(2021-06-05). Biden drops corporate tax increase and cuts infrastructure plan by over $1 trillion in negotiations with Republicans. wsws.org The White House has repeatedly appealed to the GOP to negotiate while simultaneously offering to scale back and cut the plan in response to every objection from congressional Republicans.
(2021-06-05). #FreeAlexSaab Delegation First Day in Cabo Verde: Access Denied to Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
June 4, 2021, Sal Island, Cabo Verde. In their first full day in Cabo Verde, the emergency human rights delegation met with Saab's lawyer and the Venezuelan ambassador, tried to meet with the local police commander, and saw first hand the prison-house where Mr. Saab is jailed, though the heavily armed guards prevented a visit. | A year ago, immediately after Alex Saab's plane was diverted to Cabo Verde for a technical fueling stop and he was forcibly taken off the plane, the Venezuelan government notified the Cabo Verdean authorities that Saab was a diplomat and thus protected from detention, according to Jose Ma…
(2021-06-05). The "Wuhan lab" lie and the political witch hunt against science. wsws.org Over the past week, the US media and the Biden administration have sought to legitimize the conspiracy theory that the world's leading scientists were engaged in a cover-up of the "Wuhan lab" origins of COVID-19.
(2021-06-05). Netanyahu pledges to destroy Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies. zcomm.org Netanyahu is telling Israelis that Bennett's will be a "far left government," even though it has far right parties in it, including that of its head…
(2021-06-05). The "Wuhan lab" lie and the political witch hunt against science. indybay.org Over the past week, the US media and the Biden administration have sought to legitimize the conspiracy theory that the world's leading scientists were engaged in a cover-up of the "Wuhan lab" origins of COVID-19.
(2021-06-05). Pacifica CRD & WorkWeek Covering Picketing & Block of Israeli Chartered Ship Volan At. indybay.org WorkWeek & Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy will be covering the picket of the Zim Ship Volan at the Port of Oakland…
(2021-06-05). Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…
(2021-06-05). Roman Protasevich, Casualty Of The Ryanair Incident In Belarus, Is Spilling The Beans. popularresistance.org 'Western' media, as well as other regime change activist claim that Protasevich must have been tortured to say what he says. However, aside from light handcuff marks at his wrists there is no evidence of that. Protasevich had previously been wounded when he fought in the fascist Ukrainian Azov battalion against the Donbas secessionists. He is a tough guy who will not be impressed by handcuffs which, by the way, police everywhere use for good reasons.
(2021-06-05). Palestinian Lives Still Won't Matter Under the Next Israeli Government. truthout.org 
In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the right-wing Likud leader who's held the office for the last 12 years. | If approved, the new coalition would anoint as prime minister Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports settlement expansion and annexation of much of the West Bank, and who is significantly further to the right than Netanyahu himself. In theory, if it stays in p…
(2021-06-05). Top ALEC Official Is Behind Conspiracy Theory-Fueled Arizona Ballot Audit. truthout.org 
The public face of the preposterous Maricopa County ballot audit is Republican Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann — who also serves as the second-highest ranking board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the country's pre-eminent pay-to-play corporate lobbying group. | The audit, which has now earned the nickname "
(2021-06-05). Greek workers intensify protests against labor bill. peoplesdispatch.org 
On Thursday, June 3, Greek trade unions organized massive mobilizations in Athens and other cities demanding the withdrawal of an anti-worker labor law proposed by the conservative New Democracy (ND)-led government. The call for the mobilization was given by trade unions, including All Workers Militant Front (PAME), and was supported by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and other organizations. Protests have been taking place in Greece since May when labor minister Kostis Hatzidakis outlined the bill which allows for employees to work up to 10 hours and an increase in overtime work, permits work on Sunday and a…
(2021-06-04). Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire. counterpunch.org Despite an existential climate crisis, Senator Chuck Schumer's $250-billion "United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021" takes aim at China as the most pressing national security threat. In a Cold War declaration, the New York Democrat's proposed legislation reads like the last gasp of a dying empire, a plea from a panicked superpower losing
(2021-06-04). Four Things to Know About Israel's New 'Change Coalition'. ips-dc.org In Israel's parliament, the Knesset, a broad but shaky new "change coalition" claims it's ready to finally oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the right-wing Likud leader who's held the office for the last 12 years. | If approved, the new coalition would anoint as prime minister Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports settlement expansion and annexation of much of the West Bank, and who is significantly further to the right than Netanyahu himself. In theory, if it stays in power for two years, the more centrist Yair Lapid would then take over as prime minister. But that's a big "if" [mdas…
(2021-06-04). Headlines for June 4, 2021. democracynow.org Activists Call U.S. Plan to Ship 25 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Abroad "Deeply Insufficient", WHO Warns of Surging COVID-19 Cases in Africa as Vaccine Shipments Come to "Near Halt", Chinese Authorities Ban Hong Kong Vigil Commemorating Tiananmen Massacre, Arrest Organizer, Peruvian Presidential Runoff Pits Ex-Dictator's Daughter Against Socialist School Teacher, 89 Politicians Killed in Run-up to Mexican Midterm Elections, Lawyers for Guantánamo Prisoner Challenge Judge's Order Permitting Use of Info Obtained by Torture, Watchdog Says Pentagon Grossly Misrepresented Civilian Casualties from U.S. Military, U.N. Sa…
