(2022-06-25). Overturning Roe is Illegitimate: SCOTUS Decision Must Not Stand. indybay.org 5: 00 pm Protests at Supreme Court & everywhere, nationwide | RiseUp4AbortionRights.org is calling on people to bring the gears of society to a grinding halt through nonviolent mass resistance to compel the federal government to reverse the overturning of Roe v Wade by codifying into law access to abortion on demand nationwide.
(2022-06-25). SCOTUS Overturns Roe v Wade: The Dissent of Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. indybay.org Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan: "Today, the Court discards that balance. It says that from the very moment of fertilization, a woman has no rights to speak of. A State can force her to bring a pregnancy to term, even at the steepest personal and familial costs."
(2022-06-25). Friday 6/24: San José Emergency Action: Defend Abortion Rights! indybay.org San José City Hall | 200 East Santa Clara Street | San José, CA 95113…
(2022-06-25). America's religious Communities are divided over the issue of Abortion. juancole.com 
Interview by Kalpana Jain, The Conversation |  ; Interviewed: Luis Josué Salés, Scripps College; Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary; Samira Meht University of Colorado Boulder; Steven K. Green, Willamette University; Susan M. Shaw; Oregon State University. Since the first indications that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, following a …
(2022-06-25). The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War: A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer. juancole.com Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies: "Professor John J. Mearsheimer will discuss the current Russian invasion on Ukraine whilst exploring the potential causes and consequences of the crisis. In this lecture, Prof. Mearsheimer will aim to focus on both the origins of the war in Ukraine and some of its most important consequences. He will …
(2022-06-25). Why Sanctions Always Fail. scheerpost.com 
By Andrew Cockburn / Early in the Ukraine war, President Biden boasted on twitter that thanks to "unprecedented" sanctions, the "Russian economy is on track to be cut in half" and the ruble had been reduced to "rubble." All instruments of economic warfare had been deployed against Ukraine's invader, from the freezing of central bank reserves to sanctions on Russian cats. Today, the cats may be still at home, but the ruble is at a seven year high, Russian interest and inflation rates are headed downwards, and industrial pro…
(2022-06-25). Double-Standards at the UN Human Rights Council. mronline.org 
It is no secret that the UN Human Rights Council essentially serves the interests of the Western developed countries and does not have a holistic approach to all human rights. Blackmail and bullying are common practices, and the US has proven that it has sufficient "soft power" to cajole weaker countries.
(2022-06-25). 'The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety'. scheerpost.com 
By Janine Jackson / Janine Jackson interviewed Alec Karakatsanis about the recall of Chesa Boudin for the Janine Jackson: Politico, in a
(2022-06-25). Crypto Platform Uphold Leaves Venezuela due to US Blockade. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, June 23, the cryptocurrency platform Uphold announced its withdrawal from Venezuela. The company, which offers financial services and cryptocurrencies, requested users in the country to withdraw their funds before July 31. | "We are very sorry to inform you that Uphold has decided to withdraw from Venezuela due to the increasing complexity of complying with US sanctions," the company announced in a statement published by CriptoNoticias. | The company noted that Venezuela was one of the early adopters of Uphold, and that the group loved serving its Venezuelan clients. The withdrawal is an unfortunate…
(2022-06-25). Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped. mronline.org 
MEXICAN President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will raise the case with US President Joe Biden when they meet next month.
(2022-06-25). Deputy Prosecutor General visits MNA HQ. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Attorney General for Public Rights Division Gholamabbas Torki visited Mehr news agency (MNA) Headquarters in Tehran on Saturday and sat down for an interview.
(2022-06-25). US sanctions hinder humanitarian aid to quake-hit Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) — The acting interior minister of the Taliban says that countries can not send their humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit people of Afghanistan because of the US sanctions.
(2022-06-25). Derecho de Autor en Cuba (III y final): Luces detrás de la norma (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu El 16 de mayo de 2022 se presentó y aprobó la Ley de los Derechos del Autor y del Artista Intérprete, destinada a sustituir la antigua Ley 14 de 1977, con un tratamiento mucho más minucioso a las facultades que corresponden a los creadores y también la incorporación de derechos que se reconocen a otros sujetos, especialmente a los artistas, intérpretes o ejecutantes.
(2022-06-25). Protests erupt throughout the US in response to Supreme Court decision overturning abortion rights. wsws.org Workers and youth spoke to the World Socialist Web Site on the impact of the reactionary decision.
