Masses battle rightist regimes in Colombia, Brazil, Chile
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Ongoing struggles in three South American countries show the general uprising that began in 2019 is still challenging right-wing ruling groups that had resumed control of governments. "Bolsonaro out!" Ten thousand demonstrated in Rio de Janeiro, May 29. A look at events in Colombia, Brazil and Chile demonstrate that the . . . | Continue reading Masses battle rightist regimes in Colombia, Brazil, Chile at Workers.org…
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Why did Israel bomb bookstores?
Ruwaida Amer | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-02
Samir Mansour's library was a vital resource for Gaza's students.
electronicintifada.net/content/why-did-i…

Can Honduras Ever Escape Its Status as a Banana Republic?
Jeremy Kuzmarov | covertactionmagazine.com | 2021-06-02
Candidates Linked to Major Corruption Scandals Win Election Primaries–in a country that has suffered since 2009 U.S.-backed coup. In the 19th century, American writer William Sydney Porter (better known as O. Henry) coined the term banana republic to describe the fictional Republic of Anchuria in the book Cabbages and Kings (1904), a collection of short stories inspired by his experiences in Honduras…
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Dan Kovalik on Elections, Rebuilding and the Ongoing Proxy War in Syria
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2021-06-02
Despite the Western reaction, Assad, in power since 2000, looks set to govern for seven more years. His major task will be attempting to break armed opposition groups in Idlib and to repair a nation destroyed by 10 years of war and crippling sanctions.
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On eve of crisis election, Peru more than doubles its COVID-19 death count
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The announcement, made on the eve of a crisis election, confirmed the sense within the population that the pandemic's impact was far greater than the government had admitted.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/peru…

Syria's elections: "The legitimate, democratic expression of the Syrian people."
| workers.org | 2021-06-02
Statement from the International Delegation to the 2021 Syrian Presidential Election This independent delegation was assembled to witness the May 26, 2021, presidential election in Syria and to investigate on-the-ground conditions of Syrian life in the current period. Activists and journalists from Palestine, Syria, South Africa, France, Canada and the . . . | Continue reading Syria's elections: "The legitimate, democratic expression of the Syrian people." at Workers.org…
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Australian Labor Party shifts further to the right following by-election drubbing
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The result in the Upper Hunter by-election deepened the trend seen in the 2019 federal election, when Labor's vote fell to just 33.3 percent, the lowest level in 85 years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/labo…

Dual Elections at Pacifica in June Reveal Dueling Futures for Pacifica
Michael Novick | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Democracy, diversity, accountability and community radio are at stake if the New Day Pacifica Bylaws revision passes, and the likely outcome is triage of assets and narrowing of the range of political and cultural expression on Pacifica's airwaves.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/1884285…

SEIU1000 Pres Elect Richard Brown On Election, Privatization, Democrats & SEIU
LVP | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
SEIU 1000 President Elect Richard Lewis Brown is interviewed about his election, the corruption, privatization and the Democrats including former Governor Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom who have attacked their wages benefits and pensions. Brown says he wants to shut off money to the politicians and also find out what the affiliation agreement with the union was with the SEIU.
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For a socialist movement against fascism and war! Vote for the IYSSE for the student parliament on June 29!
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The IYSSE has issued a statement announcing its candidacy for this year's student parliament elections at Humboldt University.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/humb…

The Myth of the Self-Hating Jew
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
There are lots of politically and socially liberal and left Jews in the US. Just how many is impossible to tally, but looking at polling data across decades using election results from the New Deal era to the present, the number of Jews supporting progressive/liberal/left causes is significant. For those who eschew electoral politics and…
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Volvo Truck workers in Virginia campaign to defeat UAW's second sellout deal
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
With the ratification vote scheduled for Sunday, rank-and-file Volvo Truck workers are stepping up their campaign to defeat the proposed six-year deal.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/volv…

Peru's Pedro Castillo Represents a Challenge to the Canadian Mining Industry
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Owen Schalk Peru's socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, the favourite to win the runoff vote on June 6, will serve as a challenge to the Canadian mineral industry in Latin America. Photo from Twitter. Presidential front-runner is taking aim at the extractive sector, wants a bigger share of company profits to benefit Peruvians The June… Read…
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Syria's Truly Been a Site of World War, Their Vote for Peace & Against Foreign Interference Must be Respected
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Daniel Kovalik teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and is author of the recently-released No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using "Humanitarian" Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests. | Electing Assad for another term, Syrians have made an imperfect but rational choice, preferring their own leader over foreign fighters and governments who ruined the…
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Biden budget: Boosts workers, families, corporate tax hikes
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
WASHINGTON–If a federal budget blueprint is a political roadmap, and it is, then President Biden's $6 trillion spending plan for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 is a roadmap of progressive priorities. And it drew praise from union leaders and backers of reproductive choice. They hailed Biden's proposal to eliminate the ban on using federal …
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Colombia's Partnership with NATO Allows It to Breach Human Rights Without Condemnation
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Since Joe Biden's …
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OPINION: Will Latino Students Finally Become Visible Under a Biden Administration?
Guest Contributor | latinorebels.com | 2021-06-02
Latinos represent the fastest-growing share of the U.S. labor force. Our educational attainment is intrinsically tied to the future of this nation.
latinorebels.com/2021/06/02/latinostuden…

Headlines for June 2, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-06-02
Biden Addresses Voting, Racial Wealth Gap as He Visits Tulsa Race Massacre Site on 100th Anniversary, 100+ Scholars Call for Congressional Action to Enact Federal Voting Rights Protections, Biden Ends Contested Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Rights Groups Call for End to Repressive, Invasive Technologies in Immigration Practices, Washington State's Most Populous County Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology, Biden Administration Suspends Oil & Gas Leases in ANWR But Defends Massive "Willow" Project, Three Bombs Kill 10 People, Disable Electric Grid in Kabul, Sri Lanka Shoreline Coated in Plastic Debris f…
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The Putin-Biden Summit: Is Putin Walking into a Propaganda Trap?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Before we give …
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As Biden Marks 100 Years Since Tulsa Massacre, Calls Grow for Reparations to Close Racial Wealth Gap
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-06-02
President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the single greatest acts of racist terrorism in U.S. history. Over a span of 18 hours, a white mob burned down what was known as "Black Wall Street," the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, and killed an estimated 300 African Americans. Duke University professor William Darity says it's "very impressive" that a sitting U.S. president highlighted the Tulsa race massacre and its lingering effects, but he says he's skeptical that Biden's economic proposals do enough to close the racial we…
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The Fight Against Fascism Isn't Over
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-02
"We're talking about a heavily armed populace that's self traumatizing through its own mythology," says author Shaney Burley. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly Hayes talks with Burley about the state of fascism in the Biden era, mutual aid and building movements during an era of collapse. | Music by Son Monarcas | TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to "Movement Memos," a…
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It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire From the Supreme Court
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire From the Supreme Court…
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"The Green Cold War" against China
German-Foreign-Policy | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Important article first …
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That Old Story: Spying on Friends
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-06-02
One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National …
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Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Rick Rozoff Today's TASS cites Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, warning that the U.S. and NATO will exploit this year's Sea Breeze military exercise in Ukraine to smuggle advanced weaponry and munitions to the nation's armed forces and fascistic paramilitaries and mercenaries of the infamous Azov Battalion and similar units…. Read…
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US continues diplomatic provocations towards Beijing over Taiwan
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
Washington's latest manoeuvres again call into question the "One China" policy and are designed to place addition pressure on Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/taiw…

Eisenhower Rejected Military Chiefs' Demand for Nuclear War on China, Classified Account of '58 Taiwan Strait Crisis Reveals
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Fearing a new …
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Podcast Ep 38: The coming COVID-19 explosion in Gaza
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-02
Emergency doctor Tarek Loubani says health system destroyed by war and virus.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrow…

A love letter to the working class
John Dick | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
On a warm sunny day last summer, whilst most of my patrons were hunkered down by the pandemic, a magical moment happened. I had just finished a loop on one of my favorite streets when two starry-eyed eight-year-olds approached me. "Mailman John, do you have a minute? We have a surprise for you." Of course, …
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Western Sahara: U.S., NATO Allies Train for New War
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Rick Rozoff The annual U.S.-led multinational African Lion military exercise will be held from June 7-18. Conducted under U.S. Africa Command auspices and run by U.S. Army Africa (alternately Southern European Task Force), components of the war games will be held in Morocco (the traditional base of operations for the exercise), Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal…. Read…
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For Memorial Day, Here Is How We Stop All Wars
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-02
For Memorial Day week, Clearing the FOG speaks with David Swanson, the cofounder and executive director of World Beyond War, an international organization that is working to abolish all war. World Beyond War will hold its annual conference virtually from June 4 to 6. The conference, called "From Weapons Fairs to War Zones: Unraveling the War Machine," will bring activists together to share how they are stopping weapons corporation exhibitions, divesting from war, closing foreign bases and more. They will discuss what type of world they are working to create. David also speaks about his recent book, "Leaving World…
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Pentagon to use war games to smuggle weapons to Ukrainian army, extremist formations for war in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Pentagon to use war games to smuggle weapons to Ukrainian army, extremist formations for war in Donbass: Russian Defense MinistryRick Rozoff Today's TASS cites Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, warning that the U.S. and NATO will exploit this year's Sea Breeze military exercise in Ukraine to smuggle advanced weaponry and …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/0…

Andy Niklaus, bus driver in Berlin, condemns dismissal of David O'Sullivan
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
London bus driver David O'Sullivan was sacked by his employer Metroline after warning his colleagues about the spread of coronavirus at the depot where he worked.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/berl…

Canada: Toward a Police-Free Future?
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Robyn MaynardThe defund movement shows the way to divest from violence and repression, and invest in safety and life-affirming services. "In Canada, more than 70 defunding related events took place over the summer of 2020." It's been one year since the police publicly executed George Floyd in Minneapolis, and from New York to Toronto to… Read…
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Western Sahara: U.S., NATO allies train for new war
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Western Sahara: U.S., NATO allies train for new warRick Rozoff The annual U.S.-led multinational African Lion military exercise will be held from June 7-18. Conducted under U.S. Africa Command auspices and run by U.S. Army Africa (alternately Southern European Task Force), components of the war games will be held in Morocco (the traditional base of …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/0…

Danish public broadcaster reveals ongoing NSA spying on top EU officials
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
This comes eight years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed mass NSA electronic spying in 2013, targeting the population of the entire world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/euro…

Fighting the Wrong Enemy in Africa
John Clamp | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
In the West, citizens have for years been given the impression that 'jihad' is spreading like a 'contagion' n the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. News editors in London and New York know that adding the magical letters I and S to a story gives it instant wings. Pentagon analysts' dire warnings about the 'risks of…
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Living under the thumb of CTCAC in California
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Oakland low-income tenants facing eviction by the John Stewart Company, and the dissolved corrupt Oakland Community Housing, Inc. (OCHI), protest in front of the California Hotel in 2008.
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That Old Story: Spying on Friends
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National Security Agency was revealing on this point, though it merely confirmed centuries of understan…
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Military Situation In Syria On June 2, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 115 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 18 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 4 airstrikes on the Hazm area | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Baqim area | On June 1, three civilians were killed by Saudi shelling on Raqu bo…
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Military Situation In Yemen On June 2, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 115 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 18 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 4 airstrikes on the Hazm area | On June 1, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Baqim area | On June 1, three civilians were killed by Saudi shelling on Raqu border di…
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Greater Idlib: Militants Fired Anti-Aircraft Missile At Russian AEW&C Aircraft
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
A-50 aircraft. IMAGE: Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 2, militants in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib fired a missile at a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that was on a mission over the region. | The missile missed the aircraft, which was identified by some sources as an Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) plane. At least one A-50 is deployed in Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coa…
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Brushing off the 'social rust' as COVID-19 restrictions ease
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
As society emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, many are feeling excited yet anxious and awkward about returning to normal life and interacting with others. What used to come so naturally doesn't feel so natural anymore. This article is written by Olivia Bogucki, Ph.D., is a clinical health psychology fellow in Primary Care at Mayo Clinic …
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Consumer Health: Understanding atypical depression
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about dealing with atypical depression. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It affects how you feel, think and behave, and it can lead to emotional and physical problems. For some …
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Science Saturday: How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
May is?ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?(ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles. That results in paralysis that robs a person …
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Consumer Health: Treating osteoporosis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
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The Surreal Pleasures of 'The Masked Singer'
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
The Surreal Pleasures of 'The Masked Singer'…
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Why Now Was the Right Time to Release Top-Secret File on Nuclear Weapons
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
The document about a 1958 crisis shows officials eagerly making the case for atomic warfare against China…
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US Moves Against Ethiopia and Eritrea: Atrocities Alleged, Sanctions Imposed (Interview)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
US hostilities towards Ethiopia and Eritrea look more and more like those preceding US wars in Yugoslavia, Libya, and Syria, writes Ann Garrison. | On May 20, the US Senate passed Senate Resolution 97 "calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and other belligerents in the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations." The resolution also called on neighboring Eritrea to withdraw troops from Ethiopia. | On May 21, Camer…
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100+ Democracy Scholars Issue Dire Warning About Threats to Voting Rights in US
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-02
I cannot write computer code, and I have no idea how to make a decent roux. The engine block on a standard-issue Honda may as well be a Rubik's Cube to me. I don't know how to serve drinks to 25 people simultaneously from behind the bar on a busy game day. I couldn't begin to conduct an autopsy, or a symphony. In a million years I would not try to drive an 18-wheeler through a Colorado snowstorm, because I would die explosively for lack of experience. I do what I do, and am thrilled on the…
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Big Oil Fought Cybersecurity Regulations, Making Pipeline Attacks Easier
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-02
The American Petroleum Institute, the top trade group for the oil and gas industry, spent years opposing federal cybersecurity regulations before the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. After the attack, watchdog groups say API is still opposing strong federal regulation and pushing for taxpayer "subsidies" instead. | Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest pipelines in the country, which carries 45% of the fuel from Texas to New York, was forced to shut down after a ransomware attack by the foreig…
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Was Mark Ruffalo wrong to accuse Israel of Genocide?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The great actor and great humanitarian Mark Ruffalo apologized on Twitter last week for asserting that Israel was committing "genocide" toward the Palestinians, saying that the accusation was inaccurate, inflammatory and disrespectful and he had thought better of it. He also implied that such language was related to anti-Semitic hate …
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Another poll signals fall in US support for Israel
Ali Abunimah | electronicintifada.net | 2021-06-02
Young Americans overwhelmingly blame Israel for recent violence.
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United States Extends Authorization for Transactions with PDVSA–Made in USA Only
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Washington extended the "licenses" of US companies Chevron Corp, Halliburton, Schlumberger Limited, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International to make transactions with Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). The licenses were extended until the end of the year, confirmed the United States Department of the Treasury, within the framework of illegal US sanctions. | In the midst of unilateral "sanctions" and an economic blockade against Venezuela, the "8H General License" extends until December 1, 2021 the deadline for some companies to reduce their activities with the state-owned Petról…
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Venezuela's Migration: Why They Left
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-06-02
Tatuy TV Part I Between 2000 and 2020, a large part of Venezuela's young working population migrated to different locations across the globe in search of better opportunities. This migration has been largely caused by political differences, economic impoverishment, and the deterioration of social conditions in the Latin American country. Venezuela is a country with… Read…
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Venezuelan Authorities Rescue 8 Kidnapped Soldiers From Colombian Paramilitary Gangs Without Violence
Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Caracas, June 1 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Eight soldiers kidnapped by Colombian narco-terrorist groups at the beginning of this month in the border area of Apure state were rescued this Monday, May 31, in an operation called Centennial Eagle. | The news was confirmed by the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) through a statement shared on social media networks by Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino. In the document, the military organization detailed that two additional soldiers are the subject of an ongoing search. | En este momento, acompañados de un excelente grupo de médicos militares, brind…
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Venezuelan Authorities Rescue 8 Kidnapped Soldiers From Colombian Paramilitary Gangs Without Violence
Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Caracas, June 1 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–Eight soldiers kidnapped by Colombian narco-terrorist groups at the beginning of this month in the border area of Apure state were rescued this Monday, May 31, in an operation called Centennial Eagle. | The news was confirmed by the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) through a statement shared on social media networks by Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino. In the document, the military organization detailed that two additional soldiers are the subject of an ongoing search. | #FANBEnDefensaDeLaDignidad t.co/…
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Venezuela Carried Out 23 Anti-Narcotics Operations in Last Five Months
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Journalist Eligio Rojas published in àöltimas Noticias a report of anti-narcotics operations carried out by Venezuelan authorities in the first five months of 2021, with figures obtained from the National Anti-Drug Superintendence (SNA). | According to the report, the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) carried out 23 military operations against drug trafficking groups so far this year. The report is directly quoted here: | In anti-drug operations during January-May,…
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Colombia Backs Down, Will Extend the Closure of Border with Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
Colombian authorities have backed down and announced an extension of the closure of the international border of Colombia with Venezuela at least until September 1, 2021. | Just days earlier, the government of Colombia had announced the opening of the border with Venezuela and had scheduled it for June 1, but now the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a decree to ratify the continuity of the closure of cross-border land and river routes. | In Decree 580, dated May 31 2020, the Colom…
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Bolivarian National Guard Detains Colombian Spy in Táchira
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) detained a member of the Armed Forces of Colombia in the border state of Táchira. According to sources, the detained individual was carrying out espionage operations within Venezuela. | According to a report from the GNB, the apprehended person, identified by the name of Jhorman Benjamín Ortega Tarazona, was incercepted by GNB personnel as he displayed "suspicious behavior" in the vicinity of a Citizen's Attention Post in Vega de Aza, a Venezuelan town located 68 kilometers away from the Colombian city of Cúcuta. | Identification documents of Jhorman Benjamín Ortega Tarazona, w…
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A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon
John V. Walsh | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step…
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A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon
John V. Walsh | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step back? Is there a moral, ethical or common-sense basis for making that call, a basis on which humankind can readily agree?
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/a-deadly-con…

Las potencias globales buscan su reacomodo
Alejo Vargas Velásquez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
Para algunos, el escenario internacional en los últimos años anda a la deriva, pero pareciera que las potencias globales, Estados Unidos, China y Rusia, así como otra serie de potencias regionales, están en un proceso de reacomodo. | Estados Unidos, después…
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Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception
Jonathan Cook | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"Our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Class action lawsuit filed against company pushing unsafe ionizers to reopen classrooms across the US
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by US schools on electronic air cleaners, or ionizers, whose manufacturers falsely claim they clean indoor air and kill coronavirus particles.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/ioni…

The Beginning of the End: #29M Anti-Bolsonaro Protests
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
On Saturday May 29, 2021, Brazil saw its biggest public mobilisations since the Coronavirus pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of protesters, organised in 213 cities nationwide, took to the streets against the Bolsonaro-Guedes regime. Amongst the visible messages, anger was directed specifically at its mishandling of the pandemic, with demonstrators demanding vaccines, emergency payments, and indignant at the spiralling cost of living. | But the #29M protests were built around a unifying and unambiguous demand: an end to the Bolsonaro presidency. | "Being on the streets to fight is an extreme act, to say enoug…
orinocotribune.com/the-beginning-of-the-…

From 1980s Neoliberalism to the Post Covid "New Normal"
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Sold under the …
globalresearch.ca/1980s-neoliberalism-ne…

Covid-19, our Public Schools and the Real-Time Lessons of Civic Democracy
Belle Chesler | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
By Belle Chesler | ( Tomdispatch.com) — It seems appropriate that the 2020-2021 school year in Portland, Oregon, began amid toxic smoke from the catastrophic wildfires that blanketed many parts of the state for almost two weeks. The night before the first day of school, the smoke alarm in my bedroom went off. Looking back, …
juancole.com/2021/06/schools-lessons-dem…

Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19
Dr. Pierre Kory | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Abstract | Background | After | …
globalresearch.ca/review-emerging-eviden…

Copa América: Un circo macabro sin pan
Fernando De la Cuadra | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
La decisión del (des)gobierno Bolsonaro de ser anfitrión de la próxima Copa América representa un escarnio sobre su población, en momentos en que el país se aproxima con alarmante velocidad hacia los 470 mil fallecidos por la pandemia del Covid-19….
globalizacion.ca/copa-america-un-circo-m…

