12:50am: EU leaders back security commitments for Ukraine

European Union leaders declared on Thursday they would make long-term commitments to bolster Ukraine's security as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged them to start work on a new round of sanctions against Russia.

At a summit in Brussels, the leaders restated their condemnation of Russia's war against Ukraine and said the EU and its member countries "stand ready" to contribute to commitments that would help Ukraine defend itself in the long term.

In a text summarising the conclusions of the summit, the leaders said they would swiftly consider the form these commitments would take.

In the last few hundred years, we have invented gun-powder, the steam engine, the aeroplane, genetically modified organisms and tamed radio-waves.

Thinks about it… I will repeat: take a minute to think about it.

In parallel with these inventions, we, humans, have been at war with each others or anything that moved/crawled and stung.

So we have used these great inventions as tools of war, have we not? You might disagree with me for including GMO in this war business, but we have to agree that GMO have been designed “to combat nature”. We create GMO to protect our crops against bugs, diseases and weeds. And we still don’t know what these GMO do to our “natural” internal systems. Do we care?

The Trillion Dollar Silencer investigates the astounding lack of popular protest at the death and destruction that the military industrial complex is inflicting on people, nations, and the environment, and its budget-draining costs.

Where is the antiwar protest by progressives, libertarians, environmentalists, civil rights advocates, academics, clergy, community volunteers, artists, et al? This book will focus on how military largesse infests such public sectors' interests. 

CONCERT IN SUPPORT OF JULIAN ASSANGE
July 3, 2023 – at 7:30 p.m.
AT LA MAROQUINERIE

– 23, RUE BOYER 75020 PARIS

Métro Ménilmontant (line 2) or Gambetta (line 3)
Single price: 20€
Info & reservations: www.lamaroquinerie.fr and usual points of sale

Arthur H, Amazigh Kateb and Serge Utgé-Royo will take the stage at La Maroquinerie on Monday July 3 for a concert in support of Julian Assange. Founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange is the most awarded journalist of the 21st century and the symbol of the free press.

Australian supermarket food prices have increased by a new peak of nearly 10 per cent over the past 12 months, outpacing annual inflation as the cost of living continues to rise.

Australia's weighted inflation rate for May came in at 5.6%, sharply lower than April's figure of 6.8% and lower than the 6.1% expected by economists polled by Reuters. Headline inflation for May came in at 5.8%, lower than April's figure of 6.9%. It was the lowest recorded rate since April 2022. 

THE LOWER INFLATION RATE WAS DUE TO A FALL IN THE PRICE OF FUEL

The latest monthly consumer price indicator shows inflation fell sharply to 5.6 per cent over the 12 months to May, down from 6.8 per cent in April. 

Can Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted "coup" reverse the fate of arms in Ukraine? This was the wish of Nato, which hoped for this uprising and awakened its sleeper agents in Russia. The United Kingdom and the United States wanted to finally bring about the partition of the country that they had been unable to complete in 1991 [1].

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion

by Thierry Meyssan 

Contrary to the comments of the Western press, Yevgeny Prigozhin never attempted a coup against Vladimir Putin. He wanted to blackmail him in order to preserve the exorbitant privileges he had accumulated since the creation of his private military company. Then he came to his senses and returned to his post.

New York City is known for its pizza, but some city restaurants may have to rethink how they’re cooking up the pies.

Interview by Hocine Neffah

L'Expression: In your opinion, is there a hypocritical approach to the West, fueled by the major European media?

Jacques-Marie-Bourget: The problem is that, alas, Europe has no face since it has no existence of its own, personality, will, character.

Europe is only a simple colony of the United States, quite incapable even of being hypocritical since it is only obedient.

It's a continent that asks no questions, like a hound it rushes.

It is frightening to see a mosaic of nations committing suicide.

What if the Prigozhin “Coup” is Maskirovka? I want to explore that possibility. Earlier today (Saturday on the east coast of the U.S.) I was sketching out a piece with the catchy title, “PRIGOZHIN — PUTSCH OR PLOY?” Well, that swell idea was blown away like the Kakhovka Dam when the narrative about the Prigozhin plan to march on Moscow and personally strangle Russian Defense Minister Shoigu went full-on Nadia Comăneci — i.e., back flip. Prigozhin ordered “his” troops back to their bases, cut a deal with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, to go into exile and will face no judicial punishment. WHAT????? No bloodshed? No miles of burning tanks? And no Mussolini neck tie for Vladimir Putin? What the hell?!!

Multinational tax avoiders and the OECD have won a reprieve from the Albanese government which has delayed legislation aimed at shining the light on tax avoidance. Jason Ward explains why the backdown is bad news. 

The Labor government made an election promise, a budget promise, a legislative promise and held two consultations on landmark legislation to implement global tax transparency for multinationals. Now it has bent to corporate pressure. Landmark legislation for public country by country reporting was set to be implemented as of 1 July. 

Late last week, it was announced that implementation will be pushed back for at least a year. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJoi4hGpqa8

Millions Killed For Profit - Covid Was State Sponsored Genocide - Dr. David Martin To EU Parliament

THE CARTOON OF COURSE IS WRONG: THE VIRUS WAS MANUFACTURED BEFORE THE VACCINE OR THE MEDICAL CURE AS TO SELL THE CURE FOR GINORMOUS PROFITS.... MEANWHILE IT HAS BEEN WELL-KNOWN THAT VACCINES DO NOT WORK WELL AGAINST CORONA VIRUSES....

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If you work near the Joseph Biden administration in Washington, it’s reached the point of “no news is good news.” The country is broke. The Russians are winning in Ukraine, despite all efforts by the West. The EU is on the verge of levying more taxes. The BRICS will grow, and create its own unique currency to oust the dollar. Moreover, sanction measures to limit Russian oil revenues have failed. The United States is swimming in failures because of Joe Biden and George Soros.

by Phil Butler

UK Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has called for British students to be able to decide their own gender pronouns and to “socially transition” with parental consent, promising long-awaited guidance on gender and transition issues is coming soon. 

The government will be publishing gender-identity consultation guidance before the end of summer term, Keegan pledged, in an op-ed for the Telegraph on Saturday, stating that the material will be age-appropriate while “ensuring [parents’] voices are central to decisions being made about their child in school.” 

The announcement followed reports that multiple British secondary schools were not only allowing students to self-identify as cats, horses, and even planets, but were also punishing students that did not go along with such delusions.

US officials believe Wagner PMC’s insurrection in Russia could play into Ukraine’s hands, allowing Kiev to revitalize its much-hyped counteroffensive, which according to Moscow has so far failed to gain any ground, Politico reported on Saturday.

Shortly before the private military company leader Evgeny Prigozhin agreed to halt his advance on Moscow and withdraw his troops as part of a deal brokered by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, US officials held several meetings to assess the potential impact of the mutiny, the article says. 

They reportedly arrived at the conclusion that the insurrection will keep the Kremlin busy, providing Ukraine’s stalled counteroffensive with a window of opportunity. 

https://www.rt.com/news/578653-us-russia-coup-opportunity/

Europe has every reason to support the development of an independent foreign policy that rejects U.S. dominance and militarisation in favour of embracing international cooperation and a more democratic world order, writes Vijay Prashad.

It is difficult to make sense of many events these days. 

France’s behaviour, for instance, is hard to square. On the one hand, French President Emmanuel Macron changed his mind to support Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).