2020-05-21: Social Media Postees

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Towards a Culture of World Peace
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
\"Towards a Culture of World Peace\" constitutes a commitment to Human Livelihood. It consists in confronting the UU-NATO discourse in support of war and military intervention. It requires reviving a Worldwide anti-war movement, nationally and internationally as well as establishing a resolve by the governments of sovereign nation states to reject this Worldwide process of militarization.
globalresearch.ca/towards-a-culture-of-world-peace/5675866

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
One aspect of the American heavy footprint that is little noted is the ruin of many formerly functioning countries that it brings with it. | The Global War on Terror or GWOT was declared in the wake of 9/11 by President George W. Bush. It basically committed the United States to work to eliminate all \"terrorist\" groups worldwide, whether or not the countries being targeted agreed that they were beset by terrorists and whether or not they welcomed U.S. \"help.\" The GWOT was promoted with brain-dead expressions like \"there\'s a new sheriff in town\" which, after the destruction of large parts of the Middle East and Ce…

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The Global War on Terror or GWOT was declared in the wake of 9/11 by President George W. Bush. It basically committed the United States to work to eliminate all \"terrorist\" groups worldwide, whether or not the countries being …
globalresearch.ca/leading-neocon-directs-pentagon-middle-east-planning/5713595

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine\'s Greatest Weapon
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-21
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the \'shatat\', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. | For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay and #Nakba, have all trended on Twitter for days. Facebook was inundated with countless stories, videos, images, and statements, written by Palestinians, or in global support of the Palestinian people. | The dominant Nakba narrative remains &#150…
mintpressnews.com/israel-fears-nakba-memory-palestinian-greatest-weapon/267757/

PDF of May 21 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-21
Download entire 12-page PDF here. \'Reopening\' fuels resistance. Capitalism or Socialism? Also: #FreeBlackMamas; Save the USPS! Working-class democracy; Trump vs. birth control; Becoming a Marxist; MOVE says \"Free Mumia\'; Sandino lives! Editorial: . Breonna Taylor; Malcolm X & Ho Chi Minh. World: Palestine\'s Nakba; Sanctions Kill; Ecuador. Tear down prisons: Andrea . . . | Continue reading PDF of May 21 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48819/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-may-21-issue

Podcast: Aaron Mate Debunks RussiaGate and Discusses How Liberals Came to Love Bush-Era Neocons
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-21
Investigative journalist Aaron Mate unpacks four years of Russiagate propaganda and how it was the gift that kept on giving for both the Trump administration and the Democratic Party.
mintpressnews.com/podcast-aaron-mate-russiagate-liberals-bush-era-neocons/267736/

Fundamentalist Pandemics: What Evangelicals Could Learn From The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam
Juan Cole | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
This spring, the novel coronavirus pandemic has raised the issue of the relationship between the blindest kind of religious faith and rational skepticism

Lives Depend on Argentina\'s Debt Talks
Mark Weisbrot | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
Argentina is currently engaged in intense negotiations with its creditors over at least $65 billion in government debt. The most important part of that negotiation, which can make or break Argentina\'s economic recovery, is foreign currency debt. That is mostly in dollars, and mostly owned by foreigners. Argentina\'s 45 million residents, as well as hundreds…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/lives-depend-on-argentinas-debt-talks/

How Germany\'s Courts Might Destroy the Euro
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
Germany\'s highest court issued a ruling that could threaten the existence of the euro with a constitutional court decision that said the European Central Bank\'s bond-buying operations exceeded the ECB\'s legal remit, and violated German constitutional law. The U.S. equivalent of this would be a state Supreme Court limiting the ability of the U.S. Federal…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/how-germanys-courts-might-destroy-the-euro/

Washing Our Hands of Financialized Pensions
Socialists for Retirement Security | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Rethinking Retirement After COVID-19 | The unemployment crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak has suddenly destroyed the earnings of hundreds of thousands of working people in Canada. For many jobless workers, the immediate scramble to make ends meet will be …
globalresearch.ca/financialized-pensions/5713605

How the United States Government Failed to Prepare for the Global Pandemic
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
There were two immediate reasons for the U.S. to blame China for the novel coronavirus global pandemic. First, it was a convenient way to divert attention from the fact that the U.S. government had done nothing–despite months of notice–to effectively prepare for the arrival of the virus. Second, it was a necessary way to undermine the remarkable way China had been able to tackle the epidemic, with massive infusions of personnel and equipment as well as relief into Wuhan and Hubei province. U.S. President Donald Trump\'s attack on China is explained not as the rant of an unstable individual, but as part…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/how-the-united-states-government-failed-to-prepare-for-the-global-pandemic/

Soaring Beyond the Green New Deal with Stan Cox
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
When Stan Cox was writing his book, The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can, he scripted these prophetic words: \"The oft-predicted national decline in use of fossil fuels is nowhere to be seen, and it is unlikely to occur on its own, at least until the next economic meltdown.\" He became…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/soaring-beyond-the-green-new-deal-with-stan-cox/

Sanders, Warner, Jones and Blumenthal Introduce Paycheck Security Act to Keep Millions of Workers on Payrolls During Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
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Will Trump Wage More Wars to Distract From COVID-19 and Economic Collapse?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Trump is the latest in a long line of belligerent US presidents, throughout his tenure waging war on multiple fronts at home and abroad. | His priorities are self-enrichment, serving Wall Street, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Military, and other corporate …
globalresearch.ca/will-trump-wage-more-wars-distract-covid-19-economic-collapse/5713655

\"KievGate\" and the November 2020 Presidential Elections. Biden and Poroshenko Colluded in Ukraine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Money-controlled US elections are farcical when held

\"KievGate\" and the November Presidential Elections. Biden and Poroshenko Colluded in Ukraine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Money-controlled US elections are farcical when held

\"We\'re Ready for Whatever, Whenever,\' Says Maduro as Venezuela Vows Navy Escort to Protect Iranian Oil Tankers from US Threats
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the U.S. government \"must give up bullying on the world stage and respect the rule of international law, especially free shipping in the high seas.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/iran_venezuela1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/were-ready-whatever-whenever-says-maduro-venezuela-vows-navy-escort-protect-iranian?cd-origin=rss

Regime Change Back In Focus: Pompeo Targets Iran, Cuba & Venezuela In Epic Tweet Thread
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-21
Given the very noticeable rise in threatening rhetoric focused on Iran over the past week, it seems thoughts of regime change in Tehran are once again top of the agenda. Or perhaps simultaneously the administration needs a significant distraction of sorts amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the persistent national reopening question and agenda. On Wednesday, Secretary …
iranian.com/2020/05/20/regime-change-back-in-focus-pompeo-targets-iran-cuba-venezuela-in-epic-tweet-thread/

From Syria to U.S.-Mexico Border, Refugees Worldwide Face Hunger & Deprivation as COVID-19 Spreads
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-21
We look at the coronavirus threat to millions of refugees across the globe, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare is extremely limited. We\'re joined by Dr. Miriam Orcutt, executive director of Lancet Migration.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/21/refugees_coronavirus_pandemic_miriam_orcutt

Crowded & Desperate: Rohingya in World\'s Largest Refugee Camp Face Dual Crises of Cyclone & COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-21
A major cyclone hits India and Bangladesh amid the pandemic, displacing 3 million people and unleashing heavy rain on Cox\'s Bazar, home to 1 million Rohingya refugees, where the first cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed. We get an update from Steven Corliss, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Bangladesh, and speak with Tun Khin, a Rohingya activist, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/21/seg1

Study Warns 1.1 Million Children Could Die as Pandemic Interrupts Access to Food & Medical Care
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-21
A new report finds 1.1 million children under 5 could die the next six months from secondary impacts of the pandemic, like disruptions to health services and access to food. Mothers are also imperiled. We speak with Tim Roberton, lead author of the study and assistant scientist in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and with infectious diseases pediatrician Dr. Beate Kampmann.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/21/report_children_pregnant_person_mortality_rates

Ideology and Coronavirus
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-21
There are two polar-opposite approaches for dealing with the challenge of coronavirus-19: libertarian proposals prioritize the economy above the public\'s health, whereas socialist proposals prioritize the public\'s health above the economy. Libertarian countries rely on developing \"herd immunity\" to the disease, in preference to imposing social distancing and \"lockdowns,\" which aim instead to reduce the spread of the infection. Unlike socialist measures, the \"herd immunity\" approach doesn\'t need any regulations, because it allows the disease to spread so that the people who survive it will become predominant; it a…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/21/ideology-and-coronavirus/

Memorial Day Peace Caravan
Toby Blomé | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Sponsored by CODEPINK | All invited to join Peace Caravan, with cars decorated with anti-war relevant signs and colorful visuals. We\'ll travel across the Golden Gate Bridge, thru the Presidio, and end up at Sen. Dianne Feinstein\'s SF Home for: Rally, Press Conference and Memorial Altar.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833163.php

Covid-19 may end India\'s hopes of becoming world leading economic force, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-05-21
After Goldman Sachs projected the Indian economy to shrink by 45 percent this quarter, Professor Richard Wolff believes that no one can predict the future amid the coronavirus uncertainty. | \"We\'re in uncharted waters, we do not know what the ramification of this crash is and we do not know how long it will last,\" he told the host of RT\'s Boom Bust. | He added that while India failed to stockpile the necessary medical supplies and was not prepared for the pandemic as was the case with many other nations, the situation there is aggravated by its enormous population living in very close quarters. | \"And like…
rt.com/business/489328-india-economic-consequences-coronavirus/

Maduro Accuses Colombian President of Ordering to \'Infect\' Venezuela With Coronavirus – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
In the mid-March, Venezuela declared a state of emergency in the country due to the spread of coronavirus; so far, the country has registered only 824 cases of the infection and 10 deaths. However, 44% of these cases were diagnosed in the last five days, as many of the new patients were reportedly returning from Colombia.
sputniknews.com/latam/202005211079373850-maduro-accuses-colombian-president-of-ordering-to-infect-venezuela-with-coronavirus-report/

Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn\'s Forgotten Turkish Connection
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-05-21
Before Russiagate, the former national security advisor was an operative for Turkey, tilting foreign policy against the Kurds.
progressive.org/dispatches/michael-flynn-forgotten-turkish-connection-erlich-200520/

Trump Claims to Have Venezuela \'Surrounded\' as Iranian Tankers Approach
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-21
Venezuela\'s armed forces will escort the vessels upon reaching territorial waters.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14883

The Real UkraineGate Scandal: There\'s No Longer Any Question that Joe Biden Carried Out a Cover-Up in Ukraine
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Trump stands vindicated for accusing Biden of trying to cover up his son\'s corruption in Ukraine after one of that country\'s lawmakers released audio recordings of the former Vice President\'s numerous conversations with former President Poroshenko to that effect, proving …
globalresearch.ca/no-question-biden-carried-out-cover-up-ukraine/5713641

Lockdown Delays Contributed to Massive US Death Toll, Says Modeling, Suggesting Lessons to Be Learned as States Reopen
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
Implementing social distancing policies two weeks earlier could have saved nearly 54,000 lives, the new study found. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/earlier-lockdowns-save-lives.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/lockdown-delays-contributed-massive-us-death-toll-says-modeling-suggesting-lessons?cd-origin=rss

Warren Tops MoveOn Survey for Preferred Biden VP Pick
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
The new poll shows 73% of the group\'s members would be more likely to vote for the former vice president if Sen. Elizabeth Warren is his running mate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/moveon-warren-vp.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/warren-tops-moveon-survey-preferred-biden-vp-pick?cd-origin=rss

Trump Condemned for Ditching Treaty That Has \'Helped Prevent Nuclear War for Nearly Three Decades\'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
In a move that alarmed nuclear experts, anti-war activists, and policymakers around the world, the U.S. government notified international partners on Thursday that President Donald Trump is withdrawing the country from the Treaty on Open Skies over alleged Russian violations. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11862935441.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/trump-condemned-ditching-treaty-has-helped-prevent-nuclear-war-nearly-three-decades?cd-origin=rss

La Riva designated presumptive Peace & Freedom Party presidential nominee in California
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-21
The following statement was originally published by the Peace and Freedom Party.
liberationnews.org/la-riva-designated-presumptive-peace-freedom-party-presidential-nominee-in-california/

Memorial Day Car Caravan for Peace
Charlotte Casey | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Stevens Creek & Winchester Blvds, San Jose…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833162.php

Witness at the prison gates, Karnes Family \'Detention\' Center
| workers.org | 2020-05-21
May 16 car caravan protesting migrant family imprisonment at the Karnes County Residential Center

Teachers and students across Greece protest government\'s flawed educational policy
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
Protesters denounced a new bill on education proposed by the conservative New Democracy-led government in Greece. Critics claim the new bill is likely to worsen the operational running of schools in the country and increase class barriers to education…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/teachers-and-students-across-greece-protest-governments-flawed-educational-policy/

Teachers and students across Greece protest government\'s flawed educational policy
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
Protesters denounced a new bill on education proposed by the conservative New Democracy-led government in Greece. Critics claim the new bill is likely to worsen the operation of schools and increase class barriers to education…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/teachers-and-students-across-greece-protest-governments-flawed-educational-policy/

Nicola Sturgeon Is Leading Scotland Out of Lockdown, and Out of the UK
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Scotland\'s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been voted the UK\'s \'most impressive\' politician according to a recent poll. The survey, carried out by Press Gazette, asked 2700 people who they thought was doing best at handling the current crisis. …
globalresearch.ca/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-out-lockdown-out-uk/5713639

For Women in Qatar, Lockdown Is Nothing New
News Desk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
When it comes to the issue of women\'s rights in the Gulf , Saudi Arabia is most frequently cited as the most repressive country in the region, and Qatar is widely regarded as the most modern in terms of human …
globalresearch.ca/women-qatar-lockdown-nothing-new/5713645

The Slippery Slope to Despotism: Paved with Lockdowns, Raids and Forced Vaccinations
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
\"You have no right not to be vaccinated, you have no right not to wear a mask, you have no right to open up your business… And if you refuse to be vaccinated, the state has the power to literally …
globalresearch.ca/despotism-lockdowns-raids-forced-vaccinations/5713570

Pandemic crisis: Tens of thousands of UK job losses announced
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The jobs cull in the UK began in April as firms in retail and hospitality collapsed into administration after the imposition of lockdown, accelerating an already existing trend towards recession.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/ukjo-m21.html

COVID-19: The Slippery Slope to Despotism is Paved with Lockdowns, Raids and Forced Vaccinations
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-21
Until now, the police state has been more circumspect in its power grabs, but this latest state of emergency has brought the beast out of the shadows.
mintpressnews.com/covid-19-slippery-slope-despotism-lockdowns-raids-forced-vaccinations/267744/

Millions Forced to Choose Between Hunger or COVID-19
GRAIN | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
On the eve of May Day 2020, in full coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released some hair raising statistics. About 1.6 billion workers from the informal sector are in dire straits because of the lockdowns governments have imposed …
globalresearch.ca/millions-forced-choose-between-hunger-covid-19/5713627

A Machiavellian US in the Middle East
Jonathan Power | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Coronavirus seems to dominate all discourse and reporting. But the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to strangle its own country. The Russians continue to bomb on his behalf, terrifying civilians and hospitals. The Americans work semi-clandestinely…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/a-machiavellian-us-in-the-middle-east/

Australian government falsely claims credit for global COVID-19 inquiry
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Australia\'s push was obviously part of a US drive to demonise China and the World Health Organisation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/auch-m21.html

China\'s Two Sessions During Coronavirus
Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
Beijing. Even though it\'s being held on its home turf, Beijing will play second fiddle for the next week as thousands of delegates pour into the capital to debate, argue and socialize amid the \"Two Sessions\". The sessions, taking place after being postponed in March due to COVID-19, are the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/chinas-two-sessions-during-coronavirus/

COVID-19 Hits Hard, but Challenges BRICS
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
By and large, the coronavirus pandemic has taken a huge toll on Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) since it was declared late January by the World Health Organization (WHO). It allegedly originated (yet to be proved) from …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-brics/5713648

COVID-19 Timeline Exposes Falsehood of US and US Lackey Australian Anti-China Blame Game
Gideon Polya | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Trump is blaming China for the Covid-19 pandemic to hide his criminal negligence during the crisis. A detailed Timeline of the disaster reveals that China informed the WHO and the World of the Wuhan outbreak on 31 December 2019 but …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-timeline-exposes-falsehood-us-australian-anti-china-blame-game/5713590

The US Is Trying to Dismember China by Promoting Separatism in Its Regions
Dr. Dennis Etler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The US Senate, on 14 May passed bill on the mistreatment of Uyghur minority in China. The bill demands President Donald Trump to sanction Chinese officials who partake in the violating rights and freedoms of Uyghur community in the northwestern …
globalresearch.ca/us-trying-dismember-china-separatism-regions/5713606

Canada\'s official opposition attacks Trudeau for \"appeasing\" China
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Conservative leader Scheer\'s inflammatory comment, likening the Liberal government\'s policy towards Beijing to British imperialism\'s attempt to reach an accommodation with Nazi Germany, marks a new high point in the Canadian elite\'s frenzied anti-China campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/cach-m21.html

Pandemic 2020: From Statistical Fraud to Controlled Society
Vincent Mathieu | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The outbreak of Covid-19 which first occurred in China in the autumn of 2019 did not, at that time, seem to herald a crisis of such magnitude in the West. In Quebec, the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) was referred to as …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-2020-from-statistical-fraud-to-controlled-society/5713454

The Wuhan Hoax
Bob Dreyfuss | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
But the Trump administration\'s zeal in shifting attention from its own bungling of the Covid-19 crisis to China\'s alleged culpability in creating a global pandemic only raises tensions precipitously between the planet\'s two great powers at a terrible moment. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/xeno.png …
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The Trump administration makes Taiwan latest front in anti-China campaign
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The US has provocatively hailed the re-election of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and pressed Taiwan\'s case at the annual World Health Organisation (WHO) ministerial assembly.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/usch-m21.html

Amazon workers react to elimination of pandemic hazard pay
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Amazon has terminated its unpaid sick time policy and will roll back the $2 per hour pay raise it implemented during the coronavirus pandemic, despite the rising number of infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/amsp-m21.html

Too Many Demand Too Much of Renewable Energy
Lance Olsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
Many have heard talk of coal miners finding new jobs installing rooftop solar panels. It\'s less often mentioned, but it seems just as likely that at least some coal miners will transition to new jobs in the metals mining basic to building those solar panels. Batteries for storing solar energy are also central to transition…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/too-many-demand-too-much-of-renewable-energy/

Why Thinking Makes It So: Donald Trump\'s Obamagate Fixation
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
The \"gate\" suffix has been wearing thin since the break-in scandal that gave it its birth. Since Watergate, virtually anything dubious and suggestive, and much more besides, is suffixed. Which brings us to the issue of President Donald Trump\'s predecessor, Barack Obama. Finding himself in hot water (did he ever leave it?) Trump has been…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/why-thinking-makes-it-so-donald-trumps-obamagate-fixation/

Social Studies for the Pandemic
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
The moment of clarity [in the pandemic shutdown], expressed in climate and consciousness, will pass and progressives will resume their regular, but now carefully washed, handwringing.

Frances Goldin and a Unique New York Story
David Thorstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
Death comes to us all but this is one that I feel acutely. For many years, I lived across from Frances on New York\'s East 11th Street, but I was not very familiar with her long history of housing activism. Our relationship began in 1981 when, overnight, little green trucks began towing cars supposedly illegally…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/frances-goldin-and-a-unique-new-york-story/

From Plague to a Livable World
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
The 2020 corona virus pandemic is not merely killing countless people. It is also having invisible but deleterious effects: psychological, political, and intellectual. Some people cannot cope with the severe economic effects of the plague, the constant barrage of bad news, and of being alone and isolated. They probably commit suicide. Others enter realms of fantasy and conspiracy. And still others, who know how to oil the wheels of power and influence, are taking advantage of America\'s corrupt Trump administration.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/from-plague-to-a-livable-world/

Getting a Covid-19 Education: From Race to the Top to a Plunge to the Bottom
Stan Karp | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
From a rally for public education in Washington D.C. in July 2017. (Photo: Bob Korn) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-21_at_2.12.16_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/getting-covid-19-education-race-top-plunge-bottom?cd-origin=rss

Build rank-and-file factory and workplace committees to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 virus and save lives!
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The government and corporations are demanding a return to work in the midst of a pandemic, which is claiming thousands of lives every week. Their drive for profits takes priority over the health and safety of workers and their families.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/pers-m21.html

Dangerous Hurricane Season To Open Amidst COVID-19
Astrid Caldas | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
Imagine one million people on the move right now, all trying to find safe shelter. (Photo: NASA) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nasa_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/dangerous-hurricane-season-open-amidst-covid-19?cd-origin=rss

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic\'s Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses how the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is changing, and how scientists and researchers are rapidly gaining new knowledge about the virus and the disease that it …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-news-briefing/

Packing on pounds during COVID-19 and how to turn it around
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
If you\'ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren\'t alone. The \"Quarantine 15\"

New collaboration on COVID-19 response to include new serology test
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a total antibodies test in collaboration with WuXi Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic. The new test is the result of ongoing collaboration between all three organizations, including clinical evaluation and support from Mayo Clinic. Thermo Fisher will seek U.S. FDA …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-collaboration-on-covid-19-response-to-include-new-serology-test/

Wallmapu: \"The Mapuche political prisoners are not alone\"
Marcha Noticias | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
The Mapuche community demands protection for political prisoners in the prisons of the Araucanía region of Chile after being exposed to the risk of COVID-19 due to lack of necessary care…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/wallmapu-the-mapuche-political-prisoners-are-not-alone/

VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Mayo Clinic expands in-person care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and clinics were forced to postpone nonessential appointments and surgeries in March and April. Thanks to social distancing and executive stay-at-home orders which helped flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Mayo Clinic is prepared now, not only to meet the projected needs of COVID-19 patients, but safely treat …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-mayo-clinic-expands-in-person-care/

Stop the $2 Billion Arms Sale to the Philippines
Amee Chew | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
Amid the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the US government is brokering a $2 billion arms sale to Rodrigo Duterte\'s repressive regime. The sale would only pour further fuel on an already dire human rights catastrophe…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stop-the-2-billion-arms-sale-to-the-philippines/

COVID-19 Testing: What Are We Doing? What Does \"Positive\" Test Really Mean?
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
In 1965, scientists identified the first human coronavirus; it was associated with the common cold. The Coronavirus family, named for their crown-like appearance, currently includes 36 viruses. Within that group, there are 4 common viruses that have been causing infection …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-testing/5713660

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/spring-cleaning-takes-on-a-new-importance-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Almost no US prisoners have been released since the beginning of the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Despite highly publicized executive orders, only a handful of inmates have been released from jails and prisons across the US even as 100,000 inmates are projected to die from COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/pris-m21.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ethnic disparities and COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
As COVID-19 continues to take hundreds of lives each day in the U.S., public health officials say minorities are being affected disproportionately. Early data shows that African Americans and other U.S. ethnic minorities have contracted COVID-19 at a higher rate and experience greater sickness and a higher death rate than other Americans. On the Mayo …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-ethnic-disparities-and-covid-19/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Thanks to its combination of practice, education, and research, Mayo Clinic has a strong foundation to respond quickly to a medical crisis such as COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a research task force was formed at Mayo Clinic to review and approve research proposals related to the virus and the disease it causes. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-at-mayo-clinic/

Ecuadorians vow to resist Moreno\'s latest neoliberal economic measures
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
On May 20, several Ecuadorian social movements, Indigenous organizations and trade unions called for a national mobilization on May 25, against the neoliberal economic policies imposed by President Lenín Moreno in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The People\'s Front, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC), the Unitary Front of Workers (FUT), among others, are the organizations behind the call for national mobilization. | On May 19, Moreno announced a new set of austerity measures, involving a budget cut of 4 billion USD in public…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/ecuadorians-vow-to-resist-morenos-latest-neoliberal-economic-measures/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The \"Quarantine 15\"
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
It\'s being called the \"Quarantine 15\" online

France sees a spike in COVID-19 cases after schools reopen
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
At least 70 new cases of COVID-19 were reported from schools in France following their reopening last week by French authorities. Teachers\' unions and student organizations criticized the government for the move…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/france-sees-a-spike-in-covid-19-cases-after-schools-reopen/

COVID-19 cases at Ford plants in Detroit, Chicago as anger grows over inadequate safety measures
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
New infections have emerged at Ford plants in Dearborn, Michigan and Chicago and also at supplier plant, just days after the reopening of the North American auto industry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/auto-m21.html

Mayo Clinic encourages patients to practice good hand hygiene
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Mayo Clinic has placed reminders about good hand hygiene and also has placed hand sanitizer stations around campus to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Amy Williams, M.D., Mayo Clinic executive dean for practice, illustrates how to properly apply hand sanitizer. Watch: Mayo Clinic encourages patients to practice good hand hygiene youtu.be/NSohxy0aP9A Journalists: Video is …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-encourages-patients-to-practice-good-hand-hygiene/

The COVID-19 crisis and the end of the \'low-skilled\' worker
Mark Bergfeld | mronline.org | 2020-05-21
IN A PANDEMIC, \"ESSENTIAL\" LABORERS ARE WORKING, BUT THE LABOR MARKET ISN\'T.
mronline.org/2020/05/21/the-covid-19-crisis-and-the-end-of-the-low-skilled-worker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-covid-19-crisis-and-the-end-of-the-low-skilled-worker

Mayo researchers, minority communities team up to combat COVID-19 health disparities
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic expands in-person care on all campuses
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Mayo Clinic will expand in-person care on all of its campuses as COVID-19 executive orders are lifted for elective procedures by governors in Arizona, Florida, Minnesota and Wisconsin. \"Our patients\' health and safety is always our top priority,\" says Amy Williams, M.D., Mayo Clinic Executive Dean for Practice. \"We have taken several extra precautions to …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expands-in-person-care-on-all-campuses/

