(2021-06-23). US 'Seizes' Iranian And Other Regional News Sites. popularresistance.org 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 detrimental to the ongoing talks in Vienna. | Visitors of Press TV and the other Iranian and regional websites can now see a notice which mentions the "seizure". The notice cites certa…
(2021-06-23). US 'seizes' Iranian and other regional news sites, cites 'disinformation' and 'national security threats'. peoplesdispatch.org 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…
(2021-06-23). How Biden helped hard-liner Raisi win Iran election. nationofchange.org President Biden's failure to quickly rejoin the nuclear agreement with Iran helped a hard-liner to win the presidential election and will leave us on a path toward war with Iran unless he promptly rejoins the JCPOA now.
(2021-06-23). Israel Sends Weapons to Duterte. Filipinx and Palestinian Struggle Are Linked. truthout.org 
"From Palestine to the Philippines, Stop the U.S. War Machine" is a common refrain that has echoed through the streets of the Philippines and the U.S. in the wake of recent attacks in the occupied Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Despite documented
(2021-06-23). After over a year behind bars, three student activists are released on bail in Delhi. mronline.org After being booked under the stringent anti-terror law for allegedly hatching a conspiracy that caused riots last year, the three activists, Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha were granted bail by the Delhi High Court | June 23, 2021…
(2021-06-23). Israel is 'considerably weakened'—as BDS finds a home in the Democratic Party. mronline.org More signs that support for Israel is cracking among U.S. progressives. | June 22, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-22). Renowned Marxist Economist Prabhat Patnaik: Capitalism Cannot Exist Without Imperialism. orinocotribune.com 
Rania Khalek asks: "What do you mean when you say 'Imperialism?'" And: "How did the Global North end up dominating the Global South?" These questions are perhaps the quintessential starting point for the next generation of activists and organizers, just as they had been for those that came before — and perhaps far longer than any of us would like. | More specifically, Khalek says: "When most people think of imperialism, they think of wars, and invasions to secure resources for the Global North, or they think of Lenin's definition of it as a stage of capitalism. But you argue that imperialism is an essential…
(2021-06-22). It Is Time To End Illegal Pushbacks And Abolish Frontex. popularresistance.org The European Union's border regime has been rapidly expanding in the past years, especially since the so-called "refugee crisis" of 2015, which put migration at the top of the European political agenda. It seems that there has not been much opposition against this expansion, which ranges from border militarization and the beefing up of the budget and mandate of EU border agency Frontex, to the extensive use of biometric databases, surveillance technologies and the increasing cooperation with non-EU-countries to stop migrants on their way to Europe. | Nonetheless, many activists have campaigned tirelessly against…
(2021-06-22). Indigenous activists fighting Enbridge pipeline in US arrested, allege treaty violation. peoplesdispatch.org 
Three Indigenous activists protesting the construction of an oil pipeline in the US State of Minnesota were arrested by the police on Monday, June 21. The arrests come at a time when Indigenous and environmentalist groups have ramped up efforts to prevent progress on the Line 3 pipeline project by Canadian oil giant Enbridge Inc. | According to a statement released by the Stop Line 3 campaign, the three activists or "water protectors" were part of a protest camp near Palisade, Minnesota. They were arrested at the Mississippi River crossing of the proposed pipeline. In a video of the arrests released by the campai…
(2021-06-22). 'Dispatch Hitler to Hell': 80 years since the Nazi invasion of the USSR. peoplesworld.org 
On June 22, 1941—80 years ago—the Nazi juggernaut, having already waged a "blitzkrieg" (lightning war) across Europe and occupied ten countries, smashed into the Soviet Union with what Hitler considered overwhelming forces. Hitler announced that Moscow would fall in four or six weeks. By autumn, he boasted, the Nazi war machine would be on its …
(2021-06-22). Can other nations follow Russia's lead in ditching the US dollar? RT's Keiser Report finds out. rt.com 
Russia's divesting from the US dollar gives the country a lot of maneuverability to make its own deals without interference from Washington, says Max Keiser of RT's Keiser Report. | He asked technical analyst Tone Vays whether other countries could follow its example. | "It's going to be hard for smaller countries without resources and without a strong leader that can stand up to America … to do what is bet…
(2021-06-22). Can other nations follow Russia's lead in ditching the US dollar? RT's Keiser Report finds out. rt.com Russia's divesting from the US dollar gives the country a lot of maneuverability to make its own deals without interference from Washington, says Max Keiser of RT's Keiser Report. | He asked technical analyst Tone Vays whether other countries could follow its example. | "It's going to be hard for smaller countries without resources and without a strong leader that can stand up to America … to do what is bet…
(2021-06-22). Escape From Woke Metropolises. strategic-culture.org 
How about a year of activists trying to burn down federal buildings in Portland? Plus, staffing of the Portland police is at its lowest in decades, and there's been a huge surge of brazen gang violence. According to the AP, Portland disbanded its special unit dedicated to curbing gun violence because activists believed it disproportionately harmed black people.
(2021-06-22). Community Control of Public Safety: Building a Transitional Program for Power. popularresistance.org That Community Control Over Police campaigns (CCOP) are essentially neocolonialism is a rather wild claim that avowed abolitionist activists, like Dubian Ade applies to the articulation of CCOP by advocate Max Rameau, an organizer in Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to which this author also belongs. Understandably Ade avoids the rabbit hole of condemning the Black Panther Party as neocolonialist, the progenitors of CCOP.
(2021-06-22). Community Control Of Public Safety: A Transitional Program For Power. popularresistance.org That Community Control Over Police campaigns (CCOP) are essentially neocolonialism is a rather wild claim that avowed abolitionist activists, like Dubian Ade applies to the articulation of CCOP by advocate Max Rameau, an organizer in Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to which this author also belongs. Understandably Ade avoids the rabbit hole of condemning the Black Panther Party as neocolonialist, the progenitors of CCOP. | While the Democratic Party claims championship over congressional approval of police reform in the name of George Floyd, now awaiting a Senate vote, some Black circles are still debating th…
(2021-06-22). Sydney joins global call to lift US blockade on Cuba. greenleft.org.au Activists joined a global week of action urging the United States to lift its blockade on Cuba, reports Rachel Evans.
(2021-06-22). OPINION: Puerto Rico in Crisis and the Shifting Dictates of Empire. latinorebels.com This article compares two conjunctures in Puerto Rico's modern history: 1928 through 1940; and 2006 through 2020.