Sanders Is Back On The NY Primary Ballot
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
Before the ruling was announced, TRNN spoke with Norman Solomon and Marcus Ferrell about how the split between establishment Democrats and progressives could help hand Trump the November election.
therealnews.com/stories/bernie-sanders-new-york-primary-ballot-ruling-progressives-establishment-split
Anatomy of a Fake News Campaign: Media Spreads Lie From US Govt-funded Korean Outlet that Kim Jong-un Died
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based website funded by the US government\'s regime-change arm the NED. | *** | There may be no other country on Earth lied …
globalresearch.ca/anatomy-fake-news-campaign-media-spreads-lie-from-us-govt-funded-korean-outlet-kim-jong-un-died/5712086
German Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Antibodies aren\'t COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a \"human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells\" is a positive development. | It\'s a step toward finding an effective …
globalresearch.ca/german-researchers-discover-effective-anti-covid-19-antibodies/5712124
A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell\'s 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today\'s public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that\'s grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …
globalresearch.ca/grim-new-normal/5712116
December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …
globalresearch.ca/december-2019-covid-19-outbreaks-france-china-rips-pompeo/5712122
COVID-19 = genocide for Detroit
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Michigan State Representatives Jewell Jones and Isaac Robinson, co-sponsors of a bill for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs. Robinson died March 29 of suspected COVID-19. Here they are protesting a polluting company US Ecology in Detroit. May 4
Thoughts on the Liberation of Saigon and the end to America\'s Genocidal War Against the Vietnamese People
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
The following are recollections from several members of the ThisCantBeHappening! about their anti-war movement struggles and the day of final triumph in Vietnam 45 years ago. A Day in the Park Like No Other When the US war on Vietnam ended on April 30 with the Vietnamese liberation forces marching into Saigon, a victory celebration…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/thoughts-on-the-liberation-of-saigon-and-the-end-to-americas-genocidal-war-against-the-vietnamese-people/
PDF download of May 7 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Click to download entire 12-page PDF May Day coverage. Also: COVID‚Äë19 North Carolina protest; Genocide on Detroit; Cuban medical team; Trump and China; Pennies vs. billions; Tear down the walls A world without prisons; Mumia: On prison guards; Louisiana death camps; ‚ÄÇEditorial Fascists = bosses\' tools; World Palestine Britain Venezuela . . . | Continue reading PDF download of May 7 issue at Workers.org…
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Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country\'s highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . | Continue reading Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48312/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-movement-scores-big-legal-win-for-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-campaign-in-britain
Russian State TV in Media War Against No-Lockdown Belarus
The Moscow Times | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-07
Editor\'s note: Recall how in 2014-15 the Russian opposition and western media was trying to prove Russians were fighting and dying en masse in Donbass by supposedly uncovering \"secret burials\" all over Russia? Well the Russian state media has now adopted the same tactics to be deployed against brotherly Belarus. Why? While Russians have been forced into Sobyanin\'s cybergulag (now expanded nationally) Belarus has met the virus with the scorn it deserves, has allowed its people to remain free, and will p…
anti-empire.com/russian-state-tv-in-media-war-against-no-lockdown-belarus/
COVID-19 & the Economy
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-05-07
Interview on COVID-19 politics, the global economy and the environment…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-the-economy/
Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …
globalresearch.ca/trump-against-government/5712074
\'Duque ordered to facilitate botched mercenary invasion in Venezuela\': Maduro
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque ordered to support American and Venezuelan \"mercenaries\" to overthrow Venezuela\'s government, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday. The two former members of the United States\' Special…
colombiareports.com/duque-ordered-to-facilitate-botched-mercenary-invasion-in-venezuela-maduro/
Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela\'s Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of \'Operation Gedeon\'. | \"I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000,\" | …
globalresearch.ca/mercenary-confesses-failed-plot-bring-president-maduro-us/5712098
On the Brink of Starvation: COVID-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel
www.speakoutsocialists | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
This is an online townhall. For links and information on how to join the Zoom call visit here: | speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-05-09-20/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/04/18832819.php
FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the displaced in the time of COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-05-07
Refugees and displaced people living in camps are amongst the most vulnerable communities across the world and more likely to catch COVID-19 than others, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063412
Johnson compared to Chamberlain in protest video on White Cliffs of Dover
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-07
Boris Johnson\'s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has been compared to Neville Chamberlain\'s \"peace for our time\" moment, in a giant projection beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover.The Kent landmark was lit up with a mock-up of the prime minister holding a scrap of paper saying \"Highest death toll in Europe\".The stunt was the brainchild of Led By Donkeys, a group of activists famed for their giant billboards of politicians\' tweets.The group said the black and white creation is a comment on the government\'s \"profound failure\" and compares Johnson\'s conduct to Chamberlain\'s appeasement policy in the l…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/07/johnson-compared-to-chamberlain-in-protest-video-on-white-cliffs-of-dover/
Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\'
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official\'s home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official\'s home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . | Continue reading Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48309/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protesters-say-shelters-death-hotels-haven
Kim Jong Un Is Still Alive. What About Peace with North Korea?
