Climate-Driven Monster Cyclone, Coronavirus hits Thousands in India,Bangladesh
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-23
Oceans have been heated by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane, which trap the heat of the sun\'s rays and prevent them from radiating back out into outer space…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/climate-driven-monster-cyclone-coronavirus-hits-thousands-in-indiabangladesh/

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31206-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Bernie Sanders threatens delegates with removal if they criticize Biden
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
Since ending his second bid for the presidency, Sanders has worked to browbeat his supporters into backing Joe Biden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/sand-m23.html

[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…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30803-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30167-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31200-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[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%.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31139-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31198-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31199-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31138-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30935-1/fulltext?rss=yes

[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.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31141-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[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…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30676-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Representatives from Germany\'s parliamentary parties support far-right protests against coronavirus policies
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The far-right demonstrations in Germany are being used to drum up support for the dangerous policy of easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions and intimidate all opposition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/germ-m23.html

Cyclone Amphan\'s death toll crosses 100, citizens protest over lack of facilities
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-23
The total damage is estimated to be in the range of USD 15 billion. Protests broke out in cities in the Indian State of West Bengal as normalcy has not been restored three days after the cyclone…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/23/cyclone-amphans-death-toll-crosses-100-citizens-protest-over-lack-of-facilities/

Policing the pandemic: how UN Police are maintaining law, order, and public health
news.un.org | 2020-05-23
In several countries afflicted by years of armed conflict, The UN assists with law and order issues, including policing expertise. This work is being challenged, as never before, by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview with UN News, Luis Carrilho, head of the UN Police Division, describes how the virus is affecting the ability of his colleagues to keep the peace.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064812

Mercenaries, pandemic and riots in Venezuela: A grassroots perspective
Federico Fuentes | mronline.org | 2020-05-23
Venezuela is confronting COVID-19 amid foreign sanctions and mercenary incursions. Complicating matters further is the explosive combination of deep recession and a nationwide lockdown, which has triggered incidents of looting and riots.
mronline.org/2020/05/23/mercenaries-pandemic-and-riots-in-venezuela-a-grassroots-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mercenaries-pandemic-and-riots-in-venezuela-a-grassroots-perspective

South America a \"new epicenter\" of COVID-19 pandemic, WHO warns
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The number of new deaths on the continent is surpassing Europe, and Brazil is rapidly overtaking Russia as the country with the second most infections after the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/lati-m23.html

Faschion: Dressing for Obedience
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-23
Asset Deals: John Paul II and his successor ex-Hitler Youth and Roman Grand Inquisitor Joseph Ratzingen, Benedict XVI1 In 2015 I argued that the purpose of the CIA war against Vietnam was two-fold. First of all the company was charged with preserving the now US interest in what had been French business in Indochina. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/faschion-dressing-for-obedience/

The Importance of Compensating Veterans for Trauma
Beau Peters | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-23
Image Source: Unsplash Since the United States was established, veterans have put their lives on the line to fight for freedom and so much more. From the deadly battles of the Civil War to uniting with allies in World War I and II, to fighting against terrorism in more recent years, our military has never …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-importance-of-compensating-veterans-for-trauma/

Combating Covid Through Peoples\' Collectives‚Ä®
Yadul Krishna | zcomm.org | 2020-05-23
The Indian state of Kerala has gained successful control over the pandemic with its people-centric policies and the role of participatory governance…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/combating-covid-through-peoples-collectives%e2%80%a8/

UK Local councils face financial collapse due to pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
Social care spending could face a shortfall of £3.5 billion, placing up to 225,000 adult social care places at risk in the coming year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/loca-m23.html

Detroit, Michigan teacher speaks on public education during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
Michigan is threatening mass layoffs of teachers and existential cuts to public schools while planning to reopen schools in the fall despite lack of COVID-19 safety measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/mich-m23.html

A historic crossroads: Socialism or Fascism?
Scott Williams | workers.org | 2020-05-23
The following is a slightly edited talk given during the Workers World Party webinar \"What Road to Socialism?\" on May 16. We are at a great crossroads in the history of humanity. With the pandemic and the social and economic crises caused by it, this is the most significant moment . . . | Continue reading A historic crossroads: Socialism or Fascism? at Workers.org…
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Patterns of Compromise: The EasyJet Data Breach
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-23
It has been a withering time for the airlines, whose unused planes moulder in a gruelling waiting game of survival. The receivers are smacking their lips; administration has become a reality for many. Governments across the globe dispute what measures to ease in response to the coronavirus pandemic; travel has been largely suspended; and the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/patterns-of-compromise-the-easyjet-data-breach/

US Agriculture Department outlines program to aid farmers hit by pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The design of the program will inevitably lead to a disproportionate share of funding flowing to large firms.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/food-m23.html

Memorial Day Peace Caravan
Toby Blomé | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
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

Life Model Art Rally to Protest Fort Mason Arts Campus Closure
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Awareness Raising Drawing Session protests cuts to much loved CCSF Arts resource.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833189.php

