Daily Archives: June 3, 2024

2024-06-03: News Headlines

Sam Husseini, Substack. (2024-06-03). 'Uniting For Peace' Is Next Step In Invoking Genocide Convention Process. popularresistance.org Following the latest orders from the International Court of Justice that Israel halt its military offensive in Rafah, some claimed that while the orders of the Court are of course binding, there's "no enforcement mechanism." The Court's orders were of course the result of South Africa's invoking the Genocide Convention against Israel and its repeated requests for additional orders from the ICJ. | In fact, there is such an enforcement mechanism — it's the UN Security Council. The ICJ is a court that issues orders. The UNSC should act like a sheriff which implements those orders. | The problem of course is th…

Uri Weltmann, Federico Fuentes (2024-06-03). Anti-war left makes inroads in Israel. greenleft.org.au Standing Together is a Jewish-Arab social movement that is part of a burgeoning movement for ceasefire inside Israel. Federico Fuentes spoke with its national field organiser Uri Weltmann to find out more about this fledgling peace movement.

Phil Pasquini (2024-06-03). Pray-In for Gaza at Senator Padilla's Office Calls for Peace. indybay.org Human rights activists assembled at San Francisco's Harry Bridge's Plaza this morning before marching through the Financial District to the downtown office of California's U.S. Senator Alex Padilla demanding he use his voice and his vote to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Aidan Jonah (2024-06-03). Growing Sinophobia Leads to Stifling of Free Speech in Chinese-Canadian Communities. covertactionmagazine.com Censorship and persecution of anti-war and anti-imperialists in the U.S. have extended to Canada where members of the country's ruling elite—which increasingly align with U.S. foreign policies—have displayed utter hostility and contempt for immigrants who dissent against Canadian foreign policy. A Cold War climate was on display at a recent foreign interference inquiry on Parliament …

Dave DeCamp (2024-06-03). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria's Aleppo, 12 Reported Killed. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday morning, resulting in heavy casualties. "The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of southeastern Aleppo, targeting some sites in the vicinity of Aleppo," a military source told Syria's SANA news agency. "The aggression led to a number of martyrs and …

Staff (2024-06-03). President Maduro: Electoral Victory Must Be Immense and in Peace. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, urged the people of Lara state to deploy the 1àó10 electoral outreach strategy in all the streets of the region. The 1×10 method has been used by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to bring more Chavista voters to the polls on election day. | During a phone-call with coordinator of the Venezuela Nuestra Presidential Campaign Staff, Delcy Rodríguez, who was present at an organizational meeting of electoral teams of the PSUV in Lara state, President Maduro pointed out that it is necessary to "renew all our discourse and our way of working" to opti…

Marc Batko (2024-06-03). Trump and the Danger of Fascism. indybay.org Peace is the imperative that should outweigh escalation and the unspeakable risk of global war! The constitutional state must not be confused with the security state or the emergency state as Rousseau and the social contract must not be confused with Thomas Hobbes and the punishing or fearsome state. People would fight endlessly without the state or Leviathan, he said.

Europe for Peace (2024-06-03). Is humanity at risk of a possible world war? pressenza.com Speech by Europe for Peace at the meeting of the World Humanist Forum on 19 May 2024Hello everyone and thank you for inviting me to such an important debate. | I think it is necessary, before addressing the question, to look at the two great paradoxes in which we live today. The first is that in trying to encourage others to actively address the world's problems, we end up inadvertently reinforcing what we want to fight. Let me explain. Today we are immersed in a media campaign that could be described as a campaign of terror. All the media are constantly telling us about wars, pain, hatred and revenge. And all th…

Pressenza New York (2024-06-03). Bangladesh in UN Peacekeeping: A Legacy of Blue Helmets. pressenza.com Bangladesh, a nation once recognized for its

teleSUR (2024-06-03). Venezuela Congratulates South Africa for Its Elections. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Venezuelan government congratulated South Africa on the "successful democratic exercise" carried out in the general elections on May 29. | RELATED: | "Venezuela expresses its most sincere congratulations to the Republic of South Africa for the successful democratic exercise carried out in the national and provincial elections of May 29, within the framework of the 30th anniversary of the election of the…

teleSUR (2024-06-03). Venezuelans Use Social Networks to Support President Maduro. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Venezuelans continued a digital activism campaign to break the blockade against President Nicolas Maduro on social media. | RELATED: | The mobilization dynamic involved hashtags #LikePaNicolas and #NicoLike on Instagram and TikTok, where most of the communication battle takes place. | The digital activism campaign aims to make President Maduro's content more visible, show the reality of the Bolivarian Revolution, and buil…

_____ (2024-06-03). Maung Zarni: What's Next for Myanmar Crisis? transcend.org 27 May 2024 – "Everything I have learned as a radical, a peace and rights activist, and a scholar on my country's affairs. What is wrong with Burma/Myanmar and her people, incapable of building a peaceful and stable human community for the last nearly 80 years?"

