2020-05-27: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2020-05-27). Why Iran\'s Fuel Tankers for Venezuela Are Sending Shudders Through Washington. zcomm.org At the United Nations China has been outspoken against the regime change policy driven by the United States against both states. It has been this Chinese shield that enabled the tankers to go through what is effectively a U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela…

Eds. (2020-05-27). \"Trump is Making War on American People\" mronline.org Newsclick brings you \'Signs of Our Times,\' series of discussions between Vijay Prashad and Aijaz Ahmad…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-27). Hong Kong and China\'s New National Security Strategy. US Interventionism. Beijing is Intent on Fighting Back. globalresearch.ca Months of violence and vandalism in Hong Kong last year were orchestrated. | Any pretext will do for the US to wage wars on other nations by hot and/or other means — directly by terror-bombing and/or use of proxies, financed and …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-27). Iran and Venezuela: Standing Tall Against Imperial USA. globalresearch.ca If all nations operated like Iran and Venezuela, world peace and stability would replace endless wars of aggression against nations threatening no one. | If countries worldwide refused to subordinate their sovereign rights to US interests, its imperial scourge would be …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-05-27). Video: Dr. Ron Paul\'s Urgent Coronavirus Message for Every American. globalresearch.ca Most Americans will be blindsided by what\'s about to happen… | But not those who learn the critical steps necessary to protect yourself and your family from what\'s coming next. | |

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-05-27). EU Trying To Take Over Serbia-Kosovo Negotiations From U.S. globalresearch.ca French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

Devin Cole (2020-05-27). Alabama clinic bought by abortion rights group. workers.org On May 15, 2019, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in the U.S. The law banned all abortions in Alabama regardless of reason and with no exceptions. The Alabama law was part of a national right-wing campaign to challenge the Supreme Court\'s . . . |

Paul Street (2020-05-27). Life in Hell: Online Teaching. counterpunch.org I had long heard rumors from academicians about how \"online teaching is a nightmare,\" \"online teaching ruined my life,\" \"online teaching sucked the brains out of my head,\" \"online teaching is a new and insidious form of labor degradation,\" and the like. I foolishly tended to write these complaints off as hyperbole, saying \"it can\'t be that bad.\" No more. I get it now.

Sara Flounders (2020-05-27). U.S. tries to deflect COVID fiasco onto China. workers.org A growing world confrontation is roaring onto the political and economic scene. Not a day goes by without the corporate media in the U.S. carrying totally distorted and negative news attacks on the People\'s Republic of China. Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs over who is \"soft\" on China. Business . . . |

Joe Emersberger (2020-05-27). In 2007, acclaimed US physician Paul Farmer pushed for Cuban Medical Brigades to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. zcomm.org Today Code Pink is making a push for that. It would be a lock in a civilized world. Click below to here to read Farmer\'s letter. In it, he glowingly sums up his decades of working closely with Cuban doctors in Haiti.

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-27). Pakistan\'s Role in Russia\'s Greater Eurasian Partnership. globalresearch.ca Connectivity is one of the key trends of the 21st century, which Russia is fully embracing with its Greater Eurasian Partnership (GEP) in order to counteract the chaotic processes unleashed throughout the course of the ongoing systemic transition from unipolarity …

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-27). The US Rubbished Another Arms Control Regime as Part of Its Risky Renegotiating Gamble. globalresearch.ca The US\' planned withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty represents yet another rubbishing of the international arms control regimes that helped maintain strategic stability after the end of the Old Cold War, with this dramatic move and the others like …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-27). Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists: Ben Uliel and the Murder of the Dawabsheh Family. counterpunch.org 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

Juan Cole (2020-05-27). Twitter finally Fact-Checks Trump, but Still Lets him Get Away with Murder (Literally). zcomm.org Twitter routinely bans accounts for breaking its rules, but has let Trump act with impunity…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-27). Launch Of Apartheid Off Campus. popularresistance.org Apartheid Off Campus was born officially just over a week ago and it could not have come at a better time, with the new and ever-mounting challenges the Palestinians have had to face. In this 7-day window, AOC acquired over 2000 followers across three social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. AOC has received far-reaching and overwhelming support from students and activists alike, enough to remind us that now is as perfect a time as any to launch an active, dynamic student-led movement for Palestine. | After an online-only (courtesy of the lockdown!) student campaign launch, hundreds of students a…

WSWS (2020-05-27). Socialist Equality Party (Australia) to hold online lectures on history of Trotskyism. wsws.org Amid the breakdown of capitalism triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the lectures will outline the contemporary significance of the Trotskyist movement\'s decades-long fight for a socialist and internationalist perspective.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Build rank-and-file factory and workplace committees in the UK to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 virus and save lives! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) opposes the reckless back-to-work campaign and the reopening of schools and non-essential workplaces as the pandemic continues to spread.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Build rank-and-file factory and workplace committees to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 virus and save lives! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) opposes the reckless back-to-work campaign and the reopening of schools and non-essential workplaces as the pandemic continues to spread.

Steve Sweeney (2020-05-27). Venezuela brands U.S.-backed Citgo sale \'an act of modern piracy\'. mronline.org Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez last year branded the move an \"organised crime that violates international law.

Alan Macleod (2020-05-27). \"Germ-Ridden Masses\" — How America\'s Wealthy Elite Describe the Rest of Us. mintpressnews.com Many of the world\'s super wealthy are trying to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic on their luxury yachts. But how to get to them without interacting with the public and catching the virus themselves? Such are the difficult quandaries only billionaires have to deal with. Fortunately, financial news outlet Bloomberg has solved the big question of the current era. A new company, it excitedly

Alan Macleod (2020-05-27). As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd. mintpressnews.com While serving as Minnesota\'s chief prosecutor between 1999 and 2007, Klobuchar declined to bring charges against more than two dozen officers who had killed citizens while on duty — including against the cop that killed George Floyd.

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-27). Ecuador Protests New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown. popularresistance.org Above photo: Ecuador protests against neoliberal measures during pandemic from Twitter. Protesters state that Lenin Moreno\'s government has made decisions that only benefit big companies and private banks. Unions, students, teachers, workers, and social organizations took to the streets in Quito as others followed from home in several cities Monday with a pot-banging protest. In Quito, Cuenca, and Guayaquil the protesters …

Lawrence Davidson (2020-05-27). National Values: Reality or Propaganda? counterpunch.org Joe Biden, presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate, thinks he knows what American values are. Here are some of them: \"inclusivity, tolerance, diversity, respect for the rule of law.\" Biden defines these as among the \"democratic values that define us.\" Actually, what Biden is describing are practices that allegedly reflect American values. And, indeed, these are the sort

Sam Pizzigati (2020-05-27). The Inefficient and Incredibly Lucrative Coronavirus Vaccine Race. counterpunch.org Centuries ago, back in the Middle Ages, battles against plagues seldom went well. Medieval public health warriors had little scientific knowledge about their viral assailants. And what little knowledge they did gain, they couldn\'t easily share. Kingdoms had no vehicles for rapid and reliable communicating. We don\'t have that problem today as we do viral

Erik Molvar (2020-05-27). Should Federal Public Lands be Prioritized for Renewable Energy Development? counterpunch.org The Wilderness Society just teamed up with Yale University to release a reportpromoting renewable energy development on public lands, and like the recent Michael Moore documentary Planet of the Humans, it\'s stirring up controversy. The report suggests we should ramp up utility-scale renewable production on federal public lands, with a particular focus on Nevada\'s desert

John Bachtell (2020-05-27). Trump steps up deadly drive to reopen at all costs. peoplesworld.org The contrast on Memorial Day couldn\'t have been starker or more surreal. As the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths approached, Trump played golf, oblivious to the carnage, while mocking Joe Biden for wearing a mask. Following the lead of a president oblivious to the suffering and death across the nation, in some Americans ignored …

Mark Gruenberg (2020-05-27). AFL-CIO formally endorses Joe Biden for president. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By vote of its general board, the AFL-CIO, the nation\'s largest labor federation, formally endorsed presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for election to the White House in 2020. The endorsement, announced in a 10-minute speech May 26 by federation President Richard Trumka, was expected. It followed Biden endorsements by two influential AFL-CIO unions: The …

ahtribune (2020-05-27). A Death in Herzliya: Mystery Remains About the Death of the Chinese Ambassador. ahtribune.com On Sunday morning May 17th, China\'s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei,

RT (2020-05-27). Defeating Trump more important: Tulsi Gabbard drops lawsuit against Hillary Clinton over \'Russian asset\' smear. rt.com Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has chosen to let Hillary Clinton get away with calling her an agent of the Kremlin, dropping the defamation lawsuit for the sake of party unity and defeating President Donald Trump. | While Gabbard and her campaign \"remain certain of the action\'s legal merit,\" the new reality of the Covid-19 pandemic requires them to \"focus their time and attention on other priorities, including defeating Donald Trump in 2020, rather than righting the wrongs here,\" her attorney Dan Terzian wrote in the court filing withdrawing the lawsuit on Wednesday. | It was a far cry from the fiery t…

RT (2020-05-27). US troop pullout from Afghanistan is \'ahead of schedule\' — report. rt.com The US military\'s withdrawal from Afghanistan is considerably ahead of schedule, an official told AFP on Wednesday. President Donald Trump earlier reiterated calls for the Pentagon to bring troops home. | Questions are looming over the next phase of Afghanistan\'s war, as its three-day ceasefire comes to an end. Under a deal the US signed with the Taliban in February, the Pentagon was to bring troop levels down from about 12,000 to 8,600 by mid-July, before withdrawing all forces by May 2021. | However, a senior US defense official said the troop number was already down to around 7,500, as commanders sought to…

Staff (2020-05-27). NYU Response To Grad Student Sickout Puts Fall Semester In Question. therealnews.com On May 6-8, NYU\'s graduate students held a three-day sickout to try and force the administration to commit to additional financial support for students in the wake of the novel coronavirus. | The students of NYU are echoing the demands of students at other universities: summer funding, a one-year extension of current funding packages, committing to not have a hiring freeze, and support for undocumented students. But NYU\'s refusal to engage with the graduate students is especially galling given the university\'s endowment is, by its own accounting, $4.3 billion. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (C…

Joshua Hanks (2020-05-27). New York Times misses mark on Kerala\'s COVID-19 success. workers.org It is almost five months since China first alerted the World Health Organization about cases of what is now called COVID-19. The ensuing pandemic has revealed stark differences in the responses of governments around the world. As Workers World has reported, communist-led governments in countries like Cuba, Vietnam, China and . . . |

Bruce Bostick (2020-05-27). Irish repay debt from famine to Native American Choctaws. peoplesworld.org Our nation is suffering through the coronavirus pandemic, without leadership and with a death toll in six figures. Especially hard hit are people of color. \"First Nations\" people, Native Americans, are suffering horribly, with our national administration making this situation worse. The national administration has not been helpful and has cut off badly needed U.S. …

Steve Topple (2020-05-27). It\'s official: coronavirus has shown that men and women still don\'t have equality. thecanary.co New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has

Kathy Durkin (2020-05-27). Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade. workers.org In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline and related fuel products to Venezuela. On May 23 and 25, the first two ships traveled through the Caribbean Sea and entered Venezuelan territorial waters with a Venezuelan naval and . . . |

Ricardo Vaz (2020-05-27). Iranian fuel tanker reaches Venezuela, defying U.S. threats. mronline.org The five Iranian tankers are estimated to carry enough gasoline to supply Venezuela for 50 days.

John Whitehead (2020-05-27). From 9/11 to COVID-19: The United State[s] of Emergency. mintpressnews.com CHARLOTTESVILLE ( Pity them because they have spent their entire lives in a state of emergency. | They were born in the wake of the 9/11 attacks; raised without any expectation of privacy in a technologically-driven, mass surveillance state; educated in schools that teach conformity and compliance; saddled with a debt-ridden economy on the brink…

Mary P. Kaessinger (2020-05-27). Fight for the rights of people with disabilities! workers.org This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the\"What Road To Socialism?\" webinar held by Workers World Party on May 16. Disability is a condition that strikes all classes. Ruling-class families start charities, like the Kennedys, who started the Special Olympics. That\'s nice, but it didn\'t bring . . . |

Betsey Piette (2020-05-27). Fossil fuel money funds \'back to work\' movement. workers.org Picture this: Thousands of oil tankers surrounding the globe with nowhere to dock. The accompanying map shows the position of the tankers, mostly filled with oil, stranded around the world on May 4. They have no way to unload since onshore warehouses are full, pipelines are full, and under the . . . |

Betsey Piette (2020-05-27). International movement demands: \'Justice for Major Tillery! workers.org On May 17, word spread via social media that Major Tillery, a political prisoner at Pennsylvania\'s State Correctional Institution Chester, was sick with chills, a sore throat and a fever for several days. On hearing of Tillery\'s illness and knowing that COVID-19 was running rampant in U.S. prisons, the international . . . |

Chauncey K. Robinson (2020-05-27). \'I can\'t breathe!\': Minneapolis erupts in protest after murder of George Floyd. peoplesworld.org Civil unrest and outrage have overtaken the city of Minneapolis as a community seeks retribution for the death of yet another Black person at the hands of police. Video footage went viral earlier this week showing four white officers using excessive force and an unauthorized restraint maneuver to arrest 46-year-old George Floyd. George lost his …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-27). Widespread outrage across the US, over the murder of George Lloyd by police. peoplesdispatch.org On May 26, hundreds of protesters were attacked by police in the city of Minneapolis during a protest against the murder of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a police officer on Monday May 25. | Protesters gathered at the intersection where Lloyd was murdered on Tuesday May 26 after the news of his death spread over social media. A memorial for Floyd was organized and people chanted against the police and held up signs condemning institutionalized racism in the US. | Protests were also held outside the Minneapolis Police Department\'s 3rd precinct office building, the circle to which the accused police off…

Shawgi Tell (2020-05-27). Will 130 Trillion Digital Dollars Save America? dissidentvoice.org Simply \"printing\" more money and adding more debt to the existing enormous debt load in the U.S. is not a solution. It is particularly irresponsible when it is done with no connection to social production and the working class. Non-fictitious value comes only from the labor-time of workers involved in the process of producing goods …

Al Neal (2020-05-27). Players to MLB: \"Sliding pay, no way.\" peoplesworld.org Major League Baseball made the right call by dropping its proposed revenue split to players, and the MLB Players Association as a way to restart the Covid-19 waylaid season by July. It was a foolish proposal—one players have fought against, and gone out on strike against—and was a non-starter at the tele-negotiation table. \"If you …

Shaniqua Pippen (2020-05-27). NYC schools and COVID-19: A failed response and a looming crisis. liberationnews.org The burden was put on teachers to make sure over 1.1 million students were fed and had a place to go during the pandemic at the expense of our own health.

Jamal Rich (2020-05-27). Another police killing during COVID-19: Seeking justice for Finan Berhe. peoplesworld.org SILVER SPRING, Md.—On May 7, 2020, a 30-year old Black man was killed by police in the White Oak suburb of Silver Spring, Md., outside his home. His name was Finan Berhe, a member of the local Eritrean community. Berhe was only armed with a knife and likely under distress, but his life was tragically …

Ron Skolnik (2020-05-27). Israel: A farewell to Labor, the peace and partial-annexation party. peoplesworld.org On April 26, the Central Committee of Israel\'s Labor Party voted (online, of course) to endorse Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister. In doing so, the party lent its hand to the installation of a government that is poised to unilaterally annex West Bank territory this summer and perhaps deliver the knockout punch to the two-state …

Staff (2020-05-27). From George Floyd to Chris Cooper: Ibram X. Kendi on \"Racist Terror\" Facing Black People in America. democracynow.org \"I can\'t breathe\" — that\'s what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City\'s Central Park and falsely accusing him of \"threatening her life\" after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these developments and more with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American Univer…

Staff (2020-05-27). \"Horrifying Neglect\": COVID-19 Deaths in ICE Custody Spark New Calls for Mass Release of Prisoners. democracynow.org Calls are growing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release people from detention during the pandemic, as two people have died from COVID-19 while in custody. We speak with The Intercept\'s Ryan Devereaux, who reported on how Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, suffered horrifying neglect before he passed away. We are also joined by Erika Andiola with RAICES Action. \"None of those folks — especially people who migrated seeking asylum — they did not do anything to deserve a life sentence in a detention center,\" Andiola notes.

Staff (2020-05-27). COVID Racial Data Tracker: Ibram X. Kendi on How Better Data Reveals the True Toll of the Pandemic. democracynow.org Ibram X. Kendi says early media coverage of COVID-19 as \"the great equalizer\" missed the racial impact of the disease. But it soon became clear \"that it was Latino Americans and African Americans and Native Americans in particular who were disproportionately being infected and dying.\" The award-winning author and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University joins us to discuss why he started the COVID Racial Data Tracker.

ahtribune (2020-05-27). What If China Promoted Hawaiian Independence? ahtribune.com A news website created by Tibetan exiles in India, Phayul, has featured The bill would \"authorize the President to recognize the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People\'s Republic of China as a separate, independent country, and for other purposes.\" | Other purposes? That the US was running geopolitical intrig…

The Canary (2020-05-27). Johnson faces questions over Cummings\' actions as poll ratings plummet. thecanary.co Boris Johnson will be questioned by senior MPs as he faces a growing Tory revolt and plummeting poll ratings over the Dominic Cummings row.The prime minister\'s senior adviser drove from London to Durham to isolate with his family during the lockdown and says he subsequently took a trip to Barnard Castle to see if he was fit enough to drive before returning to the capital.Johnson, who will be questioned by the Liaison Committee on Wednesday, has stood by his embattled aide.But one minister has quit in protest and dozens of Tory MPs have publicly called for Cummings to leave his post.A YouGov survey for the Times s…

The Canary (2020-05-27). Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Donald Trump tweets. thecanary.co Twitter has flagged tweets from US president Donald Trump with a fact-check warning.The social media site added a warning phrase to two of Trump\'s tweets in which he called postal voting \"fraudulent\" and predicted that \"mail boxes will be robbed\".Under the tweets, there is now a link reading \"Get the facts about mail-in ballots\" that guides users to a Twitter Moments page with fact checks and news stories about Trump\'s unsubstantiated claims.

