(2021-06-14). 'Critical juncture' for Mali warns UN mission chief, with democratic future at risk. news.un.org Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections in Mali, where the security situation is as worrying as ever, the Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) told the Security Council on Monday.
(2021-06-14). AOC Says Senate Democrats Are Blocking Their Own Party's Agenda. truthout.org 
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave voice Sunday to the growing frustration among progressives due to Democratic Senators who have become the clear obstructionists in enacting the bold agenda they promised U.S. voters in last year's election. | Following a morning appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats "have an obligation to do the most we can for working people, civil right, and the planet with the power people have entrusted us," and stressed during her te…
(2021-06-14). OSHA orders COVID protections for health workers; other high-risk professions left out. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Almost 16 months and 600,000 deaths after the government officially declared the coronavirus a pandemic, the Democratic Biden administration issued its Emergency Temporary Standard forcing health care firms to protect their workers, now. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate only applies to the health care firms, which lead all the rest of …
(2021-06-14). How democrats and progressives undermined the potential of the Biden-Putin summit. nationofchange.org Progressives went along with Democratic Party leaders and corporate liberal media as they fueled the momentum toward a nuclear doomsday.
(2021-06-14). Biden's Message to NATO Summit: U.S. Has Sacred Obligation to Article 5 War Clause. globalresearch.ca Voice of America …
(2021-06-14). Biden targets China in executive order for review of foreign-based apps. wsws.org By signing the directive, Biden has moved to keep the core of the Trump administration's anti-Chinese tech policy intact while seeking to block the global expansion of apps such as TikTok and WeChat with a more comprehensive strategy.
(2021-06-14). Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO? juancole.com Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) — The Turks seem to be weary of the alliance with the United States. Although it is still a NATO member, and has the second largest army in the organization, Turkey is strengthening military, political and economic ties with the US "major geopolitical rival" — Russia. According to a recent …
(2021-06-14). Roger Waters: 'They're Trying To Kill Assange Because He Spoke The Truth'. popularresistance.org Assange's father John Shipton and brother Gabriel are traveling across the US this month to press the Biden administration to drop its charges, and highlight the threat to worldwide press freedom this prosecution poses. Joining them in New York this week was Roger Waters, who told RT on Friday why he's fighting for Assange.
(2021-06-14). Joe Biden and Boris Johnson Team Up to Develop U.S./U.K Partnership on 6G Development that Includes A.I. globalresearch.ca A 2019 survey …
(2021-06-14). Headlines for June 14, 2021. democracynow.org New Israeli Gov't Coalition Ousts Benjamin Netanyahu After 12 Years as Prime Minister, G7 Concludes as Activists Slam Failure to Act on Climate Crisis, Vaccine Inequality, Biden to Meet with Turkey's President Erdogan as NATO Summit Kicks Off, Novavax Vaccine 90% Effective; U.S. COVID Cases Continue to Fall as California Readies for Reopening, U.K. Delays Reopening as Moscow Sees New Surge in Cases; India Moves to Reopen as Infections Drop, Bombs Kill at Least 7 in Afghanistan as Hazara Shia Come Under Mounting Attacks, Shelling in Afrin, Syria, Kills at Least 13 People, Tunisian Protesters Call for an End to Pol…
(2021-06-14). Bye bye, Bibi: Netanyahu's 12-year reign in Israel is over. peoplesworld.org 
Israel swore in a new government over the weekend, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year stint as the country's prime minister. Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultra-nationalist party, has taken over as PM, but if he wants to keep the job, he will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of parties from the political right, …
(2021-06-14). Israel's government: Same ax, new executioner. electronicintifada.net New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spent years attacking Netanyahu from the right.
