Daily Archives: June 15, 2023

2023-06-15: News Headlines

Sara Flounders, Worker's World. (2023-06-15). A Visit To Xinjiang, China. popularresistance.org Xinjiang, People's Republic of China – U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. | One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced Shinjaang) province to gather video footage and interviews that give a more realistic picture of this vast and quickly modernizing, multiethnic region. Footage for the documentary, currently named "Voice of Xinjiang," focuses on an area with 4,000 years of history, which is at the center of the ancient Silk Road that today…

Sara Flounders, Worker's World. (2023-06-15). A visit to Xinjiang, China Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda. popularresistance.org U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. | One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced Shinjaang) province to gather video footage and interviews that give a more realistic picture of this vast and quickly modernizing, multiethnic region. Footage for the documentary, currently named "Voice of Xinjiang," focuses on an area with 4,000 years of history, which is at the center of the ancient Silk Road that today is a major hub in China's ambitious B…

Sara Flounders (2023-06-14). A Visit to Xinjiang, China. Accomplishments Belie U.S. Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

Abdel Bari Atwan (2023-06-14). Is Israel on the warpath, again? thealtworld.com Successive could prompt Netanyahu to lash out — and trigger an un-survivable all-out conflictsetbacks | I have learned from experience to closely scrutinise any statements made by Hezbollah leaders, especially Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah. When they make threats, they do not do so idly or for propaganda or publicity reasons. They do it to send out specific messages, to both friends and enemies, and demonstrate their readiness to confront dangers they see coming, perhaps imminently. | In an interview with the Iranian Tasnim news agency published on Monday , Hashem Safieddine head of Hezbollah's executive council,…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). A record 110 million across the globe are forcibly displaced, says UNHCR report. peoplesdispatch.org The report claims that today, one in every 74 people is displaced due to reasons ranging from war and conflict to climate change. Contrary to the rhetoric of refugees flooding Europe, the majority of them (over 76%) is being hosted by middle or low income countries…

WSWS (2023-06-14). Stop the ILWU's threats of blacklisting against workers for talking with reporters! wsws.org A local president in the San Diego area has doubled down on threats against workers' jobs the day after an initial outburst was caught on video.

Otis Grotewohl (2023-06-15). Who bombed Nova Kakhovka Dam? Who benefits? workers.org Areas of flood damage (in pink) are in Russian-controlled territories. The Nova Kakhovka Dam, a hydroelectric dam located in southern Ukraine, was destroyed on June 7. Evidence suggests the dam was intentionally attacked. Its demolition led to mass flooding and ecological destruction. Many fear the toxins and debris that have . . . |

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-06-14). New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s. peoplesworld.org In her innovative study of four Midwestern cities during the Depression era, historian Melissa Ford reveals an emergent pattern of social crisis, involvement, and Black women's radical activism. A Brick and a Bible examines the evidence and creates a framework for understanding this tradition of social action by Black women, naming it "Midwestern Black radicalism." …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-14). Marianna Spring boasted about investigating the "UK conspiracy movement" and got fact-checked by a "nobody" expose-news.com Alan has been blocked by Marianna Spring, the face of BBC Verify, on Twitter. It seems she struggles with dealing with evidence and data. She obviously can't process facts and figures or …

Kathy Kelly (2023-06-14). Norman Solomon's 'War Made Invisible' Refutes Collusion with War Makers. progressive.org Norman Solomon's new book, 'War Made Invisible,' presents evidence showing consistent, well-funded efforts to squelch movements opposing the vicious consequences of war. He asks why people often identify more with the bombers than with the bombed.

Ali Abunimah (2023-06-14). Official broke rules by smearing Asa Winstanley, EU admits. electronicintifada.net Johannes Bà∂rmann falsely claimed EI editor was expelled from Labour for anti-Semitism.

Fight Back (2023-06-14). Analysis: Our perspective on the Chicago elections. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Our perspective on the elections must be based on a sober, scientific analysis that assesses the relationship of forces in this moment in order to find the pathway forward. We believe that objective social relations in the final analysis is what determines subjective evaluations. In other words, we must take every precaution to make sure that every policy change, every tactical adjustment and firming up of our strategy is soundly rooted in a concrete analysis of concrete conditions. | There has been an emerging high tide of movement in Chicago ever since the George Floyd and Breanna Taylor Rebellion…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-15). Report: Biden Under Pressure to Give Ukraine Clear Path to NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported on Wednesday that President Biden is under pressure from many of the US's European allies to support giving Ukraine a clear path toward NATO membership. NATO first pledged that Ukraine would eventually become a member in 2008, and the alliance significantly stepped up cooperation with the country following the 2014 …

Anonymous834 (2023-06-15). Jeffrey Sachs Trashes U.S.'s New York Times And UK's Guardian, As Lying War-Mongerers. southfront.org Written by

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