Daily Archives: June 4, 2021

2021-06-04: News Headlines

Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd (2021-06-04). Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire. counterpunch.org Despite an existential climate crisis, Senator Chuck Schumer's $250-billion "United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021" takes aim at China as the most pressing national security threat. In a Cold War declaration, the New York Democrat's proposed legislation reads like the last gasp of a dying empire, a plea from a panicked superpower losing

Mark Muhich (2021-06-04). The Geneva Summit: Biden and Putin Need to Pull Back From the Nuclear Brink. counterpunch.org When Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, relations between their countries will be the most fraught since the Cold War ended 30 years ago. Recent Russian provocations — the hacking of sensitive U.S. government and corporate computers, meddling in the last two U.S. presidential elections,

Larry Everest (2021-06-04). Vicious Wave of Repression Sparks Global Movement to Free Iran's Political Prisoners. counterpunch.org She should imagine thousands of people in the court room, standing next to her and demanding: #FreeNahid That's what Mariam Claren told her imprisoned mother, a 66-year-old, dual German-Iranian citizen and women's rights activist, before her first Iranian court appearance on April 28. As the world's attention concerning Iran largely focuses on the nuclear negotiations

Gareth Porter (2021-06-04). Eisenhower rejected military chiefs' demand for nuclear war on China. zcomm.org Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has released a shocking account showing how the Joint Chiefs pressed Eisenhower to launch a nuclear war on China…

WSWS (2021-06-04). Tensions between Washington and Moscow mount in lead-up to summit. wsws.org The United States and NATO are conducting massive military exercises in the Arctic and along Russia's European frontier as anxieties grow in Moscow over the economic and political pressures it is facing.

John Feffer (2021-06-04). Democracy on the Precipice? counterpunch.org Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi Goita launches another coup in Mali. Benjamin Netanyahu escalates a military conflict to save his own political skin in Israel. In the United States, the Republican Party launches a full-court press to suppress the vote. Authoritarianism, like war, makes headlines. It's hard

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-06-04). Biden to Confront Putin with Human Rights Issue. globalresearch.ca The American media …

Anonymous669 (2021-06-03). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Attacks Continue Despite Russian, Syrian Airstrikes. southfront.org Illustrative image | More than 110 airstrikes have targeted ISIS hideouts in Syria's central region, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 2. | At least 100 of the airstrikes were carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), while the rest were conducted by Syrian military helicopters. The airstrikes targeted hideouts of ISIS cells in the outskirts of the towns of al-Sholah in western Deir Ezzor and al-Sukhnah in eastern Homs. | "Russian reconnaissance planes flew over d…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-03). Military Situation In Syria On June 3, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 3, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 40 times: 20 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 2, several people were wounded in a car explosion in Jarablus city | On June 2, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled YPG positions near Minnagh Airbase | On June 2, ISIS claimed responsibility for an IED attack targeting a SAA vehicle nea…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace. mronline.org In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from cyberspace to outer space. | June 3, 2021…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-06-03). Philanthropist Bill Gates Invests in "Advanced" Reactor Nuclear Technology. globalresearch.ca Investing in nuclear …

WSWS (2021-06-03). Iranian ship, petrochemical plant hit by fires amid threats from Israel. wsws.org Tensions have mounted in the context of an imminent change of government in Israel and continuing talks in Vienna on reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Karl Grossman (2021-06-03). The Nuclearization of Space. counterpunch.org "BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA'S NEW NUCLEAR VISION" was the headline emblazoned on the cover this past month of the leading U.S. aerospace trade publication, Aviation Week & Space Technology. "More than sixty years after the U.S. began serious studies into nuclear propulsion for space travel, NASA is taking the first steps on a new

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Argentina To Start Large-Scale Production of Sputnik V Vaccine. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti informed that COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccines will be soon produced in the South American nation, following the approval by the Russian Gamaleya Institute of the doses' samples produced in Richmond labs. | RELATED: | Vizzotti confirmed that the three batches of the vaccine components 1 and 2 were able to meet the standards, so progress will be made in importing a…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry. globalresearch.ca Today's TASS cites …

The Moscow Times (2021-06-03). Russia to Ditch US Dollar? globalresearch.ca Russia's sovereign wealth …

John Feffer (2021-06-03). Democracy: On the Precipice? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — If we extrapolate from the current trend lines, democracy will be gone in a couple decades, melted away like the polar ice. But although down, democracy is not out. By John Feffer | June 2, 2021 Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi …

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring LithuaniaRick Rozoff June 22, 1941: Nazi Germany unleashes history's largest invasion force (three million troops) against Soviet Russia along an 1,800-mile front stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov into the Caucasus. Germany …

WSWS (2021-06-03). Vasily Grossman's Stalingrad: A Soviet masterpiece about World War II appears in English for the first time. wsws.org The English translation of Stalingrad will not only finally introduce a broad readership to a masterpiece of world literature, but it will also help new generations, especially young people, to understand the enormous impact of the October Revolution.

