(2021-06-18). Empire of Clowns vs. Yellow Peril. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Jun 14, 2021 | It requires major suspension of disbelief to consider the G7, the self-described democracy's most exclusive club, as relevant to the Cornwall was at best an embarrassing spectacle — complete with a mediocri…
(2021-06-18). Why Democracies in G7 & NATO Should Reject U.S. Leadership. counterpunch.org The world has been treated to successive spectacles of national leaders gathering at a G7 Summit in Cornwall and a NATO Summit in Brussels. The U.S. corporate media have portrayed these summits as chances for President Biden to rally the leaders of the world's democratic nations in a coordinated response to the most serious problems
(2021-06-18). Biden-Putin Takeaways and Throwaways. strategic-culture.org Both leaders agreed their summit meeting was productive but time will tell if it achieves any concrete or positive results | By MK BHADRAKUMAR | On the diplomatic stage, there is nothing to beat Russian-American summits for sheer theatrics. When the leaders of the two strongest nuclear powers on Earth sit face to face, anything can happen. | What happened in 1985 was a classic example. In the shadows of Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the USSR as an "Evil Empire," his summit in Geneva with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev opened the door to the pathway that ended the Cold War. | The Geneva summit on Jun…
(2021-06-18). Turkey's Turn To Test Its Luck In The 'Graveyard Of Empires' (UPDATED). southfront.org 
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(2021-06-18). There Once Was a Socialist College in the Rural South. zcomm.org Commonwealth College taught and trained over 1,500 worker-activists before becoming an early casualty of American anti-communism…
(2021-06-18). Youth activists descend on S.F. homes of Feinstein and Pelosi to demand climate corps. popularresistance.org Pelosi did not appear — nor did Sen. Dianne Feinstein when the activists stopped by her Pacific Heights mansion earlier in the day — but, if home, the Speaker may have spotted a glimpse of the giant street mural the activists left behind on Broadway at Normandie Terrace. The 16-foot painting advertised the group's goal: a civilian climate corps to combat global warming.
(2021-06-18). Civil liberties group takes aim at the secret dossiers internet firms keep on all of us. thecanary.co Civil liberties activists will sue global advertisers and social media giants who keep secret dossiers of our private information. The Irish Council For Civil Liberties (ICCL) It is claimed the dossiers can include financial and mental health information, and "even whether our children have special needs". | Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter are targets of the lawsuit, as well as Verizon, AT&T and the entire online advertising…
(2021-06-17). What does Biden's summit spree tell us about the future of U.S. empire? liberationnews.org 
Joe Biden took part in several key international meetings over the last week covering a wide range of issues but with one key goal in mind: intensify the new Cold War with China and construct a global front towards this end.
(2021-06-17). Palestinian youth defiant despite retaliation, mass arrests. workers.org 
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested in retaliation for the May 2021 uprising across Palestine, including prominent twin activists Muna and Muhammed al-Kurd. Now 23, they have have documented Zionist aggression in Palestine since childhood. The two activists again showed the world the true face of the occupation with their . . . |
(2021-06-17). Breaking the international silence on Turkey's aggression. roarmag.org 
Family members address the crowd gathered to mourn those killed by a Turkish airstrike on the weekend. Photo by Ronan An international delegation comprised of 150 politicians, academics, activists and journalists from across Europe intended to travel to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq this week to document Turkey's military incursion and contribute to dialogue between different Kurdish political actors. Instead, they have faced severe repression, both from the leading KDP party — which despite its official condemnation of Tu…
(2021-06-17). Abolishing The United States' Empire Of Policing. popularresistance.org In the early morning of 30 December 2020, joint police-military units embarked on two simultaneous operations in the mountainous regions of Panay Island in the Philippines. Their assignment was to quell the spread of firearms allegedly proliferating across the region's provinces by capturing 28 supposed members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). What the police described as a "regular law enforcement activity" ended up in the brutal killings of nine Indigenous community leaders. | Council members of the Tumandok tribe were reportedly asleep when they were gunned down in front of their families, yet…
(2021-06-17). The Threat to Kohler-Andrae. progressive.org A proposed golf course near the Wisconsin state park is facing opposition from environmental activists.
(2021-06-17). Tallahassee: Justice demanded for Tony McDade, murdered by TPD. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On the evening of May 27, marking the one-year anniversary of Tony McDade's murder by still-unnamed officers with the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD), activists and community members gathered at the Florida State Capitol to grieve, commemorate McDade's life, and to demand justice for his murder. | Since McDade's murder, TPD has used Marsy's Law as a legal shield to protect their officers from public accountability, refusing to release the names of the officers involved in the shooting. | McDade's death, occurring just two days after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis and six days afte…
(2021-06-17). Activists Withhold Gas Bill Payment To Protest National Grid Pipeline. popularresistance.org Environmentalist launched a gas bill strike Tuesday, pledging to withhold money from their monthly utilities in protest of National Grid's controversial pipeline project beneath the streets of Brooklyn. | "We will not pay for National Grid's racist, dirty, North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline. We will not pay for our communities and our climate to be destroyed," said Lee Ziesche, an organizer with the activist group Sane Energy Project at a June 1 rally outside National Grid's MetroTech Center headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. | The protest, organized by a coalition of environmentalist groups under the moniker No…
(2021-06-17). Grassroots Activists are Leading the Fight to Stop Face Recognition. It's Time for Congress to Step Up, Too. aclu.org Tech companies and police forces would like us to believe that there is nothing we can do to stop harmful surveillance technologies like face recognition. We reject that narrative. Across the country, coalitions of community-based organizations are fighting back to protect our communities and our lives — and winning. | Today, many ACLU affiliates are proud to join 70 grassroots partners from across the United States to
(2021-06-17). Nicaragua: The Schizophrenic Right and the Forgetful Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Fonseca Terán Nicaragua's sell-out right-wing of creole colonial-remnant oligarchs and subordinate classless hangers on lives in a parallel universe and they believe everyone else does too. Among its various class components, it is the oligarchy which imposes the guidance to follow, namely, what is true and what is false, what is good and what…