Daily Archives: June 22, 2022

2022-06-22: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-06-22). German Air Force chief calls for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia. wsws.org While NATO powers escalate the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, the German armed forces is threatening Moscow with the use of nuclear weapons.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-22). Bill Banning Imports From China's Xinjiang Region Takes Effect. news.antiwar.com A bill banning the import of goods from China's Xinjiang region President Biden signed the Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act into law in December 2021. The legislation was passed through Congress over allegations China is practicing forces labor in Xinjiang using Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the region, a charge Beij…

Jason Ditz (2022-06-22). US Navy Faults 'Unsafe' Encounter With Iranian Boats in Strait of Hormuz. news.antiwar.com The US Navy is reporting a pair of American warships hanging around off the coast of Iran encountered Iranian coastal boats. The Such incidents have been happening for years, with the US ships simply being near enough to Iran long enough that Iranian boats come out to scout them, and then the US is upset about it. | The USNS Choctaw County, a transport ship, was being escorted by the patrol ship USS Sirocco when they were approached by the thr…

WSWS (2022-06-22). Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season: A new translation of Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad's work. wsws.org Though the poet has become a symbol of Iran in its period of post-war modernization, her focus on fundamental human issues gives her work a certain timelessness.

World Beyond War, partners (2022-06-22). Saturday 6/25: 24 Hour Global Peace Wave Rally: No to Militarization — Yes to Cooperation (6/25). indybay.org Virtual global peace rally via livestream and Zoom for 24 hours nonstop…

World Beyond War, partners (2022-06-22). Sunday 6/26: 24 Hour Global Peace Wave Rally: No to Militarization — Yes to Cooperation (6/26). indybay.org Virtual global peace rally via livestream and Zoom for 24 hours nonstop…

____ (2022-06-22). China honors Shenzhou-13 mission astronauts with medals. ecns.cn Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-13 crewed mission were awarded medals for their service to China's space endeavors on Tuesday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-22). Consumer Health: Blood donation saves lives; you can make a difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The World Blood Donor Day campaign, which is observed Tuesday, June 14, is an effort by the World Health Organization to recognize the critical contribution of blood donors and raise global awareness about the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion year-round. The roles that voluntary blood donations play in saving lives is a special focus of this year's campaign. Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S., according to the American Red Cross. Daily…

Ramona du Houx (2022-06-22). EOPA asks Newsom to end drilling permits, lawmakers pass 1020 and announce CARB rally. indybay.org Elected Officials to Protect America CA asks Governor Newsom to end all fossil fuel permitting to stop fueling the climate crisis – which fuels war. For clean energy economy progress SB 1020 must pass, says EOPA CA and investments in clean energy realized…

____ (2022-06-22). Sotheby's goes artfully digital amid COVID-19 era. ecns.cn Sotheby's, a New York-based auction house, said it believes in the long run that China will remain the core market in Asia, and it will invest more in digital promotions and events to further boost its brand awareness online among the broader Chinese-speaking community.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-22). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-22). 6-14-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Men's health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Men are twice as likely to wait more than two years between doctor visits. Almost 20% of men admit to going to the doctor just so a loved one will stop bothering them about it. Waiting can also cause medical issues that could have been avoided if caught early, avoiding any last second emergency situations. With this being Men's Health Awareness Week, and Father's Day around the corner, Mayo Clinic urologists Tobias Kohler, M.D., and Jeffrey Karnes, M.D., discussed…

WSWS (2022-06-21). NATO's Baltic blockade opens new front in war against Russia. wsws.org Lithuania's imposition of a blockade against Russia, traditionally seen as an act of war, is part of a deliberate effort by the US and European powers to expand the war beyond the territory of Ukraine, transforming the conflict ever more openly into a NATO war with Russia.

Jason Ditz (2022-06-21). ISIS Attacks North Syria Bus, Killing 15 Pro-Govt Fighters. news.antiwar.com ISIS has carried out another substantial attack in northern Syria on Monday, attacking a bus carrying pro-government fighters on the road between Homs and Raqqa. It was the deadliest attack since March, The bus was hit in an ambush, but the exact details are still emerging.

