(2024-06-23). US Vows 'Security Support' For Israel In All-Out War With Lebanon. popularresistance.org Senior US officials confirmed that if Israel wages a full out war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Washington is fully prepared to back its ally in Tel Aviv, CNN reported on 22 June. | According to a senior administration official speaking with CNN, the US officials gave the assurances in person to a delegation of Israeli security officials visiting Washington this week. | The Israeli officials, including Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, met with US officials, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and White House Mi…
(2024-06-23). Israeli attacks kill eight near Gaza aid centre. newarab.com 
Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli air strike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah. | The strike hit part of an industrial college run by the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA now providing aid to displaced families, the witnesses said. UNRWA and the Israeli military did not immediately respond to requests for comment. |
(2024-06-23). Terms of Reference : Consultancy Civil Society and the ICC : Pathways to Collaborative and Genuine Engagement. fidh.org 1. BACKGROUND
| This joint project of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC) (CICC), under the auspices of the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes: Making Justice Work, aims to enhance the relationship between civil society organisations (CSOs) and the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court). FIDH is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) composed of 188 national human rights (…) | – |
(2024-06-23). Why Is A Stanford Student Reporter Still Facing Felony Charges? popularresistance.org A coalition of press freedom and First Amendment organizations have demanded that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office abandon felony charges against a Stanford University student reporter. | Dilan Gohill, a freshman, covers student protests for the university's newspaper known as The Daily. He was arrested on June 5, along with 12 demonstrators, after they engaged in an act of civil disobedience against the Stanford's investments in companies "that provide material and logistical support to Israel's current military campaign" in Gaza. | The letter [PDF] from the coalition to the local prosecutor ind…
(2024-06-23). A year after migrant shipwreck, Pakistan families seek justice>. newarab.com 
A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. | "Since my brother went missing, our financial situation has worsened. I have no choice but to leave Pakistan to help my family repay the loan we took," said Tariq, whose brother Usman Tariq, was on board but not declared dead. | "There's absolutely nothing in this country… However, I will only pursue legal avenues and will not follow my brother's path." |
(2024-06-23). 'AIPAC is scared': Jamaal Bowman holds Bronx rally for NY seat. newarab.com 
US Representative Jamaal Bowman is in the fight for his political career as he defiantly called out his opponent's donations from "AIPAC is scared to death. That is why they're spending record amounts of money in this race," said Bowman, yelling to a cheering Bronx crowd on Saturday, with some holding Palesti…
(2024-06-23). Low Voltage Electricians Live To Strike Another Day. popularresistance.org Two months into an unprecedented strike, the 1,023 members of the limited energy construction unit of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 46 in Seattle voted overwhelmingly June 11 and again June 15 to stay out. | But the union announced June 17 that it had agreed to end the strike. Members would be voting on a third offer that barely differed from the latest rejected one—the raise had increased by 50 cents. | In an emotional meeting, members were told the strike was ending regardless, and if they didn't accept this latest deal, with no leverage they would likely end up with something worse. They voted it up by…
(2024-06-23). Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup's Doors With Model Pipeline. popularresistance.org New York—Tensions were high outside of Citigroup's global headquarters on Friday morning as climate activists blockaded the doors for an hour and hundreds of employees waited in the plaza to get to work. | The demonstration marked the end of the second week of the "Summer of Heat on Wall Street," a sustained, direct-action campaign targeting financial institutions, with a particular emphasis on Citi for its robust financing of fossil fuel projects, despite stated commitments to a clean energy transition. According to the Banking on Climate Chaos report from the Rainforest Action Network, an advocacy group,…
(2024-06-23). The Air In Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' Is Even Worse Than Expected. popularresistance.org Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as "Cancer Alley." The name stems from the fact that the area's residents have a 95 percent greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for this is the concentration of industrial facilities along the corridor — particularly petrochemical manufacturing plants, many of which emit ethylene oxide, an extremely potent toxin that is considered a carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and has been linked to breast and lung cancers.
