June 2021 Archives

Monthly Archives: June 2021

2021-06-20: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-20). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Why discussing racism with children matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are always watching and learning behaviors from those around them, and parents are usually a child's first role model. But when it comes to discussing racism with children, parents and caregivers may wonder how to begin the conversation about race and bias, and what is age-appropriate to discuss with their children. The American Academy …

_____ (2021-06-20). Who Is a 'Terrorist' in Biden's America? strategic-culture.org By Whitney WEBB | Far from being a war against "white supremacy," the Biden administration's new "domestic terror" strategy clearly targets primarily those who oppose US government overreach and those who oppose capitalism and/or globalization. | In the latest sign that the US government's War on Domestic Terror is growing in scope and scale, the White House on Tuesday revealed the nation's first ever

Naomi LaChance (2021-06-20). How Pro-Palestine Activists and Union Workers are Blocking Israeli Trade in Port Cities. counterpunch.org Hundreds of activists and union workers successfully prevented a container ship owned by an Israeli company from docking and unloading its cargo in Oakland, California, earlier this month in protest of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Then on June 9, people in Vancouver, Canada, gathered to stop the same ship. These and other "Block the […] | To read this article, In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to…

Donald Monaco (2021-06-20). U.S. Criminality in Occupied Palestine. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at

Anonymous669 (2021-06-20). US Marines To Develop New System Armed With Israeli-Made Loitering Munitions. southfront.org Screen grab from a promotional video by Uvision showing a canister-launch system for the Hero munition based on the US JLTV vehicle. | On June 17, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) awarded Mistral, Inc. a contract to design, build and test the Organic Precision Fires — Mounted (OPF-M) system. | Mistral teamed with Israel's UVision LTD to deliver the USMC with advanced loitering munition capabilities based on last's Hero 120 system. | UVision's Hero family of loitering systems includes Hero-30, Hero-70, Hero-120, He…

Ben Debney (2021-06-20). Capitalism Can't Innovate on Ideas. counterpunch.org Innovation is said to be the mainstay of capitalist ideology, one of the supreme virtues of a system built to reward individual initiative. The genius of capitalism, according to Bill Gates, rests in 'its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest.' Potential for big financial returns on innovation, he adds, 'unleashes a broad set […] | To read this article, In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set t…

Liberation Staff Seattle (2021-06-20). Seattle PD crackdown can't stop #blocktheboat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. zcomm.org As part of the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel, the Block the Boat movement has emerged to engage in peaceful direct action to stop the unloading of Israeli ships and cargo…

Benjamin Barber (2021-06-20). Black Voters Matter Holds Freedom Ride Across the South. zcomm.org The Freedom Ride for Voting Rights will kick off with a Juneteenth celebration in Jackson, Mississippi, and make stops in seven states, concluding with a June 26 rally in Washington, DC.

Thomas Meyer (2021-06-20). Alternatives to capitalism: Buen Vivir. indybay.org Capitalism is seen primarily as a system of institutional and racist oppression, and it implies a way of life that sees nature only as a raw material to be exploited. The claim is thus to break with the capitalist mode of production and life in order to create "other forms of life that are not determined by capital accumulation" (ibid., 37). The aim is a "return to use values" (ibid., 39).

Haidar Eid (2021-06-20). Video: Why Israel is an apartheid state. greenleft.org.au Haidar Eid, Jeff Halper, Noura Mansour and Arie Huybregts discuss why Israel is an apartheid state.

G. Dunkel (2021-06-19). 140 protests against racism, cops, far right sweep France. workers.org Marches and rallies against racism, the far right and police violence took place in over 140 communities in France June 12. These "Marches for Liberty" were scheduled to be held a few weeks before regional elections, where the far-right National Rally (RN/Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen's party) will try to . . . |

Liberation Staff (2021-06-19). Honor the history of Juneteenth by continuing the fight for Black liberation! liberationnews.org Juneteenth has long been a day of celebration and remembrance of the centuries-long struggle of African Americans to win freedom from bondage, as well as the ongoing struggle today to end racism and win full liberation. Because of the historic uprising last summer and renewed wave of struggle for Black liberation, the government has now …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-19). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Why discussing racism with children matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are always watching and learning behaviors from those around them, and parents are usually a child's first role model. But when it comes to discussing racism with children, parents and caregivers may wonder how to begin the conversation about race and bias, and what is age-appropriate to discuss with their children. The American Academy …

Robert Mackey (2021-06-19). European Soccer Stars Refuse to Yield to Racist Fans. zcomm.org Young athletes who represent increasingly multiracial European nations insist on taking a knee to protest racism…

Staff (2021-06-19). Black Womanist Theology Offers Hope in the Face of White Supremacy. truthout.org The language of "American racial reckoning" has been frequently cited since the tragic murder of George Floyd and the raising of American consciousness regarding its history of systemic racism. The ongoing murders of Black people by the police, and the profound ways in which Black people must continue to struggle against forms of anti-Black inequity across various political, social and economic indices, prove that there needs to be a robust reckoning. And yet, these realities perpetuate forms of anti-B…

Martha Grevatt (2021-06-19). Ballot initiative advances to hold police accountable. workers.org On June 16, Citizens for a Safer Cleveland announced success in collecting 15,000+ petition signatures for a ballot initiative addressing the major public safety issue of racist police brutality. If the signatures are approved, voters can decide in November to hold police accountable through a commission that includes community activists . . . |

Answer Coalition (2021-06-19). Seattle Block the Boat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. answercoalition.org &nbsp…

Juan Cole (2021-06-19). Iran's Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Polling suggests that Ebrahim Raisi will likely win Iran's presidential election. So who is he? An official Iranian point of view on Raisi goes this way: He was born in 1960 into a family of clerics claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad in the Nowghan district of Mashhad, the largest …

The Lancet (2021-06-19). [Editorial] Protecting refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com This World Refugee Day, June 20, coincides with 70 years of the 1951 Refugee Convention, a multilateral treaty that shaped the standards that provide the bedrock of international protection for refugees against discrimination and violation of their human rights. The COVID-19 pandemic has weighed heavily on the 26 ∑3 million refugees worldwide today. International guidelines and national programmes to curb transmission have not always considered the needs of refugees living in densely populated shelters without water and sanitation facilities.

Fight Back (2021-06-19). Freedom Road Socialist Organization to hold online meeting for general members. fightbacknews.org There has never been a better time to join and learn about revolutionary organization than now. On June 24 at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) will hold an online meeting through Zoom to welcome the growing number of general members who have chosen to join FRSO over the past year. | During the meeting, leading comrades will explain the principles and ideas behind FRSO, and provide an overview of the exciting work being done on the ground by comrades all over the United States. From the George Floyd Rebellion of last summer to the strong display of solidarity for Palestine this year…

Marjorie Cohn (2021-06-19). Affordable Care Act Survives Right-Wing Attack in Supreme Court. zcomm.org In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court rejected a right-wing challenge to the Affordable Care Act in California v. Texas, preserving health insurance for 21 million people…

Phyllis Bennis (2021-06-19). The Real Danger of Israel's New Government. juancole.com By Phyllis Bennis | — ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — The new Israeli government takes office already largely paralyzed. With eight diverse parties, they agree only on two things. One, they want to get rid of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Check — that's done. Two, given the unlikeliness of reaching agreement on any major …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-19). On Trumpism and Netanyahu-ism. zcomm.org How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-06-19). Global War on Humanity: America's Unceasing Pursuit of Hegemony. globalresearch.ca Essentially what we're looking at is a broader historical perspective on how the US de facto supported Nazi Germany with a view to destroying the Soviet Union as well as weakening the British Empire and competing empires including of course France, Belgium, Holland, etc. And those countries today are no longer colonial powers.

The Conversation (2021-06-19). As new Israeli Gov't Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge— and will Stay There. juancole.com By Tony Walker | — ( The Conversation) — The Israel-Palestine conflict has experienced its first violent spasm in the term of a new Israeli government. However, hostilities have since been contained, for the time being. Provocative demonstrations this week in Arab East Jerusalem involving Israeli proto-nationalists chanting "death to Arabs" were met with a …

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-19). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag……

Angela (2021-06-19). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

Staff (2021-06-19). 19 June, Manchester: Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net Saturday, 19 June 12 pm Piccadilly Gardens Manchester, England Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1015380345870452… Join us on the streets of Manchester in solidarity with Palestine, to demand the release of prisoners locked up by Israel and to build the boycott! Responding to the Samidoun call for action, we stand with the six hunger strikers and for the release of all political prisoners. As imperialism continues to back the Zionist state, we also demand the release of Issam Hijjawi, imprisoned by the British state and Georges Abdallah, locked up for four decades in a French jail. Victory to the Palestin…

Staff (2021-06-19). 19 June, NYC: Palestine Contingent on Juneteenth: You Can't Stand for Palestinian Liberation without Standing for Black Liberation. samidoun.net Saturday, 19 June 12 pm Frederick Douglass Square, Brooklyn, NY (Formerly Nostrand & Jefferson) Info: www.instagram.com/p/CQM1rMngxWD/ Stand with the December 12 Movement and Sistas' Place You cannot stand for Palestinian liberation without standing for Black Liberation. If you've been showing up for protests for Palestine, you should also be showing up for Black liberation. This Saturday on June 19th we will join the December 12th movement at Frederick Douglass Square in Brooklyn to commemorate Juneteenth. Join us as we wave the New Afrikan flag and show solidarity with our Black Comrades fighting for li…

Staff (2021-06-19). 19 June, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Free Georges Abdallah! samidoun.net Saturday, June 19, 2021 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Metro Capitole Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/226569835718031 As part of the international week of action for the liberation of Georges Abdallah , Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Capitole metro station in Toulouse, France on Saturday June 19 from 4 pm to 6 pm. Lebanese communist and Palestinian resistance fighter, Georges Abdallah has been imprisoned in France since 1984 and eligible for release since 1999. He has become the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. To support him is to support the…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Celebrating Pride Month: Honoring the movement to end discrimination against LGBTQ people amid record-breaking year for anti-trans laws. mronline.org June is Pride Month—a time set aside to honor the Stonewall uprising, which launched the movement to end discriminatory laws against LGBTQ people—and to remember the many important cultural and legislative victories since that pivotal summer in 1969. | June 19, 2021…

Staff (2021-06-19). 19 June, Berlin: Grup Yorum concert and demonstration for freedom. samidoun.net Saturday, 19 June 4: 00 pm Oranienplatz Berlin, Germany Resistance and revolutionary arts festival in the fight against fascism and Zionism — Berlin Samidoun invites you to take part in this popular, artistic festival with the revolutionary band "Grup Yorum" from Turkey. Members of this band have given their lives in hunger strikes for freedom and in solidarity with political prisoners in Turkey. Together, we celebrate revolutionary solidarity and common struggle against colonialism and fascism! We support Grup Yorum, who will present a number of their song about the Intifada and Palestinian resistance. Many…

Michael F. Brown (2021-06-19). Democrats giddy at rise of Bennett and Lapid. electronicintifada.net DMFI busy promoting new Israeli government.

Angela (2021-06-19). Friday 6/18: A Black Lens on Palestinian Liberation. indybay.org Online…

_____ (2021-06-19). Myths & Facts about genocide: What's happening in Xinjiang, China. popularresistance.org The Biden Administration has chosen to echo the same propaganda claims against China that were made by Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Both the Trump & Biden administration are charging the Chinese government with the crime of genocide against a minority people, the Uighurs, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region in western China. This campaign coincides with an economic war with China, which includes tariffs and sanctions. It also comes as the Pentagon has announced a new military doctrine which prioritizes and prepares the United States with a war on China.

_____ (2021-06-19). Myths And Facts About Genocide. popularresistance.org The Biden Administration has chosen to echo the same propaganda claims against China that were made by Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Both the Trump and Biden administrations are charging the Chinese government with the crime of genocide against a minority people, the Uighurs, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region in western China. This campaign coincides with an economic war with China, which includes tariffs and sanctions. It also comes as the Pentagon has announced a new military doctrine which prioritizes and prepares the United States with a war on China. | What are the facts? Is China actually carrying out…

Jean-Marie Chauvier (2021-06-19). Nazi Germany Invaded the Soviet Union: 80 years since Operation Barbarossa… globalresearch.ca This article by Jean-Marie Chauvier was first published on June 22, 2016 On 22nd June, 2021 it will have been 80 years since the commencement of Operation Barbarossa, the Hitlerian invasion of the Soviet Union, the war of extermination, …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-19). UN shows green light to Zionists for crimes against children. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) — Expressing disgust for not designating Zionist regime in UN's blacklist, Hamas movement in a statement announced that UN shows green light to Israel to commit crimes against Palestinian children.

WSWS (2021-06-19). Kurdish HDP member brutally murdered in far-right attack on party offices in Turkey. wsws.org Deniz Poyraz was killed by fascist assailant Onur Gencer in an armed attack on the Izmir regional offices of the Kurdish nationalist Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

WSWS (2021-06-19). US Capitol Police hired fascistic military contractor to train emergency response unit. wsws.org Testifying before the House Administration Committee, Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton revealed that Northern Red, a private military contractor used for years by multiple government agencies, features neo-Nazi iconography on its website, uniforms and social media accounts.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-19). NATO nations, Israel conclude groundbreaking F-35 war games said to target Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO nations, Israel conclude groundbreaking F-35 war games said to target IranRick Rozoff The nine-day Falcon Strike 21 air combat exercises in Italy ended on June 17. The website of NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Command Europe reported that 600 personnel and F-35 fifth-generation combat aircraft from Britain, Israel, Italy and the U.S. participated in "complex …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-19). United States celebrates Juneteenth. peoplesdispatch.org June 19th or Juneteenth is celebrated across the United States commemorating the end of slavery. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement by General Gordon Granger in 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas. Today, many remind that while there is much to celebrate, there are many struggles to be fought to end white supremacy and for the full liberation of Black people.

