Inauthentic Behavior: SouthFront is the Latest Victim of the Facebook Banhammer
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-09
The censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread. The latest victim to fall to Facebook and YouTube's overzealous banhammer is well-known conflict watchdog website, SouthFront.
mintpressnews.com/inauthentic-behavior-southfront-latest-victim-facebook-banhammer/268408/

Trump is Not the Problem
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
The Trump-bashing among the slate of Democratic candidates for president never got beyond the occasional blurb that Trump is not the problem. An extended discussion about what this means was neither compatible with the time limit on responses in the debates nor the agenda limits of the candidates themselves. Trump's outrageous tweets and comments to…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/trump-is-not-the-problem/

Black teenager shot by white cop: The play 'Scraps' for home viewing
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
The Matrix Theatre Company's award-winning production of Scraps by Geraldine Inoa is now available for viewing on the company's Youtube page. In a provocative mash-up of poetry, realism, and expressionism, Scraps boldly chronicles how the family and friends of a black teenager shot by a white police officer struggle to cope in the aftermath. Set …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-teenager-shot-by-white-cop-the-play-scraps-for-home-viewing/

Viral video forces police to back down in Buffalo, N.Y
| workers.org | 2020-06-09
By Victor Enrique June 7

FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European writers critical of US foreign policy. The bureau's justification for the removal was dubious, and it sets a troubling precedent for other …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-launches-open-attack-foreign-alternative-media-outlets-challenging-us-foreign-policy/5715296

The Fires This Time and Next
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
George Floyd is dead, murdered by a policeman while three others stood by and did nothing to protect him. Eric Garner is dead, murdered by a policeman while at least seven others milled about and did nothing to protect him. Over the decades, countless and uncounted black men, women, and children have died, killed in the custody of police. Some of these deaths and the preludes to them have been captured by cellphone cameras and uploaded to social media. Many more have not.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/the-fires-this-time-and-next/

LAPD Chief Moore delays finalizing report on cop who beat Richard Castillo
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Los Angeles, CA – On April 27, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught LAPD officer Frank Hernandez and another unnamed woman officer violently beating and arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Officer Hernandez has a violent history. He killed Manuel Jamines, shot in the head, September of 2010 and was known to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/lapd-chief-moore-delays-finalizing-report-cop-who-beat-richard-castillo

LAPD Chief Moore delays finalizing report on cop who beat Richard Castillo
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Los Angeles, CA – On April 27, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught LAPD officer Frank Hernandez and another unnamed woman officer violently beating and arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Officer Hernandez has a violent history. He killed Manuel Jamines, shot in the head, September of 2010 and was known to…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/lapd-chief-moore-delays-finalizing-report-cop-who-beat-richard-castillo

Protests against anti-Black violence and police spread to Mexico
Madeleine Wattenbarger | zcomm.org | 2020-06-07
Mexicans have flooded social media with statements of support for protests in the US against anti-Black violence…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/protests-against-anti-black-violence-and-police-spread-to-mexico/

Immigration Agents Target People at Police Brutality Protests, Including a U.S. Citizen Military Vet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
As protests against police brutality continue nationwide, immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at some of the demonstrations. A viral video showed a group of ICE agents working with the New York City Police Department to detain a protester at a George Floyd rally in New York City last week, and advocates say agents held the man on the ground as they pointed three guns at him and handcuffed and searched him. He was reportedly released after agents found a military veteran's ID on him, and is a U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent. We spea…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/mizue_aizeki

Couldn't Bury Your Father Because of Lockdown? Public Health Experts Have a New Exciting Message for You: "ACAB!"
Dan Diamond | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
For months, public health experts have urged Americans to take every precaution to stop the spread of Covid-19–stay at home, steer clear of friends and extended family, and absolutely avoid large gatherings. | Now some of those experts are broadcasting a new message: It's time to get out of the house and join the mass protests against racism. | "We should always evaluate the risks and benefits of efforts to control the virus," Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins epidemiologist, tweeted on Tuesday. "In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the ha…
anti-empire.com/couldnt-bury-your-father-because-of-lockdown-public-health-experts-have-a-new-exciting-message-for-you-acab/

Thursday 7/2: Thirty Thursday Virtual Concert
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Livestream Facebook Live Virtual Concert…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834064.php

Saturday 6/6: Standing With Black Lives Matter Livestream Panel (Once Again Pac)
Once Again Pac | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Online livestream: www.facebook.com/onceagainpac/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833869.php

Monday 6/8: Undercounted: Black Men Speak: Systemic Racism, Recent Events & 2020 Census (ep. 2)
Fair Count | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833867.php

Saturday 6/6: Standing With Black Lives Matter Livestream Panel (Once Again Pac)
Once Again Pac | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Online livestream: www.facebook.com/onceagainpac/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833869.php

Monday 6/8: Undercounted: Black Men Speak: Systemic Racism, Recent Events & 2020 Census (ep. 2)
Fair Count | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833867.php

Virtue signaling or necessary intervention? UK MP calls on govt to 'speed up' removal of all slave-trader statues
rt.com | 2020-06-08
An MP has urged the UK government to help local communities "speed up" the process of removing statues of slave merchants across the nation, prompting praise, anger and cynicism by turns online, given the timing of her request. | On Monday, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran published on Twitter the letter she sent to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden, in which she asked that the UK government allow local councils to involve their communities in assessing and removing the controversial memorials to slave traders. | Statues of slave merchants shouldn't still be standing

Apple & Google 'woke-ify' virtual assistants to educate users on Black Lives Matter
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Apple and Google have programmed their trademark voice assistants to respond to questions about the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as to scold those who ask them about 'all lives matter.' | Business Insider reports that tech companies across the board are training their voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. | On Sunday, sports blogger David Gardner tweeted a video showing his Google Home smart speaker responding to the question,…
rt.com/usa/491244-apple-google-virtual-assistants-floyd/

'Democrats have gone CRAZY,' says Trump, declaring calls to defund police 'unacceptable'
rt.com | 2020-06-08
US President Donald Trump stands against defunding or abolishing the police, the White House said, after he tweeted about it and accused "radical left Democrats" of being insane for entertaining the proposal. | "The president is appalled by the defund the police movement," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said during the briefing on Monday, naming several Democrats who have called for it in recent days. | | . @PressSec: "The President is appalled by the 'Defund…
rt.com/usa/491235-trump-opposes-defunding-police/

Apple & Google 'woke-ify' virtual assistants to educate users on Black Lives Matter
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Apple and Google have programmed their trademark voice assistants to respond to questions about the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as to scold those who ask them about 'all lives matter.' | Business Insider reports that tech companies across the board are training their voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. | On Sunday, sports blogger David Gardner tweeted a video showing his Google Home smart speaker responding to the question…
rt.com/usa/491244-apple-google-virtual-assistants-floyd/

De Blasio plans to partially DEFUND NYPD, use money for youth and social services
rt.com | 2020-06-07
New York will be shifting funds from the police to youth groups as part of reforms, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, saying the Big Apple's citizens "need to be reached, not policed." | "We committed to move resources from the NYPD to youth and social services as part of our City's budget," de Blasio wrote on Twitter amid ongoing violent protests in New York and many other US cities, provoked by the death of African American man George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May. | "Our people need to be reached, not policed," the mayor said, insisting that it would still be possible to keep N…
rt.com/usa/491132-deblasio-take-funds-nypd/

'You talk like Goebbels': Global Times editor-in-chief shoots back at Pompeo's parallels between China & Nazi Germany
rt.com | 2020-06-07
The editor-in-chief of a major Chinese tabloid slammed Mike Pompeo for comparing his country to Nazi Germany, likening his words to those of Hitler's propaganda chief and reminding the secretary of state of America's endless wars. | Hu Xijin took to Twitter on Sunday venting his anger about Mike Pompeo's remarks. | "You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the world apart. You aren't like a top diplomat, instead, you talk like Goebbels of Nazi Germany. I'm worried that world peace will eventually be destroyed by extreme politicians like you," he wrote. | You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the…
rt.com/news/491131-pompeo-goebbels-china-nazi/

Trump orders National Guard to withdraw from DC as 'everything is under perfect control'
rt.com | 2020-06-07
With the situation in the capital "under perfect control," Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of the National Guard from Washington DC, but warned that the troops may be redeployed if the riots resume. | "I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control," the president tweeted. | I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control. They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer…
rt.com/usa/491118-trump-national-guard-withdrawal/

Ilhan Omar takes heat after backing call to disband Minneapolis police & replace with 'non-violent' alternative
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has joined a growing call to disband the Minneapolis police force, arguing it is "beyond reform" after the killing of George Floyd. Critics have pilloried the suggestion as dangerous and "asinine." | The congresswoman took to Twitter on Friday to endorse an op-ed penned by a Minneapolis councilman, which urged the dissolution of the city's police department and "start fresh" after years of failed efforts at reform. Such improvements are impossible under a "system that is rotten," Omar said. | The Minnea…
rt.com/usa/491007-omar-disband-police-criticism/

Turkey's first lady marks World Oceans Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey's first lady on Monday marked the occasion of June 8, World Oceans Day."Water is life. Oceans are the home of countless species. Let's remember once again on June 8 #WorldOceans Day that the cleanliness of the oceans, seas and coasts is vital for our world," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.She underlined that seas and oceans are the "common frontier" of all countries in the world, and called to act with a "common conscience" on this matter."If we can make #ZeroWaste philosophy a lifestyle that includes seas as well, we can carry the vast blues to the future," Erdogan said."Our children do not deserve a futur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-first-lady-marks-world-oceans-day-3531487

Police hunting for gigantic crocodile in Spanish river
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Spanish police are on a hunt for a crocodile in the region of Valladolid after several people reported seeing a massive creature near the confluence of the Duero and Pisuerga rivers over the weekend.The first calls came in on Friday, when two young boys reported seeing the animal swimming in the river. On Saturday, local police also identified the animal."We get all kinds of calls but the one we received today surprised us," tweeted the Castile and Leon emergency phone number on Saturday. "Police have been deployed to find the crocodile."On Sunday, biologists also discovered two suspected nests and parts of fish…
yenisafak.com/en/world/police-hunting-for-gigantic-crocodile-in-spanish-river-3531496

Turkey | eyes safer waters as it delivers first software package for domestic | radar system
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-07
Turkey's coastal radar surveillance system project, which aims to detect illegal activities along western shores, has received its first software package, the country's Defense Industry Director said on Sunday."Turkey's territorial waters and coasts will be safer now with the implementation of domestic systems. We've currently delivered the first software package of 'The Coastal Surveillance Radar System Project' to the Turkish Coast Guard Command. It will entail surveillance stations equipped with radar, electro-optic and other sensors," ƒ∞smail Demir announced on his official Twitter account.The coas…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkeyeyes-safer-waters-as-it-delivers-first-software-package-for-domesticradar-system-3531418

A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another 'Foreign Agitator' Is Behind US Racial Unrest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
We've seen various state and federal officials over the past two weeks of George Floyd protests point to a 'foreign hand' stirring the unrest for the purpose of creating deeper instability in American society, already unsettled by months of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. | Of course, the 'nefarious Russians' were the first to be named

FBI Launches Open Attack On 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
The FBI has publicly justified its suppression of dissenting online views about US foreign policy if a media outlet can be somehow linked to one of its adversaries. The Bureau's justification followed a series of instances in which Silicon Valley social media platforms banned accounts following consultations with the FBI. | In a particularly notable case in 2018, the FBI encouraged Facebook, Instagram and Google to remove or restrict ads on the American Herald Tribune (AHT), an online journal that published critical opinion articles on US policy toward Iran and the Middle East. The bureau has never offered a clea…
popularresistance.org/fbi-launches-open-attack-on-foreign-alternative-media-outlets/

Photo Of Police Officer With Armed Men Prompts Outrage And Investigation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
A photo circulating on social media Friday showing an Olympia Police officer posing with a group of armed men in front of Baskin Robbins on Olympia's west side has prompted outrage from many, a response from Mayor Cheryl Selby, and an investigation by the police department. | A Facebook post featuring the photo that was shared on Twitter Friday is captioned "this is us the 3% with a OPD at 140am when she came to that k (sic) us for being there and her partner on duty came and thanked us to." The hand gesture is associated with the Three Percenters movement also mentioned in the photo's caption. The gesture repres…
popularresistance.org/photo-of-police-officer-with-armed-men-prompts-outrage-and-investigation/

Horse bolts through crowd as police harass demonstrators at peaceful Black Lives Matter rally
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-06
A horse bolted through a crowd of people in central London during a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday 6 June. The incident took place after police mounted on horses clashed with protesters at a peaceful rally outside Downing Street.The London protest was carried out peacefully for much of Saturday afternoon, but scuffles began at around 6pm when police tried to harass protesters. Videos circulating on social media showed mounted police charging through protesters to try and disperse them. One officer appeared to fall off their horse, which then bolted

Bank Lives Matter? Internet implodes after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon kneels in front of giant vault
rt.com | 2020-06-06
The growing trend of kneeling to show solidarity with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement has apparently been adopted by banker Jamie Dimon, triggering an avalanche of disbelief and mockery on social media. | The CEO of JPMorgan Chase was photographed taking a knee in front of a large bank vault on Friday, sparking speculation that he was expressing support for anti-racism protests that have spread across the United States. | His bank declined to confirm whether there was a deeper meaning behind the photograph, but Dimon had previously voiced sympathy for the demonstrations, stating that Chase was "committed to…
rt.com/usa/491017-jpmorgan-jamie-dimon-kneel-blm/

Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-06
As protests and demonstrations engulf the United States in opposition to police violence, some media platforms have suggested that those involved are part of an anti-capitalist movement infiltrated by the radical left.
sputniknews.com/viral/202006061079541615-fox-news-mocked-as-attack-and-dethrone-god-warning-goes-viral-on-twitter/

LAPD Chief Moore fails to finalize report on cop who beat in Boyle Heights man
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Los Angeles, CA – In late April, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught Los Angeles Police Department officer Frank Hernandez and an unnamed woman officer violently arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Centro CSO began a petition urging mostly local Boyle Heights residents to voice their concern for the way th…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/lapd-chief-moore-fails-finalize-report-cop-who-beat-boyle-heights-man

LAPD Chief Moore fails to finalize report on cop who beat in Boyle Heights man
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-06
Los Angeles, CA – In late April, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught Los Angeles Police Department officer Frank Hernandez and an unnamed woman officer violently arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Centro CSO began a petition urging mostly local Boyle Heights residents to voice their concern for the way th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/6/lapd-chief-moore-fails-finalize-report-cop-who-beat-boyle-heights-man

A Cult of Death
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-06
I do not believe that a nation dies save by suicide. To the very last every problem is a problem of will; and if we will we can be whole. | G.K. Chesterton | I | It is not easy to comment on the period we are now living through. While most discussion is limited to news accounts and medical bulletins focused on a disease supposedly in circulation since the start of the year, a few more forward-looking critics are daring to report on the alleged mismanagement of the related emergency. In any case, it is already clear that the reactions and opinions triggered by the viral pathology, on which debate is strictly fixed…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/06/cult-of-death/

Saturday 6/6: Standing With Black Lives Matter Livestream Panel (Once Again Pac)
Once Again Pac | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
Online livestream: www.facebook.com/onceagainpac/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833869.php

Monday 6/8: Undercounted: Black Men Speak: Systemic Racism, Recent Events & 2020 Census (ep. 2)
Fair Count | indybay.org | 2020-06-06
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833867.php

Zuckerberg backtracking? Facebook to review policy on 'threats of state use of force' after backlash for not deleting Trump post
rt.com | 2020-06-06
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised to review the guidelines on allowing posts about the use of "excessive force" by the state. He was blasted earlier for not removing a Trump post flagged as incendiary by Twitter. | In a letter to employees, Zuckerberg promised to review the company's policies regarding "discussion and threats of state use of force" posted on Facebook, and pledged to work on "building products to advance racial justice." | The CEO explained that he will focus on how to moderate pos…
rt.com/usa/491025-zuckerberg-facebook-policy-review/