(2021-05-15). [Editorial] 20 years of precision medicine in oncology. thelancet.com In the 20 years since the publication of the first draft of the human genome project, the use of genotyping and genomics have become part of standard treatment for some cancers. The desire to go beyond blanket, and often difficult, treatments for patients to a more refined, efficient, and patient-centred approach is an ideal that is hard to oppose. But as precision medicine in oncology expands to include big data, proteomics, transcriptomics, molecular imaging, and more, there are serious challenges ahead to translate that ideal into meaningful and equitable health care for patients.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Working upstream. thelancet.com Health-care workers often conceptualise addressing the social and structural determinants of health as working upstream.1 In response to the racial disparities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement for Black Lives, health systems are acknowledging systemic racism, promoting implicit bias training, and screening for the social determinants of health. Although welcome, these changes will not achieve the social transformation necessary to eliminate health inequities. We must move even further upstream.
(2021-05-15). [World Report] Serbia begins paying citizens to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. thelancet.com The decision to pay €25 per person is raising ethical questions and concerns that the scheme could backfire. Ed Holt reports.
(2021-05-15). [Perspectives] A call to arms to change capitalism. thelancet.com In Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Mariana Mazzucato captures…
(2021-05-15). [World Report] COVID-19 in Turkey: a nation on edge. thelancet.com Turkey has the fifth most COVID-19 cases in the world and has now entered a nationwide lockdown. How did it get here? Kaya Genàß reports from Istanbul.
(2021-05-15). [Obituary] Peter MacNaughton Dunn. thelancet.com Paediatrician and pioneer of perinatal medicine. Born in Birmingham, UK, on June 23, 1929, he died of probable bowel cancer in Bristol, UK, on Feb 2, 2021, aged 91 years.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function. thelancet.com We read with interest the long-term follow-up data from hospitalised patients with COVID-19 study by Chaolin Huang and colleagues.1 The investigators report that 107 (13%) of 822 study participants with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; calculated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation2) of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more and no acute kidney injury during the acute phase had an eGFR of less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 at follow-up. Huang and colleagues interpret this observation as persistent renal dysfunction.
(2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, et al. The SANAD II study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of levetiracetam, zonisamide, or lamotrigine for newly diagnosed focal epilepsy: an open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2021; 397: 1363—74—In this Article, N Vora should not have been included in the SANAD II collaborators list. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Venezuela is collapsing without COVID-19 vaccines. thelancet.com Once considered a rich oil-producing country, Venezuela is confronting a rapidly increasing COVID-19 epidemic that adds to a complex humanitarian crisis that has been affecting the country since 2016.1 The health-care system has collapsed and is incapable of responding to the ever-increasing number of patients who require hospitalisation. Health-care personnel, including doctors, nurses, and other first-line health staff, have been substantially affected by the epidemic, leading to the highest lethality reported in the Americas.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards. thelancet.com For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Vaccine scarcity in LMICs is a failure of global solidarity and multilateral instruments. thelancet.com To address COVID-19 vaccine scarcity, Ivan Sisa and colleagues1 justify placebo-controlled trials in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), arguing that these countries have "less capacity to negotiate and purchase vaccines than do high-income countries" and that the global shortage can be overcome with more vaccine producers coming from such trials. We are concerned that this reasoning sets the wrong precedent because approving such a trial should show that evidence can only be reached with this design.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In our study,1 we observed a considerable number of patients presenting with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over time without acute kidney injury and an eGFR of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more during hospitalisation. Another study has shown that the use of creatinine to diagnose acute kidney injury might underestimate the patients with acute kidney injury at acute phase.2 We found that reduced eGFR at follow-up is possibly associated with kidney injury at acute phase, which was not recognised on the basis of serum creatinine values.
(2021-05-15). [Perspectives] Facts and values in the history of spina bifida. thelancet.com Over the past two decades, maternal—fetal surgery has become a clinical reality for some pregnant women carrying a fetus diagnosed with spina bifida. Since its conception, maternal—fetal surgery has been the focus of ethical deliberation, because expected health benefits for the fetus come at the cost of potential health risks for the pregnant woman. Somewhat less attention has, however, been given to the nature of the medical criteria used to determine patient eligibility for maternal—fetal surgery from a historical perspective.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Canada is no global health leader on COVID-19 vaccine equity. thelancet.com In the 2018 Lancet Series on Canada's global leadership on health, the authors reported on measures such as the Feminist International Assistance Policy and concluded that "the world, more than ever, needs Canada's leadership on health".1 Unfortunately, Canadian leadership on vaccine equity was an early casualty of COVID-19. A year into the pandemic, Canada's international image is that of a country who secured over ten doses of scarce vaccine per capita.2…
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: time to randomise vaccine allocation? thelancet.com The global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out might be the largest public health exercise ever done. COVAX, the vaccines access pillar of the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, supported by WHO, UNICEF, and others, expects to deliver two billion doses to 190 countries in 1 year. At present, 13 vaccines have received approval in various jurisdictions. The roll-out provides an opportunity, unparalleled in human history, to learn about vaccines.
(2021-05-14). Meet The Neo-Nazi Advising Colombian Police On Breaking The National Strike. popularresistance.org Cali, Colombia – Colombia is on strike. And the police and military are terrorizing the population to crush it. | It kicked on when the far-right president President Ivan Duque announced a wildly unpopular tax reform imposing crushing austerity measures on middle class and poor Colombians. Duque's proposal aimed to pay off debt in order to project stability and satisfy international investors. But that stability for international capital means more instability for the tens of millions of Colombians struggling to put food on the table. | The country is already in dire economic straits — 43 percent of Colombi…
(2021-05-14). How Corporations Pumped Up CEO Pay While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic. counterpunch.org During the pandemic, low-wage workers have lost income, jobs, and lives. And yet many of the nation's top-tier corporations have been fixated on protecting their wealthy CEOs, even bending their own rules to pump up executive paychecks. A new Institute for Policy Studies report finds that 51 of the country's 100 largest low-wage employers moved
(2021-05-14). Why lung cancer screening is important, especially for minorities. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. By the time lung cancer symptoms develop, the disease is usually too far advanced to cure. Studies show that lung cancer screening reduces the risk of dying from the disease. Screening is usually reserved for …
(2021-05-14). Wealth Issues in Sonoma County. indybay.org This piece focuses on the issues revolving around the building of the Green Music Center, while Sonoma County is facing a poverty and homelessness crisis.
(2021-05-14). How the modern NRA was born at the border. mronline.org 
Watch our release of documentary short The Rifleman, which examines how NRA head Harlon Carter fused gun rights, immigration enforcement, and white supremacy. Then read an interview with filmmaker Sierra Pettengill and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. | May 14, 2021…
(2021-05-14). Mother's Day Tears: The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — One hundred and fifty years ago, in the bloody wake of the Civil War, the abolitionist Julia Ward Howe issued a "Mother's Day Proclamation." The world, she wrote, could no longer bear such terrible violence and death. She called on women across the country to "rise up through the ashes and devastation" …
(2021-05-14). How Trump's "Abraham Accords" Inflamed Tensions by Marginalizing Palestinians and how Biden must hold Israel Accountable. juancole.com Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment) — Formal military units and street gangs are fighting it out separately throughout Israel, Palestine and the territories. Both Arab and right-wing Jewish street gangs have been fighting it out with each other AND cops. Nadav Eyal of the newspaper Yediot Ahronoth characterized it saying, "We are seeing the …
(2021-05-14). U.S. Customs to Indian travellers: Don't carry cow dung in your luggage. mronline.org 
In India, doctors recently had to issue a warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases. | May 14, 2021…
(2021-05-14). Held to Ransom: Colonial Pipeline and the Vulnerabilities of Critical Infrastructure. counterpunch.org It should be making officials in the White House tremble. Critical infrastructure supplying 45% of the East Coast's diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, left at the mercy of a ransomware operation executed on May 6. In the process, 100 GB of data of Colonial Pipeline was seized and encrypted on computers and servers. The next
(2021-05-14). Inflation Myths and the US Economic Rebound 2021. counterpunch.org On May 12, 2021, the US Labor Department released its report on businesses now raising prices, as the US economy reopens in the wake of Covid vaccinations and moderating Covid infections. The CPI, or Consumer Price Index, rose 0.8% in April, after a 0.6% in March, and 4.2% for the twelve months ending last month,
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …
(2021-05-14). Nurses in the Real World of For-Profit Medicine. counterpunch.org 
Since 1990, when the American Nurses Association declared that an entire week — from May 6-12th (the birthday of Florence Nightingale) — would be dedicated to celebrating the nation's nurses, hospitals and other institutions that employ nurses use Nurses' Week as a once- a- year opportunity to make up for any neglect, poor working conditions,
(2021-05-14). Saturday 5/15: Nakba 73 — We Will Return to Palestine. indybay.org 24th and Mission, 24th St BART and Valencia and Liberty between 20th and 21st Streets, San Francisco…
(2021-05-14). Open Letter From Retired U.S. Military Leaders to 'Dictatorial' Biden Administration Suggests Bad Times Ahead. strategic-culture.org As the divide now separating the Democrats and Republicans threatens to turn into a yawning, abyss, the future does not bode well for the U.S. | In an
(2021-05-14). Scotland: Hundreds Of People Block Detention Of Immigrant Neighbors. popularresistance.org Glasgow, Scotland – One of two men detained by immigration officers in Scotland and subsequently released after protesters blocked them from leaving has said he's grateful "fate" bought him to live among the demonstrators in Glasgow. | On Monday evening, protesters sat on the road in front of the Home Office van parked on Kenmure Street in Glasgow. Police officers surrounded the vehicle. | Hundreds of protesters were at the scene, chanting refrains like "Leave our neighbours, let them go" and "Cops go home". | "I'm so happy that my fate brought me to live here in Glasgow, where the people are so connected that th…
(2021-05-14). The Strategy Session, Episode 16. strategic-culture.org
(2021-05-14). Sunday 5/23: SOUPSTOCK 2021 – The 41st Anniversary of the founding of Food Not Bombs. indybay.org Laurel and Front Streets, Santa Cruz…
(2021-05-14). Shooting Fish in a Barrel. zcomm.org Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children…
(2021-05-14). Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
(2021-05-15). [Editorial] 20 years of precision medicine in oncology. thelancet.com In the 20 years since the publication of the first draft of the human genome project, the use of genotyping and genomics have become part of standard treatment for some cancers. The desire to go beyond blanket, and often difficult, treatments for patients to a more refined, efficient, and patient-centred approach is an ideal that is hard to oppose. But as precision medicine in oncology expands to include big data, proteomics, transcriptomics, molecular imaging, and more, there are serious challenges ahead to translate that ideal into meaningful and equitable health care for patients.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Working upstream. thelancet.com Health-care workers often conceptualise addressing the social and structural determinants of health as working upstream.1 In response to the racial disparities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement for Black Lives, health systems are acknowledging systemic racism, promoting implicit bias training, and screening for the social determinants of health. Although welcome, these changes will not achieve the social transformation necessary to eliminate health inequities. We must move even further upstream.
(2021-05-15). [World Report] Serbia begins paying citizens to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. thelancet.com The decision to pay €25 per person is raising ethical questions and concerns that the scheme could backfire. Ed Holt reports.
(2021-05-15). [Perspectives] A call to arms to change capitalism. thelancet.com In Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Mariana Mazzucato captures…
(2021-05-15). [World Report] COVID-19 in Turkey: a nation on edge. thelancet.com Turkey has the fifth most COVID-19 cases in the world and has now entered a nationwide lockdown. How did it get here? Kaya Genàß reports from Istanbul.
(2021-05-15). [Obituary] Peter MacNaughton Dunn. thelancet.com Paediatrician and pioneer of perinatal medicine. Born in Birmingham, UK, on June 23, 1929, he died of probable bowel cancer in Bristol, UK, on Feb 2, 2021, aged 91 years.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function. thelancet.com We read with interest the long-term follow-up data from hospitalised patients with COVID-19 study by Chaolin Huang and colleagues.1 The investigators report that 107 (13%) of 822 study participants with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; calculated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation2) of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more and no acute kidney injury during the acute phase had an eGFR of less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 at follow-up. Huang and colleagues interpret this observation as persistent renal dysfunction.
(2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, et al. The SANAD II study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of levetiracetam, zonisamide, or lamotrigine for newly diagnosed focal epilepsy: an open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2021; 397: 1363—74—In this Article, N Vora should not have been included in the SANAD II collaborators list. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Venezuela is collapsing without COVID-19 vaccines. thelancet.com Once considered a rich oil-producing country, Venezuela is confronting a rapidly increasing COVID-19 epidemic that adds to a complex humanitarian crisis that has been affecting the country since 2016.1 The health-care system has collapsed and is incapable of responding to the ever-increasing number of patients who require hospitalisation. Health-care personnel, including doctors, nurses, and other first-line health staff, have been substantially affected by the epidemic, leading to the highest lethality reported in the Americas.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards. thelancet.com For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Vaccine scarcity in LMICs is a failure of global solidarity and multilateral instruments. thelancet.com To address COVID-19 vaccine scarcity, Ivan Sisa and colleagues1 justify placebo-controlled trials in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), arguing that these countries have "less capacity to negotiate and purchase vaccines than do high-income countries" and that the global shortage can be overcome with more vaccine producers coming from such trials. We are concerned that this reasoning sets the wrong precedent because approving such a trial should show that evidence can only be reached with this design.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In our study,1 we observed a considerable number of patients presenting with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over time without acute kidney injury and an eGFR of 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 or more during hospitalisation. Another study has shown that the use of creatinine to diagnose acute kidney injury might underestimate the patients with acute kidney injury at acute phase.2 We found that reduced eGFR at follow-up is possibly associated with kidney injury at acute phase, which was not recognised on the basis of serum creatinine values.
