(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… |
(2023-06-17). American Churches Launch Initiative to End Israel's Apartheid. hrw.org Over 100 faith-based groups form Apartheid Free Communities Initiative.
(2023-06-16). Australian Greens say Israel perpetrates the crime of apartheid. electronicintifada.net Party's new policy recognizes Palestinians' right to resist.
(2023-06-16). Gee, Thanks America! U.S. Sanctions Make Russian Economy Stronger and Precipitate Multipolar World. strategic-culture.org The paradoxical thing is that U.S. and European sanctions against Russia while intended to cripple the Russian economy have made the stronger. | Russia's economy is performing strongly, according to recent forecasts from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The outcome defies earlier predictions by the United States and its European allies which held that Western sanctions would bring the Russian economy to its knees and force it to submissively "Cry Uncle". | When the conflict in Ukraine escalated 16 months ago (after eight years of NATO-sponsored aggression using the Kiev Neo-Nazi regime), various W…
(2023-06-16). How Ukraine Has Become a Magnet for Western Neo-Nazis. globalresearch.ca
(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… |
(2023-06-16). Activists protest Confederate monuments with virtual Black history memorials. splcenter.org
(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.
(2023-06-17). 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…
(2023-06-17). Covid Related News: Discrimination against unvaccinated Australians is deadly while the dangers of covid injections continue to be revealed. expose-news.com Australia's stance to not treat an unvaccinated child is nothing short of criminal in light of the ever-growing mountain of evidence from across the world of the harm and deaths caused by …
(2023-06-16). Department of Justice Finds Racist Discrimination Practices in Minneapolis PD. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-06-16). Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty: Indian Child Welfare Act Upheld by Supreme Court in Surprise Ruling. democracynow.org 
We speak with Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle about a major victory at the Supreme Court in a case that could have gutted Native American sovereignty. In a surprise 7-2 ruling Thursday, the court upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which protects Native children from being removed from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption in non-Native homes. The court rejected an argument from Republican-led states and white families who argued the system is based on race. Nagle has covered the case closely for The Nation and her podcast, This Land, and says the far right is attacking the Indian Child Welfa…
(2023-06-17). The Other Americans: Fascism's Ugly Shadow in Latin America. progressive.org In Latin America, the roots of fascism run deep. Across the hemisphere, fascist and far-right ideologies are reemerging, often growing out of religious movements.
(2023-06-16). U.S. imperialism's crisis, and the fascist danger. cpusa.org 
The U.S. is, without a doubt, at a dangerous crossroads. U.S. global dominance is waning as country after country rushes to leave the dollar, join the BRICS initiative, resist pressure to side with U.S. imperialism's goals in Eastern Europe, or turn to China for trade and empowerment. As the U.S. pours vast amounts of …
(2023-06-16). indybay.org Página censora. Panfletaria. Tabloide y fascismo de izquierdas. indybay.org
(2023-06-17). 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.
(2023-06-17). Israeli Soldiers Won't Face Prosecution for Death of 80-Year-Old Palestinian-American. scheerpost.com 
The Israeli military announced the soldiers involved in the death of Palestinian American Omar Asaad would not face criminal charges. Less than 1% of Israeli army probes result in the prosecution of soldiers.
(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). 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). 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. infobrics.org Meanwhile, US blocks arms sale to Hungary for opposing NATO expansion.
(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). Sen. Chris Van Hollen: State Dept. Must Release Report on Shireen Abu Akleh Death, Hold Killers Accountable. democracynow.org 
We speak with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about his call for the U.S. State Department to declassify a report on the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank last year. The Al Jazeera reporter was covering an Israeli military raid just outside the Jenin refugee camp and was clearly marked as press. "It's my belief that the United States has an absolute obligation to get to the bottom of what happened, to hold the individuals accountable, or, in this case, potentially the IDF unit accountable," says Van Hollen…
(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.
(2023-06-16). 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…
(2023-06-17). Saturday 6/17: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Native Sons: Palestinians in Exile" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2023-06-17). 93 years on the execution of the heroes of al-Buraq revolution: The prisoners' struggle against imperialism and Zionism continues! samidoun.net 
The following is an 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 the Zionist regime seeks to target Palestinian prisoners for execution in an official manner, …
(2023-06-17). Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike scheduled for Sunday while dialogues continue to achieve their demands. samidoun.net The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in occupation jails issued a statement on Saturday, 17 June, announcing that the mass open hunger strike of Palestinians jailed without charge or trial scheduled to begin on Sunday was suspended pending further dialogue with the occupation prison administration to achieve their demands. There are currently …
(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…
(2023-06-16). 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, …
(2023-06-16). 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.
(2023-06-17). Wednesday 6/21: How the Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn Is Wreaking Havoc on Democracy. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-06-17). 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.
(2023-06-17). 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). 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). 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). 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). Mexican state of Nuevo León legalizes same-sex marriage. peoplesdispatch.org In the middle of the pride month, on June 14, the Congress of the Mexican State of Nuevo León, with 22 votes in favor, 10 against and 9 abstentions, approved the reforms to the state civil code that legalize marriage between people of the same sex. | With the amendment to articles 140, 147, and 148 of the state constitution, marriage will now be understood as the union between two people who have reached 18 years of age. | The decision to allow equal marriages came four years after the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) ruled in favor of the LGBTQI+ community and determined that the civil code of Nuevo…
(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). Headlines for June 16, 2023. democracynow.org Greek Police Arrest 9 as Hopes Fade for Hundreds of Migrants Missing in Deadly Shipwreck, Texas Governor Greg Abbott Condemned for Busing 42 Migrants to Los Angeles, Texas Governor Signs Bill Restricting Trans Athletes in College Sports, Supreme Court Affirms Indian Child Welfare Act in Major Victory for Tribal Sovereignty , 3 Killed, Over 75 Injured as Tornado Strikes Texas Panhandle, Mass Death of Birds on Mexico's Coast Caused by Warm Ocean Temperatures, U.N. Leader Calls Fossil Fuels "Incompatible with Human Survival" as Temperatures Pass 1.5 ∞C Threshold, African Leaders Visit Kyiv, P…
(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.
(2023-06-16). 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). The Voting Rights Act Dodged a Bullet — for Now. scheerpost.com 