2024-06-04: News Headlines

Natalia Marques (2024-06-04). Campaign launches against shipping giant Maersk over genocidal weapons trade. peoplesdispatch.org On June 3, the Palestinian Youth Movement announced a new global campaign targeting Maersk, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, a vital piece in the flow of weapons from the United States to Israel. | PYM, a transnational Palestinian diaspora formation, has led mass mobilizations in several countries, especially in North America, challenging the US and Canada's unconditional support for Israeli genocide in Gaza. The organization now seeks to take on the logistics industry shipping arms that transports the weapons that are used to carry out the genocide. | "Maersk ships transport weapons and weapon…

latintimes (2024-06-04). TikTok Fails 'Disinformation Test' Before EU Vote, Study Shows. latintimes.com TikTok, which is particularly popular with young voters, approved all 16 for publication, YouTube caught 14 while X filtered all the ads and suspended the group's fake accounts, Global Witness said in its report.

latintimes (2024-06-04). 'Enemy Within': Trump Rhetoric Rings Alarm Bells. latintimes.com The 77-year-old Republican has stepped up his rhetoric against a host of domestic opponents in recent months, and looks set to go even further after his historic conviction in a criminal trial that he claims — without evidence — was orchestrated by his political rival, President Joe Biden.

latintimes (2024-06-04). Fauci Denies Suppressing Lab Leak Theory In COVID-19 Origins Investigation. latintimes.com Testifying before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Dr. Fauci reiterated his belief that the pandemic most likely resulted from animal-to-human transmission. He also called Republican accusations of him trying to cover up the origins of the pandemic "absolutely false and simply preposterous."

WSWS (2024-06-04). Shakeup at the Washington Post signifies shift by corporate media to the right before 2024 elections. wsws.org The elevation of former Murdoch Fox News Corp and Telegraph Media Group editors to top positions at the Washington Post shows that the US corporate media is shifting further to the right in the leadup to the 2024 presidential election.

WSWS (2024-06-04). Anthony Fauci, the Wuhan Lab Lie, and the bipartisan war on public health. wsws.org The McCarthyite show trial of Fauci, replete with wild accusations and denunciations, was aimed at intimidating scientists and all those who advocate for public health measures against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of future pandemics.

Robert Delaney (2024-06-04). Former US health official Anthony Fauci counters accusations he played role in Covid-19 origins. scmp.com Long-time American infectious disease expert tells Republican-led House panel that bribery allegations are 'absolutely false and simply preposterous'.

newarab (2024-06-04). One-third of American Jews view Israel's war on Gaza as genocide. newarab.com Almost one in three Jewish Americans believe that

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