Daily Archives: June 25, 2022

2022-06-25: News Headlines

_____ (2022-06-25). US Prepares to Oust Erdogan. journal-neo.org After Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially announced his intention to run in the upcoming 2023 presidential elections in Turkey, the current White House administration gave a clear signal to its Western "allies" to intensify the campaign against the current Turkish leader and prepare measures to oust him. Although there is no talk of a coup d'état …

WSWS (2022-06-25). Democratic-led Louisiana bans abortion after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. wsws.org Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, signed two bills on Tuesday that ban most abortions, criminalize them and impose draconian penalties for those who perform the procedure.

The Conversation (2022-06-25). America's religious Communities are divided over the issue of Abortion. juancole.com Interview by Kalpana Jain, The Conversation | Interviewed: Luis Josué Salés, Scripps College; Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary; Samira Meht University of Colorado Boulder; Steven K. Green, Willamette University; Susan M. Shaw; Oregon State University. Since the first indications that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, following a …

John J. Mearsheimer (2022-06-25). The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War: A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer. juancole.com Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies: "Professor John J. Mearsheimer will discuss the current Russian invasion on Ukraine whilst exploring the potential causes and consequences of the crisis. In this lecture, Prof. Mearsheimer will aim to focus on both the origins of the war in Ukraine and some of its most important consequences. He will …

Anonymous103 (2022-06-25). New Military Aid Package From US To Ukraine: Four More HIMARS Included. southfront.org On June 23, US President Biden signed a new $4 million aid package for Ukraine that includes more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), patrol boats, and tactical vehicles. This was the 13th such outlay this year. | On the same day, Ukrainian officials confirmed that they had received the first HIMARS delivery as part of the previous aid package which was announced on June 1. 4 HIMARS are already in service with the AFU. | The $4 million weapons package includes: | Four more HIM…

Editor (2022-06-25). Why Sanctions Always Fail. scheerpost.com By Andrew Cockburn / Early in the Ukraine war, President Biden boasted on twitter that thanks to "unprecedented" sanctions, the "Russian economy is on track to be cut in half" and the ruble had been reduced to "rubble." All instruments of economic warfare had been deployed against Ukraine's invader, from the freezing of central bank reserves to sanctions on Russian cats. Today, the cats may be still at home, but the ruble is at a seven year high, Russian interest and inflation rates are headed downwards, and industrial pro…

Steve Sweeney (2022-06-25). Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped. mronline.org MEXICAN President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will raise the case with US President Joe Biden when they meet next month.

_____ (2022-06-25). UPS workers protest firing of Teamsters steward. popularresistance.org UPS workers represented by Teamsters Local 705 are fired up after Anthony Taylor, a union steward, was terminated this week without just cause. More than 40 drivers and loaders gathered in front of the building entrance at 1400 S Jefferson Street before their shift began on the morning of June 23. | The context for the firing and the rally is the beginning of negotiations in August for the contract which expires July 31, 2023. After being sold out by the Hoffa leadership in 2018, followed by a victory with the election of a new Teamsters leadership, members are bent on making gains.

Amarynth (2022-06-25). French vote shows the undemocratic rot of the pan-European project 1/2. thesaker.is by Ramin Mazaheri and cross-posted with PressTV France's election season finally got interesting, but only marginally. Even though his brutal repression of the Yellow Vests should disqualify him from being…

WSWS (2022-06-25). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government bans walkout as Ryanair workers strike across Europe. wsws.org Airline workers are a strategic, section of the working population whose mobilisation points to the vast social and industrial power of the international working class.

____ (2022-06-25). Beijing-Hebei section of Grand Canal opens to traffic. ecns.cn The Grand Canal is the longest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination. Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River.

ERA Coalition & Fund For Women's Equality (2022-06-25). Thursday 6/23: The ERA & Gen Z: Engaging Youth to be Equality Voters in 2022 Elections Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org Online webinar…

NNU, Healthcare Now, People's Action (2022-06-25). Tuesday 6/28: #Patients Over Profits! Medicare For All & 2022 Midterms w/ National Nurses United. indybay.org Online webinar…

WSWS (2022-06-25). Democrats hail "bipartisan" passage of toothless gun legislation. wsws.org The legislation is composed of a number of half-measures that will do little to stop the pandemic of gun violence in the United States, while it increases funding for the police.

____ (2022-06-25). DPRK leader calls for bolstering military strength, self-defence capabilities. ecns.cn The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called on the Korean People's Army to "improve the absolute power and the military and technical edge," the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.

