Hong Kong Rioters Should Never Fight Against Their Own Country
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
For several months, Western mass media called the Hong Kong rioters, \"pro-democracy protesters\". It still does. But I began noticing a new, even deadlier, terminology. Now, the black-clad ninja-looking men and women that are periodically and violently clashing with the law enforcement forces are once in a while described as \"pro-independence\". Some Hong Kong citizens …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/hong-kong-rioters-should-never-fight-against-their-own-country/

Governments are Using COVID-19 Crisis to Crush Free Speech
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Stop those non-humans who are writing and provoking our people,\" says Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in an Instagramvideo. The non-humans he objects to are journalists who criticise the Chechen authorities for mishandling their response to the Covid-19epidemic. Given Kadyrov has faced allegations of torturing and disappearing critics (which the leader denies), he leaves nobody in…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/governments-are-using-covid-19-crisis-to-crush-free-speech/

The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A \"Universal Lockdown\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown

Donald Trump, Resign Now for America\'s Sake: This is No Time for a Dangerous, Law-breaking, Bungling, Ignorant Ship Captain
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Where are the calls for Trump\'s resignation? Since his first months in the White House, Trump has been the most impeachable, most lawless, most self-enriching, most bungling President in U.S. history. He relies entirely on lying and scapegoating to avoid taking responsibility for his failures. Trump didn\'t even win the popular vote

UK puts Big Pharma profits ahead of coronavirus vaccine at WHO
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-26
Global Justice Now today criticised Health Secretary Matt Hancock for failing to join world leaders in declaring a potential coronavirus vaccine to be a \'public good\', and instead acting as a cheerleader for the pharmaceutical industry at the World Health Assembly, which concluded end of last week. The campaign group pointed to the government\'s efforts …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/uk-puts-big-pharma-profits-ahead-of-coronavirus-vaccine-at-who/

The power of propaganda: Americans think Trump\'s COVID-19 performance better than China\'s
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
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.
mronline.org/2020/05/26/the-power-of-propaganda-americans-think-trumps-covid-19-performance-better-than-chinas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-propaganda-americans-think-trumps-covid-19-performance-better-than-chinas

If a Covid-19 Vaccine is Discovered, It Will be a Boon to Military Recruiters
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
There is some good news coming out of the terror of the Covid-19 pandemic. We on the left aren\'t usually acquainted with anything even remotely approaching good news. How could it be otherwise, always being at the margins of society and at the margins of national consciousness? Bernie touted himself as a liberal with some…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/if-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-discovered-it-will-be-a-boon-to-military-recruiters/

Towards A New World Order? The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
This is the true picture of what is happening. Poverty is Worldwide. While famines are erupting in Third World countries, closer to home, in the richest country on earth, \"millions of desperate Americans wait in long crowded lines for handouts\"
globalresearch.ca/towards-a-new-world-order-the-global-debt-crisis-and-the-privatization-of-the-state/5709755

Scotland joins countries blocking tax haven-tied corporations from receiving Covid-19 bailouts
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-26
By Mark Bou Mansour: The Scottish Government has backed a Green Party amendment to exclude corporations registered in tax havens, or with subsidiaries or other arrangements in tax havens from receiving Covid19 bailouts. To date, Wales, France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland and Argentina have all announced similar measures. A second Green amendment that did not pass …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/scotland-joins-countries-blocking-tax-haven-tied-corporations-from-receiving-covid-19-bailouts/

First US Citizen Convicted for Protests at Nuclear Weapons Base in Germany
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
COCHEM, Germany A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany\'s Bàºchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/first-us-citizen-convicted-for-protests-at-nuclear-weapons-base-in-germany/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Colombian health care workers staged a protest last week in the capital Bogotá to protest lack of adequate provision of personal protective equipment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/wrkr-m26.html

TRUMP-20: The Other Pandemic
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me –A. E. Housman In the destructive wake of TRUMP-20, Americans should practice media-distancing. Daily reports that expose us to Trump, his lies, his racism, and the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-20-the-other-pandemic/

Grizzly Bears are Dying and That\'s a Fact
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
More grizzly bears are dying, being seen, and in conflicts with humans in and around the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE). These are irrefutable facts. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) these trends are a straight-forward consequence of more bears. As a corollary, environmental change doesn\'t matter to bears in this population because,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/grizzly-bears-are-dying-and-thats-a-fact/

Patterns of Compromise: The EasyJet Data Breach
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/patterns-of-compromise-the-easyjet-data-breach/

The Gods of Small Things
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
O brave new world that has such people in it!

Trump\'s \"Uncreative Destruction\" of the US/China Relationship
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as \"creative destruction.\" As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, the capitalist system continually spurs innovation, much as a forest fire prepares the ground for new growth. Or so the representatives of the dismal science argue. Donald…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trumps-uncreative-destruction-of-the-us-china-relationship/

The Banality of Evil, COVID-19 Edition
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
As the COVID-19 pandemic ran its deadly course in New York, governor Andrew Cuomo affirmed a state policy forbidding nursing homes to reject suffering from the disease. At least partially as a result (Cuomo himself acknowledged early on that the virus spreads through such facilities \"like fire through dry grass\"), nearly 6,000 long-term care residents…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/the-banality-of-evil-covid-19-edition/

Trump Administration and the Washington Post: Picking Fights Together
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been picking fights–using cold war rhetoric regarding China and applying a \"maximum pressure\" campaign against Iran. The editorial writers of the Washington Post for the past few weeks have written a series of pieces that support a hard line against China, and on May 24th…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/trump-administration-and-the-washington-post-picking-fights-together/

Criminogenic Politics as a Form of Psychosis in the Age of Trump
Henry Giroux | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
In its late stages, capitalism morphs into a form of neoliberal fascism. In this instance, the structural misery produced by capitalism via its destruction of the welfare state, safety net, and its growing investment in accelerating inequality and criminalizing all social problems merges with the theater of racism, racial cleansing, hyper-masculinity, ultra-nationalism, militarism, scapegoating the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/criminogenic-politics-as-a-form-of-psychosis/

Executives of vaccine developer Moderna cash in, cut corners
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
In March, while the global economy was facing an implosion, CEO Stéphane Bancel became a billionaire based on the valuation of his nine percent stake in the publicly traded company.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/vacc-m26.html

Germany\'s Left Party spearheading deadly back-to-work drive
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
After voting for the multi-billion-euro coronavirus bailout package in the federal parliament, the Left Party is now supporting the grand coalition\'s reopening of the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/link-m26.html

Strike action looming in South Africa as government downgrades lockdown
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-26
Business associations claim that health and safety protocols will be followed, but unions point to previous violations which resulted in a further spread of the epidemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/26/strike-action-looming-in-south-africa-as-government-downgrades-lockdown/

Australian governments rush to end lockdowns in line with business demands
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Thousands of students and teachers are returning to schools, crowded public transport services are operating and millions of workers are being herded back onto the job.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/aust-m26.html

Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions
Larry Holmes | workers.org | 2020-05-26
The following is a slightly edited talk given during the Workers World Party webinar \"What Road to Socialism?\" on May 16. Welcome everyone to this important national meeting of Workers World Party. I wish we could be meeting in person, but dire circumstances make that impossible. So we have to . . . | Continue reading Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48926/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemics-have-a-way-of-fomenting-social-revolutions

Israel\'s new government plans war on Palestinians and working class
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
The new National Emergency Government, headed by an indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his deputy Benny Gantz, has taken office amid a political crisis unprecedented in the country\'s 72-year history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/isra-m26.html

COVID-19 adds new dimensions to U.S.-China trade war
C.P. Chandrasekhar | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
The Trump regime is ratcheting up its protectionist rhetoric vis-à -vis China. If this leads to new sanctions, it would worsen the COVID-induced trade crisis rather than help the U.S.
mronline.org/2020/05/26/covid-19-adds-new-dimensions-to-u-s-china-trade-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-adds-new-dimensions-to-u-s-china-trade-war

CalOsha Do Your Job – Lives Over Corporate Greed-Essential Workers Are Not Expendable
LCLAA Sacramento | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
LCLAA Sacramento will be protesting the lack of protection by Cal-OSHA and demand that 1,000 new inspectors for inspection of California workplaces.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833241.php

Kremlin warns intensified shelling in Lugansk may undermine prospects for E. Ukraine settlement
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Intensified shelling on the contact line between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People\'s Republic may undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. | \"The Kremlin wants the parties to meet their commitments, first of all, on halting the shelling of territories where civilians live and in general the shelling of territories in the self-proclaimed republics,\" TASS quoted the spokesman as saying. | \"We believe that this is unacceptable and this mainly mars the prospects of creating a predictable situation in peaceful life,\" Peskov said.
rt.com/newsline/489782-kremlin-lugansk-ukraine-shelling/

1st UK government minister quits IN PROTEST over Cummings lockdown violation saga
rt.com | 2020-05-26
The under-secretary of state for Scotland has become the first UK government minister to resign from cabinet after PM Boris Johnson\'s chief adviser Dominic Cummings allegedly broke lockdown rules at the height of Covid-19 crisis. | In his resignation letter, published on social media on Monday morning, junior minister Douglas Ross insisted that he had constituents who had not been able to say \"goodbye to loved ones\" and were not allowed to \"mourn together\" as a family during the coronavirus pandemic. | I cannot in good faith tell them they were all wrong and one senior adviser to the government was right. | I…
rt.com/uk/489756-government-minister-quits-cummings/