_____ (2024-06-03). If The Wars Go On. transcend.org 30 May 2024 – It's a long hard road, this anti-war business. During the first Cold War and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the early sixties when Kennedy and Khrushchev narrowly avoided blowing the world to smithereens, Bob Dylan put it right.

tvbrics (2024-06-03). Venezuelan President announces lowest inflation in 20 years. tvbrics.com Maduro praised the positive results achieved, which show the right path in economic strategy…

Hugo GABBERO (2024-06-03). Turkey: Galatasaray Square must be open to Saturday Mothers/People. fidh.org International human rights organisations, including FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, stand in solidarity with the Saturday Mothers/People. Since May 1995, they have been protesting for truth and justice for their forcibly disappeared loved ones. As they approach their 1,000th weekly vigil on May 25, 2024, the Saturday Mothers/People are Türkiye's longest-standing peaceful protest. Despite facing severe repression, the group (…) | – |

NEOB (2024-06-03). SA's democracy is "strong, robust" – President Ramaphosa. sanews.gov.za SA's democracy is "strong, robust" – President Ramaphosa | President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 16 million citizens, who cast their vote in the National and Provincial Elections, are proof that South Africa's democracy is "strong and robust". | The President was addressing the nation through his weekly newsletter on Monday. | South Africans headed to the polls last week to elect new government leadership for the seventh administration in the country's most competitive elections since the dawn of democracy in 1994. | "This election has been declared free and fair. It took place peacefully and without serious inciden…

Urban CNY News (2024-06-03). 2 Part Institute for Caregivers (I-Care) Class Series 'Key Legal & Financial Planning Concerns for Seniors & Caregivers'. urbancny.com Community Wesleyan Church 112 Downer Street Baldwinsville, NY 13027 | Presented by: Timothy P. Crisafulli, Esq. | Part 1: "Asset Preservation & Estate Planning: What You Need to Know" | Thursday, June 6th from 5: 30pm-7: 00pm | This class will provide an easy-to-understand overview of healthcare planning and strategies for asset preservation to help attendees take control and gain peace of mind. Understanding and preparing key legal and financial documents such as Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives, Wills and Gifts Riders will be discussed. | Part 2: "How to Pay for Long-Term Care: Understan…

Staff (2024-06-03). Las listas de Estados Unidos y el ensañamiento contra Cuba. cubadebate.cu A mediados de mayo corrió la noticia de que el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos planteó borrar a Cuba de la lista de países que "no cooperan plenamente" en la lucha contra el terrorismo. La nota: "el 15 de mayo, el secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, determinó y certificó bajo la sección 40 A de la Ley de Control de Exportación de Armas que cuatro países —Corea del Norte, Irán, Siria y Venezuela— no cooperaron plenamente con los esfuerzos antiterroristas de Estados Unidos en 2023".

teleSUR, DRL (2024-06-03). Presidente Maduro llama a derrotar a la derecha en los comicios. telesurtv.net Puntualizó que "solo una Revolución como la nuestra está preparada para valorar la fuerza regional del Zulia y enaltecer la identidad de su pueblo, llevándolo a su máxima expresión".

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-06-03). Realizan campaña de movilización #LikePaNicolás en Venezuela. telesurtv.net La dinámica de la movilización transcurrió con las etiquetas de #LikePaNicolás y #NicoLike en redes sociales.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-06-03). Presidente Nicolás Maduro lidera intención de voto en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El estudio de opinión fue realizado en Caracas, Miranda, Falcón, Zulia, Mérida, Táchira, Portuguesa, Barinas, Guárico, Anzoátegui, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Monagas y Bolívar.

newarab (2024-06-03). Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza. newarab.com US President

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). 'We're all Palestinians, we're all Gazans': Peaceful march in Dakar. presstv.ir Hundreds of Senegalese gathered in support of Palestine in Dakar for an event called the Peaceful March.

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Islamic Resistance in Lebanon 'anchor of regional stability': Iran's acting FM. presstv.ir Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani describes the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon as the "anchor of peace and stability" in West Asia.

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