Catherine Killough | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The second anniversary of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has just passed. Marking the moment, South Korean President Moon Jae-in lamented, \"We have been made keenly aware once again that peace will not come overnight.\" Images of the two Korean …
globalresearch.ca/kim-jong-un-alive-what-about-peace-north-korea/5712081
#WorkerRightsNow: Day of Action for Essential Worker Bill of Rights
MoveOn, Greenpeace, others | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
Online and/or phone call actions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/06/18832854.php
\"Blood Money & Murder On The Job\" Amazon 2020 On May Day
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
New York MTA TWU 100 steward John Ferretti and Amazon worker Chris Smalls are interviewed about May Day and why they were protesting at the Amazon JFK8 Staten Island warehouse.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/05/18832838.php
Kadhimi takes office as Iraq\'s PM amid fiscal & coronavirus crises
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office as Iraq\'s prime minister early Thursday after breaking months of political deadlock. The former intelligence chief will have to tackle a staggering economic crisis, a health pandemic and the specter of renewed protests. | Observing social distancing, lawmakers gathered at parliament in masks and gloves around 9: 00pm local time, but the vote was delayed to make last-minute edits to ministerial posts. | Kadhemi soon received a congratulatory call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced a 120-day waiver extension on US sanctions to let Iraq buy gas from neighboring Ira…
rt.com/newsline/487994-kadhimi-takes-pm-iraq/
Far Right Group Behind Boston\'s \"Straight Pride\" Also Organized \"Reopen\" Protest
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-05-07
If the federal government actually starts helping people, Trump and his allies fear that capitalism will lose its stranglehold on the nation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/far-right-group-behind-bostons-straight-pride-also-organized-reopen-protest/
No smoke without fire? Trump nominates new envoy to Venezuela, first in 10 YEARS after denying US involvement in failed incursion
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The White House has tapped a new ambassador to Venezuela, the first in a decade, even as relations with the country\'s government hit all-time lows. The appointment comes as the US continues to deny any role in a recent coup plot. | …
rt.com/news/487987-ambassador-venezuela-appointment-incursion/
The Hybrid War on Venezuela Moves to a New Stage of Aggression
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
In the early morning of last May 3 Venezuela has witnessed the first attempt of a raid by speedboats with armed mercenary forces on the central coast of Venezuela, just a few kilometres from the capital city, Caracas. The response …
globalresearch.ca/hybrid-war-venezuela-moves-new-stage-aggression/5712039
\'I guess we did\': Simpsons writer admits 2020 pandemic clairvoyance as murder hornets clip goes viral
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The Simpsons is widely known for predicting the future with eerie accuracy, but things are starting to get ridiculous; after apparently predicting the coronavirus, it now appears the show saw the murder hornets coming too. | Like an animated Nostradamus for the noughties, the animated TV show has a number of oddly accurate predictions already on the books over the course of its 30 years on air. | It apparently foresaw Disney buying Fox nearly 20 years ago, the invention of smart watches, the US winning an Olympic medal in curling and, of course, also predicted that Donald Trump would one day become president o…
rt.com/usa/487997-simpsons-writer-murder-hornets-prediction/
\"What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?\"
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
The coronavirus does not care whether we are Republican or Democrat; mainline or evangelical Christian; Jew, Muslim or Hindu; white, black or brown; Chinese, Italian, Iranian, Russian, African or American, richer or poorer, older or younger. We are all human and subject to the same illnesses. Our nationality, faith, race, class, location or age does…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/what-the-hell-do-you-have-to-lose/
RT SPECIAL VICTORY DAY PROGRAMMING TO AIR AND STREAM WORLDWIDE IN SIX LANGUAGES
rt.com | 2020-05-07
MOSCOW, MAY 7
No going back to \'normal\'?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-07
Socialist Alliance Peter BoyleIssue 1264 Australia COVID-19 ecosocialism Our Common CauseMay 7, 2020The slogan \"There\'s no going b…
greenleft.org.au/content/no-going-back-normal
Daesh/ISIS increases attacks in Iraq amid virus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-07
