(2022-06-08). Bulgaria Won't Send Weapons to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov "We'll do what we have promised to do and there's no need to reignite the debate every two weeks," Petkov said. "We've supported the incoming refugees, we have sent all kinds of humanitarian aid, we have also been involved with…
(2022-06-08). What are the Summits of the Americas Remembered For? orinocotribune.com By Gustavo Maranges Jun 2, 2022 | The 9th Summit of the Americas is about to start. The event is being held between June 6-10 in Los Angeles, California. This gathering been deemed a space to discuss matters of regional concern, but its historical results are very poor and forever tilted towards the developed northern part of the hemisphere. The most important events related to these summits have come from parallel forums called the People's Summit, where the real leaders go to discuss the harsh reality of the continent. Given its not-so-encouraging track record, it would be interesting to make a brief anal…
(2022-06-08). Award-Winning Canadian Journalist Eva Bartlett on Ukraine Kill List As Canadian Government Does Nothing. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Canadan Journalist Added to List of Proclaimed 'Enemies of Ukraine' On Ukraine's war on Donbass, Russia's denazification operation, and being on Ukraine's Kill List "One less traitor": Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition/ By Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy…
(2022-06-08). Russia, Turkey Signal Progress on Plans to Export Russian Grain. news.antiwar.com Russia and Turkey held talks Wednesday to restart the export of Ukrainian grain and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Istanbul and expressed support for a UN plan to open safe corridors for cargo ships to leave Ukraine's ports. | Cavusoglu said the UN plan was "reasonable" but said it requires cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv. To facilitate exports, Ukraine wou…
(2022-06-08). Ukraine Not Giving US Much Information About Its Operations Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The New York Times Current and former officials told the Times that US intelligence agencies have a far better picture of Russia's military operations than Ukraine's. Even in high-level talks with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, Ukrainian officials have only shared their strategic goals, not their operational plans. | Washington has such little information on…
(2022-06-08). Ukraine: Misunderstandings and Misunderstandings. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan The war in Ukraine is only taking place because of the ignorance of the Westerners of what was happening in Ukraine and because of a series of misunderstandings and misinterpretations. The Westerners, focused on themselves, unable to think like their interlocutors, kept making mistakes. Finally, when the military operations end and the Russians…
(2022-06-08). "At this point we're winning the war": Brzezinski vows U.S. backing for father's/Pilsudski's Intermarium project. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Radio PolandJune 7, 2022 US ambassador reaffirms Washington's support for 3 Seas Initiative: audio report Audio link on left side of page Addressing the participants on the opening day of the 3 Seas Local Government Congress, Mark Brzezinski reiterated his country's full support for Ukraine's aspirations, as well as for the 3 Seas Initiative. The …
(2022-06-08). The Peace Question and Imperialism. dissidentvoice.org The war in Ukraine is a propaganda war, with all of the belligerents, sponsors, and their allies churning out — through an abjectly subservient media — masses of lies and disinformation. In this regard, they resemble other wars, but with an added dose of shamelessness. For that reason, it is difficult to discern how the …
(2022-06-08). In Video: Russian Rocket Strike Destroys Norwegian M109 Heavy Howitzers In Ukraine. southfront.org 
On June 7, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage showing a strike on M109 155 mm self-propelled howitzers of Kiev forces, which were recently supplied by Norway. | A salvo of what appears to be Grad 122 mm rockets hit a battery of three M109s in an unspecified part of Ukraine, destroying howitzer and damaging the other two. A tactical drone was apparently used to detect the battery and coordinate the rocket strike. | The US-made M109A4BE has a maximum firing range of 21 kilometers…
(2022-06-08). E. Mediterranean: 65 ships, subs, aircraft in NATO mine warfare drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandJune 7, 2022 NATO ships participate in Italian Mine Warfare Exercise 22, Mare Aperto Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) participated in Exercise Mare Aperto-Italian Mine Warfare Exercise 22 (ITA MINEX-22) in the Mediterranean Sea May 13-27. Exercise Mare Aperto-ITA MINEX 22 was an opportunity for NATO to enhance its mine countermeasures …
(2022-06-08). NATO moves deployable air command assets to Turkey for war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJune 7, 2022 NATO's Deployable Air Command and Control experts set off to Turkey for exercise Ramstein DUST 22 Staff and equipment from NATO's Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACCC) started the 2,500 km journey from Poggio Renatico, Italy to Konya Air Base, Turkey for exercise Ramstein Dust-II 2022 (RADU-II/22) at the …
