2020-06-30: Social Media Postees

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New York Times Takes Anti-Russian Hysteria to New Level with Report on Russian ‘Bounty’ for US Troops in Afghanistan
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There’s just one problem — none of what they reported was true. | As news reporting goes, | …
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New York Times Takes Anti-Russian Hysteria to New Level with Report on Russian ‘Bounty’ for US Troops in Afghanistan
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There’s just one problem — none of what they reported was true. | As news reporting goes, | …
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The Fall of Eliot Engel: Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Sometimes listening to the morning news on television is a bit like entering into an alternate universe. Last Wednesday, the day after primary elections in New York State, CBS News reported that New York Congressman Eliot Engel was “facing a …
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US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-30
Max Blumenthal breaks down the “Russian bounty” story’s flaws and how it continues a Russiagate-era push of the Democratic Party…
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Trump Regime Further Escalates “Get Tough” on China Policy. Adding Fuel to the Fire
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
US policy toward China shifted over time from the 19th century’s “yellow peril” to today’s public enemy No. 1 — unrelated to any threat, none posed by its ruling authorities. | As the US declines, its grip on world leadership eroding, …
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Trump Regime Further Escalates “Get Tough” on China Policy. Adding Fuel to the Fire
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
US policy toward China shifted over time from the 19th century’s “yellow peril” to today’s public enemy No. 1 — unrelated to any threat, none posed by its ruling authorities. | As the US declines, its grip on world leadership eroding, …
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Trump used looted Venezuelan public money to build border wall with Mexico
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2020-06-30
Around $24 billion of Venezuelan public money has been looted, and the Trump administration has used at least $601 million of it to construct a militarized wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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ICE is Leaving Immigrants to Die in Detention, and Retaliating When They Speak Out
Bianca Sierra Wolff — Lisa Knox | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
The spread of COVID-19 to immigrant detention facilities poses a mortal danger to everyone who is unjustly detained. For months now advocates, organizers and those detained have urged elected officials and governmental agencies to take affirmative steps to prevent needless deaths and suffering inside immigrant detention facilities.
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How Venezuela helped defeat Canada’s Security Council bid
Yves Engler | mronline.org | 2020-06-30
Was Canada defeated in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council because of Justin Trudeau’s effort to overthrow Venezuela’s government? Its intervention in the internal affairs of another sovereign country certainly didn’t help.
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How Venezuela Helped defeat Canada’s Security Council Bid
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
Was Canada defeated in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council because of Justin Trudeau’s effort to overthrow Venezuela’s government? Its intervention in the internal affairs of another sovereign country certainly didn’t help. According to Royal Military College Professor Walter Dorn, “I spoke with an ambassador in NYC who told me …
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‘Annexation has made the Palestinian struggle anti-colonial once again’
Honaida Ghanim | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
While it will be hard to stop annexation, this moment presents an opportunity to bring the struggle back to basics…
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How an Old-School Union Got Behind Socialist Running on GND
Mindy Isser | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Toward the end of his campaign, Nikal Saval was endorsed by Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a powerful union–and machine institution–in Philadelphia politics…
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Why is this Ongoing American “Revolution” Bound to Fail?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
Observed from outer space, the United States is in a revolutionary turmoil. Fires are burning, thousands of people are confronting police and other security forces. There are barricades, banners, posters, and there is rage. Rage is well justified. Grievances run deep, through the veins of a confused and socially insecure population, in both cities and …
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The Media Is Lying About the ‘Second Wave’
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 “death count” on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. …
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The Media Is Lying About the ‘Second Wave’
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 “death count” on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. …
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Hey Congress, Move the Money
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Moving money from militarism to other investments can be economically beneficial, and certainly all necessary steps to assist people in the transition would cost a small fraction of the money involved.
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NATO’s Appeasement to Turkey Is Pushing France Out of the Alliance
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
French President Emmanuel Macron created a stir last November when he said that NATO is experiencing a “brain death.” This single comment created a flurry of reactions as Member States attempted to justify the existence of NATO. Macron’s comments must …
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NATO’s Appeasement to Turkey Is Pushing France Out of the Alliance
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
French President Emmanuel Macron created a stir last November when he said that NATO is experiencing a “brain death.” This single comment created a flurry of reactions as Member States attempted to justify the existence of NATO. Macron’s comments must …
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Bombing People Is Not Feminist, No Matter How You Spin It
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30
Have you heard the good news, ladies? You too can bomb the Middle East! | Some corporate media have recently been taken with the “inspirational” story of Emily Thompson, the first woman to pilot the super-costly F-35 jet in combat. At an unspecified time earlier this month, Thompson took off from her base in the United Arab Emirates to bomb an unnamed country. | The New York Post ( 6/13/20) described her as “breaki…
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VIDEO: The 2020 Economic Crisis. Global Poverty, Unemployment and Despair
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
We are living one of the most serious crises in modern history. | According to Michel Chossudovsky, the coronavirus pandemic is used as a pretext and a justification to close down the global economy, as a means to resolving a …
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My Student Comes Home
Chris Hedges | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
When Lawrence Bell, an orphan living in an abandoned house in Camden, New Jersey, went to prison he was 14-years-old. Barely literate and weighing no more than 90 pounds, he had been pressured by three Camden police detectives into signing a confession for a murder and rape he insisted at his trial he did not…
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My Student Comes Home
Chris Hedges | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
When Lawrence Bell, an orphan living in an abandoned house in Camden, New Jersey, went to prison he was 14-years-old. Barely literate and weighing no more than 90 pounds, he had been pressured by three Camden police detectives into signing a confession for a murder and rape he insisted at his trial he did not…
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My Student Comes Home
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
In 1990, Lawrence Bell was 14, orphaned and living in an abandoned house when three Camden cops pressured him to sign a confession of murder. Sunday, thanks to the dogged work of his laywer, he was freed.
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The Memorials to Judah Benjamin
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30
Jewish slave-owners exempt from attacks by #BLM? | The current wrath directed against anything or anyone having had anything to do with slavery or even racial discrimination includes destroying historical memorials and monuments as well as changing names that have stood for more than a century. Much of it has been focused on white nominally Christian males, mostly of Anglo-Saxon stock, understandable as the United States was a child of Great Britain and a majority of the country’s leaders for nearly two centuries came from families descended from the British Isles. | Slavery in the United States version is, of co…
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Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities Exposed in New Indictment
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
President Bill Clinton’s favorite freedom fighter just got indicted for mass murder, torture, kidnapping, and other crimes against humanity. In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo in what the American media proudly portrayed as a crusade against ethnic bias. That war, like most of the pretenses of U.S. foreign policy, was always a sham.
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Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities Exposed in New Indictment
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-30
James BOVARD | President Bill Clinton’s favorite freedom fighter just got indicted for mass murder, torture, kidnapping, and other crimes against humanity. In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo in what the American media proudly portrayed as a crusade against ethnic bias. That war, like most of the pretenses of U.S. foreign policy, was always a sham. | Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was charged with ten counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity by an international tribunal in The Hague in the Netherlands charged Thaci and…
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Video: Russian Private Military Contractors Took Control of Libya’s Largest Oil Field
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Washington is concerned by the growing Russian influence in Libya as Turkish-led forces are preparing to storm the port city of Sirte, controlled by the Libyan National Army. | On June 26, the US embassy in Libya released a statement claiming …
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Video: Russian Private Military Contractors Took Control of Libya’s Largest Oil Field
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Washington is concerned by the growing Russian influence in Libya as Turkish-led forces are preparing to storm the port city of Sirte, controlled by the Libyan National Army. | On June 26, the US embassy in Libya released a statement claiming …
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A permanent member of UNSC has violated Res. 2231: FM Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-30
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] has violated the UN-drafted Resolution 2231 on Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.
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Another anti-Russian smear from the New York Times
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site describes the New York Time’s ongoing aversion to facts. [Illustration shows how a current Google Search simply amplifies the propaganda.]…
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Defying “the Madness of Militarism”
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Co-chairs of California’s huge delegation, Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee, have an opportunity to directly challenge the Democratic Party’s default embrace of what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism”
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“Moment of Elation”: In 1st Big Abortion Case of Trump Era, SCOTUS Strikes Down Strict Louisiana Law
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-30
In the first big ruling on abortion in the Trump era, the Supreme Court has struck down a restrictive abortion law in Louisiana that would have left the state with just one abortion clinic. The 2014 law required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic, an onerous requirement that often made it impossible for abortion providers to continue to operate. “It was a moment of elation,” says Lakeesha Harris, director of reproductive health and justice at Women with a Vision, a women’s rights organization based in New Orleans. “Many of us have been working…
