Links – June 14, 2019

Police, protesters clash in Memphis after fatal shooting The Hill

Who is Brandon Webber? Everything To Know About The Black Man Killed By U.S. Marshals In Memphis Newsone

Iran

Iran has ‘no intentions’ to make or use nuclear weapons, Abe says Al Jazeera

Oil Tanker Attacks Near Iran Put the Squeeze on an Unexpected Party: Japan Fortune

Today’s Attacks On Ships In The Gulf Of Oman Are Not In Iran’s Interest – Or Are They? (Updated) Moon of Alabama

US imposes sanctions on Iran’s largest petrochemical group Guardian

US hits Iran’s largest petrochemical group, PGPIC, with sanctions SCMP

The move aims to choke off financing to Tehran’s most profitable petrochemical group, the Treasury Department said

Iran scrambles to lift petrochemical sales as sanctions hammer oil Reuters

I don’t consider Trump worth sending a message to, we won’t negotiate with U.S. Khamenei

Oil Prices Keep Falling. Something’s Got to Give. Barron’s

PREPARED FOR WAR Iran threat sees British Special Forces ‘joining US strike force’ in the Gulf The Sun

Hong Kong

American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests MPN

It is inconceivable that the organizers of the protests are unaware of the NED ties to some of its members.

The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Americans From Top Cancer Research Bloomberg

Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse Common Dreams

The Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than Portugal, study finds Guardian

In New Round of Tests, Monsanto’s Weedkiller Still Contaminates Foods Marketed to Children EWG

Microsoft and the Pentagon Are Quietly Hijacking U.S. Elections TruthDig

This Land podcast

An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader and a 1999 murder case – two crimes nearly two centuries apart provide the backbone to an upcoming 2019 Supreme Court decision that will determine the fate of five tribes and nearly half the land in Oklahoma.

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