(2021-06-23). The Real Danger Of Israel's New Government — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Phyllis Bennis* | The new Israeli government takes office already largely paralyzed. With eight diverse parties, they agree only on two things. | One, they want to get rid of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Check — that's done. Two, given the unlikeliness of reaching agreement on any major policy changes, they all agree that the current situation of occupation and apartheid for Palestinians is quite sustainable for Jewish Israelis. | For now, the status quo will prevail. And that's a problem. | Despite the presence of centrist, center-left, and one small Palestinian party, power in the new governme…
(2021-06-23). Talk World Radio: Julie Varughese on the Unending War on Afghanistan. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, the non-ending of the war on Afghanistan, the ramping up of the cold war on China, and the Black Alliance for Peace. Our guest Julie Varughese has …
(2021-06-23). Mexican expert praises China's contribution to infrastructure in LatAm. ecns.cn Children's shoes, dolls, flowers with notes at the front of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2, 2021. (China News Service/Yu Ruidong)…
(2021-06-23). How FDR Was Manipulated and Betrayed by His Own Naval Intelligence Chief in the Fateful Last Months of WWII. covertactionmagazine.com Unknown for decades, declassified documents show that FDR's mail was deliberately diverted and falsified to prevent a historic meeting with Mao Zedong that might have shortened the war, changed history, and reshaped the modern world. Historians cite the 1972 meeting between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon as the original spark for U.S.-China Globalization in which …
(2021-06-23). Virtuous China-US competition contributes to world peace: media. ecns.cn Virtuous China-US competition can contribute to world peace and development by promoting infrastructure, vaccines, and a better environment, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday citing a Chinese expert.
(2021-06-23). Power, Wealth, and Justice in the Time of Covid-19. counterpunch.org Fifteen months ago, the SARS-CoV-2 virus unleashed Covid-19. Since then, it's killed more than 3.8 million people worldwide (and possibly many more). Finally, a return to normalcy seems likely for a distinct minority of the world's people, those living mainly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and China. That's not
(2021-06-23). Socialist India Walton Pulls Off Historic Upset in Buffalo Mayoral Race. truthout.org 
Socialist mayoral candidate India Walton won Buffalo's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night in a historic upset over incumbent Democratic Mayor Byron Brown. Brown is a Walton is expected to triumph in the heavily Democratic town in the general election come November. If she wins, she will be the first socialist mayor of a large U.S. cit…
(2021-06-23). UN officials appeal for extension of lifesaving cross-border aid operations into Syria. news.un.org Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
(2021-06-23). Gaza, one month on. electronicintifada.net My home was badly damaged during Israel's latest attack.
(2021-06-23). Israel Sends Weapons to Duterte. Filipinx and Palestinian Struggle Are Linked. truthout.org 
"From Palestine to the Philippines, Stop the U.S. War Machine" is a common refrain that has echoed through the streets of the Philippines and the U.S. in the wake of recent attacks in the occupied Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Despite documented
(2021-06-23). India's COVID-19 tally crosses 30 million. ecns.cn India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 30 million-mark and the death toll crossed 390,000 on Wednesday, said the federal health ministry.
(2021-06-23). G-7 Offers Crumbs from Its Table to 'Developing' Countries. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patnaik — Jun 19, 2021 | As of now the total unvaccinated population in the world numbers 6.8 billion. The one billion doses promised amounts to mere 7.4% of this requirement. | The G-7 (Group of 7 countries) meeting that has just concluded has promised to donate one billion doses of anti-COVID vaccine to the rest of the world, consisting primarily of the so-called "developing" countries. The US has promised 500 million doses, Britain 100 million doses; the other G-7 countries, Italy, Japan, France, Germany and Canada are supposed to make up the rest. | "One billion doses" sounds a lot, but it is…
(2021-06-23). US 'Seizes' Iranian And Other Regional News Sites. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, June 22, the US government "seized" several news websites, alleging their involvement in spreading "disinformation" and calling them a "threat to national security". The seized websites include Iranian state-owned Press TV and its Arabic version Al-Alam, the Houthi controlled Al-Masirah TV, and Palestine Today, among others. The move has created global outrage with activists calling it an attempt to censor the press and detrimental to the ongoing talks in Vienna. | Visitors of Press TV and the other Iranian and regional websites can now see a notice which mentions the "seizure". The notice cites certa…
(2021-06-23). U.S.seizes websites used by Iranian news outlets. ecns.cn The United States on Tuesday seized dozens of websites used by the Iranian news outlets for "violation of sanctions".
