Daily Archives: June 9, 2020

2020-06-09: News Headlines

Prof. Juan Cole (2020-06-09). Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu's Plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank. globalresearch.ca The gathering was addressed via video by US Senator Bernie …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-06-09). Video: Ajamu Baraka on George Floyd Protests. globalresearch.ca Ajamu Baraka, National Coordinator for Black Alliance for Peace joins Camila on From the South to discuss the rebellion which has come in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. | Black Alliance for Peace has called …

Newsclick (2020-06-09). We Must Change the System for Our Future Generation: Roger Waters. peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, talks to Roger Waters of Pink Floyd on the crisis of capitalism and the need to fight for a better world. Roger Waters talks about the death of activist Ramona Medina in Buenos Aires, poverty and access to water and the responsibility we have to future generations.

Tim Wheeler (2020-06-09). George Floyd mourned in small town vigils despite armed vigilantes. peoplesworld.org FORKS, Wash.—Hundreds of protesters are pouring into the streets of small towns and cities here on the Olympic Peninsula despite intimidation by gun-toting Trump supporters. A Time magazine survey reported street protests in at least 580 towns and cities, many in rural "red states," the majority of them organized by students and youth of all …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-06-09). Poland Wants to Become Washington's Eastern European Bulwark Against Russia. globalresearch.ca The "Defender Europe 2020" was to be the most ambitious and largest military exercise by the U.S. and NATO since the Cold War. The U.S.-led multinational exercises are undoubtedly hostile actions against Russia. It is through these military exercises that …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-06-09). Coronavirus Shows Why We Need Separation of Medicine and State! globalresearch.ca It seems like only yesterday. Americans were denied the right to go to their churches. They were denied the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital. They were denied the right to open their businesses and go to …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-09). US Elections and Trump's Sinking Approval. Main Street Depression and Unemployment. globalresearch.ca It's a political lifetime from now to November 3 presidential, congressional, and local elections. | Things can swing back and forth numerous times between now and then. | Most often, Americans vote with their pocketbook. | If unprecedented main street Depression and unemployment …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-09). Defund, Reform, or Disband US Police? What About the Pentagon, CIA, NSA, US Gulag, and Wall Street Owned Fed Etc! globalresearch.ca Indeed police killings, brutality, and its other unacceptable practices against America's most disadvantaged are a major societal problem needing correction. | Cutting its funding or even replacing it with an alternate societal control system won't fix things. | The problem isn't cops. …

South Front (2020-06-09). Video: Egypt Sends Battle Tanks to Libyan Border as Haftar Forces Retreat Under Turkish Strikes. globalresearch.ca The Turkish involvement in the Libyan conflict allowed the Government of National Accord (GNA) to turn the tide of the battle of Tripoli and even develop further success by expanding control over a notable chunk of northern Libya. | After capturing …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-06-09). Deutsche Bank Close to Bankruptcy. globalresearch.ca It seems that collapse of the institution would destroy global financial system. | Deutsche Bank, one of Europe's largest banks, recently asked hundreds of its managers to voluntarily renounce receiving their monthly salaries, complying with the bank's program to try to …

Abbasi J. (2020-06-09). Bionic Arm With Sensation Tested in Multiyear Study. jamanetwork.com Researchers recently reported that 4 men with transhumeral amputations have used a self-contained robotic arm with sensory feedback in daily life for several years. The prosthetic's hand has sensation, allowing the men to do complex tasks such as ski, repair cars, and canoe. One man became employed full-time thanks to the arm's improved functionality, and patients also reported complete relief of phantom limb pain.

Jordan Davidson (2020-06-09). Shutdowns stopped 60 million Covid-19 infections in the U.S., new research finds. nationofchange.org The two studies provide fresh evidence that the severe economic sacrifice the COVID-19 shutdowns caused were worth it to save many millions of lives.

