2019-06-05: Social Media Postees

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"Freedom of Expression" and "The Battle of Ideas"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Dear Readers, | This is a personal message. Please read carefully. | When Global Research was born in September 2001, we were convinced that "Freedom of Expression" and "The Battle of Ideas" would contribute to reversing the tide of war, while also …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-of-expression-and-the-battle-of-ideas/5679578

Trudeau Government Squeezes Cuba
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Ottawa faces a dilemma. How far are Trudeau's Liberals prepared to go in squeezing Cuba? Can Canadian corporations with interests on the island restrain the most pro-US, anti-socialist, elements of the ruling class? | Recently, the Canadian Embassy in Havana closed …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-government-squeezes-cuba/5679642

How US "Good Guys" Wiped Out an Afghan Family
Jessica Purkiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
It was 4am when Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez's wife Amina called, an unusually early time for their daily chat. When he picked up the phone, he could hear the panic in her voice. | Amina was calling from the Afghan province of …
globalresearch.ca/how-us-good-guys-wiped-out-afghan-family/5679645

From Glyphosate to Front Groups: Fraud, Deception and Toxic Tactics
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and the British Medical Association Council Chairman, Chaand Nagpaul. | Her purpose is to not only draw attention to the impact of biocides, not least that …
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-front-groups-fraud-deception-toxic-tactics/5679596

US Bans Educational and Recreational Travel to Cuba
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
As of June 5, U.S. citizens will be prohibited from making group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to Cuba, Secretary of Commerce Steve Mnuchin of the U.S. Treasury Department confirmed in a statement Tuesday. | According …
globalresearch.ca/us-bans-educational-recreational-travel-cuba/5679637

The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again
Aidan O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn't an issue either. The | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-votes-cia-wins-again/5679587

After the Fall of the Berlin War: Between Dystopia and Democratic Socialism
Andrew Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread sense that liberal capitalism had triumphed in the battle of ideas, and that socialism as a plausible alternative was pretty much dead. But the many crises of contemporary …
globalresearch.ca/between-dystopia-democratic-socialism/5679657

Video: US-Sponsored Kurdish Militia Burn Wheat Fields in Northern Syria
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The Kurdish separatist militia SDF and its affiliates from PYD and Asayish are burning wheat fields in the territories under their occupation northeast of Syria. | Some of the most fertile lands as well as territories rich with oil are under …
globalresearch.ca/us-sponsored-kurdish-militia-burn-wheat-fields-qamishli/5679629

From Glyphosate to Front Groups: Fraud, Deception and Toxic Tactics
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and the British Medical Association Council Chairman, Chaand Nagpaul. | Her purpose is to not only draw attention to the impact of biocides, not least that …
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-front-groups-fraud-deception-toxic-tactics/5679596

The 75th Anniversary of the Allied D-Day Liberation of Nazi-Occupied Western Europe. A Civilizational Provocation, Russia was Not Invited
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The decision not to invite President Putin to attend the 75th D-Day commemoration event was a civilizational provocation aimed at dividing the European Allies during World War II and reinforcing the historically revised notion that the Soviet Union was an …
globalresearch.ca/75th-d-day-commemoration-event-civilizational-provocation/5679619

The Ukrainian State's Interference in Church Affairs
Nadia Bazuk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The recent presidential elections in Ukraine ended quite unexpectedly — the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky whose bid for presidency hadn't been taken seriously by experts and voters in early 2019, defeated Petro Poroshenko and won a landslide victory. The margin between …
globalresearch.ca/another-proof-ukrainian-states-interference-church-affairs/5679590

The US-China Trade War Can be Traced Back to the Failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The current "trade war" owes its origins to the US' failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution that convinced the Chinese authorities that their late-Old Cold War-era American "allies" couldn't be trusted, which in turn inspired the Communist Party to use the …
globalresearch.ca/trade-war-traced-back-failed-tiananmen-square-color-revolution/5679624

Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
"What's gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting." — News Corp Australia spokesperson, The West Australian, June 4, 2019 | These are dark times for journalists …
globalresearch.ca/warring-against-sources-australian-national-security-state-journalism-public-interest/5679617

"The Lesson of the Soviet Union Is that the Bureaucracy Chooses Capitalist Restoration"
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Wilder Pérez Varona (WPV): My first question to you is about the issue of bureaucracy. | Before 1917 the issue of the socialist transition is one thing. The 1848 Revolution, the Paris Commune (which is a crucial episode, but of …
globalresearch.ca/lesson-soviet-union-bureaucracy-chooses-capitalist-restoration/5679655

