(2021-06-10). Treaty People Gathering starts summer of resistance to Line 3. fightbacknews.org Coffee Pot Landing Bridge, MN – More than 2000 people protested at the Treaty People Gathering on June 7 at Coffee Pot Landing, a metal bridge over the Mississippi River, near Itasca State Park and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The protest was a part of a three day event to build public pressure to stop the construction of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline. The pipeline expansion will bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. |
| The focus of the action was to stop work on Line 3 as well as to send a message to President Biden to halt pipe…
(2021-06-09). Head of OAS Mission Congratulates Perú for Transparent Elections. orinocotribune.com Paraguayan Rubén Ramírez, head of the Electoral Observation Mission of the embattled Organization of American States (OAS) to Perú, congratulated the country's electoral authorities for the use of "mechanisms that contribute to the transparency of the electoral processes and provide certainty to the citizens," reported the news agency EFE. | In a video message broadcast on OAS social media networks, Ramírez stressed that last Sunday Peruvians went to the polls "to express their will in a peaceful and democratic manner" and recognized the electoral authorities "for the organization of a highly complex process, mar…
(2021-06-09). Headlines for June 9, 2021. democracynow.org VP Harris Meets with Mexico's AMLO, Faces Backlash for Not Visiting U.S. Southern Border, Over 2,000 Migrant Children Might Still Be Separated from Families, Activists Call on Thomson Reuters to Cut Ties with ICE, Biden Ends Weeks-Long Talks on Infrastructure as New Bipartisan Groups Aim to Reach Compromise, Manchin Remains Steadfast in Opposition to Voting Rights Bill in Face of Mounting Pressure, "Planned in Plain Sight": Senate Report Details Security Failures Ahead of Jan. 6 Insurrection, Vaccination Key to Curbing Spread of Delta COVID Variant; CDC Updates Coronavirus Travel Guidance, International Sting Lea…
(2021-06-09). Mexico: President AMLO Meets Vice President Kamala Harris. globalresearch.ca Since the beginning …
(2021-06-09). Tom's personal view from inside today's Pacifica National Board. indybay.org KPFA and Pacifica radio stations members vote on democratic control of management. At steak is the detreating quality of news and public affairs' with a replacement set of bylaws election happening now in June.
(2021-06-09). Saving Democracy in America. counterpunch.org American history is replete with warnings of impending disaster that went unheeded: Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and more recently the climate crisis, Covid-19, and 1/6. Now comes another warning, a "Statement of Concern" (June 1, 2021) from more than 100 authorities on democracy who tell us that the Republicans' war on elections—their refusal to accept the
(2021-06-09). New Poll Says Democrats Could Win Over Swing Voters With Paid Leave Legislation. zcomm.org The poll finds that Democrats could gain a considerable advantage in the next election if they champion paid family and sick leave for all workers, which is supported by 84 percent of likely swing state voters…
(2021-06-09). Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species to strengthen a landmark law while addressing climate change. The reviews by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are aimed at …
(2021-06-09). Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the challenge? nationofchange.org Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
(2021-06-09). Pentagon chief: NATO ready to fight and win if deterrence fails. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon chief: NATO ready to fight and win if deterrence failsRick Rozoff Two days ago President Joe Biden, a staunch war hawk and NATO champion for half a century (no one before has become head of state in any nation with a résumé remotely approximating his in those regards) and Raytheon's favorite defense chief Lloyd …
(2021-06-09). What to Expect When Biden, Erdogan Meet. globalresearch.ca Expectations are soaring …
(2021-06-09). True Color of Biden(aka Bait-and-Switch maestro!). indybay.org Breaking News! The Biden administration is ready to CUT corporate taxes to just 15%! That's lower than the T-Rump giveaway of 21%(cut from the prior 35%), and it's freaking LOWER than the 19% that middle-class taxpayers have to fork over to the IRS!
