Another week folks! Looking forward to the end!

International Politics

Overall

– Journalist Glen Ford and policy analyst Robert Naiman join The Real News to discuss whether the United Nations is able to effectively act on anything

– Sepp Blatter: Leaving FIFA is “liberating” not only for me, but the organization too

-France is considering, once the P5+1-Iran deal is signed, sanctions against Israel over settlements

– A European Union official praised the “political will” for an international deal

Middle East

– Activist Robert Lovelace and Robert Naiman join The Real News to talk about another flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip

– Israeli lawmakers are starting to, once again, marginalize Palestinian culture

– An interview with journalist Max Blumenthal about his new book on the bombings of the Gaza Strip last year and the future of Gaza

– The Kuwait government detained a Saudi national, who they say helped the suicide bomber who killed 27 people at a mosque

-The Islamic State, in just one year, killed more than 3,000 people in Syria

Europe 

– German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not worried about the consequences of a Greek crisis as she is politically safe

– Yet Merkel and President Barack Obama agree Greece must not leave the euro

– Here is the text of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announcing a referendum on the creditors’ demands, “free from any pressure and blackmail”

– The Financial Times blames Tsipras for the Greek referendum

– German politicians accused Greece of dividing Europe; Keep in mind this is to gain votes from the German citizens

Latin America, Caribbean and Canada

– The Venezuelan government will use celebrities to get youths on their side for the elections

– The Dominican Republic provided citizenship for 55,000 people, but there are still those at risk of deportation

– Clientelism saved the day for Enrique Pena Nieto and his party in Mexico’s recent elections

– Mining in Peru often leads, as seen in this community, to conflict between capital interest and local communities

Surveillance Planet

– There’s money to be made off of student data, which is not good

Financial Matters

– Michael Roberts: “Syriza, the Troika and the ironies“; Roberts does an excellent job in laying out the issues in Greece

– All banks in Greece, starting today, will be closed until July 5 and capital controls were implemented; Why were they not placed before? Millions of euros by the rich have already left

– There are towns open to offer broadband services, although states and telecommunication companies have other ideas

– A judge in Argentina ruled assets of oil companies, operating in the Falkland Islands for oil, are frozen

– A new report found very low interest rates will be the norm unless something happens

Labor’s a-Brewing

– Some labor unions are mobilizing to support Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his presidential campaign

– Starting in July 2018, home care workers in Massachusetts will receive $15 per hour

Politics US

Washington USA

– Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Cuba implemented some good reforms, but more needs to be done

– Jeb Bush: We do not need gun restrictions because they will not stop mass shootings

– Part seven of 10 with Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer about the two-party system along with how the elites operate

– David Sirota: “The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s glaring double standard”

– Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., believes the Republican Party should change its platform in regards to gay marriage

Anytown USA

– Writer and activist Yasmin Nair joins The Real News to explain rich, elitist forces behind the push for gay marriage and why marriage is really about economics; Couldn’t this be a victory to build off of? Why not just introduce radical slogans like 15Now into the LGBTQ community to ensure the overthrow of capitalism

– An interview with writer Victoria Law about activism within women’s prisons

– A trip down memory lane on how Chicago activists won reparations for people tortured by police

– A new poll found 89 percent of Americans support the Olympics hosted in the U.S.

Health, Hunger and Homelessness

– Research finds being humans may lead to schizophrenia to develop

– The police cannot help any family with a mentally ill family member, especially with how officers can fatally shoot them

Planet Earth

– Scientists are confused as to why, on both sides of the U.S., mysterious bursts of warm water appeared

– Renewable energy around the world doubled in the size it was just 10 years ago

– In Rome, activists gathered and urged world leaders to act on climate change

Mixed Bag

– The father of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, used to be a Cuban revolutionary hoping to join Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution

– President Barack Obama wants you know The White House is The People’s House, except when you protest him during a speech

– Eileen Jones: “Dreams of the Fifties”

– CNN seriously reports an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade in London that is actually a flag with dildos and plug holes on it; Favorite part is journalist who reported on it said, “No one seems to be raising any questions or pointing it out”

Break Time

– The Blast [Talib Kweli]