Video: War Propaganda and US Military Buildup Against Iran
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Tensions continue to grow in the Persian Gulf. | In early May, the US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group as well as the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock, additional marines, amphibious vehicles, rotary aircraft, Patriot missiles and a bomber …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-us-military-buildup-iran/5679593

EU Sued at International Criminal Court over Mediterranean Migration Policy — As More Die at Sea
Maurice Stierl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
In the same week that more migrant lives were lost at sea, the EU's migration policy in the Mediterranean has been brought to the attention of the International Criminal Court (ICC). | It emerged on June 3 that the ICC had …
globalresearch.ca/eu-sued-international-criminal-court-mediterranean-migration-policy-more-die-sea/5679633

Video: War Propaganda and US Military Buildup Against Iran
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Tensions continue to grow in the Persian Gulf. | In early May, the US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group as well as the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock, additional marines, amphibious vehicles, rotary aircraft, Patriot missiles and a bomber …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-us-military-buildup-iran/5679593

Kushner-Trump Family Plan for an Enlarged Israel, Ridiculed as the 'Confidence Trick of the Century'
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
700,000 illegal settlers, economic migrants from Israel who have built temporary homes on Palestinian land, are proposed to be legitimised under a Kushner family plan dubbed the 'confidence trick of the century'. | The son-in-law of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner is …
globalresearch.ca/kushner-trump-family-plan-enlarged-israel/5679649

ISIS Remnants Regroup and Attack Syrian Army Posts in the Desert with U.S. Help
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
ISIS terrorists, defeated by the Syrian Arab Army in the major battles of Der Ezzor and Albukamal east of Syria, have regrouped and launched a new wave of attacks against the SAA posts in the dese…
globalresearch.ca/isis-remnants-regroup-attack-saa-posts-desert-us-help/5679627

It's Time to Move on From Mueller
Aaron Maté | thenation.com | 2019-06-05
It's Time to Move on From Mueller…
thenation.com/article/mueller-impeachment-russiagate-trump/

'Shock and awe' war on migrants and prisoners
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2019-06-05
In 2003, during the genocidal and criminal U.S. war against Iraq, the term "shock and awe" was propagated. The British Telegraph wrote 10 years later on March 19, 2013: "One expression above all others has become associated with the invasion of Iraq: 'shock and awe.' Developed at the Pentagon, . . . | Continue reading 'Shock and awe' war on migrants and prisoners at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/04/shock-and-awe-war-on-migrants-and-prisoners/

Abortion Bans; S.F. Anti-Abortion Marches; Free Abortion on Demand
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
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…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/02/18823702.php

FARC leader Santrich freed, but peace is still held hostage in Colombia
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-05
Former FARC guerrilla commander Jesús Santrich, imprisoned on April 9, 2018, went free on May 30. Colombian authorities had held him pending extradition to the United Sates. Their plan violated the peace agreement signed in November 2016 between FARC guerrillas and Colombia's government. Santrich, born Seuxis Hernández Solarte, personifies the turmoil in Colombia stemming from …
peoplesworld.org/article/farc-leader-santrich-freed-but-peace-is-still-held-hostage-in-colombia/

Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-05
Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire, written and directed by Scott Noble, continues the run of quality documentaries by Metanoia Films. The film provides the historical context that allows the viewer to understand why inequality reigns while social justice and peace lag today. The, at first blink, curious title stems from a quotation by the American labor …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/plutocracy-v-subterranean-fire/

Beware of Authoritarian Christians
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
Christianity and authoritarianism are commonly believed to be at opposite ends of the democratic-autocratic continuum. A commonly held belief is that Christians, guided by The Bible, are accepting and caring of each other and others, and are thus democratic. Yes, many Christians do good with-and-for others, inspired by Jesus' Sermon on the Mount's emphasis on mercy and forgiveness and peacemaking (Matthew 5: 1-10), his teaching that doing to others as you would have then do to you is the bottom line of religion (Matthew 7L 12), and his saying that the greatest commandments are to love God and one's neighbor as on…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/beware-of-authoritarian-christians/

Film Showing of "Pride" in celebration of 50th anniversary of Stonewall
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823712.php