Editor2 (2022-06-21). The Old World is Over: Key Takeaways from Putin's First Major Speech Since Russia's Military Offensive in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia's and the world's future, in a key address | New centers of power have emerged, the unipolar world order isn't coming back, and the "colonial" way of thinking has failed, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday, in what the Kremlin The old world order is gone with the wind | When the US declared victory in the Cold War, Americans designated themselv…

Editor (2022-06-21). Colombia's first ever left-wing president: Gustavo Petro wins historic election. What does it mean? mronline.org Gustavo Petro won Colombia's June 19 election, becoming its first ever left-wing president. We analyze what this means for Latin America, the US, Venezuela, the military, paramilitary groups, the powerful oligarchy, and social movements.

Eva Bartlett (2022-06-21). Interview on Russians With Attitude. ingaza.wordpress.com Very nice to speak with the guys behind Russians With Attitudevery insightful (and funny, too). Follow/Support them: www.patreon.com/rwapodcast RELATED LINKS: t.me/Reality_Theories/6929 ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-republics/ opt2007.wordpress.com/category/my-entries-from-occupied-palestine-apr-dec-2007/ opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/arrested-for-protesting-illegal-roadblock/ ingaza.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/on-board-the-dignity-en-rout

Contributing Writers (2022-06-21). "The First Casualty of War is the Truth". What is Really Happening in Donbass/By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell. marktaliano.net A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell Global Research, June 21, 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-21). Emails Reveal USAID Officials Were Alarmed Over China-Solomon Islands Pact. news.antiwar.com Newly released internal emails from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed that officials in the agency were very alarmed by the news of China and the Solomon Islands signing a security pact. The Solomon Islands has come under heavy pressure from the US, Australia, and New Zealand over the pact, which was …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-21). US Attorney General Visits Ukraine, Throws Support Behind Investigating Alleged Russian War Crimes. news.antiwar.com In the latest high-level US visit to Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland Garland met with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova near Lviv and announced the formation of a team meant to help Ukraine with criminal prosecution, evidence collection, and forensics. | "There is no hiding place for war criminals. The US Justice Department will pur…

_____ (2022-06-21). The War In Ukraine Marks The End Of The American Century. popularresistance.org Here's your 'reserve currency' thought for the day: Every US dollar is a check written on an account that is overdrawn by 30 trillion dollars. | It's true. The "full faith and credit" of the US Treasury is largely a myth held together by an institutional framework that rests on a foundation of pure sand. In fact, the USD is not worth the paper it is printed on; it is an IOU flailing in an ocean of red ink. The only thing keeping the USD from vanishing into the ether, is the trust of credulous people who continue to accept it as legal tender. | But why do people remain confident in the dollar when its flaws are kn…

Anonymous349 (2022-06-21). War In Ukraine Day 118: More Pockets For God Of Pockets. southfront.org June 21 was marked not only by During the past week, Russian forces achieved a series of important tactical successes in Severodonetsk and its surro…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-21). Is There Really a U.S. Government Agency that Gives Out Awards for Deceiving the Public? covertactionmagazine.com Check out this year's "Democracy Awards" handed out by the National Endowment for Democracy. They were presented to Ukrainian NGOs …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-06-21). West at inflection point in Ukraine war. mronline.org Henry Kissinger predicted some three weeks ago that the Ukraine war was dangerously close to becoming a war against Russia. That was a prescient remark. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a weekend interview told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper that in the alliance's estimation, the Ukraine war could wage for years.

Newsclick (2022-06-21). Mapping Faultlines: How the West's attempt to crush Russia's economy is failing. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the energy war that has been taking place alongside the conflict in Ukraine. He talks about how the US and the EU thought they could crush Russia's economy with sanctions and the reasons for the failure of this strategy. He also explains the challenges faced by European countries in obtaining supplies from other sources.

Roger Annis (2022-06-21). Denunciation of Vladimir Putin's Essay on History of Russia and Ukraine is Unwarranted. covertactionmagazine.com Far from condemning the national aspirations of Ukrainians, Putin defends them In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published a historical essay …

Alfred W. McCoy (2022-06-21). Amid New Cold War, US Playing With Fire in Ukraine. commondreams.org The geopolitical struggle over Eurasia has proven to be a relentless affair, one that, in the years to come, will likely contribute both to Beijing's rise and to the ongoing erosion of Washington's once formidable global hegemony.

