(2023-06-19). People, not politicians, will abolish the death penalty. greenleft.org.au
(2023-06-18). 13 Syrian Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Eastern Homs Bombing (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Facebook. | On June 18, three soldiers were killed and ten others were wounded when a roadside bomb blew up a truck of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the eastern Homs countryside, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group said that the bombing took place near the town of al-Mushrefa, on a road that links Homs city with the key town of Salamiyah in the eastern countryside of Hama. | Photos from the scen…
(2023-06-18). German Activist Kim Dotcom Validates Hugo Chávez's Prophecy as BRICS+ Emerges, Defying US Interests. orinocotribune.com In response to the upsurge in countries applying to join BRICS, German activist Kim Dotcom has made a post on social media upholding Hugo Chávez's prophecy about the emergence of a new world outside US interests, verifying the correctness of the Venezuelan revolutionary leader's prediction and adding on Twitter the video of the historic speech that the late Venezuelan leader gave at the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. | On that occasion, Chávez stated that sovereign and independent countries would try to liberate themselves from US interests and would rebel against imperialism to chan…
(2023-06-19). Racial Trauma Could Be Factor in the 80 Percent of Black Women With Fibroids. truthout.org Comedian Dulcé Sloan took to Twitter recently with a burning health question: "Soooo EVERY black woman has fibroids," she wrote, injecting a bit of hyperbole, "and no one knows why?!" The tweet sparked a flurry of responses theorizing why 80% of Black women develop abnormal, noncancerous growths in their uteruses by age 50. Black women also experience fibroids at earlier ages than white women and… |
(2023-06-18). SDF Blamed For Rocket Attack On Refugee Camp In Northern Syria (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On June 17, at least five civilians were wounded when a rocket attack targeted a refugee camp in Syria's northern region. | The camp in question is located near the village of Trendah in the Turkish-occupied area of Afrin in the northern Aleppo countryside. It mainly shelters widowed women and their children. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said in a report that the rocket attack was launched f…
(2023-06-18). Authorities congratulate all Cuban fathers on their day. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Sunday congratulated all Cuban fathers on their day, as they can take care of and make the angels that their children are grow, he wrote on Twitter.
(2023-06-18). President Diaz-Canel recalls Cuban heroine Vilma Espin's legacy. plenglish.com "On June 18, 2007, Cuba lost one of its most beloved and bravest women, a sweet, intelligent and radical heroine. Clandestine, bold, a guerrilla fighter, wife, mother, and feminist leader," the president wrote on Twitter. | Diaz-Canel also recalled the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who said that "everyone who dies fighting for the Revolution leaves energy along the way." | Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, in turn, described Vilma on Twitter as a heroine of the mountains and the plains, an unparalleled woman, sweet and unconditional to the revolutionary process in Cuba. | Vilma, whose nom d…
(2023-06-18). Communication Workers Union political smear of World Socialist Web Site falls flat on its face. wsws.org This is the second attack by the CWU on the WSWS on its Twitter page. Its first attempt at red baiting came in the wake of announcing the joint statement on a "negotiators agreement" with Royal Mail on April 15, in its first attempt to end the national dispute by 115,000 postal workers.