Norman Solomon (2020-05-07). The Fight for Bernie Delegates Is Escalating — and Could Help Beat Trump. zcomm.org \"Bernie\'s campaign has suspended, but the movement to fight for the Bernie platform must go on\"

Staff (2020-05-07). Sanders Is Back On The NY Primary Ballot. therealnews.com Before the ruling was announced, TRNN spoke with Norman Solomon and Marcus Ferrell about how the split between establishment Democrats and progressives could help hand Trump the November election.

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo. globalresearch.ca Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell\'s 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery. globalresearch.ca Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today\'s public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that\'s grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). German Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies. globalresearch.ca Antibodies aren\'t COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a \"human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells\" is a positive development. | It\'s a step toward finding an effective …

The Moscow Times (2020-05-07). Russian State TV in Media War Against No-Lockdown Belarus. anti-empire.com Editor\'s note: Recall how in 2014-15 the Russian opposition and western media was trying to prove Russians were fighting and dying en masse in Donbass by supposedly uncovering

Julian Rose (2020-05-07). The COVID Shockdown Doctrine — and How to Beat It. globalresearch.ca Those who have read Naomi Klein\'s seminal book \'The Shock Doctrine\' will remember how the \'short sharp shock\' (primarily economic) was the tool fashioned by the Chicago School of Economics in order to create regime change in countries that resisted …

www.speakoutsocialists (2020-05-07). On the Brink of Starvation: COVID-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel. indybay.org This is an online townhall. For links and information on how to join the Zoom call visit here: | speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-05-09-20/…

RT (2020-05-07). China\'s exports return to growth in April, but imports tumble. rt.com China says that its exports rebounded last month, beating most expectations of a sharp decline. However, the drop in the country\'s imports accelerated as the coronavirus continues to crush demand. | Data released by the General Administration of Customs shows that April\'s exports surpassed $200 billion. This is a 3.5 percent rise from the previous year. Last month\'s results reversed the 6.6 percent fall in March, as well as the collapse recorded at the beginning of the year. China\'s exports are also much better than some economists polled by various media predicted, with the expected decline varying between 10…

RT (2020-05-07). ALL of China declared \'low Covid-19 risk\' as daily infections approach zero. rt.com The first nation to step into the battle against Covid-19 earlier this year, China is also the first to report that the risk of the outbreak is now \"low\", as no fresh domestic cases have been recorded during the past few days.

A. Majumdar (2020-05-07). PDF download of May 7 issue. workers.org Click to download entire 12-page PDF May Day coverage. Also: COVID‚Äë19 North Carolina protest; Genocide on Detroit; Cuban medical team; Trump and China; Pennies vs. billions; Tear down the walls A world without prisons; Mumia: On prison guards; Louisiana death camps; ‚ÄÇEditorial Fascists = bosses\' tools; World Palestine Britain Venezuela . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). Kadhimi takes office as Iraq\'s PM amid fiscal & coronavirus crises. rt.com Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office as Iraq\'s prime minister early Thursday after breaking months of political deadlock. The former intelligence chief will have to tackle a staggering economic crisis, a health pandemic and the specter of renewed protests. | Observing social distancing, lawmakers gathered at parliament in masks and gloves around 9: 00pm local time, but the vote was delayed to make last-minute edits to ministerial posts. | Kadhemi soon received a congratulatory call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced a 120-day waiver extension on US sanctions to let Iraq buy gas from neighboring Ira…

The Canary (2020-05-07). Shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey impounded over safety standards. thecanary.co A shipment of 400,000 medical gowns from Turkey has been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.The personal protective equipment (PPE) was flown into the UK by the RAF last month but has not been released to NHS staff after inspectors deemed the gowns unsafe for guarding against coronavirus (Covid-19) when treating patients.Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the gowns turned out to \"not be of the quality that we feel is good enough for our frontline staff\".The ministerial confirmation of the decision to impound the imported goods is another blow in what has proved an embarrassing…

RT (2020-05-07). \'When clowns purchase gowns\': UK govt skewered after ALL 400,000 items of PPE bought from Turkey fail inspection. rt.com A highly-publicized shipment of urgently-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers fighting Covid-19 has backfired spectacularly for Downing Street, after the items were deemed unfit for use. | British ministers used the arrival of 400,000 protective gowns flown in from Turkey last month as evidence of the government\'s pro-active approach to overcoming the health crisis. Some two weeks later, the British public has learned that the PPE shipment has been impounded after being deemed unsuitable by UK standards. Unsurprisingly, people are fuming. | Speaking to Sky News about the scandal, Mayor…

