Daily Archives: June 11, 2022

2022-06-11: News Headlines

_____ (2022-06-10). Summit Of The Americas Marked By Brutal Police Repression. popularresistance.org The opening day of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, was stained by brutal police repression of demonstrations. | The meeting has already been marred by controversy surrounding the White House's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, giving rise to boycotts and complaints from many other nations of the Americas. Perhaps most notable was the refusal of Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to attend. | News outlets and social media platforms shared numerous videos of the scene in which a towering Los Angeles police officer violently attacked a woman who was speaking into…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-06-10). Summit of the Americas Marked by Brutal Police Repression. orinocotribune.com The opening day of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, was stained by brutal police repression of demonstrations. | The meeting has already been marred by controversy surrounding the White House's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, giving rise to boycotts and complaints from many other nations of the Americas. Perhaps most notable was the refusal of Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to attend. | News outlets and social media platforms shared numerous videos of the scene in which a towering Los Angeles police officer violently attacked a woman who was speaking into…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-10). Storms at the Summit of the Americas. libya360.wordpress.com Rosa Miriam Elizalde The 9th Summit of the Americas, in Los Angeles. (Photo: Summit of the Americas via Twitter) June 7 was a bad day for the secretary-general of the Organization of American States. During the Summit of the Americas, a young man declared to him what he is: an instigator of the coup in…

Brett Wilkins (2022-06-10). Reported End to Facebook's 'Murky' Deals With News Giants Sparks Call for 'Truly Fair Marketplace'. commondreams.org "We can't allow our free press to be captured by tech monopolies," warned one advocate.

Oluwadunni Ojumu, Caroline Hodi (2022-06-10). The Government Can (and Should) Make Social Media Platforms Safer for Young Users. commondreams.org A 2018 study indicated that frequent users of image-based social media platforms reported more anxiety, depression, and body image concerns than less frequent users.

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