Michael Laxer
Defund & Abolish: Red Daily Newswire June 15
With news from the Black Lives Matter Movement, Canada, Brazil and elsewhere.

International left news from the weekend of June 13 & 14.
Black Lives Matter:
Minneapolis City Council approves plan to create new public safety system
Minneapolis Organizers Are Already Building the Tools for Safety Without Police
Austin City Council Votes to Reinvest Police Funds, Restrict Police Use of Force
San Francisco mayor unveils plan for police reform
Uprising & Abolition: Angela Davis on Movement Building, “Defund the Police” & Where We Go from Here
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Fox News Is Losing It Over Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Rayshard Brooks police shooting was homicide, says medical examiner
Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks has been terminated
Outrage over video showing police macing child at Seattle protest
A Black pastor who called 911 after alleged attack was arrested. The sheriff apologized.
'To show good faith': Montreal man invites police into his home and ends up handcuffed and bleeding
‘Long overdue’: lawmakers declare racism a public health emergency
Black union leaders: Stand with us in the fight for our lives
Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd
African Countries Call for Urgent UN Debate Over Racism
Why reparations and apologies to African Canadians are necessary
An Estimated 60,000 March in Silence for Black Lives
Brazil:
Brazil Tops 850,000 COVID-19 Cases as Virus Plagues Country
Reopening in São Paulo is sending “population to the slaughterhouse,” warns COVID-19 specialist
Canada:
Recent Claims Of Police Brutality In Canada Are ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’ For Indigenous People
AFN national chief calls for overhaul of policing in Canada
Quebec watchdog to probe fatal RCMP shooting of N.B. Indigenous man
Chief Allan Adam calls for RCMP ‘overhaul’ after violent arrest video surfaces
Dene man alleges RCMP beat him up day after Yellowknife anti-racism march
Hundreds gather in Halifax for solemn healing walk in memory of Chantel Moore
Canadian mining abuses continue amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Journalists At Canada's Biggest Conservative Newspaper Revolt Over Column Denying Racism
CEO asks employees to lie on timecards or risk job losses — violating labour laws
Trans Mountain Pipeline to Resume Operations After Oil Spill
Climate Emergency:
‘Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not’: A leftist critique of the Green New Deal
How Europe’s “Trash Market” Offloads Pollution on Its Poorest Countries
Ecuador:
State Money Funded Ecuador's 2018 Referendum: Report
Israel / Palestine:
Israel approves funding for new 'Trump Heights' settlement
Latin America:
Four Indigenous Land Defenders Killed Monthly in Latam: UN
Lebanon:
Lebanon: Mass Night Protests as the National Currency Dives
Nigeria:
Massive protests against gender-based violence in Nigeria force government to take measures
Sweden:
The assassination of Olof Palme and Nordic radical, anti-imperialist internationalism
United States:
Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to California sanctuary law
Some landlords are using harassment, threats to force out tenants during COVID-19 crisis
Black community braces for next threat: Mass evictions
Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag