(2021-06-06). China condemns U.S. for blacklisting Chinese firms. ecns.cn A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday that China firmly opposes U.S. President Joe Biden's signing of an order to ban investment in dozens of Chinese companies.
(2021-06-06). Joe the Revelator. counterpunch.org "China has an overall goal … to become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in the world, and the most powerful country in the world. That's not going to happen on my watch." Joe Biden, March 26, 2021 There it is, plain and raw, the abiding essence of the American elite's foreign […] | To read this article,
(2021-06-06). 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.
(2021-06-06). Critics Call Biden's Vaccine Sharing Plan 'Woefully Inadequate'. popularresistance.org The White House announced Thursday its plan to donate 25 million excess Covid-19 vaccine doses to other nations—a plan progressives described as an "inadequate" response to the ongoing pandemic, urging the Biden administration to invest $25 billion to ramp-up global vaccine manufacturing. | According to he Associated Press, the U.S. "aims to share 80 million doses globally by the end of June, most through COVAX," the United Nations-backed program for global vaccine sharing. "Of the first tranche of 25 million doses, the White House said about 19 million will go to COVAX," with the remaining 6 million direct…
(2021-06-06). Sheikh Jarrah defenders Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd detained by Israeli occupation: Take action! samidoun.net 
On Sunday morning, 6 June, Palestinian activists from Sheikh Jarrah, twin brother and sister Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd, 23, were seized by Israeli occupation forces. Both Muna and Mohammed have appeared extensively in Arab and international media, including CNN, MSNBC and Democracy Now, highlighting the Israeli state and settlers' attempts to steal their family home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. Their massive reach on social media has allowed them to tell the story of Palestinian Jerusalemites to millions, with Muna having over 1 million Instagram followers and Mohammed with hundreds of thousands of twitt…
(2021-06-06). Six Killed In SDF Attack On Turkish-Backed Militants In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
FILE IMAGE: sdf-press.com | Late on June 5, fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attacked positions of Turkish-backed militants near the town of Ras al-Ain in northeastern Syria. | SDF fighters passed the defences of Turkish-backed forces in the area of al-Arish in the vicinity of Ras al-Ain then engaged in heavy clashes with the militants. | A source in the Syrian National Army (SNA), an umbrella group for Turkish-backed militants, told the Istanbul-based Syria TV that four militants were killed and three…
(2021-06-06). Economy on bumpy road, Republicans end benefits. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday June 4, the U.S. Department of Labor monthly report on the job market for May 2021 showed that 559,000 new jobs were created, bouncing back from the poor showing the month before. But the economy remained down 7.6 million jobs from February 2020, when the recession began. If job creation continues at the same rate as in May, it would still take until summer of 2022 to reach the pre-pandemic level. | But this is unlikely, given all the shortages showing up in the economy. Shortages of computer chips have slowed car production. Shortages of lumber are crimping housing construction and drivi…
(2021-06-06). [Research Paper] Uncovering transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreaks: A region-wide comprehensive retrospective study in Hong Kong. thelancet.com With the discovered cross-district or cross-population transmission patterns, all of the waves of COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong can be systematically scrutinized. Among all districts, quite a few (e.g., the Yau Tsim Mong district) were instrumental in spreading the virus throughout the pandemic. Aside from being exceptionally densely populated, these districts were also social-economic centers. With a variety of situated public venues, such as restaurants and singing/dancing clubs, these districts played host to all kinds of social gathering events, thereby providing opportunities for widespread and rapid trans…
(2021-06-06). Monday 6/7: End U.S. Poverty! San Francisco Rally for HR 438: Third Reconstruction w/ CA PPC. indybay.org SF District Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 90 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; | Masks and Safety Distancing Required | PPC nationwide rallies livestream here: www.facebook.com/anewppc/…
(2021-06-06). 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…
(2021-06-06). Israel, 'Only Mideast Democracy,' Criminalizes Journalism, arrests Al Jazeera Reporter for Covering E. Jerusalem; What is being Covered Up? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli police took another step toward criminalizing journalism on Saturday when they arrested al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara al-Budeiri while she was covering a demonstration in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the Naksa, the Setback. That term is how is how Palestinians refer to …
(2021-06-06). Rojava's everyday democracy. zcomm.org Drawing on first-hand experience in Rojava, Ramazan Mendanlioglu explores how radical decentralisation and self-administration look in practice…
(2021-06-06). Israel's New Government Will Deepen Rifts, not Heal Them. dissidentvoice.org The photo was unprecedented. It showed Mansour Abbas, leader of an Islamist party for Palestinians in Israel, signing an agreement on Wednesday night to sit in a "government of change" alongside settler leader Naftali Bennett. Caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fervently try to find a way to break up the coalition in the next few …
(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). 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). It's Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump. cepr.net 
To repeat my standard disclaimer, I know this sort of comparison is silly, but I also know that Trump and the Republicans would be touting this to the sky if the shoe were on the other foot. So, here's the latest, the economy has created almost 2.2 million jobs in fours months under Biden. It …
(2021-06-05). Rinse and Repeat: Will Biden Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba a Priority? orinocotribune.com By Medea Benjamin — Jun 1, 2021 | Despite talk that his administration's Cuba policy will be guided by human rights concerns, Biden seems more concerned about catering to right-wing Cuban Americans in southern Florida than changing the decades of entrenched American policy. | Havana — Silvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the
(2021-06-05). The Aimless Empire. popularresistance.org Bitter and frightening realities face us four months into Joe Biden's presidency. On the domestic side it is a Potemkin village, behind the faàßades of which lies a slum of unfulfilled promises that are no longer even part of the Washington discourse. That is the bitter part. | The frightening part is this: Biden and the amateurs he has named as statesmen and stateswomen do not have an inconsistent foreign policy, or a miscalculated foreign policy, or a confused foreign policy. Such shortcomings and weaknesses might be repaired. This flummoxed bunch does not have a foreign policy. And the world's most power…
(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). Can Biden's Infrastructure Plan Peel-Off Blue-Collar Workers from the Republicans? zcomm.org The Democrats have been losing blue-collar voters for the last decade; this legislation could reverse that trend…
(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). House Democrats Press Biden to Support Major Investment in Global Vaccine Supply. truthout.org 
Welcoming President Joe Biden's new Specifically,…
(2021-06-05). Anti-Asian Violence Didn't Start or End With Trump's White House. truthout.org 
Recently, President Joe Biden As the bill was headed to the Senate for a vote in April, over 85 Asian American and L…
(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). Israel's new government doesn't give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach. juancole.com 
By Ian Parmeter | — Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that's just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight parties in the coalition range from the right-wing nationalist Yamina party to social-democratic Labor and left-wing Meretz. And for the first time in Israeli history, the coalition includes an Arab-Israeli …
(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). Manbij Is In Chaos Amid Civil Protests And Growing Tensions Between SDF And Locals. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Submitted by Khaled Iskef | The "Manbij Civil Council" of the so-called "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" issued a decision to end the curfew ban imposed in the city of "Manbij" in the province of Aleppo. The curfew was imposed following events that took place in the region in the past days. | The council, controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (dominated by Kurdish YPG), claimed that the decision came after a calm returned to the region. The curfew was imposed i…
(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…
(2021-06-05). 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). 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). Roman Protasevich, Casualty Of The Ryanair Incident, 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. | During the Korea war U.S. pilots, captured by China, admitted to dropping biological weapons on China. The U.S. long denied the use of biological weapons and claim…