(2021-06-15). The Coup that is Taking Place in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad Keiko Fujimori and Fernando Rospigliosi. While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru's loyal right and the newly appointed US ambassador Pedro Castillo of the Perú Libre party…
(2021-06-15). Biden's European gang. workers.org 
To grasp the essence of the meetings in Europe, in which Joe Biden has been talking nicely to Washington's predatory imperialist allies, we should examine their historical precedent: the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference to divide and plunder the African continent. Armed with this historical perspective, it is easy to debunk Washington . . . |
(2021-06-15). US Abduction Of Venezuelan Diplomat, A Global Challenge. popularresistance.org With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab was quickly dispatched to Cabo Verde, where he is imprisoned. This island archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa is one of the smallest, poorest, and geographically isolated countries in the world. | The international human rights delegation did not gain Alex Saab's freedom. They were even denied a visit with him. But breakthroughs were made raising the visibility of the case, which involves enormous political, legal, and moral i…
(2021-06-15). Outrage in Namibia at Berlin's apology offering. challenge-magazine.org The Nava and Ovaherero people of Namibia have spoken out in outrage against the feeble strings-attached apology the German government has given for the genocide carried out between 1904 and 1908. | Apartheid in the southern African country, which was a German colony between 1884 and 1915, legally ended in 1994. Viewed through an economic lens though, apartheid persists. 44% of land in Namibia is commercially owned, an area of land larger than Germany. Over 70% of the land is owned by whites, who make up only 6% of the population. Groups such as the Landless People's Movement argue that the introduction of libe…
(2021-06-15). Headlines for June 15, 2021. democracynow.org China Blasts "Cold War Mentality" as Biden Pushes NATO to Declare China a Security Risk, WHO Says G7 Vaccine Pledge Falls Far Short of What's Needed to End Pandemic, COVID-19 Surges in Unvaccinated African Nations; Chile Locks Down Santiago Despite Vaccinations, Brazilian Indigenous Leaders March Against Copa América, Demanding Vaccines, Not Soccer Matches, U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top 600,000, the Worst Toll in the World, NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Released from Prison, Sen. Mitch McConnell Suggests Republicans Won't Confirm Biden SCOTUS Nominees After 2022 Election, Boeing to Resume Campaign Contributions to…
(2021-06-15). Drug-Resistant Malaria Detected in Africa Will Require Monitoring. jamanetwork.com Evidence in Africa that the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has developed genetic variants that confer partial resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin is a warning of potential treatment failure on the horizon, a drug-resistance monitoring study suggested.
(2021-06-15). McCarthyite Meltdown Shows how Russiagate, Syria Propaganda Captured 'Left' Media. orinocotribune.com 
By Aaron Maté — Jun 8, 2021 | In slandering me, The Young Turks demonstrated how Western chauvinism and careerism have been normalized in progressive media spaces. | On a recent episode of The Young Turks, the self-described "Home of Progressives", hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian disparaged me in a McCarthyite rant. The apparent trigger was a mocking comment that I had tweeted at Uygur, in which I described a recent post of his about Israel-Palestine as "the worst tweet of all time." ( Israelis & Palestin…
(2021-06-15). Selected Articles: Video: Bill Gates' Vaccine Experiment with Indian Tribal Girls in 2009. globalresearch.ca 
By Indian tribal girls were used as guinea pigs. With 1.3 billion people, India is a good base for pharmaceutical companies to …
(2021-06-15). Pro-establishment National Liberation Front takes lead in Algerian polls that saw record low turnout. peoplesdispatch.org The elections saw only 30.2% of voters taking part, with almost 18 million of a total of 24.5 million choosing to not vote, in line with the boycott call by the Hirak movement and some leftist parties…
(2021-06-15). From the Tulsa massacre to George Floyd: Race, class and state in the United States. greenleft.org.au The police killing of Black man George Floyd last May revealed how deep racism remains in the United States, writes Malik Miah.
(2021-06-15). Truthful Accounts — A View From Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Efforts to depict journalism as if it ever existed in the idealized form of its propagandists have become increasingly ridiculous. Journalism, like accountancy, is just another sub-category of reporting. Like accountancy and other reporting activities, journalistic reporting can be good or bad, exceptional or mediocre, honest or criminal. Among the most insidious fables people in the West tell themselves is that European and North American countries promote honest reporting and freedom of expression. However, countries from Libya, Iran and Syria to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela offer undeniable examples of how ab…
(2021-06-15). Suicide blast targets military trainees in Somali capital. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of General Dhagabadan military training camp in Somalia, killing 10 people.
(2021-06-15). Ethiopian Officials Check Aid Convoys to Make Sure They Carry Food, not Weapons. indybay.org I produced this news report for Pacifica/KPFA Radio's Saturday Evening Newscast on June 12, 2021. The attached audio file is 3 minutes and 31 seconds long.
(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…
(2021-06-14). BDS Gaining Momentum With #BlockTheBoat Actions in Oakland & Seattle. zcomm.org The mobilizations in Seattle and Oakland are part of a coordinated, international #BlockTheBoat campaign that has been taking place across both U.S. coasts, in Canada, South Africa, Lebanon and at European ports…
(2021-06-14). Is Nigeria's Twitter Ban a National Sovereignty or Anti-Democratic Move? globalresearch.ca Observers are divided …
(2021-06-14). Nigeria's Buhari-Twitter Spat: Big Tech Power, "Hate Speech" and National Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca "Many of those …
(2021-06-14). Challenges of Water Sharing in the Nile Basin: Critical Moments Approaching. libya360.wordpress.com Viktor Mikhin Egypt and Sudan are supposed to adhere to a binding agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), even amidst reports that Addis Ababa, for a second year, will fill its reservoir with less water than had previously been planned, several international experts say. Just three weeks before the second planned year for…
(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). Global Outcry after Venezuela Financially Blocked from COVAX Initiative. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Venezuelan vice-president Delcy Rodríguez announced in a press conference that Venezuela's last payment to the COVAX initiative to acquire vaccines was blocked. The member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), on June 13, rejected the decision of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)…
(2021-06-14). Saudi Arabia Boasts End Of Airstrike Campaign On Sana'a, Keeps Bombing Everywhere Else. southfront.org 
The Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthis) claimed that it had halted its airstrike campaign to 'pave the way for a peaceful settlement to the conflict.' | It also followed reports that the coalition had struck a Houthi armoured division near the rebel-held capital Sanaa on June 10th. | Correspondents with the AFP news agency in the city heard loud explosions and saw smoke rising in the sky. The Houthis did not immediately comment on the explosion. | Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki told Saudi state television that "no military operation has been carried out in the vicinity of Sa…
(2021-06-14). U.S. Interference Threatens Latin American Elections. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni In its plan to colonially control Latin America, the United States openly intervenes in the elections of the region through the Organization of American States (OAS) whose Secretary General Luis Almagro, who was at the head of the coup in Bolivia against President Evo Morales manipulating the results of the elections of October…
(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). Zambia's Anti-Colonial Hero Kenneth Kaunda Hospitalised. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Kenneth Kaunda, first president and founding father of the Republic of Zambia, entered a hospital at the age of 97. | RELATED: | "Kaunda has been unwell and was admitted to the Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka," said his aide Rodrick Ngolo without specifying what his health problem is. | The ex-president "requests all Zambians and the international community to pray for him as the medical team is doing eve…
(2021-06-14). Argentina — Los barcos y la selva de aprovechadores. globalizacion.ca La idea es que el incidente sirva para disparar cierto aspecto más profundo. Ignorar al tema es correr el riesgo de asemejar a un zombie. Magnificarlo como si fuera un hecho categórico es un delirio. La patinada del Presidente sobre…
(2021-06-14). Brasil: Camino al autogolpe. globalizacion.ca En otra clara muestra de su alejamiento de la trágica realidad vivida por Brasil, el ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro participó ayer sábado de una marcha que reunió a miles de motociclistas en San Pablo (foto). | Al desafiar el decreto local que…
(2021-06-14). 50 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in Somalia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The Somalian army reported that at least 50 members of al-Shabaab terrorist group were killed in Somalia yesterday.
(2021-06-14). New Zionist FM describes JCPOA as "bad agreement" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The new Israeli regime foreign minister Yair Lapid stressed the continuation of normalization of ties with Arab states and described the Iranian nuclear deal as a "bad agreement."
(2021-06-14). Algerians boycott elections as Hirak movement demands total overhaul & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the parliamentary elections held in Algeria amid a mass boycott called by the Hirak movement, protests against police brutality by working-class communities in Tunisia, the increasingly anti-China stance taken by the G7 countries and the joint communique released by the group after the Summit in the UK, and the continuing demands for justice for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK 4 years after the tragedy.
(2021-06-14). Daily Round-up|Algerians boycott elections as Hirak movement demands total overhaul & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today's episode of Daily Round-up looks at the upcoming elections in Algeria, protests against police brutality in Tunisia, the G7 meeting & more…
(2021-06-14). Kenyan left prepares for mass protests against controversial constitutional amendments. peoplesdispatch.org The amendments introduced by president Uhuru Kenyatta are, according to critics, aimed at cementing an opportunistic alliance with opposition leader Raila Odinga, and subverting the spirit of the constitution. The provisions have been struck down by a court…
(2021-06-14). Parallel Cabinet of Right-Wing Venezuelans Rules El Salvador Alongside President Bukele. libya360.wordpress.com Ana Perdigon An investigation carried out by the Salvadorian online media outlet El Faro detailed the relationship and hidden influence that exists between leaders of the Venezuelan right and the government of the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. The investigation detailed a hidden structure led by at least 10 Venezuelan advisers, in which their…
(2021-06-14). NATO Summit: Confronting China, Russia and the World. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ended its summit in Brussels on June 14 and issued a communiqué listing achievements since the last summit and a blueprint to take the military bloc to its next one in 2022. The representatives of the thirty-nation alliance also endorsed the 67-page document used to prepare the summit's…
(2021-06-14). Security forces violently crush protests against police brutality in Tunisia. peoplesdispatch.org Protests against police brutality were organized for the fourth consecutive day after a Tunisian man arrested on drugs-related charges died in police custody. The man's family has alleged that he was beaten to death…