(2021-06-23). Headlines for June 23, 2021. democracynow.org Republicans Block Major Voting Rights Bill as Democrats Vow to Continue Fight, Air Raid in Tigray Kills Dozens, Adding to Conflict-Fueled Devastation, Japan Restarts First Nuclear Reactor in Over 3 Years Amid Widespread Opposition, Rights Groups Sound Alarm as Nicaragua's Gov't Escalates Crackdown on Opposition, Shooting in Mexican Border Town Kills at Least 15 People in Crossfire, At Least 3 Arab Israeli Journalists Have Come Under Attack in Past Month, U.S. Gov't Seizes PressTV.com and Other Websites Linked to Iran, Hong Kong Newspaper Apple Daily Shuts Down Days After Police Raid Newsroom, Arrest Editors, Cata…
(2021-06-23). Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza Discusses the Real Reasons Behind US Aggression Against Venezuela (+Russia). orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza, on his official visit to the Russian Federation, gave a keynote speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club in Moscow on June 22. In his address, Minister Arreaza explained—from a historical and geopolitical perspective—the real reasons behind the imperial attempts to dominate Venezuela as well as the multipronged aggression led by the United States against the Bolivarian nation. | Arreaza pointed out that the unilateral coercive measures, misnamed sanctions, constitute a collective punishment inflicted on 30 million Venezuelans, for the sole r…
(2021-06-23). The US Could Be Using Iran's Election to Sabotage Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Biden administration officials are downplaying the idea that Iran's presidential election will impact negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. But the election of Ebrahim Raisi, a judge under US sanctions who is close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, might give President Biden the excuse to blame the failure to salvage the …
(2021-06-23). As Iran Elects New President, Experts Urge Biden to Rejoin Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions. zcomm.org "The Biden administration must remain resolute and seek a break from the disastrous conditions that helped contribute to this result."
(2021-06-23). Anti-China legislation on Taiwan introduced in US House of Representatives. wsws.org The bill is part of a provocative bipartisan effort in Washington to elevate Taiwan's status in order to undermine Beijing.
(2021-06-23). Time To Stop Modernizing America's Nukes And To Start Negotiating Peace — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The Biden administration, in its proposed military budget, is calling for a restart of something the US arms industry has not produced in any significant quantity since 1992: nuclear "pits" — the spherical plutonium-based core of implosion bombs like that dropped on Nagasaki. | In his record-breaking $753-billion National Security Budget, $715 billion of which is for the Pentagon, is another $38 billion for the portion of the Energy Department budget that is devoted to nuclear weapons and weapons production. It's a figure that is higher than what the proposed 2022 military budget of the outgoing Trump ad…
(2021-06-23). U.S. expanding global missile shield system to Asia-Pacific. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. expanding global missile shield system to Asia-Pacific The U.S. and its allies are building up the Asia-Pacific flank of their evolving global interceptor missile system, one which could render useless the retaliatory capacity — hence the deterrence capability — of nations targeted in a first-strike assault. The Pentagon and NATO have installed Standard Missile-3 …
(2021-06-23). China's migrating elephant herd travels southwards. ecns.cn China's herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants has traveled southwards, re-entering Eshan county, in Southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said on Tuesday.
(2021-06-23). US Has Created 400,000 Troop-Strong Force in Asia-Pacific, Russian Military Intelligence Warns. sputniknews.com The Biden administration dramatically increased so-called "freedom of navigation" operations in the East and South China Seas, and on the diplomatic front has worked to create a major new alliance to "contain" China. Beijing has blasted these efforts, accusing the US of trying to create global chaos.
