Burma's Suu Kyi joins Hungary's Orbán in promoting anti-Muslim chauvinism
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
Aung San Suu Kyi's meeting with Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orbán is an indictment of all those who promoted Suu Kyi as a defender of democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/pers-j12.html
Straight People Should Be Glad They Don't Need a Parade
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-12
Some brave hetero activists are attempting to organize a "Straight Pride Parade" in Boston. | Oh just kidding — did I say brave activists? I meant people with neo-Nazi ties. That's right: According to ThinkProgress, the organizers of the "straight pride parade" have ties to numerous far-right groups, and have often embraced violent language on…
truthdig.com/articles/straight-people-should-be-glad-they-dont-need-a-parade/
Arreaza Slams Bolton as "Man Stuck in the Anachronic Cold War'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza took to Twitter on Tuesday to respond to U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton's recent comments about the Bolivarian Republic, Cuba, and Nicaragua. | RELATED: | 38 Accused of Assassination Attempt on President Maduro | "We reject @AmbJohnBoltons absurd, false, malicious & perverse statements today on Venezuela. It's no surprise that he has failed in every step he's taken. He completely ignores the country's reality. A man stuck in the an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Arreaza-Slams-Bolton-as-Man-Stuck-in-the-Anachronic-Cold-War-20190612-0004.html
At least 95 killed in massacre at Sobane Kou village in Mali
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
This is the latest in a series of massacres amid growing ethnic conflicts in Mali provoked by the French and German occupation of the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/mali-j12.html
How Not to Honor Jamal Khashoggi
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
After the Saudis murdered dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their consulate in Istanbul, the Trump Administration swung into action–and approved permits to transfer US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. We learned this from Senator Tim Kaine on June 4. Senator Kaine, Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate, represents Virginia where Khasshogi was a permanent resident.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/how-not-to-honor-jamal-khashoggi/
Democratic candidates demand the US prepare to fight the "wars of the future"
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
As former Vice President Joe Biden called for a "united front" against the "threat" of China, Pete Buttigieg declared that "our military capabilities exist for a reason… we stand ready to use force."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/bide-j12.html
Chaos Hits Hong Kong as Protesters Turn to Violence
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12
The Hong Kong police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the demonstrators on Wednesday after the latter protested the latest extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial. | RELATED: | Hong Kong: 'Occupy' Leaders Plead Not Guilty to Nuisance Charge | Tens of thousands of protesters had gathered peacefully in the Chinese-ruled city before tempers flared and demonstration turned to chaos, some charging police with umbrellas. Police warned th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chaos-Hits-Hong-Kong-as-Protesters-Turn-to-Violence-20190612-0003.html
Felony Trial of No More Deaths Volunteer Scott Warren Ends in Mistrial
Ryan Devereaux | theintercept.com | 2019-06-12
Twelve jurors walked into the federal courthouse in Tucson Tuesday afternoon with a problem. Two weeks after the U.S. government began to argue its case in the prosecution of Scott Warren, a border-based humanitarian aid volunteer accused of two counts of felony harboring and one count of conspiracy, the jurors could not come to a unanimous decision as to whether he was innocent or guilty. | The previous afternoon, the jurors had sent a letter to district judge Raner Collins, informing him that they were deadlocked. Collins ordered them to go back and try again. By Tuesday, they were still stuck. Eight jurors bel…
theintercept.com/2019/06/12/felony-trial-of-no-more-deaths-volunteer-scott-warren-ends-in-mistrial/
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace
Sheila Fitzpatrick | thenation.com | 2019-06-12
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace…
thenation.com/article/vasily-grossman-and-the-soviet-century-alexandra-popoff-book-review/
U.S. drags Mexican gov't into war on migrants
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-06-12