Trump Administration Asks Congress to Make Disrupting Pipeline Construction a Crime Punishable by 20 Years in Prison
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-06-05
The proposed legislation would put anti-fossil fuel organizers at significant legal risk for providing training or support to peaceful protesters.
theintercept.com/2019/06/05/pipeline-protests-proposed-legislation-phmsa-alec/

Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-05
Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire, written and directed by Scott Noble, continues the run of quality documentaries by Metanoia Films. The film provides the historical context that allows the viewer to understand why inequality reigns while social justice and peace lag today. The, at first blink, curious title stems from a quotation by the American labor …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/plutocracy-v-subterranean-fire/

PHOTOS: 'I Haven't Met Anybody in the Area Who Actually Wants to Take the Walls Down'
Mattias Lundblad, Johannes Frandsen | thenation.com | 2019-06-05
PHOTOS: 'I Haven't Met Anybody in the Area Who Actually Wants to Take the Walls Down'…
thenation.com/article/belfast-peace-lines-troubles-northern-ireland/

Massacre in Sudan: Revolutionaries vow to fight on despite deadly repression
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-05
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is outraged at the horrific massacre carried out on Monday by forces loyal to the high command of the Sudanese armed forces against peaceful protesters conducting a sit-in in Khartoum outside army headquarters. It is now estimated that at least 100 people were killed in the attack. The camp …
liberationnews.org/massacre-in-sudan-revolutionaries-vow-to-fight-on-despite-deadly-repression/

UN calls for global support to help Somalis displaced by drought
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-05
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday warned of a growing climate-related displacement in Somalia where more than 2 million people are in need of food aid. | REUTERS — FILE PHOTO Climate change deepening Horn of Africa's hunger crisis, Oxfam says | In a statement issued ahead of the World Environment Day on Wednesday, the UNHCR called for urgent additional support to help people affected and displaced by drought in the horn of Africa nation. |…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/05/un-calls-for-global-support-to-help-somalis-displaced-by-drought/

UN calls for global support to help Somalis displaced by drought
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-05
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday warned of a growing climate-related displacement in Somalia where more than 2 million people are in need of food aid. | REUTERS — FILE PHOTO Climate change deepening Horn of Africa's hunger crisis, Oxfam says | In a statement issued ahead of the World Environment Day on Wednesday, the UNHCR called for urgent additional support to help people affected and displaced by drought in the horn of Africa nation. |…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/05/un-calls-for-global-support-to-help-somalis-displaced-by-drought/

The Media Are Legitimizing a Century-Old Nazi Trope
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-05
When Norwegian right-winger Anders Breivik invoked "cultural Marxism" as the reason for his 77-person killing spree in 2011, many observers placed the notion in the same category as the killer–the fringe. But since the election of Donald Trump, Brexit and the rise and re-election of other far-right governments around the globe, "cultural Marxism" has become a well-known nationalist buzzword, alongside "globalism": Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denounces it, and the media empire of former White House…
truthdig.com/articles/the-media-is-legitimizing-a-century-old-nazi-trope/

Brazilians Recover Vision in Bolivia thanks to Cuban doctors
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Beni, Bolivia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Brazilians recovered their vision thanks to the work of Cuban ophthalmologists based in the Bolivian town of Guayaramerin, where they are seeking a cure for pathologies such as cataracts and pterigium, experts confirmed this on Wednesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42867&SEO=brazilians-recover-vision-in-bolivia-thanks-to-cuban-doctors

Workers Party theorist pens diatribe against Brazilian "white trash"
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
The use of this reactionary term to describe poor whites exposes the anti-working class character of the PT.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/bols-j05.html

Brazil Regards China as Extremely Strategic Partner
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Brasilia, Jun 5 ( Prensa Latina ) The Brazilian government currently considers China an extremely strategic partner, according to Vice President Hamilton Mourao, who admitted having the mission of reactivating relations with this Asian power.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42840&SEO=brazil-regards-china-as-extremely-strategic-partner

The Media Is Legitimizing a Century-Old Nazi Trope
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-05
When Norwegian right-winger Anders Breivik invoked "cultural Marxism" as the reason for his 77-person killing spree in 2011, many observers placed the notion in the same category as the killer–the fringe. But since the election of Donald Trump, Brexit and the rise and re-election of other far-right governments around the globe, "cultural Marxism" has become a well-known nationalist buzzword, alongside "globalism": Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denounces it, and the media empire of former White House…
truthdig.com/articles/the-media-is-legitimizing-a-century-old-nazi-trope/