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NJ Latinx Parents & Students Fight Robert Wood Johnson Plan to Demolish Public School
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-30
In a story Democracy Now! has followed closely, Juan González shares an update on efforts to prevent the demolition of the Lincoln Annex public school in New Brunswick, New Jersey. City officials are trying to proceed with demolishing the public school this summer, in a move that would force 760 students to be bused to other schools for years, and parents and local activists are holding a rally in front of the Lincoln Annex School. “They want to keep the pressure on in the streets and to call on allies … who support public education, who are against gentrification and the abuse of immigrants, to join the rally,…
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NAACP’s Derrick Johnson on Mississippi’s State Flag, Trump’s White Power Tweet & Boycotting Facebook
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-30
In a historic vote, the Mississippi state Legislature passed a bill to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, making it the last state to do so, after an ongoing nationwide uprising against racism and police brutality and a mounting pressure campaign in Mississippi. Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, says it has been a “long journey” to change the Mississippi flag. “We’ve had to fight both against the symbol of racial oppression, the revisionist history of racial oppression, and now the next step is to fight against the structural racism that’s embedded in the public policy, not o…
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#OccupyCityHall: Mayor’s “Tone Deaf” Pledge to Move $1B from NYPD Budget Fails to Satisfy Protesters
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-30
New York police have closed in on peaceful protesters camped outside City Hall who are demanding $1 billion be cut from the police department’s $6 billion budget, as the city approaches its July 1 budget deadline. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a budget deal that would move $1 billion in NYPD funding in an apparent nod to protesters’ demands, but organizers say they’re not satisfied. “All they’ve really done is shifted money from the NYPD budget over to school safety officers,” says Bianca Cunningham with the #OccupyCityHall encampment, who adds that school safety officers still contribute to a school-to-prison p…
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Pompeo: US told Taliban not to attack Americans
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo had a video conference with Taliban Deputy and chief negotiator Mullah Baradar, the State Department said Tuesday.The two men discussed Monday the implementation of the US-Taliban peace agreement, according to a statement by spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.”The Secretary made clear the expectation for the Taliban to live up to their commitments, which include not attacking Americans,” said Ortagus, who did not provide information about reports of Russian payments to Taliban militants for targeting American troops in Afghanistan.The New York Times reported late last week that a Russ…
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The Russia-Afghanistan Story Is Western Propaganda At Its Most Vile
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
All western mass media outlets are now shrieking about the story The New York Times first reported, citing zero evidence and naming zero sources, claiming intelligence says Russia paid out bounties to Taliban-linked fighters in Afghanistan for attacking the occupying forces of the US and its allies in Afghanistan. As of this writing, and probably forevermore, there have still been zero intelligence sources named and zero evidence provided for this claim. | As we discussed yesterday, the only correct response to unsubstantiated claims by anonymous spooks in a post-Iraq invasion world is to assume that they are lyi…
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Trump Not Briefed on ‘Unverified’ Intel Allegations of Russian Collusion With Taliban – O’Brien
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
Groundless allegations that Russia offered reward money to Taliban militants for killing American soldiers, published in a recent article in The New York Times, have been denied by Moscow, the White House and the Taliban itself.
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DoD Doesn’t Know, But ‘Unnamed Sources’ Do? Officials Say Trump Knew About Bounty Claims for a Year
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
Last Friday’s New York Times piece citing anonymous intelligence officials on an alleged Russian plot to offer rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan has been criticized and condemned from all sides, with Moscow, the White House and even the Taliban itself dismissing the newspaper’s claims.
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Trump Is Either Lying or Out of the Loop on Afghanistan. Both Are Bad
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-30
The corporate media has been straining at its collective leash since the weekend, firing a volley of barks our way about Russian intelligence agents paying the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers, and my God, did Donald Trump know? The high dudgeon in these reports is unmistakable; one CNN article by Paul Begala calls it “the worst of Trump’s outrages.” | It’s a story that has everything, if you l…
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The Covid-BLM Diversion: Economic “Shock Therapy” Behind a Smokescreen of Hysteria and Racial Incitement
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The imposition of the nationwide lockdowns required elite consensus. There’s no way that a project of that magnitude could have been carried out absent the nearly universal support of establishment elites and their lackeys in the political class. There must …
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Conozca a los oligarcas de ultraderecha que pretenden derrocar al presidente AMLO de México
José Argàºello | thegrayzone.com | 2020-06-30
Un oligarca mexicano al estilo de Trump, Gilberto Lozano, dirige a una coalición de líderes empresariales y fanáticos de ultraderecha,…
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Trump’s Second Thoughts On Juan Guaido Are Not Enough
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
After nearly a year and a half of all-out efforts at regime change in Venezuela which took a major toll on the Venezuelan people, Donald Trump now tells the world he was never big on the strategy in the first place. On Friday, the U.S. president appeared to shove the blame onto advisers, and added “I think that I wasn’t necessarily in favor” of the policy of recognizing Juan Guaidó as president, but “I was OK with it.” | Trump’s statements made it seem as if Guaidó’s only sin was that he did not manage to seize power. This might-makes-right mindset belies what is happening on the ground in Venezuela which is much…
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Venezuela’s Maduro Expels EU Ambassador Following New Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-06-30
The Venezuelan president demanded “respect” from European countries.
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A win for women’s rights win at the Supreme Court
Candice Yanez | liberationnews.org | 2020-06-30
On June 29, the Supreme Court overturned an abortion restriction law in its decision in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo. The case posed a direct threat to abortion rights in the United States, and the decision is a win for women’s rights. Although the court has a conservative, anti-abortion majority, this decision was no …
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Supreme Court tosses Louisiana anti-abortion law, drawing cheers
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
WASHINGTON–By a 5-4 margin, with GOP-named Chief Justice John Roberts casting the deciding vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 threw out a restrictive Louisiana anti-abortion law. That drew cheers from pro-choice and women’s rights groups, who warned, however, that the fight over the right to choose continues, both in the courts and at …
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Dialectical Confusion: On Jason Moore’s Posthumanist Marxism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-30
What constitutes acceptable Marxist theory is a topic of endless debate. Over the past few decades, much ink has been devoted to how we should go about reconciling Marxism and ecological concerns.
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PDF of June 25 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-06-30
Download the 12-page PDF. Juneteenth: Racist cops, statues under siege; Finishing the unfinished revolution Black Trans Lives Matter; Uprising vs. cops and more; Tulsa reparations, 1921 to 2020; Workers resist racism, union-busting; Indigenous-Black solidarity; Colonizers, enslavers toppled; ILWU shuts down West Coast; Stop police terror! Palestine to U.S.; WORLD: Virus . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 25 issue at Workers.org
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A Century Of Complicity
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
The US was never an honest broker in negotiations but a behind-the-scenes lawyer for Israel, bound in part by a pledge dating from the Gerald Ford administration to never float a peace proposal without first seeking approval from Israeli negotiators. | This theme of US complicity in Palestinian oppression carries over into The Hundred Years’ War and is deepened with an account of the US role in Lebanon when American officials promised to ensure the safety of Palestinian refugees following the departure of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Those same officials reneged on the pledge as Israel oversaw the Phala…
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Stir Crazy! Episode #61: COVID & Cops: We Are Under Attack
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-30
On today’s show: Activist and recording artist Eze Jackson and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown. If you have questions/comments/suggestions for the show email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com
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YouTube bans six major white supremacist channels
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
YouTube has banned several high profile white supremacist channels as online platforms face intense scrutiny on how they deal with racism and hate speech.Channels belonging to Canadian white nationalist activist Stefan Molyneux, US white supremacist Richard Spencer and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke were among the six taken down.Google-owned YouTube said the channels were banned for repeatedly claiming that members of protected groups are inferior to others, among other violations.The video sharing platform began cracking down on supremacist channels in June last year, explicitly prohibiting content that a…
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Convocatoria Jornadas Ecofeministas antiextractivistas
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Convocatoria 4 y 5 de julio | JORNADAS ECOFEMINISTAS ANTIEXTRACTIVISTAS POR EL BUEN VIVIR…
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Sunday 7/5: ‘The Condor & The Eagle’ New Climate Film & Discussion w/ Activists & Indigenous Leaders
Stop The Money Pipline Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Online via livestream: | event.webinarjam.com/live/91/wygzyu7mbo8… | www.facebook.com/filmsforaction/
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The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity with another superseding indictment against Julian Assange. This move by the US Department of Justice seems to have surprised those involved in his extradition proceedings. Mark Summers …
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The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity with another superseding indictment against Julian Assange. This move by the US Department of Justice seems to have surprised those involved in his extradition proceedings. Mark Summers QC, one of the members of the Assange legal team, did not conceal his astonishment at …
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The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity with another superseding indictment against Julian Assange. This move by the US Department of Justice seems to have surprised those involved in his extradition proceedings. Mark Summers …
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IADL Calls on UK Court to Grant Bail to Julian Assange, Ill and Vulnerable to COVID-19
IADL | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) is a non-governmental organization with consultative status in ECOSOC and UNESCO. Founded in 1946 to promote the goals of the United Nations Charter, IADL and its affiliated organizations throughout the world have consistently …
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How the Big Two can establish peace in the Greater Middle East
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30

