Becoming the People Our Parents Warned us Against
Joel Eis | indybay.org | 2019-06-19
This is an article written for the Community Alliance newspaper in anticipation of the Reuniting for Peace and Justice: 50 Years of Resistance event on June 22 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist church in Fresno. 2672 E Alluvial Ave.
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President Nguema arrives in Ethiopia for state visit
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for an official state visit. | The 77-year-old was received in Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Foreign Minister H.E. Gedu Andargachew and other high-level government officials. | President Nguema and PM Abiy Ahmed later held bilateral talks focusing on strengthening relations between their countries, regional peace and the refugee situation. | The Equatorial Guinea President is also scheduled to meet other high-level government officials for wide ranging talks. | He will also visit the Psori Refugee Camp in B…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/president-nguema-arrives-in-ethiopia-for-state-visit/
Record displacement shows 'we're almost unable to make peace', warns UN refugee agency chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-19
A record 70.8 million people fled war, persecution and conflict in 2018, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday, appealing for greater international solidarity to counter the fact that "we have become almost unable to make peace".
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DR Congo declares measles outbreak
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the health ministry says has killed more people than Ebola. | A measles outbreak in the country has killed some 1,500 people, around 100 more than those who have died of Ebola. | Around 87,000 suspected measles cases have been reported across the DR Congo since the beginning of the year, 22,000 more than the number of recorded in the entire 2018. | The country's health ministry announced the measles figures when it declared the epidemic. | Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday said 1,500 people have died…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/dr-congo-declares-measles-outbreak/
Pilots who criticized Boeing to testify before U.S. lawmakers
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
Daniel Carey, president of the pilots' union at American Airlines says Boeing made mistakes in its design of the 737 Max and in not telling pilots about new flight-control software on the plane. | He says those mistakes and Boeing's desire to minimize pilot-training costs for airlines that would buy its 737 Max jet contributed to errors that led to two deadly crashes, including one in Ethiopia in March. | Carey is scheduled to testify Wednesday before a House subcommittee that is looking into Boeing and the 737 Max airliner, which remains grounded after accidents that killed 346 people. | The comments undersco…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/pilots-who-criticized-boeing-to-testify-before-u-s-lawmakers/
°No hay guerra contra Irán!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-06-19
El gobierno de EE.UU. está acusando de que el 13 de junio, Irán atacó a dos barcos petroleros en el Estrecho de Ormuz,– el Frente de Alta Altair de propiedad noruega y el Kokuka Valeroso, de propiedad japonesa. La amenaza de una nueva agresión militar de los Estados Unidos en . . . | Continue reading °No hay guerra contra Irán! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/18/no-hay-guerra-contra-iran/
Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
While the United States prepares a new escalation of tension in the Middle East by accusing Iran of attacking petrol tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Italian vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met with one of the artisans of this strategy …
globalresearch.ca/who-arsonists-petrol-tankers-gulf/5681046
Boston demonstration shows solidarity with heroic Sudanese uprising
Joe Tache | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-19
Eyewitness solidarity demonstration in Boston.