(2021-06-14). "Ten degrees more right-wing than" Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition. juancole.com Editor's Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. — JRIC By Jalal Abukhater | — ( OpenDemocracy.net) — A new government is expected to be formed in Israel this week, finally ending the 12-year reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. …
(2021-06-14). Benjamin Netanyahu is out for now but how long will Bennett rule? peoplesdispatch.org Ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about the possibility of a transition, the Naftali Bennett-led government received Knesset's support by the narrowest of margins of 60-59…
(2021-06-14). This week in history: June 14-20. wsws.org 25 years ago: New Democratic Party selects business ally Howard Hampton as leaderOn June 21-23, 1996, the Ontario wing of Canada's New Democratic Party met in Hamilton to select a successor to former Premier Bob Rae, who headed a first-ever NDP government in Ontario that was so right-wing and anti-working class that it was overwhelmingly defeated in the 1995 provincial elections. The union-based party nonetheless moved further to the right, selecting pro-business candidate Howard Hampton as its new party leader.
(2021-06-14). A Rare Victory for Abortion Access. thenation.com A Rare Victory for Abortion Access…
(2021-06-14). 50 Years After Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg Reveals US Weighed 1958 Nuclear Strike on China over Taiwan. democracynow.org 
As President Biden meets with leaders of NATO countries, where he is expected to continue stepping up rhetoric against China and Russia ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this Wednesday in Geneva, we speak with famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about why he recently released another classified document showing that U.S. military planners in 1958 pushed for nuclear strikes on China to protect Taiwan from an invasion by communist forces. The top-secret study revealed the U.S. military pressed then-President Dwight Eisenhower to prepare a nuclear first strike against mainlan…
(2021-06-14). 50 Years After Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg Reveals U.S. Weighed 1958 Nuclear Strike on China over Taiwan. democracynow.org As President Biden meets with leaders of NATO countries, where he is expected to continue stepping up rhetoric against China and Russia ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this Wednesday in Geneva, we speak with famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about why he recently released another classified document showing that U.S. military planners in 1958 pushed for nuclear strikes on China to protect Taiwan from an invasion by communist forces. The top-secret study revealed the U.S. military pressed then-President Dwight Eisenhower to prepare a nuclear first strike against mainlan…
(2021-06-14). Kamala Harris and The Americas. orinocotribune.com By Erica Caines — June 10, 2021 | In March, the White House announced that Vice President Harris' tour of the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) allows her the opportunity to advance on the world stage as a "clean up woman" after the exposure of the Biden administration's continuation of migran…
(2021-06-14). Debt Union Crafts Executive Order for Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt. truthout.org 
A union of debtors on Monday All that's required now, said the Debt Collective, is President Joe Biden's signature. | "President Biden can cancel all federal student loan debt with a simple executive order. So, we wrote the entire executive order for him," the gr…
(2021-06-14). Targeting Russia and China Instead of the Real Enemy — Capitalist Inequality. strategic-culture.org Capitalism and its inequality is the number one enemy of today's world. That is the objective and empirical reality that is staring the world in the face, Finian Cunningham writes. | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Western allies are trying to frame global challenges in a way that ultimately avoids dealing with the most urgent problem that really matters — the explosion in inequality under the capitalist economic system. | The poverty, hardship and litany of social problems, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, that stem from the grotesque inequality that capitalism produces are — and shoul…
(2021-06-14). Biden admin complicit in Trump's crimes against humanity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The Joe Biden administration has partaken in Trump's crimes against humanity for 144 days, the Iranian top diplomat said, criticizing Biden's administration for continuing Trump's policies.
(2021-06-14). Putin shows strength to Biden with largest naval drill. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has put on a show of force with the largest naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War ahead of a meeting with the US President next week.
(2021-06-14). Scandal escalates over secret Justice Department demands for phone records of Democrats, reporters. wsws.org Then-White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife were among those apparently targeted in the leak investigation launched under pressure from Trump.
