(2021-06-28). 'Incredible Victory' for Trans Rights: Supreme Court Rejects School Bathroom Case. commondreams.org "We call for calm and to avoid escalation in all its forms," the Iraqi statement added.
(2021-06-28). NATO never held accountable for war crimes in Yugoslavia: Russian Foreign Ministry. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO never held accountable for war crimes in Yugoslavia: Russian Foreign Ministry Both Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and the Russian government news agency TASS have been bolder in condemning NATO aggression in the past week than in any other time in memory. Recently Zakharova denounced the role of NATO nations in engineering the …
(2021-06-28). NATO Never Held Accountable for War Crimes in Yugoslavia: Russian Foreign Ministry. news.antiwar.com Both Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and the Russian government news agency TASS have been bolder in condemning NATO aggression in the past week than in any other time in memory. Recently Zakharova denounced the role of NATO nations in engineering the deadly coup in Ukraine seven years ago, the violent overthrow of a …
(2021-06-28). The Horrific Truths About Indian Boarding Schools Are Gaining Attention. popularresistance.org Due in part to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the horrific truths about what children and their families endured and the graves of the children who were murdered in the residential schools are being uncovered. The residential schools originated in the United States, which has yet to recognize their existence and what happened in them. That may be starting to change after many decades of activism to raise awareness and now an initiative by Secretary of the Interior Haaland. Clearing the FOG speaks with Matt Remle, an indigenous human rights activist about the history of the boarding schools, their p…
(2021-06-28). RAND Corporation Once Again Spreading Anti-Russia Propaganda in Its Reports. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-28). Mike Gravel RIP: Watch the Senator's Stunning 2007 Speech on How He Made the Pentagon Papers Public. democracynow.org 
Mike Gravel, former presidential candidate and Democratic U.S. senator from Alaska, has died at the age of 91. We look at how, in the 1970s, Gravel was fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War and the draft and played a seminal role in the release of the Pentagon Papers, the 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam. While the papers were leaked to The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gravel spearheaded a one-man push on June 29, 1971, to read some 4,100 pages of the document into the Congressional Record, so that it would become public record and then anyone co…
(2021-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2021. democracynow.org Iraq Condemns Violation of Sovereignty After U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, Judge Sentences Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin to 22.5 Years in Prison for Murdering George Floyd, WHO Urges Vaccinated People to Keep Taking COVID Precautions as Delta Variant Spreads Across Globe, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa Among Nations Ordering New Restrictions Amid Surge in Cases, Biden Says U.S. Will Continue to Support Afghan Gov't After Withdrawal as Taliban Takes New Territory, 9 Dead, 150+ Missing in Miami Condo Collapse as 2018 Report Shows Building Was Vulnerable, VP Kamala Harris Visits El Paso on U.S.-Mexico Bord…
(2021-06-28). From 'Soldiers of God' to 'Terrorists': Story of Washington's Broken Promise to Afghan Mujahideen. sputniknews.com The Taliban*, also known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is continuing to make gains on the ground. According to some estimates, the IEA has taken from 50 to 90 districts since May 2021, with some of them being seized without a single shot fired. What's behind the Taliban's recent offensive?
(2021-06-28). Hollow justice of the settler state. electronicintifada.net Israel's high court rubber-stamps subjugation of Palestinians.
