(2019-06-02). Cuba's New Blockade. globalresearch.ca On 2 May 2019, the Trump administration implemented Title III of the 1996 Helms Burton Act. In doing so, it unleashed the most severe economic sanctions against Cuba since the blockade was first introduced by President Kennedy in 1962. | Title …
(2019-06-02). Is Saudi Arabia Joining Trump's Political Game? globalresearch.ca In quest of seeking the support of the Arab Muslim leaders for an international stance against Iran, Saudi Arabia is hosting three consecutive summits at the holy city of Mecca after Iran's alleged attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil installations. Saudi …
(2019-06-02). Trump's Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: An Impeachable Offense? therealnews.com 
Trump pulled an end run around Congress when he declared a national emergency letting him sell arms to Saudi Arabia. We speak to RootsAction's David Swanson about whether the move is an impeachable offense…
(2019-06-02). Association of Democratic Lawyers Asks to Unfreeze Venezuelan Fund. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The International Association of Democratic Lawyers is developing a campaign to demand the unfreezing of Venezuelan state capital from the Novo Banco de Portugal, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Sunday.
(2019-06-02). National Referendum on Elections: A Way Forward for Venezuela (3/7). therealnews.com 
Venezuela's opposition and government are at an absolute impasse about how to get the country out of its current crisis, the best way forward is to renew the electoral authority and have a referendum on holding new elections across the board, says Edgard Lander…
(2019-06-02). 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…
(2019-06-02). Abortion Bans; S.F. Anti-Abortion Marches; Free Abortion on Demand. indybay.org As the United States gets ready to join the backward countries of the world with a ban on abortion, we must ask, how did we get to this point? Why have the Democrats been promoting anti-abortion candidates? How did at least 5 anti-abortion Supreme Court justices get confirmed? Why didn't Democrat Obama who had a Democratic majority Congress in both houses in his first two years sign a law legalizing abortion so we would not have to depend on a pro-abortion majority in the Supreme Court? What kind of society is this that allows constant wars on women and the right to abortion? Why don't we have free abortion on de…
(2019-06-02). Palestine sends a Plain Message to Trump and Kushner in Run-up to their "Deal of the Century" dissidentvoice.org 
Dr. Riad Malki, Palestine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Freedom not conditional liberty. Sovereignty not limited autonomy. Peace not subjugation. Chatham House, the international affairs think-tank in London, recently invited Dr Riad Malki, Palestine's Minister of Foreign Affairs, to talk about the future of Palestine ahead of the 'deal of the century' dreamed up by the …
(2019-06-02). Dramatic Increase in Political Violence in Colombia due to Abandonment of Peace Agreement. therealnews.com 
Recent human rights reports show that murders of social leaders have skyrocketed since Colombia's right-wing President Ivan Duque came into office in 2017. Activist Manuel Rozental speaks to us about the situation from one of the most affected areas…
(2019-06-02). Selected Articles: America's Policy of "Creative Chaos" globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
(2019-06-02). Desperate MH17 "Intelligence" Spin. Ukraine Secret Service Contends that "Pro-Russian Rebels had Targeted a Russian Passenger Plane". "But Shot Down Flight MH17 by Mistake" globalresearch.ca According to Ukraine's Secret Service, the alleged design of the pro-Russian rebels was to shoot down a Russian passenger plane, with a view to blaming the Ukrainian government and justifying a Russian invasion.
(2019-06-02). Guangdong is China's Gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean. plenglish.com 02 de junio de 2019, 06: 23Beijing, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The southern province of Guangdong consolidates as China"s gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean with a trade of 13,360 billion dollars so far in 2019, 10 percent more year-on-year.
(2019-06-02). Guangdong is China's Gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The southern province of Guangdong consolidates as China"s gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean with a trade of 13,360 billion dollars so far in 2019, 10 percent more year-on-year.
(2019-06-02). Rising Tensions, US Strike Group to the Gulf. Iran Once Again Passes IAEA Nuclear Inspections. globalresearch.ca The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its quarterly report that Iran has stayed within the main restrictions of its nuclear deal at a time when tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high. | The report on Friday found that …
(2019-06-02). 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.
(2019-06-02). Nuclear Deal First, then We Talk, Tehran told Washington. plenglish.com Tehran, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Iran"s Foreign Minister Mohammed Yavad Zarif has reportedly asserted on Sunday that the fulfillment of the nuclear deal Tehran signed with six world powers is a prerequisite before starting any talks with the US government.
(2019-06-02). Three Mile Island Nuke Finally Shutting Down. indybay.org The notorious Three Mile Island nuclear plant is finally shutting down for good.
