Daily Archives: June 1, 2020

2020-06-01: News Headlines

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-06-01). US Considers New Weapons for Saudi Arabia as Kingdom Renews Yemen Border Bombings. mintpressnews.com YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER — At seven years old, Radhiah Issa's wide-eyed screams of panic and fear were understandable. Even an adult would be forgiven for waking up in a heated panic after discovering much of their body wrapped in blood-soaked bandages and laying in an unfamiliar room. Radhiah was in the family home of a Yemeni doctor who had scraped together whatever medical supplies he could in a heroic effort to render first aid and perform emergency surgery on Radhiah, who was seriously injured last Wednesday by a Saudi artillery shell while she stood amid her family's grazing sheep near her home in the Shada…

Mary L. G. Theroux (2020-06-01). Corona Crisis and Leviathan: Big Brother Comes to Your Town and iPhone. Drones and Contract Tracers. globalresearch.ca Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois is proposing the Orwellian (and improperly capitalized) COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, offering states and locales $100 billion with which to become total police states. | The bill would provide funds for localities …

Aaron Maté (2020-05-25). US threatens nuclear arms race 'into oblivion' as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests. thegrayzone.com The Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia…

Jeff Jurgens (2020-04-30). Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon. peaceaction.org Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …

VFP (2020-06-01). Veterans Call on the Minnesota National Guard to Stand Down. indybay.org Veterans For Peace calls for the immediate withdrawal of the Minnesota National Guard. We are appalled to see military weapons, vehicles and equipment once again deployed in U.S. cities to control community members who are reacting to a long history of state-sanctioned violence. When an already embattled community is subjected to militarized intimidation, by design, their environment becomes a war zone. We call on all those who are serving with the National Guard to refuse to serve violent and racist interests.

RT (2020-06-01). #DCBlackout debunked — panicked residents fear government crackdown after massive EXPLOSION heard in Washington DC. rt.com Amid riots in Washington DC, misinformation is spreading like wildfire. After Twitter users heard an explosion in the city, they accused the site of covering up a bombing, when they were actually sharing a TV series screenshot. | Riots shook Washington DC for a third consecutive night on Sunday. Mobs of protesters descended on the White House, and the historic St John's Church nearby was set alight by arsonists. Amid the popping of police weapons and the crack of fireworks, some Twitter users reported hearing a loud explosion, right before their internet and phone service cut off. | | A screenshot of a tweet…

sputniknews (2020-06-01). Taiwan Eyeing US-Made Anti-Ship Missiles for Coastal Defense, Despite Beijing's Disapproval. sputniknews.com As tensions between Washington and Beijing persist, Taipei is maintaining its autonomy and has expressed interest in securing a deal for new Harpoon anti-ship missiles from US-based defense contractor Boeing.

_____ (2020-06-01). First US Citizen Convicted For Protests At Nuclear Weapons Base In Germany. popularresistance.org A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany's Bàºchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20 of its nuclear bombs and where German pilots train to use them in possible attacks against Russia. There have been repeated arrests and detentions of US citizens during protests at the Bàºchel base since 2017, but no charges have been brought to trial until now. The judge sentenced all three to fines equivalent…

2020-06-01: Social Media Postees

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US Considers New Weapons for Saudi Arabia as Kingdom Renews Yemen Border Bombings
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-01
YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER

Corona Crisis and Leviathan: Big Brother Comes to Your Town and iPhone. Drones and Contract Tracers
Mary L. G. Theroux | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-01
Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois is proposing the Orwellian (and improperly capitalized) COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, offering states and locales $100 billion with which to become total police states. | The bill would provide funds for localities …
globalresearch.ca/corona-crisis-big-brother-comes-your-town-iphone/5714652

US threatens nuclear arms race 'into oblivion' as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/us-threatens-nuclear-arms-race-into-oblivion-as-it-kills-another-treaty-and-mulls-bomb-tests/

Veterans Call on the Minnesota National Guard to Stand Down
VFP | indybay.org | 2020-06-01
Veterans For Peace calls for the immediate withdrawal of the Minnesota National Guard. We are appalled to see military weapons, vehicles and equipment once again deployed in U.S. cities to control community members who are reacting to a long history of state-sanctioned violence. When an already embattled community is subjected to militarized intimidation, by design, their environment becomes a war zone. We call on all those who are serving with the National Guard to refuse to serve violent and racist interests.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/01/18833592.php

Taiwan Eyeing US-Made Anti-Ship Missiles for Coastal Defense, Despite Beijing's Disapproval
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-01
As tensions between Washington and Beijing persist, Taipei is maintaining its autonomy and has expressed interest in securing a deal for new Harpoon anti-ship missiles from US-based defense contractor Boeing.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006011079492027-taiwan-eyeing-us-made-anti-ship-missiles-for-coastal-defense-despite-beijings-disapproval-/

First US Citizen Convicted For Protests At Nuclear Weapons Base In Germany
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-01
A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany's Bàºchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20 of its nuclear bombs and where German pilots train to use them in possible attacks against Russia. There have been repeated arrests and detentions of US citizens during protests at the Bàºchel base since 2017, but no charges have been brought to trial until now. The judge sentenced all three to fines equivalent…
popularresistance.org/first-us-citizen-convicted-for-protests-at-nuclear-weapons-base-in-germany/