#Protect Our VOTE: Car & Tailgate Protest in Contra Costa County
Declaration for American Democracy | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Pleasant Hill: RSVPs will be sent exact location to participate…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833188.php

Memorial Day Car Caravan for Peace
Charlotte Casey | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Stevens Creek & Winchester Blvds, San Jose…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833162.php

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Skin protection with excessive hand-washing, masking
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
Dear Mayo Clinic: Frequent hand-washing and cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic has made my hands so dry that my skin in cracking. With recommendations for everyone to now wear a face mask while in public, I\'m concerned about the mask rubbing across my face and irritating the skin. What is the best way for me …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-skin-protection-with-excessive-hand-washing-masking/

Wealth of US billionaires soars as pandemic expands, nearly 40 million unemployed
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The class logic at play in the homicidal push to reopen the US economy before the spread of the coronavirus has been controlled is becoming increasingly clear.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/pers-m23.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Convalescent plasma program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Government is supporting a national Expanded Access Program to collect and provide convalescent plasma to patients in need across the country (uscovidplasma.org). Convalescent plasma refers to blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19. That plasma, which contains antibodies against the virus, is then used …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-convalescent-plasma-program/

Australian governments fully reopen schools despite intense opposition
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The danger of sending up to a million children back full-time in New South Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic is compounded by the public transport crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/teac-m23.html

The US opioid crisis in the era of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
According to a report from the American Medical Association, over 20 states have reported an increase in opioid-related mortality since the official declaration of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/opio-m23.html

Hospitals overwhelmed in California and Alabama as national death toll approaches 100,000
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The spike in cases in such divergent areas of the country is another indication that, contrary to official policy, the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is not slowing but increasing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/trum-m23.html

Right off the right wing radar screen!!
Philip Farruggio | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-23
What we have here in this, the middle of an \'Era changing\' pandemic, is the use of power by this administration and its Republican Party cohorts going right off the radar screen!
nationofchange.org/2020/05/22/right-off-the-right-wing-radar-screen/

Role of a revolutionary party in an union
Steve Gillis | workers.org | 2020-05-23
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. United Steelworkers Local 8751 has three advantages during this pandemic when going to work on the frontlines is a daily exercise in confronting the life-or-death realities . . . | Continue reading Role of a revolutionary party in an union at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48876/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=role-of-a-revolutionary-party-in-an-union

Oppose the Trump administration\'s deportation of 1,000 immigrant children!
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
International laws and statutes that once offered special protections for immigrant youth seeking asylum have been made a dead letter by the Trump administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/immi-m23.html

US Senate Quietly Approves $38 Billion for Israel Amid Historic Economic Downturn
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-23
S.3176 was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in US history.
mintpressnews.com/senate-foreign-relations-committee-quitely-passes-aid-israel/267851/

Cuomo is Letting Billionaires Plan New York\'s Future
Zephyr Teachout | zcomm.org | 2020-05-23
The New York governor is replacing elected representatives with private, unaccountable monopolists, and lawmakers across the US are doing the same thing…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/cuomo-is-letting-billionaires-plan-new-yorks-future/

COVID-19: Tips for going out again
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-23
If coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home restrictions are easing in your community, you might wonder how to visit public places and protect your health. Here\'s what you need to know. Before you head out Follow guidance where you live. In the U.S., activity restrictions vary among cities and states. Before you head out, check your …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-tips-for-going-out-again/

What are the three concurrent crises of the coronavirus depression?
Nathan Tankus | mronline.org | 2020-05-23
The Keynes crisis, the Minsky crisis and the Means crisis…
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Safe Jobs Save Lives
Dante Strobino | workers.org | 2020-05-23
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. As the coronavirus continues to have a massive impact on people\'s health and as some businesses have closed, there is a simultaneous crisis of the capitalist . . . | Continue reading Safe Jobs Save Lives at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48888/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safe-jobs-save-lives

Workers World: A communist newspaper, a collective organizer
Minnie Bruce Pratt | workers.org | 2020-05-23
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. When I first started writing for Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper, longtime comrade Leslie Feinberg said to me that older comrades always told hir, \"Remember, no . . . | Continue reading Workers World: A communist newspaper, a collective organizer at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48884/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workers-world-a-communist-newspaper-a-collective-organizer

Wayback Machine Latest Victim of Big Tech Consolidation and Censorship
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-23
The promise of an internet modeled around democratized access to information is quickly eroding before our very eyes as the Wayback Machine falls prey to censorship creep and major tech sector consolidations take us to the point of no return…
mintpressnews.com/wayback-machine-latest-victim-of-big-tech-consolidation-and-censorship/267852/

Auto companies continue opposition to mass testing as COVID-19 spreads in factories
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
As more confirmed cases of COVID-19 are discovered at auto plants, the drive to restart production is being exposed as a reckless course of action that will inevitably lead to the needless deaths of workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/usau-m23.html