Thailand extends virus emergency powers to June 30 despite opposition objections
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Thailand\'s cabinet on Tuesday extended an emergency decree to fight the coronavirus until June 30. A spokeswoman denied opposition suggestions that the prime minister, a onetime junta leader, was seeking a return to unchecked powers. | The state of emergency declared in late March came amid student protests against the banning of a party opposed to PM Prayuth Chan-ocha. | With new cases now dwindling, some opposition figures have suggested the emergency decree should be allowed to expire. Thailand has had 3,045 confirmed cases and 57 fatalities, Reuters said. | Prayuth first seized power in a 2014 military cou…
rt.com/newsline/489760-thailand-extends-emergency-powers/

Online meeting reveals union complicity in attacks on Australia Post workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Union officials prevented workers from speaking or moving motions, in a warning that they are preparing to enforce the management\'s sweeping pro-business restructure.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/aupo-m26.html

Passing Behind Our Backs
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
I never met the great basketball player, Bob Cousy, the man known as \"the Houdini of the Hardwood,\" yet he somehow influenced my life in ways I never knew, or to be more accurate, in ways I didn\'t reflect upon except in superficial ways. He was the guy who brought professional basketball into the modern …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/passing-behind-our-backs/

The global pandemic and global war on immigrants and refugees
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
As with attacks on the working class as a whole and the drive to war, capitalist ruling classes the world over have responded to the pandemic by intensifying the brutal assault on migrant workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/pers-m26.html

Brazil surpasses 350,000 cases as politicians promote rapid reopening of economy
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
For the first time, Brazil announced a larger number of deaths from COVID-19 in a single day than the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/braz-m26.html

Victory: Ohio\'s plan to deny workers their unemployment insurance is shelved
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-05-26
In early May, Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine began reopening the state economy. And to support business and slash state expenses, both at worker expense, he had a \"COVID-19 Fraud\" form put up on the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services website where employers could confidentially report employees \"who quit or refuse work when …
mronline.org/2020/05/26/victory-ohios-plan-to-deny-workers-their-unemployment-insurance-is-shelved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victory-ohios-plan-to-deny-workers-their-unemployment-insurance-is-shelved

Make a Resilient, Localized Food System Part of the Next Stimulus
Anthony Pahnke | zcomm.org | 2020-05-26
From wasted food to the exploitation of farmworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that this country\'s food system must be changed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/make-a-resilient-localized-food-system-part-of-the-next-stimulus/

Maryland Democratic Party officials cite coronavirus crisis to impose sweeping budget cuts on workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Democratic Party officials in Montgomery County seized upon the COVID-19 crisis to impose austerity upon county employees, many of whom are working on the front lines of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/moco-m26.html

Washington state farmworkers fight unsafe conditions as unions move to shut down strikes
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
The conditions in which agricultural workers are forced to live and work have heightened their risk of transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/yaki-m26.html

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-26
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in East Africa, the UN Human Rights regional office, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been contributing to the COVID-19 response of UN country teams in the region, by ensuring that human rights protection for vulnerable people is included in their plans. The head of the office, Nwanneakolam Vwede-Obahor, shared some of the challenges she and her colleagues are facing.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064642

One Rule for Me and Another for Everyone Else: The Cummings Coronavirus Factor
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
Leaving crises to Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s management skills will never disappoint those who favour chaos and the attractions of vague direction. The double standard is to be preferred to the equal one. With the United Kingdom sundered by death and the effects of COVID-19 (the PM himself having had his battle with the virus), …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/one-rule-for-me-and-another-for-everyone-else-the-cummings-coronavirus-factor/

Nearly 1,200 workers contract COVID-19 at remote Siberian goldmine
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
About 20 percent of the workforce at the Olimpiada mining and processing plant, which is owned by the 24-year-old son of a Russian oligarch, have contracted coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/ruco-m26.html

Memorial Day Letter to my Union President
Steve Morse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-26
As a retired sheet metal worker, on Memorial Day, I watched the Memorial Day video put out by the general president of my union. This was my response to him. I appreciate your stress on staying safe during this pandemic, as well as the listing of our 14 members who have died from COVID-19. I …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/memorial-day-letter-to-my-union-president/

Automakers, Unifor and Ontario government push plant reopenings as COVID-19 continues to spread
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
The premature back-to-work drive in Canada\'s auto industry is being spearheaded by hard-right Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in concert with the automakers, the financial oligarchy and the union Unifor.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/caau-m26.html

Postal workers stop work in Peterborough and High Wycombe, England, over COVID-19 safety fears
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
The threat to safety in the two offices are replicated in delivery and sorting offices all over the country and internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/rmuk-m26.html

Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy
Dr. Russell Blaylock | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
\"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.\"

California: UFCW Local 770 wants Farmer John Vernon Plant closed now
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-26
Los Angeles, CA – As more than 130 workers at the Farmer John plant in Vernon have contracted the coronavirus, May 25, the union representing 1300 plant employees is calling for an immediate closure to ensure workers are safe and to keep all workers on the payroll with their full pay and benefits. | Workers at Farmer John, which is owned by Smithfield, have pressed the company for increased safety measures, workplace protections and information about infections at the plant. Information has been incomplete and safety measures insufficient. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is cu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/25/california-ufcw-local-770-wants-farmer-john-vernon-plant-closed-now

Reopened schools close across France as coronavirus found among students and staff
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Two weeks after the reopening of schools began in France, more than 70 schools have been forced to close as coronavirus cases have been found among students and teachers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/scho-m26.html

Washington\'s criminal deportations to Haiti threaten to ignite pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
In addition to slating coronavirus-positive detainees for deportation, Washington is seeking to ship back infamous death squad leader and CIA \"asset\" Emmanuel \"Toto\" Constant.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/hait-m26.html

Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-tom-tomorrow/

One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus
Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-05-26
Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus…
thenation.com/article/world/france-coronavirus-hospital/

Defying U.S. sanctions, first Iranian tanker reaches Venezuela
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-26
The enhanced U.S. military presence in Caribbean waters did not deter Iran as the first of its five giant tankers full of gasoline and refinery supplies reached Venezuela\'s waters late Saturday, May 23.
liberationnews.org/defying-u-s-sanctions-first-iranian-tanker-reaches-venezuela/

US threatens to \"disconnect\" Australia if it strays from conflict with China
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Pompeo\'s bullying intervention is part of an intensifying campaign by Washington to confront China economically and militarily.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/pomp-m26.html

The Sure Way to End Concerns About China\'s \"Theft\" of a Vaccine: Make it Open
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-05-26
If China can in principle develop a vaccine more quickly if it has access to data from labs in the United States then it must also be the case that researchers in the United States could develop a vaccine more quickly if they had data from labs in China and elsewhere…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-sure-way-to-end-concerns-about-chinas-theft-of-a-vaccine-make-it-open/

Hundreds of thousands of Americans face homelessness during pandemic as states begin lifting restrictions on evictions
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Across the US, moratoriums on eviction proceedings and home foreclosures, set in place during the onset of the pandemic, have either been lifted or are set to expire early next month.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/acea-m26.html

The Case For Sectoral Bargaining Is Now Stronger Than Ever
Hamilton Nolan | zcomm.org | 2020-05-26
We need to talk about how we\'re going to prevent the paychecks of workers from getting crushed for years even after the pandemic is over…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-sectoral-bargaining-is-now-stronger-than-ever/

Trump cheers on mass gatherings as US pandemic death toll hits 100,000
wsws.org | 2020-05-26
Despite certain tactical differences, the entire political establishment, including the Democratic Party, accepts the basic framework of an unsafe return to work that is articulated most brutally and crudely by Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/26/coro-m26.html

Exército USA retoma as grandes manobras na Europa
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
O Exército dos EUA na Europa, \"após cuidadosa avaliaàßà£o e planificaàßà£o\", decidiu que efectuará na Polónia, de 5 a 19 de Junho, o exercício Allied Spirit , no âmbito da grande manobra estratégica Defender-Europe 20 (Defensor da Europa 2020). Participarà£o …
globalresearch.ca/exercito-usa-retoma-as-grandes-manobras-na-europa/5714039

L\'esercito Usa riprende le grandi manovre in Europa
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-26
Lo US Army Europe (Esercito Usa in Europa), ´dopo attenta valutazione e pianificazione ª, ha deciso che effettuerà in Polonia, dal 5 al 19 giugno, l\'esercitazione Allied Spirit nel quadro della grande manovra strategica Defender-Europe 20 (Difensore dell\'Europa 2020). Vi parteciperanno …
globalresearch.ca/lesercito-usa-riprende-le-grandi-manovre-in-europa/5714034

Challenges Facing LGBTQ+ Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers (webinar)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833246.php

Susan Connelly: Secret trial a cover up of Australia\'s swindling of Timor-Leste
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-26
Democracy Paul OboohovIssue 1267 Australia East Timor Witness K East Timor buggingMay 26, 2020The Australian government is pursuing crimi…
greenleft.org.au/content/susan-connelly-secret-trial-cover-australias-swindling-timor-leste

Stop spending billions to punish the unemployed
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-26
Workers & unions Kerry SmithIssue 1267 Australia Australian Unemployed Workers Union job providerMay 26, 2020A leaked employment department letter reveals that the federal governm…
greenleft.org.au/content/stop-spending-billions-punish-unemployed

