Monthly Archives: June 2024

2024-06-04: News Headlines

The Canary. (2024-06-04). Palestine Action Hit Two Barclays Branches. popularresistance.org On Monday 3 June Palestine Action upped the ante over genocide-enabling Barclays — by targetting two locations of the Israel-complicit bank. Overnight, Palestine Action activists targeted the Bradford and Bolton branches of Barclays, investors in Israel's largest weapons firm — Elbit Systems. Barclays Bank holds over £1bn in shares and provides over £3bn in loans and underwriting to nine companies whose weapons, components, and military technology are being used by Israel in its genocidal attacks on Palestinians. This includes General Dynamics, which produces the gun systems that arm the f…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-06-04). Twenty Years Of Building An Economic Alternative To Capitalism In The US. popularresistance.org The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives recently turned twenty years old. Clearing the FOG speaks with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, a professor and author of "Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice," and a charter member of the USFWC, about the work to create a national cooperative organization and the rise of the cooperative economy in the United States. She spoke about the role that cooperatives have played in advancing social and economic justice, the benefits of cooperatives not only to the individual but also more broadly to their communities, and the his…

David Vine, Theresa Arriola, TomDispatch. (2024-06-04). The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All. popularresistance.org We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. | Bombs also make people rich. | When a bomb explodes, someone profits. And when someone profits, bombs claim more unseen victims. Every dollar spent on a bomb is a dollar not spent saving a life from a preventable death, a dollar not spent curing cancer, a dollar not spent educating children. That's why, so long ago, retired five-star general and President Dwight D…

Fight Back! News. (2024-06-04). Pro-Palestine Campaign Challenges Lockheed Martin With All-Day Picket. popularresistance.org Littleton, CO — On Wednesday, May 29, the Denver Anti-War Action (DAWA) continued their pro Palestine actions against weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin with another all-day picket at the corporation's Colorado headquarters. | Around 50 protesters engaged in direct action throughout the day, forcing Lockheed employees to take fact sheets that laid out their location's specific role in the ongoing genocide in Palestine, attached with explicit imagery of carpet bombing and the brutal effects of white phosphorus. | The fliers pointed out the connections between Lockheed Martin and Israel, included graphic im…

Natalia Marques (2024-06-04). Campaign launches against shipping giant Maersk over genocidal weapons trade. peoplesdispatch.org On June 3, the Palestinian Youth Movement announced a new global campaign targeting Maersk, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, a vital piece in the flow of weapons from the United States to Israel. | PYM, a transnational Palestinian diaspora formation, has led mass mobilizations in several countries, especially in North America, challenging the US and Canada's unconditional support for Israeli genocide in Gaza. The organization now seeks to take on the logistics industry shipping arms that transports the weapons that are used to carry out the genocide. | "Maersk ships transport weapons and weapon…

latintimes (2024-06-04). Frustration In The Air: Boeing Delays Hang Over Aviation Meet. latintimes.com Headline projections of nearly five billion passengers and close to $1 trillion in revenues this year, both records, were reasons for celebration at the IATA annual general meeting in Dubai.

David Vine, Theresa Arriola (2024-06-04). The military-industrial complex is killing us all. nationofchange.org Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. Bombs also make people rich.

WSWS (2024-06-04). Australian Labor government ramps up anti-immigrant measures. wsws.org "Foreigners" are being blamed for the deteriorating social conditions being produced by capitalism's economic and cost-of-living crisis and the channelling of billions of dollars into military spending.

David Vine (2024-06-04). The military-industrial complex is killing us all. mronline.org Freeing ourselves from the monster destroying our planet and our futures.

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2024-06-03: News Headlines

Fight Back! News. (2024-06-03). Possible Virtual Biden Nomination Won't Impact March On DNC. popularresistance.org Chicago, IL — Preparations for the March on the DNC are well underway, with tens of thousands of people slated to march within sight and sound of the United Center on August 19 to demand that the Democratic Party helmed by Joe Biden end the genocide on Gaza and end U.S. aid to Israel. | Recently, the Democratic Party announced, to comply with shifting Ohio laws, that it will virtually nominate Biden before the convention, meaning that some business of the convention might be resolved before the August in-person convention. | "The Israeli occupation with U.S. weapons has killed over 36,000 people in Gaza. Me…

infobrics (2024-06-03). Strategic developments in Ukraine — beginning of a new Cuban crisis. infobrics.org The Ukrainian conflict could escalate completely through the use of longer-range weapons. The West is playing with fire, but Russia is waiting and considering the next step.

_____ (2024-06-03). Abandoned by the State, Palestinian Citizens of Israel Face Record Crime Wave. transcend.org 30 May 2024 – Amid a proliferation of weapons and worsening police negligence, violence by criminal organizations in Arab towns has reached historic levels.

