2021-06-07: News Headlines

Michael Arria (2021-06-07). Protestors are blocking Israeli ships from offloading in Oakland — updated. mronline.org Bay Area activists are blocking an Israeli cargo ship from offloading in Oakland, CA in solidarity with Palestine. | June 7, 2021 | Newswire…

Staff (2021-06-07). Growing Movement Pushes Museums to Cut Ties With Colonialism and Apartheid. truthout.org Every Friday for the past nine weeks, artists and activists have been carrying on weekly rallies, assemblies and teach-ins in front of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Building on several years of earlier organizing work calling out the ties of board members at the

_____ (2021-06-07). After Blocking Israeli Ship From Unloading… popularresistance.org After their success blocking an Israeli ZIM cargo ship from unloading at the Port of Oakland on Friday, pro-Palestine activists held the first-ever pro-Palestine protest in the Port of NY-NJ. | The newly formed Block the Boat NY coalition organized a protest against the ZIM Tarragona, which was scheduled to arrive at the port Sunday morning. | The protest has been organized as part of the International Week-of-Action called by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) of San Francisco. | Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters had prevented the unloading of the Israeli container ship from Asia at the Port of Oa…

Arab Resource & Organizing Center (2021-06-07). Victory Claimed After Israeli-Operated Cargo Ship Prevented from Unloading in Oakland. indybay.org In a major BDS win, an Arab community organization mobilized over 500 people and blocked an Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland. Now organizers say the fight has just begun, and have called for more pickets at 4PM…

Labor Video Project (2021-06-07). Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines. indybay.org Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.

Staff (2021-06-06). Sheikh Jarrah defenders Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd detained by Israeli occupation: Take action! samidoun.net On Sunday morning, 6 June, Palestinian activists from Sheikh Jarrah, twin brother and sister Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd, 23, were seized by Israeli occupation forces. Both Muna and Mohammed have appeared extensively in Arab and international media, including CNN, MSNBC and Democracy Now, highlighting the Israeli state and settlers' attempts to steal their family home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. Their massive reach on social media has allowed them to tell the story of Palestinian Jerusalemites to millions, with Muna having over 1 million Instagram followers and Mohammed with hundreds of thousands of twitt…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-06). Military Situation In Iraq On June 6, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 6, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center (BDSC) was attacked by one rocket. | On May 6, Ain Al Asad Airbase was attacked by two suicide drones. | On May 5, three people were killed by Turkish airstrike near Makhmour camp. | On May 5, five KDP Peshmerga members reportedly were killed and several others were wounded by PKK ATG attack in Emadiyah area. | On May 4, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area. | MORE O…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-06). Suicide Drones, Rocket Attack Targeted US Troops & Diplomats In Iraq. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On June 6, an air base hosting US troops in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar and a diplomatic center run by the American Embassy in the country's capital Baghdad came under attack. | At 12: 15 am local time, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, which is located within the US embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, was attacked by a rocket. | "The rocket impacted near the BDSC and caused no injuries or damage," Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said on Twitter. "Each atta…

_____ (2021-06-06). Assange's Father On US Tour—First Stop Miami. popularresistance.org Organized by Assange Defense, John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange's father and brother, will begin the #HomeRun4Julian tour in Miami on June 6 via a live-streamed event. The Shiptons are scheduled to make stops on both coasts and the Midwest before concluding the tour in the nation's capital. | Assange's family members will meet with activists, press, and policymakers to raise awareness of the importance of protecting whistleblowers and journalists, and to advocate for the release of Julian Assange, whom the United Nations has declared "arbitrarily detained" since 2010.

_____ (2021-06-06). Oakland Dockworkers Refuse To Unload Israeli Cargo Ship. popularresistance.org Hundreds of activists and dockworkers responded to an international call to action and successfully prevented an Israel-owned vessel from unloading its cargo at Oakland in California on Friday. At around 6pm, the Volans, a cargo vessel owned and operated by the ZIM shipping corporation, pulled out of port with its cargo intact. | It was apparently bound for Los Angeles, according to an online schedule. | Protesters had prevented the ship from docking at Oakland for more than two weeks after its scheduled arrival date. | The vessel ostensibly attempted to avoid the picket line. | "By refusing to unload Israeli car…

Arab Resource & Organizing Center (2021-06-06). Victory Claimed After Israeli-Operated Cargo Ship Prevented from Unloading in Oakland. indybay.org In a major BDS win, an Arab community organization mobilized over 500 people and blocked an Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland. Now organizers say the fight has just begun, and have called for more pickets at 4PM…

Labor Video Project (2021-06-06). Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines. indybay.org Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.

Jason Wilson (2021-06-06). Oath Breaker: How a Serving National Guardsman Helped The Base Plan a White Power Army. splcenter.org In February 2019, on an encrypted chat platform, members of the white power accelerationist group The Base had a long discussion on a topic that had recently become a preoccupation: how to strike back against the antifascist or "antifa" activists who had again exposed the identity of one of their number.

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