Code Pink Delivers Anti-War Message to Sen. Feinstein
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
In Memorial Day Action, Code Pink brings anti-war message to the steps of her San Francisco mansion.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/25/18833253.php

Indivisible: Demand Safe Voting Amid COVID19 Town Hall w/ Elizabeth Warren & more
Indivisible | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833239.php

2020 Memorial Day Weekend ~ From Historic Negro Bar Cemetery, we remember
Michael Harris from Dave Roos | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
2020 Memorial Day Weekend, limited opportunities to gather in a good way to remember May 1865 and the initial \"American\" notion of Memorial Day after the US Civil War. Earliest documented burial on Historic Rancho Rio Del Los Americanos, Negro Bar Cemetery was 1846… Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Tour.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833247.php

Oakland reaches nearly 1,000 covid 19 cases in Alameda County
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/25/18833252.php

Nurses, Covid-19, Healthcare Crisis & Defending Public Health With NNU Pres. Burger
Labor Videeo Project | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
Deborah Burger R.N. president of the National Nurses Union NNU-California Nurses Association CNA talks about the crisis in the healthcare system and the fight of the NNU-CNA to defend nurses, healthcare workers and the public.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/23/18833230.php

Circuit Judge Tosses Out Governor Kate Brown\'s Coronavirus Restrictions In Oregon
AP | indybay.org | 2020-05-26
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/24/18833234.php

Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Some of the Church of England\'s most senior bishops have reported receiving hate mail and death threats after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings\' alleged breach of lockdown rules. | Bishop of Worcester John Inge tweeted that he received an email warning \"stay out of politics or we\'ll kill you\" after he criticised Boris Johnson\'s \"risible defence\" of Cummings on Sunday night. | Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Ripon, reported a similar threat, posting: \"\'Stay out of politics or it will be the death of you\' was one of the emails I received today. Thank you to those who have sent supportive mess…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/cummings-criticism-sees-church-of-england-bishops-receive-death-threats/

Minister resigns over Dominic Cummings\' alleged lockdown breaches
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
Dominic Cummings\' alleged lockdown breaches have provoked a resignation from government by a junior minister amid continued anger at Boris Johnson\'s chief adviser. | Douglas Ross, the under secretary of state for Scotland, said on Tuesday that he was quitting after hearing Cummings\' efforts to defend his trip from London to Durham. | Ross said he could not \"in good faith\" tell his constituents who could not care for sick relatives or say goodbye to dying ones while obeying lockdown rules that Cummings acted appropriately. | I haven\'t commented publicly on the situation with Dominic Cummings as I have waited to he…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/26/minister-resigns-over-dominic-cummings-alleged-lockdown-breaches/

WHO executive warns first wave of coronavirus is not yet over
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-26
A health expert has warned that the world is still in the midst of the \"first wave\" of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.World Health Organisation (WHO) executive director Dr Mike Ryan warned that the risks of reigniting coronavirus outbreaks are complicating efforts to fend off further misery for the many millions who have lost their jobs.Dr Ryan said: \"Right now, we\'re not in the second wave. We\'re right in the middle of the first wave globally.(PA Graphics)\"We\'re still very much in a phase where the disease is actually on the way up.\"Dr Ryan pointed to South America, South Asia and other areas where the numb…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/26/who-executive-warns-first-wave-of-coronavirus-is-not-yet-over/

Spain wants common EU rules for reopening of borders
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Spain on Tuesday urged its European Union partners to set up common rules on cross-border movement and reestablish the freedom-of-travel Schengen area as different national coronavirus lockdowns are phased out. | \"We have to work with our European partners to define the common rules that will allow us retake freedom of movement on European territory,\" Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez told Cadena Ser radio station. | EU countries have set different dates for reopening borders, but there must be common principles and rules throughout the Schengen area to open internal borders and establish rules for external bo…
rt.com/newsline/489742-spain-eu-rules-borders/

Cummings \'acted reasonably\' driving sick across country, his ally Gove insists amid national fury
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Dominic Cummings is a \"man of honor and integrity\" who \"thinks he did the right thing\", his long-time ally Michael Gove said amid national outrage over the PM\'s aide\'s cross-country trip during lockdown. | Gove, the Minister for the Cabinet Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is among prominent Tory figures circling the wagons around their embattled colleague. On Tuesday morning, he appeared on the BBC Breakfast television program to give a full-throated endorsement of Cummings\' character and the explanations he offered about his trip. | \"He is a man of honor and integrity,\" he said. \"As people will hav…
rt.com/uk/489749-gove-defends-cummings-trip/

Unexplained anomaly weakening Earth\'s magnetic field is EVOLVING and SPLITTING in two, warn scientists
rt.com | 2020-05-26
The ESA has deployed its constellation of satellites to investigate unusual weaknesses in Earth\'s magnetic field. It appears that the strange anomaly believed to be responsible is now evolving and splitting in two. | The unexplained force, referred to as the South Atlantic Anomaly, is an area of reduced magnetic intensity that extends from South America to southwest Africa. | For now, the effects of this anomaly are restricted to technical malfunctions aboard spacecraft and orbital satellites. However, because Earth\'s magnetic field shields us from solar winds and cosmic radiation, it\'s a critical part of our…
rt.com/news/489746-earths-magnetic-field-weakening-splitting/

\'These are American policies\': US ambassador to Germany clashes with MP who said envoy \'issued threats like a hostile power\'
rt.com | 2020-05-26
The outgoing US ambassador to Berlin, Richard Grenell, has lashed out at a lawmaker who called out his \"hostile\" stance towards Germany. The envoy said he merely followed Washington\'s policies and defended American interests. | As the controversial envoy was about to leave his post, Andres Nick, a German lawmaker and the head of the nation\'s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), took to Twitter to question Grenell\'s legacy. | For decades, every previous US envoy left his post as \"a highly respected figure and trusted friend of Germany,\" the MP wrote in a scathing post, addin…
rt.com/news/489735-us-ambassador-germany-hostile-power/

\'Ultimate Karen\' calls cops on \'dangerous\' black man who asked her to leash dog, gets put on leave after massive backlash (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-26
A New York woman dubbed the \"Ultimate Karen\" has been placed on leave and forced to \"voluntarily surrender\" her pet after being captured calling the cops on a \"threatening\" black man who merely asked that she leash her dog. | Shared on social media on Monday and set in Central Park, the video opens with a visibly-upset woman walking toward the camera, asking the man filming to \"please stop.\" The situation quickly escalates when he refuses, with the woman vowing to call the police and \"tell them there\'s an African American man threatening my life.\" | \"There is a man, an African American… he is recording me an…
rt.com/usa/489740-ultimate-karen-central-park/

\'Is that like Soylent Green?\' Trump adviser calls American workers \'human capital stock\' & triggers cannibalism-themed meme storm
rt.com | 2020-05-26
A White House adviser has triggered a wave of memes and mockery after referring to the US labor force as \"human capital stock,\" drawing countless comparisons to the dystopian sci-fi flick \'Soylent Green\' (spoiler: it\'s people). | In calling to reopen the US economy amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in an interview with CNN on Monday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett noted that the country\'s \"capital stock\" was still intact, adding that \"our human capital stock is ready to get back to work.\" Though the comment was meant to express a simple idea, Hassett\'s jargonistic wording conjured up much darker ima…
rt.com/usa/489737-human-capital-soylent-green/

Indonesia deploys soldiers, police to enforce \'new normal\' Covid-19 restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-26
Indonesia ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Tuesday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe distancing. The move comes after reports of people in the world\'s fourth-most-populous nation flouting the rules. | From Tuesday, about 340,000 officers will be deployed across four provinces to ensure the country\'s transition to the \"new normal,\" Reuters quoted Indonesian military chief Hadi Tjahjanto as saying. | \"We will monitor people to ensure people are wearing masks, and are also maintaining a safe distance from others,\" said Hadi. \"What we want is that people can do the…
rt.com/newsline/489743-indonesia-deploy-soldiers-restrictions/

Hashd al-Sha\'abi ready to respond to any possible US attack: cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-26
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA)

Iran records 1,787 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-26
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA)

Envoy condoles over death of Tajik famous figures, elites due to Covid-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-26
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA)

President Rouhani signs law to counter hostile moves of Zionist regime
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-26
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA)

Rouhani urges Switzerland to play more constructive role against US illegal actions
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-26
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA)

\'It Is Wrong\': Pressure Mounts on Cummings as Conservative MP Demands He Resign Over Lockdown Breach
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-26
In the letter, Pawsey states \"many\" constituents pointed out if everyone behaved as Cummings did, the success of the government\'s lockdown policy would\'ve been \"undermined\" – \"almost every one\" of them also set out, \"sometimes in heartbreaking detail\", the personal sacrifices they\'ve made during the coronavirus outbreak.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005261079420370-Pressure-Mountson-Cummings-Conservative-MP-Demands-Resign-Lockdown-Breach/

You Can\'t Predict Markets. Or Can You?
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-26
On today\'s episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to Alasdair Macleod about the latest economic data in a post-COVID-19 recession.
sputniknews.com/radio_double_down/202005261079420455-you-cant-predict-markets-or-can-you/

