(2021-06-16). Belarus must be prepared to fight from house to house if invaded: president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarus must be prepared to fight from house to house if invaded: presidentRick Rozoff President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko hosted a meeting on national defense today as his nation more and more appears to be targeted by the U.S. and NATO for not only economic but actual warfare. The recently-concluded NATO summit issued a document …
(2021-06-16). Hot Air Messaging: Iran Floats Reports Of Imminent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Membership. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Eager to enhance its negotiating leverage with the United States and Europe, Iran is projecting imminent membership of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in much the same way it pushed the signing of a much-touted 25-year cooperation agreemen…
(2021-06-16). Military Situation In Syria On June 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 16, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 36 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 15, clashes between ISIS and SAA were reported in the Bushri mountain area | On June 15, one person was killed and four others injured in a car bomb explosion in Kafr Janneh village | On June 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-bac…
(2021-06-16). US-Russia Joint Statement, Putin's Remarks Following 'Constructive' Meeting With Joe Biden. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 16th, US President Joe Biden met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. |
(2021-06-16). Russian Mercenaries Accused Of Carrying Out Civilian Massacres In CAR: CNN (18+ Video). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 15th, CNN The report begins with an alleged witness testimony claiming that on February 15, Russian mercenaries attacked a village and shot, and killed, civilians in a mosque. | The witness 'Fatouma' had both her children shot,…
(2021-06-16). Turkey Arrested Senior ISIS Commander During Intelligence Operation In Syria. southfront.org 
Kasim Guler, aka Abu Usame al-Turki. Source: the Anadolu Agency. | The Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Mƒ∞T, has arrested a senior Turkish commander of ISIS during a recent operation inside Syria, the According to the state-run news agency, the Mƒ∞T launched an operation to capture Kasim Guler, also…
(2021-06-16). Turkey And Azerbaijan Announced "Shusha Declaration", Armenia Has Everything To Worry About. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 15th, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he hoped that regional peace could be reached with a six-nation platform comprising Turkey, Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. | The Turkish president reached Azerbaijan on June 15th on an official visit. | In a joint news conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Azerbaijan's Shusha city, Erdogan said: "We are willing to make all kinds of sacrifices. Mr. Putin as well. … With the steps to be…
(2021-06-16). Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power. truthout.org 
Today's Republican Party is an extremist force that no longer qualifies as a mainstream political party and is surely not interested in participating in "normal" politics. In fact, today's GOP is so wrapped around extreme and irrational beliefs that even Europe's far-right parties and movements, including Marine Le Pen's National Rally, seem conventional in comparison. | The GOP's political identity has been dramatically shaped by former President Donald Trump, but these recent shifts would n…
(2021-06-16). Thousands March in Solidarity with Palestine Amid G7 Summit in London. orinocotribune.com London (QNN)- Thousands of protesters gathered in London on Saturday as Jeremy Corbyn called for the G7 to support the Palestinian people. | The protest, organized by The Resist the G7 coalition as part of the "Resist G7: Day of Action for International Justice" rally, marched to Prime Minister Borris Johnson's official residence in Downing Street to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Protesters held placards and chanted "free, free Palestine". | The protesters demanded an end to complicity in Israel's war crimes against the Palestinians by the United Kingdom and other G7 governments. | Former Labo…
(2021-06-16). The Streets Are Empty. counterpunch.org Hardly anyone gives a damn about military adventures anymore. When the US continues its presence in war-torn Syria, when US global presence expands across the world with over 700 military bases, when NATO pushes against the borders of Russia, when US military strategy calls for encircling China ("This is no exercise-US wants to encircle China
(2021-06-16). The Covid Lockdown: So What About Sweden, Huh? globalresearch.ca It's amazing how …
(2021-06-16). Claims Boris Johnson's borders indecision has 'blown' coronavirus road map. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's indecision over securing the UK's borders has "blown" his coronavirus (Covid-19) road map to freedom, according to Labour leader Keir Starmer. | "Indecision": | The Labour leader repeatedly pressed the prime minister to explain the UK's high rates of the Delta variant first identified in India, which has been blamed for the four-week delay on easing restrictions. Starmer also suggested the amber travel list, which includes France and Spain, should be scrapped and replaced by an approved list and a banned list of countries, in a bid to "save the British summer". | Boris Johnson hit back, cl…
(2021-06-16). American Backstory, While Biden Struts Abroad. counterpunch.org France's vacuous to repressive neoliberal president Emanuel "Hot for Teacher" Macron says that "America is back," by which he means that the United States has returned, post-Trump, to its leadership role atop the world's rich so-called democracies (outwardly constitutional de facto bourgeois class dictatorships) at the G7 meetings in Europe. | U.S. President Joe "Nothing Will Fundamentally Change" Biden on Sunday boasted in England that "America is back at the table," leading the charge against grave challenges like "China." | Let's take a look back at some facts of U.S.-American life that are escaping serious "f…