Al Mayadeen (2022-06-21). The United Nations Slams Ukrainian Attack on Donetsk Maternity Hospital. globalresearch.ca The allegations of shelling of a maternity facility in Dujarric stated that "we have seen the media …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-21). Britain Says Ukraine Used US-Made Harpoon Missile to Sink Russian Tugboat. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the British Defense Ministry backed the Ukrainian claim that Ukrainian forces sunk a Russian tugboat with US-made Harpoon missiles, an incident Russia has not commented on. Ukraine said it sank the Russian tugboat Vasiliy Bekh on Friday and released a video of what it said was the vessel being hit with two missiles. …

Kit Klarenberg (2022-06-21). British security state collaborator Paul Mason's war on 'rogue academics' exposed. thegrayzone.com In his covert assault on antiwar scholars, "left-wing" journalist and security state collaborator Paul Mason enlisted an academic snitch who knew his targets well. In the latest installment of The Grayzone's ongoing investigation into the anti-democratic, security state-influenced activities of Paul Mason, we look at how one of Britain's most prominent alleged left-wing journalists and an ever-expanding cast of covert helpers targeted scholars who dared challenge establishment narratives on the conflict in Ukraine. Amidst his campaign to neutralize the UK …

Benjamin Norton (2022-06-21). Venezuelan's view on Gustavo Petro victory in Colombia, US sanctions, Iran pact. multipolarista.com A leftist Venezuelan journalist discusses the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.

Jonathan Cook (2022-06-21). British "Watchdog" Journalists Unmasked as Lap Dogs for the Security State. mintpressnews.com The cases of Carol Cadwalladr and Paul Mason reveal how readily celebrated media figures are recruited to the intelligence services' covert information war against other journalists.

Editor2 (2022-06-21). Taiwan: Red Lines and Strategic Ambiguity. orinocotribune.com By New Cold War Jun 8, 2022 | On May 5, 2022, the State Department amended its Taiwan factsheet removing the part in which it acknowledged that Taiwan is a part of China and stated that the US does not support Taiwan's independence. | While Washington has said the update does not reflect a change in its policy, it has clearly increased both its military and political activism in the region and Biden even went so far as to say in Tokyo on May 23 that the US is ready to use military force to defend Taiwan in the event of an intervention from Beijing. | As the US-led proxy war of NATO against Russia in Ukra…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-21). Latest UN-led talks over Libyan elections fail. peoplesdispatch.org Differences over the draft constitution and the electoral law have raised fresh fears of resumption of fighting between the different factions in Libya. The country has faced a decade-long war following the NATO-led invasion in 2011…

Jason Ditz (2022-06-21). Iran Informs IAEA of Plan to Increase Enrichment With New Centrifuges. news.antiwar.com According to The IAEA is still seeking details. The new centrifuges are meant to be able to easily switch between levels, and can go from 5% to 20% enrichment easily. The IAEA is not clear which level they will initially be used for. | Neither of these enrichment levels is anywhere near a proliferation risk at far below the 90% considered weap…

Jason Ditz (2022-06-21). Iran Reports Mossad Cell Captured in Assassination Plot. news.antiwar.com Iranian officials say the three were involved in a plot in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, and that they intended to A number of Iranian scientists and engineers have…

Anonymous349 (2022-06-21). Lithuania Trying To Provoke War With Russia By Blocking Kaliningrad. southfront.org Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | European authorities are stopping the transit Russian goods in the Kaliningrad region, which is officially a part of the Russian territory. Such a measure tends to significantly increase tensions on the European continent and contribute negatively at a time of major concerns about international peace and security. | On June 18, the governor of Kaliningrad…

Ron Ridenour (2022-06-21). Could Icelanders Herald Path to Economic Equality with Prosperity and Peace? thiscantbehappening.net (Part II of CAM Correspondent Ron Ridenour's Perspective on Near-Pristine Island-Nation — Part 1 here in Covert Action magazine) By Ron Ridenour We can learn from the Icelandic people's sense of assuming political responsibility, their tightknit togetherness—98% know people they can rely on—and from their culture, which fosters more authors per capita than any … |

_____ (2022-06-21). US Murders Europe and Other Competitors with its Gas Weapon. journal-neo.org As you know, the main driver of US geopolitics has long been the reallocation of the hydrocarbon market. For this purpose, wars, coups and other conflicts are staged. To somehow camouflage such explicit aspirations for global energy market conquest, Washington has in recent decades adopted the brand of "holy war on terrorism" in pursuit of …

_____ (2022-06-21). How The US Could Lose The New Cold War. popularresistance.org The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders' portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic human-rights abuser like Saudi Arabia. Such hypocrisy suggests that it is at least partly global hegemony, not values, that is really at stake. | For two decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the US was clearly number one. But then came disastrously misguided wars in the Middle East, the 2008 financial crash, rising inequality, the op…