Brazil had a Historic Record of 65,602 Murders in 2017
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Brazil had 65,602 people killed in 2017, revealed this Wednesday the Atlas of Violence, prepared by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42872&SEO=brazil-had-a-historic-record-of-65602-murders-in-2017

Brazilians Recover Vision in Bolivia Thanks to Cuban doctors
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
05 de junio de 2019, 14: 34Beni, Bolivia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Brazilians have recovered their vision thanks to the work of Cuban ophthalmologists based in the Bolivian town of Guayaramerin, where they are seeking a cure for pathologies such as cataracts and pterigium, experts confirmed this Wednesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42865&SEO=brazilians-recover-vision-in-bolivia-thanks-to-cuban-doctors

Brazilian Prosecutor's Office Recommends Semi-open Regime for Lula
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
05 de junio de 2019, 13: 13Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Public Ministry of Brazil on Wednesday recommended that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has served 424 days in prison for alleged corruption, benefit from a semi-open regime.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42857&SEO=brazilian-prosecutors-office-recommends-semi-open-regime-for-lula

Argentinean Organizations to Lead March against Bolsonaro
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Buenos Aires, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Several social and political organizations in Argentina are calling a march on Wednesday to protest against the visit by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who will arrive on Thursday in this capital.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42836&SEO=argentinean-organizations-to-lead-march-against-bolsonaro

EU Could Fine Italy US$3.9 Billion Over Heavy National Debt
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
The European Commission (EC) has proposed to open an Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) against Italy for not having sufficiently reduced its public debt, which reached 132.2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. This EDP could lead to sanctions of up to US$3.9 billion. | RELATED: | US Tells Italy to Stay Away From China and Russia | "The 2018 Italian data is…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Could-Fine-Italy-US3.9-Billion-Over-Heavy-National-Debt-20190605-0005.html

Our Globally Warming Civilization
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
The 150 years of the Industrial Revolution (~1770-1920), with its catastrophic and bloody termination in World War I (1914-1918), had no noticeable effect on the global average temperature, which had hovered around 14.7 degrees Centigrade (C) since antiquity. The human population had taken 200,000 years (more or less) to grow to one billion (1B), in 1804, within the natural and majestic evolution of global climates during those 2000 centuries…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/our-globally-warming-civilization/

Lawmakers try to block Trump's latest 22 Saudi arms deals
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-05
WASHINGTON–A bipartisan group of senators will try to block President Donald Trump's latest $8.1 billion, in 22 separate arms sales, to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They challenge Trump's justification–the supposed threat from Iran–for invoking "emergency" arms sale law loopholes to aid the Saudis. One of the group, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., worries …
peoplesworld.org/article/lawmakers-try-to-block-trumps-latest-22-saudi-arms-deals/

Canada Closes Venezuelan Embassy as Guaido Promises Maduro Out This Year
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(VA) — Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced the "temporary" closure of her country's embassy and the withdrawal of diplomatic personnel from Venezuela, claiming Ottawa had "no choice." In a Sunday press statement, Freeland accused the Maduro government of haven "taken steps to limit the ability of foreign embassies to function" by failing to renew visas for …

Canada Closes Venezuelan Embassy as Guaido Promises Maduro Out This Year

Canada Closes Venezuelan Embassy as Guaido Promises Maduro Out This Year
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(VA) — Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced the "temporary" closure of her country's embassy and the withdrawal of diplomatic personnel from Venezuela, claiming Ottawa had "no choice." In a Sunday press statement, Freeland accused the Maduro government of haven "taken steps to limit the ability of foreign embassies to function" by failing to renew visas for …

Canada Closes Venezuelan Embassy as Guaido Promises Maduro Out This Year

The Dirty Truth About American Air Power
William J. Astore | thenation.com | 2019-06-05
The Dirty Truth About American Air Power…
thenation.com/article/american-air-power-bombing-afghanistan-iraq/

Australian Police Raid National Broadcaster Over Leaked Afghan War Crime Stories
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(ZH) — Australian federal police officers raided the Sydney headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) over a series of 2017 reports known as The Afghan Files, which exposed crimes committed by special forces in Afghanistan based on hundreds of pages of leaked defense documents marked AUSTEO (Australian Eyes Only). The incident marks Australia's second such move against journalists in just …
theantimedia.com/australian-police-raid-national-broadcaster-leaked-afghan-files/

