Daily Archives: June 11, 2022

2022-06-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-06-11). Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visits Turkey as NATO escalates war in Ukraine. wsws.org Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Ankara for talks to create a "safe grain corridor" from Ukrainian ports to world markets.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Biden administration lifts COVID testing requirements for international travelers. wsws.org The Biden administration is rescinding its mandate on testing requirements for international travelers before boarding flights to the US.

WSWS (2022-06-11). 2.6 million US educators and staff quit public K-12 and higher education jobs during pandemic. wsws.org As the mass shortage of teachers continues to deepen across the US, districts are scrambling for last-minute solutions which have further intensified attacks of public education.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Arizona executes two inmates in less than a month. wsws.org Frank Atwood was executed in Arizona this Wednesday, less than a month after the execution of Clarence Dixon. Both men were the first people to be executed in Arizona since the botched execution of Jason Wood eight years ago.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-11). Ukrainian Army Shelling of Donbass: A Day in Hell Without End/ By Christelle Néant. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Ukrainian Army Shelling of Donbass: A Day in Hell Without End — INTERNATIONALIST 360 ∞ (wordpress.com) For several days, the Ukrainian army has been intensively shelling several towns in Donbass (Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeyevka, Stakhanov) in the middle of the day, causing numerous victims among civilians. On 4 June 2022, Donetsk was heavily shelled. …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-11). Barack Obama Says Ukraine War Is 'Far From Over'. news.antiwar.com Former President Barack Obama said in a speech at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday that the war in Ukraine is "far from over." "Make no mistake, this war is far from over. The costs will continue to mount," Obama said. "The costs will continue to mount, the course of events … are hard to …

Craig Murray (2022-06-11). Biden Works to Prolong Ukraine War 214. zcomm.org When we reach the stage that Henry Kissinger is a comparative voice of sanity, the political situation is indeed dire…

Richard Falk (2022-06-11). Ukraine and the Risk of Geopolitical Conflict. zcomm.org The return of the nuclear question…

Bay Area Ukraine Anti-War Network (2022-06-11). Thursday 6/23: Protest US Escalation in Ukraine! No More Weapon Sales. indybay.org Barbara Lee's office | 1 Kaiser Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612…

A Guest Author (2022-06-11). Capitalism and baby formula. workers.org By Margaret Kimberley The following article was posted on Black Agenda Report on May 29. The baby formula shortage is not a glitch in the system. It actually exemplifies everything that goes wrong when the profit motive rules. Capitalism can't ensure a food supply or anything else that humans need. . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-06-11). WATCH: Bashar al-Assad: Russia Restored Lost International Balance (English subtitles). marktaliano.net Damascus, SANA— President Bashar al-Assad said that Russia is facing a war that cannot be linked to the issue of NATO expansion, but rather it is an ongoing war that did not stop even before communism or before World War I, affirming that Russia's power today constitutes a restoration of international equilibrium. "So, we can …

Editor2 (2022-06-11). Backed by Israel, US and EU Allies Submit Anti-Iran Draft Resolution to IAEA Board of Governors. orinocotribune.com The United States and the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, backed by the Israeli regime, have reportedly submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors a draft resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program. | The United States and the EU troika — Britain, Germany and France — submitted the draft to the 35-nation board on Tuesday, accusing Iran of failing to offer transparent responses to the IAEA's questions over nuclear activities at three sites. | According to the draft, seen by Reuters, the board "expresses profound concern that the safeguards issues rela…

WSWS (2022-06-11). Virginia Thomas and Trump's election coup: More revelations about role of Supreme Court justice's wife. wsws.org The revelation of Thomas' expansive efforts in service of Trump's coup comes a day after leading Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested by the FBI for participating in the fascist assault on Congress.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Australia's Aspen Medical: A case study of healthcare privatisation. wsws.org Aspen's more than $1 billion in pandemic contracts followed decades of promotion of the company by Liberal-National Coalition and Labor Party governments alike.

Silke Otsch, Boris Ginner (2022-06-11). Tax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point. indybay.org The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions of up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. Of the global private wealth of around 160 trillion. US dollars, between 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens…

John Nichols (2022-06-11). South Dakota Voters Just Crushed the GOP's Antidemocratic Scheme. zcomm.org By a 2-1 margin, voters defeated the aggressive effort, backed by billionaire Charles Koch, to undermine direct democracy.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-11). Austin, Chinese Defense Chief Trade Warnings on Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday and traded warnings over Taiwan. According to the Pentagon, Austin told Beijing to "refrain from further destabilizing actions toward Taiwan" and warned against any changes to the "status quo" across the …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-06-11). Fighting the First UK-Rwandan Refugee Flight. dissidentvoice.org June 10 bore witness to a valiant effort on the part of refugee groups and a trade union to stop what promises to be the first journey of many as part of the UK-Rwanda plan. Their attempt to seek an injunction failed to convince the High Court. Next Tuesday, the first flight from the UK …

Lyn Neeley (2022-06-11). Mass opposition to Biden's Summit gains momentum. workers.org President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas is being boycotted by most countries in the Western hemisphere, and it is opposed by two large coalitions protesting Biden's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to this year's event. ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America), a coalition of . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-11). Washington Post promotes Trump's other "big lie": The Wuhan Lab theory. wsws.org The same day that the House Select January 6 Committee documented how Trump used his "big lie" about the 2020 election to justify an attempted fascist coup, the Washington Post published an editorial promoting Trump's other big lie: The claim that COVID-19 is a man-made virus created by China.

WSWS (2022-06-11). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 2. wsws.org As in every corner of the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply intensified the crisis of the Sri Lankan capitalist class and President Gotabhaya Rajapakse's government.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-11). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to expect with COVID-19 vaccinations for youngest kids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could grant emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccination for the youngest kids later this month. Pfizer asked the agency to review data and authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years.If the FDA committee recommends authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will still need to sign off on the vaccinations before they would go into the littlest of arms. Watch: The Mayo…

WSWS (2022-06-11). New Zealand hospitals inundated, healthcare system "imploding" wsws.org Hospitals are delaying thousands of operations due to being inundated with COVID cases and other winter illnesses, thanks to the Labour Party-led government's homicidal "let it rip" policy.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-06-11). Canadá eliminará pruebas aleatorias de Covid-19 en aeropuertos. telesurtv.net La medida se implementará entre los días 11 y el 30 de junio en todos las terminales aéreas canadienses.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-06-11). Evo Morales afirma que políticas de EE.UU. han fracasado. telesurtv.net Evo Morales indicó que casi a 200 años de América para los americanos, esta generación proclama una América plurinacional de los pueblos para los pueblos.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-06-11). Pdte. venezolano: voz de los pueblos se escuchó en Los àÅngeles. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado manifestó su agradecimiento a quienes se solidarizaron con Venezuela.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-06-11). Pdte. Maduro es recibido por su par iraní en Teherán. telesurtv.net Durante el encuentro ambos presidentes revisarán y potenciarán lo relacionado a la cooperación en materia energética.

Branko Marcetic (2022-06-11). Trump wanted to privatize Medicare. Biden's letting it happen. zcomm.org The Trump administration initiated a program that critics say will pave the way for the total privatization of Medicare. Biden is quietly letting that program continue…

Liberation Staff (2022-06-11). WATCH: Electrifying closing plenary of the People's Summit for Democracy. liberationnews.org From June 8-10, people from across the hemisphere gathered in Los Angeles for the People's Summit for Democracy, drawing enthusiastic participation that eclipsed attendance at many of the official Summit of the Americas events.

Liberation Staff-Boston (2022-06-11). 105 educators fired in Malden, Mass. — students lead the fight back! liberationnews.org Students, teachers, parents and community members are demanding the reinstatement of 105 educators who were "pink slipped" in Malden, Massachusetts.

Natalia Marques (2022-06-11). Pan-Africanism takes center stage in discussions at the People's Summit for Democracy. liberationnews.org The panel "Pan-Africanism in Today's World" at the People's Summit for Democracy explored the fight against U.S. intervention in Africa and the African diaspora's struggle for justice in the Americas…

Editor2 (2022-06-11). Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy. orinocotribune.com By Kim Scipes &#1 ; Jun 3, 2022 | Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations, over the weekend of April 8-9. They held a press conference outside AFL-CIO headquarters on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., on April 8th, and followed with a four-hour educational conference at the University of the District of Columbia the following day. | This is the first project to focus on AFL-CIO operations around the globe since efforts to pass the "Build Unity and Trust Among Workers World-…

Jim McMahan (2022-06-11). Museum workers hop on the union train. workers.org Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO stands for Visitor Service Officers. The year-long organizing drive was victorious with 34-to-4 votes in the National Labor Relations Board election. The election covered workers at both the downtown Seattle . . . |

Anonymous Contributor (2022-06-11). Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union Marches on Cogir's Head Office. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent march and action by the Montreal Autonomous Tenants Union against Cogir. Thursday, June 9th, the Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union marched on the big Montreal landlord, Cogir's, head office. 20 Cogir tenants and their allies entered their building at 385 Viger. Most tenants were able to make it to the second floor to…

