2021-06-27: News Headlines

_____ (2021-06-27). How A US Congressman Took On The US Blockade Against Venezuela. popularresistance.org On a cold winter day in February 2019, activists gathered in downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, to denounce the attempted US-backed coup in Venezuela. More than two years later, in the wake of ongoing rallies and discussions with Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, activists gained some ground as the congressman tweeted an open letter to President Joe Biden on June 14 in which he called on the president to end "all secondary and sectoral sanctions" against Venezuela. The letter stated: | "While US officials debate the sanctions policy in Washington, for people in Venezuela the ongoing crisis is a lif…

Staff (2021-06-27). As COVID Recedes in US, Housing Activists Demand More Than a Return to Shelters. truthout.org Several years ago, Vinette Clay's world turned upside down. First, her father died. Then she learned that she and her adult siblings would not inherit the one-family home they shared because, unbeknownst to them, their dad had taken out a reverse mortgage. | "We needed to pay more than $300,000 to the mortgage company before the house could become ours," Clay told Truthout. "And we couldn't." | Tensions ran high, she says, and the family scattered. For Clay, this meant moving from couch-to-…

Angela (2021-06-27). Sunday 6/27: #Demilitarize: Los Angeles to Palestine (Divest from Weapons Manufacturing). indybay.org Boeing | 1916 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA | (On the corner of PCH & Imperial Hwy)…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-27). Week-long strike compels authorities to increase wages of health workers in Maharashtra, India. peoplesdispatch.org Around 67,000 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and 3,000 block workers will get a pay rise, as per the announcement by the State health department on Wednesday, June 23…

teleSUR (2021-06-27). LGTBIQ+ Community Celebrates Gay Pride in Panama. telesurenglish.net Demanding several social reforms, human rights organizations and activists marched on Saturday in Panama to hold the 2021 Gay Pride parade. | RELATED: | Carrying banners and chanting, activists marched from the "5 de Mayo" Square to the Cinta Costera viewpoint to fight for their rights and condemn stigma, discrimination, and violence. | The activists pointed out that the Panamanian State has a historical debt with the LGBTIQ+ community while also warning over a…

Celina della Croce (2021-06-26). How a US Congressman took on the US blockade against Venezuela. peoplesdispatch.org After a sustained campaign carried out by local activists, US member of Congress Jim McGovern publicly condemned the current US policy towards Venezuela, particularly the regime of sanctions which have caused 'needless death'

Brett Wilkins (2021-06-26). US, Israel Vote 'No' as 184 Nations Condemn US Blockade of Cuba. zcomm.org "The U.N. vote… on Cuba was a chance for President Biden to show global leadership," said CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin. "He failed miserably."

Editor2 (2021-06-26). US 'Seizes' Iranian and Other Regional News Sites, Cites 'Disinformation' and 'National Security Threats'. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch — Jun 23, 2021 | The move has been criticized by activists as an attempt by the US government to censor unfavorable content, an attack on the freedom of the press, and a deliberate act of hostility. | On Tuesday, June 22, the US government "seized" several news websites, alleging their involvement in spreading "disinformation" and calling them a "threat to national security". The seized websites include Iranian state-owned Press TV and its Arabic version Al-Alam, the Houthi controlled Al-Masirah TV, and Palestine Today, among others. The move has created global outrage with activists call…

Editor2 (2021-06-26). US 'Seizes' Iranian and Other Regional News Sites, Cites 'Disinformation' and 'National Security Threats'. orinocotribune.com The move has been criticized by activists as an attempt by the US government to censor unfavorable content, an attack on the freedom of the press, and a deliberate act of hostility. | On Tuesday, June 22, the US government "seized" several news websites, alleging their involvement in spreading "disinformation" and calling them a "threat to national security". The seized websites include Iranian state-owned Press TV and its Arabic version Al-Alam, the Houthi controlled Al-Masirah TV, and Palestine Today, among others. The move has created global outrage with activists calling it an attempt to censor the press and…

Staff (2021-06-26). Local Eviction Moratoriums Aren't Enough to Avert Housing Crisis, Say Activists. truthout.org To hear the landlords tell it, the U.S.'s eviction crisis is over. A June 11

Angela (2021-06-26). Sunday 6/27: #Demilitarize: Los Angeles to Palestine (Divest from Weapons Manufacturing). indybay.org Boeing | 1916 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA | (On the corner of PCH & Imperial Hwy)…

Rebekah Entralgo (2021-06-26). Poor People's Campaign Marches on Washington to 'Blunt the Political Effects of Wealth Inequality'. commondreams.org West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.

WSWS (2021-06-26). After a year, Indian court grants bail to three student activists arrested on bogus "terrorism" charges. wsws.org Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha have been targeted by the Modi government for their role in organizing mass protests against its communalist Citizenship Amendment Act.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-26). Colombia's Nazistic Horrors Show How the U.S. Government Will React to Future Domestic Revolts. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea With the world-shocking acts of state violence that have been carried out by Israel and Colombia during the last two months, we've gotten a clearer picture of what it will look like when the "imperial boomerang" effect‚Ää—‚Ääwhere an empire's evils abroad manifest within the empire's own borders‚Ää—‚Ääfully comes to define events within the…

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