Australian police powers risking the criminalisation of public interest journalism
GetUp! | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
This is unprecedented. | As I write, the Australian Federal Police are crawling through the headquarters of our national broadcaster. Accessing private emails. Scouring hard-drives. Rounding up handwritten notes. They have the power to collect, decrypt, alter and delete whatever they want.1 | Why? Because the ABC dared to report on allegations that Australian soldiers unlawfully killed children in Afghanistan.2…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823743.php

Trump 'prepared' to handle responsibility of launching nukes
rt.com | 2019-06-05
If and when the time comes, Donald Trump is prepared for the "tremendous responsibility" of pressing the nuclear button, the US president has said as Washington locks horns with a growing number of states. | …
rt.com/usa/461104-trump-prepared-responsibility-nukes/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-06-06 00:03 GMT (20:03 EST)

2019-06-04: News Headlines

WSWS (2019-06-04). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Mass protests are continuing in Brazil against education cuts by the right-wing Bolsanaro administration while striking Honduran teachers and doctors held protests against privatization of healthcare and education.

Staff (2019-06-04). U.S. Prepares Sanctions to Block Food Subsidy for Millions of Venezuelans. therealnews.com Over half of Venezuelans currently receive a direct food subsidy delivered to their neighborhoods. Trump officials say that they are looking for ways to sanctions these. Mike Fox reports from Venezuela about the program…

plenglish (2019-06-04). US Government for a New Discredit Campaign against Venezuela. plenglish.com 04 de junio de 2019, 10: 20Caracas, June 4 (Prensa Latina) The United States Government is on Tuesday insisting on bringing Venezuela into disrepute through a new campaign so as to further alienate global public opinion regarding the harsh situation in the South American nation, the Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza stated.

Eds. (2019-06-04). Constitution — Title I: Fundamental Principles (Art. 1-9). mronline.org Article 1: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent, basing its moral property and values of freedom, equality, justice and international peace on the doctrine of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator. Independence, liberty, sovereignty, immunity, territorial integrity and national self-determination are unrenounceable rights of the Nation. | Source

teleSUR (2019-06-04). UK's Khan Fires Back, Calls Trump 'Poster-Boy' for Far-Right. telesurenglish.net The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has fired back at U.S. President Donald Trump for his insults prior to landing in Great Britain for his short visit. | RELATED: | Trump Begins UK Visit by Insulting People, Endorsing Far-right | Khan called the U.S. President the 'poster-boy' for the far-right, pointing out that Trump has a large support base among the Alt-Right. | "Surely we should be saying 'listen, you know, you do realize you're a poster-boy for the far-right movement around t…

Earth First! (2019-06-04). Earth First! Journal Tour in Arcata. indybay.org Outer Space | 1100 M Street | Arcata, CA…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-04). Senegal's opposition calls for inquiry on BP gas deal. cgtn.com A group of opposition politicians in Senegal is demanding an investigation of two major offshore gas blocks run by British Petroleum (BP) after a report alleging fraud involving President Macky Sall's brother Aliou Sall. | Aliou Sall, brother of Senegalese President Macky Sall, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre | The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Monday published an investigation alleging that in a previously unpublished arrangement, BP agreed to pay Timis Corporation, a company run by Romanian-Australian tycoon Frank Timis, around $10 bil…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-04). Kenya to host Africa dairy conference in August. cgtn.com A shop steward arranges dairy products at the Quick Mart Lavington supermarket in Nairobi on January 24, 2019. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) | Kenya will host the 15th African dairy conference from Aug. 14 to 16, organizers announced on Tuesday. | Peter Ngaruiya, executive director of Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association, said in Nairobi that more than 600 delegates from 45 countries in Africa will attend the event to review ways to address the challenges affecting the dairy sector. | "Over 100 companies from China, India and Europe will also showcase the latest technology in the dairy industry…

Jason Ditz (2019-06-04). Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria, Killing 15. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — After killing ten people in a flurry of attacks early Sunday, Israeli warplanes continued with a second round of strikes into the evening, killing at least five more, and bringing the death toll to 15. Overall, four Syrian soldiers have been confirmed killed in the attacks, while seven others from the early attacks were described as foreign …

WSWS (2019-06-04). The fight against Trump must become the struggle for socialism. wsws.org Workers and young people wanting to fight against the growing danger of war and dictatorship, spearheaded by Trump's threats against China and Russia, must reject all calls for an alliance with rival capitalist powers and parties.

