BDS. zcomm.org "Educators and institutions from around the world have come forward, as part of a vibrant and growing international movement in opposition to Israeli colonization and apartheid. We call on others to join us."
(2021-06-25). Defending the Shame of Apartheid. counterpunch.org It was to be expected. Following the worldwide exposure of an active campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem's and Israel's murderous 11 day campaign raining death and destruction on the captive population of Gaza, the apologists for Israel went into full on damage control. Anyone who decried these
(2021-06-25). Anti-apartheid guerrilla fighter: 'We made the system ungovernable'. workers.org 
Philadelphia Mpho Masemola is Secretary General of the Ex-Political Prisoners Veterans Association of South Africa (EPPA) and was an underground guerrilla fighter as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress. He was a political prisoner, incarcerated along with Nelson Mandela at Pollsmoor . . . |
(2021-06-25). The Best Defense Against the Delta Variant Is to End Vaccine Apartheid. commondreams.org While this inequity persists, none of us will truly be safe.
(2021-06-25). Labour bans Israel sanctions debate. electronicintifada.net Official alleges that demand for weapons embargo could cause "anti-Semitic behavior."
(2021-06-25). Why does Israel ban Palestinian mothers from accompanying sick children from Gaza seeking treatment in the West Bank? juancole.com 
By Eman Abusidu | — ( Middle East Monitor) — The World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed out in its 2020 annual report that, "All patients and patient companions from the Gaza Strip must apply for Israeli permits to exit the Gaza Strip in order to access hospitals in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, and …
(2021-06-25). Texas Governor signs law to stop teachers from talking about racism. mronline.org Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed one of his party's top legislative priorities into law: a bill aimed at stopping teachers from talking about racism and any current events that may be contentious. | June 25, 2021…
(2021-06-25). Governor Signs Law To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism. popularresistance.org Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed one of his party's top legislative priorities into law: a bill aimed at stopping teachers from talking about racism and any current events that may be contentious. | The legislation, supported by virtually every GOP state legislator, states that social studies teachers in public K-12 schools "may not be compelled" to talk about current events or public policy or social issues considered controversial. If they do talk about such things, they are required to present the issue "without giving deference to any one perspective." | The law specifies all the things tha…
(2021-06-25). UN Slams new Israeli gov't of Bennett for new Squatter-Settlements in Palestine, a 'Flagrant Violation of Int'l Law'. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Thursday, Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, gave a long a disturbing oral report on the situation in Palestine-Israel. The office of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres produced a 12-page report, as well. Wennesland is a seasoned Norwegian diplomat, having served as ambassador to Egypt …
(2021-06-25). Why Washington is Fawning Over Israel's New Government. counterpunch.org When former US President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political opponent, the late US Senator, John McCain, he triggered a political controversy lasting several days. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," Obama said at a campaign event in 2008. The maxim indicates that superficial changes
(2021-06-25). Why Washington Is Fawning Over Israel's New Government. commondreams.org While the Americans and the Israelis are busy engaging in the ever-familiar ritual of 'putting lipstick on a pig,' the Palestinians remain irrelevant in all of this, as their political aspirations continue to be discounted, and their freedom delayed.
(2021-06-25). Israel's "Killer Vaccine": 50% of Those Fully Vaccinated (2 Jabs) Have Tested Covid Positive. globalresearch.ca The Israeli government has now confirmed that 50% of those fully vaccinated (2 shots) in the course of the last month have tested Covid positive. What this suggests is that Pfizer's mRNA vaccine is not only conducive to deaths and …
(2021-06-25). 600,000 deaths later, time for a "Negligent Genocide" inquest? indybay.org After 600,000+ U.S, deaths–that number is more than 200 times(!) more than those killed from the 9-11 attacks; and the hundreds of thousands(collateral damage?) who died needlessly from the Covid 19 pandemic, according to most objective health experts–one would think that there would be thunderous clamor for a full-throttle Congressional investigation? Apparently, that would only happen in an alternative Universe different than the current existing one in Washington DC.
(2021-06-25). Indian farmers' protest completes 200 days. popularresistance.org It has been a tumultuous ride, says Dharmendra Malik, the media in-charge of Bhartiya Kisan Union. "First, they derided us as the misguided rural folk. Then we were labelled as hooligans and even terrorists! Then came the accusation of some international conspiracy. There was also an attempt to blame the second COVID wave on us. Ironically, trolls on Twitter give lessons on patriotism to farmers. We spend 10 hours on the farm every day, toiling to put food on everyone's plates. Yet for some, we are anything but humans with legitimate demands and a right to protest."
