Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
On Friday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/your-crazy-uncle-sam-strikes-again-vetoing-global-peace-to-own-the-chicoms/
The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America\'s Imperial \"Fantasy Democracy\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….
globalresearch.ca/ww-ii-shifted-fascism-from-axis-powers-us-satellite-states/5712343
Trump Regime Blocks UN Security Council Resolution for \"Global Ceasefire\" During COVID-19 Epidemic
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Run by warlord members from both right wings of the one-party state, the US geopolitical agenda prioritizes permanent wars against invented enemies to enforce their will on humanity by brute force and other hostile actions. | At a time when containing …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-blocks-sc-resolution-global-ceasefire/5712341
Latest Failed Coup Attempt Against Venezuela Made in the USA?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
UN Charter Article 2(4) states the following: | \"All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the …
globalresearch.ca/was-latest-coup-plot-against-democratic-venezuela-made-usa/5712337
The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832926.php
Fight COVIF-19 Not Venezuela
Howie Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-10
The Keystone Cops have nothing on the rag-tag group of soldiers of fortune who failed earlier this week in their implausible plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, trigger a military coup, and install the US puppet, Juan Guaidó, in the presidency. We know all about the hair-brained scheme due to a falling out of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/fight-covif-19-not-venezuela/
Something about Julian Assange you should know
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-10
Anyone watching the current events surrounding Julian Assange will know that justice in Britain is not the driving motivation behind his incarceration. His treatment by the state is truly shameful, immoral and reprehensible. What you are witnessing in real-time is the abuse and oppression of a journalist all funded by the taxpayer to further the …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/something-about-julian-assange-you-should-know/
San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Protesters demand end to \"Covid-19 death camps.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832943.php
Women\'s Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe\'s 1870 Anti-War Mother\'s Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous \"Mother\'s Day Proclamation\" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
globalresearch.ca/womens-rights-and-social-justice-julia-ward-howes-1870-mothers-day-proclamation-a-day-of-peace/5589245
COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/covid-19-has-exposed-collapse-of-american-dream-v/
COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/covid-19-has-exposed-collapse-of-american-dream-v/
UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel\'s goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these \"peacekeeping forces\" in…
UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Prodded by Right Wingers, Santa Cruz Businesses Operate Outside of Health Restrictions
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
The \"Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz,\" a group founded recently by right wing extremists who believe the COVID-19 Pandemic is a hoax, is prodding local businesses to open early. The group has announced that the Om Gallery on Pacific Avenue is opening to two shoppers at a time from 1-5pm on Friday, May 8, by appointment. The Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz also plans to do \"guerrilla yoga\" at a studio that will secretly open its doors for the group. \"Some studios are opening the back door for the cool kids club. No Snitches,\" a flyer for a May 8 \"Freedom Friday\" protest states. On May 6, the Santa Cruz County Health…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/07/18832876.php
New California oil permits rose 7.8% in 2020\'s first quarter as oil prices plunged
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
From January 1 to March 31, 2020, the same time that the Newsom Administration approved 1,623 new permits, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in California, spent $1,089,702 lobbying state officials during the period. | Chevron spent even more: $1,638,497 in the fifth quarter of the 2019-20 legislation session to influence legislators, the Governor\'s Office and other state officials. The two oil industry giants combined to spend a total of $2,728,199 lobbying in the session\'s fifth quarter.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832938.php
EOR research projects on agenda of RIPI
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
The filmmaker\'s latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-did-michael-moore-become-a-hero-to-climate-deniers-and-the-far-right/
Invaluable China-Iran friendship, solidarity in battling COVID-19 will last
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-discusses-potential-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/
Chinese Ministry Warned President Xi Jinping of Armed Confrontation with US: Report
John Bowden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