US prepares anti-Russian war games amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
In a little over two weeks, 6,000 US and Polish troops will simulate ground and airborne attacks about 35 miles from the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/nato-m21.html

World Health Organisation warns pandemic could \"turn the clock back\" on other killer diseases in Africa
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The WHO has predicted that some quarter of a billion Africans will become infected with COVID-19 and as many as 190,000 will die within the first year of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/afri-m21.html

FDA issues emergency use authorization for algorithm designed to improve detection of heart failure during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Eko, a digital health company, for the heart screening algorithm developed by Mayo Clinic. The AI-driven algorithm can detect weak heart pump, which is commonly detected by echocardiogram, a test that is not normally conducted during a physical exam, requires specially trained technicians to record, and requires prolonged contact with …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-for-algorithm-designed-to-improve-detection-of-heart-failure-during-covid-19/

Florida stalls jobless pay to force workers back to work
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The state has only paid out 22 percent of the claims for unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/flor-m21.html

Updated visitor policy: Mayo Clinic limits number of visitors during COVID-19 response
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? To support the best safety for patients and staff, Mayo Clinic is currently limiting the number of outpatient and hospital visitors? UPDATED: Friday, May 15 As Mayo Clinic continues to monitor our communities for the spread of COVID-19, updates have been made to visitor restrictions at all Mayo Clinic sites. The ongoing …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/updated-visitor-policy-mayo-clinic-limits-number-of-visitors-during-covid-19-response-2/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 and people with disabilities
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Dear Mayo Clinic: My father, who suffers from Lou Gehrig\'s disease, lives with me and my family, including three children. While my husband can work at home, I am still required to go on-site for my job. Although I practice social distancing, I am wondering if I need to do anything differently in caring for …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-covid-19-and-people-with-disabilities/

Florida scientist was fired for \'refusing to manipulate\' COVID-19 data
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The state governments of both Florida and Georgia have been charged with manipulating their coronavirus case counts and death tolls in order to prematurely reopen their economies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/covi-m21.html

Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-launches-radio-campaign-to-encourage-recovered-patients-of-covid-19-to-donate-plasma/

Canada Missing in Action on Israel\'s Proposed Annexation of the West Bank
Michael Lynk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The leaders of the two of Israel\'s largest political parties

Deaths and illness among youth raise concerns as schools plan to reopen
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Several recent deaths of youth and students due to COVID-19 demonstrate that, despite efforts by the media and politicians to downplay the danger of the virus to youth, the virus can pose a deadly threat to young people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/deat-may21-toproof-m21.html

Convalescent plasma advocate donates at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-21
A recovered COVID-19 patient who has become a strong nationwide advocate for the Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program made a plasma donation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Chaim Lebovits became involved with the program in March and since then has rallied thousands, who have also recovered, to donate.The initiative, which Mayo Clinic is leading, studies …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-advocate-donates-at-mayo-clinic/

Brazil records 1,179 COVID-19 deaths in a single day amid spiraling political crisis
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Even as it closes ranks behind Bolsonaro\'s back-to-work campaign, the Brazilian ruling class is conscious that it is bringing Brazil to the brink of a social explosion.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/braz-m21.html

COVID-19 pandemic exposes France\'s New Anti-capitalist Party
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The pandemic places workers in every country in irreconcilable conflict with pro-imperialist, middle class parties that the ruling class has long falsely presented as the left.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/npac-m21.html

Zooming Past Equity in Higher Education: Technocratic Pedagogy Fails Social Justice Test
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-21
By Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff The response to COVID-19 by governing institutions has altered the lives and practices of people across the nation, including the students, faculty, and staff…
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Murder of Black youth in Rio de Janeiro shows racist nature of policing in Brazil
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
14-year-old Joà£o Pedro Mattos Pinto was playing in the yard of his house when he was shot in the midst of an operation involving the Federal Police and of the Coordinator of Special Resources (Core)…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/murder-of-black-youth-in-rio-de-janeiro-shows-racist-nature-of-policing-in-brazil/

Missouri executes 64-year-old man convicted on flimsy evidence
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Walter Barton was executed Tuesday by lethal injection despite new evidence that had made jurors question his murder conviction.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/bart-m21.html

Pandemic Capitalism\'s Cruel Absurdity
Mark Harris | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
Under conditions of a public health emergency, the venality at the core of the capitalist way of life is now exposed for the acute threat to life it actually is…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pandemic-capitalisms-cruel-absurdity/

Pandemic: How big banks and big AG share blame
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-21
Here in the U.S., agribusiness lines up with pharmaceutical and military contractors in terms of being a political force to be reckoned with and, in effect, help run the country. Their needs are protected so that these pathogens have the best lawyers on the planet.
mronline.org/2020/05/21/pandemic-how-big-banks-and-big-ag-share-blame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemic-how-big-banks-and-big-ag-share-blame

Rojava: statelessness in a time of pandemic
Anya Briy | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
Lack of international recognition as a state has disastrous consequences on an area already suffering from war and displacement…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/rojava-statelessness-in-a-time-of-pandemic/

Pandemic Capitalism\'s Cruel Absurdity
Mark Harris | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
The United States has long established itself as the neoliberal superstar, the modern nation with the most wealth inequality, threadbare social safety net, and thoroughly corporatized political leaders from both major parties. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/killcapitalism.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/pandemic-capitalisms-cruel-absurdity?cd-origin=rss

Pandemic Inquiry Wars: Australia, the United States and the Coronavirus Investigation
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-05-21
asia-pacificresearch.com/australia-united-states-coronavirus-investigation/5629104

Trump Admin. Punishes Renewables While Bailing Out Oil and Gas
Christian Correa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Trump\'s Interior Department is demanding payment from the past two years from solar and wind projects on federal lands, Reuters is reporting. The move, described as a \"multi-million-dollar hit\" to the wind and solar industries, is a stark contras…
globalresearch.ca/trump-admin-punishes-renewables-bailing-out-oil-gas/5713631

Demanded by Israel\'s Radical Right-wing and Settler Movement, Annexation Has Become Netanyahu\'s Crutch
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Israel\'s latest \"national unity\" government has, for the time being, ended 500 days of internal political crisis, the longest in Israel\'s 72-year history. At the same time, Israel embarked on an external political crisis over the potential annexation of occupied …
globalresearch.ca/annexation-netanyahu/5713623

New Family of Synthetic Refrigerant Gases Poses Potential Dangers to Human Health and the Environment
Environmental Investigation Agency | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) are being promoted as sustainable alternatives to climate-wrecking hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are widely used in refrigeration and air-conditioning and are currently being phased down under the Montreal Protocol. | HFOs are the next generation of synthetic chemicals being promoted …
globalresearch.ca/new-family-synthetic-refrigerant-gases-poses-potential-dangers-human-health-environment/5713612

The \'Clean Break\' Doctrine: A Modern-Day Sykes-Picot Waging War and Havoc in the Middle East
Cynthia Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
In 1996 a task force, led by Richard Perle, produced a policy document titled \"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm\" for Benjamin Netanyahu, who was then in his first term as Prime Minister of …
globalresearch.ca/clean-break-doctrine-war-havoc-middle-east/5713632

Sri Lanka, Fight or Flight From International Organisations: In the Footsteps of US President Trump?
Tamara Kunanayakam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Speaking at the National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony on 19 May 2020, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared that he will not hesitate to withdraw Sri Lanka from any international body or organisation that continuously targets the country and war heroes. | The …
globalresearch.ca/sri-lanka-international-organisations-us-president-trump/5713583

Ukraine\'s Port Odessa Welcomes First U.S. Crude Oil Cargo. Undermines Russia\'s Oil and Gas
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The Ukrainian port Odessa on the Black Sea will receive its first-ever crude oil cargo of WTI Crude from the United States, after the U.S. shipped its first oil to Ukraine just last year as it looks to wean off …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-port-odessa-welcomes-first-us-wti-crude-cargo/5713618

Australia: Twelve fast food outlets closed in Melbourne after coronavirus outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
Around 1,000 McDonald\'s workers have been stood down, and hundreds are in self-isolation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/mcdo-m21.html

\'Students Have Fallen Off The Face Of The Planet\'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-21
Remote learning has created huge barriers to learning for low income communities of color, where four in ten families lack high speed internet access.
therealnews.com/stories/students-remote-learning-coronavirus-barriers-low-income-communities-internet

Now Is the Time to Practice Beauty
Sandra Lubarsky | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
In this time of the great disruptions brought on by the coronavirus, the practice of beauty keeps us centered on the ultimate importance and worth of the world in which we live. (Photo: Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/flower.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/now-time-practice-beauty?cd-origin=rss

What Impact Has Coronavirus Had On Policing?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-21
Racial bias in policing has always existed, with tragic results for some. But has the coronavirus had an impact, or has it merely exposed just how deeply biased policing always was?
therealnews.com/stories/what-impact-coronavirus-on-policing-bias

Bob Langer The Coronavirus \"Common Denominator\" Tied To Charles Lieber & Israel\'s NY \"Smart Cities\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/bob-langer-the-coronavirus-common-denominator-tied-to-charles-lieber-israels-ny-smart-cities/

Coronavirus infections surging in German refugee shelters
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The forced placement of refugees in large communal accommodation facilities exposes many people whose health is weakened to a deadly risk.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/refu-m21.html

California Gov. Newsom calls for 10% state worker pay cuts
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-21
San José, CA – On May 14, Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom laid out his plan to deal with a projected $54 billion budget deficit for the state of California. Included in the plan was to save almost $3 billion by cutting state workers\' pay by 10%. | Eleven years ago, California state workers were furloughed for one to two days a month as part of the effort to cut spending after a large budget deficit developed with the deep recession and financial crisis. While the unions tried to fight this, the courts ultimately sided with the state government. The furloughs continued for five years, even though the recession ende…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/21/california-gov-newsom-calls-10-state-worker-pay-cuts

Brave New Normal (Part 2)
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-21
My columns haven\'t been very funny recently. This one isn\'t going to be any funnier. Sorry. Fascism makes me cranky. I don\'t mean the kind of fascism the corporate media and the fake Resistance have been desperately hyping for the last four years. God help me, but I\'m not terribly worried about a few hundred …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/brave-new-normal-part-2/

Fink Thinks BlackRock Already \'Operates in Accordance\' With New Purpose of a Corporation
commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/21/fink-thinks-blackrock-already-operates-accordance-new-purpose-corporation?cd-origin=rss

The Proposed Nile Dam Is A Wedge Between Egypt, Ethiopia, And Sudan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-21
The plan to build a giant hydroelectric dam on the Nile River is a cornerstone in Ethiopia\'s economic development strategy, but is fiercely opposed by President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Egypt.
therealnews.com/stories/proposed-nile-river-dam-wedge-egypt-ethiopia-sudan

Migrant workers in Lebanon reach agreement with waste management company
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
Approximately 400 migrant workers were on strike for weeks after management of the Lebanese waste management company, RAMCO, started cutting their wages and paying them in Lebanese pounds instead of the contractually obligated US dollar…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/migrant-workers-in-lebanon-reach-agreement-with-waste-management-company/

The Berries of Wrath: Prince Charles demands \"hard graft\" from furloughed workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The Tories have long desired to replace cheap migrant labour with a native workforce so reduced to penury that they too will do backbreaking work for a pittance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/frui-m21.html

Rethinking Public Safety: Trust vs. Force
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
We must disarm our concept of social order. This means a different sort of training for police officers—less target practice, more psychological awareness. (Photo: Kevin Cortopassi/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/policestate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/rethinking-public-safety-trust-vs-force?cd-origin=rss

Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights: \'The Indian Wars are not over\'
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-05-21
An important online tribunal

What do laptops, children\'s shoes and fake oil spills have in common?
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
Using their laptops and phones, and specially coded software, hundreds of synchronised rebels have bombarded websites, swarmed social media, and email blitzed major polluters and their enablers…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-do-laptops-childrens-shoes-and-fake-oil-spills-have-in-common/

Sri Lankan president demands legal immunity for the military
wsws.org | 2020-05-21
The real purpose of Gotabhaya Rajapakse\'s defence and promotion of the military is to prepare for another savage war against the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/21/prsl-m21.html

When the People Are Not \'We the People\'
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2020-05-21
The attainment of universal adult franchise has had little bearing on actually transforming the labouring masses into equal stakeholders in a constitutional democracy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-the-people-are-not-we-the-people/

Organizing health care for patients, not profits
Taegan Stross | workers.org | 2020-05-21
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. I appreciate being given the chance to speak on such a critical topic as health care in the so-called United States. Many comrades have already spoken . . . | Continue reading Organizing health care for patients, not profits at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48807/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=organizing-health-care-for-patients-not-profits

\'This Is My Retirement\': Trump\'s Covid-19 Vaccine Czar Refuses to Sell Stock Holdings of Major Drug Company
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
The chief adviser overseeing President Donald Trump\'s task force aimed at discovering a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2020 has refused to divest his shares in his former pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1213154988.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/my-retirement-trumps-covid-19-vaccine-czar-refuses-sell-stock-holdings-major-drug?cd-origin=rss

Despite Deadly Pandemic, Trump Says: \"We Don\'t Want Anybody to Do Mail-in Ballots\"
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
\"Five states already have all-mail elections—Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_29.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/despite-deadly-pandemic-trump-says-we-dont-want-anybody-do-mail-ballots?cd-origin=rss

\"Tom Perez\'s Worst Nightmare\": Newly Elected DNC Member RL Miller to Push Dems on Climate
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
RL Miller, founder of the advocacy group Climate Hawks Vote, was elected to the Democratic National Committee last Friday—and she intends to push the Democratic Party\'s governing body to improve how it handles the climate crisis and fossil fuel industry, according to a Thursday interview in Emily Atkin\'s HEATED newsletter. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/perez-miller.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/tom-perezs-worst-nightmare-newly-elected-dnc-member-rl-miller-push-dems-climate?cd-origin=rss

\'Humiliating women\': South Korean club slapped with record fine for placing SEX DOLLS in stands
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Angry fans have lashed out at FC Seoul and the club has received the largest fine in its history after the top-level South Korean K-League found organizers who unwittingly placed sex dolls in stadium seats guilty of misogyny. | Club officials claimed they did not know they were placing about 25 sex-dolls inside their vast stadium when they introduced the mannequins in an attempt to replicate the presence of fans prohibited from attending matches under public health guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. | One of the dolls carried the name of an adult toy manufacturer as part of a set of banners he…
rt.com/sport/489334-seoul-sex-dolls-kleague/

Selected Articles: Warmongering Amid COVID-19
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
To say that the public has become disillusioned and wary of constant doomsday media reports and news coverage is a gross understatement

Medical professionals: \'COVID-19 in institutions is a significant risk\'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-21
Refugees & migrants David IsaacsIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 Mantra Hotel detainees Kangaroo Point detaineesM…
greenleft.org.au/content/medical-professionals-covid-19-institutions-significant-risk

The Cynical Actors Surrounding Tara Reade
Andrew Stewart | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
At the outset, let me be absolutely clear that I have a particularly heightened level of sensitivity to matters of gender and violence against women. Almost everyone has either met someone with some kind of #MeToo story or, alternatively, has experienced gender-based violence in some form. But with that said, there\'s a metric ton of…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/the-cynical-actors-surrounding-tara-reade/

Who Is \'Essential\' to Our COVID-19 World
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-21
A Military Spouse\'s Perspective on Fighting This Pandemic | Andrea MAZZARINO | \"When he first came home, it was tough.\" So Aleha, the wife of an airman in Colorado, told me. She was describing her family\'s life since her husband, who lives with chronic depression, completed a partial hospitalization program and, in March, along with other members of his unit, entered a pandemic lockdown. He was now spending full days at home with her…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/21/who-is-essential-to-our-covid-19-world/

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-21
The Global War on Terror or GWOT was declared in the wake of 9/11 by President George W. Bush. It basically committed the United States to work to eliminate all \"terrorist\" groups worldwide, whether or not the countries being targeted agreed that they were beset by terrorists and whether or not they welcomed U.S. \"help.\" The GWOT was promoted with brain-dead expressions like \"there\'s a new sheriff in town\" which, after the destruction of large parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, later morphed into the matrix of the God-awful belief that something called \"American Exceptionalism\" existed. | With a national…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/21/leading-neocon-directs-pentagon-middle-east-planning/

A Vaccine Might Mitigate COVID-19, but What About the Plague in Its Wake That\'s Not Novel and Is Spreading
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-21
RAIN | \"Nobody\'s seen this I would say since 1917, which was the greatest of them all, the greatest of this kind of battle,\" the self-dubbed \"wartime president\" said. It\'s reassuring, no doubt, to a grateful nation on course to lose over 100,000 of its citizens to COVID-19 by month\'s end, to know that their health and wellbeing is the hands of a \"wartime president\" who once stated that avoiding STDs was the equivalent of the tour of duty he never did in Vietnam. When coronavirus deaths on his watch surp…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/21/a-vaccine-might-mitigate-covid-19-but-what-about-the-plague-in-its-wake-thats-not-novel-and-is-spreading/

Covid-19 resurgence is a real possibility warns a leaked Pentagon memo
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833155.php

Art & Resistance in the Era of COVID-19 (Women\'s March)
Women\'s March | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/19/18833137.php

Tenants denied rent relief, as Trump Organization seeks rent relief
Lynda carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic

Art & Resistance in the Era of COVID-19 (Women\'s March)
Women\'s March | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/19/18833137.php

Covid-19 resurgence is a real possibility warns a leaked Pentagon memo
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833155.php

The Science We Need + The Science We Have: Internationalism in the Pandemic
Science for the People & partner | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/19/18833139.php

Will Climate Matter in the 2020 Election during the Pandemic?
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833160.php

#MakeThemPay: Rent Striking Tenants Car Caravan to Bay Area Corporate Landlord
Posted By Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
#MakeThemPay: Rent Striking Tenants Car Caravan to Bay Area Corporate Landlord as Part of National Day of Action Organized by #CancelRent Movement!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/20/18833151.php

Labor and Environmental Groups Ask Governor to \'Protect People and Not Polluters
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-21
\"Workers in the fossil fuel industry, like workers in every industry, should receive direct relief during this crisis, and should receive transition assistance going forward as oil and gas production and use in California continues its inevitable decline.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/19/18833134.php

Police urged to review over 14,000 coronavirus fines after review reveals an \'outbreak of injustice\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
Civil liberties groups and lawyers are calling for a review of more than 14,000 police fines for alleged breaches of coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown rules over fears some have been \"wrongly issued\". | Police chiefs and prosecutors last week apologised after admitting that dozens of people have been wrongly charged under new coronavirus laws. | It followed a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) review of all 231 prosecutions under the legislation in England and Wales to the end of April, which have either been stopped or ended in a conviction. | All 44 charges brought under the Coronavirus Act

The lockdown achieved a 35% reduction in emissions from British power production
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
The lockdown has seen an impact on carbon pollution, with emissions from British power production falling 35% on the same period last year. Meanwhile, renewables generated more than 40% of Britain\'s power in the first three months of the year

Track and trace strategy coming late in the day, NHS leaders warn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
The government has defended its position on track and trace, after NHS leaders warned that action to control the future spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) is coming late in the day.Security minister James Brokenshire said he remains \"confident\" that a test, track and trace system will be in place by 1 June

Police watchdog rejects criminal probe into PM over public money and access given to Jennifer Arcuri
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
Boris Johnson will not be the subject of a criminal investigation by the police watchdog over allegations that he used his position while London mayor to benefit and reward US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said on 21 May that it would not be launching a probe into the prime minister following claims of misconduct in public office, which he denies.But the London Assembly said it will resume its own investigation into allegations that Arcuri received thousands of pounds in public money and privileged access to three foreign trade trips led by Johnson when he headed C…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/21/police-watchdog-rejects-criminal-probe-into-pm-over-public-money-and-access-given-to-jennifer-arcuri/

Imperial\'s international networks of scientists tackling coronavirus pandemic
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-21
Imperial\'s work to lead the response to the coronavirus pandemic has brought together some of the world\'s best scientists and institutions.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197519/imperials-international-networks-scientists-tackling-coronavirus

World can likely capture and store enough carbon dioxide to meet climate targets
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-21
The world is currently on track to fulfil scenarios on diverting atmospheric CO2 to underground reservoirs, according to a new study by Imperial.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197635/world-likely-capture-store-enough-carbon

Active shooter \'neutralized\' at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, base on lockdown
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A US Navy air base in Corpus Christi, Texas is on lockdown after an active shooter incident at the facility. Soon after the alarm was raised, officials said the shooter had been \"neutralized.\" | The shooting was reported at around 6.15am local time Thursday. As Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigators and local law enforcement responded, airbase officials warned anyone near the north gate of the base to \"get out and away to safety.\" | \"Execute lockdown procedures

\'R rate falling\': Denmark opens museums and zoos weeks ahead of schedule
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Denmark began re-opening museums and zoos ahead of schedule on Thursday as virologists said the virus epidemic was slowing despite the lifting of quarantine measures. Museums, zoos, theaters and cinemas were due to stay shut until June 8 but the Danish government has decided to accelerate the end of the lockdown. | The Danish health agency SSI said the coronavirus rate of transmission (R) had fallen to 0.6, down from 0.7 on May 7, meaning that the outbreak is slowing. An R rate of 0.6 means that 100 virus patients typically infect another 60 people, meaning that the number of cases falls over time. | Danish au…
rt.com/newsline/489389-denmark-opens-ahead-schedule/

US weekly jobless claims expected to climb by 2.4 million despite easing of lockdown measures
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Millions more Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits as the pandemic continues to wreck the economy, with the total number of US jobless claims over the past two months predicted at nearly 39 million. | Economists estimate an additional 2.4 million filings in the week ending May 16, following 2.98 million claims during the previous week. The rise in unemployment comes despite the reopening of the economy by an increasing number of states across the country. | Claims have been gradually declining since hitting a record 6.867 million in the week ending March 28. | \"A couple of large state…
rt.com/business/489295-us-jobless-growth-coronavirus/

\'Selfish\' or \'correct\'? Twitter\'s blue checks go to war over New York Post cover story demanding NYC lockdown ends NOW
rt.com | 2020-05-21
As the New York Post prepares to run a cover story urging for an immediate end to the Big Apple\'s lockdown, pundits have raced to their battle stations to fire off a barrage of hot takes and pithy attacks on the hot-button column. | …
rt.com/usa/489284-new-york-post-reopen-nyc/

Italy\'s Conte announces reforms to cut red tape, revive virus-hit economy
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Italy\'s government is preparing a raft of reforms to cut red tape, improve company governance and encourage investment to revive the coronavirus-battered economy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told parliament on Thursday. | Conte promised a \"simplification decree\" to attract foreign capital by streamlining bureaucratic procedures, and said Rome would help the recapitalization of companies hit by the pandemic. | Red tape has long been blamed for delayed financial aid promised to business and families during a rigid lockdown to try to curb coronavirus contagion, Reuters said. | The European Commission has foreca…
rt.com/newsline/489340-italy-conte-reform-bureaucratic/

Top Russian, Turkish diplomats support Libya ceasefire, discuss Syria in phone call
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu backed an immediate ceasefire in Libya during a phone call, Russia\'s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. | The two diplomats also supported the resumption of the United Nations political process in the North African country, it said. | Lavrov and Cavusoglu spoke a day after the Libyan National Army of eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar said it had pulled back from some Tripoli frontlines amid its year-long offensive aimed at seizing the capital, Reuters reports. | The ministers also discussed Syria and conf…
rt.com/newsline/489310-russia-turkey-libya-ceasefire/

Dutch emergency services battle fire at abandoned NUCLEAR PLANT, urge residents to lock windows and doors (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Dozens of firefighters have been deployed to tackle a blaze at a disused nuclear facility in Dodewaard in the Netherlands. Police have asked the public to stay away and lock all doors and windows to avoid exposure to the fumes. | The fire broke out shortly before noon local time on Thursday in Dodewaard, which is roughly 100 km from Amsterdam. Eyewitness video from the scene shows fire crews battling the blaze on the roof. | De brandweer is met veel menskracht aanwezig in #Dodewaard bij de brand op het dak van de voormalige kernce…
rt.com/news/489343-fire-nuclear-plant-netherlands/

Beijing complains to Washington about planned sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan
rt.com | 2020-05-21
China\'s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had lodged \"solemn representations\" with the United States to complain about a planned Washington\'s sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan. | China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing. | The US government has notified Congress of a possible sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan worth around $180 million, further souring already tense ties between Washington and Beijing, Reuters said. | The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Taiwan of 18 MK-48 Mod6 Advanced Technology Heavy Weight Torpedoes an…
rt.com/newsline/489298-china-us-taiwan-torpedoes/

Beijing accuses Pompeo of using \'democracy\' bill to blackmail Hong Kong govt
rt.com | 2020-05-21
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using self-described human rights legislation to put pressure on the Hong Kong government and threaten China\'s sovereignty, Beijing has claimed. | Pompeo is \"blackmailing\" the semi-autonomous city with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry\'s Office of the Commissioner to Hong Kong said on Thursday. He added that China was not intimidated by Washington\'s political maneuvering and that Beijing would protect its national interests from all foreign threats. | Signed into law in November 2019, the act requires the State Depart…
rt.com/news/489305-pompeo-hong-kong-china-blackmail/

