(2021-06-25). China's political party system provides Chinese ideas to the world: white paper. ecns.cn Over the past seven decades and more, China's political party system has grown and matured, providing Chinese ideas to the world in terms of modern party politics, and offering a new model for global political progress, a white paper said Friday.
(2021-06-25). How to manage China… peacefully. nationofchange.org Here are three medium-term strategies that will secure America's interests for the 21st century, solidify its geopolitical influence, accelerate the American economy, and unleash the potential of its allies.
(2021-06-25). Navy Deploying Warships in Indian Ocean Amid Peak in Tensions with China: Indian Defence Minister. sputniknews.com The war of words between India and China has started once again after New Delhi and Beijing accused each other of inciting border tensions in the eastern Ladakh region. Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said that close deployments in Ladakh continue due to a military build-up instigated by China, a claim countered by China's foreign ministry.
(2021-06-25). China calls Biden's comments on Apple Daily 'baseless'. ecns.cn China on Friday slammed U.S. President Joe Biden's comments on the closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily, calling the remarks "baseless", and restated the arrest of the newspaper's senior executives is not a crackdown on "press freedom."
(2021-06-25). Chinese people are creating the land of their own — Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda's 'The Song of the Land of China'. ecns.cn Throughout his lifetime, Neruda penned many poems extolling people's revolutions around the world. He visited China three times and left behind a number of timeless poems expressing his admiration for the country.
(2021-06-25). Dividing the World Into Opposing Camps Is the Road to Armageddon. thenation.com Dividing the World Into Opposing Camps Is the Road to Armageddon…
(2021-06-25). UN Slams new Israeli gov't of Bennett for new Squatter-Settlements in Palestine, a 'Flagrant Violation of Int'l Law'. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Thursday, Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, gave a long a disturbing oral report on the situation in Palestine-Israel. The office of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres produced a 12-page report, as well. Wennesland is a seasoned Norwegian diplomat, having served as ambassador to Egypt …
(2021-06-25). Saturday 6/26: Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. indybay.org Santana Row | Stevens Creek & Winchester…
(2021-06-25). 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)…
(2021-06-25). Buffalo's Next Mayor Is Putting Electeds on Notice. commondreams.org India Walton is poised to be Buffalo's next mayor, the first woman, the first nurse, the first socialist in a big U.S. city in decades.
(2021-06-25). Socialist India Walton Pulls Off Historic Upset in Buffalo Mayoral Race. zcomm.org "We set out to not only change Buffalo, but to change the way progressive politics are viewed in upstate New York"
(2021-06-25). After the nightmare of the Gaza massacre, what comes next? juancole.com The bombing was the worst I've experienced, but it can't contain the Palestinian uprising that is showing the world the true face of Israel[/pullquote] By Aya Al-Ghazzawi | — ( OpenDemocracy.net) — We were all so excited. Ramadan was coming to an end, and preparations for the Eid al-Fitr holiday were underway. As the eldest …
(2021-06-25). Seattle teachers union endorses BDS. zcomm.org "Educators and institutions from around the world have come forward, as part of a vibrant and growing international movement in opposition to Israeli colonization and apartheid. We call on others to join us."
(2021-06-25). Defending the Shame of Apartheid. counterpunch.org It was to be expected. Following the worldwide exposure of an active campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem's and Israel's murderous 11 day campaign raining death and destruction on the captive population of Gaza, the apologists for Israel went into full on damage control. Anyone who decried these
(2021-06-25). International Criminal Court Closes in on Duterte. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-06-25). Joe Biden Brings Up Casualties From Mysterious US-Iran War to Compare It With COVID Deaths. sputniknews.com The US President's bizarre behaviour at a White House press conference on Thursday has left many concerned about his emotional state, as Biden repeatedly leaned towards the mike to whisper his responses to the questions. But then he went to North Carolina to promote COVID vaccines.
