(2022-06-08). BRICS countries vow to deepen business cooperation. ecns.cn Business representatives from the BRICS countries pledged Wednesday to enhance multilateral cooperation to safeguard the common interests of emerging markets and developing countries.
(2022-06-08). Cuba-China cooperation leads to vaccine breakthrough. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 7, 2022 Cuba and China formally announced June 2 that they have filed for joint patent for a Pan-Corona vaccine. The new vaccine, a collaboration between the biotechnological sectors of the two countries, is the first patent for a single vaccine effective against the many variants of COVID-19. A collaboration between the biotechnology sectors of China and Cuba has resulted in the development of the first patent for a Pan-Corona vaccine, being presented here at the National Intellectual Property Office in China. News of the jointly developed vaccine is particularly exciting because of the tw…
(2022-06-08). Transcarpathian Region Refused To Supply Fuel To The Rest Of Ukraine Amid Acute Crisis. southfront.org 
| On June 8, the head of the Ukrainian Transcarpathian region claimed that the western Ukrainian region will no longer supply fuel received from the EU to other regions of Ukraine. | According to the local official, European fuel will not leave the borders of the Transcarpathian region until the needs of the region are met."Local fuel companies of Transcarpathia refused to supply fuel to other regions until the needs of our region are met. And this is even despite the super—profitable offer…
(2022-06-08). South African Communist Amos Mbedzi, Who Fought Apartheid, Dies a Martyr for Liberation of Swaziland. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Amos Mbulaheni Mbedzi The South African Communist Party and the Communist Party of Swaziland along with several pro-democracy groups have vowed to continue the struggle for Swaziland's liberation from the rule of King Mswati III, the last absolute monarch in Africa, for which Mbedzi paid the ultimate price Communists and pro-democracy activists across…
(2022-06-08). AIIB issues 1.5 bln yuan of panda bonds in China. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued 1.5 billion yuan (about 225.11 million U.S.The issuance has a maturity of three years with a coupon rate of 2.4 percent, which aims to raise funds to support the construction of sustainable development infrastructure.
(2022-06-08). LGBTQ+ for socialism: 'We want to live!'. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt June 7, 2022 We are still grieving for the 10 people of Buffalo, New York's Black community killed there May 14. We are still grieving for the 21 people — children and teachers — killed in Uvalde, Texas, May 24. And for so many others killed by hatred and bigotry in the past — Black people worshipping at church in Charleston, South Carolina; LGBTQ+ people dancing at the Pulse Bar in Orlando, Florida; Asian women working at health spas in Atlanta — too many to name and number here. Millions, all the way back to the foundation of this country, to the massacres of Indige…
(2022-06-08). Erdogan and the Unification of Turkic-speaking States. journal-neo.org 
Turkey's budget deficit in April widened 197% from a year earlier, Bloomberg reported on May 16, as government spending soared. A number of other foreign agencies in recent reports are increasingly focusing on the clearly intensifying socio-political crisis in this country, and the Turkish economy is experiencing a truly rocky period. Another fall of the …
(2022-06-08). Zuckerberg, Rockefeller, Google and the Privatization of Election Integrity. journal-neo.org 
Through deceit and capitalizing on loopholes in US law for non-profit entities, private corporate and foundation interests have and are pouring vast sums of money to corrupt the US election process in the interest of a dystopian Green Agenda and worse. It consists of a complex network of interests including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google, …
(2022-06-08). OAS 'Murderer' Almagro Confronted on Bolivia Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro had a meltdown on Tuesday as he was confronted by a U.S. activist of the Party for Socialism and Liberation on his role in the 2019 coup in Bolivia. Almagro was called a murderer, not only for backing the dictatorship of Jeanine Añez, but was also condemned for…
(2022-06-08). Ominous Economic Distress In India: No Buying Power, No Jobs, Rising Prices. popularresistance.org Recently released estimates of India's economic output show that people are not spending enough. The only reason this can be is because they do not have sufficient income, and their buying power is limited. On the other hand, prices of all essential commodities are increasing at a disturbingly high rate. This will further restrict spending. Industrial production has grown at snail's pace, and with people not having enough to spend, demand will continue to be low and industrial output too will languish. Bank credit for large industries is growing very slowly. So, prospects of any check on raging unemployment conti…
(2022-06-08). Haiti and the Americas Syllabus. popularresistance.org What does it mean to defend our Americas? For the Black Alliance for Peace, defending our Americas begins with a re-drawing of the map of the Americas. No longer can the United States stand at the center of the hemisphere, upholding an eternal whiteness while imposing a suffocating capitalism. Instead, for BAP, Haiti is the center of the Americas. Solidarity with Haiti is key to the defense of the Americas. Haiti endures the original territory of Black emancipation from slavery, of Black independence from colonialism, and Black resistance to racism and global capitalism. | Yet Haiti has also become the region's l…
(2022-06-08). Trailer Park Residents Take On Venture Capitalists—And Win. popularresistance.org Durango, Colorado -‚ÄâOn a cold January day at the height of ski season, as tourists check into Durango's resort hotels and wealthy vacationers roll suitcases into their second homes, Alejandra Chavez pulls away from her single wide trailer on the outskirts of town and drives the two-lane road south to look for a new place to live in New Mexico. Chavez dreads the prospect of making this same 1.5‚Äëhour-drive, back and forth, every day, but she sees few options. Her work is in Durango, but Durango, it seems, may no longer have a home for her. | Chavez, 30, moved to the area 18 year…
(2022-06-08). U.S. COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority. mronline.org 
The death toll in the U.S. due to COVID-19 has crossed 1 million. The richest country in the world has stumbled in controlling the pandemic and the poorest have suffered the most.