| To make peace, it’s quite simple: you just have to stop making war with each other. But in the Greater Middle East, it is much more complicated, because there are a multitude of actors for whom a solution, whatever it may be, must satisfy conflicting claims. Under these conditions, no peace can be totally just, but it can at least, and must, guarantee the security of all. | This article is a follow-up to : ” How Washington intends to triumph”, by Thierry Meyssan, Voltaire Network, June 23, 2020. | Throughout 2011 an…
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Iran nuclear deal still best way to ensure peace, DiCarlo tells Security Council
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
The UN regrets that the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is in doubt, but notwithstanding current challenges, that landmark deal is still the best way to ensure that Iran’s nuclear programme proceeds along a peaceful path, the UN’s top political official said on Tuesday.
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‘Changing Kashmir demography threatens peace in S.Asia’
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Pakistan’s prime minister on Tuesday said the granting of domicile certificates to thousands of Indian nationals in the Jammu and Kashmir region has imperiled “peace and security” in South Asia.”First, India’s attempt at illegal annexation of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, and now its attempts to alter IOJK’s [Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir] demographic structure incl[uding] by issuance of domicile certificates to 25,000 Indian nationals are all illegal, in violation of UNSC resolutions, and international law, including [the] 4th Geneva Convention,” Imran Khan said in a series of tweets.He was referring to…
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St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Weapons at BLM Protesters Offer Reason Why They Acted in That Fashion
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
On Sunday, a white couple in St. Louis, Missouri, stole the spotlight on social media after the appeared in a viral video pointing firearms at unarmed and peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators who were passing in the vicinity of the couple’s mansion while en route to Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house.
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How the NYPD Weaponized a Curfew Against Protesters and Residents
Ryan Devereaux | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
“I can’t forget his look. His eyes. The way he was looking at everybody, like he was disgusted and hated everybody.” It seemed that no matter what you do, Blue said, “they’re going to treat you like an enemy.”
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The Media Sabotage of Hydroxychloroquine Use for COVID-19: Doctors Worldwide Protest the Disaster
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Introduction | A dangerous, life-threatening sequence of events has unfolded since The Lancet’s fraudulent[i] hydroxychlorquine (HCQ) article appeared May 22, followed by headlines demonizing this ancient anti-malarial drug — aka quinine, aka chloroquine, and known to antiquity as the “sacred bark”.[ii]…
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Minneapolis protesters demand removal of Bob Kroll
Wayne Nealis | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
Minneapolis — Protesters rallied outside the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation (MPOF) Thursday demanding an end to police violence. After hearing from some speakers they marched to the MPD’s second precinct on Central Avenue. Organizers raised a new demand challenging the city to “break the contract” with the MPOF if the Federation’s leadership is unwilling to …
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Amazon workers in Germany strike against lack of coronavirus protection
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
More than 2,000 Amazon workers are taking part in a 48-hour strike at six locations to protest the company’s refusal to provide adequate protection from the virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/amaz…

The Media Sabotage of Hydroxychloroquine Use for COVID-19: Doctors Worldwide Protest the Disaster
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Introduction | A dangerous, life-threatening sequence of events has unfolded since The Lancet’s fraudulent[i] hydroxychlorquine (HCQ) article appeared May 22, followed by headlines demonizing this ancient anti-malarial drug — aka quinine, aka chloroquine, and known to antiquity as the “sacred bark”.[ii]…
globalresearch.ca/media-sabotage-hydroxy…

Midwest Dispatch: We Are ‘Woke.’ Now What?
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-06-30
As coverage of the protests dies down, supporters of Black lives and police abolition wonder what else they can do.
progressive.org/dispatches/we-are-woke-n…

WW commentary The monuments of racism continue to fall
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-30
On June 27, Trump signed a reactionary executive order saying that states and cities could lose their federal funding for failing to protect monuments and statues from being either defaced or pulled down. Protest against statue of racist Andrew Jackson, Washington D.C. The order was a reaction to countrywide protests . . . | Continue reading WW commentary , The monuments of racism continue to fall at Workers.org
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The monuments of racism continue to fall — a WW commentary
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-06-30
On June 27, Trump signed a reactionary executive order saying that states and cities could lose their federal funding for failing to protect monuments and statues from being either defaced or pulled down. Protest against statue of racist Andrew Jackson, Washington D.C. The order was a reaction to countrywide protests . . . | Continue reading The monuments of racism continue to fall — a WW commentary at Workers.org
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Coalition to March on the DNC endorses anti-Trump protest at RNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-30
Milwaukee, WI — The Coalition to March on the DNC is getting behind the massive anti-Trump protest that is set for the Republican National Convention. | On June 26, a national call was sent out by organizers in Jacksonville, Florida to join them in marching on the Republican National Convention. The main slogan of this action is “We Can’t Breathe – Defeat Donald Trump!” – a strong message in the midst of continuing protests stemming from the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. | On August 27, Donald Trump will be at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena to deliver an acceptance…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/29/coalitio…

The EARN IT Act is a Disaster for Online Speech and Privacy, Especially for the LGBTQ and Sex Worker Communities
Kate Ruane | aclu.org | 2020-06-30
After a month of unprecedented protests against police brutality across the country, in which encrypted communications have been essential for organizers and protesters to communicate safely, the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to take up a bill that will strike at the heart of encrypted communications and undermine free expression on the internet. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act) amends an existing federal law to force online platforms into chan…
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NYPD Officers Arrest And Pepper Spray Queer Liberation March Protesters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
NYPD officers arrested and pepper-sprayed protesters at the Queer Liberation March Sunday afternoon while attempting to arrest two people for graffiti, according to witnesses. | Numerous videos shared on social media show a crowd of officers shoving outraged protesters where arrests were being made near Washington Square Park. | As two were being arrested for graffiti, protesters intervened in an attempt to free them, at which point police responded with pepper spray, multiple witnesses told Gothamist. A legal observer said at least four people were arrested and 10 others pepper-sprayed–including someone ru…
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Facebook chief defends approach to hate speech amid growing advertiser boycott
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
A Facebook chief has defended the social network’s efforts to tackle hate speech as a growing list of big firms halt advertising on the platform.Starbucks has become the latest household name to suspend its adverts, following the likes of Unilever and Coca-Cola, amid concerns that the tech giant is failing to address the issue.Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has come under fire for not taking action on the matter, keeping up a post by Donald Trump, in which the president said “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”, during protests across the US over the killing of George Floyd.Steve Hatch, Facebook’s vice p…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

French healthcare workers protest for wages, resources
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Healthcare professionals in France took to the streets Tuesday to demand increased wages and resources.Marchers came out in the capital Paris and France’s other major cities as talks on the Segur de la Sante, a program put forth by the government at the end of May to tackle disparities in the health sector, are set to end on Friday.Members of unions and hospital collectives were at the protests, which followed previous demonstrations staged a week ago that ended in violence when workers torched cars and furniture in Paris, some being arrested.With direct involvement from President Emmanuel Macron, Segur de la San…
yenisafak.com/en/world/french-healthcare…

Silence Is Not An Option”: Black Women Make History
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
Mainstream media and politicians have paid almost exclusive attention to ideas and images of Black men — whether as victims of police violence or as protesters against it. Yet Black women, who are no less subject to structural racism and violence, have been at the forefront of the multi-racial Black Lives Matter Movement for years. | ROAR associate editor Eleanor Finley had the opportunity to explore some of these subjects with Dr. Keisha N. Blain, an award-winning historian and Black feminist scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Blain is also president of the African American Intellectual History S…
popularresistance.org/silence-is-not-an-…