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2021-06-19: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-19). On Trumpism and Netanyahu-ism. zcomm.org How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel…

Angela (2021-06-19). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

Angela (2021-06-19). Friday 6/18: A Black Lens on Palestinian Liberation. indybay.org Online…

Tony McKenna (2021-06-18). Amazon's "The Boys:" The Superhero as Cypher for the Times. counterpunch.org Our superheroes have always reflected the spirit of the times. Superman first appeared in the 1930s, its creators were the children of Jewish immigrants, and by the time of the Second World War, the Caped-Kryptonian was an avid anti-fascist, battling Nazi sympathisers and even going as far as to throttle Adolf Hitler himself. In the 1960s, the

Paul Street (2021-06-18). That Little Power Elite Moment is Already Over. counterpunch.org Concerns over the white-supremacist neofascism of the Republican Party were overblown, a "Marxist" told me last January, because Trump had never won the allegiance of all but a small fraction of the nation's corporate and financial ruling class. Had I not read the latest Noam Chomsky interview, the "Marxist" said, in which Chomsky expressed what

Jim McMahan (2021-06-18). Solidarity with Palestine at Port of Seattle. workers.org Seattle In response to the U.S.-backed Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ongoing dispossession of people in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and across Palestine, Palestian unions have called for global labor solidarity to disrupt apartheid Israel's trade. Global uproar against the Israeli regime's war, occupation and acts of terror and . . . |

Gerald Meyer (2021-06-18). Separate but unequal: Israel, Palestine, and the reality of apartheid. peoplesworld.org The facts are undeniable. In response to Israel's brutal treatment of Palestinians fighting to prevent evictions from their homes in East Jerusalem, Hamas, a spin-off from the Muslim Brotherhood, began firing short-range missiles manufactured from scrap metal into Israel. Within a few days, powerful American-made missile launchers, guided by the most sophisticated technology, began bombarding …

Jim McMahan (2021-06-18). Solidarity with Palestine at Port of Seattle. workers.org Seattle In response to the U.S.-backed Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ongoing dispossession of people in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and across Palestine, Palestinian unions have called for global labor solidarity to disrupt apartheid Israel's trade. Global uproar against the Israeli regime's war, occupation and acts of terror and . . . |

Liberation Staff Seattle (2021-06-18). Seattle PD crackdown can't stop #blocktheboat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. liberationnews.org As part of the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel, the Block the Boat movement has emerged to engage in peaceful direct action to stop the unloading of Israeli ships and cargo.

Liberation Staff (2021-06-18). Honor the history of Juneteenth by continuing the fight for Black liberation! liberationnews.org Juneteenth has long been a day of celebration and remembrance of the centuries-long struggle of African Americans to win freedom from bondage, as well as the ongoing struggle today to end racism and win full liberation. Because of the historic uprising last summer and renewed wave of struggle for Black liberation, the government has now …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Why discussing racism with children matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are always watching and learning behaviors from those around them, and parents are usually a child's first role model. But when it comes to discussing racism with children, parents and caregivers may wonder how to begin the conversation about race and bias, and what is age-appropriate to discuss with their children. The American Academy …

Frauke Banse, Friederike Habermann & Jai Sen (2021-06-18). Our World is Not For Sale! indybay.org People's Global Action (PGA) was organized in a decentralized way by movements from all parts of the world. But we had no staff and no fixed funding. Everything was through crowdfunding. People were inspired by what PGA stood for, which was, first, the rejection of capitalism. Later, at the second conference in India in 1999, the rejection of all kinds of domination was added, including sexism, racism, and so on.

_____ (2021-06-18). Scheer Intelligence: The Second American Revolution. popularresistance.org Revolutions are traditionally marked by the year they began ‚Äï 1776, 1789, 1917, 1949 ‚Äï which elides the truth that it takes decades, sometimes centuries, for a radical break from the past to complete its tumultuous slow-fast processing through the sociopolitical fabric, with each challenge to the previous status quo just as likely to be rebuked as celebrated, undermined as enacted, co-opted as integrated. In this light, it may be more accurate to describe periodic progessive outbursts since the 1960s, from the Nuclear Freeze movement to Occupy to Black Lives Matter, as well as…

Eric Toussaint (2021-06-18). To Address Inequality and Global Poverty, We Must Cancel Debt. zcomm.org In the present day, the socialist project must be feminist, ecologist, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, internationalist and self-governing…

Global Research News (2021-06-18). Selected Articles: The Campaign Against Ivermectin: WHO's Chief Scientist Served with Legal Notice for Disinformation and Suppression of Evidence. globalresearch.ca By War against the Soviet Union was what Hitler had wanted from the beginning. He had already made this very …

Anonymous669 (2021-06-18). Israeli Explosive Device Injured Two Syrian Soldiers In Al-Quneitra. southfront.org File image. | On June 18, an explosive device blast injured two Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers in al-Quneitra near the separation line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. | The device was planted inside an observation post of the SAA located near the remains of al-Quneitra's old hospital, which was destroyed by the Israeli military during the war of 1973. When the soldiers entered…

Staff (2021-06-18). To End Racial Capitalism, We Will Need to Take On the Institution of Policing. truthout.org The words "I can't breathe" were not only uttered by Eric Garner and George Floyd as they were murdered by police. They were also uttered by Policing in the United States is a force of racist violence that is entangled at the core of the capitalist sy…

Staff (2021-06-18). Affordable Care Act Survives Right-Wing Attack in Supreme Court. truthout.org In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court rejected a right-wing challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in The 7-2 opinion, written by Stephen Breyer, held that the plaintiffs did not have standing to contest the constitutionality of the ACA. Thus, since they could not demonstrate that they had been h…

_____ (2021-06-18). 'Dangerous Precedent': US High Court Sides With Corporate Giants Nestle and Cargill in Child Slavery Case. popularresistance.org Human rights advocates Thursday denounced a Supreme Court decision in favor of the U.S. 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.

Amanda Mills (2021-06-18). Supreme court sides with giant corporations Nestle and Cargill saying they cannot be sued in child-labor case. nationofchange.org "We're celebrating 'the end of slavery' but American companies are still profiting off of slave labor."

WSWS (2021-06-18). South Carolina Supreme Court delays executions as state forms a firing squad. wsws.org The court has delayed two upcoming executions so the inmates can "choose" between the electric chair or a firing squad.

Editor2 (2021-06-18). Say This, Don't Say That: Time to Confront the Misleading Language on Palestine, Israel. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — June 15, 2021 | On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, "I have reflected & wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing 'genocide'," Ruffalo wrote, adding, "It's not accurate, it's inflammatory, disrespectful & is being used to justify antisemitism here & abroad. Now is the time to avoid hyperbole." | But were Ruffalo's earlier assessments, indeed, "not accurate, inflam…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-18). On Trumpism and Netanyahu-ism: How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel. counterpunch.org Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone in their politics, Netanyahu's political style was essentially American from the start. Netanyahu spent many of his formative years in the United States. He lived in Philadelphia as a

Phyllis Bennis (2021-06-18). The Real Danger of Israel's New Government. zcomm.org Some in Washington may be so glad to be rid of Netanyahu that they'll welcome his even more hardline successor…

Waging Nonviolence (2021-06-18). 5 ways to push antisemites and the Alt-Right out of the Palestinian solidarity movement. juancole.com By Shane Burley | — With support for Palestinian freedom hitting a new level, intentional strategies are needed to stop white nationalists looking to hijack the movement. ( Waging Nonviolence ) — As Israel resumes its bombing of Gaza, and settlers attack Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line — the boundary between what …

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-18). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag……

B. Nimri Aziz (2021-06-18). Smashed Houses, Crushed Orchards: a Trail of Unrestrained Malice. counterpunch.org Residents of Sheikh Jarrah's resistance to eviction by Israeli Jews evolved into a military confrontation so lopsided, the Israeli bombardments against Gaza so terrifying, it drew widespread condemnation (the US government excepted). The Palestinian dead, injured and homeless are still being tabulated, while eviction processes of Sheikh Jarrah's Arab inhabitants continue, even as we learn

Rob Urie (2021-06-18). How the Federal Government Crushed Racist Organizing. counterpunch.org According to data collected by the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center), white racist organizing in the U.S. saw a continued decline in 2020 from its peak in 2008, in the pit of the Great Recession. While unemployment skyrocketed due to pandemic shutdowns, the Federal response through the CARES Act prevented anything like the scale and

Angela (2021-06-18). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

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2021-06-18: News Headlines

Charles Enderlin (2021-06-18). Israel-Palestine: a New Chapter Begins. counterpunch.org I have the impression of being in the film Back to the Future, and to relive all the battles lost by the Palestinians and their allies amongst the anti-annexationist Israeli Left. Consider, for example, the colonisation of the Sheikh Jarrah quarter in East Jerusalem, back in the news. I filmed the arrival of the first

Angela (2021-06-18). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2021-06-18). On Israel's Colonial Occupation of Palestine. zcomm.org The Final Solution Without End…

Phyllis Bennis (2021-06-18). The Real Danger of Israel's New Government. zcomm.org Some in Washington may be so glad to be rid of Netanyahu that they'll welcome his even more hardline successor…

Zarefah Baroud (2021-06-18). Dear PETA, Israel's Animal Rights Record is Anything but Praiseworthy. counterpunch.org Last Wednesday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) praised Israel for being the first country to ban the sale of animal furs. Laws like these are obviously worthy of praise, however, in the case of Israel, any praise, especially regarding its ethics towards animals, is completely misled. Throughout Israel's short history, they have

_____ (2021-06-18). What does the Museum of Modern Art have to do with Palestinian oppression? popularresistance.org The movement, which began in early April, is non-hierarchical and comprises a fluctuating network of working groups and other social justice organizations. While it seeks solidarity with the museum's employees, the movement is not composed of or affiliated with members of MoMA's staff — though at least one artist affiliated with the museum has canceled a program to support the strike.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-18). Azerbaijan: NATO's outpost on the Caspian Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan: NATO's outpost on the Caspian SeaRick Rozoff On June 17 the defense minister of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, recently a "hero" of the Great Patriotic War against what is — or was — little more than a settlement, Nagorno-Karabakh, met with Raimonds Bergmanis, a member of the Latvian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-18). Lebanese trade unions observe day-long strike against worsening conditions for workers. peoplesdispatch.org The strike was called by the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers (CGTL), an umbrella body of trade unions in the country, and supported by some major political parties including the Free Patriotic Movement, Future Movement, and Amal…

Editor2 (2021-06-18). Stalin and the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War. orinocotribune.com By Amr Abozeid — Jun 1, 2021 | At the outset of the German invasion of the Soviet Union Britain's chief of the Imperial General Staff declared that the Wehrmacht would cut through the Soviet forces "like a warm knife through butter."

Angela (2021-06-18). Friday 6/18: A Black Lens on Palestinian Liberation. indybay.org Online…

SCLC of Southern California (2021-06-18). Saturday 6/19: Remember, Renew, Restore: Voter Rights Actions & Remember Freedom Summer Murders (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual commemoration and online voting rights training…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-18). Palestinians stage extensive demos at Al-Aqsa Mosque. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Violent clashes broke out between Palestinians and Zionist regime forces following the large-scale demonstrations of Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-18). Zionist forces raid West Bank, detain dozens of Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — Zionist regime's forces launched a large-scale attack in various parts of the West Bank and detained scores of Palestinians in the occupied lands and territories.

Shane Quinn (2021-06-18). Nazi Germany Set to Invade Russia, Analysing Hitler's Access to Oil Sources. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @

Elie Mystal (2021-06-18). Republicans Tried to Kill the ACA—Instead It Got Stronger. thenation.com Republicans Tried to Kill the ACA—Instead It Got Stronger…

Elie Mystal (2021-06-18). Republicans Tried to Kill the ACA—but It Got Stronger. thenation.com Republicans Tried to Kill the ACA—but It Got Stronger…

Stephen Zunes (2021-06-17). Have 'Human Shields' Accusations Become an Excuse for War Crimes? progressive.org There is a growing realization that U.S. support for Israel is hampering U.S. diplomacy.

_____ (2021-06-17). Israel on the Defensive: Congressmen Demonstrate Their True Allegiance. strategic-culture.org Ilhan Omar was right on all points, but still she had to surrender to the force majeure of Israel and its host of allies in the U.S. Congress. | It is interesting to observe that the many atrocities carried out by Israel and its surrogates in Lebanon and Palestine through the years, which have killed thousands of civilians, have not aroused the ire that is being witnessed as a result of the recent attack on Gaza, which killed less than 300. That many of the dead were children and infrastructure in the already devastated Strip was deliberately targeted explains part of the anger, but there is something more fundam…

Special to People's World (2021-06-17). Webinar event: Struggles on the Ground Against White Supremacy. peoplesworld.org Grassroots Organizing: The New Poor People's Campaign and Showing Up for Racial Justice A webinar organized by the Online University of the Left (OUL) and People's World Wednesday, June 30, 2021 7: 30-8: 30 pm EST Register here. Progressives everywhere are concerned about the spread of white supremacy and neo-fascist movements linked emotionally to former president Donald …

Jenny Farrell (2021-06-17). Irish writer Colum McCann's novel 'Apeirogon' addresses Israeli/Palestinian dilemma. peoplesworld.org &nbsp…

Ted Kelly (2021-06-17). Palestinian youth defiant despite retaliation, mass arrests. workers.org Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested in retaliation for the May 2021 uprising across Palestine, including prominent twin activists Muna and Muhammed al-Kurd. Now 23, they have have documented Zionist aggression in Palestine since childhood. The two activists again showed the world the true face of the occupation with their . . . |

John Wojcik (2021-06-17). Republicans lose again: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, 7 to 2. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge by red states to Obamacare, preserving health insurance coverage for many millions of Americans. Barely able to control his delight, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain immediately tweeted: "It's still a Big F—ing Deal," referencing then-Vice President Biden's 2009 remarks when the Affordable Care Act was first …

Staff (2021-06-17). Supreme Court Backs Catholic Foster Care Agency in LGBTQ Discrimination Case. truthout.org This morning the Supreme Court While it's crucial to consider the implications of this case — Fulton v. City of Philadelphia — for non-discrimination ru…

Workers World Party (2021-06-17). PDF of June 17 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Two faces of imperialism G7/NATO: Diplomacy among thieves Venezuela, Cabo Verde, the case of Alex Saab Also: Reparations victory Harvard workers battle layoffs Colonial legacy: anti-LGBTQ+ laws Palestine & solidarity LUMA protest Editorial: ‚ÄÇCuts punish jobless GLOBAL: India, Greece, Honduras, France, 'African Lion,' Peru. Tear down the walls: . . . |

Staff (2021-06-17). Al-Buraq Revolution: Legacy, Continuing Struggle and the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement. samidoun.net The following is a slightly updated version of the article originally published on 17 June 2017 by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The living legacy of Fouad Hijazi, Atta al-Zeer, Mohammed Jamjoum and the Buraq Revolution is deeply relevant today, especially as extremist Zionist forces engage in "flag marches" designed to declare full colonial control over all of Palestinian Jerusalem while chanting slogans like "Death to the Arabs." A very similar march sparked the uprising of 1929. The close ties between Zionism and British colonialism — which would eventually imprison 900 Palestinians an…

Ano Turtiainen MP (2021-06-17). Member of Parliament in Finland Warns Government that They Are Guilty of Genocide for Misleading Public on COVID-19 Injections. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-06-17). Large Mural Painted on Closed Off Montgomery Street. indybay.org Demonstrations for Palestine Continue as Supporters Paint a | Street Mural in Front of the Israeli and Colombian Consulates…

Frauke Banse, Friederike Habermann & Jai Sen (2021-06-17). Our World is Not For Sale! indybay.org People's Global Action (PGA) was organized in a decentralized way by movements from all parts of the world. But we had no staff and no fixed funding. Everything was through crowdfunding. People were inspired by what PGA stood for, which was, first, the rejection of capitalism. Later, at the second conference in India in 1999, the rejection of all kinds of domination was added, including sexism, racism, and so on.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Why discussing racism with children matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are always watching and learning behaviors from those around them, and parents are usually a child's first role model. But when it comes to discussing racism with children, parents and caregivers may wonder how to begin the conversation about race and bias, and what is age-appropriate to discuss with their children. The American Academy …

Jennifer Bendery (2021-06-17). Texas Governor Signs Law to Stop Teachers from Talking about Racism. zcomm.org "The idea is to whitewash American history of any legacy of racism," said state Democratic Rep. James Talarico.

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Staff (2021-06-17). Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz Suggest FBI Attacked Capitol. truthout.org The evolution — or devolution, if you will — of the right's January 6 narrative continues apace, but is steering toward strange waters. When it happened, it was deemed an appalling attack against the very fabric of democracy … but Donald Trump didn't like that, because the attackers were his people, and so the story began to change. It was antifa! Black Lives Matter protesters! No, that didn't stick. Wait, they were peaceful tourists! See how they stay within the ropes as they…

James Esseks (2021-06-17). Supreme Court Again Rejects a License to Discriminate. aclu.org Today the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling that one taxpayer-funded religious agency in Philadelphia has a right to renew its contract to provide foster care services to the city, despite its unwillingness to comply with the city's non-discrimination requirement, because the city's contract had a mechanism for allowing individualized exceptions to its non-discrimination policy that it did not grant to that agency. Importantly, the court did not rule (as the agency asked) that there is a constitutional right for government contractors such as the foster care agency to discriminate in their work for the city…

Stephen Zunes (2021-06-17). Have 'Human Shields' Accusations Become an Excuse for War Crimes? progressive.org There is a growing realization that U.S. support for Israel is hampering U.S. diplomacy.

Rebecca Gordon (2021-06-17). Social Security Versus National Security. counterpunch.org These days my conversations with friends about the new administration go something like this: "Biden's doing better than I thought he would." "Yeah. Vaccinations, infrastructure, acknowledging racism in policing. A lot of pieces of the Green New Deal, without calling it that. The child subsidies. It's kind of amazing." "But on the military—" "Yeah, same

_____ (2021-06-17). Israeli Apartheid Not Welcome In Canadian Ports #BlocktheBoat. popularresistance.org In recent weeks, people of conscience in Canada watched in horror as the Israeli regime ruthlessly targeted Palestinians from all regions of historic Palestine. What started as a popular movement to #SaveSheikhJarrah residents from further ethnic cleansing expanded into a broad unity of Palestinians from Jerusalem to Gaza to Haifa to Toronto and Vancouver all sending the same message. Palestinians will no longer accept the status quo of Israeli apartheid. | As part of this burgeoning movement, Palestinian-Canadians and their supporters have actively participated in rallies, pickets and #BlockTheBoat actions. The…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-17). US, Israeli Policies Drive Houthi — Hezbollah Defense Pact as Yemen Feels Palestine's Pain. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Abdulkareem SANA'A, YEMEN — A young groom in his early twenties, Zaid Abdullah al-Shareif, took to the stage adorned in traditional Yemeni wedding attire. He wasn't just announcing his marriage though. Zaid, holding a replica of the famous sword of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, a historical figure revered for his character and battlefield prowess,…

Staff (2021-06-17). British Lawyer Karim Khan Sworn In as New ICC Prosecutor Following End of Bensouda's Term. orinocotribune.com British lawyer Karim Khan took over the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, June 16, inheriting a long list of cases from his predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, including cases dealing with tensions with African countries, crimes in Afghanistan committed by the US Army, and crimes against humanity committed by Israeli authorities in Palestine. | "I solemnly undertake to fulfill my duties and exercise my powers as an ICC prosecutor honestly, faithfully, impartially, and conscientiously," declared Khan during the swearing in ceremony at the seat of the court. On February 12, K…

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-17). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag……

Angela (2021-06-17). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

splcenter (2021-06-17). SPLC offers guide on immigrant students' right to a public education. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Jenny Farrell (2021-06-17). Irish writer Colum McCann's novel 'Apeirogon' addresses Israeli/Palestinian dilemma. peoplesworld.org &nbsp…

The Conversation (2021-06-17). How Israel's missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs. juancole.com By Brendan Szendro | — Renewed fighting has erupted again between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, endangering a ceasefire instituted after an 11-day war in May. The conflict in Gaza is an early test of Israel's new coalition government. Recently, parties across the political spectrum united to remove Israel's scandal-plagued prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

Anonymous669 (2021-06-17). Israeli Tanks Shelled Syria's Al-Quneitra Post Frequently Visited By Senior Hezbollah Commander. southfront.org A Merkava IV tank. FILE PHOTO: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Early on June 17, Israeli battle tanks shelled a Syrian military post in the vicinity of the town of al-Qahtaniyah in the southern al-Quneitra countryside.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-17). On Trumpism and Netanyahu-ism: How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel. dissidentvoice.org Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone in their politics, Netanyahu's political style was essentially American from the start. Netanyahu spent many of his formative years in the United States. He lived in Philadelphia as a …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-17). How Benjamin Netanyahu won America but lost Israel. peoplesworld.org Recently deposed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone in their politics, Netanyahu's political style was essentially American from the start. Netanyahu spent many of his formative years in the United States. He lived in Philadelphia …

Ola Mousa (2021-06-17). How Israel tried to put Gaza out of business. electronicintifada.net Commercial hub bombed repeatedly during May offensive.

WSWS (2021-06-17). Israel's new government sends planes to bomb Gaza. wsws.org The airstrikes come just four weeks after a fragile ceasefire ended Israel's criminal 11-day assault on the besieged enclave that killed more than 250 Palestinians.

South Front (2021-06-17). Video: New Israeli Strikes on Gaza — New Hope for Netanyahu. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at

Evan Jones (2021-06-17). Battle of the Psyche: IDF Personnel Suicides. counterpunch.org On 13 April 2021 Israel Defense Forces veteran Itzik Saidyan attempted to self-immolate himself outside the Rehabilitation Department's office of the Defense Ministry with which he had been in disputation. Symbolically, he chose the eve of Israel's annual Memorial Day for 'fallen soldiers and terror victims'. Saidyan had physical injuries and PTSD from frontline combat

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2021-06-17). Eighty years Ago: June 22, 1941: Nazi Germany Attacks the Soviet Union. globalresearch.ca War against the Soviet Union was what Hitler had wanted from the beginning. He had already made this very clear on the pages of Mein Kampf, written in the mid-1920s. Furthermore, as a German historian has recently convincingly demonstrated, it …

Sarah Lahm (2021-06-17). Midwest Dispatch: Minneapolis's Lead Newspaper Gets a Pulitzer, But What About Accountability? progressive.org The Star Tribune won the prestigious award for its coverage of George Floyd's murder, but the community is demanding that the paper be held accountable for its racist and inaccurate reporting on the killing of other Black men.

_____ (2021-06-17). Activists Withhold Gas Bill Payment To Protest National Grid Pipeline. popularresistance.org Environmentalist launched a gas bill strike Tuesday, pledging to withhold money from their monthly utilities in protest of National Grid's controversial pipeline project beneath the streets of Brooklyn. | "We will not pay for National Grid's racist, dirty, North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline. We will not pay for our communities and our climate to be destroyed," said Lee Ziesche, an organizer with the activist group Sane Energy Project at a June 1 rally outside National Grid's MetroTech Center headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. | The protest, organized by a coalition of environmentalist groups under the moniker No…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-17). Zionist forces raid West Bank, arrest 11 Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — While raiding extensively to various areas in the West Bank, Zionist regime's forces arrested 11 Palestinians.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-17). Zionist forces martyr Palestinian teenager in Nablus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Zionist forces on Thursday after being taken to hospital.

Angela (2021-06-17). Friday 6/18: A Black Lens on Palestinian Liberation. indybay.org Online…

SCLC of Southern California (2021-06-17). Saturday 6/19: Remember, Renew, Restore: Voter Rights Actions & Remember Freedom Summer Murders (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual commemoration and online voting rights training…

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-17). Israel kills Palestinian child as settlers steal land. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: The Electronic Intifada Israeli forces fatally shot a woman and a child in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank over the weekend. A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli soldiers in Beita village, near Nablus, on 11 June. Israeli forces shot Muhammad Said Hamayel

John Nichols (2021-06-17). ALEC's Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy. thenation.com ALEC's Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy…

_____ (2021-06-17). New Israeli Government, Same Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org After 12 years, Israel finally inaugurated a new prime minister. While being hailed by many as the opportunity for a fresh start, Naftali Bennett is at best a maintainer of Netanyahu's policies and at worst an ideologue whose positions are to the right of Netanyahu's. | In 2013, as Middle East peace talks were set to resume after a five-year freeze, Bennett reportedly proclaimed to Israeli National Security Adviser Ya'akov Amidror, "I've killed lots of Arabs in my life — and there's no problem with that." | In 2014, Bennett, who had previously been the director of the Yesha Settlements Council, contradicted…

_____ (2021-06-16). Politically Motivated Academics Have Forsaken Science on 'Whiteness' as They Steer America Towards Civil Strife. strategic-culture.org If white supremacy and 'systemic racism' were genuine problems, America would not be a major destination for migrant flows as it now is. | A disturbing trend has gained a foothold in the United States as members of the academic community are espousing virulent views on race that seem more guided by political prejudices and affiliations than any solid scientific research. The consequences of this misguided research, much of which casts hateful aspersions on white people, could lead to unthinkable disaster down the road. | "Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all i…

Juan Cole (2021-06-16). In Challenge to New Gov't, Far Right Israeli Extremists Chant "Death to Arabs" in Provocative March through Palestinian East Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Dia Hajj Yahya writes at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 that because of extreme right Israeli squatters' deliberately provocative march through Palestinian neighborhoods, 33 Palestinians were injured during confrontations with the Israeli Occupation authorities in the area of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday, one of them by …

Editor2 (2021-06-16). Thousands March in Solidarity with Palestine Amid G7 Summit in London. orinocotribune.com London (QNN)- Thousands of protesters gathered in London on Saturday as Jeremy Corbyn called for the G7 to support the Palestinian people. | The protest, organized by The Resist the G7 coalition as part of the "Resist G7: Day of Action for International Justice" rally, marched to Prime Minister Borris Johnson's official residence in Downing Street to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Protesters held placards and chanted "free, free Palestine". | The protesters demanded an end to complicity in Israel's war crimes against the Palestinians by the United Kingdom and other G7 governments. | Former Labo…

A Guest Author (2021-06-16). The case of Alex Saab. workers.org By Sara Flounders and Roger D. Harris Facing the possible extradition to the U.S. of a Venezuelan diplomat on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab on June 3 flew to Cabo Verde, where Saab is imprisoned. This island archipelago . . . |

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-06-16). Large Mural Painted on Closed Off Montgomery Street. indybay.org Demonstrations for Palestine Continue as Supporters Paint a | Street Mural in Front of the Israeli and Colombian Consulates…

Liberation staff-Sequim (2021-06-16). Sequim, Washington community to protest racism at local restaurant. liberationnews.org In light of a recent racist and xenophobic attack on local immigrant business owners by the owners and employees of Blondie's Plate restaurant, previous Blondie's employees and patrons are calling for the community to gather downtown at Washington St and Sequim Ave.

Rebecca Gordon (2021-06-16). Social Security Versus National Security: Whose Entitlement Really Makes Us Safer? juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — "Biden's doing better than I thought he would." "Yeah. Vaccinations, infrastructure, acknowledging racism in policing. A lot of pieces of the Green New Deal, without calling it that. The child subsidies. It's kind of amazing." "But on the military—" "Yeah, same old, same old." As my friends and I have noticed, President …

Rev. Susan K. Smith, Rev. Levon C. Manzie (2021-06-16). Black Churches Can Lead the Way on Voting Rights. otherwords.org Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith and Rev. Levon C. Manzie | We suspected it for years, and now we know it: Jim Crow was never dead. You might even say he was too mean to die. | We know this because in too many places, the forces of racism are raging as laws aimed squarely at suppressing the votes of Black and brown Americans pass in state after state. New voting restrictions This is a bitter pill for those of us…

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2021-06-16: News Headlines

Frauke Banse, Friederike Habermann & Jai Sen (2021-06-16). Our World is Not For Sale! indybay.org People's Global Action (PGA) was organized in a decentralized way by movements from all parts of the world. But we had no staff and no fixed funding. Everything was through crowdfunding. People were inspired by what PGA stood for, which was, first, the rejection of capitalism. Later, at the second conference in India in 1999, the rejection of all kinds of domination was added, including sexism, racism, and so on.

_____ (2021-06-16). Over 16,000 Artists Sign Letter In Solidarity With Palestine. popularresistance.org Titled, "A Letter Against Apartheid," the statement was written by six Palestinian artists, who have asked to remain anonymous. It was initially signed by hundreds of Palestinian artists including filmmakers Annemarie Jacir, Elia Suleiman, and Farah Nabulsi; visual artists Emily Jacir and Larissa Sansour; actress Hiam Abbass; musicians Kamilya Jubran and Sama' Abdulhadi; and writers Elias Sanbar, Mohammed El-Kurd, Naomi Shihab Nye, Raja Shehadeh, Randa Jarrar, Suad Amiry, and Susan Abulhawa.

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-16). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag……

Angela (2021-06-16). Saturday 6/19: The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021. indybay.org Webinar…

Susie Day (2021-06-16). Cop Cars, Nectar, and the Soul of Nadav Schwartzman. counterpunch.org Nadav Schwartzman is a queer artist and graphic designer who was born thirty-two years ago on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Because he grew up and went to school on land that is no longer called Palestine; because of what was done — now widely recognized as settler colonization — to the Indigenous people of that land for it to become Israel, Nadav plans to renounce his Israeli citizenship.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-16). On 'Conflict', 'Peace' and 'Genocide': Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel. counterpunch.org On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing 'genocide' in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing 'genocide'," Ruffalo wrote, adding, "It's not accurate, it's inflammatory, disrespectful and is being used to justify

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-16). Israel's government: Same ax, new executioner. zcomm.org For Palestinians, the new leadership is merely like changing the executioner…

Staff (2021-06-16). Letter to Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra: Israeli Apartheid Not Welcome in Canadian Ports #BlocktheBoat. samidoun.net (The following letter was sent today to Canada's Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and called on "the Canadian government to stop legitimizing the crimes of apartheid…and suspend all instances of Zim-operated ships docking and unloading in Canadian ports.". This action is part of the growing demand that Canada must hold Israel accountable, through economic sanctions and a bilateral arms embargo.) June 15, 2021 Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra Ottawa, Ontario In recent weeks, people of conscience in Canada watched in horror as the Israeli regime ruthlessly targeted Palestinians from all regions of historic Pal…

John Wojcik (2021-06-16). Military ties to far right pose clear and present danger. peoplesworld.org The Associated Press is reporting that thousands of U.S. military firearms are disappearing from Army, Navy, and Air Force stockpiles. In an article Tuesday, AP noted that at least 1,900 firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s and that the press service is certain the figure is many times higher because the various branches …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-16). Israel violates ceasefire, carries out airstrikes on Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org Israel claims that the airstrikes were in response to the launch of incendiary balloons from the Gaza strip. This is the first violation of the May 20 ceasefire which brought an end to the brutal 11-day bombing of Gaza…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-06-16). Black Votes Matter, UNITE HERE lead Juneteenth Freedom March for voting rights. peoplesworld.org LAS VEGAS—Somehow, and deliberately, it is fitting that a nationwide Freedom March cross-country bus caravan, led by Black Voters Matter and the UNITE HERE union, would start for D.C. from the deepest area of the Deep South on Juneteenth. The unhappy problem it's meant to tackle is to educate and mobilize Black voters—and pressure federal …

Anonymous103 (2021-06-16). Israel Struck Gaza Strip Despite Recent Ceasefire (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image | Late on June 15, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a number of military sites belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack was carried out in response to 20 fires sparked because of incendiary balloons launched earlier in the day on the territory of Israel."Fighter jets recently attacked Hamas military complexes that served as camps and meeting places for terrorist operatives in the Khan Yunis and Gaza brigades," the military said | ◊™◊ô◊¢◊ï◊&i…

Young Communist League of Britain (2021-06-16). Why is Labour losing? challenge-magazine.org Starmer and his advisers are eager to address the working class as a 'patriotic' identity, rather than an economic group that will support progressive policies proposed by people like themselves writes Nick Wright. This article first appeared in the Morning Star. | Nick Wright, Editor of Labour goes into the Batley and Spen by-election with high anxiety. The retiring Labour MP, the screen writer and actor Tracy Brabin, was elected in a surge of sympathy and solidarity following the murder by a far-right ass…

Staff (2021-06-16). Israel breaks ceasefire by launching airstrikes on Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The Zionist regime has launched a new round of airstrikes on Gaza Strip, targetting a host of Hamas bases.

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-16). Israel Bombs Gaza for First Time Since Fragile Ceasefire Took Effect. news.antiwar.com Israel bombed targets in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, marking the first airstrikes on the besieged enclaves since a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached on May 21st. The Israeli Defense Forces said the airstrikes were done in response to incendiary balloons that were launched into southern Israel from Gaza. The balloons …

Richard C. Gross (2021-06-16). Close Encounters of an Unprecedented Kind. counterpunch.org "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" — Psalm 133: 1 It's a good thing Israel's odd new government is in the Holy Land because the far left-centrist-far right coalition will need a miracle to survive. Pray. A tumultuous Israeli parliament narrowly approved a government aiming at centrism

_____ (2021-06-16). Protesters Prevent Israeli Container Ship From Docking. popularresistance.org An Israeli container ship was prevented from docking Monday at the Prince Rupert, B.C., port after a group of about 10 protesters — whose aim is to block Israel from shipping goods to North America — formed a picket line at an entrance to the Fairview container terminal.

Sandy Milne (2021-06-16). From Dentist to Israeli Kingmaker: Mansour Abbas Isn't The Champion Palestinians Need. juancole.com Perth, Australia (- Special to Informed Comment) — "We will reclaim the lands that were expropriated from our people," said Dr. Mansour Abbas, 47, in a largely Arabic-language speech before the Knesset plenum. "This is a national cause of the first degree." This, he said right before being sworn in to join a patchwork coalition …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-16). Extremist settlers hold 'flag march' chanting racist and abusive slogans against Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org As per reports, approximately 70,000 right-wing Israelis marched from the plaza of the Damascus Gate till the Western Wall, raising the Israeli flag and chanting racist slogans like "Death to Arabs", "May your village burn" and "A second Nakba is coming"

Staff (2021-06-16). Netanyahu is Israel's most failed prime minister. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Netanyahu is arguably the most failed cabinet leader in the Israeli regime's history.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-16). Yemen announces readiness to resume peace talks in Qatar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — A member of Supreme Political Council of Yemen's National Salvation Government said that if Saudi coalition responds positively to Oman mediation, there will be no obstacle for the resumption of peace talks in Qatar.

Angela (2021-06-16). Monday 6/14: Israel's War on the Media. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

SCLC of Southern California (2021-06-16). Saturday 6/19: Remember, Renew, Restore: Voter Rights Actions & Remember Freedom Summer Murders (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual commemoration and online voting rights training…

Ariel Gold (2021-06-16). New Israeli Government, Same Israeli Apartheid. zcomm.org While being hailed by many as the opportunity for a fresh start, Naftali Bennett is at best a continuer of Netanyahu's policies and at worst an ideologue whose positions are to the right of Netanyahu's…

Rima Najjar (2021-06-16). Dancing with the Israeli Flag in Jerusalem: What It Means and Why Palestinians Rage. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @

Ariel Gold (2021-06-16). New Israeli Government, Same Israeli Apartheid. counterpunch.org After 12 years, Israel finally inaugurated a new prime minister. While being hailed by many as the opportunity for a fresh start, Naftali Bennett is at best a continuer of Netanyahu's policies and at worst an ideologue whose positions are to the right of Netanyahu's. In 2013, as Middle East peace talks were set to

Malik Miah (2021-06-15). From the Tulsa massacre to George Floyd: Race, class and state in the United States. greenleft.org.au The police killing of Black man George Floyd last May revealed how deep racism remains in the United States, writes Malik Miah.

Eds. (2021-06-15). 'Forget the Alamo' unravels a Texas history made of myths, or rather, lies. mronline.org Three Texan authors build on a long tradition of dissent from patriotic accounts of Texas history in a new book on the racism baked into our story of the Alamo. | June 15, 2021 | Newswire…

Latino USA (2021-06-15). A Family Conversation On Race And Latinidad (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com The cousins dive into their experiences with racism, the unique struggles faced by Black Latinos, and growing up in a family that taught them that "Black is beautiful."

Moderator (2021-06-15). Social Security Versus National Security. scheerpost.com Touch Of Light / Wikimedia Commons) By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch These days my conversations with friends about the new administration go something like this: "Biden's doing better than I thought he would." "Yeah. Vaccinations, infrastructure, acknowledging racism in policing. A lot of pieces of the Green New Deal, without calling it that. The child subsidies. It's kind of amazing. |

Fight Back (2021-06-15). Minneapolis march honors murdered protester Deona Marie Erickson. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 1500 community members gathered at Girard Avenue and Lake Street in Minneapolis, June 14, for a "March in Honor of Deona Marie," organized by Black Lives Matter Minnesota. The night before, Deona Marie Erickson was killed by a driver who attacked protesters demanding justice for Winston Smith. | Just before midnight on Sunday, June 13, Nicholas Kraus plowed through parked cars barricading the street where community members were gathered. Witnesses report that he was going 100 miles per hour and accelerated as he approached the protest. They say that the barricade of cars saved many lives. One o…

WSWS (2021-06-15). Spanish courts escalate campaign to legitimise fascist Francoite dictatorship. wsws.org This is part of an international shift to the far right of the ruling class as it confronts growing resistance to its murderous herd immunity policy, wars and social inequality.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-15). Genocide and War Crimes: The Effects of "Sanctions" Against Syria. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad In Venezuela we have experienced the direct offensive of U.S. unilateral coercive measures (UCM) first hand. But we are not the only country that has been a victim of the financial-economic-commercial criminality of the United States and its "partners", nor the last to suffer its consequences. Other peoples in their struggle of resistance…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2021-06-15). Atlanta: Palestinian Youth Movement rallies. workers.org Atlanta June 12 — The Atlanta chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, along with other members of the Demilitarize Atlanta 2 Palestine Coalition, held a spirited rally on the steps of City Hall to present a series of demands. Atlanta, June 12. Credit: Demilitarize Atlanta 2 Palestine The demand to . . . |

Aaron Maté (2021-06-15). McCarthyite Meltdown Shows how Russiagate, Syria Propaganda Captured 'Left' Media. orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté — Jun 8, 2021 | In slandering me, The Young Turks demonstrated how Western chauvinism and careerism have been normalized in progressive media spaces. | On a recent episode of The Young Turks, the self-described "Home of Progressives", hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian disparaged me in a McCarthyite rant. The apparent trigger was a mocking comment that I had tweeted at Uygur, in which I described a recent post of his about Israel-Palestine as "the worst tweet of all time." ( Israelis & Palestin…

Staff (2021-06-15). Breaking the ties between the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and the Israeli Histadrut is a trade union, political and ethical duty. samidoun.net The following article was initially published in Spanish at El Salto Diario. by Liliana Córdova Kaczerginski, Jaldia Abubakra, and Daniel Lobato Bellido Context The definition of Israel as an apartheid state is beginning to spread internationally and unstoppably. In 2009 Palestinian and South African academics published a comprehensive report that determined that Israel was committing the crime of apartheid. The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, with the participation of the emeritus magistrate of the Spanish Supreme Court, José Antonio Martín Pallín, ruled in 2010 that Israel exercises systematic apartheid. Also tw…

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-06-15). Large Mural Painted on Closed Off Montgomery Street. indybay.org Demonstrations for Palestine Continue as Supporters Paint a | Street Mural in Front of the Israeli and Colombian Consulates…

The Socialist Program (2021-06-15). Biden Appeals for Imperialist United Front at G7. liberationnews.org The panel discusses the G7 summit and its leaders' hypocritical rhetoric about human rights and democracy, the fight against police brutality and the suppression of the movement against racism, the latest attacks on Ilhan Omar, and more.

Andy Kroll (2021-06-15). Social Security Versus National Security. tomdispatch.com These days my conversations with friends about the new administration go something like this: "Biden's doing better than I thought he would." "Yeah. Vaccinations, infrastructure, acknowledging racism in policing. A lot of pieces of the Green New Deal, without calling it that. The child subsidies. It's kind of amazing." "But on the military—" "Yeah, same old, same old." As my friends and I have noticed, President Joe Biden remains super-glued to the same old post-World War II agreement between the two major parties: they can differ vastly on domestic policies, but they remain united when it comes to projectin…

Frye Gaillard (2021-06-15). Justice Deferred: The Supreme Court's History of Enforcing Racism. progressive.org The new book "Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court," by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner, takes a look at the racist history of our legal system.

Frauke Banse, Friederike Habermann & Jai Sen (2021-06-15). Our World is Not For Sale! indybay.org People's Global Action (PGA) was organized in a decentralized way by movements from all parts of the world. But we had no staff and no fixed funding. Everything was through crowdfunding. People were inspired by what PGA stood for, which was, first, the rejection of capitalism. Later, at the second conference in India in 1999, the rejection of all kinds of domination was added, including sexism, racism, and so on.

Ben Jealous (2021-06-15). The Right's War on History and Truth. thenation.com The Right's War on History and Truth…

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Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-15). On "Conflict", "Peace" and "Genocide": Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel. dissidentvoice.org On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing 'genocide' in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing 'genocide'," Ruffalo wrote, adding, "It's not accurate, it's inflammatory, disrespectful and is being used to justify …

_____ (2021-06-15). US Supreme Court Rejects Case On Native American Sovereignty. popularresistance.org Rapid City, South Dakota – In a devastating blow to the Self-Determination of all Native American Indian Tribes in the United States, the Supreme Court denied the Petition in the case, Gilbert v. Weahke. In doing so, the Justices also violated Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Lanham Act, the Transfer Act, and the Abstention Doctrine. | The case began when a federal agency, the Indian Health Service (IHS), gave an Indian Self-Determination Act multi-million dollar contract to a South Dakota non-profit corporation to manage the Sioux San IHS Hospital in Rapid City, SD. As…

John Nichols (2021-06-15). McConnell Explains How He'll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President. thenation.com McConnell Explains How He'll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President…

Ry Estrem (2021-06-15). Driver accelerates into crowd of protesters in Minneapolis killing one, injuring others. liberationnews.org Erickson was a passionate fighter in the struggle against racist police violence.

Ben Jealous (2021-06-15). The Right's War on History and Truth. thenation.com The Right's War on History and Truth…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-06-15). AFL-CIO leader: No coincidence unions and voting rights under attack simultaneously. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Labor's strong campaign to preserve and strengthen voting rights, joined by those of civil rights, religious, and civic allies, took center stage at a key session of the AFL-CIO's Northeast Regional meeting for union leaders and activists. But speakers, including federation Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, the keynoter, didn't neglect other causes, especially the Protect the …

Staff (2021-06-15). 15 June, Vancouver: Day of Rage protest — Defend Jerusalem. samidoun.net Tuesday, 15 June 5: 30 pm Vancouver Art Gallery Georgia and Hornby, Pacific Centre Side Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/3082398258710847… VANCOUVER: EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION Tomorrow hundreds of Israeli settlers will participate in the Zionist March of Flags to taunt and attack Palestinian neighbourhoods. Historically, this march has seen settlers chant "Death to Arabs" and swarmed Occupied Jerusalem, attacking Palestinians. In response, Palestinians are calling on us to mobilize to protect the Occupied Jerusalem community. We are calling for a day of rage tomorrow in Vancouver to defend Al-Aqs…

Staff (2021-06-15). 15 June, NYC: Emergency Protest to Defend Palestine. samidoun.net Tuesday, 15 June 5: 30 pm Zionist Mission to the UN 800 2nd Ave NYC Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1159667421200689… Join a day of rage by Palestinians in Jerusalem/Al-Quds, across occupied Palestine, in the refugee camps, and throughout the diaspora to resist a massive 'flag march' against Al-Aqsa Mosque by Zionist settlers | The article

Anonymous103 (2021-06-15). Putin: Humanitarian Aid In Syria Must Be Provided Without Discrimination. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the process of providing humanitarian aid in Syria must be carried out for all residents of the country without discrimination, and that it must be conducted through the country's central government. | Putin's statement came during an interview with the American channel "NBC", in which he said: "Unfortunately, too many tragedies have occurred in Syria, and all our measures in general must aim…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-15). Israel Deploys Iron Dome To Hold Nationalist March In Jerusalem, Hamas Warns Of Consequences. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 15th, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has deployed Iron Dome air defense batteries and raised its level of alert ahead of the Jerusalem Flag March. | Hamas warned it would respond to the right-wing march if it goes through as planned, potentially with rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. | Omer Bar-Lev, the newly sworn-in public security minister after a meeting with Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and representatives of several Israeli defense agencies allowed the march to go on as plann…

The Conversation (2021-06-15). Israel's Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain. juancole.com By David Mednicoff | (The Conversation) — After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended the long era of Benjamin Netanyahu's prime ministership. Yet he leaves a legacy of hawkish policies that will likely remain intact. As a scholar of Middle Eastern politics, I think …

Alethea Redfern (2021-06-15). The Weekly Round-Up: "Freedom Day" delayed. ukhumanrightsblog.com In this week's round-up: legal commentators criticise the "Freedom Day" delays, a gender-critical belief employment discrimination case, and a decision on the Zambrano right to reside.

Ariel Gold (2021-06-15). New Israeli government, same Israeli apartheid. nationofchange.org 2021 marks 54 years of occupation, including 14 years of the siege of Gaza, and 28 years since the signing of the Oslo Accords that were supposed to create a Palestinian state.

Middle East Monitor (2021-06-15). Gaza's children narrate how they survived the Israeli assault. juancole.com Wafa Aludaini | (Gaza) | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Israel bombardment of Gaza has ended, but the pain and destruction remain. The stories of children who survived the latest onslaught have caused me anguish, and I hope they are never forgotten by the international community as it continues its dealing with the …

Juan Cole (2021-06-15). Israel's New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: "No new taxes" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A lot of attention is focused on Naftali Bennett, the new prime minister of Israel. But it should be remembered that he had been a bit player, and his 7 coalition allies are often headed by much more prominent and powerful figures who are in the coalition precisely in order …

Richard Falk (2021-06-15). Whither Palestine? Whither Israel? zcomm.org After the Violence Spike, After the Abraham Accords, After Netanyahu…

Editorial Team (2021-06-15). Outrage in Namibia at Berlin's apology offering. challenge-magazine.org The Nava and Ovaherero people of Namibia have spoken out in outrage against the feeble strings-attached apology the German government has given for the genocide carried out between 1904 and 1908. | Apartheid in the southern African country, which was a German colony between 1884 and 1915, legally ended in 1994. Viewed through an economic lens though, apartheid persists. 44% of land in Namibia is commercially owned, an area of land larger than Germany. Over 70% of the land is owned by whites, who make up only 6% of the population. Groups such as the Landless People's Movement argue that the introduction of libe…

Lawrence Davidson (2021-06-15). When Academics Take the Side of State Power. counterpunch.org The growing divide in the United States between Zionists and supporters of Palestinian rights has led to pronounced tensions in academia. Much has been said about increasing pro-Palestinian student protests as well as the activities of pro-Israel boards of governors, presidents, deans, etc. The latter try to guard their campuses from pro-Palestinian faculty, student clubs,

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-15). Israel kills Palestinian child as settlers steal land. electronicintifada.net Woman who was imprisoned by Israel fatally shot at checkpoint.

John Hickman (2021-06-15). What NPR's "All Things Considered" won't Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does). juancole.com Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) — What news audiences of National Public Radio (NPR)'s All Things Considered have and have not heard about the Iranian nuclear program since the election of Joe Biden offers a neat boundary delineation of the Hallin spheres of mainstream reporting on the topic. Daniel Hallin's classic study of …

_____ (2021-06-15). How US And UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests In Belarus. popularresistance.org The at-times fiery protests that raged across Belarus throughout 2020 had largely fizzled out by the time local activist and seeming neo-Nazi Roman Protasevich was dramatically arrested in May this year. | Now, the country has been catapulted back to the top of the mainstream news agenda, with new life breathed into controversial self-appointed President Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's hitherto unheeded calls for Western leaders to recognize her as the legitimate Belarusian leader. | True to form though, not a single outlet has deigned to mention that for many years prior to the unrest's eruption, London and Washington…

Robert Davis (2021-06-15). How the Death Penalty Discriminates. progressive.org States are reflecting on the racist history of capital punishment, but most lawmakers have done nothing about it.

Angela (2021-06-15). Monday 6/14: Israel's War on the Media. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

SCLC of Southern California (2021-06-15). Saturday 6/19: Remember, Renew, Restore: Voter Rights Actions & Remember Freedom Summer Murders (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual commemoration and online voting rights training…

Ariel Gold (2021-06-15). New Israeli Government, Same Israeli Apartheid. dissidentvoice.org After 12 years, Israel finally inaugurated a new prime minister. While being hailed by many as the opportunity for a fresh start, Naftali Bennett is at best a continuer of Netanyahu's policies and at worst an ideologue whose positions are to the right of Netanyahu's. In 2013, as Middle East peace talks were set to …

WSWS (2021-06-15). The fraud of Israel's new "government of change" wsws.org Lapid was tasked with forming a government after Netanyahu, who despite heading the largest party—Likud—in the March 23 elections, the fourth in two years, failed to do so.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-15). Iron Dome batteries deployed near Quds ahead of march. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — Palestinian local media have reported that the Israeli regime has deployed its air defense system near holy Quds ahead of Zionist settlers parade known as "Flag March" through Holy Quds.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-15). Flag March 'Provocations' risk reigniting Israel-Hamas war. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland has warned that the Zionist settlers march through Holy Quds could re-ignite another round of confrontation between Palestinian resistance groups and the Israeli regime.

Staff (2021-06-15). Resist. groups urge Palestinians to stand against flag march. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — The Palestinian resistance groups said in a statement that all Palestinians must be ready to stand against the so-called flag march, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday by the Zionist settlers in occupied lands.

Kit Klarenberg (2021-06-15). How U.S. and UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests in Belarus. covertactionmagazine.com The at-times fiery protests that raged across Belarus throughout 2020 had largely fizzled out by the time local activist and seeming neo-Nazi Roman Protasevich was dramatically arrested in May this year. Now, the country has been catapulted back to the top of the mainstream news agenda, with new life breathed into controversial self-appointed President Svetlana …

Staff (2021-06-14). Headlines for June 14, 2021. democracynow.org New Israeli Gov't Coalition Ousts Benjamin Netanyahu After 12 Years as Prime Minister, G7 Concludes as Activists Slam Failure to Act on Climate Crisis, Vaccine Inequality, Biden to Meet with Turkey's President Erdogan as NATO Summit Kicks Off, Novavax Vaccine 90% Effective; U.S. COVID Cases Continue to Fall as California Readies for Reopening, U.K. Delays Reopening as Moscow Sees New Surge in Cases; India Moves to Reopen as Infections Drop, Bombs Kill at Least 7 in Afghanistan as Hazara Shia Come Under Mounting Attacks, Shelling in Afrin, Syria, Kills at Least 13 People, Tunisian Protesters Call for an End to Pol…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-14). On 'Conflict' 'Peace' and 'Genocide': Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel. mintpressnews.com It will not be easy to deconstruct the seemingly endless edifice of lies, half-truths and intentional misrepresentations of Zionist Israeli colonialism in Palestine. Yet, there can be no alternative to this feat.

Staff (2021-06-14). Over 3,100 Palestinians detained by Israeli occupation in May 2021: Prisoners' associations report. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoners' rights and human rights institutions, the Prisoners' Affairs Commission, Palestinian Prisoners' Society, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center — Jerusalem, issued their monthly report on Sunday, 13 June, detailing the latest statistics and reports on Israeli repression targeting Palestinian detainees. The report covers key issues in the current uprising in Palestine, including ongoing violations and abuses by occupation forces, and documents specific cases followed by the institutions that prepared the report. The report is trans…

Miko Peled (2021-06-14). Where Infrastructure Means Prisons: A Drive into the Naqab and the Illusion of Israeli Democracy. mintpressnews.com Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in "unrecognized villages." This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities — no services at all.

Staff (2021-06-14). Canada action alert: Remove NDP defence critic, out of step with grassroots membership. samidoun.net Canada action alert: Take one minute to write to Jagmeet Singh and Canadian New Democratic Party officials calling for Randall Garrison, the NDP's defence critic, to be removed from his position for his militarism and anti-Palestinian stance. Send a letter here or take action below: actionnetwork.org/letters/write-letter-n… Dear Jagmeet Singh and NDP officials, Randall Garrison needs to be removed as NDP Defence critic. He promotes militarism and is anti-Palestinian. Garrison has repeatedly demanded more resources for the military, which has more than 10 times the budget of En…

Staff (2021-06-14). 17 June, Online Event: Palestine between the path of Liquidation and the path of Liberation and Return. samidoun.net Palestine: between the path of liquidation and the path of liberation and return. The alternative path conference preparatory Committee in Greece invites you to participate in a political meeting and discussion with Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat on the current political development in Palestine and the region, and on the efforts to convene the alternative path conference. Thursday 17/06/2021 at 8 pm occupied Jerusalem and Athens time The meeting will be held through Zoom platform. Zoom meeting: 825 2249 0486 us02web.zoom.us/j/82522490486 This event will take place in Arabic with translation available…

Staff (2021-06-14). Launching "Souli", a new Palestinian song. samidoun.net Samidoun thanks this group of dedicated and revolutionary Palestinian artists in occupied Palestine and the diaspora who cooperated together to complete the song ÿµŸàŸÑŸä — Souli (leaping advance), which we dedicate in turn to the Palestinian people and their supporters everywhere, and to the Palestinian prisoners' liberation movement imprisoned in Zionist and imperialist jails. This song is part of the Palestinian heritage and reality of cultural struggle and resistance until liberation and return, for all of Palestine, from the river to the sea. Lyrics: Khaled B…

teleSUR (2021-06-14). Free Peru Party Calls on Election Board to Respect Laws. telesurenglish.net Anibal Torres, the legal advisor of the leftist Free Peru party (PL), called the National Elections Jury (JNE) to respect its own jurisprudence. | Related: | This supreme electoral board extended by 48 hours the deadline for candidates to request the nullity of votes registered in the June 6 elections. | Far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori continues to ask authorities to annul 200,000 votes obtained by Free Peru candidate Pedro…

_____ (2021-06-14). Colombia Removes Statues Of Columbus And Spanish Queen After Attacks. popularresistance.org Colombia's culture ministry removed statues of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus and Spain's late Queen Isabella amid fears they would be tumbled. | Government workers removed the statues from their pedestals in the capital Bogota on Friday after native Colombian protesters tried to tumble them on Wednesday. | The attempts triggered tensions with a fringe white supremacist group that subsequently tried to attack the protesters of the Misak people from southwest Colombia. | According to the Culture Ministry, the statues that were erected in 1906 were taken to a safe place for "a process of restauration."

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2021-06-14: News Headlines

_____ (2021-06-14). As the Strategic Balance Inverts, Israel is Politically and Militarily Paralysed. strategic-culture.org So fatigued by their own rhetoric have Israeli and western leaders become, that they will not think or say that Israel has run out of options. | Many Israeli commentators are bracketing Trump with Netanyahu. Veteran correspondent Ben Caspit, for instance,

Staff (2021-06-14). People in Tel Aviv celebrate end of Netanyahu. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Thousands of people gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to celebrate the outgoing of Netanyahu and the swearing-in of the Israeli regime's new PM Sunday night.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-14). Iran FM's reaction after Netanyahu ousted from power. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the end of the 12-year rule of "Benjamin Netanyahu" over occupied Palestinian lands with a post on Twitter, describing it as the fall of an oppressor.

Morning Star (2021-06-14). Bye bye, Bibi: Netanyahu's 12-year reign in Israel is over. peoplesworld.org Israel swore in a new government over the weekend, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year stint as the country's prime minister. Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultra-nationalist party, has taken over as PM, but if he wants to keep the job, he will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of parties from the political right, …

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-14). Israel's government: Same ax, new executioner. electronicintifada.net New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spent years attacking Netanyahu from the right.

Open Democracy (2021-06-14). "Ten degrees more right-wing than" Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition. juancole.com Editor's Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. — JRIC By Jalal Abukhater | — ( OpenDemocracy.net) — A new government is expected to be formed in Israel this week, finally ending the 12-year reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-06-14). Stop punishing Palestinians for resisting oppression. electronicintifada.net Israel's siege and wars have many accomplices.

Eds. (2021-06-14). Infamous Israeli home thief is federally charged Long Island, NY financial fraudster. mronline.org Over the past few weeks, a video has gone viral of a man named Yaakov Fauci, in a New York accent, asserting to a Palestinian woman whose house that he has forcibly taken, "If I don't steal it, someone else is going to steal it." | June 14, 2021…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-14). Where Infrastructure Means Prisons: A Drive into the Naqab and the Illusion of Israeli Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Miko Peled THE NAQAB, PALESTINE — As I was preparing to leave Palestine, I found it harder to fall asleep. I spent the last few days in Jerusalem, mostly walking between the neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah in the north and Silwan in the south, crossing through the alleys of the Old City on the way….

Fight Back (2021-06-14). Grand Rapids, MI rallies for Palestine. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – 60 people rallied in solidarity for a Free Palestine in Grand Rapids on June 13. On the sidewalk at Veterans Memorial Park, dozens waved Palestinian flags and held signs demanding, "Free Palestine." Young Palestinian Americans led chants, "Viva! Viva! Palestina!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" The crowd then moved nearby to the Union soldier statue for several speeches imploring people to organize and fight back. | "The so-called state of Israel has continued to provoke Palestinians. In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israelis invaded and killed several Palestinians a few…

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿßŸÜ€å (2021-06-14). Islamic Jihad Movement warns flag march 'dangerous' move. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Issuing a statement, Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine warned that the so-called flag march, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, is provocative and dangerous move.

Angela (2021-06-14). Thursday 6/17: Specter of Colonial Violence during Military Escalations & Its Health Impact in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…

Staff (2021-06-14). Germany Gave My Family Reparations. Palestinians Deserve the Same From Israel. truthout.org I am a first-generation American. My Jewish parents fled Germany as the horrors of the Holocaust were unfolding. They left behind family who perished in camps and were killed as they fled from their homes while being chased and shot at by Nazis. | My great-grandfather, grandfather and father had a thriving butcher business in Frankfurt. They lived in the apartment building next to the butcher shop. My father always said he barely realized he was Jewish until Hitler arrived. It was always Deut…

Rachel Evans (2021-06-14). Don't forget Palestine. greenleft.org.au Supporters of justice for Palestine are continuing to protest Israel's ongoing attacks on Palestinians, report Rachel Evans and Alex Salmon.

Anonymous007 (2021-06-14). Number Of Nuclear Warheads Went Down, As 'Combat Ready' Nuclear Arsenal Grew In 2021. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The global nuclear arsenal grew in 2021, despite the overall number of nuclear warheads going down, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)—together possessed an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons at…

Jon Schwarz (2021-06-14). Political System Unites to Condemn Ilhan Omar for Telling the Truth. zcomm.org The frenzied attacks by Republicans and Democrats on the Minnesota representative are about maintaining absolute impunity for the U.S. and Israel…

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-14). Friedman's Last Gasp. zcomm.org Thomas Friedman's recent column in the New York Times reflecting on Israel's 11-day destruction of Gaza is a showcase for the delusions of liberal Zionism…

Thom Hartmann (2021-06-14). Why Fox News Claims 'They' are Destroying 'White Culture'. counterpunch.org I'm struggling to explain why a Fox News host would say to the American people, "they're trying to take down the white culture!" But first, let me back up. Democracies don't turn into fascist oligarchies by being invaded or losing wars. It always happens from within, and is always driven by an alliance between demagogic,

Fight Back (2021-06-14). Chicago Palestinian community holds sit-in at U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – About 25 Palestinian community organizers, members and allies, led by the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), filled Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's office, June 10 to demand she support HR 2590, the Palestinian Children and Families Act. If passed, the bill would end U.S. military aid to Israel used for the imprisonment of children, the demolition of homes or annexation of Palestinian land. | When the protesters asked to speak with Representative Schakowsky they were told she was too busy to answer the phone. The protesters began to sit and started to chant "Hey Jan, what do you say? Su…

Al Jazeera (2021-06-14). Amnesty Raises Alarm as Israel Shuts Palestinian Health Provider. globalresearch.ca Israel's move to …

Mary Turfah (2021-06-14). The Media Is an Accomplice in Erasing Palestinian Life. globalresearch.ca The late Palestinian …

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-14). New Zionist FM describes JCPOA as "bad agreement" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The new Israeli regime foreign minister Yair Lapid stressed the continuation of normalization of ties with Arab states and described the Iranian nuclear deal as a "bad agreement."

Angela (2021-06-14). Monday 6/14: Israel's War on the Media. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Angela (2021-06-14). Tuesday 6/15: Palestinian Narrative: Censorship and Creativity in Time of Crisis. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Thom Hartmann (2021-06-14). Why Fox News Claims "They" Are "Taking Down White Culture" zcomm.org "With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power."

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-13). On 'conflict', 'peace' and 'genocide': Time for new language on Palestine and Israel. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologise for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing 'genocide'," Ruffalo wrote, adding: "It's not accurate, it's inflammatory, disrespectful …

T.J. Coles (2021-06-13). The CIA and the Israeli Left. counterpunch.org Image by America's domestic activists have achieved a great deal. In particular, they have pressured Joe Biden into moving significantly to the left—though, not nearly left enough, given

Staff (2021-06-13). Israeli occupation launches arrest wave targeting Palestinian leftists, community leaders. samidoun.net Israeli occupation forces have targeted a number of prominent Palestinian organizers in the occupied West Bank of Palestine with raids and arrests in the past several days, including several leading Palestinian leftist political figures and activists. On Monday, 7 June, Omar Shehadeh, a high-profile political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was seized by occupation forces as he attempted to enter occupied Jerusalem at the Qalandiya checkpoint. Shehadeh, 68, who has represented the PFLP at the PLO Executive Committee, has repeatedly spoken out to demand an end to Palestinian Authority…

Gary Olson (2021-06-13). A Few Thoughts on White Identity. dissidentvoice.org I may well be among the few people here who've only recently come across Robin DiAngelo's immensely popular book, White Fragility: Why White People Have Such a Hard Time Talking About Racism, but I'll share a few of my reactions. In my opinion, this book starkly epitomizes the dangerous consequences when discussions of white identity …

_____ (2021-06-13). California Reparations Committee Confronts Harms Of Slavery. popularresistance.org For more than three decades, Black members of Congress have introduced legislation to study the lasting harms of slavery on African Americans, and propose remedies. Year after year, the federal proposal languished. | Now, California is going it alone. | This month, California's first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations met for the first time, kicking off a two-year process to study the consequences of slavery and systemic racism against African Americans in California. | The reparations committee of nine prominent lawyers, academics, politicians, religious and civil rights leaders — many of whom a…

Paul Street (2021-06-13). Thinking About Race, Class, Gender, and Identity from a Revolutionary Perspective. counterpunch.org Image by One of the more nauseating things I've long heard from white guys of a certain stupid, faux-Marxist, fascism-appeasing, red-brown, and Trumpenleft bent[1] is that racism, nativism, and sexism are just "

_____ (2021-06-13). How to Wreck a Black Nation In the Age of "Black Lives Matter" popularresistance.org Today you play a more nuanced game and you recruit Black politicians and Black terrorist groups who are willing to play along. Obfuscate, confuse, confound, so as to hide your true intentions, that is how you play the game in this day and age.

_____ (2021-06-13). How To Wreck A Black Nation In The Age Of 'Black Lives Matter'. popularresistance.org Folks, having spent much time navigating my way through the twilight zone that is American Foreign Policy, I feel compelled to share with you all how the cynical (but very real) game of sabotaging and undermining a large African country is played while loudly proclaiming that Black Lives Matter. Here is the international playbook. Note, this playbook requires meticulous alignment and careful coordination amongst vicious terrorist groups, their trolls, paid Washington DC lobbyists, US and European Union (EU) government officials, major western media outlets, UN agencies, and Amnesty International. It seems impossi…

Editor2 (2021-06-13). How to Wreck a Black Nation in the Age of 'Black Lives Matter'. orinocotribune.com By Taytu Bitul — Jun 9,2021 | Today's colonialists recruit Black politicians and Black terrorist groups who are willing to play along. | "The 'poor hapless victim TPLF' narrative quickly evolved into the 'genocide in Tigray' narrative." | Folks, having spent much time navigating my way through the twilight zone that is American Foreign Policy, I feel compelled to share with you all how the cynical (but very real) game of sabotaging and undermining a large African country is played while loudly proclaiming that Black Lives Matter. Here is the international playbook. Note, this playbook requires meticulous ali…

Brian Mier (2021-06-13). Lava Jato: Sergio Moro's 7 Crimes of Judicial Bias. orinocotribune.com By Brian Mier — Jun 8, 2021 | The Brazilian Supreme Court just released its March, 2021, 411 page ruling that reverses all Lava Jato related convictions against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and initiates an investigation of 7 counts of felony judicial bias against disgraced former judge and Justice Minister Sergio Moro. | When the ruling was first announced, many journalists were quick to credit the Intercept, for it's slow-motion leaking of a small portion of the Telegram conversations between prosecutors revealed by hacker Wagner Delgatti in what is now called Operation Spoofing. Delgatti him…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-13). Naftali Benett Became New Prime Minister Of Israel. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On June 13, the leader of the Yamina party, Naftali Bennett, took the oath of office at a meeting of the Knesset as Prime Minister of Israel. Lapid, a centrist leader, will be an alternate prime minister in rotation and will replace Bennett after his term expires. | Previously, MP Mickey Levy, representing the Yesh Atid party, was elected the new speaker of the Knesset. Israeli lawmakers passed a vote of confidence for a coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power."67 deputies…

Global Research News (2021-06-13). Netanyahu's Last Hurrah? globalresearch.ca On the cusp of being replaced as Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu isn't going quietly into that good night — far from it. | After extremist settlers and other far-right elements were denied permission for an unacceptable march through Occupied East Jerusalem's …

Stephen Lendman (2021-06-13). Netanyahu's Last Hurrah? globalresearch.ca On the cusp of being replaced as Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu isn't going quietly into that good night — far from it. | After extremist settlers and other far-right elements were denied permission for an unacceptable march through Occupied East Jerusalem's …

Juan Cole (2021-06-13). Israel's New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, has big plans for Occupied Palestine. Nidal Muhammad Watad at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Bennett boasts that his government, despite being based on an 8-party coalition that …

Staff (2021-06-13). Amsterdam protest for the liberation of Palestine: facing Zionist aggression. samidoun.net On Sunday 6 June, more than one hundred people protested on Dam Square in Amsterdam for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. The protest, organized by the Palestinijnse Gemeenschap in Nederland, Youth for Palestine and Samidoun, proved that mobilizations will continue as long as the Palestinian resistance continues. On the day that Muna and Mohammed El Kurd were arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian and Dutch youth stated: we will not rest until Palestine is liberated from the river to the sea! Zionist aggression and police repression At the beginning of the protest for Palestine, a handful of…

Staff (2021-06-13). Take action 12-19 June: Week of Action to Free Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net Join the international week of action between 12 and 19 June for the liberation of Georges Abdallah! Georges Abdallah is a Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestinian liberation imprisoned in France since 1984 and the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. The call for this international week of action was launched by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah and supported by a joint appeal signed by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, alongside many other organizations, emphasizes that "Your release is our determination and our commitment,…

Angela (2021-06-13). Thursday 6/17: Specter of Colonial Violence during Military Escalations & Its Health Impact in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…

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The Conversation (2021-06-13). Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world. juancole.com By Amir Al-Azraki | — Black Arabs are underrepresented and largely invisible in "white" Arab-dominated countries, and excluded from political, academic, artistic and religious institutions. "Black" and "Arab" are not mutually exclusive: some Black people are Arab and some Arab people are Black. As an Arab intellectual in the West (I'm an Arabic language and …

Gary Engler (2021-06-13). Racist, misogynist, militaristic, imperialistic, homophobic, white Christian supremacy. dissidentvoice.org Canadians like to think of ourselves as less racist, less right wing and especially less violent than Americans. But two recent events coming after a previous series of mass murders has shaken this belief. Four members of a Muslim family were murdered in a hate crime while out for a stroll last Sunday in London, …

Staff (2021-06-13). 13 June, Austin, TX: Demand freedom for Georges Abdallah — Art party and solidarity video. samidoun.net First event: Sunday, 13 June 3 pm Chestnut Pocket Park, Austin TX Second event: Tuesday, 15 June 6: 30 pm Mueller Park Austin, TX More info: www.instagram.com/p/CQBwOZLFNfS/ Join PSC (the Palestine Solidarity Committee of Austin, TX) and Red Aid as we gather to create a solidarity video for the international week of action (called by Pour la Libération de Georges Abdallah) to demand that France release Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese freedom fighter for Palestine and Europe's oldest political prisoner. George has been eligible for release since 1999 and between 2004 and 2020, nine of his parole requests hav…

Angela (2021-06-13). Thursday 6/17: Specter of Colonial Violence during Military Escalations & Its Health Impact in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…

Christopher Black (2021-06-13). The Copenhagen Summit for Democracy: The New Nazis. globalresearch.ca On May 10-11 a conference was presented by the "Alliance of Democracies" in Copenhagen that claimed to "unite free peoples" against authoritarianism, to promote the rule of law, to advance the "technological control of democracy," freedom of expression and US …

_____ (2021-06-13). BDS Is Gaining Momentum With #BlockTheBoat Actions. popularresistance.org The ship, which belongs to Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (ZIM) and is known as the Zim San Diego, was originally scheduled to unload its cargo in Seattle on June 2, but has postponed docking in response to the ongoing #BlockTheBoat picket line organized by Falastiniyat, a Seattle-based Palestinian feminist collective. Hundreds of people are expected to show up in protest of the Zim San Diego if it eventually manages to dock.