A report from China\'s top intelligence ministry presented to President Xi Jinping reportedly warned of growing anti-Chinese sentiment around the world and raised the possibility of military conflict with the U.S. | Reuters reported Monday that the analysis, which was supposedly …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-ministry-warned-xi-armed-confrontation-us/5712365
China Forges Ahead Through Chaos and US Threats
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Amid the deepest economic contraction in nearly a century, President Xi Jinping had already made it very clear, last month, that China should be ready for unprecedented, relentless foreign challenges. | He was not referring only to the possible decoupling of …
globalresearch.ca/china-forges-ahead-through-chaos-threats/5712330
\'Aggressive confrontation\' between Indian & Chinese troops causes injuries on both sides, reports claim
rt.com | 2020-05-10
More than a hundred soldiers were involved in a confrontation along the contentious Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas, Indian media reported. The encounter allegedly left injuries on both sides. | Citing two high-ranking military sources, the Hindustan Times said that the incident occurred at a mountainous pass at a height of more than 5,000m (16,400ft) along the border with China in India\'s northeastern Sikkim State on Saturday. | \"Four Indian so…
rt.com/news/488296-india-china-border-confrontation/
The Cost of Big Pharma\'s Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Paid in Lives and in Billions of Dollars
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
Big Pharma and its minions such as Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield are determined to use Covid-19 to vaccinate us all at the expense our lives and pocketbooks. They are using the media, grant-dependent professionals, medical journals, and the presstitute media to conduct a campaign of disinformation about an inexpensive and successful treatment in order to pave the way for a likely unsuccessful, possibly dangerous, but very profitable vaccine. | The successful treatment is hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin and zinc. Hydroxychlorquine has been used for decades to treat malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis and…
The Cost of Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Paid in Lives and in Billions of Dollars
Congress Members Who Invest in Real Estate Got a Tax Break in the Stimulus Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
Congress slipped a provision into the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill that will save wealthy real estate investors billions in taxes. Some lawmakers stand to profit from the legislation meant to weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed tens of thousands and left tens of millions out of work. | Members of Congress invest more cash in real estate than any other industry. That\'s been the case every ye…
truthout.org/articles/congress-members-who-invest-in-real-estate-got-a-tax-break-in-the-stimulus-bill/
Swiss channel insufficient to meet Iran\'s demands
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
What Can the Pandemic-Stricken World Learn From Palestinians\' Resilience?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
As a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem and a mental health professional, I am both treating and experiencing the extensive impact and far-reaching ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Across the world, communities are dealing with the unbearable pain of death and serious illness, compounded by not being able to comfort or even mourn the victims. On a global scale, people are facing what for many are unprecedented restrictions on freedoms, insecurity and anxiety about the future. | In these tes…
truthout.org/articles/what-can-the-pandemic-stricken-world-learn-from-palestinians-resilience/
The Great Russiagate Hoax Exposed. Geopolitical Transition to Chinagate
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Hoaxes are easy to detect. When accusations lack credible supportive evidence, they baseless. | Not a shred of evidence about alleged Russian US election meddling was ever presented by Washington\'s intelligence community, the House, Senate, or farcical Robert Mueller probe. | Russiagate …
globalresearch.ca/russiagate-hoax-exposed/5712334
Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.The children are expected to arrive in Portugal within the next few weeks, Santos was cited by local news agency Lusa as saying during an online conference to celebrate Europe Day. The member of the European Parliament did not specify a date.At least 5,200 unaccompanied minors live in Greece, many of them under harsh conditions in camps on islands in the Aegean.Human Rights Watch said the Greek autho…
yenisafak.com/en/world/portugal-to-take-up-to-60-unaccompanied-migrant-children-from-greek-camps-3519092
Drones, Documentaries, Death: Silvercorp\'s Contract to Take Down Maduro in Full
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
A 13-strong group of US citizens and dissident Venezuelans attempted to infiltrate Venezuela via the coastal state of La Guaira from Colombia in the early hours of the morning, their aim being to precipitate a nationwide rebellion against the government of Nicolas Maduro.
sputniknews.com/military/202005101079262638-drones-documentaries-death-silvercorps-contract-to-take-down-maduro-in-full/
US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against \'Festering in Lockdown\' Days After Another Sports KKK Hood
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.
