Daily Archives: June 3, 2024

2024-06-03: News Headlines

Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. (2024-06-03). Understanding Biden's Proposal For A Gaza Ceasefire. popularresistance.org As U.S. President Joe Biden stepped up to the microphone on Friday, he checked his watch before beginning his speech, joking that he wanted to make sure it was afternoon. Given that he was almost an hour late to the speech, someone might have told him behind the scenes to wait until it was close to the beginning of Shabbat in Israel. That way, far-right, and Sabbath-observant, ministers such as Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir would have to wait a day to respond to a speech they certainly did not want to hear. | Nor was Biden's speech one that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have been very ple…

Fight Back! News. (2024-06-03). Possible Virtual Biden Nomination Won't Impact March On DNC. popularresistance.org Chicago, IL — Preparations for the March on the DNC are well underway, with tens of thousands of people slated to march within sight and sound of the United Center on August 19 to demand that the Democratic Party helmed by Joe Biden end the genocide on Gaza and end U.S. aid to Israel. | Recently, the Democratic Party announced, to comply with shifting Ohio laws, that it will virtually nominate Biden before the convention, meaning that some business of the convention might be resolved before the August in-person convention. | "The Israeli occupation with U.S. weapons has killed over 36,000 people in Gaza. Me…

Melvin Goodman (2024-06-03). The Outrageous Congressional Invitation to Netanyahu. counterpunch.org It's no surprise that the Republican leadership invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, but why would the Democratic leadership co-sponsor the invitation? The Republicans issued the invitation as part of their effort to embarrass President Biden's support for a ceasefire in Gaza. Democratic support for the invitation lends credibility to this effort and will further divide the Democratic Party, making it more difficult for Biden to be reelected in November.

_____ (2024-06-03). The Global Demand for a Gaza Ceasefire Grows, Leaving Biden Behind. transcend.org 30 May 2024 – Israel's ongoing bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza has provoked unprecedented global outcry. On 24 May, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its attack on Rafah.

Bernie Sanders (2024-06-03). The War Criminal Netanyahu Should Not be Invited to Address Congress. counterpunch.org It is a very sad day for our country that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited — by leaders from both parties — to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress. Israel, of course, had the right to defend itself against the horrific Hamas terrorist attack of October 7th, but it did not,

_____ (2024-06-03). Biden's Rafah 'Red Line' Is a Green Light for 'Death and Destruction'. transcend.org 27 May 2024 – Pretending to oppose a Rafah assault, the White House facilitates a new Israeli massacre at a Gaza tent camp.

newleftreview (2024-06-03). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

MEE staff (2024-06-03). War on Gaza: Over a million flee Rafah as Israel weighs up truce proposal. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Over a million flee Rafah as Israel weighs up truce proposal | Netanyahu says deal outlines presented by Biden not accurate amid fears his governing coalition could collapse | | Palestinians perform Friday prayers at the ruins of a mosque destroyed in the Israeli military offensive in Kh…

_____ (2024-06-03). As Israel Bombs Ambulances and Levels Refugee Camp, Netanyahu Receives Bipartisan Invitation to Address US Congress. transcend.org 1 Jun 2024 – Signaling support for the genocidal Israeli onslaught, the Democratic and Republican parties issued a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday [31 May], hailing him in the fight against "terrorism" and inviting him to address the US Congress.

Reuters (2024-06-03). Biden's Gaza plan 'not a good deal' but Israel accepts it, Netanyahu aide says. scmp.com Pressure is growing on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following US President Joe Biden's proposal for an end to the war in Gaza.

MEE staff (2024-06-03). Steve Coogan, Riz Ahmed, and other celebrities urge Starmer to end Israel arms sales. middleeasteye.net Steve Coogan, Riz Ahmed, and other celebrities urge Starmer to end Israel arms sales | More than 100 musicians, filmmakers and actors signed a letter calling on the Labour leader and election frontrunner to end 'UK complicity' in war crimes in Gaza | | Celebrities, including Alan Partridge actor Stev…

Cynthia Papermaster (2024-06-03). Friday 6/7: Biden, Padilla, Pelosi, Israel: WE Are Your Red Line! indybay.org 333 Bush St, San Francisco (Senator Alex Padilla's office) and 456 Montgomery St., Israeli Consulate…