liberationnews.org/boston-demonstration-shows-solidarity-with-heroic-sudanese-uprising/
Iran stays firm as U.S. threatens attack
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2019-06-19
Are the days over when Washington could shake its big stick and the rest of the imperialist world would immediately fall in line? The Pompeo-Bolton-Trump gang of conspirators in Washington seems to be having a hard time lining up their imperialist partners/rivals behind an attack on Iran. Their attempt to . . . | Continue reading Iran stays firm as U.S. threatens attack at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/18/iran-stays-firm-as-u-s-threatens-attack/
The Omnipresent Surveillance State
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
"You had to live–did live, from habit that became instinct–in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized." –George Orwell, 1984 Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state. It's been 70 years since Orwell–dying, beset by fever…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/the-omnipresent-surveillance-state/
Try Not to Look Away
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
Anger is both a necessary and destructive emotion and I have been very angry for a very long time. A commentator noted that the election of Trump in 2016 was a monumental slap in the face for the baby boomers of the 1960s and early 1970s, at least for those who protested and continue to protest. Some…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/try-not-to-look-away/
The DNC Can't Be Allowed to Ignore the Climate Crisis
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
The Democratic National Committee continues to ignore the most pressing issue of our time — the global climate crisis — by refusing to allow presidential candidates to hold a debate focused specifically on the climate. Given that the president has launched a wholesale scorched earth attack on all things environmental, it's far past time for…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/the-dnc-cant-be-allowed-to-ignore-the-climate-crisis/
New Manufacturing Jobs are Not Union Jobs
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
That point would have been worth mentioning in a NYT article on the fact that most new manufacturing jobs have been in prosperous areas of the country rather than in areas that lost numbers of manufacturing jobs in the last decade. While the economy has been added a moderate number of manufacturing jobs since 2011,…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/new-manufacturing-jobs-are-not-union-jobs/
The Battle to Stop the Shoreham Nuclear Plant, Revisited
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
"Shoreham Action is One of the Largest Held Worldwide," was the headline in The New York Times about an event which happened 40 years ago this month. The article told of how "more than 600 protesters were arrested" on June 3, 1979 at the site of the then under-construction Shoreham nuclear power plant and…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/the-battle-to-stop-the-shoreham-nuclear-plant-revisited/
"I Can't Believe Alcohol Is Stronger Than Love"
Elizabeth Keyes | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
She moved away from the curtain for the hundredth time that evening, having checked the driveway to see if my long overdue, undoubtedly drunk father had returned. "I can't believe alcohol is stronger than love," was her resigned, almost-sequitur to my impassioned inquiry as to why she didn't leave him.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/i-cant-believe-alcohol-is-stronger-than-love/
Abolishing the Death Penalty Requires Morality
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
In "How to Convince Americans to Abolish the Death Penalty," Amherst Professor Austin Sarat asserts "important lessons about how abolitionists can be successful around the country" can be learned from New Hampshire — which just last month became the twenty-first state to abolish capital punishment — including: "[T]he moral argument doesn't work." Acknowledging New Hampshire…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/abolishing-the-death-penalty-requires-morality/
Guaidó's Star Fades as His Envoys to Colombia Allegedly Commit Fraud With Humanitarian Funds for Venezuela
William Camacaro, Frederick B. Mills | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
In an investigative report, "Envoys of Guaidó Appropriate Funds for Humanitarian Assistance in Colombia" (June 14, 2019), Editor in Chief of PanAm Post, Orlando Avendaño, details the alleged…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/guaidos-star-fades-as-his-envoys-to-colombia-allegedly-commit-fraud-with-humanitarian-funds-for-venezuela/
In China Again
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
It is a commonplace in the western media that China's spectacular economic rise began when it "abandoned" communism in order to espouse capitalism (the Thomas Friedmanite mantra).This line of argument is stupid and simplistic.China's policy throughout the "reform" era has been to deal with the capitalist west in ways that benefit China. If this order in the west is neoliberal, China will engage in trade with the west in its neoliberal context.But what China won't do is "internalize" this neoliberalism.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/in-china-again/
Matters of Water: Dubious Approvals and the Adani Carmichael Mine
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
"When a company wields such power that it can cause a Minister to rush an approval process, cut corners and make significant errors, it is cause for serious concern." — Kelly O'Shanassy, Australian Conservation Foundation, June 12, 2019 While the proposal is of a diminished monster, the travails over Adani's efforts to open up the…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/matters-of-water-dubious-approvals-and-the-adani-carmichael-mine/
What About Venezuela's Hacked Power Grid?