(2021-06-25). Another Vile Lie from the United States. orinocotribune.com By Angel Guerra Cabrera — Jun 18, 2021 | The fondness of the rulers of the United States for the use of lies to justify their actions in the world, constituting, as a general rule, flagrant violations of international law and elementary humanist principles, is well known. | But rarely have the hypocrisy and cynicism of the empire of the North gone as far as when its spokesmen claim that the unduly named economic "sanctions" against countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Syria, Iran and North Korea seek to punish their leaders and not their populations. | I corroborate this when I read the very well do…
(2021-06-25). Labour bans Israel sanctions debate. electronicintifada.net Official alleges that demand for weapons embargo could cause "anti-Semitic behavior."
(2021-06-25). Russia's MiG-31K Jets Capable of Carrying Hypersonic Missiles Arrive in Syria, Defence Ministry Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two MiG-31K fighter jets capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been deployed in the Syrian Khmeimim air base for the first time as part of preparation for an upcoming joint military exercises, the Russian defence ministry said on 25 June.
(2021-06-25). Dozens killed as Yemen targets Saudi camp by drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Yemeni armed forces launched a drone attack against a military training camp in the south of Saudi Arabia, killing and injuring dozens of mercenaries and Saudi officers.
(2021-06-25). Why does Israel ban Palestinian mothers from accompanying sick children from Gaza seeking treatment in the West Bank? juancole.com 
By Eman Abusidu | — ( Middle East Monitor) — The World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed out in its 2020 annual report that, "All patients and patient companions from the Gaza Strip must apply for Israeli permits to exit the Gaza Strip in order to access hospitals in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, and …
(2021-06-25). Pentagon Employee Warns Biden Against War With China. news.antiwar.com A Pentagon employee who is under investigation for writing op-eds for Chinese state media wrote an open letter to President Biden warning against leading the US into a "major war" with China over Taiwan. Franz Gayl, a former Marine who now advises the Marines Corps as a civilian, wrote two op-eds for China's Global Times …
(2021-06-25). US Now Views Taiwan as an Opportunity to Counter China. news.antiwar.com A senior US diplomat in Taiwan on Thursday said Since Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979, the US had always provided weapons to Taiwan, but in recent years it has taken unprecedented steps to strengthen ties with the island. | Raymond Greene, the deputy director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de…
(2021-06-25). Civil War in Afghanistan Will Threaten Afghanistan, China and Pakistan. counterpunch.org The United States, which has prosecuted a war against Afghanistan since October 2001, has promised to withdraw its combat troops by September 11, 2021. This war has failed to attain any of the gains that were promised after 20 years of fighting: neither has it resulted in the actual fragmentation of terrorist groups nor has it led to the destruction of the Taliban. The great suffering and great waste of social wealth caused due to the war will finally end with the Taliban's return to power, and with terrorist groups, which are entrenched in parts of Central Asia, seizing this prospect to make a full return to Afg…
(2021-06-25). Lack of Resolution Discourages International Donors From Aiding Gaza, ICRC President Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) Ksenia Shakalova – International donors are becoming more reluctant to allocate funds for humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip due to lack of progress in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer said.
(2021-06-25). Why Washington is Fawning Over Israel's New Government. counterpunch.org 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," Obama said at a campaign event in 2008. The maxim indicates that superficial changes
(2021-06-25). Why Washington Is Fawning Over Israel's New Government. commondreams.org While the Americans and the Israelis are busy engaging in the ever-familiar ritual of 'putting lipstick on a pig,' the Palestinians remain irrelevant in all of this, as their political aspirations continue to be discounted, and their freedom delayed.
