Daily Archives: June 8, 2021

2021-06-08: News Headlines

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-06-08). Pedro Castillo is About to Become President of Peru: Last Official Updates. orinocotribune.com Caracas, June 7 (OrinocoTribune.com)— Pedro Castillo, candidate for the presidency of Peru, leads the preliminary ballot with 50.27% of the votes, following the most recent update delivered Monday, June 7, at 7: 23 p.m. (Peruvian time) with 95.96% of the ballots processed. | The Peruvian National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) has been posting preliminary updates of the results on its Twitter account. These posts confirm that the Peru Libre candidate has the advantage in the count, and that he has been distancing himself from the right-wing candidate. | Pedro Castillo has so far obtained 50.27% of the…

WSWS (2021-06-08). Twitter censors account of COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones. wsws.org Jones has been censored because she has been one of the most forthright and well-known opponents of the homicidal policy of herd immunity—dubbed "social murder" by the British medical journal BMJ—promoted by Florida Governor DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.

CA Poor People's Campaign (2021-06-08). 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 (2021-06-08). 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 (2021-06-08). Facebook Is Right to Ban Trump for 2 Years Say a Majority of American Voters. truthout.org A new poll shows that a slim majority of Americans agree with Facebook's recent decision to ban former President Donald Trump from its platform for the next two years. |

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-06-08). On Monday, Venezuela Reports 1,483 New COVID-19 Cases & 15 Deaths. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez reported this Monday, June 7 that in the past 24 hours 1,483 new COVID-19 cases had been recorded in Venezuela, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 243,621. | In the course of the daily reprt offered by President Maduro's administration, the senior official, through his Twitter account @luchaalmada, revealed that 222,788 (92%) patients have recovered, while 8,675 patients are asymptomatic, 7,131 demonstrate mild acute respiratory failure, one thousand have moderate acute respiratory failure, and 293 patients are in Intensive Care…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-08). In Video: Turkish Forces Pound PKK Fighters In Northern Iraq. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2021-06-08). Big Scandal: Emmanuel Macron Slapped In His Face. southfront.org

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…

Staff (2021-06-07). Facebook Bans Trump for 2 Years, But Its Design Still Marginalizes Key Voices in Public Discourse. democracynow.org Social media giant Facebook has announced it has suspended former President Donald Trump's account until at least 2023. He was initially suspended from the platform for comments to supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and is permanently banned on Twitter. Facebook's move could have implications for other world leaders who use Facebook, like Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, said he is not sure the decision struck the right balance for protecting free speech but is defensible because Facebook…

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). Headlines for June 7, 2021. democracynow.org Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won't Support Voting Rights Bill and Will Fight to Keep Filibuster, G7 Ministers Back 15% Corporate Tax Rate Derided by Critics as Too Low a Bar, Brazilian Soccer Stars Suggest Postponement of Copa America Tournament as COVID-19 Rages, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Blames Looming Ouster on "Biggest Election Fraud in History", Israeli Soldiers Assault Al Jazeera Reporter Amid Mass Arrests of Palestinians , At Least 132 Killed as Gunmen Raid Village in Burkina Faso, Nigeria Bans Twitter After President's Threatening Tweet Is Deleted, Mexican President's Party to Lose Supermajority After…

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.

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southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/video_2021-06-08_19-58-20.mp4 | Two more fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed by Turkish forces in northern Iraq, the Turkish National Defense Ministry reported on June 8. | Turkish forces have carried out an air operation in the Gara region, according to the Twitter account of the Ministry."No p…