Daily Archives: June 16, 2021

2021-06-16: News Headlines

Norman Solomon (2021-06-16). How Democrats and Progressives Undermined the Potential of the Biden-Putin Summit. indybay.org Echoing the warmongers…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-16). Turkey And Azerbaijan Announced "Shusha Declaration", Armenia Has Everything To Worry About. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 15th, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he hoped that regional peace could be reached with a six-nation platform comprising Turkey, Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. | The Turkish president reached Azerbaijan on June 15th on an official visit. | In a joint news conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Azerbaijan's Shusha city, Erdogan said: "We are willing to make all kinds of sacrifices. Mr. Putin as well. … With the steps to be…

C.J. Atkins (2021-06-16). U.S. pushes NATO to target China, risking new Cold War. peoplesworld.org Watch what they do, not just what they say. That's the only conclusion to reach when assessing the stance taken toward China by the NATO countries this week. Several leaders at the U.S.-led military alliance's summit in Brussels tripped over themselves in front of the press to claim they are not seeking a new Cold …

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-16). EU, US say lifting of sanctions is JCPOA 'essential part'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The European Union and the United States have confirmed in a joint statement that the removal of sanctions on Iran constitutes an "essential part" of the Iran nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-16). London says successful outcome in Vienna talks not guaranteed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Referring to the Vienna talks on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal known as JCPOA, the British Foreign secretary claimed that a successful outcome in the talks is not guaranteed.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-16). PGCC insisting on participating in nuclear talks with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — While accusing Iran, the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) persisted on the need for participation of member states of the Council in nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-16). IAEA chief says nuclear talks must wait for new Iranian Govt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear accord will have to await the formation of a new Iranian government.

John Wojcik (2021-06-16). Mensaje para Biden y Putin: No desperdicien oportunidades históricas. peoplesworld.org En la prensa de nuestro país ha surgido una narrativa simplista y peligrosa en torno a la próxima reunión en Ginebra del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden y el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin. La narrativa es que Biden debe usar la reunión para "dictar la ley" al peligroso autócrata Putin que supuestamente pudo controlar al expresidente …

Anonymous007 (2021-06-16). US-Russia Joint Statement, Putin's Remarks Following 'Constructive' Meeting With Joe Biden. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 16th, US President Joe Biden met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. |

Anonymous007 (2021-06-16). Military Situation In Syria On June 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 16, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 36 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 15, clashes between ISIS and SAA were reported in the Bushri mountain area | On June 15, one person was killed and four others injured in a car bomb explosion in Kafr Janneh village | On June 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-bac…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-16). Russian Mercenaries Accused Of Carrying Out Civilian Massacres In CAR: CNN (18+ Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 15th, CNN The report begins with an alleged witness testimony claiming that on February 15, Russian mercenaries attacked a village and shot, and killed, civilians in a mosque. | The witness 'Fatouma' had both her children shot,…

Howard Lisnoff (2021-06-16). The Streets Are Empty. counterpunch.org Hardly anyone gives a damn about military adventures anymore. When the US continues its presence in war-torn Syria, when US global presence expands across the world with over 700 military bases, when NATO pushes against the borders of Russia, when US military strategy calls for encircling China ("This is no exercise-US wants to encircle China

_____ (2021-06-16). Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba a Priority. popularresistance.org This initiative is in response to the dire economic situation in Cuba, where the economy shrank by 11 percent last year — Cuba's worst economic downturn since the early 1990s, when the country was left reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc. The present economic meltdown is largely a result of the COVID-induced shutdown of the tourist industry and a tightening of the embargo under Trump.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-16). NATO's post-summit mission: build global alliance against China, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's post-summit mission: build global alliance against China, RussiaRick Rozoff After the one-day NATO summit in Brussels concluded on Monday, the bloc's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an address before members of the Western press corps, answering several questions. His comments consisted of a summary of the results of the summit, which was a mere …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-16). NATO's Post-Summit Mission: Build Global Alliance against China, Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff After the one-day NATO summit in Brussels concluded on Monday, the bloc's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an address before members of the Western press corps, answering several questions. His comments consisted of a summary of the results of the summit, which was a mere formality ("All leaders agreed that…Europe and North America…

Staff (2021-06-16). Calls to contain Russia not constructive. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Kremlin spokesman said that statements coming from the US about a necessity to contain Russia ahead of the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva are not constructive.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-16). Russia, US bear special responsibility for strategic stablity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Vladimir Putin said after the Geneva summit that Russia and the United States have reached an agreement to return one another's ambassadors to their respective diplomatic postings.