(2021-06-14). Pelosi Doubts Barr's Claims That He Didn't Know of Schiff, Swalwell Subpoenas. truthout.org 
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) called on former attorneys general Jeff Sessions and William Barr to testify before Congress regarding their roles in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) seizure of phone records from Democratic lawmakers and members of the media during their tenure under former President Donald Trump. | Trump's DOJ
(2021-06-14). Vague Alternatives and G7 Summitry: The Build Back Better World Initiative. dissidentvoice.org Summits often feature grand statements and needless fripperies. In Cornwall, the leaders of the G7 countries were trying to position and promote their relevance as the vanguard of democratic good sense and values. They, the message went, remained relevant, valuable and essential to the order of the earth, despite challenges posed by the autocrats. Never …
(2021-06-14). Vague Alternatives and G7 Summitry: The Build Back Better World Initiative. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Summits often feature grand statements and needless fripperies. In Cornwall, the leaders of the G7 countries were trying to position and promote their relevance as the vanguard of democratic good sense and values. They, the message went, remained relevant, valuable and essential to the order of the earth, despite challenges posed by the autocrats. | Never let contradiction get in the way of such a united front. Babbling about liberal democratic values matters little…
(2021-06-14). Federal unemployment benefits to end next week in Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Missouri. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, June 12, four Republican-led states cut off three federal unemployment benefit programs. These were the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation or FPUC which provides a $300 per week supplement to regular benefits, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA for self-employed and gig workers, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation or PEUC, for the longer-term unemployment who state benefits have run out. This means that 370,000 who have lost work in Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Missouri will be losing their benefits starting next week. | These cuts will fall the har…
(2021-06-14). Huge disconnects in US-G7 pronouncements. indybay.org The global Covid pandemic has glaringly exposed several giant disconnects in the policy intentions of the Gang of Seven(G7, also euphemistically self-labeled as "market democracies"!). At the conclusion of the latest meeting in England, the joint statement focused on 2 blatant unsubstantiated charges on China and a "dodgy" commitment to send vaccines to needy countries.
(2021-06-14). I'm on a 'Hit List': Kiev Allows to Silence Dissent and Journalism. That's All You Need to Know About Ukrainian 'Democracy'. globalresearch.ca Address issues which …
(2021-06-14). Pentagon Papers at 50: Daniel Ellsberg on Risking Life in Jail to Expose U.S. Lies About Vietnam War. democracynow.org 
Fifty years ago this week, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the Pentagon's secret history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam since the 1940s. The leak exposed years of government lies about the war, revealed that even top officials believed it was unwinnable, and would end up helping to end the Vietnam War and lead to a major victory for press freedom. The Times exposé was based on documents secretly photocopied by Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo, who both worked as Pentagon consultants at the RAND Corporation. Ellsberg, who ha…
(2021-06-14). Is Nigeria's Twitter Ban a National Sovereignty or Anti-Democratic Move? globalresearch.ca Observers are divided …
(2021-06-14). Political System Unites to Condemn Ilhan Omar for Telling the Truth. zcomm.org The frenzied attacks by Republicans and Democrats on the Minnesota representative are about maintaining absolute impunity for the U.S. and Israel…
(2021-06-14). Canada action alert: Remove NDP defence critic, out of step with grassroots membership. samidoun.net 
Canada action alert: Take one minute to write to Jagmeet Singh and Canadian New Democratic Party officials calling for Randall Garrison, the NDP's defence critic, to be removed from his position for his militarism and anti-Palestinian stance. Send a letter here or take action below: actionnetwork.org/letters/write-letter-ndp-needs-a-new-defence-critic/ Dear Jagmeet Singh and NDP officials, Randall Garrison needs to be removed as NDP Defence critic. He promotes militarism and is anti-Palestinian. Garrison has repeatedly demanded more resources for the military, which has more than 10 times the budget of En…
(2021-06-14). Where Infrastructure Means Prisons: A Drive into the Naqab and the Illusion of Israeli Democracy. mintpressnews.com 
Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in "unrecognized villages." This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities — no services at all.
