IDF continues to murder Gazans looking to eat
Al Jazeera, 6/29–Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of Palestinians, including people seeking food at aid distribution hubs, as the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave deteriorates by the day…at least 72 people were killed since dawn in Israeli strikes targeting multiple locations across Gaza, including at least 47 in Gaza City and the north of the territory. The victims on Sunday also included at least five Palestinian aid seekers killed near food distribution centres…A recent report by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper quoted unnamed Israeli soldiers as saying they had received orders to fire at crowds of unarmed aid seekers to disperse them.
U.S. fascists-in-charge prepare to deport 500,000 Haitian workers
AP, 6/27–The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation. DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet the conditions for the temporary legal protections. The termination of temporary protected status, or TPS, applies to about 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States, some of whom have lived here for more than a decade. It is coming three months after the Trump administration revoked legal protections for thousands of Haitians who arrived legally in the country under a humanitarian parole program…
DR Congo, looking for peace, makes a deal with the U.S.
Financial Times, 6/27– The Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with a Texan businessman allied to Donald Trump to make a notorious source of conflict minerals a central part of US-backed peace plans for the region. Gentry Beach, the chair of investment firm America First Global and former finance co-chair of Trump’s campaign in 2016, is part of a consortium negotiating for rights to the Rubaya coltan mine, said Congolese officials and people familiar with the matter…Both Washington and Kinshasa have expressed hope that any deals that flow will also dilute Chinese dominance in what is Africa’s richest store of minerals. DR Congo accounts for about 70 per cent of the world’s cobalt, as well as some of the continent’s largest reserves of gold, copper, coltan, tin and diamonds…
Workers OK strike plans against Tyson
Parade, 6/28–Workers at a Texas-based beef processing plant just "voted by a 98 percent margin" to authorize a strike at the facility amid ongoing negotiations…Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo–described as the "largest beef processing plant in the United States" and "essential to the beef supply chain"–announced that its some 3,100 members had voted to authorize a strike at the facility and should the strike happen, it could create a domino effect of chaos…
Japan gearing up for war with China
Newsweek, 6/26–Japan will begin building bomb shelters next year on its remote islands closest to Taiwan amid fears that its far western territory could become a legitimate target for Chinese missiles if China and the United States go to war…Japan's Self-Defense Force is among the world's most well-armed militaries thanks in part to historically strong heavy industry and U.S. export licenses for the production of platforms like the F-35 stealth jet and the future operation of weapons like the Tomahawk cruise missile.
Economists map out investing plans for NATO-Russia war
Bloomberg, 6/23–NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested that Russia may be in a position to consider such an attack on the alliance within five years, echoing the assessments of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several European intelligence agencies…Denmark has said Russia could engage in a local war with a neighboring country within six months and pose a credible threat to one or more NATO countries within two years. A war, even in its initial phase, would see many people killed and likely trigger a flood of refugees…