Chinese Parliament Unanimously Passes National Security Law for Hong Kong – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
The legislation, supported by Hong Kong leadership, caused protests in the city, as some residents saw it as undermining their liberties. It also drew criticism and sanctions from the United States, despite Beijing repeatedly stating that the matter of Hong Kong is the nation’s internal affair and should not be interfered with.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006301079753498-…

Black Lives Matter rioter shoots at driver in Utah, then CONTINUES to protest ( VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-30
A Black Lives Matter rally turned violent in the city of Provo, Utah, when a protester fired in the window of a vehicle at point-blank range. The injured driver floored the gas and escaped, as the gunman fired at him again. | …
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Confronting Prejudice Isn’t Enough. We Must Eradicate the White Racial Frame
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-30
The brutal enslavement of Black people lasted for a full 60 percent of this country’s colonialist history. | It is this deadly longevity of anti-Black racism that we must grasp in order to understand the currently palpable and deeply painful anti-Black racist experiences that African Americans continue to endure in the 21st-century U.S., and the massive multiracial protests that have ensued. | U.S. anti-Black racism was founded upon the brutal enslavement of Black people. In the decades since t…
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Trump Was Golfing and Unreachable for 3 Hours After Sharing “White Power” Tweet
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-30
After President Donald Trump shared a video on Twitter this past weekend, showcasing one of his supporters shouting out “white power” toward others protesting against the president, the White House scrambled to get him to take the tweet down, as it had generated a great amount of condemnation online for the racist remark. | Aides were unable to reach Trump, however, because the president was golfing and had set his phone down, according to their account of the matter. | Trump on Sunday share…
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Sunday 7/5: Protest at Gov Newsom’s House : No State Execution By Covid-19
No Justice Under Capitalism | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Meet: At Noon in front of the Planet Fitness at Northridge Plaza parking lot–4840 San Juan Ave, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (just outside Sacramento) | We will then head to Newsom’s house and rally till sundown: 7640 Tobia Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628…
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Berkeley H.S. Students Lead their Fifth Racial Justice Protest, “Say Her Name”
Rest in Power | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Berkeley High School student organizers said their Say Her Name demonstration was held “in recognition of all the identities that have been neglected in the fight against police brutality and systemic racism.”
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/29/1883470…

Two Protests Takeover Streets on Juneteenth in Palo Alto
Midnite Street Artists | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Women occupied the street in front of Palo Alto City Hall from 2am on Juneteenth to paint a giant B-L-M on Hamilton Ave, shutting down the roadway in both directions. Protests followed at noon and 5pm creating more street closures.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/27/1883467…

Oakland Police Banned from Using Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, Grenades at Protests
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Interview with Walter Riley, civil rights attorney with the National Lawyers Guild, on the June 18, 2020 temporary restraining order banning Oakland police from using tear gas, rubber bullets, flash bang grenades and other “battlefield weapons” during current Black Lives Matter protests.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/29/1883474…

Monday June 29 – Protest to Stop Eviction of 1921 Walnut St. Tenants
Posted By Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Protect The Tenants During The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic: | The tenants at 1921 Walnut St are facing eviction and displacement from their rent-controlled apartments and unwittingly find themselves in a “David v’s Goliath” struggle with the Regents of the University of California!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/27/1883469…

Brazil: App delivery workers ask general population for help in national strike
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
Without the right to a quarantine themselves and subject to informality, app delivery riders and drivers are organizing a Brazilian strike set to take place next Wednesday, July 1st. The workers are demanding better work conditions and the suspension of random account suspensions, often done by companies like Rappi, Ifood, Loggi and UberEats. | Deliveryman Mineiro, who is one of the strike’s organizers, explains that beyond the immediate interruption of random suspensions, a minim…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/brazil-ap…

Investing social security trust funds
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-30
The beneficiaries should be able to decide either through a vote or a transparent representation system which companies they want to invest in.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/30/investing-…

UK Confirms It Will Not Align with EU Chemicals Agency
Amanda Doyle | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in its own controversial system. | The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the UK will implement its own version …
globalresearch.ca/uk-confirms-not-align-…

Merkel, Macron promote EU militarism amid growing conflicts with Washington
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
The leaders of Germany and France called for stepped-up military spending and austerity to ensure Europe’s ability to wage war independently from Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/mese…

Arctic Heat Overwhelms Green Infighting Issues
Robert Hunziker | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Because of fabricated/artificial life styles, as just described, humans are the last living organisms to see and feel, and indeed, truly comprehend the impact of climate change…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/arctic-heat-overwh…

Grassroots Voices Key to Reimagining Canadian Foreign Policy
Bianca Mugyenyi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The international community’s rejection of Justin Trudeau’s UN Security Council bid should be a catalyst for a fundamental reassessment of Canada’s foreign policy and spur a corresponding drive to democratize international affairs. | In recent days, many commentators representing different …
globalresearch.ca/grassroots-voices-key-…

Germany: Police powers stepped up after “Stuttgart’s Night of Violence”
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
The violence does not emanate from the population, but from the police against the population–especially against workers and young people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/stut…

Italy hands Fiat Chrysler a multi-billion-euro bailout
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
The €6 billion corporate bailout for Fiat is to be financed by social austerity targeting working people in Italy and attacks on jobs and wages at Fiat Chrysler internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/fiat…

Climate Crisis: Historic Arizona Wildfires May Worsen COVID-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-30
Over 400,000 acres of wildfires burn in Arizona in a devastating opening to Southwest’s wildfire season. And neighboring California has approved more fracking in a 97% Latino town as oil tankers spew pollution.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-h…

Camden Didn’t Defund Its Police Department–It Just Handed It Off
Hank Kalet | progressive.org | 2020-06-30
The New Jersey city is often used as a success story of defunding police, but that’s not even close to what happened.
progressive.org/dispatches/camden-didnt-…

“I’ve been coming here a lot lately…”
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Dear Readers, | As we enter the third week of our month-long annual Global Research fundraiser, we wish to thank you for your support so far. We will need a big push in the next 2 weeks if we are to …
globalresearch.ca/ive-been-coming-here-a…

Gavin Newsom left out as California Democrats pick convention delegation leaders
John Wildermuth | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Rep. Ro Khanna of Fremont and Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland will join Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis as the co-chairs of the 495-member state delegation rather than Newsom…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/gavin-newsom-left-…

Trump has turned the White House into the Madhouse
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
On Thursday, June 25, Trump stated he had only “sarcastically” claimed that lowering COVID testing would decrease the nation’s infection rates. This was in the wake of the furor caused by his denial of several days that the comment at the Tulsa rally was “sarcasm,” “tongue in-cheek,” or a “joke” as contended by White House …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-has-turne…

Why Iran won’t be broken
Pepe Escobar | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30
Islamic Republic has weathered the Covid-19 storm and is on the cusp of a US-defying manufacturing revolution | Iran after the revolution was all about social justice. It set up a very elaborate health care network, similar to Cuba’s, but with more funding. A large hospital network. When the coronavirus hit, the US was even preventing Iran to get test kits. Yet the system — not the private sector — managed. There was no full shutdown. Everything was under control. The numbers — even contested by the West — they do hold. Iran is now producing everything it needs, tests, face masks. None of…
thealtworld.com/pepe_escobar/why-iran-wo…

The Dow and Government-Granted Patent Monopolies
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-06-30
One of the recurring items in the news that infuriates progressives and fans of economic logic everywhere is discussions of the stock market that treat it as a measure of economic well-being. Donald Trump carries this to an extreme, with seemingly no understanding that there are other important economic measures, but he is hardly alone. …
cepr.net/the-dow-and-government-granted-…

“The Union Has to Be About Social Justice”
Cecily Myart Cruz | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Interview on why it’s important to get police out of schools and what the labor movement can do about it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-union-has-to-b…

U.S.: Four men charged for attempting to take down Jackson Statue
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-30
Jackson was the seventh president of the United States and a slave owner, in 1830, he signed into law the Indian Removal Act, leading to the deadly expulsion of Native Americans.
mronline.org/2020/06/30/u-s-four-men-cha…

Banning of Chinese apps: Prelude to trade war?
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
How do these bans get enforced? Will they have an impact? What are the trade relations between India and China and does this mark the beginning of a trade war?
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/banning-o…