(2021-06-25). Wednesday 7/7: Oakland: Deadline for Democracy Rally to Demand Voting Rights Now! indybay.org Oscar Grant / Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94705 | Follow all and any current COVID guidelines…
(2021-06-25). Tuesday 6/29: Sacramento: Deadline for Democracy Rally for Voting Rights Now! indybay.org Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse on front steps, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 | Follow any and all COVID guidelines. This is a peaceful event.
(2021-06-25). 70+ House Dems Call On Biden to Acknowledge Israeli Settlements Are Illegal. commondreams.org "We believe the first step for the United States must be to urgently restore American policy positions conducive to the prospects for peace."
(2021-06-25). Saturday 6/26: Solidarity with Palestine weekly protest. indybay.org Corner of Ocean Street and Water Street; Santa Cruz…
(2021-06-25). Saturday 6/26: Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. indybay.org Santana Row | Stevens Creek & Winchester…
(2021-06-25). Sunday 6/27: #Demilitarize: Los Angeles to Palestine (Divest from Weapons Manufacturing). indybay.org Boeing | 1916 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA | (On the corner of PCH & Imperial Hwy)…
(2021-06-25). Chicago rallies for community control, 'first step in abolishing police terror'. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—"There is no longer any toleration of the genocidal policy of police departments of this city and country," declared Frank Chapman, Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression at a rally here June 23. "We've reached a turning point!" Powerful proof of that turning point was demonstrated as a succession of …
(2021-06-25). Trumka: High Court ruling threatens farm workers' right to organize. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling—on party lines—threatening farm workers' right to organize in Californian fields, is bad for the workers, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. But it could have been worse, he adds. That's because what the right-wingers who joined the case at the High Court really wanted was to get the justices to …
(2021-06-25). The Dreams of the Liberator Simón Bolívar After Carabobo. orinocotribune.com 
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein — Jun 24, 2021 | This June 24, Venezuela commemorates the bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo in which, under the leadership of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, the patriots defeated the royalist army under the command of Spanish general Miguel de La Torre, thus sealing the independence of Venezuela. Already before the consummation of victory, Bolívar had reflected on how to continue the war outside of Venezuelan territory. He was fully convinced that as long as a single Spanish soldier remained in America, there would be no peace or stability for the new republics. | In order…
(2021-06-25). SCOTUS ruling: Bigotry behind the fig leaf of religion. workers.org 
The June 17 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, in Fulton v. Philadelphia, represents a bigoted attack on the rights of LGBTQ2S+ people. Outside Supreme Court, Oct. 8, 2019, demanding legal protection from anti-LGBTQ2S+ discrimination. In Philadelphia, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal; the . . . |
(2021-06-25). Biden Administration Mulling Overturn Decision To Recognize Golan Heights As Israeli Territory. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Biden Administration is mulling whether to retract the recognition of occupied Golan Heights as part of Israeli territory. | The Washington Free Beacon The State Department of…
(2021-06-25). U.S. Supreme Court Rules Child Slavery Is Fine As Long As Its Not On U.S. Soil. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 24th, a US Supreme Court ruled in favor of corporate giants Nestlé USA and Cargill, which were sued more than a decade ago by six men who say the two companies were complicit in child trafficking and profited when the men were enslaved on cocoa farms as children. | The Supreme Court ruled 8-1
(2021-06-25). Arizona dispuesta a usar gas utilizado por nazis en las ejecuciones. workers.org 
En Estados Unidos, donde el apoyo a las ejecuciones patrocinadas por el estado ha ido disminuyendo durante la última década, donde se condena a muerte a menos personas y donde se llevan a cabo menos ejecuciones, parece extremo que los estados utilicen ahora pelotones de fusilamiento o ahorcamientos o electrocuciones . . . |
(2021-06-25). A Crime on the Bayou: Taking a principled stand during the civil rights era. wsws.org The movie concerns a young black fisherman from Louisiana, Gary Duncan, falsely charged with assault, whose case went to the US Supreme Court. He was defended by Richard Sobol, a white civil rights attorney from New York.