Staff (2022-06-25). Biden signs bipartisan gun safety bill into law. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in Washington.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-25). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…

People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition (2022-06-25). Thursday 6/23: "Dear Pres.Biden: Just Say No to Fossil Fuels" – National Film Premiere w/ Q&A (virtual). indybay.org Virtual screening…

_____ (2022-06-25). Iran, energy crisis reasons for Biden's visit to Riyadh. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) —Bilgehan Alagoz says the global energy crisis and ambiguity surrounding the Iran nuclear talks are key factors for Biden's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Eighty-one years after the war of annihilation: German Chancellor Scholz makes new war threats against Russia. wsws.org In his June 22 statement, Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not mention the anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union or the German crimes. The reason for this is as simple as it is threatening.

____ (2022-06-25). Chinese maritime explorer embarks on journey to North Pole. ecns.cn Chinese maritime explorer Yang Jianxin took a 47-foot catamaran with a single sail and started his no-stopping and no-replenishment round trip from Tangshan, Hebei Province, to the North Pole, on Thursday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-25). Saturday 6/25: 21st Folsom Juneteenth, Stolen Legacy – Reclaiming California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Historic Folsom District – Leidesdorff Plaza…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing dementia risks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than 55 million people worldwide are believed to be living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. And women are likely to be twice as affected by dementia as men. Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. It's not one disease. And Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic, says…

TeleSUR, yart, DRL (2022-06-25). Reaccionan a decisión de Corte Suprema sobre el aborto en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, consideró que el Supremo arrebató un derecho constitucional a los ciudadanos.

TeleSUR, mcs, JDO (2022-06-25). República Dominicana reporta diez muertes por dengue. telesurtv.net Las autoridades precisaron que ocho de cada diez fallecidos por la afección son hombres.

Workers World Party (2022-06-24). Abolish the Supreme Court! Down with patriarchy! workers.org Today the Supreme Court of the United States has stripped pregnant and potentially pregnant people of control over their bodies and their lives. Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision granting the legal right to abortion — wrested from SCOTUS by the women's liberation movement — has been overturned. Workers World . . . |

Julia Conley (2022-06-24). Progressives Rebuke Dem Leadership as Clyburn Dismisses Death of Roe as 'Anticlimactic'. commondreams.org "The gap between the Democratic leadership, and younger progressives on the question of 'How Bad Is It?' is just enormous."

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-24). In 10 Key US Senate Races, Here's How Top Candidates Responded to Roe Ruling. commondreams.org While Republicans unanimously welcomed the Supreme Court's rollback of half a century of reproductive rights, one Democrat said "it's just wrong that my granddaughter will have fewer freedoms than my grandmother did."

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-24). Biden Again Blames Putin For High Gas Prices as Russian Oil Sales Soar. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has backfired on the West as Americans and Europeans are facing soaring gas prices, and Since Russia invaded Ukraine, President Biden has written off rising gas prices and inflation as "Putin's price hike." On Wednesday, Biden doubled down on blaming Russia while also admitting that his policies have only made things worse for Americans. | "We cut off Russian oil into the United States, and our partners in Europe did the same, knowing that we would see hig…

JANET (2022-06-24). Haiti suffers in U.S.-created turmoil. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel June 22, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes white Ukrainian refugee child. Haitian migrants of African descent, attempting to enter at the Texas border, are hunted down by U.S. Border Patrol mounted on horses. Haiti is in a process of collapse in its ability to function as a country on a daily basis. Half of its people don't have access to clean water and have trouble finding enough food to feed themselves and their families. Social services — education, roads, public health care in this time of pandemic — and other types of social and physical infrastructure have nearly vanished. Hai…

Jordan Schachtel (2022-06-24). Ukraine is a Mess: Celeb Visits, Banned Books, Ethnic Cleansing, A Broken War Effort, Sponsored by the "Free World" globalresearch.ca Ukraine is a total mess. A mess of epic proportions. | | And sponsored by the "Free World," which, in 2022, hardly resembles anything having to do with freedom or any semblance of western tradition. | Let's absorb the headlines of the past …

Vijay Prashad (2022-06-24). Colombia Votes in Its First Left Government. mronline.org On June 19, 2022, long lines brought 39 million Colombian (out of a population of 51 million) to vote in their presidential election. In rural areas, where the vote is often suppressed due to desolation or violence, the lines seemed longest.