(2021-06-04). The more it Changes . . . What can we Expect from the new Unity Coalition Government in Israel? juancole.com 
By John Strawson | — Israeli politics are entering a new chapter. After inconclusive elections in March, a politically diverse coalition has formed to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 years as prime minister. The eight-party coalition is led by right-winger Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid. The two will take turns as prime minister, with Bennett …
(2021-06-04). The Geneva Summit: Biden and Putin Need to Pull Back From the Nuclear Brink. counterpunch.org When Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, relations between their countries will be the most fraught since the Cold War ended 30 years ago. Recent Russian provocations — the hacking of sensitive U.S. government and corporate computers, meddling in the last two U.S. presidential elections,
(2021-06-04). Facebook Bans Trump for Two Years Over Public Safety Risk. telesurenglish.net Facebook announced on Friday it had banned the account of U.S. former President Donald Trump for two years, following an inquiry by its Oversight Board into the Capitol riots, on January 6, 2021, ahead of Joe Biden's inaugurations. | RELATED: | "Given the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr. Trump's suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available…
(2021-06-04). Julian Assange's Father And Brother Announce US Tour. popularresistance.org The father and brother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are planning a nationwide tour of the United States next month to advocate for the release of the detained journalist and for the Biden administration to drop its extradition effort—and to highlight the broader implications that his prosecution has for global press freedom. | John and Gabriel Shipton, Assange's father and brother, will kick off the #HomeRun4Julian tour in Miami on June 6, then travel to over a dozen U.S. cities for the rest of the month, wrapping up in Washington, D.C. in July. Some events will be live-streamed, and the pair plans t…
(2021-06-04). US To Send Millions Of COVID-19 Doses To LATAM and the Caribbean. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he plans to send the first tranche of approximately six million COVID-19 doses for South and Central America in the upcoming days. | RELATED: | The White House informed the doses will be donated to Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Haiti, and countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). | "Biden's a…
(2021-06-04). Biden's Phony Fiscal Policy: Cuts Corp Taxes & Infrastructure Spending. globalresearch.ca I don't often …
(2021-06-04). Biden Capitulates: Cuts Corp Taxes & Further Cuts Infrastructure Spending. zcomm.org Biden and Dems once again clearly and prematurely are willing to capitulate to McConnell and corporate interests. Then again, maybe the capitulation was all planned to get to this place months ago…
(2021-06-04). The Fight Against Fascism Isn't Over. zcomm.org Interview on the state of fascism in the Biden era, mutual aid and building movements during an era of collapse…
(2021-06-04). Roaming Charges: Trumpism With a Human(oid) Face. counterpunch.org As an orator, Biden has never been known for his clarity. This can often seem like an endearing quirk of his perpetually twisted-tongue. But it's also strategic. It serves him to be opaque about where he really stands on policies, from the US role in Afghanistan to student debt relief. But there are a few occasions when Biden is crystal clear and direct, when you can take his words to the bank and cash them in. Let us go back, then, to the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, whose Bemelmans Bar is now bereft of the squeaks and honks of Woody Allen's clarinet. During the heat of the 2019 primary campaign, Biden huddled wi…
(2021-06-04). U.S. Finally Offers to Send Vaccines Abroad, But Lack of Global Plan Leaves Poorer Nations in Crisis. democracynow.org 
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that the U.S. will donate 25 million surplus doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, pledging to donate a total of 80 million doses by July. Economist Jeffrey Sachs says rich countries have enough production capacity to speed up vaccine distribution and immunize the whole world within the next year. "There's massive supply, but there's no plan for allocation," he says. We also speak with South African health justice activist Fatima Hassan, who says the global vaccine imbalance comes down to political will. "Even now countries are still sitting around a ta…
(2021-06-04). Israel's Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Outgoing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to form a government as the deadline ran out on Thursday, but he swung into action in an attempt to stop his rivals from forming one, either. A successful prime minister would have to be able pass a confidence vote in …
(2021-06-04). Biden to Confront Putin with Human Rights Issue. globalresearch.ca The American media …
(2021-06-04). Sunrise Movement Calls on Biden to Stop Compromising With Republicans on Climate. truthout.org 
As President Joe Biden looks to cut an Varshini Prakash, Sunrise…
(2021-06-04). Two Iranian Ships, One Loaded With Fast Missile Craft Sailing Toward The Atlantic. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Two Iranian navy ships heading to the Americas are expected to soon enter the Atlantic Ocean, posing an alleged problem for the Biden Administration, Days earlier,
(2021-06-04). Biden's Unconscionable Military Budget. counterpunch.org The Biden administration recently released its final budget proposal for fiscal year 2022. There are some good things in the budget. It rightly calls for major increases in domestic investment, especially for green infrastructure jobs and programs to support families, and funds them with taxes on corporations and the wealthy. But at the same time,
(2021-06-04). US Taps Groups to Pick Asylum-Seekers to Allow Into Country. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that block people from seeking asylum.