(2021-06-28). 30 June, Montreal: Free Palestine — Justice for Nizar Banat! Down with PA collaboration with Israel! samidoun.net 
Wednesday, 30 June 5: 30 pm Israeli Consulate-Montreal 1 Westmount Square, Westmount, Quebec Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/238405081138094/ Justice for Nizar Banat! Freedom for Palestine — down with the PA coordination and collaboration with the Israeli occupation! Join us to demand an end to the Oslo regime of security coordination that works in the interests of the Israeli colonial occupation. Demand justice for Nizar Banat, brutally murdered by Palestinian Authority "security forces," trained by Canada, the U.S. and the European Union to serve Israeli interests. We struggle for a free Palestine…
(2021-06-28). A Litany of Failure: Nearly 20 Years Later, the US is Still Bombing Iraq, and Iraq is Still Condemning Israeli Occupation of Palestine. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — When the architects of the illegal 2003 Bush Administration war on Iraq imagined the country nearly twenty years later, they did not foresee that the US would still be bombing it in 2021 in revenge for Iraqi militia attacks on US troops. In fact, Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of …
(2021-06-28). Saturday 6/26: Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. indybay.org Santana Row | Stevens Creek & Winchester…
(2021-06-28). Killings of social leaders and ex-combatants continue in Colombia and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at 2 months of Colombia's National Strike, the release of activists Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah from prison in Saudi Arabia, and more…
(2021-06-28). Curated Discourse, Narrative Artists and the Coming Conflicts. strategic-culture.org If sanctions are not lifted, Iran will hit back. And Israel will try to deter Iran from pursuing its nuclear programme. The two will clash. | Here we go again. The narrative is being set. President Assad's name cannot not be uttered in the West, save with a 'chemical weapons', and a 'killing his own people' gibe. It is just not permitted — even though this truth is
(2021-06-28). Harsh Response From Minsk: Belarus Withdrew From EU's Eastern Partnership, Prepared More Surprises For Brussels. southfront.org 
Illustrative image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko walk in as they attend a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN | On June 28, Belarus suspended its participation in the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, according to the statement by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. Such a move was a response to the introduction of new sanctions against 78 persons an…
(2021-06-28). Turkey expanding multinational Turkic Council to counteract CSTO, SCO in "Eurasian continent" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey expanding multinational Turkic Council to counteract CSTO, SCO in "Eurasian continent" The foreign minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, recently met with the secretary general of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council), Baghdad Amreev, to discuss closer cooperation between the Central Asian nation and the Turkish-dominated bloc. Turkmenistan is the only Turkic-speaking former …
(2021-06-28). Opinion — Asia: Say No To NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Asia: Say No To NATOKishore Mahbubani Excerpts: Something very dangerous happened a few weeks ago when the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) held its meeting in Brussels. In its communique after the meeting on June 14, it identified China as a "systemic challenge" to areas "relevant to Alliance security". The implicit message was clear: Nato …
(2021-06-28). Increasing Pressure On China. popularresistance.org Each week the Pacific is getting even more crowded with military ships, submarines and aircraft from countries in the region and from outside. NATO countries- United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands- are sending military vessels and aircraft. The Russian navy conducted military maneuvers off Hawai'i. The U.S. is on the verge of creating a permanent Pacific naval task force as a part of its aggressive response to China's naval presence in the Pacific. The largest land exercise in Asia and the Pacific is taking place in Australia with 17,000 U.S. and Australian military. | In March 2021, President Biden…
(2021-06-28). Spain's MEP Manu Pineda: 'There is a Global Movement Committed to a Multilateral World'. orinocotribune.com 
"There is a global movement that is committed to a multilateral world, that is why the empire targets China or Russia, because they can lead a process against the hegemony of the empire," said the European Parliament deputy and head of International Relations for the Communist Party of Spain, José Manuel "Manu" Pineda, during an interview this Sunday, June 27, on the television program Aquí con Ernesto Villegas [here with Ernesto Villegas], hosted by the journalist and Minister for Culture of Venezuela, Ernesto Villegas. | Pineda said that this movement "does not accept that there is a global policeman who tells…
(2021-06-28). Sadly China and Russia Remain Quiet on US Past Genocides and Ongoing Genocide in the Middle East & Africa. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-28). How China's idols are working hard to hardly work. mronline.org At a time when seemingly everyone is working more for less, why should idols be any exception? | June 28, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-28). A Deadly Contradiction: The Root Of The US- China Conflict. popularresistance.org China' overwhelming objective is clearly economic development, a policy to which it has hewed closely and which it declares for its future. That is no surprise; it is the dream of every developing nation. It is "The Chinese Dream." | If such goals were no more than words on paper, there would be no problem. But China is succeeding as is widely acknowledged now. Its economy surpassed the U.S. in terms of GDP (PPP) in November of 2014 according to the IMF and is growing faster. Over 700 million have been brought out of poverty, with extreme poverty eliminated in 2020. The middle class now comprises over 400 million…
(2021-06-28). Russia calls for reform of UN Security Council: Lavrov says West has 'excessive representation' and it should include more nations. rt.com 
The "excessive representation of the West" in decision-making should be limited to create a more balanced world order, with more input from the global east and south, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. | Writing for Moscow daily Kommersant, Lavrov said Western nations had too much power on the United Nations Security Council, and the proposed limitations would democratize international relations. | The Security Council, made up of 15 countries, includes five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There are no permanent representatives from Africa,…
(2021-06-28). US Wants Space Force Ready for War on the Moon. news.antiwar.com Russia and China have a joint plan to build a Lunar research station, The Pentagon has other ideas, however, envisioning the
(2021-06-28). Saturday 6/26: Solidarity with Palestine weekly protest. indybay.org Corner of Ocean Street and Water Street; Santa Cruz…
(2021-06-28). Sunday 6/27: #Demilitarize: Los Angeles to Palestine (Divest from Weapons Manufacturing). indybay.org Boeing | 1916 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA | (On the corner of PCH & Imperial Hwy)…
(2021-06-28). Communists join People's Assembly march in London to hold Tories accountable. challenge-magazine.org 
Both the Communist Party and Young Communist League were in London on Saturday to join the People's Assembly national demonstration against Boris Johnson's government. The protest in London was calling for the end of both Tory cuts and Tory rule. The march was also supported by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, trade unions and trades councils and other progressive organisations from across Britain.