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2020-06-09). The COVID-19 War in Japan: Is National Face-Saving More Important than the People's Lives? globalresearch.ca The performance of Shinzo Abe in the war against the corona virus has been less than poor. | Abe is blamed for having put the policy priority to the Olympics and Abenomics over human life. | The Japanese people have the legendary …

Center For Food Safety (2020-06-09). The Use of of Damaging Dicamba Pesticides on Farmers in America. globalresearch.ca On June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-06-09). Radical Reforms: Disbanding Police Forces in the US. globalresearch.ca "I've been saying for the last several years … American policing is at a crossroads." — If you can envisage the commencement of a police force as a band of auxiliaries …

Prof. Tom Butler (2020-06-09). The Health Risks of 5G Radiofrequency Radiation Technology. globalresearch.ca Inroduction | This short critical review explores the findings of extant research on the health risks posed by 5G technologies that emit radiofrequency radiation (RFR)1. It also provides evidence that the processes by which policy decisions have been made concerning the …

Nick Turse (2020-06-09). Pentagon War Game Includes Scenario for Military Response to Domestic Generation Z Rebellion. globalresearch.ca In the face of protests composed largely of young people, the presence of America's military on the streets of major cities has been a

Miko Peled (2020-06-09). The Six-Day War: The Myth of an Israeli David Versus an Arab Goliath. globalresearch.ca June 2, 1967, was a tense day at the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv. For weeks, IDF generals had been pushing the government to initiate a war and the atmosphere was tense. Israel's Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, …

James ONeill (2020-06-09). The Victims of MH17 Deserve More than the Shoddy Lies Perpetrated by Politicians and Media. globalresearch.ca The ABCs Insider program broadcast each Sunday morning is one of the ABCs most watched and most important programs. The three guests are drawn from the country's mainstream media outlets. This is perhaps itself a limitation considering the broad range …

Rick Sterling (2020-06-09). SouthFront Is Censored Under Cover of Pandemic. globalresearch.ca Introducing SouthFront | Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and maps about the conflict in Syria? Detailed reports about the conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Venezuela? News about the rise of ISIS in Mozambique? Original analysis of events in …

William J. Astore (2020-06-09). "Light 'Em Up": Warrior-Cops Are the Law — and Above the Law — as Violence Grips America. globalresearch.ca From their front porches, regular citizens watched a cordon of cops sweep down their peaceful street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rankled at being filmed, the cops exceeded their authority and demanded that people go inside their houses. When some of them …

Pepe Escobar (2020-06-09). A Pipelineistan Fable for Our Times. globalresearch.ca Once upon a time in In sharp contrast, whenever China entered …

Hubert Moolman (2020-06-09). US Dollar Cycle Points to New All-time Highs for Gold. globalresearch.ca The US Dollar index is not a true measure of value of the US dollar. It just tracks an "exchange rate" between the US dollar and a basket of significant fiat currencies. | For a true measure of value of the …

Abbasi J. (2020-06-09). Blood Test Flags Multiple Cancers in Large Study. jamanetwork.com A recent study in Science suggests that a blood test to detect different types of cancer is safe when used with positron emission tomography—computed tomography (PET-CT) to confirm the results. The researchers emphasized that, if approved for use, multicancer blood tests should be used alongside standard-of-care screenings to increase detection.

Global Research News (2020-06-09). Selected Articles: Censorship and Injustice Amid COVID-19. globalresearch.ca By The bad choice of policy priority was shown with the arrival of the cruiser Diamond Princess on …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-06-09). Nà£o há soberania económia se nà£o existir soberania política. globalresearch.ca Actualmente, discute-se quanto e que financiamento a Itália receberá da Unià£o Europeia e sob que condiàßàµes. Chegam mensagens tranquilizadoras de Bruxelas. Mas como tais financiamentos serà£o concedidos em grande parte, sob a forma de empréstimos, vários economistas alertam que existe …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-06-09). Niente sovranità economica senza quella politica. globalresearch.ca Si discute attualmente su quanti e quali finanziamenti l'Italia riceverà dall'Unione europea e a quali condizioni. Da Bruxelles arrivano messaggi tranquillizzanti. Ma poiché tali finanziamenti saranno forniti per la maggior parte sotto forma di prestiti, diversi economisti avvertono che c'è …

Shaylah Ellis (2020-06-09). Wednesday 6/10: Defund OPD: Advocating to defund OPD and Reinvest into education and our community. indybay.org Meet at Walgreens on Fruitvale and Foothill to march to Mayor Libby Schaaf's house.

