Staff (2024-06-29). Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list. thegrayzone.com The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov's profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial right-wing unit to receive U.S. military aid. Editor's note: the following article was originally published by Sam Carlen and Iain Carlos for the Noir newsletter. Stanford University's Mapping Militants Project (MMP), a U.S. government-funded initiative that …

NOIR (2024-06-29). Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list. thegrayzone.com The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov's profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial right-wing unit to receive U.S. military aid. Editor's note: the following article was originally published by Sam Carlen and Iain Carlos for the Noir newsletter. Stanford University's Mapping Militants Project (MMP), a U.S. government-funded initiative that conducts research on "violent militant or extremist organizations," quietly removed their profile on the Azov Battalion early last month. The Azov Battalion (now known as …

Staff (2024-06-29). Venezuela's Presidential Elections: Voting Drill on Sunday. orinocotribune.com The head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) "Our Venezuela" presidential campaign staff, Jorge Rodríguez, called for massive participation in the voting drill this Sunday. He reiterated the strength of PSUV's robust electoral machine and called for Chavismo to "not only vote on July 28 but also stay in the streets in defense of the vote." | This Friday, June 28, Rodríguez reported that the National Electoral Council (CNE) will deploy many voting machines during the electoral drill this Sunday so that voters become familiar with the process amid the the upcoming presidential election. | He explain…

ecns.cn (2024-06-29). Japan probes 76 deaths linked to pharma products. ecns.cn Japan is looking into 76 deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical containing red yeast rice.

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-06-29). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

Manlio Dinucci (2024-06-29). Assange: L'Inquisizione dell'Impero Condanna il Giornalismo Eretico. globalresearch.ca Articolo e trasmissione a cura di Manlio Dinucci. "Il fondatore di WikiLeaks si dichiara colpevole e viene condannato per aver cospirato per ottenere e divulgare informazioni classificate sulla Difesa nazionale. Julian Assange, fondatore di WikiLeaks, si è dichiarato …

Tina Landis (2024-06-29). California's community solar program undermined by for-profit interests of utility companies. liberationnews.org Under capitalism, community-solar microgrids are a threat to private utilities' profits. In the end, ensuring continued profits for the ruling elite outweighs implementing real climate solutions in any meaningful way.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Zelensky replaces general at the behest of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The empowering of neo-Nazi figures such as Krotevych and the open backing of fascism by Western imperialism comes as the Zelensky regime is escalating the persecution of opponents of the war and suppression of democratic rights.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Oppose Sri Lankan trade unions attempt to subordinate class struggles to up-coming elections! Prepare a general strike against government austerity! Fight for socialist policies! wsws.org Without a political fight against the Wickremesinghe regime and the overthrow of the capitalist system, workers cannot defend any of their basic rights.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Oppose Sri Lankan trade unions attempt to subordinate class struggles to upcoming elections! Prepare a general strike against government austerity! Fight for socialist policies! wsws.org Without a political fight against the Wickremesinghe regime and the overthrow of the capitalist system, workers cannot defend any of their basic rights.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-06-29). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org

(2024-06-29). CPJ, others express solidarity with journalists, NGOs targeted by Hungary's Russian-style Sovereignty Protection Office. transparency.hu

Maxime Duriez (2024-06-29). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |

newleftreview (2024-06-29). 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.

Tom Tanuki (2024-06-29). The night the cookers were handed over to neo-Nazis at the Polish Club. independentaustralia.net

Staff (2024-06-29). Starmer's Labour will be "a midwife for fascism", says independent Sean Halsall. thecanary.co In the sixteenth of our video interview series #CanaryCandidates, we meet independent candidate Sean Halsall — standing against Labour's Patrick Hurley Sean Halsall is a councillor who is standing as an independent candidate in Southport in the general election. A former Labour Party member, he now says "it's hard to justify why anyone would stay …