30 June, Cluj-Napoca (Romania): Film Screening — Fedayin: The Struggle of Georges Abdallah
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-22
Friday, 30 June 7: 45 pm Strada RƒÉzboieni 60 400260 Cluj-Napoca, România Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/183670633741312 [EN] Fedayin, Georges Abdallah's Fight reconstitutes the journey of a tireless Arab warrior for Palestine. From the camps for Palestinian refugees where he developed his political conscience, to the international mobilization for his release, we will discover the man who became one of the oldest political prisoners in Europe. More than just a story of Abdallah's life, the documentary reconstructs the complicated history of the struggle for the liberation of Palestine, a ba…
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Saying No to the "Punish the No-Permit Protesters" Law
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2021-06-22
Keith McHenry's Food Not Bombs facebook page has a one sentence descriptive protest against the permits-for-protest law. Its 2nd reading is coming up as item #40 at City Council on the June 22nd afternoon agenda. Likely around mid or late afternoon. I also include Keith's quoting of some sections of the law, and my earlier commentary on the law from 2013.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/21/18843368.php

25 June, Tarbes: Film screening and discussion — "Fedayin: The Struggle of Georges Abdallah"
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-06-22
Friday, 25 June 6: 30 pm Maison de quartier de Laubadere Boulevard Saint Exupery 65000 Tarbes, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/830458404345466/ Screening of "Fedayin: The Struggle of Georges Abdallah," followed by a discussion with the Vacarme(s) Films team and the Collectif 65 pour la liberation de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. FEDAYIN, THE STRUGGLE OF GEORGES ABDALLAH A documentary by Vacarme(s) Films France / Palestine / Lebanon ‚Ä¢ 2020 ‚Ä¢ 1h21m For more than 35 years, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has been locked behind bars. This documentary retraces the journey of th…
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Rand Paul Sows Confusion by Wrongly Implying COVID Survivors Don't Need Vaccine
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-22
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) posted a Twitter thread asserting that people who have survived a covid-19 infection were unlikely to be reinfected and have better immunity against variants than those who have been vaccinated against — but not infected by — SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid. | The social media communication represented his latest salvo in the ongoing debate over whether natural immunit…
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Turkey, Iran And Afghanistan Foreign Ministers Discuss Taliban Issue
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-22
Click to see full-size image | A trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan was held in Antalya, Turkey on June 20th."Started last day of Antalya Diplomacy Forum with a trilateral meeting with Javad Zarif and Haneef Atmar," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted. | Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar described the meeting as "first & very successful." In a tweet, he termed it a "crucial mechanism" to coordinate combined efforts for peace, security, counter-terrorism, and…
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Viral skin bumps that are a common occurrence in childhood
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-22
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 …
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Live feed of summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge 'pulled for safety reasons'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-06-21
English Heritage pulled a live feed of the summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge after people disregarded advice not to travel to the site. The organisation said safety reasons were behind the lack of an available live feed of the neolithic Wiltshire monument at sunrise at 4.52am. | Video from the scene showed around a hundred people inside the stone circle and a banner reading "Standing for Stonehenge". Thousands of people tuned in to English Heritage's Facebook and YouTube pages for the solstice and saw pre-recorded footage of the stones. | The live feed returned at around 5am showing largely cloudy skies. | Ap…
thecanary.co/uk/2021/06/21/live-feed-of-summer-solstice-sunrise-at-stonehenge-pulled-for-safety-reasons/

Warrior Met forces 1,100 Mine Workers in Alabama into long strike
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-21
BROOKWOOD, Ala. (PAI)–Some 1,100 Mine Workers and their allies are standing strong against corporate refusal to make them whole as the strike the Warrior Met coal mining firm in Alabama forced them to call passed the 10-week mark in mid-June. "We'll be here one day longer than y'all can stand!" the union tweeted on June …
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'The Last G7': Satirical cartoon mocking bloc's attempt to suppress China goes viral
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-06-21
A Chinese cartoonist's political satire, which mocked the Group of Seven (G7) members that attempt to suppress China, went viral on Chinese social media on Sunday, when the G7 summit was underway in Cornwall, the UK. | June 21, 2021…
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