sputniknews.com/society/202005101079261260-us-man-wears-swastika-in-protest-against-festering-in-lockdown-days-after-another-sports-kkk-hood/
Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
The insurgents extorted five trucks loaded with fresh food items in Faryab province\'s restive Sheren Tagab district, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a statement.\"During Ramadan, when the country is in dire need of food aid and people are suffering from a deadly disease [coronavirus] under quarantine, the commission expresses concerns over the holding of this aid, urge the Taliban to stop hindering delivery of humanitarian aid, and to keep their promises in this regard,\" it read.Naqibullah Fayeq, the governor of Faryab province, received the aid at the Aqina dry port at the border with…
yenisafak.com/en/world/taliban-blamed-for-extorting-food-aid-in-afghanistan-3519106
Trump Officials Ignored Company\'s Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
Progressives on Saturday denounced an \"infuriating\" report which detailed the Department of Health and Human Services\' refusal to take an American company up on its offer to supply millions of N95 respirators to the government early on in the coronavirus pandemic. | The Washington Post reported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of…
truthout.org/articles/trump-officials-ignored-companys-offer-in-january-to-make-millions-of-n95-masks/
Why you need to keep your child\'s vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor\'s visits during this time. \"The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/why-you-need-to-keep-your-childs-vaccine-schedule-during-covid-19/
107,603 people infected by COVID-19, death toll at 6,640 in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
\'Without preconditions\': Iran says it\'s ready to discuss full prisoner exchange with US amid talks of new swap
rt.com | 2020-05-10
An Iranian government spokesperson has said that the country is prepared to negotiate a complete prisoner swap with the US. The news comes after reports of talks about exchanging two detainees infected with Covid-19. | \"We are ready to exchange all prisoners and we are prepared to discuss this issue without any preconditions, but the US has not responded yet,\" Ali Rabiei said, as cited by Khabaronline. | We are worried about the safety and health of Iranians in jail… We hold America responsible for Iranians\' safety amid the new coronavirus outbreak. | It follows a recent New York Times report about the ongoi…
rt.com/news/488301-iran-us-prisoner-exchange/
Disruption of the Earth and Coronavirus: Dineh Louise Benally on First Voices Radio
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Louise Benally, Dine\' of Big Mountain, shares the message of Navajo elders on the disruptions of the earth by mining and the disrespect for Mother Earth that led to the coronavirus. Louise speaks with Lakota Tiokasin Ghosthorse on First Voices Radio today.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832910.php
Over 1,000 line up for FREE FOOD in Geneva amid coronavirus lockdown (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-10
More than 1,000 people queued up in Geneva to get free food parcels. The anti-coronavirus measures that have been in place since mid-March have taken a heavy toll on the country\'s poor. | Hundreds of people turned out to get free food from charities in one of the world\'s leading financial centres, typically associated with wealth, on Saturday. As those gathered had to follow the social distancing rules, the procession stretched for more than 1.5km (a mile). | | © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini | Those most eager to receive food assistance began lining up in a file starting as early as at 5: 00 am, according to t…
rt.com/news/488250-geneva-free-food-line/
Made invisible by pandemic, mass killing of Colombia\'s social leaders continues
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
The United Nations said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic didn\'t stop the assassinations of Colombia\'s social leaders and demobilized FARC members, it just made them invisible. In a press statement,…
colombiareports.com/made-invisible-by-pandemic-mass-killing-of-colombias-social-leaders-continues/
82,000 foodstuff packages distributed in Shiraz
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
SHIRAZ, May 10 (MNA)
Global death toll from coronavirus exceeds 280,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Lockdown Fanatics Scare Me Far More Than Covid-19
Brendan O\'Neill | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-10
I know I\'m meant to be scared of Covid-19. But I\'m far more fearful of the lockdown fanatics. These people who are so blase about the halting of economic life, and who bristle at any suggestion that the lockdown should be eased, pose a graver threat to the future of the UK than coronavirus does. They are a menace to liberty, reason and people\'s livelihoods. Our society is taking steps to tackle Covid
Navajo coronavirus relief efforts expand and former bordertown mayor counters racism
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Relief efforts expand as coronavirus cases and deaths increase. Former Mayor of Page, Arizona, joins relief efforts, countering the recent racist incidents in the bordertown of Page. The Navajo Nation reports 103 new cases of coronavirus and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,757 and 88 deaths.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832911.php
Leader attends anti-corona taskforce session via video-conferencing
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Ayatollah Khamenei attending session of national task force against COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections
rt.com | 2020-05-10
A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | About half of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow, which remains the country\'s worst infection hotspot, followed by the region surrounding the capital. | Some 88 people have died across the country over the past…
rt.com/russia/488306-russia-covid-cases-increase/
Iran very proud of controlling, combating coronavirus: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Oakland hot spot for COVID-19 cases is zip code area 94601
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832914.php
Colombia claims stepping up coronavirus testing ahead of economic reactivation
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
Colombia\'s government said Saturday that it has begun distributing 500,000 coronavirus tests in Bogota and to 20 of its 32 departments to improve the reliability of its contagion statistics. The…
colombiareports.com/colombia-claims-stepping-up-coronavirus-testing-ahead-of-economic-reactivation/
Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections
rt.com | 2020-05-10
A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | Almost two thirds of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow area, which remains the country\'s worst infection hotspot. | Some 88 people have died across Russia over the past 24 hours, bringing the Covid-19 death to…
rt.com/russia/488306-russia-covid-cases-increase/
\'We are expected to face difficult autumn ahead\': Namaki
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)
Can We Trust the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Many more questions are being raised than there are answers being discovered concerning the recent strains of coronavirus. Where and how did it originate? Was it the result of human engineering and manipulation or is it a strain that mutated …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-organization-deserves-distrust/5712347