Monthly Archives: June 2021

2021-06-22: News Headlines

Grant Miner (2021-06-22). Justice demanded for Queens, NY man killed by plainclothes cops. liberationnews.org A speak-out was held outside New York Attorney General Letitia James's office on June 18 to support the family of Matthew Felix, a 19-year-old Queens resident shot and killed by Nassau County Police. The event was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and attended by community supporters and family members of other …

Ezra Echo (2021-06-22). Buffalo: Second annual People's Pride. workers.org Buffalo On June 12th the Buffalo branch of Workers World Party hosted its second annual People's Pride event. Much of the focus this year was around shutting down many of the anti-trans bills flooding the legislature as we speak, but also the call to keep cops and Zionist colonizers out . . . |

Staff (2021-06-22). Sunrise Movement's 400-Mile Climate March Ends With Arrests at Ted Cruz's House. truthout.org After six weeks of Eight demonstrators with the movement's "Generation on Fire" campaign were arrested on th…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-22). SDF Besieged Al-Busairah In Syria's Deir Ezzor, Arrested Dozens Of Civilians. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | On June 22, SDF militants have launched a surprise security operation at dawn today, during which they targeted the city of Al-Busairah in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, with the aerial support of the U.S.-led International Coalition's helicopters. | Local sources from the town stated that SDF gunmen had imposed a security cordon around the city, preventing entry and exit. Militants announced a curfew in the town until a further notice, posting their barriers on th…

_____ (2021-06-22). Community Control of Public Safety: Building a Transitional Program for Power. popularresistance.org That Community Control Over Police campaigns (CCOP) are essentially neocolonialism is a rather wild claim that avowed abolitionist activists, like Dubian Ade applies to the articulation of CCOP by advocate Max Rameau, an organizer in Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to which this author also belongs. Understandably Ade avoids the rabbit hole of condemning the Black Panther Party as neocolonialist, the progenitors of CCOP.

_____ (2021-06-22). Over 100 Anti-Protest Bills Have Been Introduced Since George Floyd Rebellion. popularresistance.org Rather than address the onslaught of police violence against Black people or catastrophic environmental degradation, Republican state politicians continue to attack the people rising up against those systemic injustices. As many as 225 anti-protest bills have been introduced in 45 states since 2016 according to the International Center for Non-Profit Law U.S. Protest Law Tracker. More than 100 have been introduced since Black liberation demonstrators took to the streets in June 2020. Thirty-four such bills have been enacted since 2016.

WSWS (2021-06-22). Portland, Oregon, cops resign from rapid response squad after fellow officer charged with assaulting journalist. wsws.org Last week, all 50 members of the "Rapid Response Team" of the Portland Police Bureau resigned in protest after a grand jury charged a team member for assault during the mass protests against police brutality last year.

Tom H. Hastings (2021-06-22). Juneteenth for white folk. nationofchange.org Is Juneteenth the national holiday going to fix the disparate outcomes for black people in education, health, income, wealth, home ownership, death by police, imprisonment, unemployment, and other inequities?>

Staff (2021-06-21). German officials seek to escalate attack on Palestinian rights, targeting growing movement. samidoun.net One month ago, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Germany, demanding justice, freedom and liberation for Palestine, from the river to the sea. From Berlin to Frankfurt, from Hannover to Dàºsseldorf, Palestinians, Arabs and German and international comrades marched in massive, continuing demonstrations rejecting Israeli war crimes and colonialism throughout Palestine. These marches and actions continued to progress despite attempts to ban demonstrations, police brutality and attacks on protesters, and repeated defamation and racist attacks against the organizers and participants…

Staff (2021-06-21). End Vaccine Apartheid: Summit on Vaccine Internationalism Demands Urgent Action to Help Global South. democracynow.org We look at the push to end what the World Health Organization is calling "vaccine apartheid," as many countries have yet to see a single COVID-19 vaccine shot amid mounting infections. "What we're looking for is an alternative to a system that has basically allowed for COVID-19 vaccines to be absolutely concentrated in the higher-income countries," says Carina Vance Mafla, former health minister of Ecuador, who co-chaired this weekend's emergency Summit on Vaccine Internationalism. She argues vaccine access can be improved by expanding vaccine "production in other countries … that have developed vaccine candida…

Staff (2021-06-21). Prison violence like Alabama's demands a national reckoning. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in During the early fall of 2017, just three days before the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division would descend on the Alabama prison system to investigate reports of brutality and sexual violence, an atrocious incident occurred at the Bibb Correctional F…

Staff (2021-06-21). Prison violence like Alabama's demands a national reckoning. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in During the early fall of 2017, just three days before the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division would descend on the Alabama prison system to investigate reports of brutality and sexual violence, an atrocious incident occurred at the Bibb Correctional Facility's Hot Bay, a dormitory "housing men in bunkbeds multiple rows deep," as the DOJ would write in its subsequent re…

Sameena Rahman (2021-06-21). "Freedom Riders" demand release of political prisoner Leonard Peltier. liberationnews.org This year marks 45 years since the illegal and cruel incarceration of Leonard Peltier, a political prisoner and world-renowned fighter for Native liberation. To honor Leonard's fight for freedom and his support for the struggle to save the environment, a group of supporters referring to themselves as Freedom Riders set out on a horseback journey …

_____ (2021-06-21). Vaccine Billionaires Show Why Medicine Can't Be Left To The Market. popularresistance.org Monopoly medicine has allowed for the normalisation of a neoliberal approach in an arena it should never have penetrated: global health. As a result of pandemic profits, a wave of new billionaires has emerged — in stark contrast with the destitution faced elsewhere, and with the disturbing persisting inequality to access which is quickly becoming a vaccine apartheid. | Since the beginning of the pandemic, nine new people have become billionaires off vaccine fortunes, with a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion ( £13.6 billion). According to the People's Vaccine Alliance, between them, their net worth…

The Associated Press (2021-06-21). Ambassadors Recalled After Latest Nicaragua Arrest. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Mexico and Argentina recalled their ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations Monday, a day after President Daniel Ortega's government arrested yet another presidential contender ahead of the November 7 elections.

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2021-06-21: News Headlines

Staff (2021-06-21). End Vaccine Apartheid: Summit on Vaccine Internationalism Demands Urgent Action to Help Global South. democracynow.org We look at the push to end what the World Health Organization is calling "vaccine apartheid," as many countries have yet to see a single COVID-19 vaccine shot amid mounting infections. "What we're looking for is an alternative to a system that has basically allowed for COVID-19 vaccines to be absolutely concentrated in the higher-income countries," says Carina Vance Mafla, former health minister of Ecuador, who co-chaired this weekend's emergency Summit on Vaccine Internationalism. She argues vaccine access can be improved by expanding vaccine "production in other countries … that have developed vaccine candida…

Staff (2021-06-21). Prison violence like Alabama's demands a national reckoning. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in During the early fall of 2017, just three days before the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division would descend on the Alabama prison system to investigate reports of brutality and sexual violence, an atrocious incident occurred at the Bibb Correctional Facility's Hot Bay, a dormitory "housing men in bunkbeds multiple rows deep," as the DOJ would write in its subsequent re…

The Associated Press (2021-06-21). Ambassadors Recalled After Latest Nicaragua Arrest. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Mexico and Argentina recalled their ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations Monday, a day after President Daniel Ortega's government arrested yet another presidential contender ahead of the November 7 elections.

Staff (2021-06-21). Iraqi army arrests 5 ISIL terrorists in Diyala. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Iraqi army forces identified and arrested five elements of the ISIL terrorist group during an operation in Diyala province.

_____ (2021-06-20). What The Corporate-Owned Media Won't Tell You About The Arrests In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Nicaragua has been under heavy fire from the corporate-owned media lately. The government of Daniel Ortega has arrested several opposition figures in the midst of an upcoming election. The US government and corporate media have been expressing their outrage about what they consider to be the growing dictatorial nature of the Ortega 'regime'. | But there is more to the story than they let on. A deeper investigation shows that the situation is not as clear-cut as they make out. And as is so often the case with Latin America, it falls to independent media to add some nuance and balance to the flagrantly right-leanin…

Haidar Eid (2021-06-20). Video: Why Israel is an apartheid state. greenleft.org.au Haidar Eid, Jeff Halper, Noura Mansour and Arie Huybregts discuss why Israel is an apartheid state.

Liberation Staff Seattle (2021-06-20). Seattle PD crackdown can't stop #blocktheboat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. zcomm.org As part of the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel, the Block the Boat movement has emerged to engage in peaceful direct action to stop the unloading of Israeli ships and cargo…

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2021-06-20: News Headlines

Haidar Eid (2021-06-20). Video: Why Israel is an apartheid state. greenleft.org.au Haidar Eid, Jeff Halper, Noura Mansour and Arie Huybregts discuss why Israel is an apartheid state.

Liberation Staff Seattle (2021-06-20). Seattle PD crackdown can't stop #blocktheboat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. zcomm.org As part of the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel, the Block the Boat movement has emerged to engage in peaceful direct action to stop the unloading of Israeli ships and cargo…

The Canary (2021-06-19). Julian Assange's partner brands his incarceration 'intolerable and grotesque'. thecanary.co The partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has described his ongoing incarceration in one of England's highest security prisons as "intolerable and grotesque". | Intolerable: | Stella Moris and the couple's two young sons, Gabriel and Max, visited Assange in prison for the first time in eight months on the morning of Saturday 19 June. | Despite winning his long-running extradition battle in January against the US, Assange remains in HMP Belmarsh in south London pending the outcome of an appeal. | Moris stands with her children Gabriel and Max, as she speaks to the media outside Belmarsh Prison (Domin…

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-19). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag…

Martha Grevatt (2021-06-19). Ballot initiative advances to hold police accountable. workers.org On June 16, Citizens for a Safer Cleveland announced success in collecting 15,000+ petition signatures for a ballot initiative addressing the major public safety issue of racist police brutality. If the signatures are approved, voters can decide in November to hold police accountable through a commission that includes community activists . . . |

G. Dunkel (2021-06-19). 140 protests against racism, cops, far right sweep France. workers.org Marches and rallies against racism, the far right and police violence took place in over 140 communities in France June 12. These "Marches for Liberty" were scheduled to be held a few weeks before regional elections, where the far-right National Rally (RN/Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen's party) will try to . . . |

Staff (2021-06-19). Black Womanist Theology Offers Hope in the Face of White Supremacy. truthout.org The language of "American racial reckoning" has been frequently cited since the tragic murder of George Floyd and the raising of American consciousness regarding its history of systemic racism. The ongoing murders of Black people by the police, and the profound ways in which Black people must continue to struggle against forms of anti-Black inequity across various political, social and economic indices, prove that there needs to be a robust reckoning. And yet, these realities perpetuate forms of anti-B…

Staff (2021-06-19). Few Cops Who Used Force on George Floyd Protesters Have Faced Discipline. truthout.org Last summer, ProPublica As time passed, we've been checking in with the departments to get their answers. | After a year, we wanted to give a final update on what we know: Departments have disclosed discipline for 10 officers…

Staff (2021-06-19). Few Cops Who Used Force on George Floyd Protesters Have Faced Discipline. truthout.org Last summer, ProPublica We had culled the videos from hundreds circulating on social media in the wake of the protests and highlighted the cases that seemed to clearly show officers using disproportionate force. We then reach…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Nicaragua's political opposition as organized crime. mronline.org Despite numerous reports in international media to the contrary, none of the people arrested had been selected by any of Nicaragua's political alliances or parties as possible candidates for the upcoming general election on November 7th this year. | June 19, 2021…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Lessons from Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panther Party. mronline.org "Revolutionary or Death" is the 2020 biography written about former Black Panther Party (BPP) Minister of Information Leroy "Eldridge" Cleaver. | June 19, 2021 | Newswire…

Answer Coalition (2021-06-19). Seattle Block the Boat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. answercoalition.org &nbsp…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-19). United States celebrates Juneteenth. peoplesdispatch.org June 19th or Juneteenth is celebrated across the United States commemorating the end of slavery. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement by General Gordon Granger in 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas. Today, many remind that while there is much to celebrate, there are many struggles to be fought to end white supremacy and for the full liberation of Black people.

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2021-06-19: News Headlines

Eds. (2021-06-19). Nicaragua's political opposition as organized crime. mronline.org Despite numerous reports in international media to the contrary, none of the people arrested had been selected by any of Nicaragua's political alliances or parties as possible candidates for the upcoming general election on November 7th this year. | June 19, 2021…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Lessons from Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panther Party. mronline.org "Revolutionary or Death" is the 2020 biography written about former Black Panther Party (BPP) Minister of Information Leroy "Eldridge" Cleaver. | June 19, 2021 | Newswire…

Martha Grevatt (2021-06-19). Ballot initiative advances to hold police accountable. workers.org On June 16, Citizens for a Safer Cleveland announced success in collecting 15,000+ petition signatures for a ballot initiative addressing the major public safety issue of racist police brutality. If the signatures are approved, voters can decide in November to hold police accountable through a commission that includes community activists . . . |

G. Dunkel (2021-06-19). 140 protests against racism, cops, far right sweep France. workers.org Marches and rallies against racism, the far right and police violence took place in over 140 communities in France June 12. These "Marches for Liberty" were scheduled to be held a few weeks before regional elections, where the far-right National Rally (RN/Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen's party) will try to . . . |

Staff (2021-06-19). Black Womanist Theology Offers Hope in the Face of White Supremacy. truthout.org The language of "American racial reckoning" has been frequently cited since the tragic murder of George Floyd and the raising of American consciousness regarding its history of systemic racism. The ongoing murders of Black people by the police, and the profound ways in which Black people must continue to struggle against forms of anti-Black inequity across various political, social and economic indices, prove that there needs to be a robust reckoning. And yet, these realities perpetuate forms of anti-B…

Staff (2021-06-19). Few Cops Who Used Force on George Floyd Protesters Have Faced Discipline. truthout.org Last summer, ProPublica As time passed, we've been checking in with the departments to get their answers. | After a year, we wanted to give a final update on what we know: Departments have disclosed discipline for 10 officers…

The Canary (2021-06-19). Julian Assange's partner brands his incarceration 'intolerable and grotesque'. thecanary.co The partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has described his ongoing incarceration in one of England's highest security prisons as "intolerable and grotesque". | Intolerable: | Stella Moris and the couple's two young sons, Gabriel and Max, visited Assange in prison for the first time in eight months on the morning of Saturday 19 June. | Despite winning his long-running extradition battle in January against the US, Assange remains in HMP Belmarsh in south London pending the outcome of an appeal. | Moris stands with her children Gabriel and Max, as she speaks to the media outside Belmarsh Prison (Domin…

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-19). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag…

_____ (2021-06-18). Scheer Intelligence: The Second American Revolution. popularresistance.org Revolutions are traditionally marked by the year they began ‚Äï 1776, 1789, 1917, 1949 ‚Äï which elides the truth that it takes decades, sometimes centuries, for a radical break from the past to complete its tumultuous slow-fast processing through the sociopolitical fabric, with each challenge to the previous status quo just as likely to be rebuked as celebrated, undermined as enacted, co-opted as integrated. In this light, it may be more accurate to describe periodic progessive outbursts since the 1960s, from the Nuclear Freeze movement to Occupy to Black Lives Matter, as well as…

Katie Fite (2021-06-18). Kick 'em When They're Down: BLM Pushes Sage-Grouse Toward Extinction. counterpunch.org An apt motto for BLM's Sage-grouse habitat management across the West would be Kick 'Em When They're Down. The agency's grazing program is dead set on locking in everything that's bad for the birds. Cattle water projects and fences ripping apart habitats continue to proliferate across public lands. The livestock industry is driving this. Grazing

