EU Office in Geneva shows Antifa flag on its official Twitter account
Newsletter published on June 21, 2020
(1) EU Office in Geneva shows Antifa flag on its official Twitter account
(2) The UN declares its support for Antifa on social media
(3) ‘Defund the UN’? World body blasted after tweeting defense of Antifa
(4) UN Human Rights Council orders report on systemic racism in the wake
of George Floyd death
(5) Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco
(6) Seattle police probe deadly shooting in activist-run CHAZ
‘autonomous zone’
(7) George Floyd was high on Fentanyl; this may have contributed to his
breathing difficulties
(8) Pandemic paralysis and ongoing Social Unrest show the Empire is in
decline
(1) EU Office in Geneva shows Antifa flag on its official Twitter account
U.N. Shares Antifa Flag, Tells U.S. Antifa Has Right to ‘Freedom of
Expression’, ‘Peaceful Assembly’
KURT ZINDULKA
20 Jun 2020
United Nations "experts" slammed President Donald Trump’s call to label
Antifa as a terrorist organisation, claiming it will undermine Antifa’s
right of "peaceful assembly" — despite many instances of violence by the
far-left anarcho-communist group.
On Friday, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) posted the flag of
Antifa on their official Twitter account, saying that a group of human
rights "experts" at the globalist organisation had expressed "profound
concern over a recent statement by the U.S. Attorney-General describing
Antifa and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying
it undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful
assembly in the country."
One expert cited in the statement from the United Nations was Fionnuala
Ní Aoláin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, who
also works as the Board Chair of the Open Society Foundations Women
Program — OSF being the plaything of left-liberal billionaire activist
George Soros.
UN Geneva @UNGeneva UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern
over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa
and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it
undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly
in the country.
"International human rights law protects the right to freedom of
expression, association and peaceful assembly," said Ní Aoláin, adding
that it was "regrettable that the United States has chosen to respond to
the protests in a manner that undermines these fundamental rights."
The support from the UN for the far-left group came in response to U.S.
Attorney-General William Barr’s statement that violence committed by
Antifa "is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly".
Though there has been no legal action taken since President Trump’s
announcement that the U.S. will designate the group as a terrorist
organisation, Ní Aoláin said that "the loose use of terrorism rhetoric
undermines legitimate protests and dampens freedom of expression in the
United States, which has been a hallmark of U.S. constitutional values,
and a beacon far beyond its shores".
The United Nations’ criticism of the Trump Administration’s rhetoric on
Antifa sparked widespread ridicule, with many calling for the U.S. to
defund the international body — mimicking the leftist movement to defund
the police.
Despite the United Nations’ reference to Antifa’s "alleged" violence,
its penchant for resorting to unlawful use of force is well-documented.
For example, Antifa supporters appeared to play a part in recent riots
in the United States over the death of George Floyd, prompting the
Attorney-General to move towards designating it as a terrorist
organisation in the first place.
On Tuesday, meanwhile, at least 24 people clad in Antifa’s signature
"Black Bloc" uniform were arrested after violently clashing with police
in France.
In May, two Antifa members had been arrested for allegedly acquiring
firearms in order to murder police in the French city of Lyon.
An Antifa flag was also at the forefront of one of the early Black Lives
Matter "protests" at the gates of Downing Street in London. Such
protests the British capital have become increasingly violent as the
month has progressed.
Commenting on a violent Antifa demonstration in Germany in May,
journalist and Antifa-watcher Andy Ngo — who was himself a victim of
Antifa violence last year — told Breitbart London: "Observe how Antifa
and far-left demonstrators who defy virus health guidelines, sometimes
violently, haven’t been treated with the same public contempt as
conservative protesters asking for states to open up."
"In Chicago, they terrorised children inside a migrant facility on May
Day when they attacked the building," Ngo continued.
"Far-left extremists are empowered to be violent by the legitimacy and
pass given to them by mainstream society and media," he concluded.
