Daily Archives: June 3, 2021

2021-06-03: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-06-03). Scientists take a stand against "Wuhan lab" witch-hunt. wsws.org The conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has incited a right-wing witch-hunt against scientists researching the origin of the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-06-03). Wuhan lab conspiracy theory parallels Washington's "yellow rain" lie of the 1980s. wsws.org To understand how US imperialism works to create pretexts for war and attempt to deflect away from its own criminal activity, it is instructive to remember the case of Reagan's "yellow rain."

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Lab-Leak Theories of COVID-19 Are Unfounded, Scientists Say. telesurenglish.net Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) mission team to Wuhan to inquire into the origins of COVID-19 have expressed their disbelief that the virus escaped from a laboratory. | RELATED: | "The evidence right now, well, for the lab side, it's political: It's from an intel agency that's not been shown. That's not scientific," said WHO team member and zoologist Peter Daszak in a podcast last week. "It's not something that you can really reasonably la…

CGTN (2021-06-03). China Urges U.S. to Clarify Doubts over its Bio-labs. dissidentvoice.org The Biden administration is pressing for an investigation into a possible leak from the Wuhan bio-lab of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. China has called for the same transparency from the United States bio-labs.

WSWS repost (2021-06-03). Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" indybay.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.

_____ (2021-06-03). Lab Leak Theory And Anti-China Mania. popularresistance.org It has suddenly become popular to say what was once whispered by just a few people. Politicians and the corporate media have now convinced millions of people that the COVID-19 virus was created by experimentation gone awry.

Dean Baker (2021-06-03). China's Demographic Crisis. counterpunch.org Both…

Editorial Team (2021-06-03). Communist parties meet in 'World Symposium'. challenge-magazine.org More than 150 representatives of Communist and workers' parties participated in a World Symposium organised online by the Communist Party of China (CPC) last week (27 May 2021). The meeting began with a message of greetings from Chinese President and CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping. He told the international guests that "Marxism sheds light in a scientific way on the laws governing the development of human society, showing the way forward to emancipation and stimulating the advance of civilisation."

Joshua Hanks (2021-06-02). 'Lab leak' conspiracy signals: New Cold War against China. workers.org Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Shortly after the Dec. 30, 2019, announcement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Authority that a dangerous new respiratory infection had been detected in the Chinese city, conspiracy theories began to spread faster than the novel coronavirus itself. One which . . . |

WSWS repost (2021-06-02). Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" indybay.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.

WSWS (2021-06-02). Author of Wall Street Journal "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" wsws.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-02). Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception. commondreams.org "Our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/covid_china-1.jpg

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-02). Was there a Wuhan lab leak? zcomm.org An inquiry won't dig out the truth. It will deepen the deception…

Jonathan Cook (2021-06-02). Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception. globalresearch.ca A year ago, …

German-Foreign-Policy (2021-06-02). "The Green Cold War" against China. globalresearch.ca Important article first …

Marcy Winograd, Medea Benjamin (2021-06-02). Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire. commondreams.org "The bill undermines Kerry's negotiated agreement with China, sabotaging an opportunity for the U.S. and China—countries responsible for releasing half of the world's fossil fuel emissions—to partner on curbing emissions and sharing strategies for greening the Earth." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/schumer-climate-emergency.jpg

Gareth Porter (2021-06-02). Eisenhower Rejected Military Chiefs' Demand for Nuclear War on China, Classified Account of '58 Taiwan Strait Crisis Reveals. globalresearch.ca Fearing a new …

Alejo Vargas Velásquez (2021-06-02). Las potencias globales buscan su reacomodo. globalizacion.ca Para algunos, el escenario internacional en los últimos años anda a la deriva, pero pareciera que las potencias globales, Estados Unidos, China y Rusia, así como otra serie de potencias regionales, están en un proceso de reacomodo. | Estados Unidos, después…

Jon Schwarz (2021-06-02). Why Now Was the Right Time to Release Top-Secret File on Nuclear Weapons. zcomm.org The document about a 1958 crisis shows officials eagerly making the case for atomic warfare against China…

WSWS (2021-06-02). US continues diplomatic provocations towards Beijing over Taiwan. wsws.org Washington's latest manoeuvres again call into question the "One China" policy and are designed to place addition pressure on Beijing.

John V. Walsh (2021-06-02). A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon. counterpunch.org Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step back? Is there a moral, ethical or common-sense basis for making that call, a basis on which humankind can readily agree?

John V. Walsh (2021-06-02). A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon. counterpunch.org Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step

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2021-06-03: Social Media Postees

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Scientists take a stand against "Wuhan lab" witch-hunt
wsws.org | 2021-06-03
The conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has incited a right-wing witch-hunt against scientists researching the origin of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/wuha-j03.html

Lab-Leak Theories of COVID-19 Are Unfounded, Scientists Say
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) mission team to Wuhan to inquire into the origins of COVID-19 have expressed their disbelief that the virus escaped from a laboratory. | RELATED: | Brazil Reports 2,507 More COVID-19 Deaths | "The evidence right now, well, for the lab side, it's political: It's from an intel agency that's not been shown. That's not scientific," said WHO team member and zoologist Peter Daszak in a podcast last week. "It's not something that you can really reasonably la…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lab-Leak-Theories-of-COVID-19-Are-Unfounded-Scientists-Say-20210603-0003.html

