(2021-06-05). What exactly is the "system" that we are fighting? roarmag.org Riot cops at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C., United States. This article is adapted from Eric Laursen's new book, "The system" is back. And it is high time we talk about it again. | Fifty years ago, in the days of the Vietnam War, the counterculture and widespread questioning of government, a lot of prominent writers, not to mention day-to-day activists, used this bit of sh…
(2021-06-05). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
(2021-06-05). [Perspectives] A sudden glittering. thelancet.com I got to know Andrew O'Hagan's writing through the London Review of Books. He is a writer who often starts from a position of a proper kind of disinterest, able to disconcert us and make us reassess our presumed certainties. In his short novel Mayflies, O'Hagan tells us about friendship, music, cancer, and euthanasia.
(2021-06-05). Unify the working class across the Indian subcontinent to fight the COVID-19 pandemic! wsws.org Only an international, scientific health strategy can defeat this highly contagious virus, which ignores borders and passports and infects people of all nationalities.
(2021-06-05). Sri Lankan workers call for full investigation into New Zealand's Pike River disaster. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site is publishing statements from workers in Sri Lanka supporting the campaign for a full investigation of New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster, which killed 29 men in 2010.
(2021-06-05). Roman Protasevich, Casualty Of The Ryanair Incident In Belarus, Is Spilling The Beans. popularresistance.org 'Western' media, as well as other regime change activist claim that Protasevich must have been tortured to say what he says. However, aside from light handcuff marks at his wrists there is no evidence of that. Protasevich had previously been wounded when he fought in the fascist Ukrainian Azov battalion against the Donbas secessionists. He is a tough guy who will not be impressed by handcuffs which, by the way, police everywhere use for good reasons.
(2021-06-05). PKK Gunmen Attack Positions Of Iraqi Peshmerga. Multiple Casualties Reported (Videos). southfront.org 
A screenshot from the video | Heavy clashes have erupted between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Iraqi Peshmerga, an armed force of the Iraqi Autonomous Kurdistan Region, after PKK gunmen attacked Peshmerga positions in the Mount Matin district of Dohuk province. | According to reports at least 5 Peshmerga fighters were killed and 8 others were injured in the incident. Peshmerga forces were reportedly working to remove IEDs in the area, which the PKK seeks to keep under its influence. | Following the incident,…
(2021-06-05). Friday 6/11: STOP Criminal Insanity Of Holding Tokyo Olympics In Middle Of Pandemic-Lives Over Profit. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St./California St. | San Francisco…
(2021-06-05). We Tamil Party tries to divide Indian auto workers along ethnic lines. wsws.org Amid mass protests demanding a social-distancing policy in Indian auto factories, the We Tamil party is suddenly expressing concern for ethnic Tamil workers.
(2021-06-05). [Clinical Picture] Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion and hypothalamic hypocortisolism in neuromyelitis optica. thelancet.com A 35-year-old woman presented to our emergency room with a 3-day history of dizziness, nausea, and fatigue. The patient said she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour 2 years earlier; at that time, she reported having diplopia as well as dizziness and fatigue. A stereotactic tumour biopsy was considered, but not done because she made a full recovery with high-dose steroid treatment.
(2021-06-05). Ramdev Baba: Icon of 'New India'. zcomm.org Does the Baba use a mask? No. Has he taken a vaccine shot? No. Has the virus made any difference to his well-being? A resounding no. What more is needed to disprove the hollow claims of allopathy?>
(2021-06-04). New COVID-19 wave in Taiwan exposes government's lack of preparation. wsws.org The outbreak also reveals that no country is safe from the pandemic as long as the virus is allowed to move freely anywhere in the world.
(2021-06-04). Women's Rights and Debt Oppression in Central Asia. globalresearch.ca On 15 April …
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] Convalescent plasma therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: A study from Indonesia for clinical research in low- and middle-income countries. thelancet.com This study highlights the safety of CP therapy. Although improvements were observed, we could not conclude that the outcomes were solely due to CP treatment. Further randomised controlled trials that cover different disease stages with pre-donation NAb measurements using locally applicable strategies are warranted.
(2021-06-04). Headlines for June 4, 2021. democracynow.org Activists Call U.S. Plan to Ship 25 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Abroad "Deeply Insufficient", WHO Warns of Surging COVID-19 Cases in Africa as Vaccine Shipments Come to "Near Halt", Chinese Authorities Ban Hong Kong Vigil Commemorating Tiananmen Massacre, Arrest Organizer, Peruvian Presidential Runoff Pits Ex-Dictator's Daughter Against Socialist School Teacher, 89 Politicians Killed in Run-up to Mexican Midterm Elections, Lawyers for Guantánamo Prisoner Challenge Judge's Order Permitting Use of Info Obtained by Torture, Watchdog Says Pentagon Grossly Misrepresented Civilian Casualties from U.S. Military, U.N. Sa…
(2021-06-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Seamen and civil servants in Greece walk out against laws restricting right to strike; UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency workers in Wales continue walk outs over COVID safety; 24-hour public sector strike in Lebanon over poverty and unemployment; Lesotho general strike of textile workers enters second week.
(2021-06-04). American workers are the natural allies of workers throughout the world. wsws.org The following is an edited version of remarks delivered by Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore to a meeting organized by the SEP (Sri Lanka) on May 30.