The Canary (2020-06-09). Government's plans for primary schools to open more widely are in disarray. thecanary.co The government's plan for children to be able to return to primary schools in England before summer look to be in disarray, with education secretary Gavin Williamson expected to admit on Tuesday that not all pupils will go back.The aim had been for all primary pupils in England to spend four weeks in school before the summer break, but some schools say they are already full and cannot accommodate more children.Department for Education guidance says school classes should be capped at 15 pupils, but some schools have admitted fewer pupils than this during the phased reopening for the school years Reception, Year 1…

The Canary (2020-06-09). Minister forced to backtrack on care homes policy claims. thecanary.co A minister has become embroiled in a row after apparently saying that policies blamed for the high rate of Covid-19 deaths in care homes were based on scientific advice. | The movement of elderly patients into residential care without testing them for coronavirus in order to free up hospital beds has been blamed for the high death toll in care homes — accounting for around 57% of all fatalities. | Care minister Helen Whately was forced to backtrack on Sky News on Tuesday morning after appearing to claim this decision was guided by science. | When quizzed by Kay Burley over the policy, Whately said: "As we h…

Hawes A. (2020-06-09). The Spectrum of Deaths Encountered by a Young Learner. jamanetwork.com In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student describes 3 patient deaths whose care she was involved in and expresses her hopes that what she learned will ground her professional course in compassion and patient care.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-06-09). Protesters hit streets in Norway demanding justice for George Floyd. peoplesdispatch.org Protests have been organized by leftist youth and students groups such as the Kamkomiteen against racism and prejudice in the context of the killing of George Floyd by the police in the US…

Amanda Mills (2020-06-09). New Jersey becomes the first state to add the climate crisis to their curriculum. nationofchange.org "This generation of students will feel the effects of climate change more than any other, and it is critical that every student is provided an opportunity to study and understand the climate crisis."

jamanetwork (2020-06-09). Immunization Against Plague. jamanetwork.com The reiterated plea of scientists for accurately controlled experiments in the determination of the value of measures adopted against disease may seem to some physicians to be somewhat too emphatic. Again and again, however, the disinterested scientist is compelled to protest against the use of statistics and experiments by those commercially interested and by overenthusiastic advocates of the prophylactic use of certain products. How difficult it really is to arrive at definite conclusions relative to the efficacy of many such preventive measures is pointed out by Flu, in a recent discussion of experiments on im…

Gil Netter (2020-06-08). Conn. health workers demand PPE, honor their lost. peoplesworld.org NEW LONDON, Conn. — Over 200 health care workers, family members and supporters rallied across from Lawrence Memorial Hospital May 30, "for safety, protection and respect in the workplace and raising awareness of health care professionals' concerns that without proper personal protective equipment (PPE), communities are at risk." The rally, addressed by Teachers' President Randi …

Albert Bender (2020-06-08). Teen students lead Nashville's largest ever protest against racist police violence. peoplesworld.org NASHVILLE—A huge gathering of protesters—led by students—congregated at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville the evening of Thursday, June 4, to protest the horrific murder of George Floyd and the overall issue of racist police violence. The Bicentennial Mall Park is composed of 19 mostly grassy acres with plaques commemorating area history from ancient Indigenous times to the 20th Century. By the estimates …

The Canary (2020-06-08). Survey highlights loneliness of young people during lockdown. thecanary.co More than half of young people who said their wellbeing has been affected by the coronavirus lockdown have experienced loneliness, analysis suggests. | An Opinions and Lifestyle Survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 50.8% of those aged 16 to 24 said they were lonely during the lockdown. | By contrast, just under a quarter (24.1%) of people aged 55 to 69 who reported their wellbeing as being affected by the lockdown said they had felt lonely. | The ONS said this echoes previous research exploring chronic loneliness, showing that people in younger age groups were most likely to report lone…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-06-08). Russian Diplomats Expelled from Czechia Because of Likely Fake News Story. globalresearch.ca The secret services of Czechia had first informed its government in April that it had damning evidence against two Russian diplomats in the country that would warrant their expulsion. It was alleged, without any evidence given publicly, that Russian diplomats …

Lawrence Wittner (2020-06-08). The Subversion of New York City's Official Policy to Curb Police Brutality. dissidentvoice.org In early November 1966, my sister and I‚Äïarmed with a bucket of home-made paste, a wide brush, and a thick roll of "Vote No" posters‚Äïheaded off from my student apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to plaster the surrounding area with the signs. The Patrolman's Benevolent Association (PBA), a very powerful police union, …

Gareth Porter (2020-06-08). FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European writers critical of US foreign policy. The bureau's justification for the removal was dubious, and it sets a troubling precedent for other …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-08). Challenging Authority, the Only Viable Option for Positive Change. globalresearch.ca State-sponsored class warfare rages. Ongoing for decades, it's all about governance of, by, and for the privileged few at the expense of most others. | What's untenable persists with no end of it in prospect, no plan for improving the lives …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-08). What America and the World Need Now: Dismantle Big Money Power, Get Money Out of Politics. End Institutional Racism. globalresearch.ca Mass protests in the US and elsewhere over racist killings of Black men like George Floyd aren't good enough. | They divert attention from an array of core issues ignored by officialdom and establishment media. | Justice won't be served unless they're …

WSWS (2020-06-08). Quebec unions and government conspire behind the backs of health and education workers. wsws.org Quebec's public sector unions fully accept the austerity financial framework dictated by the right-wing CAQ government and are stepping up their efforts to impose another sellout contract.

_____ (2020-06-08). US Veterans, Including Active Duty, Reject Militarization Against Demonstrators. popularresistance.org The United States is in the midst of a mass uprising against police violence, but also a whole list of grievances such as the lack of jobs, health care, education and more. Sustained protests have been going on for two weeks defying curfews and severe repression by police. The national guard has been deployed to 23 states and President Trump threatened to deploy the military against people expressing their First Amendment rights. We speak with Danny Sjursen, a retired Major and spokesperson for About Face: Veterans Against the War, about how members of the military are responding to current events. Veterans have…

Felix Imonti (2020-06-08). America's Fracking Industry: Donald Trump's Lost Dream for World Energy Domination. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has no solution to the crisis in the domestic hydraulic fracturing industry that won't have dire consequences for the economy. The survival of the industry lies in Saudi Arabia. | It was not until 2013 that the real potential …

Cristina Maza (2020-06-08). Empower Women, Save the World. progressive.org How a global research institute is reframing foreign police through a feminist lens.

Richard Greeman (2020-06-08). Ten Days that May Have Changed the World. Mass Protests across America. globalresearch.ca Sparked by the police murder of

Chris Cole (2020-06-08). Drone Wars at Ten #3: What's Next? A Peek at the Future. globalresearch.ca In this final post to mark our 10th birthday, I want to peek a little into the future, looking at what we are facing in relation to drone warfare in the coming years. Of course predicting the future is always …

Prof. Nick Kapur (2020-06-08). Japan's Streets of Rage: The 1960 US-Japan Security Treaty Uprising and the Origins of Contemporary Japan. asia-pacificresearch.com

Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh (2020-06-08). The Gaza Strip Under Israeli Military Siege. globalresearch.ca The following article aims at providing a critical analysis of the Israeli policies towards the colonized Gaza Strip and its Palestinian people. Consequently, it will concentrate on the Military Siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and on the deliberate Israelipolicy …