(2022-06-08). The Heat: COVID-19 and Mental Health. america.cgtn.com The coronavirus pandemic has killed millions across the globe including over one million here in the United States. And, while the loss of loved ones has been devastating for families, the fallout has also left huge numbers struggling with mental health issues. Depression and anxiety …
(2022-06-08). Friday 6/17: National Memorial Service for Lives Lost to COVID, Gun Violence, War and Poverty w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/ | In-person at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C…
(2022-06-08). Dossier no. 53: This land is the land of our ancestors. mronline.org 
The labour relations on South African farms continue to maintain race, gender, and class inequalities as a central character of work and life.
(2022-06-08). What is Happening in Bolivia: CEPR's Recent Work. cepr.net Updated June 8, 2022 Reports 6/1/21: Bolivia After the 2019 Coup: Economic Policy 12/9/20: What Criticisms of Bolivia's 2019 Elections Continue to Get Wrong 5/27/20: The Ends Don't Justify the Means  ; Center for Economic and Policy Research 3/10/20: Observing the Observers: The OAS in the 2019 Bolivian Elections 2/27/20: Analysis of the 2019 Bolivia …
(2022-06-08). Mumia Abu-Jamal: When the empire calls. iacenter.org By Mumia Abu-Jamal June 6, 2022 Mumia Abu-Jamal The following message from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was prepared for the Workers' Summit in Tijuana, Mexico, June 10-12, which is being held in response to President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas. My brothers, sisters and comrades in Tijuana, I welcome you, delegates of the excluded. People from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and beyond. Many of you come from poor nations, countries with relatively low GDP, like Cuba, for example, which has a GDP roughly equal to Ghana. As I write from the richest nation on earth, I have to add that I also write from a na…
(2022-06-08). Cindy Sheehan, Mickey Z. and Weird "Activist" Karma (part 1). dissidentvoice.org Mickey Z.: Recently, Cindy Sheehan and I appeared on each other's podcasts (Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox Newsletter and Post-Woke). While talking off-air, Cindy suggested we collaborate on an article related to our experiences with the Left — particularly since March 2020. To follow is the first part of that conversation. MZ: About a month or two …
(2022-06-08). High Voter Apathy and Amped-Up Fears About Crime Shaped California Primaries. truthout.org There are three main takeaways from California's elections this week. | First, the level of voter apathy ought to send a shudder through the political establishment. Voters' fury at high inflation and, in particular, high gasoline prices, as well as the sense of lingering anxiety unleashed b…
(2022-06-08). 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.
(2022-06-08). How UAE can help South Africa to fight corruption. moderndiplomacy.eu South Africa and United Arab Emirates have to set a good precedent now. United Arab Emirates has to cooperate and help South Africa to fight deep-seated corruption. Collaborative and mighty efforts, such as tracking down and bring them to justice, the corrupt business people who link up with politicians have to be intensified not only …
(2022-06-08). EOPA, elected officials, thank Biden for invoking the Defense Production Act. indybay.org The Defense Production Act for clean energy manufacturing will help fight inflation, grow jobs and put America on a clearer path to energy independence. Elected Officials to Protect America thanks President Biden for taking the historic action on June 6, D-day, of invoking the DPA to accelerate the production of clean energy manufacturing.