(2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Chauvin L. Peruvian COVID-19 vaccine scandal spreads. Lancet 2021; 397: 783—This World Report incorrectly stated that clinical trials had been halted at Cayetano Heredia University. The National Institute of Health suspended the unit at Cayetano Heredia University doing the Sinopharm trial, pending an investigation. It did not suspend other trials. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
(2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, et al. The SANAD II study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of valproate versus levetiracetam for newly diagnosed generalised and unclassifiable epilepsy: an open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2021; 397: 1375—86—In this Article, N Vora should not have been included in the SANAD II collaborators list. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
(2021-05-15). [Perspectives] Facts and values in the history of spina bifida. thelancet.com Over the past two decades, maternal—fetal surgery has become a clinical reality for some pregnant women carrying a fetus diagnosed with spina bifida. Since its conception, maternal—fetal surgery has been the focus of ethical deliberation, because expected health benefits for the fetus come at the cost of potential health risks for the pregnant woman. Somewhat less attention has, however, been given to the nature of the medical criteria used to determine patient eligibility for maternal—fetal surgery from a historical perspective.
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Canada is no global health leader on COVID-19 vaccine equity. thelancet.com In the 2018 Lancet Series on Canada's global leadership on health, the authors reported on measures such as the Feminist International Assistance Policy and concluded that "the world, more than ever, needs Canada's leadership on health".1 Unfortunately, Canadian leadership on vaccine equity was an early casualty of COVID-19. A year into the pandemic, Canada's international image is that of a country who secured over ten doses of scarce vaccine per capita.2…
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function. thelancet.com Chaolin Huang and colleagues1 have highlighted the putative renal consequences of COVID-19 at 6 months from discharge. A decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was defined as less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 and was observed in 35% of participants during follow-up. The term decreased eGFR is ambiguous. According to the mean age of the cohort, chronic kidney disease should be defined as an eGFR of less than 60 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2.2 The usual prevalence of eGFR less than 90 mL/min per 1 ∑73 m2 in the Chinese general population of similar ages to those in Huang and colleagues' cohort range…
(2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: time to randomise vaccine allocation? thelancet.com The global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out might be the largest public health exercise ever done. COVAX, the vaccines access pillar of the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, supported by WHO, UNICEF, and others, expects to deliver two billion doses to 190 countries in 1 year. At present, 13 vaccines have received approval in various jurisdictions. The roll-out provides an opportunity, unparalleled in human history, to learn about vaccines.
(2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Greenhalgh T, Jimenez JL, Prather KA, Tufekci Z, Fisman D, Schooley R. Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Lancet 2021; 397: 1603—05—In this Comment, the conflict of interest statement for David Fisman has been corrected according to what was declared on his ICMJE form to read: "DF is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2019 COVID-19 rapid researching funding OV4-170360), received consulting fees as a legal expert for Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario in August and September, 2020, related to COVID-19 transmission in schools, including t…
(2021-05-14). MLB pressures Oakland to support A's waterfront ballpark scheme. indybay.org Oakland A's Baseball Players:…
(2021-05-14). Israel's war crimes and the hypocrisy of "human rights" imperialism. wsws.org Washington's response to the death and repression wrought by the Israeli state against the Palestinians is an object lesson in the absolute cynicism of "human rights" imperialism.
(2021-05-14). Israel Initially Confirms, Then Denies Ground Troops Entered Gaza. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Beginning from the evening of May 13th, there's been conflicting reports of whether a ground invasion is going on in Gaza. | Initially, the Israeli Defense Forces have confirmed there are "troops on the ground"."I said that we will exact a very heavy price from Hamas, we are doing this, and we will continue to do so," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. "The last word has not been said, and this operation will continue as long as necessary." | AFP:…
(2021-05-14). Family demands independent investigation into death of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller in Hopkinton, Mass. liberationnews.org 
"Mikayla was only 16 years old. She was my bright and shining star in this crazy world."
(2021-05-14). Saturday 6/5: Santa Cruz Dyke Trans Bike March – Let's Ride. indybay.org Town Clock Downtown Santa Cruz…
(2021-05-14). How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture. zcomm.org Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact…
(2021-05-14). National Coalition Vows to Fight Senate Confirmation of Rahm Emanuel to Become Ambassador to Japan. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-14). The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah. strategic-culture.org Colonialism in Israel was, and remains, a state-run project, which ultimately aims at achieving the same objective that is being carried out in Sheikh Jarrah—the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to ensure Jewish demographic majority. | By Ramzy BAROUD | There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories—one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis. | The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the devastated East Jerusalem neighborhood. | For weeks, thousands of Je…
(2021-05-14). Invisibility cloaks and a climate dashboard: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2021-05-14). Colombia: Anti-Government Protests. popularresistance.org Colombia's security forces apparently entered panic mode and the government of President Ivan Duque all but collapsed after the US Congress reiterated threats to cut military funds. | The panic was most evident on the National Army's twitter page, which suddenly began publishing in Spanglish about mysterious "spirit of body and military training." | The prosecution and the police additionally announced investigations into reports on widespread human rights violations against anti-government protesters. | This violence that surged after protests began on April 28 suddenly stopped on Wednesday when police apparentl…
(2021-05-14). Pandemia, capitalismo, politización y economicismo. globalizacion.ca El horizonte del tiempo atrae, pero también amenaza. Sólo donde hay una amenaza futura surge la aspiración al poder. Algo de todo esto sucede de forma soslayada, con la pandemia de la Covid 19 y la creación de la vacuna….
(2021-05-14). Budget 2021: Corporate handouts disguised as solutions. greenleft.org.au The corporate media is giving the federal government's latest budget a big thumbs up, despite its brazen hand-outs for billionaires and big corporations, writes Alex Bainbridge.
(2021-05-14). Mounting death toll as Israel's war on Gaza escalates. wsws.org Sixteen thousand army reservists have been called up and ground forces sent to the border in preparation for a ground invasion…
(2021-05-14). Meet the Neo-Nazi advising Colombian police on how to break the National Strike. mronline.org 
Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen examines the ongoing national strike in Colombia and how President Duque is relying on a neo-fascist ideology to subdue it. | May 14, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-05-14). The Jakarta Method Never Ended. dissidentvoice.org 
Prepare to read Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method in one sitting because it's impossible to put down. The book is a summation of the US government assisting the Indonesian military in killing approximately one million civilians from October 1965 through March 1966. While the Vietnam War got most of the headlines, in Indonesia the world's …
(2021-05-14). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
(2021-05-14). Friday 5/14: Communal Cookout. indybay.org TBA @ www.instagram.com/gatsptv/…
(2021-05-14). Why Israel won't win in Gaza. zcomm.org The will of a colonized people for liberation and self-determination cannot be crushed by military force, by siege, or any new technology from Israel's innovative labs of oppression…
(2021-05-14). Talking to your children about vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15 years. So parents and caregivers may be getting even more questions from children about whether vaccines are safe and how vaccines can help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Information in this article was contributed by Jennifer …
(2021-05-14). Facebook, Social Media Giants Admit to Silencing Palestinian Voices Online. mintpressnews.com 
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — In a video posted on activist organization Jewish Voice for Peace's Twitter account, Muna El-Kurd explained why social media is so vital for the Palestinian cause. | "We rely on the honorable people standing in solidarity with us, people who tweet #SaveSheikhJarrah everyday," Muna El-Kurd said. "Even a short tweet or post is a treasure." | #SaveSheikhJarrah everyday… Even a short tweet or post is a treasure." | — Muna El-Kurd, Palestinian home defender | Quote tweet this with #SaveSheikhJ…
(2021-05-14). Philly Health Commissioner Resigns After Mayor Reveals MOVE Bombing Victims' Remains Cremated in 2017. democracynow.org 
As MOVE family members and hundreds of supporters held a memorial Thursday to mark the deadly May 13, 1985, police bombing of their home in Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney announced the resignation of the city's top health official over stunning new revelations he cremated some of the bombing victims' remains, including bone fragments, without the knowledge or permission of the families. This comes amid an ongoing investigation into how the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University came into possession of bones thought to belong to one or two MOVE children killed in the bombing. The police bombing of the…
(2021-05-14). Anti-Democratic Tradition Is So Ubiquitous That Many Don't Even Recognize It. zcomm.org Interview on how the U.S. is a proudly and shamelessly corrupt oligarchy, reforming impeachment and how people can experience something bordering on democracy by engaging with their local governments…
(2021-05-14). Sunday 5/16: Monterey: Stand in Solidarity with Palestine. indybay.org Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…
(2021-05-14). Two funerals in one week at Sterling Stamping Plant. wsws.org The deaths last month of Terry Garr and Mark Bruce, one in an industrial accident and the other from COVID, resulted from the insatiable drive for corporate profits.
(2021-05-14). CDC: Death Toll Following Experimental COVID Injections Now at 4,434 — More than 21 Years of Recorded Vaccine Deaths from VAERS. globalresearch.ca The
(2021-05-14). This time it's different. electronicintifada.net A spirit of defiance and unity across Palestine distinguishes the current escalation.
(2021-05-14). Can DeCentralization Reduce Post-War Conflict in Afghanistan? counterpunch.org What will become of Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws its forces by September 11? The U.S. government appears to be resigned to a Taliban takeover, and hopes only for a kinder, gentler version of the fundamentalist Sunni theocracy that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. This, of course, still leaves non-Pashtun Sunni ethnicities, the Shia
(2021-05-14). Peace in Palestine? Not if American Politicians Can Help It. counterpunch.org 
On April 22, more than 300 American lawmakers publicly pledged their unconditional loyalty to a foreign power. In a letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, the members of Congress cautioned against "reducing funding or adding conditions on" US welfare checks (totaling $3.8 billion annually) to Israel. The letter name-checks
(2021-05-14). No, Biden's Not Banning Burgers – But Meat is a Real Climate Problem. indybay.org This article goes into detail about the misconceptions created by right winged politicians in regards to Biden's expectation to meet the Green New Deal.
(2021-05-14). COVID-19: Wealthy nations urged to delay youth vaccines, donate to solidarity scheme. news.un.org The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for wealthier countries to delay vaccinating younger people against COVID-19 and instead donate doses to the COVAX global vaccine solidarity initiative.
(2021-05-14). Global cry to demand release of South African activists. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from across the globe have joined South Africa's shack dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) in demanding the immediate release of activists Mqapheli Bonono, Siniko Miya, and Maphiwe Gasa and the dropping of all charges against them. Since May 4, the movement has been condemning what they believe to be a politically motivated farce aimed to attack their movement. | The three have been charged with 'conspiracy to commit murder' and police allege that in a public meeting organized by the movement, they had discussed plans to assassinate witnesses to a murder. The movement has already pointed out th…
(2021-05-14). Biden administration plans an immediate ban on menthol cigarettes. nationofchange.org Studies prove that such bans will help people quit smoking, especially those disproportionately affected by menthol cigarettes.
(2021-05-14). I Never Cry: Developing a thick skin in the new Europe. wsws.org Polish writer-director Piotr Domalewski's I Never Cry (Jak najdalej stad) tackles the subject of Polish migration to more prosperous European Union countries and the difficulties encountered by the families they leave behind.
(2021-05-14). Why governments are sold on gas. greenleft.org.au The Australian government's close relationship with the gas industry comes at the expense of workers, renewables, and the environment, reports Margaret Gleeson.
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eleven? hospitals across?Mayo Clinic?received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. The star rating provides patients with information about multiple dimensions of quality …
(2021-05-14). 13 Facts About American Prisons That Will Blow Your Mind. counterpunch.org In a few minutes time you'll want to abolish prisons. If you're not ready for that intellectual and emotional transformation, then please stop reading now. Or put on your thunder shirt. If you grew up in the United States, like I did, then you probably think prisons are a fact of life. We just go through
(2021-05-14). Thoughts on Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine. counterpunch.org For Americans, Stan Goff perfectly summarized the situation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem today, and in Palestine generally for the last 54 years: "Establishment Democrats support ethnic cleansing… There is no Israeli-Palestinian 'conflict.' It's the decades-long military occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. I know I sound like a broken record, but
(2021-05-14). A Drone Whistleblower's Quest for Justice. progressive.org Daniel Hale, a former intelligence analyst, leaked documents that showed the destructiveness of drone warfare; now, he won't even be able to defend himself in court.
(2021-05-14). Consumer Health: Treating polycystic ovary syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Complications can include infertility, gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, miscarriage or premature birth, and endometrial cancer. Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome vary. A diagnosis is made when women experience at least two of these signs: Irregular periods.Elevated levels of male …
(2021-05-14). "The Storming of The Bastille 2021" Le Retour! "Danser Encore". Flashmob in Paris. globalresearch.ca You can count …
(2021-05-14). Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police. liberationnews.org 
Pro-police policies like this are an effective counter to any kind of legislative reforms aimed at defunding, restructuring or creating community control of the police.
(2021-05-14). US, Japan, France Hold First Joint Drills in Japanese Territory with Eye on China. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-05-14). Roaming Charges: How Bio-Warfare Came to Colombia. counterpunch.org 
There's a theory that Israel controls US politics, that the most powerful war-making state the world has ever known is a mere puppet of Israel, institutionally incapable of asserting its own agenda in the Middle East. This is a convenient myth for both parties, since it makes Israel seem more powerful than it is and it tends to exculpate the US from direct complicity in ergregious human rights abuses. But in fact the US finances Israel. It is dependent on us. Its crimes are ours. We paid for them.