China Urges U.S. to Clarify Doubts over its Bio-labs
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-06-03
The Biden administration is pressing for an investigation into a possible leak from the Wuhan bio-lab of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. China has called for the same transparency from the United States bio-labs.
dissidentvoice.org/2021/06/china-urges-u-s-to-clarify-doubts-over-its-bio-labs/

Wuhan lab conspiracy theory parallels Washington's "yellow rain" lie of the 1980s
wsws.org | 2021-06-03
To understand how US imperialism works to create pretexts for war and attempt to deflect away from its own criminal activity, it is instructive to remember the case of Reagan's "yellow rain."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/rain-j03.html

Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-03
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/18842892.php

Lab Leak Theory And Anti-China Mania
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
It has suddenly become popular to say what was once whispered by just a few people. Politicians and the corporate media have now convinced millions of people that the COVID-19 virus was created by experimentation gone awry.
popularresistance.org/lab-leak-theory-and-anti-china-mania/

Communist parties meet in 'World Symposium'
Editorial Team | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-06-03
More than 150 representatives of Communist and workers' parties participated in a World Symposium organised online by the Communist Party of China (CPC) last week (27 May 2021). The meeting began with a message of greetings from Chinese President and CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping. He told the international guests that "Marxism sheds light in a scientific way on the laws governing the development of human society, showing the way forward to emancipation and stimulating the advance of civilisation."
challenge-magazine.org/2021/06/03/communist-parties-meet-in-world-symposium/

China's Demographic Crisis
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
Both…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/chinas-demographic-crisis/

'Lab leak' conspiracy signals: New Cold War against China
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Shortly after the Dec. 30, 2019, announcement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Authority that a dangerous new respiratory infection had been detected in the Chinese city, conspiracy theories began to spread faster than the novel coronavirus itself. One which . . . | Continue reading 'Lab leak' conspiracy signals: New Cold War against China at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/06/56798/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lab-leak-conspiracy-signals-new-cold-war-against-china

Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/18842892.php

Author of Wall Street Journal "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/01/wuha-j02.html

Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
A year ago, …
globalresearch.ca/was-there-wuhan-lab-leak-inquiry-wont-dig-out-truth-deepen-deception/5746776

Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An Inquiry Won't Dig Out the Truth. It Will Deepen the Deception
Jonathan Cook | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"Our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/covid_china-1.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2021/06/02/was-there-wuhan-lab-leak-inquiry-wont-dig-out-truth-it-will-deepen-deception?cd-origin=rss

Was there a Wuhan lab leak?
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
An inquiry won't dig out the truth. It will deepen the deception…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/was-there-a-wuhan-lab-leak/

"The Green Cold War" against China
German-Foreign-Policy | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Important article first …
globalresearch.ca/green-cold-war/5746646

Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire
Marcy Winograd, Medea Benjamin | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"The bill undermines Kerry's negotiated agreement with China, sabotaging an opportunity for the U.S. and China—countries responsible for releasing half of the world's fossil fuel emissions—to partner on curbing emissions and sharing strategies for greening the Earth." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/schumer-climate-emergency.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2021/06/02/schumers-anti-china-bill-sacrifices-climate-empire?cd-origin=rss

Eisenhower Rejected Military Chiefs' Demand for Nuclear War on China, Classified Account of '58 Taiwan Strait Crisis Reveals
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-02
Fearing a new …
globalresearch.ca/eisenhower-rejected-military-chiefs-demand-nuclear-war-china-classified-account-58-taiwan-strait-crisis-reveals/5746760

Las potencias globales buscan su reacomodo
Alejo Vargas Velásquez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
Para algunos, el escenario internacional en los últimos años anda a la deriva, pero pareciera que las potencias globales, Estados Unidos, China y Rusia, así como otra serie de potencias regionales, están en un proceso de reacomodo. | Estados Unidos, después…
globalizacion.ca/las-potencias-globales-buscan-su-reacomodo/

Why Now Was the Right Time to Release Top-Secret File on Nuclear Weapons
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
The document about a 1958 crisis shows officials eagerly making the case for atomic warfare against China…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-now-was-the-right-time-to-release-top-secret-file-on-nuclear-weapons/

A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon
John V. Walsh | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/a-deadly-contradiction-the-chinese-dreamers-vs-the-u-s-hegemon/

A Deadly Contradiction: the Chinese Dreamers vs. the U.S. Hegemon
John V. Walsh | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-02
Do China and the US have fundamental goals that constitute a contradiction, that is, goals so profoundly at odds with one another that the goals cannot coexist? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Such a contradiction means that one side must abandon its aims if a disastrous conflict is not to ensue. Which country should step back? Is there a moral, ethical or common-sense basis for making that call, a basis on which humankind can readily agree?
counterpunch.org/2021/06/02/a-deadly-contradiction-the-chinese-dreamers-vs-the-u-s-hegemon/

US continues diplomatic provocations towards Beijing over Taiwan
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
Washington's latest manoeuvres again call into question the "One China" policy and are designed to place addition pressure on Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/taiw-j02.html

US continues diplomatic provocations towards Beijing over Taiwan
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
Washington's latest manoeuvres again call into question the "One China" policy and are designed to place addition pressure on Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/taiw-j02.html

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