US \'KILLS\' Russian draft seeking UNSC support for Venezuela amid sanctions & suspected coup attempt
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The US has rejected a draft statement condemning terrorism and voicing support for Venezuela\'s sovereignty at the UN Security Council. The Russian-sponsored draft did not assign blame for the botched incursion. | The short statement was watered down to sound \"politically neutral\" in hopes it would not face any opposition from the UNSC members, the Russian mission to the United Nations said. | However, despite the text not even mentioning the recent boat incursion that led to the capture of two former US Green Berets, Washington did not give the document any chance, \"killing\" it \"within 9 minutes\" from the star…
rt.com/news/489286-venezuela-russia-draft-sovereignty-rejected/

Paying for priority? US forks out over $1.2 billion for 300 MILLION doses of University of Oxford\'s Covid-19 vaccine
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The US government has secured nearly one third of the anticipated production of a vaccine for coronavirus under development by AstraZeneca, after pledging more than $1 billion to fund the project. | The US Department of Health will dole out $1.2 billion for 300 million doses of the vaccine, which is being created in conjunction with the University of Oxford. Health Secretary Alex Azar described the deal as a \"major milestone\" in US President Donald Trump\'s program to fast-track a Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed Operation Warp Speed. | AstraZeneca, based in Cambridge, England, says it will be able to manufacture aroun…
rt.com/usa/489353-vaccine-astrazeneca-coronavirus-us-priority/

\'You can\'t forever employ 5,000 people\': IOC head Thomas Bach admits Tokyo Olympics will be CANCELLED if not held in 2021
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has acknowledged that the Tokyo Games would have to be cancelled if Covid-19 remains a threat next year | The high-ranking official admitted that it\'s impossible to constantly reschedule all major sports events and keep athletes, sports federations and thousands of employees in a state of uncertainty. | READ MORE: The show must go on: IOC says delayed Tokyo Olympics going ahead in 2021 is NOT dependent on Covid-19 vaccine | \"Quite frankly,…
rt.com/sport/489341-tokyo-games-cancellation-coronavirus/

Another sucker punch for the poor amid Covid-19 crisis as new study reveals Britain\'s top 1% enjoy 17% of nation\'s income
rt.com | 2020-05-21
According to new analysis, Britain\'s highest-paid one percent took home 17 percent of the country\'s income ahead of the coronavirus pandemic

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov hospitalised in Moscow with suspected coronavirus – reports
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov is reportedly under medical supervision because of suspected Covid-19. Moscow news agency Interfax broke the news on Thursday afternoon, citing a source in health care circles. | Rumours of his evacuation to the Russian capital by private jet had been circulating on anonymous social media channels earlier in the day, and were picked up by several popular news outlets. \"Kadyrov is suspected of having coronavirus, he is under the supervision of doctors,\" Interfax quoted its source as saying. | The news agency emphasised that it does not have official confirmation.
rt.com/russia/489375-kadyrov-hospitalized-suspected-coronavirus/

N. Ireland won\'t use UK\'s contact-tracing app, will use own version to \'interact\' with Republic of Ireland\'s one, minister says
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The health minister for Northern Ireland has said the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is \"not compulsory\" to download, urging people to wait for a separate app being developed to work in conjunction with the Republic of Ireland\'s one. | Speaking to the Northern Ireland Assembly\'s Committee for Health, Robin Swann said that, since NI is part of the UK, residents will have access to the NHS app \"whether we want it or not.\" | He did not suggest downloading it, however, as a \"Northern Ireland version\" is being created which \"can interact with\" with the Republic\'s one. | Northern Ireland is the only one of the UK\'s devolv…
rt.com/uk/489380-northern-ireland-nhs-app-coronavirus/

Governor Cuomo \'no hero\' but VILLAIN of New York\'s Covid-19 tragedy: Surprising op-ed goes after MSM darling
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A scathing opinion piece has accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of being a villain of the Covid-19 outbreak in New York, not a hero as most media outlets have depicted him. Where it appeared will come as a surprise to many. | Cuomo \"should be one of the most loathed officials in America right now,\" says Wednesday\'s opinion piece by Lyta Gold and Nathan Robinson. They proceed to offer a thickly-sourced argument as to why the governor was at fault for New York leading the nation in the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths alike. | As one particularly stunning visual example, they bring up the \"mask mural,\" a wall of h…
rt.com/usa/489278-cuomo-loathed-villain-coronavirus/

\'Dystopian hell world\': Walmart & Pepsi blasted for \'Covid-19 testing site\' promotional banner
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Pepsi and Walmart are taking heat online over a banner which was seemingly hung outside one of the retail chain\'s stores cheerily advertising a Covid-19 testing site along with the beverage giant\'s latest slogan. | \"Covid-19 testing site

French care homes face manslaughter investigation: Victims\' lawyer tells RT details of \'scandal amid epidemic\'
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Relatives of elderly people who didn\'t survive the Covid-19 epidemic in France\'s care homes want management to be held accountable for what they say was inaction and a cover-up that saw their loved ones die, their lawyer told RT. | Several French retirees, some as old as 89 and 96, died in nursing homes in March and April, amidst the coronavirus epidemic that is still raging in France. | Now, their families have filed a lawsuit against the care facilities, accusing their staff of being appallingly slow to test and safeguard the elderly, lawyer Fabien Arakelian, who represents the plaintiffs, said on RT. | Thei…
rt.com/news/489292-france-elderly-covid-deaths-lawsuit/

Fracking \'complete sham\' holding back US economy, energy market expert tells Keiser Report
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The fracking industry relies on negative interest rates to convince investors that they will lose money slower than just holding cash, says Max Keiser of RT\'s Keiser Report. | He spoke to the director of Public Citizen\'s energy program Tyson Slocum about the structural failures in the energy market which allowed for a negative oil price. | \"The US fracking industry, which has had structural financial problems for a very long time, was left completely exposed by the chain of events surrounding Covid-19,\" Slocum said, adding that the \"entire business model has been exposed to be a complete sham.\" | As an example…
rt.com/business/489326-fracking-big-sham-us-economy/

\'Dystopian hell world\': Walmart & Pepsi blasted for \'Covid-19 testing site\' promotional banner
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Pepsi and Walmart are taking heat online over a banner which was hung outside one of the retail chain\'s stores cheerily advertising a Covid-19 testing site along with the beverage giant\'s latest slogan. | \"Covid-19 testing site

Tory branded \'arrogant hypocrite\' after calling left-wing UK MPs \'lazy\' for wanting remote parliament to continue
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A Conservative lawmaker has faced a fiery backlash after calling left-wing and pro-Scottish independence MPs \"lazy\" and \"work-shy,\" after they voiced opposition to returning to a \"physical\" Parliament, amid the Covid-19 crisis. | Henry Smith, the Tory MP for Crawley, took to Twitter on Thursday to make the accusations

Iran says new US sanctions on officials are \'fruitless & repetitive\'
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Tehran dismissed on Thursday new US sanctions on several Iranian officials, saying they were a sign of the complete inefficiency of Washington\'s previous sanctions on the Islamic Republic. | \"Washington\'s fruitless and repetitive sanctions against Iranian officials is a sign of weakness, despair and confusion of the US administration,\" state TV quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying. | The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on several Iranian authorities, including the interior minister, accusing them of engaging in serious cases of human rights abuse, Reuters said.
rt.com/newsline/489207-iran-us-sanctions-fruitless/

Polish govt aims for June 28 for presidential election previously postponed
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Poland\'s PM Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that his government is aiming for June 28 as the date of the presidential election that was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The poll, in which conservative President Andrzej Duda is vying for reelection against nine other candidates, was originally set for May 10. | It was postponed four days before it was due to take place amid coronavirus restrictions and political infighting over how and when to hold the vote. The ruling coalition had pushed for an all-postal vote, but the necessary legislation was not ready. | The legislation currently being worked…
rt.com/newsline/489358-poland-date-presidential-election/

Civil war among \'Russia disinformation\' crowd: How RT watchers fell out over not hating RT enough
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Though awash with cash, the Western \'Russian disinformation\' racket is at the mercy of the political winds. Thus, its gatekeepers need to ensure the officials who manage the money tree don\'t realise the emperor has no clothes. | You may remember a report last month from British academics revealing how \" claims by the EU\'s diplomatic service that RT is spreading fake news about the coronavirus pandemic were misleading and based on bad methodology.\" It came after many…
rt.com/russia/489366-russia-disinformation-rt-hate/

One of Earth\'s main planetary defense telescopes just spotted a NEW kind of ASTEROID… with a tail
rt.com | 2020-05-21
A newly discovered asteroid, unlike any we\'ve seen before, has been reported by scientists at the University of Hawaii. Dubbed 2019 LD2, it is unique not just because of what it is, but where

EU court rejects Nord Stream 2\'s complaint, insists it must share Russian gas pipeline to Europe with competitors
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The operator of Nord Stream 2 plans to challenge a ruling by the European Court of Justice that could see Russia\'s Gazprom losing partial control of the massive gas pipeline project it spent years and billions to develop. | The companies operating the gas links between Russia and Germany, Nord Stream AG and Nord Stream 2 AG, filed the complaint in November last year, seeking a partial annulment of the amendment to European gas transportation rules, known as the EU Gas Directive. | The legislature requires that the rules governing the European gas market must apply to all pipelines to and from third countries,…
rt.com/business/489293-nord-stream-eu-court/

Ankara warns against attacks on its interests in Libya amid anti-Haftar forces\' advances
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Turkey warned on Thursday that attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftar\'s forces will have \"very grave consequences,\" after advances by the country\'s Ankara-backed government. Turkey has provided military support to the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya, which has been battling to fend off a year-long offensive by Haftar\'s eastern forces to take control of the capital, Tripoli. | Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said Haftar\'s Libyan National Army (LNA) had received warplanes with \"foreign support\" and that they had vowed to target Turkish positions…
rt.com/newsline/489355-turkey-attacks-libya-haftar/

Russia\'s newest radar can track 1,000+ fast-moving & HYPERSONIC weapons, and is now available to foreign buyers
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Russia once claimed gold in the race for hypersonic dominance after rolling out a range of ultra-fast projectiles. Now it\'s offering unique radar protecting against weapons of the same kind

The Heat: China\'s Two Sessions Preview
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-21
China\'s political season gets underway. What can we expect in the wake of COVID-19?>…
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/21/the-heat-chinas-two-sessions-preview-2

Venezuelan military to escort Iranian tankers delivering fuel
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Pursue a just cause for common good
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Intl. Quds Day, symbol of fighting global arrogance, hegemony
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Collapse of Israeli regime perceptible: IRGC
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Elimination of Zionist regime doesn\'t mean eliminating Jews: Leader
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Sanctions, coronavirus cannot stop Iran\'s production: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

US unlawful sanctions threaten global public health: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Mousavi condemned sanctions against interior min., police chief
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

2,392 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: spokseman
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on May 21
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Front pages of Iranian intl. dailies on May 21
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Funeral processions of 4 martyrs of Iranian Navy in Shiraz
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Iranian police bust over 26 tons of illicit drugs in a week
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Legitimacy biggest challenge to Israeli regime: FM Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-21
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) –Iranian Foreign Minister said that the biggest challenge to the Israeli regime is \'legitimacy\'.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158947/Legitimacy-biggest-challenge-to-Israeli-regime-FM-Zarif

US Navy Member Wounded as Gunman Goes on Shooting Spree at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
The station has been on lockdown following a reported incident.
sputniknews.com/us/202005211079375079-US-Navy-Member-Wounded-as-Gunman-Goes-on-Shooting-Spree-at-Corpus-Christi-Naval-Air-Station-in-Texas/

\'No Probe, Huh?\': Swiggy, Zomato in Hot Water Over \'Stale Food\' Deliveries Amid Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): As people are confined to their homes due to the lockdown, online food delivery platforms are booming. However, scores of people have been venting on social media about the poor quality of food on online platforms.
sputniknews.com/india/202005211079372330-no-probe-huh-swiggy-zomato-in-hot-water-over-stale-food-deliveries-amid-pandemic/

Scotland\'s Sturgeon Unveils Lockdown Exit Plan, Lifting Restrictions From 28 May
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
According to Nicola Sturgeon\'s plan, Scotland will be reopening in four stages over the nex few months, with \"phase one\" beginning as early as next Thursday.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005211079375058-scotlands-sturgeon-unveils-lockdown-exit-plan-lifting-restrictions-from-28-may/

French Businessman Proposes Selling Mona Lisa to Help Nation Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
In late-April, France\'s national statistics agency, INSEE, reported that the country fell into recession as it\'s GDP contracted 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020, primarily due to the coronavirus lockdown imposed in March.
sputniknews.com/business/202005211079371952-french-businessman-proposes-selling-mona-lisa-to-help-nation-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

One Policeman Killed, Three injured in Alleged Terror Attack in Kashmir
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): Several weeks ago, Indian security forces gunned down a top commander of the Kashmir-based Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror group.
sputniknews.com/india/202005211079373657-one-policeman-killed-three-injured-in-alleged-terror-attack-in-kashmir/

S Korean Unification Minister Reportedly Denies Rumors Over Lifting Sanctions on Pyongyang
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Seoul is not considering lifting sanctions that were imposed on Pyongyang in 2010 after a South Korean warship was sunk by North Korea, in spite of rumours to the contrary, Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said on Thursday, as reported by the Yonhap news agency.
sputniknews.com/asia/202005211079373775-s-korean-unification-minister-reportedly-denies-rumors-over-lifting-sanctions-on-pyongyang/

White House Goes After China\'s \'Malign Activities\', Accuses Beijing of Array of Crimes in New Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
The report comes on the heels of President Trump accusing China of causing the global coronavirus pandemic, and suggesting that Chinese \"incompetence\" is responsible for \"mass worldwide killing\". Chinese officials have dismissed US allegations, suggesting they are based on Washington\'s own failures in handling the pandemic.
sputniknews.com/world/202005211079374135-white-house-goes-after-chinese-malign-activities-accuses-beijing-of-array-of-crimes-in-new-report/

Refusal to Return Venezuelan Gold Undermines UK\'s Stance on COVID-19 Response – Ex-Lawmaker
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
LONDON (Sputnik) – The repeated refusal by the UK to return Venezuelan gold assets to their legitimate owner is compromising the UK\'s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, especially after the Latin American nation made it clear that the money would be used exclusively for the virus response efforts, ex-lawmaker Chris Williamson said.
sputniknews.com/world/202005211079373799-refusal-to-return-venezuelan-gold-undermines-uks-stance-on-covid-19-response—ex-lawmaker/

COVID-19-Led Reverse Migration to Disrupt India\'s Urban & Rural Economy, Business Models – Analysts
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
Sputnik (New Delhi): As many as 2.1 million migrants have been carried to their home states in 1,595 Special Trains over the last three weeks by Indian Railways. The measure was agreed on as a large number of migrant workers started hiking back to their hometowns in different states, despite the threat posed by the coronavirus.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005211079372032-covid-19-led-reverse-migration-to-disrupt-indias-urban–rural-economy-business-models—analysts/

Origin of the Problem of Multilateralism is Retreat of United States – Media Adviser to Ex-Indian PM
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): Countries across the globe are coming together in the fight against COVID-19 and multilateral platforms on an economic, regional and global basis remain relevant. Despite this, there are growing question marks over the efficacy of such platforms to deal with the crisis.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005211079353681-origin-of-the-problem-of-multilateralism-is-retreat-of-united-states-media-adviser-to-ex-indian-pm/

Obama Science Team Warns US Has 3 Months to Replenish Medical Stockpiles in Case COVID Strikes Again
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
Ex- US President Barack Obama and his successor recently exchanged verbal barbs, with the former slamming the administration\'s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Donald Trump countering by calling him \'grossly incompetent\'.
sputniknews.com/us/202005211079372336-obama-science-team-warns-us-has-3-months-to-replenish-medical-stockpiles-in-case-covid-strikes/

India\'s COVID-19 Frontline Warriors Caught Between Pandemic and Neglect
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
New Delhi (Sputnik): Medical professionals are frontline fighters in the war against coronavirus. In India, they have to fight on several fronts

Trump Administration Offers Energy Companies Steep Royalty Cuts Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
In April, the Interior Department\'s Bureau of Land Management was cited by The Hill as confirming royalty-rate cuts to oil and gas companies were possible if they could show that otherwise they were not able to successfully operate public energy leases economically or maintain enough staff at drilling sites.
sputniknews.com/us/202005211079373910-trump-administration-offers-energy-companies-steep-royalty-cuts-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

Who are the Barack Obama-Linked Scientists Who Lecture Trump on COVID-19 Preparedness?
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
A group of Barack Obama\'s former scientific advisors have issued the strongest warning yet to the White House on Donald Trump\'s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/us/202005211079374690-who-are-the-barack-obama-linked-scientists-who-lecture-trump-on-covid-19-preparedness/

Mysterious \'First-of-Its-Kind\' Trojan Asteroid is Detected by Astronomers
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
Although quite rare, it is not at all unusual for astronomers to come across so-called \"active\" asteroids, that share some characteristics with comets due to their outgassing tails. However, a newly-discovered space object may complicate this definition even…
sputniknews.com/science/202005211079375166-mysterious-first-of-its-kind-trojan-asteroid-is-detected-by-astronomers-/

Ankara Warns of \'Serious Consequences\' After Haftar\'s Air Force Reveals Plan to Strike Turkish Units
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
Turkey began sending troops to Libya in January to shore up the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Before that, Ankara provided the GNA with military equipment to assist Tripoli in its ongoing campaign against the Tobruk-based government and the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Gen. Khalifa Haftar.
sputniknews.com/africa/202005211079375122-ankara-warns-of-serious-consequences-after-haftars-air-force-reveals-plan-to-strike-turkish-units/

Russia Ready to Sell Abroad New Radar Locator Detecting Hypersonic Targets – Defense Exports Agency
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia\'s state intermediary agency for defence exports, Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Corporation), said on Thursday it was ready to sell abroad a new radar locator, capable of detecting hypersonic targets.
sputniknews.com/military/202005211079372628-russia-ready-to-sell-abroad-new-radar-locator-detecting-hypersonic-targets—defense-exports-agency/

Go Green! Antarctica\'s Snow is \'Changing Colour Due to Climate Change\'
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-21
The rise of the global temperatures has had a dramatic effect on our planet\'s polar regions, which are warming up faster than other parts of the Earth; the secondary effects of this distressing phenomenon can be quite visible.
sputniknews.com/science/202005211079372220-go-green-antarcticas-snow-is-changing-colour-due-to-climate-change-/

Dining dummies help cafe-goers keep a fashionable distance in Vilnius
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Mannequins dressed in clown hats and couture frocks have taken up seats in restaurants in Lithuania\'s capital, to coax real customers back after the coronavirus lockdown and help them out with social distancing.Bernie ter Braak said he came up with the idea when he reopened his Cozy restaurant in Vilnius\' old town and saw how empty it looked.Even when customers started coming back in, he had to obey restrictions and keep every second table clear, killing the atmosphere.So he asked local designers to dress up some mannequins and seat them at the quarantined tables.\"When we had all the mannequins sitting in their p…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dining-dummies-help-cafe-goers-keep-a-fashionable-distance-in-vilnius-3530095

Eurozone PMI hits 3-month high in May amid pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The Eurozone Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) recorded the three-month high in May after seeing all-time low last month, according to a flash estimate on Thursday.The PMI, which dropped to 13.6 in April, rose to 30.5 this month, a report by the London-based global data firm IHS Markit said.\"The eurozone economy remained stuck in its deepest downturn ever recorded in May due to ongoing measures taken to control the coronavirus disease,\" it stated.\"However, the rate of decline eased as parts of the economy started to emerge from lockdowns.\"The report warned that social distance and other measures continue to affect s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eurozone-pmi-hits-3-month-high-in-may-amid-pandemic-3530090

France: End of lockdown sees bicycle use balloon
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Since the coronavirus lockdown was lifted in France, bicycle usage has gone up 44% nationwide, as reported by cycling advocacy group Velo et Territoire. | The data was gathered by 182 counters who counted bicycles on popular cycling routes nationwide. | Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has pushed for the continued use of bikes throughout the Paris region during the crisis, feeling it was the right move to keep traffic at bay, thus reducing the spread of infection where possible. | To that end, Paris will add 50 kilometers of temporary cycling lanes, while towns and villages in the region will add 150 km of lanes. | The F…
yenisafak.com/en/world/france-end-of-lockdown-sees-bicycle-use-balloon-3530093

Texas naval air station reports active shooter
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The U.S. Navy said on Thursday it is aware of reports of a possible active shooter at a naval air station in Corpus Christi, Texas.The station itself tweeted earlier there was an active shooter near one of its gates and that the base was in lockdown.
yenisafak.com/en/world/texas-naval-air-station-reports-active-shooter-3530096

China\'s Wuhan says conducted 887,321 COVID-19 tests on May 20
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 887,321 nucleic acid tests on May 20, the local health authority said on Thursday, compared with 856,128 a day earlier.Wuhan kicked off a campaign on May 14 to look for asymptomatic carriers – infected people who show no outward sign of illness – after confirming on May 9-10 its first cluster of COVID-19 infections since its release from a virtual lockdown on April 8.
yenisafak.com/en/world/chinas-wuhan-says-conducted-887321-covid-19-tests-on-may-20-3530085

Amazon taps into food delivery services in India
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Amazon.com Inc is rolling out services to deliver food in India, pitting it against established players Swiggy and Zomato in a market that has seen explosive growth in the last few years.Amazon already has a strong presence in India with its e-commerce business and the food delivery services would only add an attractive option for the company that has been investing heavily in the country.\"Customers have been telling us for some time that they would like to order prepared meals on Amazon in addition to shopping for all other essentials,\" an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the company had roll…
yenisafak.com/en/world/amazon-taps-into-food-delivery-services-in-india-3530088

Healthcare workers \'face violence\' for pandemic work
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) on Thursday said its global network has informed it of \"highly concerning\" reports of mounting violence aimed directly at nurses and other healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.\"Violence against nurses and other healthcare workers has always been a serious issue, but it should never be accepted as part of the job,\" states an article published in British medical journal The Lancet.It is co-authored by ICN chief executive officer Howard Catton who told journalists covering the UN in Geneva last week that the association estimated that nearly 100,000 h…
yenisafak.com/en/life/healthcare-workers-face-violence-for-pandemic-work-3530091

Turkey distributes food aid to hundreds in Lesotho
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Turkey\'s state-run aid agency distributed food aid in Lesotho to hundreds of vulnerable families and fasting Muslims affected by the economic impact of the novel coronavirus.\"The distribution was done in four districts of Lesotho, which include, Maseru, Berea, Leribe and Botha Bothe,\" the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.TIKA said the food aid was meant to help fasting Muslims during the month of Ramadan as well as vulnerable non-Muslims affected by the restrictions introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19, which have stopped millions from working for several wee…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-distributes-food-aid-to-hundreds-in-lesotho-3530086

EasyJet to restart some flights in June with compulsory masks
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
British low-cost airline easyJet said it would restart a small number of flights on June 15, becoming the latest airline to plan for the return of European travel by making face masks mandatory onboard.EasyJet\'s planes have been grounded since late March when the novel coronavirus spread across Europe. The airline said it would restart primarily domestic flights in Britain and France, before adding other destinations.Flights would restart with new safety measures including the wearing of masks by passengers and cabin crew, enhanced cleaning of aircraft and no food service onboard.EasyJet shares, which have sunk 6…
yenisafak.com/en/life/easyjet-to-restart-some-flights-in-june-with-compulsory-masks-3530084

Al-Watiya defeat derailed UAE\'s Libya plans: Analysis
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Al-Watiya had long been the main airbase used by the LNA in western Libya. This airbase was not only the main center of air operations but also the center of all land operations carried out by the LNA in western Libya. For this reason, the Libyan government controlling the airbase is a large loss for the LNA\'s military presence in western Libya. In particular, following this defeat the LNA can no longer provide military supplies to certain critical fronts south of Tripoli and western Libya. For this reason, LNA spokesperson Ahmed Al-Mismari announced the evening after the defeat that they would be \"tactically\" re…
yenisafak.com/en/news/al-watiya-defeat-derailed-uaes-libya-plans-analysis-3530099

Turkey says Haftar forces will be \'legitimate target\' if Ankara\'s interests attacked
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
Turkey reiterated Thursday it will respond to putschists Khalifa Haftar\'s elements in Libya as a \"legitimate target\" if they attack Turkey\'s interests in the country.\"We remind it once again that in case of targeting Turkish interests in Libya, this will have very heavy consequences and the putschist Haftar elements will be considered as a legitimate target,\" Hami Aksoy, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said in a written statement.Aksoy\'s statement came after eastern Libya-based renegade Gen. Haftar\'s militias said they would target Turkish forces and interests.\"It is noteworthy that the statement, which is…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-says-haftar-forces-will-be-legitimate-target-if-ankaras-interests-attacked-3530087

Libyan Army enters downtown al-Asabaa
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
The Libyan Army on Thursday entered al-Asabaa downtown after clashes with warlord Khalifa Haftar\'s militia.Libya Al-Ahrar TV channel cited unnamed military source as saying the army launched an attack on the remnants of Haftar\'s militia, who had escaped from the al-Watiya airbase.On Wednesday, the Libyan army said it was in progress towards liberating the town located 100 kilometers (62 miles) of the capital Tripoli from Haftar\'s militia.Local tribes in al-Asabaa announced their support to the Libyan government on the same day.Libya\'s army on Monday retook al-Watiya Airbase, a key facility now back under governme…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libyan-army-enters-downtown-al-asabaa-3530097

US: FedEx to rehire two black employees after viral video
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-21
American cargo company FedEx said early Thursday it offers reemployment to two African-American workers who were fired after sharing a confrontation video with a white costumer.\"We are aware of the incident in GA [Georgia] that led to the release of two drivers employed by a service provider. We\'re offering employment while investigating to ensure an appropriate outcome,\" it said on Twitter.The company added that it takes allegations of \"discrimination, retaliation, or improper employment actions\" seriously.A driver of FedEx shared the video on Twitter Wednesday, which went viral within hours, saying he and a co-…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-fedex-to-rehire-two-black-employees-after-viral-video-3530094

