(2019-06-01). Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Has Dismantled the West's Official Narrative About Malaysian Airlines MH17. globalresearch.ca Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad surprised observers when he unexpectedly spoke out against the MH-17 cover-up and dismantled the West's official narrative blaming Russia for this tragedy. The nonagenarian leader raised questions that no non-Russian had hitherto dared to publicly …
(2019-06-01). Support MH17 Truth: Machine Gun-Like Holes Indicate Shelling from a Military Aircraft. No Evidence of a Surface-to-Air Missile Attack. globalresearch.ca The West accuses Russia and the Donbass separatists of having brought down the plane with a Buk missile. IT'S A LIE. The evidence available in September 2014 –including a BBC report which the BBC decided to suppress– refutes the official story.
(2019-06-01). Venezuela Talks in Norway End as Mike Pence Telephones Juan Guaido. theantimedia.com (VA) — The second round of dialogue between the Maduro government and the opposition concluded in Oslo on Wednesday. The Norwegian government issued a statement praising the "willingness" of both parties to "move forward in the search for an agreed-upon and constitutional solution for the country, which includes political, economic and electoral matters." Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Sà∏reide …
(2019-06-01). Haitian Court of Accounts Reveals Mismanagement of Public Funds. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) The final report of the Superior Court of Accounts of Haiti on the investigation of Petrocaribe"s funds revealed mismanagement in the allotment and management of contracts for the execution of public projects.
(2019-06-01). "Manufacturing Dissent": The Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites. globalresearch.ca The People's Movement has been Hijacked…
(2019-06-01). Your Facebook please: US begins demanding full social media background from visa applicants. rt.com 
The US State Department has begun requiring visa applicants to submit five years' worth of social media history, threatening "serious immigration consequences" for those who attempt to conceal their accounts.
(2019-06-01). France illegally arming Libyan coastguards to stop refugees from Africa. wsws.org The policy has been condemned by multiple human rights organizations because of the prevalence of torture, rape, slavery and murder in the camps.
(2019-06-01). The Policy of Creative Chaos: America's Project for a "Middle-East Holocaust" globalresearch.ca The Project for a New Middle East[1] is a Project for a New Holocaust. It is happening now. The policy of "Creative Chaos"[2] underpins the holocaust. Empire willfully destroys the sovereignty and territorial integrity of prey nations such as Libya, …
(2019-06-01). The Bankers' "Power Revolution": How the Government Got Shackled by Debt. dissidentvoice.org This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1. ***** The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, shooting up from $9.4 trillion in mid-2008 to over $22 trillion in April 2019. The debt is never paid off. …
(2019-06-01). Sanders at top of Greenpeace bold climate action scorecard; Biden at bottom. nationofchange.org "Show us you have the mettle to take on the oil executives standing in the way of progress towards the green, prosperous future our country deserves."
(2019-06-01). CODEPINK Monthly Golden Gate Bridge Walk for Peace. indybay.org Gather at the SF or Marin end of the eastern walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge. Parking available on all 4 "corners", just remember to take the last exit on hwy 101 as you approach the bridge, or the first exit after you leave the bridge. Arrive early for best parking. | Gather at 10: 45 am at either end of the bridge. | 11: 00 am Walk on the eastern walkway from the north or south ends, to converge in the middle. Short, silent vigil in the middle. | 12: 00 pm: Rally on SF side after the bridge walk. | BE GREEN AND CARPOOL | See http: //tripplanner.transit.511.org for public transit options. | Golden Gate Transit Bus…
(2019-06-01). Apartment Tenants in Baltimore Link Up to Fix Deteriorating Living Conditions. therealnews.com 
Activists from the Bolton House Tenant Coalition urge Baltimore mayor Jack Young and city councilman Eric Costello to alleviate the deteriorating conditions at the Bolton House apartment complex…
(2019-06-01). Venezuela begins Day of Attention to Victims of Economic War. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government begins today the search house by house, as well as in public spaces, for vulnerable people who will be attended through the Integral Plan of Attention to Victims of the Economic War.
(2019-06-01). U.S., South Korea, Japan Advocate Renewed Dialogue with DPRK. plenglish.com Singapore, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the United States, South Korea and Japan discussed on Saturday the need to reactivate dialogue with the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in order to advance negotiations on denuclearization.
(2019-06-01). Capitalism, Fukushima, Creative Reconstruction & The History Of Olympics. indybay.org Professor George Wright discusses the history of the Olympics and how privatization and control by the corporations of the world have led to in allowing the Olympics going to Japan and the contaminated Fukushima. The three broken nuclear reactors still have melted nuclear rods which must be cooled with water. He discusses the systemic corruption of the Olympic Committee and how it is now ignored the safety of the athletes and the public.