(2021-06-14). The great "awokening" and ruling class uses for racial grievance discourse. mronline.org 
The Black political class is wedded to the centrist Democrats for its "fatback and biscuits" patronage. | June 14, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-14). NYC mayoral candidate exposed as in the pay of big real estate. liberationnews.org 
On June 12, activists gathered outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall to rally against Eric Adams, the former state senator and current Brooklyn Borough President pursuing the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor. The action was called and organized by Movement to Protect the People (MTOPP), and attended by the Crown Heights Tenants Union and …
(2021-06-14). Unions take PROAct campaign to Amazon and Sen. Mark Warner's door. peoplesworld.org 
ARLINGTON, Va. (PAI)—With the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act stalled in the Senate by three Democratic holdouts, union members and their allies took their campaign for the pro-worker rewrite of labor law to two top targets: The Virginia construction site for the Headquarters II of virulently anti-worker Amazon and one of the three …
(2021-06-14). Global Campaign Continues Call to Free Hong Kong. dsausa.org 
State violence and authoritarianism have only gotten worse in Hong Kong since the 2019 protests that brought more than 2 million Hongkongers to the streets. On June 12, 2021, people in more than 50 cities worldwide joined together to say "Free Hong Kong." | Hong Kong, once a colony of the United Kingdom, became a Special Administrative Region of China when it was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Under the "one country, two systems" policy, Hong Kong was supposed to maintain political and economic independence until at least…
(2021-06-14). Number Of Nuclear Warheads Went Down, As 'Combat Ready' Nuclear Arsenal Grew In 2021. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The global nuclear arsenal grew in 2021, despite the overall number of nuclear warheads going down, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)—together possessed an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons at…
(2021-06-14). El club de los ricos. globalizacion.ca 
Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett y Elon Musk pagaron poco o nada de sus impuestos. Este martes ProPublica, un medio especializado en periodismo de investigación estadounidense, publicó la primera entrega de una de las pesquisas más importantes de los…
(2021-06-14). Only 3 Percent of Jobs on Tennessee Government Website Pay Over $20,000. truthout.org 
Earlier this month, Tennessee's Republican Gov. Bill Lee
(2021-06-14). Democratic Socialists of America must issue public apology for celebrating assassination of Leon Trotsky. wsws.org Historian Victoria Bynum issued the following statement demanding the DSA repudiate and apologize for the leadership's coordinated celebration of the assassination of Trotsky and discipline those responsible.
(2021-06-14). Where Infrastructure Means Prisons: A Drive into the Naqab and the Illusion of Israeli Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Miko Peled THE NAQAB, PALESTINE — As I was preparing to leave Palestine, I found it harder to fall asleep. I spent the last few days in Jerusalem, mostly walking between the neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah in the north and Silwan in the south, crossing through the alleys of the Old City on the way….
(2021-06-14). Grijalva Releases DOJ Analysis of Puerto Rico Status Bills Before Wednesday Hearing. latinorebels.com "I thank the Department of Justice for submitting its assessments of both bills," the Arizona Democrat said on Monday.
(2021-06-14). Why Fox News Claims 'They' are Destroying 'White Culture'. counterpunch.org I'm struggling to explain why a Fox News host would say to the American people, "they're trying to take down the white culture!" But first, let me back up. Democracies don't turn into fascist oligarchies by being invaded or losing wars. It always happens from within, and is always driven by an alliance between demagogic,
(2021-06-14). Anger builds among St. Vincent nurses as union continues to isolate their four month-long strike. wsws.org Clearly sensing that the union was in danger of losing control over the rank and file, high profile members of the Democratic Party and trade union apparatus were sent out to speak at a rally over the weekend which was organized by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) trade union.
(2021-06-14). There Is No Labor Shortage, Only Labor Exploitation. counterpunch.org For the past few months, Republicans have been waging a ferocious political battle to end federal unemployment benefits, based upon stated desires of saving the U.S. economy from a serious labor shortage. The logic, in the words of Republican politicians like Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, goes like this: "the government pays folks more to stay
(2021-06-14). Republican-led states begin cutting off federal unemployment benefits. wsws.org As part of the drive by the ruling class to blackmail workers back into dangerous and low-paying factories and work locations, four states ended federal unemployment benefits over the weekend, nearly three months before they are set to expire nationally.
(2021-06-14). Policing and Militarism Go Hand in Hand. We Must Abolish Both. zcomm.org When masses of Black people mobilize, gangs of police move in, and terrorize.