(2021-06-16). NATO's Post-Summit Mission: Build Global Alliance against China, Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff After the one-day NATO summit in Brussels concluded on Monday, the bloc's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an address before members of the Western press corps, answering several questions. His comments consisted of a summary of the results of the summit, which was a mere formality ("All leaders agreed that…Europe and North America…
(2021-06-16). Was American Indian Overhunting Responsible for the Near-Extinction of the Buffalo? counterpunch.org In the 1990s, there were repeated attempts to debunk the idea of an ecological Indian. Scholars and activists with seemingly little in common all sought to portray the Indian as wasteful of natural resources, if not even worse than the European settlers who have left the USA resembling a toxic dump as the 21st century
(2021-06-16). Venezuela Denounces Before FAO 83.7% Drop in Food Imports due to Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Food, Carlos Leal Tellería, decried this Tuesday that food imports in Venezuela have fallen by 83.7% due to the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the South American country by the United States and Europe. He made this comment during his speech at the 42nd conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). | "These measures [the sanctions] have caused a 83.7 % drop in food imports, thus preventing the international procurement of raw produce, manufactured goods and inputs for agricultural production, as well as sanctioning most international and national…
(2021-06-16). Norwegian Arctic oil drilling targeted by campaigners in new legal action. nationofchange.org "But our application to the European Court of Human Rights is for me the manifestation of action and hope in the face of this crisis."
(2021-06-16). NATO's post-summit mission: build global alliance against China, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's post-summit mission: build global alliance against China, RussiaRick Rozoff After the one-day NATO summit in Brussels concluded on Monday, the bloc's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an address before members of the Western press corps, answering several questions. His comments consisted of a summary of the results of the summit, which was a mere …
(2021-06-16). Calls to contain Russia not constructive. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Kremlin spokesman said that statements coming from the US about a necessity to contain Russia ahead of the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva are not constructive.
(2021-06-16). EU, US say lifting of sanctions is JCPOA 'essential part'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The European Union and the United States have confirmed in a joint statement that the removal of sanctions on Iran constitutes an "essential part" of the Iran nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA.
(2021-06-16). Attaining progress in Vienna talks needs more time: EU's Mora. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Coordinator of European Union (EU) in 'Vienna' talks said that achieving progress in Vienna talks for reviving Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) needs more time.
(2021-06-16). Vienna talks to continue after Iranian presidential elections. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov informed that JCPOA talks in Vienna will continue after the Friday Iranian presidential elections.
(2021-06-16). Russia, US bear special responsibility for strategic stablity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Vladimir Putin said after the Geneva summit that Russia and the United States have reached an agreement to return one another's ambassadors to their respective diplomatic postings.
(2021-06-16). Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own peril. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own perilRick Rozoff "I still feel most suspicious of the Talaat Pashas, the Kemals and the Envers who are apparently dreaming of setting up a Moslem state to include the Trans-Caspian region, Transcaucasia with Daghestan, Asia Minor and, it seems, Egypt. One feels this …
(2021-06-15). How Democrats and Progressives Undermined the Potential of the Biden-Putin Summit. counterpunch.org No matter what happens at Wednesday's summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva, a grim reality is that Democratic Party leaders have already hobbled its potential to move the world away from the worsening dangers of nuclear war. After nearly five years of straining to depict Donald Trump as some kind of Russian agent
(2021-06-15). How US And UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests In Belarus. popularresistance.org The at-times fiery protests that raged across Belarus throughout 2020 had largely fizzled out by the time local activist and seeming neo-Nazi Roman Protasevich was dramatically arrested in May this year. | Now, the country has been catapulted back to the top of the mainstream news agenda, with new life breathed into controversial self-appointed President Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's hitherto unheeded calls for Western leaders to recognize her as the legitimate Belarusian leader. | True to form though, not a single outlet has deigned to mention that for many years prior to the unrest's eruption, London and Washington…
(2021-06-15). How US and UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests in Belarus. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-15). How U.S. and UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests in Belarus. covertactionmagazine.com The at-times fiery protests that raged across Belarus throughout 2020 had largely fizzled out by the time local activist and seeming neo-Nazi Roman Protasevich was dramatically arrested in May this year. Now, the country has been catapulted back to the top of the mainstream news agenda, with new life breathed into controversial self-appointed President Svetlana …
(2021-06-15). 'Anti-encroachment' demolitions target Karachi's working class and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the ongoing 'anti-encroachment' drive affecting poor and working class communities in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, the joint communique presented by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its anti-China and anti-Russia stance, the violent attack on a protest against the police killing of Winston Smith Jr. in the city of Minneapolis and the ongoing struggle by Indigenous communities and climate activists against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in the US.
(2021-06-15). McCarthyite Meltdown Shows how Russiagate, Syria Propaganda Captured 'Left' Media. orinocotribune.com 
By Aaron Maté — Jun 8, 2021 | In slandering me, The Young Turks demonstrated how Western chauvinism and careerism have been normalized in progressive media spaces. | On a recent episode of The Young Turks, the self-described "Home of Progressives", hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian disparaged me in a McCarthyite rant. The apparent trigger was a mocking comment that I had tweeted at Uygur, in which I described a recent post of his about Israel-Palestine as "the worst tweet of all time." ( Israelis & Palestin…
(2021-06-15). Washington's Recalibration of Relations with Russia. How Serious Are Poland's Strategic Disagreements with the US? globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @
(2021-06-15). Biden's European gang. workers.org 
To grasp the essence of the meetings in Europe, in which Joe Biden has been talking nicely to Washington's predatory imperialist allies, we should examine their historical precedent: the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference to divide and plunder the African continent. Armed with this historical perspective, it is easy to debunk Washington . . . |
(2021-06-15). Message to Biden and Putin: Don't waste historic opportunity. peoplesworld.org 
A simplistic and dangerous narrative has emerged in the press in our country around the coming Geneva meeting of U.S President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The narrative is that Biden must use the meeting to "lay down the law" to the dangerous autocrat Putin who was allegedly able to control former President …
(2021-06-15). Military Situation In Syria On June 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 14, one civilian was wounded by a car bomb blast in al-Bab city | On June 14, Turkish Army sent more than 15 armored vehicles and a truck transporting Turkish soldiers to al-Ghab Plain and Lattakia frontlines | On June 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Salma area | On June 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Dar al-Kabira and Kafr Nubl areas | On June 14, the Russian police and Turkish army carried out a…
(2021-06-15). Russia To Present A Borey-class Nuclear Submarine At The Army-2021 Forum. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia's ARMY-2021 exhibition will be held between August 22 and 28th this year. | In the area of responsibility of the troops and forces in the north-east of Russia, the events of the Forum will be the largest for the entire time of the IMTF. Exhibitions of weapons and military equipment are planned to be held in the period from August 22 to 28 at 9 exhibition sites, which will be deployed in 4 localities of the far eastern Federal District in the…
(2021-06-15). Putin: Humanitarian Aid In Syria Must Be Provided Without Discrimination. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the process of providing humanitarian aid in Syria must be carried out for all residents of the country without discrimination, and that it must be conducted through the country's central government. | Putin's statement came during an interview with the American channel "NBC", in which he said: "Unfortunately, too many tragedies have occurred in Syria, and all our measures in general must aim…
(2021-06-15). Turkey 'Colonizes' Iraqi Kurdistan. Kurdish Factions Fly At Each Other's Throats. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by On April 23, the Turkish military launched its latest military operation in Iraqi Kurdistan, against archenemy the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party). This time the forces of Iraqi Kurdistan (the Peshmerga) are also playing a role. Some Kurds already fell victim to the bullets of other Kurds. And the risk of a large-scale intra-Kurdish conflict is growing by the day. | Operation Claw-Lightning is a cross-border military…
(2021-06-15). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On June 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Vodyanoe shelled DPR positions in Leninskoe with 120-mm artillery | 2. UAF in Pavlopil shelled DPR positions in Sosnovskoe with 120-mm artillery | 3. UAF in Pavlopil shelled DPR positions in Ukrainskoe with 120-mm artillery | 4. UAF in Opytne shelled DPR positions in Zhabunky with grenade launchers | 5. DPR forces in Leninskoe targeted UAF positions in Vodyanoe with grenade launchers | 6. DPR forces in Ukrainskoe targeted UAF positions in Pavlopil wit…
(2021-06-15). China Promoted To Full-Fledged NATO Enemy, Ukraine And Georgia Abandoned In The Rain. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 14th, after years of rhetoric, China officially joined the list of NATO enemies alongside Russia. | "The strongest and most successful alliance in history" also politely asked Russia to remove the US and Czech Republic from its "unfriendly country list" as it promoted ill spirit."China's stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security," the 30 NATO leaders said in a joint communi…
(2021-06-15). Erdogan-Biden Meeting: Turkey Wants To Take Lead In Afghanistan. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 14th, US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting, which was categorized as "good". | Both leaders confirmed their willingness to restore strained ties and increase cooperation."In our meeting with Mr. Biden, we constructively handled issues that we differ on as well as areas of cooperation. We agreed to keep Turkey-U.S. dialogue channels open just like how strategic partners and allies do," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting Joe Bide…
