Daily Archives: June 25, 2021

2021-06-25: News Headlines

Asa Winstanley (2021-06-25). Labour bans Israel sanctions debate. electronicintifada.net Official alleges that demand for weapons embargo could cause "anti-Semitic behavior."

Staff (2021-06-25). Dozens killed as Yemen targets Saudi camp by drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Yemeni armed forces launched a drone attack against a military training camp in the south of Saudi Arabia, killing and injuring dozens of mercenaries and Saudi officers.

Anonymous007 (2021-06-25). Houthis Claim Drone Swarm Attack On Training Camp Left At Least 60 Saudi-led Personnel Dead. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 22nd, 10 Qasef-2k UAVs were used in a Houthi attack on a Saudi-coalition training camp, resulting in 'scores of casualties.' | This was reported by Houthi spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree on June 24th. | He said that the attack took place two days earlier, and was against a military training camp based in the Saudi region of Najran's al-Wadiah area."The operation was carried out using 10 Qasef-2K drones. It targeted the command center, training sections, and other parts of th…

Frida Berrigan (2021-06-25). Do We Really need Multi-Billion-Dollar Naval Vessels that can deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas? juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — Groton and New London, Connecticut, are home to about 65,000 people, three colleges, the Coast Guard Academy, 15 nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarines capable of destroying the world many times over, and General Dynamics' Electric Boat, a multi-billion-dollar private corporation that offers stock options to its shareholders and mega-salaries to its top executives as …

Frida Berrigan (2021-06-25). Meatball Subs, Not Nuclear Subs: Or How to Deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas. counterpunch.org Groton and New London, Connecticut, are home to about 65,000 people, three colleges, the Coast Guard Academy, 15 nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarines capable of destroying the world many times over, and General Dynamics' Electric Boat, a multi-billion-dollar private corporation that offers stock options to its shareholders and mega-salaries to its top executives as it pockets taxpayer

Angela (2021-06-25). 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)…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-24). Houthi Drones Keep Coming: At Least Six Shot Down Over Southern Saudi Arabia. southfront.org Illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing | The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a total of six "booby-trapped" drones launched from Yemen by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) over the last few days. | A single drone was intercepted on June 22. It was reportedly heading to attack a target in the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait. Early on June 23, the second drone was shot down while it was on its way to the southern city of Jizan. In the afternoon of the same day, four drones were shot down over the Kingdom's so…

_____ (2021-06-24). US and Israel Vote 'No' as 184 Nations Condemn American Blockade of Cuba. popularresistance.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." | Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Padilla slammed the blockade as a "massive, flagrant, and unacceptable violation of the human rights of the Cuban people" and "an economic war of extraterritorial scope against a small country already affected in the recent period by the economic crisis derived from the pandemic."

Norman Solomon (2021-06-24). Why Corporate Democrats Are Desperately Trying to Keep Nina Turner Out of Congress. commondreams.org Powerful backers of the Democratic Party's top leadership—cozy and enmeshed with corporate America and the military-industrial complex—realize that "Congresswoman Nina Turner (D-OH)" would significantly increase the leverage of genuinely progressive members of the House.

Angela (2021-06-24). 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)…

Sue Bolton (2021-06-24). Break military ties with Israel. greenleft.org.au Australian ties to Israeli weapons corporations make it complicit in Palestine atrocities, argues Sue Bolton.

Staff (2021-06-24). Biden Administration Plans to Spend $109.8 Billion on Nuclear Submarines. truthout.org Groton and New London, Connecticut, are home to about 65,000 people, three colleges, the Coast Guard Academy, 15 nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarines capable of destroying the world many times over, and General Dynamics' Electric Boat, a multi-billion-dollar private corporation that offers stock options to its shareholders and mega-salaries to its top executives as it pockets taxpayer dollars and manufactures yet more of those stealthy, potentially world-ending machines. Whew! That was a long…

Andy Kroll (2021-06-24). Meatball Subs, Not Nuclear Subs. tomdispatch.com Groton and New London, Connecticut, are home to about 65,000 people, three colleges, the Coast Guard Academy, 15 nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarines capable of destroying the world many times over, and General Dynamics' Electric Boat, a multi-billion-dollar private corporation that offers stock options to its shareholders and mega-salaries to its top executives as it pockets taxpayer dollars and manufactures yet more of those stealthy, potentially world-ending machines. Whew! That was a long sentence! Naval Submarine Base New London stretches along the east side of the Thames River, straddling the towns of…

Moderator (2021-06-24). It's Long Past Time to End the 50-Year 'War on Drugs'. scheerpost.com Office of Public Affairs / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Glover / OtherWords Fifty years ago this month, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a "full scale attack" on drug use. It was the beginning of the War on Drugs. Nixon — and many presidents since — promised the War on Drugs would save lives. Trillions of dollars later, incarceration and preventable overdose deaths have skyrocketed and… |

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