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2021-06-04: Social Media Postees

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Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-04
Despite an existential climate crisis, Senator Chuck Schumer's $250-billion "United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021" takes aim at China as the most pressing national security threat. In a Cold War declaration, the New York Democrat's proposed legislation reads like the last gasp of a dying empire, a plea from a panicked superpower losing…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/04/schumers-anti-china-bill-sacrifices-climate-for-empire/

The Geneva Summit: Biden and Putin Need to Pull Back From the Nuclear Brink
Mark Muhich | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-04
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, relations between their countries will be the most fraught since the Cold War ended 30 years ago. Recent Russian provocations — the hacking of sensitive U.S. government and corporate computers, meddling in the last two U.S. presidential elections,…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/04/the-geneva-summit-biden-and-putin-need-to-pull-back-from-the-nuclear-brink/

Vicious Wave of Repression Sparks Global Movement to Free Iran's Political Prisoners
Larry Everest | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-04
She should imagine thousands of people in the court room, standing next to her and demanding: #FreeNahid That's what Mariam Claren told her imprisoned mother, a 66-year-old, dual German-Iranian citizen and women's rights activist, before her first Iranian court appearance on April 28. As the world's attention concerning Iran largely focuses on the nuclear negotiations…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/04/vicious-wave-of-repression-sparks-global-movement-to-free-irans-political-prisoners/

Eisenhower rejected military chiefs' demand for nuclear war on China
Gareth Porter | zcomm.org | 2021-06-04
Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has released a shocking account showing how the Joint Chiefs pressed Eisenhower to launch a nuclear war on China…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/eisenhower-rejected-military-chiefs-demand-for-nuclear-war-on-china/

Tensions between Washington and Moscow mount in lead-up to summit
wsws.org | 2021-06-04
The United States and NATO are conducting massive military exercises in the Arctic and along Russia's European frontier as anxieties grow in Moscow over the economic and political pressures it is facing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/04/ruus-j04.html

Democracy on the Precipice?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-04
Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi Goita launches another coup in Mali. Benjamin Netanyahu escalates a military conflict to save his own political skin in Israel. In the United States, the Republican Party launches a full-court press to suppress the vote. Authoritarianism, like war, makes headlines. It's hard…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/04/democracy-on-the-precipice/

Biden to Confront Putin with Human Rights Issue
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-04
The American media …
globalresearch.ca/biden-confront-putin-human-rights-issue/5746979

Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Attacks Continue Despite Russian, Syrian Airstrikes
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-03
Illustrative image | More than 110 airstrikes have targeted ISIS hideouts in Syria's central region, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 2. | At least 100 of the airstrikes were carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), while the rest were conducted by Syrian military helicopters. The airstrikes targeted hideouts of ISIS cells in the outskirts of the towns of al-Sholah in western Deir Ezzor and al-Sukhnah in eastern Homs. | "Russian reconnaissance planes flew over d…
southfront.org/central-syrian-insurgency-isis-attacks-continue-despite-russian-syrian-airstrikes/

Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace
Rick Rozoff | mronline.org | 2021-06-03
In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from cyberspace to outer space. | June 3, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/06/03/heading-toward-summit-new-nato-narrative-depicts-russia-as-threat-to-world-peace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heading-toward-summit-new-nato-narrative-depicts-russia-as-threat-to-world-peace

Belarus to Retaliate in Response to US Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Belarus announced on Thursday retaliatory measures against Washington, including reducing U.S. diplomatic personnel in the country, following the entry into force of new sanctions against Minsk. | "We cannot overlook this unfriendly procedure," Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoli Glaz said in a statement, just as U.S. economic sanctions are instituted against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises. | RELATED: | Putin Condemns Coup Attempts in Venezuela, Belarus, Ukraine…
telesurenglish.net/news/Belarus-to-Retaliate-in-Response-to-US-Sanctions-20210603-0021.html

Philanthropist Bill Gates Invests in "Advanced" Reactor Nuclear Technology
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Investing in nuclear …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-advanced-nuclear-reactor-built-wyoming/5746880

The Nuclearization of Space
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
"BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA'S NEW NUCLEAR VISION" was the headline emblazoned on the cover this past month of the leading U.S. aerospace trade publication, Aviation Week & Space Technology.
counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/the-nuclearization-of-space-2/

Argentina To Start Large-Scale Production of Sputnik V Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
On Wednesday, Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti informed that COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccines will be soon produced in the South American nation, following the approval by the Russian Gamaleya Institute of the doses' samples produced in Richmond labs. | RELATED: | Argentine Health Minister Highlights Productive Visit to Cuba | Vizzotti confirmed that the three batches of the vaccine components 1 and 2 were able to meet the standards, so progress will be made in importing a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-To-Start-Large-Scale-Production-of-Sputnik-V-Vaccine-20210603-0010.html

Russia to Ditch US Dollar?
The Moscow Times | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Russia's sovereign wealth …
globalresearch.ca/russia-ditch-dollar-185bln-reserve-fund/5746887

Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Today's TASS cites …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-use-war-games-smuggle-weapons-ukrainian-army-extremist-formations-war-donbass-russian-defense-ministry/5746891

Czech Gov't Survives No-Confidence Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
The Czech government headed by Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. | A total of 171 deputies cast their votes on Thursday night, including 89 voting in favor of the no-confidence motion, and 82, against. At least 101 votes are needed in the 200-member lower house to pass the motion against the government. | RELATED: | Russia Designates US and Czech Republic as 'Unfriendly' States | It's the third time the Babis governme…
telesurenglish.net/news/Czech-Govt-Survives-No-Confidence-Vote-20210603-0024.html

Democracy: On the Precipice?
John Feffer | juancole.com | 2021-06-03
( Foreign Policy in Focus) — If we extrapolate from the current trend lines, democracy will be gone in a couple decades, melted away like the polar ice. But although down, democracy is not out. By John Feffer | June 2, 2021 Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi …
juancole.com/2021/06/democracy-the-precipice.html

NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring Lithuania
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-06-03
NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring LithuaniaRick Rozoff June 22, 1941: Nazi Germany unleashes history's largest invasion force (three million troops) against Soviet Russia along an 1,800-mile front stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov into the Caucasus. Germany …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/06/03/nato-chieftain-blasts-belarus-and-russia-hails-german-troops-in-neighboring-lithuania/

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