Staff (2021-06-16). Vienna talks to continue after Iranian presidential elections. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov informed that JCPOA talks in Vienna will continue after the Friday Iranian presidential elections.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-16). Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own peril. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own perilRick Rozoff "I still feel most suspicious of the Talaat Pashas, the Kemals and the Envers who are apparently dreaming of setting up a Moslem state to include the Trans-Caspian region, Transcaucasia with Daghestan, Asia Minor and, it seems, Egypt. One feels this …

Norman Solomon (2021-06-15). How Democrats and Progressives Undermined the Potential of the Biden-Putin Summit. indybay.org Echoing the warmongers…

Norman Solomon (2021-06-15). How Democrats and Progressives Undermined the Potential of the Biden-Putin Summit. counterpunch.org No matter what happens at Wednesday's summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva, a grim reality is that Democratic Party leaders have already hobbled its potential to move the world away from the worsening dangers of nuclear war. After nearly five years of straining to depict Donald Trump as some kind of Russian agent

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-15). Pentagon Considering Creating New Anti-China Naval Task Force. news.antiwar.com According to a Sources told Politico that the plan would include creating a named military operation for the Pacific that would allow the Pentagon to release more funding for Navy operations in the region. | The Politico report said the naval task force would be based on a Cold War-era NATO construct known as the…

Roger Van Zwanenberg (2021-06-15). Cold Wars and the Final Struggle for World Domination. counterpunch.org The Argument The wars to maintain world dominance have always been special; something unlike more local wars. World dominance for the holder has always been of such importance that any sacrifice of humans or property has been, as they see it, worth the losses. The we I refer to are the leaders of the world

Aaron Maté (2021-06-15). McCarthyite Meltdown Shows how Russiagate, Syria Propaganda Captured 'Left' Media. orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté — Jun 8, 2021 | In slandering me, The Young Turks demonstrated how Western chauvinism and careerism have been normalized in progressive media spaces. | On a recent episode of The Young Turks, the self-described "Home of Progressives", hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian disparaged me in a McCarthyite rant. The apparent trigger was a mocking comment that I had tweeted at Uygur, in which I described a recent post of his about Israel-Palestine as "the worst tweet of all time." ( Israelis & Palestin…

Don Fitz, the Green Party of St. Louis (2021-06-15). Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction. dissidentvoice.org People the world over are opposing fossil fuel extraction in an incalculable number of ways. It is now clear that burning fossil fuels threatens millions of Life forms and could be laying the foundation for the extermination of Humanity. But what about "alternative" energy? As progressives stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those rejecting fossil fuels and nuclear …

John Hickman (2021-06-15). What NPR's "All Things Considered" won't Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does). juancole.com Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) — What news audiences of National Public Radio (NPR)'s All Things Considered have and have not heard about the Iranian nuclear program since the election of Joe Biden offers a neat boundary delineation of the Hallin spheres of mainstream reporting on the topic. Daniel Hallin's classic study of …

_____ (2021-06-15). Celebrating Fifty Years Of Courage In An Era Of Apathy. popularresistance.org He hasn't gone anywhere, actually. He's been here all along — poking small holes of decency in sick system, for five-plus decades. At 90, Dan Ellsberg is with us still, and still calling bullshit on a government that couldn't act right if it tried, to a citizenry that couldn't care less. Most of it, anyway; reminding me, at least — here at the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers' publication, and just a month after Dan just dared the Justice Department to indict him for dropping yet another classified truth bomb about US nuclear lunacy — of the indefatigable Tom Joad's climactic speech from…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-15). Russia To Present A Borey-class Nuclear Submarine At The Army-2021 Forum. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia's ARMY-2021 exhibition will be held between August 22 and 28th this year. | In the area of responsibility of the troops and forces in the north-east of Russia, the events of the Forum will be the largest for the entire time of the IMTF. Exhibitions of weapons and military equipment are planned to be held in the period from August 22 to 28 at 9 exhibition sites, which will be deployed in 4 localities of the far eastern Federal District in the…

Don Fitz, the Green Party of St. Louis (2021-06-15). Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction. counterpunch.org People the world over are opposing fossil fuel extraction in an incalculable number of ways. It is now clear that burning fossil fuels threatens millions of Life forms and could be laying the foundation for the extermination of Humanity. But what about "alternative" energy? As progressives stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those rejecting fossil fuels and nuclear

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-15). 'Anti-encroachment' demolitions target Karachi's working class and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the ongoing 'anti-encroachment' drive affecting poor and working class communities in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, the joint communique presented by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its anti-China and anti-Russia stance, the violent attack on a protest against the police killing of Winston Smith Jr. in the city of Minneapolis and the ongoing struggle by Indigenous communities and climate activists against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in the US.

WSWS (2021-06-15). COVID cases rise in Russia as government fails to contain pandemic. wsws.org Officials in Moscow and Saint Petersburg announced a week's worth of limited restrictions, as infections in Russia surge well past the peak reached at the onset of the pandemic and vaccinations stall.