(2021-05-14). Rachel Riley loses latest round of libel battle with Corbyn-supporting blogger. thecanary.co Television presenter Rachel Riley has lost the latest round of a libel battle with a political blogger and Jeremy Corbyn supporter over an article which alleged that she engaged in a "campaign of online abuse and harassment" against a teenager on Twitter. | "Serial abuser"?: | Riley, 35, the numbers expert on the Channel 4 show Countdown, sued Mike Sivier after he published an article on his website Vox Political in January 2019 with the headline Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive 'extra protection' — on grounds that she is receiving abuse. | Sivier defended what he had published, arguing that it…
(2021-05-14). Global Resistance: End The Nakba Now! popularresistance.org Palestine is under siege. Since Monday, Israeli airstrikes have hammered Gaza without relief, decimating homes, workplaces and media offices. As of Thursday, Israel had killed over 109 Palestinians, including 27 children, as the number of wounded soared to 580. A ground invasion is now underway. | Earlier in the week, Israel launched a vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing in occupied East Jerusalem, instituting a plan to forcibly evict some 2,000 Palestinians from the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Bustan. As residents rose up to defend their lives, livelihoods, and homes, the Israeli state responded with…
(2021-05-14). U.S. Continues Blocking UNSC Statements On West Bank Hostilities. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 12th, the UN Security Council tried to hold a second emergency meeting on the escalating situation in the West Bank between Israel and Gaza. | A joint statement wasn't agreed due to opposition from the United States, Israel's key ally. | According to several sources, 14 of the 15 members of the Council were in favour of adopting a joint declaration aimed at reducing tension. | However, the United States saw th…
(2021-05-14). The Economic Recovery Is Mostly Benefitting White Families. truthout.org 
The United States is slowly emerging from the COVID-19 economic recession. The unemployment rate Yet these milestones mask an uncomfortable truth: The economic rec…
(2021-05-14). California to ban new fracking permits by Jan. 2024, phase out oil extraction by 2045. indybay.org Representatives of environmental justice and climate justice groups praised the directive for being a step in the right direction, but said phasing out oil extraction in California by 2045 is too late and noted that frontline communities need an immediate 2500 foot health and safety buffer now, not later.
(2021-05-14). Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests. indybay.org The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
(2021-05-14). Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer. zcomm.org The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions. We cannot flourish as a society if a single accusation out of the blue upends an election overnight and ruins a 30-year career in politics…
(2021-05-14). Fresh U.S. Sanctions Against Hezbollah Make Lebanon Weakened and Divided Against Israel. globalresearch.ca The U.S. Treasury …
(2021-05-14). California's new A.G. announces 'Racial Justice Bureau' to combat hate surge. peoplesworld.org 
California's new Attorney General, Rob Bonta, took the podium at his first news conference on May 11 to announce the formation of a Racial Justice Bureau, charged with addressing bias and hate "at their roots" and strengthening responses to hate crimes throughout the state. The Bureau, which will initially bring together six new attorneys and …
(2021-05-14). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-05-14). Stephanie Bice Dismisses Q-Anon. indybay.org This is a response to a Politico article about incoming GOP member Stephanie Bice. It addresses her denial of Q-Anon.
(2021-05-14). Tuesday 6/8: Mick LaSalle & Richard Wolinsky: Dream State: California at the Movies. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-05-14). Tenet Healthcare hires nurses to "permanently replace" strikers at Massachusetts hospital. wsws.org Tenet has been emboldened by the isolation of the more than two-month-long strike by the unions. Healthcare workers must answer this strikebreaking threat with unified action, including mass picketing at St. Vincent Hospital.
(2021-05-14). In the era of fake news, we must celebrate the journalist in Karl Marx. mronline.org 
His stance on free press stands in sharp contrast to the status of the press—being totally subservient to the state—in the communist countries of the 20th century. | May 14, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-05-14). America Belongs to the People—All the People. counterpunch.org 
It's happened again. I got into this heated argument on social media that turned vitriolic, in response to my defense of this simple meme going around. You may have seen it. It shows two maps, side by side: On the left— a map of all the Americas that says, "This is America," and on the
(2021-05-14). 12 Killed In Kabul Mosque Blast Despite Nationwide Ceasefire (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Souce: TOLO News, tolonews.com | On May 14, an explosion rocked Haji Bakhshi Mosque in Qala-e-Murad Bek area of Shakardara district in the Afghan capital Kabul. | The explosion, which was reportedly caused by a bomb planted inside the mosque, happened during Friday prayer. In a statement, the Afghan National Police said that 12 people were killed and 15 others were injured in the explosion. | According to the police statement, M…
(2021-05-14). Israel Initially Confirms, Then Denies Ground Troops Entered Gaza. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Beginning from the evening of May 13th, there's been conflicting reports of whether a ground invasion is going on in Gaza. | Initially, the Israeli Defense Forces have confirmed there are "troops on the ground"."I said that we will exact a very heavy price from Hamas, we are doing this, and we will continue to do so," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. "The last word has not been said, and this operation will continue as long as necessary." | https…
(2021-05-14). What's Up With the Herd? counterpunch.org The problem with the current pandemic is that we don't know if we're coming or going. It's as if we're swimming far from shore, overwhelmed by one wave after another, and we're unsure if we're heading toward land or away from it. China was the early face of COVID-19, but it hasn't faced many infections
(2021-05-14). Preventive screening during COVID-19 pandemic leads to early diagnosis of treatable breast cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers have been concerned about a growing number of patients delaying or skipping preventive screenings because they have been hesitant to see their health care provider. Experts have stressed that it's not only safe to come in for preventive screenings, but also it's important to avoid future health problems …
(2021-05-14). California Trial of Universal Basic Income Inspires More Cities to Follow Suit. truthout.org 
It's probably safe to say that a few years ago, most Americans weren't familiar with the term
(2021-05-14). Consumer Health: Considering a vaginal birth after a cesarean. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've delivered a baby by cesarean section, or C-section, and you're pregnant again, you might be able to choose between scheduling a repeat C-section or a vaginal birth after cesarean. Many women are candidates for a vaginal birth after cesarean. Still, the choice to pursue a vaginal birth after cesarean or schedule a repeat C-section can …
(2021-05-14). Rights experts call for probe into violent crackdown on Colombia protests. news.un.org Independent human rights experts appointed by the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) have called for the Colombian Government to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the violent crackdown on recent peaceful protests in the country.
(2021-05-14). Capitalism and Fascism. counterpunch.org 
The revolutionary nature of capitalism goes far in explaining the political turmoil of recent years. Neoliberalism destroys social networks when it destroys economic relationships. Decades ago, autoworkers in Michigan and peasant farmers in Chiapas were faced with figuring out how to get by after their livelihoods were taken away. A fundamental question emerged: how was
(2021-05-14). As Israel's Attack Mounts, Biden Says It's "Not Been a Significant Overreaction" truthout.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn't believe Israel's onslaught against the besieged Gaza Strip this week has been a "significant overreaction," remarks that came shortly before the Israeli military
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …
(2021-05-14). Weingarten: Post-pandemic schools should retool education. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic-forced school closures, and upcoming reopening of all public schools this fall, are a massive opportunity to reimagine and retool public education so it serves all kids and gives teachers and staff the support and respect they deserve. So said Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten in a comprehensive hour-long speech on May 13 …
(2021-05-14). Tallahassee protest demands justice for Raheem Reeder. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On the evening of May 8, activists with the Tallahassee Community Action Committee gathered with community members at Cascades Park to demand answers for Raheem Reeder and his family. Adorned in baby blue and pink bandanas, Raheem's favorite colors, local activists intended to honor his life while demanding accountability for his death. This action marked one month since Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) officers fatally shot Reeder. TPD has since used Marsy's Law as a shield to protect their officers from public accountability and has refused to release the names of the officer(s) invol…
(2021-05-14). La guerra de Corea. globalizacion.ca La Guerra de Corea fue la primera derrota militar de los EE.UU., quienes no lograron "echar a los coreanos al mar" como lo habían jurado. A los once años de edad seguí de cerca mi primera noticia internacional de importancia: …
(2021-05-14). "Trust WHO"? Clandestine Influences Revealed. globalresearch.ca "TrustWHO," a documentary …
(2021-05-14). Israeli air strikes in Gaza continue, at least 119 Palestinians including 31 children killed so far. peoplesdispatch.org Large scale protests against Israeli offensive are being organized inside occupied territories. Arab citizens of Israel are facing increased violence by Jewish settlers for their vocal opposition to the aggression…
(2021-05-14). Mother and son share rare muscle disorder, treated decades apart by same doctor. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Twenty-four years ago, Bobbi Heinold, 17, was diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a genetic muscle condition characterized by weakness, especially in the face, shoulder blades and upper arms. Doctors told her it could affect her quality of life. Bobbi and her mom drove from their Indiana home to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to learn …
(2021-05-14). DSA Stands with Palestinians: from Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza and Beyond. dsausa.org The Democratic Socialists of America unequivocally condemns the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians everywhere, including the dispossession (aka illegal "evictions") of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, the ongoing racist violence by Israeli police and Jewish settlers, and Israel's latest bombardment, invasion, and murder of Palestinians in Gaza. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against…
(2021-05-14). President Maduro: Former Deputy Guaidó Wants to Talk Now Because they Gave him the Order from the North. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed on Wednesday, May 12, the willingness of his government to dialogue with opposition actors who have not yet participated in the national dialogue table. Maduro made the statement in regard to the change of discourse by former deputy Juan Guaidó, who proposed this Tuesday, through a message published on his social media accounts, "a national salvation agreement" that includes conciliation with the Bolivarian Executive. | "Guaidó now went from R2P, which was the invasion of Venezuela, to dialogue with Maduro," commented the head of state during a televised broadcast. "N…
(2021-05-14). Biden Plans Expansion of Feds' Army of Snitches in 'Dollars for Collars' Program. globalresearch.ca The Biden administration …
(2021-05-14). Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Russian Bounty Story Is a Deadly Example of Fake News. scheerpost.com [Shutterstock] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play A New York Times report about Russia paying Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan turned many heads in the summer of 2020 when it was first published. It solidified many Democrats' views that Russia is a dangerous enemy that is consistently acting to not only undermine the U.S., but actually murder its… |
(2021-05-14). Hamas Attacked Israeli Chemical Plant With 'Shehab' Suicide Drone. southfront.org 
The Shehab suicide drone. Illustrative image. | On May 14, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, announced that it had targeted an Israeli chemical plant. | In a brief statement, the Palestinian group said that the plant, which is located in the settlement of Nir Oz, was targeted with a Shehab Suicide drone. The group didn't provide further details on the attack. However, observers speculated that the target was the Nirlat chemical plant. | Israeli authorities issued drone infiltration al…
(2021-05-14). Israel Isn't Entitled to "Self-Defense" Against the People Under Its Occupation. truthout.org 
As Israel continues to pummel the Palestinian people with bombs and artillery shot into Gaza from troops amassed along its borders in preparation for a ground invasion, the Biden administration has reaffirmed its unwavering support for Israel's war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians. | Israel could not commit its crimes without the
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Mammograms and COVID-19 vaccine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine shared that she went for her annual mammogram last week. At the appointment, she was asked whether she had been vaccinated for COVID-19 and had experienced any changes in her breasts. I recently received my first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Although I feel fine, I'm wondering if there …
(2021-05-14). Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) Reintroduces Bill That Aims to Demilitarize Police. globalresearch.ca Rep. Nydia M. …
(2021-05-14). Tim Kirby, Joaquin Flores — The Strategy Session, Episode 16. strategic-culture.org The gods have certainly made those elites managing the west mad, but whether or not the entire world will have to pay the price of their insanity yet remains to be seen,
(2021-05-14). Thursday 6/17: A Joy Unexpected: Exhibition + Virtual Panel Discussion. indybay.org Online…
(2021-05-14). People of Arizona exert grassroots pressure on U.S. senators to abolish filibuster. peoplesworld.org 
TUCSON, Ariz.—Frustrated with their two Democratic Senators' refusal, so far, to abolish the Senate filibuster rule, Arizonans have been mobilizing in a campaign of pressure from below by the people who put them in office. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly are being inundated with thousands of phone calls and emails, together with letters to local …
(2021-05-14). Israel's Violence Shows Why Now Is The Time For BDS. popularresistance.org On the day that Israel was carrying out its remorseless pummelling of the Gaza Strip, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was using his Queen's Speech to announce a series of laws for the next year. | Included in Johnson's list were measures to disrupt the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the state of Israel by banning public bodies from launching their own boycott campaigns. | The planned reform would seek to 'ensure a coherent approach to foreign relations' by stopping public bodies from 'imposing their own approach or views via boycott, divestment or sanctions campaigns.' | In…
(2021-05-14). Latinx Threat Narrative: Are We Dangerous? indybay.org This piece discusses the Latinx Threat Narrative propaganda that has become well known in America's everyday conversations. This piece also touches on topics like racialization of minority groups and how these dangerous tools are use to further divide groups in America.
(2021-05-14). #LatinoRebels10: From 2018, the White NYC Lawyer Who Lost It Because People Were Speaking Spanish. latinorebels.com At first, we called him "some white dude in midtown Manhattan" who literally went ballistic when he heard other people speaking Spanish at a lunch spot.
(2021-05-14). SEIU calls off strike by Connecticut nursing home workers, accepts governor's inadequate last-minute deal. wsws.org Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and nursing home operators reached an eleventh-hour agreement to prevent 2,800 workers at 26 nursing homes from striking this morning.
(2021-05-14). Headlines for May 14, 2021. democracynow.org Palestinian Civilian Death Toll Mounts as Israel Pounds Gaza with Airstrikes and Heavy Artillery, Eight Killed in Israel by Palestinian Rocket Fire as Military Chief Threatens "Gaza Will Burn", President Biden Says Israel's Bombing and Shelling of Gaza Not a "Significant Overreaction", India to Make Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine Available Amid Devastating COVID-19 Toll, Japan Expands Coronavirus Emergency as Doctors Join Call to Cancel Summer Olympics, CDC Says Fully Vaccinated U.S. Residents Can Go Maskless in Most Settings, Hackers Post Personal Data of D.C. Police Officers Following Ransomware Attack, Active-Duty…
(2021-05-14). Thousands protest against New Zealand government's anti-immigrant policies. wsws.org The protests are a sign of growing anger towards the Labour Party-led government's brutal and discriminatory border policies, which are aimed at whipping up nationalism and xenophobia.
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Know the warning signs of stroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On average, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of oxygen. It's important to recognize the warning signs of stroke, because prompt treatment can minimize brain damage. Every moment is crucial. "Strokes commonly occur in …
(2021-05-14). Exposing the Giants: The Global Power Elite. Prof. Peter Phillips. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | First published on August 30, 2018 Developing the tradition charted by C. Wright Mills in his 1956 classic
(2021-05-14). El rescate de Petróleos Mexicanos y el fin de la lógica del saqueo. globalizacion.ca El director general de Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Octavio Romero Oropeza, realizó un recuento de las medidas adoptadas por esa empresa del Estado para revertir los negocios, contratos y ventas de plantas realizados al amparo de la reforma energética del gobierno…
(2021-05-14). Chile: 5 Keys for this Weekend's Election that will Define the Future. orinocotribune.com For some they are the most important elections [in Chile] since the plebiscite that marked the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), for others these elections will set the rules of the game for the next decades. Whatever the approach, no one doubts the significance of the elections that Chile will experience this weekend. The star will undoubtedly be the Constituent election, which should bury the dictator's legacy. | 1. What is being voted on | Chile faces four simultaneous elections on May 15 and 16 in which 16,730 candidates participate: municipal and regional elections, in which mayors, counc…
(2021-05-14). This Isn't a Civil War, It Is Settler-Colonial Violence. truthout.org 
Earlier this week, massive protests erupted in '48 Palestinian towns and cities. '48 Palestinians (known as "citizens" of Israel) had mobilized to protest the threat of expulsion facing Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem, and in protest of Israel's attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. | As Israel escalated its violence against the families in Sheikh Jarrah, worshipers in al-Aqsa mosque during the holy month of Ramadan and in Gaza, '48 Palestinian protests escalated as well. Palestinians came out in their masse…
(2021-05-14). Hanan Ashrawi & Rashid Khalidi: U.S. Backing Has Given Israel License to Kill & Maim Palestinians. democracynow.org 
Palestinian scholar Hanan Ashrawi says Israel's latest assault on Gaza is turning life in the besieged territory into "sheer hell," aided by U.S. military and diplomatic support. "Israel has total license to use unbridled power to kill and destroy and maim and get away with it," Ashrawi says. We also speak with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, who says President Joe Biden's continued defense of Israeli actions reflects long-standing erasure and dehumanization of Palestinians. "One wonders what proportion you have to have of Arab deaths, of Palestinian deaths, ov…
(2021-05-14). A Victory for Chaos and Cruelty – The Logic of Internment Advanced Against the Unhoused. indybay.org We can only hope that the celluloid avatars at the Santa Cruz City Council are clueless, otherwise their "Camping Services and Standards Ordinance" is just naked sadism.
(2021-05-14). Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans and the talking heads on the media to describe the unrest inside Israel and the heaviest Israeli assault against the Palestinians since the 2014 attacks on Gaza, which lasted 51 days and killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children, are a lie. Israel… |
(2021-05-14). Napoleone tra guerra e rivoluzione. globalresearch.ca La Rivoluzione francese …
(2021-05-14). Alex Padilla, From California To Capitol Hill (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com In our extended conversation with Alex Padilla, we look at why it has taken so long for a Latino to represent California in the Senate, and the many issues the senator must address.
(2021-05-14). AFT President Randi Weingarten demands fully in-person learning at all US schools. wsws.org On Thursday morning, Weingarten gave a one-hour speech that centered on demanding the full reopening of all US schools this fall and promoting illusions in the Biden administration's federal stimulus programs.
(2021-05-14). Selected Articles: "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca 
By The massive concentration of wealth over the last few years has made it possible for a tiny handful of …
(2021-05-14). 'All We Need Is Some More Courage From the World'. thenation.com 'All We Need Is Some More Courage From the World'
(2021-05-14). Selected Articles: "Gaza Will Burn": Israel's War Cabinet Approves Escalated Aggression on Gaza. globalresearch.ca 
By With the exception of the impending departure of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan, if it occurs, the White House seems to prefer …
(2021-05-14). The Heat: Israeli-Palestinian violence. america.cgtn.com 
Heavy fighting escalates between Israel and Hamas with no end in sight.
(2021-05-14). As Israel Attacked Gaza, It Heard Something New: Opposition from Congress. zcomm.org Zionist fears of Democratic dissent have turned stale for years. The latest House speeches show that's changing…
(2021-05-14). OPINION: Fighting Against Climate Change Is Advocating for Our Kids' Future. latinorebels.com What can I do to keep my children safe and healthy? What can I do to protect them?>
(2021-05-14). Wilderness and the Value of Doing Nothing. counterpunch.org 
Along the high-elevation, wind-swept ridges of the West, a long-lived, gnarly-branched pine is in trouble. A species of stone pine known for its high stress tolerance and adaptability, whitebark pine is slow-growing and can live between 500 — 1,000 years. Lacking wings for wind-dispersal, its calorie-dense seeds are spread primarily by Clark's Nutcracker, a member
(2021-05-14). History of World War II: Operation Barbarossa. The Roots of Its Failure. globalresearch.ca Operation Barbarossa, whose …
(2021-05-14). Saturday 5/15: San Francisco Protest for Palestine. indybay.org 16th and Valencia BART Station…
(2021-05-14). If I fall in the struggle, take my place. mronline.org 
Ugliness defines the mood of state violence from Cali (Colombia) to Durban (South Africa), each context different and the depth of the violence particular to the location. Images of security forces cracking down on people trying to express their political rights have become commonplace. | May 14, 2021…
(2021-05-14). US Delays UN Security Council Meeting on Gaza Violence. news.antiwar.com After The US suggested that the meeting should be held next Tuesday, but after a compromise, the Security Council agreed to discuss the matte…
(2021-05-14). The Nakba Continues. counterpunch.org 
The both-sides-have-their reasons-but-Israel-is-the-victim stories follow an expected pattern. Israeli Jews, still living in the shadow of the Holocaust, return to their rightful homes and then fight for every inch of what is justly theirs. They are repeatedly faced with intractable Arab terrorists who attack innocent civilians and must be crushed with all the might the Israeli military has at its disposal. Never Again!
(2021-05-14). Civilian casualties climb, as UN chief calls on all parties to 'immediately cease' fighting in Gaza and Israel. news.un.org The UN Secretary-General on Friday issued an urgent appeal for all parties involved in this week's escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian enclave of Gaza, and Israel, to "immediately cease the fighting", or risk creating an "uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis".
(2021-05-14). Chile and Colombia to Move Money Out of Militaries. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 15, 2021 While the proposal for a global ceasefire during a disease pandemic has done the opposite of catching on, there are a few small signs of sanity and even of successful activism. While most big military spenders (including the super-mega-biggest one) have increased or kept their spending …
(2021-05-14). 24 Pro-Government Fighters Killed Or Injured In ISIS Attacks In Central Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On May 13, at least 24 fighters of the Palestinian-led al-Quds Brigade were killed or wounded in two separate attacks by ISIS cells in central Syria. | The first attack targeted two posts of the pro-government group on a road leading to the al-Talila military camp to the east of the ancient city of Palmyra in eastern Homs.
(2021-05-14). Viruses Know No Borders. Neither Should Vaccines. counterpunch.org 
In mid-April, three of my cousins — Shashi, Manju, and Renu, all sisters living in New Delhi — died within 10 days of each other. The eldest sister, Manju, was turned away from three medical clinics before she ran out of oxygen. The sole survivor of their nuclear family, Rajesh — or "Chotu" ("Little One")
(2021-05-14). Biden: Israel's Gaza Bombardment Is Not a 'Significant Overreaction'. news.antiwar.com As Israeli bombs are pounding Gaza, the US is standing firmly behind its ally. President Biden on Thursday "I have my intelligence community, the Defense Department, as well as the State Department … in contact with all of their counterparts, not only in Israel, but in the region, and one of the things I have seen thus far is there has not been a significant overreaction," Biden said. | Israel's bomb…
(2021-05-14). Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front. thenation.com Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front…
(2021-05-14). Butting Heads with China and Russia: American Diplomats Are Outclassed. globalresearch.ca With the exception …
(2021-05-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes across Italy to protest high death rates in work accidents; Intensive care nurses protest in France as Covid overwhelms hospitals as lockdown is lifted; After series of union sellouts at bus companies London bus workers strike vote against remote sign on; Teachers in UK oppose victimisations, attacks on jobs, pay and conditions including privatisation…
(2021-05-14). 13 Facts About American Prisons That Will Blow Your Mind. zcomm.org The U.S. prison system is a crime against humanity. Here are just some of the reasons why.
(2021-05-14). Palestinian Lives, and Death: An Interview With Rachel Kushner. thenation.com Palestinian Lives, and Death: An Interview With Rachel Kushner…
(2021-05-14). Protests by Palestinian Citizens in Israel Signal Growing Sense of a Common Struggle. latinorebels.com In towns across Israel, another important —and underreported— development is taking place. And it could change how we talk about Palestinians and Israelis.
(2021-05-14). Global Calendar of Resistance: Join these events to defend Palestine! samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their organizing and struggle to confront massacres and ethnic cleansing and support Palestinian resistance! There are currently 119 martyrs in Gaza, while the entire land of Palestine is rising, from the river to the sea, from Haifa to al-Lydd, from Gaza to Rafah, from Ramallah to Nablus, Umm al-Fahm, Yaffa, and, of course, Palestine's capital, Jerusalem, confronting the most brutal violence of the colonizer with steadfastness, struggle, and a revolutionary promise of a liberated fut…
(2021-05-14). Pipeline Politics: From Afghanistan to Gaza. counterpunch.org 
It's too early to tell if the bombing deaths of over 60 Afghan schoolgirls will change President Biden's trajectory for withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. So far he's adhered to the tired old mantra of why our troops were sent there in the first place — to fight the terrorists responsible for 9/11 — and he
(2021-05-14). New Intermarium: Biden, NATO Pledge Support to NATO's Nine-Nation Eastern Flank. globalresearch.ca The members of …
(2021-05-14). Floating Graveyards: Let's Not Revive the Cruise Industry. counterpunch.org 
Under the so-called leadership of governor Ron DeSantis, Florida is suing the federal government and CDC to allow cruises to resume sailing. As author Carl Hiaasen noted on twitter, this "stunt lawsuit by Ron DeSantis has zero chance in court," but it's aimed at "making DeSantis look tough for his right-wing base." It also fits
(2021-05-14). 'Plausible' Link Between J&J Vaccine and Blood Clots, CDC Says After Confirming 28 Cases, Including 3 Deaths. globalresearch.ca Officials with the …
(2021-05-14). Will the GOP Scaremonger Us Out of Child Care and Family Leave? thenation.com Will the GOP Scaremonger Us Out of Child Care and Family Leave?
(2021-05-14). Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks. thenation.com Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks.
(2021-05-14). Why governments are in bed with gas corporations. greenleft.org.au The Australian government's close relationship with the gas industry comes at the expense of workers, renewables, and the environment, reports Margaret Gleeson.
(2021-05-14). Colombians continue to resist as national strike completes 15 days. peoplesdispatch.org 
Enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of Colombians continue to remain on the streets against neoliberalism and violence, for life, peace, justice and democracy…
(2021-05-14). More than 100 killed as Israel intensifies Gaza onslaught. electronicintifada.net Military admits it underestimated resistance groups' capacity.
(2021-05-14). Saturday 5/22: Seaspiracy Postering. indybay.org Cha-Ya Vegetarian Japanese Restaurant…
(2021-05-14). Estados Unidos: øQuién paga la cuenta por el desastre? globalizacion.ca Mucho más que una simple crisis coyuntural, el sistema capitalista se está confrontado a fallas de fondo que dicen relación con las contradicciones que se generan en su fase imperialista monopólica. La pandemia del COVID-19 ha mostrado como nunca antes…
(2021-05-14). Biden administration ends Trump-era rule, banning discrimination against transgender people in health care. nationofchange.org "Everyone — including LGBTQ people – should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period."
(2021-05-14). For Okinawa, Rahm Would Be a Knee on the Neck. warisacrime.org 
If you don't know much about Japan (and neither does Rahm Emanuel, the reported nominee for U.S. ambassador) a few relevant facts are these: 1) It's right next to China which much of the U.S. government is eager for some sort of fight with. 2) Its Constitution (imposed by the U.S.) bans war, and the …
(2021-05-14). Friday 5/21: Fever: An Asian Pacific Islander Healing Space. indybay.org The Forum Collective – Online…
(2021-05-14). Wednesday 5/19: Open Rescue Training: The Basics and Roles. indybay.org online…
(2021-05-14). Chicago and nationwide demonstrations demand end to attacks on Palestinians. peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-05-14). Why One State in India Is Showing Promising Signs of Democracy. zcomm.org Hunger can't be eradicated by devotion. Only social action can eradicate hunger and hopelessness…
(2021-05-14). If I Fall In The Struggle, Take My Place. popularresistance.org Ugliness defines the mood of state violence from Cali (Colombia) to Durban (South Africa), each context different and the depth of the violence particular to the location. Images of security forces cracking down on people trying to express their political rights have become commonplace. It is impossible to keep track of the events, which move swiftly from public manifestations to courtroom scenes, from the dissipation of tear gas to the invisible frustration of the prison cell. Yet, underlying these events and amidst the range of feelings that shape them lies a sense of refusal, the Great Refusal, the refusal to…
(2021-05-14). Nationwide demonstrations in Brazil after police slaughter 27 in Rio favela raid. wsws.org The raid, the largest police massacre in Rio since 1989, was carried out in defiance of a Supreme Court ban on such operations during the pandemic.
(2021-05-14). Zionism's Alliance with Luis Almagro the Yanacona. orinocotribune.com By Pablo Joffre Leal — May 11, 2021 | The policy of "public diplomacy" that the Zionist government has ordered, as part of the process of cleaning up the image of its regime, implies buying support from international organizations, governments, parliamentarians, and opinion leaders. | These are usually well rewarded for this shameless support in favor of an entity that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity. In this context and as part of his political conversion process from progressivism and solidarity with the peoples, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Uruguay…
(2021-05-14). "Gaza Will Burn": Israel's War Cabinet Approves Escalated Aggression on Gaza. globalresearch.ca Late Wednesday, cabinet …
(2021-05-14). Billions for Farmers of Color isn't Racist, It's Smart and Long Overdue. counterpunch.org 
You've probably heard that $5 Billion dollars from President Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus plan has been dedicated to farmers of color. Specifically, that designation is for "socially disadvantaged farmers," which according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is anyone who has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group. You should
(2021-05-14). Fascist Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. wsws.org Two Washington Post reporters witnessed Greene shouting at the Democratic representative outside the House chamber, calling her a supporter of terrorism.
(2021-05-14). Science Saturday: Mayo study examines how Latino participants experience genomic medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org How do people from minority communities experience genomic medicine in diverse health-care settings? How do they integrate genetic knowledge into their understandings of health-care needs? These answers are critical to researchers as multiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized medicine. Richard Sharp. …
(2021-05-14). Creating a desert and calling it peace: Turkey's water war against Rojava. greenleft.org.au Turkey's system of huge dams is not just about irrigation and generating hydro-electric power, writes Sarah Glynn. It is a source of political power over the whole region.
(2021-05-14). Video: No Quarter for Gaza: Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Ceasefire. globalresearch.ca The situation in …
(2021-05-14). South America's 'Business Friendly' Bloodbath. popularresistance.org International Business and Banking support for the most repressive regimes in Latin America is even more evident than it was during the original cold war. Now, Wall Street ºs three main men in South America all face charges of crimes against humanity, even genocide, at the International Criminal Court. | Whilst the anglosphere regularly attacks governments of the left in Latin America on human rights grounds, it is its pliant business friendly U.S. regional allies; Brazil ºs Bolsonaro, Chile ºs Piñera, and Colombia ºs Duque, who face being sent before the Hague. | All three countries face cruc…
(2021-05-14). How Being a Self-Educated Street Intellectual May Have Saved My Life. dissidentvoice.org 
1970: Weeks When Decades Happen I was 20 years old in 1968, a good year to be 20 years old. Between the spring of 1970 and the spring of 1972 there were weeks when decades happened for me. In the space of one year: I moved out of my parents' house in Jamaica, Queens to …
(2021-05-14). New video shows officers "ambushed" Andrew Brown Jr. wsws.org Attorneys for the family of the shooting victim say the footage contradicts statements by the district attorney, who stated in court that deputies didn't start firing until after Brown's vehicle struck them twice.
(2021-05-14). Berlin bus drivers demand no front boarding without drivers' consent! wsws.org Management at Berlin's BVG local transit company has decided to postpone the reintroduction of front boarding. Drivers must ensure front doors remain closed until they agree it is safe.
(2021-05-14). Republicans Want Biden to End Iran Talks Over Gaza Violence. news.antiwar.com Republican Iran hawks are jumping on the ongoing violence in Gaza and using it to argue for President Biden to end the ongoing negotiations with Iran in Vienna to revive the nuclear deal. | On Thursday, "We call on you to immediately end negotiations with Iran, and make clear that sanctions relief will not be provided," <...
(2021-05-14). Why we need to fight against child hunger. indybay.org Child hunger is still an ongoing issue that we can't ignore. A majority of these children come from impoverished Latin communities.
(2021-05-14). Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin and Michael E. Miller at WaPo report that Israeli air strikes on the densely populated urban areas of the Gaza Strip had by Thursday evening killed 109 Palestinians, among them 28 children, and had wounded 621 persons. The Israeli Air Force deliberately destroyed some of Gaza's …
(2021-05-14). The Year Of Open Letters: Retired US Generals And Admirals Warn Democracy Is Dying. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | If 2020 was the year of Black Lives Matter protests, and left-wing victories, 2021 is the year of open letters. | Following France, it is now the United States' turn. | On May 12th, Flag Officers 4 America
(2021-05-14). Vive La Démocratie: France Bans Pro-Palestinian Protests. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 13th, France imposed a ban on pro-Palestine demonstrations amid the escalating situation in the West Bank. | This is allegedly due to concerns that previous clashes and riots that took place in Paris over half a decade ago could happen again."Serious disturbances to public order were noted in 2014. Instructions were given to the Prefects to be particularly vigilant and firm," Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter, noting that he had direc…
(2021-05-14). Consumer Health: Endometriosis, ovarian cancer and infertility — what are the connections? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've been diagnosed with endometriosis, you may have questions about whether that raises your risk for other conditions, including ovarian cancer and infertility. With endometriosis, tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining …
(2021-05-14). Trial demonstrates early AI-guided detection of heart disease in routine practice. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be hard to recognize, especially in the early stages when treatment would be most effective. The ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction, or EAGLE, trial set out to determine whether …
(2021-05-14). Biden Claims Israeli Attack on Gaza Is Not an 'Overreaction' as Onslaught Intensifies, Death Toll Mounts. commondreams.org "With its unconditional financial, military, and diplomatic support of the Israeli apartheid regime, the U.S. bears responsibility for the everyday violence of Israeli oppression." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/israel_gaza_biden.jpg …
(2021-05-14). Friday 5/21: Mental Health Rights and Resources Video Forum on Friday May 21st 5pm. indybay.org Online video…
(2021-05-14). Is a Private Equity Club Deal Coming to a Pension Fund Near You? cepr.net The American Prospect See article on original site One way that private equity (PE) firms have historically been able to take on larger and larger companies is through the use of so-called "club deals." This refers to when two or more private equity funds join together to acquire a huge enterprise, and share ownership. Once …
(2021-05-14). Dozens of corpses found floating in Ganges as India's humanitarian crisis deepens. wsws.org According to the World Health Organization, India currently accounts for half of new COVID-19 cases and 30 percent of deaths worldwide.
(2021-05-14). The end of (inconvenient) protest? nationofchange.org Protest has been a tool that the left has used to force government action throughout the English speaking world.
(2021-05-14). Israel And The Crime Of Apartheid, What's New? popularresistance.org On April 27, Human Rights Watch released the report "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution." In over 200 pages of rigorous research, the authors establish why, under the 1973 Convention against Apartheid and 1998 Rome Statute, the race-based order through which Israel governs the Jewish and Palestinian population between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River amounts to the crimes of apartheid and persecution. The report follows an identical conclusion by the Israeli human rights group B'tselem that Israel's regime of Jewish supremacy amounts to apartheid. That the f…
(2021-05-14). Pipeline Politics: From Afghanistan to Gaza. counterpunch.org It's too early to tell if the bombing deaths of over 60 Afghan schoolgirls will change President Biden's trajectory for withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. So far he's adhered to the tired old mantra of why our troops were sent there in the first place — to fight the terrorists res Likewise, there is an
(2021-05-14). What a Florida School's Standardized Test Scores Won't Show. dissidentvoice.org "What I'm working on—like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlights—may not look like what I'm working on," Catherine Gilmore told me over a phone call. Gilmore has worked as an educator in Hillsborough County, Florida, for 13 years, and has spent the last six years at Gibsonton Elementary School where …
(2021-05-14). Hard Crackers: the Revolutionary Legacy of Noel Ignatiev. counterpunch.org 
Back in 1996, while browsing through the Marxism section at Labyrinth Books near Columbia University, where I was working as a programmer at the time, I spotted a book that stopped me dead in my tracks. Titled "How the Irish Became White" and written by Noel Ignatiev, it did not just promise to be about
(2021-05-14). Joe Biden's Pentagon Honeymoon. thenation.com Joe Biden's Pentagon Honeymoon…
(2021-05-14). Self Serving Pro-Growth Media. indybay.org How power and control is affecting Sonoma County.
(2021-05-14). Volvo Truck workers voice opposition to UAW sellout deal in lead-up to contract vote. wsws.org The United Auto Workers union is working overtime to impose a new sellout agreement in the face of widespread opposition, underscoring the urgent necessity for workers to organize and prepare for a fight.
(2021-05-14). The media is causing harm by reporting official COVID-19 figures from poorer countries. greenleft.org.au The media needs to stop misreporting COVID-19 numbers and minimising the hardships in those countries facing the worst of the global pandemic, writes Tamara Pearson.
(2021-05-14). 8 Yankees Players and Staff Test Positive for COVID-19 Despite Being Vaccinated Before Diagnosis. globalresearch.ca Eight …
(2021-05-14). Zionism, Israel & The Witch Hunt In UK Labour Party & Universities With Tony Greenstein. indybay.org Tony Greenstein a former member of the UK Labour Party was interviewed about the role of Zionists and Israel in the Labour Party and also in the witch hunt against professors in the United Kingdom. He also talks about the history of the Zionists working with rightwingers including Trump and the Nazis in the 1930's…
(2021-05-14). Australia Post workers condemn secret union-management negotiations for new enterprise agreement. wsws.org In a bargaining update yesterday, the CEPU combined demagogic denunciations of management with declarations that its backroom talks were "robust and fairly genuine."
(2021-05-14). Continental: Massive cutbacks with the help of the trade unions. wsws.org To save at least €1 billion a year 30,000 jobs will be eliminated throughout the company, including 13,000 jobs in Germany alone.
(2021-05-14). Colombia: crisis social y política. globalizacion.ca La ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, Claudia Blum, presentó al presidente Iván Duque el lunes pasado su renuncia irrevocable y efectiva de manera inmediata, se informó ayer, en lo que supone la segunda dimisión en el Palacio de Nariño…
(2021-05-14). Labour's Defeat and Sir Keir Starmer's Grey Fade into Irrelevance. counterpunch.org 
When people talk about Labour leader Sir Starmer as being insipid and ineffectual, someone who lacks any sharp outline or definition, a washed-out middle-management type with no soul, a grey, dismal rain-jacket of a man, a torpid dish-cloth with legs, not so much a mid-life crisis but more of a mid-life compromise, a charisma vacuum,
(2021-05-14). Why one State in India is showing promising signs of democracy as the world goes more authoritarian. peoplesdispatch.org In Kerala, the re-elected Left government has prioritized making life better for all, even during crises—contrasting sharply with Narendra Modi's right-wing central government's devastating mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic…
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic to offer more walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Rochester. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic held a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Rochester on Wednesday, May 5. At this clinic, one patient shared why he came in to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Watch: Patient discusses why he chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine. youtu.be/ORLLLOOJ7eg Journalists: Broadcast-quality soundbites and b-roll of the Mayo Clinic walk-in COVID-19 …
(2021-05-14). 'Where Are the Moderate Hindus?'. thenation.com 'Where Are the Moderate Hindus?'
(2021-05-14). Biden pleads with Republicans for bipartisan infrastructure bill. wsws.org The Democratic president is seeking to negotiate legislation with a party whose leadership denies his legitimacy and claims the 2020 election was stolen.
(2021-05-14). Gaza Conflict Spillover: Israeli Army Struck Syrian-Lebanese Border. southfront.org 
Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces) | Early on May 14, an Israeli warplane targeted a vehicle near a Syrian town located next to the border with Lebanon, according to Lebanese and Israeli sources. | The vehicle, a pickup, was targeted near the Syrian town of al-Juntliyah in western Homs. Israeli sources claimed that the vehicle was about to move a weapons shipment from the Syrian town, where Hezbollah is known to be p…
(2021-05-14). Palestina: La histórica deshumanización de un pueblo. globalizacion.ca El 4 de diciembre de 1832, el presidente Andrew Jackson, conocido con el apodo de Mata Indios, dio un bonito discurso en el Congreso de su país. "Sin duda -dijo- el interés de la República es que las nuevas tierras…
(2021-05-14). Israel is killing women and children in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Nightmare of 2014 repeated as families are bombed in their homes.
(2021-05-14). Playing With Fire: Israeli Military Killed Hezbollah Fighter On Separation Line With Lebanon (Videos). southfront.org 
Mohamad al-Tahan. Source: Hezbollah Military Media. | Israel and Lebanon may be heading to a serious confrontation after the killing of a Lebanese citizen by the Israeli military. | The victim, Mohamad al-Tahan from the southern Lebanese town of Aadloun, was protesting along with hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinians against Israeli's ongoing attack on the Gaza Strip on the separation line with Israel. | The Israeli attack on Palestinian factions in G…
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for patent foramen ovale. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 36 and do not have any significant medical concerns, but due to a family member's heart health issues, it was recommended I have a cardiac evaluation. After undergoing an echocardiogram, I was surprised to be told that I have a patent foramen ovale. The cardiologist said I don't need to be treated …
(2021-05-14). The Russian Bounty Story Is A Deadly Example Of Fake News. popularresistance.org A New York Times report about Russia paying Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan turned many heads in the summer of 2020 when it was first published. It solidified many Democrats' views that Russia is a dangerous enemy that is consistently acting to not only undermine the U.S., but actually murder its citizens. As NBC News points out, Joe Biden treated the story as factual as a presidential candidate and has continued to repeat the allegations as president. Yet, as many on the left pointed out countless times since the story was published by major news outlets, the reports have never been ad…
(2021-05-14). Geopolitical Projection: US Claims China Is an "Aggressor" globalresearch.ca US Secretary of …
(2021-05-14). Larry Krasner—and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement—Is on Tuesday's Ballot. thenation.com Larry Krasner—and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement—Is on Tuesday's Ballot…
(2021-05-14). Conspiracy to Suppress Existing Drugs that Effectively Treat COVID Patients in Favor of "Vaccines" globalresearch.ca To use an …
(2021-05-14). The Covidian Cult and The Higher Breeders. indybay.org Back in October 2020, the author wrote an essay entitled "The Covidian Cult" (1), in which he described the so-called "New Normal" as a global totalitarian ideological movement. Developments over the past six months have proven the accuracy of this analogy. Health preservation takes the place of human dignity!