(2019-06-01). TEN-Forward >> A Fundraiser for the Future of ASG. indybay.org Z Space Theater | 450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110…
(2019-06-01). Nature's Dangerous Decline: Animal and Plant Species Extinction Rates 'Accelerating'. globalresearch.ca Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …
(2019-06-01). Spectators, Shoppers and Voters… NOT Citizens! globalresearch.ca I begin my column with the profound words from the great anti empire documentarian Paul Edwards, at the end of his fine new piece Idiocracy: | "The naive cry out for answers to our absurd paralysis, but there are none. …
(2019-06-01). Arch-communalist Modi sworn-in as India's prime minister for second time. wsws.org Big business, reports the Economic Times, wants the government placed on a "war footing" to rapidly implement "investor friendly reforms."
(2019-06-01). Youth Activists Holding Coordinated Press Conferences to Raise Awareness on Landmark Court Case. commondreams.org "Climate change is the most pressing issue for our generation." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/juliana_case.jpg…
(2019-06-01). An Unabashed Tribute to 'The Warriors' on Its 40th Anniversary. truthdig.com Roundly trashed by critics when the gang-themed film debuted in 1979, the cult classic's influences still creep into popular culture today.
(2019-06-01). UK Labour Party's civil war blows up in aftermath of European election debacle. wsws.org In the absence of any genuine attempt to overcome the divisions sown in the working class by the 2016 referendum, the European elections became a de facto plebiscite on Brexit.
(2019-06-01). At least 12 dead in Virginia Beach mass shooting. wsws.org Mass shootings in America are a product of mounting social inequality at home and unending wars abroad.
(2019-06-01). Volunteer Group Launches Anti-Gun Violence Campaign to Protect Youth. indybay.org Louder than a Shot Volunteer Group Launches Anti-Gun Violence Campaign to Protect Youth | Program Launched in Advance of National Gun Violence Prevention Day, June 7th, 2019 #WearOrange…
(2019-06-01). Trial begins for Scott Warren, facing 20 years for aiding migrants crossing desert. liberationnews.org 
We demand that all charges be dropped immediately!
(2019-06-01). On Thin Ice: March Warming in Alaska Led to Eight Deaths, Disrupted Fishing. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/comparison-alaska-warming-1200x675_0.jpg…
(2019-06-01). United Steelworkers authorize strike against Alcoa. fightbacknews.org Washington DC – On May 31, the United Steelworkers (USW) said that members of local unions representing more than 1,500 Alcoa (NYSE: AA) workers have granted their negotiating committee the authority to implement a strike if necessary at the company's facilities in Warrick, Ind.; Massena, N.Y.; Gum Springs, Ark.; Point Comfort, Texas; and Wenatchee, Wash. | The aluminum workers strike authorization votes were conducted during meetings at each location over the course of the past two weeks. USW members have continued to work under the terms and conditions of a contract that was set to expire on May 15, 2019, when…
(2019-06-01). Anti Police-Terror Project Statement on AB 392, the California Act to Save Lives. indybay.org From our inception, the Anti Police-Terror Project has never subscribed to the belief that policing in America can be fixed. The system is not broken and thus cannot be made to right itself. Born of the slave trade, policing in America was then – and is now – about the catching, killing and incarcerating of Black and Indigenous bodies. We are an abolitionist organization committed to interrupting and rapidly responding to state violence, radically transforming the way in which we as a society define public safety and develop new practices to implement community security that are not rooted in race-based capitalis…
(2019-06-01). There's a Simple Explanation for Racial Disparities in Terrorism Prosecutions: Racism. commondreams.org A Black Lives Matter protest, November 2015. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud, Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/blm_3.jpg…
(2019-06-01). Pompeo Attends a Mysterious Meeting in Switzerland. plenglish.com Berna, June 1 (Prensa Latina) The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, participates today in the annual meeting of the Bilderberg group, at the luxury resort in Montreux, Switzerland, along with more than a hundred European and American political and economic personalities .
(2019-06-01). New Zealand budget delivers billions for the military, starves public services. wsws.org The Labour Party-led coalition government's "well-being budget" deepens the program of austerity and militarism supported by all the parties in parliament.
(2019-06-01). Australian billionaires celebrate soaring wealth, while wage case leaves millions in poverty. wsws.org The annual Rich List, along with the outcome of the latest minimum wage case, underscore the acceleration of social inequality in Australia and around the world.
(2019-06-01). Fifty-five inmates killed in Brazilian prisons. wsws.org This escalating slaughter has been caused by a 300 percent increase in the prison population in the last two decades.
