Daily Archives: 2021-06-03

2021-06-03: News Headlines

Julie Hollar (2021-06-03). Why do White Republicans oppose Black Lives Matter? mronline.org Look what they're watching. | June 3, 2021 | Newswire…

Andrew Bankson (2021-06-03). Struggle against cops & prisons shake up Pittsburgh politics. zcomm.org In Pittsburgh, the movement for Black lives has continued to upend the local political establishment…

Workers World Party (2021-06-03). PDF of June 3 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat Release Alex Saab! Ama-zen? Alabama mine strike. Editorial: Reparations NOW for Black Tulsans! A year after George Floyd, fight police terror! Cleveland, Seattle, Oakland. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free: March on Washington Global class impact Being . . . |

_____ (2021-06-03). Mass Incarceration Has Worsened The COVID-19 Pandemic. popularresistance.org A massive pandemic risk factor has been hiding in plain sight across the United States, growing exponentially in scale over the last four decades with the support of trillions of dollars spent by federal, state, and local governments. But, inexplicably, the current national policy conversation about rebuilding public health, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity has entirely ignored it.

Colin Todhunter (2021-06-03). The Campaign against Ivermectin: WHO's Chief Scientist Served with Legal Notice for Disinformation and Suppression of Evidence. globalresearch.ca On 25 May …

John Nichols (2021-06-03). It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections. thenation.com It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections…

teleSUR (2021-06-02). Colombia: At Least 3,789 Police Brutality Cases Since April 28. telesurenglish.net The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Temblores reported on Wednesday at least 3,789 cases of police brutality amid the national strikes in Colombia, which have extended for 36 days. | RELATED: | According to the latest report, 45 out of the 3,789 cases were homicides, 65 victims suffered eye injuries, 187 cases of gunshots, and 25 cases of sexual violence. Temblores said that there had been 1,649 arbitrary detentions an…

Natalia Torres Garzon (2021-06-02). After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike. zcomm.org Women's presence in Colombia's national strike—both as activists and as victims—has caught the world's attention…

Cindy Miller (2021-06-02). Smart Communications — another prison profiteer. workers.org Smart Communications logo Many do not realize that the mail one sends to an incarcerated loved one in Pennsylvania must now be sent to Smart Communications in St. Petersburg, Fla. There the mail is scanned, then sent digitally to prisons in the state, where copies are printed and distributed to . . . |

Sara Flounders (2021-06-02). U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! workers.org Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . |

Staff (2021-06-02). 5 June, Madrid: Palestine demonstration — with the Intifada of Unity. samidoun.net Saturday, 5 June 12 pm Cibeles to Callao, Madrid Info: www.instagram.com/p/CPka22gjWl5/ On June 5, 1967, the Zionist entity, Israel, perpetrated one of the largest massacres in Palestine, condemning more than 400,000 Palestinians to join the rest of the displaced after the Nakba of 1948. For this reason we will go out to the streets again in support of the Palestinian people confronting the ongoing Nakba and the genocide, ethnic cleansing and plunder still continuing. For the right of return, to historical reparations, for the liberation of prisoners, and against international complicity, we call on you t…

Staff (2021-06-02). 5 June, Madrid: Palestine demonstration — with the Intifada of Unity. samidoun.net Saturday, 5 June 12 pm Cibeles to Callao, Madrid Info: www.instagram.com/p/CPka22gjWl5/ On June 5, 1967, the Zionist entity, Israel, perpetrated one of the largest massacres in Palestine, condemning more than 400,000 Palestinians to join the rest of the displaced after the Nakba of 1948. For this reason we will go out to the streets again in support of the Palestinian people confronting the ongoing Nakba and the genocide, ethnic cleansing and plunder still continuing. For the right of return, to historical reparations, for the liberation of prisoners, and against international complicity, we call on you t…

Sara Flounders (2021-06-02). U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! workers.org Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . |

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2021-06-02). Sailing to a Secret Saudi Prison: The Hazards Awaiting Yemenis Trying to Earn a Living. mintpressnews.com "After our distress call was made, a force from the Saudi Coast Guard came not to rescue but to arrest us. They took us to the Farzan Prison in Jizan on charges of reconnaissance." — Yemeni fishing boat captain Hamad Ibrahim Abdo Majri…