WSWS (2019-06-04). Warnings mount that trade war could bring recession. wsws.org Morgan Stanley said a global recession could start within nine months if the Trump administration goes ahead with its threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods and Beijing retaliates.

ILWU Local 10 May Day Committee (2019-06-04). Support ILWU Local 10 In Their Fight Against A's Stadium In The Port of Oakland Howard Terminal. indybay.org The ILWU Local 10 May Day committee is calling for support in the fight against the construction of the A's stadium on the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal.

plenglish (2019-06-04). China Issues Warning on Tourism Travels to US. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The Government of China on Tuesday issued a warning to those who want to visit the United States, claiming security issues related to frequent shootings, assaults and robberies in public places in that country.

WSWS (2019-06-04). SEP Australia meetings on Labor's election debacle and the defence of Assange. wsws.org The leftward movement of workers and youth can find no way expression within the present political framework. It must be developed into a conscious political movement, based on a socialist perspective.

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-06-04). My Father's Hidden Weapon: Reflections on WW II. counterpunch.org It must have been late 1943 and I was about ten months old. A woman who hated my father told the Germans in the village that my father was hiding a pistol at his house. In the German-occupied Greece of World War II, this was an accusation that could lead to death, indeed the murder More

ILWU Local 10 May Day Committee (2019-06-04). Support ILWU Local 10 In Their Fight Against A's Stadium In The Port of Oakland Howard Ter. indybay.org The ILWU Local 10 May Day committee is calling for support in the fight against the construction of the A's stadium on the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal.

Consortiumnews (2019-06-04). Reclaiming Billionaires' Wealth. consortiumnews.com Looking beyond classical economic models, Vince Taylor sees vast, private fortunes that belong mostly to society at large. By Vince Taylor Znet Hundreds of commentators have warned that extreme concentration of wealth threatens democracy and social stability. Not a day… Read more →

Serge Halimi (2019-06-04). US Gears Up for War With Iran. counterpunch.org Can a state that condemns, without real justification, an international disarmament treaty it spent years negotiating then threaten a co-signatory with military aggression? Can it order other countries to fall into line with its capricious, bellicose stance or face punitive sanctions? The US can. It's pointless trying to argue with the Trump administration's claimed reasons More

Howard Lisnoff (2019-06-04). "One, Two, Three Strikes, You're Out…" counterpunch.org Just when those who think the situation vis-à -vis U.S. militarism and empire can't get any worse, there are visible signs they are. Such was the visit to the militarized and right-wing government of Japan by Donald Trump. With new calls for impeachment—a grand waste of time at this point in Trump's disastrous presidency—readers might think More

Mark Weisbrot (2019-06-04). Puerto Rico's Botched Disaster Relief, Unsustainable Debt and Economic Failure Linked to Its Colonial Status. counterpunch.org Here is a scandal: Puerto Rico has a Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB), created by the US Congress and appointed by the president of the United States, in charge of its finances. Its budget, financed by Puerto Rico's taxpayers, is $1.5 billion over five years, or $300 million a year. How much money is More

South Front (2019-06-04). Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria. globalresearch.ca Overnight on June 2, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a missile strike on Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targets in the southern part of the country. According to the IDF, the missiles hit 2 artillery batteries, observation and intelligence …

George Szamuely (2019-06-04). Strange Defenders: Assange and the Press. globalresearch.ca In recent days, in response to the Trump administration's issuance on May 23 of a 17-charge indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a number of prominent liberal columnists and Democratic politicians have come out with highly critical comments. Understandably, …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-04). South Asia's Role in the Pentagon's "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" globalresearch.ca The US' recently released "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" envisages India playing a key role in this vast transregional space in order to "contain" China, while Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the text despite being one of the few nuclear weapons states, …

CGTN Africa (2019-06-04). Sudan military council calls for election in 9 months. cgtn.com Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Tuesday announced it had cancelled all previous agreements with the main opposition coalition and called for snap elections following deadly violence in the capital Khartoum. | Sudanese protesters gesture as they chant slogans along a street and demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians in Khartoum, Sudan, June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY | This is after security forces moved to disperse the main protest camp outside the Defence Ministry. | The announcement came as the military faced mounting internati…

WSWS (2019-06-04). Military massacres protesters in Sudan. wsws.org Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded Monday after troops broke up a sit-in in Khartoum with live ammunition.

