2020-05-18: Social Media Postees

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Disgraceful yet illuminating reactions to the 2002 coup that briefly ousted Hugo Chavez: IACHR, CPJ and RSF
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The IACHR claimed in 2009 report on Venezuela that its reaction to the \"the attempted coup d\'état [of 2002] was immediate and decisive\" and that it \"warned that these acts constituted an interruption of the constitutional order as defined in the Democratic Charter.\" The evidence it offered Read…
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Stir Crazy! Episode #36: Slaves To The Economy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
On today\'s show: Incoming TRNN Executive Director John Duda, PERI Gender and Care Work Program economist Katherine Moos, and Economic Update host and founder of Democracy at Work Richard Wolff. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-36-slaves-to-the-economy

Sanctions in the Era of Pandemic
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
From Venezuela to Iran, Washington\'s illegal and inhumane economic sanctions are putting millions of lives at risk…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sanctions-in-the-era-of-pandemic/

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

The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-18
May 15 is the day commemorating Youm al-Nakba, the Day of Catastrophe, when white European settlers declared war on the people of Palestine in 1948. In the violence that immediately followed the settlers\' so-called \"independence\" declaration, at least 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes, and hundreds of towns . . . | Continue reading The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe at Workers.org…
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Exposed: CIA used Sheldon Adelson\'s firm to spy on Julian Assange
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-18
The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal reveals explosive new details on the CIA spying and sabotage operation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange….
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/18/exposed-cia-used-sheldon-adelsons-firm-to-spy-on-julian-assange/

Opening Up for Demonstrations?
Ted Glick | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
Stop racist killings! Act together to end the pandemic! Living wages or income now! A Green New Deal and Medicare for All! Trump must go!
zcomm.org/znetarticle/opening-up-for-demonstrations/

Federal Reserve Financial Mismanagement
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
The misnamed Federal Reserve isn\'t federal. It\'s owned and controlled by major Wall Street banks. | It serves their interests at the expense of sound economic policy, ignoring its congressional mandate to \"promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, …
globalresearch.ca/federal-reserve-financial-mismanagement/5713281

Trump Tightens Restrictions on Huawei, China Threatens Retaliation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Even during a major public health crisis compounded by economic collapse

Germany\'s Kosovo Policy Shift. Implications for Serbia and the EU
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
The debate in the German Bundestag on the extension of the mandate of German Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers turned into a criticism of long-time Chancellor Angela Merkel and raised speculation that Berlin might adopt a different position on Kosovo. The …
globalresearch.ca/will-germany-kosovo-policy-shift-back-serbia-favor/5713293

Ghani-Abdullah power sharing deal marks an end to stalemate in Afghanistan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-18
According to the agreement, president Ashraf Ghani will continue as the Afghan president while rival Abdullah Abdullah will lead the peace talks with the Taliban. Abdullah will also choose an equal number of ministers in the government…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/18/ghani-abdullah-power-sharing-deal-marks-an-end-to-stalemate-in-afghanistan/

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

Latin America Braces for Major Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-18
Many Latin American countries have been hollowed out after decades of neoliberal \"reforms,\" leaving them weaker than ever. | MPN– Latin America appears to be on a precipice, about to lose what little control over the COVID-19 pandemic it had. Across the region, daily positive tests are rising rapidly. Chilean figures show infections have doubled since last week. Around 4,000 Peruvians have tested positive each day in the past week. Meanwhile, Argentina, where an official 12 percent mortality rate suggests authorities…

Latin America Braces for Major Spike in COVID-19 Cases

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

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

US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-18
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country. | MPN– As the U.S. military turns its attention from the Middle East to conflict with Russia and China, American war planners are advising that the United States greatly expand its own online \"psychological operations\" against Beijing. | A new report from the Financial Times details how top brass in Washington are strategiz…

US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China

Ottawa\'s Ties with Far Right Colombian President Undermines Human Rights Rhetoric Regarding Venezuela
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
A week ago a former Canadian soldier instigated a harebrained bid to kidnap or kill Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Launched from Colombia, the plot failed spectacularly with most of the men captured or killed. | Still, the leader of the …
globalresearch.ca/ottawa-colombian-president-undermine-human-rights-regarding-venezuela/5713214

The Prospects of Russia and India Jointly Leading a New Non-Aligned Movement
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
The ongoing global systemic transition is transforming international relations from its erstwhile unipolarity to what experts agree is either multipolarity or, less popularly, bipolarity. However one chooses to describe the present world order, it\'s clear that the US and China …
globalresearch.ca/russia-india-leading-new-non-aligned-movement/5713271

Improved Russia-Pakistan Relations. Moscow\'s \"New Bipolarity\"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
There\'s a growing consensus among Russia\'s leading experts that International Relations are increasingly characterized by what they\'ve termed the \"new bipolarity\" that\'s emerging out of World War C, and it\'s within this global context that the continued improvement of Russian-Pakistani …
globalresearch.ca/improved-russian-pakistani-relations-help-moscow-balance-new-bipolarity/5713275

Trump\'s Megalomania and Boris Johnson\'s Incompetence Have Only Increased in COVID Pandemic
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
It was the pandemic that turned Trump\'s and Johnson\'s character and behavioural flaws into lethal failings that have since killed many people. Both had risen to power by skilfully exploiting nativist fears and ambitions and scapegoating foreigners at home and abroad. They had become like a pair of conmen who have been successfully peddling lies and fantasies, but who must suddenly grapple with a highly-dangerous reality.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/trumps-megalomania-and-boris-johnsons-incompetence-have-only-increased-in-covid-pandemic/

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

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

\'Potential benefit outweighed the risk\': Trump\'s doctor pens letter in defense of HCQ, Twitter still unconvinced he takes it
rt.com | 2020-05-19
With media and online pundits going into a full-blown meltdown after US President Donald Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis against coronavirus, his doctor issued a statement in support of the drug. | Trump\'s admission late Monday that he has been taking the experimental drug, originally designed to treat malaria and several other conditions, has caught many off-guard, spawning a torrent of reactions online. | pic.twitter.com/o9DQrfSjJH– Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 19,…
rt.com/usa/489029-hydroxychloroquine-doctor-letter-trump/

\'Rotten from the top\': Sexual harassment \'RAMPANT\' at McDonald\'s, international labor group tells OECD in complaint
rt.com | 2020-05-19
An international group of labor unions has filed a complaint alleging \"systemic\" and \"rampant\" sexual harassment at McDonald\'s restaurants around the globe, arguing the corporate fast food giant has ignored the problem for years. | The complaint was filed with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Monday by the International Union of Food Workers (IUF), which said McDonald\'s had allowed a \"sexual harassment crisis\" to persist in restaurants all over the world, including in the US, Brazil, Australia, France, the UK, Chile and Colombia, among other countries. | \"McDonald\'s workers h…
rt.com/news/489028-mcdonalds-sexual-harassment-oecd/

\'Masks are Sharia-lite!\' Explosive conservative host compares Covid-19 orders to \'ISIS & TALIBAN policies\' on Rush Limbaugh Show
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Conservative author Mark Steyn has taken criticism of Covid-19 lockdown orders to a new level by comparing the measures to terrorist policies and mask-wearing rules to the Sharia law. | Filling in for conservative Rush Limbaugh on his radio show on Monday, Steyn began his lockdown critique by comparing the canceling of live musical performances to performers being killed and banned in the Middle East by none other than Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) terrorists. | \"You know the last time I was writing about societies banning music it was ISIS and the Taliban,\" Steyn said. \"I\'m creeped out by the fact that we\'re…
rt.com/usa/489020-limbaugh-sharia-masks-coronavirus-lockdown/

Taliban blamed for over 3,800 attacks after peace deal
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
Afghan government on Monday blamed the Taliban for \"blatantly violating\" terms of their peace deal with the US signed in February.Flanked by the country\'s army chief and interior minister, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Zia Siraj, the head of the secret service NDS, told a news conference the Taliban continued their assaults across the country.Siraj also accused the Taliban of having close ties with foreign terrorist groups such as al-Qaida, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic Movement of Eastern Turkistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba and others.\"The Taliban, after the peace deal with the US orchestrated over 3,800 attacks in differen…
yenisafak.com/en/world/taliban-blamed-for-over-3800-attacks-after-peace-deal-3529810

Poetry in the Time of the Pandemic & Other Earthly Ills
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
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indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/17/18833103.php

Taking the Air out of Balloon Pollution: Grassroots Environmental Activist of the Year Danielle Vosburgh
Douglas Bevington | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Danielle Vosburgh has been selected as the Fund for Wild Nature\'s Grassroots Activist of the Year for 2020. Danielle is co-founder of the Florida-based grassroots group Balloons Blow, which opposes helium balloon releases and their harmful impact on wildlife. Discarded balloons are particularly dangerous for animals living in the ocean. When balloons deflate and fall…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/taking-the-air-out-of-balloon-pollution-grassroots-environmental-activist-of-the-year-danielle-vosburgh/

World Health Assembly 2020: Is our response to COVID-19 adequate?
Ben Eder | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-18
Activists of the People\'s Health Movement talk about the World Health Assembly that begins today, the key issues that will come up for discussion, and the collapse of the global governance system in the realm of public health…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/18/world-health-assembly-2020-are-we-doing-enough-to-protect-the-world-from-covid-19/

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Injure Many, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, Hebron city, and nearby towns of Beit Ummar and Yatta, in addition to the al-\'Arroub refugee camp, in southern West Bank, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted four Palestinians, in addition to wounding several others. Mohammad Awad, a local nonviolent media activist in Beit …
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Video: German Medical Doctor Katrin Korb\'s Analysis of Big Pharma\'s \"Dubious Vaccine\"
Dr. Katrin Korb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
German Medical Doctor Katrin Korb discusses COVID-19, the lockdown and the vaccine during a protest held in Oldeburg. | Below is the transcript of her speech. | *** | Dear fellow citizens, | I\'m thankful for being able to stand here today. My name …
globalresearch.ca/video-german-medical-doctor-katrin-korb/5713250

Part II of the Kent-State Series
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-18
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this Part…
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Philadelphia: #FreeBlackMamas demand prisoner release
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Philadelphia Protesters, led by currently and formerly incarcerated women, trans and non gender-binary people, held a rally on May 15 in a city park next to Riverside Correctional Facility to demand the release of people held in Philadelphia jails and an end to unjust cash bail. The action featured speeches . . . | Continue reading Philadelphia: #FreeBlackMamas demand prisoner release at Workers.org…
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COVID-19: Podemos, social-democrats prepare to send Spanish police against workers\' protests
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
The \"left populist\" Podemos party is backing plans for Civil Guards to attack working class protests and monitor social media for signs of online dissent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/pode-m18.html

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians, Injure Several Others, In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, eight Palestinians, and injured many others, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded many communities, stormed and ransacked homes, and attack protesters. In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of Ahmad Nabeeh Abu ar-Rob, and violently searched …
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Protest at Fort Mason Against CCSF Cuts
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
People young and old protest CCSF cuts in programs that benefit seniors, immigrants and working people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/18833052.php

Group that TRACKED protesters\' cell phones accuses them of spreading Covid-19 across US… even if they DIDN\'T leave their cars
rt.com | 2020-05-18
A Democrat-linked advocacy group is blaming the spread of Covid-19 on anti-lockdown protesters in the US after tracking their cell phones cross-country. Despite the tempting partisan narrative, though, many never left their cars. | Anti-lockdown demonstrators traveled hundreds of miles to attend protests, almost certainly spreading the coronavirus to places where infections were rare, according to the Committee to Protect Medicare, a supposedly non-partisan group run by a former Democratic congressional candidate. The group provided a comprehensive analysis of smartphone location data from rallies in Michigan,…
rt.com/usa/488992-lockdown-protests-spread-virus-cars/

\'Have a good day & be safe\': New Jersey cops are latest police force to REFUSE enforcing Covid-19 restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Footage of police in New Jersey informing anti-lockdown protesters they\'re in violation of Covid-19 executive orders, but will not face consequences, is the latest example of officers taking a more hands-off approach to the rules. | People began gathering outside Atilis Gym in southern New Jersey hours before it opened on Monday to show support for the business defying executive orders from the governor, and to protest the continuing lockdown measures in place across the state. | While almost no protesters wore face coverings and were clearly breaking social distancing guidelines by gathering in a big crowd, p…
rt.com/usa/489015-jersey-police-gym-coronavirus-social-distancing/

Protesters storm MBC Iraq office, destroy its contents: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

UN sends 89 trucks carrying aid to Syria\'s Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
The United Nations sent Monday 89 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, a northwestern Syrian province where millions are in urgent need of assistance.The trucks loaded with the supplies entered Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey\'s southern Hatay province bordering Idlib.The aid will be distributed to vulnerable people in Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.Idlib falls within…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-sends-89-trucks-carrying-aid-to-syrias-idlib-3529806

Iraqi protesters storm Saudi channel HQ in Baghdad
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
Iraqi demonstrators on Monday stormed the premises of the Saudi-owned MBC channel in Baghdad to protest what they describe as an insult to late Shia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. | Scores of angry protesters gathered outside the MBC office in central Baghdad before forcing their way into the building and destroying everything inside, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. | Waving photos of al-Muhandis and Iraqi flags, protesters chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia during their rally. | \"We don\'t accept any insult to al-Muhandis, who is one of Iraq\'s symbols,\" Hussein al-Jumaili, a protester, told…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iraqi-protesters-storm-saudi-channel-hq-in-baghdad-3529800

Guaido Was the \'Commander in Chief\' of the Failed Mercenary Operation Against Venezuela
Patricio Zamorano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
New information divulged this week reveals that Juan Guaidó was designated as \"commander and chief\" of the mercenary operation that completely unraveled on the shores of Venezuela. The 41 page contract that formed the basis of the already known eight …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-commander-chief-failed-mercenary-operation-against-venezuela/5713228

Britain Warned Against \'Coup-mongering\' in Venezuela After Embassy Discovery
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Venezuela has warned Britain against \"coup-mongering\" after the discovery of a \"Venezuelan reconstruction unit\" in the Foreign Office. | Demanding an urgent explanation, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreeaza lodged a formal complaint with ambassador Duncan Hill, who the minister said confirmed …
globalresearch.ca/britain-warned-against-coup-mongering-venezuela-after-embassy-discovery/5713225

Freedom Rider: New attacks on Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-18
The Democratic Party\'s \"left\" wing is mute on the latest US aggression against the people and government of Venezuela, thus giving assent to Trump by their silence.
mronline.org/2020/05/18/freedom-rider-new-attacks-on-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freedom-rider-new-attacks-on-venezuela

Venezuela Sees COVID-19 Surge as Returning Migrants Surpass 40,000
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-18
Authorities say that 75 percent of recent cases have been \"imported.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14878

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

On \"This Week\" news show, Sanders urges supporters to vote for Biden
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Sanders used the national platform afforded him to once again urge his supporters to vote for the right-wing Democratic candidate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/sand-m18.html

For Trump, It\'s Mission Accomplished
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
\"We have met the moment and we have prevailed,\" Donald Trump said at a news briefing May 11. \"The moment\" is quite a departure from Dr. Anthony Fauci\'s idea that \"the virus determines the timeline,\" and from his caution that \"we\'re not out of the woods yet.\" Fauci\'s points seem incontrovertible, but not in Trump…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/for-trump-its-mission-accomplished/

Caring About the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Black men are being stalked and killed in the US–business as usual. Ahmaud Arbery\'s murder was based on: \"He\'s a black man running down our road.\" Punishment for the crime of being black is sometimes death. Video footage has surfaced to challenge the citizen\'s-arrest-self-defense narrative. Of course, prosecutors were reluctant to charge the former law…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/caring-about-the-murder-of-ahmaud-arbery/

Covid-19, Big Ag and the Failing Food System
Rashid Nuri | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Big Ag has separated humankind from the process of creating food that sustains existence. This separation has been done for material gain. Big Ag has interrupted the most natural relationship, a spiritual relationship, between humanity and the land. This human/land connection supersedes all religions. It is humankind\'s association with land that feeds us and fortifies…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/covid19-big-ag-and-the-failing-food-system/

Staying Above Water During the Pandemic
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Depression is a serious disease. In its most serious manifestation, clinical depression, a person can hardly function or not function at all. A best guess is that there are untold millions of people in the US and around the world who are now suffering from either mild depression, or its more serious form as Covid-19…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/staying-above-water-during-the-pandemic/

Unsettling Noises: Locked Down in Queens
Benjamin Willis | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
For the past nine weeks an eerie silence has descended upon my neighborhood, as it has for much of the rest of New York City. Being a musician, I am extremely aware of my sonic environment at all times and the soundscape of the city has abruptly changed since even a week before the Stay-at-Home order was given on March 22nd. Gone are the honking horns and idling engines in snarled traffic. I don\'t hear the traffic helicopter hovering overhead daily anymore. The incessant roar of the turbines from the high volume of commercial airliners coming in and out of nearby LaGuardia and JFK airports has been replaced by bi…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/unsettling-noises-locked-down-in-queens/

The Coming Nuclear Menace: Hypersonic Missiles
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
The United States is seeking to acquire \"volumes of hundreds or even thousands\" of nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles that are \"stealthy\" and can fly undetected at 3,600 miles per hour, five times faster than the speed of sound. Why so many? A Pentagon official is quoted in the current issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology as saying \"we have to be careful we\'re not building boutique weapons. If we build boutique weapons, we won\'t–we\'ll be very reluctant to–use them.\" | …
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/the-coming-nuclear-menace-hypersonic-missiles/

War and Power in Classical Greece: Lessons for Superpowers and the World
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Prologue Humans have had almost ceaseless difficulties in working and living together. Superstition, religious ideas, race, geography, ownership of land, and language engulf them so much, they often fail to extend a friendly hand to people who don\'t fit their schizophrenia of who among humans is like them. This culture has been generating a deadly…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/war-and-power-in-classical-greece-lessons-for-superpowers-and-the-world/

Unmasking the \"Wartime President\"
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
There is an insidious attempt by President Trump to manipulate workers and consumers into believing they are \"warriors,\" fighting to save the American economy from the coronavirus. His aim is to motivate citizens to return to work and to shop prematurely, in the belief that they are saving the country, when, in fact, their unnecessary…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/unmasking-the-wartime-president/

Reopen the Economy; or Charge of the Right Brigade
Marshall Sahlins | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-18
Half a shop, half a bar, Half a school onward. Into the Virus of Death Goad the Sick Hundreds. \"Forward the Right Brigade, Charge on your cards,\" he said. Into the Virus of Death Goad the sick hundreds. \"Forward the Right Brigade!\" Was there a MAGA dismayed? Not that the shoppers knew POTUS had blundered.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/18/reopen-the-economy-or-charge-of-the-right-brigade/

Trump unveils plan that would see Big Pharma reap massive profits from COVID-19 vaccine
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-18
President Trump has revealed a plan to mobilize the US military to deliver mass vaccinations across the country, coupled with Operation Warp Speed, a \"Manhattan project-style\" race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Amazon eliminates pay raises for workers as COVID-19 toll mounts
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
As the number of infections and deaths continues to rise at Amazon, the world\'s richest man joins Trump\'s murderous campaign to \"reopen\" the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/amau-m18.html

Israeli youth convicted for murdering 3 members of a Palestinian family in 2015 terrorist attack
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-18
The convicted Israeli is part of an extremist settler terror group called hilltop youth. Members of this group are followers of Meir Kahane, who called for the expulsion of all non-Jewish people from Israel…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/18/israeli-youth-convicted-for-murdering-three-members-of-a-palestinian-family-in-a-2015-terrorist-attack/

Caring about the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Wim Laven | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
We must socialize ourselves to understand the conditions and structures of violence, especially as it intersects with racism, in our country…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/caring-about-the-murder-of-ahmaud-arbery/

Colombia\'s most infamous far-right group \'founded by important personalities\'
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
Presumed members of Colombia\'s far-right group \"Aguilas Negras\" said Saturday they were founded by \"important national personalities\" in a death threat sent to politicians, a unionist and a journalist. In…
colombiareports.com/colombias-most-infamous-far-right-group-founded-by-important-personalities/

Colombia\'s most infamous far-right group \'founded by important personalities\'
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
Presumed members of Colombia\'s far-right group \"Aguilas Negras\" said on Saturday they were founded by \"important national personalities\" in a death threat sent to politicians, a unionist and a journalist….
colombiareports.com/colombias-most-infamous-far-right-group-founded-by-important-personalities/

