Daily Archives: June 10, 2022

2022-06-10: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-10). Zelensky Aide Says Ukraine Losing Up To 200 Troops a Day. news.antiwar.com Mykhaylo Podolyak, a senior advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Thursday that Ukraine The estimate is higher than the one offered by Zelensky last week, who said Ukraine was losing between 60 and 100 troops each day. Until last week, Kyiv had not been offering casualty rates, but now it seems Ukrainian officials are sharing their battlefield losses to get more arms from the West. | "The Russian forces have thrown pretty much everything non-nuclear at t…

_____ (2022-06-10). Chad Declares Food Emergency, International Agencies Sound Alarm. popularresistance.org The World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have identified numerous states warranting immediate attention as the problems of climate change, internal conflict, economic downturns and the continuing war in Ukraine are exacerbating the current crisis. | In the Sahel region of Africa, the nation of Chad, is challenged by grain supplies which have dropped to dangerous lows forcing the transitional military-dominated government to declare a food emergency requesting that aid be sent into the country to avoid further food deficits. Chad has been severely impacted by drought leaving la…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-06-10). Summit of the Americas Marked by Brutal Police Repression. orinocotribune.com The opening day of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, was stained by brutal police repression of demonstrations. | The meeting has already been marred by controversy surrounding the White House's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, giving rise to boycotts and complaints from many other nations of the Americas. Perhaps most notable was the refusal of Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to attend. | News outlets and social media platforms shared numerous videos of the scene in which a towering Los Angeles police officer violently attacked a woman who was speaking into…

Editor2 (2022-06-10). OAS 'Murderer' Almagro Confronted on Bolivia Coup. orinocotribune.com OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro had a meltdown on Tuesday as he was confronted by a U.S. activist of the Almagro was called a murderer, not only for backing the dictatorship of Jeanine Añez, but was also condemned for his role in trying to install failed coup leader Juan Guaido in Venezuela and for pushing for unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela. | Multiple counter-summits and a series of actions are being held in Los Angeles this week to counter to Biden's collapsed Summit of the A…

Editor2 (2022-06-10). How China Strengthened Food Security and Fought Poverty with State-Funded Cooperatives. orinocotribune.com By Joe Scholten | The world faces a food crisis due to war, sanctions, and inflation. China has shown how to strengthen food sovereignty, while fighting poverty, with state-funded agricultural cooperatives, government crackdown on waste, and investment in technology. | The Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing supply-chain crisis, and high rates of inflation around the world have led to rising food prices and fears of famine. | These cascading and interlocking problems have pushed governments to prioritize economic self-sufficiency and food security. | China is leading the way in this struggle. Beijin…

Vijay Prashad (2022-06-10). Land in South Africa Shall Be Shared Among Those Who Work It. dissidentvoice.org Sbongile Tabhethe works in the food garden at eKhenana land occupation in Cato Manor, Durban, 9 June 2020. Credit: New Frame / Mlungisi Mbele In March 2022, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a 'hurricane of hunger' due to the war in Ukraine. Forty-five developing countries, most of them on the African continent, …

Global Research News (2022-06-10). Selected Articles: The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca By It's true. The "full faith and credit" of the US Treasury is …

Nataliia Lomonosova (2022-06-10). Meet the Ukrainian leftists resisting Putin's war. zcomm.org Interview on the history and work of Sotsialnyi Rukh…

WSWS (2022-06-10). More details on police response come into focus as survivors testify on Uvalde massacre. wsws.org Teacher who was shot twice: police are "cowards", "no excuse for their actions and I will never forgive them"

Poor People's Campaign (2022-06-10). 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…

Staff (2022-06-10). Venezuela and Algeria Strengthen Relations & Support for Palestine, Sahrawis & Libya. orinocotribune.com As part of the strengthening of bilateral relations between Venezuela and Algeria, the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, in joint statements issued with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, reported this Thursday, June 9, that both nations reiterated their solidarity and support to Palestine, the Saharawi Republic, and Libya. | Algeria is the second stop in President Maduro's international tour, which previously took him to Tàºrkiye, where he had a busy schedule of bilateral and cultural activities. For security concerns, related to the aggressive and violent policy of the White House to oust…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-06-10). Llega Nicolás Maduro a Irán en visita oficial. telesurtv.net Es parte de la gira que lo ha llevado a otros países de la región medioriental y del Magreb durante la última semana.