(2021-06-28). Minneapolis takes back Pride. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Hundreds marched in the streets of downtown Minneapolis for Taking Back Pride, on June 27. Protesters demanded the conviction of all four officers involved in George Floyd's murder, justice for all victims of police crimes, the prevention of bathroom bills or medical gatekeeping, community control of the police, a stop to Line 3, freedom for all political prisoners and the wrongfully incarcerated, and freedom for Palestine. | These demands were made in keeping with the history of LGBTQI struggle for liberation and its often co-opted legacy of the heroic Stonewall Riot, a fight against the racist…
(2021-06-28). Bennett's Fragile Hookup with the Zionist Left Offers Little Promise for a Post-Apartheid Israel. orinocotribune.com By Miko Peled — Jun 22, 2021 | On the racist reality of Israeli politics, the absurdity of calling any Zionist party "Left," and why the so-called Zionist Left could join a coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett: their differences are inconsequential. | BIR AL-SABA, PALESTINE — Jumaa Alzbarqa served as a member of the Israeli Knesset for two years. He heads the office of the National Democratic Alliance, or
(2021-06-28). Buffalo's Next Mayor is Putting Electeds on Notice. counterpunch.org Sometimes, the good people win, and that's just what happened on June 22 in Buffalo, NY when community organizer, working mom and self-described socialist India Walton won the Democratic primary to stand for mayor in that Democratic town. I met India for the first time several years ago, when she and her neighbors were starting
(2021-06-28). El partido de Chávez. globalizacion.ca I | Cuando en diciembre de 2006 el Comandante Hugo Chávez propuso la creación del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), como consecuencia del proceso de maduración de las fuerzas revolucionarias y tras la victoria obtenida en las elecciones presidenciales de…
(2021-06-28). Ignoring warnings of a third COVID-19 wave, Indian government eases restrictions. wsws.org Seizing on relative declines in the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths, the Modi government and its state counterparts are creating the conditions for another deadly surge.
(2021-06-28). Tuesday 6/29: India: The world's largest strike, COVID crisis, Hindu nationalism, human rights. indybay.org Monterey Peace & Justice Center | 1364 Fremont Boulevard | Seaside, CA 93955…
(2021-06-28). Israeli Researchers: 'Rare Autoimmune Disease' Linked to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-28). Sit-in protest at Georgia Dept. of Labor demands state not cut federal UI. liberationnews.org 
Protesters demanded the Georgia state government retain, not slash, the $300 per week federal unemployment benefits that were extended under the CARES Act and American Rescue Plan Act during the pandemic.
(2021-06-28). US conducts yet another round of airstrikes on Syria, Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org 
The airstrike on Syria was the second since Joe Biden assumed office. According to Syrian Arab News Agency, one child and three adults were killed in the attack…
(2021-06-28). New Violations Of Ceasefire Agreement In Northern Syria — Russian Defense Ministry. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | The Russian Ministry of Defense has monitored new violations committed by the militants of the Al-Nusra Front organization, in the de-escalation area in northern Syria. | The Russian Reconciliation Center in Hmeimim stated that Al-Nusra terrorists had carried out 33 attacks on June 27, through rocket and artillery shells, most of them in Idlib countryside, which recorded 15 attacks, while 9 attacks were recorded in Latakia countryside, 4 attacks in the countryside of…
(2021-06-28). Military Situation In Iraq On June 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 27, US warplanes attacked Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada positions 15 km south of al-Qaem town. Four people reportedly were killed | On June 26, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Qadesiyah area | On June 26, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Babil area | On June 26, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Baghdad area | On June 2…
(2021-06-28). U.S. Airstrike Hits PMU Positions, Four Fighters Killed, As Well As Civilian Child. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 27th, the U.S. military carried out air strikes against Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Iraq-Syria border area. | The attacks took place under US President Joe Biden's order and in retaliation for drone attacks by the groups against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq. | PMU sources reported that four PMU members were killed as a result of the strikes. | The victims were members of the PMU 14th Brigade, who were killed as a result of the bombardment…
(2021-06-28). Houthis Push Marib, Carry Out Missile And Drone Strike On Saudi Training Camp. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 28th, the Houthi spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed of a successful attack on Saudi-led coalition positions in the southern parts of the Kingdom. | He claimed that the Houthis used five ballistic missiles and five drones in a joint operation on "sensitive" military positions in southwestern Saudi Arabia over the past 24 hours. | The operation targeted a camp of the Saudi National Guard in Najran, and military positions in Abha International ai…
(2021-06-28). New-Age Cosmopolite: Former Al-Qaeda Commander Granted With Turkish Citizenship After Ukrainian One. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Ankara has given "former" al-Qaeda commander Manar Al-Shami Turkish citizenship. | As Turkish politicians continue to talk about deporting Syrian refugees back to Syria, former al-Qaeda commander Manar Al-Shami gets Turkish citizenship. — Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) Turkey has long supported the al-Qaed…
(2021-06-28). Rocket Fire Targeted U.S. Forces Near Omar Oil Field In Syria's Deir Ezzor. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On June 28, heavy rocket fire hits the base near the Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor, where the US Armed Forces are deployed. The attack came in response to The pro-Iranian militants of the Liwa Abu al-Fadhal Al-Abbas group fired at least eight rockets towards the US Armed Forces located at the Om…
(2021-06-28). Military Situation In Syria On June 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 33 times: 15 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On June 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Safuhin and Fatirah | On June 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ariha town | On June 27, unknown gunmen killed an SDF commander in al-Hassan village…
(2021-06-28). Military Situation In Yemen On June 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 104 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 23 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Souh area | On June 27, Ansar Allah attacked positions of Saudi coalition in King Khalid Airbase in Khamis Mushait, a military camp in Najran and Abha Airport with fiv…
(2021-06-28). Ending the War in Yemen Means Overcoming Political Cowardice. covertactionmagazine.com UN World Food Program says that "400,000 children may die in Yemen this year without urgent intervention" The struggle to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen has run into another obstacle. This time it's partisanship. But it isn't Republican opposition blocking Joe Biden's promise to end U.S. participation in the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. …
(2021-06-28). Biden's Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties. scheerpost.com Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons) By Glenn Greenwald For the second time in the five months since he was inaugurated, President Joe Biden on Sunday ordered a U.S. bombing raid on Syria, and for the first time, he also bombed Iraq. The rationale offered was the same as Biden's first air attack in February: The U.S., in the words of Pentagon spokesman John Kirby… |
(2021-06-28). 10 world-changing protests you should know about. nationofchange.org People are taking to the streets to resist repression, from the U.S. to Japan.
(2021-06-28). Mike Gravel (RIP). counterpunch.org On this special episode of CounterPunch Radio, Eric pays tribute to former Senator Mike Gravel who passed away this week at the age of 91. The interview was recorded March 5, 2013 just hours after the news of the death of Hugo Chavez. Gravel was a man of principle who used his position in the US Senate to fight against the draft and the War in Vietnam, and who famously used used his filibuster to read the Pentagon Papers into the congressional record, thereby making the revelations about US crimes in Vietnam US historical fact, rather than something consigned to history books. Mike was an anti-imperialist and ant…
(2021-06-28). Germany Axis Alert Puzzle. indybay.org Since Sig Sauer was spotted in India more information about the Axis appear in Internet which analyses who were involved inside SS at 2nd World War. I just quoted some "random" rare puzzle pieces to inform…
(2021-06-28). The Shortwave Report 06/25/21 Listen Globally! indybay.org A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.