The Daesh/ISIS terror group has increased its attacks in Iraq, especially in rural areas, amid political instability and security weakness in the country as well as the US-led coalition forces\' withdrawal due to the coronavirus outbreak.Daesh has been trying to strengthen its operational capability in rural areas since mass protests against Iraqi government erupted in October in the capital Baghdad and southern provinces.Iraq has been roiled by mass protests since early October over poor living conditions and corruption, forcing Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to resign.At least 496 Iraqis have been killed and 17…
yenisafak.com/en/world/daesh-isis-increases-attacks-in-iraq-amid-virus-3518903
Colombia declares 2nd state of emergency to subsidize small business wages
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque issued a second state of emergency on Wednesday and announced subsidies for small businesses to continue paying wages during an ongoing shutdown. The second state of…
colombiareports.com/colombia-declares-2nd-state-of-emergency-to-subsidize-small-business-wages/
Colombia raids army command as illegal spying scandal mushrooms
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s Inspector General\'s said his office had carried out a raid at the country\'s army command on Wednesday as part of an investigation into reported illegal spying practices. Inspector General…
colombiareports.com/colombia-raids-army-command-as-illegal-spying-scandal-mushrooms/
At least 8 health workers killed, 560 infected by coronavirus in Colombia
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Eight health workers have died and 560 have been infected by the coronavirus in Colombia, the National Health Institute (INS) said Wednesday as medical organizations call to urgently provide personal…
colombiareports.com/at-least-8-health-workers-killed-560-infected-by-coronavirus-in-colombia/
Researcher \'On Verge of Making Very Significant\' Coronavirus Findings Shot to Death
Tim Stelloh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The Pennsylvania researcher \"was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie\" COVID-19, his university said. | Below are selected quotes fro NBC report together with a statement from the the University Research Unit …
globalresearch.ca/researcher-making-very-significant-coronavirus-findings-shot-death/5712111
When fear reigns
Anna Jikhareva and Anne Jung | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
What was thought to be temporary has remained until today. Temporary rules became law. Snowden warns of a similar process in the context of a real crisis.Surveillance is accepted on an unprecedented scale.The virus is dangerous.But the destruction of our rights is fatal because it is permanent. Snowden believers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/04/18832818.php
Trump Vetoes \'Very Insulting\' Measure Limiting His Powers to Attack Iran
Jason Ditz | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-07
Passed in the Senate in February and the House in March, the Iran War Powers Resolution appears to have come to an end on Wednesday when it was vetoed by President Trump, who insisted it was \" very insulting\" and dangerous to limit his ability to attack Iran. | The resolution was a preemptive War Powers Act challenge to a war with Iran, aiming to note that Congress has not in any way authorized…
anti-empire.com/trump-vetoes-very-insulting-measure-limiting-his-powers-to-attack-iran/
Shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey impounded over safety standards
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-07
A shipment of 400,000 medical gowns from Turkey has been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.The personal protective equipment (PPE) was flown into the UK by the RAF last month but has not been released to NHS staff after inspectors deemed the gowns unsafe for guarding against coronavirus (Covid-19) when treating patients.Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the gowns turned out to \"not be of the quality that we feel is good enough for our frontline staff\".The ministerial confirmation of the decision to impound the imported goods is another blow in what has proved an embarrassing…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/07/shipment-of-400000-gowns-from-turkey-impounded-over-safety-standards/
\'Worst case\' scenario: Second coronavirus wave could come as early as July, top doctor in Germany warns
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Another wave of coronavirus infections could hit Germany as early as this summer, the vice president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases has warned. Health officials say they are preparing for all possibilities. | Case numbers in Germany are falling but the situation could change if people do not adhere to social distancing guidelines, Lars Schaade said at a news conference. A worst-case scenario would be a surge in cases returning in late July or early August, he added. | Germany began easing its nationwide lockdown two weeks ago. Although the number of new cases continues to drop, Helge Brau…
rt.com/news/488016-germany-second-wave-coronavirus-july/
Global stocks prediction: 50 percent wipeout
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
