Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-07). Mexico: Voters Hand Lopez Obrador's Party a Majority in Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Photo: Twitter / @mario_delgado The preliminary count (PREP) conducted by Mexico's electoral authority gave President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party MORENA, together with its coalition parties, control of the lower house of Congress but fell short of securing a supermajority. The estimate by the National Electoral Institute (INE) gave the coalition of MORENA,…

Janine Jackson (2021-06-07). 'The Modis, the Trumps, the Bolsonaros come out of the wreckage of neoliberal policy'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Vijay Prashad and India, Covid and Modi. | June 7, 2021 | Interview…

CA Poor People's Campaign (2021-06-07). Monday 6/7: End U.S. Poverty! San Francisco Rally for HR 438: Third Reconstruction w/ CA PPC. indybay.org SF District Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 90 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; | Masks and Safety Distancing Required | PPC nationwide rallies livestream here: www.facebook.com/anewppc/…

CA Poor People's Campaign (2021-06-07). Monday 6/7: End Poverty! Sacramento Rally for HR 438: Third Reconstruction w/ CA PPC. indybay.org 10: 30 AM: U.S Courthouse, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 | 3 PM: Congressman Bera's Office at 8950 Cal Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 | PPC nationwide rallies livestream here: www.facebook.com/anewppc/…

Staff (2021-06-07). Mass Vaccination in Venezuela Reaches Yanomami Indigenous Communities. orinocotribune.com Mass vaccination against COVID-19 in Venezuela is reaching the remotest places of the country, overcoming logistical challenges. On Saturday, June 5, mass vaccination of the Yanomami indigenous communities in the state of Amazonas began, where the Ministry of Health is working together with the Autonomous Service of the Amazon Center for Research and Control of Tropical Diseases. This was reported by the Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza on Saturday, through a post in his Twitter account. | °Emocionante! Todo un desafío logístico. Hasta las profundidades del Estado Amazonas, los equipos de…

WSWS (2021-06-07). Families fight to continue underground investigation of New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster. wsws.org Twenty-two of the 29 families of those who died in the 2010 Pike River disaster have launched legal action, a social media campaign and a petition opposing the New Zealand government's decision to seal the mine.

sputniknews (2021-06-06). Users Blast Twitter For Double Standards After It Declares Access to Open Internet 'Human Right'. sputniknews.com Twitter made the statement on access to a "free and open Internet" being an "essential human right" even as it faces accusations of hypocrisy and censorship after it banned former US President Donald Trump and other prominent conservative figures.

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-06). Tech Giants Help Israel Muzzle Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org Israel's caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sought to shut down all use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in Israel last month. The attempt to censor TikTok, details of which emerged last weekend, is one of a number of reported attempts by Israel to control social media content during last month's military assault on the …

Staff (2021-06-06). June 8: BLOCK THE BOAT Vancouver: End Israeli Apartheid — Defend Palestine! samidoun.net Tuesday, June 8 — gather at 3 pm at Woodland Park (Woodland and Frances, Vancouver) — please stay alert through joining the text system for date and time changes! Vancouver, BC, Occupied Coast Salish Territories TEXT YOUR NAME to: +1-833-590-1987 for updates and action alerts Join the Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/1169263640162975 BLOCK THE BOAT FOR PALESTINE! — UPDATE to Tuesday, June 8 ** Get updates and news. Text your name to +1-833-590-1987 ** TUESDAY, JUNE 8 — BRING YOUR MASK AND KEFFIYEH AND GATHER AT 3 PM AT WOODLAND PARK: Zim-Operated Ship scheduled to dock at Van…

CA Poor People's Campaign (2021-06-06). Monday 6/7: End U.S. Poverty! San Francisco Rally for HR 438: Third Reconstruction w/ CA PPC. indybay.org SF District Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 90 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; | Masks and Safety Distancing Required | PPC nationwide rallies livestream here: www.facebook.com/anewppc/…

teleSUR (2021-06-06). Yemen Rebels Call for Investigation into Civilian Deaths. telesurenglish.net Yemen's Houthi rebels acknowledged Sunday that they had attacked a military base in the country's north. The government said 14 civilians were killed and called for an independent investigation into the incident. | Houthi political commander Mohamed Ali al Huthi offered on Twitter to pay compensation if the independent investigation determines that his group is responsible for the civilian deaths. | RELATED: | Official media reported Saturday…

Staff (2021-06-06). Sheikh Jarrah defenders Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd detained by Israeli occupation: Take action! samidoun.net UPDATE: Muna al-Kurd has now been released. UPDATE 2: Mohammed al-Kurd has been released! Now is the time to keep up the struggle until all Palestinian prisoners — and all of Palestine — is free. The twins are finally reunited ‚ù§Muna and mohammed ‚ù§ @m7mdkurd#SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveJerusalem #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/gx73EVOYs8 — Hayat üáµüá∞ üáµüá∏ (@pakistanikiz) June 6, 2021 Palestinian activist Muna al-Kurd has been released. #SheikhJarrah #Palestine…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-06). Suicide Drones, Rocket Attack Targeted US Troops & Diplomats In Iraq. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On June 6, an air base hosting US troops in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar and a diplomatic center run by the American Embassy in the country's capital Baghdad came under attack. | At 12: 15 am local time, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, which is located within the US embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, was attacked by a rocket. | "The rocket impacted near the BDSC and caused no injuries or damage," Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said on Twitter. "Each atta…

Staff (2021-06-06). Sheikh Jarrah defenders Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd detained by Israeli occupation: Take action! samidoun.net On Sunday morning, 6 June, Palestinian activists from Sheikh Jarrah, twin brother and sister Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd, 23, were seized by Israeli occupation forces. Both Muna and Mohammed have appeared extensively in Arab and international media, including CNN, MSNBC and Democracy Now, highlighting the Israeli state and settlers' attempts to steal their family home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. Their massive reach on social media has allowed them to tell the story of Palestinian Jerusalemites to millions, with Muna having over 1 million Instagram followers and Mohammed with hundreds of thousands of twitt…

Staff (2021-06-06). 'Smeared, shut out & shadow-banned': the inside story of how RT was branded a 'foreign agent' by free press-loving US officials. rt.com When RT was forced to register as a 'foreign agent' by American authorities four years ago, it sparked a chain of events that saw the network banned from press events, cut off from potential partners and delisted on social media. | Speaking at a roundtable on press freedom at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday, Anna Belkina, RT's deputy editor in chief, set out how American legislation was limiting the multinational news agency's work in the country, which bills itself as the leader of the free world, and elsewhere. | Her comments came as foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova de…