President Donald Trump announced May 30 the imposition of tariffs on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, if Mexico did not agree to take strong measures against refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. Then on June 7, he suspended the tariffs, but only after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador . . . | Continue reading U.S. drags Mexican gov't into war on migrants at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/11/u-s-drags-mexican-govt-into-war-on-migrants/
Australian journalist calls on colleagues to defend Assange
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
Andrew Fowler warned: "If Assange is left to swing in the breeze, it will be an open invitation for any journalist, anywhere in the world, to be extradited to the US."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/assa-j12.html
Famed film actress Lillian Gish's name removed from Bowling Green State University theater: The issues raised
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
The Ohio university's cowardly decision is a capitulation to the worst sort of ahistorical moralizing and the current obsession with race and gender politics within the affluent middle class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/gish-j12.html
The Last Bastion of Al Qaeda in Syria: US Propaganda Blitz Ahead of Idlib's Liberation
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
A concerted effort is being made to once again flood Western headlines with now familiar and long-since discredited war propaganda as Syrian forces and their Russian and Iranian allies move in on Idlib in northern Syria to liberate it from …
globalresearch.ca/us-propaganda-blitz-ahead-idlibs-liberation/5680373
Mohamed Salah links up with Egypt squad ahead of AFCON 2019
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-12
Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah has finally joined The Pharaos for training ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. | The Liverpool FC forward was given a longer rest period after his side's exploits in the just ended season, which saw them lift a sixth Champions League title. | The 26-year-old joined the Egyptian team on Wednesday, one week after the team begun ioyts pre-AFCON preparations. | The Pharaohs are scheduled to play two friendly games before their AFCON campaign begins. | Salah will however not participate in the first friendly match against Tanzania on Thursday, though he is expected to get…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/12/mohamed-salah-links-up-with-egypt-squad-ahead-of-afcon-2019/
Sri Lankan workers need a socialist program to defeat Colombo's police-state preparations
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
All factions of the warring Sri Lankan bourgeoisie are united in the use of communalism to divide the working class and in moves towards police-state rule.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/seps-j12.html
The U.S. Has Been Eclipsed in Every Sphere but War. China's Competitive Edge
Glen Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
US rulers promised that technology would bring the return of the millions of jobs that were outsourced to low-wage countries, but America has lost the hi-tech race and excels only in weapons of war. | "The early U.S. global hi-tech …
globalresearch.ca/the-u-s-has-been-eclipsed-in-every-sphere-but-war-chinas-competitive-edge/5680343
Alameda Photographer Offering Signed Color Print in Return for Donation to End Gun Violence
David Howard | indybay.org | 2019-06-12
Alameda photographer David Howard offering a free, signed, color photo of his Steep Ravine Cascade #12, on exhibit through the summer in Surface Tension at Frank Bette Center for the Arts, in return for a $50 or more donation to #EndGunViolence…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/09/18823811.php
Israel Bombs Syrian Army in Southern Syria
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12
The Israeli forces carried out a new attack against the Syrian military in southern Syria last night, state-owned SANA reported. | RELATED: | Moscow Responds to Trump: Strikes in Syria Target 'Terrorists' | The SANA report claimed that the Israeli forces fired several missiles towards the town of Tal Al-Harra in Syria's Daraa province. | The Syrian military reportedly intercepted several Israeli projectiles as they attempted to hit their bases in Tal Al-Harra last night, SANA add…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Bombs-Syrian-Army-in-Southern-Syria-20190612-0002.html
Estados Unidos infringe el derecho internacional al tomar posesión de la Embajada de Venezuela y arrestar a los huéspedes
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-12
El 16 de mayo, el gobierno de los Estados Unidos cometió una grave violación del derecho internacional que apenas se informó en los principales medios de comunicación.
