Today we will start with the news that:

This week the CICD and the social justice movement has lost two of its highly regarded stalwarts: Gwen Goedecke and Joe Goddard.

We also like to mention the passing of Michael Ratner, on 11 May, the long-time leader of the US Center for Constitutional Rights and former president of the National Lawyers Guild.

Asylum seekers in Australia;

President Obama to visit Hiroshima;

Obama Granted Henry Kissinger a Distinguished Public Service Award;

Regime Change in Latin America: