(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Disability is central to discrimination in health. thelancet.com We congratulate The Lancet on the Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and health—a key resource for health researchers and advocates. One Series paper by Shannon and colleagues1 focuses on intersectionality. We were gratified to see that the authors mention questions of ableism in their framing comments, but disability issues are not carried through in the case studies or analyses.
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Essential role of staff development in addressing structural racism. thelancet.com After the recent Comment1 by Saleem Razack and Thirusha Naidu, we thought it essential to emphasise the importance of faculty development. As medical educators, we must role-model the behaviours and attitudes we expect of our students, including the critical consciousness mentioned, but also an awareness of structural racism and its effects on students, patients, and staff. We are concerned that too much of the focus in recent years has been on the development of the curriculum, with relatively little consideration of faculty that aims to develop the competencies required of an educator in today's higher educatio…
(2023-06-16). Cornel West's presidential candidacy is 'for the least of these'. therealnews.com 
Dr. Cornel West is running for president. In a wide-ranging conversation on The Chris Hedges Report, West lays out a political vision centering "the least of these." Rejecting the corporate duopoly and its two wings—a neofascist Republican party, and the neoliberal Democrats—West calls for a multiracial alliance of poor and working people against militarism, corporatism, racism, and all other forms of bigotry and oppression. | Editor's Note: Since the time this interview was recorded, Dr. Cornel West has announced his intention to seek the Green Party nomination for presidential candidate, rathe…
(2023-06-16). DOJ: Rampant Violence, Racism in Minneapolis PD Led to George Floyd's Murder. truthout.org The Department of Justice has released a scathing, 89-page report of the Minneapolis Police Department conducted after the police murder of George Floyd, shedding light on the culture of unlawful police violence and rampant racism that laid the groundwork for Floyd's murder three years ago. The report, released Friday, finds that the Minneapolis Police Department, referred to as MPD in the report… |
(2023-06-15). Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: Why Israel Wants to Reactivate The E1 Plan. mintpressnews.com The price of Israel's major plans in East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank is not just humanitarian. It is essentially political, aimed at cutting off Palestinian communities from one another, isolating Jerusalem completely, and ensuring a Jewish demographic majority for generations to come.
(2023-06-15). NATO's Luftwaffe More Than an Echo of Nazi Operation Barbarossa. thealtworld.com If they were around, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler would be cheering on their NATO incarnation — albeit 82 years too late. | The NATO military alliance holds its largest-ever air force maneuvers since the bloc was formed 74 years ago. From June 12-23, the German Luftwaffe The United States will deploy the most warplanes out of the 25 participating NATO partners. But Germany is th…
(2023-06-16). The White House's Strategic Plan on Antisemitism Is Fatally Flawed. truthout.org A recently released White House strategic plan on combatting antisemitism, while including numerous mentions of "cross community solidarity" and the importance of combatting all forms of hate, fails to promote a framework that makes that kind of solidarity possible. The plan, in actuality, singles out antisemitism and, by extension, Jews, as requiring a special strategy — one that does not embrace… |
(2023-06-15). Brazilian Indigenous activists join Peruvian comrades fighting 'genocide bill'. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Brazil is in Peru this week to join forces with their counterparts there who are fighting to stop proposed legislation many critics call the "genocide bill" due to fears its passage could result in uncontacted tribes being wiped out by fossil fuel companies and other rapacious resource extractors. | Members of the Unio…
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] The role of patient safety in health inequities. thelancet.com The Series paper by Selvarajah and colleagues1 highlights how inequitable quality of care is a means by which health systems map discrimination onto poorer health outcomes. However, the authors miss an opportunity for framing these issues in a way that will provoke effective remedial action from health professionals and systems.
(2023-06-16). Addressing cancer concerns in the LGBTQ+ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During June, many cities and towns around the U.S. and the world celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community's accomplishments and the ongoing fight for equality and acceptance. When it comes to health, the LGBTQ+ community faces increased cancer concerns. Stigma and discrimination create barriers to health care, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer. Being aware of cancer risks and finding ways to overcome these challenges can be lifesaving. Mayo…
(2023-06-16). Department of Justice Finds Racist Discrimination Practices in Minneapolis PD. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-06-15). Race Discrimination Against White People Has Been Institutionalized Precisely as I Predicted in my Book, The New Color Line, decades ago. thealtworld.com In the United States of America white people are now officially second class citizens as this 16 …
(2023-06-16). 200 Historians Back Polish Holocaust Expert Under Attack. strategic-culture.org By Ofer ADERET | In a letter of support, historians and scholars worldwide said that the Polish attack on Holocaust scholar Prof. Barbara Engelking harmed the attempt 'to understand the processes that allowed the Holocaust to take place' | Two hundred historians, including senior Holocaust scholars from Israel and around the globe, signed a letter in support of Prof. Barbara Engelking, a Polish historian who has been under attack in her homeland after she said the Poles did not do enough to help Jews during the Shoah. | "We, the undersigned scholars of the Holocaust Era, the Second World War, and Modern and Jewis…
(2023-06-16). Israeli forces kill one Palestinian, injure over 300 in Nablus raid. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by armored military vehicles and bulldozers, illegally invaded the city in order to demolish the home of a Palestinian prisoner who is accused of being involved in an armed confrontation with the Israeli army…
(2023-06-16). China's push for regional peace hailed. ecns.cn China's proactive role in finding a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by initiating a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offers new opportunities for resolving decades of discord, say analysts.
(2023-06-16). Desperate Crowd Funding For Ukraine War? Israel To Make First Merkava Tank Sale. southfront.org 
March 20, 2008. a Merkava tank during a training day held in the Golan Heights for the 188th Armored Brigade. Photography by Neil Cohen, IDF Spokesperson's Film Unit. | Israel is in talks to sell hundreds of its used Merkava main battle tanks to two countries, including one in Europe, head of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Israeli Ministry of Defense revealed on June 15. | Yair Kulas told the Calcalist financial paper that his directorate, also known as SIB…
(2023-06-16). Israel To Make First Merkava Tank Sale To Two Countries, One Of Which Is European. southfront.org March 20, 2008. a Merkava tank during a training day held in the Golan Heights for the 188th Armored Brigade. Photography by Neil Cohen, IDF Spokesperson's Film Unit. | Israel is in talks to sell hundreds of its used Merkava main battle tanks to two countries, including one in Europe, head of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Israeli Ministry of Defense revealed on June 15. | Yair Kulas told the Calcalist financial paper that his directorate, also known as SIB…
(2023-06-16). Russian MoD Reveals Targets, Results Of Israel's Last Attack On Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Russian Ministry of Defense has provided new details on the On June 15, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the ministry's Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said that two F-15 fighter jets from the Israeli Air Force carried out the attack."On June 14 … two IDF [Israeli Defense…
(2023-06-16). Biden Proposes "Israel Model" For Ukraine Instead Of NATO Membership. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The Biden administration is considering proposing an "Israel model" for Ukraine in NATO. This deal would be a limited commitment and would not include a guarantee of collective defence. At the same time, media reports indicate that the White House is committed to providing more military aid to Ukraine, regardless of the outcome of its counteroffensive, which is evidently failing. | Acc…
(2023-06-16). Gaza: Amnesty Calls on ICC to Investigate Israel for War Crimes. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-16). China And Palestine: No To 'Piecemeal Crisis Management'. popularresistance.org Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law. | Compared to the United States' position, which perceives the UN, and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a legal stance based on a deep understanding of the realities on the ground. | Articulating the Chinese thinking during a UNSC 'Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question,' Geng did not mince his words.
(2023-06-15). Protecting an obsolete framework is not a legitimate political option. thealtworld.com The lauding of diplomatic meetings between Palestinian Authority officials and other political entities needs to cease, especially when the item under discussion is the obsolete two-state compromise. | "There is an urgent need to move immediately to protect the two-state solution at a time the Israeli government is pushing the Palestinian Authority to the brink of collapse and destroying the possibility of a Palestinian state," PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has
(2023-06-15). Israel Threatens A Multi-Front War To Distract From Its Failures. thelastamericanvagabond.com Last Thursday the Israeli military concluded a two-week series of exercises — dubbed "Firm Hand" — which simulated fighting a multi-front war against Lebanese Hezbollah and other regional forces that have threatened to strike Israel over attacks against Holy Sites in the city of Jerusalem. Despite…
(2023-06-15). Exposing Israel's Abuse of Palestinian Child Detainees. dissidentvoice.org 
CJPME is proud to publish its latest analysis, "Heartbreaking Disparity: Child Detainees in Canada vs. Israel." The report exposes the cruel and discriminatory treatment that Palestinian child detainees face in Israel's military court system, and provides a call for action to protect and uphold their rights. The report is unique in how it compares Canada's …
(2023-06-15). Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in Rafidiya Neighborhood. telesurenglish.net On Thursday morning, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian and injured two others in the city of Nablus in the West Bank. | RELATED: | The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim as 20-year-old Khalil Yehya Anis, who died from gunshot wounds in the head, and one of the other two Palestinians who were shot suffered critical injuries. | The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that their forces raided the Rafidiya nei…
(2023-06-15). China ready to work with Palestine on goals. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that China is ready to work with Palestine to push for concrete outcomes in promoting the two countries' newly established strategic partnership, as he met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing.