liberationnews.org/estados-unidos-infringe-el-derecho-internacional-al-tomar-posesion-de-la-embajada-de-venezuela-y-arrestar-a-los-huespedes/
A Russian-American-Israeli Meeting of National Security Advisors in Jerusalem: Syria and Iran on the Table
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
This month of June, the National Security Advisors of Russia, the US, and Israel, Nikolay Patrushev, John Bolton and Meir Ben-Shabbat, respectively, are expected to meet in Jerusalem to talk about Iran and Syria and what Israel considers the …
globalresearch.ca/russian-american-israeli-meeting-jerusalem-syria-iran-table/5680395
Russia-China: The Summit Which the Media Ignored
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
On 5 June, the media projectors zeroed in on President Trump and the European leaders of NATO, who, for the anniversary of D-Day, auto-celebrated in Portsmouth "peace, freedom and democracy in Europe," vowing to "defend them at any time, wherever …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-summit-media-ignored/5680360
US Ambassador Quietly Delivers West Bank to Israel in NY Times Interview
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-12
If one accepts the legitimacy of the Zionist state then one might as well accept Ambassador Friedman's statement and Israeli sovereignty over all of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/friedman-west-bank/259159/
Four Elders Arrested at Gate as TreeSit Goes Up in Mattole
KP | indybay.org | 2019-06-12
Four Petrolia residents arrested blockading logging gate — average age 75 — as a protester climbs old growth tree in controversial Mattole logging operation in the pre-dawn hours Monday, June 10. Forest Defenders are occupying the forests and preparing for upcoming action camp. Meanwhile, the Lost Coast League is renewing their challenge to Humboldt Redwood Co.'s "sustainable" label.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/11/18823889.php
What Everyone Knows About D-Day
Susan Babbitt | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
Four days of coverage of D-Day on CBC radio and no one explains "free world". After seventy-five years, everyone knows what it is.Evolutionary biologist Steven Jay Gould said nothing is as dangerous as what "everyone knows" but no one remembers the arguments for. Che Guevara called out the US president, at an economics conference, for what "everyone knows" democracy is.[1] Guevara said the conference was political, not about economics. JFK made no arguments.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/what-everyone-knows-about-d-day/
More US Dictatorship Against Cuba
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
Lamenting dictatorship in Cuba, the U.S. government has decided to tighten restrictions on the freedom of Americans to travel to Cuba. Never mind that the restrictions were not enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. When it comes to fighting totalitarian dictatorship, the reasoning goes, it's necessary to adopt dictatorial policies here…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/more-us-dictatorship-against-cuba/
Why an "Apology Tour" Is Needed: An Open Letter to Joe Biden
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
Dear Mr. Biden: News outlets are reporting that you're determined to prevent your campaign from turning into an "apology tour" this summer. But your only other option is a campaign of denial — sinking deeper into a quagmire of unsustainable pretense. After your flip-flop late last week that finally renounced your 40 years of support…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/why-an-apology-tour-is-needed-an-open-letter-to-joe-biden/
A Green Global Party?
Dan Corjescu | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
Following the lead of the late Ulrich Beck in works such as Risk Society and Power in the Modern Age the time has now come to ask ourselves whether or not the Green party is already or is about to become a global political party. First a little background in theory. Beck was, of course, famous for introducing the…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/a-green-global-party/
Corporate Debt and the Great Recession: the Press Still Doesn't Get It
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
The Washington Post had another column telling us about the run up in corporate debt and how this is going to be 2008 all over again. This is a popular one with the media. William Cohan has a regular feature in the New York Times telling us how a collapse of the debt bubble is…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/corporate-debt-and-the-great-recession-the-press-still-doesnt-get-it/
The Irish Language and Marxist Materialism
Kerron àì Luain | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
"The night of the sword and bullet was followed by the morning of the chalk and the blackboard. The physical violence of the battlefield was followed by the psychological violence of the classroom. But where the former was visibly brutal, the latter was visibly gentle" The above, written by renowned Kenyan thinker Ng≈©gƒ© wa Thiong'o,…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/the-irish-language-and-marxist-materialism/
Politicians Should be Doing the Jobs They Have, Not Campaigning for the Jobs They Want
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
The 2020 elections are almost a year and half away, yet Montana's politicians elected to statewide positions are now concentrating not on the jobs they were elected and paid well to do, but on campaigning for their next job. Montanans are fully justified in asking why, since they all stressed how much they wanted to…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/politicians-should-be-doing-the-jobs-they-have-not-campaigning-for-the-jobs-they-want/
The Danish Elections: Social Democracy with an Inhumane Face
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-12
The great centrist European tradition of social democracy has been receiving a rattle for the last few decades. The European Parliament elections were a reminder how much their appeal has diminished. In Denmark, by way of contrast, they have established something of a bridgehead, defeating the centre-right coalition led by the Venstre party's Lars Là∏kke…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/the-danish-elections-social-democracy-with-an-inhumane-face/
Will the World End in Nuclear–or Climate–Catastrophe?