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
Russia and the US are engaging in tit-for-tat hacking of each others' power grid, the New York Times is reporting, in what is really a kind of cyber "cold war" where the hackers from each country's military and intelligence services load electronic "explosives" in the computer systems of critical infrastructure of the other, that in…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/what-about-venezuelas-hacked-power-grid/
Farting in a Turkish Mosque
Kani Xulam | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
The residents of Istanbul are getting ready to vote again next Sunday. Turks are divided, making Kurds the most critical voting block in the history of Turkish elections. The city supports 15 million souls, 3 million of whom hail from Kurdistan. The Kurds hold the deciding vote, noted Ertugrul Kurkcu in a Father's Day tweet.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/farting-in-a-turkish-mosque/
UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Becomes One of Assange's Most Vocal Advocates
Jimmysllama | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-19
"Here [in Assange's case] we are not speaking of prosecution but of persecution. That means that judicial power, institutions and proceedings are being deliberately abused for ulterior motives." — Nils Melzer, UN Rapporteur on Torture…
mintpressnews.com/nils-melzer-confirms-what-many-suspected-julian-assange-tortured-and-persecuted-by-us/259334/
As Ukrainian oligarch sues lobbyist over Trump inauguration tickets, US media cry 'RUSSIA!'
rt.com | 2019-06-19
What does an Ukrainian tycoon suing an Ukrainian-born lobbyist over access to Trump inauguration have to do with Russia? Nothing, unless you're a mainstream US media outlet, in which case it's — everything. | …
rt.com/usa/462178-ukrainians-trump-inauguration-scandal/
Is Russia Loosening Its Grip on the Press?
Nadezhda Azhgikhina | thenation.com | 2019-06-19
Is Russia Loosening Its Grip on the Press?
thenation.com/article/russia-moscow-ivan-golunov-press-freedom/
Why Russia's S-400 Is a More Formidable Threat to US Arms Industry than You Think
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Generally, when discussing air-defense systems here, we are referring to Russian devices that have become famous in recent years, in particular the S-300 (and its variants) and the S-400. Their deployment in Syria has slowed down the ability of such …
globalresearch.ca/why-s-400-more-formidable-threat-us-arms-industry-than-you-think/5681069
Trump Regime Planning War on Iran Based on Big Lies and Deception?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Fast-moving events suggest that an unthinkable US preemptive war on Iran is possible, a reckless act if launched — like all wars, based on Big Lies and deception. More on this below. | Years earlier, former NATO commander General Wesley Clark…
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-planning-war-iran-based-big-lies-deception/5681040
Former Judge Moro to Explain before Senate Messages Scandal
plenglish.com | 2019-06-19
Brasilia, June 19 (Prensa Latina) Questioned ex-judge Sérgio Moro, present Minister of Justice and Public Security, could explain today to the Brazilian Senate the exchange of illegal and compromising messages that came to light and question their impartiality.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43457&SEO=former-judge-moro-to-explain-before-senate-messages-scandal
Unedited Goalless Draw between Venezuela-Brazil in America Cup
plenglish.com | 2019-06-19
Caracas, June 19 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro highlighted the historic goalless draw against Brazil, which today keeps the national team with options to advance to the quarterfinals of the America Cup soccer competition.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43453&SEO=unedited-goalless-draw-between-venezuela-brazil-in-america-cup
Xi Jinping Ratifies Unswerving Friendship between China and DPRK
plenglish.com | 2019-06-19
Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) President Xi Jinping noted on Wednesday that regardless of international changes, China will always keep a staunch stance to consolidate relations with the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and will take bilateral ties to the highest levels.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43456&SEO=xi-jinping-ratifies-unswerving-friendship-between-china-and-dprk
Video: 200 Israeli Nuclear Weapons Targeted against Iran
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
For over 50 years, Israel has been producing nuclear weapons, with the help mainly of France and the US. It is not subject to inspections because Israel, the only nuclear power in the Middle East, does not adhere to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran signed fifty years ago.