RT (2020-05-27). \'Intro to a good dystopian film\': Amazon & media roasted online after TV stations aired segments scripted by company\'s PR team. rt.com Commenters online found it \"disturbing\" and dubious that several local US news channels ran stories praising Amazon… that were written by the company\'s own staffers. | At least 11 local TV stations have run pro-Amazon news segments which closely follow scripts written and supplied by the retail giant\'s PR people, Courier reported. | A montage of the anchors reading out nearly identically-structured stories has been circling on social media. According to Courier, the news package was produced by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker, and only one station — WTVG, an ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio — acknowle…

RT (2020-05-27). Italy & Spain would receive biggest share of EU\'s proposed ‚Ǩ750 billion post-Covid recovery fund. rt.com The European Commission has finally put forward its plans for post-pandemic economic recovery and is set to propose that hardest-hit Italy and Spain will receive the biggest chunks of the ‚Ǩ750 billion set aside. | The Commission said the package of measures would be worth €1.85 trillion in total \"to help kick-start\" the economy and \"ensure Europe bounces forward.\" | Out of the €750 billion \'Next Generation EU\' recovery fund, Italy could get 173 billion, while Spain could get 140 billion — and the fund will be offered in a combination of grants and loans, a senior EU official…

RT (2020-05-27). Turkish soldiers wounded by roadside bomb in Syria\'s Idlib — report. rt.com A roadside bomb reportedly exploded in Syria\'s northwestern region of Idlib as a Turkish military convoy passed by on Wednesday. Soldiers were wounded in the explosion on the M4 highway, Demiroren News Agency said, adding that some were in critical condition. | Earlier media reports said that the Turkish Army deployed US-made medium-range surface-to-air MIM-23 Hawk missiles in Idlib. Satellite images shared on social media revealed the location of the air defense system in Al-Mastoumah camp, Al Bawaba reported. | The camp, five kilometers south of Idlib city, is strategically located along the Idlib-Latakia M4…

RT (2020-05-27). Russian president, Saudi crown prince agree to further coordinate oil output cuts — Kremlin. rt.com Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia\'s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have agreed in a telephone call on further \"close coordination\" in restricting oil output, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. | They also noted the importance of joint efforts aimed at reaching agreements within the OPEC+ group in April on production curbs, the Kremlin said. | On April 10, the Russian president and the Saudi crown prince discussed issues relating to the OPEC+ talks on reducing oil production, and agreed to maintain bilateral contacts on the issue.

RT (2020-05-27). Covid-19 and HIV use same tactics to evade our immune systems — Chinese study. rt.com In rather worrying news, researchers in China are warning that similar characteristics and tactics used by both HIV and SARS-CoV-2 could mean that humanity will have to adapt to life with the coronavirus, perhaps indefinitely. | Both viruses remove markers, known as the major histocompatibility complex or MHC for short, on the surface of cells used by our immune systems to identify and kill infections. Think of these markers like a special forces team marking a target with a laser before a precision airstrike. | The researchers, led by virologist Zhang Hui at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, collected kill…

RT (2020-05-27). China will act against foreign interference over Hong Kong security law — Foreign Ministry. rt.com China will take necessary countermeasures to combat foreign interference amid deliberations over the new Hong Kong security legislation, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on Wednesday. | Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks in response to a question about US President Donald Trump\'s comments on Tuesday that Washington is working on a strong response to the legislation that will be announced before the end of the week. | Trump\'s economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, called Beijing\'s actions \"very disturbing,\" adding that Washington would welcome back any American companies from Hong Kong or China\'s main…

RT (2020-05-27). Chinese social media platform bans account claiming US is \'processing DEAD BODIES into hamburgers\' — report. rt.com Beijing has reportedly shut down a widely popular anti-US account on its social media platform, WeChat, after the profile took up a bizarre theory positing that American Covid-19 victims are being ground up into lunch meat. | The social media account in question — Zhidao Xuegong (the Scholar Forum for Ultimate Truth) — had millions of followers under its belt prior to its ban, but apparently crossed the line with a controversial post alleging that \"The US has been processing dead bodies from Covid-19 diseases into hamburgers.\" It was shut down on Sunday for \"fabricating facts, stoking xenophobia and…

RT (2020-05-27). Russian capital to see quarantine rules relaxed as govt outlines anti-coronavirus plan until 2021. rt.com Starting next Monday the strict quarantine in Moscow will be lifted as the biggest hotspot of the Covid-19 epidemic in Russia eases restrictions. But many rules are here to stay, at least until the end of the year. | Moscow accounts for roughly half of all Covid-19 cases in Russia, but now the outbreak seems to be subsiding, so more quarantine measures will be lifted starting next week. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Wednesday outlined his plan to steer the city further out of the lockdown. | Arguably the most welcome change will be the relaxation of the stay-at-home order, under which Muscovites lived for almost tw…

RT (2020-05-27). California homeless deaths multiply as Covid-19 lockdowns cut off access to medical care, food & sanitation. rt.com Deaths of homeless people have spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic — but not because of the virus. Lockdowns have deprived them of everything from medical care, to begging income, to soap and water, while shelter remains elusive. | San Francisco saw 48 deaths among its homeless population over the last two months, more than triple the fatalities seen during the same period last year, according to the city\'s Department of Public Health Street Medicine Team, which shared the grim statistics with the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday. An average of six homeless people have died every week since the city\'s lo…

RT (2020-05-27). Come on! Dominic Cummings\' name didn\'t trend on Twitter… because of anti-porn filters. rt.com He may have remained relentlessly in the news for the past week, but Boris Johnson\'s embattled chief adviser Dominic Cummings still hasn\'t managed to trend on Twitter, despite being the subject of ample social media trolling. | That\'s because Twitter\'s anti-porn filters have prevented his full name in its correct form from appearing in the trends, according to the Guardian. | Cummings has been subjected to intense scrutiny since it emerged that the UK prime minister\'s top aide had made a 260-mile trip from London to Durham with his ill wife during the height of Britain\'s Covid-19 lockdown, when the government…

RT (2020-05-27). Australia-New Zealand \'travel bubble is possible\' as coronavirus cases fall. rt.com Falling numbers of active coronavirus cases in Australia and New Zealand are paving the way for an easing of travel restrictions between the two countries, according to health officials. | In Australia, active Covid-19 cases have dropped below 500 people, while New Zealand\'s last coronavirus patient was discharged from hospital on Wednesday. | \"The trans-Tasman bubble is certainly a possibility,\" Australia\'s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said. \"If we look at the countries that are doing extremely well in controlling this Covid-19 problem, New Zealand is if anything a bit better than us. They have ver…

RT (2020-05-27). \'Inaccurate, divisive\': British TV show roasted after using gender of world leaders to explain contrasting Covid-19 death tolls. rt.com A British morning television show suffered a backlash from viewers after using unfair comparisons to suggest countries with female leaders have done a better job than their male counterparts to suppress coronavirus deaths. | Good Morning Britain (GMB) — an ITV program frequently fronted by Piers Morgan — asked its viewers on Wednesday whether women are better leaders, claiming \"few countries\" with females at the helm \"have high coronavirus death rates.\" | In an attempt to back up that claim, they produced a graphic with British PM Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump together on one side with…

RT (2020-05-27). Belgrade blocks flights from \'coronavirus-free\' Montenegro as Podgorica doesn\'t welcome Serbians. rt.com The Serbian government has banned inbound flights by Montenegro\'s flag carrier Montenegro Airlines after Podgorica refused to open its borders to people from Serbia, where coronavirus persists. Serbia\'s Directorate for Civilian Aviation said it decided to act as Montenegro\'s move affects reciprocity in air transportation. | Montenegro\'s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic declared his country free of coronavirus on Monday. The PM said Montenegro would open its borders to travelers from countries reporting no more than 25 cases of infection per 100,000 people. Serbia, where the infection rate is higher, was not on th…

RT (2020-05-27). Cuomo blames nursing homes for following his Covid-19 order that KILLED PATIENTS – after removing it from website. rt.com New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has stealthily attempted to rewrite history, deleting his controversial order requiring nursing homes to admit Covid-19 patients from the state health website and blaming facilities for obeying it. | After being lambasted in the press for the March 25 executive order that forced New York elder care facilities to accept patients infected with the highly contagious virus, Cuomo attempted to blame the nursing homes for not disobeying his orders during a Wednesday press conference. | pic.twitter.com/W2YBdwhvXi— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean)

RT (2020-05-27). Iran convenes newly elected parliament amid pandemic. rt.com Iran\'s newly elected parliament convened on Wednesday under strict social distancing regulations. The country is grappling with one of the deadliest outbreaks in the Middle East, with more than 7,500 fatalities among over 139,500 confirmed cases. | Turkey has the region\'s largest outbreak, with 156,800 confirmed cases and more than 4,300 deaths. | All 268 lawmakers who were in attendance on Wednesday have tested negative for the coronavirus, according to Iranian state TV. | The newly elected house is dominated by 220 conservative lawmakers, including more than 50 who are close allies of former President Mahmou…

RT (2020-05-27). \'Obsessive partisanship\': Pew Research blasted for misleading tweet casting Dem districts as doing better on Covid-19 deaths. rt.com The Pew Research Center is being criticized on social media for appearing to spin a graphic depicting deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in favor of Democrats — despite the actual data painting a very different picture. | \"Covid-19 deaths have declined in Democratic congressional districts since mid-April, but remained relatively steady in districts controlled by Republicans,\" the research body tweeted on Wednesday. | While the statement was technically true, it didn\'t quite match up with the data presented. According to Pew, and based on numbers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Democratic district…

RT (2020-05-27). HALF of positive coronavirus antibody tests could be wrong & give false sense of security — top US health agency. rt.com Antibody tests used to confirm whether someone has ever had the coronavirus could be wrong half of the time, driving bad policy decisions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a top federal health agency, said in a

RT (2020-05-27). Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment. rt.com Italy and Belgium have joined France in‚Äã moving to ‚Äã‚Äãban the‚Äã use of the controversial hydroxychloroquine‚Äã to treat Covid-19 patients as questions continue to mount over its safety. | On Wednesday, France revoked its decree authorizing the prescription of the anti-malarial drug for the novel coronavirus following a decision from the government\'s health advisory agency. | Now Belgium\'s health body has warned against using the drug outside of ongoing registered clinical trials. | Italy\'s health authorities also co…

RT (2020-05-27). Masks up, pants down? Ukrainian woman dons UNDERWEAR on her face to meet Covid-19 safety demands (VIDEO). rt.com The coronavirus face mask game has hit a new height — or rather low — at a post office in Ukraine, where a woman without the protective gear instead chose to strip off her panties and wear them on her face to comply with the law.

RT (2020-05-27). Germany\'s states \'increasingly taking responsibility\' for coronavirus steps — Merkel. rt.com The federal government is monitoring the coronavirus situation in Germany closely but practical responsibility lies increasingly with the 16 states, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. Care must be taken to avoid the virus spreading fast again, she said. | \"We are still at start of the pandemic,\" Merkel told reporters. \"We can see… how fast it can happen that infections spread so we have to be very careful.\" | In a separate comment, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday that Merkel cannot confirm her physical presence at an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven (G7) in the United States yet. The decision…

RT (2020-05-27). Majority voice non-democratic? Amid new protests, MSM piece grills Chinese students for voting to reject pro-Hong Kong resolution. rt.com As violence yet again grips the streets of Hong Kong, a fresh clash between Chinese students and a writer for website Axios shows how Western pundits are back demanding the people take a stand for \'pro-democracy\' protesters. | Hong Kong\'s streets have once more become the scene of clashes between protesters and riot police as of last week. On Wednesday, officers used pepper pellets to disperse crowds at the city\'s financial heart. The fresh wave of demonstrations was triggered by a national security law proposed by Beijing, which would ramp up security in the autonomous Chinese city. | | ©REUTERS / Tyro…

RT (2020-05-27). US ends ALL BUT ONE sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear facilities. rt.com The US is giving foreign governments 60 days to wrap up work on Iranian nuclear facilities — 90 days for the civilian reactor in Bushehr — or face Washington\'s sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced. | Washington has offered waivers for its sanctions against Tehran in connection with several civilian facilities since President Donald Trump unilaterally exited a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018. Now those waivers are being phased out entirely, Pompeo said on Wednesday. | European, Chinese and Russian companies working on nuclear projects in Iran will have two months to wrap up their o…

RT (2020-05-27). \'Just a dwarf\': Ex-German Chancellor Schroeder snubs Ukraine envoy who blasted him over calls for anti-Russian sanctions relief. rt.com Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder brushed off criticism from the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, calling him \"a dwarf\" in his personal podcast. The diplomat had accused him of being a \'lobbyist\' for Moscow. | The veteran politician, who is still deemed a talented orator in Germany, launched his own When spea…

RT (2020-05-27). Teenage girl\'s brutal \'honor killing\' death in Iran stirs Rouhani to call for harsher laws. rt.com The alleged murder of a young Iranian teen by her father for running away with her older boyfriend has sparked public anger and prompted President Hassan Rouhani to push for harsher punishments for so-called \'honor killings\'. | Five days after leaving with her 34-year-old boyfriend, Romina Ashrafi — who was aged 13 or 14, according to local media reports — was returned home following official complaints from her family. Despite multiple warnings to the authorities that she feared retaliation from her father, Ashrafi was sent back home to the city of Talesh. | Her father, Reza Ashrafi, reportedly used…

RT (2020-05-27). Huawei CFO's battle against US extradition dealt major blow with Canadian court ruling. rt.com Meng Wanzhou, Huawei\'s chief financial officer, has lost a key argument in her fight against extradition to the US, after a Canadian judge ruled that the charges would be seen as a crime in Canada and the case can move forward.

RT (2020-05-27). Poland to scrap compulsory outdoor masks from May 30, cinemas reopen on June 6. rt.com Poles will be allowed to go outside without protective masks from May 30 and cinemas, theaters and gyms will reopen on June 6, the government said on Wednesday. Public gatherings of up to 150 people will be allowed in coming days, while limits on the number of people in churches will also be relaxed. | The country of 38 million people has so far reported 22,074 cases of Covid-19 and 1,024 deaths. | Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reiterated the government\'s desire to hold a delayed presidential election next month, Reuters said. The election, originally set for May 10, was canceled due to the pandemic. | Sch…

RT (2020-05-27). Switzerland to reopen borders to all neighbors except Italy. rt.com The Swiss government unveiled plans on Wednesday to reopen borders with all neighboring countries except for Italy. Switzerland wants to restore free movement of people with other member countries of the Schengen Area by July 6. | Switzerland, which had previously closed its borders, reaffirmed plans with France, Germany and Austria to lift all travel restrictions among the four countries on June 15 due to the positive development of the pandemic, Reuters said. | The extraordinary situation that has been in place since March giving Bern heightened powers will be lifted on June 19. The government said that publ…

Anand Naidoo (2020-05-27). The Heat: COVID-19: US and South Africa. america.cgtn.com The World Health Organization warns about a second wave of the coronavirus, voicing concerns about countries reopening too quickly.

Mark Gruenberg (2020-05-27). Biden picks up Communications Workers, Steelworkers endorsements. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Accelerating his backing from big unions, former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, picked up the official backing of the Steelworkers on May 20 and the Communications Workers two days later. The decisions put Biden ever closer to the magic numbers he needed for the AFL-CIO\'s presidential endorsement, which has now come …

Nash Landesman (2020-05-27). Across Colombia, red flags of despair fly as harsh Covid lockdown is extended for a third time. thegrayzone.com Colombia\'s infection rate is relatively low, but its ruthlessly enforced lockdown is causing hunger and nationwide anger. In the working…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-05-27). Private Insurers Urged to Extend Free Covid-19 Coverage Until Pandemic Over. commondreams.org \"If you are going to contract Covid-19, you'd better hurry up or you're out of luck!\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/public-citizen-insurers-waivers-end.jpg …

Staff (2020-05-27). Headlines for May 27, 2020. democracynow.org Four Minneapolis Cops Fired After Shocking Video Shows Killing of George Floyd, Federal Food Program Fails to Reach Millions Even as Child Hunger Surges in U.S., NY Governor Cuomo Shielded Nursing Homes from Liability After Big Campaign Donation, GOP Governors Vie for Republican National Convention as NC Won\'t Commit to Packed Arena, Yemen\'s Health System Has \"Collapsed\" Amid Explosion of Coronavirus Cases, India Resumes Domestic Air Travel Even as COVID-19 Cases Surge, China Completing Plans to Test 11 Million Wuhan Residents for Coronavirus, South Korea Reports 40 New Coronavirus Infections, Highest Level in 7…

Gareth Porter (2020-05-27). Washington\'s Tall Tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda Alliance. globalresearch.ca The U.S. assassination of

Melanie Amna Abas, Helen Anne Weiss, Victoria Simms, Ruth Verhey, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Ricardo Araya, Dixon Chibanda (2020-05-27). The effect of co-morbid anxiety on remission from depression for people participating in a randomised controlled trial of the Friendship Bench intervention in Zimbabwe. thelancet.com There is a lack of data from low- and middle-income countries on whether anxiety independently predicts a more chronic course for depression.