(2021-06-09). Biden to Set Up 'Strike Force' to Go After China on Trade. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration
(2021-06-09). Biden's "Bipartisanship" Has Let Manchin Take the Infrastructure Bill Hostage. truthout.org 
The time-eating puppet show playing out between President Biden and Senate Republicans over the infrastructure bill has concluded its first phase. Each side played their roles well, if you're into that sort of thing. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the West Virginia lawmaker leading the Senate GOP group in the negotiations, continued to hand Biden bag after bag of unworkable GOP "ideas," while Biden held tight to the mantle of Bipartisan-Guy-in-Chief, even as he swatted down Capito's nonsense sugges…
(2021-06-09). Most Voters Prefer Biden's Infrastructure Plan Over Smaller GOP Proposal. truthout.org 
Slightly more Americans prefer President Joe Biden's plan for infrastructure than the Republican plan, according to a new poll. Also, most of the people polled voiced support for funding any package through raising corporate taxes, as opposed to the GOP-backed idea of funding upgrades to the nation's infrastructure through user fees, which would affect everyone, including low-income working people. | Negotiations between Biden and a group of Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (…
(2021-06-09). Shocking Video Shows Officer Tasering Teenage Refugee from Honduras at Children's Shelter in Texas. democracynow.org 
The Biden administration has vowed to take a compassionate approach to migrants and asylum seekers who are fleeing violence, poverty and persecution, but a damning new investigation reveals the mistreatment of children upon their arrival to the border. The report found more than 80 children in government-funded shelters were turned over to local law enforcement when they engaged in behavior common for kids, especially those who have been through trauma. Many were arrested for fighting, breaking property or mental health crises, and police body-camera footage obtained by Reveal shows at least one child was tasered…
(2021-06-09). No Generation Without Representation. thenation.com No Generation Without Representation…
(2021-06-09). Biden embarks on 8-day Europe trip with G7 stop first. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — President Joe Biden left the US for Britain Wednesday to start an eight-day mission to rebuild trans-Atlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia.
(2021-06-09). U.S. Embassies Should Fly the Stars & Stripes, Not Serve as Virtue-Signaling Outposts to Every Politicized Movement. strategic-culture.org The White House must resist the temptation to hoist troublesome false flags which do nothing to promote international diplomacy, Robert Bridge writes. | The Biden administration, heavily influenced by the radical progressive wing of the Democratic Party, has given U.S. diplomatic missions the authority to raise the standards of fiercely politicized domestic movements, even as a group of Republicans attempt to halt the political circus. | In honor of June 'Pride month,' 30 action-packed days of politically charged charades, parades and hefty corporate sponsorship devoted to coddling sexual lifestyles, the Biden ad…
(2021-06-09). Kamala Harris's anti-immigrant tour: Identity politics in service of imperialism. wsws.org A child of immigrants, Harris was entrusted with the dirty and, indeed, homicidal job of coordinating a multinational crackdown on immigration.
(2021-06-09). A las masas cansadas, pobres y apiñadas de Centroamérica se les debe la entrada. peoplesworld.org 
La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris se reunió con el presidente guatemalteco Alejandro Giammattei el lunes y el martes con el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Su viaje tiene la intención anunciada de ayudar a resolver la situación migratoria en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos. Harris dijo en Guatemala que el objetivo de la …
(2021-06-09). Senate report on January 6 is silent on role of Trump and Republicans in coup attempt. wsws.org More significant than the new information in the 120-page report is what it leaves out. In order to obtain the support of the top Republicans on the two committees, the Democratic chairs agreed to omit any discussion of the role of the coup-plotter-in chief, Donald Trump.