Staff (2024-06-03). Body of Israeli killed on Oct. 7 located; IDF downs ballistic missile headed to Israel's south. haaretz.com Blinken speaks to Gallant and Gantz, says Hamas should accept Israeli deal ‚ñ Strikes reported in Syria ‚ñ Drone crashes into northern Israeli city, causes fires ‚ñ Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza ‚ñ Anti-tank missile hits home in Israel's north ‚ñ Defense chief Gallant: Israel is preparing an alternative ruling body in Gaza that will challenge Hamas…

Editor (2024-06-03). Jun 3, 2024. sitrepworld.info Country Joe Mcdonald — Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag Scott Ritter,"We're Going to Destroy the World If We Go to Nuclear War" (Video) Watching Washington Foment Nuclear War, by Paul Craig Roberts America cannot be made great again. We need a NEW America, by Don Hank Easily 200,000 Dead in Gaza? On Destroying Gaza to Save It, by Bill Astore A Bloody Ratio: Israel's Tent Camp Massacre shows futility of its Rafah Campaign, by Binoy Kampmark Gaza: The Donkey and the Fate of Western Civilization, by Jamal Kanj Far Right Totalitarians in Israeli Cabinet threaten to Crash the Govt, by Juan Co…

Editor (2024-06-03). The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All. scheerpost.com By David Vine and Theresa (Isa) Arriola / TomDispatch We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. Bombs also make people rich. …

Richard D. Wolff (2024-06-03). A Professor on 'Authorities' Who Order Police to Crush Student Protests. counterpunch.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-06-03). Russia warns the US about attacks on its territory. plenglish.com The statement came after the alleged authorization of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, for Ukraine to use weapons supplied by the US to attack Russian soil from the province of Kharkov. | "I would like to warn American functionaries of failures that can have fatal consequences. For unknown reasons they underestimate the seriousness of the response they may receive," said Ryabkov, who also recalled that President Vladimir Putin "has repeatedly spoken out" about this issue, and called on Washington to treat Russia's warning "with the utmost seriousness." | When it comes to attacks on Russian early wa…

_____ (2024-06-03). Here Are the People—Where Is the Vision? transcend.org 1 Jun 2024 – Here are the people who can take advantage of the looming crash of the US empire and create a new world. We can see their faces in the streets, on the university campuses and in the city halls.

_____ (2024-06-03). The West Is Hell-Bent on Provoking Russia into Hot War. transcend.org 31 May 2024 – The warning by President Putin could not be starker: "In the event of the use of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces will again have to make decisions about expanding the sanitary zone further (…) Do they want global conflict?>

tvbrics (2024-06-03). Unemployment in Chile falls to 8.5 per cent. tvbrics.com Sectors of the economy such as public administration and trade contributed to this decline…

WSWS (2024-06-03). NATO greenlights Ukraine's use of weapons to target Russia, threatening nuclear war. wsws.org For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the US and its allies are directly targeting Russian territory.

Ed Rampell (2024-06-03). Aristocrats, acrobats, anarchists, marriage proposals and a plane crash populate Shaw's 'Misalliance'. peoplesworld.org PASADENA, Calif. — A Noise Within's spot-on, sparkling mounting of George Bernard Shaw's Misalliance, set in 1909 Surrey, England, is a dazzling delight to behold. The flawlessly delivered, witty Shavian wordplay cuts more sharply than swordplay, proving once again that the proverbial pen is mightier than the sword. The comedy explores a wide range of …

ecns.cn (2024-06-03). Boeing resumes deliveries to China. ecns.cn Boeing China President Alvin Liu said on Thursday that Boeing has resumed the delivery of its new aircraft to China, including the 737MAX and 787 Dreamliner.

Sam Morris (2024-06-03). Uni of Queensland forced to disclose, students vow to fight on to divest from the war machine. greenleft.org.au The University of Queensland committed to disclosing financial and research partnerships with weapons manufactures in return for the UQ Gaza solidarity camp shutting down. Sam Morris reports.

newleftreview (2024-06-03). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

ecns.cn (2024-06-03). Drone deliveries begin to take off in Shenzhen. ecns.cn People at a city library in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, can now have food delivered by drones following the launch of a low-altitude transport route.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-06-03). Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at Khallet Wardeh with rocket weapons, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-06-03). Islamic Resistance launches an aerial attack with a squadron of combat drones at HQ of Galilee Division in Nahal Gershon, east of Dishon, burning it and killing or injuring the soldiers inside it: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

presstv.ir (2024-06-03). Islamic Resistance in Iraq hits 'vital target' in Haifa with drones. presstv.ir The Islamic Resistance in Iraq hits an Israeli "vital target" in the port city of Haifa with drones.

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