(2021-06-24). How Biden Helped Iran's New Conservative President Come to Power. progressive.org The President's foot-dragging on rejoining the Iran nuclear deal will have adverse effects on his legacy.
(2021-06-24). How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win Iran Election. globalresearch.ca
(2021-06-24). How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win Iran Election. dissidentvoice.org 
Woman votes in Iranian election (Photo Credit: Reuters) It was common knowledge that a U.S. failure to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA) before Iran's June presidential election would help conservative hard-liners to win the election. Indeed, on Saturday, June 19, the conservative Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the new President of …
(2021-06-24). Interview with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). orinocotribune.com 
The following is an interview that I conducted with a representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Comrade Guevara Hadad. | Q: Of course we are aware that your movement rejects the so-called "two-state solution" in Palestine. What kind of Palestine is your organisation fighting for? Many prominent anti-Zionist activists advocate for what is known as a "one-state solution", or a "bi-national state", that is, one, secular, democratic state with fully equal rights for all, irrespective of race or faith, and with the right of return for Palestinian refugees, what is the PFLP's view on s…
(2021-06-24). Interview with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). orinocotribune.com Q: Of course we are aware that your movement rejects the so-called "two-state solution" in Palestine. What kind of Palestine is your organisation fighting for? Many prominent anti-Zionist activists advocate for what is known as a "one-state solution", or a "bi-national state", that is, one, secular, democratic state with fully equal rights for all, irrespective of race or faith, and with the right of return for Palestinian refugees, what is the PFLP's view on such a proposal? | A: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a militant political party that fights and works to educate, organize and lead th…
(2021-06-24). Biden Admin Urged to Release Trans and HIV+ Asylum Seekers Following Deaths. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement | Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant rights activists marched on the White House to call on the Biden administration to stop detaining trans asylum seekers, who often face severe abuse, discrimination and medical neglect in custody. Their actions included a service honoring and mourning the deaths of several trans people who died due to ICE negligence. Eight immigrant rights groups also sent a le…
(2021-06-24). Biden Urges Cities to Use COVID Funds to Hire More Police. truthout.org 
Racial justice advocates say President Biden's new plan for addressing crime and gun violence could encourage cities to divert pandemic relief funding away from communities and into the police departments that terrorize them. Moreover, they say, the plan does little to reverse decades of racist policies that both target and abandon Black, Indigenous and people of color, making their communities more vulnerable to violence. | As activists around the country call for a defunding of police, the White House announc…
(2021-06-24). Calls for justice grow after Houston officers fired over Jaquaree Simmons killing. liberationnews.org 
It would take months of unyielding pushback from his family for answers to begin to emerge about the circumstances surrounding Jaquaree Simmon's death, but thanks to the pressure from family and activists, that information is finally coming forward.
(2021-06-24). US Senate stalls voting rights bill, but activists continue struggle. peoplesdispatch.org 
With a vote split along party lines, the proposed bill 'For The People Act' could not receive the necessary 60 votes to advance in the US Senate, effectively putting in an indefinite limbo…
(2021-06-24). Georgia: Pan-Turkic empire's next conquered province. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgia: Pan-Turkic empire's next conquered province AZERTAC (the Azerbaijan State News Agency) recently conducted an interview with one Isak Novruzov, chairman of the Council of Elders of Azerbaijanis in Georgia, with the headline Shusha Declaration will serve the unity of the Turkic world, ensuring stability and security in the region. Shusha, known as Shushi to …
(2021-06-24). Ten reasons climate activists should not support nuclear. greenleft.org.au To cut greenhouse gas emissions we need to rapidly shift to safe, renewable energy. Nuclear power is not the answer, writes Simon Butler.
(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). Seattle: Solidarity activists delay Israeli apartheid ship. workers.org 
Seattle protest, June 17 Seattle The revolutionary Palestinian resistance to Israel's invasions, war, forced annexation and mass evictions has broadened solidarity for their cause. Port blockages and waterfront unions' solidarity from Oakland, Calif., to Italy have stopped Israeli ships from carrying out trade for their U.S.-backed warfare state. A ship . . . |
(2021-06-23). 'Rules-Based International Order' Means Washington-Based International Order. strategic-culture.org 
What the phrase "rules-based order" actually means is Washington-based order. It means a world order imposed by the US government and its lackey states on pain of devastation and death, which exists solely to keep the US at the head of a unipolar empire. It means do as I say, not as I do. It means rules for thee but not for me. It means we decide what happens based on what suits our interests.
(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…