(2021-06-04). "Disaster Patriarchy": V (Eve Ensler) on How the Pandemic Has Unleashed a War on Women. democracynow.org 
The pandemic has led to a sharp rise in gender-based violence, job losses in female-dominated industries, greater parenting duties for mothers, and other pressures that primarily fall on women around the world. These effects amount to a kind of "disaster patriarchy" in which "men exploit a crisis to reassert control and dominance and rapidly erase the hard-earned rights of women," says V, the artist and activist formerly known as Eve Ensler. "Women are losing their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed onto the frontlines, where they are often used, unprotected and sac…
(2021-06-04). Bernie Sanders must stop whitewashing Israel's next racist government. electronicintifada.net The coalition-in-waiting is another collection of genocidal extremists.
(2021-06-04). Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn't. liberationnews.org 
The "pro-democracy" protest movement was led by privileged, well-connected students from elite universities who were explicitly calling for the replacement of socialism with capitalism.
(2021-06-04). #FreeAlexSaab International Delegation About to Land in Cape Verde. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, June 4 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The International #FreeAlexSaab Solidarity Committee emergency delegation is about to land in Cape Verde, following a long trip that took it to Portugal, before boarding a plane for the Sal Island of Cape Verde. | Heading the humanitarian delegation is Cape Verdean religious leader Bishop Felipe Teixeira, joined by Cape Verdean politician Pericles Tavares, and human rights activists Sara Flounders of International Action Center, and Roger Harris of Task Force on the Americas. | The delegation to Cape Verde will evaluate the flagrant violation of Saab's diplomatic immunit…
(2021-06-04). Massive response of Greek workers to attack on the eight-hour day. workers.org 
For the past month, Greek workers have been protesting the right-wing New Democracy government's attempt to enshrine a 10-hour work day into law — as well as serious restrictions on the right to strike and other rights workers have won over decades of struggle. New Democracy has justified these attacks . . . |
(2021-06-04). Washington State victories: Tax the rich, curb emissions, stop gun violence. peoplesworld.org 
OLYMPIA, Wash.—A capital gains tax on the state's billionaires. A "cap and trade" tax on global-warming gases. Legislation to curb police murder of African Americans and other people of color. A ban on "open carry" of firearms at street demonstrations and on the state's capitol grounds. These are only a few of the landmark bills …
(2021-06-04). Republican governors yank unemployment aid even as jobs shortfall continues. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Private employers claimed to add 492,000 net new jobs in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported June 4. Governments added 67,000 more. That, and the drop in monthly joblessness from 6.1% in April to 5.8% in May, is good news. The bad news, coming virtually every day, is that Republican governors are cutting off …
(2021-06-04). Who is the arch-racist poised to head Israeli government? liberationnews.org 
A new coalition has selected Naftali Bennett, an arch racist, to head the Israeli government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister.
(2021-06-04). FBI Probes Allegation That DeJoy Used Illegal Scheme to Rise as GOP Megadonor. truthout.org 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating Republican campaign donations in connection to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his former company. | As first
(2021-06-04). Democracy on the Precipice? counterpunch.org Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi Goita launches another coup in Mali. Benjamin Netanyahu escalates a military conflict to save his own political skin in Israel. In the United States, the Republican Party launches a full-court press to suppress the vote. Authoritarianism, like war, makes headlines. It's hard
(2021-06-04). Naphtali Bennett to head Israeli "government of change" to oust Netanyahu. wsws.org Bennett will head a deeply unstable, unprincipled coalition with a majority of one in the 120-seat Knesset.
(2021-06-04). Naftali Bennett to head Israeli "government of change" to oust Netanyahu. wsws.org Bennett will head a deeply unstable, unprincipled coalition with a majority of one in the 120-seat Knesset.
(2021-06-04). 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.
(2021-06-04). Lies About January 6. counterpunch.org History is being rewritten. The scribes this time around are Republicans; their subject is the January 6 insurrection. Unfortunately for the GOP, this won't fly. In order to successfully rewrite recent history, the apparatchiks in charge need totalitarian control of their country. We learned this from Stalin. The GOP has nowhere near total control of
(2021-06-04). Corporate Media vs. Bolivian Democracy. latinorebels.com Latino Rebels Radio: June 4, 2021…