Terrace (2020-05-27). Making Peace An Election Issue. popularresistance.org In this series of interviews by the United National Antiwar Coalition, Joe Lombardo speaks with Margaret Kimberley who is an author, editor of Black Agenda Report and coordinating committee member of Black Alliance for Peace. She speaks about the Black Alliance for Peace\'s campaign to make peace an election issue. The demands include cutting military spending, losing military bases, stopping sanctions and ending militarism domestically. Margaret Kimberley explains why this is an important issue and what people can do to support the campaign.

Ruth Robertson (2020-05-27). Memorial Day Peace Caravan/Demonstrators Drive to Donate to Homeless in San Jose. indybay.org On May 25, a Peace Caravan of activists drove in decorated cars through the streets of San Jose to demand human rights to health, housing, education, a living wage and all the components of a dignified life. The colorful caravan of about a dozen cars ended their protest at a homeless encampment where they made a donation and received thanks from Scott Wagers who serves and ministers to the city\'s unhoused.

WSWS (2020-05-27). US exploits Hong Kong protests for anti-China campaign. wsws.org Once again, US imperialism is using the banner of \"human rights\" to advance its economic and strategic interests.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-27). Harassment of healthcare professionals triggers protests in Kashmir. peoplesdispatch.org The Doctors Association in Kashmir staged a protest against the rising harassment of healthcare workers on May 26. There have been a number of instances of senior medical professionals being assaulted or prevented from doing their duty by the police…

WSWS (2020-05-27). Police in the US fire tear gas at protest against brutal Memorial Day murder. wsws.org Video shared on social media shows that George Floyd was killed by a police officer who kneeled on his neck while he was subdued on the ground.

Sarah Lahm (2020-05-27). Thousands Protest George Floyd\'s Murder in Minneapolis. progressive.org Ending in clashes between armed cops and angry community members, the protest showed the immensity of residents\' distrust of police.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Police in the US fire tear gas on protest against brutal Memorial Day murder. wsws.org Video shared on social media shows that George Floyd was killed by a police officer who kneeled on his neck while he was subdued on the ground.

Staff (2020-05-27). Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas at Protest Against Killing of George Floyd. truthout.org Minneapolis police officers dressed in riot gear fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and

Jonathan Power (2020-05-27). The Attacks on China Must Stop. counterpunch.org The world is supposed to be pulling together to defeat the Coronavirus and to some extent it is. Earlier on Russia sent special equipment to the US and recently the US has sent some to Russia. China has aided Italy and Africa with doctors and equipment. Tiny Cuba, with its deep pool of doctors, has

David Rovics (2020-05-27). A Note from the Ministry of Staple Guns. counterpunch.org The City of Portland, Oregon, and Multnomah County, are doing the best job in the country at kicking the can down the road. Now is the time to push for a real solution to the housing crisis, here and across the USA. Since the pandemic hit, I have joined the ranks of the unemployed, like

Mark Ashwill (2020-05-27). Vietnam Criticized for Its First-Round Victory Over COVID-19. counterpunch.org You can\'t please everyone, especially those who do their utmost to find fault with a country that has distinguished itself as a national role model in the midst of a global pandemic. Earlier this month, Foreign Policy (FP) published a slanderous and mean-spirited op-ed with the clickbait title Vietnam\'s Coronavirus Success Is Built on Repression

R. G. Davis (2020-05-27). Fascism: Is it Too Extreme a Label? counterpunch.org In examining two productions of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. A Parable Play.(1) Bertolt Brecht wrote about the rise of Ui, which illustrated Hitler\'s rise to power that was resistible —but was not, we see some elements related to today\'s events. The Berliner Ensemble housed the first in1959 and the second in 1995. First

Nino Pagliccia (2020-05-27). Canada\'s Seat at the UN Security Council May be Coveted But is Far From a Sure Bet. counterpunch.org 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 are permanent veto-wielding members: U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia and China. The remaining ten seats are elected

Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-27). One Rule for Me and Another for Everyone Else: The Cummings Coronavirus Factor. counterpunch.org 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),

Gene Glickman (2020-05-27). A Comradely Letter: What\'s a Progressive to Do? counterpunch.org This article is a call-to-arms on global warming. But before I turn to my main concern, I need to express some thoughts about the 2020 presidential campaign and the way we understand it. After I lay that out, I\'ll connect those campaign-related thoughts with the issue of climate change. Now that the presidential election has

commondreams (2020-05-27). Exxon, Amazon and Facebook Should Heed Shareholders\' Calls for Political Activity Disclosure, Removal of Political Misinformation. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Anthony Zenkus (2020-05-27). Joe Biden, Rape Culture, and Living in the Dark. commondreams.org A sign reading, \"We Will Be Heard\" at the 2019 Women's March in Washington, D.C. (Photo: TC Davis/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/32944418218_dbcb5b0bd4_o11.jpg …

graham (2020-05-27). European Commission to propose ‚Ǩ750B EU recovery package. truepublica.org.uk The European Commission plans to propose a Recovery Instrument of ‚Ǩ750 billion to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis, Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Twitter Wednesday. Of the ‚Ǩ750 billion, ‚Ǩ500 billion would be distributed in the form of grants, and ‚Ǩ250 billion in the form of loans, according to a person familiar with the …

Ken Ward Jr. and Alex Mierjeski (2020-05-27). The billionaire governor who\'s been sued dozens of times for millions in unpaid bills. nationofchange.org Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia\'s richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.

Bronwen Tucker , Kate DeAngelis (2020-05-27). Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds. commondreams.org 2019 Climate strike in Jakarta, Indonesia ©Gilang Kharisma (Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jakarta-climate-strike-768×512.jpg …

graham (2020-05-27). Ryanair challenges Lufthansa\'s bailout package. truepublica.org.uk Low-cost carrier Ryanair challenged Germany\'s ‚Ǩ9 billion rescue package for Lufthansa on Tuesday (26 May), saying it distorted competition, while the German carrier moves towards finalising the deal next month. The government-backed aid will allow Lufthansa to \"engage in below-cost selling\" and make it harder for Ryanair, its Laudamotion subsidiary and rival low-cost carrier easyJet …

news.un (2020-05-27). UN agencies welcome donor pledges for Venezuelan refugees and migrants. news.un.org The UN refugee and migration agencies have welcomed $2.79 billion pledged by donors at a solidarity conference aimed at supporting Venezuelans who fled the protracted crisis in their country for host communities across the region.

Terrace (2020-05-27). Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet. popularresistance.org Around 5% of all websites use the .org domain, with the most popular being Wikipedia. These websites represent around 6% of the top 1000 websites and 7% of the top 100 000 domains. The domain itself has been controlled by ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which is part of the non-profit Internet Society. In 2019 a private equity firm, Ethos capital, approached ICANN with an offer of buying the .org registrar for $1.6 billion. | As the deal seemed likely to pass, the opposition to the deal mobilised a massive campaign to stop it. ICANN received 3,252 comments, with only 6 in favour o…

Sam Pizzigati (2020-05-27). The Inefficient and Incredibly Lucrative Chase for a Coronavirus Vaccine. zcomm.org Our hottest biotech firm hasn\'t yet manufactured an antidote to Covid-19. The company has manufactured three billionaires…

commondreams (2020-05-27). Report: G20 Governments Bankrolling the Fossil Fuel Industry with at least $77 Billion a Year. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Finian Cunningham (2020-05-27). From Open Skies to Open Season for Nukes. thealtworld.com Washington is destroying trust and integrity by deliberately creating insecurity in order to achieve its geopolitical objective of controlling China. | Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties — quite a record for undermining decades of international security architecture. First there was the nuclear accord with Iran (2018), then the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty (2019), and now the Open Skies Treaty. | There is growing concern that the Trump administration will let the last-remaining arms-control treaty fall — th…

Pauline Muchina, Kennedy Akolo (2020-05-27). Leaders Must Act to Protect Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Africa. commondreams.org An internally displaced woman voluntarily returning to her home in Bentiu, South Sudan, is being checked for fever. (Photo: United Nations/Isaac Billy) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/africa_displace_covid19.jpg …

Terrace (2020-05-27). Fear-mongering Over National Security Law Unfounded. popularresistance.org \"If it makes any fuss on Hong Kong\'s unique linked exchange rate regime which ensures its monetary base is backed with US dollars, how big would the US lose when global investors lose faith in US-denominated assets, which are considered as lifeline for the US economy,\" Lui said. | When it comes to the new national security law, China\'s top legislators are committed to pushing forward it smoothly, in spite of how hard foreign forces have been trying to pressure China on the matter. The US should not underestimate the central government\'s determination in defending its sovereignty and national security, some observ…

Terrace (2020-05-27). American Exceptionalism And The Left\'s China Double Standard. popularresistance.org The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of U.S. imperialism, including those that continue to render the American left politically isolated and ineffectual. China has found itself at the center of this process. U.S. imperialism has successfully convinced many of its so-called \"citizens\" to believe that the U.S. government is the principle arbiter of bourgeois freedoms such as the right to individual liberty and free speech. China, on the other hand, has long been depicted by the U.S. ruling class as an \"authoritarian regime\" where the rights of individuals are crushed under the weight of a centrali…

Ken Klippenstein (2020-05-27). Trump\'s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military. thenation.com Trump\'s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military…

graham (2020-05-27). UK economy faces 5% budget deficit by 2024 — FT. truepublica.org.uk The Covid crisis is severely damaging the UK economy. The lockdown is slowly coming to an end but many businesses are going to go out of business. Britain is likely to run a budget deficit of 5% of national income in 2024, when Britain\'s next election is due, as the hit to the economy from …

news.un (2020-05-27). \'Lockdown generation\' of young workers will need extra help after COVID-19, urges UN labour chief. news.un.org Further evidence of the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the global job market has emerged in a new study by the UN labour agency, which on Wednesday said that more than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the pandemic.

graham (2020-05-27). Lagarde: It\'s even worse than we thought. truepublica.org.uk European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday the eurozone economy will \"very likely\" contract more than forecast after governments shut down business to contain the pandemic. The ECB now expects the euro club\'s economy to shrink between 8 percent and 12 percent, depending on how fast lockdown measures are lifted and economic activity picks …

commondreams (2020-05-27). Shareholders Raise Alarm: Petrochemical Investments Are a Risky Bet. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jessica Corbett (2020-05-27). Survey shows 1 in 5 teachers—citing COVID-19 concerns—likely won\'t return to US schools this fall. nationofchange.org \"Though Americans are optimistic about a return to in-person learning, there is angst among teachers, parents, and America at large about how to keep our schools safe if the virus isn\'t fully contained.\"

commondreams (2020-05-27). End Date Approaches for Seven Health Insurers\' Offers of Free Coronavirus Care. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Sam Biddle (2020-05-27). Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood Market. zcomm.org Ready to Snitch on People Who Don\'t Distance…

Terrace (2020-05-27). Schools Are Feeding Millions Of Children. popularresistance.org Public schools served tens of millions of emergency meals in April to low-income children after coronavirus closures ended cafeteria service, said a survey released on Monday. But with roughly half of the 1,894 districts taking part in the School Nutrition Association survey reporting a drop-off of at least 50 percent in meals served, losses are expected to balloon this year. | School food directors put the median loss at $200,000, meaning half of all schools will lose more money, and half less. Among large districts, the median loss could be $2.5 million. | SNA president Gay Anderson said schools would be hobble…

Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock (2020-05-27). Republicans and Corporate Interests Exploit Coronavirus Crisis to Erase Companies\' Liability. commondreams.org This most recent effort to limit corporate accountability must be examined in the larger political and legal context. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/protectyourworkers.jpg …

graham (2020-05-27). First to close — first to reopen: Denmark\'s gain from virus response. truepublica.org.uk Denmark was one of the first European countries to close down its public spaces to stem the spread of coronavirus, shutting its borders, schools and restaurants in mid-March. Its swift response seems to have paid off. As Covid-19 cases plummeted, Denmark last month became the first EU nation to reopen primary schools. Its restaurants, hairdressers, …

Dania Rajendra (2020-05-27). Surviving the Virus, Reading \'Late Victorian Holocausts\'. thenation.com Surviving the Virus, Reading \'Late Victorian Holocausts\'

Dave Zirin (2020-05-27). Would a 2020 NBA Champion Ever Be Seen as Legitimate? thenation.com Would a 2020 NBA Champion Ever Be Seen as Legitimate?

news.un (2020-05-27). \'Business as unusual\': How COVID-19 could change the future of work. news.un.org Millions of people around the world have been working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic and now experts are asking whether this \"business as unusual\" could be the future of work, at least for those people whose job doesn\'t require them to be tied to a particular location.

Dean Baker (2020-05-27). A Gilead-Remdesivir Fix: The Ten Percent Solution. cepr.net The Washington Post had an excellent piece documenting how the government put up most of the money for developing remdesivir, a drug that now offers the hope of being the first effective treatment for the coronavirus. As the piece explains, in spite of the substantial contribution of public funds, Gilead Sciences holds a patent monopoly …

Sam Biddle (2020-05-27). Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don\'t Distance. globalresearch.ca Surveillance firms around the world are licking their lips at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cash in on the coronavirus by repositioning one of their most invasive products: the tracking bracelet. | Body monitors are associated with criminality and guilt in the …

graham (2020-05-27). Global energy investment set to slump by record $400bn in 2020. truepublica.org.uk Global energy investment is expected to suffer its greatest annual fall on record this year due to the coronavirus crisis. Investment is set to crash by $400bn ( £325bn) — or 20 per cent — in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). At the start of the year, funding was on track for a …

The New Arab (2020-05-27). Erdogan Warns that Turkey \'Will Not Allow\' Israel to Annex West Bank. globalresearch.ca Turkey\'s President \"We are witnessing a new plan of occupation…

Alexia Ramirez (2020-05-27). ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices. aclu.org For years, immigration enforcement agencies have been using invasive cell phone surveillance technology known as Stingrays in near-total secrecy. To find out more, the ACLU and New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, and now we\'ve forced the agencies to turn over documents revealing new details about the agencies\' practices. Today, we are publishing

Julia Kaye (2020-05-27). The FDA is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We\'re Suing. aclu.org The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe and upended normal life. In the four months since the first U.S. case was reported, more than 1.5 million people have been infected and 100,000 people have died in the United States. To mitigate risk, public health authorities tell us to get our

WSWS (2020-05-27). JBS meatpacking plant reopens in Brazil as Latin America becomes COVID-19 epicenter. wsws.org Workers Party governments financed JBS\'s transformation into a transnational, whose plants have become COVID-19 hotspots in both Brazil and the US.

Miko Peled (2020-05-27). Extortion, Entitlement and Mafia-Style Tactics Mark Israel\'s Current State of Affairs. mintpressnews.com Anyone who is not yet alarmed may not be aware of the underhanded mafia-style tactics, political extortion, and patronizing sense of entitlement currently on display in Israel. The following developments demonstrate how the county operates both internally and in the international arena. | Czech Foreign Minister slammed!: | As Israel prepares to formally annex large tracts of the West Bank, Tomas Petricek, the Czech Republic\'s Foreign Minister, was quoted as saying that \"annexation is forbidden by international law and also raises serious questions about Israel\'s future as a democracy.\" By any normal diplo…

Raul Diego (2020-05-27). EU Foreign Policy Chief Calls for Rapprochement with Russia and End of \"American-led System\" mintpressnews.com A recent address by the EU\'s top diplomat, Josep Borell, hints at a new pro-Asian political order on the continent as Germany gets ready to lead the 27-nation bloc. But, is it just a ploy to check Chinese hegemony?

Raul Diego (2020-05-27). COVID-19 is Laying Bare How Big Ag is Taking America\'s Small Farmers to Slaughter. mintpressnews.com As the door for greater consolidation across industries opens wider, entrenched transnational food interests are feeling the heat from American farmers and ranchers to curb their monopolistic dreams.

