(2021-06-03). China Urges U.S. to Clarify Doubts over its Bio-labs. dissidentvoice.org The Biden administration is pressing for an investigation into a possible leak from the Wuhan bio-lab of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. China has called for the same transparency from the United States bio-labs.
(2021-06-03). Texas Republicans Want to Make It Easier to Overturn Elections. thenation.com Texas Republicans Want to Make It Easier to Overturn Elections…
(2021-06-03). It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections. thenation.com It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections…
(2021-06-03). 'Our Entire Democracy Is Now at Risk'. zcomm.org "We urge members of Congress to do whatever is necessary—including suspending the filibuster—in order to pass national voting and election administration standards."
(2021-06-03). Congressional Labor Caucus urges Biden to OK anti-virus standard. peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-06-03). Biden Should Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba "A Priority" counterpunch.org Silvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the donations page for "Syringes to Cuba" as Carlos Lazo promotes the campaign on his popular Facebook livestream. An energetic Cuban-American high school teacher in Seattle, Lazo created a group called Puentes de Amor, Bridges of Love, to unite Cuban Americans
(2021-06-03). Biden Administration Proposes to Allow Oil Companies to Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska's Arctic. globalresearch.ca The Biden administration …
(2021-06-03). Trinidad & Tobago Addresses COVID-19 Response With the US. telesurenglish.net Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Keith Rowley on Thursday held a telephone conference meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to address the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | The meeting comes following U.S President Joe Biden's intention to donate 80 million COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, 75 percent of which will be delivered through the COVAX initiative. | On Saturday…
(2021-06-03). A Letter to Biden From Jimmy Carter's Biographer. thenation.com A Letter to Biden From Jimmy Carter's Biographer…
(2021-06-03). More than McCarthyism: the attack on activism students don't learn about from their textbooks. mronline.org 
In legislatures across the country, Republican lawmakers are introducing bills to curtail what educators—in public schools and universities—can say and teach about racism and sexism. | June 3, 2021…
(2021-06-03). Why do White Republicans oppose Black Lives Matter? mronline.org 
Look what they're watching. | June 3, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-03). Police Are Backing Bills That Make It Easier to Crush Nonviolent Protests. truthout.org 
Following the global wave of demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, Republican state legislatures mounted a counterattack, introducing a deluge of "anti-riot" bills designed to make it easier for law enforcement to clamp down on demonstrations perceived as disorderly. | According to a PEN America
(2021-06-03). Rights groups sign letter denouncing human rights abuses in Egypt. peoplesdispatch.org 63 international human rights and civil society organizations signed a letter calling on the Egyptian government to "immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent," Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday, June 1. Among the prominent organizations that signed the letter are Access Now, Freedom House, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), EuroMed Rights, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Odhikar Bangladesh, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Egyptian Human Rights Forum. | The letter urges the…
(2021-06-03). Britain: Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson and the erosion of democracy. greenleft.org.au Despite dumping on his former boss Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings has played his own role in the hollowing out Britain's democracy, writes Simon Hannah.
(2021-06-03). From Negroland to Negro Bar, 20th Anniversary Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration. indybay.org Normal community outreach, historical preservation standards and basic dignity remains elusive at Negro Bar / Negro Hill Mining District due to the historic seasonal hate crimes against humanity, cloaked as equity and inclusion in this latest effort to insist on second class citizenship for people of Pan African ancestry.
(2021-06-03). Democracy: On the Precipice? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — If we extrapolate from the current trend lines, democracy will be gone in a couple decades, melted away like the polar ice. But although down, democracy is not out. By John Feffer | June 2, 2021 Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi …
(2021-06-03). What's Up With the Sudden Attacks on Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory? zcomm.org What appears to be a dispute about academics is really a political tactic in the ongoing campaign to privatize public schools…
(2021-06-03). 100+ Democracy Scholars Issue Dire Warning About Threats to Voting Rights in US. zcomm.org "Our democracy is fundamentally at stake. History will judge what we do at this moment."
(2021-06-02). Colombia's Partnership with NATO Allows It to Breach Human Rights Without Condemnation. globalresearch.ca Since Joe Biden's …
(2021-06-02). Syria's elections: "The legitimate, democratic expression of the Syrian people." workers.org 
Statement from the International Delegation to the 2021 Syrian Presidential Election This independent delegation was assembled to witness the May 26, 2021, presidential election in Syria and to investigate on-the-ground conditions of Syrian life in the current period. Activists and journalists from Palestine, Syria, South Africa, France, Canada and the . . . |
(2021-06-02). SEIU1000 Pres Elect Richard Brown On Election, Privatization, Democrats & SEIU. indybay.org SEIU 1000 President Elect Richard Lewis Brown is interviewed about his election, the corruption, privatization and the Democrats including former Governor Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom who have attacked their wages benefits and pensions. Brown says he wants to shut off money to the politicians and also find out what the affiliation agreement with the union was with the SEIU.
(2021-06-02). Dual Elections at Pacifica in June Reveal Dueling Futures for Pacifica. indybay.org Democracy, diversity, accountability and community radio are at stake if the New Day Pacifica Bylaws revision passes, and the likely outcome is triage of assets and narrowing of the range of political and cultural expression on Pacifica's airwaves.
