From 9/11 to COVID-19, It\'s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
\"The fundamental political question is why do people obey a government. The answer is that they tend to enslave themselves, to let themselves be governed by tyrants. Freedom from servitude comes not from violent action, but from the refusal to …
globalresearch.ca/911-covid-19-perpetual-state-emergency/5714148

The Montreal Nursing Homes\' COVID-19 Fatalities. \"Increasing\" Quebec COVID-19 Death Rate?
William Walter Kay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
We bring to the attention of our readers this important article by author William Walter Kay. The article raises two fundamental issues: | The first pertains to the deplorable heath care conditions (and the lack of personnel) affecting patients in Quebec\'s …
globalresearch.ca/montreal-nursing-homes-massacre/5713324

Fog Around COVID-19 Made Thicker by New Ontario Rules for Handling Deaths
Rosemary Frei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
Alarming COVID-19 death statistics from seniors\' facilities continue to be in the spotlight in Ontario and elsewhere. | However, all is not as it seems in the mainstream-media reports of those statistics. | Procedures that came into effect in Ontario one month …
globalresearch.ca/new-rules-rapid-removal-burial-cremation-bodies-ontario-hospitals-long-term-care-homes/5712353

When the War Was Close to Home
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
Memories are like those fireflies that sparkle your vision on a deep hot summer night. They entice you with their sudden appearance and just as sudden departure. So it is with this baby boomer\'s mind, transversed back so many decades …
globalresearch.ca/when-the-war-was-close-to-home/5714203

Israel Reveals Date of Planned West Bank Annexation
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
The head of the Governmental Coalition in Israel, Mickey Zohar, revealed that the measures to legislate the process of imposing Israeli sovereignty on all Jewish residential communities in the West Bank will begin in early July. | The Likud MP said …
globalresearch.ca/israel-reveals-date-of-planned-west-bank-annexation/5714213

Erdogan Warns that Turkey \'Will Not Allow\' Israel to Annex West Bank
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in his Eid al-Fitr address that his country would not allow Israel\'s new government go ahead with its planned annexation of West Bank territory. | \"We are witnessing a new plan of occupation…
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-turkey-not-allow-israel-annex-west-bank/5714177

What if China Promoted Hawaiian Independence?
Kim Petersen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
A news website created by Tibetan exiles in India, Phayul, has featured an article on a bill (H.R. 6948) introduced in the House of Representatives by United States Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) that promotes Tibetan separation from China. | The bill …
globalresearch.ca/what-china-promoted-hawaiian-independence/5714160

I Can\'t Breathe. Police Brutality and Social Arrest
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
Every year in the U.S. more than 1,000 poor working people of all races and ethnicities are killed by police. | While President Trump and GOP encourage and glorify police brutality, the Democratic establishment and their functionaries with their racialist politics, …
globalresearch.ca/i-cant-breathe-police-brutality-and-social-arrest/5714182

Ego Trip: US Space Flags and Super-Duper Missiles
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
US President Donald Trump is much taken with the bombastic and the exaggerated. In an interview with the Associated Press in April 2017, he spoke of his infamous if somewhat less than successful wall project on the US-Mexican border. Ever …
globalresearch.ca/us-space-flags-super-duper-missiles/5714151

COVID-19 and the Unmasking of Donald Trump
Michael Winship | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
Then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a mask of himself which he picked up from supporter during a rally in the Robarts Arena of the Sarasota Fairgrounds on November 7, 2016 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo illustration: Common Dreams/ Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_mask_covid19_2.png …
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Sioux Tribes Are Protecting Their People from Pandemic
Stephanie Woodard | zcomm.org | 2020-05-27
The Governor Is Trying to Stop Them…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sioux-tribes-are-protecting-their-people-from-pandemic/

The Machine Stops
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-05-27
The government knowingly and deliberately de-prepared the UK, even as the pandemic began to bite…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-machine-stops/

New York Times misses mark on Kerala\'s COVID-19 success
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-27
It is almost five months since China first alerted the World Health Organization about cases of what is now called COVID-19. The ensuing pandemic has revealed stark differences in the responses of governments around the world. As Workers World has reported, communist-led governments in countries like Cuba, Vietnam, China and . . . | Continue reading New York Times misses mark on Kerala\'s COVID-19 success at Workers.org…
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Pennsylvania reopens despite gross mishandling of COVID-19 data
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
Figures released this week paint a horrific picture of the suffering and despair caused by the pandemic among the elderly and infirm.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/penn-m27.html

\'Lockdown generation\' of young workers will need extra help after COVID-19, urges UN labour chief
news.un.org | 2020-05-27
Further evidence of the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the global job market has emerged in a new study by the UN labour agency, which on Wednesday said that more than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064912

COVID-19: A \'new and deadly threat\' for civilians caught up in violence
news.un.org | 2020-05-27
Innocent civilians trapped in violence now face \"a new and deadly threat\" from COVID-19, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning that the pandemic is \"amplifying and exploiting the fragilities of our world\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064942

For America\'s Wealthiest, the Pandemic Is a Time to Profit
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-05-27
Even in the midst of the pandemic, the rich are getting richer and bolder in their fight against working Americans…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/for-americas-wealthiest-the-pandemic-is-a-time-to-profit/

What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like?
Danny Sjursen | thenation.com | 2020-05-27
What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like?
thenation.com/article/world/post-pandemic-warfare/

Reports question accuracy of COVID-19 death counts in US and globally
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
There is increasing evidence that the actual fatalities caused by the pandemic are up to three times the numbers officially reported.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/deat-m27.html

The FDA is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We\'re Suing
Julia Kaye | aclu.org | 2020-05-27
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe and upended normal life. In the four months since the first U.S. case was reported, more than 1.5 million people have been infected and 100,000 people have died in the United States. To mitigate risk, public health authorities tell us to get our groceries and prescriptions delivered, wave to grandma from the window, and generally avoid all unnecessary trips and close p…
aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/the-fda-is-making-needless-covid-19-risks-a-condition-of-abortion-and-miscarriage-care-were-suing

NYC schools and COVID-19: A failed response and a looming crisis
Shaniqua Pippen | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-27
The burden was put on teachers to make sure over 1.1 million students were fed and had a place to go during the pandemic at the expense of our own health.
liberationnews.org/nyc-schools-and-covid-19-a-failed-response-and-a-looming-crisis/

Towards a borderless world where we can all \"just stay home\"
Amanda Priebe | zcomm.org | 2020-05-27
Now may be a strange time to call for border abolition, but as the pandemic has shown: we are collectively no safer than the least protected among us…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/towards-a-borderless-world-where-we-can-all-just-stay-home/

American Exceptionalism And The Left\'s China Double Standard
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of U.S. imperialism, including those that continue to render the American left politically isolated and ineffectual. China has found itself at the center of this process. U.S. imperialism has successfully convinced many of its so-called \"citizens\" to believe that the U.S. government is the principle arbiter of bourgeois freedoms such as the right to individual liberty and free speech. China, on the other hand, has long been depicted by the U.S. ruling class as an \"authoritarian regime\" where the rights of individuals are crushed under the weight of a centrali…
popularresistance.org/american-exceptionalism-and-the-lefts-china-double-standard/

Cultural resources wiped out by COVID-19 crisis: 13 percent of museums worldwide may never reopen
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
Some 95 percent of the world\'s museums are currently closed, and more than 11,000 institutions may remain closed after the pandemic recedes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/muse-m27.html

US states \'manipulating\' COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts charge
news.un.org | 2020-05-27
Independent UN human rights experts fear that some authorities in the United States are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict access to abortion, with at least eight states suspending procedures deemed medically unnecessary.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064902

New York Times misses mark on Kerala\'s COVID-19 success
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-27
It is almost five months since China first alerted the World Health Organization about cases of what is now called COVID-19. The ensuing pandemic has revealed stark differences in the responses of governments around the world. As Workers World has reported, communist-led governments in countries like Cuba, Vietnam, China and . . . | Continue reading New York Times misses mark on Kerala\'s COVID-19 success at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48944/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-york-times-misses-mark-on-keralas-covid-19-success

Lagarde: It\'s even worse than we thought
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday the eurozone economy will \"very likely\" contract more than forecast after governments shut down business to contain the pandemic. The ECB now expects the euro club\'s economy to shrink between 8 percent and 12 percent, depending on how fast lockdown measures are lifted and economic activity picks …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/lagarde-its-even-worse-than-we-thought/

American Exceptionalism And The Left\'s China Double Standard
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of U.S. imperialism, including those that continue to render the American left politically isolated and ineffectual. China has found itself at the center of this process. U.S. imperialism has successfully convinced many of its so-called \"citizens\" to believe that the U.S. government is the principle arbiter of bourgeois freedoms such as the right to individual liberty and free speech. China, on the other hand, has long been depicted by the U.S. ruling class as an \"authoritarian regime\" where the rights of individuals are crushed under the weight of a centrali…
popularresistance.org/american-exceptionalism-and-the-lefts-china-double-standard/

The Impact of Upward Redistribution on Social Security Solvency (2020 Update)
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-27
Economic inequality in the US has ballooned since the early 1980s. Wage and salary growth at the top of the earnings distribution has significantly outpaced that at the bottom and middle, resulting in decades of unabated upward redistribution of income. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this divide. In addition to the immediate problems …
cepr.net/the-impact-of-upward-redistribution-on-social-security-solvency-2020-update/

NYC schools and COVID-19: A failed response and a looming crisis
Shaniqua Pippen | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-27
The burden was put on teachers to make sure over 1.1 million students were fed and had a place to go during the pandemic at the expense of our own health.
liberationnews.org/nyc-schools-and-covid-19-a-failed-response-and-a-looming-crisis/

From 9/11 to COVID-19: The United State[s] of Emergency
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-27
CHARLOTTESVILLE ( Rutherford) —- Don\'t pity this year\'s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation. | Pity them because they have spent their entire lives in a state of emergency. | They were born in the wake of the 9/11 attacks; raised without any expectation of privacy in a technologically-driven, mass surveillance state; educated in schools that teach conformity and compliance; saddled with a debt-ridden economy on the brink…
mintpressnews.com/9-11-covid-19-united-states-state-of-emergency/267893/

Can the COVID War Become a Fight for Health Care Democracy?
Russell Weaver | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
The seemingly unbreakable bonds between employment and health care mean that COVID-19 might have already cost 16.2 million newly unemployed American \"warriors\"—and their families—access to medical services and treatment. (Photo: © Greg Nash) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/medicareforall_091317gn2_lead_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/27/can-covid-war-become-fight-health-care-democracy?cd-origin=rss

Can the COVID War Become a Fight for Health Care Democracy?
Russell Weaver | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
The seemingly unbreakable bonds between employment and health care mean that COVID-19 might have already cost 16.2 million newly unemployed American \"warriors\"—and their families—access to medical services and treatment. (Photo: © Greg Nash) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/medicareforall_091317gn2_lead_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/27/can-covid-war-become-fight-health-care-democracy?cd-origin=rss

Extortion, Entitlement and Mafia-Style Tactics Mark Israel\'s Current State of Affairs
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-27
Anyone who is not yet alarmed may not be aware of the underhanded mafia-style tactics, political extortion, and patronizing sense of entitlement currently on display in Israel. The following developments demonstrate how the county operates both internally and in the international arena. | Czech Foreign Minister slammed!: | As Israel prepares to formally annex large tracts of the West Bank, Tomas Petricek, the Czech Republic\'s Foreign Minister, was quoted as saying that \"annexation is forbidden by international law and also raises serious questions about Israel\'s future as a democracy.\" By any normal diplo…
mintpressnews.com/extortion-entitlement-mafia-style-tactics-mark-israel-state-of-affairs/267906/

Fossil fuel money funds \'back to work\' movement
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-27
Picture this: Thousands of oil tankers surrounding the globe with nowhere to dock. The accompanying map shows the position of the tankers, mostly filled with oil, stranded around the world on May 4. They have no way to unload since onshore warehouses are full, pipelines are full, and under the . . . | Continue reading Fossil fuel money funds \'back to work\' movement at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48934/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fossil-fuel-money-funds-back-to-work-movement

The billionaire governor who\'s been sued dozens of times for millions in unpaid bills
Ken Ward Jr. and Alex Mierjeski | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-27
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia\'s richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/27/the-billionaire-governor-whos-been-sued-dozens-of-times-for-millions-in-unpaid-bills/

Ryanair challenges Lufthansa\'s bailout package
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
Low-cost carrier Ryanair challenged Germany\'s ‚Ǩ9 billion rescue package for Lufthansa on Tuesday (26 May), saying it distorted competition, while the German carrier moves towards finalising the deal next month. The government-backed aid will allow Lufthansa to \"engage in below-cost selling\" and make it harder for Ryanair, its Laudamotion subsidiary and rival low-cost carrier easyJet …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/ryanair-challenges-lufthansas-bailout-package/

Fear-mongering Over National Security Law Unfounded
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
\"If it makes any fuss on Hong Kong\'s unique linked exchange rate regime which ensures its monetary base is backed with US dollars, how big would the US lose when global investors lose faith in US-denominated assets, which are considered as lifeline for the US economy,\" Lui said. | When it comes to the new national security law, China\'s top legislators are committed to pushing forward it smoothly, in spite of how hard foreign forces have been trying to pressure China on the matter. The US should not underestimate the central government\'s determination in defending its sovereignty and national security, some observ…
popularresistance.org/fear-mongering-over-national-security-law-unfounded/

The founder of \'Conservative Home\' says it all
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
By Rob Woodward

Fear-mongering Over National Security Law Unfounded
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
\"If it makes any fuss on Hong Kong\'s unique linked exchange rate regime which ensures its monetary base is backed with US dollars, how big would the US lose when global investors lose faith in US-denominated assets, which are considered as lifeline for the US economy,\" Lui said. | When it comes to the new national security law, China\'s top legislators are committed to pushing forward it smoothly, in spite of how hard foreign forces have been trying to pressure China on the matter. The US should not underestimate the central government\'s determination in defending its sovereignty and national security, some observ…
popularresistance.org/fear-mongering-over-national-security-law-unfounded/

From Open Skies to Open Season for Nukes
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-27
Washington is destroying trust and integrity by deliberately creating insecurity in order to achieve its geopolitical objective of controlling China. | Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties

Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-05-27
In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline and related fuel products to Venezuela. On May 23 and 25, the first two ships traveled through the Caribbean Sea and entered Venezuelan territorial waters with a Venezuelan naval and . . . | Continue reading Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade at Workers.org…
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Iranian fuel tanker reaches Venezuela, defying U.S. threats
Ricardo Vaz | mronline.org | 2020-05-27
The five Iranian tankers are estimated to carry enough gasoline to supply Venezuela for 50 days.
mronline.org/2020/05/27/iranian-fuel-tanker-reaches-venezuela-defying-u-s-threats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iranian-fuel-tanker-reaches-venezuela-defying-u-s-threats

NIAC Statement on Trump Termination of Iran Nonproliferation Waivers
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/27/niac-statement-trump-termination-iran-nonproliferation-waivers?cd-origin=rss

Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-05-27
In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline and related fuel products to Venezuela. On May 23 and 25, the first two ships traveled through the Caribbean Sea and entered Venezuelan territorial waters with a Venezuelan naval and . . . | Continue reading Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48950/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iran-venezuela-solidarity-breaks-u-s-blockade

JBS meatpacking plant reopens in Brazil as Latin America becomes COVID-19 epicenter
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
Workers Party governments financed JBS\'s transformation into a transnational, whose plants have become COVID-19 hotspots in both Brazil and the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/jbsb-m27.html

Update On Kings Bay Plowshare 7 Sentencing
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
On Friday, May 22, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District Federal Court of Georgia in Brunswick assigned new dates for seven defendants, according to the Kings Bay Plowshares\' attorney, Bill Quigley. Many of the defendants had asked the court to postpone their May 28th and 29th court dates to accommodate their right to be sentenced in person in open court, witnessed by the public and press and not by video. The seven were convicted of three felonies and one misdemeanor last October for their nonviolent, symbolic disarmament act at the Kings Bay Trident nuclear submarine base. | The defendants had also as…
popularresistance.org/update-on-kings-bay-plowshare-7-sentencing/

International movement demands: \'Justice for Major Tillery!
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-27
On May 17, word spread via social media that Major Tillery, a political prisoner at Pennsylvania\'s State Correctional Institution Chester, was sick with chills, a sore throat and a fever for several days. On hearing of Tillery\'s illness and knowing that COVID-19 was running rampant in U.S. prisons, the international . . . | Continue reading International movement demands: \'Justice for Major Tillery! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48947/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-movement-demands-justice-for-major-tillery

Fight for the rights of people with disabilities!
Mary P. Kaessinger | workers.org | 2020-05-27
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. Disability is a condition that strikes all classes. Ruling-class families start charities, like the Kennedys, who started the Special Olympics. That\'s nice, but it didn\'t bring . . . | Continue reading Fight for the rights of people with disabilities! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48954/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fight-for-the-rights-of-people-with-disabilities

Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
Bronwen Tucker , Kate DeAngelis | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
2019 Climate strike in Jakarta, Indonesia ©Gilang Kharisma (Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jakarta-climate-strike-768×512.jpg …
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Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
Bronwen Tucker | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
2019 Climate strike in Jakarta, Indonesia ©Gilang Kharisma (Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jakarta-climate-strike-768×512.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/27/why-77-billion-year-public-finance-oil-gas-and-coal-even-worse-it-sounds?cd-origin=rss

Over 20,000 march demanding justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-27
Minneapolis, MN

In Rural America, Opioids Kill Many More Than Covid-19
Karen Rothmyer | thenation.com | 2020-05-27
In Rural America, Opioids Kill Many More Than Covid-19…
thenation.com/article/politics/smacked-rural-america-opioids/

Survey shows 1 in 5 teachers–citing COVID-19 concerns–likely won\'t return to US schools this fall
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-27
\"Though Americans are optimistic about a return to in-person learning, there is angst among teachers, parents, and America at large about how to keep our schools safe if the virus isn\'t fully contained.\"
nationofchange.org/2020/05/27/survey-shows-1-in-5-teachers-citing-covid-19-concerns-likely-wont-return-to-us-schools-this-fall/

The FDA Is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We\'re Suing
Julia Kaye | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
For months, leading medical authorities have implored the FDA to suspend this restriction and give clinicians who provide abortion and miscarriage care the flexibility they need to protect their patients during this crisis. But the administration is intransigent. (Photo: Robin Marty/Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/web20-mifepristone-wordpress-1110×740-1-1000×666.jpg …
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UK tenants union calls for no homelessness and rent debt
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-27
The call for the mobilization was given by the union, ACORN, which has also started a petition to protect tenants, lodgers and mortgage holders from eviction and debt during the COVID-19 outbreak…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/27/uk-tenants-union-calls-for-no-homelessness-and-rent-debt/

Another police killing during COVID-19: Seeking justice for Finan Berhe
Jamal Rich | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-27
SILVER SPRING, Md.–On May 7, 2020, a 30-year old Black man was killed by police in the White Oak suburb of Silver Spring, Md., outside his home. His name was Finan Berhe, a member of the local Eritrean community. Berhe was only armed with a knife and likely under distress, but his life was tragically …
peoplesworld.org/article/another-police-killing-during-covid-19-seeking-justice-for-finan-berhe/

Quebec Premier accelerates return to work in Montreal–Canada\'s COVID-19 epicenter
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
Acknowledging that it is \"taking a gamble\" with workers\' lives, the Quebec government is intensifying its drive to \"reopen\" the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/mont-m27.html

Players to MLB: \"Sliding pay, no way.\"
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-27
Major League Baseball made the right call by dropping its proposed revenue split to players, and the MLB Players Association as a way to restart the Covid-19 waylaid season by July. It was a foolish proposal–one players have fought against, and gone out on strike against–and was a non-starter at the tele-negotiation table. \"If you …
peoplesworld.org/article/players-to-mlb-sliding-pay-no-way/

East Africa: Millions face triple disasters of floods, locusts and COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
With water levels rising, some 40 million people living in major cities are at a heightened risk of flooding and infrastructure damage.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/eafr-m27.html

Indonesia experiences major surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
The Indonesian government is blaming the sharp rise in confirmed cases on ordinary workers and peasants for not adhering to social distancing measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/indo-25m.html

COVID-19 is Laying Bare How Big Ag is Taking America\'s Small Farmers to Slaughter
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-27
As the door for greater consolidation across industries opens wider, entrenched transnational food interests are feeling the heat from American farmers and ranchers to curb their monopolistic dreams.
mintpressnews.com/covid-19-food-supply-big-ag-taking-farmers-to-slaughter/267919/

Trump\'s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military
Ken Klippenstein | thenation.com | 2020-05-27
Trump\'s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military…
thenation.com/article/world/china-who-africom/

Leaders Must Act to Protect Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Africa
Pauline Muchina, Kennedy Akolo | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
An internally displaced woman voluntarily returning to her home in Bentiu, South Sudan, is being checked for fever. (Photo: United Nations/Isaac Billy) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/africa_displace_covid19.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/27/leaders-must-act-protect-refugees-and-internally-displaced-people-africa?cd-origin=rss

EU Foreign Policy Chief Calls for Rapprochement with Russia and End of \"American-led System\"
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-27
A recent address by the EU\'s top diplomat, Josep Borell, hints at a new pro-Asian political order on the continent as Germany gets ready to lead the 27-nation bloc. But, is it just a ploy to check Chinese hegemony?
mintpressnews.com/eu-josep-borell-rapprochement-russia-end-american-led-system/267962/

The Future Is Public
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change. (Re)municipalisation refers to the reclaiming of public ownership of services as well as the creation of new public services. In recent years, our research has identified more than 1,400 successful (re)municipalisation cases involving more than 2,400 cities in 58 countries around the world. But this book is about more than just numbers. It shows that public services are more important than ever in the face of the climate catastrophe, mounting inequalities, and growing political unrest. Together, civil society organisations, trade unions, and…
popularresistance.org/the-future-is-public/

The Future Is Public
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-27
Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change. (Re)municipalisation refers to the reclaiming of public ownership of services as well as the creation of new public services. In recent years, our research has identified more than 1,400 successful (re)municipalisation cases involving more than 2,400 cities in 58 countries around the world. But this book is about more than just numbers. It shows that public services are more important than ever in the face of the climate catastrophe, mounting inequalities, and growing political unrest. Together, civil society organisations, trade unions, and…
popularresistance.org/the-future-is-public/

Will 130 Trillion Digital Dollars Save America?
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-27
Simply \"printing\" more money and adding more debt to the existing enormous debt load in the U.S. is not a solution. It is particularly irresponsible when it is done with no connection to social production and the working class. Non-fictitious value comes only from the labor-time of workers involved in the process of producing goods …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/will-130-trillion-digital-dollars-save-america/

Elon Musk is a shithead
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-27
Musk\'s supporters might respond that, in contrast to most other members of his class, he is a \"self-made\" man, who built his US$36 billion fortune through hard work and a visionary entrepreneurial spirit. This is bullshit. Musk, like Trump, comes from a highly privileged background.
mronline.org/2020/05/27/elon-musk-is-a-shithead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musk-is-a-shithead

UN agencies welcome donor pledges for Venezuelan refugees and migrants
news.un.org | 2020-05-27
The UN refugee and migration agencies have welcomed $2.79 billion pledged by donors at a solidarity conference aimed at supporting Venezuelans who fled the protracted crisis in their country for host communities across the region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064922

Report: G20 Governments Bankrolling the Fossil Fuel Industry with at least $77 Billion a Year
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/27/report-g20-governments-bankrolling-fossil-fuel-industry-least-77-billion-year?cd-origin=rss

ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices
Alexia Ramirez | aclu.org | 2020-05-27
For years, immigration enforcement agencies have been using invasive cell phone surveillance technology known as Stingrays in near-total secrecy. To find out more, the ACLU and New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, and now we\'ve forced the agencies to turn over documents revealing new details about the agencies\' practices. Today, we are publishing more than a thousand pages of record we\'ve received from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about their purchase and use of Sting…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/ice-records-confirm-that-immigration-enforcement-agencies-are-using-invasive-cell-phone-surveillance-devices

Thomson Reuters actively helping Trump administration target immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-05-27
The parent company of the Reuters news agency has been aiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the targeting of immigrants for arrest, detention and deportation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/27/thom-m27.html

Shareholders Raise Alarm: Petrochemical Investments Are a Risky Bet
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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Shareholders Raise Alarm: Petrochemical Investments Are a Risky Bet
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/27/shareholders-raise-alarm-petrochemical-investments-are-risky-bet?cd-origin=rss

Exxon, Amazon and Facebook Should Heed Shareholders\' Calls for Political Activity Disclosure, Removal of Political Misinformation
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/27/exxon-amazon-and-facebook-should-heed-shareholders-calls-political-activity?cd-origin=rss

Exxon, Amazon and Facebook Should Heed Shareholders\' Calls for Political Activity Disclosure, Removal of Political Misinformation
commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/27/exxon-amazon-and-facebook-should-heed-shareholders-calls-political-activity?cd-origin=rss

Venezuela brands U.S.-backed Citgo sale \'an act of modern piracy\'
Steve Sweeney | mronline.org | 2020-05-27
Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez last year branded the move an \"organised crime that violates international law.
mronline.org/2020/05/27/venezuela-brands-u-s-backed-citgo-sale-an-act-of-modern-piracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-brands-u-s-backed-citgo-sale-an-act-of-modern-piracy

Without Government Intervention, Economists Warn Renters Across US Could Soon Face \'Avalanche of Evictions\'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
Economists and housing experts warned on Wednesday of an impending \"avalanche of evictions\" unless the federal government steps in to provide renters with robust financial assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1222086147_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/without-government-intervention-economists-warn-renters-across-us-could-soon-face?cd-origin=rss

Facebook Under Fire After Its Response to Coronavirus Misinformation Makes Clear Company Could Do More to Combat Political Lies
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amnesty-poll-big-tech-privacy_0.jpeg …

As US Death Toll Hits 100,000 People, Here\'s a Simple Guide to 12 Things Trump Did To Make Covid-19 Much Worse
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
The president\'s \"chaotic and incompetent response has fueled the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and beyond, causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_made_covid_worse_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/us-death-toll-hits-100000-people-heres-simple-guide-12-things-trump-did-make-covid?cd-origin=rss

Trump-Connected Fossil Fuel Companies Permitted to Delay Payments of $56 Million in Pollution Fines During Pandemic
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
\"People are struggling to find rent money for next month, but thank god the Trump administration is providing relief for the millions these poor, vulnerable corporate polluters owe.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mn_coal_plant_flickr_tony_webster_0_1_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/trump-connected-fossil-fuel-companies-permitted-delay-payments-56-million-pollution?cd-origin=rss

Local TV Stations Pilloried for \'Shamelessly\' Passing Off Amazon-Scripted Propaganda as News
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
\"Jeff Bezos can run as many scripted news segments he wants. It still doesn\'t change the fact that he made $34.5 billion over the course of this pandemic while putting his workers in harm\'s way and shirking on their hazard pay.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon_0.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/local-tv-stations-pilloried-shamelessly-passing-amazon-scripted-propaganda-news?cd-origin=rss

New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
Even after the world\'s largest economies adopted the landmark Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis in late 2015, governments continued to pour $77 billion a year in public finance into propping up the fossil fuel industry, according to a report released Wednesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/keep-it-in-the-ground.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/new-report-details-how-g20-nations-spend-77-billion-year-destroy-climate?cd-origin=rss

New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-27
Even after the world\'s largest economies adopted the landmark Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis in late 2015, governments continued to pour $77 billion a year in public finance into propping up the fossil fuel industry, according to a report released Wednesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/keep-it-in-the-ground.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/27/new-report-details-how-g20-nations-spend-77-billion-year-destroy-climate?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: US-China Relations. Are We Seeing a New Cold War?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-worsening-us-china-relations-new-cold-war/5714188

Johnson\'s popularity crashes, Brexit support craters, Starmer takes leads
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
TruePublica Editor: Just four days ago

Brexit: How deeply the UK\'s food security is dependent on the EU
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
By Tony Heron: In 2008, the sight of Northern Rock customers queuing to withdraw their savings from the stricken High Street bank became one of the first and

Mail-Order Presidency: Democrats Will Do Anything to Beat Trump in November
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Just like in 2016 when WikiLeaks revealed that the DNC was feeding Hillary Clinton debate questions, 2020 will be no different with the Democrats employing every dirty trick in the book to oust Donald Trump from office. | Following on the backs of Russiagate, Impeachment, and now mass-media hysteria over Coronavirus, which of course has dealt Trump a major blow with regards to his hopes for reelection in November, is there anyone still not convinced that the Democrat machine is prepared to do absolutely anything to win in November? | Liberals are painfully aware that if Trump wins another four years in office all…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/27/mail-order-presidency-democrats-will-anything-beat-trump-november/

The Silence of the Lambs
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Inspector Gregory: Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention? | Sherlock Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. | Gregory: The dog did nothing in the night-time. | Sherlock Holmes: That was the curious incident. | \"The Adventure of Silver Blaze\"

The Silence of the Lambs
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Inspector Gregory: Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention? | Sherlock Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. | Gregory: The dog did nothing in the night-time. | Sherlock Holmes: That was the curious incident. | \"The Adventure of Silver Blaze\"

Trump: I Can and Will Start Wars Whenever I Please
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Michael TENNANT | President Donald Trump\'s May 6 veto of a Senate resolution that would have required him to seek congressional approval for any further military confrontations with Iran demonstrates that, despite his occasional feints toward scaling back foreign intervention, Trump is as much a warmonger as anyone else in Washington. Worse still, his explanation for his veto indicates that he believes presidents have unlimited authority to launch wars, contrary to clear constitutional language. | \"The question of whether United States forces should be engaged in armed conflict against Iran should only be made fo…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/27/trump-i-can-and-will-start-wars-whenever-i-please/

From Open Skies to Open Season for Nukes
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties

One Good Thing About the Lockdown
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-27
Ron PAUL | One of the few good things to come out of the government-mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children. Many of these parents are likely to continue homeschooling after the government schools reopen. | Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did its part to encourage homeschooling when it unveiled \"guidelines\" for schools to follow when they reopen. Among the CDC\'s guidelines are that schools put tape on the hallways, directing children which direction to walk and how much distance to keep between themselves and their classmates. The CDC also r…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/27/one-good-thing-about-lockdown/

What If China Promoted Hawaiian Independence?
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-27
A news website created by Tibetan exiles in India, Phayul, has featured an article on a bill (H.R. 6948) introduced in the House of Representatives by United States Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) that promotes Tibetan separation from China. | The bill would \"authorize the President to recognize the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People\'s Republic of China as a separate, independent country, and for other purposes.\" | Other purposes? That the US was running geopolitical intrig…
ahtribune.com/us/4190-china-promoted-hawaiian-independence.html

Oakland reaches nearly 1,000 covid 19 cases in Alameda County
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-27
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/25/18833252.php

Trump cheers on mass gatherings as US pandemic death toll hits 100,000
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-27
The narrative that it is necessary to \"balance\" between human life and the \"economy,\" is false. What is referred to as the \"economy\" is the economy of the rich, not the working class. | Workers are being given the \"alternative\" of returning to death traps or permanently losing their jobs and income.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/26/18833290.php

2020 Memorial Day Weekend ~ From Historic Negro Bar Cemetery, we remember
Michael Harris from Dave Roos | indybay.org | 2020-05-27
2020 Memorial Day Weekend, limited opportunities to gather in a good way to remember May 1865 and the initial \"American\" notion of Memorial Day after the US Civil War. Earliest documented burial on Historic Rancho Rio Del Los Americanos, Negro Bar Cemetery was 1846… Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Tour.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833247.php

Code Pink Delivers Anti-War Message to Sen. Feinstein
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-27
In Memorial Day Action, Code Pink brings anti-war message to the steps of her San Francisco mansion.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/25/18833253.php

Fundamental Justice: Fighting Racism and Patriarchy in Brazil and the U.S. (films & panel)
Ms., Girls Learn International, others | indybay.org | 2020-05-27
Online via Zoom: virtual screenings w/ post panel discussion…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/26/18833291.php

Small Towns Have Been Left to Fend for Themselves as COVID-19 Depletes Budgets
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
Kevin Smith, the mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, feels abandoned by the federal government. On Easter Sunday, a storm hit his city of 10,000, one of the poorest in the state. It knocked out power for most residents; those who\'d used SNAP benefits to stock their refrigerators saw their groceries spoil. Streets flooded. Sewers overflowed. In the thick of a pandemic, debris blocked roads to the hospital. | His city faces a loss of up to 30% in revenue because of the coronavirus, but doe…
truthout.org/articles/small-towns-have-been-left-to-fend-for-themselves-as-covid-19-depletes-budgets/

Trump Demanded Meat Plants Stay Open, COVID Cases Have Now Tripled
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in late April requiring all meat processing plants in the U.S. to remain open, despite reports of coronavirus infections and related deaths being prevalent at a number of the plants. | Since that order was issued, the number of COVID-19 cases that have been identified at meat plants across the country has likely tripled, according to estimates from a nonprofit watchdog group. | At the time of Trump\'s executive order, the Centers for Disease Control and Pr…
truthout.org/articles/trump-demanded-meat-plants-stay-open-covid-cases-have-now-tripled/

George Floyd, Chris Cooper and the Racist Terror Faced by Black People in the US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
\"I can\'t breathe\"