(2021-06-09). Democracy on a Ventilator. thenation.com Democracy on a Ventilator…
(2021-06-09). Joe Manchin Sucks, the Senate is Absurd. zcomm.org Addressing this anti-democratic imbalance would require a constitutional amendment…
(2021-06-09). Medicare for All gains majority of Dems in NY legislature. peoplesworld.org 
ALBANY, N.Y.—With a push from the New York State Nurses Association, Medicare For All—at least on the state level—gained majority co-sponsorship among the New York legislature's ruling Democrats, a top progressive sponsor reports. "It would make New York single-payer, everybody in, nobody out" of health care coverage, State Sen. Jabari Brisport, D-Brooklyn, told Our Revolution …
(2021-06-09). AOC Blasts Manchin for Dark Money Ties, Suggests He's "Intertwined" With Kochs. truthout.org 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) on Tuesday questioned whether Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-West Virginia) stated reasons for opposing voting rights legislation and filibuster abolition are as straightforward as he claims they are. | Manchin
(2021-06-09). Poor People's Campaign to March Against Manchin Obstructionism in West Virginia. truthout.org 
Outraged by Joe Manchin's obstruction of Democratic efforts to protect and expand voting rights and end the Senate filibuster, the faith-led Poor People's Campaign has announced it will lead a Moral Monday demonstration in the West Virginia senator's home state next week. | "It's time to march on his office," Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign,
(2021-06-09). New Documentary Chronicles Historic Young Lords Occupation of Bronx Hospital. truthout.org 
A new film called "Takeover" follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970, when members of the Young Lords Party took over the rundown Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in New York City. The Young Lords were a radical group founded by Puerto Ricans modeled on the Black Panther Party. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, a co-founder of the Young Lords, helped organize the action. Using archival footage and modern-day interviews, "Takeover" chronicles their resistance to institutions founded…
(2021-06-09). Wisconsin Republican Compares Children's Museum Mask Policy to Gestapo Rules. truthout.org 
A Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin is facing criticism for comparing a nonprofit museum's policies on masking to Nazism. And judging by his latest comments, he is showing no sign of taking back his comments. | Assembly Rep. Shae Sortwell, a Republican from Two Rivers, Wisconsin,
(2021-06-09). "Takeover": New Doc Chronicles Historic 1970 Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. democracynow.org 
A new film called "Takeover" follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970, when members of the Young Lords Party took over the rundown Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in New York City. The Young Lords were a radical group founded by Puerto Ricans modeled on the Black Panther Party. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, a co-founder of the Young Lords, helped organize the action. Using archival footage and modern-day interviews, "Takeover" chronicles their resistance to institutions founded on wealth and white supremacy, and their collective struggle for quality, accessible healthcare. "The takeover really e…
(2021-06-09). Leaked IRS Files: Billionaires Bezos, Musk, Bloomberg, Buffett Avoided Taxes as Wealth Soared. democracynow.org 
A major exposé by ProPublica has revealed how U.S. billionaires pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth, or sometimes even nothing. Private tax records of some of the country's top billionaires show that between 2014 and 2018 the wealthiest 25 Americans saw their collective wealth jump by more than $400 billion, but they paid just over $13 billion in federal income taxes — amounting to a tax rate of just 3.4%. "Typical wage earners like you or me, we pay taxes every time we get a paycheck," says Jeff Ernsthausen, a senior data reporter at ProPublica. "But for the ultra-wealthy, it's a comp…
(2021-06-09). Landmine Blast Killed Russian Service Member, Injured Others In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency (ANHA). | On June 9, a Russian service member was killed and three others were wounded in a landmine blast in northeastern Syria. | The incident took place near the Turkish-occupied village of al-Assadiyah in northern al-Hasakah. A Russian military unit was patrolling the frontline separating Turkish forces from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) when one of its vehicle was hit by the landmine. | According to the Hawar News Agency, the body of the Russian service me…
(2021-06-09). Landmine Blast Killed Russian Service Member, Injured Others In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency (ANHA). | On June 9, a Russian service member was killed and three others were wounded in a landmine blast in northeastern Syria. | The incident took place near the Turkish-occupied village of al-Assadiyah in northern al-Hasakah. A Russian military unit was patrolling the frontline separating Turkish forces from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) when one of its vehicles was hit by the landmine. | According to the Hawar News Agency, the body of the Russian service m…
(2021-06-09). Poor People's Campaign Rally for HR 438 and Third Reconstruction. indybay.org Protest and music at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Franisco Federal Building office. Also actions in Sacramento, Oakland, San Mateo, and San Jose.
