Daily Archives: June 19, 2023

2023-06-19: News Headlines

Richie Merino (2023-06-19). Bronx Antiwar Coalition chases military recruiters out of college career fair. workers.org The Bronx Antiwar Coalition successfully chased U.S. Army recruiters out of a student career fair June 11. The fair was hosted by U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat at the City University of New York in The Heights (BMCC), in the predominantly Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights. The Coalition organized the anti-recruitment . . . |

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-19). Dan Ellsberg's Parting Plea: Don't Wait. original.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-18). Biden Says He Won't Make It Easy for Ukraine to Join NATO. news.antiwar.com President Biden said Saturday that he won't make it easy for Ukraine to join NATO as the alliance is debating what new commitments to extend to Kyiv at an upcoming summit in Vilnius that will be held from July 11-12. Most NATO members agree that Ukraine can't be offered full NATO membership while it's fighting …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-18). Putin Says First Russian Nukes Have Arrived in Belarus. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the first Russian tactical nuclear weapons have arrived in Belarus and that the full deployment will be completed by the end of the year. "The first nuclear warheads have been delivered to Belarusian territory. This is the first batch. We will complete this work by the end of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-18). US Still Expects Sweden to Join NATO This July Despite Erdogan's Comments. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to Turkey expects Sweden to become a NATO member by the Vilnius summit that will be held this July despite recent comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We hope Sweden can become a member of NATO soon," Ambassador Jeffry Flake told CNBC on Friday. "We fully expect and hope that by the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-18). Western Official Says US Goal in Deal With Iran Is to Avoid Israeli Attack. news.antiwar.com An unnamed Western official speaking to Reuters said one of the US's main objectives in recently engaging with Iran and reaching some sort of agreement on its nuclear program is to prevent an Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic. "If (the) Iranians miscalculate, the potential for a strong Israeli response is something that we want …


_____ (2023-06-19). A Compassionate Spy… How an American Spy for the Soviets Saved the World From an Atomic Holocaust. strategic-culture.org Dave Lindorff's film, A Compassionate Spy, explains much of why the world is facing an abysmal situation today. | Toward the end of World War Two, the U.S. leadership had plans to use their newly developed atomic weapon not against Nazi Germany or Japan, but rather primarily to destroy the Soviet Union. A new documentary film, A Compassionate Spy, tells how that abomination against world peace was prevented. | In this interview, award-winning journalist Dave Lindorff who co-produced the movie reveals the background and nerve-racking details of this little-known spy story. | A young American physicist named Ted…

Alex Patrick (2023-06-19). Africa's 10 Point Peace Plan: Mission: President Cyril Ramaphosa. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). President Xi's letter boosts confidence for Taiwan people. ecns.cn People from Taiwan said the congratulatory letter from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, has boosted their confidence in the integrated and peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-19). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

via Common Dreams (2023-06-19). Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Dead at 92. indybay.org Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst-turned-peace activist who revealed that the U.S. government had been lying about its devastating war on Vietnam, died Friday (June 16), four months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 92.

Simon Allison (2023-06-19). The Arms Dealer Behind the African Peace Mission to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca




Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-06-19). Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The Meandering Roadmap to Ultimate Peaceful Settlement. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-06-19). Putin Reveals Details About the Defunct Draft March 2022 Peace Treaty with Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Abdul Rahman (2023-06-19). Climate change is intensifying humanitarian crisis in war-affected Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org A fact sheet prepared by SIPRI and NUPI warns that the climate crisis in Yemen needs urgent international attention as competition over scarce water resources and fertile land may jeopardize the possibility of peace in the country…

_____ (2023-06-19). A History of Ceasefires & Peace in Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Negotiations, ceasefires, armistices and peace agreements are as old as wars themselves. Every war ends with some version of one of them. To stop the killing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, people of conscience must do everything they can to make negotiations for a ceasefire become a reality.

_____ (2023-06-19). Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Dies at 92. transcend.org 16 Jun 2023 – Leaker of the top-secret history of the Vietnam War that enraged the Nixon administration–serving as the catalyst for White House-directed burglaries and "dirty tricks" that snowballed into the Watergate scandal–died today in California. He was 92. Rest in Peace Daniel Ellsberg.

_____ (2023-06-19). International Criminal Court Advancing Global Injustice, Unaccountability and Criminal Agenda against Guardians of Peace. transcend.org "Rise, O' all you intelligent, righteous humanoids". Just as the war in Ukraine has become a festering sore in the politically motivated, combined, western, proxy war against Russia, the plight of Palestinians is a chronic human rights violation, festering, as an ulcer, already systemic in its manifestations, generated by Israel in its ongoing philosophy of ethnic cleansing. In reality it is a genocide, which is obfuscated by various institutes and governments for their personal support of the Zionist agenda.

