Daily Archives: June 15, 2021

2021-06-15: News Headlines

Vera Eidelman (2021-06-15). The Problem With Censoring Political Speech Online — Including Trump's. aclu.org In January, many online platforms decided they no longer wanted to host President Trump's speech. Google, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and other social media services announced they would no longer distribute Trump's hateful, demeaning, outrageous speech or anything else he might have to say. Many people were pleased. Others, including the ACLU,

Staff (2021-06-15). 15 June, Vancouver: Day of Rage protest — Defend Jerusalem. samidoun.net Tuesday, 15 June 5: 30 pm Vancouver Art Gallery Georgia and Hornby, Pacific Centre Side Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/3082398258710847/ VANCOUVER: EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION Tomorrow hundreds of Israeli settlers will participate in the Zionist March of Flags to taunt and attack Palestinian neighbourhoods. Historically, this march has seen settlers chant "Death to Arabs" and swarmed Occupied Jerusalem, attacking Palestinians. In response, Palestinians are calling on us to mobilize to protect the Occupied Jerusalem community. We are calling for a day of rage tomorrow in Vancouver to defend Al-Aqs…

Staff (2021-06-15). 15 June, NYC: Emergency Protest to Defend Palestine. samidoun.net Tuesday, 15 June 5: 30 pm Zionist Mission to the UN 800 2nd Ave NYC Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1159667421200689/ Join a day of rage by Palestinians in Jerusalem/Al-Quds, across occupied Palestine, in the refugee camps, and throughout the diaspora to resist a massive 'flag march' against Al-Aqsa Mosque by Zionist settlers | The article

Staff (2021-06-15). Cuban President thanks global solidarity in the face of US blockade. en.cubadebate.cu Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has thanked the international solidarity against the economic, commercial and financial blockade the US imposed on the island's for nearly six decades. On Twitter, the Cuban leader wrote that his country has been lately supported from several nations condemning the outrageous US blockade. 'Our gratitude for joining us in the legitimate defense of our rights,' Díaz-Canel live-tweeted, adding #EliminaElBloqueo.

Staff (2021-06-15). Cuba keeps solidarity movement for blood donation. en.cubadebate.cu President Miguel Díaz-Canel underlined on Monday that Cuba keeps its solidarity movement to save lives through blood donations despite the impact of Covid-19. In his account in twitter, the president remembered the World Blood Donor ¥s Day, celebrated today. Covid-19, having stopped so many things, has not being able to stop this solidarity movement in Cuba, he wrote.

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…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-06-15). On "Conflict", "Peace" and "Genocide": Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel. dissidentvoice.org On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing 'genocide' in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing 'genocide'," Ruffalo wrote, adding, "It's not accurate, it's inflammatory, disrespectful and is being used to justify …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-15). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Viral skin bumps that are a common occurrence in childhood. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 7-year-old son developed a small pink bump on his arm recently. Soon we started noticing more on his back and under his arms. His pediatrician said they were called "molluscum," and we didn't have to do anything about them. But I am worried about them spreading to his little sister. What are …

_____ (2021-06-14). How Delivery Workers Are Organizing To Take On The Apps. popularresistance.org More than 2,000 food couriers snarled traffic in Times Square through pouring rain in protest April 21 demanding better working conditions and protection from violent assaults. The mass demonstration was organized by Los Deliveristas Unidos, a loose network of immigrant gig workers that was born in the strife of the pandemic last year through online chat groups on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Since then, Los Deliveristas have coalesced into an organization with support from the Brooklyn-based Worker's Justice Project (WJP), a worker center that organizes immigrants in construction and service sector jobs. WJ…

Staff (2021-06-14). CVG Ferrominera Workers Refurbish Locomotives with National Labor and Technology. orinocotribune.com With the coordination between the workers organized in the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT) and the retired personnel of the Railroad Management, Venezuelan state company CVG Ferrominera is advancing in its Locomotive Recovery Plan to increase the production and transport of ferrous ore. Locomotive number 1045 has been the first to be put back into operation, the state company reported on its Twitter account @Ferrominera_CVG | With the arrival of spare parts, the 1045 locomotive was the first to receive the components for reincorporation into the ore transport fleet. Progressively other locomotives, eleven (11…

Andrew Korybko (2021-06-14). Is Nigeria's Twitter Ban a National Sovereignty or Anti-Democratic Move? globalresearch.ca Observers are divided …

Adeyinka Makinde (2021-06-14). Nigeria's Buhari-Twitter Spat: Big Tech Power, "Hate Speech" and National Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca "Many of those …

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-14). Iran FM's reaction after Netanyahu ousted from power. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the end of the 12-year rule of "Benjamin Netanyahu" over occupied Palestinian lands with a post on Twitter, describing it as the fall of an oppressor.

Juanita Ramos Ardila (2021-06-14). Colorism in the Latino Community Reappears During the Opening Weekend of 'In The Heights'. latinorebels.com Criticism has come mainly from Twitter, where the film has been labeled as "whitewashed."

Eds. (2021-06-14). Infamous Israeli home thief is federally charged Long Island, NY financial fraudster. mronline.org Over the past few weeks, a video has gone viral of a man named Yaakov Fauci, in a New York accent, asserting to a Palestinian woman whose house that he has forcibly taken, "If I don't steal it, someone else is going to steal it." | June 14, 2021…

Alan MacLeod (2021-06-14). Jessica Ashooh: The Taming of Reddit and the National Security State Plant Tabbed to Do It. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Jun 11, 2021 | How and why did a hawkish young mandarin hothoused at elite universities and in the halls of state power end up an executive at an anarchic messageboard site with an anti-establishment reputation? | SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit is one of the world's most influential news and social media platforms. The website

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Viral skin bumps that are a common occurrence in childhood. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 7-year-old son developed a small pink bump on his arm recently. Soon we started noticing more on his back and under his arms. His pediatrician said they were called "molluscum," and we didn't have to do anything about them. But I am worried about them spreading to his little sister. What are …

WSWS (2021-06-14). Biden targets China in executive order for review of foreign-based apps. wsws.org By signing the directive, Biden has moved to keep the core of the Trump administration's anti-Chinese tech policy intact while seeking to block the global expansion of apps such as TikTok and WeChat with a more comprehensive strategy.

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