(2021-06-25). Israel's "Killer Vaccine": 50% of Those Fully Vaccinated (2 Jabs) Have Tested Covid Positive. globalresearch.ca The Israeli government has now confirmed that 50% of those fully vaccinated (2 shots) in the course of the last month have tested Covid positive. What this suggests is that Pfizer's mRNA vaccine is not only conducive to deaths and …
(2021-06-25). Indian farmers' protest completes 200 days. popularresistance.org It has been a tumultuous ride, says Dharmendra Malik, the media in-charge of Bhartiya Kisan Union. "First, they derided us as the misguided rural folk. Then we were labelled as hooligans and even terrorists! Then came the accusation of some international conspiracy. There was also an attempt to blame the second COVID wave on us. Ironically, trolls on Twitter give lessons on patriotism to farmers. We spend 10 hours on the farm every day, toiling to put food on everyone's plates. Yet for some, we are anything but humans with legitimate demands and a right to protest."
(2021-06-25). Indonesian COVID infections surge past two million. wsws.org The increasing spread of the virus is a product of the more contagious Delta variant and official neglect of the health system.
(2021-06-25). Sri Lankan government deploys police to crackdown on social media. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's moves to criminalise "fake news" are a response to rising social opposition to wage and job cuts and Colombo's criminal mishandling of the worsening pandemic.
(2021-06-25). Sri Lankan government deploys police to crack down on social media. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's moves to criminalise "fake news" are a response to rising social opposition to wage and job cuts and Colombo's criminal mishandling of the worsening pandemic.
(2021-06-25). The Kisan [Farmers'] Commune in India: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2021). orinocotribune.com 
By Vijay Prashad — Jun 17, 2021 | On 26 June 2021, tens of thousands of Indian farmers will gather in front of the government offices in India's twenty-eight states. They will come to commemorate the completion of seven months of their nation-wide protest against the extreme right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This gathering will be part of a long cycle of protests that started on 26 November 2020 as part of a day-long general strike of 250 million Indian workers and peasants. Since November, tens of thousands of farmers, or kisans, have surrounded India's capital,…
(2021-06-25). How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win Iran Election. counterpunch.org It was common knowledge that a U.S. failure to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA) before Iran's June presidential election would help conservative hard-liners to win the election. Indeed, on Saturday, June 19, the conservative Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the new President of Iran. Raisi has a record of brutally cracking
(2021-06-25). Preventing a return to normal amidst the current catastrophe. roarmag.org 
Protester during the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University — November 17, 2019. Photo: PaulWong / Shutterstock.com | Towards the beginning of our most recent global catastrophe, writer A.M. Gittlitz published
(2021-06-25). Afghan President Ghani Visits White House as His Government Nears Collapse. democracynow.org 
The Taliban have continued seizing districts in Afghanistan ahead of the U.S. military pullout set for September 11, now holding twice as much territory as they did two months ago. According to a Wall Street Journal report, U.S. intelligence agencies believe the government of Afghanistan could collapse within six months of the U.S. withdrawal. The Biden administration is reportedly planning to keep 650 troops in Afghanistan after the September 11 deadline, and the U.S. is also looking for nearby military bases for future aerial bombings and other operations. Afghan American scholar Zaher Wahab says Afghan Preside…
(2021-06-25). Canada genocide evidence piles up; over 600 more Indigenous children's bodies found. peoplesworld.org 
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found at least 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children—a discovery that follows last month's report of 215 bodies found at another school. The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated …
(2021-06-25). Pentagon Linguist Who Spied For Lebanon's Hezbollah Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison. southfront.org 
File image. | On June 23, Lebanese-American Mariam Taha Thompson was sentenced to 23 years in prison for leaking classified national defense information to Hezbollah. | Thompson, 62, from Rochester, Minnesota, was a contracted linguist for a US Special Operations task force in Iraq and had top secret clearance. | In a statement, the US Department of Justice said that Thompson admitted that she knew that the classified national defense information that she was passing to a Lebanese national would be provided the Lebanese gr…
(2021-06-25). Greater Idlib: Financial Officer Of Turkistan Islamic Party Wounded In Assassination Attempt (Photos). southfront.org 
TIP terrorists in Syria's Greater Idlib. Illustrative image. | On June 25, the financial officer of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) was wounded as a result of an assassination attempt in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The terrorist, commonly known as "Sheikh Jawdat," was driving on a road in the vicinity of the town of Salqin near the Turkish border when his Hyundai Santa Fe SUV blew up. While he was severely wounded, his wife and child, who were with him at the time, sustained sli…
(2021-06-25). Greater Idlib: Syrian Army Shells More Turkish Posts Following Ceasefire Violations. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On June 25, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled three posts of the Turkish military in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | In the morning, the army shelled two Turkish posts in the northern outskirts of the government-held town of Saraqib in southern Idlib. No human losses were reported. However, a gathering of Turkish military vehicles was hit, according to the London-based for Human Rights. | A few hours later, the SAA artillery pounded a third Turkish post near the town of Qmenas, also in sout…
(2021-06-25). Turkish Forces To Attack Manbij In Northern Syria: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Turkish military and its proxies are preparing a large offensive on the Syrian town of Manbij and its surroundings in the northern Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 25. | Manbij is currently held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The US-backed group liberated the town from ISIS after a fierce battle in 2016. | According to the SOHR, the Turkish military and its proxies are making preparations and collecting information for the operation.
