(2021-07-02). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Mass protests in Sudan's capital Khartoum against inflation and the removal of fuel subsidies after IMF loan struck; workers in Nigeria still fighting for minimum wage agreed in 2019; warning strikes in retail and mail order sectors in Germany over pay; childcare sector workers' stoppages in Holland and Belgium over workload and contracts; railworkers' strikes continue in Portugal over pay and staffing levels~…
(2021-07-01). Biden Administration with 'Solid Case' Expects Cape Verde to Decide Soon on Alex Saab's Illegal Detention. orinocotribune.com A new plot around the continuing illegal detention of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab seems to be underway, judging from statements by Juan González, the Colombian adviser to US President Joe Biden, who serves as senior director of the White House National Security Council for the western hemisphere. | In an interview he gave to the Colombian radio station La W Radio, González remarked that he was certain that the US administration is on solid legal ground in its actions against Saab, despite the countless elements of illegalities in his arrest and detention in Cape Verde that have made numerous legal experts i…
(2021-07-01). 24 killed and over 70 injured amid crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Swaziland. peoplesdispatch.org In spite of the militarized crackdown, people across urban and rural Swaziland are taking to the streets against Africa's last absolute monarch. The Communist Party calls for sustained uprising on a country-wide scale in order to "exhaust the army and police."
(2021-07-01). South Africa's top court sentences former ANC President Jacob Zuma to 15 months. wsws.org While multi-millionaire President Cyril Ramaphosa made pro-forma statements about rooting out corruption, he has mostly targeted his political rivals.
(2021-07-01). Former finance minister Aymen Benabderrahmane nominated to be Algeria's next prime minister. peoplesdispatch.org Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has nominated Aymen Benabderrahmane, finance minister in the outgoing government, to be the next prime minister of the economically struggling and politically divided North African country, multiple news sources reported on Wednesday, June 30. The announcement came 18 days after the recently concluded legislative elections saw no party win a majority in the parliament. The elections, held on June 12, had a historically low voter turnout of 23%. The pro-establishment National Liberation Front (FLN) emerged as the single largest party with 98 seats, but fell well short of the…
(2021-07-01). Military Situation In CAR On July 1, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 30, the UPC rebels attacked Alindao town and killed 7 people in the area | On June 30, the UN peacekeeping mission sent nearly 60 Nepalese peacekeepers to the Alindao town | On June 30, Central African authorities rejected a UN report denouncing "violations of international humanitarian law" by Central African military and Russian instructors supporting them against rebels trying to overthrow President Faustin Archange Touadéra | 600 more Russian…
(2021-07-01). Delta variant drives Africa COVID threat to 'whole new level ¥: WHO warns; 'dominant' in Europe by August. news.un.org With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting the highest caseloads. The variant is the most contagious yet – up to 60% more transmissible than other variants.
(2021-07-01). Thousands hit the streets of Sudan against IMF deal. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of people took to the streets of Sudan commemorating the historic Millions March of June 30, 2019 as well as protesting a recent IMF deal. The protests were violently repressed across the country by security forces leaving many injured.
(2021-07-01). Dozens killed in crackdown on Swaziland's pro-democracy protests and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the escalating crackdown on pro-democracy protestors amid an internet blackout in Swaziland, the killings of 15 people in Haiti amid a surge in gang violence, protests in Sudan against worsening economic conditions and the approval of a new IMF debt relief loan, and the destruction of Palestinian properties by Israeli authorities in Occupied East Jerusalem's Silwan area.
(2021-07-01). Sudan Qualifies for Debt Relief. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund approved a debt relief process for Sudan, according to the country's finance ministry.
(2021-07-01). Ethiopia: Preliminary Analysis Of The Implications Of The Stunning Battlefield Reversals In Tigray. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for South Front | After eight months of brutal conflict, the Tigray Defence Forces have achieved a series of stunning battlefield victories over the last week that appear to have gutted and expelled a large part of the military forces of the hostile occupying powers (the armed forces of the Ethiopian Federal government, Eritrea and Amhara Regional State 'security forces' and militias) from many of the most strategically, demographically, culturally and economically i…
(2021-07-01). Only Anti-Imperialism Can Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. popularresistance.org The Green New Deal has become a popular slogan among progressive Democrats in recent years. But we need to be wary of the capitalist class co-opting the energy around climate change to maintain the imperialist global order they benefit from. | To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by Max Ajl, a post doc at Wageningen University and a researcher with the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and, relevant to this discussion, he is the author of the new book "A People's Green New Deal" published by Pluto Press.