Iran: Virus deaths cross 7,500, cases near 140,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-26
Iran\'s coronavirus death toll crossed 7,500 on Tuesday, while the number of confirmed cases moved close to 140,000.Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 57 people died over the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 7,508.The country\'s overall case count reached 139,511 after 1,787 more people tested positive for COVID-19.He said 2,567 patients remain in critical condition across Iran, which is the hardest-hit country in the Middle East.A total of 109,437 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals since Iran\'s outbreak began in the city of Qom on Feb. 19, according to the He…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-virus-deaths-cross-7500-cases-near-140000-3530419

Covid-19 tests within 24 hours for symptomatic Bavarians
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-26
Bavaria, one of the German states hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, will guarantee that people with symptoms can get a virus test within 24 hours, Prime Minister Markus Soeder said on Tuesday.This way people will know after 48 hours at the latest if they are infected, Soeder added at a news conference in Munich.Those without symptoms would be guaranteed a test within 48 hours and could expect a result within a week, he said.
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-tests-within-24-hours-for-symptomatic-bavarians-3530418

Turkey sends masks to Tajikistan amid pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-26
The Turkish Red Crescent delivered 50,000 medical items, Turkey\'s Embassy to the Central Asian country said in a statement.Some 200 Tajik citizens stranded in Turkey were also brought back to their country, the statement added.Turkey has helped at least 82 countries with humanitarian aid during the outbreak, including Italy, Spain, and the UK, making it the world\'s third-largest provider of aid during the pandemic.After originating in China last December, COVID-19 has spread to at least 188 countries and regions. Europe and the US are currently the worst-hit areas.The pandemic has killed nearly 347,000 people wor…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-sends-masks-to-tajikistan-amid-pandemic-3530421

Spain declares 10-day official mourning for coronavirus victims
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-26
The Spanish government declared a 10-day official mourning period from Wednesday to honour the nearly 30,000 people who died from the coronavirus pandemic in one of the world\'s worst-hit countries, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said.During the mourning period, flags will fly at half-mast all over the country\'s public buildings and navy ships, she told a news briefing after a cabinet meeting.The period will end with an official ceremony led by the head of state in remembrance of the 26,834 fatalities recorded in the country. Spain has reported a total of 235,400 confirmed cases of the disease.
yenisafak.com/en/world/spain-declares-10-day-official-mourning-for-coronavirus-victims-3530420

Greatest Good is to Preserve Forest Carbon
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-26
Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service often said: \"Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.\" It has become the agency\'s motto. Yet in the age of climate change, the Forest Service has failed…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/26/greatest-good-is-to-preserve-forest-carbon/

Trump\'s Disastrous Coronavirus Response
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
How did the United States

Noam Chomsky on Trump\'s disastrous coronavirus response, WHO, China, Gaza and global capitalism
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-25
\"This is the most crucial election in human history, literally. Another four years of Trump, and we\'re in deep trouble.\"
nationofchange.org/2020/05/25/noam-chomsky-on-trumps-disastrous-coronavirus-response-who-china-gaza-and-global-capitalism/

Noam Chomsky on Trump\'s Disastrous Coronavirus Response, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-25
How did the United States

Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists?
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel\'s globally-tattered image using the rare indictment of an Israeli terrorist, Amiram Ben Uliel, who was recently convicted for murdering the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, including an 18-month-old toddler in the town of Duma, south of Nablus. The conviction of Ben Uliel by an Israeli three-judge court …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/why-does-israel-celebrate-its-terrorists/

Hong Kong Rioters Should Never Fight Against Their Own Country
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
For several months, Western mass media called the Hong Kong rioters, \"pro-democracy protesters\". It still does. But I began noticing a new, even deadlier terminology. Now, the black-clad ninja-looking men and women that are periodically and violently clashing with the …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-rioters-should-never-fight-against-their-own-country/5713907

Americans Have United Before to Defeat an External Enemy and We Can Again
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out 1,600 food bags at a pop-up pantry at Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, California on Monday, April 20, 2020. Work furloughs and layoffs created by coronavirus shelter-in-place orders are driving thousands to seek food assistance. (Photo: Scott Strazzante/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1220244720_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/25/americans-have-united-defeat-external-enemy-and-we-can-again?cd-origin=rss

First of Five Iranian Tankers Docks in Venezuela Without Incident
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
First some facts about international maritime law. | No nation may interfere in the right of other states to engage in international trade. | No nation may enact legislation, regulations, or take other actions that contravene international agreements, treaties, or a body …
globalresearch.ca/first-5-iranian-tankers-docks-venezuela-without-incident/5713990

\'Something like 10 principles\': After \'solving\' Israel/Palestine conflict & coronavirus, Kushner \'turned loose\' on GOP platform
rt.com | 2020-05-25
White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly wants to shrink the 56-page Republican Party platform to a one-page \"mission statement.\" After Middle East peace and Covid-19, this should be a cinch. | Kushner has been leading the charge to downsize the sprawling document over the past six months, Axios reported on Sunday. The silver-spoon scion has been ruffling feathers within the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign alike in his quest to whittle the platform down to \"something like the 10 principles we believe in,\" two sources confirmed to the outlet. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/489717-kushner-republican-party-platform-secret/

Two Fictions of Mainstream Economics. 45 Million US Workers Unemployed
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Mainstream economics consistently fails to predict the future. I\'m talking about those \'schools\' of mis-thought, ranging from Paul Krugman on the \'left\' to Glenn Hubbard and other apologists of business and neoliberalism on the \'right\'. | One of the favorite myths …
globalresearch.ca/mainstream-economics/5713962

US threatens nuclear arms race \'into oblivion\' as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/us-threatens-nuclear-arms-race-into-oblivion-as-it-kills-another-treaty-and-mulls-bomb-tests/

A school\'s unique response to COVID-19
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-25
Chicago, IL – Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA) is a small two-floor building that rests on the corner of Western and Blue Island Avenues in Pilsen, Chicago. At first glance you would notice the mural that decorates the wall – women of color with fists in the air, \"La Lucha Sigue.\" You might ask yourself, \"Is this a school?\" and the first answer is: yes. Though, the more accurate answer is: \"It\'s a home, a safe haven.\" | First, some vital context. IJLA (more commonly referred to by its original name, Rudy, after the socialist Rudy Lozano) is an options school. This means that our students are 16 to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/25/school-s-unique-response-covid-19

The \"Lockdown\" Has Turned America Into a Despotic, Cash-Strapped Basket-Case
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
\"… and when we look back on this in two years time, from the ruins of our economy and the ruins of our liberty, we will want to see some kind of justice, that the people who made this decision …
globalresearch.ca/lockdown-turned-america-despotic-cash-strapped-basket-case/5713970

A \'wholesale slaughter\' and a mass razing of homes in Britain is the final straw. Enough is enough
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-05-25
Correction: This article was updated at 11.30am on 26 May to make clear that Scottish Natural Heritage, not Natural England, reportedly issued the licences relating to beavers. | Here we stand, ravaged by a disease born out of our short-sighted and self-centred relationship with (other) animals. Here we stand too, threatened with even greater societal collapse due to a climate crisis that\'s born of the same sort of relationship with…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/05/25/a-wholesale-slaughter-and-a-mass-razing-of-homes-in-britain-is-the-final-straw-enough-is-enough/

How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor?
Gary Brecher | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-25
The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/media-saudi-arabia-yemen-khashoggi-war-nerd/

Nearly 200 Groups in Canada Vow to Fight for Covid-19 Recovery That Puts Human and Ecological Health First
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
\"The choices we make now about how to recover from this pandemic will shape not only our health and economic future, but also the future of human life on this planet.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/just-recovery-principles_0.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/25/nearly-200-groups-canada-vow-fight-covid-19-recovery-puts-human-and-ecological?cd-origin=rss

Chomsky Says Trump a \'Sociopathic Megalomaniac\' Who Made US \'Singularly Unprepared\' for Pandemic
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
New comments from the renowned academic come after he accused Trump of wanting \"to destroy the prospects for all organized human life… in the near future.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chomsky-trump-megalomaniac-covid.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/25/chomsky-says-trump-sociopathic-megalomaniac-who-made-us-singularly-unprepared?cd-origin=rss

Safe Jobs Save Lives\': N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers
Dante Strobino | workers.org | 2020-05-25
Union workers and community members organized a car caravan protest in front of Neuse Correctional Institute in Goldsboro, N.C., on May 12 to demand the freedom of all prisoners. This was in response to the fifth COVID-19 related death of a prisoner in state prisons the week prior. At Neuse . . . | Continue reading Safe Jobs Save Lives\': N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48920/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safe-jobs-save-lives-n-c-union-rallies-to-free-prisoners-support-city-workers

Let\'s Honor Fallen Workers on Memorial Day, Too
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
Members of National Nurses United stand in protest among empty shoes representing nurses who have died from Covid-19 in Lafayette Park across from the White House May 07, 2020. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nnu_wh_0.jpg …
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A Spontaneous Rebellion of Low-Wage Workers Is Rising Up Amid Pandemic
Michelle Chen | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
A man rides through as grocery store workers and others stage a protest rally outside the Whole Foods Market, in the South End of Boston, to demand personal protective equipment, added benefits if needed and hazard pay, during the coronavirus pandemic on Apr. 7, 2020. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/workers_protest_coronavirus.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/25/spontaneous-rebellion-low-wage-workers-rising-amid-pandemic?cd-origin=rss

\'Ever thus to tyrants\': WATCH protesters hang effigy of US governor in anti-lockdown protest
rt.com | 2020-05-25
Political leaders across the spectrum have condemned an anti-lockdown protest outside the state capitol in Kentucky during which an effigy of the governor was hung from a tree. | At least 100 people attended a Second Amendment rally at the state capitol in Frankfort on Sunday. Many of the attendees were armed and bore US and Gadsden flags that read \"Don\'t tread on me,\" as well as placards which read \"Abort Beshear from office,\" and \"My rights don\'t end where your fear begins.\" | After a failed attempt to hand-deliver a letter calling for the governor\'s resignation, an effigy of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear w…
rt.com/usa/489670-protestors-lynch-effigy-kentucky-governor/

Women peacekeepers from Brazil and India share UN military gender award
news.un.org | 2020-05-25
For the first time, the UN Military Gender Advocate award has been awarded to two UN peacekeepers: Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval officer, and Major Suman Gawani, of the Indian Army.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064872

Remembering Toronto Peace Activist Michael Lucas
Jed Lehman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Michael Lucas (born Lukac in Vysna Jablonka in eastern Slovakia) died on May 4, 2020 in Toronto. Lucas, (born on March 7, 1926) was a political activist, author, advocate of peace and socialism. | His family stated in his obituary: | \"An | …
globalresearch.ca/obituary-michael-lucas/5713973

Remembering Slain Peace and Justice Activists on This—and Every—Memorial Day
Matthew Rothschild | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
On this Memorial Day, and all the days to come, let\'s remember the peace and justice activists—including Rachel Corrie—who died while demanding a better world. (Photo: Denny Sternstein/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/corrie_militarywithheld.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/25/remembering-slain-peace-and-justice-activists-and-every-memorial-day?cd-origin=rss

Israeli Settlers Run Over Sheep, Burn Palestinian Crops near Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
An illegal Israeli settler, on Monday, ran over and killed three sheep belonging to Palestinian farmers, while injuring a dozen more, in the al-Dirat village, near Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local activists. At the same time, another group of illegal colonists reportedly set fire to …
imemc.org/article/israeli-settlers-run-over-sheep-burn-palestinian-crops-near-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-settlers-run-over-sheep-burn-palestinian-crops-near-hebron

Anti-Fascist Group Targeted for Murder by Far Right Won\'t Back Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-25
\"I\'m going by the name \'Doug,\'\" my contact said, explaining his pseudonym. \"The reason is that Nazis want to kill us.\" | Doug is a member of Atlanta Antifascists, an activist group based in Georgia. We connected via a secured encrypted channel using the Signal app to obscure Doug\'s exact location and personal details. | His hesitation was warranted. | Days before we spoke, Jacob Kaderli, Luke Austin Lane and Michael John Helterbrand

Eosinopenia and elevated C-reactive protein facilitate triage of COVID-19 patients in fever clinic: A retrospective case-control study
Qilin Li, Xiuli Ding, Geqing Xia, Heng-Gui Chen, Fenghua Chen, Zhi Geng, Luming Xu, Shijun Lei, An Pan, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-05-25
The combination of eosinopenia and elevated hs-CRP can effectively triage suspected COVID-19 patients from other patients attending the fever clinic with COVID-19-like initial symptoms. This finding would be particularly useful for designing triage strategies in an epidemic region having a large number of patients with COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases while limited medical resources for nucleic acid tests and radiographic examination.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30119-X/fulltext?rss=yes

The Mismanagement of Wildlife in Utah Continues to be Irrational and a National Embarrassment
Barrie Gilbert | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
The greater sage-grouse, now threatened with extinction, once occurred in the tens of millions. It has declined in over 93% of it range in the Sagebrush sea in seven western states. This largest of our grouse may be on its way to oblivion if not protected by the Endangered Species Act, first proposed in 2003…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/the-mismanagement-of-wildlife-in-utah-continues-to-be-irrational-and-a-national-embarrassment/

A Memory Fragment of the Vietnam War
Michael Uhl | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
We billeted with the Infantry, but no one except Division up at Chu Lai had the reins on our unit. We gathered intel on infrastructure, came and went as we pleased. A lot of down time, lots of time in the local Ville at Mr. Hue\'s roadside food stand with the three tables under a rickety awning. Ba Hue served me the soup with the chicken feet floating on the surface, a delicacy she said. They\'d taught me how to use chopsticks, and I pliered that delicacy to the side of my plate. They laughed.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/a-memory-fragment-of-the-vietnam-war/

If the Federal Government Won\'t Fund the States\' Emergency Needs, There is Another Solution
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
Many states are now experiencing severe budget deficits as they cope with the combined collapse of tax revenues and corresponding expansion of spending brought about by the coronavirus. Although the most recent $3 trillion fiscal package of the House Democrats proposes significant funding for the state and local governments, the GOP and the president have…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/if-the-federal-government-wont-fund-the-states-emergency-needs-there-is-another-solution/

Memorial Day 2020 and the Coronavirus
Paul Cantor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
This year I won\'t be attending the annual memorial ceremony in Richard Kemper Memorial Park as I have been wont to do for the better part of a century. Unfortunately it, along with parades and picnics and similar Memorial Day events everywhere, has been canceled. Richard Kemper, my uncle, was killed on August 5, 1944…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/memorial-day-2020-and-the-coronavirus/

A Memorial Day For Lies?
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
So which will it be? Will this disaster spark a shift for the better? Or will the deadly myths white Americans tell ourselves survive Covid-19? Memorial Day messaging bodes ill. I want to believe that after the coronavirus crisis, US society will emerge sobered, smarter and more aware of the ways that inequality not only…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/a-memorial-day-for-lies/

The Sure Way to End Concerns About China\'s \"Theft\" of a Vaccine: Make it Open
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/the-sure-way-to-end-concerns-about-chinas-theft-of-a-vaccine-make-it-open/

The Next Death Wave from Coronavirus Will Be the Poor, Rural and White
Thom Hartmann | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-25
What do you call a crisis that kills a hundred thousand Americans? It all depends on who does the dying. At first, it seemed like it was mostly white people infected and/or killed by the coronavirus. As the scale of the coronavirus pandemic dawned on Americans during the month of March, most of the media…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/25/the-next-death-wave-from-coronavirus-will-be-the-poor-rural-and-white/

Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
Chuck Collins | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
The number of U.S. citizens filing for unemployment increased to 38.6 million since March 18, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the same two months, the wealth of U.S. billionaires has surged $434 billion

Something more than a bit fishy about Cummings visiting Castle Barnard
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-25
By Rob Woodward: Boris Johnson has offered full support to his embattled senior adviser Dominic Cummings but many questions still remain about the aide\'s actions, following allegations that he broke lockdown rules twice. The media are chasing this story down but they missed something really quite interesting. At the Sunday press briefing, Boris Johnson was specifically asked …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/something-more-than-a-bit-fishy-about-cummings-visiting-castle-barnard/

Canadian Cities Hit by Pandemic Lockdown. Vulnerable to BlackRock\'s Privatization Agenda
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
More voices have been added to the urgent call for federal financial help to struggling municipal governments across Canada, hit by the pandemic lockdown. | On May 20, CUPE Ontario (representing 80,000 municipal employees) and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-cities-vulnerable-blackrock-privatization-agenda/5713909

El imperialismo y el derecho a la autodeterminación
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-05-25
Esta es una versión ligeramente editada de una charla dada durante \" øQué camino hacia el socialismo?\" seminario web realizado por Workers World Party el 16 de mayo. Una de las cinco características que V.I. Lenin, líder de la Revolución Rusa, presentó en su libro de 1916, \"Imperialismo: la etapa más . . . | Continue reading El imperialismo y el derecho a la autodeterminación at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48901/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-imperialismo-y-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminacion

Portland caravan supports essential workers
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-05-25
Large placards covered supporters\' cars during the Portland, Ore., caravan for essential workers held May 21. It started at the East Portland Post Office, circled two Fred Meyer grocery stores and ended at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital. The event was hosted by Communities and Postal Workers United and attended by a . . . | Continue reading Portland caravan supports essential workers at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48910/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portland-caravan-supports-essential-workers

Los migrantes lideran la lucha porque la \'reapertura\' alimenta la resistencia
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-05-25
18 de mayo: El Gerente Ejecutivo, (CEO siglas en inglés), de Ford Motors, Jim Farley, dijo durante una reciente conferencia telefónica: \"La industria automotriz es el motor económico [de los EE. UU.]. Reiniciar todo el ecosistema automotor es cómo reiniciamos la economía \". (New York Times, 18 de mayo) Los . . . | Continue reading Los migrantes lideran la lucha porque la \'reapertura\' alimenta la resistencia at Workers.org…
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US Public Remain the Tacit Accomplice in America\'s Dead End Wars
Andrew Bacevich | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
A U.S. soldier fires an anti-tank rocket during a live-fire exercise in Zabul province, Afghanistan, in July 2010. (Photo: U.S. Army/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/us-army-afghanistan_0_1.jpg …
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Privacy, Auricular Confession and Computer Viruses
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
The original business with personal secrets The unilateral declaration of independence adopted by the slave traders and slaveholders in congress assembled, otherwise known as the American Declaration of Independence, is one of the most successful psychological warfare instruments of modern history. Alone it did not win the fight of the colonial elite against its cousins …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/privacy-auricular-confession-and-computer-viruses/

