2020-05-22: Social Media Postees

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[Comment] Offline: Health in the unhappy time of COVID-19
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
It was a tragedy for anyone hoping to see COVID-19 become a catalyst for international solidarity. On the first day of the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly, held during the worst acute global health crisis since WHO\'s creation in 1948, Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, further damaged the credibility of the US Government as a constructive member of the international community. \"We must be frank\", he began. What followed was an astonishing series of unsubstantiated allegations.
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[World Report] Mexican President López Obrador draws doctors\' ire
David Agren | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
President López Obrador later apologised after his comments were denounced by Mexican medical associations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. David Agren reports from Mexico City.
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[Perspectives] Stereotype threat
Angela Saini | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
Among the disturbing statistics to have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the disproportionate impact in terms of death and severe illness on ethnic minorities in the UK and the USA. On April 7, 2020, it was reported that in the US city of Chicago, where the black population is roughly 30%, nearly 70% of COVID-19 deaths were in this demographic. A report released by the UK Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre on April 17, 2020, showed that 34% of patients in the UK receiving advanced respiratory support were non-white, despite the non-white population nationally being about 14%.
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[Editorial] The plight of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly highlighted how much society depends upon essential workers. Praise for the heroic work being done by health-care workers to save lives worldwide in dangerous, exhausting conditions is everywhere. But those same workers are often left unprotected by governments and systems that have failed to supply them with enough personal protective equipment (PPE), supplies, and resources to do their jobs. In April alone, there were an estimated 27 COVID-19-related health worker deaths in the USA, 106 in the UK, and 180 in Russia, with tens of thousands of infections.
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[World Report] England and Wales see 20‚Äà000 excess deaths in care homes
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
PPE shortages, lack of testing, and a vulnerable population have seen care homes in England and Wales become hotspots of the COVID-19 epidemic. Talha Burki reports.
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[Perspectives] Helena Legido-Quigley: proponent of health systems strengthening
Richard Lane | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
As Associate Professor in Health Systems at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore, Helena Legido-Quigley was able to observe at first-hand how the country responded to its first COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year. \"It was striking how well Singapore was prepared, a legacy from the SARS era, with a dedicated infectious diseases hospital and 6 months of supplies of personal protective equipment and ventilators. The public health response was fast and efficient with good governance and effective health-risk communication\", she says.
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[Comment] Kidney transplantation: a safe step forward for regulatory immune cell therapy
Angus W Thomson, Amit D Tevar | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
On the basis of promising animal studies and following the translational path of immune cell therapy in oncology,1 the field of organ transplantation has begun preliminary investigations of infusing regulatory immune cells into graft recipients. These early trials aim to reduce patients\' immunosuppressive drug burden and promote drug-free transplant tolerance. The ONE Study was established in 2011 as a multicentre collaborative effort (centres in France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the USA) to compare the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of regulatory cell-based medicinal products (CBMPs) when combined with redu…
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[Review] Urinary tract infections in children
Kjell Tullus, Nader Shaikh | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children are among the most common bacterial infections in childhood. They are equally common in boys and girls during the first year of life and become more common in girls after the first year of life. Dividing UTIs into three categories; febrile upper UTI (acute pyelonephritis), lower UTI (cystitis), and asymptomatic bacteriuria, is useful for numerous reasons, mainly because it helps to understand the pathophysiology of the infection. A single episode of febrile UTI is often caused by a virulent Escherichia coli strain, whereas recurrent infections and asymptomatic bacteriur…
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[Clinical Picture] Alternative causes of ankle pain in a patient with enthesopathy and X-linked hypophosphataemia
Timothy Riddles, Nivene Saad, Helen Benham | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
A 43-year-old Australian-born, white man was referred to our unit because of increasing pain in both his ankles. The pain had developed approximately 7 days earlier. 3 days before the pain started, he had been admitted to hospital with cellulitis of his upper arm; he had been treated for septicaemia and acute kidney injury caused by an infection with Streptococcus pyogenes.
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[Obituary] Robert McCredie May
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
Physicist turned ecologist and UK Chief Scientific Adviser. He was born in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on Jan 8, 1936, and died of pneumonia in Oxford, UK, on April 28, 2020, aged 84 years.
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[Articles] Regulatory cell therapy in kidney transplantation (The ONE Study): a harmonised design and analysis of seven non-randomised, single-arm, phase 1/2A trials
Birgit Sawitzki, Paul N Harden, Petra Reinke, Aurélie Moreau, James A Hutchinson, David S Game, Qizhi Tang, Eva C Guinan, Manuela Battaglia, William J Burlingham, Ian S D Roberts, Mathias Streitz, Régis Josien, Carsten A Bà∂ger, Cristiano Scottà , James F Markmann, Joanna L Hester, Karsten Juerchott, Cecile Braudeau, Ben James, Laura Contreras-Ruiz, Jeroen B van der Net, Tobias Bergler, Rossana Caldara, William Petchey, Matthias Edinger, Nathalie Dupas, Michael Kapinsky, Ingrid Mutzbauer, Natalie M Otto, Robert àñllinger, Maria P Hernandez-Fuentes, Fadi Issa, Norbert Ahrens, Christoph Meyenberg, Sandra Karitzky, Ulrich Kunzendorf, Stuart J Knechtle, Josep Grinyó, Peter J Morris, Leslie Brent, Andrew Bushell, Laurence A Turka, Jeffrey A Bluestone, Robert I Lechler, Hans J Schlitt, Maria C Cuturi, Stephan Schlickeiser, Peter J Friend, Tewfik Miloud, Alexander Scheffold, Antonio Secchi, Kerry Crisalli, Sang-Mo Kang, Rachel Hilton, Bernhard Banas, Gilles Blancho, Hans-Dieter Volk, Giovanna Lombardi, Kathryn J Wood, Edward K Geissler | thelancet.com | 2020-05-23
Regulatory cell therapy is achievable and safe in living-donor kidney transplant recipients, and is associated with fewer infectious complications, but similar rejection rates in the first year. Therefore, immune cell therapy is a potentially useful therapeutic approach in recipients of kidney transplant to minimise the burden of general immunosuppression.
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What is a Marxist-Leninist party?
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-05-22
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during a discussion with members and candidates of Workers World Party on May 17. Many parties calling themselves Marxist and Leninist have come and gone. WWP is here and growing, after more than 60 years of struggle. This is due . . . | Continue reading What is a Marxist-Leninist party? at Workers.org…
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ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Deny Bureau of Prisons Request to Block Order That Will Save Lives
commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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Lives Depend on Argentina\'s Debt Talks
Mark Weisbrot | zcomm.org | 2020-05-22
Creditors should accept the reality that unsustainable debt burdens only lead to worse crises up the road. At this crucial moment in the global pandemic and recession, many lives may depend on this understanding…
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Poland is America\'s Main Partner in Europe: The Talk About US Nukes in Poland Proves that Warsaw Trumps Berlin for Washington
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
It\'s unimportant whether US nukes will eventually be deployed to Poland or not since the very fact that this scenario is seriously being discussed by both American and Russian diplomats proves that Warsaw trumps Berlin for Washington and that Poland …
globalresearch.ca/us-nukes-poland-proves-warsaw-trumps-berlin-washington/5713728

The Power of Propaganda: Americans Think Trump\'s COVID-19 Performance Better than China\'s
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-22
Americans rate their own government\'s response, along with that of the UK and Italy, higher than that of China despite those countries having much higher death and infection rates.
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With Iran Defying US Sanctions on Venezuela, Trump Must Choose Between Two Different Cowardly Paths
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-22
Washington\'s illegal and deadly sanctions on Venezuela continue. However, President Nicolas Maduro has found an ally from across the world in …

With Iran Defying US Sanctions on Venezuela, Trump Must Choose Between Two Different Cowardly Paths

\"We Thought You Were Muslim\": Police in India Apologize for Beating Hindu lawyer
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-22
A group of Hindu policemen in central India beat a diabetic man seeking treatment at a hospital after they mistook him for a Muslim man because of his beard.
mintpressnews.com/we-thought-you-were-muslim-police-inida-apologize-beating-hindu-lawyer/267810/

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine\'s Greatest Weapon
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the \'shatat\', or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. For years, social media has added a whole new stratum to this process of commemoration. #Nakba72, along with #NakbaDay…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/why-israel-fears-the-nakba-how-memory-became-palestines-greatest-weapon/

Trump Claims to Have Venezuela \'Surrounded\' as Iranian Tankers Approach
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
US President Donald Trump issued new threats against Venezuela on Wednesday. | \"We\'ve got it [Venezuela] surrounded, it\'s surrounded at a level that nobody even knows but they know. We are watching to see what happens,\" he warned during a conference | …
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Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
\"Control the oil, and you control nations. Control the food, and you control the people.\"* -Henry Kissenger | \"Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation\" by F. William Engdahl is a skillfully researched book that …
globalresearch.ca/seeds-of-destruction-the-diabolical-world-of-genetic-manipulation/25303

Video: Turkey Supported GNA Confronts Libya\'s LNA: Turkish Drones Destroy LNA Pantsir Systems
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Over the past days, forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Syrian militants supported by the Turkish military continued developing momentum against the Libyan National Army (LNA) in northern Libya. | After capturing the Watiya Air Base from the …
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\'Los amigos americanos\': Nuevos documentos revelan el espionaje de la CIA contra Julian Assange y el papel del financista de Trump
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-22
Una investigación exclusiva de The Grayzone revela nuevos detalles sobre el papel crítico que la compañía Las Vegas Sands del…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/22/espionaje-cia-assange-multimillonario-adelson/

As Moderna\'s COVID-19 Vaccine Takes the Lead, The Issue of \"Gene-editing Vaccines\"
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
More and more frequently, government officials, political pundits and self-appointed \"global health experts\" like billionaire Bill Gates have been instructing the public that mass gatherings and any semblance of \"normalcy\" will not return until a vaccine for the novel coronavirus …
globalresearch.ca/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-gene-editing-vaccines/5713568

Yemen: Aden Succumbs to COVID-19 as Saudi Coalition Infighting Distracts From Relief Efforts
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-22
The lives of civilians in Aden are being pushed into the abyss not only due to epidemic, disease, and fallout from flash floods but because of violent clashes between opposing factions of the Saudi-led Coalition.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-aden-covid-19-saudi-coalition-infighting-relief-efforts/267820/

England Falsifies COVID Data: More than A Hundred Thousand Coronavirus Tests were \"Double-counted\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
According to The Daily Telegraph (May 21, 2020): \"samples taken from the same patient are being recorded as two separate tests in the Government\'s official figures\". | \"Tens of thousands of Covid-19 tests have been double-counted in the Government\'s official …
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Cuomo Order That Sent Estimated 4,300 Covid-19 Patients to Nursing Homes Denounced as \'Single Dumbest Decision Anyone Could Make\'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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Roaming Charges: Shallà≤: 120 Days of COVID
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
As the USA approaches an official tally of 100,000 dead from COVID-19, let us recall that this bracing toll is still 467,000 fewer deaths than the number of Iraqi children who died as a result of the Bush/Clinton economic sanctions (not to mention the ongoing war itself.)…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/roaming-charges-shallo-120-days-of-covid/

England Falsifies COVID Data: Tens of Thousands of Coronavirus Tests were \"Double-counted\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
According to a recent Telegraph report: \"samples taken from the same patient are being recorded as two separate tests in the Government\'s official figures\". | \"Tens of thousands of Covid-19 tests have been double-counted in the Government\'s official tally, …
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Dramatic Increase in Global Poverty Generated by Coronavirus Crisis. No Scaling Back of US Militarism
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
The World Bank warns that there is a global poverty increase as tens of millions of people have fallen back into poverty because of the pandemic. Up to 60 million people worldwide may fall into extreme poverty due to the …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-poverty-increase-not-reduced-influence-u-s-military-establishment/5713701

Deal Breaking Trump Regime Abandons Open Skies Treaty (OST)
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Throughout his time in office, Trump proved he\'s more a deal breaker than observer of international law, treaties and agreements. | He abandoned the landmark 1987 INF Treaty with Russia, the 2016 Security Council adopted JCPOA, the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, …
globalresearch.ca/deal-breaking-trump-regime-abandons-open-skies-treaty-ost/5713735

How Obama Could Find Some Redemption
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
What would redemption look like for Barack Obama? First, it would entail admitting something unpleasant: his own deep complicity in the deadly ascendancy of the neofascist Donald Trump, who Noam Chomsky aptly calls \"the most dangerous criminal in human history.\" To no small extent, Trump owes his disastrous and malevolent presidency to the silver-tongued Obama\'s eight years of White House service to the rich and powerful.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/how-obama-could-find-some-redemption/

Trump issues new threats as Iranian tankers approach Venezuela
World Socialist Web Site | iranian.com | 2020-05-22
In a telephone conference with right-wing Hispanic supporters in the United States Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued new threats against Venezuela, bragging about the US military siege that has been mounted against the embattled South American country. Referring to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump declared,\"We have surrounded him at a level that no one knows, …
iranian.com/2020/05/21/trump-issues-new-threats-as-iranian-tankers-approach-venezuela/

Mike Davis: Workers Face \"Sophie\'s Choice\" Between Income & Health as 50 States Reopen Amid Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-22
All 50 states will be at least partially reopened this Memorial Day weekend, as the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak tops 95,000 and some states prepare for a surge in cases. We\'re joined by historian and writer Mike Davis, who says in Jacobin that \"Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/22/historian_mike_davis_increased_inequality_coronavirus

FBI Says It Will Investigate Breonna Taylor Shooting Death as Police Chief Announces Retirement
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-22
We speak with Ben Crump, attorney for the family of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old aspiring nurse who was shot to death by police inside her own apartment. Her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department that details how police shot Taylor at least eight times after they burst into her apartment, unannounced, with a search warrant. The man police were looking for did not live in Taylor\'s apartment and was reportedly already detained by police when officers arrived at Taylor\'s residence on the night of March 13. At the time of her killing, Taylor had been working as an e…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/22/breonna_taylor_killing_attorney_benjamin_crump

Third White Man Arrested for Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting as DOJ Considers Hate Crime Charges
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-22
Authorities have arrested a third white man for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, this one charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about how William Bryan filmed Arbery jogging down a narrow road in Brunswick, Georgia, in broad daylight, before he was confronted by two armed white men

\"Diarrhea, Dehydration, Hunger, Exhaustion\": India\'s Rural Poor Suffer Most Under Lockdown
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-22
India just saw its biggest spike in coronavirus cases in 24 hours with 6,000 new reported infections, as an estimated 3 million seek shelter from a powerful cyclone and tens of thousands have no work or food. We go to Mumbai for an update from renowned journalist P. Sainath, founder of the People\'s Archive of Rural India.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/22/p_sainath_rural_india_coronavirus_neoliberal

An Old Story Again: Capitalism vs. Health and Safety
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
The U.S. president recently ordered meatpacking employees back into workplaces plagued by coronavirus. He did not order the employers to make their slaughterhouses safe. GOP-proposed legislation exempts employers from lawsuits by employees sickened or killed by coronavirus infections at workplaces. The GOP is mostly silent about requiring employers to maintain safe or healthy workplaces. Employers…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/an-old-story-again-capitalism-vs-health-and-safety/

Why socialist countries take lead in fighting COVID-19
Tony Murphy | workers.org | 2020-05-22
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. The coronavirus crisis has made it clear that society is run by workers. Our party is called Workers World Party precisely because those who produce the . . . | Continue reading Why socialist countries take lead in fighting COVID-19 at Workers.org…
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How the United States Government failed to prepare for the Global Pandemic
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-22
On March 20, just after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on March 11, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) sent a cable to U.S. State Department instructing officials how they should speak about China and the novel coronavirus, according to the Daily Beast, which obtained the cable.
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The Bouficha appeal against the preparations for war
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-22
On 23 March, the UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a ceasefire. \'The fury of the virus\', he said, \'illustrates the folly of war\'. In a recent report, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) wrote that the \'call for a global ceasefire has not had the desired result\'.
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The Bouficha Appeal Against the Preparations for War
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-05-22
Stand against the use of military power to prevent the social development of the peoples of the world; defend the right of countries to build their sovereignty and their dignity.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-bouficha-appeal-against-the-preparations-for-war/

Memorial Day Peace Caravan
Toby Blomé | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Sponsored by CODEPINK | All invited to join Peace Caravan, with cars decorated with anti-war relevant signs and colorful visuals. We\'ll travel across the Golden Gate Bridge, thru the Presidio, and end up at Sen. Dianne Feinstein\'s SF Home for: Rally, Press Conference and Memorial Altar.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833163.php

Indian trade unions protest attack on workers\' rights
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
Ten central trade unions in India issued a nationwide protest call against the changes being made to labour laws. On Friday, May 22, unions across the country took to the streets to stage demonstrations against the attack on workers\' rights. The protestors were peaceful and followed physical distancing and other safety norms. Still, multiple instances of repression and detentions took place.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/indian-trade-unions-protest-attack-on-workers-rights/

Canada Must Oppose Israel\'s Annexation Plans
CJPME | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) urges the Canadian government to take a strong stand against Israel\'s planned annexation of huge swaths of Palestinian territory in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his …
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Memorial Day Car Caravan for Peace
Charlotte Casey | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Stevens Creek & Winchester Blvds, San Jose…
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The lockdown protestors are not working class
Yves Smith | mronline.org | 2020-05-22
Sarah Jones, in The Coronavirus Class War in New York Magazine, does a neat, tidy job of kneecapping the notion that the anti-lockdown protests are manned by workers who want to get back to their jobs so they can start making money again.
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Strikes and protests by Brazilian nurses amid explosion of COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
Over the last 15 days, there have been dozens of protests and strikes by health care workers across Brazil, as more nurses are dying than anywhere else in the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/braz-m22.html

\'Children Are Infected, Inmates Are Dying\'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-22
Maryland\'s largest public sector union staged a socially-distanced protest to demand more PPE, testing, and safer working conditions.
therealnews.com/stories/larry-hogan-maryland-afscme-protest-ppe-testing-coronvirus

Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-22
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A Tale of Two Pandemics
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
Systematic inequality in America has produced two very different pandemics. (Photo: Screenshot/Youtube) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-22_at_10.59.28_am.png …
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Can Public Education Survive COVID-19?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-22
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted apartheid conditions in US public schools.
therealnews.com/stories/can-public-education-survive-covid-19

No to the anti-China campaign! For international solidarity against the pandemic and capitalism!
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The SEP rejects the chauvinistic attacks by the Trump administration and Democrats aimed at shifting responsibility for the mass death due to the coronavirus pandemic from the American ruling class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/chin-m22.html

A Pandemic and a Plague of Absurdity
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
At a certain point in an age of absurdity the normalization of madness becomes so common that it is almost indiscernible to most in the thick of it. Indeed, late capitalism, the stage which is undoubtedly preceding complete barbarism, has produced an endless stream of absurdities which not only insult the senses of those who…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/a-pandemic-and-a-plague-of-absurdity/

NY Governor Cuomo shields nursing homes from prosecutions related to 5,600 COVID-19 deaths
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The Democratic governor simultaneously praised his administration\'s response to the pandemic and asserted that \"nobody\" should be held accountable for the tremendous number of needless deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/cuom-m22.html

Why We Should Commandeer Hotels to House the Homeless
Jules Boykoff | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
A homeless man walks down the street in the Montclair district of Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 18, 2019. Unhoused people across the U.S. are among the most vulnerable to the pandemic, but there are ways to ease their burdens amid the crisis—and for the long term. (Photo: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-12256966631.jpg …
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3.6 million more applied for unemployment last week
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-22
San José, CA – On Thursday, May 21, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 2.4 million more people have applied for state unemployment insurance, or UI, in the week ending May 16. In addition, about 1.2 million people applied for the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, set up by the recent CARES act for the self-employed. This increase of 3.6 million applications for unemployment benefits means that a total of more than 47 million people have lost their livelihood in the last eight weeks. | Where is the good news? Well for the second week in a row, new claims for state unemployment benefits drop…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/21/36-million-more-applied-unemployment-last-week

What Stanford University and Fox News Have in Common
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
On April 21, Fox News\'s Laura Ingraham, one of Donald Trump\'s most vociferous supporters, spoke to Stanford University physician-professor John Ioannidis about COVID-19. She prefaced the interview with reference to the pandemic as a nothing-burger: And new antibodies testing on the West and East Coast shows that the true infection rate may be 55 times…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/what-stanford-university-and-fox-news-have-in-common/

Wave of global brands file for bankruptcy
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a nightmare for countless industries

Tories making redundancies at HQ in cash crisis
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-22
Rob Woodward: There are a lot of stories floating around the newsrooms of just how badly Boris Johnson\'s government are doing in the pandemic. What we see publicly and what happens behind closed doors are entirely different. Publicly, we see the Tories boycotting media organisations that dare to challenge their actions, blatantly lying about their …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/tories-making-redundancies-at-hq-in-cash-crisis/

Nearly 1.5 million health care workers laid off in pandemic-fueled jobs massacre
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43,000 health care workers lost their jobs in March, while 1.4 million more lost their jobs in April.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/hosp-m22.html

Australian unions back pay cuts for fast food workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The attack on some of the lowest-paid workers, on the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic, is a precedent for a broader pro-business restructuring.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/fast-m22.html

U.S. Unprepared for Nuclear Accident During Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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The economic impact of the pandemic on young workers in Wayne County, Michigan
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The WSWS spoke with Karissa, 27, about her experiences over the past eight weeks since she and her fiancé lost their jobs when the coronavirus pandemic hit the Detroit area.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/wayn-m22.html

US pandemic cover-up responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
On Wednesday, researchers from Columbia University posted a study showing that the massive US death toll, now approaching 100,000, is a direct consequence of decisions made by the Trump administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/pers-m22.html

Fast-Tracking a COVID-19 Vaccine: Why Should We Worry?
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
The CoV-19 pandemic is now exposing the hidden agendas and motives of the powers that be in government, in the pharmaceutical industry and Wall Street, and in the media. Despairingly opponents of vaccine mandates are largely divided. Many Trump supporters …
globalresearch.ca/fast-tracking-covid-19-vaccine-why-should-we-worry/5713712

How the Pandemic Defrocked Hegemonic Neoliberalism
Tim Anderson | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-22
The global pretensions of the USA and the UK have been stripped naked by the virus and responses to it. These profit-driven systems failed to protect lives. Only the fabricated anti-China hysteria and the pseudo-science of the pandemic sceptics hides this. In a diverse post neoliberal world, strong public health systems will be crucial. | The COVID19 pandemic has laid bare the human disaster that is hegemonic liberalism, a project of the Anglo-American powers. In terms of the basic protection of human life the virus has made it plain that there are few countries whose performance is as bad as that of the USA and…

How the Pandemic Defrocked Hegemonic Neoliberalism

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Moderna\'s \"Clinical Trial Results for Its Groundbreaking COVID Vaccine Could Not Be Much Worse\"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
The Warp Speed Timeline

The Long March of the Locked-Down Migrants
Aadesh Ravi | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
I had to write this song because the world is facing a difficult and turbulent time. At the very hour that some of us implemented the lockdown and bolted ourselves in our houses, we hardly expected hundreds, thousands, lakhs of people to start walking to their faraway homes. This made me extremely sad and agonised.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/the-long-march-of-the-locked-down-migrants/

Coronavirus and the Constitution: Entering the Not-So-Brave New World
Prof. Lynn Wolfe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Two months have passed since the lockdown began, and statistics indicate that the coronavirus death toll hasn\'t risen as high as we might have supposed. Yet already we hear rhetoric of a \"post-COVID world,\" hauntingly reminiscent of the \"post-9/11 world.\" …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-constitution-not-so-brave-new-world/5713730

International Proposals for Warrantless Location Surveillance To Fight COVID-19
Katitza Rodriguez, Svea Windwehr | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
While location surveillance is problematic at any time, the coronavirus crisis has led to a rapid uptick in its use; many measures to facilitate it have been passed by fast-tracked legislative procedures during national state of emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Kotecki) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-22_at_11.15.31_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/international-proposals-warrantless-location-surveillance-fight-covid-19?cd-origin=rss

Trump\'s COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign Is a Preview of the 2020 Elections
Mike Ludwig | zcomm.org | 2020-05-22
Media watchdogs say homegrown disinformation is now a much bigger problem than foreign interference, thanks to President Trump, his reelection campaign and right-wing extremists fueling viral media content shared widely by the president\'s supporters…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-covid-19-disinformation-campaign-is-a-preview-of-the-2020-elections/

Covid-19 Profiteers Are Making a Killing
Amber Col√≥n N√∫√±ez | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
Amazon head Jeff Bezos appears at a company event Sept. 25, 2019. Thanks to Covid-19\'s sales boosts, in the first quarter of 2020 Bezos made back the $10 billion he lost in 2019 more than twice over. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Photo: Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jeff_bezos_covid_profits_850_578.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/covid-19-profiteers-are-making-killing?cd-origin=rss

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Scripted by the CDC in 2003? Dead Zone Plague
Bill Sardi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Deadzone (2003, Screenplay Stephen King, Jeffrey Boam): When Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) has …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-coronavirus-scripted-cdc-2003/5713718

Car caravan: Free Our Youth!
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-22
As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19

Cyclone Amphan kills over 90 and devastates wide areas of eastern India and Bangladesh
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
Millions of people have been evacuated from cyclone-hit areas in South Asia, but their relocation into overcrowded temporary shelters place them in real danger of contracting COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/cycl-m22.html

The Wuhan Hoax
Bob Dreyfuss | zcomm.org | 2020-05-22
Covid-19 and Trump\'s War on the U.S. Intelligence Community…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-wuhan-hoax/

UK Labour council, Community union reject appeal to close ASOS warehouse after confirmed COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The defence of ASOS workers\' lives requires a fight against the veto that such corporations enjoy over workplace safety.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/asos-m22.html

Factory Farming on Hold
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Covid-19 has infected meat-packers, almost 12,000 of them. At least 48 have died and many plants have temporarily closed. So it seems like a good time to ask, would it be so terrible if slaughterhouses shut down for good? True, meat-packers would have to find other employment, but the end of factory farming and industrial…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/factory-farming-on-hold/

The human toll of COVID-19 in Brazil
Vyshakh T | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
The corona crisis has also brought to the forefront the crisis in Brazil\'s healthcare system. The Sistema àönico de Saúde – SUS -, Brazil\'s publicly funded health system has been facing dire budget cuts over the past several years while the private system has been steadily growing.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/the-human-toll-of-covid-19-in-brazil/

Georgetown, Kentucky Toyota plant remains open as autoworker tests positive for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
In the absence of testing, it is likely that many more infected workers are in the auto plants, unaware that they are carriers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/auto-m22.html

North Dakota Governor Delivers Testing Ground for Mass Tracking Tech
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-22
Privacy advocates are raising the alarm over the North Dakota governor\'s cozy ties to Bill Gates and big tech as the state deploys new mass surveillance tech under the auspices of limiting COVID-19.
mintpressnews.com/north-dakota-testing-ground-covid-19-contact-tracing-app/267833/

COVID-19 and the race for the vaccine
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
There are over 100 candidate vaccines that are currently being developed in labs across the world. Human trials have begun for three potential vaccines developed by the University of Oxford, Moderna Pharmaceuticals and the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products. Who might get there first and how affordable is it going to be?
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/covid-19-and-the-race-for-the-vaccine/

This Year\'s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier
Luciana Tellez-Chavez | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
In addition to contributing to climate change, forest fires present a more immediate and very grave threat to public health. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon-fires-walmart-cargill-blackrock-brazil-bolsonaro.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/years-forest-fire-season-could-be-even-deadlier?cd-origin=rss

America is Drowning in Problems: Washington is Picking Another Fight With China
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Washington is picking yet another fight with China. On top of the trade war we now have the coronavirus war. China is accused of being responsible for the virus by withholding information about it. Some in Washington want to make …
globalresearch.ca/america-drowning-problems/5713717

Washington incites India in tense border dispute with China
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
Washington\'s vocal support for New Delhi is in marked contrast with its stance during the 2017 Indo-China border dispute, and is part of a dramatic escalation of its anti-China offensive.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/inch-m22.html

New Zealand government stokes tensions with China
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
New Zealand, a de facto American ally and member of the US-led Five Eyes intelligence network, is integrated into the anti-China build-up.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/nzch-m22.html

ACLU and Partners Challenge Michigan Absentee Ballot Deadline
commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/22/aclu-and-partners-challenge-michigan-absentee-ballot-deadline?cd-origin=rss

Trump issues new threats as Iranian tankers approach Venezuela
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The Trump administration has vowed to take unspecified \"measures\" to block the shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, raising the threat of state piracy on the high seas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/vene-m22.html

Venezuelan Army to escort Iranian tankers bringing gasoline to Venezuelans blockaded by U.S. sanctions
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-22
This was announced by the Minister for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, this Wednesday. \"We have established contact with the Minister of Defense of Iran. All these ships, when they enter our exclusive economic zone (370Km), will be escorted by ships and planes of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), to welcome them and say to …
mronline.org/2020/05/22/venezuelan-army-to-escort-iranian-tankers-bringing-gasoline-to-venezuelans-blockaded-by-u-s-sanctions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-army-to-escort-iranian-tankers-bringing-gasoline-to-venezuelans-blockaded-by-u-s-sanctions

US Militarizes the Caribbean Sea to Surround Venezuela
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Recently, the number of American ships and planes in the Caribbean Sea has increased exponentially. The most likely hypothesis so far is that there will be an attempt to block Venezuela, as the military flow in the region began to …
globalresearch.ca/us-militarizes-caribbean-sea-surround-venezuela/5713758

Venezuela sends military to escort Iranian fuel tankers over US threats
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
Officials in the Trump administration have told the press that the US will consider mobilizing its forces in the Caribbean against Iranian shipment of petrol en route to Venezuela…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/venezuela-sends-military-to-escort-iranian-fuel-tankers-over-us-threats/

Here\'s What We\'re Doing With Your Check, Donald
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
Here\'s What We\'re Doing With Your Check, Donald…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-aid-trump-immigration/

America and the Rise of the Chinese Century
David A. Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
News of America\'s global supremacy and victory as well as demise are often premature. In 1942 journalist Henry Luce described the coming years as the American Century. And it looked like he was right despite some setbacks. Yet coming out of the coronavirus and the Trump presidency, this time maybe the end of the American…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/america-and-the-rise-of-the-chinese-century/

A Simple Solution for the Coronavirus Crisis in Prisons
Robert P. Alvarez | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
If you\'ve ever had a parent or loved one incarcerated, you know how scary it can be. There\'s so much that can go wrong in prison, and neither you nor your loved one have much control over it. Thanks to mass incarceration, millions live with this fear every day

A Simple Solution for the Coronavirus Crisis in Prisons
Robert P. Alvarez | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
We\'ve got over a million people in prison, nearly a million more in jail, and half a million in immigrant detention. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mask.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/simple-solution-coronavirus-crisis-prisons?cd-origin=rss

A Simple Solution for the Coronavirus Crisis in Prisons
Robert P. Alvarez | zcomm.org | 2020-05-22
Releasing low-risk inmates would ease the risk that sky-high prison infection rates pose to all of us…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-simple-solution-for-the-coronavirus-crisis-in-prisons/

Merkel and Macron\'s European bailout: ‚Ç¨500 billion for trade war and austerity
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
Merkel and Macron see the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to strengthen their countries\' position in the world market and reorganise the European economy in the interests of the major corporations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/euro-m22.html

Imperialism and the right to self-determination
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-05-22
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. One of the five features V.I. Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution, laid out in his 1916 book, \"Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism,\" was the . . . | Continue reading Imperialism and the right to self-determination at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48862/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imperialism-and-the-right-to-self-determination

Why I joined Workers World
Arielle Robinson | workers.org | 2020-05-22
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. Arielle Robinson speaking during What Road to Socialism Webinar, May 16. I was introduced to Workers World Party when I first moved to Atlanta from Derry, . . . | Continue reading Why I joined Workers World at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48857/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arielle-robinson-why-i-joined-workers-world

Imperialism and the right to self-determination
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-05-22
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. One of the five features V.I. Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution, laid out in his 1916 book, \"Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism,\" was the . . . | Continue reading Imperialism and the right to self-determination at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48862/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imperialism-and-the-right-to-self-determination

Inside America\'s Cash-Hungry Plainclothes Police Units
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-22
Breonna Taylor, an EMT, was shot eight times in a botched no-knock drug raid. PAR interviews an ex-cop who tells the truth about drug raids, warrants, and asset forfeiture, and speaks with cop watcher Laura Shark.
therealnews.com/stories/police-accountability-america-plainclothes-police-special-units

US withdraws from Open Skies Treaty, heightening danger of war with Russia
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty is a deliberate escalation of military tensions not only with Russia, but also with the major European imperialist powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/open-m22.html

Why Russiagate Still Matters
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
A thought experiment with a purpose is to ask: if a group of former Directors of the CIA, NSA and FBI put forward a story about a malevolent foreign power acting against the U.S. without providing evidence that their story is true, who would believe them? While this wasn\'t precisely the setup for Russiagate, all…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/why-russiagate-still-matters/

World on Fire: Dramas of World War II
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
World on Fire, a seven-episode series, is set at the beginning of World War II and follows characters from five countries. Colored by anti-war and anti-fascist views, it takes place in France, Britain, Germany and Poland.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/worl-m22.html

\"Obamagate\" claims spark new round in internal US political warfare
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
There is no progressive or democratic side in the conflict between Trump and the Democrats.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/gate-m22.html

South African teachers\' unions warn against reopening schools without proper precautions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
Five unions in the education sector have advised their members to not return to schools unless PPE is provided and the premises are sanitized. Classes are set to resume in South Africa on June 1 and teachers have to report for duty on May 25…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/south-african-teachers-unions-warn-against-reopening-schools-without-proper-precautions/

On Meeting Bao Ninh: \"These Good Men Meant as Much to Me as Yours Did to You\"
Marc Levy | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Three years after the Americans abandoned Vietnam, in the depths of the Jungle of Screaming Souls, NVA veterans search for the remains of men and women killed in combat. So begins The Sorrow of War, by Bao Ninh. In 1995, when reading my paperback copy, I would fall into a trance, feel as if I were floating above my bed. What was happening, I did not know. Several months later, traveling in Southeast Asia, I invented reasons not to locate Bao Ninh.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/on-meeting-bao-ninh-these-good-men-meant-as-much-to-me-as-yours-did-to-you/

Is Mexico\'s \'Mayan Train\' a Boondoggle?
Meaghan Beatley, Sam Edwards | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
Is Mexico\'s \'Mayan Train\' a Boondoggle?
thenation.com/article/world/is-mexicos-mayan-train-a-boondoggle/

Cruise Ship of State
Peter Kuper | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
A president without a moral compass steers us toward the rocks.
thenation.com/article/politics/cruise-ship-of-state/

Tropical cyclones become stronger as Earth warms
Sandipan Talukdar | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
Super cyclone Amphan has just passed, devastating large parts of India and Bangladesh. In India, large parts of the State of West Bengal, including the capital Kolkata, faced its wrath. Just a year ago, Cyclone Foni had wreaked havoc in the eastern coast of India. Large and very intense storms have become an almost yearly phenomenon in different parts of the globe. Every year, super cyclones in the tropics take a heavy toll on human lives and properties. | For at least the past two decades, a very significant question in cyclone and hurricane research is whether there is already a discernible trend of stronger wi…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/tropical-cyclones-become-stronger-as-earth-warms/

5 Reasons We Must Act Now to End Oil and Gas Production
Kelly Trout | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
A return to \"normal\" in governments\' policies towards fossil fuel production—which were largely still enabling its expansion—is out of the question. To \"build back better,\" governments must exit the unstable boom-bust cycles of extraction, and instead manage its phase-out in a predictable, people-centered, and Paris-proof way. (Photo: Pixabay.com) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_gas.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/5-reasons-we-must-act-now-end-oil-and-gas-production?cd-origin=rss

How the British Empire Created and Killed George Orwell
Martin Sieff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), happily amplified by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the United States which carries its World News, continues to pump out its regular dreck about the alleged economic chaos in Russia and the imagined miserable …
globalresearch.ca/british-empire-created-killed-george-orwell/5713726

Third man charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
William Bryan, who recorded video of Arbery being shot and killed by Travis McMichael in February, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/arbr-m22.html

Alex Azar Knows About Diabetes
Ishmael Reed | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
As soon as the Administration got into trouble because it failed to respond to the plague, it began hunting around for scapegoats. Trump\'s calling it a \"Chinese virus\" put heat on the entire Asian American community because the average American can\'t distinguish between members of 38 culturally distinct groups. This gave the Trump Shirts an…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/alex-azar-knows-about-diabetes/

UK university team predicts doubling or tripling of US death toll over the next two months
wsws.org | 2020-05-22
The Imperial College projection predicts that community transmission of the virus will accelerate in the US over the next two months, with the death toll rising to 2–3 times the current total.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/22/pand-m22.html

Will Things Fall Apart Now or in November?
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
\"[T]he Republican fraud drumbeat could lay the groundwork for Mr. Trump and his supporters to reject the election results should he lose.\"

10C Above Baseline
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Earth at 10 ∞C above pre-industrial is unimaginable. It\'s a deadly horrifying thought, but as shall be explained herein, it should not be dismissed out of hand. The following story might be labeled as reckless, and it might be criticized as a fearmongering piece of journalism and probably will be. Nevertheless, \"10C Above Baseline\" explores a…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/10c-above-baseline/

Don\'t Be Black in America
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Brown and blue and white and black, All one color on the one-way track.

If Nancy Pelosi Is So Great, How Come Donald Trump Still Isn\'t Dead in the Water?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
To hear Democratic Party propagandists and anti-Trump Republicans on the cable networks tell it, Nancy Pelosi is the shrewdest, most politically savvy Democrat in living memory. MSNBC is the worst, and Rachel Maddow is the worst of the worst, but, in effect, they all speak with one voice, and they all agree that the woman…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/if-nancy-pelosi-is-so-great-how-come-donald-trump-still-isnt-dead-in-the-water-2/

Our Friend Eugene Schulman
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Our friend Gene Schulman died today. He was in his ninetieth year. Mercifully, he was only critically ill for less than twenty-four hours. Yesterday he had an aneurysm; last night he refused heroic, life-saving surgery on his heart; and today he is dead. He would rather still be with us, I am sure, but at…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/123043/

The Man Who Cried Wolf
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
When it comes to the Big Lie, one must turn to the master, Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief who theorized:…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/the-man-who-cried-wolf/

Don\'t Be Black in America
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Brown and blue and white and black, All one color on the one-way track.

Work is Inevitable but its Organization is Not
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
All human societies, from the most primitive to the most modern, have an important commonality

Work is Inevitable But its Organization is Not
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
All human societies, from the most primitive to the most modern, have an important commonality

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time/

Key Biden Adviser Offers Little Hope for Palestinians
Mitchell Plitnick | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
Speaking in a web broadcast organized by the so-called Democratic Majority for Israel, Blinken stated bluntly that Biden \"would not tie military assistance to Israel to any political decisions it makes, full stop.\"(Photo: Matt Smith Photographer / Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-22_at_9.42.21_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/22/key-biden-adviser-offers-little-hope-palestinians?cd-origin=rss

Land Grab and Deportation: A Leading Israeli Lawyer\'s Annexation Prediction
Michael Sfard | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
Almost 53 years after it occupied the West Bank, Israel is closer than ever to annexing parts of the Palestinian territory. | Article 39 of the coalition deal signed between Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu\'s Likud party and Benny Gantz\'s …
globalresearch.ca/land-grab-deportation-annexation-prediction/5713723

US Unemployment Insurance Claims Approaches 40 Million
Niles Niemuth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-22
The United States Department of Labor reported on Thursday that more than 2.4 million Americans applied for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total number of new claims to 38.6 million since mid-March, when social distancing measures and statewide stay-at-home …
globalresearch.ca/us-unemployment-approaches-40-million/5713737

The Palestinian Legacy of East Jerusalem\'s Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood Cannot Be Erased
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-22
The rich history and historical significance of Sheikh Jarrah, an East Jerusalem neighborhood dating back to the times of Salahaddin, endures despite the best efforts of Israeli authorities.
mintpressnews.com/palestinian-history-east-jerusalem-sheikh-jarrah-cannot-be-erased/267772/

Michigan Flood, Says Group, Shows US Unprepared for \'Nightmarish\' Threat of Nuclear Disaster Combined With Pandemic
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
\"The prospect of a nuclear disaster prompting a mass evacuation during a viral pandemic reinforces the need for an energy policy focused on safe, clean and affordable renewable energy.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/flood_3.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/22/michigan-flood-says-group-shows-us-unprepared-nightmarish-threat-nuclear-disaster?cd-origin=rss

As Warnings Mount of So-Called \'Second Wave\' of Covid-19, Trump Says He Won\'t \'Close the Country\' Again
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
\"We are witnessing the complete breakdown of the United States government.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nyc_corona_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/22/warnings-mount-so-called-second-wave-covid-19-trump-says-he-wont-close-country-again?cd-origin=rss

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
As the world recognized the International Day for Biological Diversity on Friday, the youth-led Fridays for Future movement sent an open letter to European Union leaders demanding a transformation of the economic and political coalition\'s agricultural policies to tackle the intertwined biodiversity and climate crises. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12144089421.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/22/fridays-future-europe-calls-transforming-agricultural-policy-tackle-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

\'A Misbegotten, Warped Freedom Obsession Is Killing Us\': Video of Trumpian Anti-Mask Jerks Goes Viral
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
On social media Friday, author Anand Giridharadas shared what he called an \"end-of-empire\" video featuring a number of people refusing to wear face masks in public places, coughing on others, and claiming their \"freedom\" is being trampled by public health guidance. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1214261292_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/22/misbegotten-warped-freedom-obsession-killing-us-video-trumpian-anti-mask-jerks-goes?cd-origin=rss

Oil Companies Can Set Their Own Rates for Royalties From Drilling on Public Lands Thanks to Trump: Report
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
\"Oil and gas corporations already pay pennies compared to what they make in profits from plundering public lands—land that belongs to the American people—and now they\'ll pay even less.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/15780703314_3db549560f_o_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/22/oil-companies-can-set-their-own-rates-royalties-drilling-public-lands-thanks-trump?cd-origin=rss

Investigation needed after Serco shared email addresses of contact tracers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
The Government has been urged to launch an investigation after the email addresses of almost 300 new recruits to its coronavirus contact-tracing programme were shared by mistake. | The error prompted an apology from outsourcing firm Serco which said it would \"review its processes\" following the incident in which it had emailed new trainees to tell them about training. | A total of 296 addresses were included in a CC (carbon copy) section of an email rather than BCC (blind carbon copy), meaning they were visible to recipients. | The company are helping to sign people up to support efforts to track and trace cases…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/22/investigation-needed-after-serco-shared-email-addresses-of-contact-tracers/

Robot sex dolls: The real winners in the coronavirus pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Though made of silicone and often considered the choice of sexual loners, there\'s nothing inflated about the success of the robot sex doll industry, as the lockdown leaves singles and couples alike craving experimental excitement. | While the economic figures out today from the Office for Budget Responsibility show that the UK\'s economic hit for the financial year ending April 2021 could be around £300 billion, one area of the economy is certainly enjoying a fantastic pandemic… the robot sex doll industry. | So when yo…
rt.com/news/489490-sex-dolls-winners-pandemic/

Stimulus spending for whom?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-22
Workers & unions Sam WainwrightIssue 1266 Australia Green Left Fighting Fund COVID-19 JobKeeperMay 22, 2020The COVID-19 shutdo…
greenleft.org.au/content/stimulus-spending-whom

America the Terrified: What Makes This Superpower So Sensitive?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-22
They want to meet me not because I\'m Mike from Kansas, because I represent the greatest nation in the history of civilization. | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 28 February 2020 | I want everyone to be reminded that America remains the world\'s leading light of humanitarian goodness as well amidst this global pandemic. | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 7 April 2020 | …no greater privilege and no greater hono…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/22/america-terrified-what-makes-this-superpower-so-sensitive/

Why the West Is Not the Best When It Comes to COVID-19
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-22
East Asia fares significantly better in terms of the impact of COVID-19 than the West. Although the virus is believed to have originated in East Asia, as of May 22, 2020 no East Asian nation was among the first ten countries in number of total cases of COVID-19. No matter what type of rule

U.S. Warplane Profits Scramble Over Germany\'s Anti-Nuclear Push
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-22
When Germany\'s Social Democrats

Aiming Missiles at Viruses: a Plea for Sanity in a Time of Plague
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-22
Hugh IGLARSH | The point I am trying to make here is a simple and obvious one, or would be in a society not burdened with a two-pronged ideology of extreme militarism and extreme individualism. It is this: In feeding the military-industrial complex so richly at this time, we are starving ourselves of many vital things and weakening ourselves as a society, perhaps to the point of suicide. We are in effect sacrificing our future on the altar of American imperialism, which like some dark god of the past, is ever hungry and can be assuaged only by human life. | The coronavirus plague now sweeping the globe

Covid-19 resurgence is a real possibility warns a leaked Pentagon memo
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833155.php

Climate Change and the 2020 Election during the Pandemic
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833160.php

Has coronavirus Covid-19 turned local skilled nursing facilities into death camps?
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833169.php

Tenants denied rent relief, as Trump Organization seeks rent relief
Lynda carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic

Food Not Bombs Marks its 40th Anniversary by Responding to the Global Pandemic
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
The shock of COVID 19 and economic crisis is not the way I imagined Food Not Bombs would be marking our fourth decade. The vision of free concerts in cities all over the world has vanished and now we find ourselves rushing to support the food and safety needs of people who were already marginalized before the crisis.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833181.php

#MakeThemPay: Rent Striking Tenants Car Caravan to Bay Area Corporate Landlord
Posted By Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-22
#MakeThemPay: Rent Striking Tenants Car Caravan to Bay Area Corporate Landlord as Part of National Day of Action Organized by #CancelRent Movement!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/20/18833151.php

Trump designates houses of worship as essential, orders US governors to reopen them NOW
rt.com | 2020-05-22
US President Donald Trump has declared that churches, synagogues and mosques are \'essential\' establishments. He ordered governors to allow them to reopen immediately, and threatened to override them if they refuse. | \"These are places that hold our society together and keep our people united,\" Trump announced at the White House on Friday, adding that it\'s \"not right\" that some states have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but mandated that houses of worship remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | Any governor that has a problem with this can call the president, but will not find un…
rt.com/news/489527-trump-orders-open-churches-now/

Covid-19 pandemic is all but OVER and we already have HERD IMMUNITY, says top Oxford scientist
rt.com | 2020-05-22
The UK government was one of many that reacted to the coronavirus outbreak based on worst-case scenario predictions. But the author of an alternative model has restated her position, saying the virus is already \"on its way out.\" | Sunetra Gupta is a professor of theoretical epidemiology at the University of Oxford. Back in March, before the UK\'s lockdown, she and her team published a study suggesting that the coronavirus may have infected 50% of the British population back in early March, before the lockdown…
rt.com/uk/489513-covid-pandemic-over-herd-immunity/

\'Not worthy of a test?\': UK family unable to find closure after beloved grandma dies in care home during Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-22
The elderly are people too, but the UK authorities forgot that when they prioritized the NHS over care homes amid the coronavirus outbreak, a grieving relative told RT. Her late mom-in-law couldn\'t even get a Covid-19 test. | \"We put her in a nursing home to keep her safe,\" Dawn Hopkins from Cheshire said of her mother-in-law and the grandmother of her children. But, tragically, things took a completely different turn, with the old lady passing away at the care facility after apparently becoming infected with Covid-19. | There\'s a 99.9 percent chance that the coronavirus was to blame for her death, but there\'s…
rt.com/uk/489397-uk-coronavirus-nursing-home/

\'WHO has worked day & night\' on global response to pandemic, director-general tells 34-member board
rt.com | 2020-05-22
The World Health Organization has worked non-stop since the novel coronavirus emerged, informing its 194 member states of its evolution and providing technical advice, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. | \"WHO has worked day and night to coordinate the global response at all three levels of the organization, providing technical advice, catalyzing political solidarity, mobilizing resources, coordinating resources and much more,\" he told the WHO Executive Board. | \"So far almost $800 million has been pledged or received towards WHO\'s appeal for Covid-19 programs, leaving a gap of jus…
rt.com/newsline/489441-who-day-night-tedros/

Sinking alliance? Coronavirus puts Renault\'s existence in question & threatens 20,000 jobs at Nissan
rt.com | 2020-05-22
The Renault-Nissan automaking alliance has taken a huge hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. French carmaker Renault may not survive without government aid, and its Japanese partner faces massive job cuts to stay afloat. | Renault seeks a €5 billion (US$5.5 billion) state-guaranteed loan to cope with the fallout from the virus outbreak. While the government is still considering whether to provide the funds, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that the company is facing \"serious financial difficulty\" and its future could be at stake. | \"Yes, Renault could disappear,\" the minister told Europe 1 radio…
rt.com/business/489472-renault-nissan-coronavirus-crisis/

\'We have lions on the front line, we need lions in leadership\': Nobel Prize-winning scientist SLAMS UK govt response to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Top scientist Sir Paul Nurse has blasted the UK government for lacking proper leadership over the Covid-19 outbreak, saying Westminster has been \"increasingly playing catch-up\" and \"firefighting\" its way through successive crises. | In an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Friday, Nurse claimed that he believed that the UK government has not responded effectively to the outbreak of Covid-19. | Nurse – who won a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001

US billionaire wealth skyrockets to over $3 TRILLION during pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Over the last two months unemployment in the United States has risen to levels not seen since the Great Depression. However, US billionaires got even richer during the same period of coronavirus pandemic. | A new report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies showed their fortunes soared by $434 billion or 15 percent during the nation\'s lockdown between mid-March and mid-May. The billionaires\' combined net worth rose from $2.948 trillion to $3.382 trillion. | The top five US billion…
rt.com/business/489466-billionaires-wealth-growth-pandemic/

Bars & restaurants set to reopen in Madrid as Spain sheds more lockdown measures
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Patrons will soon be welcomed back to Madrid\'s bars and restaurants, marking a positive milestone in Spain\'s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The nation had one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe. | Eateries and watering holes in the Spanish capital are scheduled to resume operations on Monday, under a phased plan for reopening the city. Smaller cities and municipalities were permitted to open their bars and restaurants last week. | The new provisions come with some conditions, however. Establishments can only serve customers in outdoor terraces, with a capacity limit of 50%. Revelers will also be lim…
rt.com/news/489471-madrid-bars-restaurants-coronavirus-open/

Hollywood producer charged with defrauding Covid-19 aid program, stealing from studio
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Prosecutors in New York and Los Angeles have charged William Sadleir, former chair of Aviron Pictures, with defrauding both studio investors and the federal government\'s Paycheck Protection Program to pay for personal expenses. | Sadleir took more than $25 million from Aviron to buy a $14 million mansion in Beverly Hills, California and other personal expenses, according to a criminal indictment in New York. Another case, brought against him in Los Angeles, accuses the producer of taking $1.7 million in PPP loans

Putin warns of potential 2nd wave of Covid-19 infections in the fall, tells Russian Health Ministry to prepare
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Right now, most of the world seems to think the worst of the coronavirus epidemic has passed, with many countries beginning to come out of lockdown. But Russian President Vladimir Putin believes there may be more pain ahead. | According to Putin, the virus may once again begin to spread widely from October to November. During a meeting to discuss the epidemiological situation in Russia, he said the country needs to be ready for a second wave later in the year. | Putin added that the removal of the present restrictions in Russia must be guided by science. However, he also asked officials to prepare recommendati…
rt.com/russia/489484-putin-warns-covid19-second-wave/

WATCH: Drunk man tries to kill BEAR in Warsaw zoo just one day after coronavirus lockdown lifted
rt.com | 2020-05-22
A 23-year-old man was arrested after a brief visit to hospital after he picked a fight with an elderly bear in Warsaw zoo, just one day after it reopened following the lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. | In shocking and disturbing footage from the scene, the visibly intoxicated man can be seen jumping into the water in the bear\'s enclosure after she lunges at him. | Sabina the bear then hunts the foolish man down at which point he begins to grapple with her and tries to force and keep her head under the water in an attempt to drown her. | Zoo officials have said the bear was \"disturbed\" and \"str…
rt.com/news/489458-drunk-man-wrestles-bear-warsaw/

Spain to partly lift lockdown restrictions in Madrid on Monday as pace of contagion slows down
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Spanish authorities will lift part of the lockdown restrictions in Madrid on Monday, the regional health department said on Friday. It says the pace of the coronavirus contagion in the region has slowed down. | The restrictions in the capital are now the same as in most of the country that started phasing out the lockdown in early May. | Bars and restaurants in Madrid will be allowed to reopen terraces and groups of up to 10 people will be allowed to meet, according to Reuters.
rt.com/newsline/489463-spain-lockdown-restrictions-madrid/

It is \'not safe\' for England\'s schools to reopen on June 1, former UK chief scientific adviser\'s group warns
rt.com | 2020-05-22
A group of top scientists led by a former UK government chief scientific adviser has warned against reopening English schools on June 1, saying it is too soon for kids to return to classrooms safely amid the threat of Covid-19. | A report published by the \'Independent Sage\' committee, chaired by Sir David King, says that \"well-functioning local test, trace, and isolate protocols\"

\'If you see his sister running the country, something\'s wrong\': Rodman wades in on rumors of pal Kim Jong-un\'s ill health
rt.com | 2020-05-22
NBA legend Dennis Rodman, who recently revealed his unlikely friendship with Kim Jong-un began at a boozy karaoke session, has fueled rumors of the North Korean leader\'s ill health by suggesting that his sister has succeeded him. | Kim Yo-jong, Jong-un\'s younger sister, made her first public statement in March, having long held the trust of her ruling sibling to inform policy behind the scenes and represent him at major global events including the 2018 Winter Olympic. | The prominent political figure accompanied her brother to his two summits with US President Donald Trump and was even said to be acting as his…
rt.com/sport/489456-rodman-kim-jong-un-dead-rumors/

Soros says EU may not survive unless it props up \'sick man of Europe\' Italy
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Billionaire financier George Soros has warned that the preservation of the European Union is dependent upon the economic health of Italy and other states hit hard by coronavirus, adding that the current aid policies favor Germany. | The Hungarian-American philanthropist argued that the bloc must issue perpetual bonds in order to raise money to support countries that have suffered the most from Covid-19, singling out Italy as particularly vulnerable. In a transcript of a question-and-answer session distributed to the media, Soros also railed against the reluctance of better-off member states to work together to…
rt.com/news/489462-eu-italy-soros-survival-coronavirus/

Epidemic \'is under control\' in Czech Republic as it opens hotels, relaxes mask-wearing rules next week
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Czech health authorities believe the spread of the new coronavirus is under control despite an uptick in cases in recent days. The country is preparing to open pubs, hotels and relax mask-wearing rules on Monday. | Public events for up to 300 people will be allowed next week, and swimming pools and schools will reopen. An initial easing of restrictions from May 11 had not had an adverse effect, Health Minister Adam Vojtech said. | The country had recorded 8,757 cases of Covid-19 by Friday morning, with 306 deaths, Reuters reports. | Chief public health officer Jarmila Razova said there were currently two main…
rt.com/newsline/489473-control-czech-open-hotels/

Portugal\'s \'doors are open to tourists\' as EU\'s doors are still closed
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Portugal\'s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Friday that the country\'s doors are open to tourists as it becomes one of the first European satets to welcome back visitors from elsewhere in the continent. | \"Tourists are welcome in Portugal,\" Santos Silva told Observador newspaper, explaining that some health checks will be introduced at airports but there will be no compulsory quarantine for those flying in. | Portugal, which has so far recorded 30,200 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,289 deaths, is slowly easing restrictions in place since mid-March, Reuters said. Many shops and have already reopened…
rt.com/newsline/489486-portugal-doors-open-tourists/

New hydrophobic membrane could hold key to combating global mask shortage
rt.com | 2020-05-22
While shortages of protective equipment against Covid-19 are still common worldwide, researchers have created a hydrophobic membrane that makes the surgical grade N95 mask, used globally in hospitals, reusable and more effective. | Populations have been advised that the masks mitigate the risks of Covid-19, as the virus is believed to be transmitted via respiratory droplets. But the production has not been able to keep up with demand, especially when it comes to N95 masks, believed to be the most effective. | Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the University of California
rt.com/news/489526-new-membrane-combat-mask-shortage/

How about \'1 coffin\'? BoJo\'s office ridiculed after suggesting people social distance \'3 fridges\' apart
rt.com | 2020-05-22
No. 10 Downing Street\'s Twitter account was brutally mocked after recommending UK citizens visualize household items such as beds, benches, fridges and chairs to help them stick to the two-meter Covid-19 social distancing rule. | The strict regulation has been a key feature of coronavirus-mitigating restrictions imposed by countries around the globe, including the UK. In what was perhaps an attempt to communicate the physical distancing rule in a more relatable way, the PM\'s office tweeted on Friday: \"Keep 2 metres apart when you go outside. That\'s 1 bed; 2 benches; 3 fridges; 4 chairs.\" | Keep 2 metres apart…
rt.com/uk/489503-downing-street-twitter-social-distancing/

Covid-19 mass screening: first results show 14% of tested Russians have coronavirus antibodies
rt.com | 2020-05-22
After the first few days of private clinic antibody testing in Russia, one national chain has revealed that at least 14% of the 40,000 people who took the test in their laboratory received a positive result for SARS-CoV-2. | Invitro, the chain who conducted the tests, began mass testing for Covid-19 antibodies on May 18, using their entire network, which comprises almost 1,500 medical offices. Each test costs 950 rubles ($13), with an extra 200-300 rubles ($3-4) charged for the process of taking the sample. The company is accepting anyone who wants to be tested, apart from those displaying symptoms of an acute…
rt.com/russia/489475-russia-covid-antibody-testing-percentage/

Scientists in Brazil make faster, cheaper coronavirus test that doesn\'t produce false negatives
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Researchers in Brazil have announced a quicker, more accurate coronavirus test than the existing method, allowing them to assess more people at once. The test has already been patented in the US and will be available from June. | Scientists at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo used Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), which identifies a particular disease by reading fragments of DNA. They adapted the NGS test to detect ribonucleic acid (RNA), the predominant molecule in viruses like SARS-CoV-2. | \"The virus has RNA and our research group was interested in knowing how a molecular test could be us…
rt.com/news/489418-einstein-scientists-dna-coronavirus-test/

Lenin for sale? Russian politician suggests flogging Soviet leader\'s body to the Chinese
rt.com | 2020-05-22
No stranger to controversy, veteran politician and perennial presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky caused a stir online after suggesting that Russia sells the preserved body of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin. | \"In France, a businessman wants to sell the painting \'Mona Lisa\'. We could sell Lenin\'s mummy. There are buyers: China, Vietnam, or some other kind of communist. Lenin, in good condition, mummified just 96 years ago,\" he tweeted. The Soviet leader\'s body has been on public display since shortly after his death in 1924. | The controversial Russian politician was referring to a recent suggestio…
rt.com/russia/489498-zhirinovsky-sell-lenin-body/

Haftar\'s army spokesman accuses Turkey of sending arms & militants to Libya in violation of UN embargo
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Turkey has been violating the UN embargo by sending arms and militants from Syria to Libya, a spokesman for Khalifa Haftar\'s Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed as he showed videos that allegedly proved Ankara\'s violations. | Turkey \"continues its aggression against our country\" by supporting the rivaling Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Major General Ahmed al-Mesmari, the LNA\'s official spokesman, said during a press-conference. | Once prosperous, Libya remains divided since 2011 when NATO led a bombing campaign to overthrow the country\'s longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. The fighting between…
rt.com/news/489524-libya-turkey-arms-syria-militants/