Anonymous103 (2021-06-15). Putin: Humanitarian Aid In Syria Must Be Provided Without Discrimination. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the process of providing humanitarian aid in Syria must be carried out for all residents of the country without discrimination, and that it must be conducted through the country's central government. | Putin's statement came during an interview with the American channel "NBC", in which he said: "Unfortunately, too many tragedies have occurred in Syria, and all our measures in general must aim…

John Wojcik (2021-06-15). Message to Biden and Putin: Don't waste historic opportunity. peoplesworld.org A simplistic and dangerous narrative has emerged in the press in our country around the coming Geneva meeting of U.S President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The narrative is that Biden must use the meeting to "lay down the law" to the dangerous autocrat Putin who was allegedly able to control former President …

Anonymous007 (2021-06-15). Military Situation In Syria On June 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 14, one civilian was wounded by a car bomb blast in al-Bab city | On June 14, Turkish Army sent more than 15 armored vehicles and a truck transporting Turkish soldiers to al-Ghab Plain and Lattakia frontlines | On June 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Salma area | On June 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Dar al-Kabira and Kafr Nubl areas | On June 14, the Russian police and Turkish army carried out a…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-15). China Promoted To Full-Fledged NATO Enemy, Ukraine And Georgia Abandoned In The Rain. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 14th, after years of rhetoric, China officially joined the list of NATO enemies alongside Russia. | "The strongest and most successful alliance in history" also politely asked Russia to remove the US and Czech Republic from its "unfriendly country list" as it promoted ill spirit."China's stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security," the 30 NATO leaders said in a joint communi…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-15). Secretary general: NATO won't "mirror" Russia, will exponentially outspend, surround it with battle groups. mronline.org Just hours ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, the military bloc's secretary general, Norway's Jens Stoltenberg, told CNBC's Hadley Gamble that NATO will continue to expand its military capabilities but will not "mirror" its arch-adversary Russia. | June 15, 2021…

Andrew Korybko (2021-06-15). Washington's Recalibration of Relations with Russia. How Serious Are Poland's Strategic Disagreements with the US? globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @

teleSUR (2021-06-15). Russia, China Ties Reaffirmed Before Putin-Biden Geneva Summit. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden both downplayed expectations on their upcoming meeting on Wednesday, and Chinese experts said the most significant expectation for Biden in the meeting in Geneva is to stabilize US-Russia relations and split China-Russia ties as much as he could, but this won't work anyway. | RELATED: | Biden's recent trip in Europe has been focused primarily on the…

_____ (2021-06-15). NATO Summit: Building Unity against Russia, China, Cyberattacks. popularresistance.org NATO members at its first in-person gathering since 2018 have adopted a new 2030 strategic concept proposed by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. The joint communiqué of the bloc's 30 nations said that they agreed further to strengthen NATO in the face of any threats. | "[We will] strengthen NATO as the organizing framework for the collective defense of the Euro-Atlantic area, against all threats, from all directions," the statement said. | The alliance members have stated that they are facing "systemic competition from assertive and authoritarian powers" as well as growing security challenges. They specifically…

Sergio Ferrari (2021-06-15). Ginebra, ante la Cumbre Biden-Putin. globalizacion.ca En un clima de tensión en aumento en las relaciones de Estados Unidos y Rusia -que incluyó sanciones y la expulsión de diplomáticos- la Cumbre de Ginebra debería favorecer el diálogo hasta ahora postergado. Ginebra, la más internacional de las…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-15). Iran of main issues in Putin-Biden talks, says Kremlin aide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has said that Iran will be one of the main topics that is going to be discussed by the US and Russian presidents in their upcoming summit in Geneva on Wednesday.

Katrina vanden Heuvel (2021-06-15). Biden Has an Opportunity to Begin Rebuilding the US's Fractured Relationship With Russia. thenation.com Biden Has an Opportunity to Begin Rebuilding the US's Fractured Relationship With Russia…

Nadezhda Azhgikhina (2021-06-15). Women in Russia and the US Show an Alternative to War. thenation.com Women in Russia and the US Show an Alternative to War…

Konrad Rƒôkas (2021-06-15). Another "Western Betrayal"? Biden-Putin and the Polish Question. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-15). Preparations made for Iranians living in Russia to cast vote. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Kazem Jalali said that preparations have been made for Iranians residing in Russia to cast their votes in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-15). China Responds to NATO. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff After months of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg mercilessly — tediously — denouncing Russia and China ahead of yesterday's summit, the communiqué issued after it finally raised China's ire. Two of the document's 79 points addressed China. The second was conciliatory; the first was confrontational. It was the first time the 30-nation military…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-15). Creating enemies: China reacts to NATO targeting it. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Creating enemies: China reacts to NATO targeting itRick Rozoff After months of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg mercilessly — tediously — denouncing Russia and China ahead of yesterday's summit, the communiqué issued after it finally raised China's ire. Two of the document's 79 points addressed China. The second was conciliatory; the first was confrontational. It …

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