(2019-06-02). Imprisoned soldiers rebelled during Vietnam War. workers.org 
The following report is based on a chapter in Catalinotto's book, "Turn the Guns Around: Mutinies, Soldier Revolts and Revolutions" (World View Forum, 2017), which tells the story of the American Servicemen's Union, an anti-war, anti-racist organization of U.S. active-duty service members during 1968-75. On the evening of June 5, . . . | Continue reading Imprisoned soldiers rebelled during Vietnam War at Workers.org
(2019-06-02). 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…
(2019-06-02). Discover the expansion of California Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebrations. indybay.org Juneteenth is our National Freedom Day. Before, during and after the US Civil War (1840-1875) California has a "hidden story" to tell that honors our California Pan African legacy and contributions by over 200,000 "unknown" US Colored Troops, "Gospel Soldiers" who gallantly fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy today.
(2019-06-02). China Alerts over Worsening Economic Context Due to US Protectionism. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) China has warned on Sunday that the United States with its protectionist policy "America First" disrupts industrial and supply chains, destroys market confidence and puts under serious threat the recovery of the global economy.
(2019-06-02). Why Democratic Presidential Candidates May Have to Choose Between Teacher Pay Raises and Charter Schools. commondreams.org Milwaukee public school teachers, parents, students and supporters stage a picket line in Milwaukee on April 24, 2018. (Photo: Charles Edward Miller, Flickr cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/milwaukee_public_school_teachers_and_supporters_picket_outside_milwaukee_public_schools_adminstration_building_milwaukee_wisconsin_4-24-18_1130_26864819927_0.jpg…
(2019-06-02). US History Is Defined by the Use of Torture. truthout.org Soon after 9/11, the US began holding people in secret prisons around the world in places called "black sites." Black sites were secret and what happened within them was unknown. When we did learn about the techniques our government was using to extract information, we were told it was not torture but something called "enhanced interrogation." It sounded new and not so brutal. But it was torture. An updated version of it, but torture nonetheless, which forced us to think about what we were willing to do to other human beings in a state of war. In this episode, Rebecca Gordon argues that enhanced interrogation…
(2019-06-02). TEN-Forward >> A Fundraiser for the Future of ASG. indybay.org Z Space Theater | 450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110…
(2019-06-02). U.S. Begins Vastly Expanded Visa Screening. truthdig.com 
WASHINGTON—The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It's a vast expansion of the Trump administration's enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors. | In a move that's just taken effect after approval of the revised application forms, the department says it has updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa forms to request the additional information, including "social media identifiers," from almost all U.S. app…
(2019-06-02). European elections: the first signs of a need for change. uwidata.com 
The European parliamentary elections showcased the rise of some interesting new political forces beginning to take root throughout the continent. It also indicated the first symptoms of Europe's deep divisions which are slowly beginning to threaten the EU's existence altogether. Issues like anti-immigration and Euroscepticism saw a sharp rise in support alongside the victory of …
(2019-06-02). While Combating Trump, We Must Set Our Sights on Total Liberation. truthout.org "Marcuse believed in 'a universe where the sensuous, the playful, and the beautiful become the form of society itself'," says cartoonist Nick Thorkelson, who illustrated the new graphic biography Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia. How did philosopher Herbert Marcuse develop this belief, and what can it teach us as the U.S. flounders in political crisis? In this interview, Thorkelson discusses the work of Herbert Marcuse, his relationship to the radical movements of the 1960s and how his philosophy remains pertinent in the era of Trump. | Samantha Borek: For many people, especially younger radicals like my…
(2019-06-02). Do We Face a Global Food Disaster? globalresearch.ca No, this is not at all an endorsement of the apocalyptic scenarios of AOC or that famous young Swedish climate expert, Greta. It is, however, a look at unusual weather disasters in several key growing regions from the USA to …
(2019-06-02). Italy's Assault Ship for the New Crusaders. globalresearch.ca On 25 May 2019, Head of State Sergio Mattarella, Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta, Minister for Economic Development Luigi Di Maio, and the highest military authorities, were all present for the launching of the ship Trieste, built …
(2019-06-02). Plastic Is Just as Destructive to the Climate as Oil and Gas. globalresearch.ca The phenomenon of climate change invokes images of black smoke billowing out of smokestacks, emissions from exhaust pipes on an endless highway of bumper-to-bumper traffic, or the insect-like cranes of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and drilling operations dotting the landscape. We …
(2019-06-02). O navio de assalto dos novos cruzados. globalresearch.ca Na presenàßa do Chefe de Estado, Sergio Mattarella, da Ministra da Defesa, Elisabetta Trenta, do Ministro do Desenvolvimento Económico, Luigi di Maio e das mais altas autoridades militares, o navio Trieste, construído pela Fincantieri, foi lanàßado ao mar, em 25 …
(2019-06-02). Benjamin Netanyahu: The Fugitive Crime Minister. globalresearch.ca In a move considered surreal even two days ago, the Israeli Knesset — elected on April 9th — dissolved itself last night (Wednesday). Some new Members of Knesset didn't even get to get to give their maiden speech. | The vote …
(2019-06-02). 8-10 Million Iranians Died over Great Famine Caused by British Empire (1917-1919), Documents Reveal. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in November 2015. | The document in the American Archives, reporting the widespread famine and spread of epidemic disease in Iran, estimates the number of the deceased due to the famine to be about 8-10 million….