(2021-05-14). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …
(2021-05-14). Sound the alarms, McConnell and Manchin put roadblocks in front of Biden's agenda. nationofchange.org When will we hear our president tell us how he plans to get all this great legislation underway in a Senate that is filled with McConnell and Manchin roadblocks?>
(2021-05-14). Cold vs. allergies during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to the common cold, allergies and COVID-19, overlapping symptoms can be confusing. In this Q&A, Dr. Arveen Bhasin, a Mayo Clinic allergist and immunologist, provides some clarity by comparing and contrasting the signs and symptoms of these conditions: What are allergy symptoms?Allergy symptoms can affect the nose, sinuses and lungs. These symptoms …
(2021-05-14). Philippines: Denounce and reject ATC vilification of revolutionaries as "terrorists" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following May 13 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces and rejects the "designation" by the "Anti-Terrorist Council" (ATC) of 19 supposed "leaders" of the CPP as "terrorists." This is clearly an act in accordance with the diktat of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and Duterte himself. | The ATC claimed that those in the list are leaders of the CPP but cites no evidence to back their claims. The ATC merely recycled a very old list being maintained by military…
(2021-05-14). The Siege of Gaza and the Fight for Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Israel's ethnic cleansing …
(2021-05-14). Hitachi's UK express trains pressed back into service after more cracks discovered. wsws.org The roll-out of the Intercity Express Train programme was a disaster waiting to happen. The entire project was dominated by contractors' drive to maximize profit, with substandard engineering and technology across the railway network.
(2021-05-14). 10,000 march in Chicago: Hands off Jerusalem. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Coalition for Justice for Palestine in Chicago rallied and marched to the Israeli Consulate in Chicago May 12. 10,000 people from the Palestinian community and their supporters chanted, "Free, free Palestine!" And "Netanyahu, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!" | A new chant seemed to tap into the emotion of the crowd: "The only solution, Intifada revolution!" | Overwhelmingly youth from the Arab community, the march was called in response to the attacks by Zionist mobs and Israeli police in Jerusalem, and the Israeli occupation military in air strikes against the people of Gaza. As of…
(2021-05-14). Nexteer Automotive workers in Saginaw, Michigan speak out in advance of UAW contract vote. wsws.org The UAW is keeping workers in the dark about the current agreement, but workers widely expect another sellout.
(2021-05-14). Nuclear Notebook: How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the United Kingdom Have in 2021? globalresearch.ca Of all the …
(2021-05-14). What's Up with the Herd? zcomm.org The United States won't achieve herd immunity because a significant portion of the herd is suffering from mad cow disease…
(2021-05-14). "Trust WHO": Clandestine Influences Revealed. globalresearch.ca "TrustWHO," a documentary …
(2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …
(2021-05-14). Biden's Decisions This Year Will Determine US Nuclear Weapons Policy for Decades. counterpunch.org 
Nuclear weapons policies and the trillions of U.S. dollars proposed to fund them come into sharp focus this month and through next year as Congress and the Biden Administration engage the nuclear weapons threat. A threat viewed as existential by bombmakers, presidents, and arms control activists since the first nuclear weapons were detonated over Hiroshima
(2021-05-14). Elon Musk Abruptly Stops Accepting Bitcoin to Pay for Tesla Cars. Did He Learn that Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Per Year than Sweden or Malaysia? counterpunch.org 
After just 49 days of wedded bliss, Elon Musk is divorcing Tesla from accepting payment for its cars in Bitcoin. It was just March 24 that Musk first Tweeted that Tesla would start accepting payment for its cars in Bitcoin. What caused the abrupt flip-flop? Elon Musk claims he wants to move the world toward
(2021-05-14). The Missing Dead: How the Media Has Misreported COVID's Toll in Poorer Nations. counterpunch.org 
Here in Mexico, the majority of people who have died from Covid-19 did not get tested, and so they weren't counted in the official numbers. They do not exist in the numbers that the media repeats over and over, without ever contextualizing them, without ever explaining that they are almost meaningless because testing is so inaccessible here.
(2021-05-14). US Air Force plane deliveres secret cargo to Zionists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The US Air Force plane delivered a secret cargo to the Israeli regime on Friday morning.
(2021-05-14). Iran wheelchair basketball team drawn in Group of Death. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Iran has been drawn in Group of Death in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament at Tokyo 2020.
(2021-05-14). Iran's Foreign Ministry issues statement on Nakba Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Ministry has released a statement on the occasion of the Nakba Day which marks the anniversary of the establishment of the illegitimate Zionist regime of Israel.
(2021-05-14). Iran coronavirus update: 10k new cases. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 10,145 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.
(2021-05-14). Africa voices solidarity with Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Demonstrations are held in cities across East Africa to condemn the killings of Palestinian people by the Israeli regime.
(2021-05-14). When Tel Aviv shakes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — While dealing with political problems inside, the Israeli regime is facing the most severe missile attack in its history.
(2021-05-14). Zionist attacks on Gaza leave 113 martyred. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The death toll in Gaza rises to 113 by Friday morning as the Israeli regime boosts troops and tanks near the besieged Palestinian enclave.
(2021-05-14). 4th day of presidential candidates registration (2). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Registration of candidates for the upcoming presidential election is continuing for the 4th day in Tehran on Friday.
(2021-05-14). Zionist regime attacks target on Lebanese-Syrian border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Some Arab sources reported that Israeli forces have targeted a vehicle on the Lebanese-Syrian border.
(2021-05-14). Security forces detain, dismantle terror team in SE Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The Iranian intelligence forces in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan have said in a statement that they have arrested or killed members of a terrorist team in Nikshahr County.
(2021-05-14). 12 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — At least 12 people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in a district of the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers.
(2021-05-14). Chinese smart satellite facility begins work in Wuhan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — China's first smart manufacturing plant for satellites has started formal operations in Wuhan.
(2021-05-14). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.
(2021-05-14). 2-passenger plane crashes in east Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — A two-seater plane crashed in eastern Tehran on Friday morning.
(2021-05-14). Zarif meets with Spanish counterpart in Madrid. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and conferred with his Spanish counterpart Arancha González Laya in Madrid.
(2021-05-14). 4th day of presidential candidates registration. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Registration of candidates for the upcoming presidential election is continuing for the 4th day in Tehran on Friday.
(2021-05-14). Zionists continuing their crimes in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — The occupying regime continued its recent massacre in the Gaza Strip on late Thursday and early Friday.
(2021-05-14). Guterres calls for de-escalation of hostilities in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — In a tweet on Friday, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for de-escalation of hostilities in Gaza.
(2021-05-14). 9 injured in Rhode Island shooting. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — Nine people in Rhode Island's capital were injured in a shooting.
(2021-05-14). Vaccine Passports Banned in Wyoming. globalresearch.ca The Governor of …
(2021-05-14). Venezuelan Parliament Declares May 17 National Day Against LGBTQ Hatred. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, May 13, Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously approved a Draft Agreement to declare May 17 as a national day against hatred and all kinds of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in Venezuela. In addition, the creation of a sub-committee attached to the Comprehensive Social Development Committee was announced, to be coordinated by deputy Niloha Delgado, to meet the demands of the LGBTQ community. | Delgado, president of the Gender Equality Subcommittee of the Permanent Committee for Comprehensive Social Development, outlined the discrimination suffere…
(2021-05-14). Stringer's History of Bad-Faith Feminism. thenation.com Stringer's History of Bad-Faith Feminism…
(2021-05-14). Wednesday 6/30: JoAnn Wypijewski & Kris Welch:What We Don't Talk About: Sex, Authority. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-05-14). Mujeres esencialmente heroicas. peoplesworld.org 
La próxima vez que comas fruta o verdura, da las gracias a las campesinas que se parten el espinazo recolectándolas en condiciones inhumanas. Calor extremo, exposición a pesticidas, abusos sexuales y vulnerabilidad a COVID-19 contribuyen a que el trabajo de estas mujeres sea de los más arriesgados del país. En el caso de los graves …
(2021-05-14). Sussex Police: serving Capitalism locally. challenge-magazine.org 
Brighton and East Sussex Branch, Young Communist League | YCL Brighton & East Sussex Branch expose the longstanding and institutional racism, sexism and brutality of Sussex Police. | On Saturday 13th March YCL members attended the Sarah Everard vigil along with 150 other people held at Valley Gardens. Mirroring the events at the vigil held in Clapham Common the same day, multiple police vans pulled up and officers began trying to disperse the crowd. Shocking footage was posted on social media showing police harassing and threatening members of the public. Despite the event proceeding safely and peacefully pr…
(2021-05-14). 'Stand up against hate' towards LGBTI people, UN human rights chief urges. news.un.org Humiliation and intolerance remain "a stark reality" for many gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world, the UN human rights chief has said, in her message for the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
(2021-05-14). State Lawmakers Are Trying to Ban Talk About Race in Schools. aclu.org A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom is underway. In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed bills banning teaching "divisive concepts" in K-12 public schools and in public colleges and universities. The new bills target efforts to provide education about gender and race discrimination, including
(2021-05-14). Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for DOJ Job in Latest Attack on Voting Rights. truthout.org 
Republican senators in Washington are attempting to block Kristen Clarke, a prominent voting rights advocate, from a top Justice Department position. The Senate Judiciary Committee has deadlocked on an 11-11 vote on whether to move Clarke's nomination for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to the Senate floor for a full vote. If she wins the vote, Clarke, who has served as the head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and is a longtime…
(2021-05-14). Colombia Has Lost Its Fear. popularresistance.org After decades of armed conflict and paramilitary violence, Colombia has seen protest movements return in strength over the past year and a half. The forceful demonstrations of the past week exceed even the high points of the nationwide uprising of November and December 2019. In response, the most heavily armed government in Latin America has carried out a brutal crackdown. | The COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic consequences have hit Colombia hard. The country is reaching a breaking point as the ruling class attempts to squeeze the last drops of profit out of an already suffering populace kept in line…
(2021-05-14). How the Movement in Chile Went from Jumping Subway Turnstiles to Rewriting the Constitution. dissidentvoice.org Mass protests that began in 2019 in Chile — and have deep roots in the country's militant history of resistance to neoliberalism — are about to bring about a new constitution. This is an attempt to correct the constitution imposed under military dictatorship in 1980 (with the guidance of Milton Friedman and the so-called Chicago …
(2021-05-14). Why One State in India Is Showing Promising Signs of Democracy as the World Goes More Authoritarian. counterpunch.org 
Just before the state elections in Kerala, in southern India, a television channel ran a program called "The Great Political Kitchen." The anchor went to kitchens across the state to talk to homemakers about their views on politics. In one kitchen, the anchor asked a woman about a dispute surrounding a temple in southern Kerala
(2021-05-14). Hundreds turn out in Milwaukee for solidarity with Palestine. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On May 12, many hundreds of people gathered at the Milwaukee Lakefront for a rally and protest in solidarity with Palestine. Crowd estimates range up to 700 people. Organized by the Milwaukee chapter of American Muslims for Palestine, the protest was sparked by this month's attacks on Palestinian families in East Jerusalem. Israeli settlers are attempting to evict and expel hundreds of Palestinians from their neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. | Furthermore, when Palestinians gathered in Al-Aqsa mosque on May 7, to both observe the last Friday of Ramadan and to protest the evictions, they…
(2021-05-14). Hundreds of Australian broadband technicians stop work. wsws.org The CEPU's "national day of action" was an attempt to suppress the mounting anger of the poorly-paid National Broadband Network subcontractors.
(2021-05-14). Israeli Military Raises Gaza To The Ground. Another Tower Fell (Photos, Videos). southfront.org 
An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet. © Amir Cohen / Reuters | The Israeli military counties to strike what it claims to be "legitimate military targets" in the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire. | On May 14, Israeli warplanes wiped out another tower in Gaza city which used to host a branch of the Production Bank. In an attempt to justify the attack, the Israeli Air Force claimed that the bank was supporting the Hamas Movement. | ◊û◊ò◊ï◊°◊ô ◊ß&loz…
(2021-05-14). Watch Rep. Rashida Tlaib Blast U.S. Aid for Israel & Attack on Gaza in Dramatic House Floor Speech. democracynow.org 
As the death toll in Gaza reaches at least 119 amid Israel's escalation of its aerial assault, Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress, delivered a powerful speech on the House floor Thursday to denounce the violence and attempted erasure of the Palestinian people. "I am the only Palestinian American member of Congress now," Tlaib said. "I am a reminder to colleagues that Palestinians do indeed exist."
(2021-05-14). Minnesota Al Nakba protest and march: Say no to US aid to Israel! fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Minnesota Anti-War Committee and American Muslims for Palestine MN will be holding a rally and march on May 15, at 2 p.m., 4301 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, in order to commemorate Al Nakba and highlight the role that the U.S. plays in endorsing and funding the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine. This action follows up on the march of over 1000 people on Tuesday, May 11, in front of Senator Klobuchar's office. | Over the past week Israeli settlers have attempted a forced ethnic displacement of over 500 Palestinians living in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, worship…
(2021-05-14). Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle. juancole.com 
By Maha Nassar | — The world's attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of rockets by the militant group Hamas into Israel. It follows two weeks of protests in East Jerusalem against attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah and …
(2021-05-14). Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for Top Civil Rights Job at DOJ in Latest Attack on Voting Rights. democracynow.org 
Republican senators in Washington are attempting to block Kristen Clarke, a prominent voting rights advocate, from a top Justice Department position. The Senate Judiciary Committee has deadlocked on an 11-11 vote on whether to move Clarke's nomination for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to the Senate floor for a full vote. If she wins the vote, Clarke, who has served as the head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and is a longtime champion of voting rights, a defender against hate and violent extremism, would be the first Black woman to hold the posit…
(2021-05-13). School districts across Texas implement massive austerity and cuts to staff. wsws.org Over the past year, tens of thousands of teachers were forced to quit or retire early after the state government aggressively pressured districts to reopen amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these vacancies will now be left unfilled.
(2021-05-13). "Lynch Mobs": Palestinians Face Brutal Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates. democracynow.org 
Televised images of Israeli mobs attacking Palestinians have been widely denounced by Israeli media and public figures, but Palestinian writer Budour Hassan says the selective outrage ignores decades of occupation that have led to this point. "There is some mention of these lynch mobs that are attacking Palestinians in mixed cities. What is not mentioned is who emboldened these lynch mobs. We're talking about state-sponsored, decades-long discrimination, isolation and erasure that emboldened these groups," says Hassan, legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights, who joins us from Naz…
(2021-05-13). Why we need to fight against child hunger. indybay.org Child hunger is still an ongoing issue that we can't ignore. A majority of these children come from impoverished Latin communities.
