The Real News / 20 June 2018

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• UN to US: Stop Separating Children From Their Parents on the US-Mexico Border
  The U.S. is in serious violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. As many 700 children have been separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, some as young as one year old. We speak with ACLU border litigation lawyer Mitra Ebadolahi
• AT&T – TimeWarner Merger: A Disaster for Consumers when Combined with Net Neutrality Repeal p1x2
  The argument that this merger, which will create one of the world’s largest media giants, is not anti-competitive lacks all basis in reality, says Jeff Cohen of RootsAction.org and FAIR
• Seattle Buckles Under Corporate Pressure, Repeals ‘Amazon Tax’ to Fight Homelessness
  Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant says that as long as corporate Democrats run government, we should expect them to buckle under Amazon’s and Starbucks’ pressure
• Heated NY Primary Pits Corrupt Establishment Democrat Against Young Democratic Socialist
  In the closely watched upcoming primary in New York, democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is challenging neoliberal Joe Crowley, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, who Howie Klein says is “the most corrupt Democrat in the House.”

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• Turkey’s Erdogan Allies with Fascists for Election, Repressing Leftists and Kurds
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formed a coalition with the fascist party MHP for the upcoming snap election. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with scholar Baris Karaagac about Turkey’s economic ills, the AKP’s neoliberal nationalist policies, and the repression of the HDP, leftists, and Kurds
• Trudeau Imposes Retaliatory Trade Tariffs Against the U.S.
  It is in the long term interest of Canada to unravel the intertwined economy between the two countries says Dimitri Lascaris
• Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites P1x2
  As Israel mows down protesters in Gaza with brutal military technology, Palestinians respond creatively, with kites and balloons. Shir Hever discusses the hidden rift within the Israeli military
• Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites P2x2