Zia Jaffrey (2021-06-02). A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now? thenation.com A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

contributors (2021-06-02). Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop — UN expert. juancole.com ( UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner) | GENEVA | — A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel's Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers — at times with the reported backing of security forces — and urged Israel to fully and equally protect all of its citizens …

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-06-02). Biden Joins Long Line of Presidents to 'Woefully' Undercount Civilians Killed in US Wars. commondreams.org "Almost 20 years into our country's unending conflicts, the Biden administration joins its predecessors in undercounting the number of civilians… killed or injured in U.S. military operations overseas," says Hina Shamsi of the ACLU. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mosul.2600×1361.jpg

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-06-02). Jewish Defenders of Palestinian Rights Say 'Together We Can Stop Machinery of Division and Fear'. commondreams.org "The work of dismantling all oppression is OUR collective work. We will not be pitted against each other," wrote 300+ Jewish leaders. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/israel-protest1300x681.jpg

WSWS (2021-06-02). Class action lawsuit filed against company pushing unsafe ionizers to reopen classrooms across the US. wsws.org Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by US schools on electronic air cleaners, or ionizers, whose manufacturers falsely claim they clean indoor air and kill coronavirus particles.

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2021-06-03: Social Media Postees

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Why do White Republicans oppose Black Lives Matter?
Julie Hollar | mronline.org | 2021-06-03
Look what they're watching. | June 3, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/06/03/why-do-white-republicans-oppose-black-lives-matter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-do-white-republicans-oppose-black-lives-matter

Struggle against cops & prisons shake up Pittsburgh politics
Andrew Bankson | zcomm.org | 2021-06-03
In Pittsburgh, the movement for Black lives has continued to upend the local political establishment…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/struggle-against-cops-prisons-shake-up-pittsburgh-politics/

Mass Incarceration Has Worsened The COVID-19 Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
A massive pandemic risk factor has been hiding in plain sight across the United States, growing exponentially in scale over the last four decades with the support of trillions of dollars spent by federal, state, and local governments. But, inexplicably, the current national policy conversation about rebuilding public health, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity has entirely ignored it.
popularresistance.org/mass-incarceration-has-worsened-the-covid-19-pandemic/

PDF of June 3 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2021-06-03
Download the PDF. U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat Release Alex Saab! Ama-zen? Alabama mine strike. Editorial: Reparations NOW for Black Tulsans! A year after George Floyd, fight police terror! Cleveland, Seattle, Oakland. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free: March on Washington Global class impact Being . . . | Continue reading PDF of June 3 issue at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/06/56810/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-june-3-issue

The Campaign against Ivermectin: WHO's Chief Scientist Served with Legal Notice for Disinformation and Suppression of Evidence
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
On 25 May …
globalresearch.ca/ivermectin-who-chief-scientist-served-legal-notice-disinformation-suppression-evidence/5746871

It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-06-03
It's Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections…
thenation.com/article/politics/texas-republicans-elections-2024/

Colombia: At Least 3,789 Police Brutality Cases Since April 28
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Temblores reported on Wednesday at least 3,789 cases of police brutality amid the national strikes in Colombia, which have extended for 36 days. | RELATED: | Colombia's Senator Arias Persecuted for Helping Protesters | According to the latest report, 45 out of the 3,789 cases were homicides, 65 victims suffered eye injuries, 187 cases of gunshots, and 25 cases of sexual violence. Temblores said that there had been 1,649 arbitrary detentions an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-At-Least-3789-Police-Brutality-Cases-Since-April-28-20210602-0027.html

After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike
Natalia Torres Garzon | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
Women's presence in Colombia's national strike–both as activists and as victims–has caught the world's attention…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/after-decades-of-oppression-colombian-women-lead-front-lines-of-national-strike/

U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/06/56784/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-behind-detention-of-venezualan-diplomat-release-alex-saab

U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/06/56784/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-behind-detention-of-venezualan-diplomat-release-alex-saab

A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?
Zia Jaffrey | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?
thenation.com/article/society/prison-covid-video/