Hard times forecast for global job recovery in 2020, warns UN labour agency chief
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jobs has been much worse than expected initially, the head of the UN labour agency said on Tuesday, in an appeal to Governments, workers and employers, to agree on a sustainable economic recovery plan to reduce inequalities laid bare by the pandemic.
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In Kashmir, oppression is embedded in everyday life
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
Kashmir has been under a lockdown since August 2019 when the Indian government revoked its constitutional special status. In addition to lockdown measures, the harsh political and social restrictions imposed by the Indian government have made life extremely difficult for the people of Kashmir. It has also made dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic extremely difficult.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/in-kashmi…

House OKs anti-redlining bill, 230-178
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
WASHINGTON–GOP President Donald Trump’s regime wants to let banks redline communities of color. The Democratic-run U.S. House doesn’t–and with backing from organized labor, civil rights, and community groups, the Dems won a 230-178 straight party-line vote on the issue. Technically, what was on the table on June 29 was a joint resolution, HJRes 90, to …
peoplesworld.org/article/house-oks-anti-…

Learning From the Past: History Provides Clues into Israel’s West Bank Annexation
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-30
Since 1948, Israel has annexed, occupied, taken, destroyed, built, and renamed everything from individual homes and property to public spaces, to historic monuments. And it has no intention, or reason, to stop.
mintpressnews.com/learning-from-the-past…

Palestinians will resist annexation and occupation and fight for national liberation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-30
Chicago, IL – Israel already controls the entirety of Palestinian life in the occupied territories, even in the areas that are supposedly run by the Palestinian Authority, but this annexation plan codifies the expropriation of Palestinian land and may secure Israeli sovereignty over 30% of the West Bank, including the border with Jordan called the Jordan Valley. | Annexation is illegal under international law, but that has never stopped Israel before. The occupation of the West Bank and annexation of Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights is illegal as well, and Israel has also violated the majority of so-called…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/30/palestin…

Lockdowns: Essential to the Master Plan
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
If given the choice between maintaining a toxic world of fear, pollution and violence controlled by the State or a society of prosperity and compassion based on freedom and individual rights, there is little doubt that the majority of Americans …
globalresearch.ca/lockdowns-essential-ma…

Nuclear Weapons’ Testing in Nevada and the Shoshone People. The Dark Legacy of Radiation Exposure
Ian Zabarte | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Regarding Gary Martin’s June 15 Review-Journal article, “Nuke test rumors spur Nevada lawmakers”: As a Shoshone, we always had horses. My grandfather always told me, “Stop kicking up dust.” Now I understand that it was because of the radioactive fallout….
globalresearch.ca/nevada-nuclear-tests-s…

Police states, pandemic, and the end of the university
Joyce Dalsheim | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
“One of my roles is to be in the classroom with my students come September, because coming together to think in real time and real space is fundamental to any other cause we care about.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/police-states-pand…

Older Workers Targeted in Trump’s Lawsuit to End Obamacare
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-06-30
The Trump administration is supporting a lawsuit which seeks to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety. The implication is that a large share of the older workers now able to afford health insurance as a result of the ACA will no longer be able to afford it if the Trump administration wins …
cepr.net/older-workers-targeted-in-trump…

Impacts of COVID-19 disproportionately affect poor and vulnerable: UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
Addressing poverty eradication on Tuesday in front of the General Assembly, UN chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most vulnerable: people living in poverty, the working poor, women and children, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups”.
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Sergei Khrushchev: A Eulogy from His Close Student
Joshua Tartakovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Sergey Khrushchev, son of former USSR premier, Nikita Khrushchev, who relocated to the United States after the USSR collapsed and became a professor of international relations at Brown University, died several days ago at the age of 84. …
globalresearch.ca/sergei-khrushchev-eulo…

Trump touts long-shot, can’t-lose gambit: ‘How to overcome a rigged, corrupt election? Just Trump it.’
Robert S. Becker | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-30
Honor is due: Time to Make Elections Fair Again. MEFA! Won’t be any harder than building that friggin’ wall.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/30/trump-tout…

Sergei Khrushchev: A Eulogy from His Close Student
Joshua Tartakovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Sergey Khrushchev, son of former USSR premier, Nikita Khrushchev, who relocated to the United States after the USSR collapsed and became a professor of international relations at Brown University, died several days ago at the age of 84. …
globalresearch.ca/sergei-khrushchev-eulo…

UK Confirms It Will Not Align with EU Chemicals Agency
Amanda Doyle | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in its own controversial system. | The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the UK will implement its own version …
globalresearch.ca/uk-confirms-not-align-…

Full Employment Will Overcome Neoliberalism & the COVID-19 Jobs Crisis
Robert Pollin | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
The world needs a New Deal to counter levels of unemployment and inequality last seen in the Great Depression…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/full-employment-wi…

Trump administration plans to cut federal funding for Covid testing sites
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-30
“The pandemic is clearly getting worse in states nationwide–and instead of trying harder to stop it, President Trump is apparently trying harder to hide it.”
nationofchange.org/2020/06/30/trump-admi…

Comment les Deux Grands peuvent établir la paix au Grand Moyen-Orient
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30
Pour faire la paix, c’est assez simple : il suffit d’arrêter de se faire la guerre. Mais au Grand Moyen-Orient, c’est beaucoup plus compliqué, parce qu’il y a une multitude d’acteurs pour qui une solution, quelle qu’elle soit, doit satisfaire les revendications contradictoires. Dans ces conditions, aucune paix ne peut être totalement juste, mais elle peut au moins, et doit, garantir la sécurité de tous. | Cet article fait suite à : ´ Comment Washington entend triompher ª, par Thierry Meyssan, Réseau Voltaire, 23 ju…
thealtworld.com/thierry_meyssan/comment-…

How did the World go Crazy? Who Decided the Lockdown? Who Justified It? Who Thought It Up?
Benjamin Bourgeois | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Part I. The Virus King is naked | This is now recognized by all those who have the courage to face facts. I will not enumerate in this article the immense body of evidence that exists. All of you have probably …
globalresearch.ca/great-cancer-future/57…

The Hatchet Man’s Tale: Why Bolton Matters
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
Unreliable narrators are a staple of literature. Consider the delusional, self-serving narrator of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or the way Humbert Humbert used his cultured references and gorgeous prose to dress up his crimes in Nabokov’s Lolita. Now along comes John Bolton and his account of time served in the Trump administration as national security…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/30/the-hatchet-…

Bachelet renews call for accountability in Philippines war on illegal drugs
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
The Human Rights Council should consider supporting new accountability measures against perpetrators of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines’ so-called war on illegal drugs, the UN’s top rights official said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1…

Should NYC’s Wall Street Be Renamed “Eric Garner St.?”
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
In 2008, policeman Mike King was murdered on Leland Ave. When the police asked that a street be named after him, no one objected. The City Hall of University City (part of St. Louis County) is now at the corner of Delmar Blvd. and Sgt. Mike King Dr. The coalition believes that anyone who agrees with naming a street after a cop killed by a civilian should also agree to name a street after a civilian killed by a cop.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/30/should-nycs-…

Prison and police abolition: Re-imagining public safety and liberation
Jamal Rich | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
Since the Trayvon Martin murder in 2012 and the Ferguson uprising in 2014, the Movement for Black Lives has further developed its demands from so-called ‘reformist’ reforms such as new police training methods, “community policing,” body cameras, and diversity in hiring to a more militant stance of defunding and eventually abolishing the police in the …
peoplesworld.org/article/prison-and-poli…

The fight to save South African Airways continues
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) have accused the country’s Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) of “destroying” the state-owned South African Airways (SAA). | The accusation followed DPE’s withdrawal from the Leadership Consultative Forum (LCF) on June 28, Sunday, after voting on the SAA business rescue plan was adjourned with the support of majority of the stakeholders represented on the forum. These included unions and the creditors of SAA, with votes at the LCF. | Voting has now been postponed until July 14, by when the Business…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/the-fight…

øCómo construir una coalición de diversidad?
Sierra Club | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
En enero, el concejo de la ciudad de Richmond, California, votó para prohibir el transporte y almacenamiento de carbón y coque de petróleo dentro de los límites de la ciudad. Las razones citadas en la legislación eran locales: mover y almacenar carbón y polvo de coque que se ha relacionado con el cáncer y las …
peoplesworld.org/article/como-construir-…

“I’ve been coming here a lot lately…”
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
Dear Readers, | As we enter the third week of our month-long annual Global Research fundraiser, we wish to thank you for your support so far. We will need a big push in the next 2 weeks if we are to …
globalresearch.ca/ive-been-coming-here-a…