(2022-06-08). U.S. anti-missile warship arrives in Polish port. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com USS Gravely Public AffairsJune 5, 2022 USS Gravely (DDG 107) arrives in Gdynia, Poland The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) arrived in Gdynia, Poland, June 5, 2022, for a scheduled port visit to enhance the United States-Polish partnership and facilitate a robust, united, and fruitful NATO alliance. The ship's presence in the …
(2022-06-08). NATO conducts Baltic Sea war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeJune 8, 2022 BALTOPS 22 Kicks off in the Baltic Sea Fourteen NATO Allies, two NATO partner nations, over 45 ships, more than 75 aircraft and approximately 7,000 personnel kick off Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 22) from Stockholm on June 5, 2022. This premier maritime-focused annual exercise in the Baltic Region takes …
(2022-06-08). Colombia elections: are peace and justice on the horizon? iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt June 6, 2022 Presidential elections held May 29 in Colombia showed Senator Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact progressive alliance and former mayor of Bogotá, coming in first with 40% of the vote. Two right-wing candidates, Rodolfo Hernández and Federico Gutíerrez, received 28% and 24% of the vote, respectively. Because no candidate received a majority vote, Petro and Hernández will be in a runoff election June 19. March during a national strike that began April 28, 2021, and continued for months, Bogotá, May 9, 2021. Gutíerrez represents the party of current Colombian President Ivá…
(2022-06-08). Report warns taxpayer money is fueling 'pandemic greed grab' by US CEOsÔøº. nationofchange.org Amazon, which has reported $10.3 billion in recent federal contracts, paid CEO Andy Jassy 6,474 times more than it paid its median worker last year.
(2022-06-08). WATCH: AOC Rips Lax Gun Laws, NRA 'Blood Money' During House Hearing. commondreams.org "For all the billions and trillions that this body authorizes in the name of national security, we can't even keep our kids safe from their schools being turned into a war zone."
(2022-06-08). US, Europeans Submit Anti-Iran Resolution to IAEA Board. news.antiwar.com The week-long IAEA Board of Governors meeting moved into its second day, with continued focus on Iran, and the US and European allies The resolution takes aim at the least substantial and most widely discussed issue, the discovery of uranium traces at undeclared sites in Iran. The resolution echoes IAEA position that Iran has not satisfied their questions about the traces. | The uranium traces have been an IAEA topic for years…
(2022-06-08). CIA-Backed Terrorism, "Humanitarian" NGOs, & the Cycle of War Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaWithin Washington's current disinformation campaign targeting Russia, there are a series of traits which reflect a pattern. A pattern that becomes visible when one has studied the cycle of imperialist propaganda long enough. In the 21st century, where sanctions, online narratives, and a dynamic of reignited great-power competition define how imperialism operates, this cycle…
(2022-06-08). For the Peoples of Our Region, the Failure of Biden's Summit of the Americas Would Be a Welcome Event. libya360.wordpress.com Ajamu Baraka Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announces he will not attend the Summit of Americas The Summit of the Americas is not the property of the host nation. The U.S. has no right to exclude, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, but has done so in disregard of their sovereignty. The U.S. is not fit…
(2022-06-08). Haiti and the Americas Syllabus. popularresistance.org What does it mean to defend our Americas? For the Black Alliance for Peace, defending our Americas begins with a re-drawing of the map of the Americas. No longer can the United States stand at the center of the hemisphere, upholding an eternal whiteness while imposing a suffocating capitalism. Instead, for BAP, Haiti is the center of the Americas. Solidarity with Haiti is key to the defense of the Americas. Haiti endures the original territory of Black emancipation from slavery, of Black independence from colonialism, and Black resistance to racism and global capitalism. | Yet Haiti has also become the region's l…
(2022-06-08). Biden's Exclusionary 'Summit Of The Americas' Disrupted By Journalists. popularresistance.org The ninth Summit of the America's opened in Los Angeles on Monday, June 6. This is the second time that the summit has been hosted in the United States. The Biden administration chose to exclude the elected governments of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, inviting members of the US-backed far right 'opposition' instead. That decision caused the presidents of other American countries to boycott the summit, notably Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras and Guatemala. | In protest, social movements from the United States and Latin America organized a counter summit, The People's Summit, which begins on June 8. Journalists involved…
(2022-06-08). U.S. COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority. mronline.org 
The death toll in the U.S. due to COVID-19 has crossed 1 million. The richest country in the world has stumbled in controlling the pandemic and the poorest have suffered the most.
(2022-06-08). Friday 6/17: National Memorial Service for Lives Lost to COVID, Gun Violence, War and Poverty w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/ | In-person at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C…
(2022-06-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: High-intensity workouts and reducing risk of injury. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org High-intensity function training, such as boot camp-type exercise classes, continues to grow in popularity, especially as many COVID-19 restrictions have relaxed. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Edward Laskowski, co-director of Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, explains how someone can reap the benefits of this type of exercise while avoiding injury. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/kNqNSA-m3kk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read…
(2022-06-08). "Global Embarrassment": Mexico & More Skip Biden's Summit of Americas for Excluding Cuba, Venezuela. democracynow.org 
Top leaders from Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are all absent from the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced he would boycott the conference after the U.S. said it would not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. We speak with historian Alejandro Velasco and Roberto Lovato, award-winning Salvadoran American journalist and author, who calls the conference "a failure of hemispheric proportions and a global embarrassment for the United States and for the Biden administration." Lo…
(2022-06-08). Can India & Russia Resuscitate Cyber Relationship? moderndiplomacy.eu Since the war started, thousands of Russian IT workers and entrepreneurs, and dozens of foreign firms have left Russia. Western sanctions have targeted Russian high-technology industries, including bans on the export of critical computing elements like microprocessors. Over the last few years, Russia has sought to develop indigenous semiconductor, cybersecurity, and networking industries. However, large-scale …
(2022-06-08). Venezuela Launches Tech Platform to Quickly Resolve Public Services Issues. orinocotribune.com The Maduro government has recently been focused on resolving quality-of-life issues for Venezuelan workers and families. | The Venezuelan government launched a new app-based initiative to address deteriorated public services that will facilitate a more direct means of communication between the citizenry and the government. | President Nicolás Maduro toured the headquarters of a newly-opened rapid-response center, located inside the presidential palace of Miraflores on May 28, saying the new system would "show the complaint, show the process and show the result, so that people can see processes and results." | Mad…
(2022-06-08). Military Situation In Syria On June 8, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On June 8, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 9 times: 5 in Aleppo province, 2 in Idlib province, 2 in Latakia province; | On June 7, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled YPG positions near Tal Rafaat; | On June 7, the Russian and Syrian Air Forces carried out a joint exercise in south of Syria; | On June 7, the US-led coalition and the SDF sent 15 military vehicles to the Al-Shaheel area; | On June 7…
(2022-06-08). Ralph Gonsalves: "Latin-Caribbean integration is necessary, but it has been discontinuous" mronline.org 
The small island countries of CARICOM have given a demonstration of dignity and sovereignty, maintaining firm positions on the U.S. interference policy against Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
(2022-06-08). U.S. govt's Summit of the Americas fails: Boycott by presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala. mronline.org 
As the U.S. government's Summit of the Americas opens in Los Angeles, California, the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, and Guatemala have refused to attend, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
(2022-06-08). Everything Is a Weapon. dissidentvoice.org 
Have you ever wondered who's pulling the strings? … Anything we touch is a weapon. We can deceive, persuade, change, influence, inspire. We come in many forms. We are everywhere. — U.S. Army Psychological Operations recruitment video The U.S. government is waging psychological warfare on the American people. No, this is not a conspiracy theory. …
(2022-06-08). Latin American Nations Skip Summit of Americas for Excluding Cuba and Venezuela. truthout.org Top leaders from Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are all absent from the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced he would boycott the conference after the U.S. said it would not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. We speak with historian Alejandro Velasco and Roberto Lovato, award-winning Salvadoran American journalist and author, who calls the conference "a failure of hemispheric proportions and a global embarrassment for the United States and for the Biden administration." Lovato calls t…
(2022-06-08). Warren, Murray Lead Call for Biden to Defend Abortion Rights via Executive Order. commondreams.org "With an extremist Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, now is the time to act," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
(2022-06-08). Is lasting peace possible? thesaker.is By William T. Hathaway for the Saker Blog The wise men of the establishment are again telling us that hopes for lasting peace are a delusion. They declare that human…
(2022-06-08). The Nakba, Administrative Detention, Jenin, and Shireen Abu Akleh. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Jun 1, 2022 | What do these four separate events have in common? | The Nakba, as many people are already aware, refers to the mass expulsion of ethnic Palestinians from their homes towns and villages in 1948. | Over 7 ,000 old men, young women, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, fled for their lives, under the threat of annihilation and ethnic genocide from the forces of the newly created "Israel." | "Israel" was born into the bloodied hands of Zionist terrorism, the Irgun, Stern gangs, and Haganah. | Terrorist groups murdered, maimed, mutilated, and raped Palestinians as part of the…
(2022-06-08). Joe Biden's Saber-Rattling Threatens World War III—with China and Russia. covertactionmagazine.com Fits long pattern of war-mongering and provocations that are a feature of the American Century When U.S. President Joe Biden …
(2022-06-08). Mumia Abu-Jamal: When the empire calls. iacenter.org By Mumia Abu-Jamal June 6, 2022 Mumia Abu-Jamal The following message from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was prepared for the Workers' Summit in Tijuana, Mexico, June 10-12, which is being held in response to President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas. My brothers, sisters and comrades in Tijuana, I welcome you, delegates of the excluded. People from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and beyond. Many of you come from poor nations, countries with relatively low GDP, like Cuba, for example, which has a GDP roughly equal to Ghana. As I write from the richest nation on earth, I have to add that I also write from a na…
(2022-06-08). "Damned Fun": "Top Gun: Maverick" And The Military-Entertainment Complex. dissidentvoice.org In 1990, Tom Cruise, star of the 1986 blockbuster, 'Top Gun', said: Some people felt that "Top Gun" was a right-wing film to promote the Navy. And a lot of kids loved it. But I want the kids to know that's not the way war is — that "Top Gun" was just an amusement park …
(2022-06-08). Remembering the Frontier Wars and striving for systemic change. greenleft.org.au The Labor government has reignited hope that First Nations peoples will be included in decision-making. But the lasting impact of colonisation in how laws are applied also has to be addressed, argues Isaac Nellist.
(2022-06-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Fibroids and pregnancy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 24, single and looking forward to having a family one day. I was recently diagnosed with fibroids. What treatment options would allow me to have a baby in the future? ANSWER: Fibroids are noncancerous masses made of muscle that grow within the uterus. While fibroids are common — they are present in over 75% of women — most people don't have symptoms or pregnancy problems due to fibroids, and everyone does not need…
(2022-06-08). Disparities in opioid treatment access remain for women, Black and Hispanic people. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Buprenorphine is a prescription approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that effectively treats opioid dependence or addiction. But women, as well as Black and Hispanic populations, do not have equal access to this potentially lifesaving medication, new Mayo Clinic research finds. The study published Friday, June 3, in JAMA Network Open. The research team used the OptumLabs Data Warehouse to examine 3,110 filled prescriptions of buprenorphine from 72,055 emergency department visits across the…
(2022-06-08). Excellent Political Commentary From Both Alexes. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Thank you to our own Thomas Malthaus who directed me to this excellent video by Duran people. As you know I cannot possibly catch everything even from my preferred sources, but this discussion by both Alexes is excellent and gives a good situational awareness of Europe's political dynamics. Excellent conversation.
(2022-06-08). Consumer Health: Recovering from a stroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about recovering from a stroke with stroke rehabilitation. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stroke risk increases with age, especially after 55, but strokes can occur at…
(2022-06-08). Wednesday 6/8: On the Field, Off the Streets: Resourcing Community Peace in East Bay. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-06-08). Premundial sub 15: Cuba vence a Panamá en cierre de la etapa clasificatoria. cubadebate.cu El equipo Cuba categoría sub 15 que participa en el Premundial de Valencia, Venezuela, dejó tendido en el césped a su similar de Panamá con marcador de 13-12, en un partido donde solo estaba en juego la ubicación final en la etapa clasificatoria.
(2022-06-08). Russia's Oil Dependency Pushed Putin's Rush to War. commondreams.org Oil dependence is Putin's bane, and ours.
(2022-06-08). Poor attendance of regional countries clouds U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas. ecns.cn The U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas got off to a rough start here on Monday following Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's official boycott of the regional gathering over a guest list that excludes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
(2022-06-08). Response to Global Energy Crisis So Far? A Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuel 'Gold Rush': Analysis. commondreams.org "If all these plans materialize, they will either end up as massive stranded assets or they'll lock the world into irreversible warming."
(2022-06-08). US sanctions have returned like boomerang: Maduro. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — US sanctions have 'returned like a boomerang,' affecting the American and European economies, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said.
(2022-06-08). Cannes closeup gallery in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — After the movie Holy Spider, which insults the 8th SHia Imam Imam Reza (AS), was awarded at Cannes Film Festival, a gallery dubbed "Cannes closeup" was held at Tehran Vali Asr Metro station to mock the Cannes decision.