(2021-06-09). 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/…
(2021-06-09). Quick Facts on Israel's New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. globalresearch.ca Born to American …
(2021-06-09). Save Democracy, End the Filibuster. counterpunch.org "We shall overcome." — Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, 1951 (Anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement, based on a gospel song by Charles Albert Tindley, 1901.) Republicans and Democrats are engaged in a frustratingly bitter tug-of-war over laws that give them the power to set the rules we live by. Liberal Democrats are trying to
(2021-06-09). Is the Rise of Q-anon Conspiracies the 'End Times' for US Democracy? counterpunch.org There are people in this world who don't like —and even hate — democracy. They're on the move against it, particularly here in America, and the Qanon religion/cult is the glue that's bringing them all together. One group doesn't like democracy because they don't trust the "ignorant masses" and the "rabble" to choose leaders who
(2021-06-08). Peru: Leftist Candidate Castillo Calls for Defending Democracy. telesurenglish.net On Monday, leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo called on Peruvian people to defend democracy after his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori denounced alleged electoral fraud in the June 6 runoff elections. | RELATED: | "We must be vigilant to defend the democracy that is expressed in every vote, inside and outside our beloved Peru. We cannot rest. May this historic vigil allow the rebirth of a new country," Cast…
(2021-06-08). Socialist Teacher Takes Lead in Peruvian Election as Nation Reels from Pandemic & Political Crisis. democracynow.org 
We get an update from Peru, where socialist candidate Pedro Castillo has pulled ahead of his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election on Sunday. Castillo is the son of peasant farmers, and a union leader who led a nationwide teachers' strike in 2017. Fujimori is the daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, who is in prison for human rights abuses and corruption. Political scientist Carlos León Moya discusses the history of the two candidates and describes how the election took place amid a years-long political crisis. "You have most of the Peruvian political elite charged by cor…
(2021-06-08). Statement on the Elections in Peru. dsausa.org It is with great honor that DSA congratulates the citizens of Perú for upholding their democracy amidst a very polarizing presidential election. The impending victory of Pedro Castillo and Perú Libre over Fujimorismo represents the power of the poor, the working class, and the campesinos of rural Perú. DSA celebrates the democratic choice made by…
(2021-06-08). "Do Not Come": VP Harris Sends Anti-Migrant Message in Guatemala, Visits Mexico Amid Deadly Election. democracynow.org 
In her first foreign trip as vice president, Kamala Harris is in Mexico City to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after first visiting Guatemala to meet with President Alejandro Giammattei. Harris is tasked by President Joe Biden with stemming the flow of Central American migrants fleeing corruption, violence and poverty, even after the two campaigned on allowing more migrants to apply for asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border, and issued a stern warning to migrants: "Do not come." Her visit comes after voters cast their ballots in one of Mexico's largest and deadliest elections in history, as over 80…
(2021-06-08). Tired, poor, huddled masses from Central America are owed entry. peoplesworld.org Vice President Kamala Harris met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday and on Tuesday meets with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Her trip has the announced intention of helping solve the immigration situation at the U.S.' southern border. Harris said in Guatemala that the goal of U.S. policy is to improve conditions …
(2021-06-08). US Vice President Kamala Harris Lands in Mexico from Guatemala. telesurenglish.net The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, arrived late Monday night in Mexico to meet with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to discuss immigration issues. | Harris was received at the airport of the Mexican capital by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other government representatives. | RELATED: | The visit of Kamala Harris will last less than 24 hours as she will leave the U.S. on Tues…
(2021-06-08). US Identifies 3,900 Children Separated at Border Under Trump. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings, providing one of the more detailed accounts of a chapter in U.S. immigration history that drew widespread condemnation.
(2021-06-08). Jim Crow and "Lost Cause" 2.0: Trump's Big Lie and GOP Plot to Suppress the Vote. juancole.com Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) — Big Lie propaganda, that the 2020 election was stolen, rewrites history and fuels the current Republican war on democracy. Similarly, Confederate Lost Cause propaganda incited a wave of anti-democratic laws and rewrote the history of the Civil War by asserting that slavery did not cause the War and that …
(2021-06-08). Resistance Axis Victory. popularresistance.org Syrians have re-elected Bashar al Assad for a fourth consecutive term as their President. Western nations like Britain, the United States and France have sought to undermine the elections, rejecting the results in advance, dubbing them ìillegitimate î and ìundemocratic î. | These same nations prevented Syrians from casting ballots at their Syrian consulates and have sought to overthrow the Syrian government and coup al Assad since 2001. By funding of terrorist groups, supporting an exiled Syrian opposition, they have attempted to force their imperialist agenda onto the Syrian people. | N…
(2021-06-08). Resistance Axis Victory. popularresistance.org Syrians have re-elected Bashar al Assad for a fourth consecutive term as their President. Western nations like Britain, the United States and France have sought to undermine the elections, rejecting the results in advance, dubbing them illegitimate and undemocratic.
(2021-06-08). Tom's personal view from inside today's Pacifica National Board. indybay.org KPFA and Pacifica radio stations members vote on democratic control of management. At steak is the detreating quality of news and public affairs' with a replacement set of bylaws election happening now in June.