Global Crisis Spurs Global Activism
Norman Stockwell | progressive.org | 2020-05-23
The COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition launches a manifesto for change.
progressive.org/dispatches/global-crisis-spurs-global-activism-stockwell-200523/

New Zealand unions enforce school returns, mass layoffs and wage cuts
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
Unions are helping to implement deep inroads into jobs, wages and conditions and to ensure the reopening of businesses and schools regardless of safety risks from COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/nzun-m23.html

Sri Lankan government understates COVID-19 figures to recklessly reopen economy
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The low number of infections in Sri Lanka is because few COVID-19 tests are being conducted–an average of less than 600 per day between February 18 and May 20.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/slco-m23.html

Three UK meat processing workers die of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-23
The three died in different sections of Cranswick Convenience Foods factory in Wombwell, Barnsley.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/23/wmcv-m23.html

Washington Farmworkers Become COVID-19 Guinea Pigs
David Bacon | zcomm.org | 2020-05-23
\"Workers are trying to call attention to the danger to the whole community\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/washington-farmworkers-become-covid-19-guinea-pigs/

Can Sex Workers Survive COVID-19 When The Government Won\'t Give Aid?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-23
Sex Workers\' rights advocates have been demanding decriminalization of their work, but now under the pandemic regulations even legal forms of sex work like strip clubs have been targeted by the federal government and alienated from government aid.
therealnews.com/stories/can-sex-workers-survive-covid-19-when-the-government-wont-give-aid

The death camp known as Gateway Care & Rehabilitation Center in Hayward
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833210.php

Police State Terrorism for Memorial Day Weekend
Swords to Plowshares Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
On the eve of a war holiday, Memorial Day weekend, recognized as the beginning of summer, Friday, May 22, 2020, the police state was out in full force wasting our tax dollars while we have 100,000 unemployed in San Francisco and 40 million unemployed nationwide, and perhaps 20,000 homeless in San Francisco and perhaps 1 million homeless nationwide.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833183.php

Climate Change and the 2020 Election during the Pandemic
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833160.php

Food Not Bombs Marks its 40th Anniversary by Responding to the Global Pandemic
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
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

Has coronavirus Covid-19 turned local skilled nursing facilities into death camps?
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/21/18833169.php

Poor People\'s Campaign: Virtual Mass Meeting on Poverty Amidst Pandemic
Poor People\'s Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-05-23
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/22/18833180.php

Car rental giant & pioneer Hertz files for bankruptcy protection as Covid-19 dries up businesses
rt.com | 2020-05-23
Hertz, one of the world\'s largest vehicle-rental companies, has sought bankruptcy protection after business nosedived as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic severely impacting demand. |
| Hertz, one of the world\'s largest vehicle-rental companies, has sought bankruptcy protection after business nosedived as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic severely impacting demand. | Corporations worldwide have struggled to stay afloat during the health crisis. The company announced o…
rt.com/business/489552-hertz-bankruptcy-protection-coronavirus/

BBC blasted after political editor jumps to defend PM adviser Cummings following cross-country lockdown breach
rt.com | 2020-05-23
The revelation that Boris Johnson\'s top adviser traveled over 250 miles to his parents as he had Covid-19 symptoms has unleashed outrage in the UK. The BBC is also under fire after its political editor jumped to defend the move. |
| The revelation that Boris Johnson\'s top adviser traveled over 250 miles to his parents as he had Covid-19 symptoms has unleashed outrage in the UK. The BBC is also under fire after its political editor jumped to defend the move. | News of Domin…
rt.com/uk/489556-dominic-cummings-lockdown-bbc-kuenssberg/

Still looking for a bogeyman? Moscow slams US State Dept after it posts $250,000 grant to \'expose Russian health disinformation\'
rt.com | 2020-05-23
Instead of casting grudges aside to fight the coronavirus, anti-Russia elements in the US are striving to make the Kremlin a scapegoat, Moscow has said, decrying the new US grant to \"expose Russian health disinformation.\" |
| Instead of casting grudges aside to fight the coronavirus, anti-Russia elements in the US are striving to make the Kremlin a scapegoat, Moscow has said, decrying the new US grant to \"expose Russian health disinformation.\" | The Russian Foreign Ministry…
rt.com/news/489545-us-grant-russia-health-disinformation/

\'Someone dropped the ball\': Suspect in beating of 75yo nursing home patient was moved to facility AFTER contracting Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-23
The 20-year-old man accused of beating an elderly patient in a Detroit nursing home

NBA legend Patrick Ewing in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-23
Basketball icon Patrick Ewing, 57, has revealed he has tested positive for the coronavirus, urging fans \"not to take the virus lightly\" as he received treatment in hospital. |
| Basketball icon Patrick Ewing, 57, has revealed he has tested positive for the coronavirus, urging fans \"not to take the virus lightly\" as he received treatment in hospital. | The current head coach of Georgetown University men\'s team sent out a statement on Twitter that revealed his result alongsid…
rt.com/sport/489562-nba-legend-patrick-ewing-coronavirus/

