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June 2026

Venezuela: Beacon Of Solidarity

Four days ago, on the 24th of June, a national holiday jointly celebrating St. John the Baptist Day and the key Battle of Carabobo that secured the nation’s Independence, Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes, 39 seconds from each other, one of 7.2 on the Richter scale and the second of greater intensity, of 7.5.  The fault lines run through the northwestern valley of the capital Caracas and all along the coast, north of Caracas past the mountains. There was also damage in areas of the interior of the country. Experts call it a doublet. The devastation was unbelievable. Nothing like this has ever happened in South America and it was the strongest earthquake to hit Venezuela in over a century.

Qatar confirms No Iran–US talks In Doha Following Arrival Of Trump Envoys

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari announced on 30 June that no direct high-level sessions between US and Iranian officials are scheduled in Doha on Tuesday, following the arrival of US special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Witkoff and Kushner were traveling to Doha for “high-level meetings” concerning the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran, however Ansari clarified the delegation would meet with Qatari mediators rather than Iranian representatives.

Hind Rajab Foundation Asks US To Arrest Ben-Gvir During NY Visit

The Hind Rajab Foundation has called on the U.S. to investigate Israel’s far right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for war crimes ahead of his visit to New York City in early July. On Saturday, the Belgium-based foundation filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, stating that the U.S. has the jurisdiction and the legal obligation to investigate, arrest, and prosecute Ben-Gvir during his visit to New York City. Ben-Gvir is set to attend the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit on July 7 and 8 in the city. Ben-Gvir must be prosecuted for his involvement in war crimes, the foundation stated, including crimes against U.S. nationals.

The Peoples Football Match Vs Racist War And FIFA

Seattle, WA - The Peoples Football Match was held outside FIFA’s Seattle Stadium on July 26 as Egypt and Iran played inside. The Peoples Match demanded solidarity with the courageous peoples of Iran, Palestine and Lebanon. Their war-torn countries are resisting U.S. and Israeli aggression. The Hands Off Iran Coalition, Bilal Seattle and many other organizations set up early and marked off a spot for a court-sized match among the heavy crowds. The Peoples Match was bordered by many resistance, liberation and antiwar banners.

Keralam’s Left Prepares To Defend Social Programs From New Government

The left parties in India’s Keralam say they are laying the groundwork to launch mass struggles in defense of the state’s public sector and welfare system. As Keralam’s newly elected centrist government begins to push neoliberal economic policies, the state’s left says it will never accept the privatization of its public services. The various constituents of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) have already taken to the streets in the state to oppose some of the policy initiatives of the newly elected government, calling them contrary to the general political consensus of the state, which is rooted in welfarism.

Solidarity Strikes And Taft-Hartley’s Long Shadow

This week marks the anniversary of the enactment of one of the most consequential pieces of labor legislation in US history. The Labor Management Relations Act, better known as the Taft-Hartley Act, was passed over President Truman’s veto on June 23, 1947, and substantially narrowed the forms of collective action protected under federal labor law. The Taft-Hartley Act provided employers with a myriad of new legal weapons while suppressing some of organized labor’s most powerful tactics, dramatically reshaping the US labor landscape.

To Protect Its Drinking Water, City Has To Appeal To Oil Regulators

Down a dirt road in northwest Oklahoma, only a few hundred yards from where the city of Enid draws its drinking water, a company injects the toxic byproduct of oil production deep underground. That close proximity violates a state rule meant to protect public groundwater supplies from oil field wastewater, which can be saltier than the sea and laden with toxic metals. Injection operations are banned within a half-mile of public water wells unless regulators hold a hearing to ensure that such activity will not pollute the water. 

This July 4, Celebrate That The People Are Supposed To Be In Charge

Two hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They rejected the idea that power should rest in the hands of one person, one family, or a distant ruling class. Instead, they enshrined an American promise: legitimate power comes from the people. Our Constitution opens with three words: “We the People.” As the country marks its 250th anniversary, that promise is worth remembering: in America, the people are supposed to be in charge. Indeed, every day we see neighbors working together to improve their lives, their communities, and the country.

Why Are Climate Activists Protesting A Climate Conference?

Activists disrupted the opening of the Exeter Climate Forum conference on 29 June 2026 in protest of the event being sponsored by Howden – an insurance company whose clients include fossil fuel companies. It’s a warm Monday morning, which feels like a relief after the past week of baking heat. It’s also the first day of a three-day climate conference at the University of Exeter. As the meeting gets underway, I hear faint drumming from outside. Then, a group holding banners reading “Stop Insuring Climate Chaos” and “Howden Insurance: Climate Criminals” take centre stage.

Climate Activists Take On A New Foe: Data Centers

Amid the many political casualties of 2025 — mass federal layoffs, shuttered agencies, and clean energy spending cuts — the passing of one of the last decade’s defining political projects went almost entirely unnoticed. On December 31, 2025, the Green New Deal Network, a coalition of climate, labor, and social justice organizations, officially died. The coalition wasn’t intended to last forever, but its demise was sped up by the political mood that got President Donald Trump reelected in 2024, when the momentum that the movement had enjoyed under Joe Biden’s administration seemingly evaporated overnight.

Canada Pension Plan’s Concerning Growth In Fossil Fuel Ties

The board overseeing nearly $800 billion in retirement savings for more than 22 million Canadians is facing new questions about whether fossil fuel industry ties are influencing how it manages climate-related financial risks. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s June 1 appointment of Elizabeth Cannon, a board member and director of Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), means a quarter of CPPIB’s board now has direct connections to Canada’s fossil fuel sector — even as the pension manager holds billions of dollars in investments in oil and gas companies, including approximately $2.3 billion CAD in CNRL.

Right Wing Backlash To Pink Tide Intensifies In Latin America

The United States and its allies have escalated their war on Latin America - killing hundreds of fisher people with impunity, invading and kidnapping the President and First Lady in Venezuela, tightening economic blockades, and manipulating elections. Clearing the FOG speaks with Claudia O'Brien-Moscoso of the Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team about recent right wing gains in countries such as Colombia, Peru and other countries in retaliation to the popular gains of the Pink Tide and how social movements are fighting back. O'Brien-Moscoso describes the international campaign to build a Zone of Peace in Our Americas.

Heat Waves, Brain Waves

One hundred four degrees Fahrenheit in Paris, a new record? That is what I read Thursday. Paris, as I figured out while studying there decades ago and freezing through the dark winters, is latitudinally further north (roughly 48.8°N) than Nova Scotia (43.5°N – 47°N). The heat wave of all heat waves has Europeans in a state of shock and panic. There are “red alerts” across the Continent. In the foothills of the Alps temperatures are running into the mid–90s. The Swiss… how to put it?… do not know quite what to do when it is in the mid–90s. In Paris, a 44–year-old computer engineer named Stéphane Guillaume watched the other day as his two children swam in the Canal Saint–Martin, a Right Bank waterway built for barge traffic in the early 19th century.

How Israel Uses Water As A Weapon Of War From Palestine To Lebanon

Before he could make sense of what happened, Ali Oday Yassin felt the ground beneath him tremble. Yassin owns a roadside rest stop next to Qaraoun Dam, a cornerstone of Lebanon’s water and energy infrastructure. On May 26, Israeli airstrikes hit targets perilously close to the dam, tearing apart adjacent access roads and scattering debris into Lake Qaraoun. Shrapnel hit Yassin’s property, which sits just 200 meters from the dam.  “It was a brutal moment. The ground shook under our feet, then the place filled with dust and smoke,” said Yassin, who recalled scrambling to check if everyone was safe.

Ansarallah-Led Forces Mobilize En Masse Across Yemen

Yemeni tribes nationwide are mobilizing en masse to prepare for renewed conflict with the Saudi-led coalition, following a call from the Ansarallah leader for the “expulsion of occupiers.” Multiple local reports on 29 June and statements from officials confirmed widespread popular movements and mobilization across Yemen. SABA reported that a “massive armed gathering was organized on Monday by tribes of Al-Mansouriya district in Hodeidah to declare the full mobilization and complete readiness [for a battle] to reclaim the rights of Yemenis.” 
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