(2021-06-15). Secretary general: NATO won't "mirror" Russia, will exponentially outspend, surround it with battle groups. mronline.org 
Just hours ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, the military bloc's secretary general, Norway's Jens Stoltenberg, told CNBC's Hadley Gamble that NATO will continue to expand its military capabilities but will not "mirror" its arch-adversary Russia. | June 15, 2021…
(2021-06-15). 15 June, Vancouver: Day of Rage protest — Defend Jerusalem. samidoun.net 
Tuesday, 15 June 5: 30 pm Vancouver Art Gallery Georgia and Hornby, Pacific Centre Side Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/3082398258710847/ VANCOUVER: EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION Tomorrow hundreds of Israeli settlers will participate in the Zionist March of Flags to taunt and attack Palestinian neighbourhoods. Historically, this march has seen settlers chant "Death to Arabs" and swarmed Occupied Jerusalem, attacking Palestinians. In response, Palestinians are calling on us to mobilize to protect the Occupied Jerusalem community. We are calling for a day of rage tomorrow in Vancouver to defend Al-Aqs…
(2021-06-15). Jubilee USA Statement on G7 Summit and Communiqué. indybay.org The G7 Summit concludes in the United Kingdom and leaders release a communiqué on COVID-19 response, vaccines, trade, debt relief, tax reform and climate change.
(2021-06-15). Barbados Gets $60 Million for COVID-19 Interventions. telesurenglish.net The European Investment Bank (EIB) will loan the Barbados government US$60 million to support its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Related: | This long-term financing will strengthen the national emergency system by targeting both medical care and efforts to limit the spread of the virus. | EIB Vice President Ricardo Mourinho stated the partnership between Barbados and his organization would help protect vulnerable groups against the impact of the pandemic…
(2021-06-15). Germany: Green-Christian Democrat government in Baden-Wàºrttemberg presses ahead with reopening. wsws.org Despite warnings from virologists of a looming increase in COVID-19 infections, governments at the federal and state levels in Germany are largely dismantling all public health restrictions.
(2021-06-15). COVID cases rise in Russia as government fails to contain pandemic. wsws.org Officials in Moscow and Saint Petersburg announced a week's worth of limited restrictions, as infections in Russia surge well past the peak reached at the onset of the pandemic and vaccinations stall.
(2021-06-15). Home Run For Julian Tour Grows US Demand To Free Assange. popularresistance.org Julian Assange's father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, are currently on tour in the United States to help organize a unified US movement in support of freeing Julian Assange and protecting press freedom. Clearing the FOG speaks with Gabriel Shipton about the tour, about Julian and about the reasons why it is critical that the Biden administration reverse the Trump era position of prosecuting Assange. It would be very simple for the Biden Department of Justice to cancel the appeal of the United Kingdom judge's decision not to extradite Assange and he would be free.
(2021-06-15). Truthful Accounts — A View From Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Efforts to depict journalism as if it ever existed in the idealized form of its propagandists have become increasingly ridiculous. Journalism, like accountancy, is just another sub-category of reporting. Like accountancy and other reporting activities, journalistic reporting can be good or bad, exceptional or mediocre, honest or criminal. Among the most insidious fables people in the West tell themselves is that European and North American countries promote honest reporting and freedom of expression. However, countries from Libya, Iran and Syria to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela offer undeniable examples of how ab…
(2021-06-15). Russia, China Ties Reaffirmed Before Putin-Biden Geneva Summit. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden both downplayed expectations on their upcoming meeting on Wednesday, and Chinese experts said the most significant expectation for Biden in the meeting in Geneva is to stabilize US-Russia relations and split China-Russia ties as much as he could, but this won't work anyway. | RELATED: | Biden's recent trip in Europe has been focused primarily on the…
(2021-06-15). NATO Summit: Building Unity against Russia, China, Cyberattacks. popularresistance.org NATO members at its first in-person gathering since 2018 have adopted a new 2030 strategic concept proposed by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. The joint communiqué of the bloc's 30 nations said that they agreed further to strengthen NATO in the face of any threats. | "[We will] strengthen NATO as the organizing framework for the collective defense of the Euro-Atlantic area, against all threats, from all directions," the statement said. | The alliance members have stated that they are facing "systemic competition from assertive and authoritarian powers" as well as growing security challenges. They specifically…