World\'s ONLY floating nuclear power plant project goes fully operational in Russia (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-23
A one-of-a-kind floating nuclear power plant, designed and built by Russia, has become the most northerly nuclear facility in the world, as it begins commercial operations in a remote region in the Arctic. |
| A one-of-a-kind floating nuclear power plant, designed and built by Russia, has become the most northerly nuclear facility in the world, as it begins commercial operations in a remote region in the Arctic. | The Akademik Lomonosov, in a small town called Pevek in the far…
rt.com/business/489551-russia-floating-nuclear-plant/

Iranian fuel tankers approach Caribbean: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-23
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA)

Iran to respond to any US aggression against its oil tankers: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-23
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA)

FM spox felicitates anniversary of Khorramshahr liberation
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-23
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA)

Kyrgyz President felicitates Iran on Eid al-Fitr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-23
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) –In a Saturday message to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, Sooronbay Jeenbekov President of Kyrgyzstan congratulated Iran and the Iranian nation on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr (May 24).
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VIDEO: FM Zarif\'s full speech on occasion of Intl. Quds Day
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-23
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA)

Senior Tory Says Boris Johnson \'Lost His Edge\' After Battle With COVID-19 – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-23
The comments come as Boris Johnson finds himself flanked by a series of challenges to his premiership, including widespread criticism of his response to the coronavirus and an increasingly popular opposition leader.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005231079398623-boris-johnson-lost-edge-after-covid-battle/

\'Tremendously Bright\' Radio Bursts Not Necessarily Caused by Aliens, Research Suggests
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-23
New astronomic findings seem to have dealt a blow to persistent alien radio communication theories, or at least provided food for thought when it comes to super-distinct signals from outer space.
sputniknews.com/science/202005231079399099-tremendously-bright-radio-bursts-not-necessarily-caused-by-aliens-research-suggests/

Eid preparation horde may worsen pandemic in Bangladesh
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-23
People in Bangladesh, especially women, have been massively gathering for the Eid al-Fitr shopping, violating social distancing rules, which a medical doctor dubbed destructive amid the country\'s rising records of coronavirus.Until Friday, the South Asian state of 165 million people registered 432 deaths from the fatal virus while the tally of infections surpassed 30,000 mark.The virus has already reached to the country\'s all of 64 districts and the fatality rate is on rise for the last couple of days.The government imposed countrywide lockdown on March 26 to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus that has also pa…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eid-preparation-horde-may-worsen-pandemic-in-bangladesh-3530224

UK charges 5 with murder of Muslim woman in shooting
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-23
Three more men were charged on Friday night with the murder of Aya Hachem, a Muslim woman shot dead in broad daylight in Blackburn, England on Sunday.Lancashire Police said Uthman Satia, 28, Judy Chapman, 26, and Kashif Manzoor, 24, were charged for 19-year-old Hachem\'s murder.The police announced earlier on Friday that two men had been charged: Feroz Suleman, 39, and Abubakir Satia, 31.The total number of people charged is now five.They will be charged for Hachem\'s murder as well as the attempted murder of a man who was not the intended target in the incident. Police said two shots were fired, one hit a building…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-charges-5-with-murder-of-muslim-woman-in-shooting-3530231

Turkey boasts 3rd-largest number of Blue Flag beaches
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-23
This year 23 more Turkish beaches got the Blue Flag, an international label from the International Foundation for Environmental Education recognizing high standards of cleanliness, pristine waters, and other parameters, said Turkey\'s Culture and Tourism Ministry on Friday.Turkey has a total of 486 beaches, 22 marinas and seven yacht docks bearing the coveted flag, behind only Spain and Greece, according to the Danish-based group.The number of Blue Flags in Turkey\'s Mediterranean tourist hotspot of Antalya rose to 206, while Mugla has 105, Aydin 35, Izmir 52, Balikesir 31, Samsun 13, and Istanbul two.Other beaches…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-boasts-3rd-largest-number-of-blue-flag-beaches-3530233

UK govt under fire as top adviser flouts lockdown rules
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-23
British government has come under fire from all opposition parties as they demand a top adviser to resign after reports that he flouted official directives weeks ago during the coronavirus lockdown and traveled hundreds of miles after developing symptoms. | Local media reported that Dominic Cummings, the chief aide to Premier Boris Johnson, visited his parents in Durham, north England around six weeks ago when he had the symptoms and had to self-isolate for two weeks in line with the official government advice. | Cummings travelled with his wife to Durham while she was also unwell, according to reports by the Gua…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-govt-under-fire-as-top-adviser-flouts-lockdown-rules-3530232

NBA legend Ewing contracts coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-23
NBA\'s legendary player Patrick Ewing has tested positive for the new coronavirus.\"I want to share that I have tested positive for COVID-19. This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly. I want to encourage everyone to stay safe and take care of yourselves and your loved ones,\" Ewing, 57, said on Twitter early Saturday.Ewing was a New York Knicks star, playing for the franchise for 15 seasons (1985-2000).He has been coaching Georgetown University men\'s basketball team Georgetown Hoyas since 2017.Before the 1985 NBA draft, Ewing had played for Georgetown while in college.The Knicks\' ex-center appeared in t…
yenisafak.com/en/sports/nba-legend-ewing-contracts-coronavirus-3530230

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

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/

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 …
globalresearch.ca/england-falsifies-covid-data-tens-of-thousands-of-coronavirus-tests-were-double-counted/5713755

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

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

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

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…
workers.org/2020/05/48848/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-socialist-countries-take-lead-in-fighting-covid-19

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/

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/

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.
mintpressnews.com/americans-think-trumps-covid-19-performance-better-than-china/267793/

The Power of Propaganda: Americans Think Trump\'s COVID-19 Performance Better than China\'s
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.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. | MPN– A new poll published yesterday by the Pew Research Center foun…

The Power of Propaganda: Americans Think Trump’s COVID-19 Performance Better than China’s

\"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/

\'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/

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…
workers.org/2020/05/48859/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-marxist-leninist-party

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/

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\'.
mronline.org/2020/05/22/the-bouficha-appeal-against-the-preparations-for-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bouficha-appeal-against-the-preparations-for-war

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/

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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Arab League Supports Palestine Against Israeli Annexation Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
The League of Arab States, comprising of 22 Arab countries, expressed, on Thursday, its full support for the Palestinian leadership, in the latter\'s defiance of Israel\'s plans, including the plan to annex parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley area of Al-Aghwar. Said Abuali, Under-Secretary General of the …
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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

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

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

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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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/22/aclu-asks-supreme-court-deny-bureau-prisons-request-block-order-will-save-lives?cd-origin=rss

Brazilian President Bolsonaro confesses to intervening in Police in order to protect his family
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
A video that surfaced today Friday May 22 revealed that far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro intervened in the Federal Police in order to protect his and his families\' interests. In the video, which was released during a court proceeding against the president in the Supreme Court, Bolsonaro, in a meeting of ministers, expresses his attempt to intervene in the Federal Police (PF) in order to protect his family. | \"We have not had the strategic aspect. And forgive me, but the information service is ours, everyone, it is a…they are an embarrassment, an embarrassment. They don\'t tell me anything! And I cann…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/brazilian-president-bolsonaro-confesses-to-intervening-in-police-in-order-to-protect-his-family/

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
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cuomo-covid.jpg …

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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-drones-destroyed-9-pantsir-systems-libyan-army/5713703

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/

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/

Creating a Climate for Real Change
Stan Cox | progressive.org | 2020-05-22
The Green New Deal is only a starting point toward a sustainable future.
progressive.org/magazine/creating-climate-for-real-change-cox/

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 | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-claims-venezuela-surrounded-iranian-tankers-approach/5713722

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

Chicago Passed Police Torture Reparations 5 Years Ago. Were They Implemented?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-22
This month, the movement against Chicago police violence celebrated the fifth anniversary of the passing of the historic reparations ordinance. Born out of more than three decades of legal and political struggle waged by an intergenerational and interracial movement comprised of torture survivors, their families and lawyers, activists and their organizations, and a handful of progressive journalists and politicia…
truthout.org/articles/chicago-passed-police-torture-reparations-5-years-ago-were-they-implemented/

We Can\'t Afford to Be Bystanders During a Pandemic, Says Activist Linda Sarsour
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-22
Linda Sarsour has become one of the most celebrated intersectional movement leaders to disrupt the economic, political and racist paradigms in the United States. Her memoir, released in March 2020, profiles how a young Palestinian American Brooklynite would later become the co-chair of the 2017 Women\'s March on Washington and executive director of the Arab American Association of…
truthout.org/articles/we-cant-afford-to-be-bystanders-during-a-pandemic-says-activist-linda-sarsour/

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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Israeli Troops Suppress Weekly Kufur Qaddoum Protest, Cause 5 Inhalation Injuries
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
Three Palestinian children were reportedly injured, on Friday, due to tear gas inhalation, after Israeli troops fired tear-gas canisters against protestors at the weekly protest of Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The protest, staged on Fridays, in protest of Israel\'s Apartheid Wall, settlements …
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McCOVID protest combo: McDonald\'s workers PPE strike hits stores, shareholders meeting
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-22
OAK BROOK, Ill.–Lack of protection against the ravages of the coronavirus, including no masks, no paid sick leave, and no hazardous duty pay, led thousands of McDonald\'s workers from coast to coast undertake a \"virtual strike\" of their giant fast-food employer on May 20. And pickets–spaced six feet apart to prevent spread of the virus–actually …
peoplesworld.org/article/mccovid-protest-combo-mcdonalds-workers-ppe-strike-hits-stores-shareholders-meeting/

\'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

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 …
globalresearch.ca/canada-must-oppose-israel-annexation-plans/5713710

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/

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/

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/

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/

U.S. Economy Needs to Reset, not Restart
Calvin Gladney | progressive.org | 2020-05-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reset the rules and take bold actions. Let\'s not lose that boldness going forward.
progressive.org/op-eds/us-economy-needs-reset-not-restart-gladney-200522/

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/

Yemen: Coronavirus transmission likely widespread, decimating \'collapsed\' health system, UN warns
news.un.org | 2020-05-22
War-torn Yemen\'s health system has \'in effect, collapsed\" under the strain of a widening COVID-19 outbreak, with epidemiologists estimating that the virus could spread faster and more widely than in many other countries, the UN warned on Friday.
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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 …
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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

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

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/

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 …
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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

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/

America Is Drowning in Problems
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 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 China pay for the cost of the virus by reneging on US debt held by China in the form of US Treasuries. | What information about coronavirus is China supposed to have withheld? | That China was doing coronavirus research? How could this information have been withheld when the US State Department knew about it, the N.I.H. was funding it, and US scientists were complaining about the danger?

America Is Drowning in Problems

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/

Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve \'justice, truth and reparations\': Bachelet
news.un.org | 2020-05-22
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence in the world\'s youngest nation, South Sudan, that has left hundreds dead across 28 villages in Jonglei State, according to local authorities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064792

British Muslims don\'t need the government to tell them to spend Eid at home
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
As Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, draws to a close, Muslims everywhere are preparing for their most significant annual celebration. Eid-al-Fitr, shortened to Eid, will likely be observed on 24/25 May by Muslims in the UK.However, this Eid will be like no other due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, given the celebration is usually marked with shopping, congregational prayers, and visits to family and friends.\"Celebrate Eid at home\": Earlier in the week, 10 Downing Street put out promoted tweets encouraging Muslims to \"Celebrate Eid at home this year and help control the virus\":
thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/22/british-muslims-dont-need-the-government-to-tell-them-to-spend-eid-at-home/

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

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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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

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

Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-22
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Will the Democrats\' HEROES stimulus bill rescue farmers?
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-22
As farmers and communities across the country continue to struggle to adapt to the new normal that is life amidst a global pandemic, Congress set the stage this week for the fourth round of federal aid to combat this crisis. And while previous aid packages have addressed some of the most urgent relief, our nation\'s …
peoplesworld.org/article/will-the-democrats-heroes-stimulus-bill-rescue-farmers/

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

Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization
news.un.org | 2020-05-22
Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting access to routine immunization services worldwide, putting millions of young lives at risk of killer diseases such as diphtheria, measles and pneumonia.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064772

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/

U.S. Unprepared for Nuclear Accident During Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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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/

ICE\'s Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives
Eunice Cho | aclu.org | 2020-05-22
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement\'s (ICE) detention system was marked by its lack of transparency, accountability, and oversight. In recent months, things have grown worse, as COVID-19 has spread rampantly throughout the system. At a time when even closer scrutiny of the immigration detention system is needed, the usual channels of accountability and oversight have ended: ICE has banned oversight tours by Congress and stakehold…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/ices-lack-of-transparency-about-covid-19-in-detention-will-cost-lives

Build back better and preserve biodiversity after COVID-19 pandemic: UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-05-22
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must also lead to countries uniting to preserve the natural world, in line with global commitments to achieve a better future for all people and the planet, top officials with the United Nations said on Friday, the International Day for Biological Diversity.
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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 …
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ACLU and Partners Challenge Michigan Absentee Ballot Deadline
commondreams.org | 2020-05-22
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Georgetown Students Demonstrate How Reparations Can Be Made to African-American Students
V.P. Franklin | aclu.org | 2020-05-22
This spring, something extraordinary and worthy of imitation occurred on Georgetown University\'s campus in Washington, D.C., , On April 11, two-thirds of the undergraduate student body who took part in a referendum voted \"yes\" to create a reparations fund for the descendants of 272 slaves the university sold in 1838 to save the university from bankruptcy. When the Maryland Jesuits sold these human beings into further bondage on brutal Louisiana cotton plantations nearly t…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/georgetown-students-demonstrate-how-reparations-can-be-made-to-african-american-students

H.R. 40 Is Not a Symbolic Act. It\'s a Path to Restorative Justice
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee | aclu.org | 2020-05-22
For nearly three decades, my former colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan would introduce H.R. 40, legislation seeking to establish a commission to study and develop reparation proposals. Though many thought it a lost cause, he believed that a day would come when our nation would need to account for the brutal mistreatment of African Americans during chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and the enduring structural racism endemic to our society. With the rise and normalization of white supremacist expression during the Trump admi…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/h-r-40-is-not-a-symbolic-act-its-a-path-to-restorative-justice

America, It Is Time to Talk About Reparations
Jeffery Robinson | aclu.org | 2020-05-22
We are two months away from the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved people arriving in what would become the United States of America. It is time to renew the public discussion about reparations to descendants of Africans who were enslaved as our country was forming and growing rich. , , First as colonies and then as a nation, America has existed longer with slavery (1619-1865: 246 years) than without it (1865-2019: 154 years). And the reality of the institution of enslaving people is not the \"good food and a decent place to live\" narrative of Bill O\'Reilly on Fox News and others who minimize the horror of…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/america-it-is-time-to-talk-about-reparations

Israeli Troops Abduct A Palestinian Mother And Her Teenage Daughter Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the town of Ya\'bad, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before invading and ransacking a home, and abducted a mother and her teenage daughter. Media sources in Jenin said that invasion into the town was carried out by more than 15 military vehicles, …
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Covid-19 Profiteers Are Making a Killing
Amber Colón Núñez | 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 …
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China: one country, two sessions, three threats
Pepe Escobar | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-22
Getting back to domestic business quickly is essential for a renewed push on the grand chessboard | The key takeaways of the Two Sessions of the 13th National People\'s Congress in Beijing are already in the public domain. | In a nutshell: no GDP target for 2020; a budget deficit of at least 3.6% of GDP; one trillion yuan in special treasury bonds; corporate fees/taxes cut by 2.5 trillion yuan; a defense budget rise of a modest 6.6%; and governments at all levels committed to \"tighten their belts.\" | The focus, as predicted, is to get China\'s domestic economy, post-Covid-19, on track for solid growth in 2021. | Al…

China: one country, two sessions, three threats

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

\'Mossville: When Great Trees Fall\' exposes environmental and racial terror of capitalism
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-22
\"When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity.\"

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 …
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Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus\'s Origins
Bob Dreyfuss | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus\'s Origins…
thenation.com/article/world/trump-china-coronavirus-bush-iraq/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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.\"

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/

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.

Israeli Concussion Grenades Burn 120 Olive Trees Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
Israeli soldiers fired, Friday, dozens of concussion grenades into Palestinian orchards, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank, resulting in burning at least 120 olive trees. The head of Thaher al-\'Abed Village Council, said the soldiers are stationed at the military gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built …
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Settlers Attack Palestinian Farmers near Ramallah, Fatah Member among Injured
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
The Secretary of the Fatah movement, Qusi Diab Thiyab al-Tamimi, along with the young Ziyad al-Tamimi, were attacked, on Friday, northwest of Ramallah, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Al-Tamimi was reportedly injured while fighting off a group of illegal settlers who were attacking Palestinian farmers, near the village of …
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Israel Cuts Palestinian Water Supply in West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) stated, on Thursday, that Israeli authorities drastically cut the amount of water allocated to the West Bank districts of Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron, in recent days, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The sudden drop interrupted the water supply to the public, and caused irregular …
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Israeli Colonists Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
Several illegal Israeli colonists burnt, Friday, large areas of Palestinian agricultural lands, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel\'s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists invaded farmlands owned by residents of \'Orif and …
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Israel To Confiscate 100 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands In Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-22
The Israeli government and its so-called \"Civil Administration Office,\" the executive branch of the illegal occupation of the West Bank, has approved plans for the confiscation of 110 Dunams of Palestinian lands in Ezbet at-Tabib village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian TV has reported …
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Recovery Will Take More Than Money
Mike Gecan | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
Recovery Will Take More Than Money…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-recovery-ohio-us/

Conservatives recruit \'pro-Trump\' doctors to deliver only good news about reopening
Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-22
WASHINGTON (AP)–Republican political operatives are recruiting \"extremely pro-Trump\" doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The plan was discussed in a May 11 …
peoplesworld.org/article/conservatives-recruit-pro-trump-doctors-to-deliver-only-good-news-about-reopening/

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

Watch out Trump: Here comes the team of Biden, Obama, Sanders, and Bloomberg
Michael Payne | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-22
It will be so interesting and very exciting to watch this formidable team in action. Many, many Americans will be tuning into their radios and TV channels to listen to what they say about Trump to take him down and out.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/22/watch-out-trump-here-comes-the-team-of-biden-obama-sanders-and-bloomberg/

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/

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/

Cuba Has Sent 2,000 Doctors and Nurses Overseas to Fight Covid-19
Ed Augustin | thenation.com | 2020-05-22
Cuba Has Sent 2,000 Doctors and Nurses Overseas to Fight Covid-19…
thenation.com/article/world/cuba-doctors-covid-19/

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/

Schools Will Need Help to Recover
Nicholas Johnson | progressive.org | 2020-05-22
States need to find ways to protect education funding in the age of COVID-19.
progressive.org/op-eds/schools-will-need-help-to-recover-johnson-200522/

Bolivians continue their struggle against the coup regime
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-22
Since May 11, thousands of Bolivians have been mobilizing, against hunger and to demand the resignation of self-appointed president Jeanine àÅñez and for democratic elections in the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/22/bolivians-continue-their-struggle-against-the-coup-regime/