(2024-06-23). Nation to crack down on market barriers. ecns.cn China will take more "powerful" actions to crack down on local protectionism and hidden market thresholds to create a fair market for all businesses, as a fair competition review system will come into force in August.
(2024-06-23). Air China orders 100 C919 aircraft in $10.8 billion deal. ecns.cn Air China announced a major purchase of domestically produced C919 aircraft on Thursday evening.
(2024-06-23). China's FDI inflow in Jan-May hits 412.51 billion yuan. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China from January to May 2024 reached 412.51 billion yuan ($56.81 billion), with the number of newly established foreign-backed companies reaching 21,764, up 17.4 percent year-on-year.
(2024-06-23). The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully. cadtm.org
(2024-06-23). Free trade frenzy: the hidden costs of South Asia's economic gamble. cadtm.org
(2024-06-23). The World Bank and IMF have set their sights on East Timor, a state officially born in May 2002. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-06-23). The Washington Post Wants You Think the Economy Is Awful #45,706. cepr.net Even though we have had the longest streak of below 4.0 percent unemployment in 70 years, and real wages are rising, especially at the bottom end of the wage distribution, the major media outlets insist the economy is terrible. The Washington Post is setting the pace with the lead story on its homepage headlined "Millennials …
(2024-06-23). LaborFest 2024 On 90th Anniversary Of The SF Gen Strike, Labor, Al & The Techno Fascists. indybay.org LaborFest 2024 schedule of events.
(2024-06-23). Jacob Rees-Mogg's 'wokery can damage your wealth' Telegraph column widely mocked. leftfootforward.org 'Jacob Rees-Mogg saying "wokery can damage' your wealth when his party has fiscally shafted everyone except those who can afford the fees of the public school he went to, is really something.'
(2024-06-23). Biden, Trump or neither? pressenza.com The President of the United States is the most powerful man in the world, I don't think anyone doubts that. Perhaps that status will be short-lived, but for now it is. He is backed by money, weapons, including nuclear weapons, and an economy that affects the rest of the planet. This president can intervene and even invade any country he wants and almost always succeeds. There are a few exceptions, starting with Vietnam, but come on, today it dominates the whole of Europe, which not so long ago was quite autonomous, and now even France grovels before the Yankee president. There is no need to dwell on this subject…
(2024-06-23). Saudi Arabia cuts crude oil prices. tvbrics.com 
The oil market has renewed its focus on fundamentals…
(2024-06-23). BRICS News Digest for the previous week. tvbrics.com 
We tell you about what happened in economics, politics, culture, science and education in the countries of the association…
(2024-06-23). Report on Alderney Channel Islands Nazi labour camps confirms perpetrators not tried because of "a succession of cover-ups." wsws.org The Alderney Expert Review Panel places the total death toll between 641 and 1,027 victims, with a likely upper limit of 1,134.
(2024-06-23). Treasury issues MTEF technical guidelines. sanews.gov.za Treasury issues MTEF technical guidelines | National Treasury (NT) has issued the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Technical Guidelines for 2025. | The guidelines are issued to assist departments at both national government and other state institutions to prepare medium term estimates for 2025 budget. | National Treasury said the 2024 Budget sought to balance stabilising "public finances and reduce fiscal and economic risks while promoting economic growth and supporting vulnerable members of society". | "The 2025 Budget will see a debt-stabilising primary surplus achieved in 2025/26, a reduction in the fi…
(2024-06-23). Iran Presidential Race Heats Up with TV Debates. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Six men running for the Iranian presidency have faced off in three rounds of nationally televised debates to discuss economic and cultural issues, defend their plans, and criticize those of the rivals.