Staff (2024-06-03). President Maduro: Electoral Victory Must Be Immense and in Peace. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, urged the people of Lara state to deploy the 1àó10 electoral outreach strategy in all the streets of the region. The 1×10 method has been used by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to bring more Chavista voters to the polls on election day. | During a phone-call with coordinator of the Venezuela Nuestra Presidential Campaign Staff, Delcy Rodríguez, who was present at an organizational meeting of electoral teams of the PSUV in Lara state, President Maduro pointed out that it is necessary to "renew all our discourse and our way of working" to opti…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2024-06-03). Monday 6/3: Inaugural California Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony – Honoring USCT from California. indybay.org Our Global Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony take place at Noon all around the world. Juneteenth is our agreed upon date to celebrate the beginning of ending chattel slavery at the final Confederate States of America Port at Galveston Island, Texas…

Marc Batko (2024-06-03). Trump and the Danger of Fascism. indybay.org Peace is the imperative that should outweigh escalation and the unspeakable risk of global war! The constitutional state must not be confused with the security state or the emergency state as Rousseau and the social contract must not be confused with Thomas Hobbes and the punishing or fearsome state. People would fight endlessly without the state or Leviathan, he said.

Labor Video Project (2024-06-03). We Need A New Election! SEIU Presidential Candidate Avery Horton Demands Democracy In SEIU. indybay.org The SEIU held a national convention in May 2024 and had an election for president. Oregon SEIU 503 board member and homecare worker Avery Horton Jr. learned he could run and self nominated himself forcing an election at the SEIU convention. Most members in the United States were not informed about the election and he is now demanding a new election in the SEIU because of numerous election violations including misuse of union funds to campaign by President April Verrett and other candidates on her slate.

Lynda Carson (2024-06-03). Evangelist Franklin Graham supports Trump a convicted felon for president. indybay.org Former Actor Of Home Alone 2, Donald J. Trump, Has Been Convicted Of 34 Felonies Recently!

Quanah Brightman (2024-06-03). Thursday 7/11: Lock Up Donald Trump. indybay.org Supreme Court of California | 350 McAllister St | San Francisco, CA 94102…

Ralph Nader (2024-06-03). "No One Is Above the Law" — Really Mr. Biden? counterpunch.org After the jury came in with its verdict that Donald Trump was guilty of a scheme and coverup to illegally influence the 2016 election, the Biden campaign issued a statement saying that the judgment demonstrated that "no one is above the law," not even a former President. The overwhelming truth is that the majority of

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George Ochenski (2024-06-03). The Tragedy of Sacrificing Good Public Policy While Pandering for Votes. counterpunch.org Caught up in the swirling tides of a presidential election year, citizens are rightfully concerned that much of what we're seeing from candidates are actions primarily intended to influence voters. That's quite different than formulating good, sound public policy that relies less on politicians or their Republican vs. Democrat battles and more on actually providing

Joel Schlosberg (2024-06-03). Don't Chip Off the Old Mr. Block. counterpunch.org "Mr. Block … licks the hand that smites him and kisses the boot that kicks him." Industrial Worker editor Walker C. Smith wasn't foreseeing, by 111 years, Walter Block, PhD's "Libertarians Should Vote For Trump" (The Wall Street Journal, May 29); the character from Walker's newspaper was fictional enough to be a blockhead in the

geo.tv (2024-06-03). Donald Trump opens up about hush money sentencing. geo.tv Donald Trump says he does not think the public would stand it, and that trial had been tougher on his family…

geo.tv (2024-06-03). Donald Trump joins video-sharing app he tried to ban as US president. geo.tv Former US president says he was "honoured" as he joined popular app that he considered a security threat…

geo.tv (2024-06-03). Ivanka Trump spotted for first time since Donald's hush money conviction. geo.tv Donald Trump's eldest daughter spotted in public first time since father's conviction in hush money trial last week…