(2021-06-23). The Great Barrier Reef Wars. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-06-23). Military Situation In Afghanistan On June 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 22, Taliban reportedly captured Maiwand area in Kandahar province | On June 22, Taliban reportedly captured Chora district in Urozgan province | On June 23, Taliban reportedly captured the districts of Chamakni, Dand Patan and Jani Khel in Paktia province | 209 Taliban militants were killed and 129 others were wounded in Logar, Ningarhar, Ningarhar, Kandahar, Farah, Herat, Balkh, Konduz, Baghlan, and Kapisa provinces as a result of Afghan Army operations du…
(2021-06-23). 134 Afghan Soldier Flee Into Tajikistan After Taliban Capture District. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 22nd, at least 134 Afghan soldiers fled a Taliban attack by crossing the border and taking refuge in Tajikistan. | The situation is tense because of the Taliban's attack on the Shirhan border, the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan said in a statement."Tajik border guards, who adhere to the principles of humanity and good neighborliness, allowed Afghan soldiers to enter the territory of Tajikistan by crossing the border without any obstacles," the statement added.
(2021-06-23). Video: The Taliban Rush at Full Tilt to Capture More Strategic Districts in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-23). North Korea: Western Media Falsely Portrays Comments From Kim's Sister. news.antiwar.com A day after President Biden's envoy for North Korea said the US was ready for negotiations with Pyongyang, Western media was full of misleading headlines that said Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed the idea. US envoy Sung Kim said the Biden administration was willing to meet with North Korean …
(2021-06-23). Lebanon's social crisis deepens amid internal political turmoil and imperialist scheming. wsws.org The economic crisis has been intensified by the pandemic, the default last year on Lebanon's sovereign debt to international lenders and the Beirut port blast last August that killed 211 people, injured more than 6,000 and destroyed much of the northern part of the city.
(2021-06-23). This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion — and there's a chance they could be your neighbors too. juancole.com 
By James F. McGrath | — ( The Conversation ) — In March 2021 Pope Francis became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Iraq. The number of Christians in Iraq has fallen sharply in the past two decades amid mass violence at the hands of the Islamic State group. Iraq stands …
(2021-06-23). East Jerusalem Palestinians defend their lives and homes against ethnic cleansing. liberationnews.org 
On June 15, thousands of Israeli ultranationalists, mostly youth, marched into Israel-occupied East Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs!"
(2021-06-22). Iran's New President Rules Out Ever Meeting With Biden, Calls Ballistic Missiles "Nonnegotiable" southfront.org 
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(2021-06-23). SAA Artillery Shelled Turkish Military Posts In Greater Idlib, Wounding Turkish Soldiers (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On June 23, at least two Turkish service members were wounded in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib by Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fire. | The Turkish service members were wounded when the army artillery shelled their post which is located on al-Barden hill in the vicinity of the town of Kansafra in the southern Idlib countryside.
(2021-06-23). 'Sabotage Attack' On Iranian Nuclear Building Thwarted. southfront.org 
File image. | On June 23, Iranian authorities thwarted a "sabotage attack" on a building of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) in Karaj city, 40 km to the west of the capital Tehran. | According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the sabotage attack was thwarted without any human or material losses. The attack was foiled before it could inflict any damage on the AEOI's building. | "Investigations are underway to identify perpetrators behind the act of sabotage," IRIB said in a report.
(2021-06-23). Iranian Forces Test-Fired Locally-Made Rocket Launchers In Syria's Deir Ezzor — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Iranian-backed forces have test-fired locally-made single barrel rocket launchers in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 23. | The tests took place near the government-held towns of al-Mayadin and al-Bukamal in the southern countryside of Deir Ezzor | "The militias deployed the locally-made launchers in the deserts of al-Mayadin and al-Bukamal then launched a number of Iranian rockets randomly towards the depth of the desert as part…
(2021-06-23). In Video: Russian, Syrian Military Engineers Destroyed Massive Cave Base In Hama. southfront.org 
Screen grab from a video released by the Sputnik News Agency showing the cave base destruction. | Russian and Syrian military engineers have destroyed a massive cave base built by militants in the central Syrian governorate of Hama, several Russian news networks reported on June 22. | The base was dug onto the side of a hill located in the outskirts of the town of al-Lataminah in the northern Hama countryside. The region was liberated by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies two years ago. | The cave base contained a weapon…
(2021-06-23). Military Situation In Syria On June 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 22, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 38 times: 21 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On June 22, one SDF member was killed by unknown gunmen in al-Hawl camp | On June 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kharbat Naqus village | On June 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in Dadat, Ho…