(2021-06-08). New Poll Says Democrats Could Win Over Swing Voters With Paid Leave. truthout.org 
A new poll has found overwhelming bipartisan support in key battleground states for paid family and medical leave after the pandemic made paid leave a top national priority across ideological lines. Swing state voters, including a solid majority of undecided voters who could decide the next election, say Congress should prioritize passing paid leave as part of a jobs and infrastructure plan as President Biden's attempts at courting Republicans on infrastructure continue to stall — even without pai…
(2021-06-08). The time to secure voting rights is now or never. nationofchange.org Unless the Democrats can rally to push through legislation that protects the right to vote now and into the future, elections may cease to matter entirely.
(2021-06-08). Election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany reveals bankruptcy of Left Party and Social Democrats. wsws.org Through their decades-long support for social cuts and deindustrialisation, the Left Party and SPD have driven desperate elements into the arms of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
(2021-06-08). Senate Releases Report on Jan. 6 Capitol Attack. scheerpost.com Wikimedia Commons) A bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators, including Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Gary Peters and Roy Blunt, made public on Tuesday their report detailing their take on the widespread security failures that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, enabling hundreds of people protesting the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election to breach the building. The senators in their… |
(2021-06-08). Expansion of Health Care Services in the US. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The recent Viewpoints regarding health care policy and the new Biden administration plans propose the goal of achieving access to health care for every American. Unfortunately, an important question remains that these plans fail to answer: who is going to provide this care?
(2021-06-08). Trump Separated Over 3,900 Migrant Kids From Their Families. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) established by U.S. President Joe Biden reported that over 3,900 migrant children were separated from their families between July 2017 and January 2021. | Related: | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas said that his institution is committed to reuniting families cruelly separated by President Donald Trump's administration.
(2021-06-08). Trump Separated Over 3,900 Migrant Kids From Their Families. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) established by U.S. President Joe Biden reported that over 3,900 migrant children were separated from their families between July 2017 and January 2021. | Related: | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas said that his institution is committed to reuniting families cruelly separated by President Donald Trump's administration.
(2021-06-08). 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.
(2021-06-08). True Color of Biden(aka Bait-and-Switch maestro!). indybay.org Breaking News! The Biden administration is ready to CUT corporate taxes to just 15%! That's lower than the T-Rump giveaway of 21%(cut from the prior 35%), and it's freaking LOWER than the 19% that middle-class taxpayers have to fork over to the IRS!
(2021-06-08). Biden: Injerencia, hipocresía, intervencionismo bajo la coartada del combate a la corrupción. globalizacion.ca Pueden disfrazarla de Blancanieves, pero es apenas una nueva doctrina para el permanente injerencismo de Washington en otros países, proveniente de un presidente demócrata. De eso se trata la coartada del combate a la corrupción, fuera de fronteras, lanzada por…
(2021-06-08). Estados Unidos — Fronteras infinitas. globalizacion.ca La ofensiva de Washington para impedir que China se convierta en la primera economía mundial. El último jueves de mayo, el Presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden ordenó a las 16 agencias de inteligencia dependientes de su gobierno la elaboración…
(2021-06-08). Zelensky Disappointed With Biden, Hopes It's All Washington's "Master Plan" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 7th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his "surprise" and "disappointment" that US President Joe Biden allowed Nord Stream 2's first string to complete, and that he wouldn't meet him. | Zelensky
(2021-06-08). NATO' Stoltenberg makes anti-Chinese remarks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — After emerging from a meeting with US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made some anti-Chinese remarks.
(2021-06-08). Biden, Erdogan to hold talk on various issues, including Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — On the sidelines of the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, the US President will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart on various issues, including Iran.
(2021-06-08). Biden backs Ukraine's membership in NATO. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — US President Biden gave assurances to his Ukrainian counterpart on issues such as Ukraine's NATO membership aspirations.
(2021-06-08). Blinken Props Up Biden in European Charade for New Cold War. strategic-culture.org Blinken is staying close to his boss during the whirlwind tour, because Biden is liable to spin out of control and reap an embarrassing collapse. | It's a big ask for a frail 78-year-old U.S. president to rally the world around a series of myths and falsehoods. Biden flies to Europe this week to galvanize allies under strong American leadership of supposed shared "democratic values" in a "historic confrontation" with the "autocracies" of China and Russia. | President Joe Biden's worldview is so disconnected from reality that it is going to prove difficult mentally for him to consistently and coherently make the…
(2021-06-08). US further escalates tensions over Taiwan as Biden prosecutes anti-China campaign. wsws.org Washington's donation of vaccines to Taiwan is another provocative step to undermine Beijing and challenge the "One China" policy.