William Walter Kay (2020-05-27). The Montreal Nursing Homes\' COVID-19 Fatalities. \"Increasing\" Quebec COVID-19 Death Rate? globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of our readers this important article by author William Walter Kay. The article raises two fundamental issues: | The first pertains to the deplorable heath care conditions (and the lack of personnel) affecting patients in Quebec\'s …

John W. Whitehead (2020-05-27). From 9/11 to COVID-19, It\'s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency. globalresearch.ca \"The fundamental political question is why do people obey a government. The answer is that they tend to enslave themselves, to let themselves be governed by tyrants. Freedom from servitude comes not from violent action, but from the refusal to …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-27). Ego Trip: US Space Flags and Super-Duper Missiles. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump is much taken with the bombastic and the exaggerated. In

Massoud Nayeri (2020-05-27). I Can\'t Breathe. Police Brutality and Social Arrest. globalresearch.ca Every year in the U.S. more than 1,000 poor working people of all races and ethnicities are killed by police. | While President Trump and GOP encourage and glorify police brutality, the Democratic establishment and their functionaries with their racialist politics, …

Rosemary Frei (2020-05-27). Fog Around COVID-19 Made Thicker by New Ontario Rules for Handling Deaths. globalresearch.ca Alarming COVID-19 death statistics from seniors\' facilities continue to be in the spotlight in Ontario and elsewhere. | However, all is not as it seems in the mainstream-media reports of those statistics. | Procedures that came into effect in Ontario one month …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-05-27). When the War Was Close to Home. globalresearch.ca Memories are like those fireflies that sparkle your vision on a deep hot summer night. They entice you with their sudden appearance and just as sudden departure. So it is with this baby boomer\'s mind, transversed back so many decades …

Almasdar News (2020-05-27). Israel Reveals Date of Planned West Bank Annexation. globalresearch.ca The head of the Governmental Coalition in Israel, Mickey Zohar, revealed that the measures to legislate the process of imposing Israeli sovereignty on all Jewish residential communities in the West Bank will begin in early July. | The Likud MP said …

(2020-05-27). Trump Administration Again OKs Oil Drilling in California\'s Carrizo Plain National Monument. globalresearch.ca On the eve of a holiday weekend and during a global pandemic, the Trump administration last week

Fight Back (2020-05-27). Over 20,000 march demanding justice for George Floyd. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 20,000 people marched here, May 26, to demand justice for George Floyd, an African American man who as murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25. The three-mile march filled city streets for blocks and then closed a major four-lane highway. It started at the murder scene at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street and went to the Third Precinct station on Lake Street, where intense clashes took place. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Bricks broke some of the stations windows, a police car was demolished, and the slogan \"I can\'t breathe,\" were visible on the station\'s wall. | Angel…

WSWS (2020-05-27). Thomson Reuters actively helping Trump administration target immigrants. wsws.org The parent company of the Reuters news agency has been aiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the targeting of immigrants for arrest, detention and deportation.

Danny Sjursen (2020-05-27). What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like? thenation.com What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like?

graham (2020-05-27). The founder of \'Conservative Home\' says it all. truepublica.org.uk By Rob Woodward — TruePublica: Boris Johnson is now fighting the COVID-19 public health crisis, the economic crisis, a public relations crisis and a crisis within his own party. It demonstrates the inadequacy of his leadership and his ability to lead the country in a national emergency. Churchill, he is not. What Britain needs right …

news.un (2020-05-27). COVID-19: A \'new and deadly threat\' for civilians caught up in violence. news.un.org Innocent civilians trapped in violence now face \"a new and deadly threat\" from COVID-19, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning that the pandemic is \"amplifying and exploiting the fragilities of our world\".

Amanda Priebe (2020-05-27). Towards a borderless world where we can all \"just stay home\" zcomm.org Now may be a strange time to call for border abolition, but as the pandemic has shown: we are collectively no safer than the least protected among us…

Russell Weaver (2020-05-27). Can the COVID War Become a Fight for Health Care Democracy? commondreams.org The seemingly unbreakable bonds between employment and health care mean that COVID-19 might have already cost 16.2 million newly unemployed American \"warriors\"—and their families—access to medical services and treatment. (Photo: © Greg Nash) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/medicareforall_091317gn2_lead_0_0.jpg …

Matt Sedlar (2020-05-27). The Impact of Upward Redistribution on Social Security Solvency (2020 Update). cepr.net Economic inequality in the US has ballooned since the early 1980s. Wage and salary growth at the top of the earnings distribution has significantly outpaced that at the bottom and middle, resulting in decades of unabated upward redistribution of income. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this divide. In addition to the immediate problems …

WSWS (2020-05-27). US state and local budget crisis looms. wsws.org The full cost of the massive corporate bailout and the collapse in state and local tax revenues will be borne by the working class.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Sweden\'s \"herd immunity\" policy produces one of world\'s highest fatality rates. wsws.org Sweden\'s policy has been praised by reactionary political forces and the corporate media internationally to bolster their criminal back-to-work campaigns.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Dow Jones hits 25,000 as pandemic death toll reaches 100,000. wsws.org The Wall Street surge anticipates the shutdown of all restraints on corporate operations and capitalist profiteerring.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Australian PM launches union-employer offensive against workers. wsws.org The unions have signalled their readiness to enforce a corporate drive to exploit the pandemic to mount a major assault on jobs, wages and conditions.

WSWS (2020-05-27). US corporations, government cover up workplace infections and deaths. wsws.org Recent reports on the meatpacking, logistics and other industries document a systematic effort to conceal the number of COVID-19 cases in workplaces.

Michael Winship (2020-05-27). COVID-19 and the Unmasking of Donald Trump. commondreams.org Then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a mask of himself which he picked up from supporter during a rally in the Robarts Arena of the Sarasota Fairgrounds on November 7, 2016 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo illustration: Common Dreams/ Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_mask_covid19_2.png …

news.un (2020-05-27). US states \'manipulating\' COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts charge. news.un.org Independent UN human rights experts fear that some authorities in the United States are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict access to abortion, with at least eight states suspending procedures deemed medically unnecessary.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Pennsylvania reopens despite gross mishandling of COVID-19 data. wsws.org Figures released this week paint a horrific picture of the suffering and despair caused by the pandemic among the elderly and infirm.

WSWS (2020-05-27). East Africa: Millions face triple disasters of floods, locusts and COVID-19. wsws.org With water levels rising, some 40 million people living in major cities are at a heightened risk of flooding and infrastructure damage.

WSWS (2020-05-27). Indonesia experiences major surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The Indonesian government is blaming the sharp rise in confirmed cases on ordinary workers and peasants for not adhering to social distancing measures.

Karen Rothmyer (2020-05-27). In Rural America, Opioids Kill Many More Than Covid-19. thenation.com In Rural America, Opioids Kill Many More Than Covid-19…

WSWS (2020-05-27). Cultural resources wiped out by COVID-19 crisis: 13 percent of museums worldwide may never reopen. wsws.org Some 95 percent of the world\'s museums are currently closed, and more than 11,000 institutions may remain closed after the pandemic recedes.

Julia Kaye (2020-05-27). The FDA Is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We\'re Suing. commondreams.org For months, leading medical authorities have implored the FDA to suspend this restriction and give clinicians who provide abortion and miscarriage care the flexibility they need to protect their patients during this crisis. But the administration is intransigent. (Photo: Robin Marty/Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/web20-mifepristone-wordpress-1110×740-1-1000×666.jpg …

WSWS (2020-05-27). Reports question accuracy of COVID-19 death counts in US and globally. wsws.org There is increasing evidence that the actual fatalities caused by the pandemic are up to three times the numbers officially reported.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-27). UK tenants union calls for no homelessness and rent debt. peoplesdispatch.org The call for the mobilization was given by the union, ACORN, which has also started a petition to protect tenants, lodgers and mortgage holders from eviction and debt during the COVID-19 outbreak…

WSWS (2020-05-27). Quebec Premier accelerates return to work in Montreal—Canada\'s COVID-19 epicenter. wsws.org Acknowledging that it is \"taking a gamble\" with workers\' lives, the Quebec government is intensifying its drive to \"reopen\" the economy.

commondreams (2020-05-27). NIAC Statement on Trump Termination of Iran Nonproliferation Waivers. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Terrace (2020-05-27). Update On Kings Bay Plowshare 7 Sentencing. popularresistance.org On Friday, May 22, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District Federal Court of Georgia in Brunswick assigned new dates for seven defendants, according to the Kings Bay Plowshares\' attorney, Bill Quigley. Many of the defendants had asked the court to postpone their May 28th and 29th court dates to accommodate their right to be sentenced in person in open court, witnessed by the public and press and not by video. The seven were convicted of three felonies and one misdemeanor last October for their nonviolent, symbolic disarmament act at the Kings Bay Trident nuclear submarine base. | The defendants had also as…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2020-05-27). For America\'s Wealthiest, the Pandemic Is a Time to Profit. zcomm.org Even in the midst of the pandemic, the rich are getting richer and bolder in their fight against working Americans…

Stephanie Woodard (2020-05-27). Sioux Tribes Are Protecting Their People from Pandemic. zcomm.org The Governor Is Trying to Stop Them…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-27). Local TV Stations Pilloried for \'Shamelessly\' Passing Off Amazon-Scripted Propaganda as News. commondreams.org \"Jeff Bezos can run as many scripted news segments he wants. It still doesn't change the fact that he made $34.5 billion over the course of this pandemic while putting his workers in harm's way and shirking on their hazard pay.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon_0.png …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-27). New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate. commondreams.org Even after the world's largest economies adopted the landmark Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis in late 2015, governments continued to pour $77 billion a year in public finance into propping up the fossil fuel industry, according to a report released Wednesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/keep-it-in-the-ground.jpg …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-27). Facebook Under Fire After Its Response to Coronavirus Misinformation Makes Clear Company Could Do More to Combat Political Lies. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amnesty-poll-big-tech-privacy_0.jpeg …

Jon Queally, staff writer (2020-05-27). As US Death Toll Hits 100,000 People, Here\'s a Simple Guide to 12 Things Trump Did To Make Covid-19 Much Worse. commondreams.org The president's \"chaotic and incompetent response has fueled the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and beyond, causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_made_covid_worse_0.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-27). Without Government Intervention, Economists Warn Renters Across US Could Soon Face \'Avalanche of Evictions\'. commondreams.org Economists and housing experts warned on Wednesday of an impending \"avalanche of evictions\" unless the federal government steps in to provide renters with robust financial assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1222086147_1.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-27). Trump-Connected Fossil Fuel Companies Permitted to Delay Payments of $56 Million in Pollution Fines During Pandemic. commondreams.org \"People are struggling to find rent money for next month, but thank god the Trump administration is providing relief for the millions these poor, vulnerable corporate polluters owe.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mn_coal_plant_flickr_tony_webster_0_1_0_0.jpg …

Global Research News (2020-05-27). Selected Articles: US-China Relations. Are We Seeing a New Cold War? globalresearch.ca We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …

graham (2020-05-27). Johnson\'s popularity crashes, Brexit support craters, Starmer takes leads. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: Just four days ago — the bounce in public support for Boris Johnson at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic had started to fall away. The number of people who feel favourably towards for the prime minister dropped by 6 points since last month — when he was battling the virus in intensive care — to …

graham (2020-05-27). Brexit: How deeply the UK\'s food security is dependent on the EU. truepublica.org.uk By Tony Heron: In 2008, the sight of Northern Rock customers queuing to withdraw their savings from the stricken High Street bank became one of the first and — most enduring — images of the global financial crisis. Today, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the analogous imagery is provided not by banks but …

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-27). One Good Thing About the Lockdown. strategic-culture.org Ron PAUL | One of the few good things to come out of the government-mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children. Many of these parents are likely to continue homeschooling after the government schools reopen. | Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did its part to encourage homeschooling when it unveiled \"guidelines\" for schools to follow when they reopen. Among the CDC\'s guidelines are that schools put tape on the hallways, directing children which direction to walk and how much distance to keep between themselves and their classmates. The CDC also r…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-27). Mail-Order Presidency: Democrats Will Do Anything to Beat Trump in November. strategic-culture.org Just like in 2016 when WikiLeaks revealed that the DNC was feeding Hillary Clinton debate questions, 2020 will be no different with the Democrats employing every dirty trick in the book to oust Donald Trump from office. | Following on the backs of Russiagate, Impeachment, and now mass-media hysteria over Coronavirus, which of course has dealt Trump a major blow with regards to his hopes for reelection in November, is there anyone still not convinced that the Democrat machine is prepared to do absolutely anything to win in November? | Liberals are painfully aware that if Trump wins another four years in office all…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-27). Trump: I Can and Will Start Wars Whenever I Please. strategic-culture.org Michael TENNANT | President Donald Trump\'s May 6 veto of a Senate resolution that would have required him to seek congressional approval for any further military confrontations with Iran demonstrates that, despite his occasional feints toward scaling back foreign intervention, Trump is as much a warmonger as anyone else in Washington. Worse still, his explanation for his veto indicates that he believes presidents have unlimited authority to launch wars, contrary to clear constitutional language. | \"The question of whether United States forces should be engaged in armed conflict against Iran should only be made fo…

Lynda Carson (2020-05-27). Oakland reaches nearly 1,000 covid 19 cases in Alameda County. indybay.org Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…

Ms., Girls Learn International, others (2020-05-27). Fundamental Justice: Fighting Racism and Patriarchy in Brazil and the U.S. (films & panel). indybay.org Online via Zoom: virtual screenings w/ post panel discussion…

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-05-27). Code Pink Delivers Anti-War Message to Sen. Feinstein. indybay.org In Memorial Day Action, Code Pink brings anti-war message to the steps of her San Francisco mansion.

Michael Harris from Dave Roos (2020-05-27). 2020 Memorial Day Weekend ~ From Historic Negro Bar Cemetery, we remember… indybay.org 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.

WSWS Repost (2020-05-27). Trump cheers on mass gatherings as US pandemic death toll hits 100,000. indybay.org The narrative that it is necessary to \"balance\" between human life and the \"economy,\" is false. What is referred to as the \"economy\" is the economy of the rich, not the working class. | Workers are being given the \"alternative\" of returning to death traps or permanently losing their jobs and income.

Staff (2020-05-27). In the Era of COVID-19, Collective Grief Is Rebellion. truthout.org Kelly talks with author and organizer Cindy Milstein about reclaiming collective grief and resisting fascism. | Note: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | TRANSCRIPT: | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to \"Movement Memos,\" a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I\'m your host, Kelly Hayes. By the time this episode airs, on Wednesday, May 27, over a hundred thousand people in the United States will have been lost to C…

Staff (2020-05-27). Trump Threatens to \"Close\" Twitter for Fact Checking His Tweets on Voting. truthout.org President Donald Trump is threatening that his administration \"will strongly regulate, or close\" social media sites that attach disclaimers to inaccurate or misleading content, following an incident in which Twitter fact-checked his tweet about mail-in voting. | On Tuesday, a tweet from Trump that included an unsubstantiated claim about voter fraud and mail-in voting was examined by Twitter and later featured a disclaimer from the site at the bottom of it. | \"There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In B…

Staff (2020-05-27). Trump Demanded Meat Plants Stay Open, COVID Cases Have Now Tripled. truthout.org President Donald Trump issued an executive order in late April requiring all meat processing plants in the U.S. to remain open, despite reports of coronavirus infections and related deaths being prevalent at a number of the plants. | Since that order was issued, the number of COVID-19 cases that have been identified at meat plants across the country has likely tripled, according to estimates from a nonprofit watchdog group. | At the time of Trump\'s executive order, the Centers for Disease Control and Pr…

Staff (2020-05-27). George Floyd, Chris Cooper and the Racist Terror Faced by Black People in the US. truthout.org \"I can\'t breathe\" — that\'s what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City\'s Central Park and falsely accusing him of \"threatening her life\" after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these d…

Staff (2020-05-27). As US Death Count Nears 100,000, Trump Indulges His Ego and Deflects Blame. truthout.org Donald Trump had quite a day for himself on Tuesday. During a Rose Garden event intended to promote protections for senior citizens with diabetes, the man who recently pondered the possibility of injecting COVID-19 patients with disinfectant mused audibly on the potential virtues of insulin… for himself. | \"I don\'t use insulin,\" he

Staff (2020-05-27). Small Towns Have Been Left to Fend for Themselves as COVID-19 Depletes Budgets. truthout.org Kevin Smith, the mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, feels abandoned by the federal government. On Easter Sunday, a storm hit his city of 10,000, one of the poorest in the state. It knocked out power for most residents; those who\'d used SNAP benefits to stock their refrigerators saw their groceries spoil. Streets flooded. Sewers overflowed. In the thick of a pandemic, debris blocked roads to the hospital. | His city faces a loss of up to 30% in revenue because of the coronavirus, but doe…

Staff (2020-05-27). Trump and GOP Want COVID-19 Protections for Bosses — But Not Workers. truthout.org A new Morning Consult

The Canary (2020-05-27). Lennie\'s lockdown tunes hit fundraising target after delighting online followers. thecanary.co An eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus has hit his fundraising target after delighting his online followers with scores of piano tunes chosen by those who donate. | Lennie Street, from Morley, West Yorkshire, cannot stand or walk independently but loves music and decided to challenge himself during lockdown to play 100 songs picked by his supporters. | He has had thousands of views on his social media accounts as he tried and mastered everything from Beethoven to Justin Bieber and Stevie Wonder. | Lennie first set himself a fundraising target of £750 for his special school — Paces…

RT (2020-05-27). RT MAKES TOP 3 IN ADC AWARDS 2020 GLOBAL CREATIVE RANKING. rt.com MOSCOW, MAY 27 — RT\'s #Romanovs100 AR book and special adoptive font have been honored by ADC Awards, one of the oldest award shows in the world celebrating the very best in advertising and design. RT has entered the top 3 list of the ADC 2020 Global In-House Agency/Studio Creative Ranking which is determined by the cumulative point totals won by the finalists. | The ADC Annual Awards jury has given RT\'s AR photo album of the