(2022-06-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing dementia risks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than 55 million people worldwide are believed to be living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. And women are likely to be twice as affected by dementia as men. Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. It's not one disease. And Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic, says…
(2022-06-24). Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, Women's Right To Abortion No Longer Constitutionally Protected, Now It's Up To The States. moguldom.com The U.S. Supreme Court has taken away women's constitutional rights to have an abortion after almost years, overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and paving the way for states to ban abortion. Overruling Roe gives states broad latitude to ban or regulate abortion and many conservative-leaning states are ready to further limit access, while …
(2022-06-24). With Roe Overturned, What Comes Next for Abortion Rights? aclu.org The Supreme Court's ruling today, which overturned Roe v. Wade, is nothing less than a shameful, sweeping, politically-driven decision that will have life-altering, and indeed, life-threatening consequences for women and other people who can become pregnant. The devastation of this moment and how it will erode so many of our fundamental rights cannot be underestimated. | Today's decision revokes the federal constitutional right to abortion, and with it our agency over our lives and futures. As a result of this decision, half the states are expected to ban abortion. | This is an outrageous attack on women's rig…
(2022-06-24). Fighting for Abortion Rights in Post-Roe America. commondreams.org Without federal abortion protections, both the public and elected leaders must act to safeguard reproductive rights.
(2022-06-24). End of Roe Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences. commondreams.org The court's ruling has done what reproductive rights advocates feared for decades: It has taken away the constitutional right to privacy that protected access to abortion…
(2022-06-24). In 10 Key US Senate Races, Here's How Top Candidates Responded to Roe Ruling. commondreams.org While Republicans unanimously welcomed the Supreme Court's rollback of half a century of reproductive rights, one Democrat said "it's just wrong that my granddaughter will have fewer freedoms than my grandmother did."
(2022-06-24). Biden Again Blames Putin For High Gas Prices as Russian Oil Sales Soar. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has backfired on the West as Americans and Europeans are facing soaring gas prices, and Since Russia invaded Ukraine, President Biden has written off rising gas prices and inflation as "Putin's price hike." On Wednesday, Biden doubled down on blaming Russia while also admitting that his policies have only made things worse for Americans. | "We cut off Russian oil into the United States, and our partners in Europe did the same, knowing that we would see hig…
(2022-06-24). From Economy to Outer Space: Conclusions of the 14th BRICS Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met on June 23 in the context of the BRICS Summit amid major shifts in the geopolitical and economic order following the Russian military operation in Ukraine and the consequential sanctions from the West. The summit was held in a virtual format for…
(2022-06-24). Ukraine is a Mess: Celeb Visits, Banned Books, Ethnic Cleansing, A Broken War Effort, Sponsored by the "Free World" globalresearch.ca Ukraine is a total mess. A mess of epic proportions. |
(2022-06-24). Kremlin to Lithuania: Russia May Take Countermeasures after Blockade on Kaliningrad. orinocotribune.com 
The Kremlin has warned Lithuania that it may take radical measures to protect its national interests as the Baltic country is partially blockading the Russian city of Kaliningrad. | Kaliningrad is located between the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members Poland and Lithuania. It is a territory physically detached from Russian territory. Supplies from Russia arrive by rail and gas pipelines through Lithuania, which announced last week that it was banning the rail transit of goods subject to EU sanctions, including coal, advanced technology, metals and construction materials.
(2022-06-24). EU Leaders Prepare for Russia Turning Off Gas Supply. news.antiwar.com European leaders on Friday The EU has banned the import of Russian coal and agreed on a phased ban of Russian oil, with exemptions for Hungary. But the bloc can't afford to ban Russian gas due to its heavy reliance on the commodity. | The Western sanctions campaign against Moscow has largely backfired on Europe as it is facing soaring energy prices, which Russia is profiting from. Germany, Europe's largest economy, is a…
(2022-06-24). Revolutionary journalist undergoing hunger strike in German prisons! samidoun.net 
On 16th of May 2022, Revolutionary Journalist àñzgàºl Emre was arrested by German police in Mannheim. On the next day, the police raided the house of ƒ∞hsan Cibelik, a member of the revolutionary music band Grup Yorum. He was forcibly detained and heavily assaulted. Both of them were taken to respective courts and in a …
(2022-06-24). Revolutionary journalist undergoing hunger strike in German prisons. samidoun.net On 16th of May 2022, Revolutionary Journalist àñzgàºl Emre was arrested by German police in Mannheim. On the next day, the police raided the house of ƒ∞hsan Cibelik, a member of the revolutionary music band Grup Yorum. He was forcibly detained and heavily assaulted. Both of them were taken to respective courts and in a …
(2022-06-24). Bernie Sanders Advocates for Leonard Peltier's Release from Prison. scheerpost.com 
"I continue to support efforts to free him," Sanders said of Leonard Peltier, 77-year-old Indigenous rights activist, in a letter obtained by HuffPost.
(2022-06-24). Michael Moore: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM: Millions Must Respond. scheerpost.com 
Beyonce and her army of women at the barricades. (From her "Run The World (Girls)" music video) | By Michael Moore / | Friends, | The choices we make in the next few hours will determine the fate of our democracy. | Minutes ago the Supreme Court ruled, once again, that women are indeed second-class citizens — stripped of their rights to control thei…
(2022-06-24). PSL statement: Supreme Court eviscerates abortion rights, the time to fight back is NOW! liberationnews.org 
The Supreme Court does not represent the majority of the country. We refuse to let nine unelected, unaccountable judges decide our fate.