US Fed report reveals depth of financial crisis it helped create
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
A Foreign Policy article noted that with its asset holdings predicted to reach $9 trillion by the year\'s end, the Fed is pumping money into the financial system at the rate of $1 million every second.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/fede-m18.html

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

Over 250 Artists, Writers Urge Israel to Stop Siege of Gaza
The Levant | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
More than 250 global artists and writers including rocker Peter Gabriel, director Ken Loach and actor Viggo Mortensen have appealed to Israel to stop the \"siege\" of Gaza. | The coronavirus epidemic could have a devastating effect in \"the world\'s largest …
globalresearch.ca/over-250-artists-writers-urge-israel-stop-siege-gaza/5713264

Trump Bombs Syrian Wheat Fields While Fighting COVID \'Enemy\' at Home
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
US President Donald J. Trump took time from his domestic fight of battling COVID-19 single-handedly and with one arm tied behind his back to set fire to Syrian wheat fields in Hasakah governate. He performed the ritual of the double-war …
globalresearch.ca/trump-bombs-syrian-wheat-fields/5713251

Influenza Vaccination and Respiratory Virus Interference Among Department of Defense Personnel During the 2017–2018 Influenza Season
Greg G. Wolff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as virus interference. Test-negative study designs are often utilized to calculate influenza vaccine effectiveness. The virus interference phenomenon goes against the basic assumption of the test-negative | …
globalresearch.ca/influenza-vaccination-respiratory-virus-interference-department-defense-personnel-during-2017-2018-influenza-season/5711949

Despite Criticisms, Madagascar Moves Ahead with COVID-Organics
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
While Western and Europeans and Asians race to find vaccines for coronavirus, Africa can no longer wait for that scientific discovery that experts have said it would, most probably, be ready in a year or two. Some experts have argued …
globalresearch.ca/despite-criticisms-madagascar-moves-ahead-covid-organics/5713268

Revealed: The Secret US-Iran Deal that Installed Kadhimi in Baghdad
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Tehran ordered Shia factions to back prime minister in return for Washington \'looking the other way\' over release of assets targeted by sanctions, Iraqi officials tell MEE | *** | The nomination of Mustafa al-Kadhimi as Iraqi prime minister was the result …
globalresearch.ca/secret-us-iran-deal-installed-kadhimi-baghdad/5713223

Fear and Uncertainty: The Modern-Day Cult of Corona. \"Gotta to Have Faith\"
Helen Buyniski | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Fear and uncertainty have dominated the media coverage of the Covid-19 epidemic. | The novel coronavirus is depicted not as a pedestrian pathogen certain to be beaten into submission by the miracles of modern science any day now, but as …
globalresearch.ca/duck-cover-burn-heretics-corona-2/5713240

Twenty Years After the Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon, What Has Been Achieved?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
\"We were Hezbollah trainers. It is an organisation that learns quickly. The Hezbollah we met at the beginning (1982) is different from the one we left behind in 2000\". This is what the former Chief of Staff and former Minister …
globalresearch.ca/twenty-years-after-unconditional-israeli-withdrawal-from-lebanon/5713216

Hacking for Vaccines. Intellectual Property and Espionage
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
If you cannot discover or create something, best steal it. It has been the operating principle for everything from wealth to technology. With the efforts to discover a vaccine to the novel coronavirus being all but bound by solidarity, the …
globalresearch.ca/hacking-vaccines/5713257

Beware of The Globalists\' \"New World Order\"
Will Kesler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
This article was originally published by The Aspen Times in 2011. | Eisenhower\'s legendary warning that the industrial-military complex could engender a \"disastrous rise of misplaced power\" has obviously come true. Notably, in the same speech, Eisenhower also advised of \"equal …
globalresearch.ca/beware-of-the-globalists-new-world-order/5713207

The US Is Dramatically Overcounting Coronavirus Deaths. Deliberate Manipulation, Flawed Data
John R. Lott, Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Over 86,500 people have reportedly died in the United States from the Coronavirus, and the fear generated by those deaths is driving the public policy debate. But that number is a dramatic overcount. Our metrics include deaths that have nothing …
globalresearch.ca/us-overcounting-coronavirus-deaths/5713210

COVID Mask of the Beast and \"Deadly Distancing\"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Have you experienced a sense of unease when witnessing a group of individuals wearing masks and/or keeping strictly two meters apart? If so, that\'s good news, because it means you\'re still sufficiently human to be able to respond to life\'s …
globalresearch.ca/mask-distancing/5713262

Corporate Media Setting Stage for \"New Cold War\" with China
Gregory Shupak | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Corporate media are laying the ideological groundwork for a new cold war with China, presenting the nation as a hostile power that needs to be kept in check. | The Washington Post ( 4/23/20) ran an article by Republican Sen. …
globalresearch.ca/corporate-media-setting-stage-new-cold-war-china/5713266

The Deepening US Health Care Affordability and Coverage Crisis
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
The current pandemic is wreaking havoc with the US and global economy, accelerating and deepening the general economic crisis–and threatening to provoke a global financial crisis that will exacerbate the decline and usher in a great depression no doubt even …
globalresearch.ca/health-care-affordability-coverage-crisis-america/5713237

Attack on Cuban Embassy in Washington Brings Complicit Silence From U.S. Government
Raúl Capote | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla discussed the April 30 attack on the country\'s embassy in Washington with the press yesterday, stating: \"Here is the attacker, an AK-47 rifle, 32 shell casings, 32 bullet holes and a statement

Military Spending and the Pandemic
Dispatches from the Edge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
\"There have been as many plagues as wars in history, yet plagues and wars take people equally by surprise\" –Albert Camus | \"The Plague\" | Camus\' novel of a lethal contagion in the North African city of Oran is filled with characters …
globalresearch.ca/military-spending-pandemic/5713212

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

As death toll mounts, White House steps up efforts to scapegoat China for pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Blaming China not only deflects attention from the Trump administration\'s responsibility for the horrific US death toll but feeds into its anti-China trade war measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/usch-m18.html

Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-launches-radio-campaign-to-encourage-recovered-patients-of-covid-19-to-donate-plasma/

Prisons and class war
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-05-18
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the \"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. Abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore lays out in her book, \"Golden Gulag,\" the political climate in the state of California that gave rise to prison expansion. . . . | Continue reading Prisons and class war at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48732/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prisons-and-class-war

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

The Bouficha Appeal
Abdallah El Harif | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
Universal Call for Humanity to End Militarism and Stop War…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-bouficha-appeal/

Even as death toll climbs, Indonesian government urges workers under 45 to resume work
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Indonesian epidemiologists have warned that a return to work will dramatically increase transmission of the virus and put the entire population, regardless of age, at extreme risk.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/indo-m18.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The \"Quarantine 15\"
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
It\'s being called the \"Quarantine 15\" online

German Defence Ministry plans to wage international drone warfare
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Germany\'s ruling elite is responding to the mounting tensions between the major powers triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic by intensifying its drive to war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/dron-m18.html

The Coming Nuclear Menace: Hypersonic Missiles
Karl Grossman | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
These weapons need to be outlawed, not produced and purchased en masse…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-coming-nuclear-menace-hypersonic-missiles/

Britain\'s covert operations to overthrow Syrian government exposed
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Sarkha is one of many programmes in a vast network of fake news activities carried out by the intelligence arms of the US and European powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/syri-m18.html

Climate Music To Soothe And Terrify You
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Imagine if the climate crisis was a musical composition oscillating between musical highs and lows, between hope and despair. The ClimateMusic Project, in collaboration with Richard Festinger, a music composer and educator, has written the \"science-guided\" musical composition \"Icarus in Flight\" using environmental datasets spanning two centuries. | The composition was recently performed by San Francisco\'s Telegraph Quartet to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). | \"Icarus in Flight\" premiered in 2018…
therealnews.com/columns/icarus-in-flight-climate-music-to-soothe-and-terrify-you

On anniversary of historic bombing: MOVE\'s message is \'Free Mumia!\'
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Philadelphia May 13 was an historic and emotionally charged day as the city of Philadelphia took time to commemorate the horrific bombing of the MOVE family 35 years ago. Police dropped a C4 military-grade bomb on their west Philadelphia home, killing six adults and five children. City officials, including then . . . | Continue reading On anniversary of historic bombing: MOVE\'s message is \'Free Mumia!\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48744/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-anniversary-of-historic-bombing-moves-message-is-free-mumia

An all-too-familiar occurrence
Editor | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician in Louisville, Ky., was killed by eight police bullets as she lay in her bed at 1 a.m. on March 13. Breonna Taylor This tragic incident is an all-too-familiar event. Another young Black person has died at the hands of the shoot-first, ask-questions-later . . . | Continue reading An all-too-familiar occurrence at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48750/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-all-too-familiar-occurrence

Why you need to keep your child\'s vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor\'s visits during this time. \"The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/why-you-need-to-keep-your-childs-vaccine-schedule-during-covid-19/

Growing resistance in Germany to returning to schools as coronavirus pandemic continues
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Resistance is growing among German teachers and pupils against this irresponsible policy, which threatens to turn schools into new hotspots of COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/retu-m18.html

How the international community is helping Colombia confront the coronavirus
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
The governments of the United States and Canada have announced financial aid to help Colombia\'s authorities combat the coronavirus pandemic while European nations plan to do the same. The US…
colombiareports.com/how-the-international-community-is-helping-colombia-confront-the-coronavirus/

Spike in Kawasaki-like disease linked to coronavirus in France and Italy, one child dies
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
This is a damning indictment of capitalist governments internationally which are reopening schools and asserting that the virus does not harm children.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/kawa-m18.html

Back-to-work drive places countless thousands at risk
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Major American factories are reopening today, each one the potential center for a major new outbreak of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/pers-m18.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic\'s Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses how the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is changing, and how scientists and researchers are rapidly gaining new knowledge about the virus and the disease that it …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-news-briefing/

Maryland and Virginia begin \"phase one\" reopenings despite record increase in COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
The two jurisdictions began reopening their economies amid a consistent uptick in the amount of infections produced by the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/mida-m18.html

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

The last resort of the EU fighting refugees in Greece–armed force and COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Greek soldiers used tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and live ammunition against refugees stranded in the no-man\'s-land between Greece and Turkey.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/gree-m18.html

Ontario government ignored workers\' complaints at poultry plant hit by fatal COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Maple Lodge Farms workers complained about unsafe conditions two weeks before a COVID-19 outbreak that killed one worker and sickened more than 25 others.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/poul-m18.html

FDA issues emergency use authorization for algorithm designed to improve detection of heart failure during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Eko, a digital health company, for the heart screening algorithm developed by Mayo Clinic. The AI-driven algorithm can detect weak heart pump, which is commonly detected by echocardiogram, a test that is not normally conducted during a physical exam, requires specially trained technicians to record, and requires prolonged contact with …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-for-algorithm-designed-to-improve-detection-of-heart-failure-during-covid-19/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Possible neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell. What\'s unknown is whether these are direct effects of the virus entering the nervous system, or consequences of the disease\'s effect on the body. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-possible-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

Packing on pounds during COVID-19 and how to turn it around
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
If you\'ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren\'t alone. The \"Quarantine 15\"

National Nurses Day: Not all heroes wear capes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Photo and article are courtesy of Mayo Clinic News Center andMayo Clinic Employee Facebook. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear scrubs, protective equipment and step out in difficult times to be there for others. As COVID-19 continues to spread and people heed notices to socially distance themselves and hunker down in their homes, there …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/national-nurses-day-not-all-heroes-wear-capes/

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

Convalescent plasma advocate donates at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
A recovered COVID-19 patient who has become a strong nationwide advocate for the Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program made a plasma donation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Chaim Lebovits became involved with the program in March and since then has rallied thousands, who have also recovered, to donate.The initiative, which Mayo Clinic is leading, studies …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-advocate-donates-at-mayo-clinic/

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

UK COVID-19 Death-toll now exceeds 61,000
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-18
The public, according to incessant government polling and monitoring of the public mood through focus groups and mass data has confirmed that the nation is quickly being \'traumatised\' by the UK\'s experience of the pandemic.
mronline.org/2020/05/18/uk-covid-19-death-toll-now-exceeds-61000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-covid-19-death-toll-now-exceeds-61000

Modi promotes \"herd immunity,\" vows \"quantum jump\" in pro-investor reforms
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
As the Modi government expands its reckless back-to-work drive, India reported yesterday its biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases to date.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/inco-m18.html

Nicaraguan government lets COVID-19 spread freely, covers up toll
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
The Ortega regime\'s response demonstrates the inevitable outcome of Sandinismo and all petty-bourgeois nationalist movements that have historically defended capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/nica-m18.html

VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
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Mayo Clinic expands in-person care on all campuses
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Mayo Clinic will expand in-person care on all of its campuses as COVID-19 executive orders are lifted for elective procedures by governors in Arizona, Florida, Minnesota and Wisconsin. \"Our patients\' health and safety is always our top priority,\" says Amy Williams, M.D., Mayo Clinic Executive Dean for Practice. \"We have taken several extra precautions to …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expands-in-person-care-on-all-campuses/

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/spring-cleaning-takes-on-a-new-importance-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Mayo Clinic expands in-person care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and clinics were forced to postpone nonessential appointments and surgeries in March and April. Thanks to social distancing and executive stay-at-home orders which helped flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Mayo Clinic is prepared now, not only to meet the projected needs of COVID-19 patients, but safely treat …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-mayo-clinic-expands-in-person-care/

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

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Thanks to its combination of practice, education, and research, Mayo Clinic has a strong foundation to respond quickly to a medical crisis such as COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a research task force was formed at Mayo Clinic to review and approve research proposals related to the virus and the disease it causes. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-at-mayo-clinic/

Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Do you or don\'t you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. \"The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/masking-your-kids-during-covid-19/

New collaboration on COVID-19 response to include new serology test
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a total antibodies test in collaboration with WuXi Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic. The new test is the result of ongoing collaboration between all three organizations, including clinical evaluation and support from Mayo Clinic. Thermo Fisher will seek U.S. FDA …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-collaboration-on-covid-19-response-to-include-new-serology-test/

Mayo Clinic\'s comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-18
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-comprehensive-covid-19-research/

The Covid-19 Crisis Shows Why Food Should Be a Human Right
Paul J. Baicich | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
With lines at food banks stretching for miles, the need has never been clearer to guarantee food to all U.S. residents…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-covid-19-crisis-shows-why-food-should-be-a-human-right/

So Long to American Exceptionalism
Karen Greenberg | commondreams.org | 2020-05-18
The virus has put the realities of wealth inequality, health insecurity, and poor work conditions under a high-powered microscope. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/whitehouse_2_1_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/18/so-long-american-exceptionalism?cd-origin=rss

COVID-Related Strikes Hit Washington\'s Apple Sheds
David Bacon | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
Demands for safer working conditions and extra hourly hazard pay during the pandemic are powering a strike wave in the Yakima Valley…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-related-strikes-hit-washingtons-apple-sheds/

Over There Is Now Over Here: America\'s Pandemic Role Reversal
Karen J. Greenberg | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
The world watches us as we lose Americans by the thousands on an almost daily basis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/over-there-is-now-over-here-americas-pandemic-role-reversal/

Australian government heightens trade conflict with China
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Successive Australian governments have been in the forefront of imposing tariffs and other restrictions on imports from China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/auch-m18.html

Israeli Army Bulldozers Raze Palestinian Farm Land in Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli troops reportedly attacked Palestinian farm land, earlier on Monday, and army bulldozers began razing olive trees in an area estimated at four acres in size. Local Palestinian sources said that the farm land razed is located between the Kafa and Shoufa villages, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-farm-land-in-tulkarem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-army-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-farm-land-in-tulkarem

Israeli Military Court Extends Detention of a Palestinian Teen Boy
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
The Israeli military court of Salem, near Jenin city in the West Bank, ordered on Monday, the extension of the detention of Palestinian teenager, Qasem Abu Baker, 17, from the Palestinian village of Y\'abad, south of Jenin city. The mother of Qasem, told media outlets that Monday\'s extension is the …
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Israeli Colonists Chop Down 80 Olive Trees In Nablus, Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and cut more than 40 olive trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel\'s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists stormed an olive orchard …
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Israeli Colonist Stabs A Palestinian Teen In The Neck, In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
An Israeli colonialist settler stabbed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy in the neck, in occupied East Jerusalem, causing a mild-to-moderate injury. Eyewitnesses said the colonist assaulted the teen, Mohammad Natsha, 17, and stabbed him with a sharp object in his neck. They added that the Israeli assailant is …
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Israeli Colonists Hurl Stones At Teqoua\' Town Council
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Several Israeli colonists hurled stones, Sunday, at the building of the Local Municipal Council of Teqoua\' town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Salem Abu Mfarreh, the mayor of Teqoua\', said the colonists stopped their car in front of the Local Council\'s building, before jumping …
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Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Before Abducting Him In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Misilyah town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted him after searching and ransacking his home. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of …
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Jerusalem Charity Closed for \"Violating Israeli Sovereignty\"
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli police invaded the \"Volunteer for Hope\" charitable organization in Jerusalem, on Sunday, ordering it\'s closure for a total of six months, Quds News Network reported. The charity, located in Beit Hanina village, in occupied East Jerusalem is said to be associated with the Palestinian Authority (PA). The order included …
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Coordination Beyond the Corporation with Sanjukta Paul
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2020-05-18
In this episode, Maxx and Scott speak with legal scholar Sanjukta Paul about imagining alternative and more just forms of economic association in ways that denaturalize the 20th-century monopolistic firm. The key, Paul argues, is to reveal and contest the public \"coordination rights\" that legally structure all economic activity. Sanjukta Paul is Assistant Professor of …
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North Colombia paramilitaries had access to classified US counternarcotics documents: report
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
A paramilitary group from northern Colombia had access to classified information from Colombian and international counternarcotics agencies allowing it to avoid drug seizures, according to Noticias Uno. According to the…
colombiareports.com/north-colombia-paramilitaries-had-access-to-classified-us-counternarcotics-documents-report/

Colombia protecting general who worked for guerrillas for 18 years
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
Colombia\'s military has been so busy covering up corruption, it never filed criminal charges against an army general who worked for guerrillas and FARC dissidents for more than a decade….
colombiareports.com/colombia-protecting-general-who-worked-for-guerrillas-for-18-years/

North Colombia paramilitaries had access to classified US counternarcotics documents: report
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-18
A paramilitary group from northern Colombia had access classified information from Colombian and international counternarcotics agencies allowing it to avoid drug seizures, according to Noticias Uno. According to the the…
colombiareports.com/north-colombia-paramilitaries-had-access-to-classified-us-counternarcotics-documents-report/

New York Democratic governor enlists tech billionaires to push distance learning
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced \"Reimagine Education,\" a partnership with Microsoft\'s Bill Gates and Google\'s Eric Schmidt.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/nydg-m18.html

Indian Equities Give Thumbs Down to PM Modi\'s $266 Bln COVID Stimulus, Sensex Crashes 800 Points
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
New Delhi (Sputnik): India\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $266 billion stimulus package on 12 May. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the proposals in a series of press conferences until 17 May.
sputniknews.com/india/202005181079336042-indian-equities-give-thumbs-down-to-pm-modis-266-bln-covid-stimulus-sensex-crashes-800-points/

Selected Articles: Who Is Behind the Failed Invasion of Venezuela?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, \"Telling the Truth\", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-behind-failed-invasion-venezuela/5713287

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

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

Covid Chaos: From Lockdown to Body Bags
Rob Woodward | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
The national Covid strategy managed by the government is now in disarray. The mood in Tory HQ is migrating away from its beloved Brexit leader. The mainstream media are now causing confusion, the country is heading towards chaos. | What is …
globalresearch.ca/covid-chaos-lockdown-body-bags/5713230

Brexit and the Sovereignty Delusion
Megan Sherman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Brexit is nothing if not exclusive and elitist. The government and Conservative party are united in contempt for the sovereignty of parliament, and the sovereignty of the people. The Remain campaign may have been one of the most vibrant and …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-sovereignty-delusion/5713260

Profiting From Coronavirus
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-18
Much has been written about the possibility for a new and better kind of world to emerge after coronavirus. Yet our governments cannot conceive of any model for fighting this threat to the whole world, other than the capitalist, money-making model. The much-touted \"race to develop a vaccine\" is not a race to save lives. It is a race to make billions.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/18/profiting-from-coronavirus/

Tribal Leader Red-Tagged in Philippines During COVID-19 Crisis
Billie Pierre | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
00: 21.42 Length. Hi, this is Billie Pierre with Media Coop, in so-called Canada. Today is May 17, 2020, and we\'ll be hearing from a tribal indigenous land defender Windel Bolinget from the Cordillera People\'s Alliance in the Northern Philippines. Himself and his children are currently being smeared in a dangerous disinformation campaign through social media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/17/18833104.php

The war metaphor in the Corona crisis
Johannes Haver | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Instead of a positive elimination of conditions, a social regression could also occur: intensified competition in the fight for market share, \"exclusive solidarity\" (Klaus Dà∂rre) in the fight for jobs and welfare benefits. Will governments master the crisis? Will world society cannibalize itself?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/17/18833096.php

Citizens\' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 1)
Citizens\' Climate Lobby | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Online/virtual conference…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/18833048.php

Citizens\' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 2)
Citizens\' Climate Lobby | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Online/virtual conference…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/18833049.php

Music-Mix Parade In The Era Of Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
The Era Of The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/17/18833094.php

New Covid-19 testing site opens May 18, at Allen Temple Baptist Church
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/18/18833105.php

World Health Assembly Wrestles with Coronavirus
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
As the global coronavirus death toll tops 300,000 people, the leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) prepare to hold their leadership meetings virtually from May 18th – 19th.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/18833051.php

Santa Cruz Needs Community Control of Surveillance
Tracy Rosenberg | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Santa Cruz has a community control of surveillance law in front of the City Council. We need transparency, advanced notice and joint decisionmaking about pervasive surveillance everywhere. Sign the petition (from ACLU) action.aclu.org/petition/cn-santa-cruz-surveillance-petition…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/16/18833086.php

United We Dream: Immigrants, COVID-19, Jobs & Healthcare Virtual Town Hall
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/16/18833087.php

Worldwide Webinar: Civil Society Response to COVID-19 in Prisons & Jails Globally
INCLO | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Online via zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/16/18833085.php

Jail Tesla Billionaire Elon Musk & Defend Health & Safety: Workers Speak Out At Tesla
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-05-18
Workers spoke out against the bullying and intimidation of billionaire Elon Musk who has started his Tesla factory violating a shelter in place law. He challenged the Fremont police and Governor Newsom to arrest him but they are allowing him to open without any CA-OSHA inspections. Newsom has continued the destruction of CA-OSHA and there are less than 200 inspectors for the 18 million workers in California and only 1 doctor and 1 nurse at CA. OSHA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/16/18833088.php

Labour brands new immigration legislation a \'threat to national interest\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
Ministers have been accused of \"rank hypocrisy\" over their attitude to key workers as Labour claimed new immigration legislation would make it harder to fill NHS roles.The government\'s measures to replace European Union freedom of movement rules in the UK face their first Commons hurdle on Monday.The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) bill is part of the move towards the government\'s new points-based immigration system, to be introduced from 2021, although it does not set out the details on this. | These will be fleshed out in the immigration rules, which will explain the future system…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/18/labour-brands-new-immigration-legislation-a-threat-to-national-interest/

Liz Truss trumpets benefits of UK-US trade deal for \'workers, consumers and farmers\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
The UK and US hope trade talks can proceed at an \"accelerated pace\" to deliver a \"comprehensive\" deal, Liz Truss said after the first round of transatlantic negotiations. | The International Trade Secretary said both sides wanted a deal to deliver benefits for workers, consumers and farmers. | Critics have warned that striking a deal will require Britain to accept looser US food and environmental standards, as well as opening up the NHS to American firms

Left-winger smashes the idea that establishment centrists offer a \'safe electoral choice\'
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
Anti-war left-winger Shahid Buttar is campaigning to unseat powerful establishment Democrat Nancy Pelosi. And speaking to The Canary recently, he smashed the establishment argument that corporate centrists offer a \'safe electoral choice\'. | \"More of the same\" is not a reasonable option: | Buttar stressed that: | Sometimes, what we perceive as safe choices are, unfortunately, simply choices for more of the same. And I think if there\'s anything that the pandemic,…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/18/left-winger-smashes-the-idea-that-establishment-centrists-offer-a-safe-electoral-choice/

Hiscox faces legal action from companies pursuing coronavirus payouts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
A group of angry Hiscox policyholders have been given the go-ahead to launch legal action against the insurance giant. | The Hiscox Action Group

Loss of smell or taste added to NHS Covid-19 symptoms list
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
A loss or changed sense of taste or smell are to be added to the NHS coronavirus symptoms list, weeks after experts first raised concerns that Covid-19 cases are being missed.Anyone suffering loss of taste or smell, or a noticeable change, should now self-isolate for seven days to reduce the risk of spreading the infection, England\'s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said.If the symptomatic person lives with others, they should stay at home for seven days, while all other household members should stay home for 14 days even if they do not have symptoms.The move means loss of smell or taste w…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/18/loss-of-smell-or-taste-added-to-nhs-covid-19-symptoms-list/

EU calls for independent probe of the WHO\'s pandemic response
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
The European Union and other countries have called for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organisation\'s (WHO) response to the coronavirus pandemic \"to review experience gained and lessons learned\". | The resolution has the support of more than half of the WHO\'s member countries and will be discussed this week at the decision-making body of the UN health agency, being held virtually this year. | The proposal is intended to initiate \"a stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation\" of the WHO\'s efforts to coordinate the international response to Covid-19, including the function…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/18/eu-calls-for-independent-probe-of-the-whos-pandemic-response/

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

MSc virologists explore infections and cell biology in new virtual laboratory
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-18
As the College continues remote learning, MSc Molecular Biology & Pathology of Viruses students are trialling remote research in a \'virtual lab\'.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197193/msc-virologists-explore-infections-cell-biology

Pompeo throws yet another accusation at WHO for being pro-China, after delays to Taiwan getting observer status
rt.com | 2020-05-18
By delaying the decision to grant Taiwan observer status, the World Health Organization (WHO) is further undermining its credibility and exposing its pro-China bias, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed. | WHO member nations unanimously voted to postpone the decision to grant Taiwan observer status until later in the year, in order to avoid shifting the focus away from the Covid-19 pandemic. This was in spite of the country having previously participated in a non-voting observer capacity between 2009 and 2016. | According to Pompeo, by delaying this decision, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebre…
rt.com/news/489007-who-taiwan-china-pompeo-coronavirus/

Is that Big Brother behind the medical mask? Bill Gates to co-fund South Korean research of next-gen quarantine methods
rt.com | 2020-05-18
South Korea\'s biggest telecom firm is banding with Bill Gates to develop next-generation quarantine methods. The $10-million project may stir uncomfortable thoughts in those who suspect the billionaire of having a sinister agenda. | KT, the Seongnam-based multinational giant, plans to use its expertise and access to communications data to identify early and predict the spread of infectious diseases. Smartphones could be used, for example, to measure body temperature with a sensor and to collect other sympto…
rt.com/news/488938-bill-gates-korea-surveillance/

Covid-19 pandemic fuels knee-jerk anti-China sentiment just in time for Trump\'s reheated trade war
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Two in five Americans won\'t buy products made in China, according to a recent survey, and nearly three-quarters blame Beijing for the Covid-19 pandemic

Saudi-backed Yemen\'s govt accuses Houthis of covering up coronavirus outbreak, calls for global assistance
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Yemen\'s Saudi-backed government accused the Houthi movement of covering up a big outbreak of coronavirus in areas it holds. The Aden-based government also called for urgent global assistance to help Yemen\'s war-ravaged health sector deal with Covid-19, Reuters said. | The United Nations warned that the country could suffer a \"catastrophic\" food security situation due to the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus is spreading undetected among the population in the country, control of which is divided between the government in the south and the Houthi group in the north. | The government ha…
rt.com/newsline/488936-yemen-houthis-outbreak-assistance/

Two asteroids to approach Earth on Monday, one of them BIGGER than STATUE OF LIBERTY
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Just in case anyone was getting too comfy, NASA\'s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is warning that two asteroids are heading towards Earth this Monday. Another one is expected to come close to us early on Tuesday. | All three of the near-Earth asteroids are expected to make close approaches at some point between Monday May 18 and Tuesday May 19, at speeds of between 13,000 and 31,000 miles per hour. | The first of the week\'s incoming asteroids, 2020 JE2, boasts a diameter of 56 feet, or the equivalent of two London buses one in front of the other, and will fly past us at roughly 2: 19 pm EDT, at a mercifull…
rt.com/news/488935-three-asteroids-headed-towards-earth/

Saudi pilot who went on gun rampage at Florida naval base linked to \'Al-Qaeda operative\'
rt.com | 2020-05-18
The FBI has found evidence linking the perpetrator of the December 2019 Pensacola naval airbase shooting, a trainee pilot of the Royal Saudi Air Force, to a suspected operative of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. | The gun attack at the Naval Air Station Pensacola left three victims dead and eight others injured. The gunman, Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was killed by responding police forces. The incident was a major embarrassment for both nations involved. | Attorney General William Barr announced on Monday that FBI investigators discovered evidence of \"significant ties\" to Al-Qaeda in the Arabia…
rt.com/usa/488988-saudi-pensacola-shooting-alqaeda/

Iraqi govt considers imposing full lockdown in Baghdad areas amid uptick in coronavirus cases
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Iraq will impose a complete lockdown on some areas of the capital, the new health minister said on Monday, as in coronavirus cases have jumped in recent weeks since curfew hours were relaxed. | The new government under PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi was sworn into power just two weeks ago following a five-month leadership vacuum. Ministers have to respond to the pandemic and a severe economic crisis brought on by falling oil prices. | Areas of Baghdad believed to play a role in spreading the virus will face a full lockdown as of Wednesday for a period of two weeks, Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi said in a statement.
rt.com/newsline/488993-iraq-full-lockdown-baghdad/

France & Germany suggest ‚Ç¨500 BILLION fund to help Europe recover from Covid-19 epidemic
rt.com | 2020-05-18
France and Germany have agreed on establishing a joint European recovery fund amounting to ‚Ç¨500 billion (US$543 billion) that will be given out as grants to the economic sectors and regions most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have announced a joint initiative aimed at helping the European Union recover from the devastation the novel coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on its economy. The plan involves allocating a vast sum for the specialized recovery fund within the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)

\'I\'m still here\': Trump reveals he\'s been taking Hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-18
US President Donald Trump shocked reporters by revealing that he has been taking the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against the coronavirus, following the advice of the White House physician. | \"I\'ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I\'m still here,\" he said on Monday, following a meeting with governors at the White House. \"I was just waiting to see your eyes light up when I said this,\" he told the reporter asking the question. | Asked what evidence he had that the drug was helpful, Trump said \"I get a lot of positive calls about it,\" before adding, \"What do you have to…
rt.com/usa/489021-trump-taking-hcq-coronavirus/

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

Beijing says it\'s premature \'to immediately begin investigation\' into coronavirus origins
rt.com | 2020-05-18
China\'s Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was premature to immediately launch an investigation into the origins and spread of the coronavirus. Spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing that the vast majority of countries in the world believe the pandemic is not yet over. | The ministry also said separately that President Xi Jinping will give a video speech for the opening ceremony of the World Health Assembly later on Monday. | Health ministers from around the world are expected to call for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization\'s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic during a WHO meetin…
rt.com/newsline/488937-china-premature-who-investigation/

\'S**t show of dynamic proportions\': UK govt admits NHS Covid-19 tracing app still \'weeks\' away from launch despite mid-May pledge
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Downing Street has admitted that the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is still \"weeks\" away from being rolled out nationwide

Spain may reopen borders to tourists in late June, transport minister says
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Spain aims to reopen borders to visitors around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully winds down, Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Monday. Madrid last week surprised its EU partners by imposing a two-week quarantine on all overseas travelers and effectively keeping borders closed, Reuters said. | Spain then explained that the measures were needed to avoid importing a second wave of the Covid-19 disease. However, the move was meant to be temporary and the transport minister said it would be phased out in parallel with travel being allowed within Spain, whose regions are easing restriction…
rt.com/newsline/488953-spain-reopen-borders-tourism/

Italian lawmaker demands Bill Gates be ARRESTED for \'crimes against humanity\'… But WHY?
rt.com | 2020-05-18
An Italian lawmaker has managed to bring the conspiracy blame-game to an entirely new level, exercising her parliamentary privilege to blast Bill Gates as a \"vaccine criminal\" and globalist tool. | Bill Gates and his latest anti-coronavirus efforts have been at the center of the wildest theories that explore possible sinister motives behind the billionaire\'s activities. In arguably the most high-profile outcry last week, an Italian MP for Rome Sara Cunial delivered a speech rarely (if ever at all) heard in any parliament. | In her passionate address, Cunial called upon fellow lawmakers to defy any plans for…
rt.com/news/488912-italy-parliament-bill-gates-coronavirus/

Erdogan LOCKS DOWN Turkey for Eid holidays over fears Muslim celebrations may turn into Covid-19 disaster
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a strict four-day nationwide lockdown during the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The move comes in an effort to prevent a possible spike in coronavirus cases. | The decision was announced by Turkey\'s leader on Monday. The lockdown will come into effect on May 23, when Muslims worldwide will start celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. | \"I hope that after the holiday we\'ll be in a situation when such restrictions are not needed,\" Erdogan stated. | The Eid al-Fitr is a major holiday in Turkey, where Sunni Muslims are a majority, and peo…
rt.com/news/489014-turkey-holiday-coronavirus-lockdown/

\'Equipment on its way\': US to send 200 ventilators to Russia after Moscow dispatches a planeload of aid to New York
rt.com | 2020-05-18
The US has sent 200 ventilators to Russia, where the number of new coronavirus cases continues to ebb. The assistance comes more than a month after Moscow sent medical supplies to America in a similar move. | The California-manufactured equipment was donated on orders from President Donald Trump, who was responding to the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a US administration official told TASS. The life-saving equipment is being delivered free of charge, the official added. | Although Russia has recently seen a decrease in the number of daily infections – that have dropped below 10,000 for two days…
rt.com/news/489022-us-ventilators-sent-russia-covid/

Personal pods, \'bumper tables\' & pool noodle hats? Inventive \'social distancing\' enforcers ensure New Normal is anything but
rt.com | 2020-05-18
As populations emerge from Covid-19 lockdown, businesses are scrambling to comply with the onerous social-distancing regulations still in place, deploying everything from repurposed pool noodles to hula hoops to keep people apart. | Schools and \'non-essential\' businesses like restaurants and bars are preparing to reopen after lengthy lockdowns, but many governments are insisting on the need for continued \"social distancing\" – keeping people six feet apart at all times to prevent the spread of Covid-19. After months all but trapped in their homes, many people want nothing more than human contact. How to prevent…
rt.com/news/489016-social-distancing-enforcement-inventions-pods/

\'Idiotic & unimplementable\': Chief of Europe\'s largest lowcoster Ryanair slams UK response to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O\'Leary has blasted the British government for mismanaging the Covid-19 crisis, and hit out at fresh measures for quarantining travelers coming from abroad. | \"It\'s idiotic and it\'s unimplementable. You don\'t have enough police in the UK,\" O\'Leary told BBC radio. | \"This [is] the same government that has… mismanaged the crisis for many weeks. | Last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that all travellers arriving in Britain will be quarantined for 14 days. The measure is expected to take effect in the end of the month. | O\'Leary had previously criticized the idea of q…
rt.com/uk/488919-uk-government-ryanair-idiotic/

A huge fleet of 117 tankers is bringing super cheap crude to China
rt.com | 2020-05-18
While the rest of the world is tentatively coming out of lockdowns, China is taking advantage of the cheapest crude oil in years to stock up as demand is starting to return in the world\'s largest oil importer. | At present, a total of 117 very large crude carriers (VLCCs)

Dump the dollar: Russia has now gotten rid of over 96% of its US debt holdings
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Moscow has continued to sell off US Treasury securities, cutting its stockpile by US$8.73 billion in March, according to the latest data from the US Department of the Treasury. | Russia\'s holdings of US state debt amounted to $3.8 billion in March, compared with $12.5 billion a month earlier. Three years ago, the amount stood at $105 billion. Moscow has liquidated over 96 percent of its holdings in that period. The country\'s long-term US Treasury securities decreased by $928 million, while short-term securities plunged by $7.8 billion to just $473 million. | Japan remains the biggest holder of US state debt si…
rt.com/business/488928-russia-dumps-us-dollar-debt/

Russia at its finest? BEAR ATTACKS man & chases cars in city streets (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-18
If you still believe Russian cities are full of bears roaming the streets freely and attacking people, well, you\'re probably not wrong. At least that\'s exactly what some rare footage from one of Russia\'s cities would suggest. | The bizarre incident occurred overnight in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl, located some 260km (162 miles) from Moscow. An adolescent bear took to the streets and had a close encounter with an (un)lucky local, CCTV footage shows. | Spotting the bear, the man whipped out his smartphone, trying to film the animal. The ferocious beast, however, was apparently not in the mood for snap…
rt.com/russia/488982-russia-city-bear-attack/

\'Take the red pill\': Elon Musk sends Twitter into Matrix meltdown, gets Ivanka Trump\'s praise… & \'f*** you both\' from Wachowski
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Elon Musk has yet again triggered an online storm, urging the public to \"take the red pill.\" The Matrix reference got him showered in praise from conservatives, but the creators of the iconic movie were not amused. | The new cryptic message from the billionaire, who has been repeatedly tweeting out bizarre things lately, arrived on Sunday afternoon. Unlike the lengthy and even less coherent threads Musk produced in the past, this time he stuck to a short form worthy of a true masterpiece. | \"Take the red pill,\" he stated, posting a red rose emoji. | Take the red pill üåπ– Elon Musk…
rt.com/usa/488913-musk-red-pill-wachowski/

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

Iran to give crushing response to protect its security: Hatami
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

\"We owe our success in fight against COVID-19 to Leader\'s support.\": Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iran\'s electricity export to neighboring states up 27% last year
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Al-Kazemi govt. in charge of ousting occupiers: Al-Nujaba official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iran chides EU\'s impracticality towards US hostile anti-Iranian actions
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iran vows \'retaliation\' in case its oil tankers seized by US
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Russia terms US struggles to retain JCPOA rights \'groundless\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

VIDEO: Russian envoy talks of Iran, Russia bilateral relation, regional issues
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Political stability in Iraq important for region
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

West to pay high price for sanctions during pandemic: Russian FM
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA)

Iran enters \'containing phase\' of coronavirus pandemic: govt. spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Confirmed worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 316,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Saudi-led coalition violates Yemen truce 66 times in 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA)

Abdullah thanks FM Zarif\'s support for political accord in Afghanistan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

At least 7 killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan\'s Ghazni
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

How did Afghan government reach an agreement? External pressure or internal consensus?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iran records 2,294 new cases, 69 deaths on Monday
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

VIDEO: Canadian acrobatic jet crashes during flyover
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA)

\'The Unseen\' to go on screen at Krakow Film Festival
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Zionist regime disturbing region by its hostile activities: Larijani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Details of anti-Zionism motion adopted by Iranian Parliament
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA)

Iran, Pakistan, China, Russia emphasize on holding comprehensive inter-Afghan talks
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iranian mills produce 2.3mn tons of steel ingot in one month
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Iran\'s preparedness should be one step ahead of enemy\'s threats: MP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Russia sends three batches of fabric for face masks to Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) –Russia has delivered to Iran three batches of fabric for manufacturing face masks, a press attache of the Russian diplomatic mission Andrei Ganenko said.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158816/Russia-sends-three-batches-of-fabric-for-face-masks-to-Iran

Zionist regime disturbing region by its hostile activities: Larijani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Parl. ratifies outlines of a motion to counter Zionist regime\'s hostile moves
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on May 18
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

US policy on Iran not well-calculated: Ulyanov
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

India\'s FILMSAAZ to host two Iranian titles
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-18
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA)

Coronavirus; US Election; Venezuela
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we talk all about coronavirus and US election…
sputniknews.com/radio-moats/202005181079341724-coronavirus-us-election-venezuela/

WHO\'s Hesitation to Granting Taiwan Observer Status \'Further Damages\' Its Credibility, Pompeo Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
The World Health Organisation\'s member states agreed during the virtual World Health Assembly to postpone the discussion on granting Taiwan observer status in the agency, despite mounting pressure from the United States.
sputniknews.com/world/202005181079341338-whos-hesitation-to-granting-taiwan-observer-status-further-damages-its-credibility-pompeo-says/

China\'s Oppo Inks Pact With UK\'s Vodafone to Push 5G Adoption Worldwide Starting With Spain, Germany
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
New Delhi (Sputnik): In a bid to compete globally, countries around the world are making plans and taking actions to boost their high speed 5G capabilities. South Korea, Turkey, Sweden, Japan, and China are just a few of the countries already deploying and testing the fifth generation of super fast connectivity.
sputniknews.com/india/202005181079337870-chinas-oppo-inks-pact-with-uks-vodafone-to-push-5g-adoption-worldwide-starting-with-spain-germany/

Controversy as Identities of 4 K-Pop Idols Who Visited Itaewon Week Before COVID Breakout Revealed
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
At the beginning of May, South Korea, which effectively contained the spread of COVID-19, reported dozens of news cases after an infected person visited a party district in Seoul.
sputniknews.com/viral/202005181079340783-controversy-as-identities-of-4-k-pop-idols-who-visited-itaewon-week-before-covid-breakout-revealed/

Putin, Erdogan Discuss Coronavirus Response, Situation in Syria and Libya
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed cooperation on the coronavirus fight and the situation in Syria, both the Kremlin and the office of the Turkish president said Monday.
sputniknews.com/world/202005181079341632-putin-erdogan-discuss-coronavirus-response-situation-in-syria-and-libya/

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Downturn Will Last Until Late 2021, Warns of Second Coronavirus Wave
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
As a number of states have moved to partially lift the COVID-induced protection measures, the US Federal Reserve chief insists there will be no economic rebound unless medical data improves.
sputniknews.com/us/202005181079340229-fed-chair-jerome-powell-says-downturn-will-last-until-late-2021-warns-of-second-coronavirus-wave/

Tehran Pledges \'Decisive Response\' to Possible US Attempts to Intercept Iranian Tankers
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
On Saturday, Iran\'s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif slammed alleged plans by the US Navy to intercept Iranian tankers as \"illegal, dangerous, and provocative\" acts, which he said look like \"an act of piracy\".
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005181079341509-tehran-warns-us-may-face-repercussions-over-possible-interception-of-iranian-tankers/

UK, US \'Hope for Accelerated Trade Talks\' Amid Reports of Discord Over London\'s Projects With China
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
A trade deal with the US is regarded by many British politicians as the Holy Grail that will boost the country\'s economy. This is particularly important now when the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered the global economy, with UK heading towards its worst recession in 300 years. Opponents say by striking it, the UK will accept lower food standards.
sputniknews.com/world/202005181079338227-uk-us-hope-for-accelerated-trade-talks-amid-reports-of-discord-over-londons-projects-with-china/

Huawei Slams \'Unjustified\' US Tech Rules, Vows To \'Survive, Move Forward\' Amid Renewed US Trade War
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
A major keynote speech from a high-ranking official in the world\'s largest telecoms equipment addressed concerns on tensions in the US trade war on China, which skyrocketed in following the Trump Administration\'s renewed ban on US firms doing business with the Chinese firm.
sputniknews.com/business/202005181079341980-huawei-slams-unjustified-us-tech-rules-vows-to-survive-move-forward-amid-renewed-us-trade-war/

Traditional Beer Gardens in Munich Welcome First Visitors After Lockdown Restrictions Eased – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
Since late April, Germany has started scaling back some of the coronavirus-related restrictions imposed on public life amid a declining COVID-19 infection rate.
sputniknews.com/europe/202005181079337307-traditional-beer-gardens-in-munich-welcome-first-visitors-after-lockdown-restrictions-eased—video/

Italian MP Claims Bill Gates Should Be Tried for \'Crimes Against Humanity\' in Jab at COVID Vaccine
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
Bill Gates has already injected hundreds of millions of dollars, including $100 million via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, into the development of COVID-19 vaccines and testing, part of an international effort to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
sputniknews.com/europe/202005181079340375-italian-mp-claims-bill-gates-should-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity-in-jab-at-covid-vaccine/

Keeping Virus at Bay: How People Across the Globe Respect Social Distancing Rules
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
In less than half a year, the whole of humanity has been upended due to the coronavirus pandemic and the world outside of our dwellings has become an entirely new place with new rules. However, respecting these rules is a key to get our lives back to normal, including by respecting social distancing.
sputniknews.com/photo/202005181079340004-keeping-virus-at-bay-how-people-across-the-globe-respect-social-distancing-rules/

NYC-Based Private Equity Firm Invests $868 Mln in Asian \'Richie Rich\' Mukesh Ambani\'s Reliance Jio
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian telco Reliance Jio, headed by business tycoon Mukesh Ambani, has managed to attract foreign investments worth billions from US-based companies despite the coronavirus-caused global economic slowdown.
sputniknews.com/india/202005181079340395-nyc-based-private-equity-firm-invests-868-mln-in-asian-richie-rich-mukesh-ambanis-reliance-jio/

US Official Claims IG\'s Firing May Be Linked to Trump\'s $8 Bln Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
US President Donald Trump reportedly fired the State Department inspector general in a letter sent to Congress late on Friday, saying that he no longer had the \"fullest confidence\" in Steve Linick, who had been in charge of the oversight office of Washington\'s diplomatic arm since his appointment in 2013 by President Barack Obama.
sputniknews.com/us/202005181079342308-us-official-claims-igs-firing-may-be-linked-to-trumps-8-bln-weapons-sale-to-saudi-arabia/

US Attorney General Barr Accuses Apple of Cooperating With Chinese, Russian Governments
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
Earlier, Apple refused to help American law enforcement unlock data on its smartphones, namely the one possessed by a Saudi cadet responsible for a mass shooting at a Pensacola military base in 2019. However, there is no evidence that the tech giant ever provided such services to either Moscow or Beijing.
sputniknews.com/us/202005181079342821-us-attorney-general-barr-accuses-apple-of-cooperating-with-chinese-russian-governments/

FBI Found Evidence Linking Al Qaeda to 2019 Shooting at US Military Base in Florida
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
On 6 December 2019, a Saudi trainee pilot opened fire at US Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three American sailors and wounding eight others before being shot dead.
sputniknews.com/us/202005181079341803-fbi-found-evidence-linking-al-qaeda-to-2019-shooting/

Old Faces, New Positions: Who\'s Who in Israel\'s 35th Government
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
After a year and a half of political turmoil, Israel\'s 35th government was finally sworn in on Monday. Featuring 34 ministers and half a dozen deputies, amid an economic crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19, the coalition has become the most expensive in the history of the country, stirring criticism from left, right, and centre.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005181079338571-old-faces-new-positions-whos-who-in-israels-35th-government/

Six of Russian State Duma Members Diagnosed With COVID-19 – Speaker\'s Aide
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Six of 450 members of the State Duma, the Russian parliament\'s lower house, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, Anastasia Kashevarova, an aide to the State Duma Chairman, said on Monday.
sputniknews.com/russia/202005181079342663-six-of-russian-state-duma-members-diagnosed-with-covid-19—speakers-aide/

Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Flouts Social Distancing Rule Posing for Rally Pics With Children
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
Although keeping a face mask on, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has continued to defy the key WHO rule to curb the spread of the novel virus – social distancing, as he mingled with the crowd during a recent rally near the presidential palace in the country\'s capital.
sputniknews.com/society/202005181079340941-brazils-bolsonaro-flouts-social-distancing-rule-posing-for-rally-pics-with-children/

Easy as Pie: Russian MoD Releases Video Showing Air-to-Air Refuelling of Sukhoi Fighter Jets
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-18
The process itself was carried out by an Ilyushin-78 four-engine tanker, which is capable of refuelling up to ten jets during a single flight. Additionally, more than 20 Su-24M, Su-34, and Su-30 jets practiced air combat manoeuvring.
sputniknews.com/military/202005181079340722-easy-as-pie-russian-mod-releases-video-showing-air-to-air-refuelling-of-sukhoi-fighter-jets/

Turkey condemns pig\'s-head vandalism of German mosque
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
An Islamophobic incident in which a pig\'s head was mounted onto the door of mosque in southern Germany drew condemnation from Turkey on Monday.\"Even during the holy month of Ramadan and the epidemic, racism and hostility against Islam continues in Europe. The ugly attack on our mosque in Germany is the latest example of this,\" Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted on Monday.Denouncing the perpetrators\' \"sick mentality,\" he urged that they be caught immediately.The incident took place Saturday at the Fatih Mosque in the city of Vaihingen, run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs. The incident too…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-condemns-pigs-head-vandalism-of-german-mosque-3529803

Germany hopes to end global travel warning in June, but no return to normal
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
Germany is hoping to replace a travel warning that is in place for all touristic trips abroad until June 15 with softer guidelines, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday, but warned there would be no quick return to holidays as usual.\"June 15 is not the starting date for taking holidays – June 15 is the date when we need to make a decision on whether we will lift the global travel warning and we\'re working on replacing this travel warning with travel guidelines,\" Maas said.He said he wanted summer holidays to be possible but stressed that this needed to be done in a responsible way and added that it was too…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-hopes-to-end-global-travel-warning-in-june-but-no-return-to-normal-3529811

Voluntary groups in Kashmir battle invisible enemy
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
As the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, many volunteer groups have joined to combat the pandemic which has so far killed 15 people and infected more than 1,200.Since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the region on March 18, hundreds of volunteers have been working tirelessly to help stem the spread of the infection.Hakim Mohammad Ilyas, general secretary of Ehsaas International, a non-government organization that mainly works to impart education to downtrodden, was moved with the news of deaths taking place across the globe due to the pandemic…
yenisafak.com/en/world/voluntary-groups-in-kashmir-battle-invisible-enemy-3529804

\'Some solidarity, little unity against COVID-19\'
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
The secretary-general of the UN said on Monday that the world had shown limited solidarity, yet very little unity in facing the novel coronavirus.Antonio Guterres was speaking at the opening of the first virtual World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) held over two days with a focus on the coronavirus.\"Despite the enormous scientific and technological advances of recent decades, a microscopic virus has brought us to our knees,\" said Guterres via video-link from New York to the WHO.\"We do not yet know how to eradicate, treat or vaccinate against COVID-19. We have no i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/some-solidarity-little-unity-against-covid-19-3529807

WHO chief to review its pandemic handling, vows transparency
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday an independent evaluation of the global coronavirus response would be launched as soon as possible, and China backed such a review.Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made his promise during a virtual meeting of the WHO\'s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, at which Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his country\'s own handling of the crisis.U.S. President Donald Trump has fiercely questioned the WHO\'s performance during the pandemic and led international criticism of China\'s handling of the early stages of the crisis.Tedros, who has…
yenisafak.com/en/life/who-chief-to-review-its-pandemic-handling-vows-transparency-3529801

Coronavirus pushes Swedish deaths to highest since 1993 in April
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
More Swedes died in April than in any one month since 1993, figures from the Statistics Office showed on Monday, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pushed the death toll higher.Sweden, which has stopped short of the strict lockdown measures enforced by many countries, has suffered a higher death rate during the coronavirus pandemic than its Scandinavian neighbours.In Sweden, the pandemic has caused around 3,700 deaths since the first reported fatality in March, but has not been as deadly as some seasonal flu over the last three decades, when the toll in December 1993 and January 2000 was higher, the Statist…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-pushes-swedish-deaths-to-highest-since-1993-in-april-3529812

Bangladesh may see coronavirus peak next week: Experts
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh, experts say the South Asian nation may see a peak in infections in the next two weeks. The country on Monday registered 1,602 new infections of COVID-19, with 21 deaths, marking the single day record in the country of around 165 million population.\"Bangladesh may see a peak in COVID-19 cases in next two weeks or so,\" said Dr. Bijon Kumar Sil, leader of a Bangladeshi research team at Gonoshasthaya Kendra Hospital that invented a $3 test kit that can detect the coronavirus in less than 15 minutes.Since the first positive case…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bangladesh-may-see-coronavirus-peak-next-week-experts-3529813

Fast in, first out: Denmark leads lockdown exit
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
Four weeks after Denmark began easing its lockdown, Danes on Monday returned to cafes and restaurants, confident that the coronavirus outbreak is under control.Denmark last month became the first country in Europe to reopen schools, day-care centres and smaller businesses. It did not see a subsequent rise in COVID-19 cases.\"The quick shutdown and the fact that Danes actually listened to messages from authorities about good hygiene and social distancing are the main reasons we\'ve come this far,\" said Hans Jorn Kolmos, a professor in clinical microbiology at the University of Southern Denmark.Contrary to the French…
yenisafak.com/en/world/fast-in-first-out-denmark-leads-lockdown-exit-3529808

Kuwait\'s coronavirus death toll rises to 118
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
Kuwait confirmed six fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Monday, according to the country\'s Health Ministry. | A ministry spokesman said 841 people have tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, the official KUNA news agency reported. | The Gulf state\'s death toll now stands at 118 and 15,691 infections, the spokesman said. | He said 161 patients are still in intensive care, while a total of 4,339 have recovered. | Since the virus emerged in Wuhan, China last December, it has spread to 188 countries and regions. | The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has exceeded 315,000, with…
yenisafak.com/en/world/kuwaits-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-118-3529809

Qatar reports new 1365 coronavirus infections
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
The ministry said the number of recoveries rose by 529 to reach 4,899, the official QNA news agency reported.Qatar\'s virus-linked death toll now stands at 15.The ministry said 19 patients were admitted to intensive care due to complications resulting from the infection, bringing the total number of cases receiving care in the ICU to 172.Qatar reported its first coronavirus cases on Feb. 29.Since the virus emerged in China last December, it has spread to 188 countries and regions.The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has exceeded 315,600, with more than 4.73 million confirmed cases, and recoveries toppi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/qatar-reports-new-1365-coronavirus-infections-3529814

Loss of smell, taste added to UK COVID-19 symptoms list
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-18
The UK government updated its COVID-19 advice on Monday, adding the loss of smell and taste to the list of symptoms induced by coronavirus.\"From today, all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new continuous cough or fever or anosmia,\" the government statement said.\"Anosmia is the loss or a change in your normal sense of smell. It can also affect your sense of taste as the two are closely linked.\"We have been closely monitoring the emerging data and evidence on Covid-19 and after thorough consideration, we are now confident enough to recommend this new measure.\"The individual\'s household should also…
yenisafak.com/en/life/loss-of-smell-taste-added-to-uk-covid-19-symptoms-list-3529802

COVID Coercion: Boris Johnson\'s Psychological Attack on the UK Public
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-18
Coercion: the practice of forcing another party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats or force. | Over the course of the Covid-19 \'crisis\', scientific advice to the UK Government has been co-ordinated by the Scientific Advisory Group …
globalresearch.ca/covid-coercion-boris-johnson-psychological-attack-uk-public/5713233

Down and Out in Portland: Retired in Style in Waldport, OR
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-18
The irony of this quote from the Dustin Hoffman movie, The Graduate, is not wasted on Duane Snider:

Little Rock, Arkansas transit workers laid off amidst COVID fears
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
Due to heavy absenteeism over concerns of coronavirus infection, Rock Region Metro has announced service cuts and the layoff of 23 drivers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/tran-m18.html

SEIU pushes through sellout contract after blocking strike by Illinois nursing home workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-18
The Service Employees International Union pushed through a deal with poverty wages and no guarantee of health and safety measures as the deadly coronavirus continues its rampage.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/18/nurs-m18.html

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

Remembering Palestine on Nakba Day: Use the Hashtag COVID1948
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
Palestinians worldwide have an annual day of remembrance called Nakba Day. Nakba comes from the Arabic al-Nakbah and means \"disaster\" or \"catastrophe.\" It takes place on May 15th, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli …
globalresearch.ca/remembering-palestine-nakba-day/5713135

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

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

The sad story of Colombia\'s Supreme Court judge who only accidentally gets people in legal trouble
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-17
Colombia\'s Supreme Court magistrate Cristina Lombana seems to have a special gift to accidentally get her allegedly criminal former army buddies in legal trouble. Since President Ivan Duque swore in…
colombiareports.com/the-sad-story-of-colombias-supreme-court-judge-who-only-accidentally-gets-people-in-legal-trouble/

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

Video: Syrian Army Suffers Casualties in Daraa. Militants Attack Russian-Turkish Patrol
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
The security situation has been escalating in southern Syria. Over the past 24 hours, at least 3 pro-government fighters and a civilian have been killed in attacks by gunmen in al-Musayfrah and Saida-al-Taebah. The attacks followed the March 14 and …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-suffers-casualties-daraa-militants-attack-russian-turkish-patrol/5713174

Big Oil Takes $1.9 Billion in CARES Act Tax Breaks Intended for Small Businesses
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
Sen. Bernie Sanders was among critics outraged that the fossil fuel industry is using tax breaks in the CARES Act meant to help businesses keep workers employed to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes

Why U.S. Must Be Prosecuted for Its War Crimes Against Iraq
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
The reason why the U.S. Government must be prosecuted for its war-crimes against Iraq is that they are so horrific and there are so many of them, and international law crumbles until they become prosecuted and severely punished for what …
globalresearch.ca/why-u-s-must-prosecuted-war-crimes-against-iraq/5713149

AU and UN appeal for \'stable and peaceful environment\' for Burundi elections
news.un.org | 2020-05-17
Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) urged the authorities to provide a safe and secure environment for citizens to cast their votes.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064242

Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role in COVID-19 Organizing
Alex Kotch | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
A right-wing protester holds a sign which reads \"Be like Sweden\" while another called the coronavirus pandemic a \"fake crisis\" during an April anti-lockdown demonstration in Minnesota. (Photo: AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/be_like_sweden_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/17/secretive-right-wing-nonprofit-plays-role-covid-19-organizing?cd-origin=rss

America\'s Newest Wedge Issue and the Tale of the Bizarre 2020 Presidential Elections
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-17
The answer to 1776 is not 1984 and if anything needs to be protested it would be any efforts by the government to make elections \"go digital\". Ironically such a move would actually be the way that the Chinese and Russians could actually get the guy they want in the Oval Office.
strategic-culture.org/video/2020/05/17/americas-newest-wedge-issue-and-tale-bizarre-2020-elections/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tunisian President Reiterates Support for Palestinian Cause
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-17
Tunisian President, Qais Said, reportedly said, on Saturday, that his country continues to support the Palestinian people and their cause of justice. The president\'s remarks came on the sidelines of a Ramadan breakfast banquet, he held for various Arab and Islamic ambassadors to Tunisia. \"We in Tunisa are still dedicated …
imemc.org/article/tunisian-president-reiterates-support-for-palestinian-cause/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tunisian-president-reiterates-support-for-palestinian-cause

Laura Veirs: I Was a Fool
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-17
counterpunch.org/2020/05/17/laura-veirs-i-was-a-fool/

1000 rally in Brunswick, Georgia demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-17
Brunswick, GA

Section 230: Protecting Internet Speech, The Censors and Censorship
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
With a better world on the horizon, the old order is desperately asserting its last vestige of power. What the perpetrators of the coronavirus event were not counting on was that the pandemic would usher in a new era of …
globalresearch.ca/section-230-protecting-internet-speech-the-censors-and-censorship/5713160

Chinese Ridicule Trump\'s China \'Cut-Off\' Threat
Global Times | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
\"Is Trump totally insane?\" Experts and the international community couldn\'t help but ask this question after US President Donald Trump threatened to \"cut off the whole relationship\" with China on Thursday in an interview with FOX Business. Observers said that …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-ridicule-trump-china-cut-off-threat/5713132

ISIS Terrorists Confess that They Have Carried Out Many Operations in Coordination with US Occupation Forces in Al-Tanf Base
Basma Qaddour | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
During a security operation carried out with the help of the Syrian Badia\'s residents, an ambush was set up against an ISIS terrorist group composed of 6 members where 3 of them were killed and the remaining ones were arrested….
globalresearch.ca/isis-terrorists-confess-carried-out-many-operations-coordination-us-occupation-forces-al-tanf-base/5713158

The Online Double-bind. \"Digital Revolution, …. Many More People are Crazy\"
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
The trap was set at least twenty-five years ago and the mice jumped at the smell of the cheese. I am referring to the introduction of the computer as a mass necessity and the Internet that followed. I was slow …
globalresearch.ca/online-double-bind/5713138

A Nation of Sheep
Judge Andrew Napolitano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.\"

Jews to Palestinian Whose Home They Occupy: What Do You Want?
Najwan Simri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
\"On the anniversary of the Nakba… a tour through depopulated Palestinian villages within Israel … and rare meetings between the owners of the original Palestinian homes and their current Jewish residents\"

How Big Wireless Lobbied Governments to Build 5G for Citizen Data Collection and Surveillance
Derrick Broze | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
While selling 5G technology to the public as a means for faster downloads, Big Wireless

Video: Three ISIS-Daesh Terrorists Confess to Perpetrating a Number of Operations in Cooperation with US
SANA | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
Three Daesh terrorists confess to perpetrating a number of operations in cooperation with US occupation forces in al-Tanf. | …
globalresearch.ca/video-three-daesh-terrorists-confess-perpetrating-operations-cooperation-us/5713167

China Declares the U.S. an Enemy: Sea-Change in World Affairs
Eric Sommer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
For a long period the Chinese regime has vacillated between seeking accommodation with the U.S.-led imperialist forces to \'do business\' with the western world, and defending itself against the attempted economic, political, and military encirclement and strangulation of China by …
globalresearch.ca/china-declares-u-s-enemy-sea-change-world-affairs/5713141

How Biosecurity Is Enabling Digital Neo-Feudalism
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
Italian master thinker Giorgio Agamben has been on the

Pandemic Scales Up Cases of Mental Illnesses
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-17
The global pandemic of the new coronavirus worsens day after day worldwide, bringing with it a series of harms for humanity. As it is known, in addition to the simple infection by the virus, the pandemic causes problems in society …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-scales-up-cases-mental-illnesses/5713162

Alternatives to Killing People for the Economy
Cynthia Kaufman | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
A sign warns residents to take steps to contol the coronavirus outbreak at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn on March 19, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Victor J. Blue/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nyc_corona.jpg …
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Corporate Media Setting Stage for New Cold War With China
Gregory Shupak | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
Corporate media distortions and bombast are priming the American public to see China as a treacherous villain that has to be forcefully confronted, perhaps with violence. (Photo: Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/china_0.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/17/corporate-media-setting-stage-new-cold-war-china?cd-origin=rss

The Online Double-bind
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-17
The trap was set at least twenty-five years ago and the mice jumped at the smell of the cheese. I am referring to the introduction of the computer as a mass necessity and the Internet that followed. I was slow to enter the trap, \"forced\" finally in 2007 by the college where I was teaching. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-online-double-bind/

Grading the States\' Coronavirus Control
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-05-17
I recently wrote a Twitter thread ( 5/12/20) about another New York Times graphic feature that was a good idea, strangely executed. | The good idea, which appears on the Times\' \"Coronavirus in the US\" page, is to sort states in terms of how well they\'re controlling the coronavirus outbreak, using graphs of the daily count of new cases in each state. This seems like a good cho…
fair.org/home/grading-the-states-coronavirus-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grading-the-states-coronavirus-control

Are the Democrats Dead (Again)?
Ted Morgan | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at the U.S. Capitol January 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_schumer_coronavirus.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/17/are-democrats-dead-again?cd-origin=rss

Indian migrant workers killed in road accident while returning home
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-17
24 laborers who were on their way home from India\'s capital city of New Delhi were killed when a truck carrying migrant workers rammed the vehicle they were on…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/17/indian-migrant-workers-killed-in-road-accident-while-returning-home/

The Pandemic Has Shown That We Need a Public Option for Banking Services
Ra√∫l Carrillo | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
The Federal Reserve Board Building located at 20th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. (cc/AgnosticPreachersKid) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/955px-marriner_s._eccles_federal_reserve_board_building_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/17/pandemic-has-shown-we-need-public-option-banking-services?cd-origin=rss

Blockbuster: A monologue by Dr. Preston James with Gordon Duff (classified/partially redacted)
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-17
G, here is my take on the CV op. Your articles, especially the one today are excellent. Sad thing is that few are capable of accepting much truth ever so most goes on deaf ears since you have burst many false hopes in T and most cannot live without hope, they would rather believe a lie and feel better. Pandemic Exposes US as Only Bioweapons Superpower | Years ago I was briefed by several high ranking former Intel who knew how these ops were conducted. The most surprising part was that the cover up teams are usual…

Blockbuster: A monologue by Dr. Preston James with Gordon Duff (classified/partially redacted)

Armed Israeli Settlers Uproot 40 Olive Trees, South of Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-17
Armed Israeli colonists reportedly uprooted, early on Sunday morning, forty olive trees, owned by local Palestinian farmers, south of Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian chief for the Israeli settlements\' file in the northern West Bank, told media outlets that dozens of armed Israeli settlers invaded …
imemc.org/article/armed-israeli-settlers-uproot-40-olive-trees-south-of-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-israeli-settlers-uproot-40-olive-trees-south-of-nablus

Israeli Forces Abduct Child, Two Young Men in West Bank Raids Sunday
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-17
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank, early Sunday morning, before dawn, and attacked Palestinians in their homes, including a child. The troops then abducted the Palestinians and took them to unknown locations for interrogation. According to local sources, Israeli troops abducted 14-year-old Ammar Thawabteh while he was asleep in his …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-abduct-child-two-young-men-in-west-bank-raids-sunday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-abduct-child-two-young-men-in-west-bank-raids-sunday

Operation Baton: Colombia\'s most epic military corruption probe in history?
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-17
Colombia\'s army is so corrupt, one general was even selling classified information to guerrillas, a counterintelligence operation discovered before its findings mysteriously disappeared. Operation Baton was meant to purge the…
colombiareports.com/operation-baton-colombias-most-epic-military-corruption-probe-in-history/

Stuck in Colombia? Our home is your home until you\'re repatriated
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-17
Colombia may maintain its ban on international travel. Your embassy will inform you about repatriation. Meanwhile, our home is your home. President Ivan Duque\'s consideration is not unique. Because Latin…
colombiareports.com/stuck-in-colombia-our-home-is-your-home-until-youre-repatriated/

Civil Disobedience, Billionaire-Style
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
Musk forced Tesla workers into the same lose-lose bind that faces meatpacking workers in states like Nebraska. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/elonmusk_0.jpeg …
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\'Reality is Radicalizing\': As Pandemic Pushes Biden to Embrace Progressive Ideas He Once Spurned, Left Says We Told You So
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_3.jpg …

Eric Trump Goes on Fox News to Claim That Coronavirus Lockdowns Being Used to Hurt His Father\'s Re-Election Bid
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-17
MSNBC\'s Stephanie Ruhle wondered why, in that case, the interview was not being held face-to-face. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/eric.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/17/eric-trump-goes-fox-news-claim-coronavirus-lockdowns-being-used-hurt-his-fathers-re?cd-origin=rss

Google Play Removes Iranian App Used against Coronavirus
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
The anti-Iran sanctions imposed by the \"Wild West\" have forced Google to remove Iranian mobile application \'Mask\', developed to tackle the novel coronavirus and warn people to avoid high-risk areas, from its Play Store, a health official said. Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Kianoosh Jahanpoor said in a post on his Twitter account that the homegrown …
iranian.com/2020/05/16/google-play-removes-iranian-app-used-against-coronavirus/

Trump Goes on Offense Against Obama
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-17
If Donald Trump wants to get re-elected as President of the U.S. he\'s going to have to take out former President Barack Obama. At this point Obama is the person who most stands in his path for a second term. | Former Vice President Joe Biden may well wind up being the nominee but that\'s only because he is Obama\'s stand in since Obama can\'t run for a third term thanks to the only part of the U.S. Constitution anyone seems to give a damn about anymore. | But, make no mistake, the current flap about the unmasking of Trump\'s first (and short-lived) National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn is all about Trump final…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/17/trump-goes-on-offense-against-obama/

Why East Beat West on COVID-19
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-17
East Asia has handled and contained the pandemic far better than the West on nearly all metrics | Andrew SALMON | Perhaps the most startling trend visible in the global Covid-19 pandemic is the vast differential separating East Asia from the West when it comes to the disease\'s impact. | The chasm is visible

A New Pandemic? Two Trailblazing COVID-19 Researchers Dead in a Month
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-17
Academia does not really have a reputation for being riddled with violence and sudden unexplained deaths. Yet at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, two young pioneering researchers from the same obscure field of study met with mysterious ends. | Outside of academic circles, Dr. James Taylor and Dr. Bing Liu were relative unknowns. Inside of the scientific community, however, the two had achieved something like rock-star status. And now, within a period of 30 days, both young men are dead at a time when their talents are needed most. | James Taylor, 1979-2020 | Let\'s first consider the life and work of James Taylo…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/17/new-pandemic-two-trailblazing-covid-19-researchers-dead-in-month/

Ahmaud Arbery\'s Murder Shows Lynching Remains a Reality for Black America
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
On May 4, Ida B. Wells received a posthumous Pulitzer award. The Pulitzer board shared that she was awarded for \"her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.\" The news rang out internationally and was widely celebrated. A Financial Times headline said…
truthout.org/articles/ahmaud-arberys-murder-shows-lynching-remains-a-reality-for-black-america/

COVID-19 Exposes Systemic Devaluation of Elderly and Dementia Patients
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
I hold my breath when I see my friends from the nursing home have texted. How many cases today? Are there any new fatalities? | I left the nursing home nearly six years ago, but I worry about my friends who still w…
truthout.org/articles/covid-19-exposes-systemic-devaluation-of-elderly-and-dementia-patients/

Missouri GOP Votes to Gut Anti-Gerrymandering Reform Approved by Voters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | While most people are focused on their health and livelihoods amid the pandemic, Republican legislators in Missouri are working to overturn a voter-approved measure meant to make legislativ…
truthout.org/articles/missouri-gop-votes-to-gut-anti-gerrymandering-reform-approved-by-voters/

How a Lobbying Campaign Pushed the CDC to Relax Protective Gear Guidelines
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at revealnews.org and subscribe to the Reveal podcast, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org/podcast. | Rick Lucas\' cellphone chimed, alerting him to an emergency in the acute care unit. He wondered whether it would be another case of COVID…
truthout.org/articles/how-a-lobbying-campaign-pushed-the-cdc-to-relax-protective-gear-guidelines/

Formerly Incarcerated People Should Be Compensated for Telling Their Stories
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-17
During the 19th-century emancipation movement, some of the most important voices were those of Black abolitionists. \"This was especially true of those who had experienced slavery,\" Roy E. Finkenbine told NPR. | When they told their stories it \"disabused listeners and readers of the notion that slaves were contented or well-treated,\" Finkenbine said, and even \"unlettered fu…
truthout.org/articles/formerly-incarcerated-people-should-be-compensated-for-telling-their-stories/

Johnson\'s ratings plummet and he\'s warned early lockdown will \'fracture\' UK
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-17
Boris Johnson has been warned he may cause a fracturing of national unity if he fails to listen to regional concerns about the easing of lockdown restrictions.Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham spoke out as a poll reported public support for the UK government\'s handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis had slipped.Meanwhile, only 39% of Britons approve of the Government\'s response

BMJ damns UK government for mishandling coronavirus outbreak and ignoring science
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-05-17
An editorial in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) condemns the Johnson-led government for the way it has handled the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and for ignoring the science. It amounts to possibly the most damning criticism of the government\'s management of the pandemic so far. | Moreover, a set of slides seen by The Canary reveals that the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) referenced a document, issued in 2019, that provided detailed projections for a major UK epidemic. Yet, this doesn\'t seem to have informed the government\'s response to the crisis. | Early failings: | The…
thecanary.co/discovery/2020/05/17/bmj-damns-uk-government-for-mishandling-coronavirus-outbreak-and-ignoring-science/

A hospital pharmacist says lockdown has been eased too soon
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-17
As a pharmacist working in a busy London hospital, Arvinder Sarai is concerned that the public needs to be \"vigilant\" about the spread of the coronavirus.As well as maintaining her usual post as a pharmacist at St Mary\'s Hospital in Paddington, Sarai has been campaigning for free transport for NHS staff continuing to work throughout the pandemic.In a series of profiles looking at workers on the front line of the battle against coronavirus (Covid-19), Sarai told the PA news agency about her experiences.How has it been, personally and emotionally, working on the front line?: You can read a patient\'s notes, t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/17/a-hospital-pharmacist-says-lockdown-has-been-eased-too-soon/

COVID-19 vaccine secures new government investment
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-17
Imperial researchers have received a further £18.5 million in government support as they develop a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197573/covid-19-vaccine-secures-government-investment

DHS & FBI fear more attacks on 5G infrastructure fueled by Covid-19 conspiracies
rt.com | 2020-05-17
The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies are worried that conspiracy theories, bizarrely linking the Covid-19 pandemic to the 5G technology rollout, could inspire more vandalism and violence in the US. | The DHS, FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center issued a joint warning to US law enforcement officials about the growing threat this week, while a separate DHS intelligence report, obtained by ABC News, noted that the widening online \"misinformation…
rt.com/usa/488881-dhs-fbi-5g-attacks-coronavirus/

Boozing by letter: Alcohol sales rationing based on SURNAMES could soon be a thing in South Africa as it eases its \'dry\' law
rt.com | 2020-05-17
South Africa, which has some of the toughest Covid-19 restrictions, is set to relax them, including a ban on alcohol sales. To avert a feared onslaught of booze buyers, retailers are proposing what seems an outlandish scheme. | Alcohol is expected to rain on the arid market of South Africa from June 1, when the government is set to partially lift its coronavirus-related restrictions. The blanket ban on alcohol and tobacco sales was implemented late in March. | The government draft plan would allow liquor stores to operate from Monday to Wednesday between 8am and 12pm. Retailers, however, fear that the stores m…
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\'Guard of dishonor\': VIDEO shows nurses & doctors giving ICY welcome to Belgian PM over govt\'s Covid-19 response
rt.com | 2020-05-17
Belgium\'s PM Sophie Wilmes has visited one of the nation\'s hospitals battling the pandemic

Putin calls Russia a \'distinct civilization\' that needs to be SAVED with homegrown high-tech
rt.com | 2020-05-17
President Vladimir Putin has compared his multi-ethnic and multi-faith nation to an entire civilization, saying that if Russia is to maintain its independent status, it has to develop its own cutting-edge technologies. | In an interview that aired on Sunday, Putin told the Rossiya-1 channel that Russia was \"more than merely a country, but truly a distinct civilization.\" Being \"a multi-ethnic country with many traditions, cultures and faiths,\" the nation has to maintain its status and power by nurturing modern tech, he said. | I…
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Iran: Socialist, Internationalist, Powerful and Determined
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-16
I refuse to describe Iran as a victim. It is not. It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth. When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran determined despite attacks Iran is home to one of …
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians vow to continue resistance
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-16
May 15 is the anniversary of the Nakba, which means catastrophe or disaster. The day marks the forced exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes during the formation of Israel in 1948. This year, despite the COVID-19 quarantine, Palestinians across the world will mark the Nakba. Despite Netanyahu\'s apartheid policies and Trump\'s fradulent deal of the century, the resistance of the people of Palestine continues.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/16/on-nakba-day-palestinians-vow-to-continue-resistance/

The ŸêAnnexation After Seventy-Two Years Of Continuous Nakba
Staff | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
By: Marwan E. Toubassi, Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Greece:…
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Rania & Anya Show: Venezuela invasion, Bolivia coup, China conspiracies w/ Wyatt Reed
Rania Khalek | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-16
Rania Khalek and Anya Parampil discuss the attempted mercenary invasion of Venezuela, conspiracies about China and Covid-19, and the aftermath of the US-backed military coup against Bolivia\'s democratically elected government, with journalist Wyatt Reed, who was on the ground in Bolivia reporting on the violent repression.

Rania & Anya Show: Venezuela invasion, Bolivia coup, China conspiracies w/ Wyatt Reed

Daesh terrorists Confess Terrorism Done In Coordination With US Occupation Forces
Eva Bartlett | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-16
SANA, May 14: | \"Through a security operation, that was launched in cooperation with Syrian citizens in al-Badyah (Syrian semi-desert), an ambush has targeted a group from Daesh terrorist organization, including 6 persons. | The security operation ended up with killing three of the groups and arresting the three others. | …The three terrorists, in a program broadcast on the Syrian TV on Thursday, confessed to perpetrating different terrorist operations, inducing acts of killing, execution, abduction, acts of sabotage and destruction of public and private properties…

Daesh terrorists Confess Terrorism Done In Coordination With US Occupation Forces

Missing the Context of De Blasio\'s \'Jewish Community\' Tweet
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2020-05-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) to \"the Jewish community.\" | Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. | Right-wing voices throughout the media thought they found one with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) about a Hasidic funeral that violated Covid-19 social-distancing rules. But their shoddy coverage was the real shanda. | The background is this: Some Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, members of a strictly Ort…
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Trump: Letting Big Corporations Get Away with Whatever They Want
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-05-16
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after attending a ceremony at the South Portico of the White House on Thursday, September 26, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_0_2.png …
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Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-16
Still mad at China\'s brutal authoritarian government for imprisoning Julian Assange after his journalism exposed Chinese war crimes. | ~ | Arresting people for future crimes is called \"pre-crime\", and it\'s the stuff of dystopian horror fiction. | Violently dominating an entire planet because another country might hurt yours in the future is called \"US foreign policy\", and it\'s the stuff of mainstream news punditry. | ~ | Saying a US politician is bad on foreign policy but good on domestic policy is a bit like saying \"Yeah my boyfriend murders hitchhikers, but he cooks.\" | ~ | Dominant revolutionary thought…

Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Techno-Tyranny: How the U.S. National Security State is Using Coronavirus to Fulfill an Orwellian Vision
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-16
Whitney WEBB | LAST YEAR, A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION CALLED FOR THE US TO ADOPT AN AI-DRIVEN MASS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FAR BEYOND THAT USED IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN ORDER TO ENSURE AMERICAN HEGEMONY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOW, MANY OF THE \"OBSTACLES\" THEY HAD CITED AS PREVENTING ITS IMPLEMENTATION ARE RAPIDLY BEING REMOVED UNDER THE GUISE OF COMBATING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. | Last year, a U.S. government body dedicated to examining how artificial intelligence can \"address the national security and defense needs of the United States\" discussed in detail the \"structural\" changes that the American economy and socie…
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Israeli Forces Shoot, Assault and Injure 5 Palestinian Protestors near Nablus
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
Israeli forces attacked a peaceful protest, on Friday, and wounded five Palestinians in the village of As-Sawiya, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank. Quds News Network correspondent stated that dozens of Palestinians held a peaceful protest, waving Palestinian flags, to express their opposition to Israel\'s illegal settlement …
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Exploiting Pandemic, Trump Admin Weighs Banning Immigration Indefinitely
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-16
Earlier this week, the Trump administration started hinting that the president\'s \"temporary\" ban on immigration, rushed into effect in late April as a part of the pandemic response, was about to be extended indefinitely. | With the country entirely preoccupied by the public health and economic catastrophes, and with protest all but impossible given the dangers of congregating in large crowds, Tr…
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[Editorial] Reviving the US CDC
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1 ∑3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80‚Äà684 as of May 12. States that were initially the hardest hit, such as New York and New Jersey, have decelerated the rate of infections and deaths after the implementation of 2 months of lockdown. However, the emergence of new outbreaks in Minnesota, where the stay-at-home order is set to lift in mid-May, and Iowa, which did not enact any restrictions on movement or commerce, has prompted pointed new questions about the inconsistent and incoherent national response to the COVID-19…
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[Comment] Offline: Don\'t let COVID-19 divert us completely
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
Dr Robert Spencer, a trustee of Dr Edward Jenner\'s House, Garden and Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, wrote to me last week on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox (May 8). He was polite but disappointed: \"On this day in 1980 the WHO announced the eradication of smallpox from the world. This infection, which probably caused more deaths than any other disease, was finally condemned to the history books. Sorry to see you had no space in this week\'s edition of The Lancet to commemorate this milestone, especially at a time of COVID-19 pandemic.\" Dr Spencer was right to admonish me.
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Israeli Forces Isolate Ya\'bad Town, Assault Disabled Palestinian Man
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
Israeli forces blocked all entrances to Ya\'bad town, west of Jenin city, on Friday morning, after several days of military invasions into the northern West Bank town. On Tuesday, a 21-year old Israeli soldier was killed during a pre-dawn invasion of the town, the military has since invaded the town …
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Cultivating a taste for traditional crops in Hawaii
news.un.org | 2020-05-16
Hundreds of millions of people go hungry around the world, and there are fears the COVID-19 pandemic could make matters worse. In Hawaii, researchers think that bringing back overlooked, traditional crops, could help feed many vulnerable people. As part of an ongoing series focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and ahead of International Day of Biodiversity marked annually on 22 May, UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to see how researchers are trying to cultivate a taste for indigenous crops.
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Lack of Empathy Equates to a Lack of Leadership Skills
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-16
Trump never has and never will experience empathy and thousands of Americans and others have died and are dying because of it, Wayne Madsen writes. | U.S. Army Field Manual 6-22, titled \"Leadership Development,\" states that the ability to show empathy toward others is a key factor in exhibiting Army leadership qualities. Donald Trump, who is ordering all 1000 graduating U.S. Army cadets at West Point back to campus on June 13 from sheltering at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, does not possess the leadership skills that have been drilled into each of the new Army Second Lieutenants who will be present for Tr…