(2023-06-16). Spy on your fellow (pro-Palestinian) students to get a scholarship. yvesengler.com
(2023-06-16). Palestinian Writer Urges China to Strengthen Relations with Palestinian Resistance, Criticizes Abbas' Visit. orinocotribune.com Khaled Barakat, a Palestinian writer and member of the executive committee of the Masar Badil: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, has stated in an interview with Press TV in London that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to China is "worthless," and that China should instead strengthen its relations with the Palestinian resistance. | Barakat alluded to the failure of the so-called "negotiations process" and the failed "two-state solution," and added that "Abbas is a weak figure who has lost his role and is on his way out of the scene at a time when the negotiations option has c…
(2023-06-15). La reunión de Yeda une a la Liga àÅrabe con Damasco. strategic-culture.org Aunque ahora haya alguna división entre Qatar y Siria ellos están unidos en su apoyo a la búsqueda de la libertad para Palestina. | El presidente sirio Bashar al Assad El Príncipe Badr quien es el Emir Suplente de la Provincia de Makkah caminó con Al Assad hasta la sala de recepción donde tomaron asiento e intercambiaron obsequios. Esto marca la primera Cumbre de la Liga à&Arin…
(2023-06-15). China and Palestine are 'strategic partners,' announces Xi Jinping during Mahmoud Abbas' state visit. peoplesdispatch.org China reiterated its support for Palestinian statehood with 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital and asked all parties to respect the historic status quo in the occupied territories…
(2023-06-16). When corporate media fail, independent media rise up. nationofchange.org Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.
(2023-06-16). LA County Federation of Labor backs Marisa Alcaraz for City Council. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — In the aftermath of the infamous scandal last fall, when secretly taped conversations revealed the privately expressed racist attitudes of three Los Angeles City Council members, as well as the then leader of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, City Council President Nury Martinez, representing District 6, resigned. On April 4, …
(2023-06-15). How a Whites-Only Group Plans To Turn Rural Tennessee Into Its Homeland. splcenter.org Members of a whites-only group with extensive ties to the white power movement have purchased a nearly 70-acre property in central Tennessee that they intend to use as a self-described "headquarters," a Hatewatch investigation found.
(2023-06-16). Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which maintains Indigenous children under state care stay within their tribe rather than being placed outside their community.
(2023-06-16). Victory for Indigenous nations' sovereignty as Supreme Court upholds Native adoption law. peoplesworld.org 
In a surprising decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), affirming the Native adoption law's constitutionality. The High Court ruled that the original plaintiffs in the case—the states of Texas, Louisiana and Indiana and a number of individual families—had neither merit nor the standing to prevail in their …
(2023-06-16). Exigen al Supremo salvadoreño liberar a líderes comunitarios. telesurtv.net Defensa presenta habeas corpus ante Sala de lo Constitucional. Señala que existen motivos de salud que no han sido escuchados por autoridades.
(2023-06-16). Wednesday 6/21: How the Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn Is Wreaking Havoc on Democracy. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-06-16). Number of Legal Abortions Fell by 94K in States With Bans in Months Post-"Dobbs" truthout.org New data shows that the number of legal abortions plummeted by the thousands in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year, demonstrating the vast chilling effect that bans have had on people's ability to access the procedure. According to data from #WeCount analyzed by FiveThirtyEight, states that had an abortion ban in place for at least one week… |
(2023-06-16). Supreme Court May Soon Ban Affirmative Action — Here's What That Means. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to wipe out affirmative action in higher education any day now. If the erasure of a decades-old precedent occurs, the crucial question will be: How to bolster diversity on college campuses without the help of race-conscious policies? Universities will have to be creative, experts say, and consider approaches that will have an outsized impact on marginalized… |
(2023-06-16). Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Voting Rights Is Not as Good as It Seems. progressive.org At first glance, the Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, released on June 8, appears to be a far-reaching victory for voting rights. But it's always important to read the fine print.
(2023-06-16). New Wave Of Protests Begin As US Troops Enter Perú. popularresistance.org As the parliamentary coup against democratically elected president Pedro Castillo enters its sixth month, the people of Perú continue the protests and begin a new wave of coordinated actions throughout the country to prepare for a third Takeover of Lima in July. Despite the coup regime's various attempts to stifle the uprising that began December 7th and has continued both in the capital city of Lima and in the outer provinces and regions, despite the Supreme Court ruling declaring protests are not a protected right and Congress trying to take Perú out of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights , the people…
(2023-06-16). El Supremo condena a Irene Montero a pagar 18.000 euros al ex marido de María Sevilla. indybay.org El Supremo condena a Irene Montero a pagar 18.000 euros al ex marido de María Sevilla por presentarle sin pruebas como un maltratador…
(2023-06-16). Fourth Florida execution this year after US Supreme Court denies death row inmate's appeal. wsws.org Duane Owen became the fourth prisoner put to death in Florida in 2023 after the US Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay based on mental incompetency. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, signed his death warrant.
(2023-06-15). In Surprise Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Indian Child Welfare Act. truthout.org In a somewhat surprising ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), delivering a win to Native American communities by upholding a decades-old law aimed at keeping Native American children from being taken away from their families and tribes. In a 7-2 decision on Haaland v. Brackeen, justices struck down all challenges to the law, "some on the merits… |
(2023-06-15). Ohio GOP Aims to Thwart Move to Enshrine Abortion Rights in State Constitution. truthout.org A coalition of doctors and abortion rights advocates wants to make Ohio the first Republican-controlled state to vote to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution — but they must first defeat Republicans' efforts to thwart the measure. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPRR), which launched in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and Ohioians for Reproductive Freedom… |
(2023-06-15). Protecting the Indian Child Welfare Act at the State Level. aclu.org 
The Supreme Court issued a landmark victory for tribal sovereignty by rejecting all the constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in