Asad Rehman (2021-06-13). "Our House Is on Fire" zcomm.org Activists Urge G7 to Immediately Address Climate, Vaccine Apartheid & Poverty…

Angela (2021-06-13). Tuesday 6/15: Palestinian Narrative: Censorship and Creativity in Time of Crisis. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Staff (2021-06-12). Sustainable Peace Must End Israeli Apartheid. Anything Else Is Just a Ceasefire. truthout.org After four elections in less than two years, Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year rule comes officially to an end on Sunday. The government to replace him consists of a coalition of eight parties from across Israel's political spectrum and will be led by the ultranationalist Naftali Bennett who will serve for the first two years. | Indeed, indicative of the direction of Israeli politics and society over the course of the last 15 years or so, the end of the corrupt and much-maligned Netanyahu…

Jessica Buxbaum (2021-06-12). Press Violations Explode to 180 in May Alone as Israel Cracks Down to Buff Its Image. mintpressnews.com "The more that Israel is exposed internationally for its human rights violations in Palestine, the more it becomes desperate in its attempt to crack down on journalists and the media in general." — Dr. Ramzy Baroud…

Sharmila Devi (2021-06-12). [World Report] Political change in Israel and the effects on health. thelancet.com Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year premiership might be coming to an end. What will it mean for health? Sharmila Devi reports.

Juan Cole (2021-06-12). Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a last-ditch attempt to derail parliament's installation of the Change Coalition as the Israeli government, which is expected to take place on Sunday. Netanyahu sent people from his circle to talk …

Juan Cole (2021-06-12). Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister made a last-ditch attempt to derail the installation of the Change Coalition as the Israeli government, which is expected to pass the parliament or Knesset on Sunday. Netanyahu sent people from his circle to …

Fra Hughes (2021-06-12). Egypt to Rebuild Gaza is the Headline but Who will Really Benefit? orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes Belfast — Jun 10, 2021 | The story 'Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza strip' has appeared in many of the Zionist Israeli newspapers over the last few days. | This headline has many rejoicing. New homes, infrastructure and shelter for some of the 2 million Gazans living under Israeli occupation and siege. | Remember Israel controls the land border, six of the seven entry points with Gaza, the seas around Gaza and its airspace. Under international obligation it is seen as occupying Gaza. Israel also retains the right to militarily re-enter Gaza at any time. | Israel has occupied Gaza s…

Angela (2021-06-12). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-12). Hamas raps Ilhan Omar for equating resistance with Israeli crimes. electronicintifada.net Congresswoman labels occupier "democratic" and those fighting it "terrorist."

WSWS (2021-06-12). Democratic leaders support charges of "anti-Semitism" in response to Ilhan Omar's criticisms of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. wsws.org This week has seen yet another revolting example of the Democratic Party's support for Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian population of the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

The Conversation (2021-06-12). Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel's politics and government. juancole.com By Morad Elsana | — The next government is not going to be a typical one for the citizens of the state of Israel, and especially for members of the Palestinian Arab minority, who are 20% of Israel's population. This is the first time the Zionist political parties forming the government are including an Arab …

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). New Satellite Images Reveal More Details About Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria. southfront.org File image. | On June 12, The satellite images revealed that the Israeli strikes wiped out two warehouses located in the western countryside of Homs, to the east of a former chemical weapons site in Shinshar. The site was attacked by the US, France and t…

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-12). Gaza father tried to console his children, then Israel killed him. electronicintifada.net This is Part III of a three-part series that documents the names, faces and stories of some of the victims of Israel's May 2021 attack on Gaza. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | …

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-12). Al-Wihda street massacre . electronicintifada.net This is Part I of a three-part series that documents the names, faces and stories of some of the victims of Israel's May 2021 attack on Gaza.

Tamara Nassar (2021-06-12). Families obliterated, lives destroyed. electronicintifada.net This is Part II of a three-part series that documents the names, faces and stories of some of the victims of Israel's May 2021 attack on Gaza.

Angela (2021-06-12). Thursday 6/17: Specter of Colonial Violence during Military Escalations & Its Health Impact in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…

Fight Back (2021-06-12). Chicago protest against Facebook censorship targeting Palestinians. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On June 11, 100 activists gathered in front of the Facebook offices in Chicago to demand an end to digital apartheid. The social media company has repeatedly found reasons to censor Palestinian people who use the social media platform. Most recently, Facebook banned the use of hashtags denoting locations in Palestine, or advancing demands of the Palestinian people. Facebook insultingly claims that they are the names of terrorist organizations or forms of hate speech. | As a result of this abuse of power, the Coalition for Justice in Palestine (CJP) called for the rally to demand Facebook stop silen…

Sharon Amit, Gili Regev-Yochay, Arnon Afek, Yitshak Kreiss, Eyal Leshem (2021-06-12). [Correspondence] COVID-19 vaccine efficacy data: solid enough to delay second dose? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank John Robertson and Herb Sewell for their interest in our Correspondence.1 We reported early rate reductions in SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 disease in health-care workers (HCWs) working at the Sheba Medical Center, Israel, receiving the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine.1…

_____ (2021-06-12). Israeli Ships Not Welcome At North American Ports. popularresistance.org In a major push to hold Israel accountable for its crimes on Palestinians, activists and workers' movements have put up picket lines on key ports in the United States and Canada to block entry for Israeli ships. As part of an international call for an International Week of Action between June 2 and 9, thousands have held protests in major ports in North America, disrupting operations and blocking ships operated by Israeli cargo companies from docking. | Protests have been held at the ports of Oakland and Los Angeles in California, Seattle and Tacoma in Washington, Houston in Texas, and New York City/New Jersey, a…

Shane Quinn (2021-06-12). Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part II. orinocotribune.com By Shane Quinn — Jun 10, 2021 | After the failed November 1940 discussions in Berlin, of the Soviet Union's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, both he and his leader Joseph Stalin occasionally remarked that Nazi Germany was no longer so prompt in fulfilling its obligations to Moscow. This was relating to the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, of 23 August 1939, an agreement which had been meant to last for 10 years. Stalin and Molotov did not attribute much significance to the slacking off in Berlin's punctuality, as the delivery of German goods and technology to Soviet Russia increasingly did not appear on…

Amy Goodman (2021-06-12). 'Our house is on fire:' Activists urge G7 to immediately address climate, vaccine apartheid & poverty. nationofchange.org "What we've seen is simply rich countries doing too little too late and not taking up their responsibility, and unfortunately this G7 has not changed that at all."

Labor Video Project (2021-06-12). Palestinians Backed by Education Unions UESF & UTLA Who Protest US Aid For Israel. indybay.org California education unions UESF in San Francisco and UTLA in Los Angeles have acted to support Palestinians, support the blockade of Israel and opposed US military and economic aid for Israel. Two members discuss their actions…

repost (2021-06-12). 100 Nat'l Orgs Sign Friends (Quakers) Ltr to Stop Weapons Sale to Israel. indybay.org An honor roll of 100 national organizations signed a letter from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) to Pres Biden to stop the delivery of $735 billion in weapons to Israel. The letter and honor roll are below, from www.fcnl.org/updates/2021-06/fcnl-joins-……

Angela (2021-06-12). Tuesday 6/15: Palestinian Narrative: Censorship and Creativity in Time of Crisis. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-12). Iran regains voting rights at UN General Assembly. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Referring to the payment of Iran's arrears to the United Nations, Iran's permanent Ambassador to the United Nations stressed the lifting of all inhumane sanctions.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-12). Israel's new government: More of the same old ahead. peoplesdispatch.org Israel might see the end of the Benjamin Netyanyahu era tomorrow. However, it is doubtful whether the new government of change will actually be any different despite the protestations of the protagonists…

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Angela (2021-06-12). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Juan Cole (2021-06-12). Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister made a last-ditch attempt to derail the installation of the Change Coalition as the Israeli government, which is expected to pass the parliament or Knesset on Sunday. Netanyahu sent people from his circle to …

Angela (2021-06-12). Thursday 6/17: Specter of Colonial Violence during Military Escalations & Its Health Impact in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…

Angela (2021-06-12). Tuesday 6/15: Palestinian Narrative: Censorship and Creativity in Time of Crisis. indybay.org Zoom Webinar…

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-11). Thomas Friedman's last gasp. dissidentvoice.org Thomas Friedman's recent column in the New York Times reflecting on Israel's 11-day destruction of Gaza is a showcase for the delusions of liberal Zionism: a constellation of thought that has never looked so threadbare. It seems that every liberal newspaper needs a Thomas Friedman — the UK's Guardian has Jonathan Freedland — whose role …

Editor2 (2021-06-11). On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Jun 9, 2021 | How did Benjamin Netanyahu manage to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of Netanyahu's 'achievements' for Israel cannot be judged ac…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-11). On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel. counterpunch.org How did Benjamin Netanyahu manage to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, Netanyahu surpassed the 12-year leadership of Israel's founding father, David Ben Gurion. The answer to this question will become particularly critical for future Israeli leaders who hope to emulate Netanyahu's legacy, now that his historic

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-11). What's Next for Palestine? libya360.wordpress.com Greg Shupak The Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza demonstrated that Israel cannot go on carrying out apartheid and ethnic cleansing ad infinitum without paying a price, writes Greg Shupak. Photo by Crazymaq/Flickr. For 11 days in May, Israel massacred Palestinians in Gaza who it has been subjecting to a merciless blockade for 15 years, bombing and shelling…

Edward Hasbrouck (2021-06-11). Supreme Court's refusal to rule on male-only draft registration is bad news. peoplesworld.org The U.S. Supreme Court announced June 7 that it has denied the petition for certiorari in the case of National Coalition For Men v. Selective Service System. The Supreme Court's action today leaves in effect the decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing the complaint and the District Court judgment. What has happened, …

Fight Back (2021-06-11). Minneapolis building bridges of solidarity to Palestine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 30 people held banners and signs across three bridges on Interstate 35W during Minneapolis' rush hour on June 9. They were out raising awareness of the consequences of U.S. aid to Israel. | Demonstrators stood in torrential rain for over an hour waving banners and holding signs and flags on the bridge. Many drivers honked, waved and flashed their brights in solidarity with Palestine. | Israel's Supreme Court announced June 7 that they won't stop the illegal evictions being committed by Israeli settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. This means the attempts by the Israeli government to steal…

Staff (2021-06-11). Supreme Court Case Could Set Back Fight for LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws. truthout.org A relatively obscure Supreme Court case heard last year could fundamentally alter the landscape of LGBTQ+ rights and anti-discrimination law — and given the court's current conservative supermajority, many community advocates fear the worst. The case,

WSWS (2021-06-11). Craig Murray contempt of court appeal refused by Scottish High Court. wsws.org Craig Murray has been refused leave to appeal his conviction for contempt of court to the UK Supreme Court. Murray was found in contempt for his reporting of the trial former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond during a bitter factional feud in the Scottish National Party.

_____ (2021-06-11). It's Time To Change Liberal Discourse About Hamas. popularresistance.org Representative Ilhan Omar may have thought she was doing Palestinians a favor when she challenged Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a congressional hearing on Monday. | But her comments about Hamas only reinforce Israeli propaganda delegitmizing Palestinian resistance. | Sadly Omar's both-sidesism is a common feature of discourse even among ostensibly pro-Palestinian liberals. | Omar posted this video clip of her exchange with Blinken. In her tweet she wrote that "We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity." She claimed, "We have seen unthinkable atroc…

Staff (2021-06-11). Progressives Back Ilhan Omar After "Bad Faith" Attack by House Democrats. truthout.org As Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday afternoon clarified earlier remarks about "unthinkable atrocities" committed by the United States and Israel following a rebuke from her own party's House leadership, many of the Minnesota Democrat's progressive colleagues joined peace and human rights advocates in rallying to her defense. | Omar first

Staff (2021-06-11). Headlines for June 11, 2021. democracynow.org G7 to Donate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses to Poorer Nations, But Billions More Needed, Biden Says "No Strings Attached" to Vaccine Donations, But Venezuela Is Blocked from Getting Any, Trump Administration Secretly Seized Private Data from Two Democratic Lawmakers, Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Slammed for Failing to Address Climate Crisis, U.N.: Tigray Region of Ethiopia Facing World's Worst Famine in a Decade, Socialist Teacher Pedro Castillo Closing In on Becoming Peruvian President, Undercover Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Raid, Shocking Video Shows Israeli Guards Brutally Assaulting Palesti…

Kimberly Barzola (2021-06-11). Castillo elected president of Peru. zcomm.org Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-11). Daily Round-up|Peru awaits official results as runner-up tries to annul votes & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today's Daily Round-up looks at how the electoral process continues in Peru, the G7 summit in the UK, and the killing of a 15-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank…

Angela (2021-06-11). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Roberto Lovato (2021-06-11). The Kids Are Reimagining International Solidarity. zcomm.org Millennial and Gen Z activists are connecting their struggles at home to the workings of US empire in Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries…

John S. Auerbach (2021-06-11). Black, Brown, and White: Thoughts on Psychoanalysis, the Blues, and Marginality. counterpunch.org Antiracism and antisegregation songs cropped up in some very unusual places, not just among urban bohemians, radicals, artistes, and literati, but also in the Southern Appalachians, something I know a little about from having spent 17 years in East Tennessee, just an hour down the road apiece from the Southwest Virginia home of the Carter Family, a main, if not the main, source of both country and folk music. The Carters, as evangelical Christians who believed in the equality of all souls, were no racists, and A. P. Carter formed an unusual friendship with Lesley Riddle, a Piedmont-style guitarist from nearby Kin…

David Cronin (2021-06-11). Is EU anti-Semitism chief motivated by Christian Zionism? electronicintifada.net Katharina von Schnurbein endorsed Israel's latest attack on Gaza.

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-11). Power at Any Cost: How Opportunistic Mansour Abbas Joined Hands with Avowed "Arab Killers" dissidentvoice.org We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition which, for the first time, includes an Arab party, Ra'am, or the United Arab List. If we are to accept this logic, the leader of Ra'am, Mansour Abbas, is a mover and shaker of …

Staff (2021-06-11). "Our House Is on Fire": Activists Urge G7 to Immediately Address Climate, Vaccine Apartheid & Poverty. democracynow.org As world leaders gather for the first in-person G7 summit in two years, talks are set to focus heavily on ending the pandemic and the climate crisis, and climate activists are calling on them for more immediate action. "It's not just one crisis," says Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want and spokesperson for the COP26 Climate Coalition. "What we've seen is simply rich countries doing too little too late and not taking up their responsibility, and unfortunately this G7 has not changed that at all."