Paul Singer, the hedge-fund billionaire behind Elliott Management, warned last month that the ultimate path of global stock markets is a drop of at least 50% from February highs. What\'s an investor to do in the face of such a grim outlook? Load up on gold, perhaps. After all, according to a report this week from the Financial …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/global-stocks-prediction-50-percent-wipeout/
Bank of England: Unemployment to double
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment more than double by next spring as the coronavirus causes the deepest recession in modern history. Leaving interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.1% as the economic crisis unfolds, the central bank said economic activity across …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/bank-of-england-unemployment-to-double/
Online Education in a Time of Grave Danger
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
I taught a college course online. I used a program that was accepted at that level of education as the standard for teaching. The program took several sessions of individual instruction at the community college\'s tech center and lots of off-site practice to become competent in meeting students online for one class out of four…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/online-education-in-a-time-of-grave-danger/
Oakland has more COVID-19 cases than Fremont, Hayward and Livermore combined
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/06/18832857.php
Famous VR artists recreate kids\' drawings from World War II in virtual animation (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-07
RT\'s multimedia project #VictoryPages presents \'War: Kids\' drawings in VR animation,\' a series of children\'s drawings from the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg interpreted by famous artists in VR. | For many decades, the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg has kept about 700 unique children\'s drawings that were created during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941
Dutch to begin easing lockdown measures next week, watchdog to review govt performance
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday it would conduct an independent investigation and review of the country\'s preparedness and government performance during the coronavirus outbreak. | Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday announced a three-month roadmap toward relaxing lockdown measures imposed in mid-March, including opening schools and some businesses. The review will look at \"the preparation for a pandemic, the crisis management and the measures taken, as well as the phasing out of those measures.\" | Easing restrictions in the Netherlands will be rolled out over the next four months. They could be cur…
rt.com/newsline/488002-netherlands-easing-lockdown-government/
Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-07
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/
US unemployment expected to pass 33 MILLION, marking worst economic downturn since Great Depression
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Another three million Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 2, which brings the total claims over the seven weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to 33 million. | Some 3.839 million initial jobless claims have been registered in the past week. Florida saw the highest number of initial filings, at an estimated 432,000 on an unadjusted basis, from 507,000 in the week prior. | California reported 328,000 claims
America: Job losses in April likely topped 22 million
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The United States appears to have lost more than 20 million jobs in April, but even such a shockingly large increase might understate the destruction wrought by the coronavirus on the labour market. The large payroll processor ADP on Wednesday reported a 20.2 million decline in employment in April among the nation\'s privately run companies. …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/america-job-losses-in-april-likely-topped-22-million/
Pandemic and Hunger Threaten Africa
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The situation of the new coronavirus on the African continent worsens day after day. Although the pandemic has not yet reached its peak of infection in Africa, the figures remain alarming and without due attention from the media and authorities. …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-hunger-threaten-africa/5712113
Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 265k
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-07
TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA)
Trump economy faces long-term disaster as jobs data looms
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The staggering economic pain, perhaps the worst since the 1930s, of the American economy in the time of coronavirus will be graphically underscored in two new rounds of unemployment data that are due on Thursday and Friday. The figures will show Americans who have and will lose their livelihoods as common victims of the most cruel public health crisis …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/trump-economy-faces-long-term-disaster-as-jobs-data-looms/