Despite the Danger of COVID-19, the US Military Continues War Practice in Europe and Pacific and Plans for More in 2021
Colonel Ann Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
During the COVID-19 pandemic, not only will the U.S. military have the largest maritime military maneuvers in the world, with Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) coming to the waters off Hawaii August 17-31, 2020 bringing 26 nations, 25,000 military personnel, …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-war-practice-europe-pacific/5714006

COVID-19 spreads, deaths rise in US following return to work
wsws.org | 2020-05-25
Tens of thousands of workers have been infected with the coronavirus at grocery stores, meatpacking plants, Amazon warehouses, and in other industries.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/25/work-m25.html

American Hubris Robust in a Cataclysmic Global Pandemic
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Few can deny that a perfect storm is brewing and the early foundations for war are being set up by the obvious protagonists. That China has cancelled the dollar peg, in its stock exchange transactions, opting for the Chinese Yuan…
globalresearch.ca/american-hubris-global-pandemic/5713906

China Derangement Syndrome: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-25
~ | Believing cold war is no big deal because nuclear war hasn\'t happened yet is the same as believing your game of Russian roulette is safe because the gun hasn\'t gone off yet. | ~ | There\'s no legitimate reason why nations can\'t just mind their own affairs and care for their own people. Having to read news every day about our government and its allies scheming to destroy nations which disobey them is severely disordered, and we should oppose it ferociously. | ~ | 1. We are in the middle of a slow-motion third world war between the US power alliance and the remaining nations which have resisted its aggressive at…

China Derangement Syndrome: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

War is a poor metaphor for this pandemic
Harry C Boyte and Trygve Throntveit | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-25
\"Wars target enemies and accrue authority to the state. They marginalize vulnerable communities and disenfranchise the people writ large.\"
nationofchange.org/2020/05/25/war-is-a-poor-metaphor-for-this-pandemic/

Indian youth movement blazes a trail with COVID-19 mitigation initiatives rooted in solidarity
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-25
The initiatives of the Kerala unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) have received widespread commendation for their comprehensive and scientific approach towards social solidarity…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/25/indian-youth-movement-blazes-a-trail-with-covid-19-mitigation-initiatives-rooted-in-solidarity/

As nation mourns 100,000 dead, Trump goes golfing
Common Dreams Staff | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-25
By CNN\'s count, this was the president\'s 357th visit to one of his properties and his 265th trip to one of his golf clubs during his presidency.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/25/as-nation-mourns-100000-dead-trump-goes-golfing/

Cuba applies very efficient national drugs to save critical and severe COVID-19 patients
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-25
The CIGB-258, a peptide designed to reduce inflammatory processes, and the monoclonal antibody Itolizumab (Anti-CD6) have shown great effectiveness for the survival of critical and severe COVID-19 patients in Cuba, announced Friday Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology at the ministry of public health.
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Federal Court Blocks South Carolina Witness Requirement That Would Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/25/federal-court-blocks-south-carolina-witness-requirement-would-put-voters-risk?cd-origin=rss

\"We won\'t pay for your crisis\"
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-25
The German Communist Party (DKP) proclaimed that the German working class would not pay for the crisis inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They organized a meeting in Ernst-Wilczok-Platz at Bottrop on May 9 where DKP chairman Patrik Kà∂bele addressed the gathering. | The DKP has questioned, \"where so much money suddenly comes from as a rescue umbrella for large industries, while the austerity measures in the healthcare sector push workers to the limits of resilience. With prices constantly rising, it is impossible for low-income earners and poor people to make ends meet, let alone to raise money for the nece…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/25/we-wont-pay-for-your-crisis/

Why rebuilding America\'s manufacturing muscle is essential
Tom Conway | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-25
Decades of industrial decline left America unprepared for the pandemic. COVID-19 simply caught America flat-footed.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/25/why-rebuilding-americas-manufacturing-muscle-is-essential/

The Elite\'s COVID-19 Coup: Fighting for Our Humanity, Our Liberty and Our Future
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
We are being utterly transformed. And the world is being utterly transformed around us. | Ostensibly, this is to tackle a simple virus. In reality, it is to achieve an elite design at staggering cost to humanity and to life generally….
globalresearch.ca/elite-covid-19-coup-fighting-humanity-liberty-future/5713931

How the U.S. Response to COVID-19 Failed and Caused Thousands of Deaths
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-25
There have been over 1.6 million #coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 deaths in the U.S. While many countries are gradually recovering, no turning point for the pandemic in America is on the sight. Lots of people are shocked at how America, the largest economy in the world, and a great country in the eyes of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/how-the-u-s-response-to-covid-19-failed-and-caused-thousands-of-deaths/

COVID-19 Global Solidarity Manifesto
Various Contributors | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
We demand that when governments implement economic stimulus programs and re-open their economies they prioritize the needs of people over the interests of corporate, financial, and political elites…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-global-solidarity-manifesto/

Fidel Versus COVID-19 and Beyond
Iroel Sánchez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Fidel began advocating the development of biotechnology, in the mid-1980s, insisting that the country would be a world power in medicine, despite the doubts of skeptics and taunts from his enemies | *** | The fact that Cuba\'s response to the COVID-19 …
globalresearch.ca/fidel-covid-19/5713982

Mozambique school children face \'catastrophic\' fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
news.un.org | 2020-05-25
School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling \"catastrophic outcomes\" from the COVID-19 pandemic. By the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, and Mark Lundell, World Bank Country Director.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064462

Hamas\'s Political Head : No Prisoners Swap Deal without an Acceptable Price
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Hamas\'s political head, Ismail Haniyeh, reportedly said over the weekend, that his Islamist party, that rules the Gaza Strip, will agree to a prisoner swap deal with the state of Israel, only in return for an acceptable price. Haniyeh\'s remarks came on the eve of the Al-Fitr Muslims\' Feast or …
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Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity
Dr. Vandana Shiva | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
\"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.\" ‚Äï Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee[1] | In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees …
globalresearch.ca/poisons-mean-extinction-bees-humanity/5713995

US Blocks UNSC Draft Resolution Denouncing Paramilitary Incursion into Venezuela
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
The United States rejected a Russia-proposed UN Security Council (UNSC) draft condemning a recent coup attempt in Venezuela. | During a virtual session of the UNSC on Wednesday, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy presented a resolution calling …
globalresearch.ca/us-blocks-unsc-draft-resolution-denouncing-paramilitary-incursion-venezuela/5713976

The Illegal Burning of Syrian Wheat Fields by US Forces, on the Orders of Donald Trump
Dr. Bassam Barakat | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Doctor Barakat requested immediate legal action via the United Nations and the Syrian Foreign Ministry against the United States of America for its inhumane action in ordering and aiding the burning of Syrian wheat fields and other crops necessary to …
globalresearch.ca/illegal-burning-syrian-wheat-fields-us/5713933

Corrupt Elites: \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\"
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
\"A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore …
globalresearch.ca/individual-collective-struggles-films-frank-capra/5713881

Canada\'s Seat at the UN Security Council May be Coveted but Is Far From Being a Sure Bet
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Next June the United Nations Assembly will hold elections at its 74th session for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council (UNSC) starting on January 1, 2021 for the period 2021–22. | The UNSC has 15 members five of which …
globalresearch.ca/canada-seat-unsc/5713941

UK Government in Crisis as Public Anger Grows Over Dominic Cummings
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Boris Johnson and his trusty advisor Dominic Cummings are finished. That\'s the consensus much of the country has come to as people from all sides of the political spectrum joined together over the weekend to demand Dominic Cummings\' resignation. Twitter …
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-crisis-public-anger-dominic-cummings/5714007

What Next if US Exits From Open Skies Treaty?
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
President Donald Trump sudden or unexpected decision to withdraw from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty has posed unprecedented challenges, generated extensive debates among Russian politicians and experts, and equally worried are leaders in Europe and Asia. | Trump administration notified international …
globalresearch.ca/us-exits-open-skies-treaty/5713964

The Cuban Revolution\'s Survival in the Face of Six Decades of US Attacks
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Examining the introduction of communism to Cuba over 60 years ago, and the revolution\'s survival despite large-scale American attacks, one can conclude these occurrences would likely not have been possible without the involvement of Fidel Castro, the country\'s former …
globalresearch.ca/cuban-revolution-survival-six-decades-us-attacks/5713967

VIPS Memo: To the President–Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) | SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela | Mr. President: | Recent U.S. rhetoric and actions against Venezuela

Arms Control & Disarmament: A Failed Marriage
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
The linkages between contagious disease and climate change is too evident to ignore…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/arms-control-disarmament-a-failed-marriage/

In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths
John Feffer | thenation.com | 2020-05-25
In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths…
thenation.com/article/world/new-zealand-extremism-coronavirus/

Econ-apocalypse: economic and social aspects of the coronavirus crisis
Riccardo Bellofiore | mronline.org | 2020-05-25
In this historical conjuncture we are faced with the risk of a double temporality. The double temporality that I have in mind is that between saying, \'now let\'s make the economy restart quickly\', adding \'later we will think about its contents\'. It is an illusion. And a dangerous illusion.
mronline.org/2020/05/25/econ-apocalypse-economic-and-social-aspects-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=econ-apocalypse-economic-and-social-aspects-of-the-coronavirus-crisis

Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic
Jamie Rowen | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
With the challenges posed by the situation today, veterans who were already lacking adequate benefits and resources are now in deeper trouble, and it will be harder to answer their needs…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/memorial-day-why-veterans-are-particularly-vulnerable-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