Staff (2024-06-03). Whither the American democracy is headed? muslimmirror.com By sad Mirza The last week brought some rather perplexing developments from the US. The developments related to the former president Donald Trump, who became the first president of the United States, sitting or former, to be convicted as a felon. The former American president Donald trump was convicted on all 34 counts in the …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-06-03). Italy launches book on Gianni Mina and Fidel Castro's talks. plenglish.com Rome, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The launch of a book on talks between Italian journalist Gianni Mina and the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, begins in Italy on Monday, in one of the most significant publishing events of the year.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-06-03). Russia warns the US about attacks on its territory. plenglish.com The statement came after the alleged authorization of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, for Ukraine to use weapons supplied by the US to attack Russian soil from the province of Kharkov. | "I would like to warn American functionaries of failures that can have fatal consequences. For unknown reasons they underestimate the seriousness of the response they may receive," said Ryabkov, who also recalled that President Vladimir Putin "has repeatedly spoken out" about this issue, and called on Washington to treat Russia's warning "with the utmost seriousness." | When it comes to attacks on Russian early wa…

Pressenza India (2024-06-03). Open Letter to the Election Commission of India by the Farmers' Movement Organization. pressenza.com To: Sri. Rajiv Kumar | Honorable Chief Election Commissioner of India | Subject: Apprehension on free and fair counting to 18th Lok Sabha election 2024- people's will must prevail* | Respected Sir, | Please accept our warm greetings- | On behalf of the farmers across India, we wish to bring to your kind attention our apprehension on any eventuality of tampering with the counting process — scheduled for June 4, 2024, to subvert the people's verdict to help the present regime to cling on power. | Unlike the past elections, the farmers of India had directly opposed the election campaign of the BJP against the g…

teleSUR (2024-06-03). Venezuela Congratulates South Africa for Its Elections. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Venezuelan government congratulated South Africa on the "successful democratic exercise" carried out in the general elections on May 29. | RELATED: | "Venezuela expresses its most sincere congratulations to the Republic of South Africa for the successful democratic exercise carried out in the national and provincial elections of May 29, within the framework of the 30th anniversary of the election of the…

Staff (2024-06-03). Puebla Group Congratulates Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum. telesurenglish.net On Monday, on the eve of the official results of the Presidential Elections in Mexico, Puebla Group congratulated, through social networks, the winner for first counts, Claudia Sheinbaum. | RELATED: | Also members of the association, met with the candidta to express their congratulations and accompany her in the elections, such was the case of the Bolivian Former President, Evo Morales, the former Argentine pres…

teleSUR (2024-06-03). Sheinbaum is 1st Female Mexican President in 200 Years: AMLO. telesurenglish.net During Monday's morning press conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) highlighted the importance of the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president of Mexico. | RELATED: | "Yesterday I already congratulated her. I am very happy because you can imagine what it means to hand over the presidency to a woman after 200 years of republican life in which only men governed Mexico since 1824," he said.

teleSUR (2024-06-03). France: Attal Avoids No-Confidence Motions Before EU Elections. telesurenglish.net On Monday, two "Motions of No Confidence" against the French administration led by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal failed, just six days before the European elections. | RELATED: | The motions were presented by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing the Insoumise France (LFI) party. Unsurprisingly, neither motion secured the absolute majority of votes required in the National Assembly to overthrow the Executi…

teleSUR (2024-06-03). Officially: Claudia Sheinbaum Wins the Presidential Race. telesurenglish.net The candidate for the Presidency of Mexico for the Morena party, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, is the winner of the elections held this Sunday with more than 57.44% of support. | RELATED: | According to the last information released by the Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) made by the president entity, Guadalupe Taddei, more than 60.1096 % of Mexicans registered in able age casted their right to vote. | In seco…

WSWS (2024-06-03). Republicans back Trump as convicted ex-president threatens "breaking point" if imprisoned. wsws.org Following Trump's conviction on Thursday, virtually every major Republican politician has attacked the trial as a sham while defending the ex-president.

WSWS (2024-06-03). End of African National Congress hegemony: ANC vote slumps to 40 percent in South African election. wsws.org The ANC's share of the vote fell from 57 percent in the 2019 elections, itself a record low, to just 40 percent, much lower than the most pessimistic forecasts.