teleSUR (2019-06-04). Sudanese Military Scraps All Agreements With Protesters. telesurenglish.net Sudan's ruling party, the Transitional Military Council (TMC), announced on Tuesday that they were canceling all of the agreements they made with the main opposition, vowing to hold elections within nine months. | RELATED: | Death Toll Climbs to 9 in Sudan After Security Forces Attack | This move by the Transitional Military Council came on the same day that the Sudanese military stormed a protest camp in Khartoum, killing at least 35 peaceful protesters. The group had earlier sa…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-04). UN Security Council to discuss Sudan crisis. cgtn.com The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Sudan after security forces violently broke up weeks of protests against military rule, leaving more than 30 dead. | FILE PHOTO: Members of Sudan's alliance of opposition and protest groups chant slogans outside Sudan's Central Bank during the second day of a strike, as tensions mounted with the country's military rulers over the transition to democracy, in Khartoum, Sudan May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo | UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that he was "alarmed" by reports th…

Robby Sherwin (2019-06-04). An Assault by Any Other Name. counterpunch.org The legal definition of assault: An assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal and/or civil liability. I believe it More

Michael Welton (2019-06-04). Education in the Service of Assimilation: The Founding Vision of Residential Schools in Canada. counterpunch.org Many of us can scarcely comprehend why a teacher might smack a child across the mouth with a ruler for "speaking Indian" (one of thousands of cruel acts perpetrated on Native children). They were stripped of their clothing and given a number upon entering the residential school. They were separated from their siblings by gender and removed from parental contact and community bonds. They were fed lousy food in lousy buildings. Around 6000 children died of various diseases, particularly tuberculosis. Their own spiritual traditions and practices were attacked mercilessly. Spiritual desolation awaited them down the r…

David Swanson (2019-06-04). You Can Almost Count on Each New Mass Shooter Being a Veteran. counterpunch.org "He enlisted in the Virginia National Guard in April 1996, according to spokesman A.A. Puryear. He was assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team as a 13B cannon crew member. He was discharged in April 2002 and held the rank of specialist at the time, the spokesman More

Sara Roy (2019-06-04). On Equating BDS With Anti-Semitism: a Letter to the Members of the German Government. counterpunch.org To the Members of the German Government: I write to you regarding the motion recently passed by the Bundestag that equated BDS with anti-Semitism. I also write to you as Jew, a child of Holocaust survivors and as a scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My mother, Taube, and father, Abraham, survived Auschwitz among other horrors. More

Manuel E. Yepe (2019-06-04). Bolton's Dangerous Psychopathology. counterpunch.org John Bolton has been saying for years that he wants to overthrow the Iranian government, but this time he seems to have gone too far, writes Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News and former correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Sunday Times of London and many other newspapers. "I met John Bolton and More

WSWS (2019-06-04). At least 116 injured in Russia factory explosions. wsws.org The blasts at the factory, which produces explosives for the Russian military, shattered windows in hundreds of buildings over a radius of at least 3 kilometers.

WSWS (2019-06-04). As Trump lands in UK, US threatens break in NATO alliance over EU army. wsws.org US officials have indicated that if the plans of Berlin and Paris for an EU army proceed, Washington might not defend the EU against a hypothetical Russian attack.

Henry Debnam (2019-06-04). Ukraine provides information on Russian net of agents in Kosovo. indybay.org Mass arrests in the framework of fighting illegal trade in Serbian enclaves in Kosovo drew attention of all international media.

RT (2019-06-04). Senate unanimously passes bill to deny entry to non-citizen 'election meddlers'. rt.com The Senate has unanimously approved a bill barring individuals "who improperly interfere" in US elections from entering the country, in a display of legislative virtue-signaling. It's unclear who the act is supposed to affect.

plenglish (2019-06-04). Cuban Vice President Meets with Russian Agriculture Minister. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, has met on Tuesday with Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitri Patrushev and Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov to review bilateral economic cooperation.

Tom Tomorrow (2019-06-04). Robert Mueller, American Sphinx. thenation.com Robert Mueller, American Sphinx…

WSWS (2019-06-04). Germany: Investigation into October Festival bombing to be concluded. wsws.org After the bombing attack, the investigating authorities sought to bury the links between the bomber and neo-Nazi and far right terrorist networks.