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Saudi-led coalition commits 60 violations of truce in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Yemen\'s Liaison and Coordination Officers\' Operations Room, which monitors violations of the Stockholm Agreement and Ceasefire, reported that the US-Saudi aggression in Hodeidah recorded 60 violations during the past 24 hours.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Picturesque views in Moghan Plateau. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) — Germi, a part of Moghan Plateau, is located 110 km north of Ardabil the capital of Ardabil province. Like most parts of Iran, it has a semi-arid climate with fairly hot summers and relatively cold winters. Many cold springs and beautiful natural landscapes are in Germi, which attract tourists. The mineral springs of Germi (Khan Bulaghi, Zarana) are notable throughout Iran for their medicinal qualities.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Indian company to export 25 tons of pesticides to Iran to control locust invasion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Indian state-owned HIL Ltd will supply 25 tonnes of pesticides to Iran to control locust.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Iran COVID-19 update: 2,080 new cases, 56 deaths in past 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected 2,080 people and claimed 56 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Iran-Venezuela trade has nothing to do with US: Rouhani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted that the United States has no right to intervene in legal trades between independent states.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Four EU states warn Israeli regime over West Bank annexation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Four European countries namely France, England, Spain, and Italy warned Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the dire consequences of the illegal annexation of the West Bank.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits east Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Damavand County in the east of the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday noon.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). FAO delivers 1st batch of desert locust control equipment to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — In a statement, FAO announced that in the scheme of an emergency technical cooperation project it has supplied necessary pesticide sprayers to Iran to assist the country in its effort to control the unprecedented desert locust infestation.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Iran\'s non-oil exports vol. up 13.5% last year: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Head of Iran\'s Mine House Mohammad Reza Bahraman on Wed. put the export volume of non-oil commodities in the last Iranian calendar year [ended March 20, 2020] at 133.9 million tons, showing a 13.5 percent hike as compared to the year before.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Iran exports face mask production machinery to Denmark: Sattari. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — For the first time, the Islamic Republic of Iran has exported face mask production machinery to Denmark, said Vice President Sattari.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). UK Care Homes \'Were Left Brutally Exposed\' To COVID-19 By The State, Social Care Provider Says. sputniknews.com Many care providers are still \"not seeing any financial support to help them survive\", a care sector representative tells Sputnik. This is despite the fact that local authorities have been given an additional £3.8 billion bounds by central government in order to assist care home providers.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). At Least 6 People Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting in Southwestern Saudi Arabia. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least six people have been killed, and three others were injured in a shooting incident that occurred in Saudi Arabia\'s southwestern province of Asir, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the province\'s police spokesman.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). Australian LNG Exports to Chinese Market at Crossroads as Trade Tensions Intensify. sputniknews.com A healthy bilateral relationship will be important to Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China, which will be the only meaningful market in the coming decade but one that is undergoing a structural change, Chinese industry insiders said on Tuesday.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). \'Cardi B is All of Us on Quarantine\' as Singer Shares Clip Showing Her Rounded-Up Belly. sputniknews.com The co-author of the pandemic anthem \"Coronavirus Remix\" has never tried too hard to hide her true emotions about the ongoing health crisis and this time the singer went as far as to share with the audience her body\'s reaction to the continuing lockdown measures.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). Pompeo: US Ending Iran Sanction Waivers, Measure Effective in 60 Days. sputniknews.com Citing \"Iran\'s continued nuclear escalation,\" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the sanctions waiver for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-related projects in Iran will expire in 60 days.

sputniknews (2020-05-27). Trump Threatens to Regulate, Close Down Twitter Amid Spat Over Flagged Tweets. sputniknews.com The president accused the social media giant of \"completely stifling FREE speech\" late Tuesday, warning that he would not allow this to continue after the microblogging platform put a \"get the facts…\" flag under his tweets about mail-in ballots.

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Japan approves second stimulus package amid COVID-19. yenisafak.com Japan\'s government on Wednesday approved a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year of around $296 billion, local media reported.The record supplementary budget was approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is aimed at aiding struggling businesses of the world\'s third largest economy.The fresh 31.9 trillion yen budget will also fund 117 trillion yen ($1 trillion) economic stimulus package to help fight the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the local Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.It would be world\'s largest stimulus package

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Turkey hails US denial of parole for diplomat\'s killer. yenisafak.com Turkey on Wednesday welcomed a US governor\'s decision to reject the parole request of Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian who assassinated a Turkish diplomat in Los Angeles in 1982.\"Turkey has welcomed this decision that shows once again that terrorism, which is the utmost point of hate speech and extremism in the world, will not go unpunished,\" the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement, referring to California Governor Gavin Newsom\'s denial of a parole request by Sassounian on Monday.Newsom reversed the Board of Parole Hearings\' decision which earlier found Sassounian suitable for parole.\"After reviewing and c…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). German-Turkish mother seeks help from Merkel to rescue daughter. yenisafak.com A German-Turkish mother has called on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to help mothers who struggle to rescue their children from the terrorist PKK group.Maide T. told reporters in front of the Chancellory that she would continue demonstrations to get her voice heard by Merkel and the government.\"Please help us to rescue our children. Monitor cultural associations used by the PKK. These are not cultural houses, these are the houses of the PKK,\" she said, stressing that the outlawed group has been using such cultural centers in Germany for brainwashing children, and recruiting them to the group.She said her…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Germany can\'t confirm Merkel will attend G7 in person. yenisafak.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel cannot confirm her physical presence at an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven (G7) in the United States yet, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, adding that this would depend on how the coronavirus pandemic develops.President Donald Trump believes there would be \"no greater example of reopening\" than holding a summit of Group of Seven leaders in the United States near the end of June, the White House said on Tuesday.

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Don\'t abandon us, we don\'t transmit coronavirus, say Cairo dogs and cats. yenisafak.com The doggies and kitties of a Cairo veterinary clinic have an important message, and they are taking it to the internet.Don\'t abandon us. We don\'t spread the coronavirus.\"We started this campaign after noticing that there were many people leaving dogs and cats outside our clinic,\" explained veterinarian Corolos Majdi at the Animalia clinic in the Egyptian capital.Pets looked after at home are highly unlikely to spread any disease, but dogs or cats abandoned on the street can be dangerous, he said.Doctors at the clinic decided to let the pets spread the message. They began photographing dogs and cats wearing signs…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Iran records 56 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. yenisafak.com Iran on Wednesday confirmed 56 additional fatalities from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,564.A further 2,080 people have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 141,591, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.He added that 111,176 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,551 patients remain in critical condition.In Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East hardest-hit by the disease, COVID-19 was first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19 and then spread throughout the country.The pandemic has claime…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Brits may not be allowed to travel to Spain this summer. yenisafak.com While Spanish authorities have invited foreign tourists to start planning their holidays to Spain, the country\'s top epidemiologist cautioned that travelers from countries that do not have coronavirus under control could be banned from entering.That message could be especially relevant to Brits, who are one of Spain\'s leading source markets for tourism, but have been struggling to contain the infection.\"We have to evaluate the risk of importing [coronavirus],\" said Fernando Simon, Spain\'s chief epidemiologist, at a press conference on Tuesday, adding: \"It\'s not an easy task.\"He said Spain will judge the risk of v…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Over 1 in 6 youth out of work due to COVID-19: ILO. yenisafak.com \"The COVID-19 economic crisis is hitting young people — especially women — harder and faster than any other group,\" said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at a video press conference in Geneva.\"If we do not take significant and immediate action to improve their situation, the legacy of the virus could be with us for decades,\" said Ryder.The estimated number of overall jobs lost around the world in the second quarter of 2020 remains unchanged at 305 million, said the ILO.From a regional perspective, the Americas (13.1%), and Europe and Central Asia (12.9%) present the most substantial losses in hours work…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). Turkey exports more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators. yenisafak.com Turkey has exported more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators crucial in treating COVID-19 so far, the country\'s industry and technology minister said on Wednesday.Addressing a meeting of a local trade chamber via a video link, Mustafa Varank said Turkey is also carrying out apace innovative projects for diagnostic kits and systems that will make a name for the country worldwide.Varank pointed that many countries face crisis of producing basic medical equipment.\"The discrimination between developed or developing countries has disappeared.\"Countries boasting their economic and technological power have been late in co…

yenisafak (2020-05-27). India faces \'sanitary napkin shortage\' amid COVID-19. yenisafak.com With schools shut down, free supplies of \"sanitary napkins\" by the government have come to a halt, forcing teenage girls to use dirty pieces of cloth and rags.Maya, a 16-year-old resident of southeast Delhi, has not been able to afford sanitary napkins and is using old t-shirts for her monthly cycle. Previously, she would receive a pack of 10 from her state-run school, but the supply stopped after its sudden shutdown due to COVID-19.\"A pack of eight pads 30 Indian rupees [40 cent]. My father works as a rickshaw puller and is barely earning any money. How can I ask him for money to spend on sanitary napkins? I hav…

graham (2020-05-27). The Governments\' 50,000 NHS nurse plan disintegrates. truepublica.org.uk The first year of the government\'s plan to significantly boost the NHS workforce has been hit by a significant fall in international recruitment caused by the coronavirus pandemic reports the Health Service journal. According to senior sources very close to NHS workforce plans, the challenging nature of the international recruitment market during the pandemic will …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-05-27). The Campaign Against Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Clearing the Way for A Big Pharma Vaccine. globalresearch.ca The Covid-19 pandemic has brought out many disturbing features of our society. Misinformation, or perhaps more accurately, disinformation, abounds in the service of agendas ranging from those who interpret the virus as a useful ploy for the construction of a …

Ashley Curtin (2020-05-26). Bernie Sanders introduces Paycheck Security Act to protect millions of employees during coronavirus pandemic. nationofchange.org \"Without aggressive action to help workers keep their jobs and businesses stay open, we risk an economic disaster that could take decades to repair.\"

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-05-26). Washington Keeps Accusing China of Orchestrating Border Clashes with India. globalresearch.ca The US is supporting India towards a military confrontation with China on their land border and in the Indian Ocean. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, who is about to retire from …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-05-26). North Atlantic vs. Eurasia: EU Admits that \"American-led System\" Nears Its End. globalresearch.ca European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told a gathering of German ambassadors on Monday that \"analysts have long talked about the end of an American-led system and the arrival of an Asian century. This is now happening in front …

Marko Marjanoviƒá (2020-05-26). Bolsonaro Gives a Fantastic, Impassioned, Radical Speech Against Lockdown Maos [VIDEO]. anti-empire.com This was a recent meeting of Bolsonaro\'s cabinet footage from which made public by the Supreme Court, and what a meeting it was: Why are they puttin handcuffs on a citizen that is working or a woman in the public square and the Justice doesn\'t say anything? You have to fucking speak! | You\'re going to be quite? Until when? Or do I have to keep exposing myself? You have to speak, put it out there! Dish it out! | You can\'t put handcuffs, a decision of the Supreme Court itself. Are we going to be quiet? Until when? | They keep on humiliating our people. And that\'s growing… People keep pointing at me: \"I voted for y…

Patrick Cockburn (2020-05-26). Governments are Using COVID-19 Crisis to Crush Free Speech. counterpunch.org Stop those non-humans who are writing and provoking our people,\" says Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in an Instagram video. The non-humans he objects to are journalists who criticise the Chechen authorities for mishandling their response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Given Kadyrov has faced allegations of torturing and disappearing critics (which the leader denies), he leaves

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-26). Yes, some acts of terrorism have indeed occurred in Hong Kong. thealtworld.com Chinese officials confirmed on Monday that some acts of terrorism have indeed recently occurred in Hong Kong. Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong Xie Feng, Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee, and Hong Kong Commissioner of Police Chris Tang were unanimous in their separate statements to this effect, even revealing that some of the troublemakers had conspired with foreign forces to carry out such acts. Their official disclosures add a renewed impetus to the draft decision of the national security legislation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). | Ever since the 9/…

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-26). Biden\'s \"You Ain\'t Black\" Comment Embodies Everything Wrong with the Democrats. globalresearch.ca Former Vice President and current Democrat front-runner Joe Biden embodied everything that\'s wrong with the Democrats on Friday morning during an interview with a popular New York City radio host. In response to Charlamagne Tha God\'s request for another interview …

Reese Erlich (2020-05-26). Other Nations Lead the Way. progressive.org How China, South Korea, and Germany developed effective strategies for fighting COVID-19.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-26). The Ben Uliel Case: Has Israel Won the Battle Against Jewish Terror? mintpressnews.com The verdict was a best-case scenario for Israel\'s image as it deliberately absolved the massive terrorist network that spawned the likes of Ben Uliel and the Israeli army that protects those very extremists on a daily basis.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-26). Israeli Authorities Order Ten Palestinian-owned Water Wells Closed. imemc.org Israeli military authorities reportedly plan to shut down ten Palestinian-owned water wells, to the west of city Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in the Al-Sawiya village in western Salfit, told media outlets including the Palestine WAFA News Agency, that Israeli military authorities delivered shutdown warrants …

Peter Koenig (2020-05-26). Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything. globalresearch.ca Do you know who coined the curse, \"conspiracy theory\" or accusation, \"you are conspiracy theorist!\" — It was nobody less than the CIA in the 1950s, to silence those who saw through the lie of the Cold War against the …

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Frontline Healthcare Workers Are Becoming Socialists. popularresistance.org As the current Covid-19 pandemic spread throughout the country, healthcare workers again witnessed how the for-profit healthcare system, along with the capitalist economic system, was unable to respond. Frontline workers, already putting their lives at risk, were being more exposed due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies that should never be in shortage, especially in a country that allows an individual with a net worth of over $100 billion to exist. Hospitals, already short-staffed due to years of \"cost-saving\" measures, were near collapse from the influx of patients. This helped to…

Víctor Castillo (2020-05-26). Facing the ecosocial crisis: Is a socialist planning of the economy feasible? mronline.org The current ecological and social crisis, a crisis which has seen its effects increased by a public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, is a crisis which raises serious concerns over environmental sustainability and social polarization and which has a fundamental cause: the blind logic pursued by our economy system, where everything is secondary …

South Front (2020-05-26). Video: Turkey Dives Into Libyan Conflict. globalresearch.ca The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and Syrian militants supported by the Turkish military have achieved more gains in their battle against the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. | GNA forces have captured the …

Alan MacLeod (2020-05-26). The power of propaganda: Americans think Trump\'s COVID-19 performance better than China\'s. mronline.org 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.

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role In COVID-19 Organizing. popularresistance.org A shadowy right-wing nonprofit is helping coordinate coronavirus response strategy and promoting the lockdown protests. | Working alongside close allies that have helped coordinate the protests, including Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks, Council for National Policy Action (CNP Action) has been hosting conference calls and publishing action memos around reopening states\' economies. | CNP Action is the 501(c)(4) nonprofit affiliate of the Council for National Policy (CNP), a coalition of far-right political advocacy and think tank figures that has worked largely behind the scenes since its…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Why China Is Not The Aggressor. popularresistance.org To reverse the Pentagon\'s reckless drive towards potentially catastrophic confrontation, people in this country need to be aware of the true nature of relations between the United States and China. In fact, it is the United States that is engaged in a comprehensive push to encircle and isolate China using military, economic and political aggression. The result of this atmosphere of non-stop hostility has been a marked increase in instances of discrimination and racist violence towards Chinese-Americans and other Asian communities within the United States. | The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Group Hopes To See New Economy Emerge Based On Hawaiian Values. popularresistance.org A new group that wants to reboot Hawaii\'s tourist-based economy in the era of the new coronavirus announced a four-step plan Tuesday to come up with ideas by August based on Native Hawaiian cultural values. | The \'Aina Aloha Economic Futures Declaration, which was sent to Gov. David Ige, is the first part of an effort to create a different island economy based on centuries of island-based values. The declaration was authored by 14 members of the community who want \"to reboot the entire operating system of our economy,\" said Kamanamaikalani Beamer, associate professor of the University of Hawaii\'s Center for Hawai…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Colombian Social Leaders Protest For Access To Health Care And Food. popularresistance.org The difficult situation Colombia is facing due to the pandemic prompted the 48 leaders of Sierra Nevada, in the Santa Marta District, to protest to demand decent health services and food aid. | In the middle of the road that communicates with the territory of La Guajira, the demonstrators placed a coffin and performed the dance of the African morticians that have been virtualized in the social networks in recent months. | With this representation, the social leaders denounced the abandonment by the District and Departmental Government. | Those who become ill for the COVID-19 has a high risk of dying, they denounc…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2020-05-26). Venezuela And Iran Show Solidarity Can Overcome US Empire. dissidentvoice.org Commemorating 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths The official milestone of 100,000 dead in the United States from COVID-19 is near. This figure is certainly an undercount as thousands of deaths from COVID-19 are not being recorded. Before our weekly news analysis, we pause to commemorate those deaths. The US, with 4 percent of the world\'s population, has 28 percent of …

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). Tenants Buy Properties From Negligent Landlord Who Tried To Evict Them. popularresistance.org Thirty-eight families in south Minneapolis will gain ownership of their five apartment buildings after spending years battling with their landlord, Stephen Frenz, who had been trying to evict them. | \"This is an amazing victory. I am so happy,\" Chloe Jackson said in a statement Monday. She is a resident of one of the properties and board president of the tenant\'s rights group Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (United Renters for Justice). Eviction seemed certain once the pandemic hit since the families — most of whom are immigrants and don\'t have health care or access to government benefits — had collect…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). The Case For Degrowth In A Time Of Pandemic. popularresistance.org To be more resilient to crises — pandemic, climatic, financial, or political — we need to build systems capable of scaling back production in ways that do not cause loss of livelihood or life. We need degrowth. But what is happening during the pandemic is not degrowth. Degrowth is a project of living meaningfully, enjoying simple pleasures, commoning, sharing and relating more with others, and working less, in more equal societies. | The goal of degrowth is to purposefully slow things down in order to minimize harm to humans and earth systems and to reduce exploitation. The time is ripe for us to refo…

Kevin Zeese (2020-05-26). A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment. popularresistance.org Southern Solidarity has gone from 24 daily meal distributions to 250. | \"We\'re doing this because capitalism is making survival impossible,\" Araujo says. | She plans to meet with researchers and academics to develop a guidebook on how to create a mutual aid project during a pandemic but, in the meantime, she has advice for those of us interested in lending a hand: \"Assess and observe,\" she says. \"Do not mimic colonizer actions. Connect to existing institutions. And, most of all, insert your radical imagination.\"

Andre Vltchek (2020-05-26). Hong Kong Rioters Should Never Fight Against Their Own Country. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Matt Sedlar (2020-05-26). Joe Biden\'s Friend From JPMorgan Chase. cepr.net The American Prospect See article on original site Much has been made of Joe Biden\'s public \"pivot to the left\" in recent weeks, from calling for a stimulus \"a hell of a lot bigger\" than $3 trillion to seating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive populists on major policy committees. But while Biden seems sincere about …

Thomas Klikauer — Nadine Campbell (2020-05-26). The Covid-19 Conspiracies of German Neo-Nazis. counterpunch.org Where there are conspiracy theories, German Neo-Nazis are never far away. Indeed, the Corona pandemic is a welcoming vehicle for German Neo-Nazi to broadcast their ideology and to recruit new members. The belief in conspiratorial forces behind the 2020 Corona crisis isn\'t just nonsense; it is a dangerous symptom of democratic societies\' plight to be

John G. Russell (2020-05-26). TRUMP-20: The Other Pandemic. counterpunch.org 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

Melvin Goodman (2020-05-26). Trump Administration and the Washington Post: Picking Fights Together. counterpunch.org 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…

Staff (2020-05-26). Comcast Ignores Calls To Improve Internet Access During Pandemic. therealnews.com Despite making $4 billion in revenue in 2019, Comcast hasn\'t responded to pleas from students and educators to increase internet speeds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steve Sweeney (2020-05-26). U.S. judge allows sale of Venezuela\'s stolen CITGO refineries. peoplesworld.org Venezuela has accused Washington of modern piracy after a judge ruled that the sale of U.S.-based CITGO refineries could go ahead. The company, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA, has been embroiled in a decade-long dispute with former Canadian mining firm Crystallex, which is set to collect a bumper $1.4 billion. It is now …

C.P. Chandrasekhar (2020-05-26). COVID-19 adds new dimensions to U.S.-China trade war. mronline.org 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.

Rick Sterling (2020-05-26). Racism and Bias at the Court of Arbitration for Sports. dissidentvoice.org Sun Yang Over the past 5 years, the sports \"anti doping movement\" has been distorted into a political tool to attack Russia and now China. This article reveals the bias behind the decision to ban Chinese athlete Sun Yang for eight years. For example, the president of the panel tweeted against a \"yellow faced Chinese …

Gloria La Riva (2020-05-26). Desafiando las sanciones de EEUU, primer buque iraní llega a Venezuela. liberationnews.org La presencia militar de los Estados Unidos en aguas del Caribe no disuadió a Irán mientras el \"Fortuna\", el primero de sus cinco gigantes buques petroleros llenos de gasolina y suministros de refinería llegó a las aguas de Venezuela el sábado 23 de mayo.

Eds. (2020-05-26). Apocalypse never: what coronavirus teaches us about doomsday denial. mronline.org he current pandemic is giving humanity a crash course in apocalypse management. Whether COVID-19 is actually apocalyptic or not is debatable, but the pandemic has many of the characteristics that we associate with something of that scale.

Mark Gruenberg (2020-05-26). Progressive hopefuls aim at two top Democratic congressional leaders. peoplesworld.org Even if campaigning takes different methods and forms due to the coronavirus pandemic, politics still goes on, and so does the effort by progressive Democrats to oust corporate-friendly foes. That\'s what two challengers to two top-tier Democrats will try to do in coming weeks. But their targets, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Foreign …

Joel Wendland-Liu (2020-05-26). Trump administration weaponizes lies and conspiracies instead of solutions. peoplesworld.org In an interview for CBS in early May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed unable to distinguish between conspiracies or science. In almost one breath, the Harvard law graduate told a reporter earlier this month that \"enormous evidence\" exists to say that the virus that causes COVID-19 is \"man made.\" He, then, immediately stated, …

Nkechi Taifa (2020-05-26). Reparations — Has the Time Finally Come? aclu.org During a lull one afternoon when I was a high school student selling Black Panther Party newspapers on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., in 1971, I sat down on the curb and opened the tabloid to the 10-point program, \"\"We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules … promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor…

Gloria La Riva (2020-05-26). Defying U.S. sanctions, first Iranian tanker reaches Venezuela. liberationnews.org 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.

Larry Holmes (2020-05-26). Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions. workers.org 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 . . . |

Staff (2020-05-26). Grassroots Organizers Continue To Move The Needle For Change Despite Little Fanfare. therealnews.com Activists like Cameron Miles, Vonya Quarles, Erica Smith, and Amber Rose-Howard discuss organizing tactics that work in the continued fight for social justice and prison abolition.

Forbes West (2020-05-26). Ending hunger and homelessness cheaper than maintaining our Maginot Line. peoplesworld.org Admirals and generals, it is said, are always prepared to fight the last war. Practical leaders who study the past are keen to be the best at their profession, learning the tools of the trade as best they can. They are studying old homework, however, while someone or something out there is re-writing the entire …

Eric Walberg (2020-05-26). The Military-Industrial-Governmental Complex. dissidentvoice.org Christian Sorensen\'s ambitious Understanding the War Industry documents the US war economy with zest. It\'s a dull, monotonous topic but vitally important, and he manages to make it interesting. You see the military-industrial-political complex as a vast, complex hive, embedded in the larger economic monster called the United States. That union has always been tenuous, …

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2020-05-26). Victory: Ohio\'s plan to deny workers their unemployment insurance is shelved. mronline.org 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 …

Joe Sims (2020-05-26). Neoliberal solutions won\'t save us from this pandemic. peoplesworld.org A lot of hope—and rightly so—is being placed in what a post-Trump country and world might look like. And yes, almost anything would be better. (As a popular lawn sign reads, \"2020: Any Functioning Adult.\") Proposals for union-friendly organizing rights, student debt relief, a wealth tax, a green infrastructure bill (if not a Green New …

Global Research News (2020-05-26). Selected Articles: Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything. globalresearch.ca By The universal Covid-lockdown has also caused a meltdown of productive assets, which now become easy prey to be bought by large corporations — unemployment …

pip.hinman (2020-05-26). Stop spending billions to punish the unemployed. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2020-05-26). Stay Home, Stay Safe, Be Kind: What New Zealand Can Teach the World About Eliminating COVID-19. democracynow.org New Zealand implemented one of the earliest lockdowns and has largely succeeded in eliminating the coronavirus under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Some of the country\'s success has been attributed to her leadership, trust in science, and clear communication during the crisis. We get an update from Michael Baker, professor of public health at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He is an epidemiologist and a member of the New Zealand Ministry of Health\'s Technical Advisory Group. Baker has been advising the government on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their slogan is \"Stay…

Staff (2020-05-26). Photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado: Brazil\'s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival. democracynow.org As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19\'s devastating impact on Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of the country. We speak with world-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado, who wrote an open letter to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a \"little flu,\" to warn him the pandemic is \"an extreme threat to their very survival.\"

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-26). 7 Ways the DNC Will Use Contact Tracers for Biden\'s Campaign to Oust Trump. strategic-culture.org The Democrat Party\'s GOTV (Get Out the Vote) program relies on labor unions and the NGO sector. Those who organized these directly as this writer has, or those who have been on the receiving end of it, will understand how this zeal, backed by the force of law under the auspices of Contact Tracers/Compliance Officers, will change the electoral outcome. | Contact Tracers are Compliance Officers Backed by Police and Operating under Governor\'s Orders | Contact Tracers are based on public sector workers in the area of public health, or NGO\'s that rely on funding from DNC backed philanthropy and state budgets. They all…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-26). How Many Dead Yemenis Does It Take to Equal One Washington Post Contributor? strategic-culture.org The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington Post columnist than a quarter of a million Yemenis killed in a Western-backed war. | Gary BRECHER | The headline here is not a joke, unfortunately. It\'s a question you can\'t help asking if you\'ve followed the war in Yemen. | You probably noticed that on

Charles Hugh Smith (2020-05-26). An Economy That Cannot Allow Stocks to Decline Is Too Fragile to Survive. anti-empire.com Feast your eyes on the chart below of the Nasdaq 100 stock market Index, which is dominated by the six FAAMNG (rhymes with \"famine\") stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix and Google which now account for over 20% of the entire U.S. stock market\'s capitalization. | Notice that despite the global economy sliding into a debt-bust depression, the NDX is within kissing distance of new all-time highs. You\'re joking, right? Sales and profits won\'t slide as the depression steps on the neck of hundreds of millions of households? | As you\'ve probably heard by now, sales don\'t matter, profits don\'t matter, cos…

anti-empire (2020-05-26). Pointless Damage: Robert Koch\'s Own Calculation Shows Germany\'s Lockdown Was Unnecessary and Ineffective. anti-empire.com In an interview with Citing data from Robert Koch Institute (RKI) : | In the interview, the prominent professor, once an adviser to former chancellor Gerhard Schrà∂der, cited a chart from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) that was issued on April 15th: |

Marko Marjanoviƒá (2020-05-26). New York Times Sabotages Its Emotional Blackmail Story by Including a MURDER Victim in 1000 \'Covid Victims\' List. anti-empire.com When you turn yourself into emotionally blackmailing propaganda arm of a doomsday cult… …but you can\'t even do that right: | Now waiting for a similar list highlighting 1000 individuals who died as a result of the unnecessary lockdown, which is sure to follow, right? | Here\'s a little bonus, Slavsquat comments: \"As a connoisseur of post-9/11 garbage journalism, I can say with a high degree of confidence that we have officially entered the Dumpster Fire Dark Ages. That\'s the actual image they used for their op-ed, btw. lol.\" | And another:…

Nicky Harley (2020-05-26). UK Vaccine Team: Vaccine Is Now in a \"Race Against Virus Disappearing\" anti-empire.com Leading UK scientists racing to develop a Covid-19 vaccine are concerned that as the virus diminishes in Britain their tests may not be effective. | Researchers at the University of Oxford\'s Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group are warning that their initial hope of an 80 per cent success rate for the vaccine has now dropped to 50 per cent. | \"It is a race, yes. But it\'s not a race against the other guys. It\'s a race against the virus disappearing, and against time,\" Professor Adrian Hill told the Telegraph newspaper. | \"We said earlier this year that there was an 80 per cent chance of developing an effe…

Medical Express (2020-05-26). Spain Cuts Virus Death Toll by 2,000. anti-empire.com Spain\'s government on Monday revised downward the country\'s death toll from the coronavirus by nearly 2,000, bringing the total number of deaths recorded to 26,834. | A new system of gathering data had allowed them to identify cases that were counted twice and exclude deaths wrongly attributed to the virus, said Fernando Simon, the health ministry\'s emergencies coordinator. | \"A variation of 1,900, that\'s a lot,\" he added. \"We are trying to check that it\'s correct, but these are the figures that we have at the moment.\" | The

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-05-26). Tankers to Venezuela Are Part of Iranian Strategy to Mess With Trump in an Election Year as Payback for Soleimani. anti-empire.com Editor\'s note: Very interesting information. This helps explain why the Imperial navy has been conducting
| Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcast…

Axel Thomas (2020-05-26). Fauci: \'Dying Cancer Victims Should Just Be Glad They Didn\'t Get COVID-19 With a 99.8% Cure Rate\'. anti-empire.com Tens of thousands of cooperative self-isolating quarantined citizens are coming out of their basements. A bit dazed, a little pale, but with something our so-called experts didn\'t see coming. | Many are presenting to their primary care physicians with lumps. Not small lumps which would have been easy to diagnose and treat but golfball-sized lumps that have already spread like butter on hot corn. | Why just last week, Ms. Justine Bean Screwed claimed, \"I\'ve been in my basement since Christmas. I first noticed a tiny weeny lump in my right breast. Then I noticed a tiny weeny lump in my right armpit. What\'s weird is…

ahtribune (2020-05-26). Why Did Russia Refuse Venezuela\'s Request but Iran Accepted It? ahtribune.com Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first message was dispatched to the US administration after Gulf and Arab Leaders conveyed a direct message to the Iranian leaders: \"Washington is determined to stop the Iranian tankers sailing to Venezuela\". Iran responded to all messages received that \"its five tankers will sail to Venezuela and if any of these tankers is intercepted, Iran will respond in…

ahtribune (2020-05-26). Democracy: Or How to Choose A Candidate in United States Elections. ahtribune.com I am both a Swiss and US citizen and vote in both jurisdictions. In Switzerland I participate in its semi-direct democratic system, characterized by voting on issues, initiating legislation, approving or rejecting laws and regulations by referendum. We can even decide whether a bridge or a tunnel is built over Lake Geneva — or decide not to build it at all. Governance by the people and for the people works rather well, guided by the old principle salus populi suprema lex (the well-being of the people is the highest law, Cicero De legibus 3,3,8). | Everybody hails \"democracy\" and \"democratic values\", but…

The Canary (2020-05-26). Around 90 mast attacks recorded during coronavirus lockdown. thecanary.co The number of attacks on mobile phone masts has climbed to around 90 since the coronavirus lockdown began, the UK\'s network trade body has revealed.MobileUK said it has currently recorded 87 arson incidents against network towers across the country, but warned there might be a delay on information from over the bank holiday weekend.It comes as Derbyshire Police appealed for witnesses after firefighters were called to a mast blaze off Scarborough Drive in the Chaddesden area of Derby at 2am on Sunday, following a string of cases in recent months.\"We believe the fire was started deliberately and we are investigatin…

The Canary (2020-05-26). Johnson faces Tory revolt over decision to stand by aide Cummings. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has been hit with a ministerial resignation and faced mounting backbench anger over the actions of his senior adviser, Dominic Cummings.Douglas Ross, the parliamentary 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 despite the coronavirus lockdown.The first resignation over the allegations rocking the government came as Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove sought to defend his longstanding ally as having acted in an \"entirely reasonable\" way, and within the law.But Ross, the MP for Moray, said: \"I h…

The Canary (2020-05-26). No new coronavirus deaths reported in Northern Ireland. thecanary.co No new deaths with coronavirus in the north of Ireland were reported on Tuesday.This is the first time since the pandemic took hold in late March that the daily figure has been zero.Deputy first minister Michelle O\'Neill welcomed the news as \"heartening\" but warned against complacency.content.assets.pressassociation.io/2020/05/26142506/789060cd-2903-4a3c-903a-b4b223d8f9d7.jpg?w=320 320w, con…

The Canary (2020-05-26). WHO executive warns first wave of coronavirus is not yet over. thecanary.co 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…

RT (2020-05-26). \'Justice for Carolyn\': Resistance claims Trump KILLED INTERN, figuring fake news will force Twitter to nuke his Morning Joe tweets. rt.com After Twitter refused to censor President Donald Trump for suggesting former Congressman and TV host Joe Scarborough may have played a role in the death of his intern, Trump critics launched a murder conspiracy of their own. | There is no one named Carolyn Gombell, but her name was trending on social media on Tuesday, along with the hashtag #JusticeForCarolyn, after a Twitter account calling itself \'God\' posted a thread accusing the current US president of murder. | \"He strangled her because he\'d gotten her pregnant and was threatening to tell the press. Then he bribed NYPD Police Chief Bernie Kierik to cover…

RT (2020-05-26). Elon Musk\'s SpaceX inks deal with US military to test out sky-crowding Starlink satellites for Army communications. rt.com SpaceX has agreed to let the US Army test out its Starlink satellite broadband network — made up of thousands of individual satellites in low-earth orbit — with the presumed aim of integrating it into existing military systems. | The military has signed a deal with the billionaire\'s spaceflight company to test out the Starlink network over the next three years, evaluating its suitability for their data-transfer needs, an inside source told SpaceNews on Tuesday. Signed last week, the agreement, known as a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), is typically used by the military to te…

RT (2020-05-26). Trump teases \'very interesting & powerful\' action after China calls US sanctions \'bluff\' over Hong Kong. rt.com US President Donald Trump said he was planning to do something about Beijing\'s moves to limit the political autonomy of Hong Kong, but would not say what. Chinese media, meanwhile, called US threats a \'nothingburger\' bluff. | \"We\'re doing something now. I think you\'ll find it very interesting. But I won\'t be talking about it today,\" Trump told reporters at a White House event about healthcare on Tuesday. \"It\'s something you\'re going to be hearing about … before the end of the week — very powerfully I think.\" | White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said earlier that Trump was \"displeased\" about Ch…

RT (2020-05-26). \'It destroys my argument\': Even Fox News is triggered by the lack of social distancing at Ozarks bash amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Brian Kilmeade, who has been arguing to lift Covid-19 lockdown measures, and other Fox talking heads did not have much support for people in the Ozarks partying in viral videos and ignoring social distancing measures. | \"It destroys my argument that we are reacting responsibly as a country,\" Kilmeade said on Fox News\' \'Outnumbered\' on Tuesday when talking about the footage out of Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend. | Viral videos show huge crowds partying it up over Memorial Day weekend in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri

RT (2020-05-26). CDC quietly DOWNGRADED Covid-19 death rate and media IGNORED good news. Elon Musk wonders why. rt.com The latest estimates show that Covid-19 is nowhere near as lethal as early models claimed, yet the mainstream media have been mum on the subject, prompting some prominent lockdown critics to ask why that might be the case. | According to the \"current best estimate\" scenario

RT (2020-05-26). CNN v pastor: Network gets a lesson in mask-wearing after slamming cleric for sermon without PPE. rt.com A New Jersey pastor has defended himself after being accused by CNN of creating unnecessary risk by delivering his sermon unmasked during the Covid-19 pandemic. | The question of when and where to don a protective mask in public has become an intensely-debated topic in the US, as some fight to end lockdown restrictions and others argue a \'new normal\' must be embraced until a vaccine is released, and that debate played out between a New Jersey preacher and a CNN host on Tuesday morning. | Pastor Charles Clark II of the Solid Rock Baptist Church in Camden County, New Jersey, appeared on \'New Day\' to explain his…

RT (2020-05-26). Obama-era Pentagon deputy IG resigns less than 2 months after unexpected demotion from top coronavirus watchdog post. rt.com Principal Pentagon Deputy Inspector General Glenn Fine has tendered his resignation less than two months after his controversial removal from a top watchdog post overseeing the Trump administration\'s $2 trillion Covid-19 bailout. | \"After many years in the [Department of Justice] and [Department of Defense] OIGs, I believe the time has come for me to step down and allow others to perform this vital role,\" Fine said in a statement on Tuesday. | Fine becomes the latest of several inspectors general to exit the administration in an ongoing shakeup that has the president\'s opponents crying foul. Last month, he was…

RT (2020-05-26). \'An onion of intellectual imbecility\': Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro roasts Trump over Joe Scarborough murder tweets. rt.com Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro has advised US President Donald Trump to \"grow the f**k up\" and called him out for \"intellectual imbecility\" over tweets suggesting MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is a murderer. | Trump implied (not for the first time) in tweets on Tuesday that Scarborough may have been involved in the 2001 death of an intern who worked at the former congressman\'s office. | While the death was ruled to be accidental, with the medical examiner saying Lori Klausutis died after she fell and hit her head on a desk due to an underlying heart condition, many alternative theories have made their way around t…

RT (2020-05-26). \'Ultimate Karen\' calls cops on \'dangerous\' black man who asked her to leash dog, gets put on leave after massive backlash (VIDEO). rt.com 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 (2020-05-26). \'Is that like Soylent Green?\' Trump adviser calls American workers \'human capital stock\' & triggers cannibalism-themed meme storm. rt.com 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…

Anand Naidoo (2020-05-26). The Heat: China\'s foreign policy priorities for 2020. america.cgtn.com China outlines its diplomatic priorities for 2020. We will take a closer look at the country\'s foreign policy.

George Wuerthner (2020-05-26). Greatest Good is to Preserve Forest Carbon. counterpunch.org 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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-05-26). Human Footprint Threatening Nearly 50 Billion Years of Evolutionary History: Study. commondreams.org \"Our findings indicate that the magnitude of our impact as a species on the natural world is incomprehensibly large, and appears to be overwhelmingly impacting the most irreplaceable areas and species on the planet.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ayeaye-billions-years-evolutionary.jpg …

Jon Queally & Andrea Germanos, staff writers (2020-05-26). Citing Dual Threat of Covid-19 and Duterte, Coalition Calls on Congress to Block US Arms Sale to Philippines. commondreams.org \"The U.S. should not be selling advanced military systems to an abusive, unaccountable Philippine military under cover of a global pandemic.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gallery-1475767527-gettyimages-98467963.jpg …

Staff (2020-05-26). Headlines for May 26, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Nears 100,000 Deaths from COVID-19 as Trump Shuns Face Masks, Goes After Democrats on Twitter, Trump Threatens to Pull RNC Out of North Carolina If Dem Governor Refuses to Allow Packed Crowds, Second Immigrant in ICE Jail Dies from COVID-19, U.S. to Deport Haitian Death Squad Leader and COVID-Positive Haitians Amid Pandemic, U.S. Restricts Travel from Brazil as It Becomes Second Most Infected Country, South American Nations Experience Mounting Cases as New Epicenter of the Pandemic, Boris Johnson Faces Pressure over Reopening Country and Lockdown-Flouting Adviser, WHO Suspends Tests of Hydroxychloroquine as…

Telesur (2020-05-26). Italy Recommends Cuban Medical Brigade for Nobel Peace Prize. globalresearch.ca Italian authorities, ecclesiastic representatives, and social organizations acknowledged on May 23 Cuban efforts to face COVID across the country. | The Secretary of Health and Welfare of the government of the Lombardy region, Giulio Gallera, and the president of the …

Danny Sjursen (2020-05-26). The Coming of a Social-Distancing Version of War. commondreams.org The spread of Covid-19 has offered a rare opportunity to raise questions, challenge frameworks, and critically consider what \"ending\" war might even mean for this country.(Photo: Erich Ferdinand/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/peace_sign_0_0.jpeg …

Staff (2020-05-26). COVID Isn\'t a \"Peacemaker.\" Expect the Pentagon to Modify Warfare — Not End It. truthout.org Covid-19, an ongoing global human tragedy, may have at least one silver lining. It has led millions of people to question America\'s most malignant policies at home and abroad. | Regarding Washington\'s war policies abroad, there\'s been

John Laforge (2020-05-26). First US Citizen Convicted for Protests at Nuclear Weapons Base in Germany. counterpunch.org 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

Shahid Buttar (2020-05-26). A Whistleblowing Visionary Offers a Ticket to Our Future—If We Take It. commondreams.org Workers protest against the failure from their employers to provide adequate protections in the workplace of the Amazon delivery hub on National May Day Walkout/Sickout by workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Innstacart and Shipt amid the Covid-19 pandemic on May 1, 2020, in Hawthorne, California. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1211479571_1.jpg …

Fight Back (2020-05-26). Minnesota: Protest set to demand justice for George Floyd. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — A protest is set for 5 p.m., May 26, at 3759 Chicago Avenue S, Minneapolis, to demand justice for George Floyd — an African American man who as murdered last night by Minneapolis police. | Angel Smith-El of the Twin Cites Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J), states, \"During a time where people are already stressed because of COVID-19 the police took full advantage by killing an unarmed Black man. He laid with his face to the ground begging for the cop to get off his neck because he couldn't breathe. The officer continued to push his knee deeper into George's neck even a…

Michael Flynn, Katie Welsford (2020-05-26). COVID-19 Reveals the Inherent Vindictiveness of Migration Detention. commondreams.org Asylum seekers protest inside the Mantra Hotel in Preston, Melbourne, Australia. May 16, 2020. (Picture by Micheal Dodge/AAP/PA Images. All rights reserved) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/asylum.jpg …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-26). \'Some Honesty for Once\': Alberta Energy Minister Celebrates Covid-19 for Making In-Person Pipeline Protests More Difficult. commondreams.org \"They're literally using Covid as a cover to build pipelines because they know protest is impossible.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/canada-supreme-court-trans-mountain_1.jpg …

John Feffer (2020-05-26). Trump\'s \"Uncreative Destruction\" of the US/China Relationship. counterpunch.org 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

Henry Giroux (2020-05-26). Criminogenic Politics as a Form of Psychosis in the Age of Trump. counterpunch.org 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

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-05-26). Telephone Calls Between Biden and Poroshenko Reveal Kiev\'s Submission to Washington. globalresearch.ca Recently, several phone calls made four years ago between former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden were revealed. The content of the talks is profound and controversial and reveals the high degree of American influence …

Matt Sedlar (2020-05-26). Should Progressives Abandon the Earned Income Tax Credit? cepr.net The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an annual means-tested money benefit available to eligible tax units with earned income and administered through the tax system. In 2019, about 25 million tax units received a total of $63 billion in benefits from the EITC. The vast majority of these benefits went to below median income …

Terrace (2020-05-26). Special Edition: Sanctioned Countries Speak Out On COVID-19. popularresistance.org On May 9, 2020, the Sanctions Kill coalition based in the United States held the first in a series of webinars on the United States\' illegal economic coercive measures imposed on 39 countries and one-third of the global population. This webinar featured representatives from six countries: Cuba, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela and Iran. Each of these targeted countries shares common struggles to maintain their sovereignty and provide basic necessities for their people while trying to build new forms of governance in the face of aggression and interference from the United States. It is rare to hear directly f…

Michael T. Klare (2020-05-26). We Must Resist the \'China Threat\' Syndrome. thenation.com We Must Resist the \'China Threat\' Syndrome…

Kit Knightly (2020-05-26). The Real Meaning Behind Dominic Cummings Breaking Lockdown. globalresearch.ca The debate today is whether Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson\'s Chief Advisor, should resign, or not. Whether he broke the lockdown rules, or even the law. Whether his trip was justified or if there was some perfidiousness behind it. | Mostly, …

Pavan Kulkarni (2020-05-26). Strike action looming in South Africa as government downgrades lockdown. peoplesdispatch.org 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…

commondreams (2020-05-26). Big Oil Loses Appeals in California Climate Lawsuits. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Janis Petzel (2020-05-26). Let\'s Pay Attention to What COVID-19 Is Trying to Tell Us About Climate Change. commondreams.org COVID-19 demonstrates that there is a direct connection between the environment and our health. (Photo: World Learning/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/smog.jpg …

Fight Back (2020-05-26). California: UFCW Local 770 wants Farmer John Vernon Plant closed now. fightbacknews.org 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…

Chokshi DA, Katz MH. (2020-05-26). Emerging Lessons From COVID-19 Response in New York City. jamanetwork.com In a little more than 1 month, US society and its hospitals were transformed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The once-boisterous streets of New York City became quiet, while the hospital wards reverberated with the swooshes and beeps usually heard in intensive care units (ICUs). COVID-19 echoed that duality. There are so many outside the hospital who were silently infected, while so many fought for their lives in the hospital, struggling just to breathe.

Alexis C. Madrigal (2020-05-26). COVID Data: \'How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?\'. globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of Global Research readers selected excerpts from a carefully researched article published by the Atlantic, which documents the manipulation of CDC data pertaining to the corona-virus. Of significance: the recorded COVID data set guidelines for …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-05-26). US \"Woke\" Community Wages Pointless War Against Huawei. globalresearch.ca When the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) withdrew from a Huawei-sponsored Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) webinar — the ethical grounds it allegedly did so on were ill-defined at best. | The NABJ seemed to hint it was actually pressure on …

Daniel Horowitz (2020-05-26). CDC Report Confirms Remarkably Low Coronavirus Death Rate. Where Is the Media? globalresearch.ca Most people are more likely to wind up six feet under because of almost anything else under the sun other than COVID-19. | The

Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation (2020-05-26). One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus. thenation.com Elena Perlino, The Nation, Magnum Foundation One French Hospital\'s Battle Against the Coronavirus…

Tom Tomorrow (2020-05-26). Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out. thenation.com Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out…

Slomski A. (2020-05-26). No Benefit for Lopinavir—Ritonavir in Severe COVID-19. jamanetwork.com Treatment with the HIV combination drug lopinavir-ritonavir did not accelerate recovery or improve mortality rates among hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported.

Fight Back (2020-05-26). North Milwaukee COVID-19 testing site closure leaves Black community with few options. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On May 7, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers declared a COVID-19 testing plan that would focus on reaching all Blacks, Latinos and indigenous people in Wisconsin. The sites would be administered by and staffed by members of the Wisconsin National Guard. The significance of these sites was that individuals would be able to receive testing regardless of symptoms, healthcare or appointment. | Beginning on May 11, the City of Milwaukee opened two testing centers: the Midtown Center site, located on the North Side, home to the vast majority of the city\'s Black residents; and a second one at the United Migra…

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-05-26). The Persian Rug Weaver Strikes in the US Backyard Through Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first …

Jeff Harris (2020-05-26). The \'Science\' Behind Social Distancing. Shutting Down National Economy Based on Flawed Computer Models. globalresearch.ca The world has been turned upside down with draconian government orders to \"flatten the curve\" with what is called Social Distancing. Schools have been closed for months, businesses have been involuntarily shut down and travel restrictions have idled 90 percent …

Brett Jordan (2020-05-26). \"Globalized Wellness\": The Big Pharma COVID Vaccine Marathon. globalresearch.ca As far as pharmaceutical giants pining to roll out the world\'s first COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, the race is very much on. The SARS-CoV-2 continues to be lauded as the most time-sensitive crisis of our modern era, and CEOs of …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-05-26). US Prepares to Withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies. globalresearch.ca On Thursday, May 21, American President Donald Trump announced the decision to withdraw the United States from the Treaty on Open Skies, signed with Russia and ratified by 35 other countries in 1992. Trump says the reason for withdrawing from …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-05-26). A Cold War Is Heating Up this Summer. globalresearch.ca The Iranian oil tanker

William Walter Kay (2020-05-26). Covid-19 and The Plight of New York State\'s Nursing Homes. globalresearch.ca On March 25, 2020 New York State\'s Health Department issued the urgent Advisory: To \"…

The Global Research Team (2020-05-26). Global Research: An Antidote to Isolation. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We have witnessed of late how a global medical issue can be flipped on its head and used to further divide and isolate the people. Our intention is to provide a digital forum of ideas as an antidote …

Kuehn BM. (2020-05-26). Hybrid Influenza Strain Found in Idaho Teenager. jamanetwork.com A 13-year-old Idaho boy was treated in February 2019 for a hybrid influenza strain that contained genetic components of both seasonal influenza and 2009 influenza A(H1N1), according to a CDC report.

Sasha Abramsky (2020-05-26). Trump\'s Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier. thenation.com Trump\'s Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier…

Ali Salam (2020-05-26). Israeli Police Shoot, Injure Palestinian after Alleged Stabbing Attempt in Jerusalem. imemc.org A Palestinian young man was seriously injured, on Monday, when Israeli police officers shot him near Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported. Israel\'s Channel 7 alleged that the man attempted to stab police officers near Jabal Mukaber, video footage of the scene showed …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-26). Israeli Military Abducts Two Palestinians from Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli military reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men from the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. Head of the Palestinian Prisoners\' Society in the city, Ibrahim Alnemr, confirmed earlier today, that Israeli troops placed a mobile roadblock at the entrance of the city of Qalqilia, near Tulkarem …

Ali Salam (2020-05-26). Settlers, Soldiers Take Over 47 Dunams of Palestinian Land. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers, with the full support of the Israeli military, on Tuesday, took possession of Palestinian land, east of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, a local official reported. Head of Deir Dibwan municipality, Mansour Mansour, told Palestinian WAFA news Agency that dozens of illegal colonial settlers stormed …

Ruth Conniff (2020-05-26). The GOP\'s Hollow War on \'Tyranny\'. progressive.org The GOP attacked the \"tyranny\" of Democratic officeholders who are trying to manage the public-health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-26). Doctors in Egypt threaten mass resignation as deaths of colleagues continue. peoplesdispatch.org The Egyptian Medical Syndicate issued a formal statement warning of a medical catastrophe in the absence of adequate arrangements of PPEs and tests for medical staff in the country…

news.un (2020-05-26). Yemen aid lifeline near \'breaking point\': UN food agency. news.un.org Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned on Tuesday.

John Buell (2020-05-26). Is Mitch McConnell Blocking State Aid to Enrich Vulture Funds and Bolster Corporate Control of the Economy? commondreams.org McConnell\'s moralistic reference to the profligacy of state governments is an initial shot over their bow in the political struggle over state debt. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mitch_mcconnell_1.png …

Muhammed Shabeer (2020-05-26). \"We will resist the ruling-class offensive to make the working class pay the cost of the COVID-19 crisis\" peoplesdispatch.org Interview with Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK…

Jessica Corbett (2020-05-26). $3,278 ER visit for coughing fits and fever amid Covid-19 pandemic highlights failure of for-profit system. nationofchange.org \"Congress and insurers have made all of these promises to waive copays for treatment and testing but we\'re hearing that\'s not always the reality.\"

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-26). Working class demonstrates in Spain for a social emergency plan. peoplesdispatch.org On May 23, Saturday, workers and progressive sections across Spain demonstrated in major cities demanding the protection of workers\' rights and for an urgent social emergency plan to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Various trade unions and parties, including the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) and Committees for Workers Unity (CUO), participated in the mobilizations. | According to reports, demonstrations were organized in Madrid, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Almería, Granada, Aguilar de la Frontera, Puente Genil, Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Murcia, Alacant, Valencia, Barcelona, Olot, Lleida, and Barakald…

Steve Morse (2020-05-26). Memorial Day Letter to my Union President. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

news.un (2020-05-26). First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic. news.un.org 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.