Trump Threatens to \"Close\" Twitter for Fact Checking His Tweets on Voting
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
President Donald Trump is threatening that his administration \"will strongly regulate, or close\" social media sites that attach disclaimers to inaccurate or misleading content, following an incident in which Twitter fact-checked his tweet about mail-in voting. | On Tuesday, a tweet from Trump that included an unsubstantiated claim about voter fraud and mail-in voting was examined by Twitter and later featured a disclaimer from the site at the bottom of it. | \"There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In B…
truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-close-twitter-for-fact-checking-his-tweets-on-voting/

As US Death Count Nears 100,000, Trump Indulges His Ego and Deflects Blame
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
Donald Trump had quite a day for himself on Tuesday. During a Rose Garden event intended to promote protections for senior citizens with diabetes, the man who recently pondered the possibility of injecting COVID-19 patients with disinfectant mused audibly on the potential virtues of insulin… for himself. | \"I don\'t use insulin,\" he said. \"Should I be? Huh? I never thought about it. But I know a lot of people are very badly aff…
truthout.org/articles/as-us-death-count-nears-100000-trump-indulges-his-ego-and-deflects-blame/

In the Era of COVID-19, Collective Grief Is Rebellion
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-27
Kelly talks with author and organizer Cindy Milstein about reclaiming collective grief and resisting fascism. | Note: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | TRANSCRIPT: | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to \"Movement Memos,\" a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I\'m your host, Kelly Hayes. By the time this episode airs, on Wednesday, May 27, over a hundred thousand people in the United States will have been lost to C…
truthout.org/audio/in-the-era-of-covid-19-collective-grief-is-rebellion/

Lennie\'s lockdown tunes hit fundraising target after delighting online followers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-27
An eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus has hit his fundraising target after delighting his online followers with scores of piano tunes chosen by those who donate. | Lennie Street, from Morley, West Yorkshire, cannot stand or walk independently but loves music and decided to challenge himself during lockdown to play 100 songs picked by his supporters. | He has had thousands of views on his social media accounts as he tried and mastered everything from Beethoven to Justin Bieber and Stevie Wonder. | Lennie first set himself a fundraising target of £750 for his special school

\'Obsessive partisanship\': Pew Research blasted for misleading tweet casting Dem districts as doing better on Covid-19 deaths
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The Pew Research Center is being criticized on social media for appearing to spin a graphic depicting deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in favor of Democrats

Russian capital to see quarantine rules relaxed as govt outlines anti-coronavirus plan until 2021
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Starting next Monday the strict quarantine in Moscow will be lifted as the biggest hotspot of the Covid-19 epidemic in Russia eases restrictions. But many rules are here to stay, at least until the end of the year. | Moscow accounts for roughly half of all Covid-19 cases in Russia, but now the outbreak seems to be subsiding, so more quarantine measures will be lifted starting next week. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Wednesday outlined his plan to steer the city further out of the lockdown. | Arguably the most welcome change will be the relaxation of the stay-at-home order, under which Muscovites lived for almost tw…
rt.com/russia/489913-moscow-lockdown-lifted-june/

Australia-New Zealand \'travel bubble is possible\' as coronavirus cases fall
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Falling numbers of active coronavirus cases in Australia and New Zealand are paving the way for an easing of travel restrictions between the two countries, according to health officials. | In Australia, active Covid-19 cases have dropped below 500 people, while New Zealand\'s last coronavirus patient was discharged from hospital on Wednesday. | \"The trans-Tasman bubble is certainly a possibility,\" Australia\'s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said. \"If we look at the countries that are doing extremely well in controlling this Covid-19 problem, New Zealand is if anything a bit better than us. They have ver…
rt.com/newsline/489868-australia-new-zealand-travel/

Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Italy and Belgium have joined France in‚Äã moving to ‚Äã‚Äãban the‚Äã use of the controversial hydroxychloroquine‚Äã to treat Covid-19 patients as questions continue to mount over its safety. | On Wednesday, France revoked its decree authorizing the prescription of the anti-malarial drug for the novel coronavirus following a decision from the government\'s health advisory agency. | Now Belgium\'s health body has warned against using the drug outside of ongoing registered clinical trials. | Italy\'s health authorities also co…
rt.com/news/489904-italy-belgium-france-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

Masks up, pants down? Ukrainian woman dons UNDERWEAR on her face to meet Covid-19 safety demands (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The coronavirus face mask game has hit a new height

Belgrade blocks flights from \'coronavirus-free\' Montenegro as Podgorica doesn\'t welcome Serbians
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The Serbian government has banned inbound flights by Montenegro\'s flag carrier Montenegro Airlines after Podgorica refused to open its borders to people from Serbia, where coronavirus persists. Serbia\'s Directorate for Civilian Aviation said it decided to act as Montenegro\'s move affects reciprocity in air transportation. | Montenegro\'s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic declared his country free of coronavirus on Monday. The PM said Montenegro would open its borders to travelers from countries reporting no more than 25 cases of infection per 100,000 people. Serbia, where the infection rate is higher, was not on th…
rt.com/newsline/489870-serbia-blocks-montenegro-borders/

Iran convenes newly elected parliament amid pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Iran\'s newly elected parliament convened on Wednesday under strict social distancing regulations. The country is grappling with one of the deadliest outbreaks in the Middle East, with more than 7,500 fatalities among over 139,500 confirmed cases. | Turkey has the region\'s largest outbreak, with 156,800 confirmed cases and more than 4,300 deaths. | All 268 lawmakers who were in attendance on Wednesday have tested negative for the coronavirus, according to Iranian state TV. | The newly elected house is dominated by 220 conservative lawmakers, including more than 50 who are close allies of former President Mahmou…
rt.com/newsline/489890-iran-convenes-elected-parliament/

\'Inaccurate, divisive\': British TV show roasted after using gender of world leaders to explain contrasting Covid-19 death tolls
rt.com | 2020-05-27
A British morning television show suffered a backlash from viewers after using unfair comparisons to suggest countries with female leaders have done a better job than their male counterparts to suppress coronavirus deaths. | Good Morning Britain (GMB)

California homeless deaths multiply as Covid-19 lockdowns cut off access to medical care, food & sanitation
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Deaths of homeless people have spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Switzerland to reopen borders to all neighbors except Italy
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The Swiss government unveiled plans on Wednesday to reopen borders with all neighboring countries except for Italy. Switzerland wants to restore free movement of people with other member countries of the Schengen Area by July 6. | Switzerland, which had previously closed its borders, reaffirmed plans with France, Germany and Austria to lift all travel restrictions among the four countries on June 15 due to the positive development of the pandemic, Reuters said. | The extraordinary situation that has been in place since March giving Bern heightened powers will be lifted on June 19. The government said that publ…
rt.com/newsline/489916-switzerland-reopen-borders-italy/

Italy & Spain would receive biggest share of EU\'s proposed €750 billion post-Covid recovery fund
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The European Commission has finally put forward its plans for post-pandemic economic recovery and is set to propose that hardest-hit Italy and Spain will receive the biggest chunks of the ‚Ǩ750 billion set aside. | The Commission said the package of measures would be worth €1.85 trillion in total \"to help kick-start\" the economy and \"ensure Europe bounces forward.\" | Out of the €750 billion \'Next Generation EU\' recovery fund, Italy could get 173 billion, while Spain could get 140 billion

Poland to scrap compulsory outdoor masks from May 30, cinemas reopen on June 6
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Poles will be allowed to go outside without protective masks from May 30 and cinemas, theaters and gyms will reopen on June 6, the government said on Wednesday. Public gatherings of up to 150 people will be allowed in coming days, while limits on the number of people in churches will also be relaxed. | The country of 38 million people has so far reported 22,074 cases of Covid-19 and 1,024 deaths. | Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reiterated the government\'s desire to hold a delayed presidential election next month, Reuters said. The election, originally set for May 10, was canceled due to the pandemic. | Sch…
rt.com/newsline/489883-poland-scrap-masks-cinemas/

RT MAKES TOP 3 IN ADC AWARDS 2020 GLOBAL CREATIVE RANKING
rt.com | 2020-05-27
MOSCOW, MAY 27

Huawei CFO\'s battle against US extradition dealt major blow with Canadian court ruling
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Meng Wanzhou, Huawei\'s chief financial officer, has lost a key argument in her fight against extradition to the US, after a Canadian judge ruled that the charges would be seen as a crime in Canada and the case can move forward. | …
rt.com/news/489943-meng-wanzhou-huawei-canada-extradition/

Teenage girl\'s brutal \'honor killing\' death in Iran stirs Rouhani to call for harsher laws
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The alleged murder of a young Iranian teen by her father for running away with her older boyfriend has sparked public anger and prompted President Hassan Rouhani to push for harsher punishments for so-called \'honor killings\'. | Five days after leaving with her 34-year-old boyfriend, Romina Ashrafi

\'Just a dwarf\': Ex-German Chancellor Schroeder snubs Ukraine envoy who blasted him over calls for anti-Russian sanctions relief
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder brushed off criticism from the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, calling him \"a dwarf\" in his personal podcast. The diplomat had accused him of being a \'lobbyist\' for Moscow. | The veteran politician, who is still deemed a talented orator in Germany, launched his own podcast this week. The otherwise calm conversation, mostly revolving around Germany\'s \"good\" handling of the Covid-19 epidemic, suddenly spiraled into an angry outburst by the ex-chancellor near the end. | When spea…
rt.com/news/489924-german-schroeder-ukraine-ambassador-dwarf/

US ends ALL BUT ONE sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear facilities
rt.com | 2020-05-27
The US is giving foreign governments 60 days to wrap up work on Iranian nuclear facilities

Come on! Dominic Cummings\' name didn\'t trend on Twitter… because of anti-porn filters
rt.com | 2020-05-27
He may have remained relentlessly in the news for the past week, but Boris Johnson\'s embattled chief adviser Dominic Cummings still hasn\'t managed to trend on Twitter, despite being the subject of ample social media trolling. | That\'s because Twitter\'s anti-porn filters have prevented his full name in its correct form from appearing in the trends, according to the Guardian. | Cummings has been subjected to intense scrutiny since it emerged that the UK prime minister\'s top aide had made a 260-mile trip from London to Durham with his ill wife during the height of Britain\'s Covid-19 lockdown, when the government…
rt.com/uk/489925-dominic-cummings-not-trending-porn/

\'Intro to a good dystopian film\': Amazon & media roasted online after TV stations aired segments scripted by company\'s PR team
rt.com | 2020-05-27
Commenters online found it \"disturbing\" and dubious that several local US news channels ran stories praising Amazon… that were written by the company\'s own staffers. | At least 11 local TV stations have run pro-Amazon news segments which closely follow scripts written and supplied by the retail giant\'s PR people, Courier reported. | A montage of the anchors reading out nearly identically-structured stories has been circling on social media. According to Courier, the news package was produced by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker, and only one station

The Heat: COVID-19: US and South Africa
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-27
The World Health Organization warns about a second wave of the coronavirus, voicing concerns about countries reopening too quickly.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/27/the-heat-covid-19-us-and-south-africa

Iran COVID-19 update: 2,080 new cases, 56 deaths in past 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Four EU states warn Israeli regime over West Bank annexation
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Picturesque views in Moghan Plateau
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA)

FAO delivers 1st batch of desert locust control equipment to Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Iran\'s non-oil exports vol. up 13.5% last year: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits east Tehran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Iran-Venezuela trade has nothing to do with US: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Iran exports face mask production machinery to Denmark: Sattari
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Indian company to export 25 tons of pesticides to Iran to control locust invasion
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

Saudi-led coalition commits 60 violations of truce in 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-27
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA)

\'Cardi B is All of Us on Quarantine\' as Singer Shares Clip Showing Her Rounded-Up Belly
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
The co-author of the pandemic anthem \"Coronavirus Remix\" has never tried too hard to hide her true emotions about the ongoing health crisis and this time the singer went as far as to share with the audience her body\'s reaction to the continuing lockdown measures.
sputniknews.com/viral/202005271079432111–cardi-b-is-all-of-us-on-quarantine-as-singer-shares-clip-showing-her-rounded-up-belly/

Trump Threatens to Regulate, Close Down Twitter Amid Spat Over Flagged Tweets
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
The president accused the social media giant of \"completely stifling FREE speech\" late Tuesday, warning that he would not allow this to continue after the microblogging platform put a \"get the facts…\" flag under his tweets about mail-in ballots.
sputniknews.com/us/202005271079432237-trump-threatens-to-regulate-close-down-twitter-amid-spat-over-flagged-tweets/

Pompeo: US Ending Iran Sanction Waivers, Measure Effective in 60 Days
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
Citing \"Iran\'s continued nuclear escalation,\" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the sanctions waiver for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-related projects in Iran will expire in 60 days.
sputniknews.com/us/202005271079435775-pompeo-us-ending-iran-sanction-waivers-measure-effective-in-60-days/

UK Care Homes \'Were Left Brutally Exposed\' To COVID-19 By The State, Social Care Provider Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
Many care providers are still \"not seeing any financial support to help them survive\", a care sector representative tells Sputnik. This is despite the fact that local authorities have been given an additional £3.8 billion bounds by central government in order to assist care home providers.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005271079432264-uk-care-homes-were-left-brutally-exposed-to-covid-19-by-the-state-social-care-provider-says/

Australian LNG Exports to Chinese Market at Crossroads as Trade Tensions Intensify
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
A healthy bilateral relationship will be important to Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China, which will be the only meaningful market in the coming decade but one that is undergoing a structural change, Chinese industry insiders said on Tuesday.
sputniknews.com/business/202005271079432386-australian-lng-exports-to-chinese-market-at-crossroads-as-trade-tensions-intensify/

At Least 6 People Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting in Southwestern Saudi Arabia
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-27
MOSCOW (Sputnik)

Japan approves second stimulus package amid COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
Japan\'s government on Wednesday approved a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year of around $296 billion, local media reported.The record supplementary budget was approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is aimed at aiding struggling businesses of the world\'s third largest economy.The fresh 31.9 trillion yen budget will also fund 117 trillion yen ($1 trillion) economic stimulus package to help fight the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the local Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.It would be world\'s largest stimulus package

Iran records 56 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
Iran on Wednesday confirmed 56 additional fatalities from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,564.A further 2,080 people have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 141,591, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.He added that 111,176 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,551 patients remain in critical condition.In Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East hardest-hit by the disease, COVID-19 was first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19 and then spread throughout the country.The pandemic has claime…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-records-56-coronavirus-deaths-in-24-hours-3530499

Don\'t abandon us, we don\'t transmit coronavirus, say Cairo dogs and cats
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
The doggies and kitties of a Cairo veterinary clinic have an important message, and they are taking it to the internet.Don\'t abandon us. We don\'t spread the coronavirus.\"We started this campaign after noticing that there were many people leaving dogs and cats outside our clinic,\" explained veterinarian Corolos Majdi at the Animalia clinic in the Egyptian capital.Pets looked after at home are highly unlikely to spread any disease, but dogs or cats abandoned on the street can be dangerous, he said.Doctors at the clinic decided to let the pets spread the message. They began photographing dogs and cats wearing signs…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dont-abandon-us-we-dont-transmit-coronavirus-say-cairo-dogs-and-cats-3530514

Germany can\'t confirm Merkel will attend G7 in person
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
German Chancellor Angela Merkel cannot confirm her physical presence at an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven (G7) in the United States yet, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, adding that this would depend on how the coronavirus pandemic develops.President Donald Trump believes there would be \"no greater example of reopening\" than holding a summit of Group of Seven leaders in the United States near the end of June, the White House said on Tuesday.
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-cant-confirm-merkel-will-attend-g7-in-person-3530502

Brits may not be allowed to travel to Spain this summer
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
While Spanish authorities have invited foreign tourists to start planning their holidays to Spain, the country\'s top epidemiologist cautioned that travelers from countries that do not have coronavirus under control could be banned from entering.That message could be especially relevant to Brits, who are one of Spain\'s leading source markets for tourism, but have been struggling to contain the infection.\"We have to evaluate the risk of importing [coronavirus],\" said Fernando Simon, Spain\'s chief epidemiologist, at a press conference on Tuesday, adding: \"It\'s not an easy task.\"He said Spain will judge the risk of v…
yenisafak.com/en/world/brits-may-not-be-allowed-to-travel-to-spain-this-summer-3530513

German-Turkish mother seeks help from Merkel to rescue daughter
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
A German-Turkish mother has called on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to help mothers who struggle to rescue their children from the terrorist PKK group.Maide T. told reporters in front of the Chancellory that she would continue demonstrations to get her voice heard by Merkel and the government.\"Please help us to rescue our children. Monitor cultural associations used by the PKK. These are not cultural houses, these are the houses of the PKK,\" she said, stressing that the outlawed group has been using such cultural centers in Germany for brainwashing children, and recruiting them to the group.She said her…
yenisafak.com/en/world/german-turkish-mother-seeks-help-from-merkel-to-rescue-daughter-3530500

Turkey hails US denial of parole for diplomat\'s killer
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
Turkey on Wednesday welcomed a US governor\'s decision to reject the parole request of Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian who assassinated a Turkish diplomat in Los Angeles in 1982.\"Turkey has welcomed this decision that shows once again that terrorism, which is the utmost point of hate speech and extremism in the world, will not go unpunished,\" the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement, referring to California Governor Gavin Newsom\'s denial of a parole request by Sassounian on Monday.Newsom reversed the Board of Parole Hearings\' decision which earlier found Sassounian suitable for parole.\"After reviewing and c…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-hails-us-denial-of-parole-for-diplomats-killer-3530515

India faces \'sanitary napkin shortage\' amid COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
With schools shut down, free supplies of \"sanitary napkins\" by the government have come to a halt, forcing teenage girls to use dirty pieces of cloth and rags.Maya, a 16-year-old resident of southeast Delhi, has not been able to afford sanitary napkins and is using old t-shirts for her monthly cycle. Previously, she would receive a pack of 10 from her state-run school, but the supply stopped after its sudden shutdown due to COVID-19.\"A pack of eight pads 30 Indian rupees [40 cent]. My father works as a rickshaw puller and is barely earning any money. How can I ask him for money to spend on sanitary napkins? I hav…
yenisafak.com/en/world/india-faces-sanitary-napkin-shortage-amid-covid-19-3530501

Over 1 in 6 youth out of work due to COVID-19: ILO
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
\"The COVID-19 economic crisis is hitting young people

Turkey exports more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-27
Turkey has exported more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators crucial in treating COVID-19 so far, the country\'s industry and technology minister said on Wednesday.Addressing a meeting of a local trade chamber via a video link, Mustafa Varank said Turkey is also carrying out apace innovative projects for diagnostic kits and systems that will make a name for the country worldwide.Varank pointed that many countries face crisis of producing basic medical equipment.\"The discrimination between developed or developing countries has disappeared.\"Countries boasting their economic and technological power have been late in co…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-exports-more-than-1000-mechanical-ventilators-3530498

The Governments\' 50,000 NHS nurse plan disintegrates
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-27
The first year of the government\'s plan to significantly boost the NHS workforce has been hit by a significant fall in international recruitment caused by the coronavirus pandemic reports the Health Service journal. According to senior sources very close to NHS workforce plans, the challenging nature of the international recruitment market during the pandemic will …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-governments-50000-nhs-nurse-plan-disintegrates/

Biden picks up Communications Workers, Steelworkers endorsements
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-27
WASHINGTON–Accelerating his backing from big unions, former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, picked up the official backing of the Steelworkers on May 20 and the Communications Workers two days later. The decisions put Biden ever closer to the magic numbers he needed for the AFL-CIO\'s presidential endorsement, which has now come …
peoplesworld.org/article/biden-picks-up-communications-workers-steelworkers-endorsements/

The Campaign Against Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Clearing the Way for A Big Pharma Vaccine
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-27
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought out many disturbing features of our society. Misinformation, or perhaps more accurately, disinformation, abounds in the service of agendas ranging from those who interpret the virus as a useful ploy for the construction of a …
globalresearch.ca/campaign-against-hcq/5714152

Citing Dual Threat of Covid-19 and Duterte, Coalition Calls on Congress to Block US Arms Sale to Philippines
Jon Queally & Andrea Germanos, staff writers | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
\"The U.S. should not be selling advanced military systems to an abusive, unaccountable Philippine military under cover of a global pandemic.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gallery-1475767527-gettyimages-98467963.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/citing-dual-threat-covid-19-and-duterte-coalition-calls-congress-block-us-arms-sale?cd-origin=rss

Human Footprint Threatening Nearly 50 Billion Years of Evolutionary History: Study
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
\"Our findings indicate that the magnitude of our impact as a species on the natural world is incomprehensibly large, and appears to be overwhelmingly impacting the most irreplaceable areas and species on the planet.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ayeaye-billions-years-evolutionary.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/human-footprint-threatening-nearly-50-billion-years-evolutionary-history-study?cd-origin=rss

Governments are Using COVID-19 Crisis to Crush Free Speech
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Stop those non-humans who are writing and provoking our people,\" says Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in an Instagram video. The non-humans he objects to are journalists who criticise the Chechen authorities for mishandling their response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Given Kadyrov has faced allegations of torturing and disappearing critics (which the leader denies), he leaves…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/governments-are-using-covid-19-crisis-to-crush-free-speech/

Governments are Using COVID-19 Crisis to Crush Free Speech
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Stop those non-humans who are writing and provoking our people,\" says Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in an Instagram video. The non-humans he objects to are journalists who criticise the Chechen authorities for mishandling their response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Given Kadyrov has faced allegations of torturing and disappearing critics (which the leader denies), he leaves…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/governments-are-using-covid-19-crisis-to-crush-free-speech/

North Atlantic vs. Eurasia: EU Admits that \"American-led System\" Nears Its End
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told a gathering of German ambassadors on Monday that \"analysts have long talked about the end of an American-led system and the arrival of an Asian century. This is now happening in front …
globalresearch.ca/eu-admitted-american-led-system-near-end/5714100

Washington Keeps Accusing China of Orchestrating Border Clashes with India
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
The US is supporting India towards a military confrontation with China on their land border and in the Indian Ocean. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, who is about to retire from …
globalresearch.ca/washington-accusing-china-border-clashes-india/5714050

Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role In COVID-19 Organizing
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
A shadowy right-wing nonprofit is helping coordinate coronavirus response strategy and promoting the lockdown protests. | Working alongside close allies that have helped coordinate the protests, including Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks, Council for National Policy Action (CNP Action) has been hosting conference calls and publishing action memos around reopening states\' economies. | CNP Action is the 501(c)(4) nonprofit affiliate of the Council for National Policy (CNP), a coalition of far-right political advocacy and think tank figures that has worked largely behind the scenes since its…
popularresistance.org/secretive-right-wing-nonprofit-plays-role-in-covid-19-organizing/

Group Hopes To See New Economy Emerge Based On Hawaiian Values
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
A new group that wants to reboot Hawaii\'s tourist-based economy in the era of the new coronavirus announced a four-step plan Tuesday to come up with ideas by August based on Native Hawaiian cultural values. | The \'Aina Aloha Economic Futures Declaration, which was sent to Gov. David Ige, is the first part of an effort to create a different island economy based on centuries of island-based values. The declaration was authored by 14 members of the community who want \"to reboot the entire operating system of our economy,\" said Kamanamaikalani Beamer, associate professor of the University of Hawaii\'s Center for Hawai…
popularresistance.org/group-hopes-to-see-new-economy-emerge-based-on-hawaiian-values/

Colombian Social Leaders Protest For Access To Health Care And Food
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
The difficult situation Colombia is facing due to the pandemic prompted the 48 leaders of Sierra Nevada, in the Santa Marta District, to protest to demand decent health services and food aid. | In the middle of the road that communicates with the territory of La Guajira, the demonstrators placed a coffin and performed the dance of the African morticians that have been virtualized in the social networks in recent months. | With this representation, the social leaders denounced the abandonment by the District and Departmental Government. | Those who become ill for the COVID-19 has a high risk of dying, they denounc…
popularresistance.org/colombian-social-leaders-protest-for-access-to-health-care-and-food/

Tenants Buy Properties From Negligent Landlord Who Tried To Evict Them
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
Thirty-eight families in south Minneapolis will gain ownership of their five apartment buildings after spending years battling with their landlord, Stephen Frenz, who had been trying to evict them. | \"This is an amazing victory. I am so happy,\" Chloe Jackson said in a statement Monday. She is a resident of one of the properties and board president of the tenant\'s rights group Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (United Renters for Justice). Eviction seemed certain once the pandemic hit since the families

The Case For Degrowth In A Time Of Pandemic
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
To be more resilient to crises

Frontline Healthcare Workers Are Becoming Socialists
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
As the current Covid-19 pandemic spread throughout the country, healthcare workers again witnessed how the for-profit healthcare system, along with the capitalist economic system, was unable to respond. Frontline workers, already putting their lives at risk, were being more exposed due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies that should never be in shortage, especially in a country that allows an individual with a net worth of over $100 billion to exist. Hospitals, already short-staffed due to years of \"cost-saving\" measures, were near collapse from the influx of patients. This helped to…
popularresistance.org/frontline-healthcare-workers-are-becoming-socialists/

Why China Is Not The Aggressor
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
To reverse the Pentagon\'s reckless drive towards potentially catastrophic confrontation, people in this country need to be aware of the true nature of relations between the United States and China. In fact, it is the United States that is engaged in a comprehensive push to encircle and isolate China using military, economic and political aggression. The result of this atmosphere of non-stop hostility has been a marked increase in instances of discrimination and racist violence towards Chinese-Americans and other Asian communities within the United States. | The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying…
popularresistance.org/why-china-is-not-the-aggressor/

Venezuela And Iran Show Solidarity Can Overcome US Empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
Commemorating 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths The official milestone of 100,000 dead in the United States from COVID-19 is near. This figure is certainly an undercount as thousands of deaths from COVID-19 are not being recorded. Before our weekly news analysis, we pause to commemorate those deaths. The US, with 4 percent of the world\'s population, has 28 percent of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/venezuela-and-iran-show-solidarity-can-overcome-us-empire/

A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
Southern Solidarity has gone from 24 daily meal distributions to 250. | \"We\'re doing this because capitalism is making survival impossible,\" Araujo says. | She plans to meet with researchers and academics to develop a guidebook on how to create a mutual aid project during a pandemic but, in the meantime, she has advice for those of us interested in lending a hand: \"Assess and observe,\" she says. \"Do not mimic colonizer actions. Connect to existing institutions. And, most of all, insert your radical imagination.\"
popularresistance.org/a-history-of-mutual-aid-has-prepared-poc-for-this-moment/

Bernie Sanders introduces Paycheck Security Act to protect millions of employees during coronavirus pandemic
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-26
\"Without aggressive action to help workers keep their jobs and businesses stay open, we risk an economic disaster that could take decades to repair.\"
nationofchange.org/2020/05/26/bernie-sanders-introduces-paycheck-security-act-to-protect-millions-of-employees-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

Facing the ecosocial crisis: Is a socialist planning of the economy feasible?
Víctor Castillo | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
The current ecological and social crisis, a crisis which has seen its effects increased by a public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, is a crisis which raises serious concerns over environmental sustainability and social polarization and which has a fundamental cause: the blind logic pursued by our economy system, where everything is secondary …
mronline.org/2020/05/26/facing-the-ecosocial-crisis-is-a-socialist-planning-of-the-economy-feasible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-the-ecosocial-crisis-is-a-socialist-planning-of-the-economy-feasible

Yes, some acts of terrorism have indeed occurred in Hong Kong
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-26
Chinese officials confirmed on Monday that some acts of terrorism have indeed recently occurred in Hong Kong. Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong Xie Feng, Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee, and Hong Kong Commissioner of Police Chris Tang were unanimous in their separate statements to this effect, even revealing that some of the troublemakers had conspired with foreign forces to carry out such acts. Their official disclosures add a renewed impetus to the draft decision of the national security legislation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). | Ever since the 9/…

Yes, some acts of terrorism have indeed occurred in Hong Kong

Biden\'s \"You Ain\'t Black\" Comment Embodies Everything Wrong with the Democrats
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Former Vice President and current Democrat front-runner Joe Biden embodied everything that\'s wrong with the Democrats on Friday morning during an interview with a popular New York City radio host. In response to Charlamagne Tha God\'s request for another interview …
globalresearch.ca/biden-you-aint-black-comment-embodies-everything-wrong-democrats/5714103

The power of propaganda: Americans think Trump\'s COVID-19 performance better than China\'s
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
Americans rate their own government\'s response, along with that of the UK and Italy, higher than that of China despite those countries having much higher death and infection rates.
mronline.org/2020/05/26/the-power-of-propaganda-americans-think-trumps-covid-19-performance-better-than-chinas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-propaganda-americans-think-trumps-covid-19-performance-better-than-chinas

Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Do you know who coined the curse, \"conspiracy theory\" or accusation, \"you are conspiracy theorist!\"

Selected Articles: Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything | By Peter Koenig, May 26, 2020 | The universal Covid-lockdown has also caused a meltdown of productive assets, which now become easy prey to be bought by large corporations

Zionists Have Feelings Too
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Regular visitors to this site will be aware that I frequently write about the massive propaganda campaign being run by supporters of Israel to conceal the damage done by the Jewish state to actual United States\' interests. One of the …
globalresearch.ca/zionists-have-feelings-too/5714094

Hong Kong Rioters Should Never Fight Against Their Own Country
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
For several months, Western mass media called the Hong Kong rioters, \"pro-democracy protesters\". It still does. But I began noticing a new, even deadlier, terminology. Now, the black-clad ninja-looking men and women that are periodically and violently clashing with the law enforcement forces are once in a while described as \"pro-independence\". Some Hong Kong citizens …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/hong-kong-rioters-should-never-fight-against-their-own-country/

Other Nations Lead the Way
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-05-26
How China, South Korea, and Germany developed effective strategies for fighting COVID-19.
progressive.org/magazine/other-nations-lead-the-way-erlich/

Stay Home, Stay Safe, Be Kind: What New Zealand Can Teach the World About Eliminating COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-26
New Zealand implemented one of the earliest lockdowns and has largely succeeded in eliminating the coronavirus under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Some of the country\'s success has been attributed to her leadership, trust in science, and clear communication during the crisis. We get an update from Michael Baker, professor of public health at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He is an epidemiologist and a member of the New Zealand Ministry of Health\'s Technical Advisory Group. Baker has been advising the government on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their slogan is \"Stay…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/26/new_zealand_coronavirus_response_jacinda_ardern

Photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado: Brazil\'s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-26
As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19\'s devastating impact on Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of the country. We speak with world-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado, who wrote an open letter to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a \"little flu,\" to warn him the pandemic is \"an extreme threat to their very survival.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/26/brazil

Photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado: Brazil\'s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-26
As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19\'s devastating impact on Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of the country. We speak with world-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado, who wrote an open letter to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a \"little flu,\" to warn him the pandemic is \"an extreme threat to their very survival.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/26/brazil

The Ben Uliel Case: Has Israel Won the Battle Against Jewish Terror?
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-26
The verdict was a best-case scenario for Israel\'s image as it deliberately absolved the massive terrorist network that spawned the likes of Ben Uliel and the Israeli army that protects those very extremists on a daily basis.
mintpressnews.com/ben-uliel-case-israel-battle-against-jewish-terror/267875/

Bolsonaro Gives a Fantastic, Impassioned, Radical Speech Against Lockdown Maos [VIDEO]
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
This was a recent meeting of Bolsonaro\'s cabinet footage from which made public by the Supreme Court, and what a meeting it was: Why are they puttin handcuffs on a citizen that is working or a woman in the public square and the Justice doesn\'t say anything? You have to fucking speak! | You\'re going to be quite? Until when? Or do I have to keep exposing myself? You have to speak, put it out there! Dish it out! | You can\'t put handcuffs, a decision of the Supreme Court itself. Are we going to be quiet? Until when? | They keep on humiliating our people. And that\'s growing… People keep pointing at me: \"I voted for y…
anti-empire.com/bolsonaro-gives-a-fantastic-impassioned-radical-speech-against-the-lockdown-scum-video/

Video: Turkey Dives Into Libyan Conflict
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and Syrian militants supported by the Turkish military have achieved more gains in their battle against the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. | GNA forces have captured the …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-libyan-conflict/5714058

Joe Biden\'s Friend From JPMorgan Chase
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-26
The American Prospect See article on original site Much has been made of Joe Biden\'s public \"pivot to the left\" in recent weeks, from calling for a stimulus \"a hell of a lot bigger\" than $3 trillion to seating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive populists on major policy committees. But while Biden seems sincere about …
cepr.net/joe-bidens-friend-from-jpmorgan-chase/

Israeli Authorities Order Ten Palestinian-owned Water Wells Closed
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-26
Israeli military authorities reportedly plan to shut down ten Palestinian-owned water wells, to the west of city Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in the Al-Sawiya village in western Salfit, told media outlets including the Palestine WAFA News Agency, that Israeli military authorities delivered shutdown warrants …
imemc.org/article/israeli-authorities-order-ten-palestinian-owned-water-wells-closed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-authorities-order-ten-palestinian-owned-water-wells-closed

Grassroots Organizers Continue To Move The Needle For Change Despite Little Fanfare
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-26
Activists like Cameron Miles, Vonya Quarles, Erica Smith, and Amber Rose-Howard discuss organizing tactics that work in the continued fight for social justice and prison abolition.
therealnews.com/stories/grassroots-organizers-continue-move-the-needle-for-change-despite-little-fanfare

First US Citizen Convicted for Protests at Nuclear Weapons Base in Germany
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
COCHEM, Germany A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany\'s Bàºchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/first-us-citizen-convicted-for-protests-at-nuclear-weapons-base-in-germany/