Michael Maharrey (2020-05-07). Enjoy Your Future; We\'re Spending It Now. anti-empire.com Welcome to your future. Your government is spending it right now. And your children\'s and grandchildren\'s future to boot. | The US Treasury plans to borrow $2.99 trillion in the second quarter. The Treasury also plans to borrow another $677 billion in the July-September quarter, bringing the total fiscal 2020 debt to $4.48 trillion. | It\'s a level of borrowing that\'s difficult to even wrap your head around. | To put it into some perspective, before the pandemic, the CBO projected that the federal deficit would come in at just over $1 trillion in fiscal 2020. The government is set to borrow nearly three times t…

The Canary (2020-05-07). Johnson compared to Chamberlain in protest video on White Cliffs of Dover. thecanary.co Boris Johnson\'s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has been compared to Neville Chamberlain\'s \"peace for our time\" moment, in a giant projection beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover.The Kent landmark was lit up with a mock-up of the prime minister holding a scrap of paper saying \"Highest death toll in Europe\".The stunt was the brainchild of Led By Donkeys, a group of activists famed for their giant billboards of politicians\' tweets.The group said the black and white creation is a comment on the government\'s \"profound failure\" and compares Johnson\'s conduct to Chamberlain\'s appeasement policy in the l…

Kathy Durkin (2020-05-07). Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain. workers.org Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country\'s highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). \'Unprecedented in modern times\': New research shows 1 in 5 children in US face food insecurity amid Covid-19 lockdowns. rt.com A new study has found that children in the United States are suffering the highest rate of food insecurity ever recorded in the country, as tens of millions of Americans are barred from working under coronavirus-induced lockdowns. | Food insecurity for American children was significantly worse in April than during any year since 2001, before which point no comparable data is available, according to \"Looking ove…

RT (2020-05-07). Merkel\'s aide says pandemic \'to last at least for rest of year\'. rt.com The coronavirus pandemic will last for at least the rest of this year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s chief of staff said on Thursday. | \"We are not living after the pandemic now — rather we are living in the middle of a pandemic, one that will be with us for a while — at least for this year and that\'s being very optimistic,\" Helge Braun told Deutschlandfunk radio. | Merkel announced steps on Wednesday to ease the coronavirus lockdown in Germany. At the same time, she launched an \"emergency brake\" mechanism allowing for renewed restrictions in case infections pick up again. | A senior German healt…

RT (2020-05-07). Stigma or precaution? DoD memo lists Covid-19 as \'permanently disqualifying\' for survivors seeking to join army. rt.com New guidelines for US military recruiters severely limit the chances for survivors of the coronavirus to join the ranks of the armed forces, banning them from service outright unless they obtain a special waiver. | A memo penned by the US Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) laying out guidelines for staffers who screen applicants for military service has been circulated online. The authenticity of the document — which effectively makes the coronavirus a black mark, excluding survivors from the pool of potential recruits — was confirmed by Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell on Wednesday, a…

RT (2020-05-07). \'Worst case\' scenario: Second coronavirus wave could come as early as July, top doctor in Germany warns. rt.com Another wave of coronavirus infections could hit Germany as early as this summer, the vice president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases has warned. Health officials say they are preparing for all possibilities. | Case numbers in Germany are falling but the situation could change if people do not adhere to social distancing guidelines, Lars Schaade said at a news conference. A worst-case scenario would be a surge in cases returning in late July or early August, he added. | Germany began easing its nationwide lockdown two weeks ago. Although the number of new cases continues to drop, Helge Brau…

Martha Grevatt (2020-05-07). COVID-19 = genocide for Detroit. workers.org Michigan State Representatives Jewell Jones and Isaac Robinson, co-sponsors of a bill for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs. Robinson died March 29 of suspected COVID-19. Here they are protesting a polluting company US Ecology in Detroit. May 4 — Coronavirus, COVID-19, the pandemic — or as . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). Polish MPs approve law allowing presidential election to be held by postal ballot. rt.com The Polish lower house of parliament, the Sejm, approved on Thursday government-sponsored legislation that would allow the presidential election to go ahead by postal ballot, according to voting records. | The presidential election was scheduled to take place on Sunday. The ruling party wants to hold it by postal ballot, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, opposition parties strongly oppose the plan, saying the election would be neither transparent nor fair. | Although lawmakers have in principle approved a postal ballot, the deputy prime minister said on Thursday that June was now the earliest date the…