Mayo Clinic offers COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinics in Minnesota
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Mayo Clinic in Rochester and at its Health System sites continue to offer patients, visitors and staff additional convenient opportunities to be vaccinated for COVID-19. All domestic and international patients, visitors and staff who want to be vaccinated for COVID-19 have a couple of opportunities to do so at walk-in clinics this week. Available COVID-19 …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Mayo Clinic updates masking, in-person meeting guidance
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance on May 13 stating that people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 do not need to socially distance or wear a mask indoors in most settings. This updated guidance excluded certain environments, including health care facilities. Mayo Clinic has reviewed its guidance for masking, distancing and …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates ease physician shortage in world affected by COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Ninety-eight students took part in commencement events on Friday, May 21, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ? Arizona Campus and Sunday, May 23, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. This is the first multistate commencement for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the first commencement for the inaugural class of students …
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Patients now permitted two visitors at Mayo Clinic Health System locations
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
ALBERT LEA and AUSTIN, Minn. ? Patients are now permitted to have two visitors in inpatient and outpatient settings at Mayo Clinic Health System sites at all southeast Minnesota locations. The change is being made in response to consistently lowered COVID-19 positivity rates in the region and is subject to change should the situation change. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pa…

A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?
Zia Jaffrey | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?
thenation.com/article/society/prison-cov…

African Countries Urged To Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccines
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-02
According to the council, the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa could be achieved through sharing of the intellectual property right, technology transfers and open non-exclusive licensing.
popularresistance.org/african-countries-…

The Heat: WHO approves second Chinese vaccine
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-06-02
The World Health Organization says it's a mistake for any country to think the danger of COVID-19 is over. But there is a sliver of hope with the approval of another Chinese-developed vaccine.
america.cgtn.com/2021/06/02/the-heat-who…

COVID "Vaccines": A Faltering Framework
Dr. Sadaf Gilani | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
On April 20, …
globalresearch.ca/covid-vaccines-falteri…

Global Institutions Close Ranks Behind IMF $50 Billion Vaccine Plan
Olivia Engling | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Heads of the primary global financial, trade and health institutions urged government leaders to finance a $50 billion vaccine plan to end the pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884288…

Selected Articles: Vaccine Researcher Admits 'Big Mistake,' Says Spike Protein Is Dangerous 'Toxin'
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Russia to Form 20 New Military Units in West to Counter NATO Threat | By Rick Rozoff, June 01, 2021 | Today Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu chaired and addressed a Defence Ministry Board Session at the National Centre for State …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-vacc…

Poland's Counterproductive Foreign Policy Is Responsible for Its Present Predicament
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Poland's counterproductive foreign …
globalresearch.ca/poland-counterproducti…

Even With Light at the End of the Pandemic Tunnel, We Mustn't Be Complacent
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-02
Foreign policy analyst John Feffer is the author of The Pandemic Pivot: A Report from the Institute for Policy Studies, The Transnational Institute, and Focus on the Global South (Seven Stories Press, 2020). In this interview, Feffer provides a framework for how a unified pandemic response could repair and restore social movements and compacts in helping to reshape the national and global economy. | Daniel Falcone: Could yo…
truthout.org/articles/even-with-light-at…

"A Massive Crisis": Majority of U.S. Mass Shootings Have Links to Domestic Violence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-06-02
With the U.S. marking at least 242 mass shootings so far in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive, we speak with policy expert Julia Weber about the link between gun violence and domestic violence. "We know that this is a massive crisis that we need to address much more effectively," says Weber, the implementation director at the Giffords Law Center. A 2020 Bloomberg analysis looking at nearly 750 mass shootings over a six-year span found about 60% of the shootings were either domestic violence attacks or committed by men with histories of domestic violence.
www.democracynow.org/2021/6/2/gun_violen…

U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/06/56784/?utm_source=rs…

Sailing to a Secret Saudi Prison: The Hazards Awaiting Yemenis Trying to Earn a Living
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2021-06-02
"After our distress call was made, a force from the Saudi Coast Guard came not to rescue but to arrest us. They took us to the Farzan Prison in Jizan on charges of reconnaissance." — Yemeni fishing boat captain Hamad Ibrahim Abdo Majri…
mintpressnews.com/sailing-secret-saudi-p…

No Vaxx Rebellion; Resist, Refuse, Reject
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
"All is not | …
globalresearch.ca/no-vaxx-rebellion-resi…

Sunday 6/20: Online Discussion–LGBTQIA+ Pride: No Place for Cops
Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884289…

The centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The 1921 Tulsa massacre is a horrific moment in American history, which has been concealed from public consciousness for far too long. But like all such events, how it is presented and analyzed is critical to drawing the necessary political lessons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/pers…

Thursday 6/3: "The Condor & The Eagle": Film & Discussion on Indigenous Climate Justice w/ CBD
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/1884287…

Indian autoworkers strike against unsafe working conditions in pandemic
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
In opposition to the herd immunity policies of the ruling elite, workers are demanding that industries follow scientifically-guided lockdown restrictions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/auto…

UK teachers suffer increased workload as government plans to lengthen working day
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The government is utilising the pandemic to usher in long-planned education restructuring.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/eduk…

Profit Share of Corporate Income Falls In Pandemic
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-06-02
I thought it was worth highlighting the drop in the profit share of corporate income reported for the first quarter of 2021. It did rise slightly from the 2020 average, but it is below the 2019 level. This means that, in spite of the high unemployment in 2020, the wage share actually rose slightly. (The …
cepr.net/profit-share-of-corporate-incom…

Investing in Schools Builds Communities
Jeremy Mohler | progressive.org | 2021-06-02
The wise course of action would be to fund initiatives that address both the short-term impacts of the pandemic, while laying the groundwork for long-term student success.
progressive.org/op-eds/schools-build-com…

Germany's premature easing of lockdown measures threatens workers' lives and livelihoods
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The pandemic is by no means over, and the price for the risky easing of restrictions will be paid by the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/coro…

This Amounts to Social Murder. The British Government's "Deadly Handling" of the Pandemic
Claudia Webbe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
The left has …
globalresearch.ca/social-murder/5746790

Working with purpose in a post-pandemic world
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-06-02
Academics, industry experts and investors explore the future of work and its potential to drive social change.
imperial.ac.uk/news/222833/working-with-…

Was Mark Ruffalo wrong to accuse Israel of Genocide?
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
The precise characterization is less important than an acknowledgment that it is wrong to keep Palestinians in a condition of statelessness and without basic human rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/was-mark-ruffalo-w…

Laying the Bear Trap: Orbán visits No 10 Downing Street
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
His comments would not have fallen on deaf ears. While metropolitan London would have been aghast at his pedigree and remarks, a Brexit-audience in the rustbelts and areas of deprivation, would have felt a twang of appreciation. For them, migration has not been a boon and glory. For Hungary's Viktor Orbán, it has been an…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/laying-the-b…

US Troops Die for World Domination, Not Freedom
Caitlin Johnstone | orinocotribune.com | 2021-06-02
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 31, 2021 | Vice President Kamala Harris spent the weekend under fire from Republicans, which of course means that Kamala Harris spent the weekend being criticized for the most silly, vapid reason you could possibly criticize Kamala Harris for. | Apparently the likely future president tweeted "Enjoy the long weekend," a reference to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, instead of gu…
orinocotribune.com/us-troops-die-for-wor…

'Not Another Nickel!' Thousands march in Washington, D.C. against U.S. support for apartheid Israel
Morgan Artyukhina | liberationnews.org | 2021-06-02
The protest came just days after a ceasefire ended Israel's inhumane bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 200 people, 65 of whom were children.
liberationnews.org/not-another-nickel-th…

'Not Another Nickel!' Thousands march in Washington, D.C. against U.S. support for apartheid Israel
Morgan Artyukhina | liberationnews.org | 2021-06-02
The protest came just days after a ceasefire ended Israel's inhumane bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 200 people, 65 of whom were children.
liberationnews.org/not-another-nickel-th…

Thursday 6/3: We All Live in Gaza – Special Documentary Screening – Fundraiser
Maurice Jacobsen | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Screening will be at the Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, 3200 Grand Ave. Seating will be limited to a social distanced safe 200…
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After Gaza Slaughter, Israel Wants Another $1 Billion Out of the US
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-02
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) confirmed that Israel will make the request a day after he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. "There is going to be a request made by the Israelis to the Pentagon on Thursday for $1 billion in aid to replenish Iron Dome batteries," Graham told Fox and Friends on Tuesday.
popularresistance.org/after-gaza-slaught…

Thursday 6/3: Collective Liberation From Minneapolis to Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Zoom…
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Thursday 6/3: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 3 of 3)
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Zoom Webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/1884285…

5/29/21 March on Washington for Palestine
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
On May 29, 2021, for the first time in memory, there was a March on Washington for Palestine, endorsed by over 130 groups, with some 35,000 people walking in the rain from the Lincoln Memorial to the White House.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884288…

Labor for Palestine: US Union Activists Pass Support Resolutions
repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Rank and file workers are passing pro-Palestinian resolutions across the country, including right here in San Francisco, where the teachers' union took a firm stand for the Palestinian liberation struggle. See www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/us……
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/1884288…

Africa Day 2021: The Need for a Continental Response to the Global Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
It has been …
globalresearch.ca/africa-day-2021-need-c…

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the May Jobs Report
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2021-06-02
(The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, June 4 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) In May, we should see the sort of strong job gains that many of us had expected in April. This is partly because the economy is growing rapidly by most measures. Also, many …
cepr.net/preview-what-to-look-for-in-the…

The Truth About Slavery
Brian Gilmore | progressive.org | 2021-06-02
A review of Clint Smith's new book "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America."
progressive.org/magazine/the-truth-about…

Global Research: Access to Information Is the Key to Truth
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
For almost 20 years, Global Research has been bringing our readers a broad spectrum of voices analyzing complex global situations. And we will continue to do so because we believe that access to information is the key to the truth. …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-access…

The Booming Economy vs. Debt and Deficit Fears
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Most of the data on the economy is looking very good these days. The number of weekly unemployment claims has fallen sharply. Levels are still high, but just over half the level we were seeing earlier this year. And, this is before all the moves by Republican governors to cut back benefits, so the decline…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/the-booming-…

Third Installment of "The Long Sili-CON: Power and Censorship in the Digital Era,"
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-06-02
This week's program presents excerpts from a live online discussion co-produced by Project Censored and The Real News Network. This is the third and final installment in the series "The…
projectcensored.org/third-installment-of…

Blowing in the Winds of the Wine-dark Sea
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
In book 10 of the Odyssey, Homer tells the story of Odysseus coming to the floating island of Aiolia, home of Aiolos, god of the winds. Listening to the courageous but unsuccessful efforts of Odysseus to return home to Ithaca, Aiolos says to Odysseus to relax. He would guide him to reach his desired destination. Aiolos feasted…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/blowing-in-t…

Autonomous Drone Attacked Soldiers in Libya All on Its Own
Daniel Van Boom | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
The fear of …
globalresearch.ca/autonomous-drone-attac…

Johns Hopkins Prof: 'One of the Biggest Failures of Our Current Medical Leadership Is Ignoring Natural Immunity'
David McLoone | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
A Johns Hopkins …
globalresearch.ca/johns-hopkins-prof-one…

Worker cooperatives prove your job doesn't have to be hell
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-02
We speak with worker-owners at 8 co-ops in 4 states about the unique benefits, struggles, and limitations of of the worker cooperative model. In the words of Kimberly Britt, a worker-owner at ChiFresh Kitchen, "We work at and own this company, and we designed it to work for us, what would make it not feel like a job."
popularresistance.org/worker-cooperative…

Liberal Complicity: On Not asking the Right Questions
Thomas Stephens | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/liberal-comp…

After rebelling against USW-backed deal, 2,400 Canadian miners launch strike against multinational Vale Inco
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The determined stand taken by the miners, employed by multinational Vale Inco, is the latest example of a growing rebellion of the working class across North America against the trade union bureaucracy, which is collaborating with the employers to enforce the dictates of the financial oligarchy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/vale…

Australian educators stand with London bus driver David O'Sullivan and demand his reinstatement
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
"Workers need to stand in support of David O'Sullivan as the struggle against his sacking is a test case for workers everywhere!"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/cfpe…

The Looming Threat to Montana's Rivers
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Straddling the Continental Divide with its majestic snow-capped mountains, Montana has some of the cleanest and coldest water in the nation. Thanks to that incredible resource, we are also world famous for our wild trout while most other states have "put and take" hatchery-raised fisheries. Those same cold and clean mountain streams flow out to…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/the-looming-…

Bulgaria: U.S. Paratroopers Stormed Civilian Business in NATO Military Exercise
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
U.S. Army Europe …
globalresearch.ca/bulgaria-us-paratroope…

Urban oil wells linked to asthma and other health problems in Los Angeles
Jill Johnston, Bhavna Shamasunder | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-02
In some cases, the impact on residents' lungs is worse than living beside a highway or being exposed to secondhand smoke every day.
nationofchange.org/2021/06/02/urban-oil-…

Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
By Steve Turton | — What is Arctic amplification? Do we know what is causing this phenomenon? What effects is it having, both in the region and for the world? Is Antarctica experiencing the same thing? Human civilisation and agriculture first emerged about 12,000 years ago in the early Holocene. Our ancestors benefited from a …
juancole.com/2021/06/climate-explained-h…

Food additive in Starbursts, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, +3,000 others no longer considered safe
Audrey Nakagawa | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-02
The additive, titanium dioxide, may cause cell mutations and damage DNA.
nationofchange.org/2021/06/02/food-addit…

America cannot afford another lost decade for Black workers
Tanya Wallace-Gobern | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-02
As the country seeks to reinvent itself once again, it's time to place Black workers at the center of an economic recovery that works for everyone.
nationofchange.org/2021/06/02/america-ca…

What Jeff Merkley Gets Wrong About Forests and Fire
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
In a recent May 29 Bend Bulletin article, Senator Merkley asserted he "wants to boost spending on forest management by $1 billion annually through work, such as thinning and prescribed burning, to reduce the prospects of catastrophic wildfires." An unexamined assumption is that thinning/logging work significantly reduces the pejoratively named "catastrophic" fires. Despite assertions from…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/what-jeff-me…