(2021-06-25). Nonviolent Protest Over Voting Rights Ends With Arrests In DC. popularresistance.org Activists with the national Poor People's Campaign were arrested Wednesday after blocking a street in front of the Hart Senate building in Washington, D.C. to demand passage of the For the People Act, a popular voting rights expansion bill that Republicans successfully filibustered just 24 hours earlier. | After rallying in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, hundreds of low-wage workers, faith leaders, and advocates—including residents of West Virginia, Kentucky, and several other states—marched to the nearby Senate building to demand meetings with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Republican Mino…
(2021-06-25). Supreme Court limits California Union Recruiting In Favor Of Property Rights. popularresistance.org In a blow to labor, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a decades-old California rule inspired by César Chávez that allowed union organizers to meet with farmworkers at their place of work. Commercial growers applauded the conservative court's ruling to uphold property rights while union representatives vowed not to be deterred. | Two agricultural producers filed suit after organizers with the United Farm Workers sought to access their property to speak with farmworkers. The plaintiffs in Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid, Cedar Point Nursery and Fowler Packing Company, argued the California regulation requiring them t…
(2021-06-25). Humboldt University student parliament commemorates victims of the Nazi war of annihilation. wsws.org The student parliament (StuPa) at Berlin's Humboldt University has issued a statement to commemorate the German invasion of the Soviet Union 80 years ago and the fight against militarism and fascism.
(2021-06-25). The world says no to the blockade of Cuba. mronline.org In today's historic UN General Assembly vote, 184 supported ending the U.S. blockade of Cuba and only the United States and Israel voted against | June 25, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-25). First Nations people find 751 unmarked graves at residential school and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the discovery of graves at a former residential school in Canada, the custodial killing of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, and more…
(2021-06-25). US Government Seizes the Websites of PressTV, Pro-Palestinian Media Outlets and More. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-25). Political activist Nizar Banat dies after night raid by Palestinian forces. peoplesdispatch.org Following news of Banat's death, thousands of Palestinians took part in demonstrations in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. His family has accused PA security forces of beating him to death while he was in their custody and withholding his body several hours after his death…
(2021-06-25). Carabobo is Today. orinocotribune.com By Fransay Riera — Jun 24, 2021 | Saying "Carabobo is today" is not rhetorical. The revitalization of symbols and of patriotic pride that began with the arrival of Hugo Chávez to power, in addition to its merits for the symbolic struggle, recognizes the validity and proposes the continuity of the campaign for the freedom of this continent, historically truncated by the petty interests of the empires and their Creole lackeys. | In that sense, dusting off the history of Venezuela, in addition to being a necessary exercise for reinforcing our collective memory, undoubtedly assures our unity. It makes it clear t…
(2021-06-25). Chicago: Reactionaries attempt to block community control of police measures. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On June 23, over 150 people from the movement to stop police crimes and end police impunity rallied outside of Chicago City Hall before the city council meeting. "This should have been a meeting where ECPS would be voted on, where we are turning the people's ordinance into the law of this city," Kobi Guillory, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) explained, "but what happened on Friday is that certain alderpersons, acting at the behest of the mayor of this city, blocked our substitute ordinance from being put in, which stopped it from being voted on."
(2021-06-25). Milwaukee: Lindbergh Park renamed Lucille Berrien Park. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! News is circulating the following statement from the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression after their victory on June 24 in their campaign to rename Lindbergh Park. | On the afternoon of June 24th, the Milwaukee County Board voted unanimously in favor of changing Lindbergh Park to Lucille Berrien Park. | Renaming the park to Lucille Berrien Park was a grassroots demand that residents of the surrounding area communicated with the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR). From the beginning of the campaign, we received significant support from County Boar…
(2021-06-25). What Really Happened On Juneteenth. popularresistance.org If you saw my column about Juneteenth posted here over the last few days, or a previous version on the website of Be'chol Lashon several years ago, or a video version currently presented by Be'chol Lashon, you would know I had bittersweet feelings about the history of the day. | I no longer do. I am outraged by it. | My change in emotion comes after learning from historian friends that the oft-repeated tale of Union soldiers arriving in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865 to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free is pure fiction. Not because they weren't legally freed 2- Ω months earlier when…
(2021-06-25). Muestra de lo toxico anticubano. globalizacion.ca Es indignante y triste cuando compatriotas se dedican, se muestran, y se venden, por decir lo menos, a los EEUU, para hablar de su país natal, de su patria que los vio nacer, solo por ansias de poder, por dinero…