Lack of Empathy Equates to a Lack of Leadership Skills

Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead \"Operation Warp Speed\", Trump\'s plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command. According …
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It\'s time for a basic, guaranteed income for all
Stewart Lansley | thecanary.co | 2020-05-16
The pandemic crisis has laid bare the multiple flaws in the British system of social support. With the economy shrinking and unemployment soaring, the government has been forced to support falling incomes through wage subsidies and the easing of Universal Credit rules. While these are welcome, millions are missing out, opening up a new divide between those protected by government measures and those who are not. But there is another way to support everyone.
thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/16/its-time-for-a-basic-guaranteed-income-for-all/

Trump Wants to Cut Off China in Guilt-Projection Meltdown
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-16
China involved in pandemic cover-up? That\'s the most audacious American guilt-projection since the \"War on Terror\". | So President Trump, the self-declared business genius, wants to cut off the whole relationship with China and \"save America $500 billion a year\". That\'s what he told Fox News this week in an interview referring to the US trade deficit with China. The fault of the chronic US trade deficit with China (and much of the world), like that of the Covid-19 crisis in America, is classic 3-D Trump: dissembli…

Trump Wants to Cut Off China in Guilt-Projection Meltdown

The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism
Walden Bello | commondreams.org | 2020-05-16
Empty toilet paper shelves in an Australian supermarket after panic buying due to the Coronavirus. (Photo/Chris Putnam/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/toilet-paper-wars_0.jpg …
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U.S. blocks vote on UN\'s bid for global ceasefire amid COVID-19
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2020-05-16
The U.S. veto trashes the UN\'s efforts to convince armed factions in more than a dozen countries to call for temporary truces as the world battles the pandemic.
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Ecuador\'s pandemic: Rightist regime fails to confront crisis
Michael Otto | workers.org | 2020-05-16
Ibarra, Ecuador May 9

Marc Lamont Hill: \'Outside the logic of the prison\' on Mumia\'s birthday
| workers.org | 2020-05-16
By Marc Lamont Hill These slightly edited remarks were given April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. Marc Lamont Hill . . . | Continue reading Marc Lamont Hill: \'Outside the logic of the prison\' on Mumia\'s birthday at Workers.org…
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Sekou Odinga: \'The right to struggle by any and all means\'
| workers.org | 2020-05-16
These slightly edited remarks were given April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. By Sekou Odinga I\'m a representative of . . . | Continue reading Sekou Odinga: \'The right to struggle by any and all means\' at Workers.org…
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Rashid Johnson: \'Prison has always served a particular political function\'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-16
Remarks were given April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. Kevin Rashid Johnson, currently incarcerated in the Pendleton Correctional Facility . . . | Continue reading Rashid Johnson: \'Prison has always served a particular political function\' at Workers.org…
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Can Britain Survive Boris Johnson?
Gary Younge | thenation.com | 2020-05-16
Can Britain Survive Boris Johnson?
thenation.com/article/world/uk-labour-johnson-coronavirus/

Leftists jump the Corporate Democratic ship, leaving Sanders behind
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2020-05-16
History may record that the corporate duopoly dike was finally broken in the Time of Plague, with the defection of Bernie\'s former sheep from the Democratic Party.
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How Covid-19 Is Affecting Military Families
Andrea Mazzarino | thenation.com | 2020-05-16
How Covid-19 Is Affecting Military Families…
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This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
While the U.S. government and global health \"authorities\" debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory. It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, \"We are looking for a …
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Johnson lies to parliament about care homes lockdown
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-16
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain\'s parliament on Wednesday that his government moved swiftly to protect the country\'s vulnerable care homes. Under increasing pressure to defend his record on fighting Covid-19, he said: \"We brought in the lockdown in care homes ahead of the general lockdown.\" An examination by Reuters of the guidance issued to …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/johnson-lies-to-parliament-about-care-homes-lockdown/

How Huxley\'s X-Club Created Nature Magazine and Sabotaged Science for 150 Years
Matthew J. L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-16
Amidst the storm of controversy raised by the lab-origin theory of COVID-19 extolled by such figures as Nobel prize winning virologist Luc Montagnier, bioweapons expert Francis Boyle, Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and the head of Iran\'s Revolutionary Guard, an elaborate project was undertaken under the nominal helm of Nature magazine in order to refute …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/how-huxleys-x-club-created-nature-magazine-and-sabotaged-science-for-150-years/

UK COVID-19 Death-toll now exceeds 61,000
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-16
By TruePublica: The public, according to incessant government polling and monitoring of the public mood through focus groups and mass data has confirmed that the nation is quickly being \'traumatised\' by the UK\'s experience of the pandemic. The lies, misinformation and propaganda is not helping. Saturday\'s newspaper headlines was a visible lesson is how to …
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Trump\'s Lesser Economy
Dan Lieberman | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-16
How many times a day, and in how many different presentations, has President Donald Trump suddenly departed from script to exclaim, \"This was the greatest economy we ever had, the greatest in the world, the greatest ever, and it all went down because of a pandemic?\" A large part of the United States electorate has …
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States sue Trump EPA for suspending environmental regulations during pandemic
Tiffany Duong | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-16
Polluters are allowed, at their sole discretion, to stop monitoring and reporting air emissions and water pollution levels during the outbreak.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/16/states-sue-trump-epa-for-suspending-environmental-regulations-during-pandemic/

Israeli Troops Throw Fire Bombs, Burn Palestinian Homes, Farm Land in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
Israeli troops reportedly fired, on Friday evening, fire bombs in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, causing Palestinian-owned farm lands to be set ablaze. Palestinian sources in Yatta village, south of Hebron, said that Israeli troops fired some torch bombs in the sky over Hebron, which burned half …
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Israeli Hospital Guards Kill Epileptic Palestinian Man
Staff | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
Security guards at a Tel Aviv hospital on Wednesday killed an epileptic Palestinian man in front of his mother. He was killed at the entrance to the hospital where he frequently received treatment for his epilepsy. Mustafa Younis, from Aara town, was killed by the guards after an argument at …
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Israeli Courts Extend Detention of 47 Palestinian Prisoners
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-16
Two Israeli military courts reportedly extended, on Saturday, the detention of 47 Palestinian prisoners. The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) said, early this morning, that the Israeli military courts of Ofer and Salem, extended the detention of 47 Palestinian prisoners, under some pretexts. The PPS noted that the courts\' decisions …
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\'Slow Moving Coup\': Outrage After Trump Quietly Fires State Department Inspector General Friday Night
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-16
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\'We Can and Must Do Better\': House Passes Massive $3 Trillion Relief Package, But Progressives Say More Must Be Done
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-16
\"We must give people real relief and certainty before this crisis gets worse—because if we fail to do so, it will.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pelosi_7.jpg …
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Big Oil Taking $1.9 Billion in CARES Act Tax Breaks Aimed at Helping Small Businesses in \'Stealth Bailout\': Report
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-16
\"In the name of \'small business,\' we\'re shoveling out billions of dollars to big corporations and rich guys.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cash-in-covid-big-oil_0.jpg …
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Lenin, 150 years on
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-16
Socialism Julian CoppensIssue 1266 Australia Paris Commune Social Democratic Labour Party of RussiaMay 16, 2020For Stalinists and liberals, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known…
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Covid Chaos: From lockdown to body bags
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-16
By Rob Woodward

Lack of Empathy Equates to a Lack of Leadership Skills
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-16
U.S. Army Field Manual 6-22, titled \"Leadership Development,\" states that the ability to show empathy toward others is a key factor in exhibiting Army leadership qualities. Donald Trump, who is ordering all 1000 graduating U.S. Army cadets at West Point back to campus on June 13 from sheltering at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, does not possess the leadership skills that have been drilled into each of the new Army Second Lieutenants who will be present for Trump\'s commencement address. In fact, Trump\'s overly-acquiescent Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, had to issue a waiver for the cadets to travel because…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/16/lack-empathy-equates-lack-of-leadership-skills/

Architects Of American Carnage
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-16
Who cares what the Neocons think? They have no moral authority to police the bounds of allowable opinion | John A. BURTKA IV | The banner of principled conservatism is now being carried by the architects of American carnage. By \"principled conservatives\" all they mean is that they are conservatives who oppose the Republican president. If they have principles–foreign policy interventionism and neoliberal economics–they are bad ones. After The Weekly Standard closed its doors, Bill Kristol and his gang moved on to start new web publications like The Bulwark and The Dispatch. From their new perches, they…
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House Passes $3 Trillion Relief Package, But Progressives Say More Must Be Done
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-16
The Democrat majority House of Representatives passed a massive, $3 trillion coronavirus relief stimulus package known as the HEROES Act roughly along party lines on Friday night despite progressive concerns over the bill\'s provisions. | \"The truth is that while a significant step in the right direction, the bill does not go far enough to provide urgently needed economic relief to the millions of people who lost their income and whose families are now standing in food lines,\" Ana Maria Archi…
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Whistleblower Says Systemic Mortgage Fraud Has Returned to Wall Street
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-16
Among the toxic contributors to the financial crisis of 2008, few caused as much havoc as mortgages with dodgy numbers and inflated values. Huge quantities of them were assembled into securities that crashed and burned, damaging homeowners and investors alike. Afterward, reforms were promised. Never again, regulators vowed, would real estate financiers be able to fudge numbers and threaten the entire economy. | Twelve yea…
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Venezuela calls on UK government to \'abandon coup-mongering plans\' after The Canary\'s investigation
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-05-16
Following an investigation by The Canary, the Venezuelan government has formally called on the UK to \"abandon Washington\'s coup-mongering plans and any destabilizing initiative\". | Venezuela Reconstruction Unit: | On 13 May, The Canary revealed the existence of a specialist unit within the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dedicated to the \'reconstruction\' of Venezuela. Files obtained un…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/16/venezuela-calls-on-uk-government-to-abandon-coup-mongering-plans-after-the-canarys-investigation/

Senior police officer accused of \'one rule for him, and one rule for the rest of us\' after travelling to family home
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-16
A senior British Transport Police (BTP) officer has come under fire after he travelled from Glasgow to his family home in Yorkshire during lockdown.BTP confirmed chief superintendent Eddie Wylie returned to Yorkshire from his rented flat in Glasgow on two occasions between 21 March and 13 May, but said he did not breach Covid-19 regulations.It said that on both occasions he travelled home alone and by car to minimise any possible exposure to others.But Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said the journeys suggest Wylie \"believes there is one rule for him, and one rule for the rest of us\", and the officers has…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/16/senior-police-officer-accused-of-one-rule-for-him-and-one-rule-for-the-rest-of-us-after-travelling-to-family-home/

House Democrats push through $3 TRILLION Covid-19 relief bill as GOP puts up resistance to \'progressive wishlist\'
rt.com | 2020-05-16
Democratic lawmakers have passed a massive $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, the largest bill to ever move through Congress, but the Senate is likely to block the law, with Republicans deeming it a progressive \"wishlist.\" | The 1,800-page bill passed 208-199 on Friday in a vote largely along party lines, with all but 14 Democrats voting in its favor, joined by a single GOP rep

Trump vows to strip \'radical left\' of \'TOTAL COMMAND\' over FB, IG, Twitter & Google
rt.com | 2020-05-16
President Donald Trump has vowed to break the \"radical left\'s\" apparent control of social media platforms. Earlier, the president thanked his \"keyboard warriors\" for their support, as they accused the tech firms of censorship. | \"The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google,\" Trump tweeted on Saturday. \"The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation. Stay tuned, and send names & events.\" | The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google. The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation. Stay tun…
rt.com/usa/488860-trump-left-censorship-social-media/

Biggest change in 231 years: Citing Covid-19, US House of Representatives adopts proxy votes & remote meetings in party-line vote
rt.com | 2020-05-16
The US House of Representatives will allow members to cast votes for up to 10 others and hold hearings remotely. Billed as temporary due to the coronavirus outbreak, the rule change is the most radical in over two centuries. | The new rules passed on Friday evening in a 217-189 vote, with three Democrats and one Independent joining the Republicans in bipartisan opposition. | Democrats, who currently control the chamber, pushed for the change this week, calling it \"a common-sense solution to an unprecedented crisis that demands our ingenuity and adaptability as an institution,\" in the words of House Majority Le…
rt.com/usa/488835-us-house-democrats-proxy-vote/

\'Camera off, mask off?\' CNN reporter blasted for removing mask seconds after end of WH press briefing
rt.com | 2020-05-16
CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins has been accused of Covid-19 theatrics, as she was caught hastily removing her face mask after a White House briefing. Collins has criticized Donald Trump for not wearing masks in public. | Despite the president\'s \'masks are optional\' policy at White House briefings, the CNN journalist, like most of her colleagues, wore one during the press event on Friday. | However, when Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany walked off the podium, Collins wasted no time in taking off the protective item as she brushed past other people in the room

China\'s International Solidarity Aid to the World During the Corona Pandemic
Stansfield Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-15
China\'s worldwide assistance and medical aid to other countries to combat the coronavirus is barely covered in the corporate press. Instead, the US has ramped up its anti-China campaign to cover up its own incompetence in combating the virus. As John Pilger shows in his Obama era film The Coming War on China, this is no …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/chinas-international-solidarity-aid-to-the-world-during-the-corona-pandemic/

Dark Winter? Honey Badger Trump Don\'t Care
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
\"This coalition of the business elite, right-wing Christian evangelicals, and white nationalists and other white supremacists is very dangerous. Fascism is ultimately a death cult.\"

\'The American friends\': New court files expose Sheldon Adelson\'s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-15
An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson\'s Las Vegas Sands played in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/

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

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

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

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America\'s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-15
Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers of people sick or dying from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation\'s super-rich remain a notable exception. Financially, they are doing remarkably well. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, between March 18 and April 28, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-americas-billionaires-thrive-and-prosper/

Massachusetts Contact Tracing Program Handed to Clinton-Linked NGO with Questionable Past
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
A new contact tracing program was recently unveiled in Massachusetts in partnership with Partners in Health, an NGO with links to US regime change operations, big pharma and the Clinton Foundation.
mintpressnews.com/massachusetts-contact-tracing-partners-in-health-clinton/267534/

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

Russia makes a botch of its Syrian alliance
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
Russia\'s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin\'s cupboard is full of skeletons

As US Reels From COVID-19, Trump Turns to Sanctions, War Making and Threats
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
The Trump admin has decisively chosen war over peace and conflict over cooperation. Yet it appears less able than ever to coerce the world into following its lead.
mintpressnews.com/us-reels-covid-19-trump-sanctions-war-threats/267592/

Study: Coronavirus Has Been a Massive Boon for America\'s Billionaires
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
A new study found that in the past eight weeks alone, the country\'s super wealthy have added a further $368.8 billion to their already enormous fortunes.
mintpressnews.com/study-coronavirus-billionaires-wealth-jeff-bezos/267604/

Study: Coronavirus Has a Been a Massive Boon for America\'s Billionaires
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
A new study found that in the past eight weeks alone, the country\'s super wealthy have added a further $368.8 billion to their already enormous fortunes.
mintpressnews.com/study-coronavirus-billionaires-wealth-jeff-bezos/267604/

Roaming Charges: Unmasked and Anonymous
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
I\'m hyped for some ObamaGate action, as long as its about things that matter: health care plan designed by Heritage Foundation, bailing out Wall Street, failing to close Gitmo, droning US citizens, Afghan surge, the jailing of whistleblowers and legal harassment of journalists, the Libyan and Honduran coups, mass surveillance, the funding and arming of proxy wars in Yemen and Syria, record deportations, Deepwater Horizon, new nukes (both power plants and weapons), etc…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/roaming-charges-unmasked-and-anonymous/

Hunger gnaws at the edges of the World
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-15
On 21 April, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley said that the world was experiencing a \'hunger pandemic\'. That day, the Global Network Against Food Crises and the Food Security Information Network released the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises.
mronline.org/2020/05/15/hunger-gnaws-at-the-edges-of-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunger-gnaws-at-the-edges-of-the-world

A universal appeal for humanity to end militarism and stop war
Abdallah El Harif | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-15
On March 15, 1950, the World Peace Council sent out the Stockholm Appeal, a short text that called for a ban on nuclear weapons and that would eventually be signed by almost 2 million people. The appeal was made up of three elegant sentences: | -We demand the outlawing of atomic weapons as instruments of intimidation and mass murder of peoples. We demand strict international control to enforce this measure. | -We believe that any government which first uses atomic weapons against any other country whatsoever will be committing a crime against humanity and should be dealt with as a war criminal. | -We call on a…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/15/a-universal-appeal-for-humanity-to-end-militarism-and-stop-war/

Anonymous shootings target students as violence against activists increases in Chile
Carole Concha Bell | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
Chile has had a turbulent few months. And at the end of April, a dozen people were shot from an unmarked car in one of Santiago\'s most populated suburbs, La Florida, during a peaceful protest. This was not an isolated incident. Violence against students and protesters by anonymous attackers has…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/15/anonymous-shootings-target-students-as-violence-against-activists-increases-in-chile/

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

Jailing people who use Covid-19 as bioweapon would be \'discrimination.\' So better lock up everyone instead?
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Accidentally spreading Covid-19 is wanting grandma dead, say opponents of ending lockdowns. Yet activists now worry that proposed laws to punish those who threaten to spread it deliberately would discriminate against minorities. | A Florida man spat and coughed on a police officer responding to a domestic violence call, and faces up to five years in prison on a federal charge of biological weapons hoax (he was negative for Covid-19). Another man in Texas, who falsely claimed on Facebook that he paid someone to spread the virus at local grocery stores, was charged with the same thing. A Michigan man who wiped h…
rt.com/usa/488692-criminalizing-covid-discrimination-minorities/

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

Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation Against Venezuela: a Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption
Patricio Zamorano | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the fractured, demoralized, and financially corrupt nature of the hardline sectors of the opposition. Much…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/

War and Plagues: Military Spending During a Pandemic
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
Welcome to the world of the hypersonic weapons, devices that are not only superfluous, but which will almost certainly not work, They will, however, cost enormous amounts of money. At a time when countries across the globe are facing economic chaos, financial deficits and unemployment at Great Depression levels, arms manufacturers are set to cash in big.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/war-and-plagues-military-spending-during-a-pandemic/

Do the Most Severe Lockdowns Coincide to the Highest COVID-19 Death Rates?
Winslow Wheeler | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
The organization Our World in Data is running an article on the severity of government lockdown policies used to deal with the Covid-19 disease, \"How Are Governments Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic?\". It is shows rankings of the severity (\"stringency\") on nine measures of lockdown policies throughout the world; it also addresses testing and tracking.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/do-the-most-severe-lockdowns-coincide-to-the-highest-covid-19-death-rates/

My Israeli Nemesis is Moving to America
Ariel Gold | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
My first run-in with Israeli politician Gilad Erdan took place on July 1, 2018, when I arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, passport and visa in hand. After seven hours of interrogation, I was told that Erdan had had my visa revoked and was sending me directly back to the U.S.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/my-israeli-nemesis-is-moving-to-america/

Corruption and the Pandemic Bailout
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
Neil Irwin had an interesting New York Times piece on how concerns about moral hazard in the bailout may damage the recovery. The gist of the article is that the fear that bad actors will be wrongly rewarded will prevent us from spending enough money to get the economy back on its feet. Irwin\'s point…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/corruption-and-the-pandemic-bailout/

El Diego: the Two Lives of Maradona
Tony McKenna | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
22 June 1986. A world cup quarter-final is about to play out in the Estadio Azteca stadium at the heart of Mexico City. Under the billowing blue skies and the streaming sunlight the pitch is shadowless and pastel green. The teams line up. The English in white. The Argentinians in blue. As the Argentine anthem plays, the camera moves across the team, before lingering momentarily on the solemn, stormy features of the captain

The Fed Hasn\'t Spent a Dime Yet for Main Street Versus $735 Billion for Wall Street
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
The stimulus bill known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27. Among its many features (such as direct checks to struggling Americans and enhancing unemployment compensation by $600 per week for four months to unemployed workers so they could pay…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/the-fed-hasnt-spent-a-dime-yet-for-main-street-versus-735-billion-for-wall-street/

