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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 …

2020-06-08: News Headlines

Ajamu Baraka (2020-06-08). No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad. globalresearch.ca The justice for George Floyd mobilizations today reflected the state's worst nightmare — a multi-national and multi-racial action initiated by Black people with Black leadership. | So, we say: Justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland; …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Parul Verma (2020-06-08). Communalism and Coronavirus: India's New Strain of Virus. asia-pacificresearch.com

Alexi Jones (2020-06-08). Not Just "A Few Bad Apples": U.S. Police Kill Civilians at Much Higher Rates than Other Countries. globalresearch.ca There is no question that the number of police killings of civilians in the U.S. — who are disproportionately Black and other people of color — are the result of policies and practices that enable and even encourage police violence. …

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 …

Janea Wilson (2020-06-08). Tear Gas Is Banned in International Warfare——Why Are Police Using It on U.S. Civilians? globalresearch.ca On June 2, President Trump threatened to deploy

Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (2020-06-08). Give Venezuela Back Its Gold: Case Goes to London Court. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan authorities appeared in court in London last Thursday May 28 to demand that the Bank of England comply with instructions to sell part of the 31 tons of gold it holds on behalf of Venezuela. | Venezuelan Central Bank President …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-06-08). Russian Academician Arbatov's Washington Leanings, Recommends Moscow to Avoid a Strategic Alliance with China. globalresearch.ca If there were a Russian version of the website PropOrNot, Academician Arbatov could find himself listed there as "American agent/dupe." | Arbatov directs the International Security Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of …

Global Research News (2020-06-08). Global Research: Honest Journalism in Uncertain Times. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We regularly receive feedback from you telling us how important the articles we publish are to you, especially in today's tumultuous and uncertain times. We thank you, and pledge that we will continue to deliver our daily dose …

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 …

Rima Najjar (2020-06-08). Camouflage: How the Israeli Left Continues to Hoodwink Us with Corrupted Slogans. globalresearch.ca To reach the hearts and minds of Americans, the Zionist Israeli Left is manipulating the Black Lives Matter movement. The slogans and images of protestors coming out of Tel Aviv continue to hoodwink the world with a sudden and self-serving …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-06-08). Colonialism and Racism. To America, Black Lives Only Sometimes Matter. globalresearch.ca There is no doubt that colonialism and racism sit at the root of America's domestic problems. The push to dominate others abroad is directly linked to the belief that those who are different at home should also be dominated. | There …

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

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 …

John A. Mathews (2020-06-08). Oil Price Wars, Covid-19 Havoc and the Evolving US-China Trade War. globalresearch.ca The US-China relationship continues to sour under the impact of Covid-19, with the Trump administration threatening to cut all ties with China in a move that would divide the world into two competing trade entities.1 It's been a bad …

Lau Kin Chi (2020-06-08). Remembering Francois Houtart. globalresearch.ca Three years ago, on this day, Francois Houtart left us. | He died in his sleep in the early hours of June 6 in Quito. It was only when I was working on his autobiography after his death that I learnt …

Malte Humpert (2020-06-08). The Arctic Northern Sea Route: Russia Conducts Record-Breaking Delivery of LNG to China. globalresearch.ca Russia is one step closer to achieving year-round navigation in the Arctic. An ice-capable tanker made the earliest delivery of LNG to China via the Northern Sea Route. | *** | For the past several years a fleet of fifteen specialized Arc7 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-07). The Illusion of Economic Recovery Began in the US. globalresearch.ca Protracted main street depression conditions have existed in the US since 2008 with no relief for ordinary Americans in prospect. | Before economic collapse this year, unemployment exceeded 20%, Labor Department numbers rigged to pretend otherwise. | The so-called U-3 BLS number …

Rima Najjar (2020-06-07). Palestine Is Gone! Gone! ÿ±ÿßÿ≠ÿ™ ŸÅŸÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜ. globalresearch.ca Lately, a particular memory/image of my grandmother Sitti Fattoum has been coming back to me vividly. She'd be sitting in a chair, maybe watching TV, or at the kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee, when suddenly, without provocation, she …

Peter Koenig (2020-06-07). Venezuela, Minneapolis, Iran, Europe — Trump's Last Gasps of Collapsing World Control. Or Is It? globalresearch.ca There comes a time when shooting around in circles just hits walls, bullets splinter off sidewalks, and shatter a window here and there. But people are in safety. They watch from a distance and with self-assurance. | Venezuela has received five …

Shaylah Ellis (2020-06-08). 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 (2020-06-08). 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…

yenisafak (2020-06-08). Turkey's first lady marks World Oceans Day. yenisafak.com Turkey's first lady on Monday marked the occasion of June 8, World Oceans Day."Water is life. Oceans are the home of countless species. Let's remember once again on June 8 #WorldOceans Day that the cleanliness of the oceans, seas and coasts is vital for our world," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.She underlined that seas and oceans are the "common frontier" of all countries in the world, and called to act with a "common conscience" on this matter."If we can make #ZeroWaste philosophy a lifestyle that includes seas as well, we can carry the vast blues to the future," Erdogan said."Our children do not deserve a futur…

_____ (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…

Peter Koenig (2020-06-07). Venezuela, Minneapolis, Iran, Europe — Trump's Last Gasps of Collapsing World Control — Or is it? globalresearch.ca There comes a time when shooting around in circles just hits walls, bullets splinter off sidewalks, and shatter a window here and there. But people are in safety. They watch from a distance and with self-assurance. | Venezuela has received five …

RT (2020-06-07). China's Covid-19 statistics are accurate, while lockdown makes little difference — Nobel laureate biophysicist Levitt tells RT. rt.com Challenging the widespread belief that the worldwide anti-coronavirus lockdown has helped in slowing down the disease spread, Stanford Professor Michael Levitt believes that it's actually made very little difference. | Speaking to RT's Going Underground, Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist Levitt said that there was no reason to doubt China's official coronavirus figures, since its statistics are corresponding with the dynamics observed elsewhere. | "What happened in China outside of Hubei is exactly the same dynamics of the curve as what happened in New Zealand," Levitt stated. "If China is forging statistics, t…

Staff (2020-06-07). Why Is the University of California Punishing Students During a Pandemic? truthout.org In an experience now familiar to many, faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) logged onto Zoom on May 15 and stared into the online abyss. Hundreds of squares awaited us, some with actual faces, others with initials written on dark backgrounds. The alienation that we have experienced from teaching remotely, and the exhaustion of transforming our classes into an online format, both pale in comparison to the bizarre spectacle we were about to witness. One after another, we asked…

Peter Phillips (2020-06-07). A Strategy for Global Democracy and Wealth Sharing. globalresearch.ca It is time for power to the people! | Global capitalist inequality contributes directly to health pandemics, environmental degradation, and mass poverty. Elite-corporate oligarchs control the governments and political parties. They use established militarized police states to protect their vast empires …

Israel Shahak (2020-06-07). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Massoud Nayeri (2020-06-07). Who Is the Source of Violence in the US? globalresearch.ca The 1% is the source of violence in the U.S. Antifa is nothing but a flag which is carried mostly by "secret informants" rather than by a few politically confused Antifa disciples! | The Trump Administration is using this name to …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-06-07). Unanswered Questions Drive Convalescent Plasma Research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Kari Houser donating convalescent plasma On Saturday, March 14, in southwest Wisconsin, a woman was working in her yard, raking and clearing the first spring weeds. She coughed a bit during the day, and felt some achiness in her lower back, some fatigue. It was in the high 30s that day, but she was warm …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-06-07). Gangster State Capitalism. globalresearch.ca Hanne Herland of the European Herland Report has just had her book published in which she argues that the ruling elite has resurrected feudalism by financializing the economy and offshoring middle class jobs. The title is

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-06-07). Eight Minutes, Forty-six Seconds … Remembering George Floyd. globalresearch.ca Eight minutes, forty-six seconds is a long time: a long time when you are meditating; a long time while waiting for a protest march to pass; a long time with your finger on the video button of your phone following …

Keith Lamb (2020-06-07). George Floyd Is the Spark but Systemic Issues Are the Fuel. globalresearch.ca As a European growing up in the Cold War with the image of America as the land of liberty and freedom the scenes of carnage that we see today are truly saddening. Superficially this is a problem of racial discrimination …

_____ (2020-06-07). National Guard Troops Refuse Trump's Race War. popularresistance.org Courage to Resist is currently assisting members of the National Guard who resisted Trump's orders to violently attack people on the streets of Washington DC peacefully and lawfully protesting racial injustice. Now that Trump is threatening to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to send active-duty troops in cities across the US, it's time for every member of the military to search their conscience. We want to make sure we're there to support the brave men and women who continue to refuse these illegal orders. | One Guardsmen who is resisting Trump's orders originally hoped to join medical missions assisting in natural…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-06-06). The Corona "Global False Alarm", the Campaign against Racism and Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca "The media is the most powerful entity on earth. Because they control the minds of the masses, they have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power…If you're not careful, the newspapers …

F. William Engdahl (2020-06-06). Belt and Road: Can China's Silk Road Survive Coronavirus? globalresearch.ca China's priority infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), faces enormous problems just seven years after it was proclaimed in 2013. Serious problems and charges of China luring poorer nations into what a leading Indian analyst termed a "debt …

Peter Koenig (2020-06-06). The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020" globalresearch.ca WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.

Global Research News (2020-06-06). Selected Articles: The Corona "Global False Alarm" globalresearch.ca By Having announced he would begin the process to annex portions of the occupied Palestinian West Bank on July 1, he must be …

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-06-06). Massive Mission High Student Protest and March for Black Lives Matter. indybay.org Over 30,000 young people hold huge rally and march for George Floyd and Black Lives Matter…

Kaitlin Curtice, Esther Choo (2020-06-06). [Perspectives] Indigenous populations: left behind in the COVID-19 response. thelancet.com Scholar Annie Belcourt described Native American populations in the USA as having lives that are "challenging and short". Globally, across countries and populations, Indigenous peoples face a greater burden of disease than non-Indigenous peoples, including cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and have higher infant and maternal mortality and lower life expectancy. Their health is impacted by epigenetic stressors of generational oppression and violence, including disproportionate numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women, lower educational attainment, and persistent poverty.

Xi Li, Harlan M Krumholz, Winnie Yip, Kar Keung Cheng, Jan De Maeseneer, Qingyue Meng, Elias Mossialos, Chuang Li, Jiapeng Lu, Meng Su, Qiuli Zhang, Dong Roman Xu, Liming Li, Sharon-Lise T Normand, Richard Peto, Jing Li, Zengwu Wang, Hongbing Yan, Runlin Gao, Somsak Chunharas, Xin Gao, Raniero Guerra, Huijie Ji, Yang Ke, Zhigang Pan, Xianping Wu, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xinying Xie, Yujuan Zhang, Jun Zhu, Shanzhu Zhu, Shengshou Hu (2020-06-06). [Review] Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations. thelancet.com China has substantially increased financial investment and introduced favourable policies for strengthening its primary health care system with core responsibilities in preventing and managing chronic diseases such as hypertension and emerging infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, widespread gaps in the quality of primary health care still exist. In this Review, we aim to identify the causes for this poor quality, and provide policy recommendations. System challenges include: the suboptimal education and training of primary health-care practitioners, a fee-for-service payment s…

John W. Whitehead (2020-06-06). The Slippery Slope to Despotism: Paved with Lockdowns, Raids and Forced Vaccinations. globalresearch.ca "You have no right not to be vaccinated, you have no right not to wear a mask, you have no right to open up your business… And if you refuse to be vaccinated,

Michael Welch (2020-06-06). The Truth Behind the Murder of Robert F. Kennedy: Conspiracy and Cover-up. globalresearch.ca On June 6, 2020, we will be commemorating the passing of Robert F. Kennedy. His legacy will live. Below is Michael Welch's Global Research radio interview with William Pepper. A full transcript is included. | "I went there because I …