(2022-06-09). China Displaces US in terms of Trade in Latin America. orinocotribune.com China has beaten the US in trade in much of Latin America during the presidency of current US President Joe Biden. | An exclusive analysis by the British news agency According to the analysis, except for Mexico, which is Washington's main trading partner, China has surpassed Washington trade with Latin America and has widened the gap more t…
(2022-06-09). Sweden's NATO Bid in Jeopardy Over Turkey's Demands. news.antiwar.com Sweden's NATO bid got a lot more complicated this week after the Swedish government barely survived a no-confidence vote against its justice minister prompted by a rise in gang violence. In order to survive the vote, Sweden's ruling Social Democrats needed the support of Amineh Kakabaveh, an independent MP of Kurdish-Iranian heritage. Kakabaveh voted with …
(2022-06-09). Letter to trans youth: Louisiana's sports ban won't defeat us. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Realnewsauthor"> Campaign | Dear trans and gender non-conforming youth in Louisiana, | On June 6, our bigoted state government hit us hard when Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards allowed the anti-trans sports ban to become law. He tried to "play both sides" by criticizing the bill, but still refusing to veto. This decision was cowardly, and it stabbed us in the back. Democrats in the legislature deserted us, with 20 of them either abstaining or voting for the ban. Like last year, Democrats even co-authored the bill – Senators Gregory Tarver, Franc…
(2022-06-09). San Francisco DA recalled as Democratic Party shifts further to the right. wsws.org The defeat of liberal Chesa Boudin by billionaire-financed Democratic opponents was the most important contest in the elections and primaries held Tuesday across seven states.
(2022-06-09). South Korean ruling conservative party secures victory in local elections. wsws.org The conservative People Power Party has pledged to preside over sweeping attacks on the jobs, wages and conditions of the working class, while continuing the bipartisan program of mass COVID infection that has claimed more than 24,000 lives.
(2022-06-09). Sacramento Region Juneteenth Celebrations of Freedom. indybay.org Freedom is never free, and our unique "California Grown" Journey from Slavery to Freedom began in 1535 with Spanish Conquistadors arriving in Baja California Sur and the Mission/Presidio System of enslaved and free people of African and Indigenous descent began a long and difficult path of generational genocide, enslavement and affliction to arrive at a new beginning we call 1865 Juneteenth, Freedom Day Celebration.
(2022-06-09). Pdte Maduro llega a Argelia como parte de su gira internacional. telesurtv.net La visita oficial del jefe de Estado venezolano permitirá ampliar y profundizar las relaciones bilaterales, tras su viaje a Türkiye.
(2022-06-09). Another world is possible, but we have to make it so: Building a People's Summit. peoplesdispatch.org 
The People's Summit for Democracy is far beyond an alternative to Biden's Summit of the Americas. It is a call for something entirely new…
(2022-06-09). EXCLUSIVE: Ocasio-Cortez on the Future of Puerto Rico Status Act. latinorebels.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Days after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) traveled to Puerto Rico with three fellow House members to hold a public forum to discuss the new Puerto Rico Status Act Discussion Draft, Latino Rebels caught up with the New York Democrat on Wednesday evening for an update on the bill.
(2022-06-09). Friday 6/10: Protest at Pelosi's Office: Do Not Surrender, Defend Abortion Rights! indybay.org On Mission St at 7th St in San Francisco, outside the courtyard of the Federal Building…
(2022-06-09). The Empire's 'Front Yard' and the Monroe Doctrine. orinocotribune.com By Erica Caines -Jun 2, 2022 | We used to talk about, when I was a kid in college, about "America's backyard." It's not America's backyard. Everything south of the Mexican border is America's front yard. And we're equal people. We don't dictate what happens in any other part of that — of this continent or the South American continent. We have to work very hard on it. But the trouble is: we're having great difficulty making up for the mistakes that were made the last four years, and it's going to take some time. | Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference JANUARY 19, 2022 | The claims levie…
(2022-06-09). LA Times Writer Claims There is a 'Ice Cube Effect' with Black Men Supporting Republican Mayor Candidate. moguldom.com Back during the 2020 presidential election, hip-hop mogul Ice Cube went to social media and questioned why Black voters continued to be so loyal to the Democrats, even though the Democrats don't seem to have the issues of the Black community at heart. While Cube didn't outright support President Donald Trump for reelection, he urged …
(2022-06-09). People's Action and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Endorse Mandela Barnes for Senate. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and Citizen Action of Wisconsin today announced their endorsement of Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to represent Wisconsin in the United States Senate. The groups cited Barnes as one of the top opportunities for progressive champions to win in Republican-held turf in 2022, cheering his strong positions on jobs, labor, and climate issues. …
(2022-06-09). As January 6 Hearings Begin, Poll Finds Many Conservatives With Open Minds. independentmediainstitute.org As the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first televised public hearing in prime time on Thursday, June 9, a nationwide poll has found that there are more Republicans "open" to changing their minds about what happened than there are immovable Donald Trump loyalists. The findings …
(2022-06-09). Discuten sobre democracia en Cumbre de los Pueblos en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Movimientos sociales repletaron las salas en contraste con los espacios vacíos de la cumbre oficial organizada por EE.UU.
(2022-06-09). "Para la política exterior de EEUU hacia América Latina y el Caribe, el tiempo se ha quedado detenido", afirma experto cubano. cubadebate.cu La IX Cumbre de las Américas, en Los àÅngeles, California, ha sido tildada por políticos, analistas y medios de prensa como un fracaso de la política exterior de la Administración Biden. Elio Emilio Perera Pena, investigador del Centro de Política Internacional, comentó a Cubadebate que el fracaso de la cumbre está dado por su carácter excluyente y porque el tiempo se ha quedado detenido para la política exterior de EE.UU. hacia América Latina y el Caribe.
(2022-06-09). Manifestante interrumpe a Biden en su discurso inaugural en la IX Cumbre de las Américas (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Una manifestante interrumpió el discurso inaugural de Joe Biden en la IX Cumbre de las Américas en Los àÅngeles, que duró unos 13 minutos, con gritos desde la sala. El presidente de Estados Unidos hizo una breve pausa, se rió en respuesta y prosiguió dirigiéndose a los presentes. La Casa Blanca detalló que otra persona también trató de interrumpirlo.
(2022-06-09). Public transportation resumes in most parts of Beijing's Chaoyang and Fengtai districts. ecns.cn Public transportation resumed normal operations in most part of Chaoyang and Fengtai districts on Wednesday, except those communities under closed-off management.
(2022-06-09). Thursday 6/23: Anti-SWEEPstakes Showdown. indybay.org At the corner of Castro and Market Street in San Francisco…
(2022-06-09). From Reagan to Trump. indybay.org The 1960s, when incomes rose for almost all workers, ended with a massive wave of strikes. Since the 1980s, the incomes of most Americans have fallen, working hours have risen massively, and job security has become a foreign word. But strikes have been extremely rare.
(2022-06-09). Randy Perdomo García y la filosofía del delegado. cubadebate.cu Desde hace algunos años el nombre de Randy Perdomo García se menciona para hablar de cambio y reanimación en los barrios, especialmente de la Circunscripción 78, de la que es delegado. Antes de convertirse en la persona que es actualmente, fue presidente de la Feu de la Universidad de La Habana (UH), mantuvo un intercambio íntimo con Fidel Castro.
(2022-06-09). EOPA, elected officials, thank Biden for invoking the Defense Production Act. indybay.org The Defense Production Act for clean energy manufacturing will help fight inflation, grow jobs and put America on a clearer path to energy independence. Elected Officials to Protect America thanks President Biden for taking the historic action on June 6, D-day, of invoking the DPA to accelerate the production of clean energy manufacturing.
(2022-06-09). The AFL-CIO, US Foreign Policy and Worker to Worker Solidarity. indybay.org There will be a international education conference in Philadelphia on the collaboration between the AFL-CIO, the CIA, AID and the National Endowment For Democracy around the world. The AFL-CIO and it's "Solidarity Center" which receives $75 million a year from NED has been involved in supporting rightwing corporate unions around the world and helping to overthrow governments that are opposed to US imperialist policies of privatization, deregulation and union busting around the world.
(2022-06-09). U.S. ponders ending some tariffs against China to counter inflation: Commerce Secretary. ecns.cn The Biden administration is considering ending some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods in an attempt to control domestic inflation, local media recently quoted U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as saying.
(2022-06-08). What's in the Massive US Military Aid Package to Ukraine? thiscantbehappening.net This article was written for The Edge, a publication of the Ithaca College Park Center for Independent Media The first point that needs to be made in addressing the colossal $40 billion Ukraine arms aid package passed by Congress and rushed by plane to Asia for President Joe Biden's signature is that it's not all … |
(2022-06-08). South African communist Amos Mbedzi, who fought apartheid, dies a martyr for liberation of Swaziland. peoplesdispatch.org 
The South African Communist Party and the Communist Party of Swaziland along with several pro-democracy groups have vowed to continue the struggle for Swaziland's liberation from the rule of King Mswati III, the last absolute monarch in Africa, for which Mbedzi paid the ultimate price…
(2022-06-08). Rogue California DA's election bid puts spotlight on the criminalization of pregnancy loss. liberationnews.org 
Californians in Kings County have seen firsthand that, even in states where abortion is relatively unrestricted, reproductive justice is out of reach.
(2022-06-08). Joe Biden's Saber-Rattling Threatens World War III—with China and Russia. covertactionmagazine.com Fits long pattern of war-mongering and provocations that are a feature of the American Century When U.S. President Joe Biden …