RT (2020-05-07). Japan\'s state of emergency could be lifted early in some areas — minister. rt.com The state of emergency imposed because of Covid-19 could be lifted early in some areas of Japan that have seen a decline in new infections, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Thursday. He told reporters it was possible the emergency powers would be removed in those regions from May 14. | On Monday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extended the nationwide state of emergency to May 31, saying the infection rate had yet to drop enough to justify ending lockdown measures. | Tokyo reported just 38 cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, marking a fifth straight day of declining numbers of new infections, Reuters said…

RT (2020-05-07). Dutch to begin easing lockdown measures next week, watchdog to review govt performance. rt.com The Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday it would conduct an independent investigation and review of the country\'s preparedness and government performance during the coronavirus outbreak. | Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday announced a three-month roadmap toward relaxing lockdown measures imposed in mid-March, including opening schools and some businesses. The review will look at \"the preparation for a pandemic, the crisis management and the measures taken, as well as the phasing out of those measures.\" | Easing restrictions in the Netherlands will be rolled out over the next four months. They could be cur…

RT (2020-05-07). US unemployment expected to pass 33 MILLION, marking worst economic downturn since Great Depression. rt.com Another three million Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 2, which brings the total claims over the seven weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to 33 million. | Some 3.839 million initial jobless claims have been registered in the past week. Florida saw the highest number of initial filings, at an estimated 432,000 on an unadjusted basis, from 507,000 in the week prior. | California reported 328,000 claims — down from 528,000 in the previous week. Meanwhile, Georgia reported an estimated 265,000 and Texas 254,000. | \"Initial jobless claims continued to modera…

RT (2020-05-07). \'I guess we did\': Simpsons writer admits 2020 pandemic clairvoyance as murder hornets clip goes viral. rt.com The Simpsons is widely known for predicting the future with eerie accuracy, but things are starting to get ridiculous; after apparently predicting the coronavirus, it now appears the show saw the murder hornets coming too. | Like an animated Nostradamus for the noughties, the animated TV show has a number of oddly accurate predictions already on the books over the course of its 30 years on air. | It apparently foresaw Disney buying Fox nearly 20 years ago, the invention of smart watches, the US winning an Olympic medal in curling and, of course, also predicted that Donald Trump would one day become president o…

AFP (2020-05-07). Snubbing Merkel Pleas, German States Further Ease Virus Curbs. anti-empire.com Germany is accelerating its return to normality from a crippling lockdown, with regional leaders pushing back against Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s pleas for prudence [mindless totalitarianism] in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. | On the eve of a key meeting between Merkel and premiers of Germany\'s 16 states to debate a new round of easing of stay-at-home measures, the country\'s biggest state pre-empted talks by saying it would reopen its restaurants and hotels this month. | Under the plan to progressively restart the gastronomy and hospitality sectors, Bavaria said restaurants would first be allowed…

RT (2020-05-07). Famous VR artists recreate kids\' drawings from World War II in virtual animation (VIDEO). rt.com RT\'s multimedia project #VictoryPages presents \'War: Kids\' drawings in VR animation,\' a series of children\'s drawings from the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg interpreted by famous artists in VR. | For many decades, the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg has kept about 700 unique children\'s drawings that were created during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 — January 27, 1944). These drawings, collected by workers in kindergartens, orphanages and schools, reflect a child\'s view of wartime events, exposing their feelings and ideas. Almost every drawing has an ac…

Jason Ditz (2020-05-07). Trump Vetoes \'Very Insulting\' Measure Limiting His Powers to Attack Iran. anti-empire.com Passed in the Senate in February and the The resolution was a preemptive War Powers Act challenge to a war with Iran, aiming to note that Congress has not in any way authorized…

Joe Piette (2020-05-07). Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\'. workers.org Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official\'s home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official\'s home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . |

Brendan O\'Neill (2020-05-07). What Neil Ferguson\'s Booty Call Tells Us About Modern Politics. anti-empire.com The conspiratorial left, convinced the world is run by secret cabals of bankers and cigar-chomping media moguls, thinks the Neil Ferguson story is a \'dead cat\'. In other words, they think the Daily Telegraph — Evil Tory Rag — revealed that Ferguson carried on bonking his mistress in defiance of a lockdown that he himself bears much responsibility for in order to distract attention from Britain overtaking Italy with the highest

RT (2020-05-07). No smoke without fire? Trump nominates new envoy to Venezuela, first in 10 YEARS after denying US involvement in failed incursion. rt.com The White House has tapped a new ambassador to Venezuela, the first in a decade, even as relations with the country\'s government hit all-time lows. The appointment comes as the US continues to deny any role in a recent coup plot.