First US Citizen Convicted for Protests at Nuclear Weapons Base in Germany
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
COCHEM, Germany A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany\'s Bàºchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/first-us-citizen-convicted-for-protests-at-nuclear-weapons-base-in-germany/

A Whistleblowing Visionary Offers a Ticket to Our Future—If We Take It
Shahid Buttar | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
Workers protest against the failure from their employers to provide adequate protections in the workplace of the Amazon delivery hub on National May Day Walkout/Sickout by workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Innstacart and Shipt amid the Covid-19 pandemic on May 1, 2020, in Hawthorne, California. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1211479571_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/26/whistleblowing-visionary-offers-ticket-our-future-if-we-take-it?cd-origin=rss

Minnesota: Protest set to demand justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-26
Minneapolis, MN

COVID-19 Reveals the Inherent Vindictiveness of Migration Detention
Michael Flynn, Katie Welsford | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
Asylum seekers protest inside the Mantra Hotel in Preston, Melbourne, Australia. May 16, 2020. (Picture by Micheal Dodge/AAP/PA Images. All rights reserved) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/asylum.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/26/covid-19-reveals-inherent-vindictiveness-migration-detention?cd-origin=rss

\'Some Honesty for Once\': Alberta Energy Minister Celebrates Covid-19 for Making In-Person Pipeline Protests More Difficult
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
\"They\'re literally using Covid as a cover to build pipelines because they know protest is impossible.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/canada-supreme-court-trans-mountain_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/some-honesty-once-alberta-energy-minister-celebrates-covid-19-making-person-pipeline?cd-origin=rss

Italy Recommends Cuban Medical Brigade for Nobel Peace Prize
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Italian authorities, ecclesiastic representatives, and social organizations acknowledged on May 23 Cuban efforts to face COVID across the country. | The Secretary of Health and Welfare of the government of the Lombardy region, Giulio Gallera, and the president of the …
globalresearch.ca/italy-recommends-cuban-medical-brigade-nobel-peace-prize/5714083

The Coming of a Social-Distancing Version of War
Danny Sjursen | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
The spread of Covid-19 has offered a rare opportunity to raise questions, challenge frameworks, and critically consider what \"ending\" war might even mean for this country.(Photo: Erich Ferdinand/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/peace_sign_0_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/26/coming-social-distancing-version-war?cd-origin=rss

No Benefit for Lopinavir–Ritonavir in Severe COVID-19
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
Treatment with the HIV combination drug lopinavir-ritonavir did not accelerate recovery or improve mortality rates among hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766416

CDC Report Confirms Remarkably Low Coronavirus Death Rate. Where Is the Media?
Daniel Horowitz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Most people are more likely to wind up six feet under because of almost anything else under the sun other than COVID-19. | The CDC just came out with a report that should be earth-shattering to the narrative of the political …
globalresearch.ca/cdc-confirms-low-coronavirus-death-rate/5713979

US \"Woke\" Community Wages Pointless War Against Huawei
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
When the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) withdrew from a Huawei-sponsored Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) webinar

Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-tom-tomorrow/

Progressive hopefuls aim at two top Democratic congressional leaders
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-26
Even if campaigning takes different methods and forms due to the coronavirus pandemic, politics still goes on, and so does the effort by progressive Democrats to oust corporate-friendly foes. That\'s what two challengers to two top-tier Democrats will try to do in coming weeks. But their targets, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Foreign …
peoplesworld.org/article/progressive-hopefuls-aim-at-two-top-democratic-congressional-leaders/

California: UFCW Local 770 wants Farmer John Vernon Plant closed now
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-26
Los Angeles, CA – As more than 130 workers at the Farmer John plant in Vernon have contracted the coronavirus, May 25, the union representing 1300 plant employees is calling for an immediate closure to ensure workers are safe and to keep all workers on the payroll with their full pay and benefits. | Workers at Farmer John, which is owned by Smithfield, have pressed the company for increased safety measures, workplace protections and information about infections at the plant. Information has been incomplete and safety measures insufficient. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is cu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/25/california-ufcw-local-770-wants-farmer-john-vernon-plant-closed-now

One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus
Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus…
thenation.com/article/world/france-coronavirus-hospital/

Emerging Lessons From COVID-19 Response in New York City
Chokshi DA, Katz MH. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
In a little more than 1 month, US society and its hospitals were transformed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The once-boisterous streets of New York City became quiet, while the hospital wards reverberated with the swooshes and beeps usually heard in intensive care units (ICUs). COVID-19 echoed that duality. There are so many outside the hospital who were silently infected, while so many fought for their lives in the hospital, struggling just to breathe.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766403

There are 800 million reasons why Dominic Cummings refuses to bow out gracefully
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
At a press conference in the Rose Garden of 10 Downing street, Dominic Cummings gave his bizarre and at times implausible version of what happened once he believed his wife, and later he, had contracted the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. | Somewhere in No. 10 must be a whiteboard with all the explanations they brainstormed for his trip to Barnard Castle, but ultimately rejected as being MORE insane than \"driving eye test w…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/05/26/there-are-800-million-reasons-why-dominic-cummings-refuses-to-bow-out-gracefully/

One Rule for Me and Another for Everyone Else: The Cummings Coronavirus Factor
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
Leaving crises to Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s management skills will never disappoint those who favour chaos and the attractions of vague direction. The double standard is to be preferred to the equal one. With the United Kingdom sundered by death and the effects of COVID-19 (the PM himself having had his battle with the virus), …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/one-rule-for-me-and-another-for-everyone-else-the-cummings-coronavirus-factor/

Apocalypse never: what coronavirus teaches us about doomsday denial
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
he current pandemic is giving humanity a crash course in apocalypse management. Whether COVID-19 is actually apocalyptic or not is debatable, but the pandemic has many of the characteristics that we associate with something of that scale.
mronline.org/2020/05/26/apocalypse-never-what-coronavirus-teaches-us-about-doomsday-denial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apocalypse-never-what-coronavirus-teaches-us-about-doomsday-denial

Telephone Calls Between Biden and Poroshenko Reveal Kiev\'s Submission to Washington
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Recently, several phone calls made four years ago between former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden were revealed. The content of the talks is profound and controversial and reveals the high degree of American influence …
globalresearch.ca/telephone-calls-biden-poroshenko-reveal-kiev-submission-washington/5714046

North Milwaukee COVID-19 testing site closure leaves Black community with few options
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-26
Milwaukee, WI – On May 7, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers declared a COVID-19 testing plan that would focus on reaching all Blacks, Latinos and indigenous people in Wisconsin. The sites would be administered by and staffed by members of the Wisconsin National Guard. The significance of these sites was that individuals would be able to receive testing regardless of symptoms, healthcare or appointment. | Beginning on May 11, the City of Milwaukee opened two testing centers: the Midtown Center site, located on the North Side, home to the vast majority of the city\'s Black residents; and a second one at the United Migra…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/26/north-milwaukee-covid-19-testing-site-closure-leaves-black-community-few-options

If only the MSM had held Cummings and co to account this much *before* the 2019 election
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
The mainstream media is rightly holding Dominic Cummings and his government employers to account at the moment. But they\'re doing their job too late. Because the perfect time to actually challenge them would\'ve been when British voters had a clear chance to stop them; say, before the nightmare 2019 election. Instead, though, many corporate media hacks were too busy covering Boris Johnson\'s back while campaigning hard to keep his opponent from winning. | Too late to do your jobs now. The damage…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/05/26/if-only-the-msm-had-held-cummings-and-co-to-account-this-much-before-the-2019-election/

Trump\'s \"Uncreative Destruction\" of the US/China Relationship
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as \"creative destruction.\" As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, the capitalist system continually spurs innovation, much as a forest fire prepares the ground for new growth. Or so the representatives of the dismal science argue. Donald…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trumps-uncreative-destruction-of-the-us-china-relationship/

Is Mitch McConnell Blocking State Aid to Enrich Vulture Funds and Bolster Corporate Control of the Economy?
John Buell | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
McConnell\'s moralistic reference to the profligacy of state governments is an initial shot over their bow in the political struggle over state debt. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mitch_mcconnell_1.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/26/mitch-mcconnell-blocking-state-aid-enrich-vulture-funds-and-bolster-corporate?cd-origin=rss

The Gods of Small Things
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
O brave new world that has such people in it!

Criminogenic Politics as a Form of Psychosis in the Age of Trump
Henry Giroux | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
In its late stages, capitalism morphs into a form of neoliberal fascism. In this instance, the structural misery produced by capitalism via its destruction of the welfare state, safety net, and its growing investment in accelerating inequality and criminalizing all social problems merges with the theater of racism, racial cleansing, hyper-masculinity, ultra-nationalism, militarism, scapegoating the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/criminogenic-politics-as-a-form-of-psychosis/

The Gods of Small Things
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
O brave new world that has such people in it!

Trump Administration and the Washington Post: Picking Fights Together
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been picking fights–using cold war rhetoric regarding China and applying a \"maximum pressure\" campaign against Iran. The editorial writers of the Washington Post for the past few weeks have written a series of pieces that support a hard line against China, and on May 24th…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-administration-and-the-washington-post-picking-fights-together/

TRUMP-20: The Other Pandemic
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me –A. E. Housman In the destructive wake of TRUMP-20, Americans should practice media-distancing. Daily reports that expose us to Trump, his lies, his racism, and the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-20-the-other-pandemic/

Trump Administration and the Washington Post: Picking Fights Together
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been picking fights–using cold war rhetoric regarding China and applying a \"maximum pressure\" campaign against Iran. The editorial writers of the Washington Post for the past few weeks have written a series of pieces that support a hard line against China, and on May 24th…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-administration-and-the-washington-post-picking-fights-together/

TRUMP-20: The Other Pandemic
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me –A. E. Housman In the destructive wake of TRUMP-20, Americans should practice media-distancing. Daily reports that expose us to Trump, his lies, his racism, and the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-20-the-other-pandemic/

The Persian Rug Weaver Strikes in the US Backyard Through Venezuela
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first …
globalresearch.ca/persian-rug-weaver-strikes-us-backyard-venezuela/5714072

The \'Science\' Behind Social Distancing. Shutting Down National Economy Based on Flawed Computer Models
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
The world has been turned upside down with draconian government orders to \"flatten the curve\" with what is called Social Distancing. Schools have been closed for months, businesses have been involuntarily shut down and travel restrictions have idled 90 percent …
globalresearch.ca/social-distancing/5714077

US Prepares to Withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
On Thursday, May 21, American President Donald Trump announced the decision to withdraw the United States from the Treaty on Open Skies, signed with Russia and ratified by 35 other countries in 1992. Trump says the reason for withdrawing from …
globalresearch.ca/us-withdraw-treaty-open-skies/5714104

A Cold War Is Heating Up this Summer
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
The Iranian oil tanker Fortune arrived in Venezuela yesterday, the first in a flotilla of five, Forest, Petunia, Faxon, and Clavel, carrying gasoline from Bandar Abbas to Puerto Cabello. The second ship, Forest, has entered Venezuelan waters today. Venezuela …
globalresearch.ca/cold-war-heating-summer/5714110

Global Research: An Antidote to Isolation
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Dear Readers, | We have witnessed of late how a global medical issue can be flipped on its head and used to further divide and isolate the people. Our intention is to provide a digital forum of ideas as an antidote …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-an-antidote-to-isolation/5714092

Covid-19 and The Plight of New York State\'s Nursing Homes
William Walter Kay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
On March 25, 2020 New York State\'s Health Department issued the urgent Advisory: Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes. Nursing Home (NH) Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and Hospital Discharge Planners needed to \"carefully review this guidance.\" | To \"…
globalresearch.ca/howard-zucker-scarlet-letter/5713887

\"Globalized Wellness\": The Big Pharma COVID Vaccine Marathon
Brett Jordan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
As far as pharmaceutical giants pining to roll out the world\'s first COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, the race is very much on. The SARS-CoV-2 continues to be lauded as the most time-sensitive crisis of our modern era, and CEOs of …
globalresearch.ca/globalized-wellness-the-big-pharma-covid-vaccine-marathon/5714053

The Real Meaning Behind Dominic Cummings Breaking Lockdown
Kit Knightly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
The debate today is whether Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson\'s Chief Advisor, should resign, or not. Whether he broke the lockdown rules, or even the law. Whether his trip was justified or if there was some perfidiousness behind it. | Mostly, …
globalresearch.ca/dominic-cummings-breaking-lockdown/5714089

COVID Data: \'How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?\'
Alexis C. Madrigal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
We bring to the attention of Global Research readers selected excerpts from a carefully researched article published by the Atlantic, which documents the manipulation of CDC data pertaining to the corona-virus. Of significance: the recorded COVID data set guidelines for …
globalresearch.ca/covid-data-how-could-the-cdc-make-that-mistake/5713936

Psoriasis Drug Guselkumab Improved Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
Guselkumab, a biologic drug approved to treat patients with moderate or severe psoriasis, significantly and safely improved psoriatic arthritis, a phase 3 trial in The Lancet concluded. Guselkumab is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits interleukin-23.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766420

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-26
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in East Africa, the UN Human Rights regional office, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been contributing to the COVID-19 response of UN country teams in the region, by ensuring that human rights protection for vulnerable people is included in their plans. The head of the office, Nwanneakolam Vwede-Obahor, shared some of the challenges she and her colleagues are facing.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064642

The GOP\'s Hollow War on \'Tyranny\'
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-26
The GOP attacked the \"tyranny\" of Democratic officeholders who are trying to manage the public-health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
progressive.org/magazine/gop-hollow-war-on-tyranny-conniff/

Neoliberal solutions won\'t save us from this pandemic
Joe Sims | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-26
A lot of hope–and rightly so–is being placed in what a post-Trump country and world might look like. And yes, almost anything would be better. (As a popular lawn sign reads, \"2020: Any Functioning Adult.\") Proposals for union-friendly organizing rights, student debt relief, a wealth tax, a green infrastructure bill (if not a Green New …
peoplesworld.org/article/neoliberal-solutions-wont-save-us-from-this-pandemic/

Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions
Larry Holmes | workers.org | 2020-05-26
The following is a slightly edited talk given during the Workers World Party webinar \"What Road to Socialism?\" on May 16. Welcome everyone to this important national meeting of Workers World Party. I wish we could be meeting in person, but dire circumstances make that impossible. So we have to . . . | Continue reading Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48926/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemics-have-a-way-of-fomenting-social-revolutions

The New Diplomacy: Virtual Instead of Physical
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-26
In the era of Covid, virtual diplomacy was on display in India on May 21 when India\'s President accepted the credentials of the ambassadors of several countries via video conferencing. | The Covid-19 pandemic may have permanently changed the way diplomacy is conducted. Diplomacy has traditionally relied on physical contact in both formal and informal settings. Physical diplomacy has included the presentation of credentials of accreditation by ambassadors to heads of state; participation in global summits and bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, etc. meetings; diplomatic receptions, and so on. | In the era of Cov…

The New Diplomacy: Virtual Instead of Physical

$3,278 ER visit for coughing fits and fever amid Covid-19 pandemic highlights failure of for-profit system
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-26
\"Congress and insurers have made all of these promises to waive copays for treatment and testing but we\'re hearing that\'s not always the reality.\"
nationofchange.org/2020/05/26/3278-er-visit-for-coughing-fits-and-fever-amid-covid-19-pandemic-highlights-failure-of-for-profit-system/

Comcast Ignores Calls To Improve Internet Access During Pandemic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-26
Despite making $4 billion in revenue in 2019, Comcast hasn\'t responded to pleas from students and educators to increase internet speeds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
therealnews.com/columns/comcast-ignores-calls-to-improve-internet-access-during-pandemic

\"We will resist the ruling-class offensive to make the working class pay the cost of the COVID-19 crisis\"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
Interview with Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/we-will-resist-the-ruling-class-offensive-to-make-the-working-class-pay-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-crisis/

Memorial Day Letter to my Union President
Steve Morse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
As a retired sheet metal worker, on Memorial Day, I watched the Memorial Day video put out by the general president of my union. This was my response to him. I appreciate your stress on staying safe during this pandemic, as well as the listing of our 14 members who have died from COVID-19. I …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/memorial-day-letter-to-my-union-president/

\"We will resist the ruling-class offensive to make the working class pay the cost of the COVID-19 crisis\"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
Interview with Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/we-will-resist-the-ruling-class-offensive-to-make-the-working-class-pay-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-crisis/

Hybrid Influenza Strain Found in Idaho Teenager
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
A 13-year-old Idaho boy was treated in February 2019 for a hybrid influenza strain that contained genetic components of both seasonal influenza and 2009 influenza A(H1N1), according to a CDC report.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766440

Passing Behind Our Backs
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
I never met the great basketball player, Bob Cousy, the man known as \"the Houdini of the Hardwood,\" yet he somehow influenced my life in ways I never knew, or to be more accurate, in ways I didn\'t reflect upon except in superficial ways. He was the guy who brought professional basketball into the modern …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/passing-behind-our-backs/