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-200-nuclear-weapons-targeted-against-iran/5641031
Renewable Energy Is Not the Answer; Nuclear Is
Chris Wright | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-19
"It's always a good idea to start by asking about the facts." So advises Noam Chomsky. "Whenever you hear anything said very confidently, the first thing that should come to mind is, 'Wait a minute, is that true?'" De omnibus dubitandum–doubt everything–was Karl Marx's motto and should be the motto of every thinking person. Question …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/renewable-energy-is-not-the-answer-nuclear-is/
India Grants Niger Aid to Host African Union Summit
plenglish.com | 2019-06-19
New Delhi, June 19 ( Prensa Latina ) India granted 15 million dollars in aid to Niger for the hosting of the African Union (AU) summit, scheduled for July 7-8 in Niamey.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43449&SEO=india-grants-niger-aid-to-host-african-union-summit
For Not Mentioning Climate Crisis or Soaring Inequality, Sanders Calls Trump 'Man Living in Parallel Universe' Who 'Must Be Defeated'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
"Our job is to keep our eyes on the prize, which is creating a decent life for all people," Sanders in video response to the president's official 2020 kickoff speech. "Our job is to resist Trump's effort to divide us up." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_9.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/19/not-mentioning-climate-crisis-or-soaring-inequality-sanders-calls-trump-man-living?cd-origin=rss
In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn's Brave and Lonely Stand on Calls for War Against Iran
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is once again in the doghouse with the British media and the political establishment. | His offence? Once again it's for doing his job. | According to the political editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman, …
globalresearch.ca/defence-jeremy-corbyns-brave-lonely-stand-calls-war-against-iran/5681102
Michel Platini Detained Over Qatar World Cup Corruption Probe
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-19
Michel Platini, former head of European football association UEFA, has been taken Tuesday by French police for questioning over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament to Qatar. | RELATED: | FIFA Women's World Cup Under Way in France | Platini's lawyer, William Bourdon, said his client was innocent of all charges and was simply being questioned on "technical grounds." | France's national financial prosecutor's office, which investigates economic crimes and corruption, has been leadin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Michel-Platini-Detained-Over-Qatar-World-Cup-Corruption-Probe-20190618-0024.html
'What Is Trump's Motivation to be Provocative with Iran?' Pelosi Asks– and the Answer Is Adelson
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Yesterday Nancy Pelosi asked a very pointed question on CNN, Why is Trump threatening a war with Iran? | [W]hat is his motivation? What is their motivation to be provocative with the Iranians? Why did the president turn his back | …
globalresearch.ca/what-trumps-motivation-provocative-iran-pelosi-asks-answer-adelson/5681097
Rocket Hits Foreign Owned Oil Companies in Southeast Iraq
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-19
A rocket was fired towards the headquarters of several global major oil companies, including U.S. giant ExxonMobil, near Iraq's southern city of Basra early on Wednesday, wounding two Iraqi workers, police said. | RELATED: | Iraq Vows to Resist US Aggression Against Iran | The rocket reportedly hit the Bujesia residential and operations headquarters west of Basra. No group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack. | A security source told Reuters on Wednesday that Exxon was preparing to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rocket-Hits-Foreign-Owned-Oil-Companies-in-Southeast-Iraq-20190619-0002.html
Sri Lankan government moves to criminalise "fake news"
wsws.org | 2019-06-19
Colombo's new laws to censor and control the internet and social media are moves towards the establishment of dictatorial forms of rule.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/19/medi-j19.html
The 'Eve of Destruction' that Never Ends. From the "Old" and "New Cold War"… to the "Hot War"?
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
In 1965 songwriter PF Sloan wrote the lyrics for 'Eve of Destruction'. The most famous recording was by singer Barry McGuire in the summer of that same year. Some of the lyrics obviously address the issue of the Cold War …
globalresearch.ca/eve-destruction-never-ends/5681034
Uganda hosts inaugural African Hepatitis Summit
Christine Maema | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
Uganda is hosting the first ever African Hepatitis Summit aimed at rallying partners and countries to eliminate Viral Hepatitis in Africa. | Uganda hosts Inaugural African Hepatitis Summit (W.H.O) | The event which has brought together participants from over 25 countries has the main theme of "Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Africa; Implementing the Viral Hepatitis Strategy". | The event aims to provide an opportunity for countries to develop and work towards implementing action plans, sharing best practices and lessons learnt from each other in the fight against Viral Hepatitis. | According to the Uganda Populati…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/uganda-hosts-inaugural-african-hepatitis-summit/
Washington pushes to the brink of war with Iran
wsws.org | 2019-06-19
Behind the backs of the American working class, Washington is preparing a war with catastrophic consequences for the people of Iran, the US and the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/19/pers-j19.html
The murder of German politician Walter Làºbcke: a warning
wsws.org | 2019-06-19
The assassination of Làºbcke has exposed the dirty secret of German politics: the systematic promotion of right-wing extremist forces by the state and the ruling elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/19/germ-j19.html
The War of Oil Tankers
Dr. Elias Akleh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The economic war waged by Trump's administration against Iran seems to have been escalated to involve false flag attacks against oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. Within a one-month period two …
globalresearch.ca/war-oil-tankers/5681037
Video: Tanker War in Persian Gulf and US-Iranian Conflict
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The Persian Gulf region has turned into a new hot point in the Middle East. | On May 12, a supposed sabotage attack targeted very large crude carrier Amjad and crude tanker Al Marzoqah (both owned by Saudi shipping firm Bahri). …
globalresearch.ca/tanker-war-persian-gulf-us-iranian-conflict/5681031
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband insists Johnson's comments impacted on her
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-19
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has insisted that comments made by Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary "enabled a propaganda campaign" against her by Iran.Richard Ratcliffe directly contradicted claims by Mr Johnson in the Tory leadership TV debate that his remarks as foreign secretary had no bearing on the fate of the mother-of-one, who is in prison in Iran on spying charges.Apology: Mr Johnson was forced to apologise in 2017 after wrongly stating to a House of Commons committee that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran to teach journalists.Referring to the remarks, Mr Ratcliffe told BB…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/19/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffes-husband-insists-johnsons-comments-impacted-on-her/
"Heightened Tensions With Iran": Provoking the Bear and the Dragon — And Hoping for the Best?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
"We are urging all the sides to show restraint," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, to avoid escalation in the Middle East after the US said it was deploying additional troops due to heightened tensions with Iran" | "We would …
globalresearch.ca/provoking-bear-dragon-hoping-best/5681050
US Preparing "Assault" Against Iran
Peter Symonds | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The Pentagon announced on Monday that the US is sending 1,000 additional troops and other military resources to the Middle East amid belligerent threats against Iran by the Trump administration. The troop movement follows the previous deployment of the USS …
globalresearch.ca/us-preparing-assault-against-iran/5681088
Saudi Crown Prince Liable for Murder of Khashoggi: UN Expert
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-19
U.N. investigators stated on Wednesday that Evidence suggests Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials are liable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia Bows to Pressure, Not to Execute Teen Arrested at 13 over Protests | Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist that was a critic of MBS, was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct 2 where he was to receive papers ahead of his w…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Crown-Prince-Liable-for-Murder-of-Khashoggi-UN-Expert-20190619-0003.html
Venezuela: Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido's Political Future
Alexander Rubinstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The political party of Juan Guaido — Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) — was never all that popular to begin with. The sixth largest political party in Venezuela, Popular Will is heavily financed by the United States Agency for International …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-massive-embezzlement-scandal-threatens-juan-guaidos-political-future/5681085
Stacey Abrams to Speak at Clarence Mitchell Luncheon during NAACP's 110th National Convention
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-19
The Honorable Stacey Abrams will speak on the importance of ending voter suppression during the annual NAACP Convention in Detroit BALTIMORE — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization, has announced that politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams will be speaking at the prestigious Clarence Mitchell …
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