Venezuelan Government Seizes AT&T Assets, Looks to Re-establish DirecTV Cable Service
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-25
The Texas-based multinational abandoned the country last week citing legal pressure caused by US sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14887

Murderer in Chief (Part Two): Trump\'s Gutting of Environmental Rules Will Lead to Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
Kenneth Peres | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
The Trump administration has attacked environmental regulations aimed at protecting people and the planet since the moment it came to power. (Photo: Mark Dixon/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/fossil_fuels_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/25/murderer-chief-part-two-trumps-gutting-environmental-rules-will-lead-hundreds?cd-origin=rss

The Infinite Heartbreak of Loving Hong Kong
Wilfred Chan | zcomm.org | 2020-05-25
As China moves to impose a law that would criminalize dissent, Hong Kongers are facing a dark new era…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-infinite-heartbreak-of-loving-hong-kong/

For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart
Leila Rafei | aclu.org | 2020-05-25
Betty Riddle made sure she was first in line to vote in the Florida primary this year. At age 62, it was her first time voting. \"It was one of the greatest moments of my life,\" she told the ACLU. Her family made her a T-shirt just for the occasion, which read first in line, first time voting. | As a Floridian, Betty was subject to one of the nation\'s harshest felony disenfranchisement laws. Before Amendment 4, Florida barred her from voting for life because of past felony convictions, even though she completed her sentence…
aclu.org/news/voting-rights/for-betty-riddle-amendment-4-win-makes-her-a-part-of-society-not-apart

How to understand all this China stuff
Caitlin A. Johnstone | mronline.org | 2020-05-25
The notion of \"pre-crime\" is the purview of dystopian horror fiction when applied to individual people, and there\'s no reason we should find the prospect of attacking and destroying for hypothetical future offenses any less insane on an international scale.
mronline.org/2020/05/25/how-to-understand-all-this-china-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-understand-all-this-china-stuff

Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian-owned Structures near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished a livestock barn and a tent, east of the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Sources said the structures were owned by a local Palestinian, who was detained for several hours before being released. Palestinian security sources said the …
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Armed Israeli Settlers Shoot, Injure Two Palestinian Youths
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Palestinian media reports said, earlier on Monday, that at least two Palestinians were shot and wounded by armed Israeli settlers, in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah city, in the central West Bank. Palestinian chief for resisting the Israeli Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlement construction, across the West …
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Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Family Harvesting Wheat, Wounding Two
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-25
Israeli forces on Monday attacked a family of Palestinians who were harvesting wheat on their farmland near al-Mughayyir village east of Jerusalem. The Israeli army was apparently called in by Israeli settlers who had earlier tried to harass the Palestinian family. Initially, the army issued a statement that two Palestinians …
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\'Here We Go Again\': Richest Hospitals Sitting on Billions in Cash Got Golden Bailouts Compared to Those Serving Poorest
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
\"If you ever hear a hospital complaining they don\'t have enough money, see if they have a venture fund.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_cdc_coronavirus_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/25/here-we-go-again-richest-hospitals-sitting-billions-cash-got-golden-bailouts?cd-origin=rss

$3,278 ER Visit for Coughing Fits and Fever Amid Covid-19 Pandemic Highlights Failure of For-Profit System
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
A $3,278 bill that Timothy Regan received after coughing fits and a low-grade fever sent him to a Denver emergency room in early April—as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the United States continued to climb—garnered national media attention Monday as an example of how much the nation\'s for-profit healthcare system is costing Americans, particularly in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/healthcare-for-people_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/25/3278-er-visit-coughing-fits-and-fever-amid-covid-19-pandemic-highlights-failure?cd-origin=rss

\'It Was Me Who Shattered 100% of the ISIS Caliphate,\' Says Trump to Defend Golfing Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-25
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Selected Articles: The \"National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan\"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-25
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | USA Plan: Militarized Control of Population. The …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-what-next-if-us-exits-from-open-skies-treaty/5714013

Calls grow to make childcare accessible, fully funded
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-25
Education Jim McIlroyIssue 1267 Australia early childhood education childcare workers COVID-19May 25, 2020Calls are growing f…
greenleft.org.au/content/calls-grow-make-childcare-accessible-fully-funded

Leave no one behind
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-25
Green Left Pip HinmanIssue 1267 Australia women precarious workers COVID-19 recessionMay 25, 2020In addition to facing a sharp –…
greenleft.org.au/content/leave-no-one-behind

Can NASA\'s \'Artemis Accords\' Spark a U.S.-Russia Alliance?
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-25
Amidst the global chaos and confusion unleashed by COVID-19, the need for a new global security and financial architecture is becoming clearer every day. Banks tremble upon the precipice of the greatest financial meltdown in history while radical forces of the Anglo-American elite knowing only how to think in terms of \"balance of power\" geopolitics gear up for war with Russia and China. | The scale of chaos and death threatening humanity via the two-fold crises of economic collapse…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/25/can-nasa-artemis-accords-spark-us-russia-alliance/

Biden Should Be Named in Criminal Probe in Ukraine, Judge Rules
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-25
Joe Biden should be named as an alleged perpetrator in a criminal investigation in Ukraine over the firing of former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, a Ukrainian judge has ruled. Shokin has alleged that Biden was illegally behind his dismissal in 2016 by threatening to withhold a $1 billion IMF loan to Ukraine if Shokin wasn\'t dismissed.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/25/biden-should-be-named-in-criminal-probe-in-ukraine-judge-rules/

Cuba Is Punished for not Emulating the U.S
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-25
In April 2015, the Obama Administration removed Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism

Praising Emissions Reductions Due to Coronavirus Plays Into Right-Wing Strategy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-25
A study published in Nature Climate Change recently found that, in early April, daily global carbon dioxide emissions decreased by 17 percent compared to the 2019 mean levels. Because of shelter-in-place rules and businesses being closed, people have been driving and flying less, leading to lower emissions. | Shortly after emissions started dropping in March, the climate community was careful to apply nuance to the emissions reduction discussion: Less carbon dioxide emissions, while good,…
truthout.org/articles/praising-emissions-reductions-due-to-coronavirus-plays-into-right-wing-strategy/

Dubious State Testing Numbers May Be Screwing Up National CDC Reports
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-25
Health officials in Texas, Georgia, Vermont and Virginia acknowledged this week that they have been combining viral and antibody test results. Those results may well have painted an inaccurate picture of how the coronavirus has spread over time, and led to an overestimation of how well officials are tracking the contagion. | The difference is a matter of timing. Viral tests

Without More Federal Funds, Half of All Child Care Centers Could Close Forever
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-25
As the days of a national shutdown stretched on, Aliya Johnson-Roberts knew she would have to start cutting employees\' hours and laying off some of her staff. When her child care center in northeast Philadelphia closed its doors in mid-March due to the coronavirus, she immediately started to lose out on a large portion of her revenue: $7,000 a month in tuition from private-paying families, co-pays from families who receive state support, and money she would normally receive through a federal…
truthout.org/articles/without-more-federal-funds-half-of-all-child-care-centers-could-close-forever/

Is that you, Joe? Biden\'s mask-sunglasses combo covers entire face at first public appearance in over 2 months
rt.com | 2020-05-25
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sported a face-obscuring combination of black mask and black sunglasses during a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony, triggering an avalanche of memes and derision from the Trump camp. | The former vice president ventured outside his home for the first time in more than two months to lay a wreath at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, on Monday. Along with his wife and a Secret Service detail, Biden wore a black face mask, the color presumably symbolizing mourning. Coupled with his trademark black aviator sunglasses, however, the get-up left little of his…
rt.com/usa/489731-biden-mask-memorial-memes/

Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-25
An earlier version of this article appeared in Labor Notes May 15. The Trump administration, COVID-19 and U.S. Senate reluctance to provide needed funding have put the U.S. Postal Service in dire economic straits. To make matters worse, newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy comes with 35 years\' experience in . . . | Continue reading Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS at Workers.org…
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Battle Against COVID-19 in a Fragmented World has Ruined illions of Lives
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-24
It is not only about physically surviving the pandemic. People miss people, and places, sometimes desperately. And they die when separated. We are bombarded by briefings and numbers. We are scared into submission by horrifying medical stories, by shocking images, and then, simultaneously, by predictions of economic and social downfall. Day and night, day and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/battle-against-covid-19-in-a-fragmented-world-has-ruined-illions-of-lives/

Police fire tear gas during protest in Hong Kong
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-24
Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas in a popular shopping district, as hundreds took to the streets on 24 May to march against China\'s proposed tough national security laws for the city.Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have sharply criticised China\'s proposal to enact a national security law that would ban secessionist and subversive activity. The law would also ban foreign interference and terrorism in the semi-autonomous territory.One country, two systems: Critics say it goes against the \"one country, two systems\" framework that promises the city freedoms not found on the mainland.On Sunday a…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/05/24/police-fire-tear-gas-during-protest-in-hong-kong/

Hundreds call for \'end to tyranny\' in anti-lockdown protest at California state Capitol (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-24
Some 2,000 people have descended on the California Capitol in Sacramento, demanding that the remaining coronavirus restrictions

National Alliance calls for National Day of Protest: May 3Oth
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-24
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The recently re founded National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression calls upon all its members, comrades, friends and allies to join in a national day of protest on May 30th, 2020 at 3: 00 PM EST. | We as a movement have been agitated into taking mass, united action not by the pandemic alone but even more significantly by the Federal Government and the financial lords and barons of Wall Street who, driven by their own greed and lust for political power, are willing to sacri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/24/national-alliance-calls-national-day-protest-may-3oth