(2021-06-02). Israel: Coalition Deal Reached To Oust Netanyahu. telesurenglish.net Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Wednesday that a deal was reached to form a coalition government that would end the 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | RELATED: | The statement by centrist Lapid and his main partner, nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett, came about 30 minutes before a midnight deadline to put together a new governing coalition following the March 23 elections. | An…
(2021-06-02). America is Going to Descend Very Deep Into Fascism Before a Revolution Happens Here. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 30, 2021 | Behind the momentary facade of the Biden administration's woke imperialism, America's fascist movement is growing at a far faster rate than most are willing to see. This is apparent in the
(2021-06-02). Biden budget: Boosts workers, families, corporate tax hikes. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—If a federal budget blueprint is a political roadmap, and it is, then President Biden's $6 trillion spending plan for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 is a roadmap of progressive priorities. And it drew praise from union leaders and backers of reproductive choice. They hailed Biden's proposal to eliminate the ban on using federal …
(2021-06-02). Biden Joins Long Line of Presidents to 'Woefully' Undercount Civilians Killed in US Wars. commondreams.org "Almost 20 years into our country's unending conflicts, the Biden administration joins its predecessors in undercounting the number of civilians… killed or injured in U.S. military operations overseas," says Hina Shamsi of the ACLU. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mosul.2600×1361.jpg …
(2021-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Addresses Voting, Racial Wealth Gap as He Visits Tulsa Race Massacre Site on 100th Anniversary, 100+ Scholars Call for Congressional Action to Enact Federal Voting Rights Protections, Biden Ends Contested Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Rights Groups Call for End to Repressive, Invasive Technologies in Immigration Practices, Washington State's Most Populous County Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology, Biden Administration Suspends Oil & Gas Leases in ANWR But Defends Massive "Willow" Project, Three Bombs Kill 10 People, Disable Electric Grid in Kabul, Sri Lanka Shoreline Coated in Plastic Debris f…
(2021-06-02). As Biden Marks 100 Years Since Tulsa Massacre, Calls Grow for Reparations to Close Racial Wealth Gap. democracynow.org 
President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the single greatest acts of racist terrorism in U.S. history. Over a span of 18 hours, a white mob burned down what was known as "Black Wall Street," the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, and killed an estimated 300 African Americans. Duke University professor William Darity says it's "very impressive" that a sitting U.S. president highlighted the Tulsa race massacre and its lingering effects, but he says he's skeptical that Biden's economic proposals do enough to close the racial we…
(2021-06-02). The Putin-Biden Summit: Is Putin Walking into a Propaganda Trap? globalresearch.ca Before we give …
(2021-06-02). Biden's Military Budget Is Unconscionable. commondreams.org "Around half of all military spending goes not to the troops or their families or to any critical safety need, but to military contracting corporations with millionaire CEOs." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden-pentagon-2600×1361.jpg …
(2021-06-02). Comment on Biden Administration Report on Civilians Killed or Injured in Military Operations Abroad. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-06-02). The Fight Against Fascism Isn't Over. truthout.org 
"We're talking about a heavily armed populace that's self traumatizing through its own mythology," says author Shaney Burley. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly Hayes talks with Burley about the state of fascism in the Biden era, mutual aid and building movements during an era of collapse. | Music by TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to "Movement Memos," a…
(2021-06-02). OPINION: Will Latino Students Finally Become Visible Under a Biden Administration? latinorebels.com Latinos represent the fastest-growing share of the U.S. labor force. Our educational attainment is intrinsically tied to the future of this nation.
(2021-06-02). US Troops Die for World Domination, Not Freedom. orinocotribune.com 
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 31, 2021 | Vice President Kamala Harris Apparently the likely future president
(2021-06-02). Covid-19, our Public Schools and the Real-Time Lessons of Civic Democracy. juancole.com 
By Belle Chesler | ( Tomdispatch.com) — It seems appropriate that the 2020-2021 school year in Portland, Oregon, began amid toxic smoke from the catastrophic wildfires that blanketed many parts of the state for almost two weeks. The night before the first day of school, the smoke alarm in my bedroom went off. Looking back, …
(2021-06-02). "A Massive Crisis": Majority of U.S. Mass Shootings Have Links to Domestic Violence. democracynow.org 
With the U.S. marking at least 242 mass shootings so far in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive, we speak with policy expert Julia Weber about the link between gun violence and domestic violence. "We know that this is a massive crisis that we need to address much more effectively," says Weber, the implementation director at the Giffords Law Center. A 2020 Bloomberg analysis looking at nearly 750 mass shootings over a six-year span found about 60% of the shootings were either domestic violence attacks or committed by men with histories of domestic violence.
(2021-06-02). 100+ Democracy Scholars Issue Dire Warning About Threats to Voting Rights in US. truthout.org 
I cannot write computer code, and I have no idea how to make a decent roux. The engine block on a standard-issue Honda may as well be a Rubik's Cube to me. I don't know how to serve drinks to 25 people simultaneously from behind the bar on a busy game day. I couldn't begin to conduct an autopsy, or a symphony. In a million years I would not try to drive an 18-wheeler through a Colorado snowstorm, because I would die explosively for lack of experience. I do what I do, and am thrilled on the…
(2021-06-02). From Negroland to Negro Bar, 20th Anniversary Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration. indybay.org Normal community outreach, historical preservation standards and basic dignity remains elusive at Negro Bar / Negro Hill Mining District due to the historic seasonal hate crimes against humanity, cloaked as equity and inclusion in this latest effort to insist on second class citizenship for people of Pan African ancestry.
(2021-06-02). The Booming Economy vs. Debt and Deficit Fears. counterpunch.org Most of the data on the economy is looking very good these days. The number of weekly unemployment claims has fallen sharply. Levels are still high, but just over half the level we were seeing earlier this year. And, this is before all the moves by Republican governors to cut back benefits, so the decline
(2021-06-02). OPINION: Will VP Harris Continue to Overlook Guatemalan History? latinorebels.com The question to ask is simple: Will the message finally change or will we continue to see a tone-deaf administration ignore history?>