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-06-19). Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The Meandering Roadmap to Ultimate Peaceful Settlement. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-06-19). Putin Reveals Details About the Defunct Draft March 2022 Peace Treaty with Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Abdul Rahman (2023-06-19). Climate change is intensifying humanitarian crisis in war-affected Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org A fact sheet prepared by SIPRI and NUPI warns that the climate crisis in Yemen needs urgent international attention as competition over scarce water resources and fertile land may jeopardize the possibility of peace in the country…

_____ (2023-06-19). A History of Ceasefires & Peace in Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Negotiations, ceasefires, armistices and peace agreements are as old as wars themselves. Every war ends with some version of one of them. To stop the killing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, people of conscience must do everything they can to make negotiations for a ceasefire become a reality.

_____ (2023-06-19). Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Dies at 92. transcend.org 16 Jun 2023 – Leaker of the top-secret history of the Vietnam War that enraged the Nixon administration–serving as the catalyst for White House-directed burglaries and "dirty tricks" that snowballed into the Watergate scandal–died today in California. He was 92. Rest in Peace Daniel Ellsberg.

_____ (2023-06-19). International Criminal Court Advancing Global Injustice, Unaccountability and Criminal Agenda against Guardians of Peace. transcend.org "Rise, O' all you intelligent, righteous humanoids". Just as the war in Ukraine has become a festering sore in the politically motivated, combined, western, proxy war against Russia, the plight of Palestinians is a chronic human rights violation, festering, as an ulcer, already systemic in its manifestations, generated by Israel in its ongoing philosophy of ethnic cleansing. In reality it is a genocide, which is obfuscated by various institutes and governments for their personal support of the Zionist agenda.

_____ (2023-06-19). Summer Fundraising — Please Pitch In. transcend.org Dear reader, please partner with TMS by contributing financially to our Peace Journalism. A troubled world needs our solutions as most leaders have gone berserk with their warmongering, fear-inducing militarism, and war-dependent economies. Our heartfelt thanks.

_____ (2023-06-19). Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (5). transcend.org Quoted from the Tao Te Ching, a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi.

ecsorinoco (2023-06-19). Ukraine Violated Peace Agreement Approved in Turkey, Putin Reveals. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed during an African leaders meeting in St. Petersburg that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kiev and other regions of Ukraine last year in compliance with a peace agreement reached in Turkey, as part of an African mediation mission to Russia. | However, during the meeting with the members of the African delegation, who were entrusted with presenting an initiative to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, Putin informed them that Kiev had declined to sign the pact following the voluntary departure of Russian troops. | The Russian head of state presented the document negotiated by…

teleSUR (2023-06-19). Shooting in Illinois, at Least 1 Killed and 20 Injured. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, at least one person was killed and 22 were injured when a group of people gathered in a strip mall in Willowbrook, Illinois to celebrate Juneteenth. | Related: | Authorities described the gathering as a peaceful "celebration of Juneteenth" that began at 6 p.m. Saturday. | "At approximately 12: 25 AM, police were called away due to a 911 call alleging a fight had broken out nearby," the DuPage County Sheriff's Offi…

Ken Stone (2023-06-18). Dimitri Lascaris' Canada-Wide Speaking Tour For Peace. globalresearch.ca Dimitri Lascaris will embark upon a Canada-wide speaking tour next week to report back to Canadians about his recent mission of peace to Russia. The title of the tour is "Making Peace With Russia, One Handshake At A Time." | In …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-18). Thank You For Your Service. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of "Thank You For Your Service" (reading by Tim Foley): | Thank you for your service. | I say this not to the employees of the war machine, who in truth serve nothing besides imperial domination and the profit margins of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. | I say this to the peacemakers. | To the truth-tellers. | To the defiant ones. | To those who've shone the light of truth upon the blood-spattered face of the empire against their own interests for the benefit of everyone. | To those who've stared down the barrel of the most powerful military force ever assembled and said "Do your worst." | To…

Luigino Bracci (2023-06-18). German Activist Kim Dotcom Validates Hugo Chávez's Prophecy as BRICS+ Emerges, Defying US Interests. orinocotribune.com In response to the upsurge in countries applying to join BRICS, German activist Kim Dotcom has made a post on social media upholding Hugo Chávez's prophecy about the emergence of a new world outside US interests, verifying the correctness of the Venezuelan revolutionary leader's prediction and adding on Twitter the video of the historic speech that the late Venezuelan leader gave at the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. | On that occasion, Chávez stated that sovereign and independent countries would try to liberate themselves from US interests and would rebel against imperialism to chan…

Staff (2023-06-18). Venezuela 'Invaded' by Road Travel Bloggers. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 17, 2023 (

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