Daily Archives: June 13, 2021

2021-06-13: News Headlines

Olivia Engling (2021-06-13). G7 COVID Summit: Vaccines, Tax, Debt, Climate, Trade. indybay.org The presidents and prime ministers of 7 of the world's wealthiest countries gather in the United Kingdom to meet on the response to the economic and health crises spurred by the coronavirus.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-13). 'Daily Massacre in Tehran' goes to Odense Intl. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Iranian short film 'Daily Massacre in Tehran' directed by Hessam Hamidi will be screened at Odense International Film Festival in Denmark.

Ed Rampell (2021-06-13). In the Crosswind. counterpunch.org A still from In the Crosswind. | As Estonia prepares to mark the 30th anniversary of regaining its independence from Soviet rule Martti Helde's In the Crosswind (Risttuules) is blowing onto U.S. screens to remind viewers of an especially egregious crime against humanity: The 80th anniversary of Joseph Stalin's purported Baltic purge. Shortly after Crosswind's rapturous opening depicting Erna and her husband Heldur enjoying an Estonian idyll at their countryside home, 40,000 people are deported from the Baltic Republics as part of Stalin's alleged plot for ethnically cleansing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as…

Staff (2021-06-13). Take action 12-19 June: Week of Action to Free Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net Join the international week of action between 12 and 19 June for the liberation of Georges Abdallah! Georges Abdallah is a Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestinian liberation imprisoned in France since 1984 and the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. The call for this international week of action was launched by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah and supported by a joint appeal signed by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, alongside many other organizations, emphasizes that "Your release is our determination and our commitment,…

Staff (2021-06-13). 19 June, Paris: National demonstration for the liberation of Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net Saturday, 19 June 2: 30 pm Place des Fetes Paris, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/469848320788391 FREE GEORGES ABDALLAH, OUR STRUGGLE, OUR FIGHT! Demonstrate, June 19, 2021, to demand his release! Georges Abdallah, our struggle, our fight! His release is our determination! Georges Abdallah, our struggle, our fight, because we are on the side of the oppressed and not the oppressor! Emancipation and freedom! Insubordination and insurrection! Revolt is a just and legitimate right! Anger and dignity! Georges Abdallah, our struggle, our fight, to unmask the systems of exploitation, of domination &#150…

Staff (2021-06-13). 13 June, Austin, TX: Demand freedom for Georges Abdallah — Art party and solidarity video. samidoun.net First event: Sunday, 13 June 3 pm Chestnut Pocket Park, Austin TX Second event: Tuesday, 15 June 6: 30 pm Mueller Park Austin, TX More info: www.instagram.com/p/CQBwOZLFNfS/ Join PSC (the Palestine Solidarity Committee of Austin, TX) and Red Aid as we gather to create a solidarity video for the international week of action (called by Pour la Libération de Georges Abdallah) to demand that France release Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese freedom fighter for Palestine and Europe's oldest political prisoner. George has been eligible for release since 1999 and between 2004 and 2020, nine of his parole requests hav…

_____ (2021-06-13). United Kingdom: Members Of Parliament Call On Joe Biden To Free Assange. popularresistance.org "Our countries are … increasingly confronted with the contradiction of advocating for press freedom abroad while holding Mr. Assange for years in the UK's most notorious prison at the request of the US government," the letter says. "We appeal to you to drop this prosecution, an act that would be a clarion call for freedom that would echo around the globe."

Editor2 (2021-06-13). "Standing Tall Against The 'Double Pandemic' of COVID-19 and the Blockade" (Interview). orinocotribune.com Interview with Cuban Ambassador Josefina Vidal | The importance of the Cuban Revolution cannot be overestimated. For over 60 years, it has stood as a beacon for workers and oppressed people all over the world, and particularly in Latin America. It has survived the six-decades-long US blockade, the overthrow of socialism in the USSR and Eastern Europe, and now, deep global economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Longtime peace and solidarity activists Miguel Figueroa and Larry Wasslen interviewed Cuban Ambassador to Canada Josefina Vidal, to discuss the current context for the Cuban Revolution. People…

Staff (2021-06-13). VIDEO: Christian Eriksen collapses in Euro 2020 match. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — There was a massive delay in the first half of the UEFA Euro 2020 opening match between Denmark and Finland after Christian Eriksen collapsed. The video shows the moment of his collapse.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-13). Ulyanov says cannot expect finalization of Vienna Talks soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — "We can't expect the finalization of the Vienna Talks in the days to come", Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said, referring to JCPOA revival.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-13). Iran-Russia joint efforts to develop power plants. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Iran and Russia are always trying to remove obstacles to improving economic and trade cooperation, one of which is the development of bilateral cooperation in the field of energy, said an Iranian official.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-13). Venezuela gets new shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — A new batch of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Venezuela, Russian Ambassador to the Latin American country Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov said.

Olivia Engling (2021-06-12). G7 COVID Summit: Vaccines, Tax, Debt, Climate, Trade. indybay.org The presidents and prime ministers of 7 of the world's wealthiest countries gather in the United Kingdom to meet on the response to the economic and health crises spurred by the coronavirus.

Staff (2021-06-12). North Carolina Moves Ahead With Legislative Assault on Absentee Ballots. truthout.org Here we go again. Following in the footsteps of states like Georgia, Florida, and Arizona, North Carolina is moving full speed ahead on legislation deceptively entitled the "Election Integrity Act." Like similarly titled bills in those other states, it is designed to make it harder to vote, particularly for voters of color. The measure,

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). New Satellite Images Reveal More Details About Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria. southfront.org File image. | On June 12, The satellite images revealed that the Israeli strikes wiped out two warehouses located in the western countryside of Homs, to the east of a former chemical weapons site in Shinshar. The site was attacked by the US, France and t…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). Leader Of Al-Qaeda In Islamic Maghreb Killed In French Military Operation In Mali. southfront.org French soldiers of the 126th Infantry Regiment and Malian soldiers, March 17, 2016. | A senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) responsible for the abduction and murder of two French journalists in 2013 has been eliminated by French troops during an operation in Mali, Florence Parly, France's Defense Minister, announced on June 11. | In a statement, Parly said that the commander, Baye Ag Bakabo, was killed along with three other terrorists on June 5 when troops from Operat…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-12). Iraq Threatens To Shoot Down Turkish Fighters, Drones Over Its Territory. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by ThomasST. | Iraqi ultimatum to Turkey: " We will shoot down your F-16. Leave immediately ": | An important piece of information was provided by the Russian media aviapro (

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). Greater Idlib: Turkish Military Pushed Artillery To Frontlines, Syrian Army Responded (Video, Photos). southfront.org FILE IMAGE: aa.com.tr | The Turkish Armed Forces have developed heavy artillery right on the frontline with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, Aerial footage shared by the Russian outlet show several T-155 Fƒ±rtƒ±na self-propelled 155 mm howitzers on a frontline in southern Greater Idlib. Syrian opposition activists revealed that the artillery were deployed in the town of Qarqor in nort…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-12). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On June 12, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Novgorodske shelled Mikhailovka with 82-mm artillery | 2. UAF in Pivdenne shelled the Gagarin mine in Gorlovka with 82-mm artillery | 3. UAF in Vodyanoe shelled DPR positions in Leninskoe with grenade launchers | 4. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Novolaspa with 82-mm artillery | 5. DPR forces in Spartak targeted UAF positions in Opytne with grenade launchers | 6. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Pivdenne with grenade launch…

_____ (2021-06-12). U.S. Reclaims Turkey for the Western Alliance. strategic-culture.org Turkey's importance as a 'swing state' in US regional strategy has increased dramatically as tensions rise with Russia | By MK BHADRAKUMAR | Less than 48 hours will separate US President Joe Biden's meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels from his summit with Vladimir Putin at Geneva on June 16. In between falls the shadow of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit. This is simply exquisite as far as planning of sequential activities go in diplomacy. | Biden's meetings in Brussels and Geneva are, arguably, the most consequential "bilaterals" he'll be having in this entir…

WSWS (2021-06-12). Schools reopen in Turkey amid COVID-19 deaths. wsws.org In Turkey, the country with the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, restrictions are being lifted and schools are reopening.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-12). Around the World in 8 Minutes: People's movements to mobilize against upcoming NATO Summit. peoplesdispatch.org People's movements and organizations across Europe are gearing up for a week of anti-militarist and anti-imperialist action against the upcoming NATO Summit to be held in Brussels on Monday June 14. Since its inception, NATO has played a key role in leading and supporting attacks against socialist countries and all those considered to be "enemies," while encouraging armament and the militarization of life. Movements say no to NATO, no to war, yes to life, yes to peace.

Shane Quinn (2021-06-12). Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part II. orinocotribune.com By Shane Quinn — Jun 10, 2021 | After the failed November 1940 discussions in Berlin, of the Soviet Union's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, both he and his leader Joseph Stalin occasionally remarked that Nazi Germany was no longer so prompt in fulfilling its obligations to Moscow. This was relating to the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, of 23 August 1939, an agreement which had been meant to last for 10 years. Stalin and Molotov did not attribute much significance to the slacking off in Berlin's punctuality, as the delivery of German goods and technology to Soviet Russia increasingly did not appear on…

Clean Energy Wire (2021-06-12). German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions. juancole.com By Edgar Meza | — Die Welt ( Clean Energy Wire ) — German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering Royal Dutch Shell to make greater reductions in its CO2 emissions, …

Staff (2021-06-12). Iran's top negotiator arrives in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, arrived in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday to participate in the JCPOA Joint Commission meeting.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-12). JCPOA Joint Commission to resume in Vienna on Jun. 12. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The Joint Commission of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in a statement announced that the 6th round of the talks for the revival of JCPOA start in the Austrian capital Vienna on Saturday, June 12.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-12). Iran starts importing electricity from Republic of Azerbaijan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Spokesperson for Iranian Electricity Industry revealed that Islamic Republic of Iran began importing electricity from the Republic of Azerbaijan on Thu. in order to reduce restrictions for supplying domestic power.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-12). US, S Arabia ready to lift blockade if Marib battle stopped. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the United States, as well as European diplomats discussed ways to end conflicts in war-torn Yemen in an online meeting last night.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-12). 6th round of JCPOA Joint Commission kicks off in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The 6th round of Joint Commission meeting of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) started in Grand Hotel Wien in Vienna on Saturday in presence of delegations of Iran and P4+1 (Germany, France, Russia, China and UK).

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-12). Putin dismisses claims on Russia's satellite offer to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as fake news the claims that Russia was preparing to offer Iran an advanced satellite system that would enable Tehran to track potential military targets in the Middle East.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-12). US Navy warship enters Black Sea amid tensions with Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — A US Navy destroyer has entered the Black Sea as tensions continued to simmer around Russian involvement in Ukraine.

Staff (2021-06-12). Boris Yeltsin had entourage of 'hundreds' of CIA agents. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — The former chairman of Russia's parliament says the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, was surrounded by "hundreds" of CIA agents who told him what to do throughout his tenure as leader…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-12). All participants stress successful result in Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov at the start of 6th round of JCPOA Joint Commission meeting said that all participants emphasized successful result of Vienna talks.

Geoff Watts (2021-06-12). [Obituary] José Baselga. thelancet.com Eminent oncologist who contributed to breast cancer treatments. He was born in Barcelona, Spain, on July 3, 1959, and died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Cerdanya, Spain, on March 21, 2021, aged 61 years.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-12). An anniversary that cannot be mentioned. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com June 22, 1941 A Google News search produces absolutely nothing (but one feature from last year) What is most remarkable is there is nothing in the English-language Russian media on the topic. Perhaps a case of parallelophobia. See this. Here's a study guide: The entire European continent except for Sweden, Switzerland and western Turkey and …

WSWS (2021-06-12). More transmissible and deadly Delta variant surges in UK, threatens Europe and America. wsws.org Public Health England analysis shows that the Delta variant is twice as likely to hospitalise people as the Alpha variant.

WSWS (2021-06-12). Monarchist linked to France's far-right Action franàßaise slaps Macron. wsws.org On Thursday, a Valence court jailed Damien Tarel for 18 months, 14 of them suspended, for having slapped President Emmanuel Macron in the face.

WSWS (2021-06-12). German workers' action committees: Support striking Volvo workers in Virginia! wsws.org Workers in Germany declare their solidarity with the striking Volvo workers in Virginia.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-12). Seven minutes from Moscow: Putin warns of missile threat to Russia as U.S. guided-missile destroyers enter Baltic, Black Seas. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Seven minutes from Moscow: Putin warns of missile threat to Russia as U.S. guided-missile destroyers enter Baltic, Black SeasRick Rozoff In comments that got past editors in the Western news media, President Vladimir Putin in a recent Russian television interview accused the West of abusing what were good relations at the time (1999-2004) to expand …

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-12). Remember please, it doesn't exist. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Remember, there is no such thing as NATO as an independent entity. It's just an informal talk shop, a friendly forum, a debating society of Western democracies. One that is being threatened by Russia advancing toward its Eastern Flank. One that wants to save the world from authoritarian pushers-back against the rules-based international order, protect …

WSWS (2021-06-12). Trump's Justice Department seized phone records of Democratic lawmakers during Russia probe. wsws.org Records seized included those of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Representative Eric Swalwell, their congressional aides, and at least one family member.

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