Trump-style Dysfunction Comes to Montana
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-21
The Montana Public Service Commission is far from living up to its name. Instead of public service, we get a highly regrettable rat\'s nest of in-fighting among its all-Republican members. Now, even more regrettably, not only is this public agency refusing to honor Montana\'s constitutionally guaranteed \"right to know\" about our own government, but actually…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/21/trump-style-dysfunction-comes-to-montana/

Cover Up: Fauci Approved Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine 15 Years Ago to Cure Coronaviruses; \"Nobody Needed to Die\"
True Pundit | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose \"expert\" advice to President Trump has resulted in the complete shutdown of the greatest economic engine in world history, has known since 2005 that chloroquine is an effective inhibitor of coronaviruses. | How did he know …
globalresearch.ca/cover-up-fauci-approved-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-15-years-ago-cure-coronaviruses/5713659

Washington\'s Tell Tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda Alliance Based on Questionably Sourced Book \'The Exile\'
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of al-Qaeda. The propaganda operation relied heavily on a shoddily sourced book, \"The Exile.\" | *** | The U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani…
globalresearch.ca/washington-tell-tale-iranian-al-qaeda-alliance-based-exile/5713503

Washington\'s Tell Tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda Alliance Based on Questionably Sourced Book
Gareth Porter | iranian.com | 2020-05-20
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of al-Qaeda. The propaganda operation relied heavily on a shoddily sourced book, \"The Exile.\" *** The U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani in January touched off a new wave of disinformation about the top Iranian major general, with Trump administration …
iranian.com/2020/05/20/washingtons-tell-tale-of-iranian-al-qaeda-alliance-based-on-questionably-sourced-book/

Video: \"The House Cat Flu\" is Coming. The Meow Apocalypse
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
The following episode of the Simpsons was released in 2010. | It is a satire. But at the same time it reveals the unspoken truth. The writer of the script is an award winning author and political analyst. Michael Price | This …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-house-cat-flu-is-coming-the-meow-apocalypse/5710033

Pompeo denies firing of State Department IG was retaliation for probe into \'emergency\' arms sales to Saudi Arabia
rt.com | 2020-05-20
The US secretary of state has confirmed he asked the president to sack Inspector General Steve Linick, but denied it was in retaliation for reported probes into arms sales to the Saudis and the use of an aide for personal errands. | …
rt.com/usa/489251-pompeo-inspector-general-firing/

U.S. Military planners advise expanded online psychological warfare against China
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country.
mronline.org/2020/05/20/u-s-military-planners-advise-expanded-online-psychological-warfare-against-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-military-planners-advise-expanded-online-psychological-warfare-against-china

Ahmaud Arbery Murdered in Racist Attack, Now Slandered by Racist Media
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-20
The New York Post, a paper infamous for its close relationship with the police and a long history of defaming black victims of white violence, now has Arbery is in its sights. | MPN– In a hit piece released yesterday, The New York Post published police footage from the 2017 arrest of recently slain Georgia native Ahmaud Arbery. The footage shows the young man in handc…

Ahmaud Arbery Murdered in Racist Attack, Now Slandered by Racist Media

Ahmaud Arbery Murdered in Racist Attack, Now Slandered by Racist Media
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-20
The New York Post, a paper infamous for its close relationship with the police and a long history of defaming black victims of white violence, now has Arbery is in its sights.
mintpressnews.com/ahmaud-arbery-murdered-racist-attack-slandered-racist-media/267712/

Biden: Criticism of Israel Is Not Anti-Semitism, Unless It Comes From the Left
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-20
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden held an online fundraiser yesterday with around 550 people organized by former U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt. Much of the discussion revolved around the role of Israel and around the growing tide of anti-Israeli sentiment on American college campuses. \"Criticism of Israel\'s policy is not anti-Semitism,\" Biden said, \"But too often that criticism from the left morphs into anti-semitism,\" pointing…
mintpressnews.com/joe-biden-criticism-israel-anti-semitism/267703/

U.S. Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-20
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country. | Alan MACLEOD | As the U.S. military turns its attention from the Middle East to conflict with Russia and China, American war planners are advising that the United States greatly expand its own online \"psychological operations\" against Beijing. | A new report from the Financial Times details how top brass in Washington are stra…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/20/us-military-planners-advise-expanded-online-psychological-warfare-against-china/

Economic ruin, pandemic pose question: Capitalism or Socialism?
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-20
This is a slightly edited and expanded version of a talk given during the \"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. May 17

Venezuela invasion bid: US denial on its role is not credible
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
Can we believe the claims of the US administration that it had no involvement in the most recent Venezuelan invasion attempt? Anya Parampil of The Grayzone tells…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/venezuela-invasion-bid-us-denial-on-its-role-is-not-credible/

Religious Fundamentalists Are Making the Pandemic Worse
Juan Cole | thenation.com | 2020-05-20
Religious Fundamentalists Are Making the Pandemic Worse…
thenation.com/article/politics/religious-fundamentalists-coronavirus-pandemic/

Media Ignores Israel Connection to Eric Schmidt\'s Push For NY \"Smart Cities\"
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-20
With NY Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announcing that former head of Google, Eric Schmidt, would lead an effort to \"reimagine\" post-pandemic life in the state, media reports have failed to note that the groundwork for that \"reimagining\" was laid last year and intimately involves the state of Israel. In recent weeks, considerable media attention has …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/media-ignores-israel-connection-eric-schmidts-push-for-ny-smart-cities/

Media Ignores Israel Connection to Eric Schmidt\'s Push For NY \"Smart Cities\"
Whitney Webb | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-20
With NY Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announcing that former head of Google, Eric Schmidt, would lead an effort to \"reimagine\" post-pandemic life in the state, media reports have failed to note that the groundwork for that \"reimagining\" was laid last year and intimately involves the state of Israel. | In recent weeks, considerable media attention has been given to the decision by NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to tap former Google executive Eric Schmidt to lead a 15-member panel…

Media Ignores Israel Connection to Eric Schmidt's Push For NY "Smart Cities"

New NYPD press officer co-wrote The Intercept Russiagate story that landed source in prison
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-20
The Intercept published a story that landed Reality Winner in prison, burning its third source. That article was co-authored by…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/20/the-intercept-reality-winner-richard-esposito-nypd/

Mixed outcomes at the \'COVID-19 World Health Assembly\'
WHO-Watch Team | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
The 73rd World Health Assembly saw the US continue its attack on China and the World Health Organization. The WHA recognized immunization as a global public health good but failed to do the same for vaccines…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/mixed-outcomes-at-the-covid-19-world-health-assembly/

At World Health Assembly, US bid to scapegoat China fails
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
Former Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar talks about the two-day World Health Assembly where COVID-19 was a major focus area. He talks about how the attempts by the US to pin the blame for the disease on China backfired. He also talks about how India has failed to emerge as an important player in this context and has ended up ganging up with the US…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/at-world-health-assembly-us-bid-to-scapegoat-china-fails/

At World Health Assembly, unanimous support for independent global study on pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
Attempts by the US and Australia to marginalize China at the World Health Assembly failed as the resolution adopted by member states through consensus made no mention of either Wuhan or China…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/at-world-health-assembly-unanimous-support-for-independent-global-study-on-pandemic/

Tedros hails WHO \'landmark resolution\' to accelerate COVID-19 response
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
With \"unprecedented solidarity\", the World Health Assembly adopted a \"landmark resolution\" on Tuesday, which sets out a \"clear roadmap\" of the actions needed to sustain and accelerate the COVID-19 response at both national and international levels, the UN health agency chief told a press briefing on Wednesday, the day after the meeting concluded.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064582

How Russia is botching its alliance with Syria
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
Russia\'s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin\'s cupboard is full of skeletons–Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), Cuba (1962), Afghanistan (1980), Ukraine (2014) and so on.
mronline.org/2020/05/20/how-russia-is-botching-its-alliance-with-syria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-russia-is-botching-its-alliance-with-syria

How Russia is Botching Its Relationship With Syria
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
What complicates Russia\'s relationship with Syria, which has sometimes been referred to as a Russian client state, is that two strong-willed, highly self-opinionated leaders are also involved here–Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Syria Bashar al-Assad. Both enjoy unshakeable clan support and can hold their ground. Assad is by no means a Russian protege, and the interests of the two countries do not always overlap, either.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/how-russia-is-botching-its-relationship-with-syria/

It\'s Possible to Run for Office as an Unapologetic Socialist and Win
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
Despite being an eternal disappointment to the majority of people, the capitalist-allied political establishment is able to remain in power in part by maintaining the illusion that politics is for experts, people with Rolodexes full of professional contacts, people who went to elite schools. Since the myth of meritocracy maintains that people get ahead professionally because they\'re smarter or better than others, the people who are in charge (both as candidates and behind the scenes) are presumed dese…
truthout.org/articles/its-possible-to-run-for-office-as-an-unapologetic-socialist-and-win/

Video: Turkey\'s \'Neo-Ottoman\' Project Shifts Focus From Syria to Libya
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
This week, massive Turkish military support has finally allowed the Government of National Accord to achieve some breakthrough in the battle against the Libyan National Army (LNA). | On May 18, GNA forces and members of Turkish-backed militant groups from Syria …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-neo-ottoman-project-shifts-focus-syria-libya/5713462

Video: Caliphate in Miniature: Rift Between Turkey and Al-Qaeda in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
In the second half of April and early May, the Syrian province of Idlib became the epicenter of a military political drama developing between Turkish forces and their al-Qaeda-linked allies. | The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on …
globalresearch.ca/video-rift-between-turkey-al-qaeda-idlib/5713509

Selected Articles: China Updates Its \'Art of Hybrid War\'
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Video: Caliphate in Miniature: Rift Between Turkey and Al-Qaeda in Idlib | By South Front, May 20, 2020 | The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on the M4 highway, near the town of Nayrab, when the Turkish Army …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-china-updates-art-hybrid-war/5713531

How the United States government failed to prepare for the global pandemic
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
Vijay Prashad writes on why the Trump administration has insisted on blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic and how the administration\'s slow response is responsible for the tragic situation in the country today…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/how-the-united-states-government-failed-to-prepare-for-the-global-pandemic/

US just piled more misery on Venezuelans already hit by sanctions & pandemic. Now they are deprived of most popular TV service
Eva Bartlett | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-20
America\'s meddling in Venezuela has no boundaries. After a failed coup attempt, trying to install a bogus …

US just piled more misery on Venezuelans already hit by sanctions & pandemic. Now they are deprived of most popular TV service

Failures in Syria and Libya Fuel Coup Speculations Against Erdogan
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Turkish media has been full of speculation of a potential coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including from state-run Anadolu Agency, and other major outlets like Sabah and Haberturk. Erdogan already survived a 2016 coup attempt against …
globalresearch.ca/failures-syria-libya-fuel-coup-speculations-against-erdogan/5713505

The Way Out of the COVID-19 Crisis Is a Green New Deal
Claire O\'Manique | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
Fortunately, we have an alternative to this fossil-fuelled, neoliberal capitalist normal: the Green New Deal. (Photo: Climate Justice Ottawa) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/canada-green-new-deal_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/way-out-covid-19-crisis-green-new-deal?cd-origin=rss

Soaring Beyond the Green New Deal
Don Fitz | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-20
When Stan Cox was writing his book, The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can, he scripted these prophetic words: \"The oft-predicted national decline in use of fossil fuels is nowhere to be seen, and it is unlikely to occur on its own, at least until the next economic …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/soaring-beyond-the-green-new-deal/

\"Stay Alive, Stay at Home, Organize\": Rev. Barber Sets June 20 for Poor People\'s Digital March on DC
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-20
We look at the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Black, Brown and poor communities, and the next steps officials should take, with Reverend William Barber, who is organizing an online Mass Poor People\'s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C., on June 20. \"We\'re not going to just die. We\'re going to stand up and fight back,\" says Rev. Barber. He also discusses voter suppression ahead of the November election.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/20/rev_william_barber

As NYC Subway Closures Force Unhoused People into Packed Shelters, Advocates Demand Permanent Homes
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-20
For the first time in its 115-year history, this month New York City began shutting down its subway system overnight. The unprecedented move has left unhoused people who rely on the trains for shelter suddenly with nowhere to go, and made them even more vulnerable as the coronavirus continues to spread. \"The situation is concerning,\" says emergency physician Dr. Kelly Doran, who has joined advocates in calling on New York to do more to protect unhoused people from infection. We also speak with Josh Dean, executive director of the homeless advocacy group Human.NYC.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/20/homelessness

Immigrants Protest Demolition of NJ Public School for $750 Million Robert Wood Johnson Cancer Center
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-20
We go to New Brunswick, New Jersey, to look at the fight to save the largely immigrant Lincoln Annex public school from demolition to make way for the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital\'s $750 million cancer center. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González lives in New Brunswick and has been active in the campaign. We also speak with Juan Cartagena, president and general counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and attorney representing parents, students and taxpayers who oppose the demolition.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/20/lincoln_annex_school_new_brunswick_nj

Abbas Suspending Agreements with Israel?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
In 2005, Israel virtually installed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president and PLO chairman. | A rigged election with no legitimacy assured it. His mandate is serving as Israel\'s enforcer. | He\'s kept in power as long as remaining submissive to Israeli interests …
globalresearch.ca/abbas-suspending-agreements-israel/5713525

The pandemic has only exposed the suicidal tendencies of capitalism: Noam Chomsky
Jipson John | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
\'Another, probably more severe pandemic has been predicted. Scientists know how to prepare, but someone must act. If we choose not to learn the lessons that are right before our eyes, the consequences will be dire.\"
mronline.org/2020/05/19/the-pandemic-has-only-exposed-the-suicidal-tendencies-of-capitalism-noam-chomsky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pandemic-has-only-exposed-the-suicidal-tendencies-of-capitalism-noam-chomsky

CODEPINK to Hack BlackRock\'s Annual Shareholders Meeting
commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/20/codepink-hack-blackrocks-annual-shareholders-meeting?cd-origin=rss

AT&T Shuts down DirecTV in Venezuela over Sanctions
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-20
The National Assembly will investigate the \"rash decision\" that affects 600 workers and two million households.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14881

The US\' \"Medical Terrorism\" Against Syria Threatens to Make World War C Much Deadlier
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
The Syrian Ambassador to Russia slammed the US\' sanctions against his country as a form of medical terrorism that prevents it from importing much-needed \"medicines, and medical goods, and other means to combat [COVID-19]\", which strongly suggests that America wants …
globalresearch.ca/us-medical-terrorism-against-syria/5713508

Celebrating 100 Episodes of \"At Liberty\"
aclu.org | 2020-05-20
This week, we\'re airing the 100th episode of the ACLU\'s podcast, At Liberty. The podcast came to life after Trump was elected in 2016, and has had quite a journey since then. We\'ve talked to everyone from Megan Rapinoe, to Stacey Abrams, to Edward Snowden, to Tarana Burke. Activists, experts, artists, ACLU staff members, and celebrities have helped listeners understand how the civil rights and civil liberties issues of the day affect the lives of people across the U.S. To mark the occasion of our 100th episode, we t…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/celebrating-100-episodes-of-at-liberty

After Coronavirus Triggers 17% Emissions Drop, Experts Say Only \'Fundamental Structural Change\' Can Save Humanity\'s Future
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
After an analysis revealed Tuesday that lockdowns from the coronavirus pandemic caused planet-heating emissions to drop in early April by an unprecedented 17%, climate scientists and activists warned that progress will quickly be erased if the world returns to business as usual and called for systemic changes in the global energy, food, and transportation sectors. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12134770401.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/20/after-coronavirus-triggers-17-emissions-drop-experts-say-only-fundamental-structural?cd-origin=rss

Canada Does Not Deserve a Seat on the UN Security Council
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-20
Despite its peaceful reputation, Canada is not acting as a benevolent player on the international stage. Rather, Canada ranks among the twelve largest arms exporters and its weapons have fueled conflicts across the globe, including the devastating war in Yemen. In a disappointing move, Canada refused to join 122 countries represented at the 2017 UN Conference to Negotiate a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/canada-does-not-deserve-a-seat-on-the-un-security-council/

UN Middle East peace envoy warns against unilateral action on all sides, as Israel threatens West Bank annexation
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
The UN\'s Middle East peace envoy issued a stern warning on Wednesday against any unilateral action

Cuba: End of Sanctions Is More Important Than Nobel Peace Prize for Its Doctors
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-20
In recognition for the Cuban doctors\' efforts to aid nations across the world to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, there have been recommendations for the Henry Reeves Medical Brigade to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The brigade was founded by the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro after the U.S. rejected Cuba\'s offer of humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. | In 2015, the Henry Reeves Medical Brigade was nominated for the Nob…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/20/cuba-end-sanctions-more-important-than-nobel-peace-prize-for-its-doctors/

National Day of Mourning Slams Trump and GOP\'s Failed Covid-19 Response as US Death Toll Nears 100,000
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
As the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 climbed toward 100,000 and congressional Republicans continued \"pumping the brakes\" on further relief spending, a coalition of advocacy groups on Wednesday held a \"National Day of Mourning\" to protest the GOP\'s inadequate response to the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/eyep7m2xyayjdgp2.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/20/national-day-mourning-slams-trump-and-gops-failed-covid-19-response-us-death-toll?cd-origin=rss

WATCH: McDonald\'s workers across the US go on STRIKE in protest over coronavirus working conditions
rt.com | 2020-05-20
Hundreds of McDonald\'s workers in the US are protesting unsatisfactory working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, with some quitting and others decrying the risk they say they\'re being exposed to from Covid-19. | Strikes took place in over 20 cities across the US, including Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose in California, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The protests were planned for Wednesday, ahead of the company\'s annual shareholders meeting the following day. | The Fight for 15 movement

Iran\'s top cop among nine targeted by new round of US sanctions
rt.com | 2020-05-20
Not letting the pandemic soften its hard line on Tehran, Washington has sanctioned nine Iranian officials over alleged human rights violations during last year\'s protests, including Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli. | Announcing the new sanctions on Wednesday, the US Department of the Treasury said that Fazli issued orders authorizing the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) to use lethal force in response to the November 2019 protests. At least 23 minors were killed during clashes between protesters and the LEF, the…
rt.com/usa/489252-iran-us-treasury-sanctions/

YouTube Censors Epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski for Opposing Lockdown
Jon Levine | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
this is an article by NYP. Selected excerpts | Big Tech companies are aggressively tamping down on COVID-19 \"misinformation\"

The US Is Using Wheat as a Weapon of War in Syria
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Apache helicopters of the US occupation forces flew low Sunday morning, according to residents of the Adla village, in the Shaddadi countryside, south of Hasaka, as they dropped \' thermal balloons\', an incendiary weapon, causing the wheat fields to …
globalresearch.ca/us-wheat-weapon-war-syria/5713468

Venezuela Sues UK over Frozen Gold Reserves, Loses CITGO Appeal
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-20
The US $1 billion worth of gold would be used in the fight against COVID-19.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14880

Magic and Voodoo Versus Science and Medicine
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-20
For the weak-minded who do not accept reason and logic, magic is as real as unicorns, elves, and leprechauns. For those on the far-right of politics, elves and unicorns are replaced by secretive cabals who they believe run the world. | Across the globe, as scientists and doctors are working a breakneck speed to develop safe vaccines and therapies for the Covid-19 virus, modern-day magicians and voodoo purveyors are pushing all forms of quackery to swindle and sway an unsuspecting public. The most notorious wizard of woo is Donald Trump, who, on February 28, said of Covid-19, \"It\'s going to disappear. One day, it\'…

Magic and Voodoo Versus Science and Medicine

Space Force\'s blabbermouth-in-chief
Barton Kunstler | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-20
The odds are our commander-in-chief has just given a case of the jitters to the entire defensive–and offensive–apparatus of the nuclear world.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/20/space-forces-blabbermouth-in-chief/

Battles Over Barley: Australia, China and the Tariff Wars
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-05-20
asia-pacificresearch.com/barley-australia-china-tariff-wars/5629102

Vietnam marks Ho Chi Minh\'s 130th birthday; prepares for victory over COVID-19
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
Vietnam celebrated the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh Tuesday by announcing the imminent end of its COVID-19 outbreak, with no locally transmitted cases reported for 33 consecutive days. Despite bordering China, where the outbreak began, Vietnam has recorded no deaths from the virus. It attributes its success to preventative measures such …
peoplesworld.org/article/vietnam-marks-ho-chi-minhs-130th-birthday-prepares-for-victory-over-covid-19/

China Updates Its \'Art of Hybrid War\'
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
In 1999, Qiao Liang, then a senior air force colonel in the People\'s Liberation Army, and Wang Xiangsui, another senior colonel, caused a tremendous uproar with the publication of Unrestricted Warfare: China\'s Master Plan to Destroy America….
globalresearch.ca/china-art-hybrid-war/5713461

Only Venezuelans can resolve Venezuela\'s deepening crisis, DiCarlo tells Security Council
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
Negotiations remain the only way to overcome the ongoing political deadlock in Venezuela, especially given the potentially far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064602

Another Bank Bailout Under Cover of a Virus
Ellen Brown | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, \"No more bailouts!\" But what the Act actually said was that the next time the banks failed, they would be subject to \"bail ins\"

A Just Reopening Prioritizes People Over Profits
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/a-just-reopening-prioritizes-people-over-profits/

What The President Continues To Say (About The Plague)
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
In two previous pieces in CounterPunch I compiled Donald Trump\'s statements on the COVID-19 pandemic up to May 2nd-3rd. Here is a continuation of that list. Rather than place Trump\'s statements in strict chronological order, I have sometimes put 2 or more of statements from different days together, to highlight Trump\'s contradictions and subsequent deviations–…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/what-the-president-continues-to-say-about-the-plague-3/

Inglorious Bastardry: Hacking for Vaccines
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
If you cannot discover or create something, best steal it. It has been the operating principle for everything from wealth to technology. With the efforts to discover a vaccine to the novel coronavirus being all but bound by solidarity, the race on plundering secrets has already begun in earnest. No one party can claim particular…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/inglorious-bastardry-hacking-for-vaccines/

Global Cockfights, Viruses, and the Monsters Within
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
It\'s a funny thing, language. Geniuses tell us that it\'s what separates us most from the chimpanzees at the zoo who spit at us, unimpressed. One time, I saw a guy spit back and pick up a banana that had fallen from the cage, and made as if to give it back to the chimp with entreating eyes, only to pull it back at the last minute and begin a burlesque peel that drove Bonzo, and his mates, cageshakingly apeshit, and as he ate it, like a one-percenter, I could see in Bonzo\'s eyes a vow to evolve

America\'s Pandemic Role Reversal: Over There Is Now Over Here
Karen J. Greenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
Remember the song \"Over There\"? \"Over there, over there Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tumming everywhere…\" Maybe not, since it was popular so long ago, but it was meant to inspire American troops saying goodbye to their country on their way…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/americas-pandemic-role-reversal-over-there-is-now-over-here/

The Death of Hope
Lidia Falcón | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
When foreign journalists would ask me if I thought that Antonio González Pacheco, alias \"Billy el Niño\" (BILLY THE KID), would ever be tried, I would answer no, that I never expected that there would ever be justice in Spain around the crimes committed during the Franco years. But deep down, I held on to…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/the-death-of-hope/

The No Land\'s Man
Pradeep Baisakh | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
A mother giving birth to a child right in the midst of the road with other women covering the space with sarees stretched around her is no more limited to the Bollywood movies; they are real stories of the modern India. The other day a migrant woman gave birth to a child on the roadside…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/the-no-lands-man/

A Just Reopening Prioritizes People Over Profits
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-20
counterpunch.org/2020/05/20/a-just-reopening-prioritizes-people-over-profits/

Will COVID-19 become a modern-day Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and spark reform?
David Unger | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
The world is in the grips of a horrible pandemic that will touch us all. But as has almost always been the case, the burden of COVID-19 will disproportionately fall on marginalized and working people. In New York, now the epicenter of the U.S. crisis, we watch as the crisis pushes the stories of previously …
peoplesworld.org/article/will-covid-19-become-a-modern-day-triangle-shirtwaist-fire-and-spark-reform/

Schools Will Need Help to Recover
Nicholas Johnson | progressive.org | 2020-05-20
States need to find ways to protect education funding in the age of COVID-19.
progressive.org/op-eds/schools-will-need-help-to-recover-johnson-200520/

Migrants lead struggle as \'reopening\' fuels resistance
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-05-20
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Just hoping coronavirus will bypass Africa, would be a deadly mistake: Bachelet
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
Tens of millions of people in Africa could become destitute as a result of COVID-19 and its catastrophic impact on fragile economies and health systems across the continent, human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission warned on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064552

Human development backslides, education at global levels \'not seen since the 1980s\'
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
School closures, to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, have left some 60 per cent of the world\'s children without an education, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in its new report, launched on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064542

Biden\'s \'crisis presidency\' and potential for transformative change
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
We shall not lose heart, no matter which turn history takes, but we shall not allow history to take a turn without our participation.

Ford Chicago Assembly worker tests positive for COVID-19 after North American auto plants reopen
wsws.org | 2020-05-20
The Trump administration is spearheading a campaign to force a return to work, eliminating all pretense of combatting the spread of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/20/auto-m20.html

Florida Fires COVID-19 Public Data Guru as Private Firm Takes over Atlanta\'s Data Dashboard
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-20
The firing of Florida COVID-19 data guru Rebekah Jones comes as Georgia hands control of its own coronavirus data dashboard to an HHS-linked private cybersecurity firm.
mintpressnews.com/data-transparency-florida-covid-19-atlanta-private-contractor/267724/

Why Britain will now fail to contain the fallout of COVID-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-20
TruePublica Editor: Today we have a Prime Minister in charge of a national crisis, who is quite clearly out of his depth. To be fair, so would any PM right now. The problem is that the Coronavirus has a modus operandi that is not fully understood

Vectors of vulnerability
Byrd McDaniel | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
In the age of COVID-19, poor and working-class people are susceptible not just to illness, but also to discrimination and disdain.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/vectors-of-vulnerability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vectors-of-vulnerability

UK succours up to Trump and blows £millions on drugs that don\'t work
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-20
TruePublica Editor: The mainstream media reports that Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug being taken by Donald Trump as an unproven protection against coronavirus, is being bought in bulk by the UK in case it does turn out to be an effective Covid-19 treatment. Yes, you did read that right. \'In case\'

New report shows how NHS privatisation played a key role in \'turning the pandemic into an utter disaster\'
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
A new report suggests privatisation is at the core of the scandal surrounding Personal Protective Equipment ( PPE) shortages during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the UK. In particular, the breaking up of the NHS Supply Chain into 11 outsourced contracts affected the ability of the NHS to get and distribute enough PPE. | Privatisation a key player in \'turning the pandemic into an utter disaster\': | Instead of in-house NHS employees handling supplies, the report…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/20/new-report-shows-how-nhs-privatisation-played-a-key-role-in-turning-the-pandemic-into-an-utter-disaster/

\"Do No Harm\"
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
COVID-19 can be prevented, and it can be cured. Important preventative measures, argues Prof. Dolores Cahill, include vitamins C, D, and Zinc, which boost immunity. If preventative measures had been taken, claims Cahill, \"no one would have died.\" | The …
globalresearch.ca/do-no-harm/5713481

Women Have Risen to Heroic Heights During Covid-19
H. Patricia Hynes | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
Violence by an intimate partner is the leading cause of injury to women 15 to 44 years old. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/endviolenceagainstwomen.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/women-have-risen-heroic-heights-during-covid-19?cd-origin=rss

How Islamophobia And Trump Are Dividing Major Jewish Organizations
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-20
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations\' incoming Chair-elect Dianne Lob faced attack from of Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America because of her work with Muslim refugees.
therealnews.com/stories/how-islamophobia-trump-dividing-major-jewish-organizations

Statement: Senator Carper Releases Valuable Report on EPA\'s Pandemic of Pollution
commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
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\'Efforts to Make Voting More Difficult Are Magnified in a Pandemic\' – CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on voter suppression and the coronavirus
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-20
Janine Jackson interviewed Ari Berman about voter suppression and the coronavirus for the May 15, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/efforts-to-make-voting-more-difficult-are-magnified-in-a-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=efforts-to-make-voting-more-difficult-are-magnified-in-a-pandemic

Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa\'s hard-won progress, urges UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-05-20
The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN chief said on Wednesday, urging the world to stand in solidarity with the people, \"now, and for recovering better\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064472

Hospital mystery \'One Foot in the Grave\' a working-class response to pandemic
Tim Libretti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
The coronavirus pandemic, it is now commonly observed, has drawn into relief, and indeed exacerbated, the various layers of inequality already fragmenting culture and society in the United States. At the same time, when it comes to class inequality, in particular, Americans have tended to find ways to gloss over the brutal realities in the …
peoplesworld.org/article/hospital-mystery-one-foot-in-the-grave-a-working-class-response-to-pandemic/

Obama, in two speeches, criticizes Trump and challenges grads to grab control
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
WASHINGTON–Stepping out of what had been a public self-imposed silence on discussing his successor, former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump, though not by name, for badly botching the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic–a pandemic, Obama said, that has laid other social ills bare for all to see. The former generation, including Trump, has …
peoplesworld.org/article/obama-in-two-speeches-criticizes-trump-and-challenges-grads-to-grab-control/

Our economic system fuels outbreaks, says Evolutionary Epidemiologist who predicted the pandemic
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
Mass deforestation, industrialised animal agriculture and reductions in biodiversity are among a number of factors which increase the likelihood of the emergence and spread of dangerous pathogens such as the coronavirus disease 2019, explains scientist Dr Rob Wallace in an exclusive interview with Sputnik.
mronline.org/2020/05/20/our-economic-system-fuels-outbreaks-says-evolutionary-epidemiologist-who-predicted-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-economic-system-fuels-outbreaks-says-evolutionary-epidemiologist-who-predicted-the-pandemic

Economic Collapse Caused by Capitalism Not \"COVID Pandemic\"
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-20
The aversion of the rich and their political and media representatives to science in general and economic science in particular is legendary. When it comes to making sense of the economy, they rely mainly on irrationalism and discredited ideas. It is no accident that mainstream economics has long been called \"the dismal science.\" It lacks …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/economic-collapse-caused-by-capitalism-not-covid-pandemic/

The Navajo Nation is being decimated by this virus
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-20
The problems facing Native American communities during this pandemic were decades in the making.
mronline.org/2020/05/20/the-navajo-nation-is-being-decimated-by-this-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-navajo-nation-is-being-decimated-by-this-virus

Coronavirus Crisis Has Created \"Major Political Fault Lines\" in Relations Between the World\'s Regions and Countries
Prof. Valeria Z. Nollan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
It is curious that the coronavirus pandemic in which we unwittingly find ourselves is exposing both praiseworthy and unattractive features of the world we inhabit. On the one hand, countries are sharing vital information with each other. Medical personnel are …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-produces-major-fault-lines-relations-countries-regions-world/5713477

Smoking Gun: Crisis? What Crisis?
progressive.org | 2020-05-20
A timeline of the pandemic warning signs ignored by the Trump Administration.
progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-crisis-timeline-200514/

US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as \'Coronavirus\'
Sen. Scott Jensen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
First published on April 15, 2020 | Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He\'s also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingraham where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen says the American Medical Association …
globalresearch.ca/hospitals-getting-paid-more-label-cause-death-coronavirus/5709720

The Case of General Michael Flynn: The Use of Law as a Political Weapon
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
The audacious corruption of the FBI and the US Department of Justice (sic) is demonstrated by their frame-up of the three-star general, former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump. | US Department of …
globalresearch.ca/case-general-michael-flynn/5713494

Israel and Iran Face Each Other in Cyberspace
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Cyber ‚Äã‚Äãwarfare is one of the main bellicose activities of contemporary times. Through technologically advanced and powerful weapons, the great world powers face each other on the international stage in an invisible field, far from media attention, where the most …
globalresearch.ca/israel-iran-cyberspace/5713499

Global Research: Our Readers Are Our Lifeline
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Dear Readers, | Your support has been a real lifeline to us over the past 12 months. We have found ourselves in rough seas, but have been able to ride the storm so far: the Global Research project lives on thanks …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-our-readers-are-our-lifeline/5713544

We Hold These Truths: An Updated Manifesto for the Sick, the Tired, the Poor, and the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free
Robert Abele | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
These are not only rapidly changing times; they are revolutionary times. The people are awakening not only to a new situation of living under Coronavirus, but a situation in which the hot spotlight is shining on the ongoing injustices, incompetence, …
globalresearch.ca/manifesto-sick-tired-poor-masses-yearning-breathe-free/5713473

Video: Let Us Free Ourselves From the Virus of War
Comité No Guerra no Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
International Conference on the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy and the End of World War II organised by the Italian Committee No War, No Nato and Global Research. | The great Italian journalist Giulietto Chiesa passed away a few …
globalresearch.ca/let-us-free-ourselves-from-the-virus-of-war/5713554

Mocking Birds in Spring 2020
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
Our seas and rivers look cleaner; our air feels fresher, quieter; our streets and roadways are abandoned. Panic shopping for household supplies has passed, only to be replaced by lines of mothers and fathers at food banks while UberEats and …
globalresearch.ca/mocking-birds-spring-2020/5713527

We Should Take Women\'s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade\'s Fall Short
Katha Pollitt | thenation.com | 2020-05-20
We Should Take Women\'s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade\'s Fall Short.
thenation.com/article/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-allegations/

Israeli Forces Deliver Demolition Orders to Palestinian Family, Seize Mobile Home
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-20
Israeli occupation forces handed Palestinian citizen, Jamal Rashayda, a demolition order, on Tuesday, for several structures in Ras al-Auja area in the Jordan Valley, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Palestinian human rights workers said the forces gave no justification for the order to demolish the family\'s tents and barns, north …
imemc.org/article/halt-construction-seize-mobile-home-wednesday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halt-construction-seize-mobile-home-wednesday

Armed Israeli Settlers Open Fire at Palestinian-owned Vehicles in Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-20
Several armed colonial Israeli settlers reportedly attacked, on Wednesday, more than 15 Palestinian-owned vehicles in northern Nablus city in the West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian chief for the Israeli settlements file in the West Bank, told media outlets that two Israeli settlers\' vehicles, carrying several armed settlers from the nearby …
imemc.org/article/armed-israeli-settlers-open-fire-at-palestinian-owned-vehicles-in-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-israeli-settlers-open-fire-at-palestinian-owned-vehicles-in-nablus

The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains
Jennifer C. Berkshire | thenation.com | 2020-05-20
The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains…
thenation.com/article/world/global-supply-chains-coronavirus/

Corporations using coronavirus excuse to get permanent immunity from workers\' lawsuits
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-20
peoplesworld.org/article/corporations-using-coronavirus-excuse-to-get-permanent-immunity-from-workers-lawsuits/

Trump\'s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction–and We\'re Taking the Bait
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-05-20
Trump\'s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction–and We\'re Taking the Bait…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

Fiona Bruce\'s comment about \'lower-skilled workers\' wasn\'t just a gaffe. It reveals much, much more
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
With one misinformed insult, the BBC has notched another low point in its long history of flagrant bias against the working class. But this wasn\'t just a careless gaffe; it shines a light onto the intellectual underpinnings of the power structures that maintain the status quo. Deeper an…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/20/fiona-bruces-comment-about-lower-skilled-workers-wasnt-just-a-gaffe-it-reveals-much-much-more/

Earthjustice: The Trump Administration\'s Assault on Public Protections Is a Handout to Corporate Special Interests
commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/20/earthjustice-trump-administrations-assault-public-protections-handout-corporate?cd-origin=rss

No return to normality of exploitation: Migrant workers strike in Italy
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
Maurizio Coppola talks about the strike organized by migrant workers in Italy in response to a government proposal to temporarily regularize the statuses of some migrant workers. Migrant workers demand dignified conditions and access to rights…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/no-return-to-normality-of-exploitation-migrant-workers-strike-in-italy/

Cap and Trade Auction Reveals Weakness of Market-Based Climate Policy
commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/20/cap-and-trade-auction-reveals-weakness-market-based-climate-policy?cd-origin=rss

Rep Garc√≠a, Sen Whitehouse, Indigenous and Community Leaders Call Out BlackRock on Climate Deception
commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/20/rep-garcia-sen-whitehouse-indigenous-and-community-leaders-call-out-blackrock?cd-origin=rss

In the Fight to Curtail the Climate Crisis, the Earth Just Moved a Little
Alec Connon | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
JPMorgan Chase is the world\'s largest funder of fossil fuels. Without that money, the fossil fuel companies simply can\'t afford to build their new mines, pipelines or fracking wells. (Photo: Antonia Juhasz/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shut_down_chase.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/fight-curtail-climate-crisis-earth-just-moved-little?cd-origin=rss

Stir Crazy! Episode #38: Generation WTF!
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-20
On today\'s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, and co-hosts of upcoming new show \"Why You Should Give a F*ck\" Genevieve Montinar and Tunde Ogunfolaju. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-38-generation-wtf

Will Washington Allow the WHO to Investigate its Military Bio Labs?
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-20
In Fort Detrick, Maryland, the U.S. Army has cutting-edge labs researching viruses. In August 2019, Ft. Detrick labs were closed and a number of pneumonia cases, or illness with similarities to pneumonia, occurred in Maryland. What happened when the labs were shut down? What does the U.S. need the labs for? Dr. Qiao tries to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/will-washington-allow-the-who-to-investigate-its-military-bio-labs/

Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights: \'The Indian Wars are not over\'
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-05-20
An important online tribunal

To Save Lives—and Democracy—We Need to Vote by Mail
Bernie Horn | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
It will be impractical, and in many places impossible, to safely conduct the election in 2020 unless the numbers voting on Election Day are greatly reduced. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_13034893.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/save-lives-and-democracy-we-need-vote-mail?cd-origin=rss

This is Not a Drill: LIVE, May 20th
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-20
What strategic opportunity remains for left organizers to build political power within the Democratic Party after Bernie? Are the Democrats in internal crisis, exacerbated by the broader health, political, and economic crises? And, how can we best fight the right wing? Join us for the next episode of This is Not a Drill: LIVE as…
therealnews.com/stories/this-is-not-a-drill-live-may-20th

Women and gender-nonconforming people: Nothing to lose but our chains
Phebe Eckfeldt | workers.org | 2020-05-20
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. In his book \"High Tech, Low Pay,\" Sam Marcy, the late Workers World Party chairperson, talks about how technology has diminished the number of skilled workers . . . | Continue reading Women and gender-nonconforming people: Nothing to lose but our chains at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48799/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-and-gender-nonconforming-people-nothing-to-lose-but-our-chains

Living under fascism, killing fascism
Devin Cole | workers.org | 2020-05-20
\"Black communist James S. Allen included this map of the \'Black Belt\' and adjoining plantation lands of the South in his 1938 \'The Negro Question in the U.S.\'\" This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on . . . | Continue reading Living under fascism, killing fascism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48796/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-under-fascism-killing-fascism

\"They Don\'t Care for Our Lives\": McDonald\'s Workers Strike Across US to Demand Better Protections From Covid-19
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
Demanding McDonald\'s prioritize public health and worker safety over profits, hundreds of employees at the fast food chain went on strike Wednesday, a day before the company was set to hold its annual shareholders\' meeting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1214144551_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/20/they-dont-care-our-lives-mcdonalds-workers-strike-across-us-demand-better?cd-origin=rss

Lavish Taxpayer-Funded Dinners Hosted by Pompeo Spark Concern Over Real Purpose
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-20
\"The CEO of Chick-fil-A is not someone I would say is involved in foreign policy.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pompeo_9.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/20/lavish-taxpayer-funded-dinners-hosted-pompeo-spark-concern-over-real-purpose?cd-origin=rss

Piano USA: controllo militarizzato della popolazione
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-20
La Fondazione Rockefeller ha presentato il ´Piano d\'azione nazionale per il controllo del Covid-19 ª, indicando i ´passi pragmatici per riaprire i nostri luoghi di lavoro e le nostre comunità ª. Non si tratta perà≤, come appare dal titolo, semplicemente di misure …
globalresearch.ca/piano-usa-controllo-militarizzato-della-popolazione-2/5713475

Solidarity with all LGBTQ2+ workers!
| workers.org | 2020-05-20
By Ezra Echo This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. The LGBTQ2+ working class looks like my gay, bisexual, and trans comrades who usually would be gearing up for our collective celebration of . . . | Continue reading Solidarity with all LGBTQ2+ workers! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48802/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solidarity-with-all-lgbtq2-workers

107 Iranian medical staff have died in coronavirus battle
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-05-20
An official with the Iranian Medical Council has said that 107 healthcare workers have so far lost their lives in the country in fighting the coronavirus. \"We are gathering precise data from all over the country in order to know how many people from among medical staff have been infected with the coronavirus or lost …
iranian.com/2020/05/20/107-iranian-medical-staff-have-died-in-coronavirus-battle/

Magic and Voodoo Versus Science and Medicine
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-20
Across the globe, as scientists and doctors are working a breakneck speed to develop safe vaccines and therapies for the Covid-19 virus, modern-day magicians and voodoo purveyors are pushing all forms of quackery to swindle and sway an unsuspecting public. The most notorious wizard of woo is Donald Trump, who, on February 28, said of Covid-19, \"It\'s going to disappear. One day, it\'s like a miracle, it will disappear.\" | Trump, like all the snake oil salesmen and carnival barkers who have preceded him, was dead wrong in his magical prognostication. As of May 16, there were 4,564, 286 cases of Covid-19, with the Un…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/20/magic-and-voodoo-versus-science-and-medicine/

How the British Empire Created and Killed George Orwell
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-20
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), happily amplified by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the United States which carries its World News, continues to pump out its regular dreck about the alleged economic chaos in Russia and the imagined miserable state of the Russian people. | It is all lies of course. Patrick Armstrong\'s authoritative regular updates including his reports on this website are a necessary corrective to such crude propaganda. | But amid all their countless fiascoes and failures in every ot…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/20/how-the-british-empire-created-and-killed-george-orwell/

Mnuchin Wants to Deny Unemployment to Workers Who Stay Home Due to COVID Risk
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin assured conservative lawmakers on Tuesday that unemployment benefits could not be collected by workers who refused to return to work out of fear of contracting coronavirus. | While speaking before the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. David Perdue questioned Mnuchin on whether additional aid of $600 per week in unemployment \"disincentivizes\" people from returning to work. It\'s estimated that half the U.S. workforce could receive more income from un…
truthout.org/articles/mnuchin-wants-to-deny-unemployment-to-workers-who-stay-home-due-to-covid-risk/

Reverend Barber Organizes \"Poor People\'s Digital March on DC\" for June 20
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
We look at the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Black, Brown and poor communities, and the next steps officials should take, with Reverend William Barber, who is organizing an online Mass Poor People\'s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C., on June 20. \"We\'re not going to just die. We\'re going to stand up and fight back,\" says Rev. Barber. He also discusses voter suppression ahead of the November election. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be…
truthout.org/video/reverend-barber-organizes-poor-peoples-digital-march-on-dc-for-june-20/

Trump\'s Assaults on Government Watchdogs Expose His Authoritarian Ambitions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
It has nearly reached the point of being a parlor game: Which government watchdog will Donald Trump fire next? | Before this past Friday, Trump had already sacked three of them. Intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson, who handled the Ukraine whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment, got bounced on April 3. | Glenn Fine, the Defense Department\'s acting inspector genera…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-assaults-on-government-watchdogs-expose-his-authoritarian-ambitions/

Workers Are Afraid of Returning to Work. Will There Be a General Strike?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
Calls for a general strike are growing as millions of people consider going back to work after months of quarantine. Could a mass work stoppage be on the horizon? What about waves of local and regional general strikes as more cities and states move to reopen businesses during a global pandemic? Let\'s consider the conditions of our current moment. | As COVID-19 continues to claim hundreds of lives every day, worke…
truthout.org/articles/workers-are-afraid-of-returning-to-work-will-there-be-a-general-strike/

Amid COVID-19, NYC Subway Closures Force Unhoused People Into Packed Shelters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
For the first time in its 115-year history, this month New York City began shutting down its subway system overnight. The unprecedented move has left unhoused people who rely on the trains for shelter suddenly with nowhere to go, and made them even more vulnerable as the coronavirus continues to spread. \"The situation is concerning,\" says emergency physician Dr. Kelly Doran, who has joined advocates in calling on New York to do more to protect unhoused people from infection. We also speak with J…
truthout.org/video/amid-covid-19-nyc-subway-closures-force-unhoused-people-into-packed-shelters/

WHO Doctor Warns Against Hydroxychloroquine Use as Trump Continues to Peddle It
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-20
A high-ranking member of the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraged people against seeking out a drug frequently touted by President Donald Trump, who, without evidence backing up his claims, has called it a \"game-changer\" in the fight against coronavirus. | Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program and a former trauma surgeon and infectious disease specialist, explained this week that hydroxychloroquine should not be taken by individuals unless they\'re par…
truthout.org/articles/who-doctor-warns-against-hydroxychloroquine-use-as-trump-continues-to-peddle-it/

Coronavirus lockdown diary: The last one by Ellis Howard
Ellis Howard | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
Ellis Howard brings more of his sharp wit and insight in this, his final Canary coronavirus lockdown diary. | It\'s Mental Health Awareness week as Ellis shares his struggles and shines a light on the absurdity of reopening schools. | If you\'ve appreciated hearing about Ellis and his community in Liverpool and would like to hear more voices from around the country, then please become a supporter of The Canary today. | By Ellis Howard…
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/20/coronavirus-lockdown-diary-the-last-one-by-ellis-howard/

\'Stay alert\' slogan needs more explanation, admits minister
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
Ministers have admitted that the government\'s \"Stay alert\" slogan requires added explanation to help the public understand the \"more nuanced messages\" involved.When announcing the lockdown on 23 March, Downing Street introduced the slogan \"Stay at home\", which was well adhered to and praised for its clarity.But when prime minister Boris Johnson spoke on 10 May about easing the restrictions for England, new messaging urged the public to \"stay alert\" to the virus, a slogan that has been criticised for being too vague.The devolved administrations refused to adopt the messaging at the same time and hit out at Johnson…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/20/stay-alert-slogan-needs-more-explanation-admits-minister/

Serco apologises for sharing email addresses of contact-tracing recruits
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
Outsourcing giant Serco has apologised after it accidentally shared almost 300 email addresses of new recruits to the government\'s coronavirus contact-tracing programme. | The company is helping to sign up people to support efforts to track and trace cases of Covid-19 to help reduce the spread of the disease in the UK. | The government has promised to recruit 18,000 contact tracers to manually gather information about the places infected people have visited and other individuals they have been in contact with to get a detailed picture of who might be at risk of…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/20/serco-apologises-for-sharing-email-addresses-of-contact-tracing-recruits/

\'Unproductive\' to blame scientists for government decisions, says Buckland
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
Justice secretary Robert Buckland has labelled it \"unproductive\" to blame scientists for decisions taken by the government during the coronavirus crisis.His comments came after Cabinet colleague Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, tried to deflect criticism about key decisions, such as ending community testing, on to the scientists advising ministers on the UK response.Coffey, speaking to Sky News on Tuesday, said: \"If the science was wrong, advice at the time was wrong, I\'m not surprised if people then think we made a wrong decision.\"Downing Street distanced itself from her comments sh…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/20/unproductive-to-blame-scientists-for-government-decisions-says-buckland/

2.6 million people flee as Cyclone Amphan batters India and Bangladesh
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-20
A strong cyclone has blown heavy rain and strong wind into coastal India and Bangladesh after more than 2.6 million people were moved to shelters in a frantic evacuation made more challenging by coronavirus.Cyclone Amphan slowed slightly as it reached cooler waters near the coast, but with wind speeds ranging between 100mph and 105mph, the … | By The Canary…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/05/20/2-6-million-people-flee-as-cyclone-amphan-batters-india-and-bangladesh/

Imperial researchers help New York State model COVID-19 outbreak
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-20
Imperial\'s Covid-19 Response team will advise the state of New York as they look to re-open following lockdown.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197634/imperial-researchers-help-new-york-state

COVID-19 Response Fund: new projects advance the fight against coronavirus
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-20
New research projects focused on tackling the global pandemic have received funding from Imperial\'s donor-backed COVID-19 Response Fund.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197615/covid-19-response-fund-projects-advance-fight

Podcast: Britain\'s brains, COVID-19 at the GP, and a green economic recovery
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-20
In this edition: Britain\'s intelligence and mental health, COVID-19\'s impact on primary care, and a sustainable economic recovery after the pandemic.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197633/podcast-britains-brains-covid-19-gp-green

Florida governor goes after media who \'waxed poetically\' of Florida Covid-19 crisis, brandishing numbers
rt.com | 2020-05-20
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis took a victory lap touting Florida\'s Covid-19 improved numbers after a partial lockdown lifting, and went after the media for their doomsday predictions. | Speaking to the press on Wednesday, DeSantis said Florida has the \"absolute best data\" when it comes to coronavirus and anything saying otherwise is simply \"typical, partisan narrative trying to be spun.\" | \"And part of the reason [for] that is you got a lot of people in your profession,\" the governor said, pointing to the cameras and microphones in front of him, \"who waxed poetically for weeks and weeks about how Florida wa…
rt.com/usa/489274-desantis-florida-media-coronavirus-numbers/

Granddad dies of coronavirus, dad denied test & dies, mom sent back home with symptoms: Detroit man shares family tragedy with RT
rt.com | 2020-05-20
Covid-19 swept through a Detroit family, killing Keith Gambrell\'s father and grandfather just hours apart. He told RT his family was the victim of negligence and racism. | \"I feel like my dad was pushed to the back of the line for getting the test because he was black,\" Keith Gambrell said. \"He went to a hospital in an all-white neighborhood. They looked at him and pushed him out the door to go home and die.\" | Also on rt.com | | Adding insult to injury: Spike in Covid-19 robocalls & fraud pushing Americans over the edge | Keith was speaki…
rt.com/usa/489175-detroit-pandemic-family-tragedy/

Adding insult to injury: Spike in Covid-19 robocalls & fraud pushing Americans over the edge
rt.com | 2020-05-20
From phony positive Covid-19 test results to deceptive offers of financial relief, robocalls have proliferated amid the pandemic, separating Americans from millions of precious dollars at a time when few can afford to lose money. | As if locked-down Americans don\'t have enough to worry about, robocalls have exploded in frequency, afflicting 91 percent of respondents in a survey published on Tuesday by retirement community Provision Living. One in four have noticed a spike in calls specifically since the pandemic began, with one in…
rt.com/usa/489236-robocalls-scammers-coronavirus-fraud-fear/

Morning Mika demands Twitter censor Trump over murder accusations, wants to speak with CEO Jack and lawyer
rt.com | 2020-05-20
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski wants to see the manager. She is attempting to get President Donald Trump\'s Twitter account banned over tweets in which he accused her husband Joe Scarborough of murder. | The president regularly uses social media to slam critics in legacy outlets, but his recent tweets about \'Morning Joe\' co-host Scarborough were particularly harsh, as they relate to the 2001 death of an intern in the former congressman\'s office. | Conspiracy theories have swirled around the death for years, although the medical examiner at the time found it to be accidental, reporting the intern passed out from an…
rt.com/usa/489258-mika-morning-joe-trump-twitter-cold-case/

The Heat: Trump threatens to cut funding to WHO
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-20
U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to permanently cut the funding to the World Health Organization, as countries across the globe deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/20/the-heat-trump-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-who

Zionist regime is a global problem: Foreign Minister Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

Iran population growth rate below 1%: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

Iranian delegation to probe Harirud incident in Afghanistan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Pursuing Gen. Soleimani\'s case among main priorities of Judiciary: chief
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

US imposes new sanctions on Iranian entities, incl. Interior Min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

Tehran; 50 days earlier and now
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA)

Trump\'s letter to WHO vain attempt at wrong time: Mousavi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

Iran, Russia discuss regional issues, bilateral coop
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-20
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA)

Due to US coercive measures, DirecTV\'s operations suspended in Venezuela
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-20
On May 19, the US telecommunications company AT&T announced, without prior notice, the suspension of DirecTV\'s operations in Venezuela. DirecTV is a broadcast satellite service provider, transmitting digital television and radio signals to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. | In an official statement, AT&T said that due to the sanctions imposed by the US government on Venezuela, it was impossible for the company \"to comply with the legal requirements of both countries\" and it \"was forced to close its pay TV service in Venezuela.\" | The abrupt suspension of services was denounced by…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/20/due-to-us-coercive-measures-directvs-operations-suspended-in-venezuela/

Washington\'s tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book \'The Exile\'
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-19
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/19/washingtons-tall-tale-of-iranian-al-qaeda-alliance-based-on-questionably-sourced-book-the-exile/

What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court\'s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine. On April 30, Bensouda released a 60-page document diligently laying down the legal bases for that decision, concluding that \"the Prosecution has carefully considered the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-icc-investigation-of-war-crimes-in-occupied-palestine/

\'Les amis américains\' : de nouveaux documents révèlent l\'étendue de l\'opération d\'espionnage sur Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-19
Une enquête exclusive de The Grayzone révèle de nouveaux détails sur le rà¥le clé joué par le milliardaire Sheldon Adelson…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/19/espionnage-julian-assange-cia-sheldon-adelson/

Left Gatekeepers Through the New Left: Monitored Rebellion
Bruce Lerro | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters by Frances Stonor Saunders Cultural containment meant \"ring around the pinkos\" Leftist Patron Saints What do the following people have in common: Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein, Robert Reich, Michael Albert, Howard Zinn, Amy Goodman, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon, Chris Hedges, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/left-gatekeepers-through-the-new-left-monitored-rebellion/

WHO countries agree \'equitable and timely access\' to coronavirus vaccine, \'comprehensive evaluation\' of response
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded the annual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, adopting a resolution that calls for an independent review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the agency\'s own performance.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064442

Why is Sam Husseini Channeling Neocon Conspiracy Theories on Covid-19?
K.J. Noh and Claudia Chaufan | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Journalist Sam Husseini, was once known for challenging the Neocon warmongers on the Iraq War in a former lifetime. He now seems to have joined them, becoming a promoter of anti-China Neo-con conspiracy theories on the origins of Covid-19. Husseini recently wrote a series of articles that recycle a large amount of right wing disinformation–alt-right …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/why-is-sam-husseini-channeling-neocon-conspiracy-theories-on-covid-19/

The Soviet Victory over Nazism 75 Years Ago and Covid-19
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus? You think this is an absolutely insane question? However, before you dismiss it, think twice. There are similarities how …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-soviet-victory-over-nazism-75-years-ago-and-covid-19/

Harvard Doctor: As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is \"Achilles Heel\" for U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-19
President Trump claimed Monday he\'s been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, even though multiple studies show the drug can be dangerous and is not an effective treatment for COVID-19. This comes as the U.S. COVID-19 death count tops 90,000 and all 50 U.S. states prepare to partially reopen by Memorial Day. We speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, the director of Harvard University\'s Global Health Institute, who says that testing needs to vastly improve in order for widespread reopenings. He calls the lack of accurate tests in the U.S. the nation\'s \"Achilles heel,\" saying, \"The testing saga will go down as one…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/19/dr_ashish_jha_coronavirus

\"Whitening of the Media\": As Pandemic Cuts Ravage Newsrooms, Diversity Is \"First Thing That Goes\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-19
At a time when many journalists are risking their lives to cover the coronavirus, media companies are slashing jobs and salaries. Over the past week, hundreds of journalists at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed and Condé Nast have been laid off. In April, The New York Times estimated 36,000 employees of news media companies had been laid off, furloughed or had their pay reduced since the arrival of the pandemic. We speak with award-winning journalist and former editor of The Denver Post, Gregory Moore. He says, \"Advertising has fallen out of these newspapers because of the economic shutdown, and it has led to…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/19/pandemic_media_cuts_journalism_jobs

Genocide and military occupation: The five most important keys of the agreement executed between Guaidó and Silvercorp
Misión Verdad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Analysis by Misión Verdad of the contract between Silvercorp and the Venezuelan opposition which lays out their plan to overthrow Maduro and install a military occupation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/genocide-and-military-occupation-the-five-most-important-keys-of-the-agreement-executed-between-guaido-and-silvercorp/

China\'s New Crypto-Currency: First Step to Full Dedollarization?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
\'We\'ll cut off the whole relationship\' –Trump threatened China in a recent Fox-Business interview, suggesting he may cut diplomatic relations with China and thereby saving US$ 500 billion. He didn\'t say how, though. Mr. Trump\'s anger referred to what he calls China\'s \"mismanagement\" of the corona crisis. This is consistent with the new China bashing …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/chinas-new-crypto-currency-first-step-to-full-dedollarization/

[Commentary] Corona crisis fuels racially profiled hate in social media networks
Annika Stechemesser, Leonie Wenz, Anders Levermann | thelancet.com | 2020-05-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has the world firmly in its grip with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases worldwide [1] and over 100 countries in full or partial lockdown [2] (as of April 24th, 2020). Although political leaders call for solidarity and people all over the world have started support initiatives, various incidents prove that the corona outbreak has also given rise to a series of discrimination and racist attacks against Chinese people and people with Asian looking features [3–5]. These attacks are not restricted to the physical space but pertain to social media networks as well.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30116-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Staging a Defense of Reproductive Rights
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-05-19
As anti-choice activists try using the pandemic to stop abortions, this nonprofit theater group pushes back.
progressive.org/dispatches/staging-defense-of-reproductive-rights-bader-200519/

Mismanagement of pandemic by Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse fuels latest protests demanding his resignation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
In response to the anti-government demonstrations, the Haitian National Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and arrested many social leaders…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/mismanagement-of-pandemic-by-haitian-president-jovenel-moise-fuels-latest-protests-demanding-his-resignation/

Syria: UN relief chief appeals for renewal of lifesaving cross-border aid operation
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
The UN\'s top aid official has urged the Security Council to renew a mechanism that provides lifesaving assistance to millions of desperate people in northwest Syria, through cross-border deliveries from Turkey.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064432

The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
We have always regarded the plague as something very distant and impossible, and have read of its ravages in India and China with much the same feeling of composure and security that we read about an uprising of the natives in Madagascar. Or perhaps we have considered it as a matter of historic interest on account of the fearful epidemics which in pre-sanitary days used to sweep over Europe, devastating countries and hardly leaving enough people behind to keep up the archives and records of the state. Even now that it is among us, and in America for the first time, there seems to be a tendency to underrate its im…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766150

Nations Fight Extreme Patenting to Ensure Access to COVID-19 Relief
Joshua K. Leon | progressive.org | 2020-05-19
The pandemic is spurring fresh efforts to rein in the ability of Big Pharma to put profits over public health.
progressive.org/dispatches/fight-patenting-ensure-access-covid19-relief-leon-200519/

COVID-19 Great Depression: Global Ecosocialism Is the Way Out
Gilbert Mercier | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Suffering in numbers The abstract science of mathematics is a language like music. But while music is in the realm of pure emotion, the language of mathematics only speaks to the mind not the heart. Numbers and equations do not lie. They are not, by essence, subjective. This being said, when the numbers are those …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/covid-19-great-depression-global-ecosocialism-is-the-way-out/

Gene-Editing Vaccines: Forced Vaccination vs. Informed Consent In The Age Of COVID-19
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-19
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/18/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/gene-editing-vaccines-forced-vaccination-vs-informed-consent-age-covid-19/

\'Alarming\' military build-up underway in Libya, as COVID-19 heightens insecurity
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
The civil war in Libya is in danger of intensifying as foreign intervention grows and the spectre of the COVID-19 pandemic adds to a deepening sense of insecurity, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064422

Covid-19 Is Destroying the Myth of American Exceptionalism
Karen J. Greenberg | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Covid-19 Is Destroying the Myth of American Exceptionalism…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-american-exceptionalism/

Technology and Liberties in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2020-05-19
There have been disease outbreaks throughout human history, but never one that has taken place in the era of high-tech tracking tools and \"big data.\" , , Policymakers and technologists have proposed a number of ideas for leveraging such technologies to help suppress the spread of COVID-19. At the ACLU, we recognize the urgency of stemming the pandemic and re-opening America, and don\'t think we should immediately write off any tools that may offer public health benefits. But we shouldn\'t give up critical rights and freedoms unless a proposal is necessary, effective, and proportionate. We are particularly wary…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/technology-and-liberties-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus

Private healthcare hospitals poised to cash in on exploding surgery waiting list
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
The COVID-19 crisis caused NHS Doctors to postponed more than 2million operations after non-emergency surgery was cancelled for at least three months to free up beds for coronavirus patients. This number was just less than eight weeks of booked operations that currently costs the NHS £1billion a month. \"We have to do a really major …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/private-healthcare-hospitals-poised-to-cash-in-on-exploding-surgery-waiting-list/

Post-pandemic \'green shift\' in transport could create up to 15 million jobs
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to a UN-backed report published on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064382

US Sanctions On Iran Fueled By Hate And Money
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-19
John Bolton brought Richard Goldberg from the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies to serve as a senior advisor for the National Security Council, ensuring that sanctions against Iran will intensify even as Iran is wracked by COVID-19.
therealnews.com/stories/sanctions-iran-fueled-hate-money-bolton-coronavirus

When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
Ruth Anna Buffalo | aclu.org | 2020-05-19
Andrea Circle Bear wasn\'t given a death sentence. , , She plead guilty last year to maintaining a drug-involved premises. She was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison. , , But shortly after being transferred from a jail in South Dakota to a federal prison in Texas, Circle Bear died of COVID-19 while in custody, just 28 days after giving birth via C-section while on a ventilator. The 30-year-old member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota was the first federally incarcerated woman to die from COVID-19. , , Just how did a pregnant woman serving time for a drug offense get sent to a crowded f…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/when-a-two-year-sentence-becomes-a-death-sentence

From Mitigation to Containment of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Walensky RP, del Rio C. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
This Viewpoint discusses public health strategies necessary for the US to relax its mitigation strategies–most notably expanded testing, isolation, and contact-tracing in ways that avoid stigmatization of vulnerable populations–and proposes investing returns from a reopened economy to finance testing and public health infrastructure.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764956

Coordination essential to beat coronavirus, keep development goals on track
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
As the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc across the world

The Media Cull Continues
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
In December last year, newspaper circulation continued to fall across the industry. Even The Sun reported a 13 per cent fall in just that one year. All paid-for newspapers continued to see their sales fall year-on-year, with the smallest drop (three per cent) at the Observer. Then the COVID-19 crisis came and ad revenues crashed. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-media-cull-continues/

Tory cuts forced councils to gamble on the property market and it\'s costing front line services
Peadar O\'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 16 May, Gareth Davies reported for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that billion-pound investments made by UK councils in property \"have taken a \'battering\' during the coronavirus pandemic\". These investments include office and retail properties, whose tenants have had to close because of the pandemic. This has led to a shortfall in rental income which will affect the councils\' ability to provide essential public services. | Councils were already overstretched thanks to To…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/05/19/tory-cuts-forced-councils-to-gamble-on-the-property-market-and-its-costing-front-line-services/

Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Pandemics, and Hollywood–Hope and Fear Across a Century of Cinema
Dehority W. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
This Arts and Medicine feature tallies the appearance of infectious disease outbreaks in cinema since 1914, and identifies common themes, such as stigmatization and physician heroism, that characterize the films.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765300

Lives Depend on Argentina\'s Debt Talks
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-19
The New York Times See article on original site Governments won\'t be able to contain the pandemic if they are forced to use scarce foreign currency to make unsustainable debt payments. Argentina is currently engaged in intense negotiations with its creditors over at least $65 billion in government debt. The most important part of that …
cepr.net/lives-depend-on-argentinas-debt-talks/

What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
Jessica Suriano | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
thenation.com/article/society/what-happens-when-you-age-out-of-foster-care-during-a-global-pandemic/

An Illusion of Protection: The Pandemic, the \"Criminal\" Government and Public Distrust of the Media
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Any notion that the UK government actually considers that its primary responsibility is to protect the health and security of the country\'s population ought to have been demolished in 2020. The appalling death toll that continues to mount during the coronavirus pandemic is largely rooted, not merely in government \'incompetence\', but in criminal dereliction of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/an-illusion-of-protection-the-pandemic-the-criminal-government-and-public-distrust-of-the-media/

The revolutionary legacy of Malcolm X
Anthony Monteiro | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little May 19, 1925, was assassinated Feb. 21, 1965, and buried El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He is the most remarkable figure in the African-American nationalist tradition and one of the more important figures in the entire struggle for democracy and Black liberation. In many respects, his legacy defines modern day revolutionary African-American …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-revolutionary-legacy-of-malcolm-x/

Israeli Troops Erect Settler-only Bypass Road in Southern Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-19
Israeli troops reportedly embarked on erecting a bypass road, on Tuesday, in the Huwara village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian media sources said that the road is seven kilometers-long and that it will be located on about 100 acres of Palestinian farm lands. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-erect-settler-only-bypass-road-in-southern-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-erect-settler-only-bypass-road-in-southern-nablus

Israeli Settler Convicted in Dawabsha Arson Attack
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-19
Israel\'s Lod District Court convicted Israeli settler, Amiram Ben-Uliel, on Monday, for his involvement in the arson attack that resulted in the death of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha, the Jerusalem Post reported. Ben-Uliel was involved in the 2015 attack that killed the infant and severely burned his older brother Ahmad and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settler-convicted-in-dawabsha-arson-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-settler-convicted-in-dawabsha-arson-attack

UPDATED: Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians in West Bank and Israel
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-19
Updated: May 20 @ 0651 | The Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 18 Palestinians from across the West Bank. | The following names are the Palestinian residents detained by Israeli forces; | 1.
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-several-palestinians-in-west-bank-and-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-abduct-several-palestinians-in-west-bank-and-israel

Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-fascism-paramilitaries/

Guterres encourages Member States to reach agreement over Ethiopian Nile dam project
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
UN chief António Guterres is encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to persevere with efforts to overcome their differences and reach agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064452

Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice…
thenation.com/article/activism/take-action-now-fight-for-immigrant-justice/

Studies Explore HIV Treatment and Prevention in Pregnant Women
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
Taking dolutegravir along with a single pill containing emtricitabine (FTC) and tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) is the safest, most effective option for pregnant women with HIV and their infants, according to a large international study presented recently at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766181

Another Bank Bailout under Cover of a Virus
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities. When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, \"No more bailouts!\" But what the Act actually said was that the next time the banks failed, they would be subject …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/another-bank-bailout-under-cover-of-a-virus/

Which Side of the \"Vaccine Information War\" Are You On?
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-19
The NY Times launches the first shot in the Vaccine Information War. Do you support individual liberty or collective force? In a recently published opinion piece, The New York Times all but declared war against Americans who question the safety of vaccines. Of course, the war being waged is

Read some Ho Chi Minh for his birthday
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-19
To mark the birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May, 19, 1890, Fight Back is circulating his 1960 article The path which led me to Leninism. | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographer\'s, now as painter of \"Chinese antiquities\" (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patriot who liberated his compatriots; until then, I had read none of his boo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/19/read-some-ho-chi-minh-his-birthday

Making up 28% inside, First Nations inmates are still at threat from COVID-19
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-19
Indigenous Paul GregoireIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 prisoners\' rights Black deaths in custodyMay 19, 2020As governmen…
greenleft.org.au/content/making-28-inside-first-nations-inmates-are-still-threat-covid-19

Why East Beat West on Covid-19 (Part II)
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-19
Andrew SALMON | It is abundantly clear that East Asia has managed the Covid-19 crisis far better than the West. So what is behind this glaring differential? | The first part of this two-part series made statistical East-West comparisons, then dived into culture and communalism, attitudes toward authority, rights to privacy, and differentials in recent historical and epidemic experience. | In this part, Asia Times examines leadership, policy response, vaccination policy, travel and geographic integration,…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/19/why-east-beat-west-on-covid-19-part-ii/

Tomorrow\'s Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation? The Real Story Behind the Alaska Purchase
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-19
Today, the Arctic has increasingly become identified as a domain of great prosperity and cooperation amongst world civilizations on the one side and a domain of confrontation and war on the other. | In 2007, the Russian government first voiced its support for the construction of the Bering Strait rail tunnel connecting the Americas with the Eurasian continent- a policy which has taken on new life in 2020 as Putin\'s Great Arctic Development strategy has wedded itself to the northern extension of the…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/19/tomorrows-arctic-theatre-of-war-or-cooperation-the-real-story-behind-the-alaska-purchase/

\"I was outraged\": Venezuelan foreign minister responds to secretive British \'reconstruction\' plans
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 13 May, The Canary exposed a secretive unit within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dedicated to the \"reconstruction\" of Venezuela. Files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act also detailed private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of British business after a…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/05/19/i-was-outraged-venezuelan-foreign-minister-responds-to-secretive-british-reconstruction-plans/

Harriet Harman says Covid-19 contact tracing app assurances do not cut the mustard
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
New laws to protect the privacy of personal information gathered by the coronavirus contact tracing app are a \"no brainer\"

What do the latest statistics tell us about Covid-19 deaths?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its latest figures for the number of deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales.Here are five things the data tells us about the situation across the country.– The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has passed 44,000Tuesday\'s ONS figures show that 39,071 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to 8 May and had been registered up to 16 May.(PA Graphics)Latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 3,213 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to 10 May.Data f…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/what-do-the-latest-statistics-tell-us-about-covid-19-deaths/

Grenfell Inquiry to resume when possible, but not for several weeks
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The latest stage of the Grenfell Inquiry will not resume until at least July

Scientists dismiss claims \'mega doses\' of vitamin D can protect against Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Scientists have dismissed \"very misleading\" social media reports that so-called \"mega doses\" of vitamin D can protect against coronavirus.Some articles have claimed that the vitamin can act as a protective measure

MPs \'risk becoming 650 super-spreaders\' if forced to return to Westminster
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Plans for MPs to return to Westminster next month risk creating 650 Covid-19 \"super-spreaders\", a Labour MP has warned. | Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the full re-opening of parliament in order to \"stymie\" the government after he indicated last week he would like to see MPs return to parliament as early as June. | It comes as MPs learned that the planned multibillion-pound renovation of the Palace of Westminster is set for a review due to…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/19/mps-risk-becoming-650-super-spreaders-if-forced-to-return-to-westminster/

Ministers face pressure as councils and teachers question school reopening date
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Ministers are facing increasing pressure from council leaders and teaching unions to reconsider their plans to open primary schools in England to more pupils from next month. | Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire has joined a number of local authorities in advising its schools against reopening more widely to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils from 1 June amid safety concerns. | Solihull Council, believed to be one of the first Conservative-led local authorities to question the government\'s proposed start date, has warned that some school places may not be ready for the first week of June. | It came as a poll f…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/ministers-face-pressure-as-councils-and-teachers-question-school-reopening-date/

MSNBC and Fox News finally agree! Media comments on Trump \'taking\' malaria drug against Covid-19 reach new level of bizarre
rt.com | 2020-05-19
MSNBC\'s Joe Scarborough has recommended listening to Fox\'s Neil Cavuto over hydroxychloroquine

\'Fat shaming is cool now?\' Pelosi\'s jab at Trump\'s weight sends #MorbidlyObese trending & the \'Resistance\' can\'t get enough
rt.com | 2020-05-19
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cheered by President Donald Trump\'s critics after dubbing him \"morbidly obese,\" even making the phrase trend online, but many have condemned what they see as a double standard over \"fat shaming.\" | Pelosi\'s comment came during an interview with CNN\'s Anderson Cooper on Monday, telling the pundit she was concerned about the president\'s health after he said he was taking hydroxychloroquine

Fearing the baying mobs? Jamie Dimon roasted for belated show of caring about inequality
rt.com | 2020-05-19
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called for \"rebuilding a more inclusive economy\" in a letter to shareholders. The internet isn\'t buying the plutocrat\'s change of heart, however, reasoning he\'s more concerned about populist rage. | Dimon used his company\'s latest shareholder letter on Tuesday to plead for the rebuilding of…
rt.com/usa/489109-dimon-inequality-shareholders-jpmorgan-coronavirus/

\'Potential benefit outweighed the risk\': Trump\'s doctor pens letter in defense of HCQ, Twitter still unconvinced he\'s taking it
rt.com | 2020-05-19
With media and online pundits going into a full-blown meltdown after US President Donald Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis against coronavirus, his doctor issued a statement in support of the drug. | Trump\'s admission late Monday that he has been taking the experimental drug, originally designed to treat malaria and several other conditions, has caught many off-guard, spawning a torrent of reactions online. | The White House physician says he and the president \"concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks.\" The FDA says there\'s no evidence hydroxy…
rt.com/usa/489029-hydroxychloroquine-doctor-letter-trump/

Keep your distance: US Navy tells vessels in the Gulf to stay 100 yards away or be seen as threat
rt.com | 2020-05-19
The US Navy has issued new guidelines for mariners in the Persian Gulf, warning anyone against approaching too close to its vessels. Those defying the warning would be seen as a threat and met with \"defensive measures.\" | US military vessels will take \"lawful defensive measures\" against ships that would come closer that 100 yards (about 91 meters), warns a new notice to mariners, according to reports by Reuters and AP. | The usual actions taken in case of a close encounter involve turning the ship away from the approaching vessel, sounding a horn and shooting off flares before firing even warning shots. | Also…
rt.com/usa/489140-warning-us-navy-mariners/

The Heat: President Xi supports COVID-19 review
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-19
China says it will support an international review of the coronavirus pandemic when the health emergency ends.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/19/the-heat-president-xi-supports-covid-19-review

What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Considering the number of UN resolutions that Israel has violated throughout the years – the perpetual occupation of Palestine, the siege on Gaza, and the elaborate system of apartheid imposed on Palestinians, finding Israel guilty of war crimes, among others \"serious crimes\" should be a straightforward matter.
mintpressnews.com/icc-investigation-israel-war-crimes-occupied-palestine/267657/

Exposed: CIA used Sheldon Adelson\'s firm to spy on Julian Assange
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-18
The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal reveals explosive new details on the CIA spying and sabotage operation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange….
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/18/exposed-cia-used-sheldon-adelsons-firm-to-spy-on-julian-assange/

US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country.
mintpressnews.com/us-military-planners-advise-expanded-online-psychological-warfare-against-china/267665/

Latin America Braces for Major Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Latin America appears to be on a precipice, about to lose what little control over the COVID-19 pandemic it had. Across the region, daily positive tests are rising rapidly. Chilean figures show infections have doubled since last week. Around 4,000 Peruvians have tested positive each day in the past week. Meanwhile, Argentina, where an official 12 percent mortality rate suggests authorities are testing nowhere near enough people, suffered its two worst days on Friday and Saturday. As figures are often revised upwards the d…
mintpressnews.com/latin-america-massive-spike-covid-19-cases/267674/

Disgraceful yet illuminating reactions to the 2002 coup that briefly ousted Hugo Chavez: IACHR, CPJ and RSF
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The IACHR claimed in 2009 report on Venezuela that its reaction to the \"the attempted coup d\'état [of 2002] was immediate and decisive\" and that it \"warned that these acts constituted an interruption of the constitutional order as defined in the Democratic Charter.\" The evidence it offered Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/disgraceful-yet-illuminating-reactions-to-the-2002-coup-that-briefly-ousted-chavez-iachr-cpj-and-rsf/

As Moderna\'s Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer\'s Recent Promotion of \"Gene-Editing Vaccines\" Comes to Light
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-18
Moderna\'s chief medical officer has described the company\'s products as \"hacking the software of life\" and permanently altering a person\'s genetic code. If Moderna is poised to bring the first Covid-19 vaccine to market, a deeper look at his comments and his employer are warranted. More and more frequently, government officials, political pundits and self-appointed …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/business/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-takes-lead-chief-medical-officers-recent-promotion-gene-editing-vaccines/

Iran Is Not A Victim, It Is One of The Most Influential and Strong-Minded Nations on Earth
Andre Vltchek | iranian.com | 2020-05-18
When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it\'s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments. And one such moment …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/iran-is-not-a-victim-it-is-one-of-the-most-influential-and-strong-minded-nations-on-earth/

How Will COVID-19 Change the World? Historian Frank Snowden on Epidemics From the Black Death to Now
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-18
Pandemics, like revolution, war and economic crises, are key determinants of historic change. We look at the history of epidemics, from Black Death to smallpox to COVID-19, and discuss how the coronavirus will reshape the world with leading medical historian Frank Snowden, author of \"Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.\" He is a professor emeritus at Yale University who has been in Italy since the pandemic began, and himself survived a COVID-19 infection.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/18/frank_snowden_covid_19_epidemics_history

Stir Crazy! Episode #36: Slaves To The Economy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
On today\'s show: Incoming TRNN Executive Director John Duda, PERI Gender and Care Work Program economist Katherine Moos, and Economic Update host and founder of Democracy at Work Richard Wolff. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-36-slaves-to-the-economy

Chicago nursing home workers achieve historic contract
Stephanie Kenific | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-18
Nursing homes are among the places hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
liberationnews.org/chicago-nursing-home-workers-achieve-historic-contract/

[Commentary] The 2019-nCoV pandemic in the global south: A Tsunami ahead
Monica Malta, Anne W. Rimoin, Nicole A. Hoff, Steffanie A. Strathdee | thelancet.com | 2020-05-18
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, high-income countries have faced shortages of medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), ICU beds and ventilators [1]. In this unexpected scenario, physicians working in the world\'s richest nations have been left to decide who will receive mechanical ventilation and, ultimately, who lives and who dies. Most countries in the Global South have yet to experience a significant wave of COVID-19, but are predicted to follow a similar trajectory as the Global North.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30128-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Iran Sends Fuel Tankers to Venezuela, Vows \'Decisive Response\' to US Threats
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-18
Crippling US sanctions have caused severe fuel shortages in the Caribbean nation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14877

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Injure Many, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, Hebron city, and nearby towns of Beit Ummar and Yatta, in addition to the al-\'Arroub refugee camp, in southern West Bank, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted four Palestinians, in addition to wounding several others. Mohammad Awad, a local nonviolent media activist in Beit …
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians, Injure Several Others, In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, eight Palestinians, and injured many others, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded many communities, stormed and ransacked homes, and attack protesters. In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of Ahmad Nabeeh Abu ar-Rob, and violently searched …
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Part II of the Kent-State Series
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-18
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this Part…
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Venezuela Sees COVID-19 Surge as Returning Migrants Surpass 40,000
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-18
Authorities say that 75 percent of recent cases have been \"imported.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14878

Coronavirus impact on world\'s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
news.un.org | 2020-05-18
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world\'s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new UN independent expert on the rights of indigenous peoples said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064322

COVID-19 Exposes The Generational Injustices That Demand Reparations
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Generations of racism created the conditions that made African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19, and reparations are the way to address that injustice.
therealnews.com/stories/covid-19-exposes-generational-injustices-demand-reparations

How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel.
therealnews.com/stories/how-democracy-falls-east-europe-balkans

Covid-19 crisis closes 90 percent of museums globally, UNESCO plans for reopenings
news.un.org | 2020-05-18
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, International Museum Day, revealing that nearly 90 per cent of the treasured cultural institutions have had to close their doors, while almost 13 per cent are under serious threat of never reopening.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064362

Coronavirus \'Immunity Passports\' are not the Answer
Esha Bhandari | aclu.org | 2020-05-18
As governments the world over seek ways to jumpstart economic activity, one proposal is a so-called \"immunity passport\" that would allow certain people who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to return to work before others. We at the ACLU have serious concerns about the adoption of any such proposal, because of its potential to harm public health, incentivize economically-vulnerable people to risk their health by contracting COVID-19, exacerbate racial and economic disparities, and lead to a new health surveillance infrastructure that endangers privacy rights. , , An immunity passport system is fundamentall…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/coronavirus-immunity-passports-are-not-the-answer

The Dem\'s $3 Trillion Dollar HEROES Act Can Not Brace Us for the Coming Shock
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
As the Trump show continues and each side of the political aisle takes aim at each other, the economy\'s freefall is quickly reaching catastrophic levels.
mintpressnews.com/democrats-heroes-act-can-not-brace-us-coming-shock/267687/

Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Before Abducting Him In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Misilyah town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted him after searching and ransacking his home. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of …
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Israeli Military Court Extends Detention of a Palestinian Teen Boy
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
The Israeli military court of Salem, near Jenin city in the West Bank, ordered on Monday, the extension of the detention of Palestinian teenager, Qasem Abu Baker, 17, from the Palestinian village of Y\'abad, south of Jenin city. The mother of Qasem, told media outlets that Monday\'s extension is the …
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Israeli Army Bulldozers Raze Palestinian Farm Land in Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli troops reportedly attacked Palestinian farm land, earlier on Monday, and army bulldozers began razing olive trees in an area estimated at four acres in size. Local Palestinian sources said that the farm land razed is located between the Kafa and Shoufa villages, …
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Climate Music To Soothe And Terrify You
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Imagine if the climate crisis was a musical composition oscillating between musical highs and lows, between hope and despair. The ClimateMusic Project, in collaboration with Richard Festinger, a music composer and educator, has written the \"science-guided\" musical composition \"Icarus in Flight\" using environmental datasets spanning two centuries. | The composition was recently performed by San Francisco\'s Telegraph Quartet to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). | \"Icarus in Flight\" premiered in 2018…
therealnews.com/columns/icarus-in-flight-climate-music-to-soothe-and-terrify-you

US unable to block Iran gasoline shipments to Venezuela: Source
Press TV | iranian.com | 2020-05-18
A senior source within the Iranian petroleum industry says the United States would be practically unable to block shipments of gasoline from Iran to Venezuela at a time the two countries need to cooperate to mitigate the impacts of American sanctions on their energy sectors. Hamid Hosseini, who serves as the spokesman of the Iranian …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/us-unable-to-block-iran-gasoline-shipments-to-venezuela-source/

Detainees call for their release from Mantra prison
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-18
Refugees & migrants Chloe DS and Chris SleeIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 Mantra Hotel detainees MelbourneMay 1…
greenleft.org.au/content/detainees-call-their-release-mantra-prison

Covid Chaos: From lockdown to body bags
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-18
By Rob Woodward

Imperial donate excess food to local food banks and community projects
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-18
Imperial\'s Catering team have donated excess food and drink to support those in need during COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197600/imperial-donate-excess-food-local-food

\'THIS WILL KILL YOU\': Media goes into anti-HCQ panic mode after Trump says he\'s taking the drug to fend off Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Media outlets rushed to denounce hydroxychloroquine after President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it as a prophylactic against the coronavirus. Pundits called the drug dangerous and ineffective based on selected studies. | \"I\'ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I\'m still here,\" Trump said Monday during an event at the White House, adding he had heard good things about the drug from medical professionals. | Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto immediately reacted by bringing up one long-documented side effect of the drug, used for decades to treat malaria and lupus. | \'I cannot stress this enough…
rt.com/usa/489024-hcq-trump-media-panic/

The Heat: China\'s War on Poverty
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-18
China\'s war on poverty. Personal stories, extraordinary access and how China is eradicating poverty.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/18/the-heat-chinas-war-on-poverty

Attempts to whitewash the military coup of April 2002 in Venezuela
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-17
Given the overwhelming support opposition voices have been given in western media since Hugo Chavez was first elected in 1998, it is unsurprising that some would have had the audacity to attempt at least a partial whitewash of what the opposition and its foreign allies did in April of 2002. I\'ll address some of those Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/attempts-to-whitewash-the-military-coup-of-april-2002-in-venezuela/

Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead, Sparking Avalanche Of Rumors Amid Tensions
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
China\'s Ambassador to Israel has been found dead inside his home near Tel Aviv Sunday morning, Israel\'s Foreign Ministry has confirmed. 57-year old ambassador Du Wei had only assumed his post in February 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, due to which he entered a two week mandatory self-quarantine upon his arrival. He\'d previously been China\'s envoy to …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/chinese-ambassador-to-israel-found-dead-sparking-avalanche-of-rumors-amid-tensions/

Boisterous Nakba Day car rally rolls through Minneapolis suburb
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-17
Columbia Heights, MN – Just outside city limits from Northeast Minneapolis, Central Avenue was awash with Palestine flags during Friday rush hour as Palestinian-Americans and solidarity activists commemorated Al-Nakba. Nakba Day, held each year on May 15, remembers the 1948 ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of indigenous Palestinians from their national homeland by Zionist settlers. Around 60 cars and dozens of families drove in a long caravan through the heavily Arab-American neighborhood, with chants of \"From the river to the sea…\" echoing for blocks. The protest was one of many actions that happened…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/17/boisterous-nakba-day-car-rally-rolls-through-minneapolis-suburb

Venezuela: Guaido\'s Leadership in Question Following Failed Coup Attempt
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-17
A letter from Silvercorp\'s lawyers demanding payment has cast doubt on Guaido\'s denials of involvement in a recent paramilitary operation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14876

[Commentary] The imperative for universal healthcare to curtail the COVID-19 outbreak in the USA
Alison P. Galvani, Alyssa S. Parpia, Abhishek Pandey, Charlotte Zimmer, James G. Kahn, Meagan C. Fitzpatrick | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States is growing steeply and spreading widely. As of March 26, national incidence surpassed every other country, and as of April 28 has reported over a million cases. The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the systemic frailties in our healthcare system. More than 78 million people in America do not have access to adequate health insurance [1]. Given that health insurance in the US is typically provided by employers, millions more are at risk of losing their healthcare coverage as unemployment surges.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30124-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] COVID-19 and Healthcare worker\'s families: behind the scenes of frontline response
Amine Souadka, Hajar Essangri, Amine Benkabbou, Laila Amrani, Mohammed Anass Majbar | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare professionals are exposed to a high-risk of infection and mental health problems [1], but also fear of contagion and spreading the virus to their families [2]. In fact, considering them as individuals implies looking beyond their function as frontline responders and taking into account their societal role as parents, spouses and offspring.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30117-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Commentary] Serosurveys and convalescent plasma in COVID-19
Cristina Pérez-Cameo, Juan Marín-Lahoz | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
The current pandemic is not only overwhelming the health systems of the affected countries but also is killing thousands of other ways healthy adults. Convalescent plasma has been proposed [1] and approved to treat COVID-19 based on the experience acquired treating other viral diseases such as influenza, Ebola, and SARS [2]. It is considered a safe treatment (at least its side effects and contraindications are well known) and it has proven to be efficacious in several viral infections for more than a century.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30114-0/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Can we operate our patients without fear during the period of COVID-19 infection?
Jean-Jacques Tuech, Lilian Schwarz | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
We read the paper by Shaoquin LEI and colleagues [1] with great interest. The authors reported 34 patients in whom the infection was revealed after surgery was performed. In this group of patients 15 (44.1%) needed ICU care and 7 (20.5%) died. This retrospective cohort study is the first one to describe the outcome of operative patients with SARS-Cov-2 infection.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30126-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[Commentary] COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities in the care sector
Paulina Cecula, Sir David Behan, Mahiben Maruthappu | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
Covid-19 has spread around the world at a tremendous pace. On April the 12th, the total number of cases in the UK reached 84,279 including 10,612 deaths [1]. The UK Government introduced measures to reduce the spread of disease and the NHS is operating at full capacity to manage the demand. Meanwhile, more than 2000 care homes in England reported Covid-19 cases, which are underrepresented in national statistics [2]. Charities are calling for urgent action to support older people and the care sector.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30134-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Author\'s reply
Shaoqing Lei, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Zhengyuan Xia | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
We thank Tuech et al. and Dr. Ross for their letters in response to our recent study [1]. At the very beginning of the epidemic, we encountered some patients who had no symptoms before surgery but quickly developed COVID-19 pneumonia after surgery. During the period of the research, the participating hospitals performed approximately 15,000 elective surgeries. Our focus was to report those we believe and confident that the surgeries were performed during incubation period. Thus, any infection long after surgery (say, 10 to 14 days after surgery) or those who contacted with confirmed cases of COVID-19 after surger…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30130-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. What are the implications for the commencement of elective surgery?
Gary L Ross | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30129-2/fulltext?rss=yes

AU and UN appeal for \'stable and peaceful environment\' for Burundi elections
news.un.org | 2020-05-17
Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) urged the authorities to provide a safe and secure environment for citizens to cast their votes.
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1000 rally in Brunswick, Georgia demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-17
Brunswick, GA

Grading the States\' Coronavirus Control
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-05-17
I recently wrote a Twitter thread ( 5/12/20) about another New York Times graphic feature that was a good idea, strangely executed. | The good idea, which appears on the Times\' \"Coronavirus in the US\" page, is to sort states in terms of how well they\'re controlling the coronavirus outbreak, using graphs of the daily count of new cases in each state. This seems like a good cho…
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Google Play Removes Iranian App Used against Coronavirus
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
The anti-Iran sanctions imposed by the \"Wild West\" have forced Google to remove Iranian mobile application \'Mask\', developed to tackle the novel coronavirus and warn people to avoid high-risk areas, from its Play Store, a health official said. Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Kianoosh Jahanpoor said in a post on his Twitter account that the homegrown …
iranian.com/2020/05/16/google-play-removes-iranian-app-used-against-coronavirus/

Missing the Context of De Blasio\'s \'Jewish Community\' Tweet
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2020-05-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) to \"the Jewish community.\" | Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. | Right-wing voices throughout the media thought they found one with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) about a Hasidic funeral that violated Covid-19 social-distancing rules. But their shoddy coverage was the real shanda. | The background is this: Some Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, members of a strictly Ort…
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[Editorial] Reviving the US CDC
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1 ∑3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80‚Äà684 as of May 12. States that were initially the hardest hit, such as New York and New Jersey, have decelerated the rate of infections and deaths after the implementation of 2 months of lockdown. However, the emergence of new outbreaks in Minnesota, where the stay-at-home order is set to lift in mid-May, and Iowa, which did not enact any restrictions on movement or commerce, has prompted pointed new questions about the inconsistent and incoherent national response to the COVID-19…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31140-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Offline: Don\'t let COVID-19 divert us completely
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
Dr Robert Spencer, a trustee of Dr Edward Jenner\'s House, Garden and Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, wrote to me last week on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox (May 8). He was polite but disappointed: \"On this day in 1980 the WHO announced the eradication of smallpox from the world. This infection, which probably caused more deaths than any other disease, was finally condemned to the history books. Sorry to see you had no space in this week\'s edition of The Lancet to commemorate this milestone, especially at a time of COVID-19 pandemic.\" Dr Spencer was right to admonish me.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31130-2/fulltext?rss=yes

This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
While the U.S. government and global health \"authorities\" debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory. It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, \"We are looking for a …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/this-us-state-already-established-legal-means-mandatory-vaccinations/

Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead \"Operation Warp Speed\", Trump\'s plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command. According …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/trump-appoints-big-pharma-exec-connected-bill-gates-head-vaccine-developments/

Cultivating a taste for traditional crops in Hawaii
news.un.org | 2020-05-16
Hundreds of millions of people go hungry around the world, and there are fears the COVID-19 pandemic could make matters worse. In Hawaii, researchers think that bringing back overlooked, traditional crops, could help feed many vulnerable people. As part of an ongoing series focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and ahead of International Day of Biodiversity marked annually on 22 May, UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to see how researchers are trying to cultivate a taste for indigenous crops.
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\'The American friends\': New court files expose Sheldon Adelson\'s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-15
An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson\'s Las Vegas Sands played in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/

DeRay McKesson on the Threat to Protesters\' Rights
aclu.org | 2020-05-15
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, protests have erupted across the country. Some are related to the virus: Protestors in Ohio and Michigan took to the streets and state capitols to call for an end to their governors\' stay-at-home orders. Others are calling out an ongoing injustice: the killing, often at the hands of the state, of Black Americans. Now, the rights of participants in protests across the spectrum could be at stake unless the Supreme Court weighs in on an important decision., , In this episode of At Liberty, we speak with DeRay McKesson, an activist at the center of an important ACLU…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/deray-mckesson-on-the-threat-to-protesters-rights

Democracy At Stake: \"Faithless Electors\" SCOTUS Case Tests If Electoral College Members Can Go Rogue
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could shape the outcome of future presidential elections. The question at hand was whether Electoral College members can \"go rogue\" and support candidates who did not win the state\'s popular vote. In 2016, one of Colorado\'s nine electors, Michael Baca, attempted to cast his Electoral College ballot for Republican John Kasich instead of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Colorado secretary of state at the time

\"Can Democracy Survive the Pandemic?\": Election Hangs in the Balance as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the November presidential election, as President Trump and the GOP capitalize on the moment to attack voting rights. We speak with Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, whose new cover story examines the bureaucratic and political challenges of mobilizing widespread vote-by-mail by November. We also speak with Jena Griswold, secretary of state of Colorado, which already has universal vote-by-mail and the second-highest voter turnout in the country.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/securing_2020_election_during_pandemic

\"The Wuhan of the Americas\": U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The United States continues to deport thousands during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean. We speak with Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat, who says \"U.S. deportations to Haiti during coronavirus pandemic are \'unconscionable,\'\" and go to Guatemala City for an update from reporter José Alejandro García Escobar.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/us_deportations_haiti_guatemala_coronavirus

Climate Crisis: KXL Ruling, Unity Task Force, California Pollution, and TRNN\'s New Climate Reporter
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Climate activists get a big court win on Keystone XL as the Biden and Sanders camps unite. California has delayed air pollution rules at the behest of industry during COVID-19 as polluting oil tankers line its coast.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-kxl-ruling-unity-task-force-california-pollution-and-trnns-new-climate-reporter

Tampa students demand COVID-19 relief for undocumented students
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Tampa, FL – On May 14, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a car protest at the University of South Florida (USF) to demand COVID-19 relief funds for undocumented students. USF has offered no financial help for undocumented students during the pandemic and the only COVID-19 aid for students is the CARES Act Fund, for which DACA and undocumented students are ineligible. | Students and SDS members parked near the USF president\'s mansion on campus for socially-distanced speeches and chants demanding that USF provide relief for undocumented students. Simon Rowe, a member of SDS stated, \"DACA stude…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/tampa-students-demand-covid-19-relief-undocumented-students

The Secretive Police Commission The Justice Department Doesn\'t Want You To Notice
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
PAR learns about life under lockdown with COVID-19 from a guest just released from 10 months of incarceration, and examines the secretive police commission created by Attorney General Barr.
therealnews.com/stories/police-accountability-report-secret-police-commission-justice-department-attorney-general-barr

Plan Now for Vaccination Decisions to Come
Joe Amon | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
Who should be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine once it is available?
progressive.org/op-eds/plan-for-vaccination-decisions-to-come-amon-200515/

UPS Teamsters plan call-in to demand hazard pay
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Salt Lake City, UT – UPS Teamsters are working extremely long hours in hazardous conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting themselves and their families at risk with no hazard pay. UPS was late to provide sufficient personal protective equipment for workers and only did so after workers demanded it. Still, many areas lack the appropriate PPE to stay safe at work. The Teamsters union has not put hazard pay on the negotiating table for UPS Teamsters; workers are organizing on the shop floor to win their demand. UPS recently announced their quarterly profits at almost $1 billion. | \"UPS is making hundreds of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/ups-teamsters-plan-call-demand-hazard-pay

COVID-19 shows crucial role of the UN, says next General Assembly President
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the \'crucial role\' of the UN and its agencies, according to the veteran Turkish diplomat and parliamentarian who, as the only candidate for the top job, is slated to lead the historic 75th session of the General Assembly which begins in September.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064142

Child vaccinations down in DR Congo, and COVID-19 is not helping: UNICEF
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certainly going to make matters worse, the United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) says. If the trend continues, it could trigger a resurgence in deadly childhood diseases such as polio, chickenpox, measles, yellow fever, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and meningitis.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064212

Still in the Dark in Wisconsin
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
Health officials don\'t have an up-to-date count of people who got COVID-19 after attending a \'large gathering.\'…
progressive.org/dispatches/still-in-the-dark-in-wisconsin-lueders-200515/

Millions of migrants across Russia, Central Asia, \'teetering on the brink\', as UN launches urgent appeal
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched an urgent $7 million appeal on Thursday, to ease the impact of COVID-19 on migrant communities in five Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation, where the pandemic is pushing a growing number of migrant workers into poverty.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064182

\'Boogaloo Boy\' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-15
\"Boogaloo Boys\"

Almost 3 million more applied for Unemployment Insurance last week
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
San José, CA – On Thursday, May 14, the Labor Department reported more bad news, saying that almost 3 million people applied for unemployment insurance in the previous week ending May 9. This means that over the last eight weeks more than 36 million people applied after losing jobs and income. Another 3.5 million are collecting the federal government\'s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, which goes to the self-employed. This brings the total number of recently unemployed people to about 40 million. | This report was worse than mainstream economists expected, with a drop of only 200,000 from the week before,…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/almost-3-million-more-applied-unemployment-insurance-last-week

Chicagoland area Arabs and Muslims continue to fight racist, incompetent, township board during pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Chicago, IL – On May 11, over 30 Arab and Muslim community members and their allies joined a Palos Township online meeting to continue demanding the resignation of the racist trustee, Sharon Brannigan. | Since the global pandemic forced the state of Illinois and its functions to be moved to digital forms, the Palos Township started to hold its monthly general meetings via Zoom. | The #ResignBrannigan coalition, which has been demanding the resignation of Brannigan since July of 2017, refused to let the quarantine get in the way of their campaign and took the fight to Zoom. | The meeting, like usual, became heated…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/14/chicagoland-area-arabs-and-muslims-continue-fight-racist-incompetent-township-board-during

The Sound and Fury of \'America Strong\'
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
What\'s the best way to honor medical professionals during a pandemic? Why, with a public display of militarism, of course!
progressive.org/dispatches/sound-and-fury-of-america-strong-ervin-200515/

Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-15
Media…
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Philippines typhoon recovery, complicated by coronavirus concerns
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
As Typhoon Vongfong slammed the Philippines on Thursday, tens of thousands of people fled to cramped shelters, raising fears that without proper safety precautions in place, evacuation centres could become a hotbed of coronavirus infection, the UN emergency humanitarian relief agency (OCHA) said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064202

Foreign Policy Sees \'Repression\' in Vietnam\'s Fight Against Coronavirus – In the US, government may surveill you, but at least it doesn\'t protect your health
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-15
Foreign Policy ( 5/12/20) illustrates a story on \"repression\" in Vietnam with a photo of a \"propaganda poster\" encouraging people to wear masks. | A recent piece in Foreign Policy ( 5/12/20) is headed with a photograph of a placard that features an image of a nurse demonstrating the importance of wearing a face mask as both personal and interpersonal protection against the coronavirus. But reader beware: It\'s not pu…
fair.org/home/foreign-policy-sees-repression-in-vietnams-fight-against-coronavirus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-policy-sees-repression-in-vietnams-fight-against-coronavirus

HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.
therealnews.com/columns/heroes-act-includes-utility-shutoff-ban-4-billion-for-broadband-access

Our Revolution Los Angeles Leaves Democratic Party
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-05-15
Our Revolution Los Angeles\' overwhelming vote to leave the Democratic Party and join the Movement for a People\'s Party on Monday has ignited a fierce debate in the progressive movement over whether Bernie supporters should continue trying to reform the Democratic Party or form the major new party that the majority of Americans want.
peoplesparty.org/our-revolution-los-angeles-leaves-democratic-party/

Iranian Warns US Acts Over Venezuela Fuel Shipments Will Not \'Go Without Repercussion\'
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
An Iranian news agency has warned the US against taking action against several Iranian-flagged tankers transporting fuel to Venezuela, as Washington has threatened. \"If the United States, just like pirates, intends to create insecurity on international waterways, it would be taking a dangerous risk and that will certainly not go without repercussion,\" Iran\'s Nour News …
iranian.com/2020/05/15/iranian-warns-us-acts-over-venezuela-fuel-shipments-will-not-go-without-repercussion/

The Heat: China-U.S. tensions
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-15
U.S. President Donald Trump renews his attacks against China, as tensions flare between the two economic powers.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/15/the-heat-china-u-s-tensions

Hell No, You Can\'t be Safer at Home
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Wisconsin Supreme Court, in act of \'blatant . . . judicial activism,\' strikes down state rules meant to curb spread of COVID-19.
progressive.org/dispatches/hell-no-you-cant-be-safer-at-home-conniff-200514/

When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Cope, Relieve Suffering?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
We look at the tremendous emotional toll the coronavirus is taking on families when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home, with Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She helped start a 24-hour palliative care hotline for COVID-19 patients in New York City that served nearly 900 people in a four-week period.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/diane_meier_palliative_care

Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone, Anxious & Depressed
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
Is the coronavirus pandemic generating a mental illness crisis? Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. We speak with psychology professor and author Andrew Solomon, as the United Nations calls on governments to put mental health \"front and center\" in their response to the crisis.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/andrew_solomon

Prisons Are Using the Pandemic to Impose Lockdowns
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Advocates say the extreme restrictions on movement are punitive and dangerous.
progressive.org/dispatches/prisons-using-pandemic-lockdowns-chen-200514/

Why China is not the aggressor
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-14
The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying and threatening the United States. Don\'t fall for it

US Should Release Occupational Data in COVID-19 Death Reports
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-14
Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that UK women working in care occupations are two times as likely to die from COVID-19 as women in professional and technical occupations. In addition, UK men in low-paid, manual jobs are four times as likely to die from the virus as men in professional and technical jobs. The …
cepr.net/us-should-release-occupational-data-in-covid-19-death-reports/

In Fear of Falling Behind and Privacy Invasions, Students Demand Action on Remote Learning
Kate Ruane | aclu.org | 2020-05-14
Mia\'s high school peers are completing class assignments from their school parking lot because they, like many families in their rural Maryland community, lack access to internet at home. Delina, a high school junior from Arizona, has to wait until all her younger siblings finish their schoolwork using the one computer at home before she can use it to start hers. One student from New Jersey fears that the lack of privacy protections for students using remote learning technology puts their mom at increased risk of deportation. , , This is the reality of education in America during the COVID-19 crisis, accordin…
aclu.org/news/disability-rights/in-fear-of-falling-behind-and-privacy-invasions-students-demand-action-on-remote-learning

Israel Strips Financial Aid From Palestinian Prisoners, Leaving Them To Face COVID-19 Alone
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-14
Calls and visits are denied to many of Israel\'s Palestinian prisoners, leaving their fate in the pandemic unknown.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-financial-aid-from-palestinian-prisoners-coronavirus

Bay Area car caravan: Stop state executions by COVID-19!
Patricia Gorky | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-14
More than 80 cars drove around San Quentin prison in Marin County, California on Sat. May .
liberationnews.org/stop-state-executions-0509/

AI-Powered Medical \"Pre-Crime\" Is Officially Here To \"Fight COVID-19\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/ai-powered-medical-pre-crime-officially-here-fight-covid-19/

Corruption and the Pandemic Bailout
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-14
(This piece was originally posted on my Patreon page.) Neil Irwin had an interesting New York Times piece on how concerns about moral hazard in the bailout may damage the recovery. The gist of the article is that the fear that bad actors will be wrongly rewarded will prevent us from spending enough money to …
cepr.net/corruption-and-the-pandemic-bailout/

ideas that are lying around
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-05-14
| LYING AROUND … | During a crisis, when people are disoriented, afraid and focused on survival, it is much easier to push through horrific policies that will punish working and poor people with austerity, further privatize our commons, and transfer wealth from the bottom to the top. | But Friedman\'s legacy didn\'t end with his own work. We see the Shock Doctrine playbook everywhere in US policy. | We saw it in the \"rebuilding\" of Iraq, the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Maria, and of course,…
peoplesparty.org/ideas-that-are-lying-around/

The Other Americans: Trump is Spreading the Virus
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Deportations of migrants are exacerbating already weakened health care systems in Latin America.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-is-spreading-the-virus-abbott-200514/

Who\'s Fighting The War Against Cash?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-14
Mastercard, Visa, and Bill Gates are all pushing for polices to make it harder to use cash, hoping to keep closer tabs on the population through the trail of electronic transactions.
therealnews.com/stories/who-is-fighting-war-against-cash-visa-mastercard-bill-gates

DeVos is Rolling Back Protections for Sexual Harassment and Assault Survivors in Schools. We\'re Suing to Put a Stop to It
Jennesa Calvo-Friedman | aclu.org | 2020-05-14
By the time a student graduates from college

Three essential measures to make workplaces COVID-19 safe
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Workers & unions Fred FuentesIssue 1265 Australia COVID-19 Australian Council of Trade UnionsMay 14, 2020Success in suppressing the spread of COVID-19, along with expanded testing, has l…
greenleft.org.au/content/avoid-new-covid-19-clusters-workers-need-say-safe-workplaces

Donald Trump does not represent human nature
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Green Left Peter BoyleIssue 1265 Australia Green Left Fighting FundMay 14, 2020Just as horrific as the growing COVID-19 death toll and infection numbers in the United States is the spectacle of the daily tantrums of its megalomaniac President Donald Trump. | Tru…
greenleft.org.au/content/donald-trump-does-not-represent-human-nature

The Heat: Brazil now ranks sixth in global pandemic infections
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-14
Brazil records its deadliest day yet from the coronavirus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/14/the-heat-brazil-now-ranks-sixth-in-global-pandemic-infections

Vigil for Peace in Yemen: A New Norm
Kathy Kelly | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
U.S. national security leaders and stakeholders in war, as they shelter in place, have an extraordinary opportunity to set a new norm and link with the vigil for Peace in Yemen…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/vigil-for-peace-in-yemen-a-new-norm/

Bernie\'s Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
Photo by StoopDown/Shutterstock.com Politics is ultimately about life and death, as the current pandemic horrors make clear. Policies that can seem abstract not only routinely harm quality of life; they also kill. Both Bernie Sanders campaigns for president have brought a principled seriousness to the national discourse that no other candidate has come near Read…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/bernies-decision-retreat-should-not-be-confused-with-surrender/

Naomi Klein: Healthcare Industry Sees \"Potential Bonanza\" of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
As the top infectious disease expert testifies to the Senate that needless death and suffering could result from reopening too quickly, author and journalist Naomi Klein says a \"pandemic shock doctrine\" is beginning to emerge. \"The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that\'s a win for them.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/13/naomi_klein_coronavirus_healthcare

Screen New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
In her new report for The Intercept on the \"Screen New Deal,\" Naomi Klein looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is more high-tech than previous disasters

[UPDATED] Venezuelan Oil Sector Continues Slump Amid Pandemic, US Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-13
The Maduro government is working to repair refineries with Chinese and Iranian assistance to tackle fuel shortages.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14874

Market \"Solutions\" to the Covid-19 Crisis
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The Fed has opened a free money spigot to investors, bankers, and to big business of all types, and has simply declared \"come on in and take it.\" And if the $6 trillion to date isn\'t enough, we\'ll provide…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/market-solutions-to-the-covid-19-crisis/

Billionaires Are the Biggest Threat to Public Schools
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
For education \"disruptors\" like Bill Gates and Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 isn\'t a crisis–it\'s an opportunity.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/billionaires-threat-public-schools/

COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The wasting disease of normalcy is the far greater existential threat and our survival requires that we meet it with at least the same courage, generosity and ingenuity…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/covid-19-and-the-wasting-disease-of-normalcy/

Love In A Dangerous Time
Mike Ferner | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
If we can expand our consciousness and compassion, we can begin to comprehend our government\'s behavior in the world and come out of this pandemic demanding to be better members of the human family…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/love-in-a-dangerous-time/

ICE Eases Threat but \"Essential\" Immigrant Farmworkers Struggle to Feed Themselves During Coronavirus
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
Immigrant farm workers have long been essential to the U.S. But they have never been recognized, respected or properly rewarded for their labor…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/ice-eases-threat-but-essential-immigrant-farmworkers-struggle-to-feed-themselves-during-coronavirus/

Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The coronavirus is not just a threat to our personal and collective health; it is a threat to our democratic institutions as well. We need to protect lives and democracies…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/can-democracy-survive-the-coronavirus/

\'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics\' – CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on the coronavirus food crisis
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-13
Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists\' Ricardo Salvador about the coronavirus food crisis for the May 8, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics

The bigger picture is hiding behind a virus
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
If only we could redirect our gaze, if we could seize back control of our attention for a moment, we might understand that we are being plagued not just by a virus but by our fear, our hate, our hunger, our selfishness…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/the-bigger-picture-is-hiding-behind-a-virus/

U.S. Officials Chart a Course for Greenland\'s Future
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
Trump\'s talk of buying the island fits a broader pattern of efforts to keep the island under U.S. influence.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-officials-course-for-greenland-future-hunt-200513/

\"Losing the Fabric of the City\": COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic\'s disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago\'s first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago\'s population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report \"COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn\'t Have To.\" She says the story paints a picture of \"sophisticated structural racism\" in Chicago.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/chicago_70_black_people_dead_first

Los New Yorkers: Essential, Underprotected Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Survive in Epicenter
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
As the coronavirus continues to devastate New York City communities, we hear the voices of undocumented New Yorkers about how they are surviving the pandemic. Their stories are told in a new ProPublica story headlined \"Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic\'s Epicenter.\" We speak with one of the story\'s reporters, Adriana Gallardo.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/los_new_yorkers_essential_undocumented_workers

[Research Paper] Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017
ISDBICC | thelancet.com | 2020-05-12
CGF indicators have improved in India, but there are substantial variations between the districts in their magnitude and rate of decline, and the inequality between districts has increased in a large proportion of the states. The poor correlation between the national surveys for CGF estimates highlights the need to standardise collection of anthropometric data in India. The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30061-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
‚òéÔ∏èüó£Call your Reps. to ‚úÇ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we\'ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone

Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this week\'s…
projectcensored.org/kent-state-50th-with-mickey-huff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kent-state-50th-with-mickey-huff

The Censorship of Inequality in the Covid-19 Era: How Corporate and Market-Based Metrics Rule the News, and Why it Matters
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
By Anthony DiMaggio The old adage that \"the more things change the more they stay the same\" seems particularly appropriate to media coverage in the Covid-19 crisis. Old patterns of media…
projectcensored.org/the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters

Etazini vle depà≤te yon gwo asasen an Ayiti
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
ayiboPost Al gade nan atik sou sit orijinal la An Anglè Pandan pandemi COVID-19 la, prèske tout fwontyè ak ayewopà≤ nan mond lan fèmen men avyon Imigrasyon leta Ameriken (ICE) kontinye vole. Chak 2 a 3 semèn, yon và≤l depà≤tasyon konpayi Swift Air, LLC opere, ateri nan ayewopà≤ Pà≤toprens. Apre youn nan và≤l sa yo …
cepr.net/etazini-vle-depote-yon-gwo-asasen-an-ayiti/

Mountains Of Evidence Show COVID-19 Was All Over The World Oct/Nov 2019, Why Is It Being Ignored?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-12
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/12/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/mountains-evidence-show-covid-19-was-all-over-world-oct-nov-2019-why-being-ignored/

Trump Is Using COVID-19 As An Excuse To Let Polluters Destroy The Earth
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
Trump\'s former coal lobbyist EPA administrator is letting oil, gas, and coal take advantage of the global pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-is-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-let-polluters-destroy-the-earth

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis – NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Nina Eichacker | fair.org | 2020-05-12
I recently wrote a piece for FAIR ( 4/25/20) about how I felt more optimistic about media reporting on the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite what I saw as a failure to clearly call out capitalist market reliance. The New York Times was calling for people to remember FDR\'s Four Freedoms, and even the Financial Times was encouraging readers to think about Beveridge\'s Full Employment in a Free Society. N…
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Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food. The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.8 percent in April, driven again by large price declines in sectors that were hit hard by pandemic-related shutdowns. Gas prices fell 20.6 percent, following a drop of 10.5 percent in March. They are …
cepr.net/prices-2020-05/

Stir Crazy! Episode #32: Don\'t Make Us Regret This!
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
On today\'s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, co-host of \"By Any Means Necessary\" Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-32-dont-make-us-regret-this

The Heat: Countries face economic fallout from COVID-19
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-12
In the United States the latest government figures show 20.5 million people lost their jobs in April, raising the unemployment rate to 14.7%. Both are post-World War II records. The European Union is now forecasting the worst economic outlook since the Great Depression. While …
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/12/the-heat-countries-face-economic-fallout-from-covid-19

Guaidó\'s mercenary hit contract on Venezuela\'s Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squad killings
Alan MacLeod | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
The leaked contract between Juan Guaidó and the Silvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/10/guaido-mercenary-contract-venezuelas-maduro-us-bounty-death-squad/

Bombshell: Crowdstrike admits \'no evidence\' Russia stole emails from DNC server
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: \"We did…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/11/bombshell-crowdstrike-admits-no-evidence-russia-stole-emails-from-dnc-server/

Trump Death Clock: Creator Eugene Jarecki Says \"Reckless Mishandling\" of COVID-19 Must Be Quantified
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 80,000, an unusual new billboard called the Trump Death Clock in New York City\'s Times Square keeps tally of lives lost to government inaction. \"What we found was that there was an amazing and very dark truth underlying the numbers that spoke to reckless mishandling of a pandemic by the president and his team, and we felt that ought to be quantified,\" says Eugene Jarecki, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and activist behind the project.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/eugene_jarecki_trump_death_clock

\"Weaponized and Racialized\": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks

Western Venezuela Rocked by Rolling Blackouts
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-11
Low water levels at hydroelectric dams, \"terrorist sabotage\" and damaged infrastructure have been blamed for the power cuts.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14873

Doctors Speak Out About COVID 19 & The Violent Suppression Of Your Rights
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
The only question, is whether We The People have the courage to stand for what we know to be right, or if we will allow ourselves to be scared into passively accepting the \"new normal,\" a locked down controlled society that was prepped for, planned out, and designed years ago. I for one, will never …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/doctors-speak-out-about-covid-19-violent-suppression-your-rights/

SPLC fights to keep children out of juvenile detention, other confined settings during pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-05-11
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/11/splc-fights-keep-children-out-juvenile-detention-other-confined-settings-during-pandemic

This Is Why You Can\'t Trust The Fact Checkers
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
For the last eight years I have worked as a writer, researcher, and investigative reporter for many well-known American independent media outlets. I have spent my time investigating digital surveillance technology, attacks on indigenous communities, and the overall growth of the government and corporate power. As someone working in this field, writing about topics which …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-the-fact-checkers/

[UPDATED] Venezuela Makes Fresh Arrests as Opposition Splinters over Failed Coup
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-10
Trump said the operation \"was not a good attack,\" again denying any US involvement.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14869

New York pandemic spending favors wealthy over workers
Vincent Tsai and Camden Goetz | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-10
New York politicians have recently barreled forward with plans for massive cuts to public spending.
liberationnews.org/new-york-pandemic-spending-favors-wealthy-over-workers/

Women In Prisons Say They\'re Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Women say they\'re being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
therealnews.com/stories/women-in-prisons-say-theyre-being-punished-for-speaking-out-about-covid-19-risks

Largest Public Utility To Outsource Hundreds Of Jobs Amid Covid-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Despite Trump\'s \'America First\' policy, the Tennessee Valley Authority is outsourcing hundreds of federal jobs overseas.
therealnews.com/stories/largest-public-utility-to-outsource-hundreds-of-jobs-amid-covid-19

\"Gene-Edited\" Future Justified By COVID-19 & France Admits Athletes Infected At Wuhan Military Games
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/8/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/gene-edited-future-justified-by-covid-19-france-admits-athletes-infected-at-wuhan-military-games/

Silvercorp co-founder speaks with The Grayzone: What did State Department know about failed Venezuela invasion?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-08
The Grayzone speaks to Drew White

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America\'s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-05-08
Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers of people sick or dying from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation\'s super-rich remain a notable exception. Financially, they are doing remarkably well. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, between March 18 and April 28, Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-americas-billionaires-thrive-and-prosper/

HIGH-FREQUENCY failure of combination antiretroviral therapy in paediatric HIV infection is associated with unmet maternal needs causing maternal NON-ADHERENCE
Jane R. Millar, Nomonde Bengu, Rowena Fillis, Ken Sprenger, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Vinicius A. Vieira, Nisreen Khambati, Moherndran Archary, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Andreas Groll, Nicholas Grayson, John Adamson, Katya Govender, Krista Dong, Photini Kiepiela, Bruce D. Walker, David Bonsall, Thomas Connor, Matthew J. Bull, Nelisiwe Nxele, Julia Roider, Nasreen Ismail, Emily Adland, Maria C. Puertas, Javier Martinez-Picado, Philippa C. Matthews, Thumbi Ndung\'u, Philip Goulder, the Ucwaningo Lwabantwana Consortium | thelancet.com | 2020-05-08
The success of early infant testing and cART initiation strategies is severely limited by subsequent cART non-adherence in HIV-infected children. Although there are practical challenges to administering paediatric cART formulations, these are overcome by mothers who themselves are cART-adherent. These findings point to the ongoing obligation to address the unmet needs of the mothers. Eliminating the particular barriers preventing adequate treatment for these vulnerable women and infants need to be prioritised in order to achieve durable suppression of viraemia on cART, let alone HIV cure/remission, in HIV-infecte…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30088-2/fulltext?rss=yes

U.S. to roll back infection control rules in nursing homes in midst of pandemic
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-08
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of long-term care facilities were failing to maintain appropriate standards of hygiene and disease prevention.
liberationnews.org/u-s-to-roll-back-infection-control-rules-in-nursing-homes-in-midst-of-pandemic/

Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-08
Media…
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In NYC pandemic used as excuse to crackdown on the homeless
Vincent Tsai | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-08
This follows incitement by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo against the homeless.
liberationnews.org/in-nyc-pandemic-used-as-excuse-to-crackdown-on-the-homeless/

US Investigating Ex-Green Beret, Denies \'Direct\' Involvement in Failed Venezuela Coup
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-07
New documents confirm that the Venezuelan opposition signed a contract with Florida-based Silvercorp to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14867

[Correspondence] Calling for a COVID-19 One Health Research Coalition
John H Amuasi, Christian Walzer, David Heymann, Hélène Carabin, Le Thi Huong, Andrew Haines, Andrea S Winkler | thelancet.com | 2020-05-07
Emerging from its ancestral bat host in December, 2019,1 possibly at a wildlife trading market in Wuhan, China,2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had by mid-April, 2020, spread globally, infecting more than 2 million individuals and causing at least 130‚Äà000 deaths. Travel restrictions were imposed, borders sealed, schools and businesses closed, and more than half of humanity locked down, all to reduce the spread of this virus.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31028-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-07
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C.

How capitalism and racism hold back a COVID-19 cure
Neal Sweeney | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-07
In a few short months, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has swept the world without any proven treatment or vaccine.
liberationnews.org/how-capitalism-and-racism-hold-back-a-covid-19-cure/

The Heat: COVID-19 Pandemic-U.S. and Japan
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-07
A new government document projects the daily death toll in the U.S. could reach 3000 by June 1. Japan is extending its state of emergency until May 31.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/07/the-heat-covid-19-pandemic-u-s-and-japan

[Correspondence] COVID-19-associated nephritis: early warning for disease severity and complications?
Oliver Gross, Onnen Moerer, Manfred Weber, Tobias B Huber, Simone Scheithauer | thelancet.com | 2020-05-06
Among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), parameters for the prediction of the need for admission to intensive care units (ICUs) are urgently needed to enable appropriate resource allocation. Here we report that analysis of a urine sample on admission to hospital can be used to detect systemic capillary leak syndrome, which can be a predictor of fluid overload, respiratory failure, need for ICU admission, and death.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31041-2/fulltext?rss=yes

U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-06
On May 6, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) headed a congressional oversight letter with 107 other members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing disappointment to the Trump Administration\'s reversal of the policy limiting the use of antipersonnel landmines to the defense of South Korea, and seeking answers to …
peaceaction.org/2020/05/06/u-s-reverses-policy-on-use-of-landmines/

A Massive \"COVID-19\" Cover Up Is Underway & \'US Mercenaries\' Caught In Venezuelan Coup Attempt
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/5/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/massive-covid-19-cover-up-underway-us-mercenaries-caught-venezuelan-coup-attempt/

Horrifying Glimpse Into How DARPA Will \"Save\" You From COVID-19 & Venezuela Coup Tied Back To Trump
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/6/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/horrifying-glimpse-into-how-darpa-will-save-you-from-covid-19-venezuela-coup-tied-back-to-trump/

Clase dominante a los obreros: tu labor o tu vida
Bratton Young | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-06
Los trabajadores de todo el país se preparan para un regreso prematuro a sus trabajos a pesar de las advertencias de salud pública de un segundo aumento en las infecciones por el Coronavirus. Un total de 23 estados, con una población combinada de 120 millones de personas, han emitido órdenes de \"regreso al trabajo\" que entrarán en vigencia en los próximos días.
liberationnews.org/clase-dominante-a-los-obreros-tu-labor-o-tu-vida/

Ruling class tells workers: your job or your life
Bratton Young | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-06
Workers across the country are bracing for a premature return to their jobs despite public health warnings of a second spike in Coronavirus infections.
liberationnews.org/ruling-class-tells-workers-your-job-or-your-life/

The Heat: COVID-19 impact on U.S.-China relations & Russia battles coronavirus
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-06
China-U.S. relations under strain over COVID-19. And, Russia battles coronavirus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/06/the-heat-covid-19-impact-on-u-s-china-relations-russia-battles-coronavirus

New PSL book: \'Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism\'
Sunil Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
\"It is a small book, but expansive in outlook in a way that echoes the holistic eco-socialist society we will need…\"
liberationnews.org/new-psl-book-climate-solutions-beyond-capitalism/

Venezuela: Two US Citizens Captured in Botched Coup Attempt
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-05
Two former green berets were arrested in a second failed assault on Venezuelan shores on Monday.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14864

[Correspondence] Is the HScore useful in COVID-19?
David L Leverenz, Teresa K Tarrant | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Puja Mehta and colleagues1 suggest using the HScore2 to detect hyperinflammatory states in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The HScore is validated for the diagnosis of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH), a condition that shares a similar cytokine profile to severe COVID-19.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31057-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Acute limb ischaemia in two young, non-atherosclerotic patients with COVID-19
Paolo Perini, Bilal Nabulsi, Claudio Bianchini Massoni, Matteo Azzarone, Antonio Freyrie | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was announced a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020.1 As of May 3, 2020, Italy is one of the countries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 28‚Äà884 confirmed deaths.2 In addition to pulmonary insufficiency, COVID-19 is associated with other life-threatening complications such as sepsis, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism.3,4 Here we describe patients with COVID-19 who presented with acute limb ischaemia but did not have atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, or pre-existing blood clotting disorders.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31051-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus co-infection
Elena Cuadrado-Payán, Enrique Montagud-Marrahi, Manuel Torres-Elorza, Marta Bodro, Miquel Blasco, Esteban Poch, Alex Soriano, Gaston J Piñeiro | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Since December, 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been an international public health emergency.1–3 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mimics the influenza virus regarding clinical presentation, transmission mechanism, and seasonal coincidence.3 Thus, co-infection by both viruses is feasible. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of co-infection is known, although the diagnosis was sequential.4 Here, we present four cases of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza co-infection, diagnosed simultaneously.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31052-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Pandemic-related excess mortality (COVID-19), public health measures and funerary rituals
Eric Crubézy, Norbert Telmon | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Faced to COVID-19, the earliest public health recommendations in France [1] forbade washing of the body and mandated inhumation and cremation within 24 h, recommendations similar to those when case-patients were, more likely than non–case-patients, to have participated in funeral rituals. When a patient is hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2, family and friends were not allowed to be with him or her, and the farewells were done as the patient got into the ambulance. The grieving process, however, implies three phases [2]: viewing of the body, performing a collective ceremony to support those affected, and finally a…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30102-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Paramilitary invasions in Venezuela: Made in USA
Nic de la Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
Attempted invasion taken care of swiftly and efficiently by the Venezuelan government.
liberationnews.org/paramilitary-invasions-in-venezuela-made-in-usa/

Detainees put at high risk for COVID-19 at Madison, Wi., jail
Annika Lee | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
To protect them from COVID-19, incarcerated people must be freed.
liberationnews.org/detainees-put-at-high-risk-for-covid-19-at-madison-wi-jail/

Why White Supremacists Are Targeting Zoom Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-05-05
White supremacists have harassed people through the video conferencing app Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, part of a broader trend in which they exploit emerging online platforms to promote hate before companies can sufficiently adapt to their presence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/why-white-supremacists-are-targeting-zoom-meetings-during-covid-19-pandemic

The Heat: Italy reopens and COVID-19 surges in U.S
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
Italy reopens nearly two months after a nationwide shutdown.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-italy-reopens-and-covid-19-surges-in-u-s

The Heat: U.S. approves drug to treat COVID-19
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Remdesivir emergency authorization for treating COVID-19. While not a cure, the drug has helped the sickest coronavirus patients.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-u-s-approves-drug-to-treat-covid-19

The Heat: COVID19-U.S. Economy & Mexico battles coronavirus
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
Unemployment claims move past 30 million in the United States as its economy shrinks and Mexico battles the coronavirus pandemic.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-covid19-u-s-economy-mexico-battles-coronavirus

Coronavirus Gives a Dangerous Boost to DARPA\'s Darkest Agenda
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-04
Technology developed by the Pentagon\'s controversial research branch is getting a huge boost amid the current coronavirus crisis, with little attention going to the agency\'s ulterior motives for developing said technologies, their potential for weaponization or their unintended consequences. In January, well before the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis would result in lockdowns, quarantines and economic devastation …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/coronavirus-gives-dangerous-boost-darpas-darkest-agenda/

[Correspondence] The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 in Venezuela
Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi, Emilia M Sordillo, Marilianna C Márquez-Colmenarez, Lourdes A Delgado-Noguera, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
We read with interest the World Report about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Venezuelan migrants.1 We concur wholeheartedly that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on Venezuelans who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31053-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages
David A Kass, Priya Duggal, Oscar Cingolani | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was first reported in China in late December, 2019, and has since evolved into a global pandemic. As of April 29, 2020, COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than 3 million individuals in 185 countries and regions, with an overall mortality rate of more than 6%.1 Severe disease involves bilateral interstitial pneumonia requiring intensive care unit (ICU) ventilatory support and can evolve into adult respiratory distress syndrome with high mortality.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31024-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] The COVID-19 response for vulnerable people in places affected by conflict and humanitarian crises
David Nott | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
Next year I will have worked full time in the UK\'s National Health Service (NHS) for 40 years. I seem to be a survivor not only from the political rollercoaster that various governments have enacted on the NHS, but also from volunteering my surgical skills in places affected by conflict and natural disasters for the past 25 years. The experiences of the patients I have served whose lives have been impacted by war, injustice, and inhumanity during this time have given me insight into what life is really about.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31036-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/facebook-go-platform-organizing-protests-against-social-distancing

Special Guests Nicholas Baham, III, Anthony DiMaggio
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-04
This week\'s program focuses on the media\'s response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mickey\'s first guest is ethnic studies professor Nicholas Baham, III, who outlines his \"Covid Chronicles,\" a continuing…
projectcensored.org/special-guests-nicholas-baham-iii-anthony-dimaggio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=special-guests-nicholas-baham-iii-anthony-dimaggio

Amid pandemic, poultry workers must be protected
Carmen Martinez | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
Recently, there has been an outpouring of praise for essential workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/05/amid-pandemic-poultry-workers-must-be-protected

Anti-LGBTQ Group Pushes Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories Amid COVID-19
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
Family Research Council (FRC) has branched out of its usual anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice rhetoric to push longtime right-wing conspiracy theories about voting by mail. It\'s a narrative that is gaining popularity during COVID-19 restrictions with regard to public gatherings and social distancing.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/06/anti-lgbtq-group-pushes-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories-amid-covid-19

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