Susan Price (2020-05-07). Brazil: As COVID-19 death toll spirals out of control, Bolsonaro pursues strategy of 'permanent radicalisation'. greenleft.org.au

pip.hinman (2020-05-07). Renters demand more assistance during the pandemic. greenleft.org.au

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-07). \'Duque ordered to facilitate botched mercenary invasion in Venezuela\': Maduro. colombiareports.com Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque ordered to support American and Venezuelan \"mercenaries\" to overthrow Venezuela\'s government, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday. The two former members of the United States\' Special…

Telesur (2020-05-07). Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US. globalresearch.ca Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela\'s Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of \'Operation Gedeon\'. | \"I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000,\" …

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-07). Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President. globalresearch.ca Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …

Dave Lindorff (2020-05-07). Thoughts on the Liberation of Saigon and the end to America\'s Genocidal War Against the Vietnamese People. counterpunch.org The following are recollections from several members of the ThisCantBeHappening! about their anti-war movement struggles and the day of final triumph in Vietnam 45 years ago. A Day in the Park Like No Other When the US war on Vietnam ended on April 30 with the Vietnamese liberation forces marching into Saigon, a victory celebration

Noam Chomsky (2020-05-07). COVID-19 & the Economy. zcomm.org Interview on COVID-19 politics, the global economy and the environment…

Ben Norton (2020-05-07). Anatomy of a Fake News Campaign: Media Spreads Lie From US Govt-funded Korean Outlet that Kim Jong-un Died. globalresearch.ca Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based website funded by the US government\'s regime-change arm the NED. | *** | There may be no other country on Earth lied …

news.un (2020-05-07). FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the displaced in the time of COVID-19. news.un.org Refugees and displaced people living in camps are amongst the most vulnerable communities across the world and more likely to catch COVID-19 than others, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Catherine Killough (2020-05-07). Kim Jong Un Is Still Alive. What About Peace with North Korea? globalresearch.ca The second anniversary of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has just passed. Marking the moment, South Korean President Moon Jae-in

MoveOn, Greenpeace, others (2020-05-07). #WorkerRightsNow: Day of Action for Essential Worker Bill of Rights. indybay.org Online and/or phone call actions…

William rivers Pitt (2020-05-07). Far Right Group Behind Boston\'s \"Straight Pride\" Also Organized \"Reopen\" Protest. zcomm.org If the federal government actually starts helping people, Trump and his allies fear that capitalism will lose its stranglehold on the nation…

Labor Video Project (2020-05-07). \"Blood Money & Murder On The Job\" Amazon 2020 On May Day. indybay.org New York MTA TWU 100 steward John Ferretti and Amazon worker Chris Smalls are interviewed about May Day and why they were protesting at the Amazon JFK8 Staten Island warehouse.

yenisafak (2020-05-07). Daesh/ISIS increases attacks in Iraq amid virus. yenisafak.com The Daesh/ISIS terror group has increased its attacks in Iraq, especially in rural areas, amid political instability and security weakness in the country as well as the US-led coalition forces\' withdrawal due to the coronavirus outbreak.Daesh has been trying to strengthen its operational capability in rural areas since mass protests against Iraqi government erupted in October in the capital Baghdad and southern provinces.Iraq has been roiled by mass protests since early October over poor living conditions and corruption, forcing Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to resign.At least 496 Iraqis have been killed and 17…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-07). Get Ready for the Next Game-Changer: China\'s Digital Yuan, \"Backed By Gold\"? globalresearch.ca A new, radical paradigm shift is in progress. The U.S. economy may shrink as much as 40% in the first semester of 2020. China, already the world\'s

RLCAUSC (2020-05-07). Threats & Opportunities to Democracy. indybay.org Watch the live-stream at rightlivelihood.ucsc.edu/events/webinars.html…