Peter Koenig (2019-06-04). The Murdering of Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange is being slowly murdered by "Her Majesty's Prison Service" at Belmarsh prison in the south-east of London. The prison is notorious for holding people who have never been charged with a crime indefinitely. It is also called the British version of Guantanamo, and, typically used to detain so-called terrorists, thus called by the …

teleSUR (2019-06-04). Indonesian Suicide Bomber Wounded After Botched Attempt. telesurenglish.net An Indonesian militant was seriously wounded on Tuesday when he attempted to blow himself up outside of a police station, the local authorities stated. | RELATED: | Indonesia's Mount Agung Volcano Grounds Flights After Splurting 4,600-Meter Ash Cloud | The unnamed militant was believed to have been influenced by the Islamic State terrorist group after investigators found information proving the 22-year-old's exposure to the organization. | "This was a suic…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-04). 'Blatant Attempt to Intimidate': Trump Administration Proposal Threatens Pipeline Protesters With Up to 20 Years in Prison. commondreams.org "This dangerous proposal threatens to undermine Americans' right to peaceful assembly and free speech." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dapl_protest_1_0_0.jpg…

RT (2019-06-04). Pompeo says US intel only OCCASIONALLY 'gets things wrong', after bragging about 'lying' CIA. rt.com US intelligence agencies occasionally make mistakes but should still be trusted and taken at their word, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who once famously boasted that the CIA "lies, cheats and steals."

Jerry Omondi (2019-06-04). UNHCR appeals for additional funding to mitigate effects of Somalia drought. cgtn.com The United Nations refugee agency has appealed for additional support top help people affected and displaced by drought in Somalia. | UNHCR says Somalia has been hit by a worsening drought in many parts of the country following failed rains in the "Deyr" (October — December 2018) and "Gu" (April-June 2019) rainy seasons. | The agency says that some 5.4 million people are expected to be food insecure by July. Of these, 2.2 million will be in severe conditions needing immediate emergency assistance unless aid is urgently scaled up. | The drought in the Horn of African country has also forced more than 49,0…

Eds. (2019-06-04). Revealed: the far right networks of deception. mronline.org In total, Avaaz reported over 500 suspect pages and groups to Facebook, which were followed by nearly 32 million people and generated over 67 million "interactions" (comments, likes, shares) in the last three months alone. | Source

Jerry Omondi (2019-06-04). CAF to hold emergency meeting in Paris following Champions League chaos. cgtn.com CAF President Ahmad Ahmad | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to hold an emergency meeting today in Paris following the events that marred the CAF Champions League final on June 1. | The match pit Tunisian side Esperance against Wydad Casablanca. Chaos ensued when the match officials declined to award Wydad a goal and did not also seek the assistance from the VAR to verify their decision. This angered Moroccan football fans and observers, who strongly argued that the decision of the referee was unjust. | The situation prompted wide backlash from football fans across the continent and worldwide.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-04). Nearly 100 Animal Rights Activists Arrested for Protesting 'Torturous Practices' at Duck Slaughterhouse. commondreams.org "The real criminality is the systemic torture and slaughter of billions of animals in the cruelest, filthiest, most sadistic conditions. But the police protect the corporate criminals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/animal_rights1.png…

Patrick Cockburn (2019-06-04). Why the US is Persecuting Assange. counterpunch.org I was in Kabul a decade ago when WikiLeaks released a massive tranche of US government documents about the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen. On the day of the release, I was arranging by phone to meet an American official for an unattributable briefing. I told him in the course of our conversation what I had just learned from the news wires.He was intensely interested and asked me what was known about the degree of classification of the files. When I told him, he said in a relieved tone: "No real secrets, then." More

Whitney Webb (2019-06-03). Bipartisan Support for Trump's Aggressive Iran Policy Reveals the Hollowness of Russiagate. mintpressnews.com While Russia often serves as a useful "boogeyman" for promoting militaristic policies, the odd moments when those same policies actually benefit Russia and avoid strong opposition from U.S. politicians and media provide a rare glimpse into the real motivations behind Cold War 2.0.

Miko Peled (2019-06-03). Netanyahu is Gambling on New Elections to Stay in Power. mintpressnews.com JERUSALEM — For the first time in the history of the state of Israel, the head of the party that won the largest number of seats has failed to form a coalition government. Rather than allowing the head of the party that came in second to attempt to form a government, the Knesset voted to hold re-elections only six weeks after Israelis first cast their ballots. | Could this be the end the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? It seems that this is indeed what the heads of several political parties here are determined to achieve. Not unlike hyenas who see a broken down and weak lion a…

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