(2022-06-09). President of PEN Germany resigns after demanding more weapons for Ukraine. wsws.org This comparison of Hitler's war of extermination against the Soviet Union—in which almost 30 million Soviet citizens, including countless victims from Ukraine as well as millions of Jews, were murdered— with the Putin regime's war against Ukraine amounts to a brazen trivialisation of Nazi crimes.
(2022-06-09). Top Gun: Maverick—War propaganda built to order for the United States military. wsws.org The United States military has mobilized its war propaganda machine in Hollywood to produce the sequel to 1986's Top Gun, about fighter pilots in the US Navy.
(2022-06-09). The Empire's 'Front Yard' and the Monroe Doctrine. orinocotribune.com By Erica Caines -Jun 2, 2022 | We used to talk about, when I was a kid in college, about "America's backyard." It's not America's backyard. Everything south of the Mexican border is America's front yard. And we're equal people. We don't dictate what happens in any other part of that — of this continent or the South American continent. We have to work very hard on it. But the trouble is: we're having great difficulty making up for the mistakes that were made the last four years, and it's going to take some time. | Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference JANUARY 19, 2022 | The claims levie…
(2022-06-09). Wednesday 6/8: On the Field, Off the Streets: Resourcing Community Peace in East Bay. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-06-09). Chinese scientists discover mating-swarms in early mayfly fossils. ecns.cn Chinese scientists said on Wednesday that they have discovered a new layer of mayfly fossils dating back 180 million years that shows the precious scene of mating-swarm behavior, the earliest known evidence of such behavior in insects.
(2022-06-09). The AFL-CIO, US Foreign Policy and Worker to Worker Solidarity. indybay.org There will be a international education conference in Philadelphia on the collaboration between the AFL-CIO, the CIA, AID and the National Endowment For Democracy around the world. The AFL-CIO and it's "Solidarity Center" which receives $75 million a year from NED has been involved in supporting rightwing corporate unions around the world and helping to overthrow governments that are opposed to US imperialist policies of privatization, deregulation and union busting around the world.
(2022-06-09). Catholic Church and University of Arizona Denied Apache Beliefs, Desecrated Mount Graham. indybay.org The New York Times article fails to document the role of Cardinal Sodano and the University of Arizona in denying the Apaches' sacred way of life and constructing a telescope on sacred Mount Graham…
(2022-06-09). CDC links hepatitis A outbreak to organic strawberries: Learn about the virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Organic strawberries have been linked to a multistate hepatitis A outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a dozen people have been made ill by the strawberries in California, Minnesota and North Dakota. Hepatitis A outbreaks have become more widespread in the U.S. These outbreaks originate from food contamination and person-to-person transmission. "Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that can cause infection and inflammation in the liver," says Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious…
(2022-06-08). Pay disputes spread among UK refuse workers. wsws.org The disputes are meeting an aggressive response from the ruling class, with police attacks on pickets and a bitter propaganda campaign against any pay claims.