(2019-06-02). A Second Israeli Election proves Netanyahu's Grip on Power is Slipping. dissidentvoice.org In a sign of how politically vulnerable he has rapidly become, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plunged Israel into new elections last week — less than two months after his far-right bloc appeared to win at the ballot box. Netanyahu was forced to dissolve the 120-member parliament to block his chief rival, Benny Gantz, from getting …
(2019-06-02). Europe Dodged Far-Right Takeover But Autocracy Remains a Global Threat. truthout.org In 1991, the late Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington wrote an influential essay in the Journal of Democracy entitled "Democracy's Third Wave." Huntington's essay, published several months prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, surmised that modern democracy was associated with "waves" of democratic growth followed by "reverse waves" of autocracy. | He identified a "long" first wave beginning in the 1820s, characterized by a global increase of male suffrage that continued until the 1920s. This first wave was subject t…
(2019-06-02). 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…
(2019-06-02). Conservative Groups Are Stifling Criticism of Israel On and Off Campus. truthout.org On March 22, tenured English professor Anthony Alessandrini was startled to see a photo of himself in the New York Daily News. The picture accompanied an article by reporter Larry McShane. The headline was damning: "Kingsborough professor, during campus event, urged donations to group with alleged ties to Palestinian terror group." | Alessandrini (who is this reporter's colleague at Kingsborough Community College) had not been contacted by either McShane or other Daily News staffers before the article was publishe…
(2019-06-02). Libyan gov't forces progress against east-based army in southern Tripoli. cgtn.com 
Forces of the UN-backed Libyan government on Saturday progressed against the rival east-based army in south of the capital Tripoli, as the armed conflict continues between the two parties. | "Following a well-established plan, our forces managed to progress in two axes in southern Tripoli, destroyed a number of vehicles belonging to Haftar's forces (army), and captured a number of their fighters," Mohamed Khalid, a field commander of the government forces, told Xinhua. | "We progressed several kilometers and the clashes are still going on violently," Khalid added, confirming one of their soldiers was killed an…
(2019-06-02). DR Congo forces kill 26 rebels in shootout. cgtn.com 
The Democratic Republic of Congo's army says its forces on Thursday killed 26 rebels thought to have links to Islamic State. | The soldiers engaged the rebels in a shootout in a village near the city of Beni, an area where more than a dozen different militia groups and associated armed gangs are said to operate, and the epicentre of country's worst ever Ebola epidemic. | The army's spokesman for east Congo, General Leon-Richard Kasonga, said the insurgents from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a position in Ngite village and that soldiers returned fire and pursued them. | "Twenty six rebels were neu…
(2019-06-02). Ethiopia, Somalia leaders hold talks in Addis Ababa. cgtn.com 
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi 'Farmajo' arrived in neighbouring Ethiopia on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. | According to the Ethiopian Prime Minister's office, the two leaders "held discussions on bilateral issues, including further strengthening cooperation in regional peace & security." | Farmajo was accompanied in the trip by Somalia's First Lady Zeinab Abdi. | To mark their visit to Ethiopia, President Farmajo and First Lady Zeinab planted tree seedlings within the Prime Minister's compound to mark the friendship enjoyed by the two countries. | PM Abiy visited Somalia in June 2018,…
(2019-06-02). Morocco's 27-man provisional AFCON squad unveiled. cgtn.com 
Morocco national football team's coach Herve Renard on Sunday named a 27-man provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for later this month. | The Atlas Lions will be hoping to replicate the result realized by their Africa-based players who won the 2018 African Nations Championship. | The 2019 AFCON tournament will be staged in Egypt between 21 June and 19 July. | Coach Renard included Dutch-based duo, Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mezraoui both with Ajax, Borussia Dortmund left back Achraf Hakim and Al-Duhail defender Medhi Benatia. | Al-Nasr forward and Saoudi League best player and top Scorer Ab…
(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). 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). The dire need for self-reflection: A response to Joe Hildebrand. greenleft.org.au 
"I don't see how reflecting on myself is going to stop women being bashed or murdered.": | Joe Hildebrand's words, in the wake of the latest victim of extreme violence directed at a young woman in Melbourne, are at the root of contemporary debates with the #NotAllMen faction, which by definition declines to engage in thoughtful reflection. | We have, thankfully, moved on from the abjuration of sufferers of domestic violence to progressive action, such as the establishment of the Royal Commission into Family Violence, an act of retrospection in it…
(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). 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). Justice Department Readies Antitrust Probe of Google: Reports. truthdig.com WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department is readying an investigation of Google's business practices and whether they violate antitrust law, according to news reports. | The search giant was fined a record $2.72 billion by European regulators in 2017 for abusing its dominance of the online search market. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission made an antitrust investigation of Google but closed it in 2013 without taking action. | Now the Justice Department has undertaken an antitrust probe of the company's search and other businesses, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and…
(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). 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.