The Covid-19 Testing Fiasco
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
From the start, testing for Covid-19 in the U.S. has been abysmal. Experts agree that without adequate testing, the disease cannot be stopped. Poor testing means no idea how many are infected or how to trace and quarantine their contacts or how to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. There has been speculation that the Trump…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/the-covid-19-testing-fiasco/

Trump Unveils Plan That Would See Big Pharma Reap Massive Profits from COVID-19 Vaccine
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
President Trump has revealed a plan to mobilize the US military to deliver mass vaccinations across the country, coupled with Operation Warp Speed, a \"Manhattan project-style\" race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
mintpressnews.com/trump-plan-big-pharma-massive-profits-covid-19-vaccine/267617/

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

Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black…
thenation.com/article/society/breonna-taylor-was-murdered-for-sleeping-while-black/

Fake pandemic science and conspiracy theories a key part of far-right agenda
Kimball Cariou | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
When is science not actually scientific? One answer is that research which cherry-picks and manipulates facts to support a preconceived hypothesis is not truly scientific. Long after Galileo and Copernicus demolished the Ptolemaic theory, some highly educated scientists kept creating astronomical models showing that the sun, planets, and stars revolve around Earth. The sheer weight …
peoplesworld.org/article/fake-pandemic-science-and-conspiracy-theories-a-key-part-of-far-right-agenda/

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

Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-15
On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead \"Operation Warp Speed\", Trump\'s plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command. According …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/trump-appoints-big-pharma-exec-connected-bill-gates-head-vaccine-developments/

PDF download of May 14 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-15
Download entire 12-page PDF here. Justice for Ahmaud Arbery. Kent State and Jackson State. Also: COVID‚Äë19: capitalism\'s end stage; workers resist. Editorial: Changing narrative in Michigan. World: China, Vietnam, Haiti, Ecuador. Tear down prisons: victory in PA; San Quentin caravan; No cages for migrants; Global prisons & white supremacy; Solidarity . . . | Continue reading PDF download of May 14 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48613/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-download-of-may-14-issue

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

Andrea Circle Bear and six centuries of genocide
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-05-15
Andrea Circle Bear, of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation near Eagle Butte, S.D., was the 29th federal inmate to die due to the coronavirus in Bureau of Prisons custody. She was sentenced to serve 26 months. Circle Bear was being held at Tripp County Jail in South Dakota up until . . . | Continue reading Andrea Circle Bear and six centuries of genocide at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48658/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andrea-circle-bear-and-six-centuries-of-genocide

The struggle and personal growth
Sue Harris | workers.org | 2020-05-15
What motivates some people to dominate and/or destroy, based on their illusory sense of superiority, even when it is against their own interests? Who are these people who profess to be acting in the name of \"freedom and individual liberty,\" while gathering together and refusing to wear protective masks in . . . | Continue reading The struggle and personal growth at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48641/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-struggle-and-personal-growth

Political Prisoners Teach-In: \'We got out because of the people\'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-15
These slightly edited remarks were given April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. By Janet Africa On the Move! Happy . . . | Continue reading Political Prisoners Teach-In: \'We got out because of the people\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48650/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=political-prisoners-teach-in-we-got-out-because-of-the-people

If the media\'s on Starmer\'s side, you know something\'s very, very wrong
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
The last five years have been a nightmare. And as a result, we have a government whose handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has been fatally incompetent. Another result is a new opposition leader who seems to have the disgraced media establishment firmly behind him. | To escape this nightmare, we need to learn from it. | Five years of establishment terror: | The political and econ…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/15/if-the-medias-on-starmers-side-you-know-somethings-very-very-wrong/

Back to work, or else: Trump administration tells states to pull unemployment benefits
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
WASHINGTON–GOP President Donald Trump\'s Labor Secretary, Eugene Scalia, and his #2 who runs the agency that oversees jobless benefits want employers to report–and states to bar benefits from–workers who fear returning to their old jobs because their employers won\'t protect them against the coronavirus. The memo, from John Pallasch, a GOP operative, an advocate for …
peoplesworld.org/article/back-to-work-or-else-trump-administration-tells-states-to-pull-unemployment-benefits/

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

India: Right wing uses COVID-19 to implement 12-hour workday, 72-hour week
IndustriALL | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
Some Indian states are using coronavirus as a pretext to attack working conditions. Many have increased the working day to 12 hours, while others have suspended or provided exemptions to labor law. State governments, including Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, have increased the workday to 12 hours and the standard workweek to …
peoplesworld.org/article/india-right-wing-uses-covid-19-to-implement-12-hour-workday-72-hour-week/

Baseball\'s Plan to Reopen Is All Risk for the Players
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
Baseball\'s Plan to Reopen Is All Risk for the Players…
thenation.com/article/society/mlb-baseball-coronavirus/

The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class
Michael Massing | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-press-new-york/

Coronavirus lockdowns in Central America, exploited by criminal gangs
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
Chronic violence, insecurity and now COVID-related restrictions have put tens of thousands of Central Americans at risk of increased hardship and even death, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064172

Whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright testifies winter could be \'darkest in modern history\'
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
Dr. Rick Bright, the top Health and Human Services official dumped by Trump for blowing the whistle on the administration\'s disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic, testified to Congress Thursday that essentially everything the president is saying about his administration\'s response to the pandemic is a lie. One of the most damaging of those lies, …
peoplesworld.org/article/whistleblower-dr-rick-bright-testifies-winter-could-be-darkest-in-modern-history/

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-gop-coronavirus-fascism/

Gaza Holds Its Breath as the Threat of Coronavirus Looms
Ahmed Abu Artema | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
Gaza Holds Its Breath as the Threat of Coronavirus Looms…
thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-gaza-crisis/

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

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

\'Not their business\': Iran slams US threats to reimpose UN sanctions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-15
The US has threatened to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran if its draft resolution to extend the arms embargo is vetoed in the UN Security Council…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/15/not-their-business-iran-slams-us-threats-to-reimpose-un-sanctions/

As Corporations Adapt to a COVID-19 Economy, the Working-Class Prepares for a Paradigm Shift
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
As social distancing measures persist across the country, corporations are setting in a \"new normal\" where most people are safely squirreled away in their homes, with paradigm-shifting implications for the working classes.
mintpressnews.com/corporations-adapt-covid-19-digitized-economy-working-class-paradigm-shift/267630/

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

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

Support stepped up for Rohingya camps as first COVID-19 infections are confirmed
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
After confirmation that the first cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in a vast and overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh, UN humanitarians on Friday announced additional measures and appealed for funds to prevent the disease from spreading.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064152

#Unis4all: An Open Letter to the U.S. Higher Education Community
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2020-05-15
Universities can immediately bypass feckless state & federal legislatures & finance themselves directly with \"Unis\" supported by the Federal Reserve For a growing majority of outspoken administrators and faculty, the economic fallout associated with the Covid-19 crisis threatens to catapult U. S. higher education into a draconian age of austerity, layoffs, and closures. The question, …
mronline.org/2020/05/15/unis4all-an-open-letter-to-the-u-s-higher-education-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unis4all-an-open-letter-to-the-u-s-higher-education-community

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

This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-15
While the U.S. government and global health \"authorities\" debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory. It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, \"We are looking for a …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/this-us-state-already-established-legal-means-mandatory-vaccinations/

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

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

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

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

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

Head of the Hydra: The Rise of Robert Kadlec
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
WASHINGTON DC ( The Last American Vagabond)

Israeli Troops Halt Construction of Palestinian Home in Bethlehem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-15
Israeli troops reportedly intercepted, on Friday, the construction of a Palestinian home in the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources in Bethlehem told media outlets that an Israeli army force stormed the site of the construction and prevented workers from building. Mayor of the Palestinian municipality of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-halt-construction-of-palestinian-home-in-bethlehem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-halt-construction-of-palestinian-home-in-bethlehem

Israeli Troops Detain 5 Palestinians, Including a Minor and Former Prisoner
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-15
Israeli forces, on Thursday evening, detained five Palestinians from the northern districts of Nablus and Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank. Local Fatah official, Munir Gaghoub, stated that Israeli troops abducted three Palestinians, including a former prisoner, seized a vehicle at the entrance of Beita town, south of the city …
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HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.
therealnews.com/columns/heroes-act-includes-utility-shutoff-ban-4-billion-for-broadband-access

In less than a month, Brazil sees two health ministers leave office
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-15
Oncologist Nelson Teich asked to step down from his position as Minister of Health on Friday morning May 15, according to the government. A press conference will be held in the afternoon. | Teich took over the position as Health Minister on April 17, after Luiz Henrique Mandetta was fired from the position. In Teich\'s speech when assuming the position, he affirmed that he would work to ease social isolation measures, but in a \"technical and scientific\" way. | As of now, the individual expected to take over the position is General Eduardo Pazuello, the current number two in the ministry. | History: | While…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/15/in-less-than-a-month-brazil-sees-two-health-ministers-leave-office/

Calling on Americans to Vote Trump Out, The Lancet Eviscerates US President Over \'Incoherent\' Covid-19 Response
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
Esteemed medical journal The Lancet on Friday took an unusual step towards calling on American voters to remove President Donald Trump from office in November, condemning the Trump administration\'s \"incoherent\" response to the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1223495095_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/15/calling-americans-vote-trump-out-lancet-eviscerates-us-president-over-incoherent?cd-origin=rss

INSTEX Transactions Unsatisfactory: Iranian Deputy FM
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
Iran\'s deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of transactions that Tehran has been able to carry via a financial mechanism the EU has devised for trade with the Islamic Republic, known as INSTEX. In an interview with IRIB, Gholam Reza Ansari said although the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges …
iranian.com/2020/05/15/instex-transactions-unsatisfactory-iranian-deputy-fm/

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

Is this Boris Johnson\'s biggest lie?
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-15
By Rob Woodward

Coronavirus outbreak calls for new era in our relationship with animals
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
As The Canary has previously argued, the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has prompted profound questions about how to reorganize human society in its aftermath. Now, a new report from a major US animal welfare organization has pointed out that we must also confront fundamental questions about humanity\'s relationship with the animal world. | Tim…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/15/coronavirus-outbreak-calls-for-new-era-in-our-relationship-with-animals/

Psychiatrists fear a \'tsunami\' of mental illness following pandemic
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
Mental health services could be overwhelmed by a \"tsunami\" of referrals when coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown measures end, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned. | A survey by the College found almost half (45%) of psychiatrists had seen a reduction in routine mental health appointments. Its led to fears that patients are avoiding support until they reach crisis point. | Meanwhile, 43% of psychiatrists had seen an increase in their urgent and emergency caseloads, where patients were showing the most serious conditions. | Professor Wendy Burn, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists said: We are alr…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/15/psychiatrists-fear-a-tsunami-of-mental-illness-following-pandemic/

Matt Hancock refuses to commit to a pay rise for nurses
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
Matt Hancock has refused to promise a pay rise for nurses after the coronavirus crisis. He\'s said that he would fight for them to have \"fair reward\" but without making specific commitments. | Speaking at the Downing Street press conference, the health secretary said he agreed \"very strongly\" with the statement that nursing is a \"highly skilled profession and it deserves decent pay\". | But he stopped short of making any promises, saying only: We put up nurses\' pay last month and in fact last year we had the biggest rise in pay, especially for nurses when they were starting their career, the lowest paid nurses got a…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/05/15/matt-hancock-refuses-to-commit-to-a-pay-rise-for-nurses/

Vast majority support Scottish government\'s lockdown strategy
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
The majority of the public back the Scottish government\'s lockdown approach, according to polling announced by Nicola Sturgeon.At her daily coronavirus briefing on Friday, the first minister said government polling shows 84% support a \"slow and gradual\" lifting of restrictions, while 82% agree that before further significant changes to lockdown are made the impact of those already introduced should be assessed.The survey also found 86% said \"decisions on when and how to lift restrictions must be based on saving lives and protecting the NHS\".Nicola Sturgeon said she will outline her thoughts on easing lockdown nex…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/15/vast-majority-support-scottish-governments-lockdown-strategy/

\'Worrying data\' reveals more than 12,500 people in care homes have now died with Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-15
More than 12,500 people living in care homes have now died with Covid-19, with the majority dying in their care home, new figures show.Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that just over one in four of all deaths of care home residents in England and Wales between March 2 and May 1 involved Covid-19.Of 45,899 care home residents who died during this period, 27% (12,526) had Covid-19 mentioned on their death certificate.Some 9,039 (72%) of the deaths occurred within a care home and 27% were in hospital.(PA Graphics)The latest data includes all care home residents who died with coronavirus eit…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/15/worrying-data-reveals-more-than-12500-people-in-care-homes-have-now-died-with-covid-19/

Covid-19 changes to NHS services may lead to worsening health inequalities
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-15
The decision to suspend non-urgent services at NHS hospitals in response to the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to worsening health inequalities.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197534/covid-19-changes-nhs-services-lead-worsening

MILLIONS of Americans dead from Covid-19? 85k jobs lost? What? Joe Biden commits gaffe after gaffe in confusing broadcast
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Joe Biden has once again caught flak for his creative and often confusing oratory, this time after the former VP and presumptive Democratic nominee struggled to relay how many Americans have died from coronavirus. | Speaking during a \"virtual round table,\" Biden argued that playing the \"blame game\" during the ongoing health crisis would be counterproductive. But when it came time to relaying exactly what politicians might blame each other for, the presidential candidate faltered. | …
rt.com/usa/488756-biden-millions-covid-deaths-gaffe/

Trump says govt will work at \'WARP SPEED\' to deliver vaccine BEFORE year\'s end
rt.com | 2020-05-15
President Donald Trump has promised to deliver a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year or earlier, saying that the government will invest in potential candidates. He added that, vaccine or no vaccine, America will reopen. | Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump unveiled \"Operation Warp Speed,\" a public-private partnership aimed at accelerating the development of a vaccine for Covid-19, the deadly virus that has infected more than 4.5 million people worldwide and killed more than 300,000. | \"This is an endeavor unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project…
rt.com/usa/488811-trump-vacine-warp-speed/

\'But will it fly at ludicrous speed?\' Trump teases mysterious \'SUPER DUPER MISSILE\' at Space Force flag unveiling ceremony
rt.com | 2020-05-15
US President Donald Trump has offered a sneak peak into the future of American military tech, talking up what he called a \"super duper missile,\" but his scientific terminology was simply too much for some netizens to take. | The comment came during an Oval Office ceremony to unveil the official flag of the Space Force on Friday, with Trump taking a brief detour into state-of-the-art hardware under development at the Pentagon. | \"We have, I call it the Super Duper Missile. And I heard the other night [it\'s] 17 times faster than what they have right now,\" Trump said. | TRUMP: \"We have, I call it the \'Super Duper…
rt.com/usa/488832-trump-super-duper-space-force/

Trump salutes his \'keyboard warriors,\' but has he actually curtailed corporate online censorship?
rt.com | 2020-05-15
President Donald Trump has paid his respects to the legions of online meme-makers and \"keyboard warriors\" who helped him get elected. But among these netizens, many feel the president hasn\'t done enough to fight online censorship. | \"Thank you to all of my great Keyboard Warriors,\" Trump tweeted on Friday. \"You are better, and far more brilliant, than anyone on Madison Avenue (Ad Agencies). There is nobody like you!\" | Thank you to all of my great Keyboard Warriors. You are better, and far more brilliant, than anyone on Madison Avenue (Ad Agencies). There is nobody like you!– Donald J. Trump (@realDonald…
rt.com/usa/488798-trump-keyboard-warriors-censorship/

Define \'distribute\'! Trump mobilizing MILITARY to deliver Covid-19 vaccine \'assuming we get it,\' sparks conspiracy frenzy
rt.com | 2020-05-15
US President Donald Trump said the military is gearing up to distribute a coronavirus vaccine when one is ready, unleashing a torrent of takes from conspiracy-minded netizens, many sounding alarms over mandatory inoculations. | American GIs are already being mobilized to parcel out a future vaccine to \"most of the population,\" Trump told Fox Business\' Maria Bartiromo in an interview on Thursday, giving a highly optimistic end-of-the-year time frame even as many experts suggest a remedy won\'t be ready for mass distribution for another 12 to 18 months. | \"We\'re mobilizing our military on the basis that we do hav…
rt.com/usa/488691-trump-military-distribute-vaccine/

US sailors return to coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier only to test positive AGAIN, despite months of containment efforts
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Five American sailors have tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time after resuming duty on board an aircraft carrier that saw a major outbreak in March, even after a full evacuation of its crew and months of deep cleaning. | Though the Navy imposed several layers of screenings before allowing sailors to re-board the ill-fated USS \'Theodore Roosevelt\'

New Yorkers confused as Gov. Cuomo extends NY Pause and stay-at-home orders to seemingly contradictory dates
rt.com | 2020-05-15
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the state\'s \"NY Pause\" economic shutdown until the end of May while stretching the stay-at-home order halfway into June, confusing residents already chafing under extended lockdown. | With both measures set to expire at midnight and five of the state\'s 10 economic regions entering the first phase of reopening, Cuomo poured cold water on any premature celebration by downstate residents on Friday, extending both Covid-19 executive orders by several weeks. | For those regions that haven\'t met the governor\'s stated criteria involving a decrease in hospital admissions, te…
rt.com/usa/488813-cuomo-ny-pause-lockdown-extended/

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

Portland, Ore.: \'U.S. mail not for sale\'
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-05-15
Over 20 cars lined up to cheer postal workers during the afternoon shift change on May 8 at the Portland, Ore., United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center. Messages of solidarity were plastered over the cars and Elvis Presley\'s \"Return to Sender\" was playing. Portland, Ore., car caravan shows . . . | Continue reading Portland, Ore.: \'U.S. mail not for sale\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48647/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portland-ore-u-s-mail-not-for-sale

Western media concerned coronavirus \'hasn\'t killed more Russians\'
rt.com | 2020-05-14
US and allied media outlets seem frustrated that the pandemic isn\'t killing more Russians, so they\'re claiming the death toll is higher, despite a lack of evidence

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

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

\"My Job Is To Make Syria A Quagmire For The Russians\": CIA Doctrine Made Official Policy
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-14
Like with the disastrous Iraq quagmire years before the US war machine came to Syria under Obama, Washington\'s rationale and justification for occupying the Syrian Arab Republic has shifted and changed drastically multiple times over. When ultimately what started as US covert regime change efforts targeting Assad failed (based ostensibly in \"protecting civilians\"), the official mission then …
iranian.com/2020/05/13/my-job-is-to-make-syria-a-quagmire-for-the-russians-cia-doctrine-made-official-policy/

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

\'Tyrannical\' Wisconsin court ruling puts lives in danger amid pandemic
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-14
In a ruthless display of power, the right-wing-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw the state\'s response to the COVID-19 pandemic into \"chaos,\" putting the lives of millions of residents in danger. The ruling, termed \"tyrannical\" by one dissenting justice, struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers\'s administration\'s ability to issue statewide emergency safer-at-home orders during the pandemic, …
peoplesworld.org/article/tyrannical-wisconsin-court-ruling-puts-lives-in-danger-amid-pandemic/

Global Ecosocialist Network: COVID-19 shows need for system change
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Socialism Susan PriceIssue 1265 Australia Global Ecosocialist Network – GEN COVID-19May 14, 2020The recently-formed Global Ecosocialist Network held its first formal meeting on May 3. Ecosocia…
greenleft.org.au/content/global-ecosocialist-network-covid-19-shows-need-system-change

\'Significant progress\' made towards lasting ceasefire in Yemen, UN Special Envoy tells Security Council
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
UN Special Envoy for war-weary Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council on Thursday, that he had been in intensive negotiations with the warring parties in Yemen over a lasting peace deal, with \"significant progress\" made, especially towards making the UN\'s call for a complete silencing of the guns, a reality.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064102

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

Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
Last week\'s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry to acknowledge and fulfil its responsibility to respect human rights, the UN independent expert who monitors the issue, said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064092

US Uses \"Humanitarian Intervention\" to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-14
No More War focuses on the one nation in recent times that has been continuously engaged in wars of aggression. In fact, that nation has been engaged in wars or military occupations in all but five years since its founding in 1776. Author and professor of human rights law at the University of Pittsburgh, Dan …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/us-uses-humanitarian-intervention-to-advance-economic-and-strategic-interests/

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

\'God Friended Me\' Was the Strangest Show on TV
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
\'God Friended Me\' Was the Strangest Show on TV…
thenation.com/article/culture/god-friended-me-was-the-strangest-show-on-tv/