Life below water–the UN calls for action on ocean protection
Alison Kentish | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-02
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2021 and the second UN Ocean Conference next year, UN officials stressed the need for 'clear, transformative and actionable' solutions to the ocean crisis.
nationofchange.org/2021/06/02/life-below…

Skin Privilege: Why Rahm Emanuel Keeps Getting Hired
Delmarie Cobb | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Black people witness "skin privilege" everyday. It's so matter of fact that it hardly gets a second notice unless Black people sound the alarm. We watch people harm us and land on their feet as if nothing ever happened. Yet, we seldom get the benefit of the doubt. In fact, we're punished–even fatally–for the smallest infractions: allegedly…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/skin-privile…

Environmental Racism and the Pork Industry: the Vindication of Epidemiologist Steve Wing
Robert Alvarez | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
According to the new study, U.S. agricultural production results in 17,900 air quality-related deaths per year, with about 80 percent of these deaths due to airborne contaminants from large-scale animal farms. Emissions from animal factory farms, known as confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) account for more annual deaths than pollution from coal power plants.
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/environmenta…

Global Research: Access to Information Is the Key to Truth
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
For almost 20 years, Global Research has been bringing our readers a broad spectrum of voices analyzing complex global situations. And we will continue to do so because we believe that access to information is the key to the truth. …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-access…

Murder by Decree: The Crime of Genocide in Canada. "The Indian Residential Schools"
TITFDC | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
. | We | …
globalresearch.ca/murder-by-decree-the-c…

Carbon sequestration: Climate solution or bridge to more fossil fuel profits?
Len Yannielli | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
Connecticut gets almost half its energy from methane, also called natural gas. Some, especially in certain ruling circles, see this fossil fuel as a bridge to renewable energy. While methane makes up much less of the carbon in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it does so in an unfortunate, powerful way. Methane molecules trap 25x …
peoplesworld.org/article/carbon-sequestr…

RMT joins Conservative government's Rail Recovery Group: A conspiracy against rail workers
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The rail union has joined a body committed to making the very "pay freezes, cuts to safety and conditions" and "austerity" it claims publicly to oppose.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/rirg…

Hilton Obenzinger's 'Witness 2017-2020': Witness for the prosecution
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
Hilton Obenzinger's new book of poems Witness 2017-2020 bristles with righteous energy while wiping a tear from its eye. It captures the moments when a candid, often florid observer puts down his camera and joins, nay leads the struggle for meaning, justice, and change. Obenzinger is a poet, novelist, social critic, and historian. Born in …
peoplesworld.org/article/hilton-obenzing…

CIA (Dis)Information Operations Come Home to the US
Peter Van Buren | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Reporters joke the …
globalresearch.ca/cia-disinformation-ope…

State of Arizona planning to execute death row inmates with Zyklon B gas
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The State of Arizona is working feverishly to refurbish its mothballed gas chamber to execute death row inmates and has purchased the ingredients contained in the poison gas Zyklon B that was used at Auschwitz by the Nazis to murder more than 1 million people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/ariz…

Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop — UN expert
contributors | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
( UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner) | GENEVA | — A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel's Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers — at times with the reported backing of security forces — and urged Israel to fully and equally protect all of its citizens …
juancole.com/2021/06/violence-discrimina…

Hassan Diab is accused of a deadly explosion. Supporters say his continued persecution isn't justice
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-06-02
Roger Clark of the Hassan Diab Support Committee and author and human rights academic Monia Mazigh say officials based their case against Diab on problematic evidence.
therealnews.com/hassan-diab-is-accused-o…

Thursday 6/10: The Rise Of Fascism In The US, Labor & The Insurrection
UFCLP | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
By Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/j/82861963736?pwd=Y2NFc2……
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884289…

Sunday 6/6: Riot Grrrl and Dyke Walking Tour Mission District San Francisco California
Shani Heckman | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Meet in front of the women's building | 3543 18th street, San Francisco CA 94110…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/1884287…

Tuesday 6/1: Outreach Training
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
online…
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Tuesday 6/8: A Wake for Whales: Protest for Endangered Marine Life on Int'l. Oceans Day
Center for Biological Diversity, partners | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Crissy Field East Beach, across from the Crissy Beach parking lot, near the intersection of Jauss and Javowitz St., San Francisco | REQUIRED: Masks and Safety Distancing…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/1884286…

Woke Versus Awake, What Do You See 2021
Martha Stilson | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Are you "Woke" or "Awake"? Is there a difference? Can you see what is in front of you? To create.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/1884289…

Sunday 6/6: June Chapter Meeting: DxE SF Bay Area
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
online…
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Sunday 6/13: Vegan BBQ & Bakesale Animal Rescue Fundraiser
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Wildcat Canyon @ Alvarado Park…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884289…

Sunday 6/13: Community Hike at Wild Cat Canyon
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Alvarado Staging Area at Wild Cat Canyon, Richmond…
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Saturday 6/5: Meetup: Animal Rebellion Takes on McDonald's
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
online…
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Wednesday 6/2: Block the Boat! International Week of Action June 2-9, 2021
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Various Ports (Oakland, Seattle, etc.)…
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From Negroland to Negro Bar, 20th Anniversary Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Normal community outreach, historical preservation standards and basic dignity remains elusive at Negro Bar / Negro Hill Mining District due to the historic seasonal hate crimes against humanity, cloaked as equity and inclusion in this latest effort to insist on second class citizenship for people of Pan African ancestry.
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Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
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How to Save a Couple of Lives in Spite of Gov't
Lou Stevens & Jim Faldworth | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Spare us the slaughter, it's just an herb!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/1884285…

Sunday 6/6: Climate Action Mural Unveiling & Celebration In Clarion Alley
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, and between 17th and 18th Streets in San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/1884289…

From Negroland to Negro Bar, 20th Anniversary Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Normal community outreach, historical preservation standards and basic dignity remains elusive at Negro Bar / Negro Hill Mining District due to the historic seasonal hate crimes against humanity, cloaked as equity and inclusion in this latest effort to insist on second class citizenship for people of Pan African ancestry.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/1884289…

Sunday 6/6: Movie Night: Exterminate All the Brutes Part 3 & 4
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
online…
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Perú: Los avances nacional-populares en América Latina
Eduardo Paz Rada | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
A pocos días de la segunda vuelta electoral en el Perú, los poderes económicos, mediáticos y geopolíticos de la oligarquía y el imperialismo están implementando una poderosa y mentirosa campaña destinada a impedir el triunfo del profesor Pedro Castillo de…
globalizacion.ca/peru-los-avances-nacion…

Elecciones y represión: Un complejo panorama mexicano
Cristóbal León Campos | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
I | Al aproximarse el fin de las campañas políticas en México y el día de la votación (6 de junio 2021), resulta oportuno reflexionar sobre la ausencia de propuestas palpables y sostenibles en términos de la política pública y de…
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Bolsonaro y la "Cepa América"
Eric Nepomuceno | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
El ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro tardó diez meses en aceptar la idea de comprar vacunas, y diez minutos para ofrecer Brasil como sede para la Copa América. Nada mejor para reflejar la manera como conduce el país rumbo a la tragedia,…
globalizacion.ca/bolsonaro-y-la-cepa-ame…