(2021-06-14). Manchin's insistence on bipartisan voting protections is ludicrous. zcomm.org The center's examination of the 24 state-level voting restriction laws enacted as of early June proves the suppression efforts have been an almost exclusively Republican enterprise…
(2021-06-14). Folsom Juneteenth "Remembering the Ancestors" from 1849 Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Our 20th Anniversary, Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, will be an amazing new opportunity to build stronger bridges utilizing mutually beneficial California – Pan African Trade and Commerce…
(2021-06-13). USA's Sordid Role in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org 
The situation in Afghanistan remains bleak. In late April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced an apparent withdrawal from the Central Asian country. However, the facts on the ground indicate that America's longest war has merely been downsized. 16,000 military contractors and more than 1,000 US troops will stay in Afghanistan; aerial bombardments, drone strikes …
(2021-06-13). USA's Sordid Role in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org The situation in Afghanistan remains bleak. In late April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced an apparent withdrawal from the Central Asian country. However, the facts on the ground indicate that America's longest war has merely been downsized. 16,000 military contractors and more than 1,000 US troops will stay in Afghanistan; aerial bombardments, drone strikes …
(2021-06-13). Climate Crisis Protestors Hit The Beach At The G7 Summit. popularresistance.org Falmouth, England — Hundreds of environmental protesters took to the Cornish seaside Saturday morning in a bid to draw the attention of world leaders and the international media outlets that have descended on southwest England for the G-7 summit. | Some protesters paddled out to sea, while others sunbathed on the beach wearing masks of leaders' faces. | A crowd of surfers, kayakers and swimmers gathered Saturday on a beach in Falmouth for a mass "paddle out protest" organized by the group Surfers Against Sewage, which is campaigning for more action to protect oceans. | U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow le…
(2021-06-13). Let's Not Forget The Suffering The United States Has Inflicted On Guatemala. popularresistance.org "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on June 7. "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border." | Harris's comments drew criticism from organizations advocating for asylum seekers. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‚ÄëN.Y.) wrote on Twitter that seeking asylum at the U.S. border is "100% legal" and called on the United States to "finally acknowledge its contributions to destab…
(2021-06-13). Let's Not Forget The Suffering The US Has Inflicted On Guatemala. popularresistance.org During her recent visit to Guatemala, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a frank message to Central Americans hoping to find refuge in the United States. | "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on June 7. "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border." | Harris's comments drew criticism from organizations advocating for asylum seekers. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‚ÄëN…
(2021-06-13). Hey Kamala, Here Is a Progressive Way to Address the Root Causes of Migration. truthout.org 
The recent focus on the rising number of Central American asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border could have one positive result: it creates an opening that activists can use to promote a progressive foreign and domestic agenda. | The two parties are split over how to slow the current rise in migration. Republicans favor the sort of harsh measures that the Trump administration inflicted on migrants; centrist Democrats also support deterrence, but they propose moderating it slightly and spend…
(2021-06-13). Naftali Benett Became New Prime Minister Of Israel. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On June 13, the leader of the Yamina party, Naftali Bennett, took the oath of office at a meeting of the Knesset as Prime Minister of Israel. Lapid, a centrist leader, will be an alternate prime minister in rotation and will replace Bennett after his term expires. | Previously, MP Mickey Levy, representing the Yesh Atid party, was elected the new speaker of the Knesset. Israeli lawmakers passed a vote of confidence for a coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power."67 deputies…
(2021-06-13). Israel's New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, has big plans for Occupied Palestine. Nidal Muhammad Watad at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Bennett boasts that his government, despite being based on an 8-party coalition that …
(2021-06-13). The CIA and the Israeli Left. counterpunch.org 
Image by America's domestic activists have achieved a great deal. In particular, they have pressured Joe Biden into moving significantly to the left—though, not nearly left enough, given
(2021-06-13). Boris Johnson tried using the G7 to improve his image. It isn't going well. thecanary.co US president Joe Biden recently A new 'Atlantic charter': | On 9 June, Biden began
(2021-06-13). United Kingdom: Members Of Parliament Call On Joe Biden To Free Assange. popularresistance.org "Our countries are … increasingly confronted with the contradiction of advocating for press freedom abroad while holding Mr. Assange for years in the UK's most notorious prison at the request of the US government," the letter says. "We appeal to you to drop this prosecution, an act that would be a clarion call for freedom that would echo around the globe."