(2021-06-04). We hug the trees because the trees have no voice. mronline.org 
In 1974, the UN urged the world to celebrate that day on 5 June with the slogan 'Only One Earth'; this year, the theme is 'Ecosystem Restoration', emphasising how the capitalist system has eroded the earth's capacity to sustain life. | June 4, 2021…
(2021-06-04). An Ordinary German Neo-Nazi Death Squad Man. counterpunch.org The biography of German Neo-Nazi death-squad leader Franco Albrecht — known in the German press only as Franco A — begins in the city of Offenbach in 1989. Franco Albrecht's mother, a local woman, had married an Italian immigrant, a man whose grandfather served in Hitler's navy and had Germanic runes engraved on his tombstone.
(2021-06-04). Graves of 215 Indigenous children in Canada brings back memories of cultural genocide. peoplesdispatch.org Indigenous activists and progressive groups in Canada have called for the government to commit to the process of reconciliation and speed up the identification of children who lost their lives in the notorious "Indian residential schools"
(2021-06-04). New Round Of Intra-Rebel Clashes Left Three Dead In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On June 3, clashes broke out between militants of the Turkish-backed Hamzah Division in the Turkish-occupied part of northeastern Syria. | The clashes, which were the result of personal disagreements, took place in the town of Ras al-Ain, right on the border with Turkey as well as in the nearby village of al-Duwaira. Heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and large-caliber machine guns, were reportedly used during the clashes. | "The reason behind the clashes was that one militant refu…
(2021-06-04). ISIS Claimed Responsibility For Explosion That Left 23 Causalities In Iraq's Baghdad (Video). southfront.org 
Screen grab from the bombing video. | ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that rocked the Shiite-majority district of al-Kadhimiya in the northern outskirts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on June 3. | The terrorist group said that the explosion, which targeted a gathering of Shiite worshipers near a local Shrine in the district, was orchestrated by its security cells in Baghdad. | Initially, Iraqi security sources claimed that the explosion was the result of an "accident" caused by a faulty gas cylinder. I…
(2021-06-04). List Of Turkish Soldiers Killed By Kurdish Forces In Northern Syria Gets Longer. southfront.org 
Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | On June 4, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that one of its service members had been killed in Syria. | According to the ministry, the service members was killed in an attack in the area of Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo. The Kurdish-majority area was occupied by the Turkish military and its Syrian proxies more than three years ago. | The service member was most likely killed…
(2021-06-04). ISIS Claimed Responsibility For Explosion That Left 23 Causalities In Iraq's Baghdad (Video). southfront.org Screen grab from the bombing video. | ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that rocked the Shiite-majority district of al-Kadhimiya in the northern outskirts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on June 3. | The the terrorist group said that the explosion, which targeted a gathering of Shiite worshipers near a local Shrine in the district, was orchestrated by its security cells in Baghdad. | Initial, Iraqi security sources claimed that the explosion was the result of an "accident" caused by a faulty gas cylinder.
(2021-06-04). Protasevich Speaks Of The Artificial Nature Of The Protests, Bankrolling, Organizers. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Belarusian opposition figure and co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, Roman Protasevich said that the financing of the ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya comes from the funds of Lithuanian taxpayers and interested businessmen."First, indeed, part of it is at the expense of Lithuanian taxpayers. Lithuanian taxpayers, in fact, support foreign politicians from their own pockets. Partly these are private sponsors. That is, private businessmen, representatives of the bu…
(2021-06-04). Echo Of Karabakh War: Three Killed In Mine Explosion In Azerbaijani Kalbajar Region. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On June 4, private media outlet in Azerbaijan, Trend News Agency, reported that three people were killed and four people were wounded as a result of the mine explosion in Azerbaijan's Kalbajar district. | According to a joint statement made by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor's General Office and the Interior Ministry, a car with employees of TV channels and news agencies sent to Kalbajar district to carry out their official duties hit a mine in the direction of Susuzlug village of Kalbajar distr…
(2021-06-04). Friday 6/11: STOP Criminal Insanity Of Holding Tokyo Olympics In Middle Of Pandemic-Lives Over Profit. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St./California St. | San Francisco…
(2021-06-04). The pandemic has starkly revealed that the unions are organically bound to the capitalist class and its state. wsws.org The following speech was delivered by SEP (Sri Lanka) Political Committee member M. Devarajah to a May 30 meeting organized by the SEP in Sri Lanka.
(2021-06-04). The pandemic has starkly revealed that the unions are organically bound to the capitalist class and its state. wsws.org The following speech was delivered by SEP (Sri Lanka) Political Committee member M. Thevarajah to a May 30 meeting organized by the SEP in Sri Lanka.
(2021-06-04). Indian autoworkers denounce governments, companies and unions for making them work amid deadly pandemic. wsws.org Summing up his experience with the trade unions, one worker told the WSWS, "Earlier I thought only management and governments are against us, but now, I realize our union joined them long ago."
(2021-06-04). What capitalism has wrought—India's tsunami of infections and death, and pandemic of hunger and joblessness. wsws.org India's purported capitalist "rise"—so celebrated in the media in the west—has produced a malignant society that embodies and exemplifies the dysfunction, brutality and criminality of 21st century capitalism.
(2021-06-04). Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" indybay.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
(2021-06-04). How Getting a Vaccine in India Is a 'Privilege' Especially For Those in Rural Areas. counterpunch.org If the month of April was marked by images of endless rows of burning funeral pyres from major Indian cities, the images of floating bodies in the Ganges River near the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in May were a grim reminder of the unchecked spread of the virus in rural India
(2021-06-04). Argentina: Buenos Aires Province Secures Covaxin Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof confirmed an agreement with the Indian Barat-Biotech lab to acquire 15 million Covaxin vaccines. | RELATED: | Buenos Aires will become the first Argentinean province to secure such a vaccine provision deal on its own. | Covaxin is still under safety protocol protocols by the Drug, Food, and Medical Technologies National Administration, which is in charge of approving vaccines'