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

\'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

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

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

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/

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

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

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/

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

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

FBI Says It Will Investigate Breonna Taylor Shooting Death
Staff | truthout.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 Ta…
truthout.org/video/fbi-says-it-will-investigate-breonna-taylor-shooting-death/

Corporations\' COVID Response Is Class War Waged From the Top
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-22
Journalists aren\'t supposed to \"bury the lede.\" But when death is the topic and corporate power is the culprit, the connection routinely goes unmentioned. | Class war

Medicaid Providers Are Last in Line for Federal COVID Funding
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-22
Casa de Salud, a nonprofit clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides primary medical care, opioid addiction services and non-Western therapies, including acupuncture and reiki, to a largely low-income population. | And, like so many other health care providers that serve as a safety net, its revenue

As government eases lockdown, local councils are urging people to keep away from UK beaches over bank holiday weekend
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
Local councils are urging the public to stay away from beaches over the bank holiday weekend, when England is expected to bask in dry, sunny weather.Pictures of crowds flocking to beaches in Brighton and Southend in recent days have raised fears over social distancing. Councils with responsibility for beauty spots around England are therefore warning people to stay away.The Canary has previously reported on the issues caused by people visiting seaside towns

Three more charged over murder of law student in drive-by shooting
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
Another three people have been charged over the murder of a law student and the attempted murder of their intended target in a drive-by shooting, Lancashire Police said.Innocent passer-by Aya Hachem, 19, was gunned down as she walked to a supermarket near her home in Blackburn on Sunday.The first of two shots fired from a passing vehicle hit a building but the second fatally struck the teenager in the chest.: Aya Hachem was a 19-year-old law student (Lancashire Police/PA): Blackburn residents Uthman Satia, 28, Kashif Manzoor, 24, and Judy Chapman, 26, from Great Harwood have been charged with the mu…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/22/three-more-charged-over-murder-of-law-student-in-drive-by-shooting/

Downing Street feeling the heat as pressure grows on PM to sack Cummings
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
Lockdown questions continue to bombard the government going into the bank holiday weekend as the prime minister faces pressure to sack his closest aide, Dominic Cummings. Pressure has mounted following reports Cummings broke coronavirus (Covid-19)-related travel restrictions. | Police have confirmed Dominic Cummings and his wife attended the family property in County Durham. This was after allegations emerged that Cummings travelled more than 260 miles from his London home during the lockdown that his boss put in place across England. | Political leaders have piled pressure on Johnson to sack the 48-year-old stra…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/22/downing-street-feeling-the-heat-as-pressure-grows-on-pm-to-sack-cummings/

Number of deaths in UK involving coronavirus passes 45,000, according to latest data
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-22
The number of deaths involving coronavirus (Covid-19) in the UK has passed 45,000, according to the latest available data.Figures published on 22 May by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency showed that 664 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Northern Ireland up to 20 May.On 20 May, figures from the National Records of Scotland showed 3,546 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to 17 May.And the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, published on 19 May, showed 39,071 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in England and Wales up to May 8 (and had bee…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/22/number-of-deaths-in-uk-involving-coronavirus-passes-45000-according-to-latest-data/

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? |
| 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…
rt.com/news/489519-no-parallel-universe-antarctica-time-backwards/

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 pay for 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

Gamer training platform that uses AI & cognitive science secures big investment while lockdown makes esports hot
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Cash might be tight for many industries amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but not when it comes to the ever-evolving esports industry. Take Statespace, a platform that trains gamers which has raised $15 million in Series A funding. |
| Cash might be tight for many industries amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but not when it comes to the ever-evolving esports industry. Take Statespace, a platform that trains gamers which has raised $15 million in Series A funding. | Launched in 2…
rt.com/news/489542-statespace-investment-covid-games-popularity/

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 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 aggressi…
rt.com/news/489524-libya-turkey-arms-syria-militants/

\'It was terrifying\': Wife of former Russia international Pogrebnyak speaks of fears as striker & family catch coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-05-22
Glamorous Russian reality TV star Maria Pogrebnyak-Shatalova has confessed her fears to her Instagram following of almost 2 million after her husband caught Covid-19 and their family suffered fevers and vomiting. |
| Glamorous Russian reality TV star Maria Pogrebnyak-Shatalova has confessed her fears to her Instagram following of almost 2 million after her husband caught Covid-19 and their family suffered fevers and vomiting. | The chic fashion fanatic, who shot to fame when sh…
rt.com/sport/489528-maria-pogrebnyak-instagram-pavel/

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/

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. |
| 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 Bre…
rt.com/usa/489540-biden-apology-aint-black/

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. |
| 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…
rt.com/usa/489537-sadleir-aviron-arrested-swindle/

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. |
| 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…
rt.com/news/489526-new-membrane-combat-mask-shortage/

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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

\"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

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/

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/

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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 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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

\'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

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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 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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-07
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C.

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

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 …
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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 …
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