Ana Perdigón (2022-06-21). Bolton Predicts Rupture Within Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The national security advisor to the White House during the Trump administration, John Bolton, has suggested that we could be seeing the beginning of an ultimate rupture within the Venezuelan opposition. | During an interview with Similarly, he added that towards the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, t…

Andy Kroll (2022-06-21). What Difference Does a War Make? tomdispatch.com From his first days in office, Joe Biden and his national security advisers seemed determined to revive America's fading global leadership via the strategy they knew best — challenging the "revisionist powers" Russia and China with a Cold War-style aggressiveness. When it came to Beijing, the president combined the policy initiatives of his predecessors, pursuing Barack Obama's "strategic pivot" from the Middle East to Asia, while continuing Donald Trump's trade war with China. In the process, Biden revived the kind of bipartisan foreign policy not seen in Washington since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991…

Ann Brown (2022-06-21). 300 Entertainment Record Label Execs Lyor Cohen, Roger Gold Cashed Out For $400M Before RICO Charges Against YSL And Young Thug. moguldom.com Record label 300 Entertainment, which distributes Young Thug's YSL (Young Stoner Life) Records, was sold to Warner Music Group in December 2021. Founded by Lyor Cohen, Roger Gold, Kevin Liles, and Todd Moscowitz, the label cashed in on a whopping $400 million just months before one of its main artists, Young Thug, was arrested and …

Editor (2022-06-21). A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America's Wars. scheerpost.com By Ann Jones / TomDispatch Best of TomDispatch: Ann Jones, War Wounds America's Father's Day was first celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Washington State. That was only a few years before Ann Jones's father went to war. His was the Great War which turned out — with its trenches of frozen mud, rats and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Despite the Left's Victories, Warning Signs of a Fascist Backlash Appear in Colombia & Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The decaying colonial regime in Colombia has reached a crisis. Its people, devastated by corporate destruction of their living standards and a corrupt narco regime which has exacted tremendous brutality upon them, has elected a leftist presidential candidate. Not one who represents a radical change, but one who at least represents a break…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-21). Targeted attacks force Sikh minority to flee from Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org At least 111 Sikhs have been granted emergency visas in neighboring India after a Sikh gurdwara was stormed by extremists in Kabul on June 18, killing two and injuring seven others…

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-06-21). Desertification is rising in Central Asia: study. peoplesdispatch.org Desertification, as warned by scientists, may increase due to global warming and climate change. A recent study bolsters this alert as it has found that desert climates have been spreading by up to 100 kilometers in Central Asia since the 1980s. The study was published in the journal

Tanupriya Singh (2022-06-21). 0,000 people at risk of eviction in Brazil as Supreme Court moratorium nears end. peoplesdispatch.org The Zero Evictions Campaign has warned that 142,000 families might lose their homes if the STF-issued injunction against evictions is allowed to expire on June 30.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-21). Do Colombians and Venezuelans Need to Become Political "Allies"? libya360.wordpress.com Franco Vielma The election of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia and his running mate as vice-president, Francia Márquez, is undoubtedly a political milestone in this country, especially considering the long cycle of right-wing conservative governments that took the form of a political caste since the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948. This event…

WSWS (2022-06-21). 7 signal and communication workers in Canada strike CN Rail for pay hikes and improved conditions. wsws.org Rail workers are coming into direct conflict with a ruthless ruling class determined to make working people pay for the social crisis accelerated by the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic and the US-instigated war against Russia.

Staff (2022-06-21). Leader calls for developing cultural affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Describing the weakening of religious motives as one of the most important aspects of soft war in the country, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution called on people to get involved in cultural production.

Dennis Broe (2022-06-21). 'Better Call Saul': The fading middle class in a 'Breaking Bad' universe. peoplesworld.org Better Call Saul is part of the Breaking Bad "universe," as prequel to that series. As such it also partakes of the impulse that fuels successors to that series, most prominently Ozark, another series admired by mainstream critics. As precursor to Breaking Bad, the series also follows a downward trajectory where a once up-and-coming lawyer …

Rubin R. (2022-06-21). Dietary Supplement Sellers Receive Warnings. jamanetwork.com The FDA recently issued warning letters to 10 companies for selling adulterated dietary supplements.

____ (2022-06-21). China increases oil imports from Iran, Russia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — According to foreign institutions, China has increased oil import from Russia, Iran and Venezuela in May while its oil import from Africa, Brazil and the United States has declined.