(2021-06-23). Syrian Militants To Stage Chemical Attack In Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the armed organizations in Idlib continued their violations of the ceasefire agreement, in addition to their preparations to stage a use of chemical weapons. | The deputy head of the Russian Coordination Center in "Hmeimim", Major General Vadim Kolet, said in an official statement that the militants of Jabhat al-Nusra and its allies, during the past 24 hours, had carried out 37 violations of the armistice in 4 Syrian gov…
(2021-06-23). Central Syrian Insurgency: Army Captured Dozens Of ISIS Terrorists (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured dozens of ISIS terrorists during a combing operation in Syrian central region, The operation was launched by the SAA in the beginning of June and lasted for more than 20 days. RusVesna released photos showing two of the terrorists who were captured during the operation that was backed by Russian forces. | According to the Russian news outlet, the captured terrorists c…
(2021-06-23). German MP Claims Berlin Preparing For War With Moscow, As Putin Reminds Of The Past. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Germany is preparing for war with Russia, German member of parliament, from the 'Left' faction Sevim Dagdelen said in her article in the nd.DerTag newspaper."NATO's arms buildup, escalation toward Russia and the German government's forgetting of history when it comes to remembering the attack on the Soviet Union 80 years ago are just two sides of the same coin," Dagdelen wrote. | She noted that relations between…
(2021-06-23). Russians Bombed Ahead Of British Destroyer. southfront.org 
Defender | On June 23, the HMS DEFENDER missile destroyer of the British Royal Navy blatantly violated Russian maritime frontier and entered Russian waters in the Black Sea. | According to the Ministry of Defense, the British destroyer crossed the state border of Russia at 11: 52 and entered the territorial sea near Cape Fiolent in the vicinity of Sebastopol."The destroyer was previously warned about the use of weapons in case of violation of the state border of the Russian Federation. I did not respond to the wa…
(2021-06-23). Military Situation In Yemen On June 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 92 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the east of Saadah city | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Khab and Shaaf area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 21 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted…
(2021-06-23). How Biden helped hard-liner Raisi win Iran election. nationofchange.org President Biden's failure to quickly rejoin the nuclear agreement with Iran helped a hard-liner to win the presidential election and will leave us on a path toward war with Iran unless he promptly rejoins the JCPOA now.
(2021-06-23). A Massacre and a Cover-up: How Baghdad Protesters Gunned Down by Iraqi Forces Faced 'Inevitable Death'. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-23). Turkey's "Secret Plan" (2014) to Invade Greece and Armenia? globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-23). 2021 Rancho Cordova Juneteenth at the William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. Working Landscape. indybay.org Unyielding spirits of our Indigenous, Native American, Russian and Pan African Pioneers (1840-1875) along the American River are finally being acknowledged and the healing will soon begin, as prophesied long ago, #1619-2019. Genesis 15: 12-14 may indeed be seen in today's challenges at Negro Bar State Historic Park.
(2021-06-23). 'Putting lipstick on a pig': New Israeli PM Bennett is More Extreme than Netanyahu, so why is Washington Fawning over New Gov't? juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — When former US President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political opponent, the late US Senator John McCain, he triggered a political controversy lasting several days. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," said Obama at a campaign event in 2008. …
(2021-06-23). Educators in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio support the struggle of Maruti Suzuki workers. wsws.org As educators from Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania, we condemn the death of the Indian Maruti Suzuki worker Jiyalal and pledge our support to the struggle to free the 11 remaining framed-up workers.
(2021-06-23). People's Action & Our City Action: Buffalo Is Getting a Homes Guarantee Mayor. peoplesaction.org Walton took Homes Guarantee pledge and rejected real estate money; grassroots leaders exposed opponent's ties to billionaires, landlords, and real estate WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and its Buffalo member organization Our City Action today congratulated India Walton for her stunning upset victory of 16-year incumbent Byron Brown in the mayoral Democratic primary in Buffalo, New York …
(2021-06-23). Revealing The Pentagon Papers In Congress: Getting The Papers. popularresistance.org The 7,100-page study, which had been obtained and secretly given to me, detailed in 4,100 pages of analysis—I was missing as many as 3,000 pages of supporting documents—how the federal government had consistently lied to the American people about our military involvement in Vietnam. | They revealed a detailed portrait of an arrogant, authoritarian and secretive leadership, spanning Democratic and Republican administrations from Harry Truman to Lyndon Johnson, irresponsibly leading the nation gradually into a war they knew they could not win. | Among many deceptions exposed over three decades, the Pape…