(2021-06-26). Join the Twitterstorm now! #IsraelApartheidNation stop sports-washing colonialism at #TDF2021. samidoun.net 
Read the original French call to action at Collectif Palestine Vaincra. From June 26 to July 18, the 2021 edition of the Tour de France welcomes an Israeli team called "Israel Start-Up Nation" . Supported by the pro-Israeli far right, the participation of this team in one of the biggest sports competitions in the world serves a clear objective: to promote and normalize Israeli apartheid. Faced with this blatant attempt to sports-wash Israeli crimes, many organizations are mobilizing and calling for a twitterstorm on Saturday June 26 at 12 p.m. using the hashtags #IsraelApartheidNation and #TDF2021! Dégageons Isra…
(2021-06-26). "Saginaw unions no holds bar" Facebook group bans SEP National Secretary Joseph Kishore, suppresses articles on Volvo strike. wsws.org A day before his banning, Kishore had posted an article in the group which called for the widespread support for striking Volvo Trucks workers at the New River Valley (NRV) plant in Virginia, as well as an article on Nexteer employees' voicing their solidarity with striking Volvo workers.
(2021-06-26). "Saginaw unions no holds bar" Facebook group bans SEP National Secretary Joseph Kishore, suppresses articles on Volvo strike. wsws.org Kishore had posted an article in the group calling for the widespread support for striking Volvo Trucks workers to be mobilised, as well as an article on Nexteer employees' voicing their solidarity with the stoppage in Virginia.
(2021-06-26). CNE: European Union Technical Mission to Arrive in Venezuela on July 6. orinocotribune.com A technical mission to evaluate the participation of electoral observers from the European Union for the November 21 mega-elections will arrive in Venezuela on July 6, reported the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) through a post on its Twitter account. | "The European Union informed the #CNE of the arrival of an exploratory mission on July 6, 2021," stated…
(2021-06-26). Israel's night raids on Palestinian families aren't over, whatever the courts say. dissidentvoice.org The videos are all over YouTube. Masked Israeli soldiers storm a Palestinian family's home in the middle of the night. Parents, dressed in nightwear, are suddenly surrounded by heavily armed men in balaclavas. Young children are forced awake. With a mix of bleary-eyed confusion and fear, they are made to answer questions posed to them …
(2021-06-26). Understanding Modern America. zcomm.org Interview on how the media landscape has changed in the age of social media, inspiring activist movements, the Republican's sharp movement toward an insane style of politics, and the dangers of the new Cold War with China…
(2021-06-26). [Research Paper] Effect of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Emtricitabine on nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load burden amongst outpatients with COVID-19: A pilot, randomized, open-label phase 2 trial. thelancet.com In this pilot study of outpatients adult with recent non-severe COVID-19, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus emtricitabine appeared to accelerate the natural clearance of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral burden. These findings support the conduct of larger trials of tenofovir-based therapies for the prevention and early treatment of COVID-19.
(2021-06-25). Indian farmers' protest completes 200 days. popularresistance.org It has been a tumultuous ride, says Dharmendra Malik, the media in-charge of Bhartiya Kisan Union. "First, they derided us as the misguided rural folk. Then we were labelled as hooligans and even terrorists! Then came the accusation of some international conspiracy. There was also an attempt to blame the second COVID wave on us. Ironically, trolls on Twitter give lessons on patriotism to farmers. We spend 10 hours on the farm every day, toiling to put food on everyone's plates. Yet for some, we are anything but humans with legitimate demands and a right to protest."
(2021-06-25). Turning Memes to Money in El Salvador. cepr.net On June 5, President Nayib Bukele announced his plans to make El Salvador the world's first country to accept Bitcoin, a popular digital cryptocurrency, as a form of legal tender. The nation's legislative assembly, under the majority control of Bukele's New Ideas party, passed the bill just three days later. Under the new legislation, Bitcoin …
(2021-06-25). Colombians Critique Duque for Abstaining on UN Cuba Resolution. telesurenglish.net Through his Twitter account, Triana pointed out that the government of Iván Duque opted again at the UN to support the infamous economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba that dates back 60 years. | "Economic blockades cause serious harm to the population, with their votes (Joe) Biden, Duque and others, they violate the human rights of the Cuban people, a double moral!," expressed the politician. | RELATED: | In Col…
(2021-06-25). Talk World Radio: Michael Messner: Unconventional Combat. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, U.S. military veterans. Our guest, Michael Messner is professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from …
(2021-06-25). Meet the Father Who Tricked Ex-NRA Head into Addressing 3,044 Empty Chairs for Gun Violence Victims. democracynow.org 
The parents of a student killed in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School duped a former president of the National Rifle Association into giving a high school graduation speech defending gun rights in front of 3,044 empty white chairs — one chair for each student who could not graduate this year because they were killed by gun violence. David Keene, who still serves on the NRA board, thought he was giving a rehearsal speech for graduating students at the James Madison Academy in Las Vegas, but no such school exists. Video of the speech was turned into a viral video promoting universal bac…
(2021-06-25). Sri Lankan government deploys police to crackdown on social media. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's moves to criminalise "fake news" are a response to rising social opposition to wage and job cuts and Colombo's criminal mishandling of the worsening pandemic.
(2021-06-25). Sri Lankan government deploys police to crack down on social media. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's moves to criminalise "fake news" are a response to rising social opposition to wage and job cuts and Colombo's criminal mishandling of the worsening pandemic.
(2021-06-25). Defy the Stranglehold of Social Media, Join the New Progressive Economists Mailing List! counterpunch.org Recently I created a mailing list called the Progressive Economist Network (PEN-L) in order to bring together academics and non-academics to exchange ideas from a left perspective. It honors the memory of Michael Perelman who created the original PEN-L in the early days of the Internet. Dying unexpectedly at the age of 81 in September
(2021-06-25). South Carolina cops on leave after arrest video goes viral. nationofchange.org "There is no reason for the level of force we saw on that video yesterday. There's no reason for that."