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As a Hong Kong protest leader promotes far-right condemnations of US anti-racism demonstrations and activists shut down a Black Lives Matter rally in the city, Hong Kong organizers forge close ties with hardline Republicans in Washington. by Ajit Singh Part 4 - Hong Kong’s opposition aligned with same far-right US politicians repressing Black Lives Matter There are some within Hong Kong’s “pro-democracy” movement who have issued statements expressing support for the protests taking place in the US and the Black Lives Matter movement, arguing that both movements are engaged in a shared struggle against oppression and police brutality.  Joshua Wong, a poster-boy for the Hong Kong protests, along with Nathan Law and other leading members of his political party, Demosistō, have stated that they stand with Black Lives Matter. “ Many of you have asked me about the ongoing U.S. protests ” wrote Wong in a June 2 tweet. “ As a human-rights activist, I stand firmly on the si...

by Mara Hvistendahl, Alleen Brown Part 1 A former Albuquerque City Council candidate who ran on a tough-on-crime platform shot a protester at an anti-police brutality demonstration on Monday and was arrested alongside members of a right-wing militia group. The shooting is an extreme example of a trend that has played out across the country as armed vigilantes pledging to protect property have shown up at protests — in many cases with encouragement or even explicit collaboration from law enforcement. The shooter, Steven Ray Baca, had been intimidating protesters planning to topple a statue of the murderous Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate outside the Albuquerque Museum. He was joined in this quest by members of the New Mexico Civil Guard, a militia group that emerged in the wake of coronavirus-related shutdowns. Baca, who was recently named a board member of the Albuquerque Tea Party, claims to have family in law enforcement and has led pro-police activism in the past...

The Hill Author of 'The Deficit Myth' Stephanie Kelton shares insight on how corporate bailouts attribute to the increase in national debt.

Στην πολιτική ατζέντα των τελευταίων ημερών κυριάρχησε η κόντρα του Πρωθυπουργού Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη με τον πρώην Πρωθυπουργό Αντώνη Σαμαρά που «φρέναρε» τον ανασχηματισμό και δημιούργησε εσωστρέφεια στην κυβέρνηση.  Σύμφωνα με τα ρεπορτάζ, ο «εμφύλιος» ξεκίνησε όταν το Μαξίμου «εξουδετέρωσε» τους δικαστικούς που πρόσκεινται στον πρώην Πρωθυπουργό, δηλαδή τους Π. Αθανασίου. Ι. Αγγελή, Ε. Ράικου ενώ κάποιες πηγές απέδωσαν σε κύκλους του Μαξίμου ακόμη και τις σοβαρές αποκαλύψεις των τελευταίων ημερών. Πρόκειται για τους τρεις δικαστικούς που «τεκμηριώνουν» με τις -όψιμες- καταθέσεις τους, για λογαριασμό της σαμαρικής πτέρυγας, το σενάριο της «σκευωρίας» στο σκάνδαλο Novartis και της διεύρυνσης του κατηγορητηρίου για το Δημήτρη Παπαγγελόπουλο, μετά το αδιέξοδο της πρώτης φάσης της Προανακριτικής.  Αυτό είναι ένα καλό μάθημα για όσους αμφισβήτησαν πόσο βάθος έχουν οι περιβόητοι «αρμοί της εξουσίας» που περιέγραψε χαρακτηριστικά ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας πριν λίγους μήνες.  Ο Σ...

The Grayzone As Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long conflict, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions that explicitly target reconstruction. " For Syrians, sanctions on reconstruction and on oil and gas are likely to be felt most acutely, " the Washington Post reports. " The Caesar Act will probably limit the government’s ability to procure oil, further hurting the already low quality of life. " The new sanctions follow earlier coercive measures that had already hurt Syrian civilians, compounding the destruction of a lengthy proxy war fueled and funded by the US and its allies. 

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Inside Edition Hundreds of people marched from the Washington Heights neighborhood to Harlem in support of Black Lives Matter on June 14th, 2020. The uptown Manhattan rally and protest called for major reforms in the way the NYPD is funded and of the role the police play in the community. Protesters carried signs and chanted slogans decrying police brutality and mourning the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others who died at the hands of law enforcement.

Μερικές ημέρες μετά το πόρισμα του ΕΟΠΥΥ για τον σύζυγο της πρώην εισαγγελέως διαφθοράς Ε. Ράικου (βασικότατο γρανάζι στη θεωρεία περί ‘’σκευωρίας’’) και τις σχέσεις του με τη Novartis (το οποίο αναιρεί και το τελευταίο στοιχείο αξιοπιστίας από την κ. Ράικου) κι ενώ ακόμη ο Κυβερνητικός Εκπρόσωπος Στ. Πέτσας δεν έχει δώσει στη δημοσιότητα τα ποσά που έλαβαν τα ΜΜΕ από την κυβερνητική καμπάνια «Μένουμε Σπίτι», το πολιτικό κλίμα πολώνεται ακόμη περισσότερο από ένα ηχητικό απόσπασμα παλαιότερης συνομιλίας (αναρτήθηκε σήμερα σε φιλοκυβερνητικά ΜΜΕ) του στελέχους του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Νίκου Παππά με τον επιχειρηματία Σάμπυ Μιωνή σχετικά με τον Δημήτρη Παπαγγελόπουλο. Σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση του κ. Μιωνή, ο Νίκος Παππάς τού είχε πει στη συνομιλία που είχαν το 2016 σχετικά με τον Δημήτρη Παπαγγελόπουλο ότι ο τελευταίος έχει τη δική του ατζέντα και ότι « ξέρω, καταλαβαίνω και μαθαίνω » ότι « κάποιοι βγάζουν λεφτά », και μάλιστα « πολλά λεφτά » και ότι « έκανε το δικό του outsourcing ». Στην ανακοί...

The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lent itself to the political interests of the United States and Israel, provoking a needless conflict with Iran by Gareth Porter Part 1 The approval by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of a June 19 resolution calling on Iran to comply fully with agency demands for cooperation marks a new stage in the long-running Israeli campaign to isolate Iran over alleged covert nuclear weapons activities.  The IAEA has demanded that Iran provide “ clarifications ” regarding “ possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities, ” as well as access to two sites in question. Those demands are based on alleged Iranian documents that Israeli intelligence supposedly stole from Iran in 2018. And as The Grayzone has reported, their authenticity is highly questionable, and their theft may have never occurred. Source, links: https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/22/israel-nuclear-archives-iae...

Mexico’s oligarchs and establishment political parties have united in a secret alliance to try to remove left-wing President López Obrador from power, with help from the media, Washington, and Wall Street. Leaked documents lay out their devious strategy. by Ben Norton  Part 1 Some of the most powerful forces in Mexico are uniting in a campaign to try to topple the country’s first left-wing president in decades, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And they apparently have support in Washington and on Wall Street. Known popularly as AMLO, the Mexican leader is a progressive nationalist who campaigned on the promise to “end the dark night of neoliberalism.” He has since implemented a revolutionary vision he calls the “Fourth Transformation,” vowing to fight poverty, corruption, and drug violence — and has increasingly butted heads with his nation’s wealthy elites. López Obrador has also posed a challenge to the US foreign-policy consensus. His government provided refuge t...