Alyssa Milano goes on defensive after showing off her KNITTED mask (that does NOTHING to stop Covid-19)
rt.com | 2020-05-24
Actress and liberal activist Alyssa Milano has pushed back against an avalanche of online mockery, after she shared a photo of herself donning a visibly unreliable knitted mask. | The anti-Trump #Resistance \'heroine\' urged her Twitter followers to don masks to stop the spread of Covid-19, and included a pic of her face-covered family. | Show me your masks! Masks keep people safe and healthy. Show me yours! Ready? Go! #WearAMask pic.twitter.com/MV9xANK9ll– Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano)
rt.com/usa/489604-alyssa-milano-knitted-mask-coronavirus/

Crucial Reading For A Turbulent Time
John Rachel | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-24
In an era where a man like Julian Assange can be mercilessly persecuted for just doing honest journalism, it takes a great deal of courage to expose the lies and misdeeds of America\'s imperial ambitions. Yet they must be exposed and condemned for exactly what they have been and continue to be. No More War: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/crucial-reading-for-a-turbulent-time/

Left-wing MPs put Starmer\'s weak response to the Cummings scandal to shame
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-24
The scandal over Boris Johnson\'s chief adviser Dominic Cummings allegedly breaking coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown rules has sparked widespread anger. Over 50% of people now reportedly think he should step down. But that\'s something Labour leader Keir Starmer seems unhappy to demand. | The comments of left-wing Labour MPs, meanwhile, have shown a much better understanding of what people around the country want right now. | \'Breaking the law\': | Back in…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/05/24/left-wing-mps-put-starmers-weak-response-to-the-cummings-scandal-to-shame/

US declares vaccine war on the world
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-24
What prevents any country from making drugs and vaccines, once developed? Is it the threat of the US, or the belief that in the US-China vaccine war, they need to be on the US side?
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/24/us-declares-vaccine-war-on-the-world/

The World is in Their Care
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-24
The World is in Their Care calls our awareness down upon those who do the daily work which improves, repairs, and sustains life. All labor is shared. Bless the listener without whom their is no poet. This poem is dedicated to Jerry Tucker.
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The mendacity of Modi govt.\'s \'rescue package\'
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-24
The inhumanity of the Narendra Modi government towards the people is matched only by its mendacity. And in both respects, the Modi government is far ahead of most other governments in the world. Which other government would have passed off a slew of concessions to foreign and domestic monopolists as a \"rescue package\" for the people of the country? Which other government would have totted up loan plans for banks, and non-bank financial companies, as succor to the crisis-hit poor? Which other government would have projected abject prostration before globalized finance (and its credit-rating agencies) as a move…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/24/the-mendacity-of-modi-govt-s-rescue-package/

A History of News and Justice in the Americas
Mirna Wabi-Sabi | commondreams.org | 2020-05-24
(Historical photos colorized by Marina Amaral, in project called \'In Color | | Slavery In Brazil, 1869\') | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/marina_amaral_1.png …
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Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-24
In this week\'s Climate Crisis News Roundup, COVID-19 has meat production in crisis, but what\'s its climate impact? And a new report says President Trump has the worst public lands protection record in history, while the EU and Spain will soon release a green economic stimulus plan.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-eu-green-stimulus-meat-apocalypse-public-lands-climate-music

5 reasons Costa Rica is winning plaudits for fighting COVID-19: a Resident Coordinator\'s blog
news.un.org | 2020-05-24
Costa Rica is winning plaudits for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alice Shackleford, UN Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica, and WHO Representative María Dolores Pérez-Rosales, explain why the small Central American country is managing to keep the number of cases down, and its population healthy.
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Heed ceasefire call, UN chief urges, marking Africa Day
news.un.org | 2020-05-24
African countries have \"demonstrated commendable leadership\" battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the continent where conflict prevails, should heed the UN call for a global ceasefire to push back the deadly virus, said the Secretary-General on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064862

Iranian Fuel Tanker Reaches Venezuela, Defying US Threats
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-24
The five Iranian tankers are estimated to carry enough gasoline to supply Venezuela for 50 days.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14886

Three Palestinian Prisoners enter 12th and 18th Years of Israeli Imprisonment
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-24
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) confirmed, on Saturday, that both Palestinian prisoners, Mohammad Alkhaldi and Mohammad Auda, from the Arrana village, on the outskirts of Jenin, have both entered their 12th year of life sentences in Israeli prison. Montaser Sammour, Director of the Prisoners\' Society in Jenin, further noted …
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Israeli Police Assault, Arrest 4 Palestinians at Al-Aqsa, Soldiers Detain 3 Overnight
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-24
Dozens of Israeli police, on Sunday, assaulted a number of Palestinian Muslim worshipers performing Eid al-Fitr prayers at Bab al-Asbat or Lion\'s Gate, leading to the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, southern West Bank. Palestinian Muslims joined at the gate of the mosque to perform prayers for Eid …
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Restaurants in the Pandemic
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-24
The NYT ran a column by a bar-restaurant owner telling of the horrible circumstances facing restaurants during and after the shutdown period. While the restaurant industry is among the hardest hit sectors, and many will not survive, a few of the complaints in the piece need some qualification. For example it tells readers: \"Rent is …
cepr.net/restaurants-in-the-pandemic/

Your Employers Are Behind the Rush to Reopen
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-24
This article was originally published at Labor Notes. | The federal government squandered the time the states spent in lockdown. We still face a national shortage of COVID-19 test kits and PPE and there is no nationwide testing or contact tracing program. The United States has 4 percent of the world\'s population, but about a third of the world\'s coronavirus cases. | But some…
truthout.org/articles/your-employers-are-behind-the-rush-to-reopen/

Tenants in Properties Linked to Jared Kushner Fear Lift of Eviction Ban
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-24
It was the day after April rent was officially due

What New York City\'s Cholera Epidemics Can Teach Us in the Age COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-24
This isn\'t the first time that New York City became the epicenter of a deadly disease. Consequently, this also isn\'t the first time a widespread disease has been racialized and linked to the \"other.\" When cholera arrived on the shores of New York City in 1832, the disease had already ravaged parts of Asia and Europe. New York City officials and scientists did not understand the cause of the disease. Some saw cholera as divine retribution, only inflicted on the sinners of the city. In the 1830s, app…
truthout.org/articles/what-new-york-citys-cholera-epidemics-can-teach-us-in-the-age-covid-19/

Tory MPs ramp up pressure on Johnson over Cummings \'lockdown breaches\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-24
Conservative MPs have ramped up pressure on Boris Johnson to dispense with his top aide Dominic Cummings. The pressure comes amid fresh allegations that Cummings broke lockdown rules more than once. | The prime minister has been urged to sack Cummings after reports surfaced that he made a second trip to County Durham, where his family lives, despite stringent social restrictions. | Tory MPs, including prominent 1922 Committee member Steve Baker, said Cummings \"must go\". But transport secretary Grant Shapps said reports of a second trip were \"not true\". The PM pledged his \"full support\" on Saturday 23 May to his u…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/05/24/tory-mps-ramp-up-pressure-on-johnson-over-cummings-lockdown-breaches/

Muslims celebrate Eid amid curfews and virus fears
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-24
Muslims around the world on Sunday 24 May began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Millions are under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks.The three-day holiday is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting. But this year many can only celebrate at home with immediate family, with virus fears dampening the holiday spirit.Indonesia has reported nearly 22,000 infections and 1,350 fatalities, the most in Southeast Asia. Lockdown orders intended to co…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/05/24/muslims-celebrate-eid-amid-curfews-and-virus-fears/

\'Dems could pick a GLASS OF WATER as candidate\': Trump picks apart Biden & talks \'DEEP STATE\' in new softball interview
rt.com | 2020-05-24
President Trump has unloaded on rival Joe Biden, who he said \"doesn\'t know he\'s alive,\" and has also promised that his new intelligence director and Attorney General William Barr will \"Break the deep state.\" | In a relatively softball interview broadcast on Sunday, the president boasted to \'Full Measure\' host Sharyl Atkinson about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, and slammed the Chinese government for its alleged role in allowing the virus to spread. | However, he saved his most characteristically Trumpian insults for Joe Biden, former Vice President and presumed Democratic candidate in this year\'s el…
rt.com/usa/489641-trump-biden-deep-state/

NYT includes MURDER VICTIM in controversial front page list of Covid-19 deaths
rt.com | 2020-05-24
The New York Times has split the internet over a provocative front page spread of Covid-19 victims. The list itself has come under scrutiny, with at least one of the deaths found to have actually resulted from homicide. | As the US death toll approaches 100,000, the paper decided to print a \"long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic.\" Instead of trying to fit tens of thousands of names on the front page, the New York Times chose to highlight a curated selection of obituaries from across the country. | The Times explained that the list of 1,000 people was designed to remind A…
rt.com/usa/489602-nyt-coronavirus-deaths-frontpage-controversy/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

The Heat: China\'s Two Sessions
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-23
China\'s Two Sessions continue in Beijing as Premier Li delivers the 2020 government work report.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/23/the-heat-chinas-two-sessions-3

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/

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/

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/

Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-22
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\'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.\"

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

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

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

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

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 …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/u-s-organizations-react-to-global-military-spending-report/