David Bromwich | thenation.com | 2019-06-12
Will the World End in Nuclear–or Climate–Catastrophe?
thenation.com/article/will-the-world-end-in-nuclear-or-climate-catastrophe/
Toxic Air Leads to Premature Death in New York, Paris, London, Beijing, Berlin and Moscow
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
There is today a major health crisis due to toxic air pollution exposure in every city in Europe, America, China and around the world. | Whilst there is now some regulation that has recently been introduced to control toxic exhaust emissions…
globalresearch.ca/toxic-air-leads-premature-death-new-york-paris-london-beijing-berlin-moscow/5680370
Video: The Seven Biggest Failures of Trumponomics
Robert Reich | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress keep crowing about the economy, when in reality Trumponomics has been a disaster. Here are its 7 biggest failures: | 1. Trump promised to bring down America's trade deficit " as fast as possible."…
globalresearch.ca/video-the-seven-biggest-failures-of-trumponomics/5680383
India Now Supports Israel at the UN against Palestine. Are They Allies?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
India broke with decades of its post-independence political traditions by unprecedentedly supporting "Israel" at the UN and voting against granting consultative status to a Palestinian NGO that allegedly has ties with Hamas, therefore formally allying with the self-professed "Jewish State" …
globalresearch.ca/india-israel-officially-diplomatic-allies-un/5680392
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Is Trump's Informal Ambassador to Iran, but He Wants More Than to Mediate
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-12
Japanese Prime Minister Abe is functioning as Trump's informal ambassador to Iran during his two day trip to the Islamic Republic, though he has much greater strategic interests in mind than just being the US President's proxy such as expanding …
globalresearch.ca/abe-trumps-informal-ambassador-iran-he-wants-more-than-mediate/5680388
Envoy: Sudan transition talks to resume
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-12
Special envoy Mahmoud Dirir says Sudan's military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council. The announcement comes as opposition members made the decision to suspend the campaign of civil disobedience and strikes. | Sudanese protesters gesture and chant slogans at a barricade along a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer | The latest developments are the first positive steps since talks between the two sides collapsed following the violent breakup of a pr…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/12/envoy-sudan-transition-talks-to-resume/
Ramona Africa honored
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-06-12
Ramona Africa & Eleanor Johnson Friends, family and political activists held a "Birthday Celebration of Life" for Ramona Africa in Philadelphia on June 8. Africa is the only adult survivor of the horrendous May 13, 1985, bombing of the communal MOVE home by city officials. The bomb killed six adults . . . | Continue reading Ramona Africa honored at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/11/ramona-africa-honored/
Coalition Of Activists Demand "Justice for Chanel" Lewis Who Was Railroaded By Racist Legal System
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-12
Activists from Color Of Change and VOCAL-NY rally outside Queens Borough Hall in support of Chanel Lewis… | On Tuesday, a coalition of activists rallied outside New York City's Queens Borough Hall to demand justice for Chanel Lewis by delivering over 30,000 petitions from concerned citizens who agree Lewis' murder conviction was a legal travesty. | Lewis, 22, was convicted on April 1 of the murder of 30-year-old Karina Vetrano, who was killed on August 2, 2016, while jogging in Queens, New York. He was then sentenced to life on April 23. | But Lewis' troubling arrest–and obviously coerced confession[mdash…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/news/coalition-of-activists-demand-%E2%80%9Cjustice-for-chanel%E2%80%9D-lewis-who-was
Venezuela Strengthens Exchange Mechanisms with West Africa
plenglish.com | 2019-06-12
12 de junio de 2019, 10: 14Caracas, June 12 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government is strengthening its exchange mechanisms with West Africa with the tour of Aristobulo Isturiz, Venezuelan Vice President for Social and Territorial Development.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43148&SEO=venezuela-strengthens-exchange-mechanisms-with-west-africa
It Could Take 2,800 Years to Clean Alberta's Old Oil and Gas Wells
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-12
To speed the clean up process, regulators would have to mandate a stricter schedule–but that could cost tens of billions of dollars, much of it coming from taxpayers, says Regan Boychuk, oil sands expert and Reclaim Alberta co-founder…
therealnews.com/stories/it-could-take-2800-years-to-clean-albertas-old-oil-and-gas-wells
Market-based Neoliberalism works for Billionaires – How about the rest of us?
Tes Welborn | indybay.org | 2019-06-12
Park Branch Library, 1833 Page near Cole, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/11/18823883.php
European Investment Bank launches effort to help Kenya's smallholders
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-12
European Investment Bank (EIB) on Wednesday launched a 5.7 billion shillings (57 million U.S. dollars) program to help boost economic opportunities for thousands of smallholders across Kenya. | Catherine Collin, European Investment Bank regional representative for East Africa said the Kenya Agriculture Value Chain Facility will seek to transform long-term investments in agriculture in Africa. | "Working with Equity Bank across country, the new Kenya Agriculture Value Chain Facility will help agriculture companies to modernize and harness the full economic, employment and export potential of agriculture as well…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/12/european-investment-bank-launches-effort-to-help-kenyas-smallholders/
Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil's Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-12
The website The Intercept received a massive archive of communications between prosecutors and judges, involving Brazil's corruption cases. Initial analysis reveals that former president Lula da Silva's prosecution and conviction were politically motivated. Mike Fox discusses the ramifications…
therealnews.com/stories/leaked-messages-confirm-imprisonment-of-brazils-lula-da-silva-was-politically-motivated
Supreme Court Postpones Analysis of Lula's Freedom Request
plenglish.com | 2019-06-12
12 de junio de 2019, 10: 07Brasilia, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Supreme Court (STF) of Brazil has postponed until June 25 the analysis of the request for freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is currently serving 431 days in prison for alleged acts of corruption.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43145&SEO=supreme-court-postpones-analysis-of-lulas-freedom-request
Nigeria elects new parliament speaker
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-12
Congressman Femi Gbajabiamila of Nigeria's governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Tuesday emerged as the country's new Speaker of the House of Representatives when the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated in the capital Abuja. | Congressman Femi Gbajabiamila (Getty Images) | Gbajabiamila, 56, representing the southwestern state of Lagos, was the favored candidate of the Nigerian ruling party for the House leadership. | The former majority leader of the 8th National Assembly, which was dissolved Thursday, emerged through an election to lead the lower chamber of the Nigerian bi-cameral legislature. | T…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/12/nigeria-elects-new-parliament-speaker/
Kenya's Strathmore University beats Harvard in WTO competition
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-12
A team of three students from Strathmore University defeated Harvard Law School in the final of a global law school competition held in Geneva, Switzerland. | Strathmore University trio beats Harvard in global law school competition. | Mishael Wambua, Kandalla Maleehah, and Catherine Penda became the first African team to win the John H. Jackson Moot Court on World Trade Organization (WTO) Law Competition. | They also beat teams from Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Uganda to represent African at the competition's seventeenth edition. | During the competition, part…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/12/kenyas-strathmore-university-beats-harvard-in-wto-competition/
Russian journalist Ivan Golunov released after campaign against his arrest
wsws.org | 2019-06-12
While supporting the US-led persecution of Julian Assange, Western media and politicians, as part of their campaign for regime change in Moscow, decried the arrest of Golunov.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/russ-j12.html
US Secretary of State Pompeo threatens "push-back" to prevent a Corbyn Labour government
wsws.org | 2019-06-11
Moves to remove Corbyn from the political scene before he is ever allowed to take power are being actively discussed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/11/corb-j11.html
US election meddling extends to Britain
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-11
So now we have pompous Mike Pompeo, America's current Secretary of State, on a visit to the U.K., assuring a group of British Jewish leaders in a closed-door meeting that the US would work to prevent Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn from becoming prime minister if his party were to win enough votes in the next national parliamentary election to get the opportunity to try and form a new British government. | In a recording leaked to the Washington Post, Pompeo assured a group of Jewish leaders in Britain yesterday that the U.S. government would "push back" against Corbyn becoming prime minister in such a case, workin…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/11/us-election-meddling-extends-to-britain/