Closing the political gender gap
Iris M. Crawford | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-30
Since 1971, the number of women elected to serve in state legislatures has more than quintupled. This is an important advance, but on a fundamental level, we need to do even more to close the gender gap in politics and truly reflect the diverse nature of our country. The barriers that facilitate gender-based inequities must …
peoplesworld.org/article/closing-the-pol…

Harmful practices rob women and girls of ‘right to reach their full potential’
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out against women and girls, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), said on Tuesday, in its latest major report on the state of the world’s population.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1…

Syria: Top UN officials appeal to donors to help end ‘shocking’ scale of suffering
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
The UN chief called on the world to step up “financial, humanitarian and political commitments”, to help end nearly a decade of brutal conflict and suffering across Syria, in a video message delivered to the fourth Brussels Donor Conference on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1…

Grassroots Voices Key to Reimagining Canadian Foreign Policy
Bianca Mugyenyi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
The international community’s rejection of Justin Trudeau’s UN Security Council bid should be a catalyst for a fundamental reassessment of Canada’s foreign policy and spur a corresponding drive to democratize international affairs. | In recent days, many commentators representing different …
globalresearch.ca/grassroots-voices-key-…

Covid-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
Mandy Smithberger | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
Or How to Vaccinate the Military-Industrial Complex…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-means-goo…

Why Bolton Matters
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-06-30
You don’t need to lionize Bolton, a far-right hawk, to understand what makes his observations about Trump valuable…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-bolton-matters…

Who Controls The Money When We Defund Police?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-30
Do we trust the police to defund and restructure themselves? Will community control really guarantee permanent changes to policing as we know it today?
therealnews.com/stories/who-controls-mon…

Total number of black Americans killed by the US police. Why Joe Biden may support white supremacy?
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2020-06-30
In clear words, he could be considered as a threat to minority voters.
nationofchange.org/2020/06/30/total-numb…

The Stock Market Produces Nothing
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
On June 2, 2020, Jan Dehn of Ashmore Investment Management Limited remarked: If central banks were to allow asset prices to reflect the actual underlying fundamentals — record levels of debt, record low productivity growth, record unemployment, record populism — the resulting crashes in financial markets would be so large that most Western economies would …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-stock-mar…

OCHA: Gaza Strip — Snapshot — May 2020
OCHA | imemc.org | 2020-06-30
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Monthly Highlights As part of the measures to contain the pandemic, the de facto authorities announced the full closure of the two passenger crossings, from 23 May till the end of June; however, limited movement through the Erez crossing with …
imemc.org/article/ocha-gaza-strip-snapsh…

UN honours fallen colleagues and legacy of hope they leave behind
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
Fallen UN colleagues were honoured on Tuesday at a solemn ceremony commemorating their bravery, and having served the UN cause of saving future generations “from the scourge of war and to pursue better standards of living for all in larger freedom”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, paying tribute.
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Revert to full employment to overcome neoliberalism and COVID-19 jobs crisis
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
Economist Robert Pollin advocates a macroeconomic agenda centred on full employment to deal with the rapidly unfolding jobs crisis. The decades-long neoliberal attack on the working class has heightened with COVID-19. He says that the world needs a New Deal to counter levels of unemployment and inequality, which were last seen during the Great Depression.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/revert-to…

Imagining a Vegan Superman
Jon Hochschartner | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-30
My wife and I recently stared rewatching ‘Smallville,’ the WB show about Superman’s young adulthood. She was a fan of the series when it was on the air and introduced it to me a few years ago. ‘Smallville’ is far from prestige television, but I kind of love it. In these dark times, the show…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/30/imagining-a-…

Fiat Chrysler threatens to fire workers who stop production over COVID-19 concerns
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
FCA’s threats come just days after workers at two Detroit area assembly plants halted production and set up rank-and-file safety committees.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/auto…

The fight to save South African Airways continues
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) have accused the country’s Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) of “destroying” the state-owned South African Airways (SAA). | The business rescue plan for SAA, prepared by the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) hired by the DPE to resuscitate the airline, was presented for voting at the Leadership Consultative Forum (LCF) on June 25, after receiving last-minute backing from the DPE. The LCF is composed of representatives of the stakeholders at SAA, including its workers, creditors and the DPE. | Ho…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/the-fight…

Pause before sharing, to help stop viral spread of COVID-19 misinformation
news.un.org | 2020-06-30
The UN is asking people to make the same judgement calls they’ve been applying to social distancing, to social media, and take extra care before sharing.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1…

Fiat Chrysler threatens to fire workers who stop production over COVID-19 concerns
wsws.org | 2020-06-30
Just days after workers at two Detroit area assembly plants halted production and set up rank-and-file safety committees, FCA management, with the full backing of the United Auto Workers, threatened to fire workers involved in work stoppages.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/30/auto…

Madeleine Case Lifts the Lid on Graft, Police Incompetence and Terrible Journalism
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-30
New revelations now appearing in the German press via a chief suspect raise a number of alarming questions about how the British police and the journalists who worked alongside them were complicit in a Portuguese cover-up. | German prosecutors claims to hae the culprit of the kidnapping and possible murder of the most famous case of a missing person ever, Madeleine McCann — who was just three years old when she disappeared in a Portuguese family holiday resort in 2007. | A convicted paedophile, Christian Brueckner, who has a history of sex offender’s charges, drug dealing, theft and rape and is reported to…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/30/ma…

The Age of Chatham House and the British Roots of NATO
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent announcement of a NATO 2030 anti-nation state vision to extend the spheres of NATO’s jurisdiction into the Pacific to contain China demonstrates a disturbing ideology which can lead nowhere but World War III …
globalresearch.ca/chatham-house-british-…

The Age of Chatham House and the British Roots of NATO
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-30
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent announcement of a NATO 2030 anti-nation state vision to extend the spheres of NATO’s jurisdiction into the Pacific to contain China demonstrates a disturbing ideology which can lead nowhere but World War III …
globalresearch.ca/chatham-house-british-…

Albanese pretends to address climate crisis
Kathy Fairfax | greenleft.org.au | 2020-06-30
Climate crisis Mary MerkenichIssue 1271 Australia Anthony Albanese Labor’s climate policyJune 30, 2020″Climate change is no more a matter of belief than the coronavirus is. It’s abo…
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The MH17 Show Trial Destroys What Remains of Dutch Credibility
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
On 17 July 2014 a Malaysian airlines flight MH 17 was shot down while transiting Ukrainian airspace, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 passengers and crew on board were killed. The Netherlands had the largest number of casualties, followed by Australia, Malaysia, and a small smattering of other nationalities. In 2020 a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-mh17-show…

Ministers under pressure to hold press conference on Leicester lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
Ministers are under pressure to hold a Downing Street press conference to address questions on the Leicester lockdown extension. | The government scrapped the daily briefings last week but pledged to hold them to “coincide with significant announcements”. | Boris Johnson said at the time that ministers would keep the nation informed as there will be “more outbreaks, certainly local outbreaks”. | But despite the introduction of measures including the closure of non-essential shops and schools in the city, Downing Street has said there are no plans for a press conference. | Labour leader Keir Starmer said people in…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/30/minister…

How will Johnson’s planning shake-up help efforts to rebuild after coronavirus?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
Boris Johnson’s strategy to revive the economy as it emerges from the coronavirus crisis will see England’s planning rules torn up to make it easier to build new homes.– What has the prime minister announced on planning?New regulations will make it easier to change land use in town centres, allowing empty shops to be converted into homes.Downing Street claimed the proposals were “the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War”.– How will it work?More types of commercial premises will have total flexibility to be repurposed through reform of the Use Classes Order.A building us…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/30/how-will…

Tougher restrictions imposed on Leicester amid virus surge
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
Harsher restrictions are coming into force in Leicester following a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the city. | Non-essential shops will be closed from Tuesday, the day prime minister Boris Johnson looks to shift focus to the recovery from the pandemic with a multi-billion pound “new deal” for infrastructure projects. | Rising numbers of cases in the East Midlands city — 10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week — mean the planned easing of restrictions on Saturday will not take place, with people being advised against all but essential travel. | Health secretary Matt Han…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/30/tougher-…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Unveil ‘Rooseveltian New Deal’ to Reboot Post-COVID-19 Economy
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
Ahead of his widely-anticipated speech to map out plans for kick-starting the economy, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday his government will “not go back to the austerity of 10 years ago”, vowing that the country would “bounce back” from the coronavirus pandemic.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006301079754180-bo…