Plus News (2022-06-11). Uganda wins CECAFA Senior Women's Championship. plusnews.ug Uganda's National Women's Football team, the Crested Cranes has won the CECAFA Senior Women's Championship after defeating Burundi 3-1 in the final of the tournament staged at FUFA Technical Center, Njeru. The final of the championship was graced by the speaker of the parliament of Uganda Rt. Hon Anita Among. Now, in front of thousands …

Catherine Atim (2022-06-11). SME Chief, John K. Walugembe, graduates from Harvard University. plusnews.ug Uganda's Small and Medium Enterprise Chief, John Kakungulu Walugembe, graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government on May 29, 2022. In a color full ceremony, held at the University's campus in Cambridge Massachusetts, that was graced by the United States of America's Attorney General, Merrick Garland; John received the Mid-Career Master in …

Plus News (2022-06-11). No working permit, no working in Ngoma Subcounty. plusnews.ug Ngoma sub-county authorities in Nakaseke district have embarked on registering all workers on farms including casuals due to the increased cases of crime in the area. Upon registration and vetting, the worker will be issued with a work permit to enable them work in Ngoma. According to records availed by the territorial police authorities, in …

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-06-11). Obesity pandemic at the World Health Assembly: when the unhinged market feeds disease. peoplesdispatch.org This year's World Health Assembly prominently featured discussions obesity. However, the implementation of serious policies to deal with the issue is being undermined by the multi-stakeholder approach, which is letting industries influence the conversation.

Paul Street (2022-06-11). Against Outrageous Stupidity. zcomm.org From WMD to Woman Erasing "Wokeness"

Andrew Harmer (2022-06-11). Sustainably financing the World Health Organization. peoplesdispatch.org Sustainable financing of the WHO was one of the most anticipated topics of the 75th World Health Assembly. Although progress has been made through efforts of a designated working group, worries remain that the planned increase will not be enough to meet actual needs…

WHO Watch Team (2022-06-11). World Health Assembly falls short of insulating food and alcohol plans from commercial interests. peoplesdispatch.org The health impact of alcohol and nutrition figured among the topics that delegates from various countries discussed at the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva recently. While the two are recognized as a "slow-motion disaster" in the field of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the action plans that have been adopted at the Assembly will do little to tackle the root causes of the problem. | While most countries recognized alcohol use as a public health priority and supported the proposed action plan, only a couple called for effective steps against the alcohol industry. The delegate from Estonia, for example,…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-11). The housing struggle is a national and international struggle: Kenia Alcocer. peoplesdispatch.org Kenia Alcocer talks about important struggles she took up as an activist, the formation of the Los Angeles Tenants Union and how the struggle for housing rights is related to other working class struggles.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Significant opposition to CORE leadership emerges among Chicago teachers in latest CTU election. wsws.org Following widespread disgust at the CORE leadership's criminal collusion with Lightfoot and the Biden administration in forcing the reopening of schools for in-person learning, CORE faced its most significant leadership challenge to date from, ultimately winning the support of only 38 percent of the membership.

WSWS (2022-06-11). US workers speak out as May inflation hits 8.6 percent, rips household budgets. wsws.org Workers around the US are reacting to spikes in gasoline and food prices that pushed the inflation rate to 8.6 percent in May, the highest level since 1981.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Mélenchon surges in polls in run-up to French legislative elections. wsws.org While Mélenchon is benefiting from mounting left-wing popular sentiment, he is setting a trap for the workers, signaling that he will ally with Macron, the "president of the rich."

WSWS (2022-06-11). The significance of January 6 and the conspiracy to establish a dictatorship in the United States. wsws.org The history of the United States now includes the fact that the country's government came close to being overthrown in a political coup d'état organized by the president, with the aim of abolishing the Constitution and establishing a personalist dictatorship.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Striking health care workers in Newark, New Jersey, reject austerity proposal from management. wsws.org Prime's offer makes clear that the company is determined to impose austerity on the workers. But workers at Saint Michael's Medical Center are equally determined to not accept this.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Australian Treasury chief: Labor government must slash spending and suppress wages. wsws.org To meet the demands of the financial markets, the Albanese government is counting heavily on the trade unions to keep workers' wage demands way below the cost of living.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Elon Musk threatens to cut 10 percent of Tesla's white collar workforce. wsws.org Following Musk's threats of layoffs, Tesla canceled a series of hiring events for its operations in China which had been scheduled to take place this month.

It's Going Down (2022-06-11). How Antifascists Exposed Proud Boys Gaining Power within the Local GOP in Miami. itsgoingdown.org In this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we spoke with someone from Miami Against Fascism, about how antifascists were able to expose a growing alliance between the neo-fascist pro-Trump street gang the Proud Boys and the Miami-Dade Republican party. This story has now been picked up by the New York Times and Proud…

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