(2021-06-13). United Kingdom: Members Of Parliament Call On Joe Biden To Free Assange. popularresistance.org Twenty-four members of Parliament have called on President Joe Biden to drop the U.S. pursuit of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | A letter from the MPs was sent to Biden on Friday as the president attends the G-7 summit in Cornwall. | It takes aim at Biden's predecessor for indicting Assange and calls on the president "to drop this prosecution." | "We hope that your administration will become a staunch ally of all those working to roll back the shadow of criminalisation against journalists," the letter says, citing the U.S. First Amendment. | The letter points out that as vice president in 2011 Bi…
(2021-06-13). Why Biden Might not be Able to Extricate the US from its Middle East Quagmire. zcomm.org Biden has promised an end to the endless wars. But such promises are not easy to keep…
(2021-06-13). Biden's Message to NATO Summit: US Has Sacred Obligation to Article 5 War Clause. news.antiwar.com Voice of America Sunday ran a story about the tenor and theme of President Joe Biden's presentation at tomorrow's NATO summit in Brussels with the headline Biden to Reassure Allies of US Commitment to NATO Mutual Defense Clause. In the report it cites a pledge Biden made in an address to American Air Force service members at …
(2021-06-13). Biden's message to NATO summit: U.S. has sacred obligation to Article 5 war clause. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Biden's message to NATO summit: U.S. has sacred obligation to Article 5 war clauseRick Rozoff Voice of America today ran a story about the tenor and theme of President Joe Biden's presentation at tomorrow's NATO summit in Brussels with the headline Biden to Reassure Allies of US Commitment to NATO Mutual Defense Clause. In the …
(2021-06-13). Building An Anti-imperialist Climate Justice Movement. popularresistance.org In his new book, A People's Green New Deal, Max Ajl presents a sweeping, often damning, appraisal of the Global North's limited attempts to mitigate and adapt to global heating. Eco-nationalism, eco-modernism, green social democracy and democratic socialist iterations of the Green New Deal all come under scrutiny and all are found wanting. Each in their own way, Max argues, are too attached to what Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen call "the imperial mode of living." A way of life predicated on the subordination of the Global South to the needs, wants and desires of the Global North. And each, in their own way, deni…
(2021-06-13). Building an anti-imperialist climate justice movement. popularresistance.org Eco-nationalism, eco-modernism, green social democracy and democratic socialist iterations of the Green New Deal all come under scrutiny and all are found wanting. Each in their own way, Max argues, are too attached to what Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen call "the imperial mode of living." A way of life predicated on the subordination of the Global South to the needs, wants and desires of the Global North. And each, in their own way, denies the sheer scale of the social and economic crisis that confronts us.
(2021-06-13). The Copenhagen Summit for Democracy: The New Nazis. globalresearch.ca On May 10-11 a conference was presented by the "Alliance of Democracies" in Copenhagen that claimed to "unite free peoples" against authoritarianism, to promote the rule of law, to advance the "technological control of democracy," freedom of expression and US …
(2021-06-13). Justice Democrat Lisa Ring Joins the People's Party. peoplesparty.org The two-time progressive congressional candidate is leaving the Democratic Party to build a major new party free of corporate money Savannah, GA — June 8, 2021 — Lisa Ring, the progressive candidate for Georgia's 1st Congressional District …
(2021-06-13). "We were paralyzed for a long time" indybay.org Only in dialogue with those who are strangers to us can we become discerning, can we develop political wisdom. If it is true that we are tipping into a particular form of oligarchy, we should consider how we might supplement our representative system – to re-democratize it.
(2021-06-13). Folsom Juneteenth "Remembering the Ancestors" from 1849 Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Our 20th Anniversary, Folsom Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, will be an amazing new opportunity to build stronger bridges utilizing mutually beneficial California – Pan African Trade and Commerce…