(2021-06-05). Pandemic provokes wave of bus workers strikes across Brazil. wsws.org Over the past year, bus workers have carried out 238 strikes, protests and demonstrations, disrupting 88 transportation systems across Brazil.
(2021-06-05). Actor's Death Links Homophobia, Sexism and Covid Denial in Brazil. zcomm.org Paulo Gustavo was remembered in mass protests in 24 states and the capital district on May 29 against the Bolsonaro government's inaction in the face of Covid…
(2021-06-05). Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…
(2021-06-04). The Challenges Facing Brazil's Left. zcomm.org Even though we are living in a moment in which we have to remain defensive, the window of history seems to be wide open everywhere, igniting a new moment in our current political context…
(2021-06-04). Colombians To Set A National Popular Assembly To End Crisis. telesurenglish.net Colombia's social movements will install a "National Popular Assembly" in Bogota on June 6, 7, and 8 to put pressure on President Ivan Duque to respond to the people's demands after several failed dialogue attempts. | RELATED: | The Assembly will propose to extend nationwide protests to overthrow the Duque administration and its neoliberal policies, legitimize peaceful protests, promote new road blockades, and put an end to polic…
(2021-06-04). Judge Suspends Use of Venom Against Colombians in Popayan City. telesurenglish.net In Popayan City, Judge Jenny Cuetia ordered the National Police to immediately suspend the "Venom," an automatic projectile launcher that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) uses to fire electric stun shells and 37mm gas cartridges. | RELATED: | This order came in response to a protective action filed by Andres Niño and Carlos Amaya, who asked the judge to guarantee the fundamental rights of citizens who are victims of State terrorism in C…
(2021-06-04). Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia's Crackdown on Protesters. globalresearch.ca Photos circulating on …
(2021-06-04). Organizing Call for Colombia. dsausa.org RSVP Here On May 14, DSA held a panel with Colombian frontline activists confronting state violence in the Cali and Cauca, to hear about the actors on the ground and analysis of the struggle ahead. As the state violence and killings continue, many of us ask how we can stand in solidarity with Colombia. On…
(2021-06-04). Trade unions work to "de-escalate" protests in Colombia. wsws.org While working hand in glove with the discredited unions, whose "de-escalation" only serves to isolate the protests, the ruling class and US imperialism are escalating repression.
(2021-06-04). As Colombia's right-wing government mounts savage repression, Canada criticizes "violence" of impoverished protesters. wsws.org In a cynical statement, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau managed to avoid mentioning Duque and his far-right government, never mind the heavily armed paramilitary police force that has used US- and Canadian-made weaponry to terrorize protesters.
(2021-06-04). The global wave of miners strikes and the case for the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees. wsws.org From the nickel mines of Northern Ontario and the coalfields of Alabama to the Atacama desert in Chile and the jungles of Colombia, miners of every race and nationality are engaged in an international strike wave against the world's most powerful transnational mining corporations.
(2021-06-04). Peace in Colombia Should Mean Land Reform and an End to Hunger. counterpunch.org Since the end of April, Colombia's streets have smelled of tear gas. The government of Colombian President Iván Duque imposed policies that put the costs of the pandemic on the working class and the peasantry and triedto suffocate any advancement of the Havana peace accords of 2016. Discontent led to street protests, which were repressed harshly by the government. These protests, Rodrigo Granda of Colombia's Comunes party told us in an interview, "are defined by the wide participation of youth, women, artists, religious people, the Indigenous, Afro-Colombians, unions and organizations from neighborhoods of the po…
(2021-06-04). Headlines for June 4, 2021. democracynow.org Activists Call U.S. Plan to Ship 25 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Abroad "Deeply Insufficient", WHO Warns of Surging COVID-19 Cases in Africa as Vaccine Shipments Come to "Near Halt", Chinese Authorities Ban Hong Kong Vigil Commemorating Tiananmen Massacre, Arrest Organizer, Peruvian Presidential Runoff Pits Ex-Dictator's Daughter Against Socialist School Teacher, 89 Politicians Killed in Run-up to Mexican Midterm Elections, Lawyers for Guantánamo Prisoner Challenge Judge's Order Permitting Use of Info Obtained by Torture, Watchdog Says Pentagon Grossly Misrepresented Civilian Casualties from U.S. Military, U.N. Sa…
(2021-06-04). Argentina: The Battle Of COVID Vaccines. southfront.org 
Demonstrators protest against President Alberto Fernandez's lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Buenos Aires, on April 17 [Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]Written by Piero Messina exclusively for SouthFront. | Playing a sad tango melody, the 2019 Covid pandemic is sending Argentina and its government into a tailspin. Accusations of corruption in the management of the vaccination campaign, controversies over the supply of medicines, quarrels with pharmaceutical companies and the temptation to sell…
(2021-06-04). Understanding Peru's elections from the Peasant Patrols to Fujimorism. mronline.org 
500 years of colonial history, 200 years of life as a republic, and 40 years of experience of the rural and urban peasant patrols movement, to understand a subject and a process that come from afar. | June 4, 2021…
(2021-06-04). Alberto Fernandez Confirms Production of Sputnik V in Argentina. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez and his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin officially announced the beginning of large-scale production of the Sputnik V vaccine in this South American country. | RELATED: | The announcement follows the satisfactory quality control on the COVID-19 vaccine's components produced at the Argentinean Richmond laboratory. | This lab can formulate and package u…
(2021-06-04). Bigio: Fujimori's Electoral Campaign Is the Dirtiest In History. telesurenglish.net With only a few days left for the second round of Peru's presidential elections, the candidates of Peru Libre and Fuerza Popular, Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori, respectively, have closed their electoral campaigns this Friday, and Peruvians have to choose the next president of the country on June 6. | RELATED: | In an interview granted this Friday to HispanTV, international affairs analyst Isaac Bigio commented on the electoral proces…
(2021-06-04). Over 24 Million Peruvians To Elect President on June 6. telesurenglish.net Over 24 million Peruvians are called to head to the polls on Sunday's runoff election to elect the Andean nation's president for the 2021-2026 period. | RELATED: | The polling stations will be open from 07: 00 and 19: 00. The voting process will be conducted in a staggered manner according to identity card numbers to avoid crowds and protect the elderly population. | In the case of Peruvians living abroad, the National Office of Electoral Process…
(2021-06-04). Over 24 Million Peruvians To Elect President on Sunday. telesurenglish.net Over 24 million Peruvians are called to head to the polls on Sunday's runoff election to elect the Andean nation's president for the 2021-2026 period. | RELATED: | The polling stations will be open from 07: 00 and 19: 00. The voting process will be conducted in a staggered manner according to identity card numbers to avoid crowds and protect the elderly population. | In the case of Peruvians living abroad, the National Office of Electoral Process…
(2021-06-04). Argentina: Buenos Aires Province Secures Covaxin Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof confirmed an agreement with the Indian Barat-Biotech lab to acquire 15 million Covaxin vaccines. | RELATED: | Buenos Aires will become the first Argentinean province to secure such a vaccine provision deal on its own. | Covaxin is still under safety protocol protocols by the Drug, Food, and Medical Technologies National Administration, which is in charge of approving vaccines'