Johnson ‘to Appease Mark Sedwill With Shot at Top NATO Job Over Criticism for UK Gov’t Revamp’
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
Amid an announced government “reset” as Britain emerges from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic to shift focus onto post-Brexit issues, the UK’s head of the civil service Sir Mark Sedwill has announced he will stand down in September, stating he would resign from the positions of Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser.
sputniknews.com/uk/202006301079754653-jo…

‘Most People in This Country Don’t Realise What’s Really Happening With Brexit,’ Commentator Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-30
A leaked document from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has stated that lorries will only be able to move goods across the border if they have the correct reference from the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006301079759…

Britain’s Disorder and Decline
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-30
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is no longer united, as most recently illustrated by the vastly dissimilar tactics to control the Covid-19 pandemic taken by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This follows the differences of opinion in each region concerning the disastrous Brexit decision to quit the European Union, as Scotland, for example, strongly supported remaining in the EU, and now 51 percent of Sc…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/30/br…

Keir Starmer’s “Antisemitism” Sacking is a Signal that Israel is Safe in his Hands
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-30
The sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the UK shadow cabinet — on the grounds that she retweeted an article containing a supposedly “antisemitic” conspiracy theory — managed to kill three birds with one stone for new Labour leader Keir Starmer. First, it offered a pretext to rid himself of the last of the Labour heavyweights associated …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/keir-starmers…

Leaders of Astana Process to hold virtual meeting
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-30
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) — Kremlin Spokesman announced on Tuesday that the Iranian, Russian, and Turkish presidents will hold a videoconference on the Syrian crisis tomorrow.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160380/Leaders-of-A…

As Netanyahu Annexes the West Bank, Where Are the Democrats?
Moustafa Bayoumi | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
As Netanyahu Annexes the West Bank, Where Are the Democrats?
thenation.com/article/world/netanyahu-we…

Netanyahu says proposed annexation of occupied Palestinian territory may be delayed
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-30
Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told his party colleagues that the annexation of parts of Occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan Valley would be delayed due to diplomatic and security considerations…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/30/netanyahu…

Sharing Mayo Clinic: Treating lung cancer during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-06-30
Sheila Piper was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sheila Piper considers herself blessed. She has a wonderful family that includes Ron, her husband of 33 years, two sons and a daughter-in-law. She’s a 29-year employee of a hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where she’s a supervisor in …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sh…

The Collapse of the United States Is No Longer Avoidable
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-30
Within the last few days two commentators I respect–The Saker and Dmitry Orlov–have written that the United States is now undergoing systemic collapse. | My view, reflected in my articles published over the years, is that the United States ceased to exist decades ago. It is only the foundational strength of the country put in place by great men, such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison, that has kept the image alive of a functioning country. The house that sat on the foundation long ago washed away in the flood of anti-American propaganda from the self-hating white liberal elites…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/the-c…

Monday 6/29: #PassTheDamnBill
Dr. Hae Min Cho, Bernie Delegate, DSA | indybay.org | 2020-06-30
Speaker Pelosi’s Office | 90 7th St, SF…
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The public inquiry into a controversial goldmine application is ‘welcome’ but maybe ‘the devil is in the detail’
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
On 29 June, infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon announced an independent public inquiry for Dalradian Gold Ltd’s controversial goldmine application in the Sperrin Mountains. Local opposition to this project in the north of Ireland remains strong. Because at the time of writing, th…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discover…

Boris the Bluffer: he can’t fix it
Ralph Underhill | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
By Ralph Underhill…
thecanary.co/cartoons/2020/06/30/boris-t…

St Ives closes town centre roads to traffic to help social distancing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-30
Non-essential traffic has been banned from parts of St Ives to help with social distancing as tourists return to the town.Hundreds of people are often seen walking down the Cornish town’s narrow streets during the busy summer months, causing “crushing onto the pavements” to allow vehicles to pass, according to councillors.The town council said social distancing, even at ‘one metre plus’, would be “very difficult” to maintain during the tourist season.A number of streets in the town will now be closed to non-essential traffic from 11am to 4pm each day until further notice.There are exemptions for residents, carers…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/30/st-ives-…

The Shadow Court Cementing Trump’s Immigration Policy
Felipe de la Hoz | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
The Shadow Court Cementing Trump’s Immigration Policy…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-immi…

Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy?
Dae Shik Kim Jr. | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy?
thenation.com/article/society/asian-amer…

As the Pandemic Rages On, The Right Continues Playing Dumb
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
As the Pandemic Rages On, The Right Continues Playing Dumb…
thenation.com/article/society/coronaviru…

This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak
Jen Sorensen | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak…
thenation.com/article/society/cancel-cul…

Athletes Are Taking Their Solidarity to the Streets
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Athletes Are Taking Their Solidarity to the Streets…
thenation.com/article/society/bradley-be…

Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-whi…

How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom…
thenation.com/article/politics/how-progr…

As the Pandemic Rages On, the Right Continues Playing Dumb
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
As the Pandemic Rages On, the Right Continues Playing Dumb…
thenation.com/article/society/coronaviru…

John Roberts Is Not Your Friend
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
John Roberts Is Not Your Friend…
thenation.com/article/society/roberts-ab…

Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health
Mandy Smithberger | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health…
thenation.com/article/politics/covid-19-…

Letters From the July 13/20, 2020, Issue
Our Readers | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Letters From the July 13/20, 2020, Issue…
thenation.com/article/society/letters-fr…

Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle
André Robert Lee | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle…
thenation.com/article/politics/black-liv…

The Past and Future of Latinx Politics
Ed Morales | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
The Past and Future of Latinx Politics…
thenation.com/article/politics/latinx-ca…

Donald Trump Is the ‘Undertaker’ of American Politics
Patricia J. Williams | thenation.com | 2020-06-30
Donald Trump Is the ‘Undertaker’ of American Politics…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-und…

Merkel’s mission for EU presidency: ‘Make Europe strong again’
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to strengthen a divided European Union and help its hard-hit economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic when Germany takes over the rotating presidency of the 27-member bloc on Wednesday.Critics have in the last three months raised questions about the future of the bloc as national borders shut and each state resorted, at least initially, to national policies to tackle COVID-19, which has killed more than 100,000 people in the EU.Merkel, who helped steer the EU through its debt and migrant crises, has stressed the need for solidarity in overcoming the COVID-19 crisis.”During the G…
yenisafak.com/en/world/merkels-mission-f…

Istanbul Photo Awards 2020 winners announced
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
The jury of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organized by Anadolu Agency, have announced the winners.Anadolu Agency organized the annual contest for the 6th time. This year, the selection was made using a specifically designed online platform developed by Anadolu Agency’s tech team.The international jury convened on June 24-25 to decide the first three winners in four categories: single news, story news, single sports and story sports.Sponsored by Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines, the winners of the contest presents a summary of the events worldwide in 2019, from Hong Kong to Gaza.- News categoryIn the Singl…
yenisafak.com/en/life/istanbul-photo-awa…

Istanbul conference urges special UN envoy on Kashmir
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
A conference in Turkey called on Tuesday for the secretary-general of the UN to appoint a special envoy to resolve the dispute surrounding Kashmir and for it to start mediation efforts on holding a UN-sanctioned plebiscite in the region.In a 13-point joint declaration issued at the end of a virtual two-day international conference on Kashmir hosted by Istanbul University, the participants demanded an “early, just and durable resolution” in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.Welcoming recent remarks by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Ankara is “in favor of resolving the Kashmir issue by t…
yenisafak.com/en/news/istanbul-conferenc…

US urges UN to extend Iran arms embargo
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to extend Tuesday an arms embargo against Iran and warned that ending it would risk stability in the Middle East.”Iran will hold a sword of Damocles over the economic stability of the Middle East, endangering nations like Russia and China that rely on stable energy prices,” Pompeo told a virtual UNSC session.The ban on arms transactions with Iran is set to expire Oct. 18, under terms of a 2015 nuclear deal.Pompeo said Iran could directly move to buy Russian fighter jets and upgrade its submarine fleet if the embargo expires and Tehran would be…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-urges-un-to-ex…