Argentina — Fueron el peor gobierno, son la peor oposición
Hugo de Torres | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
A las aflicciones propias de la pandemia y el confinamiento establecido por los gobiernos Nacional y Provincial, en la semana que termina se sumó como factor adicional de descontento, el enfrentamiento en el que fue obligado a participar el gobierno…
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Colombia o la hipocresía europea
Jesús González Pazos | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
Un régimen que criminaliza la protesta social y que en su respuesta a la misma suma un reguero continuo de violaciones sistemáticas a los derechos humanos. Un régimen que ha añadido a la represión policial, que causa ya decenas de…
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U.S. Sold 2M Barrels Of Seized Iranian Crude Oil Immediately After Taking It In February
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | In February 2021, the US seized the MT Achilleas, a Liberia-flagged ship, operated by a Greek company, loaded to the brim with Iranian crude oil. | By March it had already sold the oil. | The Achilleas' Greek owner, Capital Ship Management Corp., alerted U.S. authorities to the possibility it had unknowingly taken on Iranian crude, after initially believing it came from Iraq. The vessel was fully loaded and can carry more than 2 million barrels, according to shipping documents. | The U.S.
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Syrian Soldier Killed In Turkish Shelling On Northern Aleppo: Monitoring Group
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Turkish Army tanks manoeuvre during a military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border in Silopi, Turkey, September 25, 2017 © Umit Bektas / Reuters | On May 2, a soldier in the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) died of wounds that he sustained as a result of Turkish shelling on the northern countryside of Aleppo. | The soldier, identified as Ali Yassir Dirgham from Masyaf in Hama, was wounded along with another Syrian service member on May 31, when Turkish forces shelled a strip of land held by the SAA and Kurdish forces south of…
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Jizan Operation: Houthis Released Footage Of Missile Strikes On Saudi Vehicles
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Screen grab from the Houthis' videos. | On May 31 and June 1, the Houthis (as Ansar Allah is known) released new videos from their recent large-scale ground operation in the southern Saudi province of Jizan. | The videos show attacks with anti-tank guided missiles on an M1A2S Abrams battle tank, a M163 Vulcan Air Defense System and three ZU-23-2 23 mm guns of the Saudi military and its Yemen proxies. | | One of the…
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Russia Suspended Salaries Of Daraa Ex-Rebels Who Refused To Fight ISIS In Central Syria
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Screen grab from a video by RT showing Russian troops in Busra, the stronghold of the 8th Brigade. | Russia has suspended the salaries of former rebels in the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa because they refused to step up their efforts against ISIS in the country's central region, Syrian sources revealed on May 30. | Daraa's former rebels joined the fight against ISIS in central Syria in February under the banner o…
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Former Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Commander Confirmed Meeting With British Intelligence Representative
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Illustrative image | A former commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has confirmed that the group leader Abu Mohamad al-Julani met with Jonathan Powell, a representative of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6. | The Russian TASS news agency revealed the meeting in a report on May 31. The agency…
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Mexican Cartel Hunts Down Police Officers, Kills Them In Front Of Their Families
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | In Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has started its own policy of terror. | The extremely violent organization has begun hunting police officers in their homes, abducting, torturing and ultimately killing them. | The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, i…
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Massive Fire Broke Out At Tehran Oil Refinery (Videos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Screen grab from one of the fire videos (youtu.be/VTTw9v7EHE8) | On June 2, a massive fire broke out at the Tondguyan refinery which is located in the southern outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran. | According to the Iranian media, ambulances and firefighters were quickly dispatched to the oil refinery, where all operations were ceased. So far, no casualties have been reported. | | Mansour Darajati, head of Tehran's crisis management organization, told state TV that a leak at a liquid gas pipeline at the fa…
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New Concern For Moscow: Sudan To Review Agreement On Construction Of Russian Naval Base
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | Sudan has announced its intention to review the agreement with Russia on the construction of a naval base in the. | On June 1, the Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Sudan, Muhammad Osman al-Hussein n his interview that was broadcasted by the Blue Nile TV channel, announced that the agreement with Russia on the construction of the naval base would be reviewed because of some provisions of the document that could harm the security of t…
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Iranian Navy's Largest Ship Catches Fire, Sinks In Gulf Of Oman
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | On June 2nd, the Iranian Navy's largest ship caught fire and subsequently sank in the Gulf of Oman. | The circumstances surrounding the incident are largely unclear. | The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support ship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran. | The fire on the ship began after midnight and firefighters attempted to contain it, but ultimately failed. | The vessel sank near the Iranian…
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Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On June 2, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Mayorsk shelled the 6/7 Mine in Gorlovka with grenade launchers | 2. UAF in Novgorodske shelled the Gagarin mine in Gorlovka with 82-mm artillery | 3. UAF in Avdeevka shelled DPR positions in Yasinovataya with 120-mm artillery | 4. UAF in Vodyanoe shelled DPR positions in Leninskoe with grenade launchers and RPG | 5. DPR in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Novgorodske with 82-mm artillery | 6. DPR forces in Donetsk City shelled UAF positions in Kateryni…
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How the Unthinkable Became Thinkable: Eric Lander, Julian Huxley and the Awakening of Sleeping Monsters
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Illustrative image | Written by Matthew Ehret. Originally published by Strategic Culture Foundation. | Will we see biotechnology serve the interests of humanity under a multipolar paradigm that cherishes national sovereignty, human life, family, and faith? | As much as it might cause us a fair deal of displeasure and even an upset stomach…
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Too Much Power
Richard Heinberg | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"If we modern humans are, in effect, addicted to power, perhaps we need something like a collective twelve-step program." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Consumer Health: Antidepressants and tinnitus
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Tinnitus is the perception of noise or ringing in the ears. A common problem, tinnitus affects about 15% to 20% of people. Tinnitus isn't a condition itself — it's a symptom of an underlying condition, such as age-related hearing loss, ear injury or a circulatory system disorder. Tinnitus also can be caused by a number …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Sports cardiology helps patients get back in the game
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Regular activity is good for the heart, but patients with heart conditions may wonder if it is safe to exercise. Mayo Clinic's Sports Cardiology Clinic is a specialty clinic where a team of cardiologists, exercise physiologists, and other specialists evaluate and treat heart conditions with a goal of keeping athletes active in sports. But who …
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Infographic: Cardiac ablation
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Learn more about cardiac ablation.More healthtip infographics: mayohealthhighlights.startribune.com…
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Speech therapy often can help those whose speech is affected by stroke
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother had a stroke six months ago. Her mobility has returned to near normal, but she still has some difficulty communicating. She can read and understand others when they speak, but she often struggles to find the words she wants to say. While frustrated, she refuses to try speech therapy, saying it …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Detecting and treating thoracic aortic aneurysms
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a weakened area in the major blood vessel that feeds blood to the body. When the aorta is weak, blood pushing against the vessel wall can cause it to bulge like a balloon. This is called an aneurysm. Depending on the cause, size and growth rate, your thoracic aortic aneurysm …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is a bicuspid aortic valve?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I consider myself to be in good health. I work out several times a week, but recently I began experiencing episodes of shortness of breath after going up and down the stairs in my home. After running on the treadmill a few weeks ago, I got dizzy and fainted. I went to my …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: 21st century stroke prevention strategies
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A family member had a stroke a month ago. I'm 45 years old, and I maintain a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise and a good diet. What steps can I take to make sure this doesn't happen to me? ANSWER: A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted …
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Mayo Clinic to Offer National Cancer Survivors Day Video Series
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
ROCHESTER, Minn. — To celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is offering a series of free videos on cancer survivorship topics presented by health care experts and cancer survivors throughout the month of June. "Beginning on Sunday, June 6, and continuing every Monday in June, we will release a different video on a …
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Consumer Health: Understanding the link between depression and pain
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It affects how you feel, think and behave, and it can lead to emotional and physical problems. Depression and pain are closely related. Depression can cause pain, and pain can cause depression. Sometimes pain and depression create a vicious cycle …
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Consumer Health: Summer eating with celiac disease
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-02
With summer nearly here, thoughts turn to summer eating, including potlucks, picnics at the beach and celebrations. In addition to concerns about food safety and keeping sand out of the fruit salad, people with celiac disease need to be careful of gluten along the way. If someone with celiac disease will be at your summer …
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Ecopella launches new album
Miguel Heatwole | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
Ecopella, a troupe of progressives who bring musical instruments, protest songs and humour to Sydney protests, have just released their fourth album, writes Miguel Heatwole.
greenleft.org.au/content/ecopella-launch…