Chris Tomlinson @TomlinsonCJ The United States and @realDonaldTrump need
to learn from the ultra-violent history of Antifa in Europe.
…
TOMLINSON: Europe's Antifa History Should Serve as a Warning to U.S. The
far-left extremist Antifa movement and its allies have carved a wave of
violence, destruction, and even murder for decades in Europe.
(2) The UN declares its support for Antifa on social media
By ARTHUR LYONS 20 June 2020
On Friday, the United Nations, on its Geneva social media account,
declared its unwavering support for members Antifascist Action, a
violent Marxist-Leninist organization which US president Donald Trump
said would soon be labelled as a terrorist organization.
On its official Twitter account, the United Nations Office in Geneva
(UNOG) launched a defense of the anti-police extremist organization,
saying that it was worried by recent statements made by senior officials
within the Trump administration which described the group’s activists as
domestic terrorists.
"UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern over a recent
statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa and other
anti-fascist actrivists as domestic terrorists, saying it undermines the
rights to freedom and expression and of peaceful assembly," the tweet reads.
UN Geneva @UNGeneva UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern
over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa
and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it
undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly
in the country.
Below the tweet’s text, an image of the Antifascist Action banner was
posted. Shortly after going live, the tweet, which appeared to endorse
the group that’s well-known for regularly carrying out violence
against their political opponents, sparked widespread outrage. Among
other reactions, some commenters called for the UN to be defunded.
In response to the UN’s tweet, Jack Posobiec, a former Naval
intelligence officer who now works as a journalist for the right-wing
news outlet One America News Network (OANN), wrote: "The United Nations
is running cover for an international extremist group that has conducted
violent insurrectionist attacks across North America and Europe" adding
"Antifa doesn’t exist and also the UN just endorsed them."
The UN’s tweet comes after a resolution drafted by the UN Human Rights
Commission which requests a report "systematic racism" and police abuses
against people of African descent.
(3) ‘Defund the UN’? World body blasted after tweeting defense of Antifa
20 Jun, 2020 00:13
A tweet from Geneva objecting to US authorities describing Antifa as a
domestic terrorist organization has provoked calls to defund the United
Nations and accusations that the UN is covering for the group. "UN Human
Rights experts express profound concern over a recent statement by the
US Attorney-General describing [Antifa] and other anti-fascist activists
as domestic terrorists, saying it undermines the rights to freedom of
expression and of peaceful assembly in the country," the UN Geneva
office, home to the Human Rights Council, tweeted on Friday, accompanied
by a photo of the Antifa banner.
UN Geneva @UNGeneva UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern
over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa
and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it
undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly
in the country.
No further information was given about who these experts might be, or
whether this was the official position of the Human Rights Council, a
body the US demonstratively left in June 2018, citing its criticism of
Israel.
The unusual tweet quickly attracted controversy over the UN’s apparent
endorsement of Antifa, whose masked activists have repeatedly clashed
with conservatives and police on US streets over the past several years,
including during the recent protests and riots.
"The United Nations is running cover for an international extremist
group that has conducted violent insurrectionist attacks across North
America and Europe,"tweeted journalist Jack Posobiec of OAN,
adding"Antifa doesn’t exist and also the UN just endorsed them."
Journalist Drew Holden brought up the Geneva office’s praise for China,
adding that rather than defunding police, the US should "defund the UN."
Drew Holden @DrewHolden360 Forget #DefundThePolice, what we need to do
is #DefundTheUN
Others didn’t bother with words, sharing instead a meme of a massive
pile of manure to show what they thought of the UN’s opinion.
Rita Panahi @RitaPanahi Replying to @UNGeneva
"How dare you use the UN to promote such an evil organisation," a
British outfit denouncing ‘BBC propaganda’ said, noting that Antifa is
"every bit as evil as 1930's German Fascism."
Britain battles Covid @BBCPropaganda Do you think we don't know history?