(2021-05-13). How Rural Electric Cooperatives Can Support A Green New Deal. popularresistance.org Today, as President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure bill is debated in Congress, it's worth recalling that this isn't the first time the US has faced an infrastructure deficit. "By the 1930s nearly 90 percent of US urban dwellers had electricity, but 90 percent of rural homes were without power. Investor-owned utilities often denied service to rural areas, citing high development costs and low profit margins," recalls one account. | The policy response: rural electric cooperatives (RECs). In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 7037, establishing the Rural Electrification Ad…
(2021-05-13). Federal judge hands UAW ex-President Dennis Williams wrist-slap sentence of 21 months for corruption charges. wsws.org The sentence of former UAW President Williams exposes the UAW as a corporatist organization that acts as an appendage of management, hostile to the class struggle and the working class.
(2021-05-13). Amid relentless Israeli offensive, Palestinians remain defiant. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli assault on Palestinians continued on Wednesday with fresh air strikes. Meanwhile, Palestinians and people across the world have risen in protest against the atrocities.
(2021-05-13). Biden Administration Reportedly Blocking UN Cease-Fire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Biden administration …
(2021-05-13). Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests. indybay.org The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
(2021-05-13). Talking to your children about vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15 years. So parents and caregivers may be getting even more questions from children about whether vaccines are safe and how vaccines can help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Information in this article was contributed by Jennifer …
(2021-05-13). Do you 'look for the union label' on nonprofit solicitations? peoplesworld.org 
"Look for the union label!" Remember that little ditty on TV that promoted consumption of union-made goods and products? It's good advice, whether you're purchasing a car or appliance, clothing, food, or drinks. Consumers have tremendous power to affect the common good by focusing their buying habits on union-made, union-grown, union-marketed products. Employers will eventually …
(2021-05-13). CP to host online 'Unemployment Fightback' events on 29 May & 5 June 2021. challenge-magazine.org 
The Communist Party is set to hold two high profile Unemployment Fightback events on 29 May and a week later on 5 June featuring speakers from across the labour movement. | Unemployment has risen by over a million during the pandemic and millions more, disproportionately the young, women and minorities, are expected, as furlough ends. There is obviously a need to build a movement to challenge unemployment and to go further, to demand investment in future well-paid jobs and apprenticeships. Class unity and workplace organisation will be necessary to build this movement which will also need to take on underemployme…
(2021-05-13). Israel's Illusion of Normality Collapses. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. For decades Israelis …
(2021-05-13). Israel's Pogroms in Jerusalem Could Spark the Destruction of al-Aqsa. strategic-culture.org There is every reason to believe the tragic (and seemingly unbelievable) scenario that one of Jerusalem's holiest sites, and one of the world's most revered monuments, could soon lay ruined in ashes as Zionist forces smile in satisfaction. | By Miko PELED | As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close, it is becoming clear that the violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem has been ramped up in a coordinated effort by the Israeli government, the Jerusalem municipality, the Israeli police, and violent Zionist gangs. | These latest events must be seen in the larger context of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in…
(2021-05-13). Philly Commemorates 36th Anniversary of MOVE Bombing. unicornriot.ninja  …
(2021-05-13). Western Military Activity in Northern Seas at Level Not Seen since World War II. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff The Arctic Security Forces Roundtable, a military-to-military forum established by the U.S. and Norway in 2010, originally consisted of twelve nations; the eight Arctic coastal states — Canada, Denmark (through Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the U.S. (through Alaska) — and Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Russia has been excluded…
(2021-05-13). Bolivia Holds Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Liberalization. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's President Luis Arce Thursday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic might wipe out health systems worldwide if patents for vaccine production are not released. | RELATED: | He made the remarks at the International Forum on Patent Freedom, which was organized by the Bolivian Foreign Ministry and the United Nations Development Progam (UNDP) in El Alto. | "Humanity has had the scientific and technological capac…
(2021-05-13). Global Research Needs Your Support. Fundraising Campaign. globalresearch.ca In an era of media disinformation, our focus has essentially been to center on the "unspoken truth". | Twenty years ago, in the Summer of 2001, the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) launched the globalresearch.ca website. In the course of …
(2021-05-13). Free Imam Jamil Al-Amin. workers.org 
In front of Fulton County Courthouse, May 7. Atlanta Supporters of Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as H. Rap Brown) took the campaign to gain freedom for the Black liberation fighter to the Fulton County Courthouse Friday, May 7, in Atlanta. This downtown building houses the office of the District . . . |
(2021-05-13). US Hands Over Kandahar Airfield to Afghan Forces as Drawdown Continues. news.antiwar.com The US has handed over Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan to the Afghan military, "The handover of Kandahar Airfield was coordinated, both with senior leaders in [the Afghan government] and with our Afghan partners in the 205th Corps," Col. Sonny Legget, a spokesman for the US and NATO coalition, said on Thursday. | An u…
(2021-05-13). Jen Psaki Grilled on Assange. dissidentvoice.org The U.S. government is still appealing their stunning defeat in Julian's extradition case. While the world waits for the UK courts to act, activists continue to draw attention to Julian's plight. Psaki Grilled on Assange White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was grilled yesterday on press freedom and Julian's case. Psaki deflected New York Post …
(2021-05-13). Brazil's COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 430,000. telesurenglish.net Tests detected 74,592 new cases, taking the national count to 15,433,989, said the ministry. | Brazil has the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest caseload, behind the United States and India. | The country sees the second wave of an outbreak in 2021, increasing cases and deaths, and surging COVID-19 patients have overwhelmed numerous hospitals. | According to the ministry, Brazil now has a death rate of 204.8 per 100,000 inhabitants and an incidence rate of 7,344.4 per 100,000. | Local media reported that as of Wednesday, 55.8 million people had been vacci…
(2021-05-13). New York County Jails May Close Their Doors to ICE. thenation.com 
The Dignity Not Detention Act mirrors legislative efforts to take on the rogue agency in states like Maryland and California.
(2021-05-13). How co-ops across the US weathered COVID-19 by prioritizing their workers. therealnews.com 
In this TRNN special report, Jaisal Noor investigates the limitations and successes of eight co-ops across four states that were able to successfully weather the COVID-19 pandemic while prioritizing the needs of their workers. Then, TRNN hosts a follow-up discussion panel with co-op worker-owners.
(2021-05-13). Honoring Mothers Must Include Environmental Justice and Raising Wages. truthout.org 
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the bloody wake of the Civil War, the abolitionist Julia Ward Howe issued a "
(2021-05-13). Amnesty International restores Alexei Navalny's "prisoner of conscience" status. wsws.org Amnesty's reversal has nothing to do with any change in Navalny's outlook, but is entirely a product of American and European efforts to present the right-wing politician and bigot as some sort of crusader for democracy.
(2021-05-13). Australian university trade union backs "education business" wsws.org The NTEU underscores its commitment to defending the lucrative profits that the universities help generate for the Australian ruling elite.
(2021-05-13). Do you 'look for the union label' on nonprofit solicitations? peoplesworld.org "Look for the union label!" Remember that little ditty on TV that promoted consumption of union-made goods and products? It's good advice, whether you're purchasing a car or appliance, clothing, food or drinks. Consumers have tremendous power to affect the common good by focusing their buying habits on union-made, union-grown, union-marketed products. Employers will eventually …
(2021-05-13). Discriminatory Return to In Office Work Mandates Could Push Women and People of Color out of the Workforce. aclu.org On March 5, when Deb Mihal learned that the governor of South Carolina had just ordered non-essential state employees like herself to return to the office in person and full time with just a few weeks' notice, she knew it was going to be a problem. Ms. Mihal had been doing her job as director of disability services for a public college remotely since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, in addition to supervising her son's remote schooling at the same time. Now, she had less than a month to find child care. | It was too late to switch her son from remote instruction to in-person learning, and she couldn't…
(2021-05-13). Brazil: Poll Shows Lula as Winner of 2022 Presidential Election. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Brazil's Datafolha institute revealed the results of a poll ahead of the presidential elections to be held in the country next year, in which it puts the former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as the favorite over the current head of state, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | According to the poll results, Lula would obtain 41 percent of the votes in the first round, well above Bolsonaro wi…
(2021-05-13). Stop Israel's war on Gaza, ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem. wsws.org The Netanyahu regime has killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza and wounded hundreds more in clashes around the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
(2021-05-13). The 'Zapatista Invasion' Has Begun! popularresistance.org It was a genuine surprise when the Zapatistas published their communiqué "A Mountain on the High Seas" on October 5, 2020, announcing a tour of the EZLN (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) across five continents, starting with Europe. Even though the Zapatistas have not shied away from organizing initiatives in Chiapas and across Mexico — the March of the Color of the Earth just 20 years ago is a case in point — it is basically the first time since 1994 that they are leaving the borders of their homeland behind. | Then, on January 1 of this year, they published a Declaration for Life, co-signe…
(2021-05-13). Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
(2021-05-13). In Moscow visit, Secretary-General and President Putin discuss importance of multilateralism. news.un.org UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the importance of renewed commitment to multilateralism during talks held on Thursday.
(2021-05-13). Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness condemns world governments' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org The report released, in advance of the 74th World Health Assembly set to meet later this month, offers a damning critique of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-05-13). Palestine: It is Not a Conflict, It is Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Carolina Bracco As we witness a new escalation of violence in the Middle East, it is impossible not to keep in mind that next Saturday is the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Nakba or "catastrophe". This event, celebrated by some and lamented by others to this day,…
(2021-05-13). Americas Still Far From COVID-19 Recovery -PAHO. telesurenglish.net The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported on Thursday that the region reached 40 percent of the world ¥s deaths last week alone, indicating that the COVID-19 pandemic will prolong in time. | RELATED: | During a press conference, PAHO ¥s director Carissa Etienne referred to the high death toll as a warning about the "remote possibility of curbing Covid-19 transmission, even when some nations like th…
(2021-05-13). Biden Administration to Review Sanctions Policy Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The administration of US President Joe Biden is reviewing its policy of illegal unilateral measures, also called "sanctions," against Venezuela, reported Bloomberg. | "The relationship between the United States and Venezuela is under quiet review, " wrote the US outlet. Bloomberg also claimed that US figures with access to the Biden administration are talking to the "inner circle" of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Among them are House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and World Food Program Director David Beasley. The latter is the executive…
(2021-05-13). Life on Earth is Dying. Thousands of Species Cease to Exist. Homo Sapiens is the Cause. globalresearch.ca On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever.
(2021-05-13). US Nuclear-Capable Bomber Fires Mach-8 Hypersonic Missile in Simulated Arctic Drill. news.antiwar.com In reporting on the nearly-completed Northern Edge 21 war games in Alaska and in the waters surrounding it, U.S. Air Force disclosed that a B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable bomber flew from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to the massive Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex to engage in a test of a new hypersonic missile. The …
(2021-05-13). Republicans Would Back a Stinkbug If It Made the Base Wave Their Flags. truthout.org 
Sixteen minutes. That's They seek to seize tomorrow, which, for them, means completely rewriting yesterday — pretending that Donald Trump handily won the 2020 election, but…
(2021-05-13). Israel Steps up Assaults in Gaza With Shells, Airstrikes. telesurenglish.net An Israeli military spokesperson said in a statement that before midnight, its forces struck Gaza with airstrikes and artillery as rockets from the Palestinian enclave continued to be fired towards Israel. | RELATED: | Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported that the magnitude of the attack was "unprecedented" since the beginning of the offensive on Monday. | "I've said we will exact a heavy price from Hamas, and w…
(2021-05-13). South Asia: Drive for profit fuels effort to evict poor. workers.org 
Karachi residents resist ongoing illegal demolitions and forced evictions. In Pakistan, Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT), an alliance of local activists struggling against evictions and illegal land grabs, reported that Bahria Town personnel, the town's private guards, and Sindh province's police entered various Goths . . . |
(2021-05-13). Palestinian Fighters Shelled Iron Dome Launcher, Radars East Of Gaza. southfront.org 
The Ayyash-250 rocket. Click to see full-size image. | On May 13, Palestinian factions targeted several components of the Israeli military's Iron Dome air-defense system with rockets. | In the afternoon, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, fired a barrage of rockets at an Iron Dome missile launcher situated near the town of Nir Yitzhak to the east of the Gaza Strip. | Nearly three hours after al-Quds Brigades' attack, the military wing of the Hams Movement, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigad…
(2021-05-13). Latinx Threat Narrative: Are We Dangerous? indybay.org This piece discusses the Latinx Threat Narrative propaganda that has become well known in America's everyday conversations. This piece also touches on topics like racialization of minority groups and how these dangerous tools are use to further divide groups in America.
(2021-05-13). Detroit Police Chief Departs While Calls Intensify for Defunding and Abolishing Policing. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Since the summer …
(2021-05-13). Venezuela: Electrical Line Explosion in Galipán Leaves La Guaira Without Electricity Service — Sharp Deterioration of Public Utilities. orinocotribune.com A failure at the transmission level in the Cota Mil-Guaira 69 circuit, with a report of explosions in the heights of Picacho Galipán (El Avila mountain), Macuto parish, caused a loss of electrical service in almost 70% of La Guaira state for more than 14 hours this Wednesday. | The service interruption began around midnight, according to users' reports, and service was gradually reestablished beginning around 4 p.m. | Parishes such as Maiquetía, La Guaira, Macuto, Caraballeda, Naiguatá, and Caruao were affected and only Carlos Solublette, Urimare, Catía La Mar, Carayaca, and El Junko, that is to say areas in the…
(2021-05-13). Nathan Thrall on the Historic Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Control from the River to the Sea. democracynow.org 
We look at the crisis unfolding in Israel-Palestine with Nathan Thrall, former director of the Arab-Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group and writer now based in Jerusalem, who says despite a buildup of Israeli troops on the Gaza border, Israel wants to avoid a ground invasion of the besieged territory and return to the status quo that existed before the latest round of violence. "Israel's preference and its policy is to have Hamas remain in control of its little island of Gaza after this is finished," Thrall says.
(2021-05-13). Statement in Solidarity with the People of Palestine in their Struggle Against the Settler Colonial State of Israel. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-13). 115 Top U.S. Wolf Experts, Scientists Urge Biden Administration to Restore Federal Protections for Gray Wolves. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-13). U.S. Schools Support Genocide Denial and What To Do About It. covertactionmagazine.com By failing to educate students about the many genocides the U.S. government has supported, they promote a dangerous nationalistic ideology. In the age of the pandemic, as many high school classes are being taught remotely, the value of personal interaction for students cannot be overstated. While traditional high school history classes center on reading a …
(2021-05-13). Israel's Annexation Plan Is "The Nakba Revisited" globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. This article was …
(2021-05-13). Russian Military Police Blocked US Convoy In Northeastern Syria (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | On May 13, a unit of the Russian Military Police intercepted a US military convoy in Syria's northeastern region, which is controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | According to
(2021-05-13). °APOYA A PALESTINA! °Di NO al apartheid! °àönete a una protesta en tu área u organice una! answercoalition.org  …
(2021-05-13). Republicans oust Liz Cheney from House leadership. wsws.org In a short closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning, House Republicans voted to remove Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming as conference chair because she has opposed the false claims of Donald Trump that the 2020 election was stolen by the Democrats.
(2021-05-13). The World Stands with Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Several thousand took to the streets in New York City on Tuesday May 10 in solidarity with Palestine. Photo: Breakthrough Nnews Amid the bombing siege of the Gaza Strip and the brutal repression of worshipers in al-Aqsa Mosque, protests against Israeli aggression and in solidarity of the Palestinian struggle have been organized globally…
(2021-05-13). Western military activity in northern seas at level not seen since World War II: Russian naval commander. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Western military activity in northern seas at level not seen since World War II: Russian naval commanderRick Rozoff The Arctic Security Forces Roundtable, a military-to-military forum established by the U.S. and Norway in 2010, originally consisted of twelve nations; the eight Arctic coastal states — Canada, Denmark (through Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and …
(2021-05-13). MLB pressures Oakland to support A's waterfront ballpark scheme. indybay.org Oakland A's Baseball Players:…
(2021-05-13). Saturday 5/15: Nakba 73 — We Will Return to Palestine. indybay.org 24th and Mission, 24th St BART and Valencia and Liberty between 20th and 21st Streets, San Francisco…
(2021-05-13). Hinterlaces Poll Reveals the Most Unpopular Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com 
A recent opinion poll by Hinterlaces revealed the level of rejection by the people of Venezuela towards the main leaders of the opposition. | The Venezuelan research and analysis firm Monitor País Hinterlaces carried out this latest study between April 14 and April 25 this year, directed 15% to the strata A, B and C, and the remaining 85% to the strata D and E. | In addition, the poll was classified by gender, age, region of the country, socioeconomic condition, and educational qualification of the respondents, with a margin of error of 3%, according to the firm. | What was the poll? | The people who were consult…
(2021-05-13). Report Debunks Big Pharma's 'Dangerous Narrative' on Vaccine Supplies. commondreams.org "Crossing our fingers is not a sustainable public health strategy," said one researcher from Public Citizen, which has advocated for public manufacturing of vaccines to meet global need and end the pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/vax_manufacturing2.jpg …
(2021-05-13). China Chat: Hainan Island – Beyond Tourism. telesurenglish.net Of all the sun-sea paradises on earth, why is China's Hainan island a must-visit? Well, there's duty-free shopping, world-class scuba diving & most popular physical therapies – all in one place!
(2021-05-13). Military Situation In Syria On May 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 13, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 66 times: 39 — in Idlib province, 17 — in Latakia province, 7 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | SAA eliminated more than 300 terrorists in Syria since the 23rd of April, with the support of the Russian forces, according to the spokesman for the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria | On May 12, the SDF raided the town of Shaheel. 6 people reportedly…
(2021-05-13). Big news at IPS: Meet our next director, Tope Folarin. ips-dc.org I've got some news. In a few days, I'll be stepping down as director of the Institute for Policy Studies. Starting May 24, our new executive director will be Tope Folarin. | Tope knows IPS well. He first joined us as a yearlong Newman Fellow in 2010 before joining our board in 2014. Since 2017, he's been our board chair. | Over these years, Tope has established himself as a gifted leader and communicator. He's worked at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and served as vice president for storytelling at the non-profit Local Initiatives Support Corporation, one of the country's largest neighborhood reinv…
(2021-05-13). The Media Is Causing Harm by Reporting Official Covid-19 Figures From Poorer Countries. commondreams.org "The media needs to stop misreporting Covid-19 numbers now, and desist from minimizing the hardships in the parts of the world that are facing the worst—economically, socially, and health wise—aspects of this pandemic." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/line-1.jpg …
(2021-05-13). España: Bojeo escueto. globalizacion.ca øQué consecuencias puede tener en clave nacional la dimisión de Pablo Iglesias y su salida de la política española? Esta es una de las interrogantes que deja tras de sí lo acontecido durante y tras las elecciones de la Comunidad…
(2021-05-13). New Intermarium: Biden, NATO pledge support to NATO's Nine-Nation eastern flank. mronline.org 
The members of the Bucharest Nine (9) NATO eastern flank Allies (White House terminology) held a virtual summit today from the Romanian capital that lends it name to the group. | May 13, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-05-13). Palestinians Face Mob Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Twitter: @theIMEU | Televised images of Israeli mobs attacking Palestinians have been widely denounced by Israeli media and public figures, but Palestinian writer Budour Hassan says the selective outrage ignores decades of occupation that have led to this point. "There is some mention of these lynch mobs that are attacking Palestinians in mixed cities. What is not mentioned is who emboldened these lynch mobs. We're talking about state-sponsored, decades-long discrimination, isolation a…
(2021-05-13). Printable circuits bring low-cost and high-performance wearables a step closer. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have developed printable inks that enable high-performance inkjet-printed electronic circuits, providing a pathway to wearable devices.
(2021-05-13). Statement from General Secretary of Palestinian Democratic Youth Union. workers.org 
On May 12 the General Secretary of the Palestinian Democratic Youth Union issued the following statement. The General Secretary of the Palestinian Democratic Youth Union condemns the most severe criminal attacks launched by the Israeli army, using the most powerful air force in the world, against the besieged Gaza Strip, . . . |
(2021-05-13). "The Scene Is Horrific": Gazans Trapped as Israel Escalates Bombing, Killing Dozens in the Territory. democracynow.org 
The death toll in Gaza has reached at least 83, including 17 children, and hundreds of people have been injured, as Israel's aerial bombardment of the besieged territory continues. Israel is now sending troops to the Gaza border for a possible ground invasion as many Palestinians are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Biden administration on Wednesday gave Israel a green light to continue its assault, and Israel has reportedly rejected calls for an immediate ceasefire, despite growing international condemnation. Issam Adwan, Gaza project manager for We Are Not Numbers, a yo…
(2021-05-13). Colombia: Foreign Minister Claudia Blum Submits Her Resignation. telesurenglish.net "I want, in the most respectful manner, to submit to you my irrevocable resignation to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective immediately," reads the letter sent by Blum to Colombian President Iván Duque, dated last Tuesday, May 11. | Her departure from the Foreign Ministry occurs although Blum was scheduled to travel to Madrid (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), and The Hague (Netherlands) to meet with delegates from the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), and the diplomatic staff of her country, to offer the Government's version on the protests that have been taking place in Colombia since…
(2021-05-13). The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest. thenation.com The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest…
(2021-05-13). AOC Says Biden's Refusal to Condemn Israeli Attacks on Palestinians 'Takes a Side—the Side of Occupation'. commondreams.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Biden for failing to acknowledge "what precipitated this cycle of violence—namely, the expulsions of Palestinians and attacks on Al-Aqsa." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/aoc_gaza_israel.jpg …
(2021-05-13). Top general warns Beijing could "overmatch" Western alliance as Canada steps up provocations against China. wsws.org With the explicit backing of parliament, the Canadian government-sponsored Halifax International Security Forum has awarded its John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen.
(2021-05-13). IMF Approves Sudan Debt Relief Plan. indybay.org On Monday, the International Monetary Fund approved a plan to pay for Sudan's debt owed to the financial institution.
(2021-05-13). Palestinians Undeterred As Israeli State Unleashes Devastation. popularresistance.org Above photo: Worshippers pray at Al Aqsa Mosque on Eid in Jerusalem. From the Palestinian Information Center. Despite the recent escalation of attacks on Palestinian Muslims worshipping at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, tens of thousands of people attended prayers for Eid on Thursday, as the Palestinian Information Center reports: Occupied Jerusalem — Tens of …
(2021-05-13). Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …
(2021-05-13). Self Serving Pro-Growth Media. indybay.org How power and control is affecting Sonoma County.
(2021-05-13). Poisoning the Planet's Web of Life. dissidentvoice.org The Web of Life is under attack but almost nobody is aware because it's happening mostly below surface. Scientists have identified a rampant worldwide Bugpocalypse that's methodically killing the planet's most significant and most crucial life support system, and it's intentional! The victim is soil, which is the life source for 95% of the foods …
(2021-05-13). Ghost Fish: After 420 Million Years in the Deeps, Modern Gillnets from Shark Fin Trade Drag Coelacanths into the Light. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Demand for shark …
(2021-05-13). Centrist Republicans threaten a third party. peoplesparty.org Our work to form a major new party may have just gotten easier and even more essential. Tune into our
(2021-05-13). Wealth Issues in Sonoma County. indybay.org This piece focuses on the issues revolving around the building of the Green Music Center, while Sonoma County is facing a poverty and homelessness crisis.
(2021-05-13). On the picket line. workers.org 
Nurses organize National Nurses United reported the nurses at Maine Medical Center successfully voted to unionize. The 2,000 nurses will be represented by Maine State Nurses Association (MSNU) and NNU. Maine Medical Center is the largest health care facility in the state. Meanwhile, St. Vincent nurses in Worcester, Mass., are . . . |
(2021-05-13). Why the Pentagon's Budget Never Goes Down. counterpunch.org The first 100 days of President Joe Biden's administration have come and gone. While somewhat exaggerated, that milestone is normally considered the honeymoon period for any new president. Buoyed by a recent election triumph and inauguration, he's expected to be at the peak of his power when it comes to advancing the biggest, boldest items
(2021-05-13). A leaking oil refinery on St. Croix gives Biden his first environmental justice test. nationofchange.org Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the closure of a controversial oil and gas facility that has sickened residents of the U.S. Virgin Island.
(2021-05-13). Consumer Health: Treating polycystic ovary syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Complications can include infertility, gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, miscarriage or premature birth, and endometrial cancer. Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome vary. A diagnosis is made when women experience at least two of these signs: Irregular periods.Elevated levels of male …
(2021-05-13). Friday 5/14: Communal Cookout. indybay.org TBA @ www.instagram.com/gatsptv/…
(2021-05-13). JPMorgan Chase Sets Insufficient Emissions "Intensity" Targets For Its Dirtiest Financing. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-13). Two Young Mothers Paralyzed after Receiving Pfizer's COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. A woman in …
(2021-05-13). Wednesday 5/19: Open Rescue Training: The Basics and Roles. indybay.org online…
(2021-05-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for patent foramen ovale. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 36 and do not have any significant medical concerns, but due to a family member's heart health issues, it was recommended I have a cardiac evaluation. After undergoing an echocardiogram, I was surprised to be told that I have a patent foramen ovale. The cardiologist said I don't need to be treated …
(2021-05-13). When a Cuban Mother Sacrifices Herself for Venezuelan Mothers. orinocotribune.com 
By Yosdany Morejón Ortega — May 9, 2021 | The plane took off and a lump tightened in her throat as she evoked the figure of a son who had said goodbye to her minutes before. She was 27 years old and, until that moment, the separation between herself and her family would be limited to a few days; but this time it would be very different. | She thought of birthdays that she would not be celebrating, dinners where her presence would be a mere evocation, empty cutlery at the end of the table, laughter, hugs and tears that would dissolve into the nothingness of a prolonged absence. | She thought and thought until…
(2021-05-13). The Age of Fear: A Graduation Message for Terrifying Times. dissidentvoice.org 
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. —Hermann Goering, …
(2021-05-13). People's Action Opposes Sen. Stabenow's Growing Climate Solutions Act. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement by Senior Strategist on Rural Policy and Organizing Shawn Sebastian opposing Sen. Stabenow (D-MI)'s Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bill which would have dangerous consequences for rural communities and family farms: "This bill would let big polluters greenwash their emissions while using …
(2021-05-13). Israeli Defense Farce. scheerpost.com Mr. Fish Dwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist, freelance writer and ScheerPost regular who has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper's Magazine, his work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones Magazine, the Advocate, Z Magazine, the Utne Reader, Slate.com, MSNBC. |
(2021-05-13). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …
(2021-05-13). Israel chooses violence. zcomm.org From the repression in Sheikh Jarrah to the bombing of Gaza, the Israeli government has opted to escalate its brutality toward Palestinians…
(2021-05-13). Sheikh Jarrah: What Is Happening And How You Can Take Action Now. popularresistance.org Over the last number of weeks and days Palestinian protests to #SaveSheikhJarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, have grown in size. They have been met with brutal repression by Israeli apartheid security forces, including police officers trained in Israel's police training academy partially owned by G4S and Allied Universal. | Indigenous Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah have fought lengthy legal battles in Israeli courts against eviction orders which would see them ethnically cleansed, forcefully evicted from their homes, and replaced with illegal Israeli settlers. | Last week, 7 May 2021, Israeli settlers ha…