(2022-06-08). Between two worlds. indybay.org Putin is our new tsar, quite simply. I call him an authoritarian modernizer who stands in the balancing act between neoliberalism and monarchist tradition and wants to reorganize the country from this position.
(2022-06-08). Biden Has a Chance to Repair, Not Inflame, US Relations With China. commondreams.org Improving relations with China could lower inflation, isolate Vladimir Putin, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.
(2022-06-08). Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy. indybay.org The Labor Education Project On AFL-CIO International Operations held a founding conference in Washington, DC to expose the role of the AFL-CIO which receives $75 million a year for their "Solidarity Center" and the role of the CIA, NED and AID in colluding with the US government for coups and labor imperialism. They also called for the full opening of the books of the AFL-CIO on their international operations.
(2022-06-08). From Reagan to Trump. indybay.org The 1960s, when incomes rose for almost all workers, ended with a massive wave of strikes. Since the 1980s, the incomes of most Americans have fallen, working hours have risen massively, and job security has become a foreign word. But strikes have been extremely rare.
(2022-06-08). Amazon Union Slams Company Effort to Bar Public From Election Hearing. commondreams.org "Maybe they're seeing that worker testimony is more credible than they thought," the Amazon Labor Union said in response to the company's new motion with the NLRB.
(2022-06-08). Stop Poisoning & Killing Us For Profits! Hunters Point Community Residents Speak Out. indybay.org A rally and speak-out was held to support a San Francisco Grand Jury report that said rising bay waters would expose the toxins and radioactive material at Hunters Point to residents and the community. It also attacked the failure of City, State and Federal agencies to do proper oversight of the Lennar condo development and protect the residents. Hunters Point residents and advocates spoke out. Many said this deadly situation was continuing because of profiteering by developers, government agencies and city, state and federal politicians.
(2022-06-08). China always Kyrgyzstan's most reliable partner: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that China supports Kyrgyzstan in maintaining political stability, social harmony and sustainable economic development, adding that China has always been Kyrgyzstan's most reliable long-term strategic cooperative partner.
(2022-06-08). Remembering the Frontier Wars and striving for systemic change. greenleft.org.au The Labor government has reignited hope that First Nations peoples will be included in decision-making. But the lasting impact of colonisation in how laws are applied also has to be addressed, argues Isaac Nellist.
(2022-06-08). JCPOA 1.01: Now or Never. moderndiplomacy.eu Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States promised not only a shift in U.S. domestic policies but also a return to Obama's chapter in Washington's foreign strategy. Biden's victory in the 2020 elections was especially anticipated in Teheran, which had experienced years of relentless economic pressure by the previous administration in Washington. …
(2022-06-08). How the U.S. Government is controlled by its armaments firms. moderndiplomacy.eu Unlike corporations that sell to consumers, Lockheed Martin and the other top contractors to the U.S. Government are highly if not totally dependent upon sales to governments, for their profits, especially sales to their own government, which they control — they control their home market, which is the U.S. Government, and they use it (their …
(2022-06-08). Science Saturday: In neurodegenerative diseases, Mayo Clinic research finds shared gene patterns, widespread damage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Damage to brain cells in two separate neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy — is not limited to specific parts of the brain and these diseases share a pattern of gene alterations within the brain, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic, the University of Florida and other collaborating organizations. The researchers say this finding suggests the neurodegenerative diseases may have the same underlying disease links. The finding, which is published in The Journal…
(2022-06-08). Mayo Clinic, NAACP to welcome inaugural RISE for Youth cohort on June 6. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch will welcome 40 promising high school and college students to RISE for Youth, on Monday, June 6. This program, which is in its inaugural year, is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. RISE stands for Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen and Empower, and is an approach developed by Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity,…
(2022-06-08). 110,000 tons of wheat purchased for grain reserve. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have purchased 110,000 metric tons of wheat from farmers as of Tuesday, according to China Grain Reserves Corporation Group, which manages the national grain reserve.
(2022-06-08). Iran's economic growth to increase 3.7% in 2022: WB. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — The World Bank (WB) in its latest report said that Iran's economy will grow by 3.7 percent thanks to oil exports jump and also public vaccination of people against coronavirus.
(2022-06-08). TPOI plans to boost trade ties with African countries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — The Deputy Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) for Export Markets Development Affairs said that the Organization is planning to boost trade ties with African states using a barter mechanism.
(2022-06-08). Iran seeks to strengthen friendship with Muslim countries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) — The Iranian parliament speaker and Nigeria's top diplomat stressed the development of economic relations between the two countries and called for bolstering the political and cultural relations as well.