(2022-06-10). 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…
(2022-06-10). How China Strengthened Food Security and Fought Poverty with State-Funded Cooperatives. orinocotribune.com 
By Joe Scholten  ; | The world faces a food crisis due to war, sanctions, and inflation. China has shown how to strengthen food sovereignty, while fighting poverty, with state-funded agricultural cooperatives, government crackdown on waste, and investment in technology. | The Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing supply-chain crisis, and high rates of inflation around the world have led to rising food prices and fears of famine. | These cascading and interlocking problems have pushed governments to prioritize economic self-sufficiency and food security. | China is leading the way in this struggle. Beijin…
(2022-06-10). Miseries of U.S. child laborers are only tip of iceberg of U.S.'s systemic human rights violations. ecns.cn The miseries of US child laborers are only the tip of the iceberg of the US's systemic human rights violations.
(2022-06-10). The Weekly Round-up: social care spending, Stafford statements and Ukraine's legal battle. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news: The recent Health and Care Act 2022 has come under scrutiny for introducing a cap on social care spending. From October 2023, the government will introduce a cap of £86,000 on the amount anyone in England will need to spend on their care over their lifetime. The cap will no longer count …
(2022-06-10). China to stress reform of WTO. ecns.cn China will uphold reform and inclusive growth of the World Trade Organization, and champion the cause of legitimate rights of developing countries so that the multilateral trading system can play a bigger role in addressing global challenges and facilitating post-COVID economic recovery, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
(2022-06-10). People's Summit for Democracy presents a new vision for the Americas. peoplesdispatch.org The People's Summit is a free, public summit that brings together organizers, educators, and regular people to discuss issues like labor rights, policing, healthcare, immigration, and housing.
(2022-06-10). Our struggle was always for the poorest of the poor: Housing rights militants at The People's Summit. peoplesdispatch.org As US President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas is underway in Los Angeles, a city with 66,400 homeless people, housing takes a front seat in discussions at the People's Summit that is concurrently taking place…
(2022-06-10). China, Russia blame US for stoking tensions in Korea, call to ease sanctions on DPRK. peoplesdispatch.org The two nations defended their earlier veto against the UN Security Council resolution to impose further sanctions on North Korea and argued that the US has played a major role in stoking tensions in the peninsula…
(2022-06-10). Three Animal Rights Advocates Face Trial Over 2019 Hog Farm Occupation. unicornriot.ninja
(2022-06-10). America Believes in Right to Abortion, Demonstrators Take Graphic Message to the Streets. indybay.org Abortion rights activists said that it is high time to shut down streets to demand the preservation of Roe v. Wade. | Photos from a die-in in San Francisco on June 6 by Terry Scussel, ProBonoPhoto.org. Please credit the photographer.
(2022-06-10). Wednesday 7/6: What Could the End of Abortion Rights Mean for America and Globally. indybay.org Online event w/ Closed Captions…
(2022-06-10). No disinformation can hinder Xinjiang's development and prosperity: Chinese Mission to EU. ecns.cn No lie or fallacy can deny the fact that Xinjiang has made historic progress in human rights development and no disinformation can hinder Xinjiang's development and prosperity, said the spokesperson of Chinese Mission to the EU on Thursday in response to the resolution concerns the human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
(2022-06-09). Russian Security Forces Detained 13 Terrorists Coordinated From Ukraine. southfront.org 
On June 9, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) detained 13 extremists of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization. During the security operation it was revealed that the members of Hizb ut-Tahrir recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia were acting under the direction of coordinators staying in Ukraine. | The terrorists were detained in the Russian city of rostov-on-Don. They were involved in spreading terrorist ideology on the territory of the Russian Federation. Duri…
(2022-06-09). Biden's Foreign Policy Is One Big Mess. popularresistance.org Over the last months I have written little about other U.S. foreign policy issues than the war in Ukraine. | A short review shows that there is little that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken or his president could count as a success. | Last month Biden traveled to Asia where he had meetings with the QUAD (Australia, Japan, India and the U.S.) as well as with South Asian leaders. | The QUAD meeting was a failure as India showed no sign of joining the other three in their condemnation of Russia. Instead of sanctioning Russia it is buying more oil from Russia which offers decent rebates. Such disunity does not look…
(2022-06-09). The Food Shortage Solution In Your Own Backyard. popularresistance.org A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and we have been warned that they may last longer than the food stored in our pantries. What to do? | Jim Gale, founder of Food Forest Abundance, pointed out in a recent interview with Del Bigtree that in the United States there are 40 million acres of lawn. Lawns are the most destructive monoculture on the planet, absorbing more resources and pesticides than any other crop, without providing any yield. If we were to…
(2022-06-09). Biden Urged to Secure Public Guarantees on Human Rights Before Meeting Saudi Prince. commondreams.org Failure to do so "would vindicate Saudi leaders who believe there are no consequences for egregious rights violations," said one rights advocate.
(2022-06-09). How ICE Sidesteps the Law to Find and Deport People. aclu.org 
On an idle Tuesday afternoon, I received the call I had always feared most: My brother had been picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tactic the officers used was not new. My brother's probation officer had shared his meeting time with ICE, and they had waited outside of the building to arrest him. A year later, in 2019, I was able to call my brother to tell him Colorado had
(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). We march today, vote tomorrow, and struggle always. cpusa.org 
The Poor People's March will soon be taking place in D.C. And folks — I'm here to tell you — it's time to put on our marching shoes. We're going to D.C. and we're going hundreds strong! And if you haven't signed up already, I have just one question for you: What on earth …
(2022-06-09). Daily Round-up | UN report on human rights violations in Palestine & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories from Palestine, Brazil, the famine in Somalia and a strike by Australian public health workers…
