(2023-06-26). Jerusalem's Armenian Community Fears Erasure After Controversial Land Deal. scheerpost.com 
A shady property deal threatens to transform part of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City into a luxury resort. "It will change the status quo and the entire picture of Jerusalem," says Armenian activist Hagop Djernazian.
(2023-06-25). Yes, We Have Home-Grown Fascists. tomdispatch.com One day when I was about six, I was walking with my dad in New York City. We noticed that someone had stuck little folded squares of paper under the windshield wipers of the cars parked on the street beside us. My father picked one up and read it. I saw his face grow dark with anger. "What is it, Papa?" "It's a message from people who think that all Jews should be killed." This would have been in the late 1950s, a time when the Nazi extermination of millions of Jews in Europe was still fresh in the American consciousness. Not, you might have thought, a good season for sowing murderous antisemitism in lower Manhat…
(2023-06-25). UC Berkeley Holds Thousands of Native Remains Despite Repatriation Requests. truthout.org European colonialism, in the course of its centuries-long project to subjugate the Indigenous inhabitants of North America, has so relentlessly persecuted Native peoples that peace has been denied them even in death. In the path of a continental genocide trails a further insult: White archaeologists have ransacked Native graves by the thousands, exhuming bodies and stealing countless items of… |
(2023-06-26). Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community: Mayo Clinic expert addresses key topics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Being diagnosed with cancer is a hardship on its own, but it's especially challenging if a person is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Jewel Kling, M.D., director of women's health at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains that stigma and discrimination create barriers to healthcare, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer due to delayed cancer screenings as well as challenges with survivorship care. Increased cancer risks…
(2023-06-26). Climate collapse, fascism and war. greenleft.org.au 
Phil Hearse explains how the global climate and migrant crises fuel fascism and war.
(2023-06-25). Druze of the Israeli-occupied Golan on war. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Tension continues to increase in the occupied area of the Syrian Golan due to the decision of the Israeli government to erect dozens of wind turbines there, which provoked a wave of protests from the Druze community.
(2023-06-25). Israeli Occupation: How Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control In Palestine. scheerpost.com 
In September, Israel installed an AI-powered gun at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Across occupied East Jerusalem, you can find surveillance cameras strategically placed on street corners. And throughout the West Bank, Palestinians' encounters with Israeli soldiers often include not only violence but face-scanning apps designed to capture their personal data.Technology has become integral to our modern lives, but for Palestinians, Big Tech has also become another way Israel enacts control.
(2023-06-25). Pro-Palestine activists protest ex-Israeli PM Canada visit. english.almayadeen.net Pro-Palestinian activists have taken to the streets of Toronto to protest against former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's visit to Canada.
(2023-06-26). Labor breaks election promise with new income management card. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-26). Wednesday 7/5: Voting Rights, Election Laws, Supreme Court & More w/ Rick Hasen, UCLA Law Scholar. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-26). Electoral Process in Guatemala Full of Abstentionism and Null Votes. telesurenglish.net The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala offered the first bulletin of the general elections, the number of null votes exceeds the votes obtained by the party Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE), who leads the provisional count, while the abstention rate exceeds 40 percent so far. | Related: | According to the TSE's preliminary results page, with 97,837 tally sheets processed out of a total of 122,293 (80%), the number of null votes is 817,394, which repre…
(2023-06-25). Polls open for Guatemala's general elections. plenglish.com In the Don Bosco School, in this capital city, the Supreme Electoral Court scheduled an opening ceremony with the presence of the authorities of this entity, presided by its president, Irma Palencia. | Voters will be able to vote until 17: 00 hours, local time, to determine a new president, vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress, 20 to the Central American Parliament and 340 municipal mayors for the period 2024-2028. In total, 90,708 people are invited to participate. | The TSE will release the preliminary results as of 21: 00, local time, and the scrutiny Hearings are scheduled from the 26th of June 26 unti…
(2023-06-25). A iminente extradicao de Julian Assange e a morte do jornalismoPublicado originalmente por Patria Latina. strategic-culture.org By Chris HEDGES | O juiz da Suprema Corte Jonathan Swift — que anteriormente trabalhou para uma variedade de agências governamentais britânicas como advogado e disse que os seus clientes favoritos sà£o "as agências de seguranàßa e inteligência" — rejeitou duas petiàßàµes de apelaàßà£o dos advogados de Julian Assange contra a sua extradiàßà£o na semana passada. A ordem de extradiàßà£o foi assinada em junho passado pela Secretária do Interior do Reino Unido, Priti Patel. A equipe legal de Julian deu entrada numa petiàßà£o final de a…
(2023-06-25). Polling Stations Close in Guatemala. telesurenglish.net Polling stations closed this Sunday at 18.00 local time in Guatemala, as established by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), and from now on, vote counting takes place. | RELATED: | More than 9.3 million Guatemalans were summoned to the polls to elect their president and vice president, as well as a total of 160 deputies to Congress, 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament, and 340 municipal mayors thr…