Slomski A. (2020-05-26). Psoriasis Drug Guselkumab Improved Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms. jamanetwork.com Guselkumab, a biologic drug approved to treat patients with moderate or severe psoriasis, significantly and safely improved psoriatic arthritis, a phase 3 trial in The Lancet concluded. Guselkumab is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits interleukin-23.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-26). Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery. commondreams.org Hundreds of medical professionals and groups representing over 40 million healthcare workers came together Tuesday to demand that world leaders pursue a #HealthyRecovery from the coronavirus pandemic that incorporates preparation for future public health crises as well as environmental and climate action into economic stimulus packages. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12151492561.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-26). New York Uber and Lyft Drivers Sue Cuomo Over Refusal to Pay Unemployment Benefits During Pandemic. commondreams.org Joined by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, four Uber and Lyft drivers in New York filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Labor Department on Tuesday over the government's failure to pay the drivers unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1219233550_1.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-26). Countries Rushing to Reopen Risk Causing an \'Immediate Second Peak\' In Covid-19 Infections and Deaths, WHO Warns. commondreams.org The director of the World Health Organization's program overseeing health crises warned Tuesday that countries that rush to reopen their economies risk immediately causing an increase in coronavirus infections and deaths. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1215149555_1.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-26). Survey Shows 1 in 5 Teachers—Citing Covid-19 Concerns—Likely Won\'t Return to US Schools This Fall. commondreams.org While most U.S. schools have ended in-person instruction for the rest of this academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, polling results published Tuesday show that the majority of parents and teachers expect classrooms to reopen in the fall and worry about what that will mean for safety and education. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12081979501_0.jpg …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-26). Facebook Ignored Internal Warnings Its Algorithms Were Intensifying Divisiveness: Report. commondreams.org \"Facebook knows what it's doing, intentionally continues to cause harm to increase engagement and profit, and will never fix these problems themselves.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/zucky.png …

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-26). World Rejects Trump\'s China Witch-Hunt. strategic-culture.org Is it the Chinese who were at ground zero when the Covid-19 pandemic started? Or is it America\'s inability to show leadership in handling the crisis now?

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-26). The New Diplomacy: Virtual Instead of Physical. strategic-culture.org The Covid-19 pandemic may have permanently changed the way diplomacy is conducted. Diplomacy has traditionally relied on physical contact in both formal and informal settings. Physical diplomacy has included the presentation of credentials of accreditation by ambassadors to heads of state; participation in global summits and bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, etc. meetings; diplomatic receptions, and so on. | In the era of Covid, virtual diplomacy was on display in India on May 21 when India\'s President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the credentials of the ambassadors of Australia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Cote d\'Ivoire,…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-26). Washington Prefers to Ignore the Pandemic and Ramp Up Confrontation. strategic-culture.org Here is a quotation that might sound familiar: \"I\'m the commander, I do not need to explain why I say things. That\'s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don\'t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.\" It is understandable when people say they think these words were spoken by Donald Trump, but in fact they

Staff (2020-05-26). Lake of Ozarks Partygoers Who Ignored Social Distancing Told to Self-Isolate. truthout.org Memorial Day weekend is traditionally spent with friends and family members, and is commonly seen as the unofficial start of summer. In the era of COVID-19, however, many barbecue events and grill outs were understandably canceled or at least modified, to coincide with social distancing recommendations put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | A number of places and individuals, however, clamoring to \"reopen\" and return to a state of \"normalcy\" before the crisis…

Staff (2020-05-26). As Trump Golfed and Downplayed COVID, US Death Count Pushed Past 100,000. truthout.org On Tuesday afternoon, the United States of America surpassed a grim milestone as more than 100,000 deaths resulting from COVID-19 were officially recorded. | As of 2: 30 p.m. Eastern Time,

Staff (2020-05-26). Trump Surprises GOP With Threat to Pull RNC Convention Out of North Carolina. truthout.org One of President Donald Trump\'s many targets on Memorial Day Weekend has been North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who he says is moving too slowly on the state\'s reopening. Railing against Cooper on Twitter, Trump threatened to pull the 2020 Republican National Conventional out of Charlotte — and

Staff (2020-05-26). Trump Adviser Says \"Human Capital Stock\" Should Get Back to Work. truthout.org As the United States trembles on the verge of 100,000 COVID deaths and nearly 1.7 million confirmed infections — a \"

Staff (2020-05-26). Tennessee\'s Secret to Plentiful Coronavirus Testing? Picking Up the Tab. truthout.org To reopen businesses and public spaces safely, experts say, states need to be testing and contact tracing on a massive scale. But only a handful of states are doing enough testing to stay on top of potential outbreaks, according to a state-by-state analysis Among those, Tennessee stands out for its aggressive approach to testing…

Staff (2020-05-26). Brazil\'s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival. truthout.org Image Credit: Sebastià£o Salgado | As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19\'s devastating impact on Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of the country. We speak with world-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastià£o Salgado, who wrote an open letter to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a \"little flu,\" to warn him the pandemic is \"an extreme threat to their very survival.\"

Staff (2020-05-26). Trump Ridicules Biden\'s Use of a Face Mask as US COVID Infections Near 2 Million. truthout.org President Donald Trump shared a tweet that seemed to have ridiculed the way Joe Biden, his presumed Democratic Party opponent in this year\'s presidential race, looked while wearing a mask during a Memorial Day Ceremony. |

The Canary (2020-05-26). \'Cummings defence\' could be used endlessly in court, lawyer warns. thecanary.co Reasons Dominic Cummings gave for his alleged breach of lockdown rules could be used \"endlessly\" in court to debate what constitutes a reasonable excuse, a lawyer has warned. | Raj Chada, head of the criminal defence department and a partner at firm Hodge Jones and Allen, said explanations given by Cummings would not set any formal precedent and would not mean people could automatically appeal against fines or convictions. But he reiterated concerns that the regulations put in place are \"vague\" and \"subject to challenge\". | He told the PA news agency: \"However, it will be used in court endlessly about what \'reaso…

The Canary (2020-05-26). Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats. thecanary.co 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…

The Canary (2020-05-26). Minister resigns over Dominic Cummings\' alleged lockdown breaches. thecanary.co 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…

Kerry-anne Mendoza (2020-05-26). PTSD and me: my recovery journey. thecanary.co The Canary\'s Kerry-Anne Mendoza was diagnosed with PTSD in 2018. She describes her 18-month journey into recovery as the \"best gift\" she ever gave herself. For Mental Health Awareness Week, Kerry-Anne is sharing her story with the world for the first time. | Trigger warnings: Childhood sexual abuse, rape, childhood physical abuse, childhood emotional neglect, difficult family relationships, mental ill health in a parent, narcissistic abuse, suicidal ideation, specific discussion of traumatic events. | Find out more about PTSD

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-26). Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at \'deadliest possible\' angle. imperial.ac.uk New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the \'deadliest possible\' angle.

Staff (2020-05-25). Noam Chomsky on Trump\'s Disastrous Coronavirus Response, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism. democracynow.org How did the United States — the richest country in the world — become the worldwide epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, with one person dying of COVID-19 every 47 seconds? We spend the hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, discussing this unprecedented moment in history, and its political implications. Chomsky reflects on the significance of the Bernie Sanders campaign, calling it \"an extraordinary success\" that \"completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion\" in the United States. He also responds to President Trump\'s cuts to U.S. support for t…

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

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-25). Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists? dissidentvoice.org 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 …

RT (2020-05-25). \'Something like 10 principles\': After \'solving\' Israel/Palestine conflict & coronavirus, Kushner \'turned loose\' on GOP platform. rt.com 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…

Fight Back (2020-05-25). A school\'s unique response to COVID-19. fightbacknews.org 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…

Riccardo Bellofiore (2020-05-25). Econ-apocalypse: economic and social aspects of the coronavirus crisis. mronline.org 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.

T.P. Wilkinson (2020-05-25). Privacy, Auricular Confession and Computer Viruses. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Leila Rafei (2020-05-25). For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart. aclu.org 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

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-25). El tejedor de alfombras persa ataca en el patio trasero de los Estados Unidos via Venezuela. thealtworld.com Los tanqueros estaban a 2.200 kilómetros de la costa de los Estados Unidos cuando el \"Fortune\", bajo bandera iraní, entró en aguas venezolanas, desafiando el embargo y las amenazas. La República Islámica estaba enviando un mensaje en todas las direcciones. | El primer mensaje fue despachado a la administración estadounidense luego de que líderes árabes y del golfo verbalizaron un mensaje a los líderes iraníes: \"Washington está determinada a detener los tanqueros que navegan hacia Venezuela\". Irán respondió a todos los mensajes recibidos diciendo que \"sus tanqueros navegarán a Venezuela y si alguno de ellos es int…

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-25). Percée perse dans la cour arrière des USA. thealtworld.com Des pétroliers iraniens se trouvaient à 2 200 km des cà¥tes américaines lorsque le ´ Fortune ª, battant pavillon iranien, est entré dans les eaux vénézuéliennes, en faisant fi de l\'embargo et des menaces des USA. Le message de la République islamique était on ne peut plus clair. | Un premier message avait déjà été adressé à l\'administration américaine en réponse à ce message direct des dirigeants des pays arabes et du Golfe à l\'intention des dirigeants iraniens : ´ Washington est déterminé à empêcher les pétroliers iraniens de naviguer vers le Venezuela ª. La réponse de l\'Iran était que…

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-25). The Persian rug weaver strikes in the US\'s backyard through Venezuela. thealtworld.com Iranian tankers were 2200 km from the US coast when the Iranian-flagged \"Fortune\", followed by \"Forest\", entered Venezuelan waters, challenging the US embargo and the US\'s threats. The Islamic Republic was broadcasting loud and clear a strong message. | The first message was dispatched to the US administration after Gulf and Arab Leaders conveyed a direct message to the Iranian leaders: \"Washington is determined to stop the Iranian tankers sailing to Venezuela\". Iran responded to all messages received that \"its five tankers will sail to Venezuela and if any of these tankers is intercepted, Iran will respond in th…

Dante Strobino (2020-05-25). Safe Jobs Save Lives\': N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers. workers.org 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 . . . |

Lyn Neeley (2020-05-25). Portland caravan supports essential workers. workers.org 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 . . . |

The Babylon Bee (2020-05-25). CDC Admits They\'ve Been Looking Through Microscope Upside Down This Whole Time. anti-empire.com Oops! The CDC has revealed that its chief researchers have been looking through their microscopes upside down this entire pandemic. | \"Oh man! I wonder if this will change our projections,\" said one scientist as a visiting scientist from the private sector showed him the proper way to look through the device. \"Hey, you can see the sample a whole lot clearer this way. Neato! Hoo boy, were we way off on everything!\" | \"No wonder our predictions were completely opposite of what happened! No wonder we keep having to revise our guidelines! Silly us! Oh well

RT (2020-05-25). Is that you, Joe? Biden\'s mask-sunglasses combo covers entire face at first public appearance in over 2 months. rt.com 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 (2020-05-25). \'Ever thus to tyrants\': WATCH protesters hang effigy of US governor in anti-lockdown protest. rt.com 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…

Joe Piette (2020-05-25). Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS. workers.org 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 . . . |

Qilin Li, Xiuli Ding, Geqing Xia, Heng-Gui Chen, Fenghua Chen, Zhi Geng, Luming Xu, Shijun Lei, An Pan, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang (2020-05-25). Eosinopenia and elevated C-reactive protein facilitate triage of COVID-19 patients in fever clinic: A retrospective case-control study. thelancet.com 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.

news.un (2020-05-25). Women peacekeepers from Brazil and India share UN military gender award. news.un.org 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.

Ali Salam (2020-05-25). Israeli Settlers Run Over Sheep, Burn Palestinian Crops near Hebron. imemc.org 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 …

Project Censored (2020-05-25). Episode 88 — COVID Chronicles: New Orleans. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

Project Censored (2020-05-25). Episode 87 — COVID Chronicles: Miami. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

Project Censored (2020-05-25). Episode 86 — COVID Chronicles: San Francisco. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

Project Censored (2020-05-25). Episode 89 — COVID Chronicles: Worcester. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

Project Censored (2020-05-25). Episode 90 — COVID Chronicles: Santa Clara. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

John Feffer (2020-05-25). In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths. thenation.com In New Zealand, David Confronts 2 Goliaths…

CGTN (2020-05-25). How the U.S. Response to COVID-19 Failed and Caused Thousands of Deaths. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

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

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-25). Armed Israeli Settlers Shoot, Injure Two Palestinian Youths. imemc.org 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 …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-25). Hamas\'s Political Head : No Prisoners Swap Deal without an Acceptable Price. imemc.org 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 …

Ali Salam (2020-05-25). Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian-owned Structures near Bethlehem. imemc.org 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 …

IMEMC News (2020-05-25). Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Family Harvesting Wheat, Wounding Two. imemc.org 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 …

Muhammed Shabeer (2020-05-25). Indian youth movement blazes a trail with COVID-19 mitigation initiatives rooted in solidarity. peoplesdispatch.org 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…

Muhammed Shabeer (2020-05-25). \"We won\'t pay for your crisis\" peoplesdispatch.org 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…

news.un (2020-05-25). Mozambique school children face \'catastrophic\' fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog. news.un.org 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.

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-25). Can NASA\'s \'Artemis Accords\' Spark a U.S.-Russia Alliance? strategic-culture.org 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 The scale of chaos and death threatening humanity via the two-fold crises of economic collapse…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-25). Cuba Is Punished for not Emulating the U.S. strategic-culture.org In April 2015, the Obama Administration removed Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism — a move in line with the diplomacy pursued following the release of the Five years later under U.S. President Donald Trump, Cuba is back on the U.S. terror sponsor list, joining Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan. The U.S. State Department notes, \"Cuban\'s refusal to productively engage with the Colombian government demonstrates that is not cooperating with U.S. work to support Colombia\'s eff…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-23). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Convalescent plasma program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 (2020-05-23). COVID-19: Tips for going out again. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 (2020-05-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Skin protection with excessive hand-washing, masking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

CounterSpin (2020-05-22). Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization. fair.org Media…

jamanetwork (2020-05-19). The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco. jamanetwork.com 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…

Kuehn BM. (2020-05-19). Studies Explore HIV Treatment and Prevention in Pregnant Women. jamanetwork.com 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).

Walensky RP, del Rio C. (2020-05-19). From Mitigation to Containment of the COVID-19 Pandemic. jamanetwork.com 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.

Dehority W. (2020-05-19). Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Pandemics, and Hollywood—Hope and Fear Across a Century of Cinema. jamanetwork.com 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.

Paul Kawika Martin (2020-05-12). Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending. peaceaction.org ‚òéÔ∏èüó£Call your Reps. to ‚úÇ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we\'ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone — during a time of relative peace — we have already increased annual Pentagon spending by more than …

Jeff Jurgens (2020-05-07). Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help. peaceaction.org Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C. — May 7, 2020 — In response to the veto by President Trump yesterday of a bill (S.J.Res.68) to reclaim congressional war powers in regards to Iran and the anticipated failure today of the Senate override vote, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for …

Jeff Jurgens (2020-05-06). U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines. peaceaction.org 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 …

Jeff Jurgens (2020-04-30). Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon. peaceaction.org 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 …

Jeff Jurgens (2020-04-30). U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report. peaceaction.org 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 …

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

Jeff Jurgens (2020-04-15). Peace During Pandemic — Support the Global Ceasefire. peaceaction.org \"The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war.\" That\'s is what United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres exclaimed as he delivered an appeal to warring parties around the world to lay down arms in a global ceasefire. The United States, which is currently engaged in war hostilities on nearly every continent of the world, …

Lilly Dragnev (2020-03-20). Peace Action Supports Wyden-Klobuchar Bill to Protect Democracy and Ensure Safe Elections. peaceaction.org Statement of Jon Rainwater, Executive Director, Peace Action, on the introduction of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). This bill would help ensure that elections can take place in a safe and secure way throughout the pandemic and beyond. March 19, 2020 Peace Action …

Lilly Dragnev (2020-03-13). Latest U.S. Military Strikes Are as Reckless as they are Cruel. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — March 12, 2020 — In response to reports that the U.S. has carried out five airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action, released the following statement: \"At a time of one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, it is shocking that the Trump …

Paul Kawika Martin (2020-03-11). Congress Sends Bipartisan Bill to Trump Rebuking Iran War. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — March 11, 2020 — In response to the House passing the bipartisan bill — S.J.Res.68 — that would thwart President Trump from going to war with Iran and end any current hostilities, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: \"Both chambers and …

Jason Ditz (2020-02-20). Turkey Kills Over 50 Syrian Troops, Russian Warplanes Intervene to Halt Offensive. theantimedia.com Russia called the situation a \"worst case scenario.\"

Jason Ditz (2020-02-17). DOJ Investigating Former CIA Director\'s Role in Russiagate. theantimedia.com The Justice Department is investigating the role of John Brennan in the assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Strategic Culture (2020-02-08). US Deploys \'Mini-Nukes\' in Deplorable Threat to World Peace. theantimedia.com These so-called \"mini-nukes\" represent—despite the diminutive-sounding name—an increased risk of nuclear war.

Tyler Durden (2020-02-08). Iraq and Russia Prepare to Boost Military Ties as US Threatens Sanctions. theantimedia.com Iraq and Russia are preparing for deepening military coordination.

Middle East Eye (2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of \"making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians.\"

Venezuela Analysis (2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: \"We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law\" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Middle East Eye (2020-02-06). Turkey Gives Assad Deadline to Pull Back or Face Military Action. theantimedia.com Turkey has given the Syrian government until the end of this month to withdraw from recently seized territory in Idlib province.

Jason Ditz (2020-02-05). Trump Says War With Iran Was \"Closer Than You Thought\" Last Month. theantimedia.com Trump told reporters that the U.S. came \"closer than you thought\" to war with Iran last month.

Tyler Durden (2020-02-04). Biden Threatens Lawsuit to Halt Release of Real Iowa Caucus Results. theantimedia.com American democracy—ain\'t it grand?>

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