(2021-07-01). South-south solidarity to challenge vaccine inequity. peoplesdispatch.org "Since this pandemic hit, most of us in the Third World have been essentially dependent on donations of vaccines from western countries. As a result, we have been able to vaccinate very few people," explained Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Governor of Kisumu County, Kenya in the Summit for Vaccine Internationalism organized by Progressive International (PI) from June 18-21. Nyong'o added, "We need to find a way of working together across developing countries, to develop the capacity and capability of manufacturing vaccines to deal with COVID-19 and future pandemics." | The Summit held in June brought together progressive…
(2021-07-01). Conservatives Blame Ranked-Choice Voting for NYC Election Chaos. They're Wrong. truthout.org 
New York City's Democratic mayoral primary — which was already unlikely to be resolved for weeks —moved from chaotic to disastrous on Tuesday when the city's Board of Elections released early results that mistakenly included 135,000 test ballots in the ranked-choice tally. But while some conservatives used the incident to malign the new ranked-choice system, it's the notoriously inept partisan BOE that shoulders the blame for the fiasco. | Tuesday marked the first time the city co…
(2021-07-01). "He Was Defeated": Ethiopian PM Withdraws from Tigray After Months of Civil War, as Famine Looms. democracynow.org 
The Ethiopian military has withdrawn its forces from Mekelle, the capital of the war-torn Tigray region, after the government declared a ceasefire. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed denied reports his military was defeated by Tigrayan forces, and said he had successfully pacified the city. Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, launched the offensive against Tigray separatists in November. Since then, thousands have been killed, over a million civilians have been displaced, and some 350,000 people are now on the brink of famine. Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, a constitutional law scholar, political theorist and con…
(2021-07-01). Albania Becomes Turkey's Newest Bayraktar Customer. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 29th, Turkish "drone magnate" Baykar revealed another customer of its Bayraktar TB2 combat UAV. | Its none other than powerhouse Albania. | Albania is the latest customer interested in striking a deal to procure this particular combat drone, which is already owned by Azerbaijan, Qatar, Ukraine and will be delivered to Poland under a recently inked deal. | The combat drone has been operated by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in Syria and Libya in various roles, from neutralizing enemy ai…
(2021-07-01). On 100th Anniversary Of CCP, Namibian Rossing Miners Call On Xi-Jinping To Rehire Miners. indybay.org On the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the nine fired union leaders of the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia Rossing Branch mine called on CCP Chair Xi-Jinping to order their rehiring at Chinese state owned Chinese National Nuclear Corporation owned mine at Rossing…
(2021-06-30). Headlines for June 30, 2021. democracynow.org Israeli Forces Begin Demolitions in East Jerusalem's Silwan, Attack Protesters, U.S. Military May Be Near End of Afghan Withdrawal as Top General Warns of Possible Civil War, Russia Tests Missiles in Crimea After Start of Ukraine-NATO's Black Sea Military Drill, Israel's Foreign Minister Inaugurates Embassy in UAE, Former South African President Jacob Zuma Sentenced to Prison for Contempt of Court, COVID Surge Brings Indonesia to "Edge of Catastrophe"; Virus Lowered Brazil's Life Expectancy, Vaccinated Angelenos Urged to Keep Masking Amid Delta Variant Spread; 800 Line 3 Workers Got COVID, Pfizer & Moderna Vaccin…
(2021-06-30). Coming Out Against Imperialism. popularresistance.org 'Gay Liberation is for the homosexual who stands up, and fights back.' In 1970, the year after the Stonewall riots, fliers for the first Christopher Street Liberation Day captured the theory, practice and spirit of a new generation driven to action. The origins of this new movement and its principles of popular mobilisation, however, can be found as much in the struggles for freedom fought in Cuba, Algeria, Vietnam, South Africa and Palestine as Manhattan's West Village or Islington's Highbury Fields. | Stonewall wasn't the first time queer people in the US had revolted against police repression, but its importan…
(2021-06-30). African Union Welcomes Ethiopia's Ceasefire in Tigray Region. telesurenglish.net The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Tuesday welcomed the Ethiopian government's unilateral humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict-ht Tigray region. | RELATED: | On Monday, President Sahle-Work Zewde's administration announced a unilateral ceasefire in the country's conflict-affected northernmost Tigray regional state. This decision followed a request by the Tigray regional state interim…
(2021-06-30). Unprecedented pro-democracy protests erupt in Swaziland. peoplesdispatch.org Reports have emerged stating Swaziland's King Mswati III has fled the country amid rising civil unrest. Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy left in Africa. While the people have been protesting the monarch's rule since years, lately, the country has been witnessing an unprecedented country-wide wave of pro-democracy and anti-monarchy protests.