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

UN rights chief warns against mishandling the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner on Thursday warned of potential risks as more countries move to lift lockdown measures put in place to contain COVID-19 spread.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064062

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

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

Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold
Gregg Gonsalves | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold…
thenation.com/article/society/reopening-coronavirus-needless-deaths/

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

Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-undocumented-workers-california/

U.S. pandemic unemployment grows again, but so does the number of billionaires
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-14
WASHINGTON–Some 2.981 million more people filed for jobless benefits in the week ending May 7, the Labor Department said Thursday, bringing total unemployment insurance claims since the coronavirus pandemic-caused shutdowns began to 36.5 million. Progressive analysts at the Economic Policy Institute predict jobless figures will only get worse, especially for low-wage workers, women workers, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-pandemic-unemployment-grows-again-but-so-does-the-number-of-billionaires/

There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out
Daniel Fernandez | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out…
thenation.com/article/activism/coronavirus-prison-danbury/

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

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

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

WHO seeking further details on staff expulsion from Burundi
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
The World Health Organization (WHO) was on Thursday seeking to clarify why authorities in Burundi have expelled its top official in the country and three other staff members, the UN agency\'s Regional Director for Africa told journalists during a press briefing on COVID-19.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064082

Workers and COVID-19: Access to healthcare, now \'a matter of life and death\'
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
The spread of COVID-19 in developing countries has exposed gaps in social protection coverage which could compromise recovery plans, expose millions of people to poverty and affect global readiness to cope with similar crises, according to two policy briefs issued Thursday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064112

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

Presidents and prime ministers lead call for \'people\'s vaccine\', free to all
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from global leaders requesting that when a successful COVID-19 vaccine is developed, it be made available free of charge to all.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064122

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

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

Iran Receives Another Cargo Of Medical Supplies From Germany
RFE | iranian.com | 2020-05-14
An official of the Iranian Customs Organization on Thursday confirmed that a consignment of medical equipment purchased from Germany worth around 749,000 euros (about $800,000) has been delivered to Iran. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the Director-General of Customs Office Sadeq Namdar at the Turkish border said the equipment delivered from Germany consists …
iranian.com/2020/05/14/iran-receives-another-cargo-of-medical-supplies-from-germany/

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

Vietnam is quietly leading the world in fighting COVID-19
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Healthcare Peter BoyleIssue 1265 Vietnam COVID-19 internationalismMay 14, 2020When United States President Donald Trump says the US is leading the world in the fight against COVID-19, people around the world…
greenleft.org.au/content/vietnam-quietly-leading-world-fighting-covid-19

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

COVID-19 Response Fund: Cutting-edge technologies advance coronavirus fight
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-14
Imperial researchers are driving forward the fight against coronavirus with new healthcare innovations and data insights.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197517/covid-19-response-fund-cutting-edge-technologies-advance

Imperial MBBS medics deliver action plans for London GPs and local communities
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-14
Third-year medical students have partnered with community, voluntary, health & social care leaders to respond to local needs in the era of COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197237/imperial-mbbs-medics-deliver-action-plans

\'We\'re in deep s**t\': Ousted \'whistleblower\' Dr. Bright becomes new anti-Trump hero pinning blame on White House
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Mainstream media has elevated National Institutes of Health whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright to heroic status after his congressional testimony denounced Trump\'s Covid-19 response as borderline criminally negligent. | Bright, the director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he was unceremoniously dismissed last month, painted a disturbing picture of a government flying blindly into disaster on Thursday during his testimony on the administration\'s Covid-19 response before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | \"We\'re in deep shit\"

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

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

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

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

Wall Street Will Likely Be the Only Winners in the Pandemic Housing Crisis
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
For most Americans, the $1,200 stimulus check didn\'t even cover rent and a third of American renters have even paid rent yet this month, meaning an ongoing de facto rent strike is likely already taking place.
mintpressnews.com/wall-street-likely-only-winners-coronavirus-pandemic-mortgage-crisis/267501/

American Weapons Manufacturers Are Thriving Even as the US Economy Suffers
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
The economy has crashed. A nationwide pandemic that has (officially) claimed some 84,000 Americans has also resulted in an estimated 36 million filing for unemployment insurance and millions frequenting food banks for the first time. Yet business is booming for one unlikely industry; weapons manufacturers are busier than ever and are even advertising for tens of thousan…
mintpressnews.com/american-weapons-manufacturers-thriving-even-as-us-economy-suffers/267510/

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

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

From Lebanon to Syria, the Arab World is Failing Palestinian Refugees
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
Heinous racism. That is how the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described a recent decision by Lebanese authorities to bar Palestinian refugee expats from returning to Lebanon. | Lebanon\'s restrictions on its ever-diminishing population of Palestinian refugees is nothing new. However, this event is particularly alarming as it may be linked to a long-term official policy regarding the residency status of Palestinian refugees in this Arab country. | Many were ta…
mintpressnews.com/lebanon-syria-arab-world-failing-palestinian-refugees/267521/

Hong Kong urged to drop prosecutions of leading activists, not to silence peaceful protest
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
Independent UN human rights experts urged Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to immediately drop the criminal prosecution of 15 pro-democracy activists who participated in peaceful protests across the Special Administrative Region of China last year.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063842

Why is Mike Pompeo risking a One-day Trip to Israel Amid the Pandemic?
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-13
As part of its battle against Covid-19, Israel has closed it borders to foreigners and imposed a two-week quarantine on anyone entering the country. There are also strict requirements to wear masks in public places. Israel, however, has thrown the rules

Coronavirus \'grim reality\': World economy to shrink by 3.2 per cent, new UN report projects
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
Against the backdrop of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the world economy in 2020 is projected to shrink by 3.2 per cent, racking up some $8.5 trillion in overall losses

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

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

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

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

South Sudan: Coronavirus cases confirmed inside UN civilian protection site
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world\'s youngest nation has been relatively unscathed by the pandemic, with 74 cases recorded so far.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064012

Take \'all appropriate public health measures\' to protect detainees from coronavirus, UN urges
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others in confinement, urging Governments to take \"all appropriate public health measures\" to keep them safe from the deadly disease.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063862

\'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics\' – CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on the coronavirus food crisis
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-13
Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists\' Ricardo Salvador about the coronavirus food crisis for the May 8, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The wasting disease of normalcy is the far greater existential threat and our survival requires that we meet it with at least the same courage, generosity and ingenuity…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/covid-19-and-the-wasting-disease-of-normalcy/

COVID-19 could help turn the tide on ocean health in Asia-Pacific
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
The COVID-19 pandemic could help turn the tide on the well-being of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a UN report published on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063832

UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
Decades of neglect and underinvestment in addressing people\'s mental health needs have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday, in a call for ambitious commitments from countries in the way they treat psychological illness, amid a potential global spike in suicides and drug abuse.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063882

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

COVID-19 threatens to undo global health progress
news.un.org | 2020-05-13
While more people are living longer and healthier lives, the rate of progress is too slow to realize global efforts to stamp out poverty and inequality by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064022

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

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

Evidence suggests prehistorical Iranians migrated to Americas
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-05-13
Some prehistorical residents of the Iranian plateau migrated to the Americas, an Iranian archaeologist and researcher says based on evidence from similarities between the petroglyphs and cave painting symbols in central Iran and the ones found in the Americas. \"After years of exploring ancient paintings inside Iran\'s caves and mountains and other parts of the …
iranian.com/2020/05/13/evidence-suggests-prehistorical-iranians-migrated-to-americas/

After Trump Vetoed the Iran War Powers Resolution, Congress Must Continue to Act
Erica Fein | iranian.com | 2020-05-13
The bipartisan majority that has come together on this issue should not stop working to enact legislation to reclaim its war powers and block Trump from taking us to war with Iran. On April 22, President Trump took to Twitter and threatened to attack Iran, instructing the Navy to \"shoot down and destroy any and …
iranian.com/2020/05/12/after-trump-vetoed-the-iran-war-powers-resolution-congress-must-continue-to-act/

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

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

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

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

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

Joe Biden Suffers Massive Stroke!
Michael K. Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered a massive brain hemorrhage today as he practiced reciting the days of the week for upcoming debates with President Trump. Campaign staff members say it will not affect his work, and insist he has no plans to withdraw from the presidential contest, unless \"something serious happens.\" \"We\'ve been through …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/joe-biden-suffers-massive-stroke/

Dallas County Officials are Leaving Vulnerable People to Catch COVID-19 in Jail
Andrea Woods | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
Wykivia and Ideare Bailey were taking every precaution. Worried for their asthmatic daughter due to the spread of COVID-19, the couple was meticulous in cleaning, sanitizing, and social distancing to reduce every possible threat. However, when Ideare was arrested for property theft and booked into the Dallas County Jail on April 6, there was no way to adhere to those precautions. Held in a crowded intake room, he could not maintain six feet of distance from other people. Forced to live in a dormitory with 60 other people

Despite Gains, Progress Toward TB Elimination Has Slowed
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
Although the US incidence of tuberculosis (TB) reached an all-time low in 2019, CDC researchers expressed concern in a recent report that the rate of decline has slowed in recent years.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765744

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

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

King Lear Under COVID-19 Lockdown
Sinha A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Arts and Medicine feature draws lessons from William Shakespeare\'s King Lear about our collective disorientation and obligations to each other in the midst of the first-wave coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764654

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis – NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Nina Eichacker | fair.org | 2020-05-12
I recently wrote a piece for FAIR ( 4/25/20) about how I felt more optimistic about media reporting on the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite what I saw as a failure to clearly call out capitalist market reliance. The New York Times was calling for people to remember FDR\'s Four Freedoms, and even the Financial Times was encouraging readers to think about Beveridge\'s Full Employment in a Free Society. N…
fair.org/home/learning-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-the-2008-financial-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-the-2008-financial-crisis

Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Sanders JM, Monogue ML, Jodlowski TZ, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This narrative review summarizes what is currently known about how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells and causes disease as a basis for considering whether chloroquine, remdisivir and other antivirals, or other existing drugs might be effective treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764727

The COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Clinical Update
Omer SB, Malani P, del Rio C. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Viewpoint provides a summary update of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US, discussing case-fatality rates, interpretation of polymerase chain reaction test results, duration of immunity, reinfection, and…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764366

President Trump\'s Assault On Inspectors General Threatens Our Civil Liberties
Kate Oh | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
One recent Friday night, President Trump quietly nominated a replacement inspector general (IG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). But this was no ordinary nomination. If confirmed by the Senate, it will force out the acting IG after her office released a survey of hospitals that, to Trump\'s vocal displeasure, underscored his administration\'s botched handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. , , The ouster is also only the late…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/president-trumps-assault-on-inspectors-general-threatens-our-civil-liberties

During COVID-19 Crisis, We Must Prioritize the Release of Pregnant People
Lauren Kuhlik | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
This piece was first published on USA Today., , Andrea Circle Bear was 30 years old and had only recently given birth when she died of COVID-19. Circle Bear was incarcerated for a drug-related charge at the time of her death. She spent the final weeks of her pregnancy in a local jail and then a federal prison, spaces that are known hotbeds for virus transmission…
aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/during-covid-19-crisis-we-must-prioritize-the-release-of-pregnant-people

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

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

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

The Challenge of Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Correctional Facilities
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Medical News feature examines steps that correctional facilities are taking to minimize the spread of COVID-19.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764379

Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food. The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.8 percent in April, driven again by large price declines in sectors that were hit hard by pandemic-related shutdowns. Gas prices fell 20.6 percent, following a drop of 10.5 percent in March. They are …
cepr.net/prices-2020-05/

Iran to Reopen Schools on May 16
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-12
All schools in Iran will reopen as of Saturday, May 16, after almost three months of closure in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the minister of education announced. Speaking to the state TV on Tuesday, Iranian Education Minister Mohsen Haji Mirzaee said the schools will reopen on coming Saturday. The teachers and school staff …
iranian.com/2020/05/12/iran-to-reopen-schools-on-may-16/

Ecuador\'s neoliberal war on public sector worsens COVID-19 catastrophe
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Healthcare Denis RogatyukIssue 1265 Ecuador COVID-19 IMF neoliberal offensiveMay 12, 2020The Carondelet presidential palace in Quito stands in…
greenleft.org.au/content/ecuador%E2%80%99s-neoliberal-war-public-sector-worsens-covid-19-catastrophe

Daily average carbon dioxide levels reach 418.12ppm
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Environment Jessica CorbettIssue 1265 COVID-19 climate change global warmingMay 12, 2020Climate scientists and campaigners reiterated their demands for urgent global action to dramatically reduce plane…
greenleft.org.au/content/daily-average-carbon-dioxide-levels-reach-41812ppm

Oil companies should be denied a bailout
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Climate crisis Rupen SavoulianIssue 1265 Australia COVID-19 oil industry bail-outsMay 12, 2020Oil corporations have been environmentally…
greenleft.org.au/content/oil-companies-should-be-denied-bailout

Tax-havened companies bailed out while poverty doubles amid pandemic
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Economy Astrid PaulssonIssue 1265 Sweden COVID-19 extreme poverty tax havensMay 12, 2020In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the world is…
greenleft.org.au/content/tax-havened-companies-bailed-out-while-poverty-doubles-amid-pandemic

Refugee rights supporters occupy the Mantra Hotel
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Refugees & migrants Kerry SmithIssue 1265 Australia asylum seekers Mantra Hotel medevacMay 12, 2020At 7.30am on May 12, refugee and…
greenleft.org.au/content/refugee-rights-supporters-occupy-mantra-hotel

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

Medical Students and Public Health Service for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bauchner H, Sharfstein J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
Over the next few months it is likely that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has surged in New York City, Seattle, New Orleans, and Detroit will move from city to city and state to state. After the initial peak, absent highly effective medical interventions, the US will likely experience outbreaks of lingering disease for months and potentially years to come. As the US enters the next phase of COVID-19, critical questions will involve the nation\'s capacity to respond to outbreaks, protect high-risk populations, and limit community spread.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764427

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

\"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized\": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking \"Trump = Plague\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City\'s response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing \"Trump = Plague\" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is \"telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die,\" says Nelson. \"It\'s ridiculous.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/jill_nelson_nypd_arrest_trump_plague

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

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

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

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

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

Mothers on the Frontlines of a Pandemic Need More than Flowers
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-11
Daily Press Online The Free Lance-Star See article on original site More than 30 million U.S. workers are employed in industries that put them on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They include grocery store clerks, nurses, cleaners, warehouse workers and bus drivers, among others. Nearly one-in-four frontline workers

Our Privacy is on the Clock
Billy Easley | aclu.org | 2020-05-11
This piece originally appeared in The Hill., , Important issues sometimes divide our nation, but one area where most of us share common ground surrounds is the belief that warrantless secret spying on Americans is unjust. , , Soon, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020, a bill that would extend provisions of the Patriot Act that expired in March. These provisions are currently not consistent with Americans\' fundamental rights. However, if Congress chooses to reauthori…
aclu.org/news/national-security/our-privacy-is-on-the-clock

Saturday, May 16, Second Webinar: Disarm and Divest During Covid-19
David Quinn-Jacobs | kingsbayplowshares7.org | 2020-05-11
Disarm & Divest During COVID19 Last KBP 7 Webinar Before Sentencing SATURDAY, MAY 16 The recording of the webinar can be viewed on Facebook now. Eventually we hope to have an edited version up on the KBP Youtube channel and will post link. In it current form we recommend that you skip the first…
kingsbayplowshares7.org/2020/05/sat-5-16-last-kbp7-webinar/

We Also Face a Pandemic of Racism
Linda Wiggins-Chavis | progressive.org | 2020-05-11
COVID-19 sheds light on America\'s systemic oppression of people of color.
progressive.org/op-eds/we-face-pandemic-of-racism-wiggins-chavis-200511/

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

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

College Faculty Are Speaking Out Against Billionaire Donors
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-05-11
Resignations from a growing number of professors bring attention to the undue influence of deep-pocketed donors like Charles Koch.
progressive.org/dispatches/college-faculty-against-billionaire-donors-bader-200511/

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

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

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

HBO Docuseries Points To Many Suspects In Atlanta Child Murders, Including The Klan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Atlanta\'s mayor re-opened the 40-year-old case of 30 missing and murdered Black children in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation operated a secret investigation that pointed towards a Klan member for at least one of the murders.
therealnews.com/columns/hbo-docuseries-points-to-many-suspects-in-atlanta-child-murders-including-the-klan

As Oil Price Plummets, Call to Nationalize Industry Rises
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
The price of oil dropped below zero, prompting new subsidies from the Federal Reserve. Progressive voices in the U.S. and Canada have a different idea: nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.
therealnews.com/stories/as-oil-price-plummets-call-to-nationalize-industry-rises

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

\'We Can Pool the World\'s Science to Develop Better Medical Tools\' – CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on Covid-19 and the drug industry
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-09
Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen\'s Peter Maybarduk about the drug industry and Covid-19 for the May 1, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/we-can-pool-the-worlds-science-to-develop-better-medical-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-can-pool-the-worlds-science-to-develop-better-medical-tools

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

Eyewitness: Russia\'s 70th V-Day
I.V. Sta | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-09
In addition to beautiful parades, fireworks and concerts, I was able to witness multitudes of people sharing with each other something wholly priceless: the gratitude of being alive thanks to those who fought fascism.
liberationnews.org/eyewitness-russias-70th-v-day-2/

Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered.
therealnews.com/stories/palestinians-israelis-remember-casualties-memorial-service

\"A Lynch Mob\": After Months of Inaction, 2 White Men Are Charged with Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in GA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
The two white men caught on camera shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African American man, were arrested and charged Thursday with murder. The arrests came two days after video of the attack in February was shared with the public, sparking widespread outrage. Today would have been Arbery\'s 26th birthday. We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents the Arbery family and formerly represented Trayvon Martin.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/ahmaud_arbery_murder_benjamin_crump

Trump Death Clock: Times Square Billboard Tallies Lives Lost to COVID-19 Inaction
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
A 56-foot billboard called the Trump Death Clock was unveiled in Times Square in New York City. The tally of lives lost to government inaction was created by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who says, \"On behalf of all of those who needlessly lost their lives to this failed leadership in a pandemic, we need a symbol, a symbol that cries out not only for accountability, but also for more responsible and responsive stewardship, going forward.\" As of the Friday morning broadcast, the death toll count was nearly 47,000 and growing.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/times_square_trump_death_clock_covid

\"A Terrible Price\": Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
We look at the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on African Americans as told through an in-depth story for The New York Times Magazine by writer Linda Villarosa in her new piece, \"\'A Terrible Price\': The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America,\" that tells what happened to the Zulu club, a Black social organization in New Orleans, during and after Mardi Gras. She reports that the experience is usually a joy, but the coronavirus made it a tragedy.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/coronavirus_racial_disparity_zulu_club_new

As States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions, Dr. Leana Wen Warns \"We Are Not Ready for a Safe Reopening\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
As more than 40 states begin to reopen, President Trump is downplaying the need for mass COVID-19 testing, even as he himself is now being tested every day for the virus. We speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who says, \"Widespread testing is so critical. … Why shouldn\'t this testing be available to all Americans?\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/dr_leana_wen_covid_19_testing

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

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

Foreign Correspondent: Biden vs. Trump on Foreign Policy
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-05-08
The differences are not as great as you might suspect, but there is a clear winner.
progressive.org/dispatches/biden-vs-trump-on-foreign-policy-erlich-200508/

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

Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
On today\'s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-31-cancel-corporate-media

Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina\'s shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-false-techtopia-tariffs-accounting-orphan-wells-and-the-dead-cow

Let\'s Save the Postal Service
Sarah Anderson | progressive.org | 2020-05-08
The coronavirus-related plunge in mail revenue is threatening to bankrupt USPS–Trump doesn\'t want to help.
progressive.org/op-eds/save-the-postal-service-anderson-200508/

Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-08
Media…
fair.org/home/ricardo-salvador-on-the-food-system-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ricardo-salvador-on-the-food-system-covid-19

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

In NYC pandemic used as excuse to crackdown on the homeless
Vincent Tsai | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-08
This follows incitement by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo against the homeless.
liberationnews.org/in-nyc-pandemic-used-as-excuse-to-crackdown-on-the-homeless/

Women In Prison Need More Than Cuomo\'s Order To Help Against COVID-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
Incarcerated women still face inadequate testing and an inability to self-isolate, and few will be helped by Cuomo\'s announcement releasing pregnant and elderly women.
therealnews.com/stories/women-prison-cuomo-release-covid-19

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