Gig workers fight back
Isaac Nellist | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
Isaac Nellist argues that the Fair Work Commission's ruling that a Deliveroo rider was unfairly dismissed is an important win for gig workers in their ongoing fight to be recognised as employees.
greenleft.org.au/content/gig-workers-fig…

Activists protest Australia's role in arms trade, human rights abuses
Renee Lees | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
Renee Lees reports that residents protested outside the site of the world's biggest arms dealers — Thales and BAE Systems — as part of the Disrupt Land Forces action.
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Ecopella launches new album
Miguel Heatwole | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
Ecopella are a troupe of progressives who bring musical instruments, protest songs and humour to Sydney protests. The choir celebrates 23 years this year. | "Save-the-world music" has been Ecopella's catchphrase for most of its life, during which it has rallied activists and expressed commonly-held ideas of environmental justice in vocal harmony. During that time it has preserved its musical work in a number of CD recordings.
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International Energy Agency calls time on new fossil fuels
Margaret Gleeson | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
The International Energy Agency has ruffled feathers by calling for no investment in new fossil fuel supply projects, writes Margaret Gleeson.
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International Energy Agency calls time on new fossil fuels
Margaret Gleeson | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-02
The International Energy Agency has ruffled feathers by calling for no investment in new fossil fuel supply projects, writes Margaret Gleeson.
greenleft.org.au/content/international-e…

Media blackout of growing support for full investigation of Pike River disaster
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The political establishment, media and unions are nervous about the growing opposition to the Labour Party-led government's attempt to shut down the investigation of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster, which killed 29 men.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/pike…

Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help?
María Jesús Mora | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help?
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How NY's Fund for Excluded Workers Inspired Activists Across the US
María Jesús Mora | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
How NY's Fund for Excluded Workers Inspired Activists Across the US…
thenation.com/article/activism/excluded-…

Is Mahua Moitra India's AOC?
Divya Subramanian | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
Is Mahua Moitra India's AOC?
thenation.com/article/world/india-moitra…

The Story of Sun Ra's Egyptian Adventure
Marcus J. Moore | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
The Story of Sun Ra's Egyptian Adventure…
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The Hidden Burden of Parenting and Teaching From Home
Belle Chesler | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
The Hidden Burden of Parenting and Teaching From Home…
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Naomi Osaka and the Growing Backlash Against Athletes Who Dare to Speak Out
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
Naomi Osaka and the Growing Backlash Against Athletes Who Dare to Speak Out…
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Black Trans Lives Matter! CeCe McDonald: the right to self-defense
Leslie Feinberg | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: This is part of an article published Dec. 7, 2012, in Workers World in the series of articles by Leslie Feinberg on the local, U.S. and international campaign to "Free CeCe!" Trans woman McDonald was charged with murder for defending herself and friends when attacked by a white-supremacist . . . | Continue reading Black Trans Lives Matter! CeCe McDonald: the right to self-defense at Workers.org…
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Latest Law Pod UK episode: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act
Emma-Louise Fenelon | ukhumanrightsblog.com | 2021-06-02
In Episode 145, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Bill Browder, co-founder of Hermitage Capital, author of best-selling book Red Notice and justice activist. The episode focuses on Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in pre-trial detention in Russia after uncovering and exposing a tax fraud of $230m and Bill Browder's campaign to bring those re…
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Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
What policies can integrate the needs of working people, the most oppressed, and our threatened climate and environment?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/making-build-back-…

Was there a Wuhan lab leak?
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
An inquiry won't dig out the truth. It will deepen the deception…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/was-there-a-wuhan-…

End the system of private patents
Various Contributors | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
In a situation as critical as the present, the exceptional nature of the measures demanded from the majority of the population must also apply to the private pharmaceutical industry and its permanent thirst for profit…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/end-the-system-of-…

After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike
Natalia Torres Garzon | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
Women's presence in Colombia's national strike–both as activists and as victims–has caught the world's attention…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/after-decades-of-o…

"If There Are Enough Shovels to Go Around:" Surviving the Nuclear Threat
Brian Terrell | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
"Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet of dirt on top. . . . It's the dirt that does it. . . . . If there are enough shovels to go around, everybody's going to make it." This bit of cheery advice was offered by Thomas K.
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Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
A year ago, …
globalresearch.ca/was-there-wuhan-lab-le…

What is Black Anarchism?
Josh Frank | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
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£10 million investment as Imperial confronts 'brutal facts' on student diversity
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-06-02
Imperial College London is to support Black and other underrepresented groups with a series of generous scholarships and studentships.
imperial.ac.uk/news/222573/10-million-in…

Blood clot-busting nanocapsules could reduce existing treatment's side effects
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-06-02
Imperial researchers have designed drug delivery nanocapsules that could reduce the side effects of a major blood clot dissolving drug.
imperial.ac.uk/news/222713/blood-clot-bu…

800 newborn brain scans made available to help clarify how some diseases develop
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-06-02
The‚ÄØDeveloping Human Connectome Project (dHCP) has made the scans of 800 baby brains available to study how developmental disorders progress.
imperial.ac.uk/news/222733/800-newborn-b…

President celebrates external accolades earned by Imperial community
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-06-02
The annual President's Address celebrated the staff, students and alumni who have received external recognition for their work.
imperial.ac.uk/news/222454/president-cel…

Author of Wall Street Journal "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/01/wuha…