(2019-06-01). Explosion hits Cameroon's lone oil refinery in restive Anglophone region. cgtn.com 
An explosion hit Cameroon's lone refinery Friday night, causing serious damage. REUTERS/David M. Parrott/File Photo | An explosion hit Cameroon's lone refinery Friday night, causing serious damage and production suspension, according to a statement published Saturday by the refinery. | "We inform you of the occurrence of an explosion followed by a serious fire in our production units on May 31, 2019, around 9: 30 p.m., causing damage and an indefinite stop to production of all our units," Jean-Paul Simo Njonon, general manager of Cameroon's National Oil Refinery (SONARA), said in the statement. | No one was killed…
(2019-06-01). Brazilian Students Stage New Mass Protests Against Bolsonaro's Education Reform. therealnews.com 
As President Jair Bolsonaro's approval ratings plummet, students make a massive show of force, opposing his plans to drastically cut education budgets. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…
(2019-06-01). U.S. Imperialism and the Struggle for Venezuela's Future. indybay.org Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Ave, at Prince St in Berkeley | Near Ashby BART…
(2019-06-01). UN Condemns the Psychological Torture Inflicted Upon Julian Assange. "Coordinated" by UK, US, Sweden and Ecuador. globalresearch.ca The UN Torture Expert, Nils Melzer, has strongly condemned the psychological torture inflicted upon WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by a coalition of countries led by the United States and United Kingdom. | The WikiLeaks publisher has spent over 7 weeks …
(2019-06-01). Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, and Hardly Anyone's Talking About It. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that "Assange's health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him." | This jarring revelation has been reported by a small …
(2019-06-01). Findings of Torture: The UN Rapporteur and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Another crude and sad chapter, yet more evidence of a system's vengeance against its challengers. Julian Assange, like they dying Roman emperor Vespasian, may be transforming into a god of sorts, but the suffering of his mortal physical is …
(2019-06-01). "Fort Trump": Permanent US Military Base in Poland. globalresearch.ca Polish authorities appear to have become obsessed with establishing the "Fort Trump" permanent military base in Poland, but the US does appear to be in no hurry to make any such deployment. | Moreover, periodically there are reports that Washington has …
(2019-06-01). US State Department's "Updated Maps" Show Golan Heights as Part of Israeli. globalresearch.ca The US State Department has changed its maps to show the disputed Golan Heights as Israeli territory, spokesperson Morgan Ortagus confirmed on Thursday, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had received one of the updated versions. | "I know …
(2019-06-01). 'Beyond Barbaric': Internal Government Report Reveals Migrants Forced to Stand on Toilets for Breathing Space at Overcrowded US Detention Center. globalresearch.ca "This is insane. Not only can they not move, they can't breathe, they can't eat, they can't do anything like this. Children have died and will continue to die if this is not stopped now." | *** | A federal immigrant detention …
(2019-06-01). Julian Assange and the Unrelenting State. globalresearch.ca We are seriously worried about the condition of Julian Assange. He was too unwell to appear in court yesterday, and his Swedish lawyer, Per Samuelson, found him in a state where he was unable to conduct a conversation …
(2019-06-01). Political Upheaval in the United Kingdom. globalresearch.ca Here in these beautiful isles there are many good people. Those not affected by class or university 'education' say 'We should have been out of the EU within a few weeks of the vote. The EU is a racket. We …
(2019-06-01). How Mainstream U.S. Media Is Failing Us On Trump and Bolton's March To War With Iran. commondreams.org National security advisor John Bolton listens to President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Feb. 12. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolton_trump_iran_0_0.png…
(2019-06-01). President Buhari pledges new tact in fight against terrorism. cgtn.com 
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says it is time for "a new way forward that completely removes the threat of terrorism from Lake Chad sub-region." | The Nigerian President made the remarks following a meeting with his Chadian counterpart Idris Deby on the sidelines of the 14th Islamic Summit, hosted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. | According to the Nigerian presidency's spokesperson Garba Shehu, the two leaders agreed on the need for sub-regional leaders to sit down and agree on changing the strategy "for a more sustained operation, which will continue until the threat i…
(2019-06-01). Rising Seas Could Generate 187 Million Climate Refugees by 2100. counterpunch.org 
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(2019-06-01). President el-Sisi meets King Salman in Mecca. cgtn.com 
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Friday night met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the sidelines of the 14th Islamic Summit, hosted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca city. | The two leaders held bilateral talks focusing on enhancing relations between the two nations, as well as the security situation in the Middle East. | The Egyptian presidency confirmed the meeting on Saturday, with spokesperson Bassam Rady noting that King Salman had expressed his appreciation for Egypt's leadership role in building strong cultural ties between the two sides. | ÿß&Yuml…
(2019-06-01). Cape Town targets new air routes to lift South African tourism. cgtn.com 
Clouds blow over Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo | Cape Town plans to add routes to Australia and South America after last month reaching a deal with United Airlines for its first direct flight to the United States, the head of air access for South Africa's top tourist city said. | South Africa is promoting tourism as a catalyst to help kick-start its struggling economy and aims to attract five million extra travellers, including four million international tourists, by 2021. | Travel and tourism contributed around 426 billion rand ($2…
(2019-05-31). MintCast Interviews Filmmaker Robbie Martin: The Neoconservative Endgame. mintpressnews.com MintCast co-hosts Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb recently spoke to Robbie Martin ( @FluorescentGrey), a filmmaker whose recent documentary series A Very Heavy Agenda explores how prominent Bush-era neo-conservatives have continued to dominate the Washington foreign policy debate and have been instrumental in creating and fomenting Russiagate and Cold War 2.0. | Neoconservatives, or Neocons, have been a key force in Washington for decades and seem to maintain their…