Ann Brown (2022-06-24). Balancing Act: Governor Candidate Stacey Abrams Calls For Higher Salaries For Georgia Police Officers. moguldom.com Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams announced on June 23 that she would push for a pay raise for law enforcement officers if she wins the upcoming November election. Some observers say, Abrams, known for more progressive stances, is doing a balancing act in her effort to beat incumbent Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Abrams …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-24). Uvalde school shooting prompts Congress to OK some limited gun controls. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—It took a massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to force the recalcitrant U.S. Senate to listen to U.S. parents and teachers and not the nation's gun fanatics. By a 65-33 margin, senators have approved a package of gun control moves, the first such win since 1994. All 33 "no" votes were from Republicans, and two other …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-06-24). Democrats push Biden to probe killing of Shireen Abu Akleh. electronicintifada.net The slain Al Jazeera journalist, a US citizen, was shot with an American bullet.

Ann Brown (2022-06-24). Africom: Biden Selects Michael Langley To Manage America's Military And Imperial Affairs In Africa. moguldom.com President Joe Biden has selected Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Langley to command all U.S. forces in Africa. If confirmed, he will lead U.S. Africa Command (or AFRICOM) with all of the U.S.'s military operations on the African continent under his responsibility. AFRICOM is one of the 11 unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department …

JANET (2022-06-24). Workers' Summit of the Americas opposes imperialism. iacenter.org By Richie Merino June 14, 2022 The Workers' Summit of the Americas, a coalition of more than 50 trade unions and social organizations from North and South America, met in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 10-12. They gathered in response to the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Ninth Summit of the Americas, organized by the U.S. State Department. That summit was held in Los Angeles during the same time period. Participants at the Workers Summit of the Americas, held in Tijuana June 10-12 Biden's Summit of the Americas was a howling blunder, even in the view of the U.S. corporate media. Bloomberg News sta…

Editor (2022-06-24). Petro, a historic victory. mronline.org With just over 98 percent of the precincts counted, the triumph of Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historic Pact, in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections was confirmed.

Editor (2022-06-24). Bernie Sanders Advocates for Leonard Peltier's Release from Prison. scheerpost.com "I continue to support efforts to free him," Sanders said of Leonard Peltier, 77-year-old Indigenous rights activist, in a letter obtained by HuffPost.

Editor (2022-06-24). Michael Moore: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM: Millions Must Respond. scheerpost.com Beyonce and her army of women at the barricades. (From her "Run The World (Girls)" music video) | By Michael Moore / | Friends, | The choices we make in the next few hours will determine the fate of our democracy. | Minutes ago the Supreme Court ruled, once again, that women are indeed second-class citizens — stripped of their rights to control thei…

Editor (2022-06-24). Nolan Higdon & Mickey Huff: Has America Lost the Key to Democracy? scheerpost.com [ | Click to subscribe on: Mickey Huff. [Project Censored] | In recent years, as the internet has come to dominate discourse, divisions in the US.even within families—have…

Johanna Kichton (2022-06-24). People's Action on SCOTUS Abortion Ruling: We Need to Protect Our People. peoplesaction.org While Right-Wing Supermajority Stops at Nothing to Attack Democracy, We Recommit to Defending It Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement by Director Sulma Arias in response to the Supreme Court of the United States ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: "Today's ruling is a direct assault on …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-06-24). Black Tech Week Heads To Cincinnati, Ohio: 7 Things For Black America To Know. moguldom.com Black Tech Week started as a vision of serial entrepreneurs Felecia Hatcher and Derick Pearson, a married couple, in 2015 in Miami. It grew to become one of the largest gatherings of Black techies in the country. After seven years in Miami, the conference is moving to Cincinnati, Ohio this year. Here are seven things …

_____ (2022-06-24). Moon Jae-in's Under Siege. journal-neo.org On May 10, Moon Jae-in, who has completed his five-year term as president, left for his small homeland in Yangsan City, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, 420 kilometers south of Seoul. Arriving at the station, the ex-president said that he was returning to his village of origin, as promised, and intended to live an ordinary life, looking after …

WSWS (2022-06-24). January 6 hearing reveals multiple Republican congressmen sought pardons for participating in Trump's coup. wsws.org Contradicting the committee's intent to present Trump's coup as the result of the ex-president and a few outliers, Thursday's hearing exposed the wide support the plot had throughout the Republican Party.

Dr. Robert Malone (2022-06-24). Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Analysis Re-do: "Serious adverse events of special interest": Dr. Malone. globalresearch.ca There has been a bit of a stir lately concerning…

WSWS (2022-06-24). Quebec's ruling CAQ whipping up anti-immigrant chauvinism ahead of provincial election. wsws.org By calling for the "repatriation" of federal immigration powers, Quebec Premier Franàßois Legault wants to divert attention from his government's disastrous handling of the pandemic and provoke a reactionary conflict with Ottawa.