(2021-06-08). PAHO Welcomes US Donation of 19 Million COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to donate COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility. | RELATED: | "This pandemic is far from over, and it is hitting Latin America and the Caribbean severely… Yet only about 8 percent of our citizens have been vaccinated," Etienne warned, adding that the region should be an epicenter for vaccination since i…
(2021-06-08). Critics Call Biden's Vaccine Sharing Plan 'Woefully Inadequate'. zcomm.org "The idea this pandemic will be dealt with by a mixture of rich country charity and corporate goodwill is such nonsense"
(2021-06-08). OPINION: To Fulfill the Promise of Environmental Justice, President Biden Must Address Vieques. latinorebels.com This is a textbook example of environmental racism.
(2021-06-08). Biden Administration endorses dropping of supplemental unemployment benefits. wsws.org President Biden on Friday emphasized that his administration would not extend enhanced unemployment benefits in the face of Republican claims that the payments were causing workers to refuse low-paying jobs.
(2021-06-08). Exaggerated claims for G7 tax deal. wsws.org The main promoter of the exaggerations was US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, anxious to advance the claims of the Biden administration that it is taking a lead role in managing the affairs of global capitalism.
(2021-06-08). Australia, New Zealand prime ministers "in lockstep" over China. wsws.org The leaders' communiqué stressed the solidarity of both prime ministers with the Biden administration's aggressive positioning against China and preparations for war.
(2021-06-08). The Phantom Tax Threat. counterpunch.org The Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C. think tank founded in 1937 by business executives to "monitor the tax and spending policies of government agencies," is once again ringing the alarm bell about tax proposals that impact only the wealthiest among us. President Biden's tax proposals, the Tax Foundation charges, add up to a 61.1-percent tax
(2021-06-08). NATO chief meets Biden, Pentagon head; blasts Russia for aggression against NATO states, evokes Article 5 war clause. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO chief meets with Biden, Pentagon chief; blasts Russia for aggression against NATO states, evokes Article 5 war clauseRick Rozoff NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on June 7, a week ahead of the military bloc's summit in Brussels. The trip …
(2021-06-08). The Heat: U.S. immigration crisis. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Central America to address the surge of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border.
(2021-06-08). 'Do Not Come': Harris Seeks 'Hope at Home' for Guatemalans. latinorebels.com GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S. after her meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday. She also delivered a direct warning to migrants considering making the trek: "Do not come. Do not come."
(2021-06-08). Even The New York Times Now Admits That It's US Sanctions, Not Socialism, That's Destroying Venezuela. counterpunch.org The facile right-wing talking point that the economic crisis facing Venezuela "proves" that "socialism always ends in failure" has become so hackneyed by overuse that it has attained its own tongue-in-cheek name. The ad Venezuelum, as it has come to be known, has slowly developed into such a tedious and predictable right-wing tactic that it seems to now serve as an all-purpose retort to try to discredit even the most modest of left-of-center proposals. In October 2018, for instance, then-President Trump responded to a plan by progressive Democrats in congress to introduce a bill to establish a system of universal…
(2021-06-08). Petition Calls for Renaming GOP the "Trumpublican Party" counterpunch.org The political opponents of the Democrat Party have a lot of problems; one big one is their name. How is it possible they can maintain the label "Republican" when they've trashed it, bashed it, and mashed it to a pulp? Why would they even want to keep a name for a party Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, even
(2021-06-08). "Not Having It": Winona LaDuke on Mass Protest by Water Protectors to Halt Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota. democracynow.org 
In the largest act of civil disobedience to date to halt the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, more than 100 water protectors led by Indigenous women have been arrested in Minnesota. We get an on-the-ground update on the day of action and how water protectors blockaded a pipeline pump station north of the town of Park Rapids, with many locking themselves to heavy machinery as authorities tried to disperse protesters by sending in a low-flying Customs and Border Protection helicopter which produced a sandstorm. Thousands gathered for a Treaty People Gathering weekend of action to stop Line 3, which would carry more than 7…