(2021-06-30). As US Pivots from Afghanistan to Yemen, Al-Mahrah Copes with Increasing Military Presence. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Abdulkareem AL-MAHRAH, YEMEN —Eastern Yemen has been largely spared the country's grueling six-year war, with U.S. military personnel in the region, once a rare sight, garnering little more than a curious stare from the passing onlooker. But a new sense of anxiety has settled over the residents of the eastern Al-Mahrah Province amid stories…
(2021-06-30). DR Congo Celebrates 61 Years of Independence From Belgium. telesurenglish.net On June 30, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) celebrates 61 years of its independence from Belgium and the election of Patrice Lumumba as its first Prime Minister. | RELATED: | For the second year in a row, the Congolese will not celebrate this national holiday by performing any rallies or ceremonies because of an exponential rise in COVID-19 infections. Low vaccination rates have left the country vulnerable to the most…
(2021-06-30). More than 100 groups call for Biden to cease 'unlawful' drone strikes, saying it's a 'human rights and racial justice imperative'. rt.com 
A total of 113 organizations have called on President Joe Biden to "disavow" and end overseas drone strikes carried out by the US government, saying it is imperative to both ending "forever wars" and "promoting racial justice." | Numerous anti-war and human rights organizations, including ones from countries including Yemen and Somalia, have attached their names to the letter, which was released on Wednesday and organized by the Human Rights and Security Coalition. | For too long, presidents have flouted the rights-protecting safeguards of international law and the US system of checks and balances, with devast…
(2021-06-30). TPLF Gains More Ground In Tigray, Calls Ceasefire A Joke. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 29th, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly gained even more ground in Ethiopia's Tigray region. | On the previous day, the TPLF recaptured the capital of the region Makelle. | The TPLF said that the Ethiopian government's unilateral "ceasefire" was a joke, and that it would never be kept. The TPLF vowed to continue fighting until "all enemies are driven out of Tigray". | Getachew Reda, a spokesman for Tigrayan forces, told AFP they were…
(2021-06-30). Communiqué of the Libyan People's National Movement to the Peoples of ALBA-TCP. orinocotribune.com We aspire to rehabilitate our historical relationship and build the bridges of our extension and fraternal contact with our brothers of the same trench in Latin America and the Caribbean. | Your Excellencies Heads of States and Governments of ALBA: | Warm greetings, | While your summit XIX in Caracas, please receive a warm greeting from us, the members of the Libyan People's National Movement, which gathers in its ranks the supporters of the martyred leader Moammar Qaddafi. This organization was born from the Libyan people and its fighting majority who suffered all manner of tortures at the hands of the delinquen…
(2021-06-30). United States: What Juneteenth means in the battle for equality. greenleft.org.au Juneteenth (June 19) has finally become a national holiday in the United States. Malik Miah looks at its origins and what it represents in the struggle for Black liberation.
(2021-06-30). In Haiti, an Armed "Revolutionary Force" is Announced. libya360.wordpress.com Kim Ives Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier (center in hat) marching with other FRG-9 militants through La Saline on Jun. 23, 2021, chanting "The revolution has begun…" The G-9 Family and Allies, an alliance of armed poor neighborhood organizations founded a year ago, added the words "Revolutionary Forces" to their name and said that they would use…
(2021-06-30). Tensions in the Black Sea: Russia Responds to NATO Provocations. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara Tensions continue in the Black Sea, this Tuesday, June 29, Russia began large-scale air exercises in this area, this due to the Sea Breeze 2021 operation being carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Russian Federation has indicated that the purpose of the maneuvers is to evaluate the speed of…
(2021-06-30). King Msawati May Have Fled Swaziland, but the Pro-Democracy Struggle is Far from Over. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Residents from Siphofaneni constituency (Lubombo region) march for democracy in Swaziland, defying protests ban by the Mswati autocracy. Photo: CPS While the government has denied reports about the King fleeing from the country, it has not convinced the banned opposition political parties who have been mobilizing over the last couple of weeks in…
(2021-06-30). On Vargas Llosa and Putrid Liberalism. libya360.wordpress.com Alvaro Garcia Linera "Neoliberalism is degenerating into a complex neo-fascism," writes Alvaro Garcia Linera. All things age: living organisms, people, and ideas. It is the tough reality of the second law of thermodynamics. But there are dignified ways to do it, staying true to the principles at which the zenith of one's existence was reached,…
(2021-06-30). Biden promotes pro-corporate, bipartisan infrastructure plan in Wisconsin speech. wsws.org Beginning to address the decades of malign neglect of basic infrastructure is seen as critical in strengthening the home front in order to conduct economic warfare and prepare for potential military conflict against China.