Daily Archives: June 8, 2020

2020-06-08: News Headlines

Madeleine Wattenbarger (2020-06-07). Protests against anti-Black violence and police spread to Mexico. zcomm.org Mexicans have flooded social media with statements of support for protests in the US against anti-Black violence…

Ryan Grim (2020-06-06). Insurgent Candidates Scored Big Victories in Down-Ballot Elections. zcomm.org From New Mexico to Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., progressive challengers to Democratic incumbents scored a series of victories on Tuesday night, continuing to grind out an insurgency that in just a few years has dramatically reshaped the politics of the Democratic Party…

CP Editor (2020-06-06). Rage Against The Machine — Interview with Noam Chomsky (from The Battle Of Mexico City). counterpunch.org

John Kendall Hawkins (2020-06-05). The Coming Purge of Doppelgà§ngers and the Palast Revolution. counterpunch.org "Hell, you can't get people to vote once, let alone twice." — Santiago Juarez, League of United Latin American Citizens "Your chance of having your vote spoiled is 900% higher if you're Black than if you're white." — US Civil Rights Commission We were warned about an imminent threat on Pearl Harbor before the attack.

RT (2020-06-05). WATCH protesters hurl stones & projectiles at US embassy in Mexico over George Floyd death (VIDEOS). rt.com People protesting over the death of George Floyd descended on the walled-off compound housing the US embassy in Mexico and proceeded to tag the streets and throw projectiles at the building. | Dozens gathered on the street on Friday outside the diplomatic building, which is located in Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City. | Videos show the protesters throwing stones and other projectiles at the building, which was protected by metal walls, installed to shield it from unrest as demonstrations turned violent. | Anarquistas empiezan a concentrarse en la parte trasera de la Embajada de Estados Unidos, en la calle de R…

RT (2020-06-05). Patrol officer SET ON FIRE during police brutality protests over 'Mexican George Floyd' (VIDEO). rt.com A police officer was set on fire while confronting a group of demonstrators in Mexico. Protests and rioting in the country were triggered by the death of a local man shortly after his detention. | The incident occurred in the city of Guadalajara, the capital of Mexico's western state of Jalisco. The video circulating on social media shows a group of police officers on motorcycles in a standoff with protesters. At one point, a man wearing a mask and dark sunglasses pours flammable liquid on the back of one of the officers and sets him on fire. | The policeman runs and falls to the pavement as fellow officers an…

en.mehrnews (2020-06-06). VIDEO: US embassy in Mexico City locked down due to George Floyd protests. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — The US Embassy in Mexico City has locked down after people allegedly threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at it. The attacks happened during local protests over the death of George Floyd on Friday against police violence.