Khashoggi family announces PARDON for slain journalist\'s killers as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan fest
rt.com | 2020-05-22
The family of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has declared \"forgiveness\" for his killers, extending pardons to the accused, who faced execution in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims gear to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. | One of the Washington Post columnist\'s two sons, Salah Khashoggi, announced amnesty for the murderers in a statement posted to Twitter on Thursday. Five men were sentenced to death in the case last year in a Saudi court, while three others were given 24 years in prison for their role in the murder plot. | Sons of Jamal Khashoggi say they have decided to pardon the killers of their father -…
rt.com/news/489405-khashoggi-family-pardon-execution/

No, there is not a parallel universe in Antarctica where time runs backwards
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Mixed reports surrounding the possible discovery of a parallel universe in Antarctica have found their way into global news outlets in recent weeks. The initial stories were incorrect, so how did so many outlets get it wrong? | The actual source of the tale came from the April edition of New Scientist magazine. \"We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time\" ran the feature in question, which reported the atypical results of a particle de…
rt.com/news/489519-no-parallel-universe-antarctica-time-backwards/

Biden apologizes for telling black DJ he \'ain\'t black,\' but his supporters were already making excuses for him
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Joe Biden has apologized for questioning the blackness of a black radio host, saying he \"shouldn\'t have been such a wiseguy.\" His earlier remarks caused an outcry, but the former VP\'s supporters were already covering for him. | In a radio interview with \'The Breakfast Club\' host Charlamagne Tha God on Friday morning, Biden appeared agitated. After Charlamagne pressed him on a list of racial issues, he asked Biden to return for another questioning before November, saying \"we\'ve got more questions.\" | Biden, having evidently reached the end of his tether, snapped. \"You\'ve got more questions?\" he jibed. \"Well I…
rt.com/usa/489540-biden-apology-aint-black/

The Heat: COVID-19 in Mexico and Global Impact
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-22
Latin America is seeing a surge in cases with Mexico emerging as one of the hotspots. More than 54,000 people have been infected and over five thousand people have died.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/22/the-heat-covid-19-in-mexico-and-global-impact

Widespread media coverage of Leader\'s speech on Quds Day
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-22
TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA)

Iran records 2,311 new cases, 51 deaths on Friday
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-22
TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA)

Top general vows Iran\'s crushing response in case of enemy miscalculation
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-22
TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA)

UK Dropped South Korea-Style Widespread Testing Due to \'Sheer Scale\' of Coronavirus Outbreak
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-22
The coronavirus pandemic has spread across the United Kingdom to such a degree that it has become the worst country in Europe for total deaths from the disease. The government has been under fire in recent weeks for not rolling out sufficient testing and learning from the example of countries which were hit by the outbreak earlier.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005221079386667-uk-dropped-south-korea-style-widespread-testing-due-to-sheer-scale-of-coronavirus-outbreak/

Government Probe Urged After Email Addresses of COVID-19 Contact Tracers Shared in Error by Serco
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-22
Outsourcing company Serco accidentally shared the email addresses of almost 300 contact tracers, who had signed up to the UK government\'s coronavirus \"test, track and trace\" strategy, with the incident occurring when the company was contacting new recruits about the details of their training.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005221079387031-government-probe-urged-after-email-addresses-of-covid-19-contact-tracers-shared-in-error-by-serco/

Conflicts displaced over half-million amid virus: Report
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-22
At least 661,000 people have been displaced due to armed conflicts in 19 countries during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. | The report, Crossfire and Covid-19: Double crisis for displaced civilians, by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), said the \"conflict-affected countries are likely to be among the worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.\" | It stressed that hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced between March 23 and May 15 as conflicts continued in various regions despite calls by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to all warring sides to cease fire globally to ensure…
yenisafak.com/en/news/conflicts-displaced-over-half-million-amid-virus-report-3530159

Malaysia PM in home quarantine after officer tests positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-22
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be home quarantined for 14 days after an officer who attended a meeting with him this week tested positive for the new coronavirus, the prime minister\'s office said in a statement on Friday.Muhyiddin has tested negative but \"all members of the meeting have been instructed to undergo screening and 14 days\' home quarantine\", the statement added.
yenisafak.com/en/world/malaysia-pm-in-home-quarantine-after-officer-tests-positive-for-covid-19-3530157

Greening the Old New Deal
Joan Roelofs | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
New bills in Congress \"Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act\" (H.R. 6702 and S. 3624) invoke the 1930s recovery programs as precedents: More than 80 years ago, the Nation rose to the challenge of the Great Depression with the creation of citizen service programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/greening-the-old-new-deal/

Tampa students say no to attack on video game club by USF administration
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-22
Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hosted an email-in on Wednesday, May 20, fighting back against the University of South Florida\'s administration. Under the panic of the COVID-19 crisis, USF administration has defunded, suspended and effectively disbanded the Video Game Club (VGC) at USF. The student organizers demanded the reinstatement of the VGC, in addition to maintaining students\' prior demands of refunds for \'distance learning fees\' and all activity and service fees, as the mandatory off-campus learning gives the fees no reason to be charged. | The suspension of student-run Vide…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/22/tampa-students-say-no-attack-video-game-club-usf-administration

Is the US-Saudi Alliance Headed Off a Cliff?
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Can the US-Saudi alliance endure? Should it? World oil prices crashed in March during a price war between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and rival oil producer Russia. Disregarding the advice of his ministers, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (\"MBS,\" as he is known to friends and foes), the kingdom\'s de facto ruler, turned the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/is-the-us-saudi-alliance-headed-off-a-cliff/

UNAC denounces any attempts by the US to stop shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC). | Last week, an Iran-flagged tanker passed the Suez Canal, reportedly bound for Venezuela with a shipment of refined fuel. Despite having the largest proven oil reserves in the world, Venezuela\'s refining capacity has been damaged by the U.S. embargo, greatly hindering its economy US officials have claimed that Venezuela has begun to purchase fuel from Iran directly with gold, thereby bypassing U.S. controlled imperialist trade mechanisms. | Four additional Iran-flagged tankers loaded with refined fue…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/21/unac-denounces-any-attempts-us-stop-shipments-iranian-fuel-venezuela

The role of the state in Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-22
Venezuelan former Vice President Elias Jaua calls for the government to rebuild the state and retake the reins of the economy.
mronline.org/2020/05/22/the-role-of-the-state-in-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-role-of-the-state-in-venezuela

The Fed\'s Chair and Vice Chair Got Rich at Carlyle Group, a Private Equity Fund With a String of Bankruptcies and Job Losses
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-22
Private equity funds have been variously called \"merchants of debt,\" \"vultures,\" or \"corporate raiders.\" What a private equity fund typically does is to buy up companies by piling debt on the balance sheet, selling off valuable assets like real estate, extracting giant dividends for the private equity partners to the detriment of workers and customers,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/22/the-feds-chair-and-vice-chair-got-rich-at-carlyle-group-a-private-equity-fund-with-a-string-of-bankruptcies-and-job-losses/

Wuhan\'s latest anti-pandemic measure is a bold move in an essential direction
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic started in Wuhan, China. Although China is still investigating the exact origin of the disease, it\'s believed it was connected to a live animal market in the city. Now, Wuhan has made a bold and promising move: it has banned people from eating wild animals for five years. The authorities have also introduced new restrictions on hunting and breeding wild animals. And it seems other provinces a…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/05/21/wuhans-latest-anti-pandemic-measure-is-a-bold-move-in-an-essential-direction/

PDF of May 21 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-21
Download entire 12-page PDF here. \'Reopening\' fuels resistance. Capitalism or Socialism? Also: #FreeBlackMamas; Save the USPS! Working-class democracy; Trump vs. birth control; Becoming a Marxist; MOVE says \"Free Mumia\'; Sandino lives! Editorial: . Breonna Taylor; Malcolm X & Ho Chi Minh. World: Palestine\'s Nakba; Sanctions Kill; Ecuador. Tear down prisons: Andrea . . . | Continue reading PDF of May 21 issue at Workers.org…
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Abortion Rights are on the Line in New Mexico\'s Primary
Ellie Rushforth | aclu.org | 2020-05-21
Abortion is still legal in all 50 states, but if the past year has taught us anything, there is no guarantee it will stay that way. Should Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, be overturned, several states

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

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

In a Class War—Like It or Not—the System Always Makes a Killing
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
Demonstrators unload fake body bags from a truck in protest of the Trump administration\'s response to the coronavirus pandemic, in Lafayette Park near the White House, May 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. All 50 states have reopened to varying degrees more than two months after lockdown, but the moves have not been coordinated, with the Northeast and West Coast moving slower than states in the South. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-12142774371.jpg …
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Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
One aspect of the American heavy footprint that is little noted is the ruin of many formerly functioning countries that it brings with it. | The Global War on Terror or GWOT was declared in the wake of 9/11 by President George W. Bush. It basically committed the United States to work to eliminate all \"terrorist\" groups worldwide, whether or not the countries being targeted agreed that they were beset by terrorists and whether or not they welcomed U.S. \"help.\" The GWOT was promoted with brain-dead expressions like \"there\'s a new sheriff in town\" which, after the destruction of large parts of the Middle East and Ce…

Leading Neocon Directs Pentagon Middle East Planning

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

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

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

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

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

Israeli Prison Moves Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike to Solitary Confinement
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Israeli Prison Service (IPS), on Wednesday, transferred Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike, to solitary confinement, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The Palestine Prisoners\' Society (PPS) said that the IPS transferred Palestinian prisoner, Sami Janazreh, who began a hunger strike ten days ago, in opposition to being placed under administrative …
imemc.org/article/israeli-prison-moves-palestinian-prisoner-on-hunger-strike-to-solitary-confinement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-prison-moves-palestinian-prisoner-on-hunger-strike-to-solitary-confinement

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

Sanders, Warner, Jones and Blumenthal Introduce Paycheck Security Act to Keep Millions of Workers on Payrolls During Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/21/sanders-warner-jones-and-blumenthal-introduce-paycheck-security-act-keep?cd-origin=rss

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

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

Iran and the US: a new front opens
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
Tehran will retaliate in the Gulf if Trump uses force to stop its fuel deliveries to Venezuela | A new front could open up at any time in the conflict between Iran and the US, not in the scorching waters of the Gulf but in the faraway Caribbean Sea. We are all bracing for the fuse to be lit or the trigger pulled. | It began when the Iranian authorities decided to send five tanker-loads of fuel to Venezuela to help their ally, President Nicolas Maduro. His country is suffering a severe gasoline shortage due to US sanctions, which have blocked its access to fuel imports and prevented it from obtaining the parts nee…

Iran and the US: a new front opens

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

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

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

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

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

Refugees Worldwide Face Hunger and Deprivation as COVID-19 Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
We look at the coronavirus threat to millions of refugees across the globe, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare is extremely limited. We\'re joined by Dr. Miriam Orcutt, executive director of Lancet Migration. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The Quarantine Report. I\'m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh, as we look now to the spread of the coronavirus across the globe and how i…
truthout.org/video/refugees-worldwide-face-hunger-and-deprivation-as-covid-19-spreads/

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

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

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

Climate Protesters Call Out \'Hot Air\' of Financial Giant During BlackRock Annual Meeting
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
As BlackRock—the world\'s biggest investor in fossil fuels and deforestation—held its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, climate activists came together in New York City, San Francisco, Brussels, and London for socially distanced demonstrations protesting the massive asset manager\'s \"failure to live up to its rhetoric on climate change.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sunriseprojectblk_brookeanderson-31.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/climate-protesters-call-out-hot-air-financial-giant-during-blackrock-annual-meeting?cd-origin=rss

Jordanian FM Signals Unilateral Suspension of Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
The Jordanian government signalled, on Wednesday, its intention to unilaterally suspend implementation of some provisions within Jordan\'s peace treaty with Israel. Such an announcement came in response to an Israeli plan, reported widely, to annex the Palestinian West Bank, along with the Jordan River area of Al-Aghwar, to the boundaries …
imemc.org/article/jordanian-fm-signals-unilateral-suspension-of-jordan-israel-peace-treaty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jordanian-fm-signals-unilateral-suspension-of-jordan-israel-peace-treaty

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

The History of the Peace Corps on Film
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2020-05-21
A new documentary looks into the tensions that shaped the aid agency\'s role.
progressive.org/dispatches/history-of-peace-corps-on-film-rampell-200521/

Bolivian prisoners protest/ \'We want to live!\'
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-21
Incarcerated workers at the largest prison in Bolivia staged a mass uprising on May 11, demanding freedom and protesting dangerous conditions exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The rebels chanted, \"We want to live!\" and \"This is not a riot, this is a fight for life!\" Police mounted a repressive presence . . . | Continue reading Bolivian prisoners protest/ \'We want to live!\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48843/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bolivian-prisoners-protest-we-want-to-live

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

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

A tale of two pandemics
Robert Reich | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-21
In one, billionaires are sheltering in place on their yachts in the Caribbean, and wealthy families are safely quarantining in multimillion-dollar mansions. In the other boats sit people risking their lives for their jobs and people without incomes going hungry.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/21/a-tale-of-two-pandemics/

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

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

Somalia looks to first full elections in 51 years, despite COVID-19 crisis
news.un.org | 2020-05-21
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are acute for Somalia, but the Horn of Africa nation is doing what it can with the resources it has, even as it looks ahead to its first direct elections in a half-century, the top UN official in the country said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064702

Comment: Trump\'s Pandemic of Ignorance
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-05-21
The United States is in the midst of a full-blown health care crisis, headed by a man who is not just monumentally unfit to lead, but actually deranged.
progressive.org/magazine/trump-pandemic-ignorance-lueders/

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

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

UN agencies join forces to protect forcibly displaced during pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-21
To strengthen and advance public health services for millions of forcibly displaced people globally, two United Nations signed an agreement on Thursday to better protect some 70 million from COVID-19.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064672

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

Using \'economic recovery\' excuse, Trump trashes all federal rules and regulations
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-21
WASHINGTON–Catering to corporate chieftains and right-wing ideologues, GOP President Donald Trump ordered all federal departments and agencies, large and small, to trash rules and regulations, and their enforcement. He used the excuse that doing so would help stimulate the economy to recover from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump did not specify which rules …
peoplesworld.org/article/using-economic-recovery-excuse-trump-trashes-all-federal-rules-and-regulations/

The Wuhan Hoax
Bob Dreyfuss | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
But the Trump administration\'s zeal in shifting attention from its own bungling of the Covid-19 crisis to China\'s alleged culpability in creating a global pandemic only raises tensions precipitously between the planet\'s two great powers at a terrible moment. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/xeno.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/21/wuhan-hoax?cd-origin=rss

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

Lies and Censorship, a Second Pandemic
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
On April 6, 2020, the University of Manchester published a paper titled COVID-19 Disinformation: Two Short Reports on the Russian Dimension. | That paper focused on highly funded disinformation programs, some funded by the EU and/or UK governments seemingly tasked with censoring or crushing media that strayed from the official \"party line.\"\"The EU\'s main task force for fighting Russian disinformation is in danger of becoming a source for disinformation itself, and so of skewing policy decisions in the EU and the UK, as well as distorting public discourse throughout Europe. Based on EU-sponsored counter-disinforma…

Lies and Censorship, a Second Pandemic

Asia-Pacific nations commit the whole region to \'defeat\' COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-05-21
Gathering together at the top UN intergovernmental body in Asia and the Pacific on Thursday, countries of the vast region of more than four billion people, urged greater measures that reinforce global solidarity in ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064692

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

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

Danger awaits migrant children returned to Mexico and Central America during pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-21
Migrant children forcibly returned from the United States to Mexico and Central America are facing danger and discrimination aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN Children\'s Fund (UNICEF).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064652

Zooming Past Equity in Higher Education: Technocratic Pedagogy Fails Social Justice Test
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-21
By Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff The response to COVID-19 by governing institutions has altered the lives and practices of people across the nation, including the students, faculty, and staff…
projectcensored.org/zooming-past-equity-in-higher-education-technocratic-pedagogy-fails-social-justice-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zooming-past-equity-in-higher-education-technocratic-pedagogy-fails-social-justice-test

While parts of lockdown are like going back to the 70s, the Tories want to drag us back to the 40s
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
The coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown has made me even more grateful that I live in the arse end of nowhere. Or Norfolk, to give it its correct title. I\'ve lived elsewhere, even on the fringe of That London for a few years. But now I\'m two doors away from the house in which I grew up. The village has changed a lot in the *mumble* years I\'ve known it. It\'s louder now, faster moving, more transitory. The shop has gone. The two women that I used to see daily, cycling slowly back from their work picking fruit and veg at one of the nearby farms, are probably just pictures in an album. | Lockdown hasn\'t brought the shop…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/21/while-parts-of-lockdown-are-like-going-back-to-the-70s-the-tories-want-to-drag-us-back-to-the-40s/

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

How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uighur Activism
Andrew McCormick | thenation.com | 2020-05-21
How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uighur Activism…
thenation.com/article/activism/coronavirus-china-uighur-activism/

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

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

The Sure Way to End Concerns About China\'s \"Theft\" of a Vaccine: Make it Open
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-21
In the last couple of weeks both the New York Times and National Public Radio have warned that China could steal a vaccine against the coronavirus, or at least steal work in the U.S. done towards developing a vaccine. Both outlets obviously thought their audiences should view this as a serious concern. As I wrote …
cepr.net/the-sure-way-to-end-concerns-about-chinas-theft-of-a-vaccine-make-it-open/

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

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

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

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

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

A Lesson From COVID-19: A History of Racism and Disease in Hawai\'i
Kathleen Wong | aclu.org | 2020-05-21
As someone of Chinese descent who lives in the multicultural mixing pot that is Hawai\'i, I find myself thinking about the fact that May is Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month, and how the opportunity to reflect on API heritage in the United States could not have come at a better time. In some ways, what\'s happening today with COVID-19 is history repeating itself. As the disease has spread, there has also been a rise in anti-Asian sentiment and xenophobic attacks on Asian people throughout the country. These attacks are provoked and encouraged by the dangerous and inaccurate rhetoric spewed by the…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/a-lesson-from-covid-19-a-history-of-racism-and-disease-in-hawaii

The WHO and the EU Want a Covid Vaccine for the Entire Planet, What About Water and Food
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
COVID-19: 324,990 deaths recorded worldwide … | Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has launched a Global Telethon to speed up the delivery of a corona vaccine for all. | Deaths attributable to lack of access to water …
globalresearch.ca/the-who-and-the-eu-want-a-covid-vaccine-for-the-entire-planet-what-about-water-and-food/5713686

Covid-19 Isn\'t the Only American Health Epidemic
Augie Lindmark | thenation.com | 2020-05-21
Covid-19 Isn\'t the Only American Health Epidemic…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-hospital-health-care/

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

Less talk, more action: Between Trump and Xi, the contrast is clear
Ian Goodrum | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-21
The following op-ed comes from our Beijing correspondent, Ian Goodrum. | As COVID-19 continues its devastating spread, two laws of nature are revealing themselves: The virus infects, and the U.S. deflects. | In a letter sent to the World Health Organization and posted online Monday, President Donald Trump gave the global health body a blistering ultimatum: agree to vague, undefined \"improvements\" within 30 days or lose its funding. As the U.S. is the WHO\'s biggest contributor by far, this would strike a crippling blow to health systems all over the world. | It was a fiery broadside, unleashed at a time when the…
peoplesworld.org/article/less-talk-more-action-between-trump-and-xi-the-contrast-is-clear/

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

Israeli Soldiers Attack A Palestinian Family In Salfit
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian family in Kifl Hares town, north of Salfit, in central West Bank. The attack was carried out against the family home of the late Abdul-Qader Shaqqour, when dozens of soldiers surrounded the property and tried to smash its doors, before the family …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-attack-a-palestinian-family-in-salfit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-attack-a-palestinian-family-in-salfit

Armed Israeli Settlers Set Palestinian Farmlands on Fire near Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Several armed Israeli colonists set fire to Palestinian farm lands, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, early on Thursday, near the illegal Annab colonial settlement, which was built on the lands of Ramin village. Local Palestinian farmers told media outlets that the armed settlers set fire to …
imemc.org/article/armed-israeli-settlers-set-palestinian-farmlands-on-fire-near-tulkarem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-israeli-settlers-set-palestinian-farmlands-on-fire-near-tulkarem

Former Prisoners, Minors among the 28 Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Twenty eight Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli troops during large scale arrest campaigns, overnight Wednesday, while two Palestinians were reportedly shot and wounded by the Israeli army in Qalqilia, and the town of Beit Rima during those campaigns. The Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) said that occupation forces arrested six …
imemc.org/article/former-prisoners-minors-among-the-28-palestinians-arrested-by-israeli-forces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-prisoners-minors-among-the-28-palestinians-arrested-by-israeli-forces

Pompeo Israel Statements: Defiance of International Law and Unconditional Support for Annexation that Perpetuates Lack of Accountability
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Ref: 49/2020: Date:…
imemc.org/article/pompeo-israel-statements-defiance-of-international-law-and-unconditional-support-for-annexation-that-perpetuates-lack-of-accountability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pompeo-israel-statements-defiance-of-international-law-and-unconditional-support-for-annexation-that-perpetuates-lack-of-accountability

Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Cars Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-21
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Thursday evening, many Palestinian cars at the main junction near Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel\'s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists hurled stones at many …
imemc.org/article/israeli-colonists-attack-palestinian-cars-near-nablus-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-colonists-attack-palestinian-cars-near-nablus-2

Murder of Black youth in Rio de Janeiro shows racist nature of policing in Brazil
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-21
14-year-old Joà£o Pedro Mattos Pinto was playing in the yard of his house when he was shot in the midst of an operation involving the Federal Police and of the Coordinator of Special Resources (Core)…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/21/murder-of-black-youth-in-rio-de-janeiro-shows-racist-nature-of-policing-in-brazil/

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

US Blocks UNSC Draft Resolution Denouncing Paramilitary Incursion into Venezuela
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-21
Russia, China and other countries criticized violations of Venezuelan sovereignty.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14884

Israel Uses COVID To Further Infiltrate US Cybersecurity & US Gov Sets Fire To Wheat Crops In Syria
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/21/19). 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/israel-uses-covid-further-infiltrate-us-cybersecurity-us-gov-sets-fire-wheat-crops-syria/

The Absurd Attacks on the ACLU
David Cole | aclu.org | 2020-05-21
On May 19, the National Review editors condemned the ACLU\'s \"absurd\" lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos\'s new Title IX regulations, which govern sexual harassment and assault at schools that receive federal funding. They argue that we had sacrificed our principles by seeking to \"weaken\" due process standards. President Trump promptly retweeted it, though showed no evidence that he actually read it. But the National Review\'s criticism bears no relation to the lawsuit we actually filed. Our suit challenges provisions letting schools ignore serious claims of sexual harassment altogether. It does not…
aclu.org/news/womens-rights/the-absurd-attacks-on-the-aclu

ICE Confirms More than 100 Deportation Flights to 13 Countries in an Eight-Week Period
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-05-21
On Tuesday, in a comment to CEPR\'s Americas Blog, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson confirmed that the agency had run 112 deportation flights to 13 countries during an eight-week period beginning in early March. This is the first on-the-record comment from ICE confirming the extent of the agency\'s deportations. Since late April, CEPR …
cepr.net/ice-confirms-more-than-100-deportation-flights-to-13-countries-in-an-eight-week-period/

What Goes Around Comes Around
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
The Democrats wasted President Trump\'s first term with contrived investigations of Trump and General Flynn. The Russiagate hoax resulted in illegitimate indictments of Republican consultants Paul Manafort and Roger Stone as the questionable charges against them were unrelated to Robert Mueller\'s Russiagate investigation and exceeded the scope of his mandate. The charges were brought in order to coerce them into giving false testimony against Trump. The arm-twisting failed, but both were convicted in the media and had their old age ruined by the corrupt Muller\'s effort to frame the President of the United States.