(2022-06-24). Assange was stripped and placed in "suicide watch" isolation cell after British extradition announcement. wsws.org This latest abuse of Assange's democratic and human rights was reported by his father John Shipton. It is a continuation of what outgoing United Nations Rapporteur Nils Melzer has branded as the state torture of Assange by the British and US authorities.
(2022-06-24). Massive police raid highlights attack on protest rights in Australia. wsws.org The "preemptive" raid on climate change activists demonstrated the vast police powers created by barrages of anti-protest laws imposed in recent years amid growing popular unrest.
(2022-06-24). Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Analysis Re-do: "Serious adverse events of special interest": Dr. Malone. globalresearch.ca There has been a bit of a stir lately concerning…
(2022-06-24). Reflections on a Path-Breaking Campaign for Democratic Socialism in the Philippines. fpif.org In the Philippines, as in the U.S., the "left" presents itself "the 'progressive' tail of the liberal elite." Our campaign made room for an actual progressive agenda.
(2022-06-24). As Afghans dig through earthquake rubble, their wealth remains in the hands of US banks. thecanary.co Afghans in the east of the country have spent several days digging through rubble, often by hand, following an earthquake. The disaster hit both Afghanistan and Pakistan on The Taliban gove…
(2022-06-24). UN confirms Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — Findings show that Israeli security forces fired bullets that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May and not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a spokesperson for UN Human Rights Office said.
(2022-06-24). Brazil: Officials Working With Indigenous Peoples Go On Strike. popularresistance.org On Thursday, officials from the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) paralyzed their activities and joined the national day of protests called to reject the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and ethnologist Bruno Araujo-Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon. | Carrying banners calling for justice, human rights defenders and environmental activists gathered in Brasilia and other Brazilian cities to demand protection for the Indigenous Peoples and demand that the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro open an exhaustive investigation into "the chain of crime in the Amazon." | In Rio de Janeiro, social activists paid tr…
(2022-06-24). Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon. fair.org 
(cc photo: Joe Flood) | This week on CounterSpin: Elite news media are saying that Biden has to go to Saudi Arabia in July despite his pledges to make the country a "pariah" for abuses including the grisly murder of a Washington Post contributor, because…stability? Shaking hands with Mohammed bin Salman makes sense, even in the context of denying Cuba and Venezuela participation in the Americas Summit out of purported concerns about their human rights records, because…gas prices? It's hard to parse corporate media coverage of Biden's Saudi visit, because that coverage obscures rather than illuminates what's…
(2022-06-24). Quebec's ruling CAQ whipping up anti-immigrant chauvinism ahead of provincial election. wsws.org By calling for the "repatriation" of federal immigration powers, Quebec Premier Franàßois Legault wants to divert attention from his government's disastrous handling of the pandemic and provoke a reactionary conflict with Ottawa.
(2022-06-24). Fascist Tories want to scrap the Human Rights Act. thecanary.co 
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(2022-06-23). The Ideology of the Banderists. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan If Stepan Bandera was an agent of the Gestapo and left only the memory (positive for some) of the massacres and tortures he organized, Dmytro Dontsov was -and still is- the reference thinker of Ukranian nationalists. It is he who invented Ukrainian racialism and imagined the fanaticism of Ukrainian nationalists as a weapon….
(2022-06-23). Young Victims Of Climate Disasters Sue EU States Over Energy Treaty. popularresistance.org In the latest attempt to use the courts to address the climate crisis, five young people are suing 12 EU countries over membership in a treaty that they argue puts the needs of fossil fuel companies above climate action. | The young people brought their case before the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, as Euractiv reported. The lawsuit targets the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which gives energy companies the right to sue governments for compensation when their policies threaten profits. | "Governments are still putting profits of the fossil fuel industry over human rights. But climate change is escalatin…
(2022-06-23). Rights Groups Urge Court To Strike Down Unconstitutional Texas Law. popularresistance.org The Center For Constitutional Rights And Palestine Legal Filed An Amicus Brief In The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals In Support Of A Lawsuit Seeking To Strike Down A Texas Law That Requires Government Contractors To Pledge Not To Engage In Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions (BDS) Campaigns For Palestinian Rights. | After A Court Blocked An Earlier Version Of Texas's Anti-Boycott Law Following Lawsuits From Individuals With State Contracts, Texas Amended The Law To Exclude Companies With 9 Or Fewer Full-Time Employees And Contracts Under $100,000. While The Revised Law Mooted The Previous Lawsuits, Its Underlying F…
(2022-06-23). Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID/By Kennedy Hall. marktaliano.net 
An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle. Original Link Here: Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID  ; Global ResearchGlobal Research  ; Centre for Research on Globalization By Kennedy H..]…