ANTIFA were born out of 1930's German Communism and are every bit as
evil as 1930's German Fascism
How dare you use the UN to promote such an evil organisation? Our
nations fought wars against those ideologies. They killed millions
The UN Geneva tweet came after the UN Human Rights Commission asked for
a report on "systemic racism" and police abuses against people of
African descent, in a resolution that did not dare mention the US by name.
This displeased activists at the American Civil Liberties Union, who
declared that the UN "needs to do its job – not get bullied out of doing
it – and hold the United States accountable."
"The country must face independent global scrutiny for its oppression of
Black people," said Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU's Human Rights
Program.
Meanwhile, the European Union Parliament adopted a ‘Black Lives Matter’
resolution demanding that the US "take decisive steps to address the
structural racism and inequalities in the country, as reflected in
police brutality."
(4) UN Human Rights Council orders report on systemic racism in the wake
of George Floyd death
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/19/un-human-rights-council-orders-report-systemic-rac/
By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times - Friday, June 19, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday unanimously voted to
commission a report on systemic racism and discrimination against black
people and condemned last month’s killing of George Floyd, which sparked
worldwide anti-racism protests.
The 47-member group, of which the U.S. is not a member after withdrawing
in 2018, approved a resolution after days of negotiating the language of
the document, during which a group of African nations reportedly backed
down from their efforts to launch a commission of inquiry on the matter
following U.S.-led closed-door talks.
The resolution now calls for a more streamlined report to be authored by
the council chief’s office among other experts, and seeks to "contribute
to accountability and redress for victims" in the U.S. and around the
world, The Associated Press reported.
It also condemns "the continuing racially discriminatory and violent
practices" by law enforcement against Africans and people of African
descent "in particular which led to the death of George Floyd on 25 May
2020 in Minnesota."
Mr. Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after a white police officer knelt
on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis.
The resolution also calls for the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human
Rights Michelle Bachelet to review government responses to peaceful
protests that swept the world in the wake of Floyd’s death and issue a
report on her findings to the council by June of next year.
(5) Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Saturday, June 20, 2020
Protesters on Friday toppled a statue in San Francisco of former
President Ulysses S. Grant, who famously led the Union Army to victories
that crippled and ultimately brought down the Confederacy.
The statue of Grant, who also served as the nation’s eighteenth
president, was among three monuments in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
knocked down during the evening by a group of protesters.
Other monuments toppled include a statue of Junípero Serra, an 18th
century missionary recently declared a saint in the Catholic Church, and
Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the
national anthem.
Police said roughly 400 protesters were at the park around the time the
statues were taken down, the local NBC affiliate reported. No arrests
were made, the local CBS station added.
The statues in San Francisco are among the latest to be dismantled as
monuments around the country are toppled following last month’s racially
charged killing of George Floyd.
Floyd, a black man, died May 25 in the custody of the Minneapolis Police
Department in Minnesota. Protests against systemic racism and police
brutality have taken place worldwide in the weeks since, including in
several U.S. cities where controversial monuments have recently been
toppled amid that unrest.
Indeed, the statues in San Francisco came down the same evening that
protesters on the other side of the country successfully toppled a
Confederate monument in Washington, D.C.
The statue in D.C. of Albert Pike, a brigadier general in the
Confederate Army, was the only outdoor statue in the nation’s capital to
honor a Confederate soldier prior to it being felled last night. The
Pike statue has long been relatively obscure, however, in part because
it depicted him in civilian dress and was designed primarily to honor
his achievements in leading an order of Freemasons.
President Trump responded to the Pike statue’s dismantling on Twitter
late Friday by calling for the immediate arrest of those involved.
(6) Seattle police probe deadly shooting in activist-run CHAZ
‘autonomous zone’
20 Jun, 2020 15:02
US police are investigating a shooting that left one dead and another
with life-threatening injuries in the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous
Zone (CHAZ) run by activists in downtown Seattle. Shots were fired at
the main entrance to the enclave Saturday morning. The Seattle Police
Department has confirmed that it is investigating the shooting in the
zone, and has said one 19-year-old man was declared deceased while
another male of unknown age is being "treated for life-threatening
injuries."