Staff (2022-06-21). Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' in nuclear WW3. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — The UK will "physically cease to exist" if the new standoff in Lithuania triggers a nuclear World War 3, warned a retired Russian general and military expert.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-06-21). US overlooks Saudi human rights abuses, war crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Clare Daly says the US has secured Europe as a new captive market for its LNG exports, adding that the White House is walking back its policy commitments regarding Saudi human rights abuses and war crimes.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-21). 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…

Eleanor J. Bader (2022-06-21). Poor People's March: Organizing for Peace, Justice, and Equality. commondreams.org Tens of thousands of people joined the Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 18.

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-21). 'Moral Failure': California Dem Pulls Plug on Fossil Fuel Divestment Legislation. commondreams.org "This defeat is just a temporary setback," said one campaigner. "We will organize to come back stronger to make our demand for fossil fuel divestment heard because fossil fuel companies are driving us toward unimaginable disaster."

Staff (2022-06-21). "Voices for Peace" — New Film to Be Available July 5-18. davidswanson.org Voices for Peace will be available here from July 5-18 at the cost of $10. Voices for Peace from Michael Kennedy on Vimeo. Voices for Peace is a documentary/theatrical film about anti-war activism, produced by Creative Action Unlimited and directed by Michael Kennedy and John Stevenson. This film features actors sharing the words of internationally …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Colombia hears former guerrilla chiefs over mass kidnappings. colombiareports.com Colombia's war crimes tribunal JEP on Tuesday began hearing former commanders of now-defunct guerrilla group FARC over the kidnapping of more than 20,000 people. The JEP will be interrogating seven…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-21). Colombia's ELN guerrillas reiterate call to resume peace talks. colombiareports.com Colombia's longest-living guerrilla group ELN reiterated that the rebels want to resume peace talks after Sunday's election victory of President-elect Gustavo Petro. In a press statement, the ELN reiterated that…

WSWS (2022-06-21). Video shows Uvalde, Texas, police were armed and on scene within 9 minutes of gunman entering school. wsws.org The police, despite having military grade hardware, did not even attempt to enter the classroom for at least 77 minutes.

TeleSUR, lvm, JL (2022-06-21). Presidente venezolano destaca fortalecimiento de alianzas estratégicas durante gira internacional. telesurtv.net El mandatario reconoció a Türkiye como una de las potencias emergentes más importantes, al tiempo que fundamentó el desarrollo tecnológico de Irán.

____ (2022-06-21). Venezuela to set up sci.-tech. park in cooperation with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has instructed Economic Cabinet of his country to "immediately" design and launch an industrial technology park in cooperation with Iran in the fields of health, food and education.

____ (2022-06-21). Cainiao opens China-U.S. sea freight service. ecns.cn Cainiao Network has introduced an international logistics service promising "port-to-warehouse" delivery between China and the United States within 30 days, the latest move to facilitate cross-border transportation and bolster exports by Chinese merchants.

Staff (2022-06-21). Minister urges for campaign against Iranophobia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) — The Iranian Minister of Heritage, Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts, Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami has said that the enemies are waging a war against a possible tourism boom in Iran ahead of the Qatar World Cup.

Julia Conley (2022-06-21). Supreme Court Ruling Turns Separation of Church and State Into 'Constitutional Violation,' Warns Sotomayor. commondreams.org "We are witnessing one of the most extreme Supreme Courts in modern history rewrite the most basic social commitments of our society," said the head of one of the nation's largest teachers unions.

WSWS (2022-06-21). Apple Store employees in Towson, Maryland vote to unionize. wsws.org Workers are seeking a way to collectively fight the massively profitable tech giant. But the International Association of Machinists will offer them no way forward.

____ (2022-06-20). Is There Life After Death? transcend.org 16 Jun 2022 – A review of 'James and Whitehead on Life after Death' by David Ray Griffin – The meaning of death, and whether humans do or do not survive it in some form, has always obsessed people, from the average person to the great artists and thinkers. Death is the mother of philosophy and all the arts and sciences.

____ (2022-06-20). Embracing the Complexity of Peace. transcend.org 15 Jun 2022 – Just imagine for once if we led the world in funding peace and not wars. One can also quickly, unavoidably imagine the cynicism that rushes in whenever someone tosses out the word "peace." Just imagine for once if we led the world in funding peace and not wars.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-20). The peaceful revolution of Colombia's "nobodies" colombiareports.com The historic election victory of Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro is largely due to a massive increase in voter turnout. According to the National Registry, Sunday's turnout was 58%, the highest…

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