The Military-Industrial-Governmental Complex
Eric Walberg | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
Christian Sorensen\'s ambitious Understanding the War Industry documents the US war economy with zest. It\'s a dull, monotonous topic but vitally important, and he manages to make it interesting. You see the military-industrial-political complex as a vast, complex hive, embedded in the larger economic monster called the United States. That union has always been tenuous, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-military-industrial-governmental-complex/

Doctors in Egypt threaten mass resignation as deaths of colleagues continue
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate issued a formal statement warning of a medical catastrophe in the absence of adequate arrangements of PPEs and tests for medical staff in the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/doctors-in-egypt-threaten-mass-resignation-as-deaths-of-colleagues-continue/

Doctors in Egypt threaten mass resignation as deaths of colleagues continue
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate issued a formal statement warning of a medical catastrophe in the absence of adequate arrangements of PPEs and tests for medical staff in the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/doctors-in-egypt-threaten-mass-resignation-as-deaths-of-colleagues-continue/

Ending hunger and homelessness cheaper than maintaining our Maginot Line
Forbes West | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-26
Admirals and generals, it is said, are always prepared to fight the last war. Practical leaders who study the past are keen to be the best at their profession, learning the tools of the trade as best they can. They are studying old homework, however, while someone or something out there is re-writing the entire …
peoplesworld.org/article/ending-hunger-and-homelessness-cheaper-than-maintaining-our-maginot-line/

COVID-19 adds new dimensions to U.S.-China trade war
C.P. Chandrasekhar | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
The Trump regime is ratcheting up its protectionist rhetoric vis-à -vis China. If this leads to new sanctions, it would worsen the COVID-induced trade crisis rather than help the U.S.
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Yemen aid lifeline near \'breaking point\': UN food agency
news.un.org | 2020-05-26
Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned on Tuesday.
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Desafiando las sanciones de EEUU, primer buque iraní llega a Venezuela
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-26
La presencia militar de los Estados Unidos en aguas del Caribe no disuadió a Irán mientras el \"Fortuna\", el primero de sus cinco gigantes buques petroleros llenos de gasolina y suministros de refinería llegó a las aguas de Venezuela el sábado 23 de mayo.
liberationnews.org/desafiando-las-sanciones-de-eeuu-primer-buque-irani-llega-a-venezuela/

Special Edition: Sanctioned Countries Speak Out On COVID-19
Terrace | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-26
On May 9, 2020, the Sanctions Kill coalition based in the United States held the first in a series of webinars on the United States\' illegal economic coercive measures imposed on 39 countries and one-third of the global population. This webinar featured representatives from six countries: Cuba, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela and Iran. Each of these targeted countries shares common struggles to maintain their sovereignty and provide basic necessities for their people while trying to build new forms of governance in the face of aggression and interference from the United States. It is rare to hear directly f…
popularresistance.org/special-edition-sanctioned-countries-speak-out-on-covid-19/

Defying U.S. sanctions, first Iranian tanker reaches Venezuela
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-26
The enhanced U.S. military presence in Caribbean waters did not deter Iran as the first of its five giant tankers full of gasoline and refinery supplies reached Venezuela\'s waters late Saturday, May 23.
liberationnews.org/defying-u-s-sanctions-first-iranian-tanker-reaches-venezuela/

Desafiando las sanciones de EEUU, primer buque iraní llega a Venezuela
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-26
La presencia militar de los Estados Unidos en aguas del Caribe no disuadió a Irán mientras el \"Fortuna\", el primero de sus cinco gigantes buques petroleros llenos de gasolina y suministros de refinería llegó a las aguas de Venezuela el sábado 23 de mayo.
liberationnews.org/desafiando-las-sanciones-de-eeuu-primer-buque-irani-llega-a-venezuela/

Trump administration weaponizes lies and conspiracies instead of solutions
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-26
In an interview for CBS in early May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed unable to distinguish between conspiracies or science. In almost one breath, the Harvard law graduate told a reporter earlier this month that \"enormous evidence\" exists to say that the virus that causes COVID-19 is \"man made.\" He, then, immediately stated, …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-administration-weaponizes-lies-and-conspiracies-instead-of-solutions/

Working class demonstrates in Spain for a social emergency plan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
On May 23, Saturday, workers and progressive sections across Spain demonstrated in major cities demanding the protection of workers\' rights and for an urgent social emergency plan to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Various trade unions and parties, including the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) and Committees for Workers Unity (CUO), participated in the mobilizations. | According to reports, demonstrations were organized in Madrid, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Almería, Granada, Aguilar de la Frontera, Puente Genil, Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Murcia, Alacant, Valencia, Barcelona, Olot, Lleida, and Barakald…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/working-class-demonstrates-in-spain-for-a-social-emergency-plan/

Victory: Ohio\'s plan to deny workers their unemployment insurance is shelved
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
In early May, Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine began reopening the state economy. And to support business and slash state expenses, both at worker expense, he had a \"COVID-19 Fraud\" form put up on the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services website where employers could confidentially report employees \"who quit or refuse work when …
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Working class demonstrates in Spain for a social emergency plan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
On May 23, Saturday, workers and progressive sections across Spain demonstrated in major cities demanding the protection of workers\' rights and for an urgent social emergency plan to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Various trade unions and parties, including the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) and Committees for Workers Unity (CUO), participated in the mobilizations. | According to reports, demonstrations were organized in Madrid, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Almería, Granada, Aguilar de la Frontera, Puente Genil, Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Murcia, Alacant, Valencia, Barcelona, Olot, Lleida, and Barakald…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/working-class-demonstrates-in-spain-for-a-social-emergency-plan/

Let\'s Pay Attention to What COVID-19 Is Trying to Tell Us About Climate Change
Janis Petzel | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
COVID-19 demonstrates that there is a direct connection between the environment and our health. (Photo: World Learning/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/smog.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/26/lets-pay-attention-what-covid-19-trying-tell-us-about-climate-change?cd-origin=rss

We Must Resist the \'China Threat\' Syndrome
Michael T. Klare | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
We Must Resist the \'China Threat\' Syndrome…
thenation.com/article/world/we-must-resist-the-china-threat-syndrome/

Racism and Bias at the Court of Arbitration for Sports
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
Sun Yang Over the past 5 years, the sports \"anti doping movement\" has been distorted into a political tool to attack Russia and now China. This article reveals the bias behind the decision to ban Chinese athlete Sun Yang for eight years. For example, the president of the panel tweeted against a \"yellow faced Chinese …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/racism-and-bias-at-the-court-of-arbitration-for-sports/

Big Oil Loses Appeals in California Climate Lawsuits
commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/26/big-oil-loses-appeals-california-climate-lawsuits?cd-origin=rss

U.S. judge allows sale of Venezuela\'s stolen CITGO refineries
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-26
Venezuela has accused Washington of modern piracy after a judge ruled that the sale of U.S.-based CITGO refineries could go ahead. The company, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA, has been embroiled in a decade-long dispute with former Canadian mining firm Crystallex, which is set to collect a bumper $1.4 billion. It is now …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-judge-allows-sale-of-venezuelas-stolen-citgo-refineries/

Should Progressives Abandon the Earned Income Tax Credit?
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-26
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an annual means-tested money benefit available to eligible tax units with earned income and administered through the tax system. In 2019, about 25 million tax units received a total of $63 billion in benefits from the EITC. The vast majority of these benefits went to below median income …
cepr.net/should-progressives-abandon-the-earned-income-tax-credit/

Strike action looming in South Africa as government downgrades lockdown
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
Business associations claim that health and safety protocols will be followed, but unions point to previous violations which resulted in a further spread of the epidemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/strike-action-looming-in-south-africa-as-government-downgrades-lockdown/

Trump\'s Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
Trump\'s Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-immigration-racism-refugees/

Israeli Police Shoot, Injure Palestinian after Alleged Stabbing Attempt in Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-26
A Palestinian young man was seriously injured, on Monday, when Israeli police officers shot him near Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported. Israel\'s Channel 7 alleged that the man attempted to stab police officers near Jabal Mukaber, video footage of the scene showed …
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Settlers, Soldiers Take Over 47 Dunams of Palestinian Land
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-26
Illegal Israeli settlers, with the full support of the Israeli military, on Tuesday, took possession of Palestinian land, east of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, a local official reported. Head of Deir Dibwan municipality, Mansour Mansour, told Palestinian WAFA news Agency that dozens of illegal colonial settlers stormed …
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Israeli Military Abducts Two Palestinians from Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-26
Israeli military reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men from the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. Head of the Palestinian Prisoners\' Society in the city, Ibrahim Alnemr, confirmed earlier today, that Israeli troops placed a mobile roadblock at the entrance of the city of Qalqilia, near Tulkarem …
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Survey Shows 1 in 5 Teachers—Citing Covid-19 Concerns—Likely Won\'t Return to US Schools This Fall
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
While most U.S. schools have ended in-person instruction for the rest of this academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, polling results published Tuesday show that the majority of parents and teachers expect classrooms to reopen in the fall and worry about what that will mean for safety and education. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12081979501_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/survey-shows-1-5-teachers-citing-covid-19-concerns-likely-wont-return-us-schools?cd-origin=rss

Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
Hundreds of medical professionals and groups representing over 40 million healthcare workers came together Tuesday to demand that world leaders pursue a #HealthyRecovery from the coronavirus pandemic that incorporates preparation for future public health crises as well as environmental and climate action into economic stimulus packages. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12151492561.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/hundreds-medical-professionals-and-groups-say-covid-19-stimulus-plans-must-be?cd-origin=rss

Countries Rushing to Reopen Risk Causing an \'Immediate Second Peak\' In Covid-19 Infections and Deaths, WHO Warns
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
The director of the World Health Organization\'s program overseeing health crises warned Tuesday that countries that rush to reopen their economies risk immediately causing an increase in coronavirus infections and deaths. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1215149555_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/countries-rushing-reopen-risk-immediate-second-peak-covid-19-infections-and-deaths?cd-origin=rss

New York Uber and Lyft Drivers Sue Cuomo Over Refusal to Pay Unemployment Benefits During Pandemic
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
Joined by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, four Uber and Lyft drivers in New York filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Labor Department on Tuesday over the government\'s failure to pay the drivers unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1219233550_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/new-york-uber-and-lyft-drivers-sue-cuomo-over-refusal-pay-unemployment-benefits?cd-origin=rss

Facebook Ignored Internal Warnings Its Algorithms Were Intensifying Divisiveness: Report
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-26
\"Facebook knows what it\'s doing, intentionally continues to cause harm to increase engagement and profit, and will never fix these problems themselves.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/zucky.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/26/facebook-ignored-internal-warnings-its-algorithms-were-intensifying-divisiveness?cd-origin=rss

Susan Connelly: Secret trial a cover up of Australia\'s swindling of Timor-Leste
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-26
Democracy Paul OboohovIssue 1267 Australia East Timor Witness K East Timor buggingMay 26, 2020The Australian government is pursuing crimi…
greenleft.org.au/content/susan-connelly-secret-trial-cover-australias-swindling-timor-leste

Stop spending billions to punish the unemployed
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-26
Workers & unions Kerry SmithIssue 1267 Australia Australian Unemployed Workers Union job providerMay 26, 2020A leaked employment department letter reveals that the federal governm…
greenleft.org.au/content/stop-spending-billions-punish-unemployed

7 Ways the DNC Will Use Contact Tracers for Biden\'s Campaign to Oust Trump
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
The Democrat Party\'s GOTV (Get Out the Vote) program relies on labor unions and the NGO sector. Those who organized these directly as this writer has, or those who have been on the receiving end of it, will understand how this zeal, backed by the force of law under the auspices of Contact Tracers/Compliance Officers, will change the electoral outcome. | Contact Tracers are Compliance Officers Backed by Police and Operating under Governor\'s Orders | Contact Tracers are based on public sector workers in the area of public health, or NGO\'s that rely on funding from DNC backed philanthropy and state budgets. They all…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/26/7-ways-dnc-will-use-contact-tracers-for-biden-campaign-oust-trump/

How Many Dead Yemenis Does It Take to Equal One Washington Post Contributor?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington Post columnist than a quarter of a million Yemenis killed in a Western-backed war. | Gary BRECHER | The headline here is not a joke, unfortunately. It\'s a question you can\'t help asking if you\'ve followed the war in Yemen. | You probably noticed that on Radio War Nerd we\'ve pointed out over and over that some wartime deaths get a whole lot of attention, others very little

The COVID-19 Conspiracies of German Neo-Nazis
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
Thomas KLIKAUER, Nadine CAMPBELL | Where there are conspiracy theories, German Neo-Nazis are never far away. Indeed, the Corona pandemic is a welcoming vehicle for German Neo-Nazi to broadcast their ideology and to recruit new members. The belief in conspiratorial forces behind the 2020 Corona crisis isn\'t just nonsense; it is a dangerous symptom of democratic societies\' plight to be exploited by its enemies. | It almost seems as if it expresses virtuous inclinations to make fun of conspiracy theorists. No wonder because an ever-growing community of ideological cranks is continuously giving new cause. German Neo-…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/26/the-covid-19-conspiracies-of-german-neo-nazis/

Washington Prefers to Ignore the Pandemic and Ramp Up Confrontation
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
Here is a quotation that might sound familiar: \"I\'m the commander, I do not need to explain why I say things. That\'s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don\'t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.\" It is understandable when people say they think these words were spoken by Donald Trump, but in fact they were said by George W. Bush and published in the Washington Post in November 2002, a year aft…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/26/washington-prefers-to-ignore-the-pandemic-and-ramp-up-confrontation/

The New Diplomacy: Virtual Instead of Physical
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
The Covid-19 pandemic may have permanently changed the way diplomacy is conducted. Diplomacy has traditionally relied on physical contact in both formal and informal settings. Physical diplomacy has included the presentation of credentials of accreditation by ambassadors to heads of state; participation in global summits and bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, etc. meetings; diplomatic receptions, and so on. | In the era of Covid, virtual diplomacy was on display in India on May 21 when India\'s President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the credentials of the ambassadors of Australia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Cote d\'Ivoire,…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/26/the-new-diplomacy-virtual-instead-of-physical/

World Rejects Trump\'s China Witch-Hunt
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-26
Is it the Chinese who were at ground zero when the Covid-19 pandemic started? Or is it America\'s inability to show leadership in handling the crisis now?
strategic-culture.org/video/2020/05/26/world-rejects-trump-china-witch-hunt/

Spain Cuts Virus Death Toll by 2,000
Medical Express | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
Spain\'s government on Monday revised downward the country\'s death toll from the coronavirus by nearly 2,000, bringing the total number of deaths recorded to 26,834. | A new system of gathering data had allowed them to identify cases that were counted twice and exclude deaths wrongly attributed to the virus, said Fernando Simon, the health ministry\'s emergencies coordinator. | \"A variation of 1,900, that\'s a lot,\" he added. \"We are trying to check that it\'s correct, but these are the figures that we have at the moment.\" | The health ministry, which gat…
anti-empire.com/spain-cuts-virus-death-toll-by-2000/

UK Vaccine Team: Vaccine Is Now in a \"Race Against Virus Disappearing\"
Nicky Harley | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
Leading UK scientists racing to develop a Covid-19 vaccine are concerned that as the virus diminishes in Britain their tests may not be effective. | Researchers at the University of Oxford\'s Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group are warning that their initial hope of an 80 per cent success rate for the vaccine has now dropped to 50 per cent. | \"It is a race, yes. But it\'s not a race against the other guys. It\'s a race against the virus disappearing, and against time,\" Professor Adrian Hill told the Telegraph newspaper. | \"We said earlier this year that there was an 80 per cent chance of developing an effe…
anti-empire.com/uk-vaccine-team-vaccine-is-now-in-a-race-against-virus-disappearing/

Tankers to Venezuela Are Part of Iranian Strategy to Mess With Trump in an Election Year as Payback for Soleimani
Elijah J. Magnier | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
Editor\'s note: Very interesting information. This helps explain why the Imperial navy has been conducting live-fire drills off the coast of Persia and threatening Iranian vessels. | | Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcast…
anti-empire.com/tankers-to-venezuela-are-part-of-iranian-strategy-to-mess-with-trump-in-an-election-year-as-payback-for-soleimani/

New York Times Sabotages Its Emotional Blackmail Story by Including a MURDER Victim in 1000 \'Covid Victims\' List
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
When you turn yourself into emotionally blackmailing propaganda arm of a doomsday cult… | …but you can\'t even do that right: | Now waiting for a similar list highlighting 1000 individuals who died as a result of the unnecessary lockdown, which is sure to follow, right? | Here\'s a little bonus, Slavsquat comments: \"As a connoisseur of post-9/11 garbage journalism, I can say with a high degree of confidence that we have officially entered the Dumpster Fire Dark Ages. That\'s the actual image they used for their op-ed, btw. lol.\" | And another:…
anti-empire.com/the-nyt-completelly-nukes-its-emotional-blackmail-story-by-including-a-murder-victim-in-its-1000-covid-victims-list/