WSWS (2022-06-24). Assange was stripped and placed in "suicide watch" isolation cell after British extradition announcement. wsws.org This latest abuse of Assange's democratic and human rights was reported by his father John Shipton. It is a continuation of what outgoing United Nations Rapporteur Nils Melzer has branded as the state torture of Assange by the British and US authorities.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-24). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

WSWS (2022-06-24). For a socialist movement against fascism and war! Vote IYSSE on July 12th! wsws.org On the basis of the following statement, the IYSSE are running in this year's Student Parliament elections at Humboldt University of Berlin on July 12.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-06-24). Trump pressured Justice Dept. to aid coup attempt by declaring election 'corrupt'. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Top Trump regime Justice Department officials, standing by the Constitution and the rule of law, derailed his design to use the big law enforcement agency to pervert the law and further his 2021 coup d'etat try to keep the presidency. After weeks of pressure, starting in December, the showdown came, said former Acting Attorney General …

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2022-06-24). Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon. fair.org (cc photo: Joe Flood) | This week on CounterSpin: Elite news media are saying that Biden has to go to Saudi Arabia in July despite his pledges to make the country a "pariah" for abuses including the grisly murder of a Washington Post contributor, because…stability? Shaking hands with Mohammed bin Salman makes sense, even in the context of denying Cuba and Venezuela participation in the Americas Summit out of purported concerns about their human rights records, because…gas prices? It's hard to parse corporate media coverage of Biden's Saudi visit, because that coverage obscures rather than illuminates what's…

Joe Glenton (2022-06-24). As Afghans dig through earthquake rubble, their wealth remains in the hands of US banks. thecanary.co Afghans in the east of the country have spent several days digging through rubble, often by hand, following an earthquake. The disaster hit both Afghanistan and Pakistan on The Taliban gove…

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-06-24). Presidente Maduro devela hito en Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela. telesurtv.net El mandatario instó a los venezolanos a convivir en verdaderas comunidades de democracia participativa.

WSWS (2022-06-24). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: Haryana childcare workers hold three-day protest; Pakistan: Health care workers in Islamabad oppose privatisation; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers impose bans; Australian airline pilots vote to strike at Regional Express.

Walden Bello (2022-06-24). Reflections on a Path-Breaking Campaign for Democratic Socialism in the Philippines. fpif.org In the Philippines, as in the U.S., the "left" presents itself "the 'progressive' tail of the liberal elite." Our campaign made room for an actual progressive agenda.

____ (2022-06-24). (W.E. Talk) U.S. aim to 'maintain the existing international order' is not convincing. ecns.cn It has been a year and a half since the Biden administration took office, but China-U.S. relations have yet to bottom out. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently summed up "invest, align, compete"in the newly-announced governmental approach to China. So who is undermining the international order? And how should the U.S. find a new path in its China approach?

Maryam Jameela (2022-06-24). Fascist Tories want to scrap the Human Rights Act. thecanary.co A new And th…

_____ (2022-06-23). Union Kitchen Workers Declare Victory In Their Efforts To Unionize. popularresistance.org The National Labor Relations Board determined Tuesday that a majority of Union Kitchen workers voted to unionize, according to the freshly-minted labor union's collective bargaining agent, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400. The NLRB reviewed the results of the formal election, which took place three months ago, after CEO and founder Cullen Gilchrist challenged some ballots — including those of two vocally pro-union workers who cast ballots but were fired before their votes had been counted. | NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado confirmed that a majority of valid votes cast had been in favor of…

_____ (2022-06-23). You Can't 'Green' The Military. popularresistance.org In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense issued its Climate Adaptation Plan, which has been lauded by corporate media as a supposedly serious mobilization against climate change. More recently, the U.S. Army has followed suit with its own Climate Strategy. More and more frequently, Democratic politicians are learning to frame the eternal imperative of an eternally expanding military budget in the language of "greening" the military. Similar language is used by Pentagon higher-ups, and even more frequently by those from the "industry" side of the military-industrial complex. | Make no mistake: the military is one o…

Contributing Writers (2022-06-23). Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID/By Kennedy Hall. marktaliano.net An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle. Original Link Here: Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization By Kennedy H..]…

Anand Naidoo (2022-06-23). The Heat: U.S. gun reform & January 6th hearings. america.cgtn.com An election official testifies that former President Donald Trump pressured him to find more votes to overturn the 2020 election result. And for the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. Senate moves forward on a bipartisan gun safety bill.

2022-06-25 19:52 | 15:52 EST | tr | 64 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 0