Otis Grotewohl (2022-06-10). West Virginia steelworkers locked out by greedy war profiteers. workers.org Union, West Virginia Roughly 250 workers at the Collins Aerospace plant in Union, West Virginia, have been locked out of their jobs since May 23. Employees were unexpectedly met with heavy duty blockades all along the gates throughout the entrance area as they arrived to work that day. Locked-out steelworkers . . . |

Norman Solomon (2022-06-10). Media and Congress Enable Biden's Silence on Nuclear War Danger. indybay.org So many evasive words…

Norman Solomon (2022-06-10). Biden Refuses to Mention the Worsening Dangers of Nuclear War. zcomm.org Media and Congress Enable His Silence…

Jonathan Strauss (2022-06-10). Behind the good socialist vote in Far North Queensland. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance's Far North Queensland branch took up the challenge posed by the conservative strongholds of Warren Entsch and Bob Katter in Far North Queensland and helped increase the progressive vote. Jonathan Strauss reports.

WSWS (2022-06-10). Former Australian defence minister reveals plans for fast-tracked purchase of US nuclear-powered submarines. wsws.org The new Labor government has sought to outdo its Liberal-National predecessor in committing to a major military build-up in preparation for war with China.

Labor Video Project (2022-06-10). War On Public Education, Oakland OEA Teachers Speak Out On School Closures, Privatization. indybay.org Two teachers spoke out about Oakland public school closures, privatization, the Parker Elementary School occupation and the role of the OEA/CTA leadership in their struggle.

WAPO (2022-06-10). Friday 6/17: th Anniversary of Watergate w/ Legendary Reporters Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-10). Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Patients, Executive Director Highlighted in American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Disparities Progress Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The American Association for Cancer Research today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022. The publication aims to raise awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse and medically underserved populations in the United States while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, a fundamental human right for all people regardless…

Staff (2022-06-10). Novedades en las Finales de la NBA: Boston Celtics gana 2 a 1 a Golden State Warriors. cubadebate.cu Después de la victoria de los Warriors en el segundo juego Boston Celtics venció a Golden State Warriors por 116-100 en el tercer juego de la serie de las Finales de la NBA. De esta manera, la franquicia que dirige Ime Udoka volvió a pasar al frente en su casa luego del traspié del domingo, tras una brillante actuación de Jayley Brown y Jayson Tatum.

Staff (2022-06-10). Presidente argentino rechaza exclusiones de la Cumbre y condena el bloqueo contra Cuba y Venezuela (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El mandatario argentino Alberto Fernández, presidente pro-tempore de CELAC, rechazó esta tarde en Los Angeles las exclusiones de países de la región de la Cumbre de las Américas y condenó los bloqueos contra Cuba y Venezuela.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-10). 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…

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-06-10). Pdte. argentino critica exclusión de Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua por EE.UU. telesurtv.net El presidente argentino condenó los bloqueos a Cuba y Venezuela, y rechazó la actitud de respaldo de la OEA a la desestabilización en la región.

Staff (2022-06-10). Primer Ministro de Belice califica de "incomprensible e imperdonable" el veto de Venezuela y Cuba en la Cumbre. cubadebate.cu El primer ministro de Belice y presidente de turno de Caricom, John Briceño, calificó este jueves de "incomprensible e imperdonable" la decisión de Washington de no invitar a Venezuela y Cuba a la IX Cumbre de las Américas.

Jason Ditz (2022-06-10). Sadr Threatens Mass Resignations of MPs as Iraq Deadlock Fuels Unrest. news.antiwar.com Iraq is in a bad way at the moment, eight months out from an October 10 election and having exhausted the deadlines for forming a new government. There is an irrevocable That's bad for many Iraqis, as economic strife and corruption are leading to calls for government action, and the remnants of the outgoing government lacks a mandate to do anything. Iraqis are hoping the new government would do something about food prices, but if there is no new government…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Gen. Milley Details Plans to Train Ukraine on Rocket Systems. news.antiwar.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday detailed US plans to train Ukrainian forces on the rocket systems the Biden administration has pledged to give Kyiv. As part of a $700 million weapons package that was announced last week, the US will send Ukraine High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known …

_____ (2022-06-09). Biden's Foreign Policy Is One Big Mess. popularresistance.org Over the last months I have written little about other U.S. foreign policy issues than the war in Ukraine. | A short review shows that there is little that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken or his president could count as a success. | Last month Biden traveled to Asia where he had meetings with the QUAD (Australia, Japan, India and the U.S.) as well as with South Asian leaders. | The QUAD meeting was a failure as India showed no sign of joining the other three in their condemnation of Russia. Instead of sanctioning Russia it is buying more oil from Russia which offers decent rebates. Such disunity does not look…

Abdul Rahman (2022-06-09). Anti-Russia policies brew trouble for the West. peoplesdispatch.org The US, EU, and several of their allies continue to push policies prolonging the war in Ukraine despite domestic populations facing an unprecedented rise in prices of basic commodities and poorer nation staring at an imminent food crisis…

Dr. Arshad M. Khan (2022-06-09). Ukraine War Wheat Shortages Affect Also Africa. moderndiplomacy.eu President Macky Sall of Senegal recently visited Vladimir Putin to lobby on behalf of Africa. There is an economic stranglehold on Ukraine plus sanctions against Russia and Belarus with the result that Africans are suffering. Africa relies on cheap Ukrainian and Russian wheat. Ukraine alone grows enough of it to feed 400 million people and …

Amy Goodman (2022-06-09). Sexual Violence by Russian Troops in Ukraine "Chronically Underreported" truthout.org The United Nations is demanding an independent investigation into charges of rape and sexual assault committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the invasion. We speak with Pramila Patten, the U.N.'s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, who is just back from Ukraine and told the Security Council Monday about multiple shocking reports of rape and assault — all of which Russia has since denied. "We are dealing with a crime which is chronically underreported," says Patten, who emphasized the need to establish safe spaces for victims to come forward and ensure no perpetrators b…

Dick Nichols (2022-06-09). As Russian anti-war sentiment grows, will Ukraine be Putin's Vietnam? greenleft.org.au Anti-war sentiment continues to grow inside Russia, as the death toll rises among soldiers from some of Russia's most ethnically marginalised and poorest peoples, reports Dick Nichols.

Anand Naidoo (2022-06-09). The Heat: Ukraine conflict could lead to global food crisis. america.cgtn.com The UN warns the Russia-Ukraine conflict could soon lead to a global food crisis.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Sweden's NATO Bid in Jeopardy Over Turkey's Demands. news.antiwar.com Sweden's NATO bid got a lot more complicated this week after the Swedish government barely survived a no-confidence vote against its justice minister prompted by a rise in gang violence. In order to survive the vote, Sweden's ruling Social Democrats needed the support of Amineh Kakabaveh, an independent MP of Kurdish-Iranian heritage. Kakabaveh voted with …

Anonymous103 (2022-06-09). US Cyberattacks On Russia Could Escalate To Real-World Conflict. southfront.org If the US/NATO insist(s) that Article 5 could be invoked in response to cyberattacks, why doesn't the same apply to Russia? | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Carl von Clausewitz, a prominent Prussian general described war as "merely the continuation of policy by other means." This perfectly describes the political West's relationship with the world. However, against Russia, it is unable to conduct what late Donald Rumsfeld euphemistically called "kinet…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Congress Ramps Up Efforts to Increase $813 Billion Military Budget for 2023. news.antiwar.com Efforts to add more to President Biden's requested 2023 military budget are ramping up as hawks in Congress and US weapons makers are calling for more spending, Biden asked for an $813 billion military budget, which represents about a 4% increase from the $782 billion that was approved for 2022. But with inflation over 8%, Congress wants more, and the Biden administration appears poised to agree. | "I just think we have everything on our side on this thing," said Sen. J…