Fauci: \'Dying Cancer Victims Should Just Be Glad They Didn\'t Get COVID-19 With a 99.8% Cure Rate\'
Axel Thomas | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
Tens of thousands of cooperative self-isolating quarantined citizens are coming out of their basements. A bit dazed, a little pale, but with something our so-called experts didn\'t see coming. | Many are presenting to their primary care physicians with lumps. Not small lumps which would have been easy to diagnose and treat but golfball-sized lumps that have already spread like butter on hot corn. | Why just last week, Ms. Justine Bean Screwed claimed, \"I\'ve been in my basement since Christmas. I first noticed a tiny weeny lump in my right breast. Then I noticed a tiny weeny lump in my right armpit. What\'s weird is…
anti-empire.com/fauci-dying-cancer-victims-should-just-be-glad-they-didnt-get-covid-19-with-a-99-8-cure-rate/

Pointless Damage: Robert Koch\'s Own Calculation Shows Germany\'s Lockdown Was Unnecessary and Ineffective
anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
In an interview with Punkt.Preradovic, finance Prof. Dr. Stefan Homburg of the Leibniz University of Hanover said Germany\'s lockdown has \"amounted to nothing\", has had no effect on the spread of the corona virus and that the spread had already slowed down below a reproduction number of 1.0 before the lockdown. | Citing data from Robert Koch Institute (RKI) : | In the interview, the prominent professor, once an adviser to former chancellor Gerhard Schrà∂der, cited a chart from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) that was issued on April 15th: |
anti-empire.com/pointless-damage-robert-kochs-own-calculation-shows-germanys-lockdown-was-unnecessary-and-ineffective/

An Economy That Cannot Allow Stocks to Decline Is Too Fragile to Survive
Charles Hugh Smith | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-26
Feast your eyes on the chart below of the Nasdaq 100 stock market Index, which is dominated by the six FAAMNG (rhymes with \"famine\") stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix and Google which now account for over 20% of the entire U.S. stock market\'s capitalization. | Notice that despite the global economy sliding into a debt-bust depression, the NDX is within kissing distance of new all-time highs. You\'re joking, right? Sales and profits won\'t slide as the depression steps on the neck of hundreds of millions of households? | As you\'ve probably heard by now, sales don\'t matter, profits don\'t matter, cos…
anti-empire.com/an-economy-that-cannot-allow-stocks-to-decline-is-too-fragile-to-survive/

Democracy: Or How to Choose A Candidate in United States Elections
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-26
I am both a Swiss and US citizen and vote in both jurisdictions. In Switzerland I participate in its semi-direct democratic system, characterized by voting on issues, initiating legislation, approving or rejecting laws and regulations by referendum. We can even decide whether a bridge or a tunnel is built over Lake Geneva

Why Did Russia Refuse Venezuela\'s Request but Iran Accepted It?
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-26
Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first message was dispatched to the US administration after Gulf and Arab Leaders conveyed a direct message to the Iranian leaders: \"Washington is determined to stop the Iranian tankers sailing to Venezuela\". Iran responded to all messages received that \"its five tankers will sail to Venezuela and if any of these tankers is intercepted, Iran will respond in…
ahtribune.com/world/americas/venezuela/4188-russia-refused-iran-accepted.html

Tennessee\'s Secret to Plentiful Coronavirus Testing? Picking Up the Tab
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
To reopen businesses and public spaces safely, experts say, states need to be testing and contact tracing on a massive scale. But only a handful of states are doing enough testing to stay on top of potential outbreaks, according to a state-by-state analysis published by NPR. | Among those, Tennessee stands out for its aggressive approach to testing…
truthout.org/articles/tennessees-secret-to-plentiful-coronavirus-testing-picking-up-the-tab/

Trump Ridicules Biden\'s Use of a Face Mask as US COVID Infections Near 2 Million
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
President Donald Trump shared a tweet that seemed to have ridiculed the way Joe Biden, his presumed Democratic Party opponent in this year\'s presidential race, looked while wearing a mask during a Memorial Day Ceremony. | Biden wore a black mask while laying a wreath at a military memorial in Delaware, his first public appearance since states across the country issued stay-at-home o…
truthout.org/articles/trump-ridicules-bidens-use-of-a-face-mask-as-us-covid-infections-near-2-million/

Brazil\'s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
Image Credit: Sebastià£o Salgado | As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19\'s devastating impact on Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of the country. We speak with world-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado, who wrote an open letter to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a \"little flu,\" to warn him the pandemic is \"an extreme threat to their very survival.\"
truthout.org/video/brazils-reckless-covid-response-threatens-indigenous-survival/

Trump Surprises GOP With Threat to Pull RNC Convention Out of North Carolina
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
One of President Donald Trump\'s many targets on Memorial Day Weekend has been North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who he says is moving too slowly on the state\'s reopening. Railing against Cooper on Twitter, Trump threatened to pull the 2020 Republican National Conventional out of Charlotte

Lake of Ozarks Partygoers Who Ignored Social Distancing Told to Self-Isolate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
Memorial Day weekend is traditionally spent with friends and family members, and is commonly seen as the unofficial start of summer. In the era of COVID-19, however, many barbecue events and grill outs were understandably canceled or at least modified, to coincide with social distancing recommendations put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | A number of places and individuals, however, clamoring to \"reopen\" and return to a state of \"normalcy\" before the crisis…
truthout.org/articles/lake-of-ozarks-partygoers-who-ignored-social-distancing-told-to-self-isolate/

Trump Adviser Says \"Human Capital Stock\" Should Get Back to Work
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
As the United States trembles on the verge of 100,000 COVID deaths and nearly 1.7 million confirmed infections

Hawaii Considers an Explicitly Feminist Plan for COVID-Era Economic Recovery
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
\"The road to economic recovery should not be across women\'s backs,\" reads the first sentence of Hawaii\'s Feminist Economic Recovery Plan. | As states put forth dozens of recovery plans that all aim to redress the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawaii\'s remains the first and only that is explicitly \"feminist.\" | The plan

As Trump Golfed and Downplayed COVID, US Death Count Pushed Past 100,000
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-26
On Tuesday afternoon, the United States of America surpassed a grim milestone as more than 100,000 deaths resulting from COVID-19 were officially recorded. | As of 2: 30 p.m. Eastern Time, 100,103 Americans had died from the disease, with 1.7 million cumulative cases having been determined as well. Americans now make up nearly 30 percent of all COVID fatalities in the world. Unfortunately, with several states relaxing social distanc…
truthout.org/articles/as-trump-golfed-and-downplayed-covid-us-death-count-pushed-past-100000/

Johnson faces Tory revolt over decision to stand by aide Cummings
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Boris Johnson has been hit with a ministerial resignation and faced mounting backbench anger over the actions of his senior adviser, Dominic Cummings.Douglas Ross, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for Scotland, said on Tuesday that he was quitting after hearing Cummings\' efforts to defend his trip from London to Durham despite the coronavirus lockdown.The first resignation over the allegations rocking the government came as Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove sought to defend his longstanding ally as having acted in an \"entirely reasonable\" way, and within the law.But Ross, the MP for Moray, said: \"I h…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/johnson-faces-tory-revolt-over-decision-to-stand-by-aide-cummings/

Around 90 mast attacks recorded during coronavirus lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
The number of attacks on mobile phone masts has climbed to around 90 since the coronavirus lockdown began, the UK\'s network trade body has revealed.MobileUK said it has currently recorded 87 arson incidents against network towers across the country, but warned there might be a delay on information from over the bank holiday weekend.It comes as Derbyshire Police appealed for witnesses after firefighters were called to a mast blaze off Scarborough Drive in the Chaddesden area of Derby at 2am on Sunday, following a string of cases in recent months.\"We believe the fire was started deliberately and we are investigatin…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/26/around-90-mast-attacks-recorded-during-coronavirus-lockdown/

WHO executive warns first wave of coronavirus is not yet over
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
A health expert has warned that the world is still in the midst of the \"first wave\" of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.World Health Organisation (WHO) executive director Dr Mike Ryan warned that the risks of reigniting coronavirus outbreaks are complicating efforts to fend off further misery for the many millions who have lost their jobs.Dr Ryan said: \"Right now, we\'re not in the second wave. We\'re right in the middle of the first wave globally.(PA Graphics)\"We\'re still very much in a phase where the disease is actually on the way up.\"Dr Ryan pointed to South America, South Asia and other areas where the numb…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/26/who-executive-warns-first-wave-of-coronavirus-is-not-yet-over/

Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Some of the Church of England\'s most senior bishops have reported receiving hate mail and death threats after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings\' alleged breach of lockdown rules. | Bishop of Worcester John Inge tweeted that he received an email warning \"stay out of politics or we\'ll kill you\" after he criticised Boris Johnson\'s \"risible defence\" of Cummings on Sunday night. | Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Ripon, reported a similar threat, posting: \"\'Stay out of politics or it will be the death of you\' was one of the emails I received today. Thank you to those who have sent supportive mess…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/cummings-criticism-sees-church-of-england-bishops-receive-death-threats/

\'Cummings defence\' could be used endlessly in court, lawyer warns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Reasons Dominic Cummings gave for his alleged breach of lockdown rules could be used \"endlessly\" in court to debate what constitutes a reasonable excuse, a lawyer has warned. | Raj Chada, head of the criminal defence department and a partner at firm Hodge Jones and Allen, said explanations given by Cummings would not set any formal precedent and would not mean people could automatically appeal against fines or convictions. But he reiterated concerns that the regulations put in place are \"vague\" and \"subject to challenge\". | He told the PA news agency: \"However, it will be used in court endlessly about what \'reaso…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/cummings-defence-could-be-used-endlessly-in-court-lawyer-warns/

PTSD and me: my recovery journey
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
The Canary\'s Kerry-Anne Mendoza was diagnosed with PTSD in 2018. She describes her 18-month journey into recovery as the \"best gift\" she ever gave herself. For Mental Health Awareness Week, Kerry-Anne is sharing her story with the world for the first time. | Trigger warnings: Childhood sexual abuse, rape, childhood physical abuse, childhood emotional neglect, difficult family relationships, mental ill health in a parent, narcissistic abuse, suicidal ideation, specific discussion of traumatic events. | Find out more about PTSD here.
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/26/ptsd-and-me-my-recovery-journey/

Minister resigns over Dominic Cummings\' alleged lockdown breaches
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Dominic Cummings\' alleged lockdown breaches have provoked a resignation from government by a junior minister amid continued anger at Boris Johnson\'s chief adviser. | Douglas Ross, the under secretary of state for Scotland, said on Tuesday that he was quitting after hearing Cummings\' efforts to defend his trip from London to Durham. | Ross said he could not \"in good faith\" tell his constituents who could not care for sick relatives or say goodbye to dying ones while obeying lockdown rules that Cummings acted appropriately. | I haven\'t commented publicly on the situation with Dominic Cummings as I have waited to he…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/minister-resigns-over-dominic-cummings-alleged-lockdown-breaches/

Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at \'deadliest possible\' angle
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-26
New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the \'deadliest possible\' angle.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197694/dinosaur-dooming-asteroid-struck-earth-deadliest-possible

CNN v pastor: Network gets a lesson in mask-wearing after slamming cleric for sermon without PPE
rt.com | 2020-05-26
A New Jersey pastor has defended himself after being accused by CNN of creating unnecessary risk by delivering his sermon unmasked during the Covid-19 pandemic. | The question of when and where to don a protective mask in public has become an intensely-debated topic in the US, as some fight to end lockdown restrictions and others argue a \'new normal\' must be embraced until a vaccine is released, and that debate played out between a New Jersey preacher and a CNN host on Tuesday morning. | Pastor Charles Clark II of the Solid Rock Baptist Church in Camden County, New Jersey, appeared on \'New Day\' to explain his…
rt.com/usa/489824-cnn-pastor-coronavirus-face-mask/

Obama-era Pentagon deputy IG resigns less than 2 months after unexpected demotion from top coronavirus watchdog post
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Principal Pentagon Deputy Inspector General Glenn Fine has tendered his resignation less than two months after his controversial removal from a top watchdog post overseeing the Trump administration\'s $2 trillion Covid-19 bailout. | \"After many years in the [Department of Justice] and [Department of Defense] OIGs, I believe the time has come for me to step down and allow others to perform this vital role,\" Fine said in a statement on Tuesday. | Fine becomes the latest of several inspectors general to exit the administration in an ongoing shakeup that has the president\'s opponents crying foul. Last month, he was…
rt.com/usa/489827-glenn-fine-departure-oig-shakeup/

\'It destroys my argument\': Even Fox News is triggered by the lack of social distancing at Ozarks bash amid Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Brian Kilmeade, who has been arguing to lift Covid-19 lockdown measures, and other Fox talking heads did not have much support for people in the Ozarks partying in viral videos and ignoring social distancing measures. | \"It destroys my argument that we are reacting responsibly as a country,\" Kilmeade said on Fox News\' \'Outnumbered\' on Tuesday when talking about the footage out of Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend. | Viral videos show huge crowds partying it up over Memorial Day weekend in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri pic.twitter.com/PjtCiHYOBy– NowThis (@nowthis…
rt.com/usa/489840-kilmeade-coronavirus-ozarks-fox-news/

\'Ultimate Karen\' calls cops on \'dangerous\' black man who asked her to leash dog, gets put on leave after massive backlash (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-26
A New York woman dubbed the \"Ultimate Karen\" has been placed on leave and forced to \"voluntarily surrender\" her pet after being captured calling the cops on a \"threatening\" black man who merely asked that she leash her dog. | Shared on social media on Monday and set in Central Park, the video opens with a visibly-upset woman walking toward the camera, asking the man filming to \"please stop.\" The situation quickly escalates when he refuses, with the woman vowing to call the police and \"tell them there\'s an African American man threatening my life.\" | \"There is a man, an African American… he is recording me an…
rt.com/usa/489740-ultimate-karen-central-park/

\'Justice for Carolyn\': Resistance claims Trump KILLED INTERN, figuring fake news will force Twitter to nuke his Morning Joe tweets
rt.com | 2020-05-26
After Twitter refused to censor President Donald Trump for suggesting former Congressman and TV host Joe Scarborough may have played a role in the death of his intern, Trump critics launched a murder conspiracy of their own. | There is no one named Carolyn Gombell, but her name was trending on social media on Tuesday, along with the hashtag #JusticeForCarolyn, after a Twitter account calling itself \'God\' posted a thread accusing the current US president of murder. | \"He strangled her because he\'d gotten her pregnant and was threatening to tell the press. Then he bribed NYPD Police Chief Bernie Kierik to cover…
rt.com/usa/489844-trump-carolyn-murder-hoax/

\'An onion of intellectual imbecility\': Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro roasts Trump over Joe Scarborough murder tweets
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro has advised US President Donald Trump to \"grow the f**k up\" and called him out for \"intellectual imbecility\" over tweets suggesting MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is a murderer. | Trump implied (not for the first time) in tweets on Tuesday that Scarborough may have been involved in the 2001 death of an intern who worked at the former congressman\'s office. | While the death was ruled to be accidental, with the medical examiner saying Lori Klausutis died after she fell and hit her head on a desk due to an underlying heart condition, many alternative theories have made their way around t…
rt.com/usa/489826-shapiro-trump-onion-imbecile-scarborough/

CDC quietly DOWNGRADED Covid-19 death rate and media IGNORED good news. Elon Musk wonders why
rt.com | 2020-05-26
The latest estimates show that Covid-19 is nowhere near as lethal as early models claimed, yet the mainstream media have been mum on the subject, prompting some prominent lockdown critics to ask why that might be the case. | According to the \"current best estimate\" scenario laid out by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the overall case fatality rate (CFR) is significantly lower than 3.4 percent that World Health Organization claimed early on

\'Is that like Soylent Green?\' Trump adviser calls American workers \'human capital stock\' & triggers cannibalism-themed meme storm
rt.com | 2020-05-26
A White House adviser has triggered a wave of memes and mockery after referring to the US labor force as \"human capital stock,\" drawing countless comparisons to the dystopian sci-fi flick \'Soylent Green\' (spoiler: it\'s people). | In calling to reopen the US economy amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in an interview with CNN on Monday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett noted that the country\'s \"capital stock\" was still intact, adding that \"our human capital stock is ready to get back to work.\" Though the comment was meant to express a simple idea, Hassett\'s jargonistic wording conjured up much darker ima…
rt.com/usa/489737-human-capital-soylent-green/

Trump teases \'very interesting & powerful\' action after China calls US sanctions \'bluff\' over Hong Kong
rt.com | 2020-05-26
US President Donald Trump said he was planning to do something about Beijing\'s moves to limit the political autonomy of Hong Kong, but would not say what. Chinese media, meanwhile, called US threats a \'nothingburger\' bluff. | \"We\'re doing something now. I think you\'ll find it very interesting. But I won\'t be talking about it today,\" Trump told reporters at a White House event about healthcare on Tuesday. \"It\'s something you\'re going to be hearing about … before the end of the week