(2024-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Coping with cancer-related fatigue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org People can experience cancer-related fatigue before, during and after treatments. This is different from the typical tiredness. At times, your arms and legs might feel heavy, making it hard to move. It may be challenging to even get out of bed in the morning. Cancer-related fatigue can take a toll mentally too. It can sometimes lead to depression and other emotional distress. Dr. Touré Barksdale, a Mayo Clinic cancer rehabilitation and palliative medicine specialist, gives…
(2024-06-23). Safety and Security key concerns why millionaires migrating from India. ummid.com Safety and Security are the main reasons why thousands of millionaires are migrating from India to other countries, international investment migration advisory firm Henley & Partners revealed in a report.
(2024-06-23). Two (wrong) views on Marx, degrowth, and productivism (plus John Bellamy Foster on ecosocialism and degrowth). links.org.au 
Monthly Review — The myth of Prometheanism in Marx's thought, revived by two opposite extremes on the issue, has resulted in the erection a "Tower of Babel" that threatens to extinguish much that has been achieved by Marxian ecology.
(2024-06-23). Ecosocialist revolution: A manifesto. links.org.au 
Ecosocialist Revolution: A Manifesto is published by Anti*Capitalist Resistance. The document and was adopted by Anti*Capitalist Resistance at their 2024 conference.
(2024-06-23). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.
(2024-06-23). Mayo Clinic launches 'Tomorrow's Cure' podcast to spotlight medical innovations transforming healthcare. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The free podcast, hosted by Cathy Wurzer, features visionaries from across the field of medicine ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic is launching "Tomorrow's Cure," a new podcast that will highlight medical innovations transforming healthcare and feature the visionaries who make them possible. "Tomorrow's Cure" is brought to listeners in collaboration with PRX, a Pulitzer and Peabody Award-winning public media organization and one of the world's top podcast distributors. Key Details: Release date: "Tomorrow's Cure" debuts…
(2024-06-23). Sahra Wagenknecht: Condition of Germany. newleftreview.org Interview with a prominent leader of the German left on the state of her country, currently the epicentre of converging crises—geopolitical, economic, environmental. With politics swerving right under an SPD-led government, flux and refoundation on the left.
(2024-06-23). Demonstration Farm Based on President Museveni's 4-Acre Model Launched in Kasanje. plusnews.ug 
A demonstration farm based on President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's 4-acre model farming strategy was launched in Kasanje Town Council, Wakiso District, on Friday. The event, themed "Interpreting His Excellency's 4-Acre Model Vision for Improved Household Income in the Metropolitan Districts of Uganda," was officiated by Dr. Hillary Musoke Kisanja, Private Secretary to the President in …
(2024-06-23). Joint NGO letter on the European Union's macro-financial assistance to Egypt and human rights. fidh.org
(2024-06-23). Trump focuses on immigration, crime in first-ever rally in Philadelphia. whyy.org 
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Former President Donald Trump addressed immigration, crime and the economy at a rally in Philadelphia on Saturday night. | It was Trump's first rally in the
(2024-06-23). Researchers identify vascular changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified vascular changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.
(2024-06-23). 4 takeaways from PlatforMed 2024 to advance collaboration, transformation in healthcare with platform thinking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PlatforMed, the annual conference on platform transformation in healthcare, underscored the importance of a collaborative approach to healthcare innovation to create a world where everyone, everywhere has access to the best possible care. More than 250 global leaders in technology and healthcare gathered June 4-5 in Phoenix for PlatforMed 2024. Healthcare leaders, industry experts, policymakers, investors, and startups shared new insights and discussed the future of healthcare. The event opened with a welcome address from…
(2024-06-23). teleSUR anuncia el concurso "Sur Influyente" telesurtv.net El concurso invita a jóvenes, mayores de edad, creadores de contenidos a elaborar piezas audiovisuales de máximo 60 segundos en formato vertical (9: 16).
(2024-06-22). In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Savanna Craig On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest. Activists had chosen the venue due to the Canadian bank's investments in Israeli defence company Elbit Systems. I watched as protesters blocked the bank's ATMs and teller booths and the…