WSWS (2022-06-09). US students speak out on the way forward in the fight to end school shootings after Uvalde massacre. wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality has been speaking to students on the social and political roots of mass violence in the US.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Austin Expected to Hold First In-Person Meeting With Chinese Defense Minister. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected to hold his first in-person meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that starts this Friday. The meeting will come amid soaring tensions between the US and China over Taiwan. Wei is expected to ask Austin to clarify US …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Russia Says Western Cyberattacks Increase Risk of 'Direct Military Clash'. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Russia "The militarization of the information space by the West, and attempts to turn it into an arena of interstate confrontation, have greatly increased the threat of a direct military clash with unpredictable consequences," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, according…

_____ (2022-06-09). Kaiser Clinicians Prepare To Strike. popularresistance.org Two thousand northern California Kaiser Permanente mental health practitioners, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) have voted to strike the giant California health maintenance organization (HMO). The result of the late May balloting was 91% in favor of walking out — the date yet to be determined. | The vote follows a three-day strike in Hawaii. In May, Hawaiian psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and chemical dependency counselors walked picket lines on Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island to protest Kaiser's severe understaffing at clinics and medical facilities. Staffing, p…

_____ (2022-06-09). The Food Shortage Solution In Your Own Backyard. popularresistance.org A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and we have been warned that they may last longer than the food stored in our pantries. What to do? | Jim Gale, founder of Food Forest Abundance, pointed out in a recent interview with Del Bigtree that in the United States there are 40 million acres of lawn. Lawns are the most destructive monoculture on the planet, absorbing more resources and pesticides than any other crop, without providing any yield. If we were to…

_____ (2022-06-09). For the Peoples of our Region, the Failure of Biden's Summit of the Americas Would be a Welcome Event. popularresistance.org I applaud the decision by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not to attend this week's so-called Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and hope that by Wednesday a majority of the nations in our region would have joined him. However, I am hoping that unlike President Lopez Obrador who is still sending the Mexican foreign minister, other nations demonstrate that their dignity cannot be coerced and stay away completely. Why do I take this position? | If the threat by the Biden Administration as host of the Summit not to invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, all sovereign nations in the Americas' region,…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-06-09). For the Peoples of our Region, the Failure of Biden's Summit of the Americas Would be a Welcome Event. dissidentvoice.org 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 to judge others or to be responsible for bringing nations together. Every leader in the hemisphere should boycott …

WSWS (2022-06-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Thousands of metalworkers in Spain continue strikes for new collective agreements, joined by teacher walkouts over work conditions; thousands of German steelworkers and dockers at six ports join warning strikes over pay; construction workers building new Metro and transport workers in Thessaloniki, Greece demand protection from Covid-19 after outbreak; protests by workers in Palestinian West Bank as prices rise 30 percent since March; after isolating three-month strike at South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold, strike ends with unions pushing through sellout deal…

Workers World Party (2022-06-09). PDF of June 9 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Profit-hungry company lures youth to guns editorial: LGBTQ+ for socialism: 'We want to live!' PRIDE: Class roots of anti‚Äëtrans laws Events challenge police, corporate control, transphobia Labor fights back: Lockout by war profiteers Seattle museum union Boston baristas strike Tear down the walls: Palestine Freedom Tunnel Stop . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-06-09). Five Wounded In Turkish Drone Strike On Warehouse Of Kurdish Forces In Syria's Al-Qamishli (Videos). southfront.org On June 9, five people were wounded when a Turkish combat drone targeted a warehouse of the Community Protection Units, a security branch of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria. | The warehouse in question is located in in the eastern part of the town of al-Qamishli in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah. Footage from the scene of the strike showed some damage at a number of vehicles which were parked near the warehouse. | According to the London-based…

WSWS (2022-06-09). Video footage and transcript expose police indifference in drowning of Arizona man. wsws.org The drowning and its aftermath will do nothing to diminish the growing popular awareness of police attitudes toward those they are supposed to "serve and protect."

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