(2021-06-25). Biden Administration Mulling Overturn Decision To Recognize Golan Heights As Israeli Territory. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Biden Administration is mulling whether to retract the recognition of occupied Golan Heights as part of Israeli territory. | The Washington Free Beacon The State Department of…
(2021-06-25). In Video: Russian Fighter Jets, Helicopters Destroyed ISIS Infrastructure in Central Syria. southfront.org 
FILE IMAGE: Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 25, RusVesna.SU released footage of recent Russian airstrikes on ISIS cells' positions in Syria's central region. | According to the Russian news outlet, the pinpoint airstrikes targeted a network of ISIS positions, including a command post, a communication center and several ammunition depots, located in the outskirts of the town of Ithriyah in the eastern countryside of Hama. | The airstrikes were carried out by Su-24M front-line bombers and Ka-52 attack helicopters following a th…
(2021-06-25). Russian Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile-Capable MiG-31K Jets Deployed In Syria For Military Exercise (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Two MiG-31K fighter jets capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been deployed in Syria's Khmeimim Air Base for the first time as a part of preparations for an upcoming joint military exercises, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced on June 25. | According to the ministry, the Russian Navy and the Aerospace Forces will conduct the joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. | "A pair of MiG-31K aircraft with the ability to use the latest hypersonic missiles from the Kinzhal complex fl…
(2021-06-25). Russian Warplanes Made 'Warning Pass' Over Daraa City As Former Syrian Rebels Refuse To Hand Over Arms. southfront.org 
On June 25, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces made a "warning pass" over the southern Syrian city of Daraa…
(2021-06-25). Will Germany be forced to pay Ukraine for non-existent gas transit from Russia? RT's Boom Bust investigates. rt.com 
The Biden administration continues to slam the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany despite its reluctant admission that nothing can be done to stop the project. | During a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, the American side made it clear that Berlin must ensure continued transit of gas through Ukraine, whether it is needed or not, once the new pipeline becomes operational. | RT's Boom Bust asks whether Germany will now be forced to pay for non-existent transit through Ukraine as it begins to receive direct gas deliveries from Russ…
(2021-06-25). Syria's last cross-border aid lifeline must stay open, insist UN humanitarians. news.un.org The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus, in 11 months.
(2021-06-25). Is America Back? Biden Abroad, and the "Specter of Fascism" at Home. counterpunch.org Joe Biden's first foreign trip as president has generally been labelled a success. He appeared alert. He delivered his scripted lines adequately. He handled press conferences without major gaffes. The U.S. press reported, very predictably, that foreign leaders expressed relief at the U.S. leadership change. Vladimir Putin did Biden an unexpected favor by telling Russian
(2021-06-25). 70+ House Dems Call On Biden to Acknowledge Israeli Settlements Are Illegal. commondreams.org "We believe the first step for the United States must be to urgently restore American policy positions conducive to the prospects for peace."
(2021-06-25). 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.