Staff (2021-06-11). Why Germany's Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in Namibia Does Not Go Far Enough. democracynow.org Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonizers killed tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas officially described the massacre as genocide and outlined an offer of more than $1.34 billion in development aid to the Namibian government. The offer was not negotiated with survivors of the genocide, and critics have described it as a pittance. We speak with Nyoko Muvangua, born of the Ovaherero people who wer…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-11). Hostile Drone Intercepted Over Saudi Arabia Following Houthi Strike On Ma'rib (Video). southfront.org File image. | Late on June 10, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had intercepted a drone over Saudi Arabia's southern region. | In a statement, the coalition claimed that the drone was on its way to attack the city of Khamis Mushait in the province of 'Asir. | Such drones are usually intercepted by Saudi F-15 fighter jets. However, in this case the drone was shot down by an air-defense system, likely one of the MIM-104 Patriot systems deployed in the Kingdom's southern region. | The drone was most likely launched f…

Staff (2021-06-11). Activists Demand G7 Take Urgent Action on Climate, Vaccine Apartheid and Poverty. truthout.org As world leaders gather for the first in-person G7 summit in two years, talks are set to focus heavily on ending the pandemic and the climate crisis, and climate activists are calling on them for more immediate action. "It's not just one crisis," says Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want and spokesperson for the COP26 Climate Coalition. "What we've seen is simply rich countries doing too little too late and not taking up their responsibility, and unfortunately this G7 has not change…

Staff (2021-06-11). GOP Oregon Lawmaker Expelled for Letting Far Right Extremists Into Capitol. truthout.org A Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives has been expelled from the state legislative body for illegally allowing dozens of far right individuals, some of them armed with guns, into the state capitol at a time when coronavirus protocols limited public access to the building. | The individuals that Rep. Mike Nearman (R) allowed into the state capitol on December 21, 2020, eventually got into physical altercations with law enforcement, spraying officers with bear spray. Before e…

Editorial Team (2021-06-11). G7 leaders meet in Cornwall this weekend. challenge-magazine.org G7 leaders from across the world have travelled to Carbis Bay, near St Ives in Cornwall as talks continue across the weekend, with Covid-19 vaccines and the environment high up on the agenda. The G7 brings together the largest capitalist economies, from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States. Russia joined to form the G8 but has since been excluded. Other leaders have also been invited this year, including the far right leader of the BJP in India, Narendra Modi, who will attend virtually, while Ursula von der Leyen will represent the European Union.

The Conversation (2021-06-11). Why Iranians won't vote: new survey reveals massive political disenchantment. juancole.com By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki | — The Islamic Republic of Iran has never organised free and fair elections since its establishment in 1979. By definition, the combination of modern totalitarianism and Iran's Islamic theocracy, with a supreme leader, cannot allow for more than a voting spectacle, rather than elections in the normal …

Staff (2021-06-11). 11 June, Online Event: Palestine Today: Settler colonialism, popular uprisings and bad journalism. samidoun.net Friday, 11 June 12 pm Eastern time (9 am Pacific, 6 pm central Europe, 7 pm Palestine) Register to join the event on Zoom: carleton.ca/socanth/cu-events/palestine-… Organized by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University What led to the current events? How to understand the images we are seeing? What is to be done? Join us for a Zoom webinar, and hear from speakers Nahla Abdo (Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University), Moe Alqasem (Palestinian Youth Movement, CUPE 1281 President), Chandni Desai (Assistant Professor, Critical Studies of Equity and…

Juan Cole (2021-06-11). Israeli Security Forces won't Vaccinate Occupied Palestinians, Ban Palestinian Health Worker Committees that Do. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Amnesty International complains that on the morning of June 9, Israeli forces invaded the headquarters in Ramallah of the Palestinian Health Worker Committees. They stole the computers and memory drives in the office and banned the organization for six months. The HWC has been a key actor in the Palestinian …

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2021-06-11: News Headlines

Kimberly Barzola (2021-06-11). Castillo elected president of Peru. zcomm.org Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator…

Angela (2021-06-11). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

David Cronin (2021-06-11). Is EU anti-Semitism chief motivated by Christian Zionism? electronicintifada.net Katharina von Schnurbein endorsed Israel's latest attack on Gaza.

Phelan Acheson (2021-06-11). Socius — Unionism vs. Fascism. realprogressives.org Militant unionism and working-class solidarity may be our only hope. We must break the capitalist machine in order to survive.

Editorial Team (2021-06-11). Stop attacking Cuba! challenge-magazine.org Statement from the PCE about recent advances from imperialist powers upon Cuba | A new damaging motion against Cuba, subservient as always to the desires of the United States, has been presented for debate in the European Parliament (EP) by right-wing and far-right parties. A new rap music song, created in Madrid and Miami to insult the Cuban Revolution, is today's excuse. The writers called it "evil", openly agreed with far-right positions, new and classic fascism, as well as with the most reactionary circles in the US State Department and Florida lobbies. | For decades now, the US administration has been fee…

Asa Winstanley (2021-06-11). Israel's newly elected "centrist" president Isaac Herzog is a racist. electronicintifada.net Former Labor leader has long participated in oppression of Palestinians.

Michael Welton (2021-06-11). A Cry of Hope in the Absence of Hope. counterpunch.org Anyone who has followed the Israeli government's macabre dance of non-negotiation and play-acting the role of eternal victim, while humiliating, jailing, murdering and robbing Palestinians of their land, can only adopt the stance of those "complaint psalms"—the ones where the supplicant shakes his fist at the Yahweh for seemingly preventing justice from flowing down like

Waging Nonviolence (2021-06-11). How TikTok Videos are exposing Israeli repression of Palestinian Dissent. juancole.com By Shahira Tarrash and Craig Brown | — ( Waging Nonviolence) — On the weekend of May 8, TikTok was awash with videos from East Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah and the Al-Aqsa compound, where Palestinian worshippers were attacked by Israeli security forces. This was before Hamas' rockets attracted the focus of European and North American media …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-11). Protest against expansion of Jewish settlements repressed. peoplesdispatch.org A protest by Palestinians against the expansion of Jewish settlements was heavily repressed by Israeli forces in Nablus, Northern West Bank, on June 8. Israeli soldiers used tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd which caused the protesters to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

WSWS (2021-06-11). Right-wing extremist network exposed in Frankfurt, Germany police special operations unit. wsws.org The interior minister in the state of Hesse dissolved the special operations unit after 20 officers shared Nazi symbols in a chat group and engaged in hate speech.

repost (2021-06-11). 100 Nat'l Orgs Sign Friends (Quakers) Ltr to Stop Weapons Sale to Israel. indybay.org An honor roll of 100 national organizations signed a letter from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) to Pres Biden to stop the delivery of $735 billion in weapons to Israel. The letter and honor roll are below, from www.fcnl.org/updates/2021-06/fcnl-joins-……

Labor Video Project (2021-06-11). Palestinians Backed by Education Unions UESF & UTLA Who Protest US Aid For Israel. indybay.org California education unions UESF in San Francisco and UTLA in Los Angeles have acted to support Palestinians, support the blockade of Israel and opposed US military and economic aid for Israel. Two members discuss their actions…

Kimberly Barzola (2021-06-10). Castillo elected president of Peru: Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator. liberationnews.org In a major breakthrough for the Peruvian left and working class, socialist public school teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has made history winning election as the country's next president.

teleSUR (2021-06-10). Castillo Asks To Avoid Provocations From the Peruvian Far-Righ. telesurenglish.net Free Peru candidate Pedro Castillo asked his compatriots to remain calm in the face of destabilizing actions of those who want to disregard the results of the presidential elections held on June 6. | RELATED: | "Dear brothers and sisters: I thank those who continue to resist in the streets… Let us not fall into the provocations of those who want to see this country in chaos. We call for peace and tranquility. Le…

Angela (2021-06-10). Sunday 6/13: From Colombia to Palestine- The Bay Rises Up. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St. | San Francisco…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-10). Colombian Paramilitary Regime Orders Youth Genocide to Demobilize National Strike. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos De Urabá Economic bankruptcy and recession have taken their toll on the most vulnerable population. It was not necessary to be clairvoyant to predict exactly what was going to happen in May 2021. How can we forget the murder of Dilan Cruz-transmitted live and direct- by the police in the protests in Bogota in…

Ashley Curtin (2021-06-10). Patriotic Millionaires urge global leaders to combat tax avoidance through wealth tax on world's billionaires. nationofchange.org "We need to foster a recovery beyond regressing to the same-old, same-old. We need to tax the rich."

The Canary (2021-06-10). Christopher Kapessa's family to seek a review of the decision not to prosecute. thecanary.co The family of a 13-year-old boy who died after being pushed into a river will appeal to the High Court on Thursday to review the decision not to prosecute the teenager accused of being responsible. | Christopher Kapessa was pushed into the River Cynon in South Wales by a 14-year-old boy in July 2019, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge the teenager and described the incident as a "foolish prank". | Institutional racism?: | Lawyers representing Christopher's mother, Alina Joseph, will appear at the High Court in London on Thursday morning to ask for a judicial review of the CPS decision…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-10). Ethiopia: How to Wreck a Black Nation in the Age of "Black Lives Matter" libya360.wordpress.com Ready for Revolution Folks, having spent much time navigating my way through the twilight zone that is American Foreign Policy, I feel compelled to share with you all how the cynical (but very real) game of sabotaging and undermining a large African country is played while loudly proclaiming that Black Lives Matter. Here is the…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-10). In open letter, journalists call for unbiased coverage of Palestine and Israeli occupation. peoplesdispatch.org The letter blames the media for failing to fulfill its duty of reporting the truth and holding the powerful accountable, in the process covering up and sanitizing Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and war crimes…

Editor (2021-06-10). Support a Marxist voice for LGBTQ2S+ rights. workers.org New York City Pride, 2019 For over half a century, Workers World newspaper has covered the global struggle to end all forms of discrimination, persecution and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender-nonconforming communities. WW has consistently backed up our activist coverage with analysis. In the early 1970s, . . . |

Ali Abunimah (2021-06-10). It's time to change liberal discourse about Hamas. electronicintifada.net How Ilhan Omar's comments reinforce Israeli propaganda delegitmizing Palestinian resistance.

A. Majumdar (2021-06-10). PDF of June 10 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Pro-Palestinian solidarity blocks Israeli ship June 13: Honoring Ramsey Clark Puerto Rican unions: 'No LUMA!' Economic recovery? On the picket line; Trans youth targeted; Cops out of Pride; Editorial: Are pro athletes exploited workers? Disability solidarity with Naomi Osaka GLOBAL: Defend Syria; Palestine resists; Delegation demands 'Free . . . |

Editor2 (2021-06-10). Two Former Israeli Ambassadors to South Africa Join Tsunami of 'Apartheid' Accusations Against Israel. orinocotribune.com "It is time for the world to recognize that what we saw in South Africa decades ago is happening in Palestine… time for the world to take decisive diplomatic action… towards building a future of equality." | The news today is that two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa have accused their country of practicing apartheid by creating bantustans for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. "It's apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa," Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel write a This is yet an…

_____ (2021-06-10). National Coalition Calls On Biden To Halt Weapons Sales To Israel. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) joined more than 100 national organizations in signing a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to block the delivery of $735 million in weapons to Israel. Faith based groups such as Churches for Middle East Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace Action joined with more secular groups like Defense of Children International — Palestine, Justice Democrats, Indivisible, Sunrise Movement, and DAWN on the letter. | In early May, the Israeli government used U.S.-manufactured weapons in a devastating assault on…

Fight Back (2021-06-10). Eyewitness Syria: Interview with delegation members. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed two activists who recently traveled to Syria to provide an eyewitness account of the U.S. war there. Kobi Guillory is a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and a co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Wyatt Miller is an activist with the Minnesota-based Anti-War Committee. | Fight Back!: Who did you travel to Syria with? | Kobi Guillory: We were a part of an international delegation with members from the U.S., South Africa, Palestine, France and Canada. It was organized by the Syria Solidarity Movement and contained journalists, writers and…

_____ (2021-06-10). The Israeli Government Is Changing, but Some Things Remain the Same. strategic-culture.org However, there is growing sentiment even in Congress and the Zionist controlled media that "what is wrong is wrong," Phil Giraldi writes. | Israel is undergoing a change of management, with reliably hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being replaced by extreme nationalist Naftali Bennett. Bennett has at intervals favored the disenfranchisement of non-Jewish Israeli citizens and the ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from historic Palestine, killing them if necessary. He opposes the creation of any Palestinian state and routinely describes Palestinian protesters as terrorists while stating his belief that the…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-10). On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel. dissidentvoice.org How did Benjamin Netanyahu manage to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, Netanyahu surpassed the 12-year mandate of Israel's founding father, David Ben Gurion. The answer to this question will become particularly critical for future Israeli leaders who hope to emulate Netanyahu's legacy, now that his historic …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-10). Did Palestinians help Bring down Israel's Netanyahu, who ensured their Statelessness? juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — How has Benjamin Netanyahu managed to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, he has surpassed the 12-year mandate of Israel's founding father, David Ben Gurion. The answer to this question will become particularly critical for future Israeli leaders who hope to emulate …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-10). How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel. zcomm.org On the Politics of Victory and Defeat:…

Philip Giraldi (2021-06-10). The Israeli Government Is Changing, but Some Things Remain the Same. globalresearch.ca Israel is undergoing …

South Front (2021-06-10). Video: Israel Defense Forces Strike Syria as Netanyahu Struggles to Remain. globalresearch.ca Israel's political situation …

Dennis Broe (2021-06-10). Portuguese fascist prison novel speaks to the incarceration experience everywhere. peoplesworld.org There are many calls today for abolishing the police or, in actuality, establishing a downsized police force and allowing social workers to respond to calls for help not with a badge and a gun but with an understanding of the problems that plague troubled and impoverished communities. The same can be said for prisons, where, …

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