Jim McMahan (2021-06-18). Solidarity with Palestine at Port of Seattle. workers.org Seattle In response to the U.S.-backed Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ongoing dispossession of people in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and across Palestine, Palestian unions have called for global labor solidarity to disrupt apartheid Israel's trade. Global uproar against the Israeli regime's war, occupation and acts of terror and . . . |

Gerald Meyer (2021-06-18). Separate but unequal: Israel, Palestine, and the reality of apartheid. peoplesworld.org The facts are undeniable. In response to Israel's brutal treatment of Palestinians fighting to prevent evictions from their homes in East Jerusalem, Hamas, a spin-off from the Muslim Brotherhood, began firing short-range missiles manufactured from scrap metal into Israel. Within a few days, powerful American-made missile launchers, guided by the most sophisticated technology, began bombarding …

Jim McMahan (2021-06-18). Solidarity with Palestine at Port of Seattle. workers.org Seattle In response to the U.S.-backed Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ongoing dispossession of people in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and across Palestine, Palestinian unions have called for global labor solidarity to disrupt apartheid Israel's trade. Global uproar against the Israeli regime's war, occupation and acts of terror and . . . |

Liberation Staff Seattle (2021-06-18). Seattle PD crackdown can't stop #blocktheboat movement vs. Israeli apartheid. liberationnews.org As part of the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel, the Block the Boat movement has emerged to engage in peaceful direct action to stop the unloading of Israeli ships and cargo.

Staff (2021-06-18). Cops wanted to make her a felon, but missed a key piece of evidence. therealnews.com Michelle Lucas, a community activist and grandmother of four, was devastated when she was charged with two felonies for allegedly passing a counterfeit bill. Our investigation uncovered evidence that forced prosecutors to admit the police had made a mistake and had an unexpected impact on her case.

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-06-18). 6/15/21 Israel Bombs Gaza, Palestine Breaking Cease Fire. indybay.org The 4th largest military in the world thanks to US taxpayers giving $4 billion a year above the table to the American military base, apartheid settler colony known as Israel is at this moment bombing the open air prison known as Gaza, a part of Palestine, which population of 1.7 million is 45% children, and has no military and no air raid shelters. See twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=ha… | twitter.com/hashtag/SaveGaza?src=hashtag…

teleSUR (2021-06-18). Colombia: Police Brutality Leaves 1 Dead and 20 Injured in Cali. telesurenglish.net Cali City experienced a new day of police brutality on Thursday. One person dead, 20 citizens injured, and eight protesters arrested is the preliminary balance of the actions of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD). | RELATED: | Through social networks, Colombians denounced that a young man died after being shot in the head in the Paso del Comercio sector. | In the evening hours, while the Copa América match between Co…

_____ (2021-06-18). How Not To Celebrate Juneteenth. popularresistance.org Juneteenth was largely a regional holiday celebrated by Black people in Texas and other southern states. It commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston and announced that slavery ended as per General Order Number 3. "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free." It is an important event that ought to be remembered, but its true significance has been lost. Juneteenth has become the latest iteration of liberal capture of Black politics, opportunistic virtue signaling, and the intentional mis…

teleSUR (2021-06-18). Organized Students in Colombia Denounce Police Brutality. telesurenglish.net Through a communiqué, it detailed that this afternoon several young people, among them members of this organization were carrying out a cultural protest in Puerto Resistencia in the city, part of the Valle del Cauca department. | The group said that the police fired directly at the youths and wounded one in the head and leg. | RELATED: | Given this, some students decided to move from Puerto Resistencia to Paso del…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-18). Ohio shooting victim dies after he's run over by cops. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) — An Ohio police car ran over a man who'd been shot and called 911 for help — and he died shortly afterward, police and reports said.

Cassidy Morales (2021-06-18). Why Are There Cops in Schools? thenation.com Why Are There Cops in Schools?

Ellen Glover (2021-06-18). 50 Years Later, End the War on Drugs. counterpunch.org Fifty years ago this month, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a "full scale attack" on drug use. It was the beginning of the War on Drugs. Nixon — and many presidents since — promised the War on Drugs would save lives. Trillions of dollars later, incarceration and preventable overdose deaths have skyrocketed

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