What Goes Around Comes Around

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

Stop listening to the government and establishment media. It\'s time for ordinary people to take control
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-05-21
The Conservative government and its allies in the establishment media have made it clear that they don\'t care about the lives of ordinary people. | The UK has the highest coronavirus (Covid 19) death rate in Europe and the second-highest total number of deaths in the world; the reproduction rate (R number) hasn\'t consistently…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/21/stop-listening-to-the-government-and-establishment-media-its-time-for-ordinary-people-to-take-control/

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

Auto Workers union demands Trump wear anti-virus mask on Ford plant visit
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-21
YPSILANTI, Mich.–When GOP President Donald Trump visits a Ford auto parts plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., on May 21, the United Auto Workers demands he wear an anti-coronavirus face mask. He said he may, depending on specific parts of the plant he visits. But if past is prologue, given his visits to plants in Allentown, Pa., …
peoplesworld.org/article/auto-workers-union-demands-trump-wear-anti-virus-mask-on-ford-plant-visit/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dangerous narcissism: REAL reason Trump ditched Open Skies is dislike for any treaties that don\'t bear HIS signature
Scott Ritter | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-21
By announcing its intent to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, the Trump administration continues its war on legacy arms control agreements, endangering international security. | The Trump administration has formally announced its intention to withdraw from the 2002 Open Skies Treaty (OST), a critical multilateral agreement involving 35 states which allows specially equipped reconnaissance aircraft to overfly the territories of member states, and in doing so contribute to the kind of transparency necessary to minimize the possibility of conflict by keeping all members appraised of military activities in regions…

Dangerous narcissism: REAL reason Trump ditched Open Skies is dislike for any treaties that don’t bear HIS signature

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

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

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

Corporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools
Sara Roos | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-21
LOS ANGELES–While families have been scrambling to homeschool and accessorize their 20 million+ Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) GrabNGo meals, the District\'s Superintendent and improbably employed former investment-banker, Austin Beutner, has sought guidance from his own comfort-sector, the world of corporate management consulting. On Wednesday, May 6, LAUSD announced that Bain & Company will …
peoplesworld.org/article/corporate-consultants-bain-company-size-up-los-angeles-schools/

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

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

Politics and Religion: Why Is Constantinople Reluctant to Resolve the Conflict Between the Antioch and Jerusalem Patriarchates?
Nadia Bazuk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-21
The world is slowly beginning to return to a normal way of life. Shops, cafes, restaurants, and government offices are opening. Church life is also returning to its usual course. It would seem that the pause and problems caused by …
globalresearch.ca/why-constantinople-loathe-resolve-conflict-between-antioch-jerusalem/5713637

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

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

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

With Covid-19 Raging, Warnings of Worse-Than-Usual Hurricane Season Point to Trouble Ahead
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
\"Hurricane season is about to start and its risks will only grow and potentially compound any impacts from the pandemic.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/noaa.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/covid-19-raging-warnings-worse-usual-hurricane-season-point-trouble-ahead?cd-origin=rss

Demanding Greater Say in Covid-19 Safety Policies, Just 9% of Walmart Workers Report Ability to Socially Distance at Work
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-21
The labor rights movement United for Respect released polling data showing that months after companies across the U.S. implemented various social distancing measures, employees at Walmart are reporting that the company is still not keeping its workers safe. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1211017717_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/demanding-greater-say-covid-19-safety-policies-just-9-walmart-workers-report-ability?cd-origin=rss

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

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

Iran\'s population growth drops to less than 1% for first time
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-05-21
The country\'s population growth rate has decreased to less than one percent for the first time over the past four decades, Seyed Hamed Barakati, deputy health minister for family and school population has said. The marriage rate in the country has dropped by 40 percent since 10 years ago, which is an alarm that threatens …
iranian.com/2020/05/21/irans-population-growth-drops-to-less-than-1-for-first-time/

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

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

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

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

Trump\'s COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign Is a Preview of the 2020 Elections
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
In 2016, along with domestic pro-Trump propaganda campaigns, Russian operatives spread conspiracy theories and disinformation online in an attempt to sow political chaos and sway the presidential election. Now, the misinformation and conspiracy theories swirling around the COVID-19 pandemic provide a grim reminder of how disinformation continues to shape public discourse, with the 2020 elections only months away. Media watchdogs say homegrown disinformation is now a much bigger problem than for…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-covid-19-disinformation-campaign-is-a-preview-of-the-2020-elections/

1.1 Million Children Could Die as COVID Interrupts Food and Medicine, Study Says
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
A new report finds 1.1 million children under 5 could die the next six months from secondary impacts of the pandemic, like disruptions to health services and access to food. Mothers are also imperiled. We speak with Tim Roberton, lead author of the study and assistant scientist in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and with infectious diseases pediatrician Dr. Beate Kampmann. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy ma…
truthout.org/video/1-1-million-children-could-die-as-covid-interrupts-food-and-medicine-study-says/

McConnell Vows to Block Benefits While Pushing Corporate Legal Immunity
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed in a private call with House Republicans Wednesday that the enhanced unemployment benefits keeping millions of people afloat amid Great Depression-level joblessness will not be extended in the next coronavirus stimulus legislation, effectively endorsing a major income cut for a large swath of the U.S. population. | The boosted unemployment insurance

54,000 Deaths Could\'ve Been Prevented If Distancing Were Introduced March 1
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
A newly released study from Columbia University concludes that tens of thousands of Americans likely died from COVID-19 due to the initial inaction and slow response to the disease from the Trump administration. | The study looked at the number of deaths that occurred from the start of March through May 3, at which point 65,307 Americans had reportedly died from COVID-19. Had social distancing measures been initiated one week before President Donald Trump announced his recommendations on March 1…
truthout.org/articles/54000-deaths-couldve-been-prevented-if-distancing-were-introduced-march-1/

Florida, Georgia and Trump Are Lying. COVID Is Far From Over
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
COVID-19 doesn\'t care about your opinions regarding its threat. It can come into your house, fluff your pillows, breathe on your toothbrush, lick your doorknobs, rearrange your furniture and settle down for a nice long visit before you even know it\'s there. | By the time you figure out you have a guest, you yourself have become a vector spraying COVID into the wind like the fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, because you\'ve likely been infected for days or even weeks, and may never feel a single symptom. I…
truthout.org/articles/florida-georgia-and-trump-are-lying-covid-is-far-from-over/

Trump\'s \"Blame China\" Strategy Echoes Bush\'s Targeting of Iraq
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-21
There\'s a meme that appears now and then on Facebook and other social media: \"Those who don\'t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.\" | That\'s funny. What\'s not is that the Trump administration and its coterie of China-bashers, led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and aided by Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton, have recently been dusting off the fake-intelligence playbook Vice President Dick Cheney used in 20…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-blame-china-strategy-echoes-bushs-targeting-of-iraq/

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

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

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

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

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

Potential US COVID-19 resurgence modelled as lockdowns ease
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-21
Increased mobility in the United States as lockdown measures lift could result in a surge of coronavirus infections and deaths.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197656/potential-us-covid-19-resurgence-modelled-lockdowns

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

Hand sanitizers can cause FIRE if left in car on hot summer\'s day
rt.com | 2020-05-21
Hand sanitizers, the new liquid gold sought after and rationed in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic, may cause even more harm than the virus itself if left unattended under the burning summer sun, firefighters have warned. | While vigorously trying to protect yourself from the coronavirus, which has already infected more than five million people around the globe and killed over 328,000, you could find your vehicle and even life in danger from the means to fend off the virus. | A Wisconsin fire department posted a photo of a destroyed car door on its Facebook page. It looks as if it was fired upon from a shotg…
rt.com/usa/489399-hand-sanitizer-fire-danger-coronavirus/

The more you know? Over a third of Americans apprehensive about Covid-19 vaccine, citing rushed development & trust issues
rt.com | 2020-05-21
As the Trump administration pushes for Covid-19 vaccine development on an ever-shrinking timetable and companies report lackluster early trials, 35 percent of Americans are less than thrilled about getting the shot. | Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration\'s unprecedented drive to create and roll out a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the year, may be doing more harm than good, at least where Americans\' trust is concerned. Between the shockingly abbreviated timetable and the lack of long-term safety testing, almost one in four Americans (24 percent) said they were not interested in th…
rt.com/usa/489395-americans-trust-coronavirus-vaccine-politicized/

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

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

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

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

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

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

\'We\'ll spend you into oblivion\': US nuclear envoy reveals \'negotiating\' tactic for New START, last arms control deal with Russia
rt.com | 2020-05-21
The new US arms control czar has laid out Washington\'s thinking on the last remaining nuclear pact with Russia, hoping that US threats of a new arms race will force Moscow and Beijing to negotiate a new three-way deal instead. | \"We intend to establish a new arms control regime now, precisely to prevent a full-blown arms race,\" Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, special presidential envoy for arms control, said Thursday during a half-hour interview hosted by the Hudson Institute, a DC-based think tank. | In case there is an arms race, he added, US President Donald Trump \"has made clear that we have a tried and t…
rt.com/news/489403-us-envoy-nuclear-spending/

What does Trump\'s new spy director think of Russia and China?
rt.com | 2020-05-21
John Ratcliffe has been confirmed as the US\' new director of national intelligence. As he gears up to oversee seventeen intelligence agencies, how will he use these organizations to work with, or against, America\'s adversaries? | The Senate confirmed Rep. Ratcliffe to the position on Friday, in a 49-44 vote along party lines. President Trump had previously tipped the Texas Republican for the role last year, before urging him to withdraw his application due to \"months of slander and libel\" from the \"lamestream media.\" The supposed slander centered around Ratcliffe\'s defense of Trump during Special Counsel Rober…
rt.com/usa/489392-ratcliffe-confirmed-russia-china/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Podcast: Aaron Mate Debunks RussiaGate and Discusses How Liberals Came to Love Bush-Era Neocons
Mnar Muhawesh | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-20
Investigative journalist Aaron Mate unpacks four years of Russiagate propaganda and how it was the gift that kept on giving for both the Trump administration and the Democratic Party. | Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. |

| In this episode, we are joined by Aaron Mate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Armed Israeli Settlers Open Fire at Palestinian-owned Vehicles in Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-20
Several armed colonial Israeli settlers reportedly attacked, on Wednesday, more than 15 Palestinian-owned vehicles in northern Nablus city in the West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian chief for the Israeli settlements file in the West Bank, told media outlets that two Israeli settlers\' vehicles, carrying several armed settlers from the nearby …
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Israeli Forces Deliver Demolition Orders to Palestinian Family, Seize Mobile Home
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-20
Israeli occupation forces handed Palestinian citizen, Jamal Rashayda, a demolition order, on Tuesday, for several structures in Ras al-Auja area in the Jordan Valley, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Palestinian human rights workers said the forces gave no justification for the order to demolish the family\'s tents and barns, north …
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This is Not a Drill: LIVE, May 20th
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-20
What strategic opportunity remains for left organizers to build political power within the Democratic Party after Bernie? Are the Democrats in internal crisis, exacerbated by the broader health, political, and economic crises? And, how can we best fight the right wing? Join us for the next episode of This is Not a Drill: LIVE as…
therealnews.com/stories/this-is-not-a-drill-live-may-20th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trump\'s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Trump\'s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-coronavirus-handling/

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

Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-15
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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

Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-08
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Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-07
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C.

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

Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-01
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Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That\'s the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/take-action-keep-covid-stimulus-away-from-the-pentagon/

U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based in the United States find the exorbitant amount of money spent on militaries worldwide to be an irresponsible and harmful use of global wealth. The Global Military Expenditures Report …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/u-s-organizations-react-to-global-military-spending-report/

A Myriad of Ways to Wage Peace During These Times
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-23
As we shelter in our homes to protect ourselves from this global pandemic, we wanted to share some of the many ways you can remain active and impactful in the work for a more peaceful world. Peace Action has long been a leader in organizing international conferences, marches, and rallies around the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/23/wage-peace-during-pandemic/

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