(2021-06-17). Interview with Daniel Ellsberg: Pentagon Papers whistleblower still fighting militarism 50 years later. liberationnews.org 
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication by The New York Times of excerpts of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 pages of top-secret documents.
(2021-06-17). The Pentagon Papers 50 Years Later: America's Most Famous Whistleblower Still Fighting Militarism. answercoalition.org  …
(2021-06-17). NYT marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2021-06-17). UK: Johnson's mendacious defence of media "freedom", while Assange remains imprisoned. wsws.org That Johnson can tweet supposedly in defence of abused journalist Nicholas Watt while perpetrating the criminalisation of Assange speaks to the atrophying of any constituency for democratic rights within the bourgeoisie.
(2021-06-17). Republicans lose again: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, 7 to 2. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge by red states to Obamacare, preserving health insurance coverage for many millions of Americans. Barely able to control his delight, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain immediately tweeted: "It's still a Big F—ing Deal," referencing then-Vice President Biden's 2009 remarks when the Affordable Care Act was first …
(2021-06-17). Supreme Court Backs Catholic Foster Care Agency in LGBTQ Discrimination Case. truthout.org 
This morning the Supreme Court While it's crucial to consider the implications of this case — Fulton v. City of Philadelphia — for non-discrimination ru…
(2021-06-17). Supreme Court Again Rejects a License to Discriminate. aclu.org Today the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling that one taxpayer-funded religious agency in Philadelphia has a right to renew its contract to provide foster care services to the city, despite its unwillingness to comply with the city's non-discrimination requirement, because the city's contract had a mechanism for allowing individualized exceptions to its non-discrimination policy that it did not grant to that agency. Importantly, the court did not rule (as the agency asked) that there is a constitutional right for government contractors such as the foster care agency to discriminate in their work for the city…
(2021-06-17). Video: Pharmacist Quits CVS Job Over Refusal to Kill People with COVID-19 Shots and Becomes a Whistleblower. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-17). La CIA intenta golpes de Estado en Nicaragua con dólares de impuestos a través de agencias estadounidenses y fundaciones corporativas: USAID no brinda ayuda, ejecuta golpes de Estado. globalizacion.ca 
Desde que los sandinistas ganaron las elecciones de 2006, sus políticas contra la pobreza han tenido un éxito enorme. | El país es 90% autosuficiente en alimentos. El 99% de la población tiene electricidad en sus hogares que ahora se genera…
(2021-06-17). Three dead, including gunman, in Alabama fire hydrant factory shooting. wsws.org According to police, Andreas Horton opened fire on co-workers at the Mueller Company factory in Albertville, Alabama early Tuesday morning, killing two and wounding two others before turning the gun on himself.
(2021-06-16). NYT marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2021-06-16). New York Times marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2021-06-16). The American Working Class Must Come to Assange's Defence! orinocotribune.com By Thomas Scripps — Jun 9, 2021 | Julian Assange's father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, are touring the United States to call for the WikiLeaks founder's release. They are visiting several American cities including Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Denver, before finishing in Washington DC. | Assange is a multi-award-winning journalist. His most significant work, carried out through WikiLeaks with the heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning, is the publication of the Iraq and Afghan war logs and the US diplomatic cables in 2010 and the Guantanamo files in 2011. These releases ex…
(2021-06-16). Israeli forces attack Palestinians during far-right Flag March and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at Israel's latest airstrikes on Gaza and the far-right Israeli "March of Flags" in Jerusalem, the release of former NSA contractor and whistleblower Reality Winner from prison, the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic across Africa amid widespread vaccine shortages, and the results of the phase 3 trials of the US-based Novavax company's Covid-19 vaccine.
(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). Nicaragua: CIA Attempting A Coup Through US Agencies And Foundations. popularresistance.org Since the Sandinistas won the 2006 election their anti-poverty policies have had enormous success. | The country is 90% self-sufficient in food. 99% of the population have electricity in their homes that is now generated with 70+% green energy; International financial Institutions including the World Bank, the International Development Bank and The Central American Bank for Economic Integration praise Nicaragua for its excellent, efficient project execution. it has one of the best health systems in Latin America praised by the International Monetary Fund, with 20 new state of the art hospitals since 2007 achievin…
(2021-06-16). The CIA Attempts Coups in Nicaragua with Tax Dollars Through US Agencies and Corporate Foundations: USAID Does Not Provide Aid — It Carries Out Coups. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @
(2021-06-16). Tupac Shakur Would Have Turned 50 Today—If He Hadn't Threatened Deal Between Drug Traffickers and U.S. Banks Making Billions Laundering CIA Drug Money. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at
(2021-06-16). AI breast cancer screening project wins government funding for NHS trial. imperial.ac.uk UK researchers have secured government funding to study the use of artificial intelligence for breast cancer screening in NHS hospitals.
(2021-06-16). Tupac Shakur Would Have Turned 50 Today—If He Hadn't Threatened Deal Between Drug Traffickers and U.S. Banks Making Billions Laundering CIA Drug Money. covertactionmagazine.com On June 16, 2021, the late rap icon Tupac Shakur would have turned 50 had he survived a still unsolved drive-by shooting in Las Vegas 25 years ago. Few knew that behind his "gangsta rap" faàßade, Tupac was an activist leader who worked to counter CIA drug trafficking through street gangs.