France’s oldest nuclear power plant shuts down
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
France’s oldest power plant Fessenheim went offline at midnight on Monday after 40 years of operation, the state-owned energy company EDF announced.France has 56 nuclear reactors currently in operation which provide 75% of the country’s energy consumption, making the nation the world’s biggest consumer of nuclear energy.The development of Fessenheim was welcome news for residents of the region, previously fairly devoid of industry or any commerce. The location was an attractive one for its proximity to Germany: Fessenheim is a commune located directly on the border, in the Haut-Rhin Department in the Grand Est re…
yenisafak.com/en/world/frances-oldest-nu…

User data not shared with China: TikTok after India ban
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok said on Tuesday that the data of all its users in India is secure and has never been shared with any foreign government, a day after New Delhi banned the app along with 58 others over security concerns.”TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under the Indian law, and has not shared any data of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese Government,” Nikhil Gandhi, head of TikTok India, said in a statement.”We place the highest importance of user privacy and integrity,” it said, adding that the company will not do s…
yenisafak.com/en/news/user-data-not-shar…

Iran: 13 die in clinic gas explosion
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
The explosion injured six others, Tehran Emergency Department head Peyman Saberian told the semi-official Fars News Agency.Also, Hamid Reza Goudarzi, deputy governor of Tehran, said in a statement to state television that a gas leak had caused the explosion.The street that the explosion took place was closed to traffic and strict security measures were taken at the scene.*Writing by Havva Kara Aydin…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-13-die-in-cl…

Turkey: Pandemic pushed up demand for 3D printers
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
The demand for 3D printers is on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic as they are being used to produce safety gear such as shield masks, according to a leading Turkish manufacturer.Emre Akinci, general manager of Zaxe, told Anadolu Agency that the demand continued to spike in the months of May and June.”We are facing a demand beyond expectations,” said Akinci.Stating that users without technical knowledge can also use 3D printers easily, Akinci said: “There are websites that offer 3D content.”He said that various design models such as toys, car spare parts and accessories can be downloaded for free from these…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkey-pande…

Iran records highest daily virus deaths since Feb.19
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Iran on Tuesday confirmed 167 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, the highest daily number of deaths since the virus was first detected on Feb. 19, country’s health ministry said. | A further 2,457 people tested positive for COVID-19, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said. | Iranian authorities have so far reported 227,662 infections, including 10,817 deaths, Lari said. | She added that a total of 188,758 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, adding that 3,049 patients remain in critical condition. | Over 1.66 million tests have been conducted in the country to date,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-records-high…

Tally of virus cases surpasses 24,600 in Israel
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Israel on Tuesday reported 714 new infections of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the highest daily number of cases since April 2, country’s health ministry said. | One person died from the disease, the ministry said in a statement. | Israeli authorities have so far reported 24,688 infections, including 320 deaths, and 17,272 recoveries. | Israel lifted most of the COVID-19 measures after the daily number of virus cases dropped below 20 last month. | The Israeli government has relaxed a lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus, reopening schools, universities, shopping malls and restaurants. | Nevert…
yenisafak.com/en/world/tally-of-virus-ca…

‘Felt like my bones will crack,’ says COVID-19 survivor
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Among them are Banu Yapici and H. C., who asked not to be named; the survivors who went through a difficult recovery period and now want the public to acknowledge the gravity of the situation and take necessary precautions.Yapici, a 37-year-old mother of three children, said she received treatment for a month and the process was much more challenging than she initially thought.”I stayed with my father for a week and there was nothing serious. When I returned home, I began to have occasional headaches,” she said.She also had congestion, but other symptoms such as fever and cough were not present.After six days, sh…
yenisafak.com/en/news/felt-like-my-bones…

Belgium expresses regrets for brutal DR Congo rule
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Belgium’s king on Tuesday expressed his “deepest regrets” over the country’s brutal colonial rule over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).”I would like to express my deepest regrets for these injuries of the past, the pain of which is now revived by the discrimination still too present in our societies,” King Philippe wrote in a letter to President Felix Tshisekedi on the 60th anniversary of the DRC’s independence.”I will continue to fight all forms of racism. I encourage the reflection that has been initiated by our parliament so that our memory is definitively pacified.”He said global challenges demand tha…
yenisafak.com/en/news/belgium-expresses-…

Burundi’s new government sworn in
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
The newly appointed Burundian government was sworn in Tuesday by the head of state and the senate, local media reported.President Evariste Ndayishimiye promised to combat corruption in public services and the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in an address to the nation after the ceremony.”Burundi will be managed by its sons and daughters with dignity. A country where all citizens can eat as much as they need, have financial independence to meet their needs,” SOS Médias Burundi quoted the president. “Burundi is a nest for everyone. We call on all Burundian refugees to return to their country.
yenisafak.com/en/world/burundis-new-gove…

Macron underlines fight against terror in Sahel summit
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
France’s president on Tuesday said his country would step up its fight against terrorism in Africa’s Sahel Region.”When France engages, it is Europe that engages with it,” Emmanuel Macron said upon his arrival in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott before taking part in the G5 Sahel Summit.”It is also our desire to Europeanize the fight against terrorism in the Sahel,” he said.The Nouakchott Summit, that brought together the heads of state of G5 Sahel members Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, as well as France and Spain, follows the conclusions of a previous summit last January in Pau, France.At the…
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Libya pushes back at Macron’s remarks on Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
Libya on Tuesday pushed back recent statements by French President Emmanuel Macron on Turkey’s role in the north African country.”We hoped to hear from President Macron a position that states his rejection of [Khalifa] Haftar’s 14 months of aggression against Tripoli,” the nation’s capital, said Mohamed Taher Siala, Libya’s foreign minister, referring to an eastern-based warlord who has attacked the government. | Siala made the comments in response to Monday statements by Macron claiming the Turkish role in the Libyan crisis posed a “threat to Africa and Europe.” | Last week, Macron also called Turkey’s support f…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libya-pushes-back…

Spain braces for slow economic recovery post-pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
As Spain saw new daily infections rise by 301 on Tuesday, the county’s central bank released an annual report suggesting that the economy will not recover from the health crisis until late 2022.The Health Ministry reported a spike in deaths adding nine to the total. The nationwide death toll has hit 28,355.The central bank’s 238-page annual report not only predicts that economic recovery will take years, but that women, low-income workers and young people will bear the brunt of the economic crisis.”Spain’s economy faces the COVID-19 crisis with inequality significantly higher than before the financial crisis of 2…
yenisafak.com/en/world/spain-braces-for-…

US could see 100,000 daily coronavirus cases: Fauci
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-30
The US could see as many as 100,000 new coronavirus infections daily, the nation’s top infectious disease expert told a Senate hearing Tuesday.”We are now having 40,000 new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” said Anthony Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.He said he was “very disturbed” by the recent spike in the number of the cases that exceeded 40,000 daily this week.”I am also quite concerned about what we are seeing evolve right now in several states,” said Fauci. “When states start to try and…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-could-see-1000…

Ahmed Erekat Was Executed With The Blessing Of Abbas And The Oslo People
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
Ahmed Erekat was not the first Palestinian to be killed by the Israeli occupation forces in cold blood, nor will he be the last to be killed “because he tried to attack” them. The young man was shot dead as he helped his sister with her wedding preparations. Instead of the bride rejoicing, the Zionists turned her wedding into a funeral for the entire Erekat family, and all Palestinians. | Heinous crimes like this are committed on a regular basis, and the Israelis and their supporters try to justify them on every occasion. They tell their pre-packaged “self-defense” claims to the world; defend their presence on oc…
popularresistance.org/ahmed-erekat-was-e…

The 2020 Elections: The Struggle Is For Power Not Reform
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
The great African revolutionary, Amilcar Cabral, reminded us that without revolutionary theory there can be no revolution. | His reminder was not a call for abstract theorizing, quite the contrary. What he meant was that one cannot advance in practice unless that practice is guided by the most advanced understanding of the material and ideological conditions that revolutionary forces face. | Over the next two days, we will ground ourselves in our particular realities as they relate to our strategic and tactical engagement with the bourgeois electoral system in the United States. | Let’s begin: | The ongoing and c…
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Whole Foods Is Quietly Telling Workers Not To Show Black Lives Matter Support
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-30
This week, a group of Whole Foods workers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, walked out after being told they couldn’t wear Black Lives Matter masks because they weren’t part of “the company dress code.” | Prior to the incident, wearing masks with other symbols or logos, including ones that featured the New England Patriots, were reportedly acceptable. | This is according to a report in the Boston Globe, which details how Whole Foods worker Savannah Kinzer and a few of her colleagues wore BLM-themed masks on Wednesday. A manager told them they either had to remove the masks or go home. Seven of them walked out. On Thur…
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