Associated Press (2024-06-03). South Africa's Ramaphosa urges rivals to find common ground after ANC election bruising. scmp.com South Africa's African National Congress has begun talks with rivals to form a government following its worst performance since Nelson Mandela led it to power at the end of apartheid in 1994.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-06-03). Georgia: Last chance to stop Russian-style crackdown on civil society. fidh.org International human rights organisations, civil society groups, and election observers are urging European and national leaders to promptly address the Georgian government's attempt to crackdown on civil society as the country approaches its General Elections in October.
Since April 15th Georgians have been rallying in protest against the proposed "Transparency of Foreign Influence" law, which bears striking resemblance to the Russian so called "Foreign Agent Law". This law threatens to (…) | – |

Plus News (2024-06-03). M23 Accuses MONUSCO of Aiding FARDC Amid Continued Fighting in North Kivu. plusnews.ug The March 23 Movement (M23) has issued fresh accusations against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), alleging it is aiding the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and their coalition as heavy fighting continues near Kanyabayonga town, Lubero territory, North Kivu province. On Sunday, …

The Independent (2024-06-03). ANC falls far short of majority, gets 159 of 400 seats. independent.co.ug JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has secured 159 out of 400 seats in the National Assembly in the country's 2024 general elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officially announced on Sunday evening. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), came second with 87 seats in the National Assembly, …

Reuters (2024-06-03). Violence mars Mexico vote as country prepares to elect first woman president. scmp.com Mexicans on Sunday voted in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country's path forward shadowed by cartel violence.

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-03). Priti Patel slammed over 'law and order' campaign video next to photo of Boris Johnson. leftfootforward.org Priti Patel has been ridiculed after posting a general election campaign video on social media in which she talks of law and order, whilst standing next to a framed photo of Boris Johnson who was fined for breaking lockdown rules. | The former Home Secretary was attempting to appeal to voters in the constituency of Witham in a video posted on her X account, in which she declared she is a "passionate believer of law and order". | In the video Patel said: "I have also been responsible for changing our laws to ensure that those who do the most terrible things, the most heinous crimes, serve longer prison sentenc…

aljazeera (2024-06-03). 'La Presidenta': Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexico election mandate. aljazeera.com The country's first female president faces a raft of challenges, from crime to a fractured polity.

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-03). Diane Abbott confirms she 'intends to run and win'. leftfootforward.org Diane Abbott said on Sunday evening that she intends to 'run and win' in the general election for Labour in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat. | It comes after Keir Starmer ended speculation about Abbott's political future in the party last week and On X, Abbott wrote: "I am the adopted Labour candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. I intend to…

aljazeera (2024-06-03). Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's first female president. aljazeera.com Mexico is to get its first ever female president after a convincing election victory for the ruling party's candidate.

NEOB (2024-06-03). SA's democracy is "strong, robust" – President Ramaphosa. sanews.gov.za SA's democracy is "strong, robust" – President Ramaphosa | President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 16 million citizens, who cast their vote in the National and Provincial Elections, are proof that South Africa's democracy is "strong and robust". | The President was addressing the nation through his weekly newsletter on Monday. | South Africans headed to the polls last week to elect new government leadership for the seventh administration in the country's most competitive elections since the dawn of democracy in 1994. | "This election has been declared free and fair. It took place peacefully and without serious inciden…

Reuters (2024-06-03). UK election 2024: Labour's Diane Abbott confirms she will run after confusion over candidacy. scmp.com Britain's first black woman lawmaker, Diane Abbott, said she intends to run for the Labour Party in a July 4 general election, after confusion over her candidacy.

Mazibuko Jara, Federico Fuentes (2024-06-03). South Africa: 30 years after Mandela's post-apartheid victory, ANC suffers historic election defeat. greenleft.org.au The African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority in South Africa's May 29 elections. South African socialist Mazibuko Jara discussed the reasons for the ANC's declining support and the rise of the recently formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, led by former ANC president Jacob Zuma with Green Left's Federico Fuentes just prior to the elections.

Bloomberg (2024-06-03). Donald Trump has been convicted. Now, Hunter Biden's gun trial is set to start. scmp.com Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is set to become the first child of a sitting US president tried for crimes.

aljazeera (2024-06-03). Mexico election live results 2024: By the numbers. aljazeera.com Here is a look at how the three parties are performing in Mexico's presidential vote.

Manu Sharma (2024-06-03). FO ∞ Talks: Geopolitical Guru on the State of Indian Democracy, Part 2. fairobserver.com On Tuesday, June 4, India will release the official results of its 2024 parliamentary elections. At least 644 million people have cast their votes in the largest democratic election in human history. For most of its history since independence in 1947, India has been ruled by the Indian National Congress party. Leadership of the party…

Combined Sources (2024-06-03). South Africa elections: ANC loses 30-year majority; Communists warn of right-wing threat. peoplesworld.org South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) party will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down, a top official said on Sunday. This came after the ANC lost its 30-year-old majority after a stinging result in Wednesday's election. South Africa has now been plunged into a series of negotiations …

nosihle (2024-06-03). Government welcomes conclusion of elections. sanews.gov.za Government welcomes conclusion of elections | Government has welcomed the successful conclusion of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections, which ushers in the seventh democratic administration in the 30 years of South Africa's freedom and democracy. | "These elections stand as testament to our vibrant and dynamic constitutional democracy and affirms our faith and confidence in our open democratic processes," the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) said on Monday. | Government thanked the 16 248 027 citizens who exercised their Constitutional right as well as civic duty to cast their ballots…

noemail (2024-06-03). South Korea to Suspend 2018 Military Pact Amid Balloon Provocations. devdiscourse.com South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South.

Editor at NewsOne (2024-06-03). Prayers Up: Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Announces Cancer Diagnosis. newsone.com House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) questions witnesses during a hearing on 'worldwide threats to the homeland' in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill September 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. | Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty | Prayers up. | Longtime Democratic Lee, who has represented Texas' 18th Congressional District for 15 straight terms, said she was "confident"

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-03). Labour has 'historic opportunity' to reverse NHS privatisation, says campaigners. leftfootforward.org Labour has been told it will have a 'historic opportunity' to reverse NHS outsourcing in its first term, if the party wins the general election. | Assuming Labour takes office on July 5, campaign group We Own It has laid out a plan for Labour not to renew private NHS contracts which are set to expire in the first term of the next government, as analysis has found a huge majority of contracts will need renewing over the next four years. | Based on an analysis of NHS contracts, data has shown that the next government will inherit 7,452 contracts, worth a total of £29.1bn, between for-profit private compan…

aljazeera (2024-06-03). India election results 2024: Winners and losers of all past Lok Sabha votes. aljazeera.com From 1951 to 2019, Congress and the BJP have seen highs and lows in India's parliamentary elections.

Reuters (2024-06-03). Donald Trump warns of 'breaking point' for Americans if he's jailed. scmp.com Donald Trump said he would accept home confinement or jail time after his historic conviction on criminal charges by a New York jury last week but that it would be tough for the public to accept.

Maria Calvo (2024-06-03). Trump, el convicto. radiohc.cu El virtual candidato a la presidencia de Estados Unidos por el Partido Republicano, Donald Trump, ya es un delincuente convicto, luego de que un tribunal lo declaró culpable por una treintena de delitos y lo tiene en espera de conocer cuál será su condena.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-06-03). Jorge Arreaza valora los resultados de los comicios mexicanos. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con Arreaza, "el pueblo mexicano tiene una nueva democracia consolidada", producto de un sexenio que ha "servido para fructificar y arraigar un poder ciudadano de abajo hacia arriba".

teleSUR, JGN (2024-06-03). Comunidad internacional saluda victoria presidencial de Sheinbaum en México. telesurtv.net Xiomara Castro dijo que acordó con Sheinbaum "trabajar juntas por la unidad de Latinoamérica y el Caribe".

Maria Calvo (2024-06-03). Felicitan al líder de la Revolución Cubana Raúl Castro en su 93 cumpleaños. radiohc.cu La Habana, 3 junio (RHC) El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, hizo extensiva su felicitación a través de su cuenta en X, al líder de la Revolución Cubana Raúl Castro en su 93 cumpleaños.

Maria Calvo (2024-06-03). Presentan en Italia libro de diálogos de Gianni Miná con Fidel Castro. radiohc.cu Roma, 3 junio RHC) Comienza hoy en Italia la presentación de un libro sobre diálogos entre el periodista Gianni Miná y el líder histórico de la Revolución cubana, Fidel Castro, uno de los más importantes sucesos editoriales del año.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-06-03). Xóchitl Gálvez admits Sheinbaum's electoral triumph in Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Xóchitl Gálvez, candidate of the Fuerza y Corazón por México Coalition, today acknowledged the victory of her closest rival Claudia Sheinbaum in the country's presidential elections and promised that she will run again for the next voting.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-06-03). Nicaragua respalda plan para cese al fuego en Gaza de EE.UU. telesurtv.net "Como siempre, nuestra exigencia de respeto y paz, para el pueblo palestino, y para los pueblos del mundo", indicó el Gobierno sandinista.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-06-03). Presidenta Xiomara Castro se reúne con alto representante palestino. telesurtv.net En el marco de la asunción del presidente de El Salvador, la mandataria hondureña sostuvo varios encuentros con líderes mundiales.

Branko Marcetic (2024-06-03). Biden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court. cadtm.org The ICC seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is a major step forward for international law. US officials' attacks on the ICC are a major step backward for US global standing.
| I've had some elected leaders speak to me and be very blunt: 'This court [the International Criminal Court] is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,' is what one senior leader told me."
| It's hard to know what's more extraordinary: yesterday's announcement by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim (…) | – | /…

Eric Toussaint (2024-06-03). James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005). cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

newarab (2024-06-03). How the world is reacting to Biden's Gaza ceasefire plan. newarab.com

newarab (2024-06-03). What is the Gaza ceasefire deal presented by Joe Biden. newarab.com On Friday, US President Joe Biden The "comprehensive" plan includes a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas. | Biden's announcement came as previous efforts to reach a ceasefire deal faltered. Last month, Hamas

newarab (2024-06-03). Palestinians in Gaza look forward to Biden's ceasefire plan. newarab.com Between hope, fear, and anxiety, Palestinians in Biden's initiative includes three stages: The first stage consists of a comprehensive ceasefire with the Israeli army withdrawing from populated areas, allowing the displaced to return to the…

newarab (2024-06-03). Israel PM Netanyahu backs away from Biden's Gaza ceasefire plan. newarab.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed away from the Israel's war cabinet met late on Sunday to discuss the

newarab (2024-06-03). Israel pounds Gaza after Biden outlines ceasefire plan. newarab.com Israeli forces hammered Shortly after Biden's announcement,

newarab (2024-06-03). Azmi Bishara: Biden's speech puts Netanyahu in awkward position. newarab.com There is now an American conviction that the war in Gaza must end, said Dr. Azmi Bishara, general director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, following In a new interview aired Friday evening on The New Arab's affiliated Al-Araby TV, Bishara emphasized the significance of U.S. President Joe Biden's address, noting the optics of Biden presenting the Israeli initiative from the White House, and of adding his interpretation…

newarab (2024-06-03). Israel accepts Biden's Gaza deal, calls it flawed. newarab.com An aide to Prime Minister In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, Netanyahu's chief foreign policy advisor, said Biden's proposal was "a deal we agreed to—it's not a good deal, but we dearl…

newarab (2024-06-03). Could Netanyahu ditch Israeli far-right for Biden's Gaza deal. newarab.com

newarab (2024-06-03). KDP rejoins Kurdistan general elections amid new date talks. newarab.com The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced on Sunday that it will participate in the upcoming Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan, initially scheduled for late 2022, faced repeated delays due to disputes between the KDP and the Patriotic U…

newarab (2024-06-03). Bernie Sanders to boycott Benjamin Netanyahu's Congress speech. newarab.com US Senator In a statement published to X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday, Sanders said that the

newarab (2024-06-03). Iran's ex-President Ahmadinejad to run in presidential election. newarab.com Iran's hard-line former President The populist former leader's registration pressures Supreme Leader

newarab (2024-06-03). What does the Trump verdict mean for the election. newarab.com With former President Donald Trump's felony Many Democrats are celebrating as though the election is over. It's far from over, and if it were held today, Trump would likely win, given his leads in most swing states and his boosts in fundraising following each trial. In the betting market, PredictIt shows Trump maintaining a slight edge over Biden. | Moreover, as many hav…

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Iran elections: More candidates throw hats into ring on final day of registration. presstv.ir More candidates file their nominations for Iran's upcoming presidential elections on the fifth and final day of registration.

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Spanish farmers head towards French border to protest ahead of EU elections. presstv.ir Spanish farmers were headed towards the French border where they planned to block roads in protest ahead of the European election.

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's first woman president. presstv.ir Claudia Sheinbaum win a landslide victory in Mexico's presidential election, becoming the country's first woman president.

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Polls open in South Africa's most competitive election since end of apartheid. presstv.ir South Africans started voting on Wednesday in an election that could mark a big political shift if the governing African National Congress party loses its majority as opinion polls suggest.

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