(2021-06-08). Headlines for June 8, 2021. democracynow.org Over 100 Water Protectors Arrested in Minnesota as Mass Civil Disobedience Targets Line 3 Pipeline, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Hits 420 Parts Per Million, Highest Level in 4 Million Years, "A Two-Track Pandemic": Wealthy Nations Ease Restrictions as COVID Surges in Unvaccinated Countries, ProPublica: Vast Trove of IRS Data Shows How U.S. Billionaires Pay Little in Income Tax, Canadian Police Say Hit-and-Run That Killed Four Was Deliberate Islamophobic Attack, VP Harris to Refugees Fleeing Violence, Poverty and Climate Crisis: "Do Not Come to the U.S.", Supreme Court Rules Immigrants with Temporary Protected Statu…
(2021-06-08). US Compels Small African Country to Imprison Venezuelan Diplomat — International Human Rights Delegation Files Habeas Corpus to #FreeAlexSaab. orinocotribune.com June 7, 2021. Praia, Cabo Verde (Special by Roger Harris)— The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, imprisoned for trying to buy humanitarian supplies from Iran in legal international trade but in violation of illegal US sanctions, is facing extradition to the US. That is like getting stabbed in the back and then being arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. | US extraterritorial judicial overreach | On June 12, 2020, Saab was on his way from Caracas to Tehran, when his plane had to make a routine fueling stop. While in the air, the pilot was informed that Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia would not allow the plane…
(2021-06-08). "Tax the Rich" Gains Momentum After Explosive Report on Billionaire Tax Dodging. truthout.org 
In reaction to a monumental report by ProPublica on Tuesday detailing the extent to which the top 0.001 percent of earners in the U.S. are able to legally dodge paying federal income taxes, progressive lawmakers are renewing their calls for taxing the rich. | In their report, which sent shockwaves through the media,
(2021-06-08). How the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood Saved Israeli Democracy from Netanyahu. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Mervat Oaf writes for al-Jazeera on how Mansour Abbas and his Muslim Brotherhood-inspired United Arab List became unlikely kingmakers in Israeli politics. Israelis of Palestinian heritage comprise a little over 20 percent of the Israeli population, and most of them are Muslims. Their politics, however, has skewed toward leftist parties. …
(2021-06-08). Poor People's Campaign Rally for HR 438 and Third Reconstruction. indybay.org Protest and music at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Franisco Federal Building office. Also actions in Sacramento, Oakland, San Mateo, and San Jose.
(2021-06-08). 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/…
(2021-06-08). Leading DSA member Rebecca Garelli lies about WSWS coverage of 2018 Arizona teachers strike. wsws.org Garelli sits on the Steering Committee of the DSA's Democratic Socialist Labor Commission, and her recent falsifications are connected to the DSA's broader attacks against the SEP.
(2021-06-08). Resistance And Aid. popularresistance.org In the villages, cities and regions of Rojava, in the predominantly Kurdish north east of Syria, political upheaval has resulted in the largely decentralised self-administration of many areas, including health, economy, law, education and internal security. The Rojava revolution led to both the secularisation and democratisation of institutions that had, until then, been controlled by an elitist-centralist national state. But what exactly does this mean? How is Rojava's decentralisation expressed in everyday life? Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administra…
(2021-06-08). What Joe Manchin Doesn't Get About the GOP's Voter Suppression. thenation.com What Joe Manchin Doesn't Get About the GOP's Voter Suppression…
(2021-06-08). Neoliberalism in Their Hearts, Proto-Fascism in Their Heads. zcomm.org Republicans have consistently adopted a reactionary orientation on race, ethnicity, and gender issues, and are fervid opponents of majority rule…
(2021-06-08). Bipartisan Fear, Bipartisan Aggression: China and The United States. counterpunch.org This past spring, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a bill to the Senate floor called the Strategic Competition Act of 2021. Sponsored by Democrat Menendez from New Jersey and Republican Senator Misch from Idaho, the bill is perhaps the most important piece of legislation regarding US policy towards China in Congress now. It certainly is one of the most belligerent. In short, the legislation is an attempt at further governmental involvement—from the Pentagon to those agencies dealing with trade and commerce—in the ever-intensifying economic rivalry between the United States and the People…
(2021-06-08). Bipartisan Fear, Bipartisan Aggression: China and The United States. counterpunch.org This past spring, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a bill to the Senate floor called the Strategic Competition Act of 2021. Sponsored by Democrat Menendez from New Jersey and Republican Senator Misch from Idaho, the bill is perhaps the most important piece of legislation regarding US policy towards China in Congress now. It certainly is one of the most belligerent. In short, the legislation is an attempt at further governmental involvement—from the Pentagon to those agencies dealing with trade and commerce—in the ever-intensifying economic rivalry between the United States and the People…