5 June, Madrid: Palestine demonstration — with the Intifada of Unity
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-02
Saturday, 5 June 12 pm Cibeles to Callao, Madrid Info: www.instagram.com/p/CPka22gjWl5/ On June 5, 1967, the Zionist entity, Israel, perpetrated one of the largest massacres in Palestine, condemning more than 400,000 Palestinians to join the rest of the displaced after the Nakba of 1948. For this reason we will go out to the streets again in support of the Palestinian people confronting the ongoing Nakba and the genocide, ethnic cleansing and plunder still continuing. For the right of return, to historical reparations, for the liberation of prisoners, and against international complicity, we call on you t…
samidoun.net/2021/06/5-june-madrid-palestine-demonstration-with-the-intifada-of-unity/

6 June, Amsterdam: Stand up for a free Palestine!
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-02
Sunday, 6 June 3 pm Dam square Amsterdam, Nederland Info: www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=113192577631424&id=100068220454753 Join Samidoun Nederland and many more activists and organizers for Palestine to take the streets in Amsterdam and stand up for Palestine! | The article 6 June, Amsterdam: Stand up for a free Palestine! appeared first on Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
samidoun.net/2021/06/6-june-amsterdam-stand-up-for-a-free-palestine/

Sailing to a Secret Saudi Prison: The Hazards Awaiting Yemenis Trying to Earn a Living
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2021-06-02
"After our distress call was made, a force from the Saudi Coast Guard came not to rescue but to arrest us. They took us to the Farzan Prison in Jizan on charges of reconnaissance." — Yemeni fishing boat captain Hamad Ibrahim Abdo Majri…
mintpressnews.com/sailing-secret-saudi-prison-hazards-awaiting-yemen-fishermen/277514/

Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop — UN expert
contributors | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
( UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner) | GENEVA | — A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel's Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers — at times with the reported backing of security forces — and urged Israel to fully and equally protect all of its citizens …
juancole.com/2021/06/violence-discrimination-palestinian.html

Smart Communications — another prison profiteer
Cindy Miller | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Smart Communications logo Many do not realize that the mail one sends to an incarcerated loved one in Pennsylvania must now be sent to Smart Communications in St. Petersburg, Fla. There the mail is scanned, then sent digitally to prisons in the state, where copies are printed and distributed to . . . | Continue reading Smart Communications — another prison profiteer at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/06/56791/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smart-communications-another-prison-profiteer

Jewish Defenders of Palestinian Rights Say 'Together We Can Stop Machinery of Division and Fear'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"The work of dismantling all oppression is OUR collective work. We will not be pitted against each other," wrote 300+ Jewish leaders. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/israel-protest1300x681.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/jewish-defenders-palestinian-rights-say-together-we-can-stop-machinery-division-and?cd-origin=rss

Biden Joins Long Line of Presidents to 'Woefully' Undercount Civilians Killed in US Wars
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"Almost 20 years into our country's unending conflicts, the Biden administration joins its predecessors in undercounting the number of civilians… killed or injured in U.S. military operations overseas," says Hina Shamsi of the ACLU. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mosul.2600×1361.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/biden-joins-long-line-presidents-woefully-undercount-civilians-killed-us-wars?cd-origin=rss

Latest Law Pod UK episode: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act
Emma-Louise Fenelon | ukhumanrightsblog.com | 2021-06-02
In Episode 145, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Bill Browder, co-founder of Hermitage Capital, author of best-selling book Red Notice and justice activist. The episode focuses on Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in pre-trial detention in Russia after uncovering and exposing a tax fraud of $230m and Bill Browder's campaign to bring those re…
ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/06/02/latest-law-pod-uk-episode-bill-browder-on-the-magnitsky-act/

Latest Law Pod UK episode: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act
Emma-Louise Fenelon | ukhumanrightsblog.com | 2021-06-02
In Episode 145, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Bill Browder, co-founder of Hermitage Capital, author of best-selling book Red Notice and justice activist. The episode focuses on Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in pre-trial detention in Russia after uncovering and exposing a tax fraud of $230m and Bill Browder's campaign to bring those re…
ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/06/02/latest-law-pod-uk-episode-bill-browder-on-the-magnitsky-act/

Class action lawsuit filed against company pushing unsafe ionizers to reopen classrooms across the US
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by US schools on electronic air cleaners, or ionizers, whose manufacturers falsely claim they clean indoor air and kill coronavirus particles.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/ioni-j02.html

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