(2022-06-09). Ukraine War Wheat Shortages Affect Also Africa. moderndiplomacy.eu President Macky Sall of Senegal recently visited Vladimir Putin to lobby on behalf of Africa. There is an economic stranglehold on Ukraine plus sanctions against Russia and Belarus with the result that Africans are suffering. Africa relies on cheap Ukrainian and Russian wheat. Ukraine alone grows enough of it to feed 400 million people and …
(2022-06-09). African famine: the role of sanctions. workers.org 
When the crops fail after drought in Chad, as happened this year, people are driven to hunt for wild grain and fruit to survive famine, as here in 2016. Chad, in the middle of Africa, is a landlocked country with 16 million people. It is one of the three poorest . . . |
(2022-06-09). Friday 6/10: Protest at Pelosi's Office: Do Not Surrender, Defend Abortion Rights! indybay.org On Mission St at 7th St in San Francisco, outside the courtyard of the Federal Building…
(2022-06-09). After attempted suicide, calls strengthened to shut Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. greenleft.org.au Justice campaigners are renewing their calls for Don Dale Youth Detention Centre to be closed, following reports of an attempted suicide by a child detainee. Stephen W Enciso reports.
(2022-06-09). Western Sydney Uni NTEU takes strike action for secure jobs. greenleft.org.au Western Sydney University (WSU) and Western Sydney University College staff and supporters took strike action for job security, casuals' rights, fair workloads, a decent pay rise and a healthy work-life balance. Kerry Smith reports.
(2022-06-09). Die In Immobilizes Market Street and Westfield Mall Invaded. indybay.org Abortion Rights Protesters Dial Up the Pressure…
(2022-06-08). As More Students, Faculty Back BDS, American Universities Maintain Apartheid Ties. scheerpost.com 
By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPress News TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — This month, City University of New York's (CUNY) law school faculty unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, joining a chorus of American universities advocating for Palestinian rights. Harvard University's Crimson newspaper endorsed the movement earlier this year, with of the school's faculty members supporting …
(2022-06-08). CIA-Backed Terrorism, "Humanitarian" NGOs, & the Cycle of War Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaWithin Washington's current disinformation campaign targeting Russia, there are a series of traits which reflect a pattern. A pattern that becomes visible when one has studied the cycle of imperialist propaganda long enough. In the 21st century, where sanctions, online narratives, and a dynamic of reignited great-power competition define how imperialism operates, this cycle…
(2022-06-08). #FreeSalahHamouri: Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender ordered to 3 more months in arbitrary detention. samidoun.net 
On Monday, 6 June, Israeli occupation forces once again ordered Palestinian-French lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hamouri to an additional three months jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention. Hamouri is a Palestinian Jerusalemite, born to a Palestinian father and a French mother, and has faced relentless persecution by the Israeli regime, locking …
(2022-06-08). Taibbi: Democrats and Republicans Have One Thing in Common — Both Suck on Free Speech. scheerpost.com 
By Matt Taibbi / The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE,
(2022-06-08). Russia Deployed Additional Air-Defense Systems In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org 
The Russian military is deploying more reinforcements in Syria's northeastern region in what appears to be an attempt to deter Turkey, whose military and proxies are preparing to launch a new operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | On June 7, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Russian military deployed reinforcements at al-Mabaqer base near the SDF-held town of Tell Tamer in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah. | According to the London-…
(2022-06-08). Warren, Murray Lead Call for Biden to Defend Abortion Rights via Executive Order. commondreams.org "With an extremist Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, now is the time to act," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
(2022-06-08). Trump's CIA director Gina Haspel watched as a detainee was tortured at US black site in Thailand in 2002. wsws.org One of the psychiatrists who waterboarded detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri testified that Gina Haspel, who later became director of the CIA, observed the torture sessions.
(2022-06-08). The Nakba, Administrative Detention, Jenin, and Shireen Abu Akleh. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Jun 1, 2022 | What do these four separate events have in common? | The Nakba, as many people are already aware, refers to the mass expulsion of ethnic Palestinians from their homes towns and villages in 1948. | Over 7 ,000 old men, young women, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, fled for their lives, under the threat of annihilation and ethnic genocide from the forces of the newly created "Israel." | "Israel" was born into the bloodied hands of Zionist terrorism, the Irgun, Stern gangs, and Haganah. | Terrorist groups murdered, maimed, mutilated, and raped Palestinians as part of the…
(2022-06-08). Why the abortion rights movement needs to get more personal. nationofchange.org As a queer kid, I struggled to understand what choice means. Now, as a parent, I see it as central to ensuring fundamental freedoms for all of us.
(2022-06-08). 25 Senate Democrats Urge Biden to Use Executive Power to Protect Abortion Access. truthout.org Senate Democrats are demanding that President Joe Biden immediately craft and sign an executive order to protect access to reproductive health care, including abortions, as conservatives across the country escalate their attacks on reproductive rights. | In