Andy Ngô @MrAndyNgo Exclusive: My sourcing tells me that Seattle Police
have been hampered from carrying out a homicide investigation because
they were not allowed to enter CHAZ. When police went to Harborview
Medical Center, where a victim was transported, they were met by CHAZ's
armed people.
Andy Ngô @MrAndyNgo Livestream by @Omarisal showed the chaos in the
moments after the shooting at CHAZ. "Street medics" tried to render aid
before the victim(s) was transported to hospital by private car.
Responding Seattle Police were blocked from entering to
…
CHAZ, also known as Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), was
established in Seattle on June 8 by a group of anarchists, socialists
and Black Lives Matter activists. The self-declared autonomous zone
spans six blocks, has no police presence, and is largely barricaded off.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan earlier expressed support for CHAZ, saying
the protesters were "gathering lawfully and exercising their First
Amendment right of free speech."
Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray Shooting in CHAZ. There’s trouble in paradise.
(7) George Floyd was high on Fentanyl; this may have contributed to his
breathing difficulties
Or Did George Floyd Die of a Drug Overdose?
Fatal Fentanyl: A Forensic Analysis
JOHN-PAUL LEONARD
JUNE 16, 2020
"The centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." — W. B.
Yeats, 1919
Truth is the first victim in politics. Factions and passions rule.
Random facts are picked as weapons, no one thinks things through.
We need to understand the facts surrounding the death of George Floyd.
Many key facts are being ignored:
Floyd’s blood tests showed a concentration of Fentanyl of about three
times the fatal dose.
Fentanyl is a dangerous opioid 50 times more potent than heroin. It has
rapidly become the most common cause of death among drug addicts.
The knee hold used by the police is not a choke hold, it does not impede
breathing. It is a body restraint and is not known to have ever caused
fatal injury.
Floyd already began to complain "I can’t breathe" a few minutes before
the neck restraint was applied, while resisting the officers when they
tried to get him into the squad car. Fentanyl affects the breathing,
causing death by respiratory arrest.
It was normal procedure to restrain Floyd because he was resisting
arrest, probably in conjunction with excited delirium (EXD), an episode
of violent agitation brought on by a drug overdose, typically brief and
ending in death from cardiopulmonary arrest.
The official autopsy did indeed give cardiopulmonary arrest as the cause
of death, and stated that injuries he sustained during the arrest were
not life-threatening.
Videos of the arrest do not show police beating or striking Floyd, only
calmly restraining him
In one video Floyd is heard shouting and groaning loudly and
incoherently while restrained on the ground, which appears to be a sign
of the violent, shouting phase of EXD. His ability to resist four
officers trying to get him into the squad car is typical of EXD cases. A
short spurt of superhuman strength is a classic EXD symptom.
Minneapolis police officers have been charged with Floyd’s murder. Yet
all the evidence points to the fact that Floyd had taken a drug overdose
so strong that his imminent death could hardly have been prevented. In
all likelihood, the police were neither an intentional nor accidental
cause of his death. These crucial facts have been completely ignored in
the uproar.
It is widely believed that George Floyd died from a police officer’s
knee on his neck, whether due to asphyxiation or neck injury. That may
be how it looks, to a naïve viewer. In reality, the county autopsy
report says he died of a heart attack,[1] and states that there were "no
life-threatening injuries." Then how could they conclude it was homicide?
When scientists review scientific papers, they look primarily at the
evidence, and give less weight to the conclusions, which are only the
other fellow’s opinions. To blindly follow "expert opinions" is the
Authoritarian View of Knowledge. This is no real knowledge at all,
because to assess whether an expert is always right, we would need
infinite knowledge, and doubly so when experts disagree. Not thinking
for oneself is not really thinking.
So let us stick to the evidence. The county’s ambivalent autopsy also
included the following hard facts: "Toxicology Findings: Blood samples
collected at 9:00 p.m. on May 25th, before Floyd died, tested positive
for the following: Fentanyl 11 ng/mL, Norfentanyl 5.6 ng/mL, …
Methamphetamine 19 ng/mL … 86 ng/mL of morphine," but draws no
conclusions therefrom, noting only that "Quantities are given for those
who are medically inclined."
Shouldn’t we be so inclined? This fentanyl concentration, including its
norfentanyl metabolite at its molecular weight, was 20.6 ng/mL That is
over three times the lethal overdose, following earlier reports where
the highest dose survived was 4.6 ng/mL.[2]
If ever there was a leap before a look, we are in it now. Masses of
people have become extremists, based on conclusions that are as false as
they are hasty.
Regarding suffocation, the county medical examiner’s report found "no
physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or
strangulation."[3] Pressure applied to the side of the neck, as in this
case, and not to the throat, has little or no effect on breathing. One
can easily verify this oneself.[4]
One difficulty is that there are public statements to the effect that
the coroner ruled it a homicide, and the title of the autopsy report
includes the term "neck compression." But the words "homicide,"
"restraint," "stress" or "compression" do not appear in the 20-page body
of the report. References to the neck are few — a couple minor
abrasions, a contusion on the shoulder, and "The cervical spinal column
is palpably stable and free of hemorrhage." It is as if the title was
chosen in regard to what was expected or proposed, but which was never
found, and the title was never updated. There seems to be no support at
all in the report body for the report title, which reads,
"Cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint,
and neck compression."
The term "cause of death" does not appear. The words "death" and "fatal"
only appear in this comment in the lab report: "Signs associated with
fentanyl toxicity include severe respiratory depression, seizures,
hypotension, coma and death. In fatalities from fentanyl, blood
concentrations are variable and have been reported as low as 3 ng/mL."
Floyd’s fentanyl level was seven times higher. [...]
(8) Pandemic paralysis and ongoing Social Unrest show the Empire is in
decline
Trust In America Wanes Amid "Defeated Party"-Fomented Social Unrest,
Says Putin
by Tyler Durden
Sat, 06/20/2020 - 13:35
The death of George Floyd ignited nationwide unrest for weeks as social
justice warriors combated police, while others looted stores, torched
police cars and building structures. The unrest was fueled by extreme
wealth inequality and economic collapse - combine the two, and the
country is experiencing one of the worst socio-economic implosions in
its existence.
At the moment, there are no signs this unraveling of society, and or
even the pandemic is decreasing - the image of the country has been
tarnished, and now, there's a credibility issue emerging with America on
the world stage.
Russian news agency TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on
Saturday as saying President Vladimir Putin is very concerned about how
much he can trust agreements with President Trump amid ongoing social
unrest, reported Reuters.
Peskov also said there is an increasing unpredictability in actions by
Washington, and this is bothering world leaders.
Putin was interviewed last Sunday (June 14), where he said social unrest
across the US reveals a deep internal crisis in the country.
"What has happened [in the US] is the manifestation of some deep
domestic crises," he said, noting that this crisis was festering well
before President Trump took office.
"When he won, and his victory was absolutely obvious and
democratic, the defeated party invented all sorts of bogus stories just
to call into question his legitimacy," he added.
Putin pointed out the biggest problem of the US political system is the
parties and their special interest of people behind the scenes.
"It seems to me that the problem is that group party interests, in
this case, are placed above the interests of the entire society and the
interests of people," Putin said.
While commenting on domestic issues, Putin said his government has been
combating the virus with minimal losses. He said that was not the case
in the US, adding the failures of the US' "management system" led to
inadequate response and widespread destruction.
To sum up, the American hegemon is on shaky ground as it has been
paralyzed by the pandemic and ongoing social unrest in major metros -
now world leaders are starting to recognize the empire is in decline.
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