Elon Musk\'s SpaceX inks deal with US military to test out sky-crowding Starlink satellites for Army communications
rt.com | 2020-05-26
SpaceX has agreed to let the US Army test out its Starlink satellite broadband network

The Heat: China\'s foreign policy priorities for 2020
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-26
China outlines its diplomatic priorities for 2020. We will take a closer look at the country\'s foreign policy.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/26/the-heat-chinas-foreign-policy-priorities-for-2020

Greatest Good is to Preserve Forest Carbon
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service often said: \"Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.\" It has become the agency\'s motto. Yet in the age of climate change, the Forest Service has failed…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/greatest-good-is-to-preserve-forest-carbon/

A school\'s unique response to COVID-19
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-25
Chicago, IL – Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA) is a small two-floor building that rests on the corner of Western and Blue Island Avenues in Pilsen, Chicago. At first glance you would notice the mural that decorates the wall – women of color with fists in the air, \"La Lucha Sigue.\" You might ask yourself, \"Is this a school?\" and the first answer is: yes. Though, the more accurate answer is: \"It\'s a home, a safe haven.\" | First, some vital context. IJLA (more commonly referred to by its original name, Rudy, after the socialist Rudy Lozano) is an options school. This means that our students are 16 to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/25/school-s-unique-response-covid-19

Noam Chomsky on Trump\'s Disastrous Coronavirus Response, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-25
How did the United States

Noam Chomsky on Trump\'s Disastrous Coronavirus Response, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-25
How did the United States

US threatens nuclear arms race \'into oblivion\' as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/us-threatens-nuclear-arms-race-into-oblivion-as-it-kills-another-treaty-and-mulls-bomb-tests/

US threatens nuclear arms race \'into oblivion\' as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/us-threatens-nuclear-arms-race-into-oblivion-as-it-kills-another-treaty-and-mulls-bomb-tests/

How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor?
Gary Brecher | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/media-saudi-arabia-yemen-khashoggi-war-nerd/

How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor?
Gary Brecher | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/media-saudi-arabia-yemen-khashoggi-war-nerd/

Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists?
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel\'s globally-tattered image using the rare indictment of an Israeli terrorist, Amiram Ben Uliel, who was recently convicted for murdering the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, including an 18-month-old toddler in the town of Duma, south of Nablus. The conviction of Ben Uliel by an Israeli three-judge court …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/why-does-israel-celebrate-its-terrorists/

A \'wholesale slaughter\' and a mass razing of homes in Britain is the final straw. Enough is enough
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-05-25
Correction: This article was updated at 11.30am on 26 May to make clear that Scottish Natural Heritage, not Natural England, reportedly issued the licences relating to beavers. | Here we stand, ravaged by a disease born out of our short-sighted and self-centred relationship with (other) animals. Here we stand too, threatened with even greater societal collapse due to a climate crisis that\'s born of the same sort of relationship with…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/25/a-wholesale-slaughter-and-a-mass-razing-of-homes-in-britain-is-the-final-straw-enough-is-enough/

\'Something like 10 principles\': After \'solving\' Israel/Palestine conflict & coronavirus, Kushner \'turned loose\' on GOP platform
rt.com | 2020-05-25
White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly wants to shrink the 56-page Republican Party platform to a one-page \"mission statement.\" After Middle East peace and Covid-19, this should be a cinch. | Kushner has been leading the charge to downsize the sprawling document over the past six months, Axios reported on Sunday. The silver-spoon scion has been ruffling feathers within the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign alike in his quest to whittle the platform down to \"something like the 10 principles we believe in,\" two sources confirmed to the outlet. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/489717-kushner-republican-party-platform-secret/

Israeli Settlers Run Over Sheep, Burn Palestinian Crops near Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
An illegal Israeli settler, on Monday, ran over and killed three sheep belonging to Palestinian farmers, while injuring a dozen more, in the al-Dirat village, near Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local activists. At the same time, another group of illegal colonists reportedly set fire to …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-run-over-sheep-burn-palestinian-crops-near-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-settlers-run-over-sheep-burn-palestinian-crops-near-hebron

Safe Jobs Save Lives\': N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers
Dante Strobino | workers.org | 2020-05-25
Union workers and community members organized a car caravan protest in front of Neuse Correctional Institute in Goldsboro, N.C., on May 12 to demand the freedom of all prisoners. This was in response to the fifth COVID-19 related death of a prisoner in state prisons the week prior. At Neuse . . . | Continue reading Safe Jobs Save Lives\': N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48920/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safe-jobs-save-lives-n-c-union-rallies-to-free-prisoners-support-city-workers

\'Ever thus to tyrants\': WATCH protesters hang effigy of US governor in anti-lockdown protest
rt.com | 2020-05-25
Political leaders across the spectrum have condemned an anti-lockdown protest outside the state capitol in Kentucky during which an effigy of the governor was hung from a tree. | At least 100 people attended a Second Amendment rally at the state capitol in Frankfort on Sunday. Many of the attendees were armed and bore US and Gadsden flags that read \"Don\'t tread on me,\" as well as placards which read \"Abort Beshear from office,\" and \"My rights don\'t end where your fear begins.\" | After a failed attempt to hand-deliver a letter calling for the governor\'s resignation, an effigy of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear w…
rt.com/usa/489670-protestors-lynch-effigy-kentucky-governor/

Eosinopenia and elevated C-reactive protein facilitate triage of COVID-19 patients in fever clinic: A retrospective case-control study
Qilin Li, Xiuli Ding, Geqing Xia, Heng-Gui Chen, Fenghua Chen, Zhi Geng, Luming Xu, Shijun Lei, An Pan, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-05-25
The combination of eosinopenia and elevated hs-CRP can effectively triage suspected COVID-19 patients from other patients attending the fever clinic with COVID-19-like initial symptoms. This finding would be particularly useful for designing triage strategies in an epidemic region having a large number of patients with COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases while limited medical resources for nucleic acid tests and radiographic examination.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30119-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Women peacekeepers from Brazil and India share UN military gender award
news.un.org | 2020-05-25
For the first time, the UN Military Gender Advocate award has been awarded to two UN peacekeepers: Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval officer, and Major Suman Gawani, of the Indian Army.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064872

Econ-apocalypse: economic and social aspects of the coronavirus crisis
Riccardo Bellofiore | mronline.org | 2020-05-25
In this historical conjuncture we are faced with the risk of a double temporality. The double temporality that I have in mind is that between saying, \'now let\'s make the economy restart quickly\', adding \'later we will think about its contents\'. It is an illusion. And a dangerous illusion.
mronline.org/2020/05/25/econ-apocalypse-economic-and-social-aspects-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=econ-apocalypse-economic-and-social-aspects-of-the-coronavirus-crisis

How the U.S. Response to COVID-19 Failed and Caused Thousands of Deaths
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
There have been over 1.6 million #coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 deaths in the U.S. While many countries are gradually recovering, no turning point for the pandemic in America is on the sight. Lots of people are shocked at how America, the largest economy in the world, and a great country in the eyes of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/how-the-u-s-response-to-covid-19-failed-and-caused-thousands-of-deaths/

Heroes Act Retroactively Incentivizes Labor Supply in 2019
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2020-05-25
On May 15, the House of Representatives passed The Heroes Act, which is meant to be the latest bill in the series of coronavirus-related legislation passed this year. The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate and is widely-regarded as a messaging bill for House Democrats. | Browsing through the bill the other day, I was struck by Section 20126, a very curious provision that raises interesting questions about the politics and pretensions surrounding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). | The actual mechanics of Section 20126 are v…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/05/25/why-are-we-retroactively-incentivizing-labor-supply-in-2019/

In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths
John Feffer | thenation.com | 2020-05-25
In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths…
thenation.com/article/world/new-zealand-extremism-coronavirus/

El tejedor de alfombras persa ataca en el patio trasero de los Estados Unidos via Venezuela
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-25
Los tanqueros estaban a 2.200 kilómetros de la costa de los Estados Unidos cuando el \"Fortune\", bajo bandera iraní, entró en aguas venezolanas, desafiando el embargo y las amenazas. La República Islámica estaba enviando un mensaje en todas las direcciones. | El primer mensaje fue despachado a la administración estadounidense luego de que líderes árabes y del golfo verbalizaron un mensaje a los líderes iraníes: \"Washington está determinada a detener los tanqueros que navegan hacia Venezuela\". Irán respondió a todos los mensajes recibidos diciendo que \"sus tanqueros navegarán a Venezuela y si alguno de ellos es int…

El tejedor de alfombras persa ataca en el patio trasero de los Estados Unidos via Venezuela

\"We won\'t pay for your crisis\"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-25
The German Communist Party (DKP) proclaimed that the German working class would not pay for the crisis inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They organized a meeting in Ernst-Wilczok-Platz at Bottrop on May 9 where DKP chairman Patrik Kà∂bele addressed the gathering. | The DKP has questioned, \"where so much money suddenly comes from as a rescue umbrella for large industries, while the austerity measures in the healthcare sector push workers to the limits of resilience. With prices constantly rising, it is impossible for low-income earners and poor people to make ends meet, let alone to raise money for the nece…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/25/we-wont-pay-for-your-crisis/

Mozambique school children face \'catastrophic\' fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
news.un.org | 2020-05-25
School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling \"catastrophic outcomes\" from the COVID-19 pandemic. By the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, and Mark Lundell, World Bank Country Director.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064462

Privacy, Auricular Confession and Computer Viruses
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
The original business with personal secrets The unilateral declaration of independence adopted by the slave traders and slaveholders in congress assembled, otherwise known as the American Declaration of Independence, is one of the most successful psychological warfare instruments of modern history. Alone it did not win the fight of the colonial elite against its cousins …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/privacy-auricular-confession-and-computer-viruses/

Indian youth movement blazes a trail with COVID-19 mitigation initiatives rooted in solidarity
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-25
The initiatives of the Kerala unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) have received widespread commendation for their comprehensive and scientific approach towards social solidarity…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/25/indian-youth-movement-blazes-a-trail-with-covid-19-mitigation-initiatives-rooted-in-solidarity/

The Persian rug weaver strikes in the US\'s backyard through Venezuela
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-25
Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first message was dispatched to the US administration after Gulf and Arab Leaders conveyed a direct message to the Iranian leaders: \"Washington is determined to stop the Iranian tankers sailing to Venezuela\". Iran responded to all messages received that \"its five tankers will sail to Venezuela and if any of these tankers is intercepted, Iran will respond in th…

The Persian rug weaver strikes in the US’s backyard through Venezuela

Percée perse dans la cour arrière des USA
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-25
Des pétroliers iraniens se trouvaient à 2 200 km des cà¥tes américaines lorsque le ´ Fortune ª, battant pavillon iranien, est entré dans les eaux vénézuéliennes, en faisant fi de l\'embargo et des menaces des USA. Le message de la République islamique était on ne peut plus clair. | Un premier message avait déjà été adressé à l\'administration américaine en réponse à ce message direct des dirigeants des pays arabes et du Golfe à l\'intention des dirigeants iraniens : ´ Washington est déterminé à empêcher les pétroliers iraniens de naviguer vers le Venezuela ª. La réponse de l\'Iran était que…

Percée perse dans la cour arrière des USA

Portland caravan supports essential workers
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-05-25
Large placards covered supporters\' cars during the Portland, Ore., caravan for essential workers held May 21. It started at the East Portland Post Office, circled two Fred Meyer grocery stores and ended at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital. The event was hosted by Communities and Postal Workers United and attended by a . . . | Continue reading Portland caravan supports essential workers at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48910/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portland-caravan-supports-essential-workers

Venezuelan Government Seizes AT&T Assets, Looks to Re-establish DirecTV Cable Service
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-25
The Texas-based multinational abandoned the country last week citing legal pressure caused by US sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14887

For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart
Leila Rafei | aclu.org | 2020-05-25
Betty Riddle made sure she was first in line to vote in the Florida primary this year. At age 62, it was her first time voting. \"It was one of the greatest moments of my life,\" she told the ACLU. Her family made her a T-shirt just for the occasion, which read first in line, first time voting. | As a Floridian, Betty was subject to one of the nation\'s harshest felony disenfranchisement laws. Before Amendment 4, Florida barred her from voting for life because of past felony convictions, even though she completed her sentence…
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Hamas\'s Political Head : No Prisoners Swap Deal without an Acceptable Price
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Hamas\'s political head, Ismail Haniyeh, reportedly said over the weekend, that his Islamist party, that rules the Gaza Strip, will agree to a prisoner swap deal with the state of Israel, only in return for an acceptable price. Haniyeh\'s remarks came on the eve of the Al-Fitr Muslims\' Feast or …
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Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Family Harvesting Wheat, Wounding Two
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli forces on Monday attacked a family of Palestinians who were harvesting wheat on their farmland near al-Mughayyir village east of Jerusalem. The Israeli army was apparently called in by Israeli settlers who had earlier tried to harass the Palestinian family. Initially, the army issued a statement that two Palestinians …
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Armed Israeli Settlers Shoot, Injure Two Palestinian Youths
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Palestinian media reports said, earlier on Monday, that at least two Palestinians were shot and wounded by armed Israeli settlers, in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah city, in the central West Bank. Palestinian chief for resisting the Israeli Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlement construction, across the West …
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Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian-owned Structures near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished a livestock barn and a tent, east of the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Sources said the structures were owned by a local Palestinian, who was detained for several hours before being released. Palestinian security sources said the …
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Leave no woman behind
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-25
Green Left Pip HinmanIssue 1267 Australia women precarious workers COVID-19 recessionMay 25, 2020In addition to facing a sharp –…
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Calls grow to make childcare accessible, fully funded
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-25
Education Jim McIlroyIssue 1267 Australia early childhood education childcare workers COVID-19May 25, 2020Calls are growing f…
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Can NASA\'s \'Artemis Accords\' Spark a U.S.-Russia Alliance?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-25
Amidst the global chaos and confusion unleashed by COVID-19, the need for a new global security and financial architecture is becoming clearer every day. Banks tremble upon the precipice of the greatest financial meltdown in history while radical forces of the Anglo-American elite knowing only how to think in terms of \"balance of power\" geopolitics gear up for war with Russia and China. | The scale of chaos and death threatening humanity via the two-fold crises of economic collapse…
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Cuba Is Punished for not Emulating the U.S
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-25
In April 2015, the Obama Administration removed Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism

CDC Admits They\'ve Been Looking Through Microscope Upside Down This Whole Time
The Babylon Bee | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-25
Oops! The CDC has revealed that its chief researchers have been looking through their microscopes upside down this entire pandemic. | \"Oh man! I wonder if this will change our projections,\" said one scientist as a visiting scientist from the private sector showed him the proper way to look through the device. \"Hey, you can see the sample a whole lot clearer this way. Neato! Hoo boy, were we way off on everything!\" | \"No wonder our predictions were completely opposite of what happened! No wonder we keep having to revise our guidelines! Silly us! Oh well

Is that you, Joe? Biden\'s mask-sunglasses combo covers entire face at first public appearance in over 2 months
rt.com | 2020-05-25
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sported a face-obscuring combination of black mask and black sunglasses during a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony, triggering an avalanche of memes and derision from the Trump camp. | The former vice president ventured outside his home for the first time in more than two months to lay a wreath at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, on Monday. Along with his wife and a Secret Service detail, Biden wore a black face mask, the color presumably symbolizing mourning. Coupled with his trademark black aviator sunglasses, however, the get-up left little of his…
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Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-25
An earlier version of this article appeared in Labor Notes May 15. The Trump administration, COVID-19 and U.S. Senate reluctance to provide needed funding have put the U.S. Postal Service in dire economic straits. To make matters worse, newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy comes with 35 years\' experience in . . . | Continue reading Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS at Workers.org…
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COVID-19: Tips for going out again
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
If coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home restrictions are easing in your community, you might wonder how to visit public places and protect your health. Here\'s what you need to know. Before you head out Follow guidance where you live. In the U.S., activity restrictions vary among cities and states. Before you head out, check your …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Convalescent plasma program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Government is supporting a national Expanded Access Program to collect and provide convalescent plasma to patients in need across the country (uscovidplasma.org). Convalescent plasma refers to blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19. That plasma, which contains antibodies against the virus, is then used …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Skin protection with excessive hand-washing, masking
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
Dear Mayo Clinic: Frequent hand-washing and cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic has made my hands so dry that my skin in cracking. With recommendations for everyone to now wear a face mask while in public, I\'m concerned about the mask rubbing across my face and irritating the skin. What is the best way for me …
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Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-22
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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).
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Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
☎️🗣Call your Reps. to ✂ 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

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.

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 …
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Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That\'s the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …
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U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based in